Kendall Weekly Times
Year in Review
by Jennifer Flowers Publisher
What a year this has been for us here at the magazine! We could not have reached our goals without the sup-port of you, the subscriber. Because of your support, we have far sur-passed our goals of when we came into this year. Here are just a few high-lights from the past year and some of the top stories we have covered. January Twist – Early we had a record snowfall, and boy did it keep coming. Kendall County and our surround-ing areas where hit with the worst blizzard since 1979. The blizzard forced business and school closures; however, because of the heroics of the our first responders of police and fire, adding the valiant public work-ers of all the county, municipal and state, the roads were cleaned up and safe, once again proving how impor-tant our service is being provided. February – 28 days of blissful love and the launching of the new on-line dating website Minutes to Love March brought all the days of cov-ering local elections with the Town Hall meetings where local residents and candidates interacted and talked about the importance of job creation, taxes, how the economic slowdown has affected the region, and creat-ing small business opportunities. Kendall Weekly Times Holds Food Pantry Event Legendary Football Coach returns Karl Hoinkes April – Spring sprung early and a new tide came over Kendall Coun-ty. With a conservative movement underway, the municipal elections picked up where 2010 left off with the elections, and the residents chose to move to a more conservative na-ture with most boards representing a more fiscal approach to area budgets. May had fun on the Fox – Once again the Village of Oswego and many joined together for the Taste on the Fox, the annual kick-off to the event season, and all the Who’s Who were in attendance. Staff of the Kendall Weekly Times presents Donations from the Kendall County Food Pantry! Kendall weekly times hosted its first networking event at Panera Bread. June rolled in with Prairie Fest, the annual time when Oswego wel-comes thousands of people, and once again had a record turnout. July – Around the area many
towns celebrated with the 4th of July celebrations and events cel-ebrating everything American. August rolled in and once again all eyes were on Yorkville and the Kendall County Fair. With hot temperatures and a lot of fun, families went to the fair grounds to enjoy time with the family and have all reminders of summer. September – End of summer and fun to be had as members of the Kendall Weekly Times joined in National Lights Out, celebrating in keeping our American streets safe. October – Indian sum-mer and Halloween fun. November – The Kendall Weekly Times participated in Diabetes awareness, in which November 14th was recognized as Diabetes Aware-ness Day through the work of Linda Chapa LaVia, Senator Linda Holm-es, and special thanks to Tom Cross for spearheading the effort, working to make this important day a reality. Annual Backyard tur-key bowl we all won! December – Holiday magic is in the air and the Kendall Weekly Times Holiday give-away with the Lighting contest!
Live Nativity
Brings Families
Together
by Nadia Kanhai
Community families were treated to Christmas carols, a petting zoo, hot chocolate, and cookies on Sunday night at Fourth Street United Meth-odist Church in Aurora, Illinois. Children enjoyed petting some of the actors before the program. Friendly Farms of DeKalb sup-plied the donkey, sheep, goats, and geese for the production. The ani-mals entertained the community, with hand bells playing in the back-ground, as the event kicked off. Soon the road was blocked off in front of the Church, and the church’s 30th biannual outdoor pag-eant started with narrators reading the Bible story of the birth of Jesus in both English and Spanish, paus-ing to lead the neighborhood audi-ence in Christmas carols. A cast of angels and shepherds joined the sheep and goats to proclaim the birth of the child. Then Mary and Joseph came to town with the don-key, and found a small shelter. They were visited by shepherds and kings.
The cast of all ages included angels, shepherds, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, and three kings. Following the pag-eant, the community was invited into the church for hot chocolate, cook-ies, and fellowship.
Meet Jolly Old
St. Nick
By Amber Stark and Martin Flowers
While researching for this special edition, we happened upon a site that brought that immediately that
caught our attentionSanta in Chi-cago, a really cool website that fea-tures all things Santa.
A great resource at this time of year, it has a calendar of events, Santa in the community, history of Santa, and of course, no Santa would be com-plete without the Santa cookbook (and how enjoys his famous cookies that allows him to have that storied figure.)
So after catching all the things that are Santa, we decided to meet the man behind the beard, as you will, or the publisher of this great Santa site.
His name is John Sullivan, a resident of Carol Stream, so we called him for a quick interview! When he answered the phone, we could hear the enthu-siasm in his voice and immediately we started the interview that lasted 20 minutes. During the interview we really felt like we were talking to Santa himself because of the spirit and comfort that John Brought to the conversation. As adults, the spirit of Christmas was in the air:
So if you are interested in finding out about more information about Santa stop by Santa in Chicago, and there you can let the spirit of the
Holiday Season take you away and relive the spirit of Christmas past.
Q and A with
Santa
by Sheryl Krase
Q. why did you start the Site ? A. To help build a central loca-tion of informaloca-tion about Santa . So many great things and informa-tion that can be centrally located so people can access the information.
Q. What kind of things are featured on the site? You name it we have Santa in the News, Santa Houses, San-ta recipes, SanSan-ta Happenings in the event and much more! Q. Has the site really been effective? A. Yes we have more than 1000 events featured from across the Chi-cago land and it continues to grow! What is the most popular Feature? A. Santa on the Train and the polar express! The kids and adults love the trains with Santa it just brings the magic of the Holiday Season Alive. Q. Future plans for the site? A. Maybe we will start a blog and use Social Media like our Facebook page to continue to spread the holi-day spirit.
Quick Fix for
Santa's Cookies
By Barb Johnson
Ingredients
12 ounces white bak-ing chocolate, chopped 1 package (1 pound) Nut-ter ButNut-ter sandwich cookies Red colored sugar 32 vanilla or white chips 64 miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips 32 red-hot candies Directions
In a microwave, melt white chocolate at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Mi-crowave at additional 10- to 20-sec-ond intervals, stirring until smooth. Dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire racks. For Santa's hat, sprinkle red sug-ar on top psug-art of chocolate. Press one vanilla chip off-center on hat for pom-pom; let stand until set. Dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered. Place on wire racks. With a dab of melted chocolate, attach semisweet chips for eyes and a red-hot for nose. Place on waxed paper until set. Yield: 32 cookies.
