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CHRONICLEMONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013 | KCCHRONICLE.COM

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BENEFIT IN DEWEY DASH

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Friends Allison Breedlove (middle), 7, of Elburn and Cheyenne Anderson, 6, of Maple Park approach the finish line Sunday of the Dewey Dash 1-mile race. Participants were encouraged to dress asfairy tale characters as part of the race theme “Once Upon a Race.”

LOOKING FORWARD THE WEATHER

Professional juggler at Elburn libraryELBURN – Professional juggler Jason Kollum will perform at 7 p.m.

today at the Town and Country Public Library, 320 E. North St.,

Elburn. The event includes Kollum’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Variety Juggling

Show, followed by a hands-on skills workshop. For information,

visit www.elburn.lib.il.us. All are welcome.

Friends of St. Charles Public Library book sale setST. CHARLES – The Friends of the St. Charles Public Library will

hold the spring used book sale from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 19; 9

a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20, and noon to 3 p.m. April 21 at the St. Charles

Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. For details, call 630-584-0076 or visit

www.friendsofstcharleslibrary.com.

Today

Mostly cloudy, chance of

showers.

Tuesday

Cloudy, chance of showers.

High 61

Low 41

High 54

Low 40

By BRENDA [email protected]

GENEVA – A silent auc-tion of Coultrap artifacts inGeneva drew about 150 peopleduring the all-day event Sat-urday.

The public perused every-thing from overhead projec-tors and pencil sharpeners,old clocks and lockers, cartswith wheels for film projec-tors, students’ and teachers’desks, bookcases, doors andrailings, at the facility, 1113Peyton St.

The 1923-built school willbe demolished and officialswanted to give the communitya chance to buy the items. Thesilent auction went throughSunday.

Geneva 304 Director of Fa-cility Operations Scott Neysaid the district will sell com-memorative bricks, as manyof those looking through thebuilding just want a small me-mento.

Ney said the bricks wouldhave plaques with 1923-2013 ofthe years Coultrap was builton them.

“Those are going to be[available] at a later date,probably mid-June,” Neysaid.

The district hopes to raise$10,000 to $15,000, Ney said,which will go towards thedemolition cost, estimated at$862,000. Renovation and re-pair estimates of $2.3 millionto $4.3 million were deemedtoo expensive, so officials de-cided tearing the school downwas cheaper.

Audrey Bridges, whoworked as an aide in a first-grade classroom at Coultrap,said she put a bid on her olddesk.

“I want to take it home,and I’m going to use it at myhouse,” Bridges said. “I havea lot of memories, walking upand down this hall every day.I got close to the kids that I

worked with here.”Ron Stevenson of Geneva

said he could not decide whathe wanted from the silent auc-tion.

“It’s overwhelming,” Ste-venson said. “You’d have ahard time making a decisionif you want something. AndI’m at a stage in life where I’mnot accumulating. I’m disac-cumulating. The only thingI would take home would besome cabinets, some storagelockers for my garage.”

Ann Kammerer, daughterof former Kane County Boardchairman Warren Kammerer,drove from Wauwatosa, Wis.,to walk through her old juniorhigh.

“It’s so sad they’re going totear it down,” Kammerer said.“I remember junior high wassuch a scary time. The girlscould be catty, and you’re stillkind of afraid of the guys.”

The building was namedfor Harry Coultrap, who wasthe district’s first superinten-dent in 1912. His grandson,Paul Coultrap of DownersGrove, also toured the build-ing early Saturday.

“ I e n j o y e d w a l k i n gthrough the building, espe-cially a building my grandfa-ther helped build,” Coultrapsaid later about the tour. “Ob-viously, I’m pretty sad to see

it’s going down. It’s just sadthat they can’t save it.”

Coultrap said his grand-parents lived across the streetfrom the school.

“My grandfather died in1963 when I was 5 and mygrandmother lived there,”Coultrap said. “I always havewonderful memories of visit-ing Geneva.”

Harry Coultrap was ateacher in Elgin and took thetrain into Geneva with hiswife, when he was offered thejob as superintendent, Coul-trap said.

“They found a church andhad a picnic lunch on court-house stairs, and decided thisis a place where [they] wantedto be,” Coultrap said. “Genevahas meant a lot to my fami-ly. It was where my dad wasraised … I’m sad [the school]can’t be utilized … I’m sad it’sbeing torn down.”

