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- a. ND ! .0 ro' Z1 Er t-o -t CD ' CD dtn HU CD r42 RP-! CD° Retiring Forest Preserve Director Jon Duerr stands on top of the hill at ;U Oakhurst Forest Preserve Wednesday afernooñ In Aurora. Waubonsee Community College. He taught biology- - DIJERK As one of the few ecologists with an From FageAl advanced degree in the Chicago area c_CD at the time, he was approached three tIII the uses they engender, such as the years later to help put together pro-- !JiIIN day-care kids frolicking in nature on grams for the first Earth Day. g - a sunny day - than for holding the Duerr says he has been happy to. :trflt o't stuffy title of director. see the world come around to a more 'Tve always been concerned about ecological viewpoint during the past C being seen as a bureaucrat," he says. 30 years, something reflected in the li 'We're just holding this land for the 13,500 acres of forest preserve land L4 CD citizens of Kane County, bringing Kane has been able to purchase and i_ •LartGD_o. r tca oa' t. itt some expertise to manage it Some- preserve. He saw the change in atti- CDQ '< • CD how our society as come to treat gov- tude expressed dramatically in the -t ernment as something separate- Peo- mid-1990s, when Kane residents over- ' ple will say, 'your land ...' Well, it isn't whehuingly voted for a referendum to EP -t my land. It belongs to the people of spend money on preserving land at a (ft Kane County" time when residents were voting fleD CD It is a philosophy Duerr comes by, downother ballot questions. Wt ° He also sees it in what people tell (D(D ër, naturally. + ct& 'nt. It was ingrained in him at an early him they want in their preserves, o °' CI p-t age as a boy in the 1950sand'60sin "there is more general acceptance St Charles, when the 10th Avenue of doing original habitat restoration," CD house he grew up in was only three Duerr says. 'That has been very suc- uhitntt cessful in our preserves. I think that — blocks from the edge of town, but still 0 I Ii1i!J'flu CI) close enough to the flora and fauna has been home out by the popularity along the Fox River. of our system-" He would take his dog with him to Duerr is quick to give the creditfor j hunt along the river or the railroad that popularity to both the disifictem- O-%-- tracks, observing the natural plant life ployees, and the politicians who over- and the birds. see the district at the Forest Preserve It is Duerr's familiarity with that Comxnission Kane County which n-iade him a good in the time since Duerr became di- choice to direct the preserve today, rector, the number of district employ.: says Forest Preserve President John ees has almost doubled, from 35 to 63. Hoscheit -- At the top, there has been more spe- "One of his biggest attributes is he cialization, with directors of opera- was born and raised in the area," says tions, planning, finances and public in- Hoscheit R-St.Charles. "He has a formation, separate from the execu- sense of history?' tive director. Duerr points out there was no envi- They all deserve the credit," ronmental movement as such, when Duerr says "One screw-up really re- he was young- It was his own love of flects on all of us," nature that drove him to get a bathe-- So, Duerr now retires from a job of br's degree in biology from Coe Col- stomping around fens, bogs, wet- lege in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, then re-- lands, forests, eskers and kames to a turn closer to home to get a master's life of... well, doing about the same degree in ecology from Northern Ilb thing, except "on his own schedule," nois University. 1-loseheit says. In 1967, Duerr was one of the first "That's my life," Duerr says, with a teachers hired by the then-fledgling smile. 'To be stomping around here."

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However, after spending meeting until the problem is solved," she some time with her, I believe she's the one said bluntly who can pull it off. As good a resume that Barbara Erwin Born in Chicago and raised in brings to the district, and as happy as I am Hammond, hid., Erwin brings a solid she is here, she does have one glaring Midwestern view of life to her job. Some of character flaw. Under intense questioning, the phrases she uses, "You need to treat and after hemming and hawing, she finally people the way you'd want to be treated," cameclean with me and admitted the and "Citizens who give up theft time to awful truth: She's a Sox fan. come to school board meetings deserve Oh well,•nobody's perfect. respect," don't sound trite or practiced, but * * * rather a statement ofpersonal philosophy. According to your calls and e-mails, not Fora district that has suffered alot of many of you are happy with the county's turmoil, Erwin's approach is a breath of "solution" to the Randall Road S-curve. In fresh air, fact, most of you never viewed that stretch Erwin comes to St. Charles after stints as much of a problem at all. I couldn't agree as superintendent of districts inArizona more. and Texas, among other locations. When Much of the reason the road is being asked by 303 board members in her job redesigned is because of a tragic accident interview what her greatest strength was, that took the life of a young woman. While Erwin replied, "I fix broken school no one disputes the fact that the accident districts." This answer pleased most of the was a truly awful event, the truth is there board (and me, too), but it's no surprise were many factors that contributed to that several members didn't like what they tragedy, with Randall Road being only one. heard. These are the ones who have been We should also bear in mind that there in denial for years about the problems are far more dangerous stretches of road plaguing 303, including everything leading than the S-curve, such as Route 31 at Scott up to and following the mold debacle, in South Elgin, or Fahyan, just west of Erwin's flrstjob might be to convince these Randall. No one is caning for those roads to board members there are indeed problems be redesigned, and for good reason: they that need fixing. don't need it And neither does Randall. Erwin knows she's entering what she The current plan of strict traffic calls a 'fractured community" andenforcement should have been given more understands she must reach out to all the time to develop instead of this headlong disaffected and disillusioned so they might rush into narrower lanes and a center be brought back into the fold. "St Charles divider that sowids more like a launch pad should be the standard others aspire to," than a safety device. The redesign is being Erwin said, "and by working together we'll done for the noblest of reasons, but no get there." To that end, she's already setup matterhownoble, its still a very bad idea. meetings with community and parent • Bill Page lives in St. Charles and writes groups in order to hear their concerns, about local issues on Thesdtiy and Obviously I'm impressed with Dr. Thursday. Calls and e-mails answered at Erwin, but I will say it would be a serious (650) 584-0809 or [email protected], rot') /CJt THURSDAY.JULY 1. 2004 PAGE SA Gorecki loses appeal to dismiss lawsuit Gorecki claimed that because she was assuming the position of Former workers state's attorney, she simply was re- fusing to reappoint Carlson and filed suit Smith. Gorecki asked that the case be dismissed, arguing that the law a!- By PAUL ROCK lowed her to dismiss Carlson and Kane Cgunty Chronicle Smith because she must be able to implicitly trust anyone who holds • Kane County State's Attorney policy-making or confidential posi- Meg Gorecid lost an appellate court tions. In legal terms, Gorecici tried decision this week in her case to invoke qualified immunity against two former employees who But the she fired for political reasons. federal appel- On the day she took office in late court ruled December 2000, Gorecki fired that Carlson special investigators Phillip D. and Smith's po- Carlson and Thomas ft Smith. litical affiliation Both men supported incumbent was not essen- David Akemann, Gorecid's oppo- tialto their job nent in the Republican primary duties, which according to the U.S. 7th District required them Court of Appeals in Chicago. Gorecki to serve sub- Smith and Carlson sued poenas and lo- Gorecki in federal court, claiming cate and interviewwitnesses. that theft constitutional Eights to "Gorecki has failed to submit free speech were violated. The case sufficient evidence for us to con- went to the appellate court when dude as a matter of law that party Gorecki lost her bid to dismiss the affiliation is an appropriate re- lawsuit The decision by the three quirement for the special investi- judges on the appellate panel gator position," the appellate means the lawsuit can continue. judges' ruling states. According to court docu- Gorecld's attorneys could not ments, Carlson and Smith made be reached for comment. allegations during the campaign Assistant State's Attorney that Gorecki was involved injobs- Katherine Moran, speaking for for-favors and kickback schemes. Gorecki, said the court's decision Before their firings, Carlson had will be reviewed before the case been on the job for four years, returns to district court. and Smith had been on the job 'A decision will be made for two years. whether to appeal or proceed on Despite that Gorecki, Carlson the merits of the case," Moran said. and Smith all consider them- Gorecki, 36, returned to her selves Republicans, Gorecki re- office June 1 after serving a four- garded them as "political ene- month suspension for implicat- mies" because they did not sup- ing a Kane County official in a fic- port her candidacy according to titious jobs-for-bribes scheme the court's ruling. before she was elected. 7±og7s2con 'claus St. Charles considers step forward on Red Gate bridge project By Mike Sullivan the Red Gate bridge crossing SPECIAL TO THE COURIER NEWS .on July 19. In other action at this ST. CHARLES - In a move week's committee meeting, aimed at relieving congestion the City Council tentatively on Illinois 64, the City Council approved adopting a portion government services commit- of the 2003 International tee is recommending the full Building Code requiring council approve a $1.2 million sprinklers for all new apart- contract with St. Charles. ments, condominiums and based Robert H. Anderson commercial buildings. Associates Inc., for engineer- Committee members voted .ing services for a new Fox in favor of the expanded ordi- River bridge at Red Gate nance at the recommendation Road. of Fire Chief Alan Schullo. Under provisions of the Although the city mandates two-year pact, Anderson use of sprinklers for struc- would design a two-lane span tures larger than 7,500 square connecting Illinois Route 31 feet or those at least two sto- on the West Side to Illinois 25 ries or higher, the current or- on the east. The agreement dinance excludes single-fami- also notes that the Illinois De- ly and two-family houses and partment of Transportation townhomes. would reimburse the city for The new law, sent to the project costs estimated at be- council for review, is expect- tsveen$20 million and $30 mil- ed to be approved Tuesday lion. and would become effective The plans pose a conflict Aug. 1. for the village of Wayne, Under guidelines outlined by where officials fear a dramatic Schullo, the new ordinance increase in congestion in would apply to existing build- their town if the Red Gate ings that are being groomed for Road corridor is adopted. a newuse and new structures: Wayne officials have been where a permit is pending. pushing a four-lane crossing The council likely will tack at Steams Road as an alterna- on a 7 percent fee increase for the. plan reviews and inspections The St. Charles City Coun. by the St. Charles Fire De- till is expected to approve the partment as part of the re- contract with Anderson for vamping of the ordinance.

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Cross office helpful CQfl etc I'm calling to compliment Rep. Tom a Cross' office. They are the best people when you have a problem, and in particular, Lois Openline lets readers offer brief comment on i Maguire. Lois is just wonderful, patient, Callers who identify themselves and leave their kind and never flustered. She has sorted be given priority. Anonymous callè will be printc through some problems with my father's edit calls and to use them in any publication, di( medication cards and has been just a great help. I am very grateful to Mr. Cross and his employees. along Orchard Road captured the rainfall in i Cleaning up neighborhood the 31/-inch rain that we had in mid-June. One of the causes that that thing filled up Thanks, Alderman Nelson, city worker was that when the Reimer Lake overspilled and contractors for your work over at the the berm it went across Orchard Road. corner of Bishop and Rathbone. I appreciate Reimer Lake fills up quickly and a problem the action. Twenty years ago, the weeds that harps back to the flood of '96 was that were tall all summer long and it was quite a the Reimer Lake does not properly drain dumping ground. It's actually been kept into Blackberry Creek, Too much water clean about the past 10 years, but the old comes in there and there's no way for it to fence and brush removal tops it off. It's get out across Orchard and up to the Black- much better for the homes on Bishop. berry Creek Its time that was taken care of There used to be lots of overgrown and junky vacant lots around - not any more. ..What about me? Fun at 'Sleepover' F' I'm so tired of reading in the paper about Bill Wyatt helping in the Sans Souci flood I just wanted to say thank you to Bill situation. I worked out there for two days Wyatt for sponsoring Kallie Childress' new and in my basement, and nobody called my movie, Sleepover, at the Paramount. It was a name in, - wonderful event for Aurora to have, and we're all so proud of Kallie. It was a very Basement under water nice evening, and the theater was packed I live on Redwood Drive in Aurora n the with children and families happy to be West Side. Howmany times does my base- watching one of our own girls. ment have to fill up with water and the city Adream night won't help? This is really ridiculous! A I want to thank the Wyatt family, the Paramount, and the businesses for provid- COPING WITH GROWTH ing Aurora's children with a dream night. al The premiere of the Sleepover movie was Route 47 development inth wonderful. My kids and I enjoyed it very, very much, the ride in the limousine, and I see where Yorkville's going to put a new de also it was a great idea to have bilingual vol- strip mall on Route 47 on the south side of er unteers there, too. town. It seems a shame that the city has to re cut all those trees, but I hope they realize le what they're doing there. I hope they also A vote for Morrison inth Kudos to the person who wrote in sug- make them put turn lanes in like they failed to do for the Raintree Subdivision. I know gesting that former Alderman Judy Morn- P áon run for mayor. Judy's a great gal and it's a state road, but the mayor can make she'd make a great mayor. She's got my these developers pay their way or else not vote. give them the zoning. Don't let them build so close to the road, either. Aurora in bloom Robert Myers, Yorkville St - The number of people that are working to Bypassing Somonauk 0\ upgrade properties in older areas of Aurora & is pretty impressive. Many folks have been I'm calling about this bypass in fr. hard at work this spring. What really looks Somonaulc I want to know which restaurant int nice is landscaping and flowers. Some of the the business association wants to tear fat down, because when Route 34 is widened, places with hanging and potted flowers ex- I tending around the porches are particularly half of downtown is going to get flattened. pretty. Need traffic solution to I guess I need someone to explain to me n ORCHARD FLOODING why there is no money to widen Route 47 fa but they have money to put in a Prairie Ii Drainage problem Parkway. To me it seems like its the same ts difference. You want a roadrunning north It's very nice that that new Aurora lake and south, you've got one. Just widen it, and a I 2fl;en .-.PO Ejg2, I o -ic '0t

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same model with similar sale prices often were assessed Assessments higher than those in higher in Rutland Township Grafton Township part of subdivision than in Grafton Township. Molohon said he has re- assessed Sun City each year By ERIC B. OLSON helpful." since 2002. This year, he said he Shaw News Service The board of review hears is trying to make his assess- homeowners' appeals of prop- ments more closely resemble HUNTLEY - Rutland erty-tax assessments. During those across the county line. Township Assessor Pat Mob- hearings in March, board of re- "I expect they're going to re- hon said he has altered his ap- view members granted 20 ap- late to what is done in Grafton," proach and enlisted more help peals from homeowners who Molohon said. "They might not to complete reassessments or- claimed that their assessments be exactly, precisely dollar for dered by the Kane County were too high. They also or- dollar what is done in Grafton." Board of Review this year. dered Molohon to reassess all Grafton Township Assessor The township assessors Sun City homes in Rutland Bill Ottley said any assessor in a $30,000 budget for personnel Township, about 2,400 proper- fast-growing area would have a for fiscal 2004-05 is 48 percent ties. Those reassessments difficult time working with lim- more than last year. The money should be completed by ited staff. is needed to increase the hours August, but Molohon said he Though the two assessors • worked by the office's sole did not know whether they report to supervisors in different staffer, Mobohon said, would be higher or lower. counties, they are going to work The Kane County supervi- Other reassessments or- together to try to bring things sor of assessments office also is dered in the Prairie Oaks subdi- into line this year, Ottley said. paying for two consultants to vision will be completed later, However, Ottley said, the re- help gather data from Sun City he said. sults still could skew one way or properties, Mobohon said. Sun City is divided between the other, depending on where "It always helps to have two townships and two coun- the equalization factor is set for more hands on board, sure," ties. The Kane County part of each township. Mobohon said. 'At the time I did Sun City is R1s1jandT0wnsb1p,in t The supervisor of assess- the budget, that was well before and the McFl Countyside is ments in each county sets the the board of review hearings. inGrafton Toip. equalization factors, also called The extra hands now, with the AShawNService review multipliers, to ensure that as- requirements imposed by the of assessments from both town- sessments in a township equal board of review, they're very ships found that homes of the market value.

County offices S fl hungrily eye BY ma altVq .c.-41 1 spare space at et 0) It ex-Ward's site wf• When the Kane County Cir- cuit Court Cltrk't office moved In into the old Montgomery ret ..iILp$u. Ward's building on Randall tb fl4Tholti Road In 2001, word was other Fo iis P offices would soon move into In the expansive new quarters 55, C So far none have, but today H' the list of th county In departments looking to w. become to VO roommates wt inside the dr. - .?; cult clerk's Si, sal Charles office de It grown to K. five and could raidric Watdron easily end up Kmeaaa filling the building. - Earlier this year the countys central services department -th I hired an Aurora finn to con- E -°e duct a space study at the Et btird's building and determine ye tit what and who could fit Inside the former store. By the numbers, roughly halt the space aliRidy Is taken by W!iil the Circuitclerk The office has S 54,310 square feet, according ee to the report, which says 54,216 square feet remain. The regional office of educe- don, thc Kane County aheriffla I civil process division, the star. ins warrants division the Ua county's central servicesPlus department and environmen- TI, Nj tal management department R. have signed up for ffoe' space. :& 2 From a traditional office apace perapgctive, the regional office of education will get n moat of the real estate- The

Geneva, which has been sold to the Geneva libra,y district. Just how much of the ii. remaining Ward's space the education office will get has not been determined., • Part of the equation is the 9-il; lack ofoverall storage space around the county The Ward's z building has emerged as a top alternative for that The only place we have to °a at.. records is Sixth Street," ali said Laity Briggs. the director ui t of central services. 'The court- hbuse and Judicial center have •il limited arena.' Put the circuit dent, regional education office and extra stor- age in the Ward's building and " the other cramped depart- ments maybe left lnaaqueezg County board members are raviewls,r the anace asnort and

Dog eat dog: One place Kane County soon shouldn't have a space problem Is at the local dug pound, The county has published requests for bids from contac- tors to build the new animal • control facility tar up at Peck and Keslinger roads in Geneva. iwenty-four general contrac- tors have contacted the county or been contacted by the county about the project • Proposals are dueback'ltses- day. County leaders have set aside $I million to build the shelter.

n Local Kane, McHenry counties have, sooty air, EPA.says ately high. It could take some significant efforts to reach the On the Net Chicago-area standard." • To see how your community The growing population performed: counties rank brings in more cars, which in epa.gov/prndesignations turn adds to the deteriorating • To view an air pollution 14th on list air quality, said Mary Lou locator map: England, executive director of cleartheair.org/dirtypower of dirtiest air the Kane County Health Department. to expand those programs England said she had not and make some of them By NATE LEGUE. seen the study but noted that mandatory for some fleets of Shaw News Service Kane County has taken steps vehicles," Summerhays said. to improve air quality. Three Counties such as McHenry CHICAGO - Residents in years ago, the county banned and Kane are included in the McHenry, Kane and neigh- open burning in its more pop- dirty-air designation because boring counties breathe some ulated areas. they contribute to higher soot of the dirtiest air in the nation, Then in May, the health levels throughout the region. a survey shows. department added two air- Soot levels in McHenry But local officials say they quality monitoring stations in County have been on a down- are trying to improve air qua!- Aurora. and Campton ward trend and have held Township, to supplement the steady in Kane, but a change The U.S. Environmental existing one in Elgin.. in the regulation might put Protection Agency this week 'All you have to do is look them both over the limit. The released its list of the coun- at the growing number of USEPA is reviewing its stan- try's sootiest spots, and the cars," England said. dards for airborne particles Chicago metropolitan area Between 2000 and 2002, a less than 2.5 microns, which ranked 14th, according to an monitoring station in Cary is 1/28th the diameter of a American Lung Association has found average soot levels human hair. The agency analysis. just below the EPA standard. could stiffen its rules as early The fine particles released Brian Urbaszewski, director of as next year. into the air by coal-burning environmental health pro- In McHenry County, most power plants, diesel engines grams for the American Lung air pollution complaints to and other sources can aggra- Association of Metropolitan the health department focus vate lung problems, con- Chicago, said the soot still im- on outdoor landscape burn- tribute to asthma and heart pacts health. ing rather than smokestacks. attacks and lead to premature "We don't believe the stan- In 2003, the McHenry death. dard is protective enough, it's County Health Department The EPA findings mean not low enough," responded to 180 open burn- that the Chicago area must Urbaszewski said. "Just be- ing sites and had 16 air quality clean up its act within three cause McHenry County does- reports on miscellaneous top- years by enacting tougher re- n't have any monitors that ex- ics, said Path Nomm,, the strictions on emissions. With ceed the standards right now agency's environmental counties from southern dOesnt mean it's safe." health • . director. Wisconsin to northern The federal government is Miscellaneous complaints in- Indiana on the list, local offi- expected to enact tighter reg- dude those about odors from cials will have to scramble to ulations on emissions from trucking operations and in- meet the requirements. power plants and require dustrial sites, Nomm said. "There's a number of areas cleaner fuels and diesel en- In Illinois, power plant across the Midwest that are gines. But because old vehi- pollution contributes to 1,300 just above the standard, but cles will not meet the new deaths each year, including that's not howl would charac- standards, it could be a 150 from lung cancer, and terize the Chicago levels," said decade before polluting causes 2,300 from heart at- John Summerhays, environ- trucks and buses are off the tacks, according to the mental scientist for the fed- roads. American LungAssociation of eral EPA. "They are moder- "Illinois may find it needs Metropolitan Chicago. N Aurora village T administrator takes thedcn • Susan McLaughlin gets L her bearings on her first day By ERIC SCHflLICOPP New leadership Kane County chronicle • • Residents NORTH AURORA - can meet !' - : The village's new adMrils- McLaughlin orator will prioritize her at the July goals for the village in the 12 village • coming weeks and board months. meeting. "Obviously. I have to • She is an get up to speed on every- Aurora thing," Susan McLaughlin native and a McLaughlin saidmursday, her first day 1983 • on the job as the new vii, graduate of West Aurora lage administrator. High School. "1 think it will take me a • The two-year contract few weeks to find out what runs through Dec. 31, • has been going on." 2005. McLaughlin 39. met • McLaughlin recently department heads and resigned from her post in other office staff on her Byron, where she had been first day. the thy administrator. • Public Works Super- • She also worked for intendent Mike clock said Rockford in its legal he likes that she is person- department and served able. - a sWinnebago County's She is North Aurora's planning and zoning second village administra- director. tor. The position had been vacant since August 2003, not doing enough to at- when Rob Nelis Sr. was tract commercial growth. Residents can meet fired."The village has done McLaughlin at the July 12 well in handling adminis- village board meeting. She is an Aurora native trative duties. I do believe with the amount of work and a 1983 graduate of that they need a new ad- West Aurora High School. She will make $72,000 a ministrator," McLaughlin said. year. Several major retailets The two-year contract have plans to build in the runs through Dec. 31. village, including Wood- 2005.The annual base salary man Food Market, Waigreens Kohl's and will remain in effect through the term of the Target. village officials have agreement. concentrated on commer- McLaughlin recently cml growth, which they resigned from her post in • said was lacking under Byron,whereshehadbeeli Nelis. the city administrator for • McLaughlin said she Iyears. She also worked for will work to ensure that - • • the village has the right Rockford in its legal de mix of development and Pertinent and previously that land is being appro- served as Winnebago priately developed- county's planning and • • Nehs was criticized for zoning director. 7-Q—Otf raCcnjL,,, Friends, family pay respects to Etheredge: 'The good fight': Educator, legislator recalled as a man who valued learning and teaching all of his life By Steve Laid StAFF WnrrEA AURORA - The community knew Forest Etheredge as a teacher, educator and public servant As it turns out so did his family. The Rev. F. William Etheredge, Forest Etheredge's son, made that clear as he remembered that the world was a classroom to his father. The Catholic priest was the celebrant at his father's funeral Mass Tuesday at Holy Angels Church hera Forest Etheredge, president of Waubonsee Community College for 11 years and an Aurora representative in the state Senate for 12 years. died Saturday at the age of 74. Education took place for my dad in the hoard room; the - classroom, the Senate floor ... everywhere," - said The Rev: Forest Etheredge Etheredge. "But his represented two favorite Pallbearers escort the casket of Forest Ethendge out of Holy Angels-Church In Aurora, following a funeral Mass on Thursday momIftg Aurora In the classrooms were the Etheredge, a longtime Aurora resident died Saturday at age 74. state senate for car and the dinner 12 years. table" invite others to experience. It was In those "Throughout all that my dad believed, places that the elder Etheredge held forth he believed in a Christian faith that had to with his family and any invited guests, The be lived," The Rev. Etheredge said. • Rev. Etheredge described dinners with Mozartplayinginthe background, and a 'What a lesson it was' dictionary and encyclopedia nearby for About 250 people celebrated the Mass tee. at Hoy Angels on Aurora's West Side, the 'Meals went on and off and on,"hesaid. home church and parish for Etheredge "He loved the conversation. And we and just a few blocks from his house. Most in attendance were friends and fellow On family hips in the car, topics were as parishioners. diverse as geology - Etheiedge's Even some of the former politicians The funeral procession of Forest Etheredge heads south on South Lincoln Avenue to master's degree was in zeolô gy - spotted in attendance, such as former Mount OlIyet Catholic Cemetery, where he was Ia'S to rest Thursday. Aurora Mayor Albert McCoy and former Kane County Board Chairman Frank father's most important lessons was one of good fight,! have finished the race, I hth& monarchy) and the church Miller, were more long-time community love: love for his wife, love for his children kept the faith "When he sat behind the wheel, class friends than political affiliates. and grandchildren, love of Christ and the The Rev. Etheredge also invoked that was in gession," The Rev. Etheredge said. One political friend who attended was caring of a "man who fought to help passage when he said his lather was now "Of course,-he.would always say, 'Jam former state Sen. Phil Rock the Oak Park others." "with the heavenly father, having it great always right'And who would disagree? Democrat who was president of the state Grandson Peter Etheredge read what conversation." He was behind the wheel of the car." Senate during much of Etheredge's he said was his grandfather's favorite "You fought the good fight, you The Rev. Etheredge said many of his tenure. They remained friends despite Biblical passage, from timothy 4, the finished the race, you kept the faith," 'flié father's lessons were rooted in his faith. It being on different sides of the aisle. second letter of Paul to Tithothy. It Rev. Etheredge said. ',.. and, oh, whata was something he loved to discuss and The Rev. Etheredge said another of his includes the phrase, "1 have fought the lesson it was," =02 5 S mE Fanning in Kane LO flL on EQO LIP Source: U.S Department of Agriculture southern parts of the state In recent FARM: years,creating thafs a seller's begun marketto drive up prices, From FageAl state,""It's Pltstickraising thesays. values "Most allacross people thatthe every five years and was released I talk th are tryingto find bmistof& last month. locate to, but the farms may only be The amount of county land devoted on the market one or two days." to farming declined as well, from Like many of his' peers, Pitsfick 215,000 acres to 198,000 acres. rents most of the land that he works, So did total farm revenue, which so he can't cash out and join the down- slid from $125 million to $116 million. state ftnzy, he says. Steve Pitstick, president of the And socking away money to pur- Kane County Farm Bureau, says the chase land elsewhere can be difficult falling numbers are no anomaly. In 2002, more Kane County farms "Ifs pretty much the trend," says lost money than made money, ac- Pitsticlç who farms about 2,000 acres cording to the USDA's census. here and in McLean County incenS .me avenge loss of the 346 fanners Illinois. reporting losses was $19,000. The av- The Sprit. according to Pitstick, is erage gain of the 275 reporting gains the obviousone development He ex- was $80,000. pects new construction to gobble up Numbers like those mean many between 2,000 and 3,000 acres of farmers supplement their income prime farmland annually. with a second job, Heinrich says. trh VbeJflC Warren Nesler lives west of Hamp- "A lot of farmers work full-time shire, just overthe DeKaib County doing something else," he says. line, but works more land in Kane '%ere's usually some other means of support" LG County than all but a handful of farm- ers. So far, Heinrich has been able to He calls development "the biggest avoid taking a nonfarm job. But he Cq,E C)OQ) threat to agriculture in Kane County." says he may need to eventually. Dn Fleeing the six-Sunty region for ving a truck is one option, he says. areas where growth poses less of a Pitatick says he worries about threat would seem a simple solution. being able to continue living off the C But for many farmers, that remains a land, although there's nothing else flaL he'd rather do.. . i2 distant dream. • I fl ."I continue to loge it even though -t__°ui • As subdivisions continue to spring = .c, •° Mother Nature throws us a different C'fl-' 4) up throughout northern Illinois, many flU) farmers sell what land they own and loop each year," he sayCthat's what I jnakesitfuxL" • t'a o.28 purchase property in the central or •..E C flw.VCU C oI..,Q O.o•,4)

