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Painting in their footstepsSindu (left) and Jerri Redui help their daughter, Jaini Redui, create a baby footprint sailboat craft

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By TARAH [email protected]

TOWER LAKES – A local13-year-old is conquering theuniverse one science fair proj-ect at a time.

Pranav Siva-kumar of Tow-er Lakes justcompleted hisfreshman yearat BarringtonHigh School .Now, the matha n d s c i e n c eenthusiast is aregional finalist in the fourthannual Google Science Fair.

Sivakumar is one of 30 final-ists representing the Americasin the international web fair.Thousands of 13- to 18-year-oldcontestants have taken part.They are from more than 120countries, who have submittedcomplete science projects –question, hypothesis, research,data, observations and conclu-sion – in hopes of moving on tothe next round of judging.

Fifteen global finalists willbe announced Aug. 6 beforejust three contestants are cho-sen as overall winners. Thegrand prize includes a trip tothe Galapagos Islands, a $50,000scholarship and a visit to a sci-ence-related organization.

Sivakumar said becominga global finalist would be anevent in itself.

“Global finalists will be in-vited to Google headquartersin California for the big win-ner announcement,” Sivaku-mar said. “It would be reallyexciting for me because I’ve

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Baby crafts: Footprint sailboatsSUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA

BARRINGTON – Babies12 months and younger andtheir parents were invitedto create footprint sailboatsSaturday at the BarringtonArea Library.

The one-hour event includ-ed craft and play time. A fewfamilies attended. Librarystaff provided all materials forthe free program.

Program director NancyNash of Fox River Grove ledparents through baby footpainting and sailboat construc-tion. Each sailboat was madeon a piece of blank canvas.

Several more free eventswill take place at the Bar-rington Area Library thissummer. Visit balibrary.org.

Barrington parents Sindu (left)and Jerri Redui attended aJuly 19 baby craft event at theBarrington Area Library to spendtime with their daughter andmeet new people, they said.

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Nolan (left) and Colin Starnes of North Barrington play together Saturday during babycraft time at the library.

A baby footprint sailboat craft was created Sat-urday by the Starnes family of North Barringtonat the library.

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Kelly Skibiski (right) playsminigolf with her parents,

Joyce and Terry Skibiski, all ofBarrington, during Saturday’s

adults-only, after-hours party atthe Barrington Area Library.

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By STEPHANIE KOHLBarrington Suburban Life contributor

BARRINGTON – Whentheir first son was born in2008, Jessica and DominicGreen realized neither wantedto continue their career paths.

The two kicked aroundideas, knowing they wanted tomodel good behavior for theirchildren.

Both also are big on foodand sustainability. Inspiredby British chef, farmer andactivist Hugh Fearnley-Whit-tingstall of River Cottage, whokicked off the small farm andgrow-your-own movement inthe UK, the two decided to takean active role in the local foodmovement.

The couple took coursesthrough the Angelic OrganicsLearning Center in Caledoniaand then did an apprentice-ship of sorts at a Grayslakefarm.

In the summer of 2010, thetwo launched their farming

endeavors at the Barringtonhome of Jessica’s mother.They grew for family andfriends at no cost to see if theyenjoyed the farming lifestyle.The two affectionately refer tothat summer as Year 0 for TheGentleman Farmer, whichpractices organic farming.

“The organic side of thingsis a no-brainer,” Jessica said.“I was raised with a mom whowas into health foods and atepretty organically.”

Now in their fifth year ofgrowing and fourth year inbusiness, the two have 100Community Supported Agri-culture shares. The GentlemanFarmer also has since movedfrom the small backyard farmin Barrington to a 7.5-acrefarm in Barrington Hills, fiveacres of which currently arebeing used for growing.

“We’re living in a daywhere there is so much cancerand so much disease,” Jessi-ca said, adding pesticides andchemicals have an effect not

just on nature, but also onthose consuming the items.

Dominic said while mostfarmers come from a long lineof farmers, he does not.

“We’re very new to this, soI’m on an exponential learningcurve,” Dominic said. “I’vereally been learning fromscratch and reading books andcalling farmers. There’s not aweek that goes by that some-thing completely surprisingdoesn’t happen.”

While Dominic learns frommistakes made in previousyears, the season is nonstopfarming from 7 a.m. until 4p.m. during the week, plus theBarrington Farmer’s Marketon Thursday nights and at theLogan Square Farmer’s Mar-ket.

The Green family previous-ly lived in Chicago, but nowlives in Barrington. Jessicagrew up in Barrington and isa 1996 graduate of BarringtonHigh School. The couple havetwo children, Henry, 6, and Ol-

iver, 3. The boys spend time onthe farm and Henry loves put-ting on his apron to help out atthe market.

“I think every year I’ve bit-ten off a little bit more than Ican chew, but that’s where Ithrive,” Dominic said.

Dominic added he is pop-ular at the farmer’s marketsbecause people really like tomeet the actual farmer grow-ing and farming their foods.

“I think it’s that personalconnection you can’t get at thegrocery store,” Dominic said.

If people still have ques-tions after talking with him,he said, he invites them to thefarm to show them his meth-ods. The farm generally isclosed to the public.

The Gentleman Farmer’s2014 Veggie CSA Subscriptionoffered two options this year.A full share, which fills themember’s market bag withseven to 10 vegetables har-vested weekly for a total of 20weeks, or a half share, which

fills the member’s market bagwith seven to 10 vegetablesharvested every other weekfor a total of 10 weeks.

New this year were workershare positions that allowedpeople to work one shift aweek all season long to earn afull CSA share every week.

Dominic is modest aboutwhat he and Jessica do andsaid they aren’t doing any-thing new.

“This is going back tohow people farmed three orfour generations ago,” Dom-inic said. “Most of the thingsI grow, most people grew intheir backyards 150 yearsago.”

Jessica added that organicfarming supports the commu-nity and environment though.

“Dominic and I were reallyinspired by being able to pro-vide for the community,” Jes-sica said.

For information on TheGentleman Farmer, visitwww.gentleman-farmer.com.

‘A personal connection’ for your foodBarrington couple gives up careers, decide to farm instead

Photo provided by Christina Noel Photography

Dominic and Jessica Green have embraced local food, starting The Gentleman Farmer in Barrington. Their sons, Henry (left), and Oliver, help out with planting, harvesting and sellingthrough farm shares and the Barrington Farmer’s Market.

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Residents enjoy Throwback SaturdaySUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA

BARRINGTON – Adults 25years and older came out toparty at the Barrington AreaLibrary Saturday evening.

The three-hour Throw-back Saturday event tookplace in the youth servicesdepartment, intending tobring attendees back to theirchildhood. Activities includedminigolf, fort building, videogames, Light Bright and more.

Snacks were provided.Patrons from other librarydistricts were admitted asspace was available.

The Barrington AreaLibrary will host several moreevents for children and adultsthis summer. Visit balibrary.org for information.

LEFT: Nancy Wodnicki of Inver-ness spells Charmon, the name ofher dog, on the giant Light Bright,during Saturday’s adults-only, af-ter-hours party at the BarringtonArea Library. BELOW: Erika Cruz,right, of Fox River Grove, plays aretro video game with BarringtonArea Library employee AshleyBrooke Sero during Saturday’sadults-only, after-hours party.

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Awoman dips her brush into green paint in the craft area of Saturday’sadults-only, after-hours party at the library.

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By STEPHANIE KOHLBarrington SuburbanLife Contributor

BARRINGTON – WhenJudy Zabielski started to no-tice she was becoming un-healthy, she sought out aquantum reflex analysis prac-titioner.

A QRA test is a non-inva-sive energy test that can helpdetect what nutrients are miss-ing from a person’s body. Afterworking with a QRA practi-tioner to regain her health,Zabielski decided she wantedto become a QRA practitionerherself.

About five years ago, sheopened Acacia Organics, sell-ing items like natural supple-ments, organic teas, organicand natural skincare products,makeup and more. Among themost popular of the items shesells are the supplements andorganic makeup.