Meet the Doc
By Doc Ed
Contact Ed Here For more infor-mation !
Wishing you a Happy Holidays from our friends at Belfry Bees and Honey!
Belfry Bees & Honey represents a collection of different honeybee api-aries (hive locations) that contribute
to the promotion of honeybees, honey and hive products as well as educational programming directed and coordinated by Dr. B. - Me. Belfry Bees & Honey represents a collection of different honeybee api-aries (hive locations) that contribute to the promotion of honeybees, honey and hive products as well as educational programming directed and coordinated by Dr. B. (aka Ed Bell, Ed.D.)
We are located in the Fox River Val-ley of Illinois with hives primarily in Kendall County.
We have made a commitment to partnering with the bees to produce the finest honey and hive products within our local area. Additionally, we have a commitment to encour-age and increase the awareness of the general public of the importance of honeybees in our lives.
Honey For The
Holidays
By Doc Ed
BEE Keeping 101!
Course Description: Beekeeping is the hobby that keeps
on giving. You will receive hours of enjoyment and pounds of sweet honey while giving back to the envi-ronment in ways that are priceless. It is an easy and engaging hobby with a life-time of stories to share.
Spring is the best time to set up beehives. This class will provide basic information on how to get started. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to or-der equipment, bees and start this very sustainable hobby this season.
Become a beekeeper. It is easier than you may think, and more rewarding than you might imagine. As we ex-plore a full cycle of a year in a beeyard, you'll learn about the equipment and techniques of beekeeping including:
· Use of the standard Langstroth beehive and oth-er methods of beekeeping. Honeybee biology and behavior. Processes and lifecy-cle within the colony. Bee health, pests, diseases and in-tegrated pest management systems. Locating hives in your environment. Essential Equipment and bee-hive construction methods. Seasonal colony management including installation of bees. Honey and other hive product production.
· Bee friendly planting and sustainable forage development. Bee associations and oth-er sources of information. · Networking and getting the most of available resources
Side Bar
by Craig Cunningham
Child custody- the term conjures the clarion call of war. The “custody battle” creates the metaphor of fam-ily vs. famfam-ily in a bitter fight to de-termine who will cause the most hurt from one another. Child Custody litigation brings issues to the fore-front within the family dynamic that constitute the pain, the emotion, and the gut wrenching entanglement that permeates the depths of the inner soul. Child custody litigation is not for the faint at heart. I am a practicing attorney in the child custody litiga-tion realm. Child Custody litigalitiga-tion requires that attorneys exemplify en-durance, compassion, and an indepth understanding of human nature. Many factors go into the decision whether to begin child custody liti-gation. Illinois law provides for dif-ferent variations of custody. Illinois provides for joint custody, but within joint custody, there is the separa-tion of the residential parent and the non residential parent. This means that someone will be designated as the residential parent, and that is the place that the child will spend most of her time. The non residential par-ent typically pays child support to the non residential parent. However, both parents may have joint custody at law. Joint custody provides that the parents must agree and consult one
another in the three areas at law; (a) health and access to health care; (b) religion and decisions related to reli-gious education, and (c) education, which covers where the child will at-tend school, and access to the child’s records. One of the primary issues related to child custody litigation is whether to petition the Court to ap-point a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL). The GAL brings many factors into the litigation, but allows for the op-portunity of a third party to inde-pendently review the specific homes, and to help make the appropriate recommendation before the Judge, as to the appropriateness of which home shall have custody of the child.
Often litigants overlook the ben-efits and the disadvantages related specifically to the conciliation and mediation aspects of Illinois law. The legislature codified the me-diation statute at 750 ILCS 5/404, which states in pertinent part, “(a) If the court concludes that there is a prospect of reconcilia-tion, the court, at the request of either party, or on its own motion, may order a conciliation confer-ence. The conciliation conference and counseling shall take place at the established court conciliation service of that judicial district or at any similar service or facility where no court con-ciliation service has been established.
(b) The facts adduced at any concili-ation conference resulting from a re-ferral hereunder, shall not be consid-ered in the adjudication of a pending or subsequent action, nor shall any report resulting from such confer-ence become part of the record of the case unless the parties have stip-ulated in writing to the contrary.” (West Publishing, 2011).”The Court ordered conciliation, though, is very different and not to be confused with the Mandatory form of Media-tion established through Illinois Su-preme Court 905. However, the 750 ILCS 5/404 rule does provide for the opportunity for the parties to enter into a less expensive form of cus-tody litigation in which they might anticipate a third party to assist them to a conciliatory conclusion to their pending issues. The 750 ILCS 5/404 provision allows for domestic relations to be a more civil and ami-cable frame of collaborative divorce
procedures that many have requested within the specific system of Illinois. The Court can provide assistance to litigants in making the child support litigation a less painful process, but the litigants have to want it. In the experience of this specific family law trial attorney, the litigants does not want this to be a less painful pro-cess, but instead want the litigation to be most painful, medieval , tortu-ous form of revenge they can con-jure. Often litigants require venge-ance against the other party rather than the resolution of the issues that brought the parties to the courtroom in the first place. Litigants murder the civility that should saturate civil litigation. I am encouraging a dia-logue with others in the child custody and family litigation community. I specifically want to know how many people have experienced the lack of civility within the civil litigation con-text, and I would like to know more about people’s experience within the mediation context that Illinois Supreme Court Rule 905, and the Supreme Court Rule 900 Series dictates.Illlinois Supreme Court Rule 905 states in pertinent part,”
“(a) Each judicial circuit shall estab-lish a program to provide mediation for cases involving the custody of a child or visitation issues (whether or not the parties have been married). In addition to the minimum require-ments set forth in subparagraph (b) (2) of Rule 99, local circuit court rules for mediation in child custody and visitation cases shall address: (i) mandatory training for mediators; (ii) limitation of the mediation pro-gram to child custody and visitation issues; (iii) (unless otherwise pro-vided for in this article) standards to determine which child custody and visitation issues should be referred to mediation and the time for refer-ral, and (iv) excuse from referral to mediation if the court determines an impediment to mediation exists. The immunity and approval requirements of subparagraph (b)(1) of Rule 99 shall apply to mediation programs for child custody and visitation matters.” (West Publishing, 2011).