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New: Undersheriff to focus on staff training Conthowdfiommgel who also attended the cere- mony. friend and colleague, Ramsey The two other finalists for the said the appointment and job were John Marszalelç the Friday's ceremony helped the office's commander of opera- sheriff's office heal and look for- tions, and East Dundee Police ward. Chief Joe Pent - "The morale of the Kane Pena, himself rumored to be County Sheriff's Office has gone considering a run for sheriff as through the roof," Ramsey said. early as 2006, said he was "No one is ever going to be able pleased with Ramsey's decision to replace Danny In every wa• and said Anderson was the right but am confident Mike is going manforthejob, to carry on] At the same time, Pena and In his role as top deputy, Ramse)ç two longtime friends, Anderson's focus will be on the took the opportunity to make condnuingeducauon and trJi. light of the speculation sur- big of the office's command staff rounding the 2006 sheriff's race, and on its community policing which would see Ramsey going efforts - what Ramsey called for afourth tem the two top priorities. 'It's safe to say one of us will Ramsey said be spent most of be running for sheriff in 2006," the past month thinking about Ramseysaid the undersheijff selection, a Pena quickly finished the process that included talking though with, "And the other will with Schindlbeck's wife, Jan, besupportinghint' * For what It's worth: Our View •2 Kane County this week issued its 2030' 'Land, Resource Marragditient Plan, a, issued.hftyfi on ço1uaurnzw convince___ -ranZI: ;aeilqng. In it; the county :vehicle lovers to keep that love to themselves. talcesa immendable position to safe- . diiird 1 th fa±mland and open space'. is; most of the gobbling of the. reeñ is ,ut of the county's- hands, rest- -a r . . 0i ing SE ,nicely in the nanas • • .thunici1 3lities that see dollar signs in PPe1! Js and operi'spice, notlifestYle that accrue! by keqpmg them Bu!g project OKd May the county's message P . ..at. nnldnfl 2nIt nhsner. too: While there were a few skeptics at its in Montgomery.. passgé in August ZOOl the city of 150,000 square feet. El gin's hoiSe or4inanc.e has been a 60 acres of shops, Inland has pledged to pay for resounding success. Obnoxious sound, road improvements, landscap- in city-treetSand neighborhoods is eateries, houses ing; traffic signal installation, a much reduced. By this. tiIñeiP 2003, the bridge over Waubonsie Creek— city had issuedticke 296 tst fo; window- n ycome to town jfrequjredbytheyWag a rattling.mUSic from pasin' cars. This water main to improve the wa- year, just 44 such tickets have been ter supply for two subdivisions. By i 'ROth among other items. Inland also Special to the Tribune will pay $1.7 million in impact The Montgomery Village es, wtucfl win go to u' vma5c Board has approved a develop- s well as to school, fire, water ud library districts. ment that eventually could en- Trustee Pete Heinz voted compass almost 60 acres of ganist the development, saying stores and restaurants plus e believes it will create a flood- hundreds of homes and apart- ng hazard for east-side tesi- ments: "This will be a tremendous f e- tents. tail center that will anchor the "I'm their representative and eastern gateway to our coinmu- ;o I have to go with what think nity" Village President Marilyn 5 best for the residents and for Michelini said after Thursday's Nhat they ask me to do," Heinz special meeting. said. "When flooding happens Ogden Hills, at U.S. Highways again, I've got , a clear con- 34 and 30, is envisioned with 205 science." single-family homes and 550. East-side residents, especial- apartments, as well as anchor ly those in the Parkview Estates subdivisiOn,.have been plagued stores, specialty stores and res- by flooding, and some previous- taurants in an outdoor mall, ly had voiced fears that the de- said Teresa Nortillo, executive velopment could intensify the director of the, village's Eco- Corpora- problem. But Village Manager nomic Development. Anne Marie Gaura said, "The tion. Both the village and develop- situation we have with Park er Inland Real Estate Group of view Estates is beyond the vil- Oak Brook will benefit from the lage's control- The flooding deal. Montgomery will get jobs problems we see are caused in and sales tax revenue, while In- large part because of the situa- land will get a sales tax incen- tion farther north when devel- tive with a $9.3 million cap. opments arose in the 1970s and Tax rebates will begin after beyond.' the opening of a single retailer Gaura said the new develop- of more than 100,000 square feet, ment is required to have on-site or several retailers equaling storm-water detention.

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00i Iz " Q V Water project to,start Batavia begins to replace mains on Tuesday U,ja crosstown water main installation • Street From To Workers will target Werunoth Road Fabyan Parkway Main St. Main St Wenmoth Road Pt Lane west, central parts Pt Lane Main St. First St of city first First 5, Pith Lane Shurrnay Ave. Shumwy Ave. rust St South approx. Adams St Fox River Crossing • Adams St. Fox River South Van Buren St. ByPAULROC}Z Van Buren St. Adams St South to Pine St Kane County Chronicle Pine St S. Van Buren St. Hart Road Hart Road Pine St . South approx. 300 feet BATAVIA - Not long after the Van Buren St. Adams St. N. State St. city's fireworks display is over, resi- State St. Van Buren St. Delia St dents can expect to be shocked Delia SL - State St . WilsonSt and awed by another summer ta- Van Buren St. . State St Maves Drive dition: tom-up streets. Maves Drive Van Buren St. Prairie St. Work is expected to begin Prairie St. Maves Drive Dougla Road Thesday on Douglas Road Prairie St. Surrey Road Affected the city's Surrey Road Douglas Road Orion Road Streets crosS-tOWfl Orion Road Surrey Road Nagel Blvd water main Nagel Blvd. Orion Road • For a list of Fabyan ParlcwayCit '3 ro'ect affected streets Public Source: y of Bataia see Page 2G. works officials • For infor- promise to thmugbout the city. mation, tog on keep traffic Project The work is being paid for to www.citydf disruptions to Continued from page 1 with a 40 percent water rate batavia.net a minimum. increase that went into place While no The work will be an over- lastfall anda$Io million tow- street closures are expected during due update for the 110-year- interest loan from the Illinois • the six-month construction proj- old water treatment system. Environmental Protection ect, some lanes will be shut down City engineer Noel Agency. at times as the work progresses. Basquin said the project will ?It's going to be great once Public Works Director Gary result in cleaner drinking It gets going, once we get the Larsen said contractors will start water, better water pressure pipes in the ground." Larsen the $18.5 million project to up- and better distribution said grade the water treatment and dis- tribution system at an undeter- mined time this week, with Main Street in the west and central part of town to be thefirst targets of • roadwork • "ac will be impacted no doubt," Larsen said. "But most • everything on the west side i5off the mad on a separate easement

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Anexample\V&'C____ for Veterans BYTONAKUNZ&M I IiJ• pity, an embracer of opportunity Th4øferaLdSraff I4%tn 74 I°T '. Sunday• He's a great example," said Ralph Cebes, past commander of the John Can this week gave the final spotlight: Batavia St' - Inspection to a sculpture of a citizen PArt o Can's charm is that he sold a countywide veterans memorial. would never think of himself that and Afghanistan WHY. He just does what he thinks is Area veterans couldn't think of a lookingforguidwim better person for the job. Many right, not caring whether anyone John Carr on how to adjust knows the role he plays. likely would have carved Carfs like- back to civilian life, One of the plaques on the memor- ness onto the statue if they could theft older peers point to Cart and ial he's helping create mentions the have. say. "Be like him,' When veterans return from Iraq Hard working. Modest. A shirker of See VETERAN on PAGE a

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battle of Firebase Ripcord in Vietnam, "I was there," Carr will say, pointing at the words. But he'll go no further with his tale. He won't claim heroics, and he won't volunteer that at that very baffle mortar shrapnel cut him from foot to neck. He does- n't want praise, and he doesn't want pity. John Carr does the final Inspection at the Wasco Blacksmith Shop of a clay mold of the citizen sol- He tries to impart that phi]os- dier centerpiece for the county's veterans memorial. The 1434-foot statue will be bronzed. ophy to all of the veterans he counsels as supervisor of the jumps behind the wheel of the tied to Agent Orange and set the Batavia, Can said he never frilly county's veterans assistance commission's van. He got his stage for any futtue medical bills grasped the importance of patri- commission. He listens, some- start driving a van like that, and related to the diabetes to be coy- otism until he was drafted for times to five people a day, to 30 years later, he won't hesitate eredbyhisveteran'sinsurance. Vietnam at age 18. He hopes the tales of loss, pain and fear over to shun his desk and title to help Along with the empathy and memorial will impart the mes- how to make ends meet. out . - financial help, Carr imparts sage to others without having to He can empathize, and he Occasionally, the stories of another piece of advice: "You handthemagun. does. But in the end, Can takes other veterans bring back bad have to live in the here anti When the county's veterans the tough love approach of a memories of his own. But Carr memorial is unveiled In Novein- father and pushes each veteran pushes themaside, bectiuse 'I He belongs to numerous local ber, Cart will tell people to see It, to become as self-sufficient as get to make a difference in their and statewide veterans groups, but he won't mention that he they can and to overcome temp- lives," he said, but that isn't his -whole life, He spent six years making it tations to dull their flashbacks A couple of years ago a police makes sure to spend time fish- happen, much of that during his with alcohol orpills. officer told Cart about a Desert ing with his high school-aged free time, Zemansaid. - He battled liquor when he Storm veteran living in his cat son and calling his daughter at The memorial has been Carr's returned home after a year In a with his wife and two small chil- college: He takes his wife on vision for as long as Kane - VA hospital, called it "partying" dren. Cart took him under his quests for her prized garden County Board Chairman Mike' but, deep down, knew it was wing, persuading a 30-member decorations and plans for a McCoy has known the soft- self-medicating. Now he uses panel that oversees the commis- quiet, rural retirement spot. He spoken Batavia native.drawn that experience to look for signs sian's funds to help the family looks forward much more than It started as a com- of trouble in others. He gives Cart even gave the family money backward- piling the names of 300 at so them hope and other options. out of his pocket-to tide them That's why the veterans veterans killed in battle. But after He can do that because he 'over, said Aurora resident Bob memorial he's helping craft scouring libraries, historical soci- leads by example. Qualified as Zeman, a commission delegate, focuses as much on education eties and Internet sites from as 100 percent disabled by the U.S. Within three weeks, the family asremernbrance, far away as Germany, Cart found government, Car doesn't have had anapartment and ajob. , "1 want to get past the idea the list of confirmed names of to work. But he does. In fact, he "People come to Us with prob that everything is a right," he those who died or went missing works well more than a typical lems we can't handle, and John said. "There are some things that had ballooned to 800. 40 hours aweek. always seems to find a solutlod you have to earn." He also found the impact of Hell stand in the blazing heat for them," Gebes said. "If a vet-Cart strives to show people the wars went further than just each July at the county fair to fly am waft into his office, he will the price veterans paid for war creating widows. Cart noticed to get the word out about the do whatever humanly possible and that those sacrifices gave all war spurred advances in tech- financial, housing, job medical to solve their problem.* ;Americans the.freedom to grow nology, it created a middle class and counseling services the And Carr will remember and prosper. He wants to show through the GI bills, It moved commission offers. them. He stays up-to-date on people that patriotism and par- America away from agriculture If a veteran can't get out of a benefit changes and advances in ticipation in government are key and into the arena of a world nursing home to fill out benefit treatments or diagnoses of war, to keeping democracy powerhouse. Those develop- forms, Cart makes a house call, related illnesses. When -Although he marched in ments needed memorializing If the three other people on his something new crops up, Cart Memorial Day parades as a too, hesaid. staff are busy And veterans need alerts the veterans. 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Director of Utilities Ken' 0.cn Albert ,.is Peabody Energy's continued from page'l !flD planned Prairie State , Energy n,o0t c Campus, which would be in IMEA, which was formed C, Washington County in 'far q in the early '1980s and has a southern Illinois. 0 Ct membership of 28 power- = 0 0 04 Potential operators for the purchasing towns, has advan- $2 billion plant still are secur- tages , because it is more es- C ing permits, and it is not ex- tablished Amburgey said. pected to begin burning coal "We Opted out of (discus- for power until at least 2009. sions'with NIMPA) early on, But groups of interested E mainly because dealing with iIJifllh% utilities already are stepping an already establihed group forward to get apiece of the pie.' would be a better fit," On June 10, the Indiana Ii'l!i Arnburgey said. .fWe decided was Municipal 'Power Ageiicy, !UF JMEA 'better because it is Wolverine Power Supply = - more established with a more •&'' U) Cooperative in Michigan and It experienced staff.' the Missouri Joint Municipal . . tCt ., Batavia Public Works Electric Utility Commission C)CO Director Gary Larsen became COLO stepped forward to buy 33per- .ob • 2C%1 'ci, president of NIMPA during cent ownership in the project C 0O the group's initial meeting last •0. :t0t o Albert said buying power' week He said the group was from the plant would not be C/) formed as an alternative to 0• Cd possible without NIMPA' lMEk r C) 00_ — u "One criteria (for use of • 0U)C) V "It was formed because cd the electricity) is that you U we couldn't achieve the re- would not be able to partici- C Ct C suits we wanted with IMEA," - C pate unless you are able to 0 Cd Larsen said. "We didn't want a IIh sign up for 50,000 megawatts. It long-term deal because if That would be beyond our there's . something else, 0 .peakload."., LI 0'O whether it's green power or 0400.0 0 Thisma said the Peabody C, anything else, we have the 'plant is one of many powerS. .0ovS 'U) flexibifityto do that." o,-.Cto suppliers that Geneva is con- Larsen said Batavia will sidering to replace the city's' o- continue its membership in •''ft contract with Wisconsin'. E 0C C) IMEA, but will not purchase tt E- Energies. 'power through the group. "We are currently taking 2bA Batavia's contract with IMEA cc market prices in the form of sa - expires next pear. t) - U)Q.0 • Q0 requests for proposal to see '-. m E oo._ Geneva Public Works o—,0 who is interested in supplying. In :• '1. 'Director Thomas Talsma said power," 'Taisma said. IMEA allows less flexibility. '"(Peabody) is an option were C, ,. "Once you become in- pursuing through our mem- 0 42 t5 volved iniMEA, you are pretty C much subject to the decisions bership in NIMPA." .ob of the board of directors," But'Talsma' said NIMPA 's.8• will help Geneva residents = 0 ..Talsma said. "There are as- save money, even if rates are oCt pects of those decisions that .rJCt .., expected to increase,. when cc would hot be in the best inter- the contract with Wisconsin I '00 ests of Geneva' There. are few require- Energies expires. "We are projecting that, Ct 0 ments for NIMPA1 which is so 0 new that it did not elect a base4 on market pricing C) 000 0.cct board of directors until its first we've received in thepast, our C U 'wholesale costs will increase $ meeting last week E — 'E by 15 to 25 percent," Talsma IS 02 0) C, bO "NIMPA is organized on a project-by-project basis and said. "We've got a very favor-

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'S For three of the four "The' philosophy is there E CQ— C) NIMPA members, the' pri- is strength in numbers," C mary and most urgent need is Talsma said. "That should. to find a power supplier. give us more bargaining a- The most intriguing sup- power.' County's• Kane County phoneNotebook LFTJTERS TO THE EDrI'OR 'Sleepover' success yn)s .. new I want to thank The Beacon News, The Bill by UM SCHLUETER / to talk to are long gone. Wyatt for Mayor team, The Paramount The- -. Kane County Chronicle atre, and all of those who attended for maki* The best bet is to know the debut of MGM's Slèepover movie such a the person's extension Kane County's new ahead of time, because the tremendous success. phone system is ... new. Its hard to believe that you yef ble to fill new menus take a while to All the phones in all the get through. the Paramount theater, which seats over 1,800 offices were changed be- people. As one of the pieviewsites Aurora's cause the old system was Otherwise, a major load premiere surpassedfttè attendance of loca- getting old. of patience would be virtu- York. In my opinion this ous when contacting public tions in LA and New Talk in the hallways has officials. is a great example of what can happen when not been entirely compli- people wQrk'together.. mentary. Apparently, there has The organization of this event orchestrated Staff members are hay- by mayoral candidate Bill Wyatt, Katie .Arko big to get used to it as much been some confusion over (me Paramount Theatre), and Penny Falcon whether to raise the flag as members of the public. from half-staff to mark the (ae Beacon New) was obvious from the And, yes, members of first moment I stepped out of the limousine. the press, as well. Fourth of July holiday. With the country dis- From the "sleepover picture corner" to the The new system has a Hummer limousine rides it was clear every- million different options, playing 30 days of mourn- one was enjoying the event ing after the death of former which can be a good thing, President Ronald Reagan, One thing I loved about the movie is how it unless you have a quick relates to all ages. The message of the movie question for someone technically the period of is that "you don't have to change who you' are whose extension is not mourning does not end known. until 30 days after the fu- to be liked by people." You must remain true neral, which was June 11. to yourself and, in the end, people will respect For example, a recent you for doing so. If people don't accept you for call to the sheriff's office re- Gov. Rod Blagojevich has who you really are, then take a moment, think quired the use of a directory decreed that flags on state about the person they want you to be, and and the caller having to buildings should be raised to the top forjuly4on all wonder whether it's really worth it! press the letters of the per- state buildings. In August, when I return to attend West Au- son's last name. U.S. House Speaker rora High School, I look forward to meeting This isn't easy, especially Dennis Hastert's office said new people and settling down (for now) in this if the caller does not know no, they should remain at great city of Aurora. which numbers on the key half-staff. For those who attended the movie, I hope pad correspond with which letters. In the county, this af- fects, kind of, the court- you had a great time. Take your ftiends to see The caller was trying to house, which is sort of a the movie again and again, and remember. reach someone with a com- state building. The rules are set and the game is on." mon name and, while some The judges and most of Kallie Flynn Childress confusion was expected, the the court employees are Yancy in MGM's movie 'Sleepover' caller did not expect to paid by the state. Aurora reach someone with the Then again, July 4 is a same last name in the Sunday, and the courthouse Regional School Office. is not open. Presumably, the em- Already, some flags at ployee in the school office public and private buildings was just as flabbergasted as I the caller. have been raised. The timing of Reagan's Obviously, the days of death and the national holi- dialing seven numbers to lay is bound to create some reach the person you want :onfusion. • thenisiww: Cetefrrating the post in our communities Farnsworth mansion making comeback in St. Charles

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B Joint Faster ,SPECIALy TO THE OEACONNEWS SF. CHARLES - The cityseems an tan- • likely place to have played an important part of Civil War lthtoiy. John Farnsworth, a successful lawyer from Michigan, once owned the land which is now Langum Park on Route 25, as well as the mansion that formerly sat across the Fox River from it along Route 31. Farnsworth came to St Charles in 1845 and, duñi the volatile years leading up to • the Civil War, was an ardent abolitionist. Farnsworth was a passionate and articu- late man and became very involved in poli- tics. He was elected to Congress as a Re- publican, where he served for 14 years, was published in many newspapers and de-- veloped in important relationship with tivic a' WLUIIbIUWL in part, me ronner Fanlsworui mansion, which sits on a hilltop above the Fox River along Route 31 Joseph Medill, oneof the main men at The In. St. Charles. John Faniswortii once owned the land which Is now Langum Park across the river from the mansion, Chicago Tribune. Some local historians speculate Medil Help wanted and Farnsworth were the reason Abraham, when it became a private school for girls. Lincoln was elected president. Both men •The public si being asked to help out An expansive Gothic-style addition was supposedly approached Lincoln to run for with reviving the Farnsworth Mansion in constructed in 1926 and, in the 1940s, the presidentand, it is rumored, even persuad- St. Chades. Anyone wanting to loin the mansion served as a high school. During d him to become an abolitionist. or to make a donation - or the 1990s, the building became the Fox During the Civil War, Farnsworth left his just for more information - may contact Valley Lutheran Academy, until theorga- n2ation experienced financial problems. career to serve his country and created and the0uon Farnsworth Mansion Foundation at Many residents tried to save the man- led the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment What (630) 587-1530. sion sitting proudly on the hill, but to no is now Langum Park was Camp Kane for - that unit. The Farnsworth Mansion, as well avail. Students and presedationists came forth to protest the building's demise, but as other homes along Route 31, is believed Lincoln. The lincolns had friends in the St it was sold to a.developer for homes and to have been part of the Underground Rail- Charles area and, in patticular, a woman by sites. road. . the name of Mrs. Howard. She owned a Fortunately, the stones from the man- Medill promoted the regiment in the hotel where the Lincolns stayed sometimes sion were dismantled and stored: Later, -' newspaper, and Farnsworth hired highly when they visited St. Charles. - skilledmentob- the city of St. Charles gained ownership aThhisoup,Mtheyflr Farnsworth also is said to have later of the remains, as well as much of its for- the first shot at Gettysburg, the men of the rescued Maw Todd Lincoln from a mental mer interior pieces. illinois Cavalry Regiment Played an im- institution in Batavia. He moved to Chica- Which brings us to today - and the I portent role in Civil War history. . go in 1879 and died in Washiigton in prospect the mansion will rise again in a 8thFarnsworth's nephew, Elon Farnsworth, 1897. new location within Langum Park, across hadjolned with Gen. George Custer and be - Farnsworth's home above the Fox the river from its original site. +. come a brigadier general. He led the River itself has an interesting history. Next spring, the St. Charles Historic charge on the fourth day of the baffle at William Beith, a well-known builder in 1 - . Preservation Commission and the Gettysburg and lost his life when the first the Fox Valle' area, is thought to have Farnsworth Mansion Foundation will re- shot was fired. Elan was made a Civil War contracted the creation of the palatial res- build the original stone facade on the hero. . idence in 1860. The mansion survived a south end of the park. Onceconstruction Later, when Lincoln was killed, fire in 1891, leaving just its stone walls is complete, the building will serve as a Farnsworth was called to his bedside and standing, and was later restored. Civil War museum, similar to the one at 'ft asked to take care of his wife, Mary Todd The dwelling began a new life in 1901, Cantigny in Wheaton. )InIFanlswonh- was an ardent abolitionist..