“The most popular is thewhole food supplements …because people actually feel itworking,” she said.

Last month, Zabielskiclosed her store front on EastStation Street in Barringtonand on July 1, opened hershop at the Ice House Mall, 200Applebee St. She has evolvedfrom just a retail store to a test-ing facility offering additionalservices.

“The main motivating fac-tor (for the move) was mainlyto have the spa space availableto me,” Zabielski said.

In addition to the retail of-ferings, Acacia Organics alsooffers infrared sauna technolo-gy, which she said is great fordetox and pain management,and a second spa room forhealing touch practitioners.

“It helps your body heal bet-ter by balancing your energy,”Zabielski said.

Acacia Organics also hasadded diet and estheticianservices. She will also contin-ue with the various testingshe offers. In addition to QRAtesting, Acacia Organics alsooffers Alcat testing and hairtrace mineral analysis.

“My favorite thing to dois the QRA, the kinesiology

testing,” Zabielski said. “I’vehelped put people on nutritionprograms that people say havechanged their lives.”

Zabielski said it is her goalto reach out, educate and helppeople heal from the inside out.

“I guess the passion isI’m tired of seeing everyonearound me be sick and we don’tneed to be,” she said. “My pas-sion is to just help people livehealthier, more joyful livesand not be toxic and sick.”

One of those people helpedby Zabielski was Lavelle Velez,who is now the holistic estheti-cian of Organically Gorgeousby Lavelle Velez, operating outof Acacia Organics. She also isa holistic health practitioner.

Velez first began visitingAcacia Organics within thefirst year of it opening to usethe infrared sauna, but as sheasked about services and hadsome tests performed, she justbecame really interested. After12 weeks of eliminating foodsthat she couldn’t tolerate, shelost 35 pounds and then anoth-er 15 later.

She is really excited to workalongside Zabielski, offeringesthetic and other services.

“I’m always trying to thinkabout what issue a client issuffering from and how totreat it,” Velez said.

She added that plenty ofother things affect skin thatare more than just topical. Sheonly uses products that are an-imal friendly. She strongly be-lieves in the mind, body, soulconnection.

“Before … everything camefrom nature and that’s myhope, to get back to nature,”Velez said.

Maria Straussner, market-ing director for the Ice HouseMall, said the overall pictureof the mall is very good. Threenew stores, including AcaciaOrganics, have opened so farthis year. A new manager hasalso joined Chessie’s this year,making changes like offeringoutdoor dining, live enter-tainment on Fridays and newweekly specials. She said themall has only three vacancies.

Acacia Organics will hold agrand opening July 31.

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Shed catches fire on

South Grove AvenueBy TARAH THORNE

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BARRINGTON – Firefight-ers were quick to put out ashed fire Sunday at 400 S.Grove Ave. in Barrington, anofficial said.

The call about the fire,which was near the back of ahouse, came in shortly before8 p.m., said Bruce Peterson,assistant chief with the Bar-rington Fire Department. Theresidents were home, but not

inside, he said.Peterson said the fire was

contained in about five min-utes, with no damage to thehome.

The fire is under investiga-tion, but seemed to be acciden-tal and not suspicious, Peter-son said.

Automatic aid crews re-sponded from BarringtonCountryside, Lake Zurich,Fox River Grove, Long Grove,Cary and Palatine Rural firedepartments.

Sidewalk Sale Daystake place in BarringtonBARRINGTON – Local merchants

in downtown Barrington, the IceHouseMall, The Foundry, andalong Lageschulte Street, will offerbargains today through Saturdayas part of the annual SidewalkSale Days.In addition, vendors and other

local organizations will set upoutside these retail stores, and inthe Jewel-Osco parking lot, to pro-vide their products and services,according to a news release.Shoppers can dine at favorite

restaurants and enjoy live, outdoorentertainment, the release states.Sidewalk Sale Days is presented

by the Barrington Area Chamberof Commerce in cooperation withthe village of Barrington. Vendorbooths still are available. Visitwww.barringtonchamber.com orcall 847-381-2525 for information.

Domestic violenceseminar at St. Anne ChurchBARRINGTON – St. Anne Catholic

Community Churchwill hosta public seminar on domesticviolence from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Aug. 9 at 120 N. Ela St., inBarrington.The purpose of the event is to

help promote awareness, preven-tion, empowerment and servicesof all forms of domestic violence,according to a news release.Lake County State’s Attorney

Michael Nerheimwill be a keynotespeaker addressing the issue. Allmembers of the community andsurrounding area are invited to

attend, learning how to preventdomestic violence and promotehealthy relationships.Attendeeswill include represen-

tatives from area churches, law en-forcement agencies and outreachorganizations. The seminarwilltake place in the Hospitality Roomon the lower level of the church.Reservations are encouraged.

Walk-ins are welcome. RSVP toMary Hoffing at 847-382-2148 [email protected].

Students earn NationalMerit ScholarshipsBARRINGTON – The National

Merit Scholarship Corp. an-nounced the last group of scholardesignees July 14. Three studentsare from Barrington High School.This year, 181 colleges and

universities are sponsoring about4,100Merit Scholarship awards,according to a news release.BHS recipientswere Vyas Alwar,

to attend Northwestern Universitywith a probable career in biology;John Foley, to attend NorthwesternUniversitywith a probable careerinmedicine; and GrantWhitmer, toattendWestern Reserve Universitywith a probable career inmedicine,the release states.Each finalist completed a

detailed scholarship application,wrote an essay, described leader-ship positions and contributions inschool and community activities,showed an outstanding academicrecord andwas endorsed orrecommended by a high schoolofficials.

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Village board applaudsfire department

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B A R R I N G T O N – B a r -rington Fire Chief Jim Arieaddressed village trusteesMonday evening with a six-month service review.

“The good news is it’s allgood news,” Arie said.

Arie said Barrington FireDepartment response timeshave increased by more than50 percent since separatingfrom the Barrington Country-side Fire Protection Districton Jan. 1.

Before this year, a backupambulance would be called toa village emergency from ei-ther Barrington Hills or LakeBarrington. Now, Arie said,a second ambulance is dis-patched from the Barringtonvillage station with an averageresponse time of two minutes,43 seconds.

In 2013, reinforcement ar-rived in about five minutes,Arie said.

Arie said automatic aidpartners – fire departments in-cluding Lake Zurich, Palatine

Rural, Long Grove, BarringtonCountryside, and Cary – arecritical to quick response times.

“If someone is experienc-ing cardiac arrest, there is a10 percent reduction in thelikelihood of their survivalfor every one minute withouta defibrillator,” Arie said. “Afive-minute response wouldmean 50 percent less chance ofsurvival.”

The Barrington Fire De-partment has responded toabout 850 calls this year, Ariesaid, adding winter broughtthe most calls.

Accounting for all emergen-cies, fire or medical-related,the Barrington Fire Depart-ment’s response time has gonefrom 4:40 to 2:31 in six months,Arie said.

“Our firefighter-paramed-ics have been through a lotthis past year, but they stayedfocused and kept their headsheld high,” Arie said.

Village trustee Jim Dalugasaid he believed Barringtonresidents are in a better placewith public safety now thanever before.

POLICE REPORTS

Information obtained in PoliceReports is obtained from theBarrington Police Department.Individuals listed in PoliceReports who have been chargedwith a crime have not beenproven guilty in court.

Motorcyclist punchesvehicle causes dentPolice took a report for crimi-

nal damage to property Satur-day when a motorcycle driverpunched the side of a vehicle,causing a dent.

FraudPolice took a report July 17 for

fraudulent charges to a debit card.

DUIMiroslaw Plachta, 48, of

McGregor Court, HawthorneWoods, was arrested July 16 atRoute 14 and Hough Street oncharges of driving under theinfluence with a blood-alcoholcontent above 0.08, driving on

a suspended license, improperlane use, and failure to signal.

