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For many people, January

is a month of hibernation.

With holiday excitement long

gone, snow stops being so

pretty and starts becoming

an excuse to stay in. Frigid

temperatures, shorter days

and cabin fever can trigger the

winter blues.

Chances are you might not

realize why you’re feeling so

down. Many people suffer from

SAD – or seasonal affective

disorder – a type of depression

that occurs at the same time

each year. According to the

Mayo Clinic, reduced exposure

to sunlight can cause a drop

in serotonin that may trigger

depression.

Invite a little sunshine in

by exploring endless opportu-

nities to interact with nature

at Geneva’s hidden gem – Peck

Farm Park.

A 385-acre natural retreat,

Peck boasts beautiful nature

and bike trails, the Orientation

Barn overlooking a 19-acre wet-

land, the historic Peck House

featuring interactive nature

and history rooms, Hawks

Hollow Nature Playground,

and a variety of indoor and

outdoor environmental educa-

tion programs for all ages.

We all know exercise re-

lieves stress and releases feel-

good endorphins, and – despite

dips in temperature – research

shows that outdoor exercise

can further boost mental

well-being. Findings published

in the 2011 EnvironmentalScience and Technology jour-nal show that outdoor exercisecan enhance “greater feelingsof revitalization, increased en-ergy and positive engagement,together with decreases intension, confusion, anger anddepression.”

Sign up for the SuperShuffle 5K to keep yourself ac-countable for hitting the pave-ment. This exhilarating racearound Peck starts at 10 a.m.on Super Bowl Sunday – Feb.2 – at Geneva Middle SchoolSouth. For information abouthow to register for the race,call 630-232-4542 or visit www.genevaparks.org.

A brisk walk or run aroundPeck’s trails can be an invig-orating cure for the winterblues. Better yet, embrace theseason by trying out a wintersport like cross country skiingor snowshoeing. Enjoy these

opportunities while they last– after all, they’re only aroundfor a few months. Plus, on a90-degree July day, we’ll belonging for cooler runningtemperatures.

Before or after exploringthe trails, warm up inside theOrientation Barn at Peck’sfree winter exhibit, “Trees ofIllinois.” Discover the impor-tance of trees, what happensbeneath their bark and the ben-efits they provide in our ownbackyards. The exhibit is opento the public Monday throughSaturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. –through Feb. 21.

Peck Farm Park’s afford-able rental facilities alsomake fantastic event venuesfor upcoming bridal showers,business meetings, birthdayparties, family reunions andeven weddings. With manycouples getting engaged overthe holidays, the time to start

planning spring and summerevents is now. From the com-fortable indoor meeting room,to the rustic outdoor picnicshelter and the ADA-accessibleGeorge’s Circle amphithe-atre, Peck Farm Park boastsone of the Fox Valley’s bestviews. Reserve the space andstart planning your fabulouswarm weather event today.

Peck Farm Park is at 4038Kaneville Road in Geneva. Forinformation about Peck FarmPark, visit www.genevaparks.org or call 630-262-8244. Like“Geneva Park District” onFacebook for instant updatesabout programs at Peck FarmPark and beyond.

• Natalie Seidel is market-ing coordinator for the GenevaPark District and can bereached at 630-232-4542. Emailher at [email protected].

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Laugh into Spring

at the ArcadaWHAT: The DuKane Chapter of ABATE ofIllinois will present its fifth annual Laugh intoSpring Comedy Show Fundraiser. The eventbenefits the DuKane ABATE 28th annualToy and Food Run, Mutual Ground and St.Vincent’s Food Pantry. Everyone who attendsis asked to bring nonperishable food to theshow, which features six comics. Tickets are$12 presale for general seating; $18 reservedseating and $15 general seating on the nightof show.WHEN: 7 p.m. Feb. 28WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St.CharlesINFO: Purchase all reserved seating onlineat www.Oshows.com. General seating isavailable online. For tickets or information,call 630-669-2588 or 630-962-7000.

Daddy-Daughter night

at Batavia Chick-fil-AWHAT: Fathers and daughters are invited foractivities and dinner. Each group will receiveconversation starters and a take-homebooklet titled, “Continuing the Conversation.”Activities include table-side service, limorides, a visit from the Chick-fil-A mascot andother activities.WHEN: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10WHERE: Chick-fil-A, 185 N. Randall Road,

BataviaINFO: Visit www.daddydaughterdate.comto make a reservation. The event is free toattend, except for the cost of food.

Vital Chiropractic

set for cocktail partyWHAT: Vital Chiropractic Family WellnessCenter of Elburn will host a cocktail party forparents of children with sensory disorders,ADD/ADHD and autism. The cost is $40 forthose who RSVP and $50 at the door. Thekeynote speaker is Dr. David Foss.WHEN: 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 9.WHERE: Acquaviva Winery, 47W614 Route38, Maple ParkINFO: RSVP at 630-365-9887 before Feb. 3.

Kane County Cougars

planning job fairWHAT: The Kane County Cougars will havea job fair for prospective seasonal employ-ees. Interested individuals are encouragedto stop by at any time during the three-hour session to complete an application.Positions available for the 2014 seasoninclude concession stand staff, picnicservers, beer servers, suite attendants andbartender.WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. SaturdayWHERE: Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, 34W002Cherry Lane, Geneva.

INFO: Applications are available at www.kccougars.com or at the Cougars’ admin-istrative office at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark.For information, call 630-232-8811.

Friday Night Bingo

at Elburn Lions ClubWHAT: The Elburn Lions Club plans bingo,which is open to the public. Food and drinkare available to buy. Proceeds go toward El-burn Lions charities for the sight and hearingimpaired.WHEN: 6:30 p.m. FridaysWHERE: Elburn Lions Club, 500 Filmore St.,ElburnINFO: Call 630-365-6315.

Elburn Boy Scouts

set pancake breakfastWHAT: Elburn Boy Scout Troop 7 has plannedan all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. It willinclude pancakes, sausage links from Ream’sElburn Market, juice and coffee. The cost is$5 for those ages 4 and older. It is free forthose younger than 4.WHEN: 7 to 10:30 a.m.Feb. 8WHERE: Elburn Amer-ican Legion Hall, 112 N.Main St., ElburnINFO: Visit www.troop-7.org.

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

FACE TIME WITH JOHN MALKOWSKIBatavia resident John Malkowski, 67, was at

the ribbon-cutting of the Water Street StudiosPrintLab in St. Charles when he answered ninequestions for the Kane County Chronicle’sBrenda Schory.

Where did you grow up? ChicagoWho would play you in the movie of your

life? Sean ConneryFirst job? PaperboyAs a kid, what did you want to be when you

grew up? A dentist. I became a CPA.A movie you’d recommend? All the James

Bond moviesFavorite charity? The Salvation ArmyWhat game show would you be on? “Who

Wants to Be a Millionaire?”Favorite local restaurant? El Taco Grande in

BataviaWhat is an interesting factoid about your-

self? I’ve been to more than 50 countries, and Ihave the lowest unit of currency from each.

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BATAVIA – Roger Breischis about to leave the top Bat-avia Chamber of Commercepost, but you wouldn’t knowit by the way he speaks so en-thusiastically about the orga-nization’s future.

The chamber website isundergoing its second re-launch in eight years (thefirst was in 2006) to allow forbetter integration with Face-book, Twitter and LinkedIn,Breisch said, as he was sit-ting in the chamber office indowntown Batavia. Breisch,62, said social media is some-thing that will play a biggerrole for the chamber and localbusinesses, and he is ready tohave someone else lead theway for that and other initia-tives.

Breisch has decided toleave the chamber after near-ly a decade as executive di-rector. Batavia Access Tele-vision Station Manager HollyDeitchman was announcedJan. 22 as Breisch’s succes-sor. His final day on the jobwill be Friday.

While Breisch figures outthe next chapter of his life, heis content with knowing thatmany businesses over theyears wanted to invest in theorganization.

“As we brought value tothe community, people justnaturally showed up andsaid, ‘That’s what I would liketo be a part of,’” Breisch said.

One of the ways Breischmade the chamber an entic-ing brand was to help startthe Batavia Women in Busi-ness group. The St. CharlesChamber of Commerce urgedBreisch to start a women’sgroup in Batavia becausethe St. Charles women’sgroup was a success. Breischreached out to businesswom-an Jeanne Harms about form-ing the group, and eventuallyBatavia Women in Businessheld its first lunch event inFebruary 2005.

“Roger has added cred-ibility to the chamber,”said Harms, owner of Bata-

via-based Organize Inc., anda past Batavia Chamber pres-ident. “He has brought it up Idon’t know how many notch-es.”

Breisch worked hard tobring businesses from Bata-via’s eastside industrial parkto the chamber, Harms said.She also spoke of his abilityto bring the chamber and gov-ernment entities together.

Breisch estimates thathe attended at least 200 Bat-avia City Council meetingssince he joined the chamberin July 2004. He praised thecouncil, city staff and BataviaMainStreet for the support ofbusinesses, especially duringthe Wilson Street Bridge re-construction in 2007 and 2008.Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielkesaid the same for Breisch inDecember, saying Breisch“has been a driving force onthe whole idea of downtownredevelopment and strength-ening the city’s industrialbase. He has helped us seewider horizons.”

Breisch showed the city adifferent perspective throughhis philosophical front-page

columns in the BataviaChamber newsletter. Thelarger questions of “Why wedo what we do?” and “Whatis the meaning of business?”perplexed some but werepraised by others, Breischsaid.

Attorney Kevin Drendel,partner at Drendel & JansonsLaw Group in Batavia, wasone of the people who lookedforward to reading Breisch’scolumn. He connected withBreisch’s message that thereis more to life than makingmoney.

“Roger has a businessbackground, but he broughta much bigger picture of theworld to the chamber of com-merce than simply a businessfocus, and I liked that. Thatdrew me in,” Drendel said.

Even with his achieve-ments, Breisch said that de-spite chamber membershipgrowing over the years, it didnot grow to his expectations.When he started in 2004, therewere 200 members, and asof January 2014 there wereabout 280. With a pre-reces-sion peak of 350 members in

2007, Breisch said he wishedthere were currently 400members or more.

Breisch suspects theremight be a disconnect be-tween himself and somebusiness owners because ofhis philosophical take, buthe doesn’t get to hear about

it much.“Life is short – if you have

something to say, say it,”Breisch said of his columns.

As Breisch looks to domore writing and decides hisnext move, he is confidentthat Deitchman will lead thechamber in the right direc-tion. He considers Deitchmana friend and said she will dowell because she knows prac-tically everybody in Batavia.Indeed, he said it is thosevery residents that will makesaying goodbye hard for him.

“I think I’ll miss the peoplein the chamber, the members,more than anything else,”Breisch said.

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Ready for the next chapterBreisch looks back on nearly a decade with Batavia Chamber of Commerce


Roger Breisch’s last day as executive director of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce is Friday. Breisch hasheld the position for nearly a decade.

“Roger has a business

background, but he

brought a much bigger

picture of the world to

the chamber of

commerce than simply a

business focus, and

I liked that. That drew

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Sun and MoonToday Thursday

Sunrise 7:09 a.m. 7:08 a.m.

Sunset 5:04 p.m. 5:06 p.m.

Moonrise 5:45 a.m. 6:33 a.m.

Moonset 4:04 p.m. 5:19 p.m.

Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday

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High/low ....................................... 4°/-15°

Normal high ......................................... 31°

Record high .............................. 56° (2002)

Normal low .......................................... 16°

Record low ............................. -15° (1977)

Peak wind .............................. W at 20 mph

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0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthyfor sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300Very Unhealthy; 301-500 HazardousSource: Illinois EPA

Reading as of TuesdayAir Quality

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Dayton ................... 12....... 6.80..... +0.09

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Academic Achievements: Straight A’s and HonorRoll every term; WYSE Academic Team -Advanced to Sectionals; President’s Award forAcademic ExcellenceActivities: Four year, three sport athlete - Soccer,Basketball, and Baseball; Varsity Soccer - Captain;Student Ambassador; National Honor Society;National Math Honor SocietyCommunity Service: Catholic Heart WorkCamp Mission Trips to Toldeo, Ohio; Davidson, Missouri; Memphis,Tennessee; and Kansas City, KansasNominated by Bridget Buckley, Director of Guidance: “Andy is an idealstudent and an incredible individual. He is a young man of great moralcharacter, intelligence, integrity, humor and resilience. He is ranked thirdin his very competitive and talented graduating class by hundredths of apoint. He also attained a 32 on his ACT, placing him in the 99th percentilenationally. Andy also leads his peers in terms of extracurricular activities.He has been a three-sport athlete all throughout his high school career.Andy also inds time to give back to the community through volunteering.He has attended four Catholic Heart Work Camp Mission Trips, where hehelped to rebuild low-income communities physically and spiritually. Andyis obviously dedicated to using his talents and gifts to better not only himselfbut the lives of others.”

Andrew Czerak

Aurora Central Catholic

Academic Achievements: 5.757 GPA out of 5.0;Class ranking of 5 out of 587 students; Earnedthe Human Relations Award three timesActivities: Student Council; National HonorSociety; Peer Leaders; French National HonorSociety - President; National Art Honor Society -President; Leader for the daily schoolannouncementsCommunity Service: Salvation Army volunteer;Habitat for Humanity volunteer; Kamen Foundation volunteer; Volunteeredover 945 hours as a camp counselor at Camp AnokijigNominated by Mark Pereda, School Counselor: “Karolina achievesexcellence in the areas of academics and community service. She isgoal-oriented and responsible. Her work ethic and school communityinvolvement is top-notch. Karolina is personable and genuine. She is kind,giving and respectful toward others. he St. Charles East High Schoolcommunity is a better place because of her student leadership and sincerecharacter.”