Coultrap said the oldschool that bears his grandfa-ther’s name served the Gene-va community well, as a highschool, junior high, middleschool and grade school.

The school board is expect-ed to open demolition bids atits April 22 meeting with com-plete demolition expected byAugust, once all the permitsare secured and any hazard-ous materials are removed.

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Cougars plan ‘Meet the Team’ party datesGENEVA – The Kane County Cougars have announced three

“Meet the Team” party dates during the 2013 season. Fans canpurchase a ticket that provides an opportunity to meet Cougarsplayers and coaches following three pre-selected home datesand enjoy complimentary soft drinks and bottled water inside theHyundai upper deck level at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. The cost is$25, and all proceeds will be donated to the Anthony Rizzo FamilyFoundation. Founded by the Cubs first baseman, the nonprofitorganization helps raise money for cancer research and providessupport to children and their families battling the disease. Cou-gars “Meet the Team” party dates will take place on Saturday,April 20, Sunday, June 2, and Sunday, Aug. 11. All three gamesare at 1 pm. The “Meet the Team” events are scheduled to beginapproximately 30 minutes following the game’s conclusion, andwill last for one hour as fans will have the opportunity to meetand greet Cougars players and coaches. Each event is limited tothe first 100 people. A separate ticket is required for fans who areinterested in attending that day’s game. Fans can order “Meetthe Team” tickets by visiting www.kccougars.com or by callingthe Cougars at 630-232-8811.

Spring work day set at Conley FarmKANEVILLE TOWNSHIP – An annual spring work day is set from

9 a.m. to noon Saturdaythe Conley Farm, 47W085 Main StreetRoad, west of Kaneville. Tasks include taking down tarps, raking,mulching, trimming trees, scrubbing furniture and the pavilionand cleaning debris out of the creek. A light lunch will be providedat noon. Volunteers are encouraged to bring work gloves andgardening tools, including clippers, shovels, rakes, wheelbarrowsand small chain saws if possible. Waterproof boots are needed foranyone working near the creek. Call Conley Outreach at 630-365-2880 to volunteer.

Earth Day Hike at LeRoy Oakes Forest PreserveST. CHARLES – The Forest Preserve District of Kane County has

planned an Earth Day Hike program at 1 p.m. Sunday at LeRoyOakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles. The eventkicks off from Creek Bend Nature Center, within LeRoy Oakes,and will last roughly 90 minutes. The hike will take participantsthrough the woods and prairie, and focus on humans’ connectionwith the earth. While the program is free, advance registration isrequired. Call 847-741-8350 or email [email protected] register. Admission to Creek Bend Nature Center is alwaysfree.

‘Guest Bartender Night’ raises funds for scholarshipST. CHARLES – Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors will host its first

“Guest Bartender Night” fundraiser to raise funds for its newly es-tablished FVJS Scholarship Fund. The event takes place from 6 to9 p.m. April 22, at McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St.,St. Charles. Two FVJN participants will act as bartenders for theevening. The evening will include prize raffles as well as a 50/50raffle. In addition, local guitarist, singer and songwriter Jim Greenwill perform. He is donating his time for this event. All fundsraised will be used to establish the new FVJS Scholarship fund.To donate to the raffle, email Kimberly Fivelson at [email protected]. For information and upcoming events, visit www.fvjn.org.

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

release to [email protected] sure to include the time, the date and the place, as well as

contact information.

LOCAL BRIEF

Geneva jewelry storeto close by end of MayGENEVA – After nearly nine

years in downtown Geneva,SRNTY Jewelry, 228 S. ThirdSt., will be closing its retailstore to focus on designing

jewelry for wholesale, saidowner Jamie Bellandi.“We are taking it in a new

direction, going wholesale withour trademark label,” Bellandisaid. “It’s not the economy. It’sa different direction.”

Everything in the store is onsale to facilitate its closure,including the fixtures. Bellandisaid the store should be closedby May 31.

– Brenda Schory

Brenda Schory – [email protected]

Ann Kammerer, who attended Coultrap when it was a junior high,examines an inside door offered for bid. Kammerer drove fromWauwatosa, Wis., for the school’s silent auction Saturday. GenevaDistrict 304 is selling off the school’s items before demolition inAugust.