BurglaryPolice responded July 14 to a

residential burglary in the 500block of North Avenue.

Suspended licenseDaniella Orona, 25, of Nichols

Road, Arlington Heights, wasarrested Saturday, after beinginvolved in a traffic accident at1205 S. Northwest Highway, oncharges of driving on a suspend-ed driver’s license, failure toyield while turning left and useof unsafe tires.

Eggings• A house and vehicle were

egged July 14 in the 100 block ofTall Trees.• Several vehicles were egged

July 16 in the 500 block of LakeShore Drive North.

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never been there.”Sivakumar’s project, titled

“Morphological Identificationof Wide-Separation Gravita-tionally Lensed Quasars,” dealswith some of the most distantand luminous objects in the uni-verse, Sivakumar said.

“My project stands out in thecompetition because it address-es a really large question – whowe are; where we came from;and where we are going,” Siv-akumar said. “Right now, theuniverse is expanding and wedon’t know if it will continue togrow, stay static or collapse.”

Sivakumar said his researchmethod provides an answer tosuch concerns by studying tele-scope images and much data tosee if a phenomenon known asgravitational lensing occurs fre-quently in the universe.

“Basically, I wanted to seeif double images in telescopeviews are just a doubling of thelight, or if we are actually see-ing two different gravitationalobjects,” Sivakumar said.

In conclusion, Sivakumarsaid he found that several ob-jects exist in the universe thathave not yet been unidentified.

“I’m interested in findingplanets outside of our solarsystem and discovering moreabout how the early universeformed,” Sivakumar said, add-ing that he is working on anumber of other projects thissummer.

Sivakumar’s father, SivaMuthuswamy, said his sonhas always been interestedin science with his favoritebook being “The Hitchhiker’sGuide to the Galaxy” and hisfavorite pastime of observingthe night sky and wonderingwhat it would be like to travelamong the stars.

Winning the Astronomi-

cal League’s National YoungAstronomer Award for his as-trophysics research work andearning national semifinalistdistinction at the Siemens Com-petition in Math, Science andTechnology for a joint projectSivakumar pursued with hissister are just a fraction of theteen’s résumé.

Sivakumar is actively in-volved in scholastic bowls andspelling and geography bees.

R e c e n t l y , S i v a k u m a rplaced third in the junior var-sity division of the U.S. Geog-raphy Olympiad and second inthe 2013 Illinois State Geogra-phy Bee.

Three consecutive appear-ances in the Scripps NationalSpelling Bee, in 2011, 2012 anda second-place finish in 2013,led to Gov. Pat Quinn declar-ing June 7 “Pranav SivakumarDay.”

Muthuswamy said he’slearned a lot about the universethrough his children’s researchprojects.

“Sometimes, I help Pra-nav with math equations,”Muthuswamy said. “I’m justso proud of his excitementand commitment. There areso many great opportunities tolearn in our area and Pranavis able to learn more and moreevery time he works with pro-fessionals.”

Sivakumar said he workedon his Google Science Fairproject in much more depththis year, after applying withthe same idea last year.

Regardless of next month’sannouncement, the incomingIllinois Mathematics and Sci-ence Academy sophomore saidhe plans on returning to theGoogle Science Fair again nextyear with a new project.

“I’m just really impressedwith the other contestants’projects,” Sivakumar said.“It’s exciting to be featured atthis level of science.”

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• A house and vehicle wereegged July 17 in the 100 block ofSouth Glendale Avenue.

TheftPolice took a theft report

Friday at Grove Avenue School,900 S. Grove Ave., for amissing basketball hoop andbackboard.

Domestic disputePolice responded July 17 to the

500block of LakeShoreDriveNorthfor a domestic dispute in progress.

Property lostA resident misplaced a

backpack containing a laptopcomputer Friday.

BatteryPolice responded July 17 to

Jewel, 150 W. Main St., for abattery involving male juveniles.

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By DAVID [email protected]

ROUND LAKE PARK – Fora couple of months last year,attorney Tom Leverso foughton behalf of Avon Township,including battles with thoserequesting public records.

Now, he’s fighting thetownship itself.

A few weeks ago, Lever-so, who resigned as Avon’sattorney last July, sued thetownship, saying it failed topay him for his last month ofservices, amounting to $1,550

In his lawsuit, the SouthBarrington attorney contend-ed he sent the bill to the town-ship several times and hadspoken with Avon’s supervi-sor, Lisa Rusch. But the town-ship’s current attorney, Ger-ald Dietz, said his clients hadno record that the invoice hadbeen delivered before June 17,the last time that Leverso saidhe sent it.

Last week, the trustees vot-ed to pay Leverso’s bill, Ruschsaid. According to the bill, athird of the work dealt with“improper” Freedom of Infor-mation Act requests.

In its 72 pages, the lawsuitveers from the breach-of-con-tract issue at hand. Much ofit focuses on Ed Mullen, aChicago attorney with ties toformer and current townshipofficials.

Last year, Mullen repre-sented former Avon TownshipSupervisor Sam Yingling,now a Democratic state rep-resentative from Grayslake,in dissolving the Avon Town-ship Community Foundation.

A couple of months ago,Mullen filed a federal law-suit against the townshipon behalf of Avon AssessorChristopher Ditton, who ac-cused the board of trustees ofcutting his budget in politicalretribution.

According to Leverso’slawsuit, he came into contactwith Mullen, to whom he re-fers as “Big Ed Mullens,” inworking for the township. In2010 and 2011, the suit said,

Leverso represented Avonin a case before an appealscourt, while Yingling servedas supervisor.

Leverso’s lawsuit includesexhibits about a foreclosureon Mullen’s condominium, adisorderly conduct charge inOhio and a bankruptcy.

“[Mullen] holds himselfout as something of a politi-co and champion of the littleguy, yet seeks only to advancehis own ultra-left-wing, LGBTagenda,” Leverso wrote in thelawsuit. An exhibit includesfive pages of Mullen’s Face-book postings pushing thelegalization of same-sex mar-riage.

Asked why he includedthese postings, Leverso said,“He is a self-styled politico. Itis to show there is influencefrom Mullen.”

In an interview, Mullensaid he doesn’t know Lever-so well. When told about thelawsuit, he said, “I’m a littleflabbergasted.”

As for the allegations, Mul-len said he went through a“bad two or three years.” Hesaid the contention that hewas influencing the townshipmade no sense, given that hesued Avon.

Leverso said he wasn’taware the board had approvedhis payment last week. Hesaid he still hadn’t receivedthe money.

In an interview, townshipattorney Gerald Dietz said hehad no idea how Mullen fitinto the breach-of-contractlawsuit.

Rusch said the townshiphired Leverso based on arecommendation, but she de-clined to say from whom.

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By TARAH [email protected]

BARRINGTON – Months ofparent concern led to cheerslast week as Barrington 220school board members ap-proved the addition of fourmore 2014-15 elementary class-es.

Discussing the preliminarybudget, the board on July 15gave new superintendent Bri-an Harris permission to hirefour more full-time teachersto bring down above-guidelineclass size projections at Coun-tryside (in second and fourthgrade) and Roslyn Road (inthird grade) schools. In addi-tion, a first-grade class will beadded to Grove school, wheretriplets have moved into thedistrict.

The board said Harris willmonitor classes still projectedto be above guidelines – firstgrade at Lines and Roslyn Roadschools – adding two more full-time elementary teachers, ifnecessary, and checking intothe high school to see whethera teacher is needed for a singleclass period.

Class size guidelines, es-tablished by the district in2001, state that kindergartenthrough second-grade classesshould contain no more than 23students; third grade, 25; andfourth and fifth grades, 27. Bar-rington 220 is a 72-square-miledistrict with eight elementaryschools.

Harris, who officially be-gan his role in the district twoweeks ago, said the class sizeconversation is “familiar in alot of school districts – especial-ly this time of year.”

