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BARRINGTON – Ahavah Or-ganic Spalon is now open in the

Courtyard of Cook Street Plaza,

100 E. Station St., Suite 125, in

downtown Barrington, with free

underground and street parking.

Owner Lisa Gabriel explained her

reasoning for organic-only ser-vices and shared her enthusiasm

for opening her shop in the heart

of the downtown community.

Whywas openingan organic spaimportant to you?Ahavah Organic Spalon has

grown out of a love and appreci-ation for everything organic and

natural.Toxins are everywhere, and

more andmore of our loved ones

are suffering because of the

effects toxins have on us.

At Ahavah Organic Spalon,

our staff will strive to serve you

andmaintain your wellness in a

tranquil, toxin-free, healthy and

beautiful way.

Why is Barrington the rightarea for your business?We chose the village of

Barrington becausemy husband,

daughter and I have resided in the

Barrington area for 16 years and

believe that there is an over-whelming need for our services

within our community.

What can customersexpect when visitingyour spa?At Ahavah Organic Spalon, you

will enjoy our organic beauty

products and services, such as

toxin-free hair color and organic

facials and body treatments, as

well as organic wellness services

that will improve your ability to

release toxins out of your system.

How does your businessassist the greatercommunity?We offer a scholarship to those

who have a desire to have a

career in cosmetology. As an

encouragement to those in crisis

within our local community, we

offer free service to those in need.

Additionally, we support various

local charities and global missions

through the sale of artisan-crafted

gift items.

Describe your hoursand spalon packagesWe are openMonday through

Saturday by appointment.

Our services include hair cuts

and styles, hair color, perms,

smoothing and extensions, skin

waxing andmakeup services. We

offer discounted gift cards to new

clients, and appointments can be

made online. Visit www.ahavaor-ganicspalon.com for details.

If you’re anything like me,every single day starts withcoffee – sometimes afternoonsas well. But I have a secret.I’ve found some of the bestmugs to slip under my Keurigcoffee maker.

Trust me, those perfect-fit-ting mugs are hard to comeby. Plus, this purchase givesback to charity – in moreways than one.

Hugs & Mugs Gift Shop &Cafe, a live storefront offeringkeepsake mugs and other giftitems designed by adults withDown syndrome, will host itsofficial grand opening from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 1. Hugs& Mugs is located next to thenew GiGi’s Playhouse at 2350W. Higgins Road in HoffmanEstates.

I picked up two mugsfor myself during a holidaypre-order, and I must admit,

they inspire me every morn-ing.

GiGi’s Playhouse Develop-ment Director Marc Portugalsaid although Hugs & Mugswill function as a retail busi-ness, it is first and foremosta program to teach adultsimportant career skills.

All revenue from mer-chandise sales and donationswill go directly back into theprogram to cover productionexpenses.

Like all programs atGiGi’s Playhouse, Hugs &Mugs is a free program topromote life-long skills andself confidence. Participantswill oversee all aspects of the

store, lead the mug designand production processes andeventually create their firstresume.

Mugs can be bought prede-signed or custom ordered for

friends, family, co-workers,businesses and more.

“Enjoy the day!” my favor-ite mug reads.

For information, Call 847-807-3470.

Hugs &Mugs provides a cup of smiles

COMMUNITY CORNER: AHAVAH ORGANIC SPALON

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Barrington shops position for success

By STEPHANIE [email protected]

BARRINGTON – Business-es are on the move in Bar-rington.

SOLISQ, a ladies hat and ac-cessories store, recently relo-cated from the Ice House Mall,200 Applebee St., to a storefrontat 115 E. Station St.

The Ice House Mall also re-cently made an addition to itsstore offerings. Laurence Mc-Murray and Gwendolyn Whis-ton, longtime owners of TivoliGarden Antiques, closed theirshop in downtown Barringtonafter 10 years and opened ParisMarket Antiques.

SOLISQ was a longtimedream of owner Gina Ahn. Shecited a desire for a more cen-tral and visible location as thereason for her move after about15 months in Barrington .“Eventually, I would like to beknown as the destination shopin Barrington for hats and allthings wearable accessories,”she said.

When Ahn was 18, one ofher first jobs in Greece was ina retail shop. Before long, shebecame a purchaser and mer-chandiser for the store.

“That first job kind of al-ways stayed with me,” shesaid.

As a shopper, Ahn has acritical eye for display, so inher shop she strives for an in-timate setting with great dis-plays. She fills her shop withunique items from indepen-dent designers that are of highquality at a good price point.

“Overall, I try to bring in agreat variety of merchandise,”she said. “I kind of have to go alittle bit ‘wow’ myself to carrythe item.”