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an CDmo.E aa CD oq a-'- 'fl OCD 0 -- entp CORONER: i)uPage mulls a WTè New system -n medical examiner! may cost less, .B William Grady er or not we should go to a med- T$bune staff reporter ical examiner" ...... O'Shea said heiib$s the se- —I- The DuPage County Board is lection of a consultant is com- officials :say 'expected to decide in August pleted by the end of the week.. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 whether to put a referendum The deadline for the board to he plans to retire when his term measure on the fail ask- vote to put a binding referen- ends in November lnvoters if they want to re- dum on the November ballot is Aug. 30. Ballinger, 56, a former evi- place an elected coroner with an pretty dence technician who has been appointed medical examiner. "We're going to push, coroner since 1587, said he is By then, hoard members - hard on this," O'Shea said. stepping down for health and should have a report from a con- County Board Chairman Rob- family reasons. He also has sultanthiredto research the is- ert SchillerstrOm has said he clashed with Schfflerstroin over sue, said board member Patrick supports the switch to a medical Shea (fl-Lombard), chairman examiner, saying it would budget issues. O ' streamline the office and save Republicans have until Sept. 1 • of the board's Judicial and Pub- is- to select a replacement for Ball- li Safety Committee. money. The move to study the inger on the November ballot On Tuesday, committeemeim sue gained momentum with the The Democratic candidate is bdrs. voted to pay as much as announcement last, week by Michael Kisler, of Westmont, a $l(J,eOO to a consulting firm that Coroner Richard Ballinger that former licensed funeral direc- :O'SlièaTsaid would offer "an in- tor and paramedic. dependent opinion as to wheth- PLEASE SEE COR6NS,'PAGE 8 Ballinger has said DuPage 4 likely would pay more in salary to a medical examiner who must be a physician. He would have been paid $115,984 next year if he stayed. O'Shea said the county could WESTERN saw money because it would no -r 'b'flQ_ longer have to contract with pa- KANE COUNTY thologists to do more than 300 autopsies a year. Switching to a Preserve named medical examiner's office also would eliminate inquests and for district official the use of coroner's juries to de- termine cause and manner of The Kane County Forest Pre- death, O'Shea said. serve District will rename one Cook County is the only coun- offornier executive director Jon ty in Illinois with a medical ex- Duerr's favorite preserves in aminer's office. his honor. The committee's decision to The 287-acre Blackhawk For- spend up to $10,000 on a consul- est Preserve, on Illinois High- tant does not require County way 31 near McLean Boulevard Board approval. in South Elgin, will be renamed • O'Shea said the board will for Duerr at ceremonies on Aug make a decision based on the 2, district officials announced consultant's research and the. Friday. committee's recommendation. Duerr, 62, of St. Charles, re-- tired from the district last month after 12 years. After hold- ing several other top adminis- trative 'posts over the years, Duerr was named the district's first executive director in Octo- ber 2002. He was succeeded June 20 by Monica Meyers, 39, of Elgin. Duerr, a former science teach- er and landscape designer, has had a lifelong interest in the ecology and natural history of the Fox River valley. The Black- hawk Preserve Is a favorite of Duerr, an avid birdwatcher, be- dause of its rich plant diversity and birdiñg opportunities. During Duerr's tenure, the district grew from about 4,300 acres to more than 13,500. William Presecky o •t•ow oflra o)as a, 0O DuPage picks 10

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At Issue: DuPage County is considering switching from an elected coroner to appointed medical examiner. 1! roperty We say: lt%anidea orth studying, and the time may be Continued from page l just tight. Y r : . • "Conceptually, these are uPa Ct1nt toltngTh very impOrtant? Maholland d&isiobn onJune29to hire anmdependenicon- said. "These are important stiltant to examine the possibility of switching - properties for this project to Dto a medical examiner system. mow forward. •. The city already owns Currently, the county has an elected coroner, but four properties in the neigh- -,o -q E the Coutity Board is contemplating switching to a ' 45 borhood and is negotiating hired medical examiner. with an additional four, plus The current coroner, Richard Ballinger, is retiring U those discussed Tuesday. after 17 years and there will be an election for coroner ^;t fl The First Street redevel- ° 0 opment plan begins south of on the November ballot o. Main Street bordered by Should there be a change; it would have to be ap- Ii a 5 -SI. Second Street or Route 31 to proved by voters by referendum, and such a vote the west and the Fox-River to . e,-S-. the east. The development could take place as early as November. °- 21 would trail-south just past A model for the liming of such a change might be 2 Indiana Street. . when Cook County changed from a coroner to a med- . ad0 The city estimates that ical examiner. The vote for coroner and the rferen- 00 .2 theproject will cost about- dust were held at the same election in 1972, the coro- a.s $43 million, mostly funded ner served a last four-year term, and the county ap- -;na,O6t by the neighborhoods TIF pointed its first medical examiner in 1976. a) money. Oce ei. - - Early plans called fur Thàtwould seem to be a fair way to go about it for a tt uo 82 about 90,000 square feet of couple of reasons. The first is That if the voters turn retail spaqé and 200,000 down the change, DuPage would still need to have a. .2 flg-2. square feet of residential,de- coroner so electing one this November would be nec- *lopment In the area City, •• 5 a, a, officials had hoped to begin essary in any event And, after the candidates for of- .ndo construction this year to fice have campaigned and spentmoneyto.get elected. !h complete.theprojectin 2006. in Novemb& 4t w&uld Sm be only fair to let who- 0.-c ever wins the four year term tJsetve itout Fi! t C, As for the hiring Of an independent consultant we f V favor that because it would bring in someone who can 0) 0- look at the whole question impartially and in some de- oco tail. t- The consulting firm would be charged with looking at how counties with medical examiners run, the fi- nancial aspects of that kind of system as opposed to the one DuPage has now, and hgw big the cOunty's death investigation staff should be. The county's judicial:and public safy committee will also be involved in d studfdf fhi&roie?s office and will be able to ma!4 use of the information gath eredbythe consultant } r That committee will reShimend to-the County Board whethpfto pu a change to a medical exani -. t officials rtthh?toutittdQieballotis a sound idea a144 we commend the etunty board fdF mg m that dir& hon I INS op1tfntiokNevteditøiàvbdaid WdS11S2,,? etnsscd siihe &aeniiitSrsa

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task force r ByPAuLROCIC Kane County Chronicle GENEVA - Thousands of fugitives sus- pected of murder, sexual assault and aggra- vated assault have evaded the reach of Kane County Sheriff Ken Ramsey. A new alliance with the U.S. Marshaj' Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force should help bring many of those fugitives to justice. Ramsey will announce E'Task FOr captured, including many in today that he has assigned 3;,qjfr'::4{ - Kane County Continued frorn page .1 "The strength of this task Deputy Joe Chavez, a 27- force comes from the differ- year veteran of the depart- '1 • merit, to the task force. 'n; agencies that combine • In addition to Kane expertise, experience and Chavez has extensive County the task force in experience with the sher- • information toward a com- cludes members of he mon goal of taking Wanted iff's office on the warrant. Ramsey Chicago Police Department, squad that now finds fugitives. offenders off the street! said Illinois Department of Marshal The task force, which was established in - Corrections and the DuPage Dave • January is charged with finding suspects in Murtaugh. violent or serious crimes from northern County and Cook County Ramsey said he will re- sheriff's offices. evaluate the progtam at the Illinois and northwest Indiana. • Ramsey said Kane COUnty only can ben- During Operation Kick end of the ummer'to deter- efit from being involved with the U.S. Start, a dragnet of 15 investi- mine whether he will con- Marshals, who would bring more manpower gators that began last week, tinue to commit Chavez 'to and mote resources to help find people who 26 of 50 area fugitives were the task force. commit crimes locally "I'm very pleased," Ramsey said. "(The Marshals) are just phenomenal. They are wonderful to work with. They have been un- believably cooperative." • Ramsey said the task force helped the sheriff's office in April when Joseph Foreman Jr. of Batavia was on the run. Foreman was sought in the beating of his ex- wife, Lisa Payne, and abduction of his for- mer mothr-in-law, Linda Duchaine. Foreman was arrested in Aurora six days after the manhunt began; and Duchaine's body was found in an abandoned Kane County farmhouse a few hours later. Foreman was charged with murder, ag- gravated kidnapping and aggravated do- mestic battery. Ramsey said the task force was not in- strumental in Foreman's capture and its in- volvement might not have been necessary. "That's hard to say. We did Utilize some resources at that time from the marshals service, Ramsey said. The new task force will be more crucial to help Ramsey find suspects who have committed crimes in Kane County and then have gone elsewhere, he said. - "The majority are still in the Chicagoland area," he said. "They're usually still in The six county area. Our resources are more localized for Kane County When we get qut of the area, it dilutes our resources," See TASK FORCE, page 2 Sugar Grow. discusses. I priorities fOr. road wor 1-8, Route 47: interchange ranks..high Jfl - Lindneris pushing at the state By KELLEY CASINO rflOrItIeS level for an interchange at Kane CountyChronicle ¶ Hankes 'Road and Route 56, ,Continued from page 1 but added that many of the SUGAR GROVE -Several village officiali other projects currently have supported reprioritizing the village's trans-. The List was routing no prospective funding; portation projects list Tuesday night, making, Wheeler Road north toward, "We've got to keep beating an interchange at Interstate 88 and Route 47 WaubOnsee Drive, brought up the drums,,and, hopefully more of a priority by Trustee ,MarFJ,ohnsOn. The omeonë willpay attenticn,"' • Board members reviewed the transporta- second was for Denny Road to he said. - tion projects list for the first time since June: extend west, eventually to hit Trustee Kevin Geary was 2002, Since that time, none of the projects has ' Route 47, motioned by hopeful that if 'the b'oaid been built and no outside funding received. ' Michels.showèd'' the Illinois • No formal decisions were made as to the•, Fur*ling'i ,a major road- Departlnefltof'franspOrtatlofl reprioritizirig of projects, but several officials' block, however. the value in Sugar Grove's de-" spoke in favor of making an eastbound on:,: No.' Seven of the 13 .projects 'elopme,nt and the need for ramp and westbound off-ramp, currently. might be constructed in part creating access points to de-. 4 on the list, a top priority. 1 by'Mdividual developers with fragment the village, their offi- • "(The Northeastern Illinois Planning the "approval of development dais might be willing to sup-' Commission) is talking about 50,000 people proposals. All other projects port some ofthe.projects. here, and they better have away to get inuid out," Trustee Tom Renk said in favor of the I-. will need some type of federal, , "You can teach an old dog 88 and Route 47 project "If we're going td' I state or 'thcal funding source, a new trick,", he said. "You just' have the growth We're going to have, we need -,village staff report. ' ' have to do it with a unified" that interchange." Michels said state Rep. Pat voice.' , • Village President Sean Michels was hesi- tant to put that project high on the list and fa-')'r voted the expansion of Route 47 to four laneAa from Chelsea Road toRoute.30. Aithoughhe said he has been grappling with the issue, he believes there is so much growth on the south side of the village that creating a catalyst for northern developme& with the interchange might be too much. Village Administrator Brent Eichelberger asked board members to disregard monetary. figures on the project list because they are2tJ years old and need to be reworked. 3 : Although 13 items already were on the hut two more were brought up for considera.tith Tuesday. - See PRIORflIES page 2 Bill 16L Page.. I foT':. Plan ? What plan? Sereral years ago, the city of St the table, either. It appears the city is Charles embarked on an ambitious plan operating on a slight twist to a saying to revitalize the .downtown shopping from a popular film, although I'm not sure district. Generally referred to as the Fiist "If you tear it down, they will come," has Street redevelopment project, its aim was quite the same ring to it as the original. I to create an attractive area to shop and have no objection to seeing St Charles try dine, with the river as a major focal point. and make First Street a vibrant shopping The proposal has been stuck in district, but driving out long-time, viable neutral for awhile, but this weelc the city businesses seems to be an odd way to made some aggressive moves designed to achieve the gOal. get it back on track The question may be Of course, that assumes there is a goal, whether or not-they should bother.. but in the absence of a comprehensive Although there is no solid proposal for plan, no one is quite sure what the end what the finished redevelopment is result of all this is supposed to look like. Is supposed to look like, everyworldng plan it too much to ask that St. Charles be dear calls for the removal or displacement of on'its vision for the future before it many of the businesses between Main destroys part of itp past? Street and Prairie. The list includesVi's "S Last Call, ZaZa's, The Manor, the Harris • Because no one else seems to want the Bank drive-up facility, Blue Goose and the job,! am putting out the word to the car dealership. (The building that housed political powers-that-be that I am willing Gunther's men's.clothing store wasan to become the GOP nominee for the U.S. early victim of the proposal, and was. Senate. Laughifyouwish, but l think ! replaced by a parking lot.) To the, the have what it takes to make the perfect bigger questions that hang over any First candidate. Street plan are simple: What are you going First Of all, I'm not a Republican. Now to replace these businesses with.., and that may appear a.bit of a handicap, but What concerns me is that in the name given the shape the state party is in, it's of having their towniook like the last one, definitely an asset. St. Charles is ready to boot out a number Second, l have never been to asex of one-of-a-kind, family-owned club. True, that could change if I knew businesses and replace them with bland, where to find one, but for now I'm clean. cookie-cutter shops; Or worse, trade them Third, you don't have to worry about for 'upscale" stores and restaurants that someone finding a scandal in my past sell exactlywhat the old ones did, only for becaUse there are so many to choose twice the price. Why is it so necessary to' from. The '60s alone would keep the rid the city of these unique places? Who Enquirer busy for months: are they trying to become? Fourth, and this is very important, I The city is ready to start negotiations can be bought. That's right, my vote will to purchase several of the targeted be for sale the minute I'm elected. That businesses, but it also sets the Stage to doesn't make me different than most simply, take them if the talks fall through. other politicians, just more honest about The process is called eminent domain; my intentions. and in plain terms it allows a municipality And the final reason I'd make the to grab your property. It may nevef come perfect choice is my campaign slogan; no to that point, but St. Charles does have the voter could resist casting their ballot for a right to do it, and the truth is, when you candidate whose slogan is "Vote for me... have that kind of power, you don't really I dare you." haVe to negotiate at all. So to the GOP selection committee: I'll. Keep in mind the city is intent on waft by the phone for your call. removing these old businesses and Bill Page lives in St. Charles and beginning the First Street project without writes about local issues on Tuesday and any developer on board—which is Thursday. Calls and e-mails answered at understandable because they don't have a (630) 584-0809 or comprehensive redevelopment plan on wpage@mediawerks;org. COMPLIMENTS .rpQQ-fl 7 5/ /9/v openline Looking good Iwas driving through North Aurora. The (630) 801-5421 lights were up over the river. It was really Openline lets readers offer brief comment on issues and events in the Fox Valley. - nice to see. A big atta-boy, or girl, whichev- er the case may be, to the folks that clean up Callers who identify themselves and leave their phone number when calling Openline will the river down there: be given priority. Anonymous calls will be printed as space allows. We reserve the right to Math Lwnherg,Aurora edit calls and louse them in any publication, digital form or other service we offer. msing star I would like to say thank you to Bill World without war it and/or feed it to our pets. So if you're in- Wyatt, Chris Childress and all the other The news the Army will be calling up dignant about the killing of horses, then - people involved in the showing of the movie 5,600 reserves to serve prompted me to take off your leather jacket, stop throwing Sleepover at the Paramount Arts Centre. The kids were able to get autographed pho-. think back when I was a youth. That proba- around your pigskin and your rawhide. Its - -tos of Kale Childress and have their pic- bly 50 years to the future, that being now,' the food chain, folks. humanity would be so advanced that tures taken with her. Sleepover war r rid of blight was a really would be obsolete. It's like the saying: fun, sweet movie and its great to see a ris- The next mayoral candidate should be ing star out of the city of Aurora. "Dream on." Mel Dormer, Aurora able to do something about 1e old Copley -EzIkaAJarid,Moths Hospital site and the other blighted build- Thanks for help The F-word ings throughout this community. This is Wouldn't you know after I wrote the arti- what the mayor should be focusing on I'm calling to thank the security man at cle about how the liberal media and Holly- getting rid of the blight. Bill Wyatt for • Wal-Mart. My car stalled. He and two young wood Democrats cheapen and over use the mayor, sleeves are rolled up, he's doing. • then helped me get the Sr into a parking 1-word, our vice president used it like John things out here in the community. I think place. I would also like to thank Mr. Ray Kerry did some time ago. OK, Aurora Lib- that's worth mentioning, Frenwick for coming and helping me get eral Democrats, you got me on that one. On the car into the shop and home. +1,a nf-harh,nvl ;fn,,Ao n,,. ,..,1 City leases parcel for bank. rnoñuthent

1111.01d arched. entry: carvings of urns and flowers. - Seven of up to 25 blocks that could Most of the historic be . in the river have been limestone blocks are recovered so far. • Jan Mangers; director Of the EARPçNTERSVILLE - still in the Fox River Aurora . . Preservation Commission, said the crane will s financial . By Dayepawo be brought back to the liver next YilfW STAFF WRITER month to fish for more blocks. 8ca.1 Eventually, what is found will be files get mixed review • AURORA A monument used to at least partially Auditors gnre Carpentersville some made from old limestone blocks reconstruct the arch or some çî the best accounting news the village • yet to be pulled from the Fox River variation of it has had in years: a "clean opinion" on its will be set up on-a downtown The City Council next week balance sheet. But the more pressing is- corner parcel leased by the city; sue—when the financially troubled sub- will approve a $1-a-year lease urb will get its overdue property taxes— Most of the blocks, which agreement with CornEd for may take weeks to decide. formerly made up an arched entry property at the southwest corner Last month, Kane County Treasurer to the Aurora National Bank - of Downer Place and Broadway David Rickert withheld two install- now Banco Popular— are still for the monument ments totaling $2.9 million in property underwater south of Illinois I'm not sure we're going to be taxes due the village. He said he would Avenue on the east bank of the able to completely reconstruct it". release the suburb's money only after it liver. The city pulled a few of them Mangers said. "We have different filed audited financial statements. With out in May using a crane, but high scenarios," depending on how the "clean opinion" on its balance sheet, water,and fast currents have many blocks are found; Carpentersvffle inched closer to that re- prevented divers from returning; - Mangers said the monument quirement, completing its 2003 audit, al- The heavy. limestone blocks, beit eight months late. The village none- could be completed later this theless failed its overall financial state- which were dumped almost 50.. year. It will be constructed just ments. yeats ago when the bank was down the block from the bank, modernized, feature decorative which was built in 1926. Sroadband

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&hich.Cédar Falls ii 'growing word' commercially and with new Broadband building because it can offer Continued from page 1 fiber optic for businesses and the other community cannot. Panelists explain how system. Local builderDennis Comcast area Vice Presi- KintOp, who lives iii Geneva dent Leigh Ann Hughes, Vice. would help businesses and owns MIC Construction in President for Government &..: Batavia, said he is stymied in Affairs Robert Ryan. and competition with other Director of Government Affairs Supporters aiming for.f all referendum builders who can send blue- Carlo Cavallaro were skeptical prints electronically 'while he of the renewed effort to put has to send them out to be municipal broadband back on • YBRENDASCHORY there was a risk of their tax dol- printed and delivered. the ballot. 'Kane County Chronicle lars," Collins said. "So what we "I lose jobs all day longbe- • Ryan questioned who came up with was a way of cause my price is too high. So it would run a municipal broad- BATAVIA - if the Tri-Cities there not being any tax dollars would be really nice to have band utility - whether the achieved municipal broadband, at risk And that was though the opportunity to have avail- cities would use employees it would be privately financed coming upwith some type of ability to have... (high-speed) from the water or electrical de- and would position the com- private financing." service," Kintop said. partment for'it. if so, he said, munities for business growth, James Carlini, president of Rick . Kaufmann, co- then proponents need to clar- 'supporters said Wednesday. Carlini and Associates Inc., an founder of Aggregate Networks ify their financial plan. A 16-membérpanel put to- international management in Lisle, said he would work to Ryan also disputed that gether by Fiber for Our Future consulting firm in East Dunk find private investors for the customers need house-to- touted the plan to promote dee, was a consultant to $58 million project. 'Private house: fiber optic, and the economic development and, Chicago when it put fiber op- markets always have money company already supplies that deliver better service for less tics in its emergency infra- for a deal," Kaufmann said. to business customers,. money?anelists spoke in structure in 1995. "The deal has to look right." Comcast representatives favor of thunicipal broadband And it was only after argu- Collins said later that the said they might conduct some., to provide telephone, high- ing with Ameritech at the time group does not have private in- public meetings similar to the speed Internet and television for fiber versus copper. My vestors at the moment, but will one by the municipal fiber pro- service for more than two comment on that was what if • find them once the referen- ponents. hours Wednesday at the you put copper connections to dum is passed. SBC spokesman Steve Batavia City Hall to a crowd of this 911.center, you're going to • Doris Kelley, business de- Kaufmann said the company 'about 60 people. obsolete it before it even opens' velopmënt manager for Black will provide 'high-speed DSL According to a show of up," Carlini said. and Veatch, compared Cedar Internet service to all, of hands, about a third of the au- Without fiber, ahigh-speed Falls and Waterloo, Iowa, in Batavia by October. thence was affiliated, with Internet connection to copper Comcast orSBC. Both compa- is like putting a turbo charger nies campaigned against pas- on aYugo, "but it doesnt com- sage of the municipal, broad- pare with an F-18 or an F-22.

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to get the inSt. that fT T .bjithy-çljought See B1 Sheriff's office H joins efforts with fugitive task force By DAN CHANZIT Kane County Chronicle • On the Net • For information about the • GENEVA - The Kane U.S.. Marshals Service, visit County Sheriff's Office has w.usdoj.gov/marshals/ teamed with the U.S. Marshals Service to help bring fugitives C*ronk4t*frI- tojustice. task force. Ramsey said the Kane County joins a net- sheriff's office is stretched for Work of 94 U.S. Marshals resources, but appointing Service of- Chavez to the task force will fices and the serve the community well. Great Lakes "I'm not losing a son, I'm Regional gaining. 60 or 70 daughters," Fugitive Task Ramsey joked, referring to the Force. The task force's pool of fugitive partnership hunters. will allow Since July 2003, the Great local law en- Lakes task force has appre- forcement hended more than 1,500 fig!- officials to Ramsey tives. Since Monday, 26 from nab crimi- Kane County have been taken nals hiding outside the county into . custody as part of in other states and foreign Operation Kick Start, officials countries. said; We don't want (Kane Ramsey said the U.S, County's) name on a letter- Marshals Service was helpful in head; we want your stars," said April in apprehending Joseph Kim Widup,U.S. Marshal for Foreman Jr. of Batavia, who is the Northerti District of Illinois. "I hate to use a baseball anal- accused of beating his ex-wife, ogy, but we are collecting a Lisa Payne, and abducting and team of All-Stars." killing her mother, Linda The U.S. Marshals Service Duchaine. was established in 1789 by FOreman was arrested in Congress to apprehend, fugi-. Aurora after a manhunt, and tives. The organization also se- Duchaine's body was found in cures the federal judiciary, an abandOned farmhouse in transports and houses federal rural Kane County a few hours prisoners and protects endan- later. gered federal witnesses. "We'd still be looking for the U.S. Marshals do not inter- guy" Ramsey said. "I can't go rogate fugitives or investigate into the details. We dorft want crimes. "We take a piece of to tell the bad guys how we paper, and we hunt (fugitives) catch them." . -. down," Widup said. Ramsey, who previously Kane County Sheriff's sought ajob as a U.S. Marshal, Deputy Joe Chavez, a 27-year said the new partnership is not department veteran, will serve a precursor for him leaving as the local liaison. Kane County to join the organ- "There isn't anything that izationi .. . - gets by him. He's .. a bulldog," In January 2001, Ramsey Kane County. Sheriff . Ken considered leaving his post as Ramsey said. sheriff, but U.S. Sen. Peter Widup said Chavez has Fitzgerald, B-Inverness, nomi- been named a special deputy nated Widup instead: W'idup U.S. Marshal, giving him the was appointed by President authority to seek fugitives out- Bush and confirmed by side of Kane County and Congress in March 2002. Illinois, which otherwise would: Ramsey, who first was be outside his jurisdiction. elected in 1994, said he plans to "It takes away that state remain as sheriff. He did not line," said David Murtaugh,. say whether he would seek an- U.S. Marshal for Hammond, Other term. Ind. "We need partnerships to "You won't lose me to the make it work." U.S. Marshals," Ramsey said. • Chavez will serve on a trial "If anything, you'll lose me to basis as a special deputyfor the retirement." -

T , fixx .èipected.by Aug hae pre- late distribution of revenue County board chairman will bring' ::ferred to to local taxing districts. have the Late distribution' can end proposal to Executive Committee matter re7 up costing districts, espe- solved this cially schools, thousands of H O9 month; but dollars in interest payments that an if they have to borrow By TOM SCFILUETER sion office.. August ap- Kane Count yChronicle money for Operating ex- The assessors set the proval . will penses; value of the property; while give his of- GENEVA - Kane County the extension office' calcu- Cunningham Director of . the Infor- flee, enough mation • Technologies De- Board Chairman Mike McCoy lates , tax rates by applying time toget ,axpects,the cpwflys.tax sys- levies to the property value. partment Roger Fahnestock' the tax' ad- said that the hardware to run tern to begin to enter the 21st ' MéCoy said the process to ministration century in August. the new system will cost used to convert the certified • system run- $325,000.' McCoy. on Wednesday assessment data into the ning by next told members : of the form required to extend taxes The annual operating li- year. 2 cense would costan'addi- Executive Committee that he took six weeks.. "Well, it will bring a proposal to the 'Both firms I've talked to tional $200,000, McCoy said. looks like 'Both companies operate committee next month on said it should take one hour," we're going what computer company to McCoy said. tax administration systems to get this in counties in which the hire to straighten Out the "Our extension system is solved, McCoy mess. messed tip." township assessors use the Cunningham said. same. the system as those in "I would be able to make a If approved by the 'The' timing is crucial be- Kane. recommendation at the Executive Committee at its cause of the pOtential for tax August meeting," McCoy Aug. 4 meeting, the contract The annual cost would said. bills to be mailed late next include changes in the state then would be forwarded to year. tax code, local annexations The county's problem the county board on Aug. 10 Taxpayers probably did rests in the transfer of data for its approval. and other changes. not mind when their tax bills' They handle all the an- from the'supervisorof assess- County Clerk John arrive late. merits office to the tax ext'en- Cunningham said he would nual changes, which can be However, late bills lead to massive," McCoy said.