“Numbers do change,” Har-ris said. “I’ll continue to watchthe remaining elementary

classes very closely over thenext few weeks.”

Since the June 12 boardmeeting, Harris said more than20 elementary students havemoved into the district.

Harris said the establishedguidelines are typical in com-parison to area districts – notmuch higher or lower thancomparable communities.

Beyond fifth grade, classsizes tend to increase, Harrissaid, adding the district doesn’tneed to add teachers to the mid-dle- or high-school levels, asidefrom a possible class period.

“Kids learn to read and thenthey read to learn,” Harrissaid.

To address parents who saidguidelines are set too high,school board president BrianBattle said the group wouldlike to figure out an all-day kin-dergarten program before theyre-establish elementary guide-lines.

The board assigned Harristo gather feedback from teach-ers about present guidelinesand putting together a staffreport to be heard at a publicboard meeting this fall.

Second-grade classes atCountryside now will be twosections of 17 students and onesection of 18 students, Harrissaid, adding that these sizes are“in line” with others across thedistrict.

Fourth-grade classes atCountryside will be two sec-tions of 20 students and onesection of 19 students, Harrissaid, “again, in line with othersin the district.”

A third section in RoslynRoad third-grade classes willbring projections back frombeing two students over guide-lines. First-grade classes at Ro-slyn Road and Lines still areprojected to be at least one stu-dent above guidelines, withoutHarris using his allowed con-tingency.

Countryside parent MikeShackleton, who was con-cerned about class sizes, saidthe board made the rightchoice.

“I don’t want a school dis-trict where parents from dif-ferent schools feel like they’recompeting for resources,” hesaid.

Alix Soske, a Countrysideparent and former ChicagoPublic Schools teacher, saidshe could tell the school boardhad been listening to parents’concerns.

“Class size matters and itmatters the most,” Soske said.“If you’re not willing to pay forsmaller class sizes now, youend up paying for it later.”

Board member Wendy Far-ley said the present class sizeprojections are the best num-bers she has seen in six years.

“My elementary studentwas once in a class with 29 stu-dents,” Farley said. “It was adisaster of a year.”

Farley said it’s challengingto maintain a balanced budgetand commit to reasonable classsizes, but it’s what mattersmost for the kids.

Another enrollment updatewill be presented at the nextboard meeting Aug. 12.

Move promptedby bigger class sizes

Open burn sparks fireon North Barrington roof

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NORTH BARRINGTON– A short roof fire sent areafirefighters to a two-story,single-family home in NorthBarrington on the afternoonof July 15.

The Lake Zurich FireDepartment arrived first at10 Hidden Oaks Lane West,about 2:25 p.m. Automat-ic-aid crews responded fromthe Barrington, BarringtonCountryside, Buffalo Grove,Countryside, Lincolnshire,Long Grove, Wauconda andWheeling fire departments.

Lake Zurich Fire ChiefDavid Wheelock said the firewas doused in 10 minutes,caused by residents conduct-ing an outside burn just offthe driveway.

“The embers flew up in thewind and caused the CedarShake roof tiles to catch firejust above the garage,” Whee-lock said. “The roof was verydry.”

Damage was limited tothe roof, Wheelock said. Res-idents called for help imme-diately and nothing was dam-aged inside, he said.

Wheelock said open burn-ing can be very dangerous inany case and the wind justadded to the risk.

“The farther away fromthe house, the better,” Whee-lock said, “Burning shouldbe done in some sort of con-tained area or near a watersource, such as a gardenhose.

“Never on windy days,”Wheelock said.

Fire district tocheck on signs

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L A K E B A R R I N G T O N– Barrington CountrysideFire Protection District of-ficials have started a pub-lic safety review programto ensure that the greennumbered signs dotting thedistrict’s 48-square-milelandscape continue to helpfirefighters and paramedicsdeliver fast, effective emer-gency service, according toa news release.

Twice a year, officialswill conduct a districtwideinspection to identify placeswhere signs are damaged ormissing, and arrange to havethem immediately replaced,the release states.

The signs are based on agrid address system used byemergency dispatchers. Theinformation on each signhelps responders accurate-ly identify home locationsthroughout the district,where addresses are based onpostal rural route numbers

and often are out of numer-ical sequence, assistant firechief Jim Kreher said.

“In situations where min-utes can mean the differencebetween life or death, thosesigns play an essential rolein helping us quickly reachthose in need,” Kreher said.“The grid sign review pro-gram will ensure that thesigns continue to fulfill therole for which they were in-tended.”

District officials havecontracted with AlgonquinTownship to produce the re-placement signs – part of thedistrict’s ongoing efforts tomaximize efficiency, reduceoperational overlap, and savetaxpayers’ money, the releasestates.

Residents who observedamaged signs may reportthem to Kreher at 224-848-4800or [email protected]; or Capt.Angela Grandgeorge at 224-848-4871 or [email protected] for immediate re-placement.

“Class size matters and it matters the most.

If you’re not willing to pay for smaller class sizes

now, you end up paying for it later.”

Alix Soske

Former Chicago Public Schools teacher

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One of the first moves stateRep. David McSweeney madeafter assuming office in Jan-uary 2013 was completing pa-perwork to opt out of the pen-sion system, he said.

“I think this is a part-timejob,” McSweeney said, “andwith all the financial problemsthe state has, I don’t think leg-islators deserve pensions.”

As Illinois continues tograpple with pension reformin the midst of heavy finan-cial woes, McSweeney, R-Bar-rington Hills, is joined in hisdecision by an increasingnumber of state legislators.

He is among a group ofmore than 20 known Illinoislawmakers forgoing pensionsentitled to them through theGeneral Assembly RetirementSystem, according to RebootIllinois.

McSweeney said he’s hop-ing to set an example.

“I would certainly encour-age people to follow, and Ithink others are doing it,” hesaid.

Those opting out are staterepresentatives and senators,Democrats and Republicans.However, almost none of thelegislators on the list havetaken their current officesearlier than 2011. The excep-tion is Sen. David Luechtefeld,R-Okawville, who took officein 1995.

Upon entering into thelegislature, members are “ba-sically put into the plan auto-matically,” according to TimBlair, executive secretary ofthe State Retirement System.

Those who have opted outhad to do so within a 24-monthperiod after becoming a mem-ber, Blair said, adding aftertwo years, members no longerhave the option to forgo thepension system.

Having assumed officein 2013, state Rep. BarbaraWheeler, R-Crystal Lake, be-

came aware she was still ableto opt-out during an interviewwith the Northwest Herald forthis story.

Within minutes, Wheelersaid she had paperwork mov-ing to get herself off the plan.

“I think people have tomake their own individual de-cisions on this,” she said, “butI’m glad the option was stillavailable to me.”

State Rep. Mike Tryon,R-Crystal Lake, took office in2005 and, therefore, no longerhas the option to opt out.

He echoed Wheeler, sayingit’s the type of decision eachperson has to make on theirown and in their own best in-terest.

Given the current state ofIllinois, Tryon said he expectsthis will become a much morediscussed topic in the future.

“I don’t think it can changefor someone who is alreadyin,” Tryon said. “The ques-tion is can you change itgoing forward, and that’s a

whole new debate.”State Sen. Karen McCon-

naughay, R-St. Charles, saidit makes sense that newerlegislators are opting out aspensions have been a high-pri-ority issue among constituen-cies during the more recentelections.

McConnaughay, who alsohas opted out of the pensionplan, assumed office in 2013.

“I’ve voted for all the moreaggressive reform bills be-cause I believe we have totake aggressive action to turnthe state around,” she said. “Ithink it’s important, as a leg-islator, that I set an example.”

State Rep. Jack Franks,D-Marengo, is not on the listof those opting out. Frankssaid pension issues were notas prevalent when he was firstelected in 1998 as they havebeen the past few years.

Having already opted induring that time, Franks nolonger has the option to forgohis pension.