Karolina Barej

St. Charles East

The Chronicle Achievement Program recognizes outstanding local high school students who demonstrate strength in academics, character, and leadership.

Several CAP students will be chosen to receive a partial scholarship to the college of their choice at this year’s Evening of Applause in May.

Achievement Program

Academic Achievements: Presidential Award; Gold HonorRollActivities: Academic Bowl; German Club; GermanHonor Society; Future Farmers of America; National HonorSociety; heaterCommunity Service: Church volunteer; Soup kitchenvolunteer; Northern Illinois Food Bank; Feed My StarvingChildren; 30 Hour FamineNominated by Anette Bliss, German Teacher: “Mitch is astudent with many talents and interests, ranging fromcomputers to language learning to acting. Resourceful andself-driven, Mitch leads by example. His leadership skillsbecome apparent in his role as vice-president for our school’s chapter of the FutureFarmers of America. His innate curiosity has led him to places as far as Germany to tryout his German language skills as part of a school-to-school exchange program. Givenhis diverse interests and motivation to experience new and diferent opportunities, Iknow Mitch will be an involved and productive individual in college and beyond.”

Mitchell Dieckhof

Burlington Central

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Academic Achievements: Student of the Month; Hank PinterScholarship Recipient; Granquist Music Festival - First/SecondPlace in Flute; Freshman Leader; National English HonorSociety; Directors Choice Award; National French HonorSociety; National Social Studies Honor Society; NationalHonor Society; Junior Honor Guard; Honor Roll; IllinoisState ScholarActivities: SPAC Committee; Student Council; AmbassadorClub; French Club; Viking Pals; Future Educators of America;Band; Marching BandCommunity Service:Holiday Cheer for Elderly; Swedish Days; Arden Angels; VikingPals; Health Fair; Walk for Cancer; Holiday shopping for needy families in GenevaNominated by Nancy Rizzo, English Department Chair: “Anna is an amazing youngwoman who has been blessed with many skills and talents. In everything she does, shegoes above and beyond what is expected of her. While Anna is incredibly sweet andpersonable, she possesses a ierce determination with which she attacks everything. Herintellectual capabilities and winsome personality combine to create an incredibly strongleader and agent of change. Wherever Anna’s path takes her, she will undoubtedlysucceed and make a positive impact.”

Anna Dispensa

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Academic Awards: 4.53 GPA out of 4.0; A Honor Rollfor entire high school career; National Honor SocietyActivities: Student Ambassador Director; EucharisticMinister; Students Against Destructive Decisions;Humanitarian Outreach Student TeamCommunity Service: Feed My Starving Children; Walk forEpilepsy; St. Peter’s Barn Sale; Religious Education tutor;Concession Stand volunteer worker; Marian Park SeniorCitizen volunteer program; Service mission trips to -Indianapolis, Indiana; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Kenosha, WisconsinNominated by Trudy Rigney, Director of Guidance: “homas has distinguishedhimself as a superior student in the class of 2014. Mature beyond his years, homas isan absolute joy to have in class. His teachers appreciate his top notch organizationalskills, his superb work ethic, and his ability to apply what he knows to new materialor situations. He is also very gifted in world languages. Highly respectful of bothadults and peers, homas is an excellent role model both inside and outside theclassroom. What distinguishes homas is his strong commitment to communityservice. homas has a servant’s heart. He is truly a man for others who does not seekreward or recognition for his accomplishments. homas’ humility, genuine concernfor others, and dedication to the less fortunate make him a true gift to the St. Franciscommunity.”

St. Francishomas Schubert

Academic Awards: 3.85 GPA out of 4.0; HighHonor Roll; Mastery Achiever; National HonorSociety; NJROTC - Honor Cadet; TeddyRoosevelt Award; Academic Honors - Chemistry,Physics, Pre-Calculus, History, and EnglishActivities: Football; Track and Field; SAC Club;Junior Prom Committee; Peer Relations Group;Academic Team; Unarmed Drill Team; ArmedDrill Team; Color Guard Team; Athletic Team;NJROTC Oicer Program; Book Club; Choir;Senior Class PresidentCommunity Service: Holiday Lights volunteer; Campus Clean-UpDays; School mascot; NJROTC parades; Founder of Skipping for Schoolfundraiser - raised $1,500Nominated by Nicole Tracy, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent:“Jeremy truly is an outstanding student, role model and the epitome of a‘shining star.’ In his own words, Jeremy feels he deserves this nominationbecause, ‘I have displayed the highest standards of academic, community,and personal success. My morals, motivation and way of life have providedan excellent source of inspiration to others. My strong sense of communityand leadership have been recognized and put into practice, both in and outof school.’ As the nominator of Jeremy, I could not have said this bettermyself or agree more! He embodies the absolute essence of what a CAPnominee should, and really, truly deserves this recognition! Congratulations,Jeremy!”

Academic Awards: National Honor Society; NationalEnglish Honor Society; National Art Honor Society; SpanishHonor SocietyActivities: Psychology Club; Key Club - Publicist; KeyClub - over 200 hours of community serviceCommunity Service: Helped organize Mr. BHS; Blooddrive co-chair; Adopted an under-privileged family forChristmas; Organized a 50/50 rale for REDi Ecuador;Geneva Park District Zombie Walk participantNominated by Marnie Heim, Key Club Advisor: “Maddieis one of the most talented, organized and dedicated students I have had the privilegeto work with. She is an extremely talented artist and writer. She also gives much ofher time and energy to her school and community. She is a committed volunteer andalways wants to make the world a better place, which she does with her personality,her smile and her dedication to greatness.”

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MooseheartJeremy Kalicum

Academic Awards: National Merit Scholar Semiinalist;AP Scholar; Student of the Term - Social Studies andScience; WYSE Club - Fifth place in Physics at StateActivities: Model United Nations - President; WYSEClub; Scholastic Bowl - Captain; Helped develop a newScience ClubCommunity Service: Kaneland Arts Initiative forPerformance Series and GrandquistNominated by Maria Mecic, School Counselor: “Ethan isnot only a brilliant student, but he is a humble andcompassionate member of our student body and community.He encourages others as he realizes his potential and uses strong social skills to dothis in a respectful and positive manner. Ethan’s academic record is pristine andspeaks for itself as to the level of rigor he holds himself to. His peers look up tohim not only because of his intelligence, but because he is genuine and does not actsuperior. Ethan has a dream of attending college where he can advance science with adegree in Aeronautical Engineering. From what we have experienced, we know thatthis dream and any other goal he puts his heart into can easily become a reality.”

Ethan Witt

Kaneland

Academic Awards: Scholar AthleteActivities: Varsity Track; HOPE; Voluntourism;Mu Alpha hetaCommunity Service:Marklund Home - volunteerswith adults with service disabilities; AndersonAnimal ShelterNominated by Sandy Longworth, Counselor:“Sarah is an exemplary student. Not only is shesupremely talented academically, but she is alsoa role model to her peers. She is strong, healthyand self-directed. She supports her friends while also taking care ofherself. She is ranked number ten in her class and is constantly looking foropportunities to learn and grow.”

Sarah Kaplan

St. Charles North

Academic Awards: First Honors; Christian ServiceAward; National Physical Fitness Award; IHSASuperior Rating - Classical Guitar Solo; GranquistMusic Competition - First Place Concert andOlympic Level, Classical Guitar SoloActivities: National Honor Society; ForeignLanguage National Honor Society; Yearbook -Co-Editor; Chorus; Pit Orchestra; Concert,Marching and Jazz Bands; Art Club; GuitarInstructorCommunity Service: Soccer Referee; Hospitality/Ministry; Big Sisters; Student Ambassador; Feed My Starving Children;Northern Illinois Food Bank; March for Life; Salvation Army Bell RingerNominated by Lisa Sustersic, Counselor: “During her career at Rosary,Emma has shown herself to be a highly mature, talented, self-conident, self-motivated and well-rounded young woman. She has continually challengedherself academically, and has thrived. Her outgoing personality and naturalleadership abilities have rightfully won her the respect and admiration ofboth staf and students.”

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Academic Achievements: National Honor Society; NationalSpanish Honor Society; Superior Honor Roll; Illinois StateScholar; Academic All-ConferenceActivities: Student Council Executive Board; CrossCountry - Captain; Cross Country State Qualiier; Track;Cadet Call; Respect Life ClubCommunity Service: Special Olympics; Crayons for Kids;St. heresa Tutor; Abbey Farms; Baseball TournamentDirector; Altar ServerNominated by Julie Garofalo, Director of StudentAcademic Services/Student Life: “Ethan is an excellent student who is driven tosucceed. He is never afraid to share his opinion and is always open to that of others.He is a relective thinker and delightful conversationalist. He is an exemplary rolemodel who is focused, reliable and respectful. He is very involved in the school andholds several key leadership roles. Ethan is an excellent team player who collaborateswith ease. He has a wonderfully warm personality and a great sense of humor. Inshort, Ethan is a class act and a joy to know!”

Ethan Young

Zachary Youngberg

Academic Achievements: National Honor Society; NationalSpanish Exam Award; Citizenship AwardActivities: Lacrosse; Soccer; Student GovernmentCommunity Service: Project LEAD - Freshman Mentor;Haiti mission trip; Northern Illinois Food Bank; Feed MyStarving Children; Wayside CrossNominated by Dan Crabtree, College Counselor: “Zachis an excellent student - very bright, and in the top tenpercent of this ine senior class. He is dependable,conscientious, and a real team player. Zach demonstratesquiet but conident leadership and is respected by his fellowstudents and his teachers. his is a mature, engaging young man, and I am happy tonominate him for the Chronicle Achievement Program.”

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BATAVIA – Voicing con-cerns about the $96,450 pricetag, Batavia School Boardmembers Tuesday voted 4-3to drop out of a consortiumdesigned to provide onlinelearning opportunities forstudents.

Batavia School District 101is the second school districtto drop out of the consortium.Earlier this month, Kane-land School District 302 votedagainst remaining in the con-sortium because of the highcost of participation to moveon to the second phase of theconsortium.

Voting “yes” were BataviaSchool Board members Mel-anie Impastato, Jason Stoopsand Sue Locke. Voting “no”were Batavia School BoardPresident Cathy Dremel, VicePresident Gregg Hodge andboard members Jon Gasparand Tina Bleakley.

Locke took several min-utes before casting her vote.While she also was concernedabout the cost, Locke said itwas an important initiative.

“I think it is important thatwe do some kind of onlineblended learning,” she said.

Gaspar also agreed withthe importance of the initia-tive.

“I think it is a great start-

ing point,” he said.After voting to drop out

of the consortium, BataviaSchool Board members di-rected staff to explore otheroptions.

“I do believe there are oth-er options out there in termsof partnering with differentdistricts,” said Brad Newkirk,the district’s chief academicofficer.

Batavia school board mem-bers had previously voted toenter into an intergovern-mental agreement with Kane-land School District 302, Indi-an Prairie School District 204,Naperville Community UnitSchool District 203 and Whea-ton-Warrenville Unit SchoolDistrict 200 as part of an on-line/blended learning consor-tium. Batavia was the firstdistrict to sign the agreement.

The topic of online learn-ing came up last spring afterBatavia and other school dis-tricts in the area rejected aproposal by Virtual LearningSolutions to start an onlinecharter school. Batavia SchoolDistrict 101 had raised sev-eral concerns, including thatthe proposal did not containgoals or pupil performancestandards to be achieved bythe charter school and thatthe proposal failed to demon-strate that the terms were eco-nomically sound for the char-ter school and the district.

Batavia School Boardvotes to drop out ofonline consortium

8LOCAL BRIEFS

Star party planned Feb. 8GENEVA – The Fox Valley

Astronomical Society will hosta free Public Star Party at 7 p.m.Feb. 8 at Peck Farm Park, 4038Kaneville Road, Geneva. Theevening will begin with a shortpresentation in the Orienta-tion Barn titled, “How ManyPlanets?”Then participants will head

outside to see the moon,Jupiter, Pleiades and the OrionNebula through a telescope.Participants may bring theirown. For information, visitwww.fvastro.org.

Dad ‘n’ Me Dance setGENEVA – A Just Dad ‘n’ Me

Dance is set from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. Feb. 9 at Geneva HighSchool, 416 McKinley Ave.,Geneva.Dads and daughters will enjoy

entertainment, dancing andrefreshments. Doors open at 5p.m. for check-in and pictures.The cost is $10 a person ($15

a person nonresident). Registra-tion is required.For information, call 630-232-

4542 or visit www.genevap-arks.org.