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g, ow 8 C. "'"' oao Ct Q. a 1uflfl Ca C en o on Co g. zenT o'n?5t -U ;r8I fl . "CD8n ONOCo—'ott I CD"< NQ I PCDi.CD '9. New pact 'will.look '-hauls in .at tax fugitives cycle fix for Kane • More detail sought; • Violent offenders: County chairman -Task force led by U.S. wants to see firms Marshals service study more options focus is worst crimes BySteveLod 5WWfltR 2OIQ7Y1 GENEVA - It appears the GENEVA—The concept Extend Kane County Board will be the long man of the law a little bit asked to spend about $300,000 to fix the tax extension system. ' ffldals bore the scads of a new But that recommendation will not come forward until August, :-as Kane County Board Chair- man Mike McCoy. R-Aurora,

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ningham have said. Last month, Rickert predicted the system would break down as early as • this year, causing as much as a two-month delay in the mailing of tax bills, which would mean a cate delay in when taxing bodies get cx- their disbursements, At Wednesdays Executive Committee meeting, Cunning- ham again emphasized the im- the portance of getting the system fixed. -It has to be done .now? he said. "The system was broken down 10 years ago." Still, in. referring to the two er to get violent fugitives off the proposalsthe county has gotten, steels of Kane County." Cunningham added "it looks The task forte will focus on fUfl like we're going to get this fives suspected in violent crimes solved." such as murder, rape, child pornog- The two proposals come from raphy and robbery, according to the Decoct, a small DeKaIb-based Marshals Senior, - company which handles similar During the initial sweeps some 15 Information transfers for about investigators were sent out in two 30 Illinois counties, and Mana- teams - a '219 century posse," at- tron, a much-bigger company cording to Murtaugh - seeking as • which also handles about 30 IllI- many as 50 fugifiveaitself nois counties and those in other The task force has been op. states. crating in several Northern Illinois Both submitted proposals to communities for seven months, re, Kane County based on specifics- esilfing in more than l,5 anssts, in- "tions written by Cunningham dudlng44 people tharged with mur- and Rickert. And, while Mccoy der. said he wants to have a recom- Similar partnerships have been mendation for the County Board formed in New York, Los Angeles by August, he also said he wants and Atlanta with the Marshals Ser- to review-both proposals. vice baddag down thousands of peo. "I don't think the system is plewanced onthargeafaravarietyof violentaintes. -J about to fall apart," McCoy said. 'But clearly, something needs "All we do Is take a piece paper and hunt people down."saidof Kim Widup, US Marshal for the North- ens District of Illinois. 'We've been 7, oaseo on tneir recommenon- doing it since 1789, and we think anon how the system should we're the best in the world at doing ark, rather than based on spec- It-. cations from Kane County. He Authoritieflaid the partnership ants a five-year propossl from will allow law-enforcement agents to xii companies. bypass normal constraints with Whatever proposal the county trussing county and stateham to re, oks at, it most likely will have trieve suspects. officials said the work with the current Proper- partnership also could work to track Assessment ' Management and arresthigitivesin foreign conn- ystem, or RAMS, which is used tries. most of the local tar asses- 'AD local fugitives taken into cus- tody to date have been found in Kane County. officials said. Some of those arrested have skipped outbeen on bail, while others have never in ore-

Kane lawyer7,admitted to Supreme Court Bar I boa:.f aercud /cq On June 1448 members of singular hoior to stand in the reception in the tivate Confer-" Mohamnia4 Iqbal, of ,Elgin; the Kane County Bar AssOcia- presence of the full panel-!of ence room and courtyard of the Hon. Pamela K. Jnsen of tion were sworn in as active the United ,States Supreme the Supreme Court.,, '' , Elgin; Wayne M. :Jensen of members of the U.S. Supreme Couit and he recognized by The swearing in Was the cul- ,Elgin; Lisa Fosler Kelly' of Court Bar.. . them for admission; It was a min'ation of a,weekend of Chicago; Alfred Y.Kirk! nd of - The members comprised once.-ina--lifetime opportu- 'activities by the KCBA mtm- Elgin; Constantine Konstaris of seven current and retired nity,and achieving this . was a bars in Washington, including Geneva; the Hon. Richard I. judges, the current and several goal of many Of our, members a private tour of the Pentagon,' Larson of St. Charles; Ralph B. past presidents of the Kane for a long time It was made seeing sites including the new Lowe of Aurora; Garrett M. County Bar Association and even more significant by the World Waril memorial, and an 'Malcom' of Elgin; Pamela M attorneys from Karie, Kendall, fact that we.could share this evening dinner cruise,on' the Monaco of .Geneva;,John'A. Dekalb DuPage and Cpok' event with so many - of our Potomac. This was the first, ,Noverin of 'Elgin; Lisa M. counties. ' .. Kane County judges and col- event of its kind organized by 'Nyuli of Elgin; Ronald D. The members traveled to leagues together at one time." 'the KCBA and was planned for O'Neal Jr. of AurOra; Scott G. Washington, D.C., for the By being admitted to the Over one year. ' Richmond of Elgin; Susan W, swearing-in ceremony which.. - Supreme Court Bar, members Members inductedwere: . Rogaliner of Geneva; Cathy took place before the Supreme may now argue cases in front Steven A. Andersson of Auro- Searl of Batavia;' Scott L.- Court with Chief. Justice / of the Supreme Court, and be ra; Robert I. Bina of Batavia;'' Seraphiri of . St. Charles;'' William H. Rehnquist approv- present for all court proceed- Jonathan L. Carbaryof Elgin;. Leonard J, Seraphin of St.: ing the motion to admit the ings in the Supremeall Court. Krista Pyle Carls of Sandwich; Charles; Sharon Buckley Shee- members-from the Kane . To qualify, members .must Emily'R. Carrara of Wheaton;' han of Geneva;.the Hon. Timo- County Bar Association. Judge be licensed in their .local state Kevin Carrara of Wheaton; Julie thy Q. Sheldon of St. Charles; Gene L. Nottolini, already Supreme Court, pass a moral, IL. Cibulskis,of Aurora; Kath- . the Hon. Mary Karen Simpson admitted to the Supreme Court and character fitness review by lean Colton of Batavia; the of St. Charles; Maureen Taylor Bar, made the motio,n to admit the U.S. Supreme Court,, be in Hon, MichaélJ. Colwell of of . Wheaton; Colleen G. the KCBAmembers. : good standing in their local Geneva William F. Cunning- j Thomas of 'Carpentersville; After admission, Rehnquist state courts, have .been in prac- ham of Wheaton; Randy J. 'Richard Todas of Aurora; , Gary congratulated all the members flee for at least three teals, and Curato of Chicago; the Hon.. M. Vanek of Elgin; Mark K. and expressed hiè personal must be sponsored by an attor- Philip U DiMarzio of St. Wade of Alirora; Douglas B. welcome into the Supreme .ney presently admitted. to the 'Charles; John F, Early of Elgin; Warlick of Geneva; the Hon. Court Bar. . - . Supreme Court. Jaéqueline Edier of Aurora; William H. Weir of Sycamore; Attorney and KCBA. Past 'After the ceremony, the Vincent J. Elders of Geneva; R. Christopher White of Elgin; President Steveri A Andersson members and approximately Judy L. Hogan of Batavia; Gre- James A Young of Elgin and 'stated "It was an exciting and 50 guests enjoyed a breakfast gory W Hoskins of St. Charles; Fraricis'E. Youssi of Batavia.

group. keeps Tn-Cities broadband hopes 'alive I $y ian Ramming pencils sharp and your service u . p if you're technology used in municipal broadband sys- &1ECJAL To THE BEACON NEWS going to maintain a competitive share of the tems. market here." , . . - BATAVIA - As proponents 'of municipal SBC plans an educational open house for the "We've changed our fodus to letting people 'broadband service scurry to collect signatures public on DSL and will heavily market the prod- know the benefits of fiber optics to our commu- to get a referendum on the ballot in November, uct in the community. Current promotional nity," Collins said. SOC announced plans to increase its DSLJ,nter. Fiber optics connections runup to four times ..net service availability from 7510 100 percent of rates begin at.$26.95 per month for SEC Yahoo! faster than DSL and cable in some communi-, customer base here by Oct 1. DSL express service including parental con- trols, virus protection, pop-up blocks and fire- ties, and could support faster speeds in fu- "SOC wants to be a partner with Batavia," ture, say Proponents. They also clairh higher re. wall software. Express service features down- said Kirk Brannock, president of the company's load speeds of 1.5 Mbps. liability 'and lower costs. - Midwest Network Services. 'We have over 100 A community-based cable television/tele- :Einployees and retirees living in Batavia, and Brannock said SBC's DSL speeds were com- phone/Intee service would provide jobs and ve want to participate in the community." parable to 'those offered by ComCast Cable In- could save thousands of dollars to larger users 'J Touting $7 million in ternet service, another Batavia provider, He infrastructure improve- said one advantage of DSLis that it remains like schools; businesses and hospitals, she said. ments throughout the city,. Brannock credited constant even during busy times of the day, un- "SOC 'would switch to fiber right now if they' :iMayor Jeff Schielke, City Administrator Bill like cable, could afford it," said Collins. 'They've put so McGrath and 4th ward Alderman Jim Yolk for much money into their old system, they're "The product that we offer today meets the stuck with it for a while the push to increase spending on broadband ca- needs of our users," he said... ',pabilities. Schielice lives in a section of Batavia A referendum for a Tr-Cities municipal cuirently without SBC DSL service. But Annie Collins, 'a member of Fiber for our Future, a citizen broadband group, labeled that broadband system was defeated on the ballots "I remain a strong supporter of a very corn- in St Charles, Geneva and Batavia in April last statement as "ridiculous," Year. Collins said her group hopes to get ipetitive playing field in this whole thing," the Collins and others say the concept of DSL al- mayor said. "You're gOing to have to keep your enough signatures on its Petition to get the ready seems ancient compared to fiber optic issue back on the ballot this November, Forest oreserve to be renamed for ex-director iL-k&ctid :i/'joq Retired Executive Director Charle&Public.Libraiy Founda-. coordinating grant acquisition . selection and negotiation for on J. Duerr will have a forest tion president and has .donated of over $2 million for the, ds- many preserveS )reserve named inhis hOnor in his time to many other organi trict. He is also credited for PdfnxOreififorniàtiOfi',1á1I developing the land acquisi- . . (630) 232-5980. or e-mail tcognition of his years of ser- zations. tion process including [email protected]. ,ice and dedication to the Duerr is responsible for "crest Preserve District of Kane .ounty. - At 10:30 am. Aug 2, forest preserve commissioners and staff will attend a rededication of the Blackhawk Forest Pre- Fence Post serve, located on Route 31 in South Elgin, 'l mile north of MCI McLean Bdulevard. The dedi- . St,Charles needs cation is open to tIe public. change of plans This 287-acre forest preserve

an that !tbJ!alEL PH 4 Is unconstitutional, Batavia Qà defense of a Canada woman charged with dealing drugs at a • Randall Road nail salon. ,_Ij 'Iwo co-defendants in federal UflS I .roS6 -frE court, including one with a I_..•tQ a ,2 a c ., criminal record, face four to r nine years in prison on similar rnflo charges, Colton said, VV She called the potential state •q in sentence of up to 120 years Ei cmet degmding and a shock to the moral senseof the commu- !,o ' s o:-' .CotOa, nitisC Eo a a td ati Cotton is seeking to have the 23 Ed2Z. Huynh, 33,of Toronto thrown out and the 2002 state law that IL •*-i •'Efl' toughened sentencing for

Ecstasy possession declared ) za u2S unconstitutional. Attemptsby other attorneys to strike the revised law have bt metwith little success. fl0 •fl! At the news Wednesday of how much time she could lace behind-ba's, Iiuynh Looked like o-d" • she might cry. Her daughter and p brother who flew down from Canada to support her began to O0005 sniffle and wipe away teari '2 Huynh, My Hanh t Nguyen. das 33, of St. Charles, Hoahicp Hoang Nguyen, 28, of II tt '8 fl'g ad Mishawaka, bid., and Ryan Do, tO a-, ° 23, of Berwyn, were arrested 2 d2 Makch 26, 2003, during an FBI undercover sting at a nail salon I v- on the 1400 block of Commons Drive in Geneva. Police say the •, quartet sold Ecstasy to an FBI I agent. Officers found 4,500 € Ecstasypills in the store and 100 • 0,0, 't tot. .ofl p,$9 o-t pills on Huynh, according to court records. 1- A conservative estimate for the value of the drugs is $92,000, said Kane County Assistant C Stat&s Attorney Richard Powers. Out-of-staters Huynh and Hoang Nguyen were charged with dnafficbhg and drug • . See SThSYon PAGE 12 Kne..ioins .fuith.e task frce A1\4 Wt&A 7fe/cxf' B , TONA KUNZ - .counWs independent five-man people off the street&" said ç y DHemJd Staff VSe* . fugitive unit, which spends .Kane County .Undersheriff' -c £IIUL55.-.,-,,4, US SL WLLC tLLIVLII Ah,. T-,.Zl, 5- ua'.a .MjcjiaelMiderson; • Kane County increased its and forth to pickup criminals This weeks roundup focused fugitive-hunting ability this arrested in other counties or on those who. scam the elderly, week by joining a task force of states rather than ferreting put - drug dealers, sexual predators state and federal trouble seek- those hiding at home. and those accused:of aggra- ers. Kane will dedicate one officer vatedbáttery. The foray into the U.S. Mat- to the regionaltask force to Murderers typically take a lot shals Service's fugitive task force follow up On tips about fugitives more manpower to find netted 20 scofflaws in three from northern Illinois and offi-cials postponed picking them days northwest Indiana. Since its up for another day, said Shan "Operation Kick Start serves inception seven months.ago, noh Metzger, spokeswoman for as a perfect example of what. the task force has taken 1,505 the U.S. Marshal's Sthice. can and will happen when we fugitives, of serious crimes into The increased manpOwer of all focus our efforts in one dirèc-- custody. the regional task forcewill tion," said U.S. Marshal Kim Officials 'expect to see the - enable officials to occasionally. - Widup... same types of success in Kane target specific gangs or areas for Through membership, the County with between 50 to 75 - massive sweeps without alerting - county is able to tap into a team fugitives from Kane County a - criminals and their friends, she of 10 to 60 officers to help sweep month picked up each month. added. - through the area looking for "The key here is we ate - "We will be a constant con- fugitives. . - making the citizens of Kane centration in Kane County from That Will help supplement the County feel safer by taking these here on out,' Metzger said.

Tsvchic Sues to I booth tM 7/Wocf at:fair BY LISA SMITH First and 14th jpt, - town. I do • Daiy Herald Staff V,5,ter - fairs to gain clientele." states. She is seeking the court A self-described "spiritual Adams said she called city hall award her "appropriate 'damages adviser" since the age of 13, and was told to voice her con- and costs." -. Despite her 23 years of reading Adams offers psychicreadings - - • palms' crystals and Tarot cards to cems at a city council meeting. St. Charles city attorney Tim and healing therapies out of her Instead, she hired a lawyer and O'Neil said Adams never predict the future and offer .home and at fairs and other. advice to -clients; Loretta Adams filed a two-page complaint in approached the city.about the events in New Jersey Texas, Cali- - U.s didn't see this one coming. - fornia and Louisiana_ District Court in Chicago ordinance. - - -. - The 36-year-old West Chicago Adamsinquired last month Thésday. The complaint asks a "She has not suffered any resident was denied a booth at about thë.cost ofrentinga bOoth judge to declare the -city's ordi- loss," O'Neil said "For.all I know the upcoming Kane County Fair nance unconstitutional and bar she made it all up.". at the -Kane County Fair July 14- its enforcement. - - - because of a St Charles city ordi- 18 when fair organizers told her Calls to Larry Breon, president nance .prohibiting fortune Psychic readings were not per- Adams also wanted to start a- - of the Kane County Fair, were telling. mitted in the city limits. psychic business in St. Charles; not - immediately returned But she's relying on the courts but that, too, is barred by the Wednesday: -. - - ' lot of the bigger fairs are in ordinance. The ordinance has instead of the spirits to fight Kane County," Adams said. back, filing a federal lawsuit caused Adams to lose income • Dai4yHerald staff ,,J,.j-Rob Wednesday. 'This summer, I she might have accusing the city of violating her wanted to get on fairs here in. gained from Qlmeadcontrjbutp4 this - attending the fair, the lawsuit report - - to' 0404 0

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0b0Gi COPU' co State trooper warns_: Maple Par k policeo9 c By Bñañ Shields doing. - 7/1 SPECIAL TO THE BEACON NEWS "His right; as a citizen, is to talcg as many pictures or video and talk- MAPLE PARK - An Illinois ing to whoever he wants to talk t State Police officer this week It's when you're asked to leave warned that State Police have and you don't leave that you brealç their eye on the operations of the the law." . village -Police Department. Kessner could not be reach$ Master Sgt. Kris Melvin, who for comment Wednesday or works in investigations out of the Thursday. - 2 State Police District 2 headquar- - At Tuesday's meeting, Slater ters in Elgin, spoke briefly during said he had known Kessner for a the public comment section of this while and was not aware of any- week's regular Village Board thing illegal that Kessner was meeting. doing. Slater said he was not At that meeting, a member of bothered when Kessner pulled the audience and a village trustee up behind him on a traffic stop to asked about the identity of a man a who has been taking photographs Melvin warned Slater that he and asking questions of village had better stop "working in-coir residents since the May 28 arrests cert" with Kessner and that Mo of 12 people in connection with al- ris needed to "get control" of hlZ leged illegal gambling at D.J.'s police officer before state officials Tavern West became involved. Among those charged in con- "We have a lot better things ta nection with the gambling was Vil- do than to come to a small, sleepy.' lage President Mark Delaney, and town like Maple Park for th Maple Park Police Chief Chester shenanigans going on at the po; Morris later was charged with offi- lice department," Melvin said. cial misconduct in the case. Slater said after the meeting hie- Village Patrolman Charles was concerned because the sta- Slater answered the question trooper gave him such a publià. about the mystery man, identify- warning. Slater said he wanted là. ing him as John Kessner, 44, of "dialogue" with Melvin to flgut Cortland. The resident claimed out what the problem was. Kessner was present at several After the exchange, the board traffic stops involving Slater. went into closed session to dis- Melvin spoke in response to cuss personnel issues, without Slater's comments. specifying what issues those Melvin said Wednesday Kess- were. Returning to regular se- ner had given the impression he is sion, the board did not take action. a police officer asking questions on agenda items to place a specie about official business. Melvin employee on paid administrative said he has been "inundated with leave and to ask the State Police to phone calls" from residents who take over policing of the village - were concerned about Kessner's the second consecutive meeting activities. the board has declined to take aO- Melvin said there is no current tion on those agenda items. . investigation of either Slater or Delaney declined specific cons; Kessner, but he would try to ment because of the gambling1 "make a case" againstthem if he charges against him. But he said) continued to get complaints from he has faith in Morris as police citizens or any evidence of wrong- chief.

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= 0 E Brewster Greek dam removal done; what C ...., u• ca wwr so me south, • happens next? Blackberry Creel< anothê± Fox Rivet tributary; is also getting tg k1 ØszUd 7/74(( some help from the county. Proud to be among the first to The board's executive corn- take out a dam on anIllinois mittee has recommended more waterway, Kane County leaders funding t6 be handed over to marked the end of the Brewster The Conservation Foundation Creek dam removal project this over the nextflveyears. week by shifting focus toward Atotäl of.$280,000 will be aflo the creek's future. cated foi the foundation's As part of that effort, the Blackberry Creek watershed county board management p1àn an environ- next week is mental program designed to expected to reduce flooding problertis accept a I around.the creek as develop- lik $190,000 state Ft ment surrounds it. ' grant that will The funding is expected to get allow contin- full approval from the county ued board Thesday monitoring of the creek while Dog eat dog: After waiting yeaS Patrick Waldron restoration and years for progress on a new Kane C=q work moves county animal shelter, dog and forward. cat owners are closely following "It has solar the project as it inches toward shown good success," said Karen reality. Kosky; a county watershed engi- Today will bring another small neer, addressing the board's step. Construction offers from a executive committee Wednes- list of contractors are scheduled day. "The downstream impacts to be opehed at 11 am. at the have been minimaL" county government center in The YWCA of Elgin built the Geneva. dam across Brewster Creek - a "We're expecting there to be Fox River tributary - in 1929 to quite a few bids," said Kane create a canoeing pond at its County Board Chairman Mike Camp Tu-Endei-Wei near McCoy. Wayne. Seventy years later the The facility is supposed to be dam was crumbling and in built on a 40-acre site it will danger of failing altogether. share with a Geneva water treat- At that point, the Illinois ment plant at Peck and Department of Natural Iceslinger roads. Resources said the YWCA had to The county debated building pay to repair that dam it if the facility for four tears before wanted it to remain in place. The .vothg to move forward in May YWCA could not afford repairs 2003. Objections to the plan and agreed to let it be removed. haven't died, a point evident That's when Kane County and when the proposal went before a host of other agencies stepped, the Geneva plan commission in to do a piece-by-piece dam. lastmonth. removal that is expected to As far as the county is con- become a model for state envi- cerned. $1 million has been set ronmental experts to follow. aside for the project. Should the On June 20,2003, brews cut off cost go over that, the county's the first 18 inches of the dam, a animal control fund is expected step that as-redicted led to the make pp the difference. draining of the canoeing pond. By February 2004; four more slices had been cut away, remov- ing the dam completely. . Now experts from the county, state, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice and the U.S. Geological Survey are interested in how the creek will rebuild itself and how the tons of sediment blocked for years by the dam will flow down- steam.

Medium happy after a .- Oro 'SO happ2diurn found: MV it 0 • Z - i2 t B LISA MITH ., /, / , "Asihe city attorney for St. DailyHerald Staff VMter '/1/01 Charles, and the one who prose- 9 . co O O) cutes ordinance violations, I can • • o -.0 Fortune telling is in the cards unequivocally state it is not o again for LorettaAdams. unlawful for your client to prac- The self-described "spiritual tice her profession," O'Neil 'GYbO.Q r.3 0 adviser and psychic consultant' wrote in the letter that was Q bGfl. w 59 z IS a on Thursday was given the faxed to Adams' attorney the green light to practice palm and same day reports were pub- L0 III gg•.•! Tarot card readings at next lished detailing the lawsuit. 1 a - week's Kane County Fair. "1 trust that you do not claim Adams filed a federal lawsuit your client has a constitutional Tuesday contending an ordi- • • .dIflu_( ) '°• ac .E • right 'to obtain money or prop- iq Ce'Eqt ot nance that prohibits fortune erty by fraudulent devices or Cu,., telling in the city of St Charles is practices," O'Neil wrote. a. o C it E ° unconstitutional. Adams said she asked City 5 too 0 to . ) Q It t Qw But in a letter to Adams' attor- Administrator Larry Maholland . a ney, city attorney Tim O'Neil whether the ordinance would bOt gt said fortune telling is prohibited prohibit her from offering her 0 Ca , a only when it is done fraudu- services at the fair, as fair orga- lently to obtain money or 02 property. See PSYCHIC on PAGE 13 °LO0b? :.o 110,: J>0

lt .I•or'j-o,ObO Psychic: City asks plaintiff to drop suit s: 2.,Q0C N 13 Charles. The 36Lyear. old now g offers psychic readings and nizers had told her. healing therapies out of her. M.0 U Z 4 r'S Maholland said he advised home in unincorporated. Adams to appear before the city DuPage County near West M g.8 council if she wanted to change ChiáagO. - btCQ the ordinance. Instead, she In .his letter, O'Neil asks :jflh1 'otb5'- ) O E ut hired alawyer. Adams'. attorney, Kenneth Flax- 2o d2 .00a Adams noW plans to rent a man, to withdraw the two-page booth at the fair; which opens complaint filed in U.S. District Wednesday and runs throtigh Court. He also claims the eity's July 18. She wants to offer palm ordinance would be upheld in and Tarot card readings for $5 to court, citing a 1997 Wisconsin 40, . • . Larry Breon, president Of the Adams defended her profes- fair, said psychics and for- sion, which she said she has tunetellers have offered their been practicing since Age 13. services at the fair in the past. "It's more than just telling • "Years ago they ran one off," people's future,". Adams said. • Breon said of St. Charles "It's helping people see things authorities. "In recent history from a different Perspective; no there's been no problem.' giving them insight into rela- Adams also hopes to open a tionship problems. ... I believe fortune telling shop in St. in what ido."

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Geneva considers bank restrictions.. Radovich suggested that the and loans last October along • fØvicz, South Elgin city's development 'depart- RaffdallRoazt -Itha bb'effe3t ment examine the issue. tended twicflnd will eièpirt rfp.çcztprums. .sti(1 in. effect•. Batavia and South'. Elgin Oct 18, CttyAdimnistratorBill • - -I I t (c1 / have bank. moratoriums McGrath:said.fl.L Batavia to pieserve retail space J3mB1ENDAtCHORY ... 'We had tOoitthñy.banks oil ..insti'rutions. I'm not saying along Randall Road and South property that would be avail' :S&ouAt'4G y Chronicle they don't serve ajurpbsé; but Elgin to stop defunct bank they don't provide enough in- buildings from standing empty. portunities," McGrath said. - t The prolifera- '-come, and they are in retail lo- St. Charles officials have -Batavia's development de- tion of banks in shopping cen- cations," Singer said. not discussed it, although City ters andtripallms has 4th Singer wants the city to parttheM is'conducting a Administrator Larry sttid?that should be 96m- Ward Mderman Ron Singer enact a moratorium on bank Maholland said there seems to worried about lost sales tax and savings and loan build- plefedbef6r6 the hidiàtorium be "a lot of banks" in the city. islifte'd. - revenue. . ings for six months to a year. Batavia enacted a morato- "There is a fldod of these City attorney Charles rium on banks and savings ;jeBANxS, r2

woman for the Illinois Bankers Association in Springfield, said Banks communities should look at Continued from page 1 what banks bring instead of what they lose in sales tax "It may result in different "Villages should look at the regulations," McGrath said. whole picture," Jemisn said. "I'm keeping an open mind "Banks are tremendous neigh- about it; I'm not comfortable bors. They donateto charities.. with the moratorium going on They bring money into the and on and on. Something community;" she said. needs to be done before the "Banks do not enter a com- moratorium is over." munity without a lot of re- South Elgin . Community. search to see if it would work Development Director Steve out for them. More banks in a Super said the village has had a community means , more moratorium since August The choices for consumers, more village commissioned 'a study convenience, bettet interest from Gruen & Gruen and rates. People don't have to Associates, a Northbrook con- travel across the city to get to ulting firm, which will be the bank," Jemison said. ready to present next month. The bankers association "We're taking a look at the has not taken action about impact drive-up banks have on communities that ban or re- our commercial corridor," strict banks, she said. Instead, I Super said. individual banks are encour- "Sales tax is not exactly our aged to bring their issues. be- issue. The banks are taking up fore elected officials in the commercial- lots with drive- towns where the number of throughs. What is the impact banks is an issue. - with all these lots being taken Jemison said that in the last up with banks, and no lots left six months, the organization for other uses? Do. we have has seen this trend only in enough banking services to Illinois serve our community; or are we "Illinois is the only state in overbuilt with banks?" he said. the country where this is hap- Another concern in South pening because Illinois has the • Elgin is re-using a bank build- most banks of any state in the ing once it is bought by a com- nation, 800 individual banks. petitor or closed. Super said The • next largest is, Texas in restaurants, retail stores and about the 780, range," Jemison offices are easier for new own- said. ers to remodel. The reason Illinois is a pop- "But a bank facility is basi- ular location for banks is be- cally jut that. What impact is cause it has more liberal laws, that having on our retail corri- she said. dor?" Super asked.. "There used to be many, Debbie Jemison, spokes- many restrictions."

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W O&o County's new animal control CD facilitybut the lowest price tag - ' r came in $500,000 over budget, •8s'g• OW -n which could stall the project PA again. tr a-Ua a "They are not on budget," '2" fl-s C, said county board member Lee, 0A , t3 Barrett, a longtime champion of

CD MCD the project. "I'll work on it this tz a,p)CD_n. weekend." El • CDflr C-. Headed into Tuesday's county CD board meeting, supporters of O•Q • the controversial project had oo' fr'- QC,,fl.fl., hoped to finally get a coristruc- O.G' , -' • 0- I, tion firm hired to build the n o m facility. But Waukegan-based Boiler Construction's low bid of CD $1.8 million could fuel one more CD drive to derail the entire plan. —1 CD a County board members more g) than a year ago narrowly tz approved building an animal Wq control facility on 10 acres of

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OTJRVIEW (i_/hO t! &va; Maple Park must act to • get past crisis • At issue: The mayor and police chief of Maple Park are - under indictment. We say The stalemate that has resulted in village gov- emment must be broken. - etrouble sWirling around Maple Park'st gotvernment no*, righwe'reglad to hear identssay time and again that it's a good PIagecetoliye. The sleepy little town on the Kane-DeKaib county • he has been the last two months over the in- dictrtient of Mayor Mark Delaney, Police Chief • Chester Morris and 11 others on gambling charge • centered at a downtown tatern.* • Even before then, the Village Board had been split • down the middle, deadlocking 3-3 over issues with • laney-breaking the tie. One such vote was to hire MOOT ris as police chief: Since the indictments, paralysis has set in. The • board meets, goes into dosed session and'comes od to table the most controversial agenda items. It hap; • pened again last week. S Frankly, this is no way to run a village. especiall? one as nice and generally quiet as Maple Park. A cou pie of acts of courage, though, would allow the viliag to gethackto the business of being a nice Place to live; First, we urge Village Board members to set asidei their differences and ask the state police to take con • trol-of law enforcement in Maple Park. This isn't about who is right and who is wrong. This • is about providing protection and service that resir dents and businesses can trust as being fair, profes sional, impartial and faithful to the law. That isn't happening with a police chief under in dictment and a patrolman being accused by the statç, • police of being unprofessional. • Second, Mayor Mark Delaney should resign. - We're not saying we think he is guilty of what he is- accused of doing. That's for a jury to decide. Being: • mayor of Maple Park is apart-time calling, and we sim-- ply don't see how he can give his civic duties theat tention they deserve while fighting criminal charges,-i working another full-time job and raising a family. Call us idealistic, but we think people who are elect' • ed to office should put the good of their constituents., first If Delaney loves Maple Park and wants it to be on something other than his and Mords-j able to focus • woes, then he should step aside. If he's cleared of the charges, then lie can ask • Maple Park voters to put him back in office. It's a nice" village. We're sure the folks there would make a gool choice. This opinion of The Beacon News editorial board was st.aØr WriStefl. ;• .•

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Working to secure money for "One unique quality about him,' Lpa o-'c 315 Road bridge corridor in Stover said, "is that the speaker D.E 0 ntersville, if a local consensus never looks at me and says; What ver be reached about its canyou dobrme?'lt's always about E ° b ° • what he can do for our text said that when he stated communities." g bridges a priority about 15 The Sullivan Road bridge will ago, 18 of the Fox Rivet's 23 take about two years to build and b CI) tI) ngs between Algonquin and could be open to traffic as early as Ct IV t were more than 80 years summer 2006. The project will U hat means that even as the include. , intersection and :t 'alley experiences explosive signalization improvements on both hi, the construction of bridges sides. 1st • '1&,' p kept up. £4—' nuseof the difficulties of land Contact staff writer Dave 2sfr sition and disagreementsall Farro at (630) 801-5495 or t1O iE' en municipalities, getting dpanvscn1. corn.