Mementos offered for auction

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Fundraising a fairy tale ending at race

By JONATHAN [email protected]

ELBURN – Matt Millerwouldn’t describe his familyas a clan of runners.

But for the last threeyears, Miller, of Elburn, saidhis family, including hiswife, Tania, and three youngchildren, Calvin, Delaneyand Eli, have carved out timeto take part in the DeweyDash fundraiser 1-mile and5K walk and run, benefitingElburn’s Town and CountryPublic Library.

“We use the library all thetime, we love it,” said Miller.“So anything we can do, togive them a little hand, we’rehappy to help.

“And, besides, this is justfun.”

Sunday morning, whileMiller was “on sideline pho-to duty,” his wife, Tania, andthe couple’s three childrenwere among the more than250 runners and walkers whoparticipated in the ninth an-nual dash.

Mary Lynn Alms, direc-tor of the Town and Coun-try Library District, saidthe event’s organizers be-lieved Sunday’s race couldbe among the largest in theevent’s history.

Registrations were stillbeing accepted Sunday morn-ing, but 216 participants hadpreregistered online in thedays leading up to the race,Alms said.

By the beginning of therace Sunday, organizers es-timated an additional 40-50racers had signed up thatmorning to run.

Last year, amid miserableweather conditions, just 203racers in total participated,Alms said.

She credited promisingweather forecasts, which hadcalled for high temperaturesaround 65-70 degrees Sun-day, with helping to draw inwhat could rank as the sec-ond largest number of par-

ticipants since more than 300ran and walked in the firstDewey Dash nine years ago.

Alms said the event typ-ically raises about $4,000-$5,000 to help the library payfor technology purchases.This year, the library in-tends to use the money topay for new computers andprinters.

Most participants, likethe Millers, live in Elburn ornearby communities. But afew come from points moredistant.

Mother and daughter Mi-chelle and Julia Niemeyer,for instance, came from OakLawn to participate.

T h e y s a i d t h e y w e r edrawn to the event by itstheme, “Once Upon a Run,”for which participants wereencouraged to dress as fairytale characters.

Some runners dressed asDorothy from the Wizard ofOz, Harry Potter and Winniethe Pooh. Tiaras and tutuswere in abundance.

As for the Niemeyers,Michelle dressed as “just afairy,” while daughter, Julia,7, dressed as Alice from Alicein Wonderland.

“The finish line will bethe white rabbit I’m chas-ing,” Julia said with a wrysmile.

Photos by Mary Beth Nolan for Shaw Media

ABOVE LEFT: Beth Henning-Pol-lissotto of Batavia pushes to thefinish while dressed as Winniethe Pooh on Sunday while racingin the Dewey Dash 5K in Elburn.Participants were encouragedto dress as fairy tale charactersas part of the race theme, “OnceUpon a Race.” The event benefitsthe Town and Country Library inElburn. ABOVE: Julia Niemeyer, 7,of Oak Lawn approaches the fin-ish line dressed as Alice from “Al-ice in Wonderland. LEFT: HeatherWalker of Maple Park congratu-lates her daughter, Audrey, 6, af-ter she completed her first race.

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Dewey Dashbenefits library

By KEVIN [email protected]

GENEVA – Geneva boys track andfield athletes jokingly nominated Larkin’s4x400-meter relay team as MVP of Satur-day’s Mike VanDeveer Invitational.

Larkin’s anchor runner caughtMcHenry’s along the frontstretch in thefinal event of a long day, allowing Geneva(137 points) to hold off McHenry (135) andavoid a tie.

Before that, several Vikings did theirpart in putting Geneva in strong positionto avenge last season’s distant runner-upfinish to the Warriors.

“I think we have a really, really strongteam this year. We have a lot of fast kids,”said Vikings junior Tim Roels, whose 200title provided Geneva’s late cushion. “Ev-eryone’s stepping up this year who needsto.”

The Geneva girls scored 109 pointsto finish closely behing champion Pala-tine (116). Geneva took the 4x400 behindthe quartet of Jenna Ginsberg, KathrynAdelman, Janie McCloughan and FosterIgnoffo, creating its own drama in the clos-ing event.

