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CHRISTMASCOMES EARLYST. CHARLES HAS ITS FIRST SHOPWITH A COP EVENT PAGE 3

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Jonathan Moser, 11, picks out a gift Saturday during the Shop with a Cop event at the Super Target in St. Charles.

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Holiday sleigh rides offered in St. CharlesST. CHARLES – Holiday sleigh rides will be offered at Primrose Farm,

5N726 Crane Road, St. Charles Township, from 6 and 8 p.m. Dec. 26 to

28 and Jan. 3 to 4. Advance registration is required. Visit www.primros-

efarmpark.com. The cost is $10 for St. Charles Park District residents and

$15 for nonresidents. Children 1 and younger are free, and those 14 and

youngermust be accompanied by a paying adult.

Reception to be held for St. Charles police chiefST. CHARLES – A farewell reception for retiring St. Charles Police Chief

James Lamkin will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday in the council chambers of

theMunicipal Building, 2 E. Main St., St. Charles. Cake and refreshments

will be served, and the public is invited to attend.

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Eric Schelkopf – [email protected]

Luke Risch, 11, of St. Charles pets a cat Sunday at Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin at the shelter’s Santa Paws work-shop.

St. Charles police set for traffic campaignKANE COUNTY [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – On Friday, St.Charles police officers will begin atraffic enforcement campaign thatfocuses on impaired drivers andseat belt violators, according to aSt. Charles Police Department newsrelease.

The campaign, which is conduct-ed in conjunction with the IllinoisDepartment of Transportation’s

“Click It or Ticket” and “Drive So-ber or Get Pulled Over” programs,will last through Jan. 5.

Goals include reducing the num-ber of severe injury and fatal trafficcrashes; increasing the use of seatbelts, child safety seats and boosterseats; and lowering the incidentsof impaired driving involving inju-ries and fatalities.

According to the U.S. Depart-ment of Transportation’s NationalHighway Traffic Safety Adminis-

tration, seat belt use is the singlemost effective way to protect peopleand reduce fatalities in motor vehi-cle crashes.

Research has shown that whenlap and shoulder belts are usedproperly, the risk of fatal injury tofront seat passenger car occupantsis reduced by 45 percent, and therisk of moderate to serious injuryis reduced by 50 percent.

Visit www.buckleupillinois.orgfor more information.

Animals in spotlight at children’s workshopBy ERIC SCHELKOPF

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SOUTH ELGIN – Luke Risch isthe first one to admit that he’s moreof a dog person than a cat person.

But the 11-year-old St. Charlesyouth on Sunday found himselfsnuggling next to the cats at Ander-son Animal Shelter.

“The cats here are nice,” Lukesaid.

Luke and others participated inthe shelter’s Santa Paws workshop,

a fundraiser for the nonprofit shel-ter. This is the second year of theworkshop.

“It’s educational for the kids,”said Christin Meyer, director of hu-mane education at Anderson Ani-mal Shelter. “They get to work withthe animals.”

The children also participatedin a number of other activities,such as making treats for the dogsat the shelter. Connor Lipe, 9, of St.Charles decided to use bacon in thetreat he made.

“I think that one of the dogs willlike it,” he said.

Meyer’s own dog, Ponyo, aFrench Bulldog, also got plenty ofattention.

She adopted her from AndersonAnimal Shelter two years ago. Pon-yo was appropriately dressed in aSanta Claus outfit.

“She’s my little mascot,” Meyersaid.

Lauren Guajardo, 7, of South El-gin, couldn’t help petting her.

“She’s really cute,” she said.

Kaneland Youth Orchestra to performSUGAR GROVE – Director Andrea LaFranzo and

Kaneland Youth Orchestra will present a holidayperformance at 7 p.m. Thursday at the cafeto-rium at Kaneland Harter Middle School, 1601Esker Drive, Sugar Grove.The group is accepting registration for the

spring semester, starting Saturday, through theSugar Grove Park District.The string ensemble is for sixth- through

eighth-graders. The prep strings will be for fourth-or fifth-graders, with third-graders allowed withthe director’s approval. For information, visitwww.sgparks.org. For information on instrumentrentals, visit www.austinsviolinshop.com.

Local children’s theater to present showST. CHARLES – Steel Beam Children’s The-

atre, 111 W. Main St. in downtown St. Charles,presents its annual holiday show, “Sing Alongwith Santa.”It features a short, interactive musical play,

followed by visits with Santa. Marge Uhlar-ik-Boller of Elgin directs this year’s play “Elveson Strike,” written by her and Kate Quan ofWheaton.There will be audience participation and

goodies for the children. Performances are onSaturdays and Sundays through Dec. 22, andreservations are suggested, as this show usuallysells out.Visit www.SteelBeamTheatre.com to buy

tickets, or call the Box Office at 630-587-8521.Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children.