Therefore, the mediation program works towards litigants solving their questions. Litigants must be aware of the benefits of the program. The litigants must realize this is the point at which they should address all ques-tions, all issues related to the prob-lems of both parties parenting their children. The litigants must embrace the task of performing the resolution towards a parenting agreement. The mediation rules provide for the reso-lution of the parenting agreement, but litigants prevent this resolution.
The next series in this article shall provide litigants with tools on reach-ing this resolution, and providreach-ing for more successful and efficient litigation.
Let Get Fit for
the Holidays
By Annie Craig
A Little Bit of Yoga…A Lot of Namaste
Namaste is a word heard echo-ing throughout the room at the end of each and every yoga class. mah-stay” says the instructor. “Nah-mah-stay” repeats the class. Don’t be frightened. This Sanskrit term means “The divine in me honors and bows to the divine in you” or, more simply, “My good sees and respects your good”. It is a beautiful and sim-ple sentiment. We honor each other. Let me take just a moment to introduce myself. I am Annie Craig, owner and operator of Annie’s Om Towne Fitness located in Downtown Aurora. I have a degree in Exercise Physiology and have been teach-ing group exercise since 1983. Yep, I’ve seen it all …from legwarmers and Jane Fonda to reincarnations of bootcamp. I have the self-incrimi-nating pictures to prove it. I began studying yoga in 1994 and pilates followed soon after. I love the tradi-tional methods of yoga and pilates, but I also embrace newer approaches that bring people to move. It is always about movement of the human body. Let’s take a closer look at yoga. Why? Because yoga is for everybody. I know that many of you have mental images of trendy fit women running around the big city with their yoga
mats but get that out of your head. Yoga is for EVERY BODY…fit and unfit, large and small, young and old. It is for those with special needs. It has the ability to enhance the lives of everyone. Through yoga, we learn to link mind, body, and breath. The physical aspect of yoga enhances our cardiovascular, muscular, and skeletal systems. It also massages our internal organs, allowing for
improvement of our digestive and circulatory systems and cleansing of our entire body. Breathing prac-tices reduce anxiety and tension and nourish all of our cells. Meditation and relaxation practices increase mental clarity and concentration. The combination of the physical, breathing, and relaxation techniques leads to greater self-awareness, not only enhancing our lives but the lives of those around us. Love and acceptance starts within and then expands to the world around us. It is important to remember that yoga, like life, is a journey. This journey is non-ending and is always about the process. This is a hard con-cept for many of us who are goal ori-ented. Yes, you will become more fit, but yoga offers so much more. Each time you practice you will feel a lit-tle different. You will become a bit more aware of the small changes in your mind and body. Every day is new. Every breath is new. I love this concept in yoga as well as in life. You might have screwed up yesterday but today is a brand new day. Namaste.
Local Vet
Making a
Difference
by Nadia Kanhai
The votes are in and Herschel Luck-inbill of Montgomery is waiting to hear the official results of the Gen-eral Motors Our Town, Our Heroes contest, in which he was nominated (one of four) as a finalist.
Luckinbill was nominated by his friend, Wayne Johnson, and only learned about the contest a week ago. Luckinbill was nominated for his dedication as an Honor Flight ambassador. Luckinbill has been volved with Honor Flight since its in-ception in 2008. He helped organize 125 trips for 285 Fox Valley veterans (mostly WWII vets) to fly to Wash-ington D.C. for a day of recognition, honor, remembrance, and celebra-tion to visit sites such as the Air and Space Museum, Iwo Jima Memo-rial, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Lincoln Memorial, or the Korean and Vietnam Memorials.
“I love to hear the stories of the WWII vets,” said Luckinbill. “It’s the little things we can do.”
The “little things” Luckinbill does includes his activity with the Fox Valley Veterans’ Breakfast Club, raising donations to take vets to D.C. and even local sporting events.
This month, veterans will be treat-ed to a free breakfast on December 22.Luckinbill, a Vietnam vet, does not only honor WWII vets, but this past weekend attended the Army Navy football game with Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are mul-tiple amputees. One of the high-lights of his trip was laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
Luckinbill’s family and friends have written wonderful comments to honor him and support his nomination. These accolades can be found at http://drivingthemid-west.com/otohrd18/#idc-cover.
The contest write-up on Luck-inbill states: “Herschel has dedi-cated much of his time and money to serving local World War II veter-ans with Honor Flight Chicago, an organization that flies veterans to Washington DC to visit the war me-morials and be recognized for their service. Herschel has helped lead 25 flights from Chicago and con-tinues to spend his time planning
reunions and fundraisers to benefit local veterans. He is a true hero.”
Online votes until 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 14. The finalist with the most votes will win a week-long loan of a new Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac vehicle along with a special hero package. The winner will be an-nounced December 15.
Buy American
For the Holidays
By Mark Garrity
Buy Locally, Buy American for the Holidays
Here we are on the cusp of the holi-days three long years into the Great Recession. The Super Committee wasn't able to come to an agreement on how to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion dollars over ten years which shouldn't come as a surprise to any-one paying attention to politics for the last year. Sadly the Republican members of the Super Committee seem to have misunderstood their purpose was to help lower deficits not explode them. What else explains their offer to close $250 billion worth of tax loopholes in trade for a perma-nent extension of the Bush tax cuts which would add $4 trillion dollars to the debt over ten years? Regard-less of who you think is responsible for the lack of a deal, or even wheth-er focusing on debt reduction in the face of a financial crisis is a good idea in the first place, the American economy is stuck for the time being with $600 billion dollars worth of Dept of Defense spending cuts and a 2% across the board reimburse-ment cuts to Medicare providers
over the next ten years. I say "for the time being" because already some Republican senators are trying to quash those DOD cuts and in real-ity no congress can bind the hands of future congresses. The house and senate can simply vote to change the policies at some future date.