In addition to hats, SOLISQcarries a variety of scarves,gloves, jewelry and gift items.

“I feel that those kind ofaccessories really put a punchin an outfit,” Ahn said. “It cancomplement any lady of anyage or size.”

Knowing that women canpurchase accessories any-where, including online, Ahnmakes it a personal goal to

get to know her customers bylearning their names, remem-bering their purchases andgetting to know their likes anddislikes.

SOLISQ is open from 10 a.m.to 7 p.m. Monday through Sat-urday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun-day, though hours may vary.Ahn also takes private appoint-ments.

The new Paris Market An-tiques will feature a group ofvendors as well as consign-ment. Half of the store offersFrench and Italian offeringssuch as jewelry, clothing, fur-niture and decor, while theother half consists of the Wal-nut Room, with more of a Bar-rington look, offering themessuch as horses and darkerwood pieces.

Whiston said her formerlocation simply wasn’t largeenough to accommodate an ex-pansion and the Ice House Mallseemed to be “the perfect placeto go.”

“There are so many thingsto be excited about,” Whistonsaid. “I love this building. It’s agreat building. There’s a lot ofhistory. That lends itself wellto antiques.”

Whiston said she sees somuch potential in the new lo-cation and looks forward tothe ability to offer more shows.Leading up to opening, Whis-ton said she received compli-ments on how the store wascoming along.

“The response has been tre-mendous, not just good,” shesaid. “It’s been better than Icould have thought.”

Paris Market Antiquesis open from 10 a.m. to 5:30p.m. Tuesday through Satur-day and at least until 7 p.m.Thursday.

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Laurence McMurray and Gwendolyn Whiston, longtime owners of Tivoli Garden Antiques, opened Paris Mar-ket Antiques in Ice HouseMall, 200 Applebee St., after 10 years onMain Street. Whiston said she sees poten-tial in the new location and looks forward to offering more shows.

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SOLISQ carries women’s hats, scarves, gloves, jewelry and gifts.

Accessories, antiques sellers

look to grow in their new digs

Paris Market Antiques

When: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and

Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday

Where: Ice House Mall, 200 Aplle-bee St., Barrington

Info: 847-756-4174

SOLISQ

When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and 11 a.m. to 3

p.m. Sunday

Where: 115 E. Station St.,Barrington

Info: 773-575-5969, solisq.com

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TOM ROOT | COACH, TEACHER

Five-year Barrington 220 ed-ucator Tom Root is an art

teacher at Grough and Houghelementary schools.

Root describes himself as a kidat heart, enjoying coaching andmany hobbies, such as runningthe Boston Marathon.

Root shared more about hiscareer and personal interestswith Barrington Suburban LifeReporter Tarah Thorne.

Tom Roottaught a first-through third-grade summerschool class in2012 at RoslynRoad Elemen-tary.

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People you should knowIN THEIR LIFEBusy coach, teacher also finds time for hobbies

Thorne: You graduated fromBarrington High School. Whatinspired you to stay in thearea?

Root: It’s a beautiful placeto live. My family is still allclose by, as well. I run almostevery day around the beau-tiful neighborhoods aroundtown and gorgeous trails thatnot too many people knowexist out in Barrington Hills

Thorne: What is mostrewarding about teaching art atthe elementary level?

Root: Kids at that agehaven’t been introduced to theidea yet of not being “good” atart. They’re always open andexcited to trying new thingsand working at them. Therearen’t many kids who are notexcited to come to art class,which makes my job easierthan most.

Thorne: What is a typical daylike for you? How do you balanceyour career with being an as-sistant coach for the BarringtonHigh School boys cross countryand track teams?

Root: My schedule is prettypacked. During the week I amat school early, jet over to thehigh school at the end of the

school day for practice andget home in the evening for amuch-needed recharge. Beingan assistant coach, it worksout that I am able to trainalongside the athletes on mostdays, which I love. If I wasn’trunning and working outwith them, it’d be a whole lotharder to keep to a trainingprogram.

Thorne: When did you becomeinterested in running? Whatraces have you taken part in?

Root: My first competitiverace was the Barrington 220Fifth Grade Cross Countrymeet. I got fourth place, andthat success I’m sure was partof what kept me interestedin running throughout myyounger years. I also wasdriven to keep up with my dadwhen he would go out for hisfive mile runs.

I have run seven mara-thons to date – five in Chicago,one in Champaign and thenBoston last spring. Other thanthat, I only run an occasionalshorter race if it happens to beon a very unique course or afriend or family member sug-gests doing one together. I typ-ically get my racing fix duringworkouts with the high school

distance guys. They are a veryfast, hard-working bunch whokeep me always pushing to getfaster myself.