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MILDRED JEAN CAVEDied: Jan. 24, 2014

BATAVIA – Mildred Jean Cave, aresident of The Holmstad in Bata-via, passed away Friday, Jan. 24,2014. Mildred was born in Decaturin 1924. She married Edward EarlCave Jr., and they remained inDecatur where they raised theirson, Edward E. Cave III. A grad-uate of Millikin University, Millietaught sixth grade at Brush CollegeElementary School. She moved toThe Holmstad in 2004 and quicklybecame an active member of thecommunity.Millie is survived by her son,

Edward E. Cave III (Linda); hergranddaughter, Laura Smith(Todd); and her two great-grand-daughters, Casey and Tori Kirsch.She was preceded in death by herparents; her husband; and her foursiblings.Millie will be interred at

Graceland Cemetery in Decatur.A memorial service will be at 2

p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Commonsat The Holmstad Retirement Com-munity, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway inBatavia.Memorial contributions may be

directed to The Holmstad Benev-olent Fund, or to The AmericanCancer Society.For information, contact Moss

Family Funeral Home at 630-879-7900 or visit www.mossfuneral.com.Please sign the guest book at

www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

ANTHONY JAMESFELBABDied: Jan. 25, 2014

GENEVA – Anthony James Felbab,28, of Geneva, passed away Satur-day, Jan. 25, 2014.He was the beloved son of

Anthony and Nancy (Furfori), lovingbrother of Andrew and Alicia; de-voted grandson of Evelyn (Pribyl)Felbab; was preceded in death bygrandparents, Joseph J. Felbab Jr.,Emo James Furfori Sr. and Dolores(Kasprzyk) Furfori; loving nephewof Deleen (Furfori) Ciccotti and Bill

Ciccotti, Joseph J. Felbab III andKim (Bird) Felbab, Juliann (Furfori)Geraci and Michael Geraci and EmoJ. Furfori Jr.; loved by his cousins,Tom and Mike Ciccotti, Annie, Me-lissa, Joe IV and Mackenzie Felbab,Michael Geraci and Emo J. III andLuca Furfori. You will be missedbeyond words, we love you with allour hearts.The visitation to celebrate the

life of Anthony James Felbab willbe from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan.30, at Yurs Funeral Home, 1771 W.State St., Geneva.In lieu of flowers, contributions

may be made in Anthony’s name toyour charity of choice.To leave an online condolence or

remembrance to the family, visitthe funeral home’s obituary pageat www.yursfuneralhomes.com.For information, call Yurs FuneralHome of Geneva, 630-232-7337 orlike us on Facebook.Please sign the guest book at


CAROL ANN HIGGINSRESSINGERBorn: Nov. 7, 1966; in St. LouisDied: Jan. 25, 2014; in St. Charles

ST. CHARLES – Carol Ann HigginsRessinger passed away Saturday,Jan. 25, 2014, at her residence inSt. Charles. She was born Nov. 7,1966, in St. Louis, the daughter ofBert and Patricia (nee Thompson)Higgins.She was united in marriage to

David Ressinger on Oct. 24, 1992,in Madison, Wis.Carol was an advocate for

disadvantaged people. She was anurse for many years and recentlycompleted law school – her planwas to be able to help people ona broader scale with this unusualcombination of knowledge andtraining. She loved to travel andrecently visited South Africa withher Comparative Human Rightsclass, a very moving experiencefor her. She also loved animals andwas an avid gardener.She is survived by her beloved

husband, David; her children,Hannah Ressinger of New York andGeorge Ressinger of St. Charles;her parents, Bert and Pat Higgins;

her siblings, James Higgins, JonHiggins, Mary Higgins Farrell, Greg(Fran) Higgins and Katie (Doug)Berigan; and many nieces, neph-ews and dear friends.The visitation will be from 3

to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, atMoss-Norris Funeral Home, 100 S.Third St. (three blocks west of theriver and one block south of Route64) in St. Charles.A memorial service will immedi-

ately follow the visitation at 7 p.m.at the funeral home. Interment willbe private.In lieu of flowers, the family

requests memorial donations bedirected to Kiva (www.kiva.org), orOxfam International (www.oxfam.org), two organizations Carol waspassionate about.For information, contact

Moss-Norris Funeral Home at 630-584-2000 or visit www.mossfu-neral.com.Please sign the guest book at


8OBITUARIES

Cheryl Kay Carlson: The visi-tation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.Friday, Jan. 31, at Moss FamilyFuneral Home, 209 S. BataviaAve., Batavia. Funeral serviceswill be at 10 a.m. Saturday,Feb. 1, at Batavia United Meth-odist Church, 8 N. BataviaAve., Batavia. For information,contact Moss Family FuneralHome at 630-879-7900.

Bettye Frunzar: Privateinterment will be at River HillsMemorial Park in Batavia. A“celebration of life” will be Fri-day, June 13, at a location yetto be determined. Condolenc-es to the family and memoriesshared may be forwarded toHealy Chapel, 332 W. DownerPlace, Aurora, IL 60506. For in-formation, call 630-897-9291.

Jerry P. Perrone: A celebrationof life visitation will be from 4to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, atMalone Funeral Home, 324 E.State St. (Route 38), Geneva.

Carrie E. Petrie: A celebrationof her life will begin at 3 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 22, at ElburnAmerican Legion Post 630, 112N. Main St., Elburn. Arrange-

ments are being handledthrough the care of ConleyFuneral Home in Elburn.

Walter “Wally” Phillips Jr.: Thevisitation will be from 5:30to 7 p.m. – with a memorialservice to follow at 7:30 p.m.– Friday, Jan. 31, at ConleyFuneral Home, 116 W. PierceSt., Elburn.

Kenneth J. Stapleton: Thevisitation will be from 4 to 8p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, atMoss Family Funeral Home,209 S. Batavia Ave. (Route 31),Batavia. A service will followthe visitation at 8 p.m. at thefuneral home. Interment willbe private.

Obituary deadline

The deadline for obituarynotices is 4 p.m. for the nextday’s edition. Obituariescan be emailed to [email protected]. For moreinformation, contact newseditor Al Lagattolla at [email protected].

8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

8POLICE REPORTS

8LOCAL BRIEF

St. Charles

• Guillermo Jaime, 22, of the 800block of Jefferson Avenue, Elgin,was charged Thursday, Jan. 23, withspeeding. He also was arrested ona Kane County warrant for failingto appear in court on a drivinginfraction.• Daniel E. Dennis, 26, of the 400

block of North Neltnor Boulevard,West Chicago, was chargedSaturday, Jan. 25, with publicintoxication.• Kenneth Allie Lucas, 36, of the

11300 block of North 250West,Sumava Resorts, Ind., was chargedwith driving under the influence ofalcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol

content of more than 0.08 percentand speeding.

Kane County Sheriff’s Office

• Christopher B. Nelson, 34, ofthe 200 block of West Arrow-head Street, North Aurora, wascharged Saturday, Jan. 25, withdriving under the influence ofalcohol, driving with a blood-al-cohol content of more than 0.08percent, improper lane use anddriving without insurance. Justafter midnight, the Nissan Sentrahe was driving reportedly crossedthe median of Route 25 near Ban-bury Road south of Batavia andhit a Volkswagen Passat head-on.

No life-threatening injuries werereported.• Two vehicles were reported

burglarized Saturday, Jan. 25, inthe 35W300 block of Park Avenuein St. Charles Township. A $500vacuum cleaner, $380 camera,$500 camera, $350 portable DVDplayer, $100 cellphone and $1,000in tools were reported stolen.• A hit-and-run accident was

reported Saturday, Jan. 25, atabout 10:45 p.m. on Route 38near Pouley Road east of Elburn. AChevrolet Malibu was reportedlysideswiped by another vehicle.Damage included a scratch abovea tire and a broken driver’s sidemirror.

Event to feature notedcommunication authorST. CHARLES – Body language

and nonverbal impressions cansend a strong message beforewe utter a single word.Noted communication skills

authority and author Lillian

D. Bjorseth will show how tohone people-reading skills insituations ranging from familygatherings to business meetingsat the Saturday meeting of theAmerican Association of Univer-sity Women (AAUW) Batavia-Ge-neva-St. Charles Branch.

The event begins at 9 a.m. atthe St. Charles Library, 1 S. 6thAve., St. Charles. Guests arewelcome.For information, call Ann Morris

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GENEVA – Because manypeople might not know whathis office does, Kane Coun-ty Coroner Rob Russell wel-comed the opportunity Tues-day to explain its role to thecounty board’s Committee ofthe Whole.

In a presentation about thecoroner’s office late last year,County Board ChairmanChris Lauzen said he wantedto define the coroner’s rolewith law enforcement.

In addition to Russell, oth-

er county officials – includ-ing State’s Attorney Joe Mc-Mahon, Sheriff Pat Perez andrepresentatives from the Au-rora and Elgin police depart-ments – detailed their roles indeath investigations.

They noted the SuspiciousDeath and Homicide Proto-col also outlines their rolesand responsibilities. Whilelaw enforcement works todetermine whether a crimeoccurred in a death, McMa-hon said, the coroner estab-lishes the cause and mannerof death.

A u t o p s i e s c o n d u c t e d

through the coroner’s officecan provide insight into whatcaused the death, AssistantState’s Attorney Joe Cullensaid. For example, he said,it can show whether illegalor prescription drugs wereinvolved; whether the deathwas a result of an overdoseor heart attack; and, in carcrashes, the angle of impact.

Seemingly obvious casesmight not always be so, Cul-len said.

In the case of someone suf-fering an attack to the head,he said, the cause of deathmight not be the beating but

an underlying medical con-dition, such as a cyst on thebrain.

Perez said the informationgleaned from an autopsy ispart of an ongoing investiga-tion with the police agency,which is why law enforce-ment wouldn’t want the coro-ner to call a news conferenceon the findings.

Chief Deputy Coroner Lo-ren Carrera said differentsituations call for differentprocedures, and in some sit-uations the coroner’s officemust obtain medical files.Certain elements – such as

toxicology reports – can takea few weeks before the resultsare known, she said.

Cullen noted that in his20-plus years of experience,he has never experienced aproblem between the policeand coroner. Aurora PoliceChief Greg Thomas said hisstaff also reported a positiverelationship with the coro-ner.

Russell, who is in his sec-ond year as coroner, said hewas happy to hear that.

“There is no issue betweenme and law enforcement,” hesaid.

Coroner, law enforcement detail rolesKANE COUNTY

8LOCAL BRIEF

Hospital to host familyhealth fair Feb. 8ELGIN – In celebration

of American Heart Month,Advocate Sherman Hospital ishosting the Heart of DiabetesFamily Health Fair from 9 to 11a.m. Feb. 8.This free event will educate

attendees on the link betweenheart disease and diabetesand the steps they shouldtake to keep their familyhealthy. Sherman Hospital isat 1425 N. Randall Road, Elgin.Attendees will receive one-

on-one expert health advicefrom Advocate Shermanphysicians and clinicians,along with free blood pres-sure, cholesterol and glucosescreenings.Attendees can take an online

heart risk assessment andreceive instant feedback ontheir heart disease risk andfollow-up recommendations.This event will feature

healthy snacks and give-aways, including a Wii Fitgrand prize for one lucky rafflewinner.The event will take place on

the fourth floor of AdvocateSherman Hospital’s MedicalOffice Building.To register, visit www.

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Ace expected to open this summerSUGAR GROVE

By BRENDA [email protected]

SUGAR GROVE – Whenan Ace Hardware store opensin Sugar Grove this summer,residents no longer will haveto trek to other municipalitiesto pick up hammers, saws orwater heaters.

The 16,040-square-footbuilding is planned for 160 E.Galena Blvd., the northwestcorner of Galena Boulevardand Capitol Drive.

It will be the village’s firsthardware store of any kind,on track to be built and openby July 1, officials said.

“It’s very exciting,” VillageAdministrator Brent Eichel-berger said. “It’s significantfor the village.”

To illustrate the local need,Eichelberger said he had tobuy a bolt two months ago.He went to the three big boxstores – and they did not haveit.

“I went to Ace in Batavia onRandall and told the guy whatI wanted. He said, ‘Follow me– here you go,’” Eichelbergersaid. “They had exactly what Iwas looking for. I thought thatwas kind of interesting.”

In addition to the tradition-al items at a hardware store,Sugar Grove’s Ace is expectedto have a robust lawn and gar-den section, as well as a petfood supply area that will em-phasize premium products,Eichelberger said.

“This is going to be reallygood for the community, as

we don’t have one in town,”Eichelberger said. “Obvious-ly, people have needs for vari-ous things that Ace Hardwarecarries, so they can buy it andnot leave town.”

Village officials approvedan economic developmentagreement with Ace develop-er Mark Driscoll of DriBarIllinois LLC, Batavia, whereit will pay $10,000 of the re-quired $19,000 Kane CountyRoad Impact Fee.

The agreement also pro-vides that the 1 percent gener-al sales tax will be forwardedto the developer at a rate of 100percent the first two years; at75 percent in the third, fourthand fifth years; and at 25 per-cent for the sixth and seventhyears.

Eichelberger said the max-imum in the sales tax provid-ed would be $100,000.

Driscoll was unavailablefor comment, but in the eco-nomic development agree-ment, he said that without thesupport from the village, theAce project would not be pos-sible.

The village is projected toretain $122,500 in new salestax revenue during the firstseven years of Ace being open.Eichelberger said the villagewill receive 100 percent ofits nonhome-rule sales tax,which is also levied at 1 per-cent.

With regards to the salestax share with the developer,Eichelberger said it is basedon projections with no guar-

anteed dollar amount.After the seventh year

of sharing general sales taxwith the developer, the villagewill receive 100 percent of thesales tax.

Eichelberger said a fairprojection once the store isin its eighth year would be$30,000 to $40,000 a year insales tax revenue.

“That is significant for thevillage,” Eichelberger said.

Interim Economic Devel-opment Director Walter Mag-dziarz said though the com-pany has not committed to aspecific number of employees,the estimate is 25 to 30.

“To be open by July 1 isthe desired goal,” Magdziarzsaid. “And then have a formalgrand opening by Labor Day.”

By ERIC [email protected]

BATAVIA – No one was in-jured in an electrical fire Tues-day afternoon at the Lorlyn ofBatavia Apartments.

Firefighters at 3:24 p.m.responded to the fire at 1005Lorlyn Circle in Batavia, onthe apartment complex’s thirdfloor. Damage was estimatedat $600 to the apartment and$1,000 to its contents.