Ignoffo also anchored the victorious4x100 and won the individual 100, edgingfellow freshman Leah Narup of Batavia,13.14 seconds to 13.39 on the strength of anexplosive start.

“We’ve been working on that start real-ly hard throughout practice,” Ignoffo said.“I’ve just been getting that down and giv-ing it my all to finish first.”

Here’s a look at some other highlightsfrom the meet, which also included theBatavia and St. Charles North girls, aswell as the Burlington Central boys andgirls:

• Central senior Katie Trupp estab-lished a meet record in the girls highjump when she cleared 5 feet, 5½ inches.That topped the previous standard of 5-5,a mark Trupp did not know existed beforeshe approached 5-2 in the early going.

“It’s kind of a spur of the momentthing,” she said. “Today, I didn’t realizewhat the record was until I jumped, like 5.So then it’s, ‘OK, let’s jump 5-5.’”

The Southern Illinois-Carbondale-bound Trupp also claimed the pole vaulttitle, clearing 11-3 to defeat a tight fieldthat included Batavia senior SkylarSchoen (second) and North junior JessicaGril (third).

Grill sensed the formidable competi-tion but didn’t slink away.

“I knew, but I wasn’t nervous,” shesaid. “I just wanted to do the best that Icould.”

She did, establishing a new personalrecord of 10-9.

• Cold and windy conditions represent-

ed a hurdle for Geneva senior throwerKyle McNeil, who ultimately navigatedthe elements en route to winning the shotput (46-7½) and discus (151-2).

“I wanted to throw state qualifyingtoday [in the discus], but that’s for a bet-ter day,” McNeil said. “It was nice to getthat. I was struggling before that, so it wasgood.”

• Oh, very young. Ignoffo wasn’t the

only freshman to shine, as BurlingtonCentral’s Lucas Ege won the 110 and 300hurdles in boys competition.

For the girls, North freshman HannahSchlib credited competitive practices forher long jump title. Schlib went 15-7 to clipNorth Stars senior Kaylee Raucci by threeinches. Teammate Sarah Kaplan tookfourth.

“We push each other to go farther. It’sreally good motivation, and I look up to theolder girls, and it helps a lot to have girlsthat are so good at the event,” Schlib said.“It makes me want to do just as good.”

Narup, a Rotolo Middle School alumwho recalls competing against Ignoffowhen Ignoffo attended Geneva MiddleSchool North, won the 100 hurdles title.

Narup already was a hit with team-mates, so this should only help.

“All of them are really welcoming,” shesaid, “so it was easy.”

• The BC girls finished sixth among10 teams, while the boys took third out ofeight. The Rockets, who compete in Class2A in the postseason, relished the opportu-nity to see different competition.

“Lots of bigger schools, which I like,”said boys sprinter Trevor Davison, whoanchored the winning boys’ 4x100. “Usu-ally, our schools that we compete with,they’re good, but it’s always nice to facethe 3A schools.”

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Jeff Krage for Shaw Media

Geneva’s Tyler Schleicher competes in the 110-meter hurdles Saturday during theMike Van-

Deveer Invitational at Geneva High School.

Geneva boys win, girls second

We’ve been used to seeing a glutof softball talent on the diamond atSt. Charles North, year after year.This year, it looks like the North

Stars have plenty of crosstowncompetition.The Fighting Saints have been

playing some great ball this season.Look no further back than Friday’s14-2 beatdown against a very goodLake Park team to see what theSaints are capable of doing.East looks like it has plenty of

pitching and plenty of hitting. Aslong as the defense does its part,the Saints are going to keep win-ning at a healthy clip.What Sly likes about East’s lineup

is the balance. Up and down, therearen’t easy outs, which meansthere aren’t easy innings for oppos-ing pitchers.Where’d this Latoria girl come

from? She’s tearing it up.Just the same, the Saints ought to

be aware it ain’t going to be easy towrestle Tri-Cities softball suprema-cy away from St. Charles North.The North Stars might be

seniorless (how’d that happen??)but they have enough talent not tohave to wait til next year to do bigthings.Sabrina Rabin has been dynamite

offensively and pretty darn good onthe rubber, too. In an ideal world,Rabin would probably anchorNorth’s outfield in center, but shortof a prototypical ace, the Starsneed Rabin to back up her offensivegame with solid work in the circle,to boot.She’s capable of doing that, but

North is probably going to have tooutslug people on a semiregularbasis to do big things in the regularseason and beyond. They might justdo that because Rabin has plentyof backup in one of the area’s mostpotent lineups.