Thorne: Describe your BostonMarathon experience this pastyear. What did you take awayfrom this opportunity?

Root: I have always been avery positive person, but I leftBoston with an even greaterappreciation for life, a furtherawareness of the opportuni-ties that I am blessed with andan even stronger desire thanbefore to see the best in oth-ers. I was very lucky to be outof the immediate area of thebombing when it occurred,but it was still terrifying dueto the uncertainty of what washappening and the uncon-trollable feeling of “What if?”both for myself and all of thepeople I knew from home whowere running or were there tocheer on their loved ones.

The race itself and all ofthe events surrounding itwere absolutely incredible.The people of Boston and allthose who gathered there forthe race weekend could nothave been a more friendly andconsiderate mass of people. Iwas struck by this during the

time leading up to the raceand, similarly, if in a verydifferent way, after. In thecollective numbness followingeverything, everyone seemedto have been reminded whatit means to just be a good hu-man being to one another.

Thorne: You have otherhobbies such as photography.What do you enjoy doing in yourspare time?

Root: Running and pho-tography that isn’t for a jobtake up a lot of my spare time.I also play a fair amount ofbasketball and volleyball,especially in the summertime.I love to paint and wish Icould say that I spend more ofmy spare time doing that, butit can be complicated findinga place suited for it. Playingthe piano also is one of my fa-vorite things to do. I spend asmuch time as possible sittingand figuring out how to playdifferent songs, Coldplay defi-nitely being the most popularof my “jam sessions.”

Thorne: How do you spend yoursummer vacations?

Root: I have yet to have asummer vacation where I amnot teaching and/or coach-

ing most of the time. I havetaught summer school classesevery summer at either theelementary level or this pastsummer at the high schoolfor photography. Then thereare a couple of cross countrycamps at different points inthe summer that I help withwhen I am available. I also dofreelance photography andfill many of my weekendswith shooting weddings orportraits (and then spendingcountless hours editing pho-tos at Cook Street Coffee). Iwill say that I do make a pointof finding a week somewherein between everything eachsummer to travel out to Mainewhere my parents spendquite a bit of time. It is amuch-needed and appreciatedchange of scenery.

Thorne: Where do you see your-self in five years? What are yourshort- and long-term goals?

Root: My goal is consistent-ly to do what makes myselfand others happy. I imaginethat I will be doing many ofthe same things in five yearsthat I am doing now but hopeto still be actively striving togrow in every aspect of mylife.

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Agreement to improve emergency response

By TARAH [email protected]

BARRINGTON – Barringtonvillage trustees have approvedan automatic-aid agreementwith the Palatine Rural FireProtection District.

Barrington Fire Chief JimArie said the Palatine Ruralagreement took longer thanthe other contracts – with theLong Grove and Lake ZurichFire Departments, as well asLake Zurich Rural – because

the preceding agreements were“more involved and of higherpriority.”

The automatic-aid agree-ment with Palatine Rural statesthat Palatine Rural will respondto fires at and around the Bar-rington Middle School PrairieCampus, at 40 Dundee Road inBarrington, while Barringtonwill respond to accidents at theintersection of Ela and DundeeRoads in Palatine.

Village manager Jeff Lawlersaid both Lake Zurich and Pal-

atine Rural have stations clos-er to the village of Barringtonthan the Barrington Country-side Fire Protection District– which is helpful in terms ofemergency response times.

Arie said Palatine Rural has

always been a close resourceand this new agreement is sitespecific to the middle school butdoes include shared emergencyresponse to other parts of theBarrington and Dundee Roadcorridor, like Motor Werks.

Concluding their intergov-ernmental, shared-servicesagreement on Dec. 31, the Bar-rington village and districthave not yet approved an auto-matic-aid agreement with eachother – one of a few relation-ships Arie said he is still pur-suing.

Arie said he hopes the vil-lage will enter into more au-tomatic aid agreements withneighboring communities, in-

cluding the Barrington Coun-tryside Fire Protection District,which received a proposal fromthe village on Nov. 13.

BCFPD officials request-ed to end their intergovern-mental agreement of sharingoperations costs with the vil-lage in September 2012, citingdisagreements in the need formore equipment and man-power.

The BCFPD and BarringtonFire Department became inde-pendent fire agencies on Jan.1. Arie said the BarringtonFire Department has alreadyreceived close to 100 calls thisyear – a mix of fire and EMScalls – similar to years past.