“It’s just recently thatthey’ve started to do this,”Franks said. “Those of us thatwere already in for years, thiswasn’t a problem until a fewyears ago.”

Since taking office, how-ever, Franks said he has beenproactive in trying to elimi-nate pensions for legislators.

“I don’t think we should bedoing pensions for part-timepositions,” he said. “I’ve filedbills on this, and I’ll continueto.”

Franks said pension re-form, however, will likely stayin limbo until the Illinois Su-preme Court makes a rulingon whether the pension law,signed by Gov. Pat Quinn inDecember, is constitutional.

The law moves to reduce re-tirees’ benefits and raise theretirement age.

State Sen. Dan Duffy,R-Lake Barrington, who tookoffice in 2009 and is not on thelist, was out of town and de-clined comment.

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The bird lives to its name.It aggressively defends itsterritory, even against hawksand other birds much largerthan itself. I’ll never forgetmy husband’s report of beingmercilessly attacked by a king-bird – the tyrant! – every timehe parked his car near a youngtree where a pair had madetheir nest.

Despite the unflatteringmoniker, there is somethingabout the eastern kingbirdthat I find immensely appeal-ing. Partly, it’s the appear-ance: Handsome, alwayserect, sporting charcoal headand back feathers with snow-white underparts and a tailthat looks as if it has beendipped in white paint. Partly,it’s the sound it makes: aseries of sharp, zeeting notesthat instantly commandattention. And partly, it’s thebird’s flycatcher behaviorof sallying forth from a field

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Kingbirds nest in trees,usually smaller ones, in parks,golf courses, even along theChicago lakefront. BeforeNortherly Island was torn upfor its transformation into amultiple-habitat park, a pairof eastern kingbirds regu-

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SPRINGFIELD – Kudos to Gov. Pat Quinn.The governor vetoed a measure that would greatly restrict

an ordinary citizen’s ability to file Freedom of Information Actrequests.

I don’t agree with the governor on a lot of things, but thisveto was the proper response to a very bad bill that would havecharged ordinary citizens fees as great as $100 if they file re-quest for large documents or make multiple requests in a shortperiod of time.

Sometimes governmentofficials forget just who theywork for. The FOIA is a pow-erful tool. During the courseof my journalism career Ihave filed more than 5,000FOIA requests with more than 1,000 governmental entities.And I’ve uncovered a great deal of waste, fraud and abuse.

Here is what Quinn had to say in his veto message: “HouseBill 3796 is a bill that reduces government transparency bylimiting the ability of citizens to seek public records under theFreedom of Information Act. The bill as proposed would makeit more difficult for citizens to obtain a large volume of records.It would also slow down the process for individuals who lackelectronic means to request or obtain information. Such bur-dens on the public penalize anyone seeking to learn more abouttheir government.”

So, our governor deserves our praise for vetoing this mea-sure. But I only wish he would practice what he preaches. OnDec. 12, 2012, I filed a request with the Illinois Department ofCorrections seeking documents relating to how well (or poorly)the state spends our money when providing health services toinmates.

I’m still waiting for the Quinn administration to turn overthe documents. After stonewalling my requests, the adminis-tration is now fighting it in court. No telling how much in taxdollars it is spending to just to keep these documents secret.

I also filed a FOIA Oct. 15, 2013, for copies of some emails thegovernor’s Office of Management and Budget sent and receivedduring a six-week period. The administration is digging in itsheels and not releasing those documents either.

So we are fighting it out in court.What is the administration hiding? We won’t know until the

documents are turned over. One thing is clear, while the Quinnadministration talks about openness and government transpar-ency, it doesn’t always practice it.

Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and a journal-ist with Illinois News Network, a project of the Illinois PolicyInstitute. He can be reached at [email protected].

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District 220 superintendent Brian Harris spent one of his first days on the new job visiting high schooland elementary classrooms.

New Barrington 220 Superintendent Brian Harris spent time

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as well as district elementary schools. Harris said during a July

15 school board meeting that classroom visits are the best part of

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Annoyed by noticesin other languagesWespeak, read andwrite English

andonly English in our household.Our national language is English.If youdon’t knowEnglish, learn it,anddon’t ask us to pay for it. I’m sosick of village voicemails and schoolnotices that start in English [and]then are translated into a languagefewunderstand. I don’twant to paytobe annoyed.Wespeak English.

Eric Holder andfreedom of speechSeems that Eric Holder always

plays the race card every momenthe can, especially when peopledon’t agree with this administra-tion. He carries a huge chip on hisshoulder and goes after everyoneto stop people’s freedom ofspeech when he doesn’t like whatis done nor said. His true job isstopping freedom of speech tocontinue in the USA.

Use ‘undocumented’money for homelessThe huge increase of [undocu-

mented immigrants] swarmingacross our border and the adminis-tration’s rush to settle themall overour county is presented to us as acoincidence involving childrenwhoneed our tender-hearted attention.This is just the latestwell-plannedattempt to change theUSA’s de-mographics. The newwrinkle thistime is: “It’s for the children.” Theadvanced planning to create thiscrisis is obvious and shameful. Theresultwill be permanent residencyfollowed by amnesty followed bysocialwelfare programs thatwouldmake Sweden jealous. …Howabout directing even a fraction ofthemoney and effort being spenton immigrant children to end ourownhomelessness?

Investigate IRS scandal,but also Iraq War motivesConcerning Congressman

Roskam’s article in last week’sedition of the paper, I concur thata full investigation regarding therecent scandals involving the IRSand any potential leaks to thecurrent executive administrationis amust. While Roskam is atit, what about looking into theprevious administration’s scandalregarding the allegedweapons ofmass destruction that were never

found, which led to the failed Iraqwar, which led to thousands ofU.S. soldier casualties and alsocost the country billions if not atrillion dollars. This kind of scandalneeds investigating, as well.

Too many complainersIt seems like everyweek I read

someunsympathetic fool com-plaining about illegal immigrantsin this country. Theyproudly touttheir ancestors camehere legally,and thesepeople should, too. Iwonder do thesepeople not realizetheir relativeswouldmost likely nolonger be able to legally immigrateto theU.S. in current times. Havethey looked into the requirements?It is extremely difficult to get aworkvisa, let alone citizenship thesedays. Thewords on theStatueof Liberty: “Givemeyour tired,your poor, your huddledmassesyearning to breathe free. Thewretched refuseof your teemingshore. Send these, the homeless,tempest-tossed tome, I liftmylampbeside thegoldendoor!” –nolonger arewhatwebelieve. Thecomplainers seemto think theirgrandparents/great-grandparentscameoff the boat speakingperfectEnglishwith a jobwaiting for them.Howdo thesepeople thinkwegotChina TownandGreekTown, etc.?Did theynever have a friendwhohadanold Polish grandmaat homethat couldn’t speak English?Alsowhat kindof humanbeing says theydon’t care about suffering children?…Howterriblewould the conditionsin your homelandhave tobe thatyouwould risk your child’s life to getthem toabetter place?Don’t yourealize these children are refugees?And lastly howmanyof these com-plainers have actually had their jobtakenby an illegal immigrant?Wereyoumowing lawnsorwashingdishes as a career? Illegals aren’tthe reason youcan’t find adecentjob, thatwould be the crumblingAmerican education system, cor-porationswho [are]willing to [sell]outAmericans for cheap labor, andthegovernment that subsidized thecorporations for doing it.

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NOFCA 5KWHERE: Lehmann Mansion at FrankM. Loffredo Park, 485 N. Milwaukee Ave.,Lake VillaWHEN: 9 a.m. SaturdayCOST & INFO: Adult admission is $30.Call 847-612-4565 or check facebook.com/noonefightscanceralone for moreinformation.ABOUT: The event is sponsored by NoOne Fights Cancer Alone. Registration isavailable the day of the race starting at 8a.m.

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LAKEFESTWHERE: Veterans Park, 432W. State Road, Island LakeWHEN: Starting 2 p.m. SaturdayCOST & INFO: Admission is free. Call847-526-8764 for more information.ABOUT: The event includes music, ponyrides, dunk tank, a car show, games, craftshow, food and drink.