Lazarus House sets Christmas BrunchST. CHARLES – Lazarus House invites the

community for food and fellowship at its annualChristmas brunch at noon Christmas Day atthe Free Methodist Church, 214 Walnut St., St.Charles.This brunch is like an extended family potluck

and the more “family,” the merrier, LazarusHouse said in a news release.For those able to cook, a dish to pass is appre-

ciated. Food should arrive between 11:15 and11:45 a.m. in a disposable container, ready toserve at noon. Entrees, side dishes and appetiz-ers are welcome.For information, visit www.lazarushouseon-

line.com. For those who wish to attend and/or provide a special dish, a courtesy RSVP isappreciated, but not required. To RSVP, [email protected] or call LazarusHouse at 630-587-2144 between 9 a.m. and 4p.m. weekdays.

Have news to share?To submit news to the Kane County Chronicle,

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Police kick off first Shop with a Cop eventBy NICOLE [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – As heshopped Saturday alongsideseveral St. Charles police offi-cers, Logan Gagnepain, 12, saidhe planned to at least browsethe video game aisle at SuperTarget in St. Charles duringthe department’s first Shopwith a Cop event.

“This is my first Shop witha Cop, and I’ve gotta say thisis very generous of them,” hesaid.

Members of the Metropoli-tan Alliance of Police Chapter27 – the St. Charles Police De-partment’s union – partneredwith Super Target to shop fortoys with six children whosefamilies are being assisted byLazarus House in St. Charles.

Seventeen police officersshowed up Saturday to goshopping, and only three chil-dren were able to make it. De-tective Jerry Schomer, unionpresident, said an illness andpossibly the weather kept afew families at home, but offi-cers still planned to give themgift certificates and a stockingfilled with gifts.

Schomer said the union do-nated $500 toward the shoppingspree while Target donated $200and offered to give a 20 percentdiscount on all items boughtSaturday. Officer Bridget Mc-Cowan, who helped organizethe department’s first Shopwith a Cop, said she hoped tomake it an annual event thatgrows each year.

She said Super Target wasespecially generous in helpingcoordinate the event because itwas put together somewhat atthe last minute. Store managerEvan Lenchner said in addi-tion to the discount and $200,the store also donated wrap-ping paper and food from thestore’s cafe. Target volunteersalso were on hand to assistwith shopping.

“We want this to happen ev-ery year,” he said. “Next year,we hope to give $500 to $1,000.”

St. Charles Police ChiefJim Lamkin said he had donea Shop with a Cop event whileworking in Elgin and wanted tobring it St. Charles.

“This is probably one of thenicest things these guys can

do. I’m really proud of them,”he said. “I did this when I wasyounger and never forgot it.”

The three children whowere able to make it to SuperTarget on Saturday picked upa variety of gifts – includingsome to give to their familymembers. Hannah Gagnepain,11, picked up a present for hermom, along with a new basket-ball, a Nintendo DS game and apopcorn maker.

Johnathan Mosley, 11, gotthe top gift on his list – a new

Xbox gaming system.McCowan said she contact-

ed Super Target about a monthago and wasn’t sure what to ex-pect for the first event.

“For their employees tocome out and pull this off wasmore than I expected. [The of-ficers’] support of this is price-less,” she said. “Next year,we’re going to be doing fund-raising for this and workingto find avenues to fundraise sowe can help more children nextyear.”

Photos by Sean King for Shaw Media

ABOVE: St. Charles police officer Adam Stander gives Hanna Gagne-pain, 11, a stocking full of gifts and gift certificates Saturday duringThe Shop with a Cop Event at Super Target in St. Charles.

LEFT: Volunteer Kathy Schertz assists Logan Gagnepain, 12, with wrap-ping a gift for his sister, Hanna.

By JAY [email protected]

BATAVIA – As fleetingas the Batavia boys basket-ball team’s rut was Satur-day night against Larkin, itw a s e n o u g h t o d e p r i v ethe Bulldogs of a big-time up-set.

Batavia saw its double-dig-it fourth quarter lead punc-tured in a hurry by UpstateEight Conference River pow-er Larkin, which stormedpast Batavia late for a 69-65win.

The Bulldogs lost despiteoutscoring the Royals, 39-0,from 3-point land.