Still no contract between Countryside,Barrington after entities split last year

If you go

What: Barrington village trusteesboard meeting

When: 8 p.m. Feb. 10Where: Barrington Village Hall,200 S. Hough St., Barrington.

Info: 847-304-3400 orwww.barrington-il.gov.

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Golf club restaurantoffers Valentine’s concertLAKE BARRINGTON – This

Valentine’s Day, Camerata Chi-cago Music Director DrostanHall will appear at the LakeBarrington Shores Golf ClubRestaurant, 64 Old Barn Road,Lake Barrington, at 8 p.m. Feb.14.Dinner is scheduled to begin

at 5:30 p.m. with a subsequentconcert, desserts and cham-pagne. Romantic violin musicwill be performed by Hall, whotoured the world as a violinistbefore becoming a conduc-tor. Hall will be accompaniedby 15-year-old pianist EmilyFrederick.Tickets are limited. Dinner

and concert tickets are $45 per

person; $15 for concert only. CallJeff at 847-382-4240, ext. 12, forinformation.

Food for a causeBARRINGTON HILLS – Local

nonprofit youth group ChessWithout Borders and BarringtonHills gourmet chef Zein Bert-acchi have announced theirdonation of nearly $100,000 toseveral local and global chari-ties. The feat was made possiblewith food.With her cooking enthusiasm,

Bertacchi was able to helpstudents become entrepreneurs.Youth learned how to host,cook, serve, clean and createan entertaining atmosphere fora food fundraiser under Bertac-chi’s leadership.

Chess Without Borders wasoriginally created by BarringtonHills resident Rishi Sethi in 1999,with the purpose of combiningchess education with serviceand philanthropy. Rishi hadasked Bertacchi to help himserve food for parents as theywaited for their children at

chess tournaments.Bertacchi will serve home-

made Middle Eastern Foodduring the sixth annual HoughSchool Chess Tournament from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 22. Allproceeds will benefit Meher, ayoung Indian girl whose bodywas disfigured in a fire during

infancy. Chess Without Bordershas paid for many of Meher’ssurgeries and is now payingfor her education by hostingsuch cooking fundraisers withBertacchi.Visit www.schulmanchess.

com or call 312-375-7475 forinformation.

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Snowshoe racers cold as a frozen zucchiniBy TARAH [email protected]

BARRINGTON – Sundaymarked the fourth annual SmartFarm Frozen Zucchini SnowshoeAdventure race.

Co-sponsored by the Bar-rington Park District and Ere-hwon Mountain Outfitter, thisevent is an annual sellout. Thefamily friendly race, at CitizensPark, 511 Lake Zurich Road,Barrington, included a kids eventled by Barrington High Schoolstudents for children 5 and older.Children were entertained whiletheir parents and caretakers ranin the snowshoe race.

It was a chilly day, and thepark’s indoor pavilion was full ofhot chocolate.

Smart Farm is a volunteer,nonprofit organization whosemission is to grow fresh producefor neighbors in need, and to bean educational source for sus-tainable gardening practices andhealthy eating.

Smart Farm relies on dona-tions and fundraisers.

Visit www.smartfarms.org forinformation.

A runner makes his way through the snow.

Runnerswearing

snowshoesmake their

way throughthe snow.

Brad Zoller of Palatine, with his dog Senna, took first place during Sunday’sFrozen Zucchini 5K at Citizens Park in Barrington.

Photos by Jeff Krage – For Shaw Media

Racers take off from the start of Sunday’s Frozen Zucchini 5K at Citizens Park in Barrington.

Chilly for a cause

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SUPER BOWL BOWLINGWHEN: 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2

WHERE: Pinstripes, Arboretum of South Barrington, 100 W. Higgins Road

COST & INFO: Sports enthusiasts of all ages can cheer for complimentary bowling along with pizza

specials while watching the game on dozens of televisions. Reservations are encouraged. Call 847-

844-9300 for information.

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GROUNDHOG’S DAYWHEN: 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2

WHERE: Crabtree Nature

Center, 3 Stover Road, Barrington

Hills

COST & INFO: Learn about the

groundhog, the only animal to have

its own holiday. Free. Call 847-381-

6592 for information.

22 33PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOTSWHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Jan. 31

WHERE: Career Place, 600 Hart Road, Suite

275, Barrington

COST & INFO: Attendees can take a professional headshot

for a business card, handbill, LinkedIn proile or any other

need. Call 847-304-4157 for information.

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ART IN NATURE:

WATERCOLORSWHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday,

Feb. 1

WHERE: Crabtree Nature

Center, 3 Stover Road, Bar-

rington Hills

COST & INFO: Learn how to

paint with watercolors. For

ages 15 and older. Registra-

tion required. Call 847-381-

6592 for information.