Nonetheless this impasse poses an immediate problem for the Ameri-can economy. Already skittish mar-kets and companies that would likely hire going into an election year con-fident that politicians of both parties interested in their own re-elections will do what they can to stimulate the economy now recognize that the likelihood of GOP cooperation isn't going to be forthcoming. By the end of the year unemployment extensions and payroll tax cuts are set to expire which will take $900 billion dollars out of the economy and the pockets of American middle class consum-ers. Maybe I'm too pessimistic but I don't see the Republican party agreeing to extend those unemploy-ment benefits and middle class tax cuts in the next few weeks and their support for anything else that might spur growth is nonexistent. With the Federal Reserve announcing another round of stress tests for big Ameri-can banks exposed to what might be a break up of the Euro Zone next year that just might result in a de-pression in Europe things look pretty bleak for our economy as well. Which brings to me to subject at hand. What can we as individuals do about it? It's obvious until after next year's election there's not a whole lot we can do politically and as Presi-dent Obama says we can't afford to wait.
So I propose that we as American consumers, the single biggest engine of economic growth in this country accounting for 70% of America's GDP, do our patriotic duty and buy American made products for the holidays and when we can buy them from locally owned stores. Instead of driving to Walmart or some other big box store to buy the latest toys, clothes and electronics built in over-heated China or some other foreign country seek out local shops selling American made goods. Recycling our shopping dollars back into our economy is the most important thing we can do to help create growth and jobs in this country. Nobody else can or will do it for us.
Not easy you say? Well I've done some of the research myself and if you follow along here are some tips I cribbed from the internet:
Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirt box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper? Everyone -- yes EVERYONE gets their hair cut. How about gift certificates from your local American hair salon or barber? Gym membership? It's appropriate for all ages who are thinking about some health improvement. What about the staff at your local spa? Almost any woman would love a gift certificate in whatever denomination you can afford to her favorite spa.
Who wouldn't appreciate getting their car detailed? Small, American owned detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift certifi-cate or a book of gift certificertifi-cates. One year I bought my sister a bunch of cleaning supplies for her new car and she was thrilled. With 3 little kids at the time you can imagine why. All it took was a trip to local auto sup-ply store and most of those goods are made here at home. .
Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of plunking down your bucks on a foreign made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift recipient would like his drive-way shoveled for the winter, or lawn mowed for the summer, or a few rounds of golf to look forward to at a local course next summer. You can look up locals to contract to do the work online.
There are a bazillion owner-run restaurants -- all offering gift cer-tificates. And, if your intended isn't the fancy eatery sort, what about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint. Remember, this isn't about big National chains -- this is about supporting your home town
Americans with their financial lives on the line to keep their doors open. How many people couldn't use an oil change for their car, truck or mo-torcycle, done at a shop run by the American working guy?
Thinking about a heartfelt gift for mom? Mom would LOVE the ser-vices of a local cleaning lady for a day.
My computer could use a tune-up, and I KNOW I can find some young guy who is struggling to get his re-pair business up and running.
If you are looking for something more personal how about the local crafts people who spin their own wool and knit them into scarves. They make jewelry, and pottery and beauti-ful wooden boxes. Here's a link to a Facebook page of local homebased businesses in the far Western burbs. www.facebook.com/groups/
homebasedselfemployed/
Plan your holiday outings at local, owner operated restaurants and leave your server a nice tip. Or go out to see a play or ballet at your hometown theater. Musicians need love too, so find a venue showcasing local bands. Honestly, do you REALLY need to buy another ten thousand Chinese lights for the house? When you buy a five dollar string of lights, about fifty cents stays in the community. If you have those kinds of bucks to burn, leave the mailman, trash guy or ba-bysitter a nice BIG tip.
The holidays don't have to be about draining our pockets to buy just stuff, we can spend it on things everybody needs or experiences to be enjoyed. Of course kids are going to want toys they see on tv, there's no getting around some of that but below are some links to interesting sites that may not be local but do sell American made goods, a lot of which are toys. These days the holidays should be about caring for our fellow citizens, encouraging American small busi-nessmen and women to keep plug-ging away to follow their dreams. So be creative mix and match, buy what can locally, buy what you can made here in America.
When we care about other Ameri-cans, we care about our communi-ties, and the benefits come back to us in ways we couldn't imagine. http://www.madeinusa.org/ http://www.american-madeproducts.com/
http://americansworking.com/ http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/ index.php
Original Oswego
by Tia Brooks
I would like to introduce myself and this column to Kendall Weekly Times followers. My name is Tia and I am part of the new Tourism Bureau for the Village of Oswego, IL. I say “new” because the Village has recently tak-en on the task of promoting tourism and we are less than 3 months old! My job is to promote the events and businesses that make Oswego a great place to work and live. I hope to promote the village as a sought-after destination for culture and en-tertainment. I grew up 15 miles from Oswego and left after college to pur-sue work in New York City. I lived there for over 5 years before I de-cided to go back to school to pursue my master’s degree in London. I’ve lived in a few major cities, Chicago, New York, London, and always con-sidered myself a city girl, but found that there was something so imper-sonal to living the city life. I seemed to always be searching for “home.” After graduate school, I made the decision to return to the area and ended up discovering the lovely Vil-lage of Oswego, which I have hap-pily called home for over two years. Previous to my employment with the Village of Oswego, I was the track photographer for Arlington Park and Hawthorne Race Course where I was responsible for promoting the tracks in print and web-based media. I enjoyed my job immensely. I mean, how can you go wrong working out-doors and around huge majestic animals? And how many people do
you know who can actually say they enjoy their job? But- I used to trav-el over 90 miles, round trip, to my job, and working at the track meant working nights and weekends, not to mention holidays. This eventu-ally led me to ignore everything in my own “back yard” and my life be-came the track, which, don’t get me wrong— it’s definitely an interesting life and was hard to leave behind, but I knew there was so much waiting to be discovered in my own back yard. I am someone who is passionate about learning new things and now is the time to take advantage of all that is waiting to be discovered. In my monthly column, I will be sharing my local discoveries and experiences in and around the Village of Oswego. In this column, I hope to discover and celebrate the new and old “pio-neers” of Oswego. From cultural and entertainment events to historical in-novations and awareness, I plan on sharing the pioneer spirit and entre-preneurship that makes Oswego so great. I hope you will follow me on my journey through the Village of Oswego!