“It’s frustrating to knowwe were there,” Batavia se-nior guard Micah Coffey said.“We had the opportunity toput that game away. It justkind of shows the fight thatwe can have. We kind of seeglimpses of where we can be,we’ve just got to be there allthe time now.”

Coffey’s 3-pointer with 5:15to go in the game put Bataviaahead, 59-49.

But the Royals (7-1, 3-0 UECRiver) negated that 10-pointdeficit in less than two min-utes, catching the Bulldogs at60-all on senior guard Kend-ale McCullum’s coast-to-coastlayup that turned into a three-point play with 3:18 to go.

McCullum, perhaps the topdefender in the conference,cranked up his team’s energythroughout the fourth quar-ter, when he scored 13 of his19 points.

“They did capitalize onsome of our turnovers, andwhen they capitalized, theyscored in like three secondssome possessions,” said Bat-avia coach Jim Nazos, whoseteam dropped its fourthstraight game. “Maybe in arun we’ve got to dig in, real-ly get in a gap better, forceanother turn and draw somepossessions out for them of-fensively. But they’re good.McCullum’s good, and that(Andrew) Jones kid has got alot better, too.

“We did have a couplerough turnovers, a roughpatch there, but our roughpatches are going down fromhalves to quarters to minutes,I guess. We’ve got to look atit in a constructive way and

move on.”Despite momentum swing-

ing dramatically to Larkinmidway through the fourthquarter, Batavia (2-5, 0-2 UECRiver) had several chancesto tie or take the lead afterBulldogs junior Chasen Peezdrained the team’s 13th andfinal 3-ball of the night to tiethe game at 65 with 1:34 to

play.McCullum’s slashing bas-

ket put the Royals up, 67-65,with 1:02 left. Peez then wasfouled and missed both freethrows with 48 seconds to go,but Bulldogs junior DannyPieczynski gathered an offen-sive rebound.

C o f f e y m i s f i r e d o n a3-pointer but Pieczynski

snared another clutch of-fensive rebound, and Bata-via called timeout with 30seconds left. A well execut-ed backdoor cut positionedCoffey to tie the game, buthe was unable to finish intraffic.

This time, Larkin gatheredthe rebound, but the Royals’Brayden Royse missed two

free throws with 20 seconds toplay, giving the Bulldogs newlife yet again.

Peez tried to tie it butmissed a shot in the lane, andLarkin’s Jones then convert-ed a pair of free throws with5.2 seconds left for the finalmargin.

Although the once-hotBulldogs’ shooting toucheluded them late, Nazos wasproud of his team’s late-gamegrit, particularly Pieczyns-ki’s efforts on the glass.

“He’s somebody who prac-tices hard and does a lot ofgood things,” Nazos said.“There’s not a possession thathe isn’t fighting and doingthings.”

Batavia led, 35-30, at half-time, during which Royalscoach Deryn Carter onlyspent a few minutes with histeam in the locker room be-fore returning to the bench byhimself.

“To be honest, there wasn’tmuch I had to say that was go-ing to be positive so I tried tokeep it as brief as possible,”Carter said. “And I neededto collect my thoughts, andI needed to do a better job. Ididn’t do a good job in thatsecond quarter so I knew my-self well enough to get out,kind of relax and get back tocoaching.”

The Bulldogs’ lead swelledto 13 points twice in the latethird quarter before Larkin’sramped-up sense of urgen-cy took a toll on Bulldogsball-handlers in the fourthquarter.

“We can’t make a habit outof this,” Carter said.

Jones led all scorers with24 points, while Peez ledBatavia with 21 points. Cof-fey’s football rust appearsto be eroding; he had five ofthe Bulldogs’ 3-pointers andscored 16 points. Pieczynskiand reserve forward Ryan Ol-son scored eight points eachfor the Bulldogs.

It was certainly a moreencouraging performance forBatavia than the Bulldogshave exhibited the past cou-ple weeks, but the result madethat difficult for the Bulldogsto appreciate.

“Tomorrow we can take alook at where we were good,”Coffey said. “But tonight, ithurts.”

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Batavia’s Micah Coffee is guarded by Larkin’s D’Montrelle Mardis during Saturday’s game in Batavia.

Batavia upset bid unravels in 4th quarter

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Beebe hands off Aurora Christianprogram to younger brother Dave

By JAY [email protected]

Ten years ago, Don Beebefelt a calling to take over theAurora Christian football pro-gram.

Coaching high school wasnot just a lark for the formerNFL receiver and six-time Su-per Bowl participant. Beebetook the program’s mentor-ing potential to heart, helpingorchestrate a stadium andeventually a state champion-ship-caliber program at thesmall, faith-based school.