When firefighters arrived,

the occupants had already putout the fire, which had startedunder a bed. There were twopeople in the apartment at thetime.

“There was significantsmoke,” Batavia Fire ChiefRandy Banker said.

Banker said it appears thatmoisture and water caused anunused outlet to arch, catchinga comforter and other materi-al on fire. He warned residentsto “always keep furniture andother items away from outlets.”

Electrical fire damagesapartment in Batavia

8LOCAL BRIEFS

Bicycle, ski club to meetat Batavia Public LibraryBATAVIA – The Fox Valley Bicy-

cle & Ski Club will meet at 7 p.m.Feb. 12 at the Batavia Public Li-brary, 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia.The event is free and open to thepublic. The topic will be a corestabilization and strengtheningchallenge workshop, presentedby Beth Greenlee.Participants should wear

comfortable clothing and bringa towel or mat to put on thefloor. For information, visit www.

fvbsc.org.

Hickory Knolls plans birdcount event Feb. 16ST. CHARLES – A Great

Backyard Bird Count event, witha guided bird walk, is set fromnoon to 4 p.m. Feb. 16 at Hick-ory Knolls Discovery Center,3795 Campton Hills Drive, St.Charles. Join others in tabulat-ing birds for the national birdcount. For information, call BobAndrini at 630-584-8386.




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Four seek GOP nomination for 50thDistrictBy ASHLEY [email protected]

There will be no shortage

of candidates vying to suc-

ceed retiring state legislator

Kay Hatcher in the Illinois

House of Representatives.

The March 18 primary

will decide which of the four

Republican candidates – Ju-

lie Cosimo of Oswego, Beth

Goncher of Aurora, Keith

Wheeler of Oswego and Bill

Keck of Sugar Grove – will

compete for the 50th District

state representative post in

November’s general elec-

tion.

Former Yorkville may-

or Valerie Burd is the sole

Democrat seeking the office.

Wheeler, a 46-year-old

small business owner, chal-

lenged Hatcher in the 2010

primary. He said the issues

that were critical four years

ago remain critical. Illinois,

he said, needs to create more

jobs. His work with the Ken-

dall County Food Pantry – he

chairs the board of directors

– has brought him closer to

the issue, he said.

“I see the numbers,” he

said.

Wheeler said he has de-

veloped a four-pronged plan,

which he will release under

the title “Illinois Jobs for

Illinois Families.” Compo-

nents include making Illi-

nois affordable for business

and conducting a forensic

audit of state spending, he

said.

Goncher, 43, also wants to

focus on jobs.

The single mother said

she has seen jobs in Illinois

disappear as her teenage son

has grown.

“ I t r e a l l y m a k e s m e

mad,” Goncher said, adding

Illinois overtaxes and over

regulates.

She said she would want

to ensure the tax breaks giv-

en to businesses are fair,

and she would want to look

at the workman’s compensa-

tion system.

Through her work as a

longtime legislative aide

for State Rep. Tim Schmitz,

Goncher said she under-

stands how the legislative

process works, knows the is-

sues and knows how people

feel about the issues.

Cosimo, meanwhile, over-

sees the career development

office at Benedictine Univer-

sity and helps students and

alumni get into the work-

force. She founded and ran

a small business earlier in

her career.

“I know what challenges

small business owners go

through,” she said.

A strong education sys-

tem is key to developing an

attractive and successful

workforce, said Cosimo, 47.

She said she would be dedi-

cated to creating legislation

establishing a comprehen-

sive workforce readiness

and job creation plan that

prepares individuals to en-

ter the workforce and meets

the needs of employers.

Because of a broken an-

kle, Cosimo said she hasn’t

been as visible in the cam-

paign as she would like to

be. She noted she intends to

quit her full-time job if elect-

ed.

Keck, who served as Kane

County auditor for 20 years,

believes his auditing experi-

ence can make a difference,

he said.

He noted his concern

about the state’s finances

prompted him to run for

state representative.

Other issues Keck, 74,

said he would like to tack-

le include pension reform,

balancing the budget and

improving efficiency. He

expects he would be able to

work across the aisle, he

said.

“Hopefully, I can be effec-

tive,” Keck said.

The 50th District covers

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ST. CHARLES – St. Charlesofficials are reminding res-idents that the snow routeparking ban is in effect whensnow accumulations reach 2inches, according to a citynews release.

Additionally, a full city-wide parking ban goes intoeffect for all city streets onceaccumulations reach 3 inch-es.

The St. Charles Police De-partment will begin enforcingparking regulations about anhour after the designated ac-cumulations are reached.

“The parking ban is nec-essary to allow the plows toclear the streets with no ob-structions,” Police Cmdr. ErikMahan said in the release.

“Motorists and emergency ve-hicles need to be able to navi-gate the streets safely.”

Snow routes are markedwith blue signs. Visit www.stcharlesil.gov or contact Ma-han at 630-377-4435 for infor-mation.

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“It really makes

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Beth Goncher

Republican candidate for 50th

District in the Illinois House

of Representatives on the

lack of jobs in the state

“The parking ban is

necessary to allow

the plows to clear the

streets with no obstruc-tions. Motorists and

emergency vehicles need

to be able to navigate

the streets safely.”

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St. Charles Police Commander

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Chuck Miller, the troop’schairman for the derby, calledit “a great space for whatwe’re doing.”

“The old venue just wasn’tworking out, and this wasavailable,” Miller said. “Itturned out to be a great space.It’s wide open with plenty ofroom. It’s working out perfect-ly for us.”

The building, which sits onthe campus of Kaneland HighSchool at Meredith and Kes-linger roads, no longer func-tions as a middle school, but itis full of life nonetheless. Com-munity groups, such as theScouts and youth sports orga-nizations, use it – especially inthe winter. The high school’sathletic teams use the gymfor practices. The Fox ValleyCareer Center has fire scienceclasses there. And ACT andPSAT testing for high schoolclasses often will take placethere.

The historySince the fall of 2009, all of

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Cheryl Krauspe, who wasa member of the board thenand now is the school boardpresident, said officials had toquickly shift from a mindsetof preparing for tremendousgrowth to the realization that

the growth wasn’t cominganytime soon. And while shesaid there has been criticismfrom some residents sincethen, she added that “if we hadnot passed that referendum,we would still be asking forit today.” She said Harter hassignificantly more space thanthe Meredith Road site, whichnow can serve as many as 850students, and that the previ-ous site needed renovations.

And now, she said, the dis-trict has an updated buildingthat stands ready to be usedwhen the growth does come.Superintendent Jeff Schulercalled the building “an assetthat I do think the district willneed at some point in time.”For instance, the plans forElburn Station, approved lastyear by the Elburn Village

Board, potentially could dou-ble the village’s populationover 20 years.

“Our student population isgoing to grow again,” Schulersaid.

While many residents re-fer to the building as “the oldmiddle school,” district offi-cials do not, instead calling itthe Kaneland Middle Schoolat Meredith Road, or MeredithRoad Middle School. In thefuture, it could be used as anextension to the high school,an additional middle schoolor another use, depending onwhat needs the district mightsee in the future.

‘A beautiful facility’Julie-Ann Fuchs, the dis-

trict’s assistant superinten-dent for business, is in charge

of scheduling the groups thatuse the Meredith Road MiddleSchool. She said the buildinginitially was closed as the ren-ovations were completed, butafter that, activities resumed.And they continue.

“The gymnasium is usedevery night of the week, allday Saturday and all day Sun-day,” Fuchs said. She said of-ficials have found it to be anideal place for testing.

“The facility provides avery quiet setting and a class-room setting for the students,”she said.

She called the building “abeautiful facility, absolute-ly” and said it gets inspectedeach year to make sure safe-ty codes are met. The kitchenarea is closed, however, as itis not needed. She said renova-

tions included a new roof anda classroom addition, somelighting improvements and areplacement of the gym floor.She said renting the buildingout to community groups doesprovide “a small amount of in-come.”

“It helps to offset some ofthe utility costs,” Fuchs said.

She said the Fox Valley Ca-reer Center is in the processof implementing a programthat could meet in the build-ing. She said it’s helpful tohave the space available andthat it’s good to have the spaceavailable for when trends willshow a future need. Rightnow, she said, there is no suchtrend. But the facility is use-ful.

“We’re very fortunate tohave the space,” she said.

Busy building Sports, community events, testskeep middle school site buzzing

Membersof theKanelandHigh Schoolfreshmanand sopho-more base-ball teampractice inthe upperlevel of thegymnasi-um at theformer Kane-land MiddleSchool inMaple Park.

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SYCAMORE – JenniferSchopfer found no pulse onTim Getzelman and was un-sure if she found a pulse onLexi Weber when she cameupon a fatal car crash about5:30 p.m. Feb. 21, 2011.

But Schopfer, an off-dutynurse, had a short conversa-tion with Patricia Schmidtwhen she approached thepickup truck that had collidedwith Getzelman’s white Ponti-ac Grand Am, Schopfer testi-fied Tuesday.

“I asked if [Schmidt] wasOK, and she said, ‘I’m fine,’”Schopfer said. “[Every] ques-tion I asked was either an,‘I’m fine’ or ‘no.’”

Whether Schmidt reallywas fine is at issue a trial thatstarted Tuesday and will con-tinue March 3.

Schmidt was diagnosedwith a seizure condition threeyears before the fatal crash,and doctors told her not todrive or operate heavy ma-chinery while she was taking

her medication, DeKalb Coun-ty Assistant State’s AttorneyPhil Montgomery said.

Schmidt, 48, of the of the28500 block of Brickville Road,is accused of reckless homi-cide and aggravated recklessdriving in connection withthe crash at the intersectionof Route 23 andPeace Road inSycamore.

If convictedof the more se-rious charge,reckless homi-cide, she couldbe sentenced toprobation or upto 5 years in prison. Getzel-man, a 21-year-old SycamoreHigh School graduate, diedat the scene, while Weber, a21-year-old Kaneland HighSchool graduate, died shortlyafter.

Schmidt has maintainedher innocence, and her attor-ney, Gregg Smith, did not givean opening statement Tues-day to detail her side of thecase. At Schmidt’s request,DeKalb County Presiding

Judge Robbin Stuckert, rath-er than a jury, will decide herguilt or innocence.

She has been free sinceposting $50,000 bail April 6,2011.

Prosecutors called eightwitnesses Tuesday: four wit-nesses who were at the sceneof the crash, both victims’mothers and two police offi-cials. Witnesses at the scenesaid Schmidt’s vehicle ap-peared to be speeding at abovethe 45 mph limit just beforethe crash.

Meanwhile, Sycamore po-lice detective Daniel Hoffmanestimated Getzelman wasdriving 24 mph a second be-fore the crash. But Schmidt’slawyer objected to that testi-mony, saying devices record-ing crash information ob-tained from both vehicles wasnot tested for their proficien-cy. Stuckert sustained thoseobjections.

In a recorded interviewwith police April 6, 2011,Schmidt said she was takingmultiple prescription medi-cations for conditions such

as diabetes, high cholesteroland high blood pressure. Shedeclined to tell police which,if any, medications she tookthe day of the accident. Oneof those medications, loraze-pam, has drowsiness listed asa side effect.

But Schmidt told policeshe never had a seizure whiledriving and that her seizuresweren’t the type where sheloses consciousness, has con-vulsions or falls, said GeorgeManess, a former Sycamorepolice officer on scene on theday of the crash.

Montgomery played policeinterviews recorded fromboth before and after Schmidtwas arrested.

Schmidt’s memory duringboth interviews seemed fuzzyyet consistent. She repeated-ly said in the recorded videosshe did not remember whathappened.

“I have bits and pieces, butI’m not sure what happenedfirst,” Schmidt said in thefirst interview.

In the second interview,Schmidt said she remembers

switching on her windshieldwipers after hearing a reporton the radio that there was ablack ice warning in the area.

“That’s the last memory Ihave until I was sitting in aditch,” Schmidt said.

When Schmidt was laterbrought in for questioning,Maness asked her off the cuffwhether she had any seizuresin the past. Schmidt repliedthat her last seizure was Feb.6, 2011, 15 days before thecrash, Maness said.

Both victims’ mothers,Dawn Weber and TamaraGetzelman, testified briefly.Weber, with tissues in herclenched hand, began to crywhen prosecutors asked herwhen her daughter was born.

“I saw her last at 10 a.m.Monday, Feb. 21, 2011,” Webersaid. “We were in the kitch-en, and she was getting readyto go to breakfast with herfriends on her day off.”

The case will continue at10 a.m. March 3. Prosecutorsexpect to call accident recon-struction experts to the standas the trial continues.

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U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Na-

perville, and State Sen. Jim

Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove,

held differing views of Pres-

ident Obama’s State of the

Union Address on Tuesday

night.

In a statement, Foster

said he supported President

Obama’s State of the Union

Address, especially Obama’s

agenda to support working

families and his call to action.

“Everyone deserves a shot

at the American dream – to

get a good education, a job

that supports a family, and

a place to call home,” Foster

said in a prepared statement.

“Unfortunately, for too many,

that dream is becoming hard-

er to achieve. Our country

succeeds when our middle

class succeeds and it is criti-

cal that our policies support

working families.”

Foster criticized Congress’

failure to act on critical is-

sues, such as unemployment

insurance, raising the mini-

mum wage, commonsense

gun control laws and compre-

hensive immigration reform.

Oberweis said the presi-

dent was “trying to be upbeat”

but cautioned that “the devil

is always in the details.”