COACH SLY’SCORNER

MIKE VANDEVEER INVITATIONAL

Local event champions

GIRLS

100 meters: Foster Ignoffo, Geneva, 13.14

100 hurdles: Leah Narup, Batavia, 16.09

4x100: Geneva (Janie McCloughan, Hannah Davison,

Aimee Dappas, Foster Ignoffo), 52.04; 3200:McKenzie

Altmayer, Geneva, 11:37.53; 800: Kayla Wolf, Burlington

Central, 2:18.59; 4x400: Geneva (Jenna Ginsberg,

Kathryn Adelman, Janie McCloughan, Foster Ignoffo),

4:06.75; High jump: Katie Trupp, BC, 5-5½; Pole vault:

Katie Trupp, BC, 11-3; Long jump: Hannah Schlib, St.

Charles North, 15-7; Triple jump: Hannah Davison,

Geneva, 34-08.5

BOYS

110 hurdles: Lucas Ege, BC, 15.87; 200: Tim Roels,

Geneva, 23.19; 4x100: BC (Ryan Olsen, Alex Johnson,

Jason Berango, Trevor Davison), 44.56; 400: Ryan Olsen,

BC, 50.71; 300 hurdles: Lucas Ege, BC, 42.41; Shot

put: Kyle McNeil, Geneva, 46-7½; Discus: Kyle McNeil,

Geneva, 151-2

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Knights’ goalkeeper earnshigh praise in East victory

By JARED [email protected]

MAPLE PARK – At onepoint during Saturday’s girlssoccer match between St.Charles East and Kaneland,the Saints only had 10 playersof the field because of an Eastplayer thinking she was beingreplaced.

Knights coach Scott Parillofelt like the Saints had morethan the regulation 11 playersin during the game, which theSaints won, 2-0.

“Sometimes it felt like therewere 15 girls out there becauseit seemed like every time wewere trying to make our pass,there they were,” Parillo saidof his team’s inability to movethe ball in the Saints’ territo-ry.

“We couldn’t string togeth-er enough passes [Saturday].They were quick enough tomove over and cut off our pass-ing lanes. They are an aggres-sive and fast team. ”

While East’s speedy playersgave the Knights (3-3-1) few

scoring opportunities in thenonconference match, Kane-land’s strong defense, led byPurdue-bound goalkeeper Jor-dan Ginther, kept the Saintsfrom running away with thematch.

“We had the lion’s share ofthe possessions,” said Saintscoach Paul Jennison. “It defi-nitely was in our favor forshots on the target. We cameup against a very good keep-er [Saturday]. She made fouror five saves [Saturday] thatmost keepers wouldn’t make.She was, hands down, the bestgoalkeeper we have seen allyear.”

Forward Shannon Rasmus-sen, who scored both goals forthe 9-9-1 Saints, agreed.

“Their keeper was fantastic,and we knew before the gamestarted,” Rasmussen said. “Wehad a bunch of chances but wejust couldn’t put one away. Wejust kept hitting them straightat her or taking some real farout shots.”

“Our defense was outstand-ing today,” Parillo said. “They

were constantly under pressureand were able to clear out mostof the balls. And you got to re-member that one of them, Sage[Schlehofer], is a freshman.”

East scored its first goal 69seconds into the game, whenthe ball rebounded off Rasu-mussen’s face into the net.

“The ball was bouncingaround and someone tried toclear it and it just bouncedback off of me,” said Rasmus-sen, a junior.

Rasmussen scored herteam’s second goal on a freekick with 3:36 left in the con-test before the Knights got inposition.

“[Ginther] was sitting onthe post directing where thewall should be at and coachsaid play it,” Rasmussen said.“I just kicked it and put it inthe far corner and she couldn’tget there in time.”

“It’s never fun to lose butSt. Charles [East] is a qualityteam,” Parillo said. “It’s goodfor our girls to play schoolslike that because it only makesus better.”

LOOKING FORWARD: THE WEEK AHEADIN KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE SPORTS

TuesdayCoverage of tonight’s boys volleyball match between St.