But Beebe is a man of greatambition, and the time final-ly arrived when running theEagles’ football program nolonger fit on his front-burn-er. On Friday night, Beebeannounced at the Eagles’postseason banquet that hehas stepped down as headcoach and will be replaced byhis younger brother, Dave Bee-be.

Dave Beebe has been defen-sive coordinator for the Eaglessince Don Beebe took chargein 2004.

“I know that it’s right,”Don Beebe said. “It doesn’tmean it’s not going to hurt, butI know it’s right. What givesme great comfort is that Daveis going to take the programover, and it’s going to be fan-

tastic.”At least for the short term,

Dave Beebe is hopeful that Donwill stay on as the Eagles’ of-fensive coordinator in a tran-sition something reminiscentof the one made at Bataviawhen Mike Gaspari and Den-nis Piron essentially swappedresponsibilities.

Don Beebe cited two mainfactors in relinquishing thehead coaching post less thana month after the Eagles wereeliminated in the IHSA Class3A state semifinals. An up-coming movie project based onthe central role Christianityhas played in his life journeyfigures to lead to other oppor-tunities to speak of his reli-gious convictions, and he alsointends to see all of his son’sfuture college football games;Chad Beebe is wrapping up hisfreshman season at NorthernIllinois.

The movie is expected toexplore similar themes to theones tapped by author DeniseCrosby in “Six Rings from No-where,” a book released in 2012about Beebe’s underdog story.For the movie, Beebe is part-nering with Desert Wind FaithFilms, and executive producerSteven Camp said the moviewill feature original storytell-ing beyond what went into thebook.

“It’ll be a lot of what Denisewrote, no question about it, butthe nice thing about this groupis they’re giving me final saybecause I do not want a Holly-wood story here,” Don Beebesaid. “I want a a story basedon truth and not somethingthat’s not true and fantasized.My story is crazy enough as itis that you really don’t have tomake up a whole lot.”

No, Don Beebe will notplay himself in the movie, hebrushed off with a laugh.

“I don’t know the first thingabout this stuff,” Don Beebesaid. “I’m as wet behind theears as you can get but I’m justgoing to enjoy that deal andknow full well I’m very bless-ed and honored to potentiallyhave this happen, but knowingfull well why. This isn’t aboutDon Beebe. It’s about my faithand potential platform I’ll haveto share that faith.”

Don Beebe consistent-ly maintained that moldingyoung men into devout Chris-tians, using football as a tool,dwarfed wins and losses atAurora Christian. Coachingwinning football, though, alsocame naturally to the Kane-land graduate, whose AuroraChristian teams went 97-26 in10 years, featuring consecutiveClass 3A state championshipsin 2011 and 2012. www.goldeneggpancakehouse.com

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ThursdayA feature story checking in on the Fox Valley Hawks hockey

team.The Hawks, with only four seniors in the program, are fielding

only one level this winter.

FridayCoverage from Thursday night’s boys basketball game be-

tween St. Charles North and Batavia.The North Stars will try to remain in the upper half of the UEC

River standings and avoid an upset from the visiting Bulldogs.

SaturdayCoverage of Friday night’s UEC River showdown between

Larkin and host Geneva.Both teams are considered contenders in the conference this

season, and the Royals are the UEC River’s defending champions.

TODAY

Boys basketball: Burlington Central at Rockford Christian, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball: Harvard at Burlington Central, 7:15 p.m. Batavia vs.

Proviso East at Oswego Tournament, 6:30 p.m.; Rosary vs. Rich South

at Oswego Tournament, 5 p.m.

Boys wrestling: Aurora Central Catholic, Christian Liberty at Whea-ton Academy 4:30 p.m.

Boys bowling: Oswego at St. Charles East, 4 p.m.

Girls gymnastics: St. Charles North at Neuqua Valley, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY

Boys basketball:Wheaton Academy at Walther Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.;

Aurora Christian at Newark, 7 p.m.; Kaneland at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7

p.m.

Girls basketball: Crystal Lake South at St. Charles North, 7:15 p.m.

Boys bowling: St. Charles North at Geneva, 4 p.m.; St. Charles East

at Bartlett, 4 p.m.

Girls bowling: Elgin at Geneva, 4 p.m.; Streamwood at St. Charles

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Girls basketball: Batavia vs Marian at Oswego Tournament, 5:30

p.m. Rosary vs. Oswego, at Oswego Tournament, 5:30 p.m.; Newark at

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Girls gymnastics: Geneva at Glenbard East/Glenbard South Invite, 6

p.m.; St. Charles East at Glenbard North, 6 p.m.