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SAVING MR. BANKSWHEN: 5:30 and 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 31, and

Saturday, Feb. 1; 7 p.m. Sunday,

Feb. 2, through Thursday, Jan. 30

WHERE: Catlow Theater, 116 W Main St., Barrington

COST & INFO: The theater will feature “Saving Mr.

Banks.” Call the Catlow at 847-381-0777 for

information.

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Special daisy train donated to hospital staffBy TARAH [email protected]

Silets, president of Huff andPuff Industries Ltd., took overthe project for the hospital threemonths prior to its January un-veiling ceremony when a friendof the hospital dropped off thecardboard model train cart ather doorstep.

“How could I say no?” Siletssaid, referring to the unique as-signment.

The older, cardboard train-card long had been a symbolof the DAISY Foundation – anorganization created to honorextraordinary nurses and theircompassionate work. The traincart is used to bring flowers tonurses during the time of theirDAISY recognition, but as hos-pital staff found, it needed muchwork.

“It was a bit in disrepair,”said Good Shepherd spokes-woman Ro Ostergaard.

Silets, a North Barringtonresident and now internation-ally renowned designer andmanufacturer of model rail-

roads and garden railways – orthe local “train lady” – is wellknown for opening her privatemodel railroad gardens of 10acres to the public once a yearfor charity.

The at-home spectacle con-sists of 6,000 square feet of wa-terfalls, streams, lakes, bridges,forestry and miniature cities.All proceeds benefit the HarveyM. Silets Memorial ScholarshipFund, which provides scholar-ships to students attending artscamp in Interlochen, Mich.

Silets said the camp is herlate husband Harvey’s “favor-ite place on Earth.” Harveyreceived years of care at GoodShepherd for stage 4 colorectalcancer before he died in 2007– making the daisy train dona-tion extra special.

“I am so grateful for thewonderful care my family hasreceived at this hospital,” Siletssaid, explaining Harvey came toGood Shepherd after being mis-diagnosed at another hospitalfor several years.

Knowing the train cart’soriginal purpose, Silets was

sure to include a vase at thefront of the new daisy train.Good Shepherd President Kar-en Lambert thanked Elaine andspoke about the importance ofthe DAISY program.

DAISY, an acronym for Dis-eases Attacking the ImmuneSystem, was formed in Novem-ber 1999 by the family of J.P.Barnes, who died at the age of33. Barnes’ parents establishedthe foundation in their son’smemory because of their grat-itude toward his nurses. TheDaisy award is given quarter-ly to deserving nurses in morethan 315 hospitals nationwide.

Ostergaard said the awardhelps ensure nurses know howdeserving they are of society’srespect, for their education,training, brainpower andskill, as well as for the compas-sionate way they deliver care.

Through the design, engi-neering, manufacturing andfinal installation and certifica-tion of each train Silets makes,she has developed her minia-ture railroads into a form ofart.

Suburban Life namesPass as general manager

SUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA

Suburban Life Mediaannounced new leadershipTuesday as Laura Pass wasnamed general manager.

Pass most recently wasthe advertising directorfor the KaneCounty Chron-icle and alsop r e v i o u s l yserved in thatrole for Sub-urban Life. Inher new posi-tion, Pass willoversee all as-pects of the op-eration, which maintains of-fices in Downers Grove andGrayslake.

Suburban Life, part ofDixon-based Shaw Media,publishes mysuburbanlife.com and 21 weekly newspa-pers in the Chicago suburbs,including the BarringtonSuburban Life. SuburbanLife also publishes Lake

County Magazine, a monthlylifestyle publication, and thePlanit Lake entertainmentand shopping destination on-line and in print.

Pass is a graduate ofNorthern Illinois Universityand has been with Shaw Me-dia since 2011. She previous-ly was a suburban advertis-ing manager for Sun-TimesMedia.

“I am honored and excit-ed about taking on this roleand look forward to what’sahead,” Pass said. “Subur-ban Life serves many of thebest communities in theChicago suburbs, and it’s aprivilege to be a part of thesecommunities.”

Shaw Media Vice Presi-dent J. Tom Shaw, formerlythe publisher of SuburbanLife Media, will continue tobe extensively involved inhis role as chief digital offi-cer of the company and willremain based in the DownersGrove office.

Laura Pass

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Church gift store celebrates 20 yearsBy TARAH [email protected]

BARRINGTON – Hidden in the

lower level of St. Michael’s Episcopal

Church is a unique treasure – a shop-

ping destination for book and small

gift enthusiasts.