Charles North and St. Francis.Both teams are off to strong starts this season, and with St.

Francis playing three major contributors from St. Charles, thematch will yield bragging rights to the winner.

FridayCoverage of Thursday’s series finales of a pair of Tri-Cities

baseball three-game series.Batavia and St. Charles East will conclude their three-game set

in St. Charles while Geneva and St. Charles North wrap up theirseries in Geneva. Each of the Upstate Eight Conference Riverrivals are playing their first intradivision series of the season.

SaturdayLog on to KCChronicle.com/preps for coverage of the St.

Charles East Boys Tennis Invitational, the Burlington Central-St.Charles North softball game and more of Saturday’s action.

TODAYBaseball: DeKalb at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.; Marian Central

Catholic at Marmion, 4:30 p.m.; St. Edward at Aurora CentralCatholic, 4:30 p.m.; Montini at Aurora Christian, 4:30 p.m.;Wheaton Academy at St. Francis, 4:30 p.m.; Lake Park atBatavia, 4:30 p.m.Softball: Rosary at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles

North at East Aurora, 4:30 p.m.; Montini at Aurora Central Cath-olic, 4:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Marian Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.;Geneva at Glenbard South, 4:30 p.m.Girls soccer: Kaneland at Geneva, 6:30 p.m.; Wheaton Acade-

my at Benet Academy, 6:30 p.m. (at Benedictine University)Girls track and field: Rosary at Aurora Central Catholic,

4:30 p.m.Boys tennis: Batavia at Oswego, 4:30 p.m.; Chicago Christian

at St. Francis, 4:30 p.m.; Wheaton Academy at Bartlett, 4:30 p.m.Boys volleyball: St. Charles North at St. Francis, 6 p.m.; Whea-

ton Academy at Montini, 5 p.m.Girls badminton: Geneva at Neuqua Valley Quadrangular,

4 p.m.; Bartlett at St. Charles East, 4:15 p.m.; Streamwood at St.Charles North, 4:30 p.m.Girls water polo: Northside Prep at St. Charles East, 6 p.m.

PREP SCHEDULE

GIRLS SOCCER: ST. CHARLES EAST 2, KANELAND 0

GIRLS SOCCER: GENEVA 2, ROSARY 0

Vikings survive test from RoyalsBy DENNIS D. [email protected]

GENEVA – It’s going totake more than snapping a los-ing streak for the members ofthe Geneva girls soccer teamto feel like they’re playingat the high level they expectfrom themselves.

The Vikings snapped a five-match skid by dominating Ro-sary from start to finish in a2-0 nonconference victory Sat-urday, but they left the CenterStreet fields not fully satisfiedwith their performance.

“I thought we seemed likewe were a little tired [Satur-day] and not like our full po-tential,” junior forward Court-ney Lardas said. “But I think

we came out and showed thatwe are capable of scoring andactually winning.”

One reason some of theVikings may have been lesspeppy than normal was that alot of them were up crammingthe night before for a Satur-day morning test.

“A bunch of them had theACT,” Geneva coach MeganOwens said. “A win’s a win.It’s not always the prettiest,but we came out here and gotthe job done.”

The Royals (5-2-2) wereeven more critical of theirown effort.

“We did not look like wewere ready to play at all,” Ro-sary junior goalkeeper LaurenFrasca said. “We just weren’t

hungry for the ball. We justcame into the game not reallythinking we could win and asa result, we did lose.”

The Vikings (4-6) testedthe talented Frasca early andoften, putting a dozen shotson goal. Geneva’s persistencefinally paid off midwaythrough the first half whenFrasca could not hang on toa sprawling save and Aman-da Lulek dug the ball out tofreshman Maureen Kozlow,who did not waste her shot atan open net.

With a cleat mark still vis-ible on her right cheek afterthe match as evidence, Frascasaid she thought she had heldon to the ball long enough toget a goal kick.

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6Arlo & Janis

Big Nate is on vacation. Please enjoy this strip from April 25, 2011.

Crankshaft

Stone Soup

Dilbert

Garfield

Get Fuzzy is on vacation. Please enjoy this strip from Jan. 31, 2011.