For example, Obama men-

tioned closing loop holes

and wanting to help entre-

preneurs that are “positive

sounding and that most of

us at first blush would agree

with until we start looking at

the details.”

But he’s done so many

things that hurt entrepre-

neurs, including raising taxes

and through Obamacare, and

that made things uncertain,

Oberweis said. Obama also

talked about energy indepen-

dence and increased oil pro-

duction – something Oberweis

said happened “not because of

his actions, but despite them.”

Oberweis pointed to not

allowing drilling on public

land and the Keystone pipe-

line, which would improve oil

transportation.

Oberweis called it “a little

disingenuous.”

Regarding raising the min-

imum wage, Oberweis said,

everyone believes someone

who is willing to work should

have an opportunity for a new

job “but we can’t forget the

real world fact that nobody

believes that a head of a fam-

ily of three or four people can

take care of that family on

minimum wage. It was never

intended to be that way.”

The minimum wage was

intended for entry level jobs,

for young workers, he said.Raising it “would make itmore difficult [for young peo-ple] to get a job and learn basicskills so they can go on to getbetter jobs so they can gain inknowledge and experience. …Our government restrictionsand interference has made itmore difficult, especially forAfrican-American youths, toget good jobs.”

Also, U.S. Rep. RandyHultgren, R-Winfield, said heagreed with Obama that “weneed to get Americans back towork” but added that “unfor-tunately, the president sharesthe mentality in Illinois andWashington to spend moneywe don’t have and force bur-densome regulations on thebusinesses providing jobs tomiddle-class families.”

A n d U . S . R e p . P e t e rRoskam, R-Wheaton, saidAmericans want change. “In-stead of dividing up an in-creasingly shrinking slice ofthe pie, let’s join together ingrowing the whole economyfor the benefit of all Ameri-cans.”

Politicians weigh in onState of theUnion speech THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON – Presi-dent Barack Obama soughtTuesday to restore publicconfidence and trust in hispresidency after a dispirit-ing year, pledging to use hisWhite House authority withnew force to advance an agen-da that Congress has largelyfailed to support.

In his fifth State of theUnion address, Obama chal-lenged lawmakers to workwith him to achieve break-throughs on large-scale ini-tiatives to overhaul immigra-tion laws and provide morebenefits to American work-ers, including a higher mini-mum wage and an extensionof long-term unemploymentinsurance.

But he also sketched outmore than a dozen ways inwhich he intends to use ex-ecutive powers to try to boostthe economy, a recognition bythe president that he is run-ning out of time to achieve hisgoals in the face of hardeningRepublican opposition.

“What I offer tonight is aset of concrete, practical pro-posals to speed up growth,strengthen the middle class

and build new ladders of op-portunity into the middleclass,” Obama said. “Somerequire congressional action,and I’m eager to work with allof you. But America does notstand still – and neither will I.So wherever and whenever Ican take steps without legis-lation to expand opportunityfor more American families,that’s what I’m going to do.”

In the course of his speech,Obama laid out what aidesdescribed as an “optimistic”view of where the nation isheaded, calling for a “year ofaction.”

To that end, Obama an-nounced a list of executiveactions that he will pursue inthe coming months aimed atslowing the widening incomegap among American fami-lies, actions the White Househascalledatoppriorityfortheyear. Among them were plansto raise the minimum wagefor federal contract workersfrom $7.25 an hour to $10.10an hour by 2015, create a newgovernment-backed privateretirement savings plan andspeed up implementation ofa previously announced pro-gram to connect schools tobroadband wireless.

Obama’s State of Unionhighlights executive power

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The land of gun violenceTo the Editor:

This month, more people were killed and injured at a

theater in Florida and a school in NewMexico. Almost

every week someone is killed byweapons legally

carried intomalls, theaters and other places.

The Second Amendment right to bear arms is

apparently more important to fanatics than the safety

of innocent Americans. Assault rifles and semi-au-

tomatic pistols with high-capacity magazines are

everywhere.

So, next time you see someone that looks a little

weird or is in a rage over losing his job, you better run

because he probably has a gun andmight shoot you.

And, of course, the NRAwants you to have a gun in

order to “defend” yourself from someonewho should

have had a background check (andmight have failed).

You can blast each other and increase the chances

of killing or wounding bystanders in a big shootout.

America, the land of gun violence.

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Elgin

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

NSA can’t justify phone-record collection programBLOOMBERG NEWS

Of the many questions thatstill surround the NationalSecurity Agency’s vast globalspying operations, one seemsespecially pertinent – dothey actually work? That is,have they helped to preventterrorist attacks againstAmericans?

In the case of the NSA’sphone-data program – inwhich the agency vacu-ums up information aboutessentially every call madeby Americans – it’s gettingharder and harder for thegovernment to answer yes.The latest evidence comesfrom a report last week bythe Privacy and Civil Lib-erties Oversight Board, anindependent federal agencyestablished on the recommen-dation of the Sept. 11 Com-mission to balance the right

to liberty against the need toprevent terrorism.

The board – which hadaccess to classified infor-mation – offered this bluntassessment:

“We have not identified asingle instance involving athreat to the United States inwhich the telephone recordsprogram made a concretedifference in the outcome of acounterterrorism investiga-tion. Moreover, we are awareof no instance in which theprogram directly contributedto the discovery of a previous-ly unknown terrorist plot orthe disruption of a terroristattack.”

In evaluating the NSA’sstunning surveillance capa-bilities, revealed by formercontractor Edward Snowdenbeginning last June, the ques-tion always should be wheth-er the benefits are worth the

costs. By now it’s obviousthat the oversight of thisphone program was insuffi-cient. The benefit of havingthe records in the first place,however, was always couchedin more practical terms bythe NSA and its supportersin Congress – it was helpingthwart terrorist attacks.

The NSA has assertedthat bulk data collection hasplayed some role in disrupt-ing 54 “terrorist events.” Ofthose, only 12 involved thephone-data program in somecapacity. The privacy boardexamined each in detail.In the only case where theprogram may have helpedthe government identify aterrorism suspect, there wasno threat of an attack on theUnited States and no rea-son to conclude that a bulkdata-collection program wasnecessary to determine the

connection.None of which is to say

that the program could neverprove useful. The priva-cy board found that bulkcollection has some limitedbenefits. It can help investi-gators find leads on existingsuspects (almost always bycorroborating informationthey already have), and it canhelp confirm that a foreignterrorist plot does not have aU.S. connection, thus helpingconserve law-enforcementresources.

But all this comes withclear drawbacks. The pro-gram is objectively intru-sive, unpopular with thepublic and legally dubious.In addition, the simple actof collecting and storing somuch personal informationon citizens – in secret, with-out probable cause – erodesthe very notion of American

liberty.For all that, if the program

were essential for stoppingterrorist attacks and savingAmerican lives, it might stillbe worthwhile.

Yet almost everyone whohas looked into the programin detail has concluded that itisn’t an essential tool in pre-venting terrorist attacks andthat it has demonstrated littleor nothing of unique investi-gative value. A review groupappointed by the presidentin August came to roughlythe same conclusion as theprivacy board on this score.So have two members of theSenate intelligence commit-tee. So did a federal judge.

After seven years ofevidence, in other words, thebasic premise used to ratio-nalize this program has neverbeen validated. What’s left tojustify its costs?

Editorial board Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting

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redress of grievances. First Amendment, U.S. Bill of Rights

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FULL CIRCLEST. CHARLES EAST SENIOR ISAIAH VELA LOOKS TOFINISH HIS CAREER ON A HIGH NOTE AFTER REACHINGTHE STATE MEET AS A FRESHMAN. PAGE 20

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St. Charles East senior 138-pound wrestler Isaiah Vela finished fourth at the IHSA Class 3A state meet as a freshman. He’s been primed to reach the podium again ever since.

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Men’s college basketball

Penn State at Ohio State,

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Northern Illinois at Kent

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Memphis at Central Florida,

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Oklahoma City at Miami,

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AHL,Wolves at Rochester,

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THURSDAY

Boys basketball: Larkin at

St. Charles East, 7:15 p.m.; St.

Charles North at Elgin, 7:15

p.m.; Kaneland at St. Edward,

7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball: AuroraCentral Catholic at Nazareth,

7:30 p.m.; Wheaton Academy

at Westminster, 7 p.m.; Chica-go Christian at Rosary, 7 p.m.

Girls gymnastics: UEC

Championships at Neuqua

Valley, 6 p.m.

East senior Vela eyes finishing touches on his careerBy KEVIN DRULEY

[email protected]

Isaiah Vela grinned Satur-day at the suggestion hehas been putting on a St.

Charles East wrestling singlet

for longer than four seasons.

His poise out of the gate

made it easy to overlook

Vela’s youth.

A fourth-place finisher as

a freshman 119-pounder at

the Class 3A state meet, Vela

delivered on the slight hype

that preceded him into the

Saints’ mat room.

He returned to Champaign

just once after that, however,

increasing the urgency for a

final pursuit of the podium

that begins with the South

Elgin Regional on Feb. 8.

“I have big goals for

myself. I’ve been having big

goals for the past four years,”

Vela said. “But this year, I’ve

really stepped up my game.

I’m ready for state.”

Now competing at 138,

Vela improved to 33-3 with

a three-match sweep at the

Upstate Eight Conference

tournament at Elgin this past

weekend.

He earned falls in his first

two bouts before defeating

Waubonsie Valley’s Jimmy

Davis, 6-3, in the champion-

ship match, benefiting from

his aggressiveness on the

edge.

Vela’s individual title was

one of six for the Saints, who

won the UEC team title for

the second straight season.

Vela spotted such potential

in the offseason – in both

himself and the team – which

spurred him to a more vocal

role than before.

Vela figures there wasn’t

much to trumpet about an

injury-plagued sophomore

year. A 37-win junior season

in which he advanced to state

at 132 but was eliminated in

wrestlebacks reignited the

conversation.

“Senior year, I don’t want

to say my whole mentality

changed, but it’s a little nod

saying it’s my last year,” Vela

said. “I push everybody in the

room as a captain, as return-

ing varsity. So I just try to do

whatever I can do to make

my team better and myself

better.”

Yes, it’s possible to get

a few words in between the

usual fare of “Disturbed” or

rap songs that blare during

Saints practices.

“As a senior, Isaiah’s

really picked it up. I would

say this is probably his best

year,” said classmate Jake

Mende, the UEC champion

at 145. “Most of us guys werewrestling together since wewere little kids, and now thatwe’re all together senior year,you know, this really means alot for us.”

Saints coach Jason Potterincreased the offseasonemphasis on weight training,which especially benefitedVela.

After swinging between132 and 138 as a junior, Velawill stay put at 138, wherehe has more bulk than manyopponents.

Saints starters believethey have a mental edge en-tering bouts, too. After Eastwent 9-2 in the final roundat conference – the team alsoproduced two third-placefinishers and one fifth-placewrestler – there might besomething to that notion.

“Just as a whole, I thinkit was a great performanceto finish matches and trainthrough stuff, and we weren’tsatisfied sitting through littleleads, trying to hang on,” Pot-

ter said. “In the middle of theyear, you’ve got guys hangingon to one-point leads and notcontinuing to wrestle.”

Without stepping onPotter’s feet, that’s the kindof stuff Vela found himselfpolicing in the early season.

“When kids are slacking,you know, I keep telling themto push themselves,” he said.“It’s what you do in practicethat will show on the mat.”

Vela’s losses – twice toMarist senior Mario Leveille,once to St. Rita senior MikeFalco – came against athleteswho are part of different sec-tionals. It’s likely Vela wouldhave to avenge those defeatsin a possible state tourna-ment berth before turning hisattention to uncertain collegeplans.

Vela knew as much as heassessed the sting of eachbout. He has learned muchmore. Four seasons aren’tquite 10, but they’re morethan enough to harden some-one.

ST. CHARLES EAST WRESTLING

File photo by Sandy Bressner – [email protected]

Competing at 138 pounds, Isaiah Vela (left) was one of six St. Charles East wrestlers to win an individualUpstate Eight Conference title over the weekend. East also took the team crown.

PICKING UP THE INTENSITY

“Senior year, I don’t want

to say my whole mentality

changed, but it’s a little

nod saying it’s my last

year. I push everybody in

the room as a captain, as

returning varsity.”

Isaiah Vela

St. Charles East senior wrestler

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DeJesus, Crosby highlight ProForce clinicBy KEVIN DRULEY

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BATAVIA – David DeJesuswill wear a darker shade of blueon his cap and uniform in 2014than most of last baseball sea-son. On Saturday afternoon, ahandful of grade-schoolers cladin Cubs gear looked the otherway.

Then again, many young-sters gazed at the turf or a sidewall of ProForce Sports Perfor-mance Training, anyway, asDeJesus’ clinic concluded.

ProForce owner ChrisB r o w n i n g i n c o r p o r a t e dstrength training stationsafter DeJesus – now a Tam-pa Bay Rays outfielder afterspending 2012 and part of 2013with the Cubs – happily lenthis expertise alongside a fewminor leaguers.

“Just to get these guys outand be around other profes-sionals, they can learn some-thing, pick something up andmaybe that’ll get them to thenext level in their career,”DeJesus said. “We just want tobe tools they can use, and we’reexcited to help them out.”

DeJesus, who lives inWheaton during the offseason,is planning a second clinicfrom 1 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 8. Theevent is designed for playersin grades five to 12, and will bedivided into middle and highschool groups.

Blending in with the Pro-Force staff and clientele for thepast 3½ years, DeJesus creditsAtlanta Braves minor leagueoutfielder Dan Brewer for in-troducing him to Browningand his staff.