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+ Turn to TAX,' Bill Page UVJ ^^?^,61 I If you're not 'upscale,' H say goodbye Ofalltheelementslflnddisturbing wonderful enough to take their tax dollars. about St. Charles' First Street redevelop- Unfortunately, that was then, this is noW,. ment project, what Lmind most is the city's and now they just don't measure up to attitude toward the longtime businesses what the city wants taking up space On its currently operating along the street. Even streets. though these small businesses are the • City officials have said they want tore- types that have been the backbone of St. place these fine, established.businSses :Charles for more than 100 years, the city is with new ones. They haven't said what type quite ready to wipe them out without a of places these newventures will be, but • second thought - simply because they one thing the city is absolutely sure of is don't fit in to someone else's grand scheme. • they will be "upscale." Now, city officials will tell you that they Ah, yes. The magic "u" word. Think how are prepared to make offers for the "fair loaded a concept this is: lithe new places. value' of the businesses they intend to de-. are "upscale," it means the businesses that • stroy, but that's as empty an offer as you'll have been there for years are something ever hear. There is no such thing as fair less than desirable. By extension, it also value for a business that someone built means that everyone of us who patronize • through years of hard work. To me, the root these wonderful places also don't make the of the problem is that some city officials grade fotthis new vision of St Charles. I simply dOn't know what's it's like to own a wonder if they'll make us move, too. smailbusiness. If they did, maybe they One reason First Street has been sin- wouldn't be so quick to call in the bulldoz- gled out for redevelopment is the proxiin ers. • ity to the river. The old buildings and stores People who go into business for them- have to go, We're told, so that the new ones selves are a different breed from the rest of can have a nice view of the river. Fair the work force. They are willing to give up enough, but there is another area with as the security of a regular paycheck fpr the nice aview that the city might want to con- • freedom that comes withrunning their sider demolishing in favor of this magical own show. To them, this "freedom" means collection of new shops. That would be working 12- and 14-hour days, Puffing where city hall, the fire department and the everything on the line every day they open police department now sit. I mean, really. their doors, paying the help and suppliers Have you ever seen a hodgepodge of less before even thinking about paying them- upscale buildings? selves, and spending sleepless nights wor- One last thought about this whole issue rying whether they made the right deci- goes back to this concept of paying a fair I sion. I doft know many bureaucrats tho price for the First Street restaurants and can say they' done any of these things. stores. The fact is, none of those places will I don't know if thçre is anything that receive anything near what their busi- will save ZaZa's, Vi's Last Call and The nesses are worth, nor dose to what they Manor from the city's demolition plan - have put into them over the years. Oh, the well, unless they all change their names to citywiflbring in some gaywith a calculator Baker Hotel. That seems to have some hyp- and a chart, and they'll come up with aflg- notic effect on the city's attitude - and urn, but there are some things you just can't • pocketbook Failing that, the dock proba- put a price on. Tell me, what's the going bly is ticking. rate these days for someone's heart and The worst part ofitis they are all prof- soul? itable enterprises and very much a part of • Bill Page lives in St. Charles and writes their community. In fact, until this project about local issues on Thesday and came up, the city seemed to think they Thursday. Calls and e-mails answered at were wonderful businesses - or at least (630) 584-0809 or [email protected] Ground broken f Road bridge I. Hasten said he is hopeful House Speaker Hastert attends that work soon will get started Whete,itJS on the Steams Road bridge proj- The four-lane bridge will ect in St. Charles. Members of connect Routes 25 and -31 the U.S. House and Senate are along the Aurora and North By ERIC SCHELKOPF H bridges, Hasten said. "You go meeting in a conference com- Aurora border. - -. Kane County Chronicle across peoples properties and • ... mittee to hammer out the bil- run into intersections. They are lions of dollars separating the meet the railrqad tracks along • AURORA - U... .House . very difficult two versions of a transportation Speaker. Dennis Hasten has to make hap- bill. Route 25; Lirot said, the bridge will span four lanes until.just worked for more than 15 years pen. The only - Construction of the Stearns to build bridges across the lox way you get westof Route 31, when itwill re- River. Road bridge could begiri at the .duce to two lanes.. - these things end of 2005, with the bridge North Aurora Village But ñoneof the bridges have done is opening in 2007. beenbuiltinKanecountyUnw through the Administrator Sue 'McLaughlin now , . - . Workers next week Will said the bridge is needed as the . cooperation begin clearing trees near the Fox area continues to grow. - The Yorkville Republican of a iS of.lay- River as work begins on the and local officials on Monday ers of govern- "It will be a great .nQwwayto Sullivan Road bridge.. ease traffic and-', cah'getion," broke ground on the $13.8 mil- ment? Construction of the bridge's ljOn Suilivan:Road bridge that Hasten McLaughlin said. - Hastert piers will octur this year, said The new bridgValsb could Will connect Routes 25 and 31 secured more than $7.5 million Chris Lirot, the project's resident thong the Aurora-North Anrora for the project State and local be a boon to businesses in the engineer. will corridor, she saidY' bordel-. .,• ' . funds will pay.for the remainder Routes 25 and 31 remain I The-four-lane bridge is ex- of the cost. The bridge will provide an- open during the work, although other Fox - River crossing. pected to' open by summer He also secured funding for 200&: .... Lirot said there could be tempo- Motorists'now must drive porth the Orchard Road bridge in rary road closures. to the State Street, bridge in Planning for . the 'Sullivan Oswego in Kendall County The project includes turn Roadbridge began in 1985. North Aurora or south to-Indian which opened about two years lanes, crossing gates and traffic' 1k-all Road inAurorato cross the "It is very difficult to site ago. signals where the bridge will Fox River.

Legislative directory Senate District 25 Chris Lauzen _e-mail: reptimschmitz@aol .com 1112 South St. 52 W. Downers Place, Elgin, IL 60123 Suite 201 22 Phone: (847) 622-1048 Aurora, IL 60506-6107 Steven J. Fax: (847) 622-0948 Phone: (630) 264-2334 Ra U Sc hen b e rg e r e-mail: Fax: (630) 264-1566 1112 g. St. [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Elgin, IL 60123 Phone: (847) 622-1049. Senate District 48 House Distridt 50 Fat (847) 622-0948 Peter J. Roskarn Patricia lJndner e-mail: 315W. Wesley St. 32 Main St., Suite A senator@srauschenbe,er corn Wheaton, IL 60187 Sugar Grove, IL 60554 House DistrIct 44 Phone: (630) 690-4500 Phone: (630) 466-9791 Terry Parke Fax: (630) 6904505 e-mail: not available 837W. Higgins Road e-mail: [email protected] House District 49 Schaumburg, IL 60195 House District 96 - Tim Schmitz Phone: (847) 882-0270 Joe Dunh 127 Hamilton St., Suite D Fax: (847) 884-6885 552$. Washington District 119 Geneva, IL 60134 e-mail: cityparkxx@yahoo,com Naperville, IL 60540 Phone: (630) 845-9590 Phone: (630) 3554113 Fax: (630) 845-9592 House Diitrjct 43 Fax: (630) 355-2847 Ruth Munson e-mail: joeglosephdunn.corn

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5qun'nn dM in spotlight CONI1NUtO FROM PAGE I on Incentives. Some environ .Pn III mentalists also are wary of the di! !in- EPA's . Interest In eventunib sewage-

,g cago-based not-for-profit partic- The new rules would provide ipated in the advisory group. clearer guidelines for coimnu- p "We all need to be concerned nitles seeking changes In the about water," Acker said, areas and for the first time Li I "whether it's a source for drink- would require boundary agree- lii ing or a recreational asset— ments with neighboring towns whetherlt'sawildlifehabltator before a community could seek £ whether it relates to a flooding a change. issue," Officials say theproposedreg e'° The advisory group was con- ulatlons will be riled by the end vened last fan by Wilihite and of July and would become effec- Renee Cipriano, EPA director. tive later this year. Its membership included de%'el- Watershed plans are not new - se ' E'< open and builder, planners, to the EPA or in the Chicago agricultural Interests and mu-area.- One such plan, for an area nicipal officials as well as envi- drained Vy Blackberry Creek in

Saslow, president of Consensus and Montgomery Solutions Inc., an Atlanta-based But the recommendations dispute resolution firm, "der a from the advisory group would $22,000 contract with the state, make watershed planning the In part, the Impetus was the foundation for the EPA's efforts decade-long effort by the EPA to statewide to protect water qual- get out of the business of ap- Ity and control pollution. proving changes to what are There, are at least 52 water- caued"facliltyplanningareas." sheds In Illlnols—nlneofwhlch These are regions served hyran. drain portions of the six-county nicipal sewage-treatment Chicago region. The state plans plants- .., to test the new approach with pi- Sewers generally are little no- lot projects in the Klshwdukee tired in the suburban land- River watershed, which drains steps. But as developers push portions of McHenry Boone and - farther into Kane, Kendall, Will, DeKaib Counties, and in the 'I------,- ---. -.-.---- II McHenry and other counties, Green River watershed through the facility-planning-area proc- Lee, Bureau and Henry Coun- ess has becomes hot issue in ties. debate over growth. "This ultimately will pull to- Being able to extend sewers to gether communities that have an area Is important If a corn- land in a given watershed and munity wants to attract shop- encourage communities to ping centers, industry or rest- work together to develo p com- dentist subdivisions. ' prehensive water resource There are about 100 facility plans" said Cind y Skrukrud, planning areas, or ERAS, In the clean wateradvocatefor the DM- six-county Chicago area, but, nols chapter of the Sierra Club parts of the region are not In- and a member of the panel. chided in an FM. The largest "Good planning and good fol- FPA includes Chicago and the 90 low-through and good enforce- percent of Cook County served meat are ultimately what It is by the Metropolitan Water Rec- going to take to protect water- laination District of Greater sheds from run-off." /

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BY JOHN JOHNSTON Gateway along Orchard will all Daily Herald Correspondent have lights installed and Other - . . . repairs to infrastructure to Construction could start in accommodate the lights. just weeks on the Woodmañ's . Radovich said the tax incen- supermarket .atOak Street and ;tive will pay back Woodman's a Orchard Road in North Aurora. . rebátë on a percent,of sales at - Representatives for Wood-. the store for 15 years .oruntil the man's and North Aurora have incentives have been paid. been working on the final word-:The agreements were riot hg of annexation and incentive. finalized before the last board agreements that could be final-. meeting. He said the ground- ized.at a special village board breaking for . . the meeting Wednesday. 240,000-square-foot store could Chuck Radovich, attorney for take plate as early, as August if Woodman's, said a number of the board finalizes the agree- items, including a tax incentive ment'Wëdnesday. The store for 'the store, still need a final could be open in the fall of agreethent. However, he said he 2005. did not believe any of the items Located on 47 acres, the would be contentious, shopping center, called Willard's "These types of agreements Corner, will initially have the always have a few issues, but . main grocery store and a gas Working with the village has station, but future plans call, for been pretty pleasant so far," several other lots to be-dSel-- Radovich said oped by other stores. Any other Radovich said the salestax development would also. be agreement Would rebate subject to board approval. money from the village to the Radovich said Woodmàn's will store in exchange for improve- be roughly twice the size of the ments Woodman's will make to Sam's Club in Batavia, which he the village. Woodman's will also worked on. The one-story front money for fixing three building will be pre-cast con- intersections on Orchard Road crete painted cream with green and also provide the village and red accents. This will be the with a snow plow and ambu- llthWoodman's store and the lance, he said. . .second in Illinois after' Carpen-. The intersections at Oak, tersvijle. The other stores are White Oak Drive and Orchard located inWisconsin.- -t' Elgin complex clears hurdle Fox River plan vacant buildings and a parking Associates of Chicago lot. Officials estimate the devel- Councilman Thomas Sandoc wins initial OK opment could generate nearly who voted against the project, $23 million in property tax reve- asked for tight covenants re-- nue over 20 years. stricting rental properties in By Amanda Marrazzo Under the preliminaryagree- Special to the Tribune the project. ment, the developer will be re-- "Riverfront property is ex- imbursed $6.3 million in TIF Elgin officials have given pre- tremely. valuable," Sandor said, funds for development costs and who also did not approve of the liminary approval to a $44 mil- $2.6 million for the cost of pro- lion redevelopment project for city assisting in the develop- viding 116 public parking ment of a public parking. 1.5 acres along the Fox River, an spaces, landscaping and other area that has seen other Projects The riverfront has been un- infrastructure. The city also dergoing revitalization for the spring up in the last few years. will waive $450,000 in impact Developers presented the lat- last four years with the develop- fees. ment of condominiums and of- est plans for amix of 194 condos, Pending zoning and plan de- lofts and town homes and 8,000- fice buildings. velopment approvals from the "We are committed to making square-feet of retail prOperty at city's Plan Commission, work Wednesday night's committee this a high quality project," Ba- could begin in spring and be zos said. "This development will of the whole meeting. completed in 2007, said Peter Ba- The site is in a tax-increment enhance the other projects that zos, an attorney representing have taken place along the riv- financing district and contains the project's developer, RSC & erfront"

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.The Kane County Bar Foun- trauma of court business and dation announced that it the disruption associated with recently received, a donation of children intheëourtrooms and s1;000 from the Kane County corridors. - Jail Garden Project for use at the The Kane County Bar Fouh- Kane County Judicial Center datión, which manages the Children's Waiting Room. -. room, sutceñsfully raised over The Jail Garden Project $70,000 to pay the costs of con- derives its funds for various struction and furnishings for causes from sales of vegetables the roomi with the assistance of grown by women residents of grants and donations froth local the jail. The sales are held attorneys, service groups, and weekly, during the flowing other interested individuals; season, onthe jail grOunds, at Operating expenses are met by 777 East Fabyan Parkway, a $5 civil ease filing fee. No tax Geneva. funds have been spent to con- TheChildren's Waiting Room, struct or operate the thcility. located in the lower level of the The donation from the Jail Kane County Judicial Center, 37 Garden Project will help defray W 777 Route 38, St. Charles, some of the costs expected provides short-term, drop-in when the room soon expands supervised'care free of charge its services to supervise infants. The Kane County Judicial Center Children's Waiting Room it for children while their parents Anyone interested in making .11 received a $1,000 donation through the Kane County Bar or guardians are involved in a tax-deductible donation to Foundation from the Kane County Jail Garden Project. The money court-related businessat the the suppOrt of the room can will help expand the Waiting Room. Present when the donation .al Judicial Center or at the Kane contact the Kane County Bar Le Was given were (from left) Trudy Filippos, Kane County jail County Courthouse on Third Foundation at 555 South Ran- correctional officer; Jayne Cates, master gardener volunteer; Street; It is designed to mini- dall Road, Suite. 203, St. Paul Glaser, president of the Kane County Bar Foundation; and Ke! mize children's exposure to the Charles, IL., 6017t Ramsey, Kane County sheriff. - in I Ct QLJ flrrjnfloajJ5 0 P preserve renamed for retired director t. Retired Executive Director Jon Cs J. Duerr will have a forest preserve Rfl IV -c named in his honor in recognition t 0 of his years of service and dedication to the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. • Blackhawk Forest Preserve, on Le g EM Route 31 in St. Charles Township, tc GCD rDn oq - 0 , -. 00a--ct-.' —_c will be renamed Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve. The 287-acre a preserve is one of Duerr's favorites for its rich plant and bird diversity. fl C n, 0 tflPC).. fl,-t"? 0 It is a historic site - purportedly where unknown soldiers of General Scotts Army are buried. no At a crook in the Fox River, this ( site includes beautiful woodland, fl1fli gI4a nl fishing and bird watching, as well as areas for picnicking along the °1-E shore. A trail bridge crosses the Oncb river, making this preserve a major trail hub and stopping point - Duerr had been with the Forest Preserve District of Kane County for 19 years. He served as landscape designer, field director, C CD superintendent and executive I director. He has been a St Charles alderman and St Charles Public library Foundation president Responsible fdr coordinating grant acquisition of more than $2 million for the forest district, Duerr is credited for developing the land acquisition process, including — w CD selection and negotiation for many D S I) CD 'C C) C preserves. His leadership provided 3. the county with additional land a' bicycle trails, campgrounds and a re-forestation program.

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k i Route 25 R t cdt4 ou..sbo:, '8fl 0 • plan a still -. 0. II v1 in works. If you attended the last cit tr- council meeting, you migli n have heard Mayor Jeff Schi elk talic.about the state's backlog Will 'c'S' roadwork which may delay th DOI " Route 25 jog project et • It might be important to not -ø 41° however, lb • b'tfl state has neve I actu*sthed Ifl PAN uled construction ' for the projec - • - just thi Cflgrneermg plans, accord n0 ing to Iffinoit 8fl Cd3d Gala Pierce . Department a Bcswia . flansportatioii 0 g 0 So area program 2 met Roger ovs Valente. He works out of thc Schaumburg office, which h1U covers six counties includin8 nd!Jflh1l Cpok, DuPage,. Kane, Lake, McHenry afld Will. cy. Schielke said the state recently 4-'n5flo COIi,,-. extended its 5-year multi-yeas •g.&i ø•-e S road construction plan to 7 years, fiL and said the Route 25 project I) 'up may only get pushed back as a result Just to be clear, however, the Route 25 project was never out- 9 lined in the 5-year plan, Valente said. " & ri,&1 Anyone.traveling on Route 25 JP00 J R4, knows it's 'a hassle the road jogs on Wilson Street before continu- pfl ing north on Washington Avenue o g and soütjl on River Street. IS Reconstruction would elimi- .i nate one of Xwo.tmffic signals where Route 25 crosses Wilson cd as well as both east-west and north-south traffic between those signals on Wilson. The state and city still are finalizing engineering plans, a u'1 process that will last another six months, CityEngineer Noel • — Basquizi said. Last year, state flu b and city officials debated the 9) 0 best way to align the route. gig lit While state officials Wanted a -8 411-3 0 Straight chute for safe intersec- dons, the city opted for a route C Iti that would have the minimal f impact on properties and Street Hti EIAb widths. They have since com-

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By Rachel Osterman "The agreement is terminable Tribune staff reporter at will," the judge said. He gave the monks 30 days to A Kane County judge ordered leave. Though the eviction dis- two Buddhist monks Monday to pute has been decided—the leave a suburban temple, disap- monks' supporters said the men pointing the Laotian immi- won't appeal—members of the grants who protested outside Southeast Asian Buddhist com- the courthouse but ending a le- munity said they were shocked gal battle that has divided the to see their religious communi- faction-ridden temple. ty resort to courtroom baffles. Monks Khen Kataviravong "We have to protect the who is'nearly 80, and Pheneth- monks. They are the ones who ong Keoviseth, who is about 40, carry God's word," said Souvam Left court in their mustard-col- the Vixaysakd, one of 20 protest- ored robes saying they would ers outside the Geneva court- [Thd other housing. But they house. said they were disappointed Religious scholars said that they won't be able to minister at such courtroom baffles would the temple "until I die," as Kata- be unheard of in Laos, where vfravong put it. monks hold more power over Kataviravong and Keoviseth lay leaders. Wu said he was were brought to the US. two and pleased with the judge's order. lye years ago respectively by a "Nobody can promise any- Aotian Buddhist temple in body to stay forever," he said. iampshire. The temple's board Wu said he asked the monks to toted in February to evict them, leave because they 'don't re- aying they had been thsre- spect" the head monk and left pectfui to temple authorities. the monastery without permis- But the monks refused to go. sion "as they please." He has rhey have continued to stay at criticized them for not holding Vat Lao Buddharam of North- to their poverty vow because rn Illinois for the last five they kept a refrigerator in their aonths, arguing that their spir- room and for trying to vote Wu tual obligations are lifelong out of the temple presidency. ndthat the temple has no right The monks and their support- o kick them out. ers said they have every right to On Monday, Circuit Judge WI. leave and returñto the premises ?y Edmondson disagreed, say- and that a refrigerator is a ne- rig the temple can evict the cessity, not a luxury. They said ionks because temple Presi- Wu has taken too much control ent Patrick Wu testified that he ever intended for the monks to from temple members. tay indefinitely. 2gt

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Pt mE By GALA M. PIERCE Dnb /naM&q/ftwtcy With sb city council member C a 9 - in favor of keeping the Parkwa, a. Press (acade and the other hal against, Batavia Mayor Jef Ct Schielke cast the deciding von to not spend $20,000 of cit1 kinds on its preservation. V The Congregational Church I Of Batavia bought the red bricl Pt e , hfl building along Route 31 at Pitsi Ct Suect in 1994 with one inten- tion: to tear it down for a F pouring lot When church leaders began at bObb tearing down the 1922 building, cZ i .0 once the first home to Campana Ca, the city made a final plea to -° fl2 preserve at least the east facade IC with its ornate stone vestibule. tt A Since then) the church, city a. ' o staff and the historic preserva- tion cbmmissjon have worked together for the compromise. City staff, which viewed the project has an ideal way to screen the incoming pauldng lot, proposed to use hinds from one of the city's tax increment finance districts. Schielkc felt the project set a bad precedent for other churches to begin asldng for city funds for landscaping. He also didn't want to go against the clnnth's wishes. "It's theirproperty and! think they should have the choice of what todowith,mesaid. In a telephone poll of a third of the congregation, church member Bob Mabbs discovered 33 did not favor the project and only one wanted to preserve the vestibule. Leigh ftacy, church modera- tor, former alderman and former historical society presi- dent; said: "I don't know anyone in the church or at least not wry many who are terribly support- Ive of the project. 1 personally am not convinced to spend TIP money in this way" Historic Preservation Com- mission Chairman Steve

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C, Co 0 By GARRETT ORDOWER E Dai& Herald Staff 44ikr U Ct p.• IU Third Ward Alderman Robert Piper resigned his position at Monday night's city a' to .a'Cao council meeting because he will be moving 4- a' --.w out of the ward. 3- Cd'U Piper's seat comes up for election in April C a, •a' 2005. In the interim, Mayor 0) Kevin Burns will appoint .--'wt •Co someone to fill the posi- t1Q. Is "It's been fantastic," Piper - C C, said in announcing hisres- •'-' 'U bb ignation. "It's been a great FJ experience. One day I hope todoitagaia" • Piper, 34, came onto the Robed Piper council slowly, first apply- ing for the vacancy left by Bill Bezanson in .t 040 1998 when he resigned in the middle of his f-I C) term. Doug Cuscaden was chosen to fill .9 o'z 0) that -ct -ac ' vacancy. - Piper lost the April 1999 election to - Incumbent Alderman Ray Pawl4, but in a) rj a000 was chosen by Mayor Tom Coughlin to U— ll Cuscaden's seat when he also moved out U) tk 'U )f the ward. to 4-' In April 2001, Piper won the seat himself, C C, li eating Larry Furnish by six votes. The two - WI-I Ct ilifered over whether Geneva should try to ¼.) )romote more nightlife, amOng other ssues. Piper supported trying to make 3eheva's nightlife more attractive; which is iow citypolicy While sewing the 3rd Ward, the east side ias seen several new commercial develop- See RESIGN on PAGE 6 ATA& REGIONAL CRIME (34J; 2aQi& Drugs, growth. fuel robberies ber of sexual assaults reported Arson up in DuPage, last year decreased 3.4 percent, after increasing, in 2002 by 41 sex attacks in Kane percent. Kane also showed an increase By Art Barnum in reports of robberies, up 8.2 Tribune staff reporter percent, as well as a 10.9 percent DuPage and Kane Counties increase in reports of sexual as- experienced a marked increase saults. in reports of robberies in 2003, "Our intelligence 'supports fueled by chronic drug use and that there has been an increase booming growth, even as the in robberies, and part of that is overall crime rate continued to due to the continued use of drop, according to fflinois State drugs," Aurora Police Chief Police statistics to be released William Lawler said. "These Sunday. people need fast cash, quick Reports of major crime in Du- cash, and they get it by rob- Page showed a slight decrease of bing." 0.7 percent, while such reports Sheriff John Zaruba said, in fast-growing Kane decreased "DuPage is seeing a few more by 2.7 percent. armed robberies, guys that do a The decline in the number of string of them in a single night crimes reported in DuPage and or over a short period of a few Kane was part of a .statewide days. We recently arrested one drop. The fflinois crime rate de- guy doing his third robbery of ceased 4.8 percent last year to a the night, trying to get money to level last reported in 1972. pay a possible future federal The only significant increas- bond. es in DuPage crime came in rob- "We have started to see afew beries, up 15.6 percent, and ar- sons, up 18.4 percent. The num- PLEASE SEE CRIME, PAGE 4