And All The Angels, at 647 Dundee

Ave., Barrington, is celebrating its

20th year in business. Longtime volun-

teer Nancy Carney knows much of the

Christian store’s past.

Carney said most of her clients start

their seasonal shopping off at And All

The Angels, since all proceeds go back

to women’s and children’s charities.

“Why would they start anywhere

else?” Carney said.

The store carries a wide range of re-

tail – everything from religious tokens,

such as crosses, to Fair Trade jewel-

ry, books, handmade greeting cards,

figurines, children’s toys and seasonal

merchandise such as Valentine’s Day

items.

In fact, Carney said, And All The

Angels is home to the largest in-house

cross collection in the world, with 600

crosses being on display for purchase

at any given time.

“If we don’t have the cross you’re

looking for, it doesn’t exist,” Carney

said.

Carney opened the store with fellow

volunteer Janine (Jan) Nagy in Octo-

ber 1994.

The duo was inspired by the late

Jessie Durand who had begun selling

jewelry and prayer books out of a

small case in the church undercroft

years prior – in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Nagy passed away just a year after

opening the large, windowed store-

front – in Nov. 1995 from lung cancer

complications.

“I know Jan and Jessie are looking

down on the store,” Carney said. “And

someday I hope I am too.”

St. Michael’s Rev. Laurie Michaels

called Carney the store’s “head” or

“arc” angel since the accountant has

seen the establishment through two

decades of buying, selling and shelf

stocking, in the midst of the busiest of

seasons.

“It’s most hectic November through

January when we have our holiday

sales,” Carney said. “But other than

that, it’s nothing but fun all year long.”

Carney, a breast cancer survivor,

pulled out a clever “cancer sucks”greeting card from behind the check-out counter.

“I told you we have just about ev-erything,” Carney said.

About 13 volunteers currentlyrun the shop with Carney. More than$19,000 was donated to charitable fundssuch as the Barrington Food Pantry,Barrington Giving Day and Youth forChrist last year – with $250,000 beinggiven away since the store’s start.

And, it’s a labor of love.Carney said the only donations the

volunteers have accepted for thingssuch as store maintenance and travelcome in the form of tips from compli-mentary gift wrapping.

Michaels agreed that the store is abit hidden.

“It’s off the main street so a lot ofpeople don’t know about it,” Michaelssaid. “But for our visitors, shoppingstarts here.”

Michaels said there is somethingfor everyone – even those on a budget– with cards and candy being sold formere cents; jewelry for a few bucks.

Rev. Judy Heinrich said the storehas been most successful by word ofmouth, and the church is always look-ing for more volunteers.

The shop has grown to operate andmaintain more than $35,000 inventory– with little overhead.

Carney explained that an anon-ymous donor, or “phone angel” hascontinued to take care of the store’sphone bill.

All of the store’s proceed recipientsgo through a formal grant requestprocess.

While celebrating its 20th anniver-sary year, And All The Angels will

be selling tote bags for customers to

buy and then fill – receiving 10 to 15

percent off their total purchase during

select months.

Carney said volunteers will sit

down this spring to decide where this

year’s proceeds will be donated.

“Writing the checks is the most

rewarding part for me,” Carney said.

Pointing to a wall of thank you

letters from over a dozen charities,

Carney said she would like to keep the

store going as long as possible.

“I knew if God wanted us to do this,

he would find a way,” Carney said.

“And he has.”

“If we don’thave the crossyou’re lookingfor, it doesn’texist,” joked ac-countant NancyCarney.

Photos by Tarah Thorne – [email protected]

The And All the Angels Christian book and gift store at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church,647 Dundee Ave., Barrington, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary.

A retail ministry

Revs. Judy Heinrich (left) and Laurie Mi-chaels (right) visit Nancy Carney, who hasbeen a store volunteer at And All the AngelsChristian book and gift store for 20 years.


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By STEPHEN Di [email protected]

FOX RIVER GROVE –Thousands flocked to theNorge Ski Club in Fox RiverGrove on Sunday to see skiersfrom across the globe launchoff scaffolding, ascend into airand land jump after snowyjump.

Professionals from Canada,Finland, Norway, Slovenia andthe United States dazzled fans,who greeted each long distanceski jump with applause, cheersand the rattling of cow bells.

The sight was all too famil-iar for Charlie Sedivec, whoannounced the club’s NorgeSki Jump Tournament for the44th year.

“There’s a uniqueness tothe event,” Sedivec said. “Weare only the jump in the stateof Illinois. We have several

members in the hall of fame. ...This year is the highest qualitycompetition we’ve ever had.”