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ROMEOSWHERE: Viking Park Bandshell, 4374 OldGrand Ave., GurneeWHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. ThursdayCOST & INFO: Admission is free. Call847-623-7788 or visit gurneeparkdistrict.com for more information.ABOUT: Modern Day Romeos’ music spec-trum includes motown classics, classic rocktreasures, metal anthems, 1980s and 1990sfavorites, and the top hits of the 2000s. Theband alters most of the songs to its ownstyle and add a lot of comedy and medleysto freshen the songs.

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WAUCONDA – The first ofmany surprises at Docks Barand Grill on a weekday eve-ning is complimentary valetparking.

Just pull into the lakesiderestaurant, at 313 East LibertyStreet, in Wauconda, and it’sfull relaxation ahead. A crewmember parks your car anda friendly hostess asks whereyou’d like to be seated, whichis quite the decision.

Docks has two stories of in-door seating, with lake views,and a full patio of outdoorseating. My date and I wentstraight for an outdoor spotsince it was a comfortable,summer evening.

The restaurant felt likea hometown staple, for landwalkers and boaters alike.Browsing the menu, it wasobvious anyone could be sat-isfied – salad munchers, wraplovers, burger builders andsandwich savorers. “YoungDocks” have their choice offinger food and pasta.

We knew we had to startwith an order of calamari. I’llbe honest – the squid tentacleshave sent me running at otherrestaurants, but this dish wasdifferent.

The calamari at Dockscame in large circles, al-most like mini onion rings.The serving was more thanenough for two people and weenjoyed zesting up the flavorwith fresh-squeezed lemon.Cocktail and marinara saucecame served on the side.

Our waitress was veryattentive, even learning ournames. We never had to askfor something twice or wait onan order.

Dinner was a tough choice.My date and I agreed to sharetwo dishes – shrimp tacosand the walleye. The wall-eye absolutely exceeded myexpectations. I assumed thefish fillet would be thin andheavily breaded, but it wasthe complete opposite.

Flagged as a chef sugges-tion on the menu, I shouldhave known otherwise. Thiswalleye fillet was thick andas big as the dinner plate. My

date and I were fork-in-forkfor the best bites.

The fillet wasn’t breadedat all, but rather encrusted ina light amount of Parmesancheese. The fish was warm andmelted in our mouths. I wasalso a big fan of the steamedvegetable of the day – broccoli– and a balsamic side salad. Mydate enjoyed his sides of pasta

salad and rice pilaf.We knew it was time to

tackle the fish tacos, butdidn’t know where to start.The three flour tortillas werepiled high with blackenedtilapia, red radish cabbagesalad and sliced avocado. Sourcream came on the side.

Spicing up the dish withsome hot sauce, the tacos were

just as delicious as the wall-eye. The cabbage was unique– soft and filling.

We noticed the sun wascoming close to setting aswe leaned back to digest ourmeals. The view was beautifulas we looked past rows androws of boats, onto the hori-zon. We almost had to pinchourselves for a moment to see

if we were still in Wauconda.It felt like a getaway.

Docks was decently crowd-ed for a week night. Therewere a handful of dates andmany friends gathering toenjoy the evening. It was oneof those meals that sticks inthe mind, not just because ofthe food, but because of theambiance.

The Mystery Diner is anewsroom employee at Sub-urban Life Media. The diner’sidentity is not revealed tothe restaurant staff before orduring the meal. Only positivedining experiences will resultin published reviews.

At Docks, come hungry, leave when sun sets

Docks Bar & Grill

nWhere: 313 E. Liberty St.(Rt. 176), Wauconda

nWhen: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.Monday through Satur-day; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Sunday

n Info: Call 847-526-3625 forinformation.

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Docks Bar and Grill, at 313 East Liberty Street (Route 176) in Wauconda, features indoor-outdoor seating. A beautiful lake view can be enjoyedby any visitor.

Fish Tacos are one of several signature bites on the menu at Docks Barand Grill, in Wauconda. Three flour tortillas are piled high with black-ened tilapia, red radish cabbage salad and sliced avocado. The tacosare served with a side of sour cream and a choice of a side – fries,chips, coleslaw, pasta salad or fruit.

Docks Bar and Grill, of Wauconda,serves a wonderful walleye. Thefresh, fish fillet is very lightly en-crusted in Parmesan cheese. It’s agenerous portion and comes withsteamed vegetables and a ricepilaf. Sauce lovers will enjoy thespicy tarter sauce on top.

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JULY 24

86TH ANNUAL LAKE COUNTY FAIR,

10 a.m. July 24 to 27, Lake CountyFairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road,Grayslake. Beer gardens, craft brewtasting, bingo, festival foods. Cost:$5-$10. Information: www.lcfair.com.

WOODSTOCK MOZART FESTIVAL, 3p.m. July 24, The Sanfilippo Estate,789 Plum Tree Road, BarringtonHills. Clarinetist Alexander Fitersteinand pianist Igor Lipinski present achamber music concert followed bya clarinet master class. Includes a90-minute pre-concert tour of theestate. Cost: $45. Information: www.mozartfest.org.

FARMERS MARKET, 3 p.m. July24, downtown Wauconda. Freshproduce, flowers, bread and otherproducts, plus live entertainment andfood vendors. Cost: Free.

ANTIOCH’S FARMERS MARKET, 3 p.m.July 24, Main Street and Orchard,Antioch. Features products from flow-ers, produce, cupcakes, baked goods,coffee and homemade crafts. Cost:Free. Information: www.antioch.il.gov.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: BEATOLU-

TION (FORMERLY STOCKWOOD), 7p.m. July 24, Wauconda Area PublicLibrary, 801 N. Main St., Wauconda.Beatles tribute. Cost: Free. Informa-tion: www.wauclib.org.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, 7 p.m. July24 and 25, Lake Zurich High SchoolPerforming Arts Center, 300 ChurchSt., Lake Zurich. A rollicking spin onthe classic “The Princess and ThePea.” Cost: $9-$11. Information: crick-ettheatrecompany.seatyourself.biz.

IT’S THURSDAY CONCERT SERIES, 7:30p.m. July 24, William E. Brook MemorialEntertainment Center, 902 SkidmoreDrive, Antioch. Jasper (Membersof Bella Cain) performs. Cost: Free.Information: www.antioch.il.gov.

JULY 25

GURNEE FARMERS’ MARKET, 8 a.m. July25, Esper Petersen Park, Grand andKilbourne avenues, Gurnee. Produce,bakery, meat, cheeses, spices, craftsand more. Cost: Free. Information:www.gurneeparkdistrict.com.

THIRD ANNUAL GUNS & HOSES GOLF

OUTING, 11 a.m. July 25, Fox LakeCountry Club, 7220 State Park Rd, FoxLake. Shotgun start at 11 a.m. Cost: .

KENT ROSE AT BARRINGTON

SIDEWALK SALE, 11 a.m. July 25,downtown, Barrington. Live musicaround downtown Barrington, alongLageschulte Street, and at The Found-ry on Route 14 Northwest Highway.Cost: Free. Information: business.barringtonchamber.com.

LAKE ZURICH AREA FARMERS MAR-

KET, 3 p.m. July 25, Henry J PaulusPark, 200 South Rand Road, LakeZurich. More than 30 vendors. Cost:Free. Information: 847-438-5146.

FREE FAMILY SUMMER SERIES

FRIDAYS, 3 p.m. July 25, Round LakeBeach Cultural & Civic Center, 2007Civic Center Way, Round Lake Beach.Interactive family fun. BCost: Free.Information: www.villageofroundlake-beach.com or 847-201-9032.

CHUCK JENNINGS, 7:30 p.m. July 25,Chessie’s Restaurant, 200 ApplebeeStreet, Barrington. Live music. Cost:Free. Information: chessies-restau-rant.com.