Attorney Kevin Smite (right) instructs a class at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. doesn't leave anything else, and hit a series or cars or bust- hoods lngane,DuPage,Kendail people In public law enforce- C RIME: - such as something that could ness In a short time frame," and Will Counties, had 13 mur- montros e In DuPage and Kane. carry DNA, can sometimes get "Residential burglaries tare) data In 2003 down sharply from The two counties had 2,651 •, away." always a serious concern, and 24 murders'ders In 2002. sworn police officers In 2003. "When Aurora has a high with civilian staff and part-time MAlVl ore'.7 o..J fficJ ers,U, Wairnveille Police Chief Rob- that remains static," Bloom en Lafleur said his city's In' said. "Hinsdale and DuPage re- murder rate, police don't need officers making the combined • -i •i- crease in theft reports, up 12.6 malnvorysafeplaCes." to take the blame, and when it total 3,8115. can't always take Those numbers are up from C1Vli1ittll aLtai des percent, "is due mainlytoan ox- Each year, the state police declines, we port gang ufthiovesthatprey on publish "Crime in Illinois," a the credit," Lawler said. 'It's 2002. when there were 2.603 • large parking lots, like movie compilation of reports on the sad that the murder rate Is such sworn officers and 3,605 employ- eight most serious violent and a barometer and, of course, we ees, and from 2001. therem mes 2 countiA theaters." and "Theyare inandoutoflocked property crimes from hundreds pay attention, but there ore so were 2,674 sworn officers CON11NUEO FROM PAGE 1 cars In no time, take whatis vis- of local law-enforcement agen- many other factors that make 3.571 law-enforcement employ' robberies, which is an- Role, laptops and purses," he des. The 2003 report to be re u p a community" ees in the two counties. daytime Kane and flu' "Kane and the areas around usual, said. "They can either ran up aleased Sunday found statewide Populations in 'The in-and-out robberies- large credit bill within an hour decreases in crimes front miff- Page Counties continue to in' us are no longer sleepy little the card or sell them der and rape to burglary and at- crease annually, prompting an communities; they are all grow- thieves getting off an express- of stealing Ing-Kaneville. Yorkville. Os- way, committing a robbery and quickly for cash." son, with corresponding do- increase in law-enforcement Hinsdale, where reports of creases in arrests, personnel . wego are all experiencing then quickly escaping-aren't In Lawler said. as prevalent. It appears to be burglaries antitheft trimmed, The most publicized statistic "comparisons year-to-year growth," Just the guy, maybe just a short Pollee Chief Bradley Bloom Is often murders. DuPage had can be unfair, and coinparingji take six homicides in 2003, compared city like Aurora from 1984 to• Search for crime statistics for while out of jail, who decides to said, "Sometimes It doesn't 2004 is unrealistic." Lawler commit nstringofthernln arow. much for the burglary and theft wlthlo 1n2002. Kanehad 21 mar. your community at Those guys we usually catch, rates to show an Increase. You den last yeaz down from 27 in said, "But a smart thief with a get a seasoned crew of thieves 2002. According to figures submit- chicagotribune.com (t'ime mask, who doesn't talk and that go through a community Aurora, which has neighbor- ted tostate police, the numberof Reported crime in the six-county area I I I The number ofsenlous 1 ii' I Ljl. _.,,? '- comes reported in2002and . , ...... I. '--I 2003,sccordingtothe . , .&'i I '-'h-s 1 •-: ' - - IllInois State Police. . -' ' , '- ' WILL KEY fl Increase CITY0F SUBURBAN DUPAGE KANE LAKE I IS1CHENRY I COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY °" COUNTY ------CHICAGO COOK I 443,041 674.650 286.681 559.86! - 2003'populatlon last) 2,886.251 2,491.405 924.589 20.9 233 cotme r tcc,er1Alo0 ' - 64.1 I - 33.9 24,2 . 27.8 23.6 ,J J

12,336 I 15,940 Changelnnu,nber - -2-7%. of cilnies, 2002-2003 - - a aooa asu ,, - san.' - 2. no i 2002 1s02 -- 2002 .20 3 • 1 21?tAuTder -- 651 - 598 85 S,11 10 6 27 8 70 Olrnnai sexual assault 2,023 1.799 701 .631 175 169 147 - 208 279 • 295 29 . 29 277 269 R^bbery - . , - 18,530 17,302 2,410 sm 218 ______704 1,044 803 Aggr. assault/battery 22,905 19,784 4,151 i 3,881 843 764 847 931 303 799 . 701 2,247 2,238 )urgiary - 25.614 25.064 13,253 1 11,949 2,463 1,983 1,795 2.064 8,751 97,484 ,!. 96,779 60,769 57,241 17,671 17,553 6,722 8,667 11,421 11, 4,517 9,256 787 128 771 766 Motor vehicle theft - 25,096 22.779 8,427 7,882 963 . 944 595 45 3 159 145 Aon 1.016 947 413 158 85 65 75 0, kayo Tdbune Soves flInch lute porxe 4- LongerteCcon UiJ1'&H t: lives Put WP • pressure <'0ne b;Ttn j pt =u qu€'< :.(nmany • Living to be 1209 hu Rh Long-term care °-e •' facilities bound to be stressed and soon

By Angela Foniefli UiUlNfhtftIjtqi STAFF WAITER AURORA—When Don Rumney was born in 1903, the average per- HUM 25 son lived to be 50. Now, 101 years later, Rumney sits. iRD in her chait at Dogwood Health Care Center in Sandwich and says, JdtJ. iufIFzi-i U: with a smile, "I'm not old." • When asked what age she thinks

g, di is old, Rumney was quick to an- fl g' -b'i p g, ' (b swer. "105." tr And she may not be that far off. Some geriatricians predict the max- hikflnjf W:!fljS imum potential age for humans will r:'kI reach 110 or even 120 within the 9. next 20 years. PM g $ijp • "Twenty or 30 years ago, most • people said 100 was the maximum life expectancy," said Dr. Maurice UQ • Birt, a family practice doctor with ta Central Dupage Health Systems. But these days, people are living longer due to medical advances and improved sanitation, said Birt, who has a background in getiatrics.. That, plus the fact baby boomers - those born between 1946 and • .1964—wiilbeginturning65 in 2011, makes the population of peo- ple 65 and over expected to increase 150 percent by 2050, according to census estimates. - • With the expected population boom, long-term care facilities are predicting • current problems with nursing short- ages and lack of funding for programs to continue, said Kevin Kavanaugh, di- • rector of public airs for the Illinois Council on Long Term Care. Sam Santell, Kane County devel- opmeñt planner, said the county is planning to grow with the change, adding more long-term care facili- ties within the next 30 years.

+ Turn to W)ERIZ A2 - ZOO4 :',COC.On fl-tiD3 State Police reports show 285 fewer investigations AURORA CRIME DOWN rnurdersblamed on gang èilmes per Z000 people last • BY THE violencein Aurora In 2003, year in Kane County portion of NUMBERS 4 from 151n 2002 39 Aurora, clown from 44 in 2002

STEVE ROSENBERG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Aurora police officers take a woman into custody uonday evening on Galena Boulevard In downtown Aurora. The latest statistics compiled by till- itS State Pollee show both violent and psopeity crime In the city dropped between 2002 and 2003. City has already exceeded last year's total of murders Elsewhere, crime reports dropped in Geneva, Crime rate drops By Mike Cetera Piano, St, Charles, Sugar Grove and Yorkville, but in- STAFF WHITER Violent erfrnes Decrease creased in Batavia, Montgomery, North Aurora and 2003 198 -0.99 percent AURORA —A sharp drop in burglaries and thefts Oswego. 2002 806 helped push the city's overall crime rate down in Roughly 39 crimes per 1,000 people were reported 2003, reversing an increase from the previous year in in the Kane County portion of Aurora last year, down PropertySthéiOècrease reported property crimes that officials blamed on the from nearly 44 per 1,000 people in 2002. The rate re- 2003 5,076 -5.2 percent struggling economy. mained virtually unchanged in the DuPage County 2002 5.353 Overall, Aurora police investigated 285 fewer Partin with 35 crimes reported per 1,000 people. crimes last year when compared to 2002, a decrease 9f you think that our crime rate vent down, with otalcdrrS Decrease of nearly 5 percent, according to Illinois State Police all the (population) growth that we've had, that's a 2003 5,874 -4.6 percent statistics released this week. Both violent and prop' good sign," police Deputy Chief John Perkins said. 2002 6,159 erty crime categories saw decreased reports. The positive data was tempered, however, by Source: Illinois State Police The city's declining crime rate for 2003 followed a significant increases in the number of robberies, statewide trend, which saw crime reports drop in Illi- nois to their lowest levels in more than three decades- + Thni to CRIME, A2

..Overall crime ratedrops CRIME The number of total qimos, violent crimes andpropertyoimeslflAurursaflwerodowfl • 0 A von (I - h2003, compafad to 2002. Chart shoWs the number of Wroes in the DuPage and automobile thefts and -slixual le, nounly portions of the dti Chines In - .4throughout-thekandailA and WflcounareasofAurora - asa to repo e acumed for Was than percent of the citym 2003. Robbezie increased by totals In most cases, and ma nntdaited. more,thrm 26 percent from 2002, Wsaa: While reports of auto Murder theft rose by .. - about lO percenth en UjflC Sexual ,assaiiltrepoits,wbich have more than doubled in the last three years, climbed againto95bi2003.an. 2002 U 72 85

• Officials said one explanation for • the increased reporting lstlmtmont esaunan victims are comfortable coming Ofl • forward to police. Advocacy groups 2002 .47 - :. 489 saC • believe sexual assault remains. Violent crime reports in all SuMary gotiesfell statewide.- -. Despite the increase inreporthof .20 106 . 893 1,17 robbery and sexual assault, violentThentnrrrr cniane.overallfell jnAurora by about 1 percent last year, led by a sharp Motor IcIQ decline in murders13 in 2002 coswtt 25 in 2002. oW 4 Gang mtty as 15.in 2002, when police said severnl gangs were engaged in a turf baffle. 2002 - •&3sa Still, police said gang influence raw c remains a leading motive in many of, the city's violent cxirne& We can attribute alot of itto gang '" Stats R.scs violence," Perkins said. '1t's the sine thing we've been saying in group that targeted multiple Aurora for years, gangs and drugs buildings and constntdion sites in a are intermingled." . single day. Perkins said theft reports The city in 2004 has already have slowed sincethe departine9t passed last year's total number of - made several arrests earlier this murders, with 16 reported-through •y. Moriday.Themostrecemthomicides. The state data show a large occurred last week when two increse in burglaries reported last teenagers were shot behind an year in DuPage County, compared. apartment complex and church on with an even larger decrease in Kane - theciwsWestSide. . . County. Marquis D. Horton and Andrek. Even so, most of the crime Bennett, both 16, were each shot reported in the city occurred in the multiple times; A person was taken Kane County portion, which has into aistody and questioned, but was more residents than any of the other released Saturday without charges,. three counties within Aurora's police spokesman Dan Fentlil sai& borden. Neither the Kendall County Meanwhile, property crimes - nor Will County portions of the city burglary, theft motor vehicle theft reported significant crime numbers.. and arson - fell by more than 5 Police expect reports will increase percent in 2003, including 240 fewer in years to come as more residents reports oftheftcmtywi... begin to move into the arm Some of the burglaries and thefts, "We just haven't seen the crime particularly in the DuPage County being reported in that area yet," portion-of the city, are blamed on a Perkins said.

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by former Praised Piper saying NEVA - Third Ward Mayor Tom sty and directness was nan Robert Piper re- Coughlin to nil - but he appreciated Monday, announcing rectness. a va- moving into the 2nd "I'll miss you on the coun- cancy in 2000, then was cil," he said. More- commercial C.,.', development eyed for N. Aurora's west side rOnjd Plan commission recommends, 20-acre development

By ERIC SCHELKOPF planned for a portion of the Katie County Chronicle land. "It is a great spot. It is a NORTH AURORA - The great town," Fredericks said. number of stores being With tree-lined streets planned for the village's west and possibly old-time street side continues to grow. lamps, Fredericks said the Plan commissioners on development would have an Monday recommended ap- upscale look. proval of plans for the 20- Hodge said that the de- acre Orchard Gateway com- velopment would comple- mercial development being ment the Woodman's Food planned between Deerpath Market being planned and Orchard roads, nearby. Developers now are nego- Woodman's hopes to start tiating for tenants for the construction in August on a land. 240,000-square-foot store on The land is near Total the southeast corner of Living Network's new studios Orchard Road and Oak and headquarters in Aurora. Street. "There are a lot of homes Commissioners recom- being built. You have to serve mended approval of the them," said Aurora attorney plans contingent on the lots Gerald Hodge on behalf of being at least 1 acre in size Genesis Development, which and sidewalks being built as owns the land. part of the development. Genesis Development is a The development con- joint venture between Aurora tains 12 buildable lots, Christian School and a pri- Hodge said. vate investor. Commissioners said the The school, at .14 village should work with Blaclthawk St., had planned other government bodies to to build a new campus be- make sure that sidewalks are tween Deerpath and Orchard built throughout the corri- roads, but now plans to move dor. into a building in Aurora. The West Aurora school Aurora-based JDC Devel- district is building Herget opment is lining up tenants Middle School along for the Orchard Gateway Deerpath Road. project, "That is a pedestrian Banks, restaurants and tragedy waiting to happen," gas stations are among the Commissioner Ed Sweeney possible tenants, said Kurt said. Fredericks, co-owner of JDC As part of the Orchard Development. Gateway project, Deerpath A 20,000-square-foot Road would be moved to the shopping center is being west. 'As sessment freeze now in hands of County board Those who will be the • Special Executive Committee • most negatively affected are school districts, Huber said. meeting set for July 28 "It looks like this could be major for school districts," Huber said. By TOM SCFILUETER Service The major push for pas- Kane County Chrohicle Committee that she sage of the bill came from will provide county board• Cook County she said. • members with a list of "what GENEVA L The Kane ifs" on the bill "My own opinion is this is Courny Board has six months If adopted) Cook County's attempt to to decide whether to adopt an it would freeze force the General Assembly to • ordinance freezing property assessment increases at 7 per- look at how they fund assessment increases at 7 per- cent. The new law also in- schools," Huber said. cent a year. creases the, residential ex- According to a press re- Gov. Rod Blagojevich on emption to $5,000 from lease from Blagojevich's of- • July 12 Signed the bill, which $3,500, increases the senior fice, Chicago homeowners places the exemption to $3,000 from responsibility to $2,000 and increases the in- saw a median increase of 32 adopt the freeze on county percent on their 2003 prop- • boards. come limit for senior assess- ment freeze to $45,000 from erty assessments. • County board Chairman $40,000. The provisions of the bill • Mike McCoy has scheduled a expire in three years, which special Executive Committee The law applies only to could lead some homeowners • meeting July 28 to discuss the owner-occupied properties. to see whopping increases, • matter. Commercial, industrial and Huber said. rental properties will not be • . Supervisor ofMsessmen affected. "You could have peoples' Sallie Huber on Monday told "It's a very convoluted assessments increasing members of the Public $30,000 to $40,000," Huber law," Huber said. said. J Ii, • . if . • tl'-d -Oq tnLLi1 Rerevd it I3uddhist monks. evicted from templesl Iif BY ADAM KOVAC the monks, argued the men I Ddilj Herald Staff H4iter never denied spiritual guidance to the temple's suburban flock • When two monks moved frôr,a . The temple board also vio- Laos to a Buddhist. temple La lated Buddhist doctrine, which is. rural Hampshire, the meja akin to a legal contract he said, assumed they-could: stay indefi nitely. "itWas their understanding that this would be for life," Miller According to Buddhist tradi- said. "Because, in the Buddhist ton, temples that invite monks religion, when you come there, Must shelter them forever, unless you stay. That's the way it is.". the holy men are surnmone( someplace else. The monks were asked to join But a Kane County the temple for about one year to .judge ort bolster its spiritual ranks, but, Monday sided with the temple Wu said; they soon began to board that sought to evict the overstay their welcome. monks, who were accused 01I' According to. Wu, they left ignoring their spiritual duties at the 20-acre temple. early in the morning, returned at all hours and committed other At a half-day trial, temple lead- indiscretions, like keeping refrig-. + ers said the monks were asked toI erators in their rooms - a • leave after repeated absences - violation of a monks vow to live • one even took a trip to New York• inpoverty. -'-- and their services no longer were needed. "They did not show any respect to the headmaster of the "Nobody can promise any- temple," Wu testified. "They • bodj' to stay forever, for the rest come and go as theyplease." I Of your life," said Patrick Wu, Both monks, who were con- president ofWat Lao Buddhanrn of Northern illinois, the temple fused by the verdict, testified on Burlington Road near Hamp- they have remained , at the shire. "They came from the old temple because they were never told to stop their spiritual activi- country; they have old ideas." ties; Miller said the monks will The monks, Khen Katavi- not appeal the case and likely ravong and Phenethong will relocate toa temple in Elgin. Keoviseth, now have 30 days to Theft eviction angered several move out and must repay the, Buddhists who protested outside legal fees needed to oust them the county's old courthouse in from the temple. . Geneva. Kane County Judge Wiley Many said they felt thedeci- Edmondson said the temple sion should have been made by board has the authority to evict senior Buddhist religious leaders I the monks in the landlord-. instead of a judge or the temple tenant . dispute but board, acknowledged there was a vague "It is an outrage, agreement on ho* long they "! said Katavi- could stay. ravong's son, Bou1nleuang "But! don't think.the judge under- Howard Miller; an attorney for stands the religion." ,

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Ex-coroner endorses Moore As a former coroner of Kane County, I am an- nouncing my support of the election of Robert Moore for office of Kane County Coroner. Robert Moore and his family have lived and worked in Kane County almost exclusively his entire life. He will provide a no-nonsense style of leadership and managerial expertisewhich • is needed for the daily obligations of the coro- ner's office. • He will be fiscally conservative for the peo- ple of Kane and work within the coroner's of- fice budget While within the budget, he will expand communications and support other agencies and organizations in order to prevent unwarrnted cases from coming.before the of- fiçe. This will be done to save the taxpayers of Kane County the cost of a death investigation and what is more important, save the families an incalculable emotional cost of a tragedy. Robert will be a strong advocacy for in-ser- vice and formal frainingfor his staff and deputies. He will ensure a high level of profes-

sionalism and proficiency for the duties of the 01 office along with compassion and respect for ready for a leader who will maximize service I take this opportunity to endorse an to the people of Kane with the existing bud- standing candidate with the intelligence, the families. acter and common sense to operate the c He understands what it means to work with get He will be a leader who understands the dif- ner's office while keeping the taxpayers other law enforcement agencies and the crimi- Kane County in mind. nal justice system. He will create a teamwork ference between "nice to have," verses "the atmosphere within the office of the coroner: essentials," and understands that an elected David W. Moore The coroner's office of Kane County is individual is a public servant Aurora• - 72/-O4 *XOfln*Lfl Alderman Dick Hart, 1st Ward, the building since it didn't Parkway, :curately represent the historic :4iesUoned whether $20,000 would be N Press razing enough for the project Jodie Woilnik, iistWatd, felt that the structure would will proceed •4ot blend in with the architecture of te church. Lisa Clark, 6th Ward, said in Batavia was against setting a precedent by ;paying for the landscaping. By Jan Ramming The other half of the council was SPECIAL TO THE BEACON NEWS • .tmore nostalgic. Linnea Miller, 3rd lvard, said the doorway would be BATAVIA - The city will not • :reinvented as a piece of public spend $20,000 in TIF money to ::sculpture,.be historicallypreserved preserve a portion of the old Parkway and also provide a useful screen for - Press Building that is under :the parking lot demolition by its owners, the Jim Volk, 4th Ward, said this was a Congregational Church of Batavia. unique situation where the church Mayor Jeff. Schielke cast the was willing to donate the piece to the • deciding "nay" in a 6-6 vote by City city. Council this week "Here's a chance topreserve ahttle The Parkway Press Building, built bit" he said. 'Td hate to see ablank an 1922 at Batavia Avenue and First parking lot out there for the nextfow ;Street, was the original home of the five years while the th th finds the tCampana Company and later the ¼nnpvtr bushes and trees to screen :Parkway. Press. The church bought :t the building a decade ago with the In the end, Schielke told the City •! intention of demolishing it to make )uncil that the building was the urch's property. I When demolition began in May, "Tm a firm believer that the owners the city asked that part of the building the property should have control be preserved. The Historic r its destiny," he said. Preservation Committee envisioned rejuvenating the building's entry :'cade and using it as a screen for the new jathinglot behind it City staff suggested using $20,000 the district's tax increment finance :jijioneyto fund die project A I The Congregational Church reed to turn over that portion of the •1building to the city for preservation pd requested that the surrounding area be landscaped. But according to Leigh Tracy, former city alderman

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By GARRETT ORDOWER west of Peck and Keslinger with improvements to Prairie Green, annexation also means Daily Hemki Staff Writer roads. Geneva took the action to plans will be reviewed by the S • Though the city of Geneva preserve a western border and city itself, instead of the count3c doesn't ultimately control what preserve open space. Untchsai&' goes on outside its borders, the While Geneva. currently only Talks on annexing the 193- 'annexation aldermen approved has a say.in plaiting 1.5 miles acre parcel north of Peck Farm this week will extend its sphere 'west of Peck Road, annexing the Park and : the 187-acre Peck' of influence. open space would push that Farm itself have not yet started, Aldermen unanimously boundary 1.5 miles west of officials said. Neither Untch or voted Monday night to allow Prairie Green. 'park district Executive Director city staff to start work needed to It is not clear what additional Steve Persinger saw any prob- bring the 440-acre Prairie Green developments this annexation lems with the annexation. Preserve formally into the city, could allow the city to have Annexing would allow utili- one of their goals for this year. some say in, City Planner Dick ties to go' to a planned Municipalities are able to Untch said. The previously pro- recreation and fitness facility on object to county developments posed. Grand Prairie the park, district property, that sit less than 1.5 miles out- development falls within 1.5 Persinger said. side their borders. An objection miles of the city's current west- The Peck Farm parcels and 'means those, plans require a em border, he said. Prairie Green, once annexed three-quarters vote of the At the meeting, Alderman intothe city, would represent county board, instead of a Sam Hill also suggested that the the farthest west Geneva siinple'majority. city begin the process of annex- intends to extend its bound- In 1997, city voters approved ing 193 acres of park district aries, Untch said." a $10 million bond referendum land west of Peck Road and "The city is not annexing to payfor the land that now north of Kaneville Road. west of Prairie. Green," Untch makes up the preserve north- As the city moves forward said.

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At Issue Does Kane County's new transportation impact tee apply to all development? We say: Maybe there's some leeway to give nonprofits a break. e last thing a church needs to run into as it ies'to do the Lord's work is afee, like the 35,000 traffic impact fee. Lord of Life Church T ight have to pay Kane County as it builds a community center on its lot west of St. Charles. But what if the church facing such a fee was one of the new breed of mega-churches - a facility that aims to be a sevenday-a-week center of faith for its thou- sands of members? Such a facility can put as much traffic on the county's roads as many commercial uses - offices, warehouses, manufacturers or some retail • sites. Isn't that what the impact fees are intended to do? Help alleviate the cost to current taxpayers by forcing new users to pay for the added expenses they create? Kane County faces a tough choice as it considers • Lord of Life's appeal of the fee. Should all churches be exempt from the fee? Aurora board member Gerry Jones says yes. Others aren't so sure, including Cathy Hurlbut, R-Elgin, where a con- pie of mega-churches are in the planning stages. If churches are exempted, how about hospitals? Or other nonprofit groups? Lord Of Life's attorney is arguing that the churches and hospitals should be exempted. We're not so sure. Even people with the best inten- tions create traffic when they put up a facility for like- minded folk to come to. The county isn't targeting only churches for the fees, so we don't see an issue there. • Creating exemptions starts the county down a slip: pery slope. If hospitals are exempt, how about medical Clinics too? Or individual doctor's offices? Would that include eye doctors and dentists? Or chiropractors? The county has given itself 60 days to think about it, and thaVs a good start Perhaps a compromise is a reduced fee for nonprof- it groups (including churches) as long as the site is being used for that group's calling. / But even before considering a compromise, the county should first see if the fees will stand up in court. Then they must determine how they stand in 4

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By ERIC SCHELICOPF Kane County Chronicle NORTH AURORA— The Th-Cities has seen an abundance of new stores open in the last few years along Randall Road. Now, North Aurora officials believe the village will get an economic boom of its own as Woodman's Food Market gets being targeted for develop- readyto build a 240,000-square-foot store Woodman $ ment. Target and Kohl's pro- at the southeast corner of Orchard Road pose to build stores just south and Oak Street. Continued from page 1 of Woodman's and an area • 'This is a good example of what all the Woodman's wants to between Deerpath and planning has done for the village," begin site work in August. Orchard roads is being eyed Trustee Dale Berman said during And trustees already are for development. Wednesday's special village board meet- looking at the positives of the Woodrnan's store would ing. project before ground has be part of a 45-acre shopping Village trustees next month are ex- even been broken. center. The North Aurora pected to approve an annexation agree- "Woodman's is taking a store would be Woodman's ment for the project. The annexation corner from an empty corn- 11th and its third in Illinois. agreement includes an incentive and re- field to revenue producing for The store could open late imbursement agreement between the vil- the village," 'frustee John next year or in early 2006. lage afidWoodinan's. Hansen said. The ptopdsed store would As part of the incentive agreement, Thistee Mike Herlihy said be about half the size of the Woodman's would pay for installing new the grocery store "is really a 460,000-square-foot Geneva traffic signals at Oak Street and Orchard magnificent catalyst for the Road, and the purchase of an ambulance Commons and larger than the area.' 2o0,O0Osquare-foOt Meijei in and a village truck with a snow plow. "I am very optimistic. Lam In return, Woodman's and the village St Charles. very impressed with the oper- It would be about the would share in the sales tax revenues gen- ation. I am certain it will be erated by the store. There would be a cap combined size of a nothing but awonderful asset SuperTarget which generally on the amount Woodman's would get. to the village. This is one more Trustees said details of the incentive critical step to being able to is 174,000 square feet, and an agreement would be released next month. live, work and shop in the vil- average Jewel or Dominick's lage," Herlihy said. store, which are about 67,000 See WOODMAN'S, page 2 The village's west side is square feet. Bill Page