A Lyons Township gradu-ate now residing in Chicago,Brewer lived in Batavia withhis mother when the New YorkYankees drafted him in 2008.

“I feel like I keep movingfarther and farther away fromBatavia, but keep coming outhere,” Brewer said. “I wouldn’ttrain anywhere else.”

Detroit Tigers minor leagueleft-hander Casey Crosby, aKaneland alumnus, recentlyadopted the latter refrain.

Crosby trained inde-pendently in each of his pastfive offseasons in professionalball before Geneva productsand ProForce regulars Pat

Schiller and Brad Allen toldhim about Browning’s “TrainInsane” headquarters at 501 W.Fabyan Parkway.

A shoulder impingementlimited Crosby to 13 starts and57⅔ innings with Triple-A To-ledo in 2013, so he’s especiallyencouraged to find his new

regimen pro-viding a “nightand day” differ-ence.

“Doing stuffon my own,”Crosby said,“you don’t re-alize you don’tpush yourself

as much as you do if some-body’s in there telling youwhat to do and doing the rightthings.”

Last month, the Tigers an-nounced plans to move Cros-by to the bullpen. Although hemade three spot starts in June2012, struggles and injuriesthat prompted Tommy Johnelbow surgery earlier in hiscareer ultimately steered theorganization’s decision.

Crosby, who eventuallycould return to the startingrotation pending his perfor-mance, is eager for anotherchance in spring training. Hepreviously pitched in relief in

the Arizona Fall League in 2011and in past spring trainings.

“It’s lots of fun, and it’s anadrenaline rush,” said Crosby,25. “You’ve got to be ready ev-ery day, which is what I love,too.”

Stay tuned to see whetherthat also becomes Crosby’sassessment of fatherhood. Hiswife, the former Haley Balluff,recently reached her 39th weekof pregnancy, which precluded

Crosby from joining the Tigerson their winter caravan andfan fest during the weekend.

Tidbits: Crosby has yet tomeet new Tigers managerBrad Ausmus, a former majorleague catcher, but is eager fortheir first spring training en-counter and beyond.

“Just from what I hear ininterviews, it’s going to be awe-some,” Crosby said.

• Crosby applauded the re-

solve of his brother-in-law,Kaneland senior running backJesse Balluff, who tore his ACLin Week 3 and missed the restof his final prep football season.

“I’ve gone through somestuff,” Crosby said, “but it’s un-believable for him.”

Crosby said Balluff hasbeen offered preferred walk-onstatus at Northern Illinois andalso was in contact with Divi-sion-II Grand Valley State inAllendale, Mich.

• DeJesus maintains closeties with the Cubs even thoughhe hasn’t patrolled their out-field since Aug. 18.

Earlier this month, The Da-vid DeJesus Family Founda-tion and Cubs Charities hosted“Strike A Chord,” a celebritykaraoke event benefiting ALSresearch and support.

“You know, you build re-lationships, and they’re trust-worthy people that we love andwho were able to help us out,”DeJesus said. “It’s a perfectunion.”

• Fellow Cub collaborators,the Kane County Cougars, willnot host a “Meet the Cubs” hotstove banquet this weekend.The event’s traditional comple-ment, an adult coaching clin-ic featuring coaches from theCubs and Cougars organiza-tions, will be held from 9 a.m. tonoon Saturday inside the upperdeck level at Fifth Third BankBallpark.

The Class-A Cougars willbegin their second season of atwo-year player developmentcontract with the Cubs onApril 3 at Quad Cities, withthe home opener scheduled forApril 8 against Fort Wayne.

On deck

Abaseball clinic for players in gradesfive through 12 led by TampaBay Raysoutfielder David DeJesuswill be heldfrom 1 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at ProForceSports Performance Training, 501W.Fabyan Parkway, Batavia.The group will be divided into

middle school and high schoolplayers. Cost is $135 an athlete, andincludes a picture and autograph.To register, call 630-406-9700 orstop by the gym. Email [email protected] for questions.Space is limited.

Photo provided by Josh Rader

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder David DeJesus (left back), a Wheaton resident who is an active client at Bata-via-based ProForce Sports Performance Training during the offseason, has a second baseball clinic plannedat the facility Feb. 8 after hosting a group Saturday.

Casey Crosby

Photo courtesy of Skip Milos/Tampa Bay Rays

DeJesus still keeps close ties to the Cubs, for whom he played 206games in 2012-13.



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FormerEast football

coach back in UECTed Monken took over a St.

Charles East football programthat was looking to restore itstradition after slipping once St.Charles High split.

Monken then moved on tobrand-new Metea Valley, whichhad no tradition, period.

And now? Monken isreturning to the Upstate EightConference football coachingranks at West Chicago, a schoolwith a modern tradition aboutas bleak as they come. TheWildcats have had two winningseasons since 1978.

Monken, who said helearned he had the West Chi-cago job last week, framed thedegree of difficulty of his latestcoaching gig as a plus.

“It’s great being at thoseplaces where kids are hungryfor success, where people arestarving to be pointed in theright direction, and hopefullywhen you win those games,it means that much more,”Monken said.

Monken coached at St.Charles East from 2004 to 2008before leaving to launch theprogram at Metea, where hespent just two seasons. Hesaid he’s worked in sales sinceresigning at Metea after the2011 season.

The short duration at Metearaised eyebrows consideringthe Monken family’s deepcoaching roots – his father,Bob Monken, is in the IllinoisFootball Coaches Associationhall of fame, and his brother,Todd, is a Division I headcoach at Southern Mississippi– but Monken said he remainson good terms with formercolleagues and administratorsat Metea, and pursued a chanceto make more money in theprivate sector.

“It’s a good thing to have alot of friends but it’s also a lotof people you have to explainthings to,” said Monken, wholed the Mustangs to a 4-5 recordin Year 2 of the program’s ex-istence. “I’ve been doing that alot the last couple years, but it’sjust something I wanted to try.”

Monken unsurprisinglymissed coaching and is setto reacquaint himself withthe UEC. After West Chicagorelocated to the UEC from thecutthroat DuPage Valley Con-ference last year, the Wildcats

will move to the UEC’s RiverDivision in 2014 as West Auroraand Glenbard East join theconference, meaning Monken’sWildcats will compete in thesame division as the Tri-Citiesschools.

But West Chicago will alsobecome division-mates withElgin, Larkin and Streamwood,programs more comparable toWest Chicago. That’s encourag-ing to Monken, who said “If it’sconstantly David and Goliath,you can’t always sell everybodywe can be David. You want afair fight once in a while.”

Monken said it’ll be import-ant to have a degree of earlysuccess, much like he did inhis first year at East after theSaints went 1-8 the seasonbefore he took over. Monken’sfirst East team went 4-5 beforemaking the playoffs each of thenext four seasons.

“That is everything,” Monk-en said. “You can get everybodyexcited, you can do big, fire-upspeeches and all the greatthings you want to do anytimeyou take over a program to getpeople believing in your philos-ophy and what want to do, butif you don’t win some games,it’s going to be very difficult tokeep that momentum.”

Monken, who was defensivecoordinator at St. NorbertCollege and Wheaton Warren-ville South before arriving inSt. Charles, said he’s hoping tomake West Chicago his homefor the long-haul.

“For the most part it’s allbeen about my family anddoing what’s best for mycareer, so I feel even thoughmy resume is a little long, thatthere’s a valid reason that eachmove has been made,” Monkensaid. “I’m getting older, I’m 45and I’m tired of moving, so I’mreally hoping to make WestChicago my last stop. I’d love todo something special there.”

• Jay Schwab is sports editorof the Kane County Chronicle.He can be reached at 630-845-5382 or [email protected].

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‘Selfless’ Santos still on pointSidney Santos shifted from the front-

court to the backcourt once again whenGeneva teammate Michaela Loebelsuffered another knee injury last month.The 6-foot-1 Santos, a projected center

at Oakland (Mich.), followed the samepath in November 2012 after Loebel, aNebraska soccer recruit, tore her ACLfour games into her junior season.“When I switched into the role, I was

definitely more prepared for it becauseof last year,” said Santos, a senior.“It’s a whole team thing. We all have to

step up since Michaela’s not there.”Santos credited Vikings Morgan

Seberger and Abby Novak for helpingher transition to point guard. Even whenshe was coming up as a highly toutedfreshman – a rise delayed by her ownseason-ending knee injury enteringher debut campaign – coaches toutedSantos’ ballhandling ability.“She’s just so selfless that she doesn’t

care that she has to do it,” Vikingscoach Sarah Meadows said. “We justneed her to stay on the court, you know.And we’ve talked about it. She’s got tostop fouling. She’s more valuable on thecourt than maybe even giving up twopoints. But I think she’s doing a solidjob.”Santos awaits her next test tonight, as

she’ll play opposite Fenwick point guardJade Owens, a Creighton recruit. TheVikings-Friars nonconference series hasbeen a regular for Geneva of late.“Those games are more fun to play in

because you have nothing to lose andit’s always a hard-fought battle,” Santossaid. “They always have great players,so it’s always a good game.”

North’s ‘D’ helps turn tideFirst-year St. Charles North coach Sean

Masoncup stressed defensive intensityfrom the time he took the reins of theprogram last spring.That’s certainly been apparent in

the North Stars’ recent surge, whichincludes three wins in their past fourUpstate Eight Conference River Divisiongames.“Our whole goal is just to run, run,

run,” junior guard Ashling Davern said.“And on the defensive end, that’s mostimportant, because if we can get stops,then it’s easier for us to convert on theoffensive end, for sure.”North turned up the heat on Batavia in

a six-point loss Friday, the league-lead-ing Bulldogs’ closest conference gameto date. Before that, Geneva playedBatavia to within eight points in theRiver opener.The North Stars will try to close an

18-point gap against Geneva on Feb. 8.Sputtering against the Vikings in theteams’ first meeting Jan. 10 is one of thecatalysts for North’s recent run.“The Geneva game was definitely a

real change for our team in a way thatwe look at how we play and how import-ant it is to play together,” Davern said.“Because in the Geneva game, we were

all thinking about the [back] of our jer-sey, which we can’t do that if you wantto be successful. So we definitely took itto use in the future games.”

Hot shotsWheaton Academy’s Jamie Netzley and

Molly Thorson combined for 30 points inSaturday’s home win against St. Francisbehind a pretty impressive collaborativeeffort.Netzley, a sophomore guard, and

Thorson, a junior forward, drilled 9-of-163-point attempts in the game.Thorson, who has impressed coach

Beth Mitchell with her athleticism, hadbeen hurt for much of her career beforethis season, fighting through a handinjury and a broken clavicle.

– Kevin Druley,[email protected]

RACHEL CHOICERosary, Sr., G

What she did: Choice paced Rosarywith 19 points and played strong pe-rimeter defense, stabilizing the Royalsin Thursday’s 55-39 victory at WaltherChristian.

MORGAN SEBERGERGeneva, Sr., G

What she did: Sidestepping a cuton her right, shooting, hand on Sat-urday, Seberger scored 20 points inthe Vikings’ 63-56 win at St. CharlesEast.

NOTEWORTHY

IN THE GROOVE

COACH SLY SEZ ...The Oswego Tournament, of all things, pushed

back Batavia’s first 2013-14 meeting with St.

Charles North until this past Friday.

The Bulldogs’ involvement in the tourney likely

paved the way to one of the most entertaining

games of the season to date. North hadn’t yet

found its stride in the early season, and maybe

even hadn’t concocted the “Special” defense that

helped keep Liza Fruendt (relatively) in check.

Here’s to the rematch at North’s place on Feb. 6.

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WHAT WE LEARNEDLAST WEEK ...

St. Charles North is trending upward.Regrouping after a blowout loss at

Geneva earlier in this month, Northgave Batavia all it could handle Friday,leading in the fourth quarter of aneventual six-point loss. “Just a coupledumb turnovers, and this game’s adifferent game,” North coach SeanMasoncup said. “I think we gave thema good shot of what we can be, andI’m excited for the last month of theseason.”

WHAT WE’LL LEARN IN

THE WEEK AHEAD ...How Batavia seniors Erin Bayram and

Liza Fruendt handle their final regu-lar-season home games.While the Bulldogs will host a Class

4A regional next month, Saturday’sgame against St. Charles East willfeature the emotional senior nighttreatment.Bayram and Fruendt, best friends

since childhood, took teammates asideduring tryouts and spoke about stayingdedicated to the pursuit of a specialseason. The Bulldogs are 8-0 in UpstateEight Conference River Division playentering Saturday.


St. Charles North forwardMorgan Rosencrants’ 12 points and 12 rebounds Friday helpedthe North Stars challenge Batavia in an eventual six-point loss.



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Why he was selected: Won

Upstate Eight Conference

title at 160 pounds by fall,

the second straight year he

won a conference title.

St. Charles East •Junior • Wrestling

RAMON

LOPEZ

This Athlete of the Week is brought to you by

Ramon Lopez was the loneSaint among six conferencechampions to win by fall inthe championship round ofSaturday’s UEC Meet, defeat-ing Waubonsie Valley’s MasonKroening at 160 pounds.Lopez’s father, also namedRamon, was an accomplishedwrestler in his day at Stream-wood High School. Lopez, thisweek’s Kane County Chroni-cle-St. Charles Bank & TrustAthlete of the Week, spokewith Chronicle sports editorJay Schwab about his strongconference showing and theupcoming postseason. Thefollowing is an edited tran-script:

So how proud are youof going back-to-back atconference?… Growing up, my dad was

a wrestler in the conference,too, so it was a big deal lastyear. He knows a lot of the

coaches. He went to highschool with a lot of guys whoare coaches around here, likeStreamwood and South Elgin,so it meant a lot to him and itwas really cool to come backthis year and try to repeat itagain.