Getting Ready
For the Holidays
by Pat Gavros
FURNITURE ARRANGING
Where do I begin? That seems to always be the question. Whether you’re trying to decide what decorat-ing should be done, or which paint color to choose, perhaps what furni-ture to buy, or how to arrange your furniture! Life is full of questions and so design/decorating is no different.
Some seem to do it effort-lessly and have a real knack for automatically knowing what to do. Others need a little more help and guidance. Not to wor-ry! It’s a skill that can be learned. With the holidays approach-ing, let’s talk about furniture arrang-ing in your livarrang-ing room. You’ll be entertaining and trying to make your common areas look beautiful and in-viting. The first thing I always en-courage is to think about every piece of furniture that’s in the room. What is its function? Over the years, have
you added pieces here and there, leaving your room crowded with pieces of furniture that don’t seem to really address your functional needs? This is the time to think about each and every piece of furniture in that room, taking stock of what works and what doesn’t. Maybe the small pieces of furniture don’t really do the job for which they were intend-ed. Perhaps it would be better to purchase one larger, multi-purpose piece that would work more efficient-ly and alleviate the cluttered look. As with any room, always begin
with placing the largest piece of fur-niture first. In most cases, this will be the sofa. There are some rules that do apply. Try, if at all possible, not to put it up against a window. Why? Several reasons really. The light from the window can fade and otherwise damage the fabric, and secondly, windows are made to look out of. I am currently breaking that very rule by having my sofa up against a win-dow because the only other place for it would be to “float” it in the mid-dle of the room facing the fireplace, but that would make the room look
smaller and create a difficult traffic pattern. So, for my space, putting it against the window is the best option. If you have a large armoire or TV entertainment center, that would be the second piece. You now see that wherever the sofa has been placed, the entertainment center should be easily viewed from it. That means that you need a large wall space to accommodate this piece. If you have neither of these (armoire or enter-tainment center), then skip this step. But, what if you have a fireplace instead? Since a fireplace
in a room (functional or not) is al-ways the focal point, the seating ar-rangement should allow for people to view it. If the room is big enough, you can place the sofa so it faces the fireplace, and in most instances that means it will be floating in the room. That word “floating”, what does it mean? It means that it is not “anchored” to a wall, but instead is freestanding. One of the things about floating a sofa is that unless you have space on at least one side of the sofa for a table and lamp, it can present a challenge. However, there might be room in back of the sofa for a sofa table or other long/ narrow piece of furniture on which you might be able to place a lamp. After you’ve placed your sofa and secondary large piece of furni-ture (if you have one), you can then add side chairs. Remember, that creating a conversational seating ar-rangement works best. This invites easy conversation because people are clustered closer together. There are several options; you can place a chair at each end of the sofa, facing one another with a cocktail table in be-tween. This will give you an intimate arrangement for five to six people and a place for them to put glasses and refreshments. Or, you can place those chairs across from the sofa with the cocktail table in between. You’ll undoubtedly have more than two chairs in the room, so if you have a nice club chair or wing-back chair, that, along with a table and lamp, can be placed in a cor-ner to fill that area out. The goal is to have several seating areas in the room rather than one big “pit” look. You’ll notice that whenever you go to gatherings, there’ll be two or three individual conversations going
on simultaneously. Having two or three conversation clusters of seat-ing will be great for enhancseat-ing this. Don’t always think or a con-versation grouping as chairs or so-fas only. Remember that smaller hassocks and ottomans are great for this purpose, and when not in use, can be pushed under sofa ta-bles, etc., to make more room. As you’re arranging your fur-niture, sit down in the room, in the various chairs and seating. Look at the view. Is it easy to move around the tables and other furnishings? Is it easy to come in and out of the room or do you have to go around a piece of furniture? Having to go around a piece of furniture creates an awkward traffic flow and should be avoided at all costs. Sadly, sometimes, it can’t be, but that could be due to the wrong size or pieces of furniture. Something that I saw many times when I was decorating for cli-ents, was furniture that too large for the room. I once had a client who had gone out and purchased a very large sofa with rolled arms, a match-ing love seat and a matchmatch-ing club chair. All were very big in scale and each piece matched the other. There truly was no “good” way to arrange this room because too much furni-ture had been purchased and the scale was all wrong. The end re-sult was three pieces of furniture pushed up against the walls with tables and lamps to finish it off. It almost looked like a furniture store and really offered no way in which to have a functional conversation grouping. Note: One of the things that made it difficult to arrange fur-niture in that room was, there were no “unbroken” walls. That means that every single wall had either
a window or a door opening on it. This room had two door openings and two windows. With a floor plan drawn on paper, showing locations of doors and windows, this could have easily been avoided when shop-ping for furniture for that room. Once you’ve placed all furni-ture and checked out the traffic flow, function and views, you’re ready to finish off the room with accessories and artwork, etc. If you’ve floated furniture in the room, you can bring the larger grouping together with a nice size area rug as an accent. Now, we can talk about “anchoring”. Place the sofa so it sits partially on that rug, so you’re connecting or “anchoring” the two pieces together. Then, if the rug is big enough, place the front legs of the chairs onto the rug so all three pieces of furniture are anchored to the rug. This really brings the room together by joining some pieces of furniture together. That area rug can also be the signature piece that created the color scheme for your room. Pull-ing out the right color for the walls, and then an accent color for acces-sory pieces can tie the room togeth-er beautifully. Add some wall art (remember to hang it at eye level), some lamps, and a few accessories for the tables, a couple of accent pil-lows for the sofa…..and you’re done! Happy furniture arranging, and next week…we’ll talk about decorat-ing for the holidays.