Summer. shorts It's too hot to concentrate on anything rate? you know it's not good, and this is earth shaking, so here are someshort hits no exception. For me, it was pretty close and not-so-deep thoughts... to double last month's bill, so! guess IT The other day I had to go down spend the rest of the summer yelling at Randall Road from Interstate 90 to Oak the kids to shut out lights, not stand in Street in North Aurora. Care to guess how front of an open refrigerator and wash many traffic lights there are in that dishes by hand. In other words, the city stretch? Try 39. Luckily I was able to hit bill has officially turned me into my old red on almost all of them, which made the man. trip all the more enjoyable. My slow ride down Randall Road was As most of you know. I'm one of many made even slower by the roadwork being volunteers that help run the Kane County done on the hill and curve area near Eagles minor league football organi- Crane Road. When it was just a concept zation. For those of you who've been on paper, I didn't think much of this plan asking, the Eagles are playing their home to narrow the lanes and plop a median in games at Aurora Central Catholic High School. They'll be home this Saturday the centerof the road. Now that I can see (kickoff is 7p.m.) and they're having how it will look,! think even less of it. This another banner year: 4-0, outscoring project is the end result of knee-jerk opponents 103 to 12. politics at its worst, and my guess is it will Aurora Central Catholic is a wonderful make a bad area of road into an extremely host, and the Eagles have been greeted by dangerous one. great neighbors'and fans. More importantly, they've been able to use a After my recent columns concerning good portion of theft gate receipts for St. Charles' First Stre'3t redevelopment various local charities, including Special project, I received quite a few messages Olympics. In case it wasn't clear enough, from readers. As! think I mentioned, not that's a broad hint to grab the kids and one supported the Sty's plans. come on down to the game. However, I heard from several city officials who told me they had heard A few weeks back, Ihad the nothing, good or bad, from residents. opportunity to ride along with Kane Why, they asked, would people complain County Sheriff's Deputy Ed Pogrzelsld. to me, but not to them? The ride was part of a story I'm working I think that's a fair question, and I on, and Ed proved to.be the.perfect guide. don't know how to answer them. If people Not only did he load me up with want change, they have to talk to the interesting facts and figures about his people who can'affect it and that's not department's 530 square mile beat, but he some bedraggled newspaper writer. If also took me to the town of'froxel.Yes, you'te going to write me, why not copy there's a town in Kane County called them at the same time? Troxel, and it is on the map. Let me know if you find it Finally my heartfelt thanks to the Cubs for self-destructing now, rather than Got my electric bill from the city today, in September. Now! have no excuse to and by the size of it I was sure they had avoid the rather long list of projects my somehow confused my home with a mid- spouse has thoughtfully drawn up. sized factory. When I called for an Bill Page lives in St. Charles and explanation! was told the amount was writes about local issues on Tuesday and right and the reason it was so high was Thursday. Calls and e-,nails answered at because we were now on "summer rates." (630) 584-0809 or Anytime anyone uses the term "summer [email protected]. áit -: 9-fl nr Fr I q P,.s p I. Ct !!JtIPII 0- CD n

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By DAN CAMPANA Attorney General Lisa Kane County Chronicle Madigan's office alleges Morris, who was appointed chief in ST CHARLES_ Maple Palk Police Chief Chester Morris ------April 2003, pleaded innocent Thursday to did nothing charges he knew ofiI1eg gam- to stop gain- bling at apopular village tavern. bling on Attorney Terry Eki entered video on Morris' plea during a brief hear. machines at the bait ing before Kane County Circuit Madigan a!- Judge Donald Hudson. Morris ______leges the is charged with official miscon- duct and conspiracy to commit gamblingin- gambling. Delaney volved as much as Thursday's hearing cen- $700,000 each year. tered around the exchange of Delaney and two bar- evidence between EU andpros- tenders, Mary Richardson and ecutors from the Illinois Kelly Ferdinand, also made AttorneyGenerals Office. brief appearances before Morris will return to court next Hudson for a hearing on evi- week for another hearing. dence issues. Morris is one of 13 people, Delaney also faces four including Village President counts of official misconduct, Mark Delaney, who was in- as well as the conspiracy dicted in connection with an charges. Illinois State Police gambling raid May 28 at DJ.'s Tavern. Their attorney Gary The indictments followed a Johnson, said prosecutors had turned over an "extensive" year-long undercover Illinois amount of evidence to this State Police investigation that point in the case. allegedly uncovered video slot The trio returns to court machines illegally rigged to Sept. 9. provide cash payouts, a book- e making operation, a spin4he Nin other co-defendants wheel lottery and other forms are scheduled for hearings this Of illegal gambling. morning in Hudson's court- S C) I fta fl

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By Dave Patio STAFF WRITER 73q7'7 17-&4-O: AURORA - Storm-sewer work being done as part of the latest Fox Valley bridge project will cause lane closures starting Monday on Sullivan Road.. A major underground sewer will be constructed On Sullivan west of Route 31 to Mercy Lane, which will result in one lane being closed on the two-lane road for the next couple weeks. After that, Sullivan will be closed completely as the road is widenedin anticipation of the new bridge to be built there that will connect Routes 31 and 25. Aurora engineer Chris Lirot said flaggers will direct traffic starting next week on Sullivan Road. The storm-sewer project will take about two weeks. Once the sewer is installed, Sullivan Road will be reconstructed and widened to four lanes, a project •Turn toSIJLUVAN,A2

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Kane health Department to redefine mobility for • restaurants Lmd STAFF WAFTER • . GENEVA - A top Kane Coun- ty Health Department official wants to better define what is and is not a mobile restaurant. Gerry Jones. D-Aurora, chair- man of the County Board Public Health Committee, Friday said he wants Health Department of- ficials to recommend a new li- cense category for restaurants in trailers that are not necessarily mobile. • The license would be for • . restaurants that serve more items than the mobile pushcarts, are in trailers but are moored in • one place formore than eight hours in a day.. Jones said the county has been licensing trailers as mobile vendors, but they "were never mobile vendors," "In the past, we only had a few, but we're getting more, and it's getting to the point where they should be clearly defined," Jones said. The situation arose a few years ago when the countyli- censed Mr. Taco, a trailer which -set up on New York Street, just west of Union Street TheHealth Department, which licenses all food establishments that sell food to the public; inspected Mr. Taco. In 2001, the department changed the regulations and forced Mr. Taco to get a 2002 li- cense under the mobile vendor section, which requires that the license facility be mobile. rBut he was not mobile, and - "Jones said. - till, Jones said there was no ipelling heplth reason that a rnaneñt trailer would needto nobile. That's why he wants w category, flies said the department has ed to inspect Mr. Taco again :t week The department Id give the trailer restaurant ense to reopen, if it passes health requirements. -. - Er. Taco and the county have n involved in legal proceed- regarding the licensing pro- ire, although Jones declined ive specifics of the legal situ- flies pointed out that the ilth Department passes on :aurants based strictly on Ith-related issues and noth- else. That's why mobility aid not be an issue with the srtment, Jones said. of it may bean issue with city of Aurora, which would to give Mr. Taco proper ng for wherever it wants to Is still has to get a permit o the city, but that is not we do," Jones said.

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• ByTOMSCHLUETER grant from the Illinois - Kane Counts' Chronicle Department of Public Health, administrative services man- • GENEVA - The Kane ager Claire Dobbins said. County Health Department is Kane, Champaign and St providing classes at the jail on Clair counties are part of the the dangers of sexually trans- pilot project funded by the state. mitted diseases. Health officials fear that Since March, 100 inmates once an inmate is released from have attended lectures, and 40 jail and goes home, he or she re- have been tested for HIV and turns to the at-risk behavior. AIDS. Twenty-five percent of the "The big piece is educa- inmates who pass through the tion," said MaryTebeau, com- jail live in Cook County munity health manager. While Kane's health de- • • The health department es- partment is able to provide timates that 500 Kane County follow-up services to county residents are living with HIV residents, one-fourth of or AIDS, and national statis- Kane's inmates had no access tics show that 17 percent of to those services. those infected will end up in "When they leave here; the criminal justice system. they have no resources," "These are the people we Tebeau said. want to reach," Tebeau said. To address this problem, None of the inmates at the registered nurse Jeanne St-ebal, jail has tested positive for HIV serving as an intern while she or AIDS, she said. works toward her masters de- The program is voluntary. gree in public health, has devel- Usually, 10 inmates at a time oped brochures listing commu- are in the class, although jail of- nity health resources available ficials will not allow members in Cook and Kane counties. of rival gangs to participate in "I had no idea we had 25 activities together, Tebeau said. percent in our jail that live in Case manager Sarah Cook County" said Public Warren conducts the classes. Health Committee Chairman Those who find them- Gerald Jones, D-Aurora. "If you selves on the wrong side of the only get one or two who read law often engage in at-risk be- (the brochures), that's worth it." havior. Jail inmates are more Tebeau said educational likely to have used intra- programs on HIV/AIDS have venous drugs, have tattoos or been conducted at the jail in have engaged in unprotected the past by private agencies sex, which increases the risk and the health department. for HIV/AIDS, Warren said. This is the first time such a The program is being concentrated effort has been funded through a $60,000 tried, she said. I1

Kane County Notebook '1-? 5-01 Comments OhmnCLL about 2030 plan due this week By TOM SCHLIJETER The meeting has been set Kane County Chronicle for 2p.m. Wednesday. The county board now Residents have until Wed- nesday to submit comments has the authority to freeze on the draft of the 2030 Land residential property assess- Resource Management Plan. ment increases at 7 percent In many respects, the plan for three years. is not much different than the The idea behind the one itwill replace, the 2020 freeze is protect homeowners plan. from rapidly rising property However, this one is more values that cause correspon- important. ding increases in taxes. Planners believe the plan Some homeowners be- can accommodate a popula- lieve that the board should tion of 750,000, which is a adopt the freeze is to keep good thing, seeing as though their taxes down. forecasts Call 692,000 resi- With the election just a dents by 2030. • few months away, it will be Most of the growth will interesting to see who votes occur in the in the cities how. through annexation. County officials have no authority to Speaking of theiesched- tell the cities and villages not Wed Executive Conmijttee to allow growth, so the trick meeting it is only one of will be how best to shoehorn three committees that have all those people in while been rescheduled this July. maintaining the precepts of the plan. The Human Services and One of the biggest chal- Public Health committees lenges will be maintaining 50 also have been rescheduled percehtof the county's land Two committees, mass in agriculture and open Judiciary and Corrections and space. Rehabilitation, canceled theft Another challenge will be July meetings. how to pay for the transporta- The Transportation tion needs of all the new resi- Committee also canceled its dents when traffic seems to July meeting, but that hap- be pretty bad right now. pens every year. The plan is available on Despite some of the the county's Web site at things we say about them, wwwcb.kane Ii us members of the county board, just like everyone else, is An issue expected to deserve some time off. in come up at the rescheduled • Tom Schlueter is the er meeting of the Executive county reporterfor the Kane Committee on Wednesday County Chronicle. He may be he will be the 7 percent property ng reached at (630) 845-5360 orat assessment freeze. tschlueter@kcchronjclem le- - PRODUCT OF BOND ISSUE

Workers from J.W. Peters In Rochelle set a section of wall Into place for what will become the new Fox Is Center on West Indian Trait In Aurora. Massive recreation facility will be ready next summer pools in the Eels Community Center By Brian Slilsilts were scrapped in the late stages. SPECIAL TO ThE BEACON NEWS 7Yzzs is the last piece oft/is Fox Valley Special Recreation also will AURORA - People on the West Side pv4.J don't want to jinx it, have offices inside the Valley Athletic are finally getting to see what the new Center Another 5,000 square feet will ac- Valley Athletic Center will 1wk like when but it's going like clockwork" commodate a health and wellness center staffed by an outside provider, such as a istrict Executive Di- Robed Vauban hospital- an said he has been Fox Valley Park District The steel framework which encloses. from anxious real- the pool already has been erected, and executive director structural and plumbing work under- neath the center was completed over the the projects the park district funded with last several months, Vaughan said. Refur- efits of expansions of the Prisco Center at bishment on the tennis club already has a $33 million referendum passed in M. Illinois Avenue and lake Street and the Now that the concrete exterior walls Eola Community Center on the far East been completed. are scheduled to be up by this week, Side. The money from the bond issue Vaughan hopes the center will become Vaughan can breathe a sigh of relief. also went to hind four new parks. a draw for people from all over the dis- "It's the largest public-works building The 220,000-square-foot center will trict. Planners noted Aurora's desire to project in the county right now," said have three swimming pools, several col- extend Indian Trail Road to the far East Vaughan of the $24 million center, which lege-quality running tracks and nine ten- Side when thinking about the aquatic fa- is on Indian Trail Road adjacent to the nis courts. The natatorium will include a cilities at the West Side center, Aurora Tennis Club. 25-yard by 25-yard lap pool, an aquatic "We want the whole community to use "This is the last piece of the puzzle. I park for kids and a heated therapy pool. this center, not just people on the West don't want to jinx it, but it's going like The pools are considered a major at- Side," Vaughan said. 'It will be accessible clockwork-" to everyone." Residents already are reaping the ben- traction, particularly because plans to put seems to be very tenuous in Jail this case," Arnold said. Continued from page 1 More arguments are sched- uledtobeheanlat9am.Aug. 10. H4 Sheriff's employees and Hucksteadt, 41, of prosecutors said the decision Woodstock, is charged with at- was based on a conflict of in- tempted first-degree murder, Mhd C) cj Js!fl terest for Centegra employees heinous battery and aggra- IN who work in the jail. vated arson in the July 16 at- Kane County Jail tack on Polivka, who was Commander James McCurry doused in gasoline and set on I.' C) Di said Hucksteadt was returning fire as she sat at the front desk to his cell around 11:45 a.m. of the South Street clinic. Centegra has not said C) from a recreation room when 4 hejumped. whether Polivka is a volunteer "Instead of entering his or a paid employee. cell, he jumped over the rail," Prosecutors argue that p2 McCurry said. Centegra employees should 2 "ta'Sc4 A corrections officer was not have to care for Hucksteadt watching inmates return to because, if Hucksteadt is in any their cells, but the inmates way dissatisfied with his health were not escorted individually, care, he could sue Centegra McCurry said. and argue that he received The second level is the poor care because of the crime Kane County Jail's 'high-risk he is accused of, unit,' where inmates with ! Why risk any possibility?" mental-health needs are said McHenry County Assistant I' ØC)bO' • u,t housed, McCurry said. State's Attorney Phil Reiman. co Hucksteadt was being Arnold said he believed treated in the emergency room Hucksteadt's no-show was an at Delnor-Community Hospital oversight on the part ofjail offi- P2ru in Geneva. cers. McCurry said Hucksteadt Harmon countered by say- 41Lit did not bleed from his head or. ing that other inmates in the '-go&ac3 any other wounds. Doctors had jail have assaulted emergency • 0 ordered tests to check for neck, mom workers at Centegra facil- iB head and back injuries, and ities, but they have not been tQ Hucksteadt was expected to re- moved. Also, he said, the sheriff main at the hospital for a thy, does not have an exclusive con- o ooO unless testing found more com- tract with Centegra. He said plicated injuries, McCurry said. doctors from other companies ! Before the incident at Kane could care for Hucksteadt. . U-do W County Jail, Harmon asked First Assistant State's z McHenry County Presiding Attorney R. Glenn Gable said Judge Ward Arnold to order that, throughout Centegra, Hucksteadt returned to the "the feeling of the entire com- McHenry County because the munity is very hostile" toward distance will hinder his ability Hucksteadt. to cooperate in his own de- Harmon rebutted prosecu- fense. tors, saying they were "uncom- Arnold did not rule on the fortable" with the situation but motion, but he said he intends didn't have a legitimate reason to order Hucksteadt back to to keep Hucksteadt away from the McHenry County Jail if McHenry County Jail. prosecutors cannot prepare Pohvka remained in critical better arguments for their po- condition Friday, recovering sition. from bums that she suffered in "The sheriffs reasoning the attack.

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By TOM SCHLUETER contractors enter the house but Kane County Chronicle was unable to before it was de- molished. GENEVA. - Buildings She made her pitch owned by Kane County and Monday to members of the slated for demolition shoUld Administration Committee. have valuable interior features The house at 427 Campbell St., removed before thy are torn which at one time housed the down, a - office of the public defender, county was the first structure demol- board mem- ished by the county- in at least ber said. 10 years. Ma -ny The policy would establish buildings a procedure so that what hap- scheduled to pened in Geneva would not be demol- happen again, she said. ished con- While 427 Campbell St. tain valuable might have been the first details such structure demolished in a As banisters, Greviskes decade, the county does hold moldings, tide to several bid buildings, doors and floors that could be such as the Sixth Street used in buildings that are being School, the Third Street court- refurbished, said Deborah house and the Government Allan, R-Elgin. Center. Allan belongs to the Unlike the county the for- Gifford Park Association, est preserve district owns 67 which represents the oldest buildings that it wants to de- part of Elgin and encourages molish. - adaptive reuse of building ma- Former forest preserve terials. President Jack Cook, - R-Elgin, She wants the county said the district tries to save board and forest preserve anything that is valuable. commission to adopt-a policy "We already do that at the that establishes a list of quali- forest preserve," Cook said. fied contractors who could Many of the owners who enter a building, identify valu- sell to the district remove able details and safely remove items that they want to keep, them. he said. - "I'd like to do it, if we're Committee. Chairman Paul going to do it, in an orderly Greviskes, D-Aurora, said he way" Allan said. - liked, the idea of county policy The county demolished a Because the forest preserve will home last month in the historic be dealing with more building district in Geneva to make demolitions, that body should room for an annex to the Child formulate a policy the county AdvocacyCenter at Fifth and could copy, he said. Campbell streets. "I think we should do it," Allan said she tried to have Greviskes said.

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S ifkl •z Ps t E °v our flL1 o ii! I — E L i :fi4 o°3 0E il flitca a øois. fl &o - uoiM I E'tfluc L0t. -. ,------I. new developments, such as along the Fox River in downtown St. HOUSING Charles and Geneva. From Page Al •Downzoning, particularly in places such as Elgin and Aurora, build 8,000 to 10,000 affordable where officials have re-converted to housing units each year to keep up single-family homes that started with the population increase. that way, but had been converted to "We are not doing that," Harris multifamily uses at one time. said. Santell said officials are trying to • People are commuting farther to push affordable housing in the 2030 work in 2000 than they were in land use plan and in the consolidat- 1990: For instance, in Kane County, ed housing plan the county is work- there was a 126 percent increase in ingon. commutes of 30 minutes or more We need diversity," Santell said. during that 10-year period. There is good news in the Me- • There is a major problem getting tropolis 2020 plan. Chicago home- suburban communities to make owners saw their property values in- zoning more flexible to accommo- crease between 1990 and 2001 far date more affordable housing. more than in other metropolitan areas. The report showed that val- Kane confirms ues went up an average of 37 per- Kane County officials acknowl- cent throughout the region, com- edged the loss of rental units in the pared to dropping values in New Metropolis 2020 publication, York, Washington, D.C. and Sam Santell, of the the county's Boston, and a 1 percent growth in Development Departinent, said offi- Los Angeles. cials are not completely sure why Chicago also led other metropoli- the county lost rental units. But he tan areas with the highest increase offered some possibilities, includ- inhomeowners. ing: Metropolis 2020 has been push- • Low mortgage rates during the ing a number of planning related is- past 10 years that encouraged peo- sues at the state level. Just last ple to buy instead of rent week, the state Legislature passed a • A big market for condos and housing measure that will make townhouses as starter homes. cities which do not have at least 10 • Work to redevelop downtowns in percent affordable housing put to- the county's urban areas, which has gether a plan to get to that percent- led to condo conversions or entire age by April. -oqvai. r&• !LLI110i5 OulJcago7iiMm.4. EPA orders .owner to stop: t2ñd resident diagnosed lead cont mination 'Cleanup kvith West Nile virus: By LISA BALUE -days so cleanup can resume ..A JaäksonCObhtythah is the second soon after, said Bill Bolen, man. iIW 1ois resident to be diagnosed with Daibj Herald Staff Wtuer :West Nile virus this year, the state pub- ager of the U.S. EPAS ernergency J.ic health director announced Monday State and federal Environ- response branch ' A 39-year-Old Downstate man became mental Protection Agency • NextMediaobtained the site on June II, did not require hospital officials have ordered the owner in May when it bought WWYW ,treatment and has since recovered. A of a lead-contaminated site in 103S-FM out of Dundee. The rblood sample taken July 12 tested posi- Gilberts to stop cleanup work on radio station's transmitter is on tive for the mosquito-borne virus, said the property for at least 30 dayS. the plot br. Eric Whitaker, state public health di- NextMedià, a Denver-based EPA officials recently found radio and media firm, Monday NextMedia was taking soil from Illinois' first case this year, a 67-year- reported that cleanup efforts the site to remove tontamma- Old man froth Jo IJaviess County, was an- have been suspended. don without EPA approval. - ounced Thursday. He was hospitalized A pending contract will allow Last week, though, :the EPA and is recovering at home. NextMedia to reconvene work determined NextMedia was In 2003, Illinois recorded 54 human efforts under federal EPA super- Using satisfactory cleanup stan- dases of West Nile, including one death. vision.- dards and that the radio fin rin 2002, the state led the nation with 884 The EPA hopes to have the had been taking the soil to a human cases and 66 deaths. - it contract ready and signed in 30 hazardous waste landfill.

Fe uiiui.r.1raThttDTh' wera/d. Scilool gets into real estat1c;, By JOHN JOHNSTON Orchard Gateway project paying for renovations at the new build- Dai4 Herald Carre.spondtnt Builders of the Orchard Gate- ing.Gibsqn said the development way shopping center in North will allow Aurora Christian Aurora want to get the message Schools to increase is number of out that the development will students- The Sullivan building not only help the village, but will be able hold close to twice Aurora Christian Schools. as many as the current high The North Aurora village school on Blackhawk Street board Monday night approved In-addition to the Orchard preliminary plans for the shop- Gateway development, Aurora ping center on Orchard Gateway Christian Schools also owns the between Orchard and Deerpath land to the immediate west, roads. Construction on the 20- which is being built into a cor- acre parcel could start as soon as porate park fall, with stores opening by late Kurt Fredericks of J.D.C. summer 2005. Genesis 2004, the Development said the shopping owner of the land, is co-owned center should attract national by Aurora Christian Schools. franchises because of its prime Representatives of Genesis said location north of 1-88. He also this is their first venture into said he is committed to pushing commercial retail development. the incoming businesses to Aurora Christian Schools tailor their stores to fit in the board member Keith Gibson lush boulevard he has designed. said the land was bought seven "We want street appeal thai years ago with the intention of will draw from the highest-enc putting a school there. The clients," Fredericks said. group has since -decided to Mayor Mark Ruby said he see .move to an existing building at the development as a "grea 2255 Sullivan Road, with the bene& to the village.

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C .tt2 a,I to Gorecki d 00. to ----° -'!Ut 2 •"°' 8.92 5 , ! Qi! empties DD 00ncs, o- - *'! .2.otl=b04' o' fl .2iC'r campaign 1 --iii crfl04o44 ii:toI!Ifl war chest Uh- 0' 'wc'-o By William Presecky 'do 4I Tribune staff reporter. - 2?o°',il2,o Kane County State's Atty. 0il Meg Gorecki has zeroed out IIII}? 04) her political fund and ren- o dered it debt-free, according .4' ti.dCai w,,'0 to a final report by her cam- \ toc& tooj palgn committee. °to—'o The report, rued Friday 2 -aIiI with the State Board of Elec- a, tions, shows that more than ,e '-' °2 $85,000 In loans that Gorecki Th 6&5- and her parents had made to Citizens for Gorecki between April 2000 and December 2002 1Pflto have been forgiven. About $5,600 more In loans was re, E 8i •dL- L paid by the committee, ac- to cording to the report. (I) - - o uw aEE' She said the loans were rçj ow 0 used to pay for lawyers and - ' E legal expenses In connection E, o -0 U 0 with her administrative and o i.E court fight to retain her law 2 - o: license and to keep from be- . tt 20 ing ousted from office. I a' c0 Pa 0.a Gorecki, 36, who was elect- U U,Cw'r'i'do.t .-.S2 ed state's attorney In Novem- ber 2000, returned to her du- -ties June 1 after a four-month 03 -. suspension of her law li- t cense- - -8 The suspension was there- 2-8 stilt of professional miscon- g -- a) duct before her run for office, "ojaE - Soot a-6 do^ Although Gorecki, a Re- -to a :0 = publican from Geneva, opted St C. 6 , not to seek re-election this -C o OM year, she said the decision to • C-E o -- shut down her campaign II 0,-a committee was done for lo- I -I.--- S gistical reasons and does not OrtO =0 necessarily mark the close of II C. her political career. *dttc!z "You always keep your op- fl 2 tions open," Gorecki said Ra 0 se >-o ,0 0) to Tuesday. Ct - a' Any further comment -c -o about her political future UL - will have to wait until after "-9 a 5000000 she leaves office Nov 30, she - -'0 05 o,a,' 4' SO 9 said. fill 8 ,ut She declined to discuss 6i E r S - 'Sc whether the more than a ,E tat $115,000 In attorneys' fees .. 51- paid from her campaign fund In$ •.8 .c 20 during the last three years "'5tC4'C0CC50tY, - constituted payment of all ea,a,--- • 'd her legal expenses. oCog0 oC -gt ftfl$4, 0. Although several thousand Z Uh to Ci dollars in contributions and 0- '"co'S .wUu In-kind donations were made C o to Gorecki's campaign fund a after her election, she said MO 12 0 she has not held a ftmdralser fls since being elected In No- vember 2000. c 0' Cd • Gorecki, 36, admitted to to • telling afriend lnl996 about a I - • fictitious political kickback 053cn scheme in Kane County, 80td 'S3004 045440 Ethical charges stemming II • from the scheme surfaced Just before the March 2000 • GOP primary which Gorecki won.