Draped in history, the an-nual tournament entered its109th year Saturday with ajunior national championship

qualifier. Between 3,000 and6,000 people from across theChicago area were expected toattend the two-day event, orga-nizers said.

On Sunday, professionalskiers of all ages took shots at

breaking the longest jump re-corded at the club. A Finnishskier set it two years ago bylanding an 81-meter jump. Afew skiers came close, landingjumps in the 60- and 70-meterrange.

Sitting with blankets andwinter gear, fans gatheredaround the club’s main jumpsite to watch the skiers. Othersroamed around with beer andcigars in hand and visited thevendors at the tournament.

Members from the U.S. SkiTeam also competed Sundayfor U.S. Cup points, cash andnational rankings while ontheir sixth stop of a nationaltour that concludes in Marchat Park City, Utah.

International and U.S. ski-ers also competed against eachother for the Five-Hills Tour-nament. That tournamentruns throughout the Midwest

in Wisconsin, Michigan, Min-nesota and the Norge club.

The winter entertainmentand competition all started in1905, when a group of Norwe-gian immigrants in Chicagotraveled to Fox River Groveand founded the ski club.

The annual Norge ski tour-nament began during theclub’s inaugural year. Mem-bers held it in Chicago neigh-borhoods until 1907, when theyfinished building the ski hill atthe Fox River Grove location.

The club initially openedexclusively for Norwegians.Many would travel on trainfrom Chicago, throw their skisout the train window near FoxRiver Grove, stop at the Carystation and then pick up theirequipment on the walk towardthe club, Sedivec said.

“They were a heartybunch,” he said.

Photos by Kyle Grillot - [email protected]

Kailey Bickner of the Norge Ski Club is airborne during the 109th Norge Ski Jump Tournament at the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove Sunday.

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Brian Wallace of St. Paul prepares to ski down the 150-foot tower.

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New year may be time to start new job searchThe beginning of a new

year is a great time to evalu-ate your career and decide ifyou are in the right place, orif it’s time to make a move.

Most economic indicatorslook positive for 2014.

Our homes are gainingvalue, the unemploymentrate is at a five-year low andCongress figured out how toavert another governmentshutdown.

Consumer confidence isup, but how are you feelingabout your career?

According to a Galluppoll published in the fall of2013, 70 percent of Americanworkers are not engaged orare actively disengaged fromtheir workplace, meaningmost of us are not thrilledwith our jobs.

The current employmentmarket can be a puzzle thatis hard to solve, so if youare currently searching orcontemplating making amove, here are some thingsto consider.

ResumeIt is always a good prac-

tice to update your resume.You never know when thenext opportunity will presentitself, and you want to beready.

While resume writing isdifficult, it’s a good exerciseto review and update youraccomplishments.

We are constantly addingnew tasks to our own job de-scriptions, and you may notrealize how much more youhave to add if you’ve beenat your job for more than ayear.

Resumes have evolvedover the years, too. If yourresume has an objective onit, you really need an update.Professional summaries arenow the norm.

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Refrain from addingpictures or personal informa-tion.

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Online strategySocial media, such as

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You don’t have to be a proat social media, but it shoulddefinitely be a part of yourjob search strategy. Ignoringthese tools means missingout on potential opportuni-ties.

In addition, polish yourLinkedIn profile and avoidposting anything youwouldn’t want a prospectiveemployer to see online.

While there is muchdebate as to the legal andethical questions of employ-ers’ use of social media tovet candidates, it’s wise toremember what you do on-line could either help or hurtyour career.

TimeFinding the right job will

take time. Even in high-de-mand areas like IT andaccounting, companies tendto move a little slower in thismarket.

While it’s not true inevery case, there are a coupleof factors contributing to thistrend.

After finally getting ap-proval to hire, some com-panies want to vet as manycandidates as possible, ensur-ing they make the best hire.Some employers (mistakenly)believe this is an “employer’smarket” and they can affordto take their time.

Companies also are add-ing additional steps to theinterview process. Multipleinterviews are becomingcommon.

Cultural fit is very import-ant, and some companies areadding more people to theprocess to assess a candi-date’s potential fit into hisenvironment.

Regardless of the reasons,very few companies arespeeding up the process. Itcan be frustrating, but it mayactually work in your favor.

Interviews are a two-waystreet. You are evaluatingthe role and company just asmuch as they are evaluatingyou and your skills.

Take the time and effortto make sure the opportunityfits your career goals. Meet-ing potential coworkers willensure you make the rightdecision, too.