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by Big Phil Blacklaw
Tom Kozlowicz may squarely be considered a jack-of-all-trades. His career spans credit unions, consult-ant for Chamberlain and Associates, owner of Andy’s Pizza, and a pre-sent tenure in hotels, most recently as general manager of the Holiday Inn Express in Oswego. In addition to this, however, he has also distin-guished himself in various volunteer opportunities, the most noteworthy of which being Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
According to Kozlowicz, the or-ganization began around the turn of the century as two separate entities (namely Big Brother and Catholic Sisters). Initially helping the children of incarcerated parents, Big Broth-ers/Big Sisters now flourishes world-wide, offering needy children of all walks of life who, as Kozlowicz said, “need family figures and friends.” The organization is presently in 12 countries and continues to grow.
When asked to describe his role with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Kozlowicz said he began working with them in 2001 at the Opportunity School in Oswego with a minimum of an hour a week. He went on to say that he “helps [the children] build their self-confidence as a friend and mentor,” by not only being a supportive sur-rogate parent, but by also by “being there for them”, such as taking them to football and basketball games. Since then, his position with Big Brothers/Big Sisters has burgeoned. He has been a member of the lo-cal Research Council for 6 years, and Chairperson of the Bowl for Kids. The latter is the main financial source for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, a fundraiser that raises the $1,000 dol-lars to fund each child. According to Kozlowicz, the fundraisers have prospered handsomely. In addition to these roles, he has also is Chair-man Elect for Kendall & Southern Kane Counties, serves in the Com-mon Trail.org civic organization, and teaches addiction classes at the Provena in Aurora.
In Kendall County, Big Brothers/Big Sisters is under the auspices of the Family Council Services in Aurora, and more information may be found on www.bbbs.org.
All Was Not
Quiet on this
Front
by Tim Thompson
It was 5:30 AM, Saturday, December 16 1944. All along an 85 mile front of the Ardennes Forest in south-ern Belgium, young, inexperienced, and worn out soldiers of six Unit-ed States divisions were enjoying a good night sleep in a quiet sector known only as, “The Ghost Front” Directly across the border in Ger-many, massed together in the thickly wooded hills of the Eifel, were 25 refitted, refurbished, and retrained German divisions straining to be unleashed against the unsuspect-ing Americans. These divisions were divided into three German Armies: the Sixth S.S. Panzer, the Fifth Panzer, and the Seventh In-fantry. The Sixth was positioned in the northern sector, the Seventh was positioned in the southern sec-tor, while the Fifth was situated right between them in the center. All told, it was a combined military force of 286,000 men, supported by 1,900 artillery pieces, mortars, and rockets, and augmented by 970
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medium, and heavy tanks, tank de-stroyers, and armored assault guns. The audacious German battle plan was to strike right through the Ar-dennes Forest just the way in which they had done in the spring of 1940, cross the Meuse River in just four days time, and capture Liege, the second largest Allied supply depot on the continent. Then, after replenish-ing their forces, the German armies were to n drive northward capturing Brussels and more importantly, the critical Belgian port city of Antwerp, which was the single largest Al-lied supply depot on the continent. If successful, the entire Allied Expe-ditionary Force would be cut in two with absolutely no hope whatsoever of resupply. This would then force the Western Allies into a separate negoti-ated peace settlement; thus, allowing Germany to turn her entire atten-tion to fending off the massive Soviet Armies on the Eastern Front which were poised to strike clear across Po-land within a matter of a few weeks. At precisely 5:30Am, the entire Ardennes sector, which had been previously tranquil and quiet for more than three months, erupted in an earth shattering roar brought on by thousands of German guns. Everything that could be fired, was. From the smallest mortar, to huge 14 inch railway guns, and everything in between; shells of every shape and size screamed to-ward United States’ positions. Stunned and shaken American sol-diers leapt from their sleeping bags, grabbed their rifles and raced toward their foxholes. Others hid in their re-spective dugouts and cupped their ears in a futile attempt to ward off the deafening sound. In the central sector, a communications officer ra-dioed his command post to say that thousands of German shells were landing all around his position. In-credibly, he was told that he must be mistaken, because Military Intel had
only two German horse drawn artil-lery pieces opposite his sector. The officer then slammed the receiver down, exclaiming; “They must be working those two poor horses to death!”
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Local Gym Goes
Green
by Big Phil Blacklaw
Reduce your carbon footprint… and your waistline by Phil Blacklaw At new Naperville Gym The idea was audacious and thought-provokingly unique…a fitness club whose electricity was fueled by a cy-cle of its own members’ exercising. An idea that had previously never even graduated from the drawing board, personal trainers Chris Gel-lings and Mike Benso sought to stray heartily from the beaten path in their goal to provide the most eco-friendly Gym conceivable. As Gellings affirms, it is the “only 24 hour access gym that’s solar/hu-man powered”….hence the Eco. The intriguing latter half of what powers the gym is accomplished by a person’s exercising on a ma-chine, with their kinetic energy gen-erating the power that powers the gym’s grid…in a fittingly ecologi-cal cycle of give-and-take. As an added bonus, a client actually earns some money the more they exer-cise…as Gellings put it, “the more you work, the less your dues are.” To augment their uniqueness, own-ers Gellings and Benso also add impressive credentials and offers to their programs. Both owners have been members of SMG—the world’s largest and most successful personal training association—for over 10 years. Additionally, they are offer-ing “huge discounts” up to 50% off on personal trainers, and also feature trainers for children, rather than the run-of-the-mill, more passive classes prevalent in other fitness centers. Although the facility itself does not open until April of next year, the gym is still currently accepting memberships, which may be found with additional savings at the pre-view facility in Market Meadows
near the lot of the former Washing-ton Mutual bank. The final prem-ises will also be in Market Meadows. Two other Eco Gyms are planned to open in the Chicago Area, in response to Gellings’s assertion that other clubs “haven’t gotten it right.” Indeed, Eco Gym’s motto is a succinct and powerful summary: “Change your body, change the world.”