Tell me a little aboutthe championship matchSaturday.He came in, and I had a lot

of my teammates in front ofme and that got me reallyexcited because going in allyear with the dual meets andeverything, we knew we hada really strong middle of thelineup. … I knew Neuqua wasright on our butts in the teamrace, so I knew I had to goout there and try to get somebonus points like I did in thesemifinals.

How much momentumdo you feel like you have

going into regionals now?It’s a lot of momentum

because we knew this wouldbe kind of a really good gaugeon how we do at regionalsbecause it’s pretty much thesame tournament minus acouple of teams and of courseadding Glenbard North. …Coming into this tournamentwe know we’d be able to carryit into regionals, hopefully.

If you had to pick oneteammate to help you withsome tricky homework,who would it be and why?I’d have to say probably

Vinny Mugnolo, even thoughhe’s injured, or Jason Weber,who’s in and out of the lineup,too. I know that they’re prettysmart in school, too, and Iknow they’d help out a lot,and they’re always there withsome witty comments hereand there, and always helpingus out on and off the mat.

Provided photo

The Geneva varsity dance team holds a sectional title it won Satur-

day in its division at Stagg High School in Palos Hills. The team will

compete at state this weekend.

Geneva advances to state

Local teams go to stateAurora Central Catholic and

St. Francis advanced to theIHSA Class 1A Dance Tourna-ment at the Huntley Sectionalon Saturday.Geneva advanced at the

IHSA 2A Dance Tournamentat the Palos Hills Sectionalat Stagg High School on

Saturday.St. Charles East advanced

at the IHSA 3A Dance Tourna-ment at the Glenview Section-al at Glenbrook South HighSchool on Saturday.The state tournament will

be Friday and Saturday inBloomington.


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Thomas Paine (1737-1809), patriot/philosopher; Tom Selleck (1945),

actor;OprahWinfrey (1954), TV personality;Heather Graham (1970),

actress; Paul Ryan (1970), politician;Adam Lambert (1982), singer.

– United Feature Syndicate

HOROSCOPE

Themonster is back in ‘I, Frankenstein’By TIM MILLERMore Content Now

Frankenstein’s monster is back,and, boy, is he one sullen son of agun.

In “I, Frankenstein,” he’s 200-plusyears old, and looking pretty goodfor his age, scars and all. But if hethought dealing with a mad scientistand excitable villagers was tough,now he’s really in for it. There’s awar between gargoyles (think of themas unattractive angels) and demons(think of them as demons) going on,and our living-corpse protagonist iscaught in the middle.

No wonder he’s grumpy.Played by Aaron Eckhart, the mon-

ster – or, “Adam,” as he’s called by the

gargoyle queen (Miranda Otto) – getsto channel his anger as a kick-buttaction hero.

He soars through the air, punchingand kicking and killing gargoyles anddemons like an oversized video-gameninja. That is, when he isn’t deliver-ing pronouncements like “I am like noother,” and other cornball lines (“De-scend in pain, demon!”) that provideunintentional chuckles.

In fact, it’s hard to believe Eckhartand the other actors – which includeYvonne Strahovski (formerly of TV’s“Chuck”) as the modern-day scientistwho becomes Adam’s love interestand Bill Nighy as the top demon – candeliver the over-the-top dialogue witha straight face.

For that reason, “I, Frankenstein”

is best viewed as camp – though it’snot quite campy/funny enough.

It’s also not at all scary, and thestory is uninvolving. And while it’sfun to watch gargoyles perched on topof a cathedral come to life, the specialeffects are – surprise! – excessive andultimately boring.

Even the great Nighy can’t savethis one.

• “I, Frankenstein,” a film based on

the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux,received two out of four stars. Thefilm stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighyand Yvonne Strahovski. It is writtenand directed by Stuart Beattie. Thefilm runs 93 minutes and is ratedPG-13 for sequences of intense fantasyaction and violence throughout.

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Aaron Eckhart stars in “I, Frankenstein,” a film based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux.

ByBERNICEBEDEOSOLNewspaper EnterpriseAssociation

TODAY– Take time out to relax and enjoy life. Youneed to come to termswith the changes that arehappening around you. You should think aboutimproving your technical abilities so that youcan better adapt to the newhigh-techworld inwhich you live. Themore you can acknowledgewhat’s happening now, the better off you’ll be inthe future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) –Avoid having secretaffairs or getting sucked in to dealingwith otherpeople’s problems. You shouldwork quietlytucked away somewhere – preferably in theprivacy of your home.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) –Co-workersmay beunusually challenging to dealwith today. Don’t benaive. Someone you’d never suspectmay be afteryour job or just trying to get you out of theway.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Travel or educationalpursuitswill foster romantic opportunities. Youwill be in themood to get out and socializewithfriends.Mental stimulationwill be important toyou at this time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) –Minor health prob-lemswill arise if you haven’t taken the necessaryprecautions. Do not get involved in joint financialendeavors, and avoid lendingmoney to friends orrelatives.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Travel and romancewill go together perfectly. Youwill enjoy unfa-miliar destinations thatwill further amplify thesentimentalmood that is overtaking you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Take full advantageof any business opportunities that are availableto you. You canmake professional changes nowif you so desire. Yourwinning attitudewill vastlyimprove your chances for advancement.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) –Romantic opportunitieswill develop if you attend a social event. Youstand to gain financially by participating in a groupventure. Time spent in the company of childrenwill be fulfilling.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) –New love connectionswill develop through friends or relatives. Complet-ing a homedecorating project that you’ve beendreaming aboutwill yieldwonderful results.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Special relationshipswill evolve through pleasure trips or participatingin sports activities. Youwill feel passionate andbe quite capable of using your charm to getwhatever youmaywant.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) –Your innovativemoneymaking ideasmaywell pay off. Youwillapproach your pursuitswith creativity. Refrainfromgoing overboard spending on your lover.Instead,wisely invest yourmoney into your ownbusiness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Youmay beconfounded by the state of your finances all of asudden. Avoid spendingmoney on any unneces-sary items. Unanticipated billsmay crop up andsurprise you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Self-deceptionmay cause problems for you. Reflect carefully ona situation that youmay bemisjudging. One-sidedromantic infatuations are evident.


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Dr.Wallace: I’m a teen-

age girl who is starting

to get facial blemishes.

I want to see a doctor

before my complexion

worsens, but my grand-

mother (who lives with

us) has convinced my

mom to have me wait

“to see what happens”

before I get medical help.

It’s the medical bill that

concerns Grandmother.

Please tell her and my

mother that I need to

see a doctor soon. I don’t

want to have people star-

ing at me because I have

a face that is filled with

blemishes. – Nameless,DeKalb

DearMother AndGrand-mother:This young lady

needs to visit a dermatol-

ogist as soon as possible.

Taking a wait-and-see

attitude would be a big

mistake. Her complexion

problems are unlikely

to improve without

medical assistance, and

the sooner problems are

treated, the easier and

less costly the treatment

will be.

A healthy complexion

for a teenage young lady

is of prime concern.

Dr.Wallace: I’m in my

third year of study at

Harvard University. I

was an honors student

in high school and my

university grades are

excellent. I plan to enter

the law profession and

then go into politics

when I complete all my

necessary education.

Recently, I read about

a study that found that

students with low grade-

point averages consume

more than 11 drinks per

week while students

with the highest grade-

point averages consume

four drinks per week

or less. I dispute this

finding. I have a 3.75

grade-point average and

I enjoy between 14 and 21

beers a week. Many are

consumed while doing

schoolwork in my dorm

room. Does this mean

that I would have a bet-

ter than 3.75 grade-point

average if I consumed

four or less beers during

a seven-day period?

People and insti-

tutions waste a lot of

time, energy and money

trying to “scientifically”

discover what makes hu-

mans tick. Wouldn’t the

world be a better place

if all this wasted time

and money were going

to educate, feed, clothe,

house and medically aid

the poor and the down-

trodden? – Sean, Boston,Mass.

Dear Sean: I have a

better idea about helping

the poor and down-

trodden that you are so

concerned about. Just

think of the staggering

amount of money wasted

on drugs, tobacco and,

yes, liquor. If these wast-

ed funds were directed to

those in need, we’d solve

the problem of global

poverty in a few weeks.

It doesn’t take a lot

of time and money to

determine that exces-

sive drinking by college

students interferes

with studies and causes

GPA’s to bottom out.

There are exceptions to

every rule, of course.

Congratulations on be-

ing lucky enough to be

one of those exceptions.

You have excellent

grades and I wish you

success as you pursue

your career aims.

If you’re really

curious whether your

grades would be even

higher if you cut back

sharply on your drink-

ing, why don’t you try

it? My fear is that you

can’t. Anyone who puts

away as much alcohol

as you do on a weekly

basis is likely addicted

to it.

• Email Dr. RobertWallace at [email protected].

Dear Abby: I have been with myhusband for 19 years. I offered hisplumbing services to a marriedcouple I work with. While he wasfixing the problem, he becamefriendly with their adult daugh-ter. She was lonely and I knewthe family, so I wasn’t concerned.Their relationship developed intosomething more and we separat-ed. He ended their friendship andwe reconciled.

Things were going great, butshe continued to contact him. Hehas suddenly decided he can’t livewithout her friendship and hasdecided to divorce me in order tocontinue it with her. He swearsit’s platonic, but something hecan’t live without. He hopes wecan “still be friends.”

My question is how to moveon from this. I have to see her en-abling parents every day at work,and all of this happened undertheir roof. I feel betrayed on everylevel, especially by my husband,who was my best friend. Everyaspect of my life, including my job,has been affected.

Have you any advice formoving past this without all ofthe anger I carry? I don’t want toleave my job. It pays well and the

commute is easy.P.S. My husband and I still live

together as “roommates,” as thisis all very recent, and we haven’tfigured out our living arrange-ments yet. – Wronged In NewEngland

DearWronged: I do not forone minute believe that yourhusband’s relationship with thiswoman is strictly platonic, andneither should you. Consult alawyer now, while you and yourhusband are still “roommates.”Make sure he doesn’t hide anyassets because, after 19 years ofmarriage, you should be entitledto a healthy share of them.

I agree that you have beenwronged, but for now hang ontoyour temper. “Best friends” don’ttreat each other the way you havebeen treated. It may take the helpof a religious adviser or licensedmental health professional for youto let go of your anger.

Dear Abby: My friend of fiveyears, “Gigi,” has a heart of gold.

However, we were raised differ-ently. Gigi comes into my homewhen I’m not here and borrowswhatever she needs withouttelling me. And whether I’m hereor not, she feels free to go througheverything – personal documents,my drawers and cabinets.

I have tolerated her behaviorbecause when I tried talking toher about it, she became upset andstarted crying, which made herhusband irate. I’m now dating aman who values his privacy, andmy friend’s behavior bothers him.

How can I get her to leavethings alone without her havinganother meltdown? I don’t want tolose a friend, but my boyfriend hasa valid point. – Invaded In Texas

Dear Invaded:How does thiswoman get into your home whenyou’re not there? Does she havea key? If she does, ask for it backor change your locks. And whenyou know Gigi is coming over,place anything you would preferthis nosy woman not peruse out ofsight or under lock and key. Thatway, you can reclaim your priva-cy without being confrontational.

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com.

Dear Doctor K:My father recent-ly had a heart attack. His doctorrecommended cardiac rehab,but he refuses to go because he“already has a gym membership.”How important is cardiac rehab?

Dear Reader:Cardiac rehabili-tation is a safe, proven way to re-duce risk factors for heart disease.Dr. Daniel Forman, director of theexercise testing lab at Brighamand Women’s Hospital and assis-tant professor at Harvard MedicalSchool, feels strongly about thesubject. He says that for reducingdeaths and increasing quality oflife, cardiac rehab exceeds anypill or procedure.

Like your father, many of mypatients push back on the idea ofcardiac rehab. They too wonderwhy they can’t just go to the gym.But there’s a lot more to cardiacrehab than exercise.

Cardiac rehab is a structuredprogram. It does include exercise,but it is initially done in a medicalsetting, under close observa-tion. As a person ramps up theexercise, the reaction of the heartis being monitored. Exercise isheart-healthy, but it has to bestarted slowly and graduallyincreased.

In my experience, most peoplewho have had a heart attackare not like your father. Theydon’t just go back to the gym,like your father would like to do.On the contrary, they are afraidto exercise again after a heartattack – and failing to exerciseregularly only increases theirrisk of another heart attack. Mypatients who have had that fearare greatly reassured to learnthat cardiac rehab provides theopportunity to exercise in a safeenvironment.

A cardiac rehab team mayinclude a physical therapist, anurse, a nutritionist, and a psy-chologist or social worker. Theteam assesses an individual’s riskfactors for heart and blood vesseldisease. Then the team memberswork with the patient to:

• Teach and support lifestylechanges. These include weightcontrol, a heart-healthy diet andquitting smoking.

• Develop a tailored exercise

plan. They’ll also help the patientget started, and help integrateexercise into daily routines.

• Monitor and help controlblood pressure, cholesterol andblood sugar.

• Assess mental health prob-lems related to heart disease andprovide counseling.

• Improve communicationwith doctors and other healthcare providers.

If your father is worried aboutthe cost of entering a cardiacrehab program, tell him thatMedicare and many other insur-ance plans cover cardiac rehabprograms. Patients generallyqualify if they’ve had a heartattack, angina, angioplasty orstents, open-heart surgery or aheart transplant.