The Pajama Diaries

Pearls Before Swine

Rose Is Rose

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Blondie

The Born Loser

The Argyle Sweater Real Life Adventures

Rude childmakes visits tograndma’s house a chore

Dear Abby: My daughterdied in a car accident twoyears ago. She and herboyfriend, “Reed,” had a4-month-old daughter, “Ange-la.” Since then, Reed hasbeen very understanding andliberal with visitations. How-ever, it didn’t take him longto find another girlfriend,who has a 4-year-old daugh-ter I’ll call Madison.

The first time I went topick up Angela, the newgirlfriend hinted strong-ly that I should also takeMadison. I didn’t like it, butI took her. Abby, Madisonis the meanest, rudest childI have ever met. She calledmy dad ugly, my daughterugly and my house “stinky.”I saw her push Angela downand laugh. Then she tried tosmother my granddaughterby sitting on her head onthe couch. The last time Ibrought Angela home, Mad-ison told me that everythingI bought for Angela I had tobuy for her, too.

I don’t want to take Mad-ison anymore. It has beendifficult losing my daughter,seeing her replaced witha new girlfriend and nowbeing expected to includean unpleasant “step-grand-daughter” in everything. Butif I don’t take her, I’m afraidthey won’t let me visit Ange-la. Do you have any advice? –Angie’s Gram In Missouri

Dear Gram: If you haven’talready spoken to Reedand the girl’s mother abouther behavior, you should.Madison may act out becauseshe’s jealous of Angela and,among other things, sheneeds to learn better man-ners before she’s included inany more visits. If she hadpulled the shenanigans withme that she has with you, Iwould have taken her homeimmediately.

This is not to say thatMadison should be perma-nently excluded, but youshould have time with yourgranddaughter one-on-one.The same is true for Madisonand her grandparents. Youare not a built-in baby sitter,which appears to be how youhave been made to feel, butnothing will change untilyou broach the subject.

Dear Abby: I feel fortunateto find myself with the loveof my life at 24. “Josh” ischarming, intelligent, a hardworker and a wonderful part-ner. I know we can achieveall the things we hope for.We have discussed wherewe stand on issues such aschildren, family, finances,living arrangements, etc. Weare mostly compatible, andwhere there is tension, wework it through and compro-mise.

We are clearly headedtoward engagement. He haspicked out a ring and I wantit badly, but I am hesitant. Iam afraid I won’t give himwhat he deserves.

I dated a man in collegefor three years. We talkedabout our future, madeplans, and then I changed mymind. The pain I caused wasterrible. I still regret hurtinghim, although I don’t regretleaving. I’m afraid I will do itagain. I’m so anxious I some-times think I should bailnow and cut his losses just incase. I don’t think I will, butwho can see the future?

My mother says I havealways been obsessed withmaking the right choice. AmI being foolish and letting myanxieties run away with me?– Susan In Connecticut

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Because you are anxiousabout making a commitmentto “the love or your life” –someone with whom youhave many things in com-mon – it’s time to schedule anappointment with a licensedcounselor to discuss it. Itwill be time and money wellspent.

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For good defense,points and plays

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

The late Sen. Arlen Spectersaid, “If you are going to haveto play defense all the time, youcannot have the kind of ingenui-ty, assertiveness, independenceand intelligence that have madeour country strong.”

That is not the case at thebridge table. In a pair tourna-ment (duplicate), if your defenseis excellent because you areingenious and intelligent, youshould want to defend all of thetime. Then you will get one topafter another.

This week we will look at oneof the most important and taxingaspects of defense – trackingthe high-card points to place theunseen key cards.

In this deal, East has to findthe winning defense. South isin three no-trump. West leadsthe heart nine. Declarer winswith his king and runs the spadequeen. What should East do aftertaking this trick with his king?

East should check the high-card points. South showed 15 to17 points, North tabled 12, andEast has eight. That leaves threeto five for West. What high cardmight he hold?

What did East learn fromWest’s opening lead?

A nine is always top ofnothing. So, West has no pointsin the majors. He must have aminor-suit ace. And since thediamond ace will not be goodenough to defeat the contract,East should assume his partnerhas the club ace.

East should shift to the clubthree, the low card saying thathe has honors in the suit and istrying to win tricks in this suit.West should win with his ace andreturn the club six, giving thedefenders five tricks.

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