Dinner and a
Movie
by Phil Blacklaw
One can concede that popcorn and candy in a cinema can be quite blasé after a while. Especially when an alternative exists with a restaurant’s breadth of food to partake of, or to re-lax in a theater with martini in hand. This singular treat…and the treat of seeing luminary actors from across the decades…is fostered by Hol-lywood Palms Cinema. Featuring regular celebrities introducing their respective films....Tipi Hedren for The Birds, Rita Moreno for West Side Story…may seem to be a film enthusiast’s dream incarnate. As such, publicity manager Angel-ique Barthel’s assertion that it’s “the ultimate movie-going experi-ence” does not seem like hyperbole. When walking into the theater’s atrium, its departure from tradi-tional cinemas is stark. Faux ru-ins stretch to the ceiling, with palm trees, other exotic foliage, two wa-terfalls and a huge miscellany of vintage posters dating back to the si-lent era. From the outset, you know (to quote film canon) that you cer-tainly are not in Kansas anymore. Although the Palms opened in ’09, a sister location in Woodridge preced-ed it in 2003 (nampreced-ed the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema Bar & Eatery). Barthel says both theaters feature “seat service from a full bar & menu,
comfortable chairs, first run movies, classic
movies series and the chance to meet your favorite celebrities.” The celebrities appear at the Palms about once a month. Their up-coming guests show how broad the theater’s range is, from two of the original Munchkins introduc-ing The Wizard of Oz to the stars of the newest Twilight installment. In addition to film culture, Holly-wood Palms is also fervently involved with community service. When asked, Barthel discussed their latest food pantry event Haunts Against Hunger, dubbing it “a huge suc-cess, collecting over 100lbs of food!” She also heads the theater’s quar-terly blood drive with Lifesource. Another blend of entertainment and charity was held last September, the three-day Back to the Big Screen Festival, themed around “fun” 70s and 80s films. This event fund-ed the Michael J Fox Parkinson’s foundation, raising over $42,000. With all the theater has to offer, Hollywood Palms is most definitely a breath of fresh air. Given their past variety in events, the theater will surely continue to surprise and de-light filmgoers of all stripes.
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by Martin Flowers
Meet Catherine Parker a small busi-ness owner who is young and creat-ing jobs in America and helpcreat-ing to make a difference on Main Street. Catherine’s story is much like so many of the 30-somethings in to-day’s new economy; young people stepping out to reinvent themselves in the new global economy. Cath-erine Parker had a successful pet care business and a talent for cook-ing. Growing up, Catherine worked in her family’s deli business and developed a unique talent to cook. Never losing her passion for cooking, Catherine continued through the years to experiment and apply her love for cooking into developing her own recipes that she would serve at various events. Catherine continued to be a self-described secret chef. Just over a year ago, Catherine was making dinner and decided to serve this special sauce she had secretly been cooking up to her boyfriend. Upon tasting her sauce, he suggest-ed that she enter various cook-offs to give it a try. So embarking on a new career and armed with a kitchen full of recipes, Catherine created Kitty Bar-becue and Dip Sauces, a local com-pany, and began to enter the cook-offs and build on her prior success in business as a new company was born. The first few months were the build-ing stages, gettbuild-ing people on board and used to the idea and taking a different twist. Through social me-dia and competing in competitions, Catherine would earn the respect of her peers and build the framework
for a unique approach and growth for this Main Street success story. Nine months later Kitty Barbecue & Dip Sauces can now be found in three states.
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Brian’s career spans over 30 years. Since his first production company in 1979, he’s produced thousands of projects for hundreds of companies, ranging from solopreneur to For-tune 100. Brian combines years of marketing experience, with technical expertise, to build on-line campaigns
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Your brand is much more than just a logo (but a good one can enhance your brand). A brand is the essence of your product or service and what it means to your customers. Your brand is attitude, perception, and how people differentiate you from
your competition. Here are some tips on better defining your brand…
Every brand has a story that makes it different from it’s competition. In the case of a pooper scooper it’s all the same crap… being profes-sional is a must. I have had scoop-ers that showed up erratically and made me doubt their ability to serve our needs. The one with the most personality and fun atti-tude ultimately won our business! Depending on your business… Your personal and business brand are the same thing… but that does not mean that you market both the same or equally! In my case, my busi-ness brand is marketing, and social media. My personal brand is activ-ism, music, and creative. Although they work hand in glove… it’s not
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Someone you Should Know by Dick Kroft
Someone you should know by Dick Kroft It is often stated that one voice can make a difference and recently I had the opportunity to meet someone who is doing just that. Her name is Rondi Stickney owner of Rondi self-fitness a small gym located in Os-wego and she takes a new approach by Looking at nutrition and a unique work out regiment Rondi tailors each program to meet the needs of her client. Rondi belief in a case by case approach and that personal touch that helps to positive reinforce peo-ple of making progress at their own
pace and help people achieve their own success, by teaching Lifestyle changes, not Short term fixes. Rondi encourages people to look long term in their dedication to getting healthy. However although a lifetime com-mitment to being healthy Rondi has not always been in the fitness indus-try and wanted to give back . So a few years ago Rondi took the plunge and supported by friends and family em-barked on a new career in advocat-ing fitness to the residents of Kendall County. However this success story does not end there over the past few years Rondi has been teaming with Copley Hospital and the Diabetes Center along with physicians; devel-oping programs for not only adults but children as well on the impor-tance of educating people on this cause and the alternatives that are available in coping with this disease. “People need to be educated and
en-couraged to find their inner fitness. If fitness was that easy, everyone would be in shape. It's the big picture that matters, when you’re healthy, you'll always feel better and look better”. Looking to the New Year we all have new year’s resolutions and Rondi is the very person that will help you to achieve your goal and you will make a new friend this is why Rondi is someone you should know.