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Aurora Christian’s head coach Don Beebe talks to his team after their game against Stillman Valley on Nov.23 at Aurora Christian High School.

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Widower shouldbe reaching out

Dear Abby: Christmas iscoming, and I dread it.

I have only my brother,his wife and their kids. I’mon Social Security disabil-ity and I barely make iteach month.

They buy me gifts, but Ifeel embarrassed to acceptthem because I can’t buyanything for them.

It makes me feel small.Even though I have

nothing to offer my nieces,my brother and sister-in-law persuade me to goanyway.

They are financiallymuch better off than I am.

I lost my wife a year ago.I see everyone else havingsomeone in their lives and Ifeel alone.

There’s just me andmy dog now. The holidayshurt. What can I do? – Mis-erable In Massachusetts

Dear Miserable: You havesomething to give to yourrelatives. It’s the gift ofyour PRESENCE. If youhave a talent, share it withthem.

Because this is your firstChristmas without yourwife, it’s no wonder youfeel alone.

At this time of year,many people do. A way tolessen the sense of isolationwould be to do somethingfor someone else.

If you’re able, volunteerat a food bank, a homelessshelter, a senior center.It will give you less timeto brood, and you will feelwelcome and needed.

Dear Abby: I recentlywent on a first (and last)date with a “gentleman.”He ordered himself a beerand a prime rib dinner.

He never asked me if Iwanted anything to eat ordrink.

As flabbergasted as Iwas, I have a theory: Mentoday ARE different fromthose of the past, and myguess it’s because thepierced and tattooed galstoday speak and act likesailors, therefore ruiningit for the rest of us. Am Iright? – Puzzled In Florida

Dear Puzzled: No. Youneed to speak up! TheRULES OF DATING havechanged over the lastdecades.

Many women expect –and prefer – to pay for theirown meal and drinks on afirst date. It has nothing todo with whether they aretattooed or use four-letterwords. They like theirindependence, and some-times earn more than theirdates do.

Dear Abby: After 25 yearsof marriage, my wife nolonger wants to shave herlegs.

She is starting to looklike a gorilla. I think it’s aslap in the face.

She says it has nothingto do with me. I don’t knowif I should move to anotherzoo or buy her some banan-as. – Peeved In Poughkeep-sie

Dear Peeved: This may beyour wife’s way of rebel-ling, just as some retiredmen forgo shaving becausethey no longer “have” to.

Or, the winters inPoughkeepsie may be socold she feels she needs theinsulation.

Stay in the zoo you’reused to – after all, it’shome. (If it’s causingproblems in your maritalrelations, close your eyesand pretend it’s cashmere.)

Dear Abby: Would it bea breach of etiquette toenclose a self-addressed,stamped (blank) thank-younote with gifts I plan tosend to my grandchildren,since they do not respondwhen I mail them giftsor cards? – Grandma InMarshfield, Mo.

Dear Grandma: I think it’sa great idea as a last resort– and no, it would not be abreach of etiquette to do so.

• Write Dear Abby atwww.dearabby.com.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Phyllis Diller said, “Wespend the first 12 months of ourchildren’s lives teaching themto walk and talk and the next 12telling them to sit down and shutup.” At the bridge table, someplayers are scared of 12 -- thenumber of tricks needed for asmall slam. Others zoom thathigh whenever there is the faint-est aroma of slam in the air. Butthe ideal is between those twoextremes. This week, let’s studysome of the factors for accurateslam bidding.

First, when two balancedhands face each other, combinedpoint-count is a surprisinglyreliable indicator. Some yearsago, I ran a computer analysis.I gave the partnership’s handsno five-card suit and no 4-4 fit. Ifound that when the total point-count was 33, six no-trump wasa favorite; but when it was only32, that slam was an underdog.Here is an easy example for thebidding, but not so simple in theplay. How can South make sixno-trump after West leads theclub 10? South’s two-no-trumprebid shows a balanced handwith 18, 19 or a poor 20 points. Itis in principle forcing to gameand does not deny four spades.South cannot risk a nonforcingone-spade rebid with that stronga hand. South has 11 top tricks:three spades, four hearts, twodiamonds and two clubs. Theclubs might split 3-3, but that isunlikely both mathematicallyand given the opening lead.However, the contract is assuredif declarer takes trick one,unblocks dummy’s diamondace-king, returns to his handwith, say, a spade, and leads thediamond jack to drive out thequeen. The diamond 10 is trick12.

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