JONATHAN POLIT, 7:30 p.m. July 25,Rugan’s, 921 Toft Ave., Antioch. Livemusic. Information: www.rugans.comor 847-838-0011.

“FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,” 8 p.m. July 25and 26 and 2:30 p.m. July 27, P.M.&L.Theatre, 877 Main St., Antioch. Cost:$13-$18. Information: www.pmlthe-atre.com or 847-395-3055.

JULY 26

WAUCONDA KIDS TRIATHLON, 8 a.m.July 26, Cook Park, 600 N. Main St.,Wauconda. Swim portion will takeplace in Bangs Lake, and the bikeand run portion will take you throughthe scenic Wauconda countryside.Awards and times are given out at theend. Information: waucondaparks.org.

OPENMARKET, 8 a.m. July 26, TrinityEvangelical Lutheran Church, 25519 W.Route 134, Ingleside. Featuring crafts,antiques, farmers and more. Informa-tion: www.trinityonthehill.com.

NO ONE FIGHTS CANCER ALONE 2ND

ANNUAL 5K RUN/WALK, 9 a.m. July26, Loffredo Park, 485 N. MilwaukeeAve., Lake Villa. Cost: $30. Information:847-612-4565 or 224-628-09630.

75TH ANNIVERSARY LIBRARY PICNIC,

11:30 a.m. July 26, Wauconda AreaPublic Library, 801 N. Main St., Wau-conda. Music, games, refreshments,pony rides and more. Cost: Free. Infor-mation: 847-526-6225 ext. 212.

CLUB ART RAVE FOR KIDS, 1 p.m. July

26, The Twisted Cow, 2112 E. GrandAve., Lindenhurst. Every child leaveswith a completed acrylic painting oncanvas. Supplies, instruction and icecream provided. Cost: $25. Registration:artraveinc.ticketleap.com/totally-turtle.

LAKEFEST AND FIREWORKS, 2 p.m.July 26, Island Lake Veteran’s Park,432 W. State Road, Island Lake. Toucha truck, moon walk, dunk tank, facepainting, car show, craft show, bakesale, joust and slide, DJ, ice creamand games for all ages. Fireworks atdusk. Cost: Free. Information: www.villageofislandlake.com.

“LEGALLY BLONDE,” 7 p.m. July 26 and2 p.m. July 27, Lake Zurich High SchoolPerforming Arts Center, 300 ChurchSt., Lake Zurich. Musical based on thepopular movie and adapted for youngperformers and audiences of all ages.Cost: $9-$11. Information: cricketthe-atrecompany.seatyourself.biz.

COLBY MILLEA, 7:30 p.m. July 26,Rugan’s, 921 Toft Ave., Antioch. Livemusic. Information: www.rugans.comor 847-838-0011.

75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

COMMUNITY PICNIC, 11:30 p.m. July26, Wauconda Area Public Library,801 N. Main St., Wauconda. Free hotdogs and ice cream, pony rides, a DJ,face painting, and games. Cost: Free.Information: www.wauclib.org.

JULY 27

WAUCONDA TRIATHLON, 6:30 a.m.July 27, Cook Park, 600 N. Main St.,Wauconda. Swim portion will takeplace in Bangs Lake, and the bikeand run portion will take you throughthe scenic Wauconda countryside.Awards and times are given out atthe end. Information: waucondaparks.org/wauconda-sprint-triathlon.

KIDGITS CLUB SUMMER FILM FESTI-

VAL, 10 a.m. July 20, 21 and 23, Gurnee

Mills, 6170W. Grand Ave., Gurnee. Pop-ular animated film: “The Croods.” Freeto Kidgits Club members, $5 to join.

FIESTA DE VERANO (SUMMER FEST),

noon July 27, Gurnee Mills, 6170 W.Grand Ave., Gurnee. Live music, foodsamplings and prizes. Cost: Free.Information: www.gurneemills.com.

FORDMUSTANG 50TH BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATION, 1 p.m. July 27, TheGarlands of Barrington, 1000 GarlandsLane, Barrington. The Stallions GateMustang and Ford Club and WickstromAuto Group offer a historical reviewand display of 15 premiumMustangsdating from 1964 to 2005. Cost: Free.Information: www.thegarlands.com.

JULY 28

COLORS OF A SUMMER NIGHT PAINT

PARTY, 6:30 p.m. July 28, WaucondaArea Public Library, 801 N. Main St.,Wauconda. An evening of painting onthe library lawn with Nancy Berman.Ssubject will be a treescape. Allsupplies provided. Cost: Free. Infor-mation: www.wauclib.org.

JULY 29

GREAT WHITE SHARKS: DEFANGING

THE MYTHS, 7 p.m. July 29, Wauco-nda Area Public Library, 801 N. MainSt., Wauconda. For children ages 5and up and their caregivers. Explorea life-sized great white shark madefrom recycled plastics. Cost: Free.Information: 847-526-6225 ext. 212.

JULY 30

LINDENHURST PARK DISTRICT’S

CONCERT IN THE PARKS, 6:30 p.m.July 30, Engle Memorial Park, 2200 E.Grass Lake Road, Lindenhurst. Cost:Free. Information: www.lindenhurst-parks.org.

T-REXPLORERS: FOSSIL HUNTERS

WHEN: 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26 WHERE: Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Hwy, Barrington

COST: Free

INFO: Dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages can experience hands-on fossil hunting. Authentic dinosaur bones include those from

species such as the Triceratops and the T-Rex. Call the library at 847-382-1300 for more information.

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Barrington softball success continues in summerBy TIM SIECK

Barrington SuburbanLife Contributor

BARRINGTON — The Bar-rington High School softballprogram has been a model ofsuccess for several years.

That success has carriedover to Barrington Hurricanes18-and-under summer travelteam. For 21 years, the Bar-rington Hurricanes 18U teamhas assembled at the Bar-rington High School’s Field ofDreams to take on some of thestate’s upper echelon girls soft-ball teams.

The Hurricanes, comprisedentirely of Barrington HighSchool seniors, juniors andsophomores, have amassed a

28-7-1 record through the firstfive weeks of summer. Theteam has traveled to fourtournaments and hosts dou-bleheaders at the Fields ofDreams every Tuesday andWednesday evening. Filliesvarsity coach Perry Petersonhas coached the Hurricanessince they began play in 1994.

One summer highlighttranspired within the RockyMountains over the week ofthe Fourth of July. The Hurri-canes competed in the Colora-do Sparkler 18U tournament,where the team tied for sev-enth place out of the 155 partic-ipating teams in the week-longevent. The seventh-place fin-ish was the highest amongstall Illinois teams. The Hur-

ricanes were the only teamparticipating that consisted ofathletes solely from one highschool, an uncommon feat intoday’s softball arena.

Incoming BHS senior pitch-er Keenan Dolezal has led theway this summer for the Hur-ricanes. Dolezal, who will re-ceive an athletic scholarship topitch at Loyola University Chi-cago, defeated teams from Cal-ifornia, Arizona, New York,Colorado and Texas in a weekwhere the Hurricanes finishedwith a 7-2 record. Tournamenthighlights from Colorado in-cluded Liz Sweeney’s grandslam versus Central Califor-nia Krush in an 11-1 victory,Jamie Brown’s two doublesover Syracuse Sting Gold in

the 9-2 triumph and Dolezal’sno hitter versus the LovelandRage from Colorado.

Hurricanes offensive teamleaders for the summer seasoninclude Carly Kordich’s .392batting average, Rachel Mac-donald’s 10 doubles, Kordich’sthree triples, Brown’s fourhome runs, Macdonald’s 28RBIs, and Annie Leiding going10-for-10 in stolen bases.

Pitching and defense con-tinues to remain a constantto the Barrington Hurricanessuccess. Dolezal has thrown 16shutouts this summer, whileamassing 225 strikeouts in195 innings pitched. Team de-fense has shown to be stellarthroughout the summer sea-son as the collective group has

only committed 29 errors inthe first 36 games of the sum-mer.