I hope you’ll be able to con-vince your father to enter cardiacrehab. He will enjoy it and he willlearn how to protect his heart –and it will likely give him moreyears of good health.

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

Husband’s plumbing results in leakymarriage

Cardiac rehab involvesmore than simply exercising

Teenager worriedabout facial blemishes

RobertWallace

’TWEEN

12 & 20

JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK

DOCTOR K

PUZZLES

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A third bid all

should know

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Joni Mitchell said, “What I dois unusual: chordal movementsthat have never been used before,changing keys, and modalitiesmid-song.”

Her voice is not to everyone’staste, but she has written somegreat lyrics; “The Circle Game” ismy favorite.

Outside the tournamentworld, many players do not knowthe unusual response to makewith the North hand in today’sdiagram. After South opens onespade and West makes a takeoutdouble, what should North do?

If West had passed, Northwould have bid three spades, agame-invitational limit raise. Butwhen righty doubles, now a jumpraise is best played as pre-emp-tive, showing four-card spadesupport and a weak hand. This,one hopes, will make life muchharder for the fourth hand.

To invite game with fouror more trumps, respond twono-trump. (This should be calledTruscott, after Alan the deviser,who lived in England at thattime. But it is often known as Jor-dan, after Bobby the advertiser ofthe idea in the United States.)

Note that any strong, balancedhand without four spades beginswith redouble, promising 10points or more.

Here, over two no-trump, Eastwould pass and South wouldjump to four spades, keeping hisclub suit hidden.

West leads the heart king:four, 10, ace. South will probablydraw trumps ending in his handand play a diamond to the jack.East wins and continues hearts.South ruffs the third round ofthat suit, leads a club to thequeen, discards two clubs on thehigh diamonds, and concedes oneclub trick.

CROSSWORD

CELEBRITY CIPHER

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Big Nate

Crankshaft

Stone Soup

Dilbert

Garfield

Frank & Earnest

Soup to Nutz

Rose Is Rose

The Born Loser

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When ligaments are injured we describethis as a SPRAIN.

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DIRECTOR OFALZHEIMERS SERVICES

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center seeks director for 38 bedAlzheimer's Unit. This is a full time, salaried position to coordinatethe integration of medical, social, psychological and spiritual aspectsof resident care. Licensed nurse or C.N.A. helpful. This is a “hands-on” position and requires a working knowledge and understanding ofthe unique needs of persons with Alzheimers.

Minimum of 5 years experience, including 2 years of managementworking with persons with Alzheimers or other dementia.

OR

Registered Nurse with at least one year of experience working withpersons with Alzheimers.

Job Standard Includes:Strong interpersonal and communication skills.Ability to plan and conduct education programs and supportgroups.Supervisory experience.Initiative, organizational and decision making abilities.Creativity and willingness to face challenges.Flexibility with scheduling.

If you are passionate about meeting the unique needs of personswith Alzheimers, contact Cathy Anderson, Administrator at

[email protected]. No phone calls please.

Apply at:

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center2600 North Annie Glidden Road

DeKalb, Illinois 60115

EOE

Part-Time AdvancedNurse Practitioner

DEKALB COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTRequires Advanced Nurse Practitioner certification

with current Illinois State RN / ARNP Licensure.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION TO BIDfor the

West Side Property Maintenance

1. NOTICE is hereby given thatthe City Council of the City ofBatavia, Illinois (hereinafter calledthe "Owner") will receive sealedbids at the Batavia Public WorksOffice, 200 North Raddant Road,Batavia, Illinois 60510-2292, until10:00 o'clock A.M. local time onWednesday, February 12, 2014 forthe West Side Property Mainte-nance (hereinafter called the"Project") at which time and placethe bids will be publicly openedand read aloud at 10:05 o'clockA.M. local time on Wednesday,February 12, 2014.

2. This is a cash project.

3. The work for which bids are tobe received generally and brieflyconsists of the following:

- Mowing and Property Mainte-nance of 49 locations on theWest side of Batavia.

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

5. The proposal from the Con-tractor shall consist of the submis-sion of the completed ContractDocuments and supplemental ad-dendums as received from theOwner. The bid shall be made onthe BID PROPOSAL, BID SCHED-ULE, BID CONDITIONS, AND BIDFORM provided as part of theseBidding Documents and shall beaccompanied by a bid guaranteein the form of a Certified orCashier's check from a responsiblesolvent bank or Bid Bond madepayable to the City of Batavia in theamount of five percent (5%) of thebid amount. The amount of the bidguarantee shall be forfeited to theOwner if the Bidder neglects or re-fuses to enter into a Contract afterthe bid has been accepted.

6. The Owner reserves the right torequire the low Bidder to file proof,within seven (7) calendar days ofthe bid opening, of the Contractor'sability to finance and execute theproject. This proof shall include, butnot be limited to, a financial state-ment, a list of equipment owned byBidder, and a backlog of jobs un-der a Contract. The Project will beawarded once the qualified lowBidder furnishes satisfactory evi-dence that they have the ability,sufficient capital, facilities, andplant to enable the Contractor toprosecute the work successfully andpromptly, and to complete the workwithin the time specified in the Con-tract Documents.

7. The Contractor shall provide awritten statement as part of the Bid

parsubmittal of verifying their ability tocommence work on the projectwithin the time specified in the Con-tract Documents.

8. To be considered for thisproject, the contractor must providethree (3) municipal references forcomparable projects.

9. The Owner intends to acceptthe lowest responsible bid and theOwner reserves the right to rejectany and all bids, offers, or propos-als submitted, or to advertise fornew bids. The Owner reserves theright to defer the acceptance of anybid and the award of a Contract fora period not exceeding sixty (60)days after the date of opening thebids. The public bid opening dateis 10:05 o'clock A.M. local time onWednesday, February 12, 2014.

10. The successful Bidder towhom the Contract shall be award-ed shall sign the Contract and fur-nish the required Certificates of In-surance, within five (5) calendardays after the Contract has beenawarded. Failure to do so shallmake the Contract null and void.

11. Bidders are advised of thefollowing requirements of this con-tract: 1) 5% Bid Security with sub-mittal of bid; 2) applicableOSHA,EPA, IDOA requirements

12. Bid package (Instructions toBidders, Contract Documents,Plans, Specifications and SpecialProvisions) for use by prospectiveBidders and interested suppliersmay be obtained from the Batavia

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANECOUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS

GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC,PLAINTIFF

vs.HENRY R. ECKER, II; SERENA R.ECKER; GILBERTS TOWN CENTERCONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION NO.1; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANTS13 CH 1708

PUBLICATION NOTICEThe requisite affidavit for publica-

tion having been filed, notice ishereby given to you, HENRY R.ECKER, II; SERENA R. ECKER; andUNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendantsin the above entitled suit, that thesaid suit has been commenced inthe Circuit Court of the 16th Judi-cial Circuit, Kane County, Illinois bythe plaintiff against you and otherdefendants, praying for the foreclo-sure of a certain mortgage convey-ing the premises described as fol-lows to wit:

UNIT 254-1 IN GILBERT TOWNCENTER - UNIT 1A CONDOMINIUM,

AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PAR-CEL OF REAL ESTATE:

PART OF CERTAIN LOTS INGILBERT TOWN CENTER - UNIT 1A,BEING A PART OF THE NORTHHALF OF SECTION 24, AND PARTOF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OFSECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 42NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED NOVEMBER 22, 2005AS DOCUMENT 2005K140427,AND ANY AMENDMENTS SUBSE-QUENT THERETO IN KANE COUN-TY, ILLINOIS.

COMMON ADDRESS: 102 TownCenter Blvd., Gilberts, Illinois60136

P.I.N.: 02-24-125-054and which said mortgage was

signed by HENRY R. ECKER, II,SERENA R. ECKER, mortgagors, toBank of America, N.A., as Mort-gagee, and recorded in the Office ofthe Recorder of Deeds of KaneCounty as Document No.2012K032934; and for such otherrelief prayed; that summons wasduly issued out of the Circuit Courtof Kane County against you as pro-vided by law, and that the said suitis now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESSYOU, the said above defendants,file your answer to the Complaint insaid suit or otherwise make yourappearance therein, in the Office ofthe Clerk of this Court in KaneCounty at 540 South Randall Rd.,St. Charles, IL 60174 on or beforeFebruary 21, 2014, default may beentered against you at any time af-ter that day and a judgment en-

day judgmtered in accordance with the prayerof said complaint.

Circuit ClerkJohnson, Blumberg, & Associates,LLC230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125Chicago, Illinois 60606Ph. 312-541-9710Fax 312-541-9711JB&A # IL 13 7880I584703

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 22, 29 &February 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

13 MR 962NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

REGARDING NAME CHANGE

Public notice is hereby given thaton April 1, 2014, in CourtroomNo. 110, of the Kane CountyCourthouse, 100 South ThirdStreet, Geneva, Illinois, at the hourof 9:30 A.M. or as soon thereafteras this matter may heard, a Petitionwill be heard in said Courtroom forthe change of name(s) of LINDAELEANOR NASH to LINDAELEANOR FERGUSON-NASH pur-suant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 etseq.

Dated January 14, 2014 atSugar Grove, Illinois.

/s/ Linda Nash

Petitioner

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But when Cornelison belts

out the anthem in March

at a patriotic assembly at

Kaneland High School, the

assembly’s organizer said he

expects a different environ-

ment. Rudy Keller, Kaneland’s

interim athletic director, said

he has brought in Cornelison

for such events at other

schools, and he said students

understood the difference

between a veterans assembly

and a Blackhawks game.

“We asked the students to

be quiet,” Keller said. “It’s a

different atmosphere than the

United Center.”

Keller is planning the event

for 8 a.m. March 17 at the high

school, which is at 47W326

Keslinger Road, Maple Park.

He said he is putting it to-

gether to remind students that

“every day, you should sup-

port the red, white and blue,”

and that “patriotism is not

just three times a year, during

Veterans Day, Memorial Day

and the Fourth of July.”

Although Cornelison

might be the local celebrity

whose name jumps out, Keller

is excited about the veterans

who will be at the event. Allen

Lynch, a Medal of Honor

recipient, will be the keynote

speaker. Lt. Gen. Randall

Rigby, a three-star general,

also will appear.

Keller said the event will

honor three “gold-star fami-

lies” from Kaneland, each cel-

ebrating a soldier who “gave

the ultimate sacrifice to our

country” – Robert Domena

from the Kaneland Class of

1990, Richard Wormdahl from

the Class of 1963 and Edwin

Turk Jr. from the Class of

1962.

Also, Leslie Hill from

the American Chamber

Opera will sing “America the

Beautiful” and “God Bless

America,” and Keller said

he will be inviting “as many

veterans from the community

that I can find” to be part

of the assembly. He said he

wants them to embrace the

opportunity “to be in the

presence of a Medal of Honor

recipient. … It’s such a rare

occasion to be in the presence

of a Medal of Honor recipi-

ent.” He said local veterans

should feel free to contact him

via email at Rudy.Keller@

kaneland.org.

Keller said he has worked

with many of the participants

in the assembly before and is

excited about the event. And

if Cornelison is kicking it off,

he has a history of getting

others pumped up.

“He is the guy,” Keller said.

“There is nobody who does

the national anthem like Jim

Cornelison.”

‘Laramie Project’ at KanelandAn additional performance

of “The Laramie Project”will be at 7 p.m. Friday atthe Black Box Theatre in theKaneland High School au-ditorium, 47W326 Kelsinger

Road, Maple Park. Last week,

a snowy forecast canceled

the first performance of the

Kaneland Arts Initiative’s

winter theater production,

but the show went on the rest

of the weekend.

The event is presented

by the KAI, in partnership

with the Kindness Campaign,

a group that has sought to

spread its message – “Be Nice.

Be Happy” – in response to

bullying in the Kaneland

School District. A discussion

will follow the presentation.

The entrance is through

door 32, which is north of the

entrance. KAI is not able to

accept debit or credit cards.

Those attending should pay

with cash or a check. The cost

is $10 for adults and $8 for stu-

dents and senior citizens.

“The Laramie Project” is

a drama that depicts the ac-

count of the townspeople in

Laramie, Wyo., after the death

of Matthew Shepherd.

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

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Fine Arts Feast kicks offFeb. 21 in Sugar GroveSUGAR GROVE – The Kaneland

Arts Initiative will have its fifthannual Fine Arts Feast, set for5 p.m. Feb. 21 at Open RangeSouthwest Grill, 1 Golfview

Lane, Sugar Grove.The purpose of the fundrais-

er is to raise money throughdonations from arts-mindedindividuals seeking to becomeKAI arts patrons.Guests are treated to dinner

and entertainment along withan informational program onthe financial need of the Kane-land Arts Initiative. All interest-ed over the age of 21 are invitedto attend. Reservations can bemade by calling 630-365-5100,

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graders. Each school nominated 10 students from each

grade level to participate in the competition. The top 10

students from the building spelling bee moved on to the

district level spelling bee, which was held on Thursday,

January 16th, 2014. The top 3 spellers at each building

also received a medal for their achievement. At the

district spelling bee, 40 students participated in a tense

competition that lasted about an hour and a half. All of

the students showed great poise and good sportsmanship

throughout the night. Six rounds of words resulted in 30

students being eliminated from the competition. Of the

ten remaining students, only 3 remained after the next round. When the night was over, Danny Chung, a 5th grade

student from McDole Elementary, was crowned the champion, with Jake Franzen, a 5th grader from John Shields and

Mackenzie Egert, a 5th grader from McDole Elementary, placing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Congratulations to all of

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