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comparisons weren't calculated. The point of this study, club MARK RLACR!DAILY HER members said, was to examine Sierra Chit, member Jennifer what goes into the river. Hensley of Chicago tests a Person Creek, which runs • sample from Ferson Creek to through and to the west of St. • pollutants Tuesday. Charles, and Indian Creek, flow- ing on the east side of Aurora, scored the best with both Chapter Director Jack Ôt1n, said Tuesday the Fox River's tribu- receiving an A-minus grade, taries are In generally excellent health. On the other hand, the : Creeks Skyway Branch of Norton Creek, unteer groups, including the that would place tighter restric- a mile-long stretch that feeds Friends of the Fox River, for tions on new wastewater into Norton Creek north of St: ongoing efforts to keep the treatment plants that dump Charles, and Mahormey Creek creeks clean. into rivers, streams and creeks, feeding had the worst scores, coming in At the same time, Darin said, specifically limiting the levels of with Cs. as more and more development phosphorus pollution. The branch had the highest comes to Kane County, the risks How they treat this waste- levels of pollutants among all to the creeks increase. water is going to determine Fox are the creeks tested, a fact attrib- The biggest danger will come how the Fox River and these uted to discharges from Valley in the form of residential creeks look in the future," Darin Views Skyline sewage treatment sewage systems that often said plant, said Cindy Skrukrud, a dump into creeks, he said. "And the Fox River needs clean water advocate with the He called on local politicians these creeks to remain clean If it cleaner is to be a viable source of drink- Sierra Club, to support efforts by Gov. Rod In a positive development for Blagojevich to pass a new law ing water." the creek, Skrulcrud said, that &epsneezkdtokeep plant no longer discharges into - the creek tributaries he6lthy, All the other creeks received B grades. Sierra Club leaders praised BY PATRICK WALURON Fox Valley leaders and local vol- fluky May14 30ff 114*n A new Sierra Club study declares the 11 creeks that feed into the Fox River between Elgin and Yorkville to be some of the most pristine in the Chicago area, and generally speaking, In excellent health. "This is something here worth fighting for,' said Jack Darin, director of the Sierra Clubs illi- nois Chapter. "All these creeks are getting passing grades? For the last three years, the club's volunteers have been doing quarterly testing of'lyler, Poplar, Brewster, Norton, Person, White's, Mahonney Mill, Indian, Waubonsee and Black- berry creeks, as well as the Skyway Branch of Norton Creek The results presented Thesday by club members near the banks of Person Creek in St. Charles illustrate how the Fox River's tributaries are in better shape than the river they feed into club members said. Tests examined levels of ammonia, chlorides and sul-: fatesinthe river andjudgedthe overall turbidity or cleanliness, of the sinai] waterways. In those! categories, all the creeks do better than the Fox River, though individual creek-to-river SeeftXon1f •'7-a-oq (1;hwater.marks

Cindy Skrukrud of the Sierra Club cbllects a sample from the Fox River to be tested by a group of volunteers for water quality on Tuesday in St. Charles. Study: Fox tributaries clean The Sierra Club Valley of the Fox • Creek grades Group's Clean Water Task Force an- • Ferson Creek A-minus But development nounced the results of a'three-tear study Iliesday on the banks of person Creek. • Indian Creek, A-minus poses .a threat to one of two that rated anA-minUS. • Poplar, Norton and Waubonsee, B-plus The St. Charles Park District's wetland • Brewster, Tyler and Mill creeks, B keeping water clean restoration at Otter Creek Bend Wetland • White's and Blackberry creeks, B-minus Park aiscrwas noted as a model for wet- • Mahonney Creek! C-plus 1 ByBRENDASCI-IORY land an&crcek management • Skyway Creek, C-minus Kane County thronicte Volunteers tested the water in each creek from Elgin to Yorkville fourtimes a study is the first of its kind. St CHARLES - The 11 tributary year to evaluate for runoff from fertilizers "What we'd like to do is come back creeks of the Fox River received high - and road salts. four years from now and make a compar- marks for cleanliness, but all streams In Chairwoman of the Fox Group Fran ison," Coffee said. the middle watershed are in jeopardy Caffee, of Auroya, said the results are a from development - baseline evaluation of waterquality as the See WATER, page 2

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qnT,-, tWL9IitE o4s d aj5 qifl dHf-.a.rIlk's nilt &aa vHHtVi1U 1P Hfl 2 flh -4m ! 19111Ila ° n1'Wllr ihL - - Ea .n Kane leaders study new assessment law 7gQ.o By Steve tori]]C ifth eywanttoopt ff4'J/ .J7 STAFF WRITER What is not optidnal is the part of the legislation that rai ses exemp- GENEVA - Kane County Board lions for all owner-ocpiedcu home- members will take some lime to look owners and for senior citizens. at a new state law that allows coun- ties to freeze tax assessments, The legislation raises the basic homestead exemption, money taken But while members of the County directly off the equalized assessed Board Executive Committee value of an owner-occupied house Wednesday said they still have ques- from $3,500 to $5,009. It also raises lions about the legislation passed the senior citizen homestead exemp- earlier this month, it seems the new lion from $2,000 to $3,000. law will have little to offer Kane Those go into effect County residents. The law caps any what county regardless of Property tax assessment increase at governments do. Kane Board Chairman Mike 7 percent a year over a three-year pe. nod. McCoy, R-Aurora,-ora, called the new leg- islalion "complicated," and suggest- "This is really specialized legisla. ed the county take "a measured am tion7 said board member John proach" to what it does. He pointed Hoschejt, R-St. Charles. "Cook out that DuPage and Lake counties (County) for years was under- already have appointed task forces to assessed. When they caught up, they study what to do. had some large increases, Sallie Huber, supervisor of assess- "Out here, our assessments have ments, said of the county's about been more level. If it weren't for 127,000 parcels of land that are resi- Cook County's problems, we dential, some 92,000 parcels would wouldn't even be looking at this." qualify for the 7 percent assessment Further, Hoscheit said it seems cap. She reminded officials that the that because the new legislation is to cap is on assessments not taxes. It last for only three years, it could does not cap nor limit the amount of cause problems when it expires. At money g that point, people with their assess- for. overnmental units can ask ments frozen for three years could "It's a redistribution of the existing experience the same large increases money," Mccoy said. in property value Cook property If g owners did. overnments ask for the same amount of money, but some property 'We could have the same problem assessments are capped, it will raise Cook had," Hoscheit said. the tax rate. A higher tax rate would The good news is, it appears the affect the properties not capped. part of the legislation that caps as- "If someone is capped, someone sessments at 7 Percent is optional, else is going to be artificially higher Counties have six months to decide to make up for that," McCoy said. Kane. panel recommends fix for computer problems Y ?7 9LO4/ t2Lf i*ratdThat same' ..Devnet . program BY PATRICK WALORON will be able to take the assess- WAL^ mentmerit information from Kane County leaders seem to individual townships, calculate have reached a consensus on the tax rates and payments in developing a fix for the corn- the clerks extension office and puter systems that handle the hand it over to the treasurer's countls property tax extension office for collection While it means a change for process. supervisor of "A consistent program from the staff o f the ing to end is the ideal cir-. assessment, it does not mean becuinstanceginn for the county," said new programs will be needed in county information technolo' the 16 township assessors' es direttor Roger pabnestock, offices, most of which useVisual giaddressing the county board's PAMSPTo, Fahnestock said. executive committee Wednes- Board Chairman Mike McCoy said the Devnet proposal repre- day. For muchdebate of sentsthe the year, "best and dthe has been rampant among the cheapest"The recommendatio solution. n came. county treasurer,with county encouragemen clerk,t to get county supervisor of assess- - and the information things moving as fast as possi- merits technology department over ble. how to smoothly golle from tax "I think we can go forward," ax co ction. said board member John assessmentThe issue to had t been brewing Hoscheit, a St. Charles Republi- to a boil this can. "Given the way [he tax forspring years when but-came complaints of cycle works, the sooner the wrong addresses and dropped better." on tax bills became Board member Barb WoiniS exemptions the topics of political argu- voted against the Devnet rec- ominendation but . declined to merits. Pahnestocic told the commit- comment on .why. - tee Wednesday that the blame Huber, who has been a sup- came down to problems with porter of the Visual PAMS Pro movinginforil on from corn- system. did not address the puters in the supervisor of board about the recommended assessment office to the clerks changes in her office. tax extension office. Now, to fix the problem, the committee has recommended paying $842,800 for Devnet Inc. to replace the software, called Visual PAMS Pro, now used in the supervisor of assessment office.

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S n.2 jfl ;- -0 tax law to -t • ou s°' bring Fr relief. -7fl 24' o 0. cot . t O t..,, -- By PATRICK WALDRON O, 7-X2&I9 /,'ec^tld tct CD C,) C0 Enacting the 7 percent cap on property (a O tax assessments as allowed under a new a OR state tax relief law could cause more harm than good to Kane County taxpayers, some o ,coo 02 county board members argued Wednesday. 0CD O Ct "If it weren't for a Cook County problem we wouldn't be talking about this," said co-•-4 'do' board member John Hoscheit, a St. Charles Republican. 'Wed be creating a problem 'C 0 0 C -. I that we dofrt currently have." Gov. Rod Blagojevich this month signed a 8Eg EE law that hives county boards the option of capping annual property assessment Iud CO co C increases at 7 percent in an attempt to limit C skyrocketing increases in Cook County and other areas. Os The law also automatically adjusts the cot '° amount of various exemptions taxpayers fl.0 54. rto see on their bills, including boosting the I o n $3,500 general homestead exemption to 0,00,t0 -+ - n 'C $5,000. o M ,o • a o'O Os Critics of the law, including Kane County Supervisor of Assessment Sallie Huber, believe the tax reform could end up costing - schools money and ultimately mean higher tax rates for individual property owners. Huber presented members of the board's executive committee with 12 pages of analysis of the bill, including examples in fluctuations various properties would see in assessments under the new law. The numbers suggest that senior citizens who qualify for a freeze their assessments now could see increases in their bills anyway because of the system set up under the 1991 tax cap. At the same time, Huber warned that all taxpayers could see dramatic jumps in assessments when the new law expires after three years. The county has six months to decide whether to implement the assessment cap and board Chairman Mike McCoy, an

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County hopes to hire firm to fix tax system Full board to vote on resolution atAug. 10 meeting

ByTOMSCHLUETER $200,000 higher if the Visual Kane County Chronicle Property Assessment Manage- ment System were kept in GENEVA—County officials .. Huber's office. took the first step in remedying TheVPAMS system is for as- its tax administration system sessment purposes only. It has Wednesday when the Executive no function in administration, Committee approved hiring a extension or collection. firm to smooth the process."It's very difficult to say there Wednesday's action willwill be no problems" if the send a resolution to the full county kept .VPAMS, county • board at its Aug. 10. Fahnestock said. meeting. Although tax bills are nei- The . committee approved ther higher nor lower when hiring DèvNet of DelCaIb to de- they come out late, some gov- velop hardware and software ernmènt bodies, particularly capable of translating data from school districts, operate on the township assessors into the such tight budgets that they county's tax extension system, must issue tax anticipation war- which should eliminate late tax. rants toward the end of the fis- bills that cost school districts cal year to keep operating. money on interest payments on The later tax bills go out, the tax anticipation warrants. . later tax distribution takes place "It takes the actual exten- and the more districts must rely sian process down from six on loans. weeks to six hours,'!, county County Clerk John . board Chairman Mike McCoy Cunningham, Whose office ex- said. . tenth taxes, said two employees The cost of the contract is quit this spring over the issue as $842,800 for five years. they fried to translate data from DevNet operas tax admin- Huber's office into data that istrafion systems in other coun- could be read by their own sys- ties where township assessors tem. use the same software used by "One consistent data base assessors in Kane County. from beginning to end is the "We need to go forwardwith ideal solution," Fahnestock this and get this resolved," John said. Hoscheit, fl-St Charles, said. Earlier this year, the county The computer system in use board appropriated $112,000 to at Supervisor of Assessment update the VPAMS system in Sallie Huber's office matches Huber's officer. The money will that of the township assessors, instead go toward the DevNet The DevNet contract would re- contract. quire eliminating the system in The rest will come out of the Hub er's office. . contingency fund, McCoy said. Director of information "This has not been a pleas- Technologies Roger Fahnestock ant experience for anyone," said DevNefs cost would be 'Fahnestock said. ,. • . Oa) 5 iar ui1. Ot o o•1I V .IE Q)

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B y PATRICK WALDRON and destroy the rural character Daily Herold SzafrWiter of the region; Supporters, including U.S. House Speaker The groupagainst the prO- Dennis Hastert, aYorkville posed outer belt expressway is Republican, said it is a vital urging the state to halt pursuit transportadontorridor needed of federal money for the pitject. to ease future gridlock. until ongoing transportation The proposed legislation ref- studies have been completed' erenced by Strasma has been Jan Strasma, chairman'ofCiti- passed in separate versions by zens Against the Sprawlway, the House and the Senate. It is sent a letter. to Illinois Depart- now in a conference committee ment , of Transportation where the differences are being Secretary Timothy Martin on worked out -' Thursday requesting that lie ask Detailed funding for the lawmakers to keep the Prairie. Prairie Parkway is not included Parkway out of a six-year trans- in either version, as Strasma portation bill Working through notes in his letter, and IDOT Congress. spokesman Matt Vanover said "IDOT has maintained they no such financing request has have an open mind," Strasma beenmade. said. 'We want them top their "We have not spedifically 'money where theft mouth uP sought any funds for the Prairie As the project stands, the Parkway in the federal bill," he state is in the midst of a four- to said. six-year study of regional tràns- Hastert spokesman Brad poftation needs. That study is Hahn declined to comment expected to determine weather specifically on:Sfrasma's letter a new expressway linking 1-80 to, because, it was not addressed or 1-88 is needed through Kane 'copied to the speaker. He did and Kendall counties. repeat what state transportation Opponents say the express- officials said, noting how the way, if built, would produce outer belt is not included in the uncontrollable urban sprawl current proposed legislation. •73Q Former jail chaplain _files. lawsuit Martin, the came in retaliation after Martin told Suit claims sherill chaplain fromfrom. jail 'officials about unspecified im- 'March 2000 to proper conduct by volunteer em- commander wrongly August 2003, a!- ployees and the "perceived prac- • leg es that Sheriff tice" of corrections :ernployee fired Martin '-Ken Ramsey and using "the jail monitoring system to jail Cmdr. Todd 4 ____ record conversations, between in, • By DAN CAMPANA • Exline fired him mates and chaplains, counselors Kane County Chronicle after an investi- and attorneys." gation into a Martin seeks more than St CHARLES - Kane County non-workrelated Ramsey $50,000 in damages and an op- officials violated former jail chap- incident and portunity to appeal his termina- lain Richard Martin's rights when without a disciplinary hearing. tion. The case goes to court in they wrongly fired him last year, a In addition, the lawsuit filed in October. lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. Kane County charges that the firing See LAWSUIT, page 2

neighborly dispute involving Lawsuit Martin's son in July 2003.Those Continued page 1 accusations led to Martin's dis- from missal; the lawsuit claims. "I have not seen it," According. to the lawsuit, Assistant State's Attorney the neighbor told Ramsey and Katherine Moran said Exline that Martin allegedly threatened her during a dis- Thursday,be adding that she pute prothpting an investiga- would not able to comment tion that led to the firing. on pending legal action "Therefore, without con- against the county. The state's ducting a corliplete investiga- attorney's office is involved in tion, and without offering any the lawsuit because it is the procedural hearing... Ramsey legal representation for Kane terminated (Martin) from, his County. employment based upon As of Thursday, neither unarticulated and undisclosed Ramsey nor Exline had been findings resulting from said served with the lawsuit. 'investigation," the suit al- Martin also names his leges. Aurora neighbor in the lawsuit, Martin's attorney, Chicago- alleging she made "false and based Russell Green, could not malicious accusations' to be reached for comment Ramsey and Exline after a Thursday. •7-30-0'1 z7ama. Animal H shelter staying put for now

By PATRICK WALDRON Dai5Hera1d Staff Wd4er Try to find an empty cage at the Anderson Animal Shelter and chances are you'll be met with a bark or a quiet purr behind every bar. "We are swamped with animals," said F3 Deanna Davies, the shelter's executive director. That reality prompted the shelter staff to takea brief look earlier this summer at relo- Shelter: County cating to the Dundee Township estate of the late Emily Schweitzer, now a Kane County forest preserve. In June the Elgin dog training club Car- seeks more space Dun-Al approached the forest preserve district about taking control of the estate's barn and renovating it into a dog training center. to. place animals The idea drew positive responses from forest preserve officials who have struggled Contthued from Page I difficult to say. to find a use for the buildings on the West "I don't know what we are Dundee land donated by Schweitzer, herself over part of the property and is going to do," Davies said. a dog lover who had a luxurious kennel built seeking a long-term lease simi- All of this is happening as the on the property. lar to what Anderson would county board sinks into a new About the same time this summer, Ander- have liked. Forest preserve com- argument over a proposed $1.5 son officials had similar thoughts that missioners are expected to hear million animal control facility quickly proved unpractical for them a complete proposal from the that has been on the drawing because of provisions included in dog club next month but realize board for four years. The board Schweitzer's will. The will said that upon her the limitations. is expected to vote on the pro- death, which occurred in September 2001, "We are bound by the will on ject's future next month. the land was to be deeded to the forest pre- the one hand, and the organiza The outcome of that vote is serve. The donation included a provision -tion's interests are bound by far from certain, but officials at prohibiting any new buildings from being costs on the other hand," said the cramped Anderson shelter • put upon the site. forest preserve commissioner - where county animal control "If we couldn't build something new, Jan Carlson, an Elburn Republi- officers have a contract to send there is no point to taking it up," Davies their animals - say build it. said. The idea of moving Anderson there can. - In the meantime, Davies said, "I think the county needs "kind of came and went" Anderson's immediate future is additional holding space, Car-Dun-Al remains interested in taking in South Elgin. Beyond that, its Davies said. See SHELTER on PAGE 13 I I O>&° 0"4 .I1ItW I C- fl I .. . I bSCIt I l 3 I .4 ois Q ' 'C 'C N Cnn I 0C6t wt w CO I It

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t±- ,3:2 hi tra GUEST COMMENTARY . q-o--oq 13-ect&on new S Farm extinction not inevitable The plight of the. Knutsons, feet within the last five years. TheOgal-. new residents to this area. . and their farmland loss (report- lala aquifer, (largest in the world) sup- The Natural Resources Cdnseñ'atio D ed on July 11), sadly enough, is plying parts of eight western states, has Service has an excellent system of land one that is repeated many times with dropped tremendously over the years. evaluation called LESA' that should be other families across the county. In fact, scientists estimate it will be much more heavily weighed in the We are now in our fourth year of one-fourth depleted by the year 2020.. planning process. Areas that are of high: farmland protection efforts in Kendall With an extremely slow recharge rate, resource value should not be devel- County. Although there is quite a bit of this could be disaster waiting to hap- oped, period. . • the -"we're doomed" mentality to be pen. If the western U.S. agriculture in- One thing people don't often seem td found throughout the county, out ef, dustry dries up; then guess what area of realize is that we can say no to developl I forts to protect farmland and its associ- the country becomes much more im- ment proposals. Also, just because a atedi-ural feel are only doomed if we portant state, federal, or county agency hasn't. quit. We seem to have the attitude that if it purchased land as a preserve doesn't The two driving mechanisms in farm-. cbuld be a problem, then lets take the mean it should be developed. A consich land loss are annexation and skyrocket- chance it won'tbe. That's notgood plan- erable amount of farmland and open ing land values. However, any landown- ningby any reasonable standard. If space areas need to be left, if for no er desiring to preserve land in perpetu- there could be a potential problem, other reason than for water recharge ity can sign up for a conservation ease- rather, we should plan how to deal with needs. .. ment right now. A conservation ease- it accordingly. The beauty, wildlife, and rural feel ment permanently protects the land Water supply also should be looked are most welcome benefits as well. from unwanted changes, and is written at much more closely. There is current- Once an area is determined accept- according to the landowner's particular ly a ground water study being done. able for development, a question needs - concerns and needs. Easements have The results of that are not yet in, and to be asked. Is what's being built today I been held up as binding within the judi- still entire subdivisions are being a p worth saving for the future? There is $ cial system. -proved without certainty of the impact clearly a lack of valued architecture in Currently here in Kendall, we don't on our water supply. all the various cookie cutter subdivi- have a purchase of development rights Municipal wells are generally con- sions with all their various shades of (PDR) program that would give direct structed to draw from the deep: beige. financial incentive to those protecting aquifers, and these are not recharged We saw people swarm to save the land in easement. Kane County does very readily. There's testimony in the Farnsworth House because it is some,-- have such a program, and it's the first area of even some of the more shallow thing special. What about all the old one in Illinois. wells going dry, and people having to farmhouses and buildings being de, With a PDR program, the owner typ- drill deeper and deeper. stroyed as developers "clear" the area ically gets a payment for the easement It's amazing that not many alarm for a subdivision? . a: on a per-acre basis. Since the land can't bells have been ringing in the minds of Community character can be imm. be developed, though; sellers will never the people. proved one building at a time, or it can be able to sell for the rates developers Furthermore, once an area is devel- deteriorate one building at a time. would otherwise pay. oped, there's even less of an opportuni- What we want is for people to be able Why bother to protect land in ease- ty for rainwater to infiltrate toward the to say they live in a place worth caring ment? Why should anybody care? Not aquifers, due to the large amount of about. New construction should en--, many decisions in life can be truly sci- non-porous surfaces Open lands have hance community character and tie entifically based, but this one is. The approximately a 90-percent rainwater people to the community, not just be a soils around here are truly some of the infiltration rate, whereas urban lands place to live. most productive in the world. have approximately an 80-percent We need to better prioritize our sus- An extremely important factor is that runoff rate. tainable agriculture. We also need this occurs without irrigation. In this We could be in for an impending ci-i- some changes in philosophy, planning, area, we can farm in a sustainable way. sis, if water is riot more carefully con- and a more thorough look toward the Other places of high production, such sidered. future. We need to focus on our com- as California, can't Next is the quality of life issue. As munities and their development, not The western United States relies on new subdivisions keep popping up; we just making places to put people. irrigation, and its already having prob- start to look more and more like the lems with soil salinization and water rest of suburbia. Is that what's desired? Tim Gerk is chairman of Kendall supply. In fact, one of the latge reser- Strangely enough, the feeling of getting Citizens for Farmland Protection. voirs, Lake Powell, has dropped 120 away from the urban area attracts most He lives in Plano. Tear it up: One day it was a park- ing lot; the next, the one-way traffic aisle in front of the Kane Hasten's County Government Center's BuildingAwas a pile of rubble. It soon will be a new lot cre- opponent's ated with brick payers similar to the newly built lot next to it completed this month campaign The project, ordered by county board Chairman Mike McCoy, is a continuation of the picks up steam parking improvements near the county's new war memorial set to be finished in November. When your party is having a A second phase rebuilding the party that garners national existing parking area was not attention, most politicians are included in the original $1 mil- sure to grab hold of any of the lion project, a reality that left free publicity itbrings. some scratching their heads First-time political candidate Monday when a crew started and Aurora tearing up the ground. Democrat A couple references to Ruben Chicago Mayor Richard Daleys - Zamora, who sneaky decision in March 2002 _ is challenging to tear up Meigs Field were U.S. House made at the government center Speaker this week as officials showed up Dennis Hastert and were greeted with bulldoz- in the 14th ers. Congressional McCoy admits he made the Patrick Waldron District, is no decision to redo the main park- flJOng oun y different. C t ing area on the down-low but In Boston makes no apologies because the this week for overall memorial project the Democratic National Con- remains under budget vention, Zamora came out and "I'll never apologize for bring- announced his intentions to run ing in aproject under budget a "clean campaign' as he and still being able to enhance attempts to block Hasteits effort it." McCoy said. to win a 10th term in the House of Representatives. Cashing In: Just as the dash to Specifically, Zamora turned election day reaches full stride, the matter to campaign finance candidates will be filing their and said he wants voters to be in financial recaps of the first six control of elections, not large months of 2004. corporate donors. Monday is the deadline for "I am only accepting dona- filing financial disclosure forms tions from individuals," Zamora with the county or state for all said. "I am not accepting corpo- candidates and political organi- rate donations because I don't zations. The forms track the want to be beholden to them. I money collected by groups and represent the men, women and what it has been spent on. children of Illinois' 14th dis- trict" Ammar The financing pledge came a week after Zamora launched his campaign Web site, adding more momentum to his growing campaign. Zamora, 38, earned a master's degree in education from Aurora University in June and for the-last eight years has worked as a substitute teacher in the Last Aurora school dis- trict. He is pushing an agenda grounded in universal health care, job creation, environmen- tal protection and fully funded educational. opportunities. Zamora also believes the inva- sion of Iraq was "unnecessary and unjustified." He is calling for more United Nations involve- ment and the withdrawal of U.S. ,-)S Kane animal control facility. up in the air • Concerns over financial questions The same board members said scope: Some board they thought the entire animal! members have control project was predicated on the i dea that the project would pay for questions as project tself from animal-control fees, But they pointed outthat$1 million of the i heads for vote project is coming from general county capital funds. The rest of the By SIne teal money is coming from the animal- STAFF WRITER control fund. McCoy said that Si million was GENEVA—The stage iidetfor allocated more than a year ago and another full County Hoard vote on "was always there." He added the building a $1.5 million animalconfrol crematorium was always on the shelter. "wish list" As it stands now, the board will vote That was the first thing that was at its Aug. 10 meeting at the going to be cut,' he said. Government Center, 7195. Batavia Both Mitchelland Ave. hew. McConnaughay have been driving Board members already have forces behind a plan to spend $47 approved the project but must vote to million on a new jail at thq Kane approve the contractor for it At that County Judicial Center. While. point the board could decide to scrap neither has said specifically they. the project entirely. would like to reallocate the $lmillion. That much was pointed out by a to the jail project from the animal- somewhat testy Board Chairman control project, McConnaughay has said several times that "priorities change.' "If you want to stop it now, fine- Board member Doug Weigand, 11-. fees vote it up or down," McCoy said. Batavia, said the animal-control 'There has been Si million in the will run the facility and cover those costs forever. He said he still supports the animal-control facility as necessarily to take care of animals for which the county is responsible. "But if you want to stop it now so you have money for a jail, fine," he after said. McConnaughay, who is the the project have changed the Republican nominee to be the next economics of the animal-control County Board Chairman, also said situation. the county needs to tryharder toget While Public Safety Committee monetary contributions toward the Chairman Lee Barrett, It-East animal-control project from the about Dundee, has gotten the project to 20 municipalities for which Kane where it basically ison budget he had handles stray animals. to change the scope of the project The city of Aurora's Animal somewhat because bids came in Control facility takes strays south of hicthneqrctaL Interstate 88, but the county handles The low bidder was about $1.8 million, but that bidder withdrew the bid, and the second-highestbidder, to John Edwards Construction of but came Downers Grove, in at $1.96 million. Barrett now has that down to $1.5 to get the county's shelter built million, but he had to take out some We need to sit down and talk with building features and defer some the municipalities," she said. "Ibat ' equipment purchases to cut about The new animal-control facility is $400,0toutof the projecicost One of acres those.things he cut was the being planned on about two at incinerator, which means the county Kaneville and Peck roads as a joint will have to continue to contract to project with the city of Geneva, which have animal careassesaeinaS. is using another 10 acres for a $25 Board members Jim Mitchell, It- million drinking water treatment North Aurora, and Karen plant McConnaughay, 11.51 Charles, said McCoy said if county officials kill they thought that made the shelter the animal-control project at that site; project less atlmcfivt Mitcbeil said he it could kill the deal with Geneva. thought the incinerator Was the Geneva is taking care of the site moneymaker." improvements for both the treatment "My recollection was the plant and the animal-control shelter, crematorium was one of the driving and county officials worked out deal fortes behind this," McConnaughay to sell the land at a discounted price said. to Geneva. at r. 9F C, t i. -c.a tt. 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