The team roster includesseniors Keenan Dolezal andJulie Magro and juniors Ja-mie Brown, Nicole Chapman,Maggie Di Iorio, Kelly Katis,Annie Leiding, Rachel Mac-donald, Nicole Sturgis and LizSweeney and sophomore CarlyKordich.

“The girls and their fami-lies have made this an out-standing summer season.”Peterson said. “The trip to Col-orado was a tremendous expe-rience for everyone involvedboth on and off the field. To seethe team go whitewater raft-ing as a group was a sight tobehold.”

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The 2014 Barrington Hurricanes 18U summer travel team is comprised entirely of Barrington High School seniors, juniors and sophomores. The girls have a 28-7-1 record throughthe first five weeks of summer.

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By TIM SIECKBarrington SuburbanLife Contributor

BARRINGTON – Thisweek, Barrington SuburbanLife Contribu-tor Tim Siecksat down withthe newestmember of theBarringtonHigh Schoolcoaching staff– girls varsi-ty volleyballcoach, MichelleJakubowski.

The coach returns to theclassroom, and the sport,after a recent stint as theathletic director of HuntleyHigh School. This will beJakubowski’s 17th season as a

varsity volleyball coach.Here’s what the busy moth-

er of four had to say:

Sieck: What is your athleticbackground?

Jakubowski: I played Di-vision I volleyball at theUniversity of New Orleansand Northeastern Illinois Uni-versity. I have been a varsityvolleyball coach for 16 years.

Sieck: What will you miss mostabout being an athletic director?

Jakubowski: Working withmy student athletic leadershipteam.

Sieck: What made the job atBarrington so attractive?

Jakubowski: The traditionin the classroom and on thecourt.

Sieck: How much contacthave you had with your team thissummer?

Jakubowski: We are cur-rently in our third week of afour-week camp. We are alsoplaying in a summer leagueonce a week.

Sieck: Who have been yourcoaching mentors?

Jakubowski: So many cometo mind, but Debbie Ofcky,one of my college coaches,has helped me the most. Istill talk to her today. Shehas not only helped me growas a coach but also as aneducator.

Sieck: How would you define asuccessful season?

Jakubowski: Seeing growthduring the season in all

players and coming togeth-er as a team to play at ourhighest level at the end ofthe season.

Sieck: What is the toughestthing about coaching?

Jakubowski: Balancing fami-ly and team.

Sieck: What has changed themost in the sport of volleyball sinceyou played?

Jakubowski: Girls are bigger,faster and stronger nowbecause there is a biggeremphasis on weight trainingand conditioning.

Sieck: What are you doing thissummer away from school workand volleyball?

Jakubowski: I have fourchildren, so I am driving kids

around and watching lots ofbaseball.

Sieck: How would you describeyour coaching philosophy?

Jakubowski: My philosophy isto have well-rounded studentathletes, push my players, staffand myself to go above andbeyond, players to have pas-sion and respect for the game,help the player move on to thenext level and to promote ourprogram to the community.

Sieck: What advice would yougive incoming freshman on whatit will take to succeed in the Bar-rington program?

Jakubowski: Number onepriority it to work hard in theclassroom, which is closelyfollowed by passion and com-mitment on the court.

MichelleJakubowski

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE NINETEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOUNTY OF LAKE,STATE OF ILLINOIS

CONSUMERS CREDIT UNION,Plaintiff(s),vs.BRIAN T. TOBIN, VIOLETA G.TOBIN, Defendant(s).

Case No. 14 CH 211NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALEOF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that pursuant to a Judgmentheretofore entered by the saidCourt in the above entitledcause, the Sheriff of Lake Coun-ty, Illinois, will on August 26,2014, at the hour of 9:00 AM,at the Lake County Sheriff's Of-fice, 25 S MARTIN LUTHER KINGJR AV, WAUKEGAN, IL 60085,sell at public auction to thehighest and best bidder for cash,all and singular, the followingdescribed premises and real es-tate in the said Judgment men-tioned, situated in the County ofLake, State of Illinois, or somuch thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment, towit:

Common Address: 28615W. RAVINE DR., BARRINGTON,IL 60010

P.I.N. 13-16-307-015Contact the Law Office of IRA

T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 NorthFranklin, Suite 201, Chicago,Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information.

The terms of the sale are:Ten percent (10%) due by cashor certified funds at the time ofthe sale and balance is duewithin 24 hours of the sale. Thesubject property is subject to realestate taxes, special assess-ments or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and isoffered for sale without any rep-resentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "as is"condition. The sale is furthersubject to confirmation by theCourt.

The property is improved by asingle family residence, togetherwith all buildings and improve-ments thereon, and the tene-ments, hereditaments and ap-purtenants thereunto belongingand will not be available for in-spection prior to sale.

If this property is a condo-minium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shallpay the assessments and the le-gal fees required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If thisproperty is a condominium unitwhich is part of a common in-terest community, the purchaserof the unit at the foreclosure saleother than a mortgagee shallpay the assessments required byThe Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).LAW OFFICES OFIRA T. NEVEL, LLCIra T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808Timothy R. Yueill -ARDC #6192172Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847Richard Drezek -ARDC #6301323Nathan J. Buikema -ARDC #6302969Brian D. Nevel -ARDC #6309777175 North Franklin St. Suite 201Chicago, Illinois 60606(312) [email protected]# 13-05069

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE NINETEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOUNTY OF LAKE,STATE OF ILLINOIS

CONSUMERS CREDIT UNION,Plaintiff(s),vs.BRIAN T. TOBIN, VIOLETA G.TOBIN, Defendant(s).

Case No. 14 CH 211NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALEOF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that pursuant to a Judgmentheretofore entered by the saidCourt in the above entitledcause, the Sheriff of Lake Coun-

ty, Illinois, will on August 26,2014, at the hour of 9:00 AM,at the Lake County Sheriff's Of-fice, 25 S MARTIN LUTHER KINGJR AV, WAUKEGAN, IL 60085,sell at public auction to thehighest and best bidder for cash,all and singular, the followingdescribed premises and real es-tate in the said Judgment men-tioned, situated in the County ofLake, State of Illinois, or somuch thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment, towit:

LOT 28 IN FIRST ADDITIONTO KELSEY GROVE, BEING ASUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT12 OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES' SUB-DIVISION OF SECTION 16,TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI-PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF RECORDEDJUNE 23, 1925 AS DOCUMENT259856, IN BOOK "O" OFPLATS, PAGE 9, IN LAKE COUN-TY, ILLINOIS.

Common Address: 28615W. RAVINE DR., BARRINGTON,IL 60010

P.I.N. 13-16-307-015Contact the Law Office of IRA

T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 NorthFranklin, Suite 201, Chicago,Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information.

The terms of the sale are:Ten percent (10%) due by cashor certified funds at the time ofthe sale and balance is duewithin 24 hours of the sale. Thesubject property is subject to realestate taxes, special assess-ments or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and isoffered for sale without any rep-resentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "as is"condition. The sale is furthersubject to confirmation by theCourt.

The property is improved by asingle family residence, togetherwith all buildings and improve-ments thereon, and the tene-ments, hereditaments and ap-purtenants thereunto belongingand will not be available for in-spection prior to sale.

If this property is a condo-minium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shallpay the assessments and the le-gal fees required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If thisproperty is a condominium unitwhich is part of a common in-terest community, the purchaserof the unit at the foreclosure saleother than a mortgagee shallpay the assessments required byThe Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).LAW OFFICES OFIRA T. NEVEL, LLCIra T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808Timothy R. Yueill -ARDC #6192172Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847Richard Drezek -ARDC #6301323Nathan J. Buikema -ARDC #6302969Brian D. Nevel -ARDC #6309777175 North Franklin St. Suite 201Chicago, Illinois 60606(312) [email protected]# 13-05069

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