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and send it to: Kendall County Food Pantry, 1204 Deer Street, Yorkville, IL 60560
Volunteer: There are many ways to volunteer and serve at a PADS site. Please click here for a complete list of volunteer possibilities.
Be an advocate for PADS: Tell people what it is and how it works. Encour-age people in your neighborhood,
church, civic organization, place of employment, etc., to get involved ei-ther as individuals or as a group.
Many letters, brochures, and a Pow-erPoint presentation is available for you that explains things in greater
detail. For a copy of any of these tools, please send an email.
Volunteer Training is available. There will be volunteer training sessions so you can learn how PADS operates, what is expected of the volunteers, and the procedures involved. The training will help insure that you will be knowledgeable and comfortable in your role as a volunteer.
This ONE TIME training session, will provide information on why PADS is needed in Kendall Coun-ty, registration procedures for the guests, meals and food handling, health and safety issues, do’s and don’ts for volunteers and any addi-tional questions you may have.
Knight of
Columbus
Events
press release December 2011 Sat 12/24 Oswego KC ROSARY FOR LIFE 9:00 amJanuary 2012
Wed 1/4 Columbus Club Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm Thu 1/5 Regular KC Council Meeting 7:30 pm Fri 1/6 January KC Friday Fraternal Night 7:30 pm Thu 1/12 KC Community Blood Drive 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm Sun 1/15 KC Pro-Life Breakfast at church 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Wed 1/18 Oswego KC Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 7:00 pm Thu 1/19 Regular Oswego Council Meeting 7:30 pm Fri 1/20 KC Pajama Party 7:00 pm Thu 1/26 Knights of Columbus 1st Degree 7:30 pm Sat 1/28 Oswego KC "ROSARY FOR LIFE" 9:00 am Sat 1/28 Texas Holdem Poker Tournament 6:00 pm
February 2012
Wed 2/1 Columbus Club Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm Thu 2/2 Regular KC Council Meeting 7:30 pm Fri 2/3 KC Friday Fraternal Night 7:30 pm Thu 2/9 KC Culture of Life Pro-Life Talk 7:00 pm Sat 2/11 KC Pork Chop Dinner 3:00 pm Wed 2/15 Oswego KC Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 7:00 pm Thu 2/16 Oswego KC Council Meeting 7:30 pm Fri 2/17 KC Chili Cook-Off 6:00 pm Sat 2/25 Oswego KC "ROSARY FOR LIFE" 9:00 am Sun 2/26 KC Ladies Auxiliary 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm March 2012 Thu 3/1 KC Annual Charita-ble Funds Distribution 7:30 pm Fri 3/2 March KC Fraternal Night 7:30 pm Sat 3/3 KC Family & Ladies Aux-iliary Mass & Potluck 5:00 pm Wed 3/7 Columbus Club Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm Thu 3/8 Knights of Columbus 1st Degree 7:30 pm Thu 3/15 Regular KC Council Meeting 7:30 pm Wed 3/21 Oswego KC Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 7:00 pm Sat 3/24 Oswego KC "ROSARY FOR LIFE" 9:00 am Sun 3/25 Ladies Auxilairy Annual Card Party 1:00 pm Fri 3/30 March KC Fraternal Night
Kendall County
Fair
press release
Building the Fair-grounds - Brick by Brick Engrave your name in the history of the Kendall County Fairgrounds. The Fair Association has kicked off a campaign offering engraved bricks to individuals, groups, clubs, and businesses. The bricks will be part of the patio enhancing the landscap-ing in front of the newest buildlandscap-ing on the grounds. This project allows the Association to recognize and perma-nently thank our donors by display-ing your name. You have the ability to personalize a brick for yourself, club or business as well as honor a loved one. The brick proceeds will directly benefit the Kendall County Fairgrounds building fund. A small brick costs $60. and a large brick costs $80.
Sports Section
Glen Busch Editor
Thanks for stopping by we are pleased to bring you our new section revamped to better serve you . We are excited in January we will be do-ing even more coverage so stay tuned and we are always live through the Website at www.kendallweeklytimes. net and become a fan with our Fa-cebook Page. Thanks again and we look forward to keeping you with the Times.
BCS Rankings
Top 25
BCS Standings RankTeamRecord
View Complete Rankings Last updated Sunday, Dec 4, 2011 11:44 AM EST 1LSU13-0 2Alabama11-1 3Oklahoma State11-1 4Stanford11-1 5Oregon11-2 6Arkansas10-2 7Boise State11-1 8Kansas State10-2 9South Carolina10-2 10Wisconsin11-2 11Virginia Tech11-2 12Baylor9-3 13Michigan10-2 14Oklahoma9-3 15Clemson10-3 16Georgia10-3 17Michigan State10-3 18TCU10-2 19Houston12-1 20Nebraska9-3 21Southern Miss11-2 22Penn State9-3 23West Virginia9-3 24Texas7-5 25Auburn7-5
College Mens
Top 25RankTeam (1st Place Votes)Record View Complete Rankings Last updated Saturday, Dec 17, 2011 12:51 AM EST 1Syracuse(28)10-0 2Ohio State(2)9-1 3Kentucky8-1 4Louisville9-0 5Duke9-1 6North Carolina8-2 7Baylor8-0 8Missouri10-0 9Xavier8-0 10Connecticut8-1 11Marquette9-0 12Kansas7-2 13Florida7-2 14Pittsburgh9-1 15Wisconsin10-2 16Mississippi State10-1 17Georgetown8-1 18Michigan8-2 19Illinois10-0 20Indiana9-0 21Alabama8-2 22Texas A&M8-1 23Michigan State8-2 24Creighton7-1 25Vanderbilt6-3
Womens
Basketball
Top 25 AP Top 25 RankTeam (1st Place Votes)Record View Complete Rankings Last updated Saturday, Dec 17, 2011 12:42 AM EST 1Baylor(39)10-02Connecticut9-0
3Notre Dame9-1
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