• Jennifer Harris is arecruiting expert, with morethan 20 years of experienceas a leader in the search in-dustry. Harris is the owner ofCR Search Inc., an executiverecruiting firm based in LakeCounty. Have a job-searchrelated question for Harris?Email [email protected].

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YOUR CAREER

Court debates union fees for unwillingmembers

By SCOTT REEDERIllinois News Network

WASHINGTON – What willJustice Antonin Scalia do?

That was the question court-room observers were askingTuesday when a potentiallypivotal labor case was arguedbefore the U.S. Supreme Court.

At issue was whether PamHarris and other home careworkers like her should beforced to pay money to a unionthey don’t want to belong to.

Harris, of Lake County, iscaring for her 25-year-old dis-abled son, Josh, and receivingassistance from the state of Illi-nois to do so.

Gov. Pat Quinn issued an ex-ecutive order designating Har-ris and other home-care work-ers as “state employees” for the

purpose of joining a union.Service Employees Interna-

tional Union, a political ally ofthe governor’s, then began try-ing to organize the workers.

“I think that there’s an un-healthy relationship betweenelected officials and public-sec-tor unions,” Harris told IllinoisNews Network last week.

While the segment of work-ers Harris is a part of was affect-ed by an executive order issuedby Quinn, Rod Blagojevich is-sued similar orders while hewas governor.

Justice Samuel Alito ex-pressed skepticism of gov-ernors’ motivations to helpunions.

“I thought the situation wasthat Gov. Blagojevich got a hugecampaign contribution fromthe union, and virtually as soon

as he got into office he took outhis pen and signed an executiveorder that had the effect of put-ting, what was it, $3.6 millioninto the union coffers?”

But Illinois Attorney LisaMadigan, whose office arguedthe case against Harris, said thestate does have a compelling in-terest in promoting union rep-resentation of these workers.

“What the State of Illinoishas had to do, as you heardduring the argument, is find amix of benefits so we’re able toattract and retain a high-qual-ity workforce,” she said. “Andquite frankly, before there wasan exclusive representativeengaged in collective bargain-ing, that was not the case in Il-linois.”

Between 2002 and 2012 Madi-gan received $779,773 in cam-paign donations from govern-ment worker unions, including$129,000 from the SEIU.

The court’s four more liber-al justices appeared to opposechanging the law.

In fact, Justice StephenBreyer said if the court were todo so it would overturn 35 yearsof established legal precedent.

On the other hand, some ofthe more conservative mem-bers of the court – Chief JusticeJohn Roberts, Alito and JusticeAnthony Kennedy appearedready to side with Harris andthe others who brought the law-suit. Justice Clarence Thomasdid not ask questions duringoral arguments, which is hispractice.

That leaves Scalia, usuallya stalwart conservative, as thepotential swing vote on whatseems to be a case centered onfreedom of speech.

Workers who refuse to join aunion are often charged a “rep-resentation fee,” which is sup-posed to cover the cost of thingslike collective bargaining butnot union political activities.

Kennedy noted that definingwhat is and isn’t political activ-ity is difficult. For example, hesaid collective bargaining for

government workers affectsthe size of government — some-thing that has political impli-cations “in an era where gov-ernment is getting bigger andbigger, and this is becomingmore and more of an importantissue to more people.”

If the court finds in Har-ris’ favor, public-sector laborunions could be weakened,Harvard Law School ProfessorBenjamin Sachs, an expert onlabor law and a former SEIU at-torney, told INN in an interviewlast week.

If the court issues a narrowruling, it could say that homecare workers are not stateworkers and can’t be compelledto give money to a union. Thiswould deprive unions of a sig-nificant amount of revenue thatthey are now receiving.

In fact, some justices ex-pressed skepticism aboutwhether these workers, manyof whom are caring for rela-tives, really meet the definitionof state employees.

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North Barrington dancer shares home’s historyBy TARAH THORNE

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NORTH BARRINGTON –It was 2007 when Illinois FredAstaire Dance Studios Franchi-see Rae Aguila moved into herdream home with her husband,Joe Aguila.

After a nine-month buildingprocess, something Rae Agui-la described to be much like apregnancy, her baby was born– fully equipped with a sportspool, home fitness center, lavishlandscaping and an enormouskitchen the size of her entirechildhood home on Chicago’snorthwest side.

“My mother made pasta andmy dad sang,” she said. “It wasa small, Italian home. I onlydreamed of living in somethingso beautiful.”

Aguila described her7,223-square-foot home at 205Honey Lake Court, North Bar-rington, as her jewel, her dia-mond. But the home is now onthe market.

“Joe and I thought we’dspend the rest of our life here,”Rae Aguila said. “But God had adifferent blueprint.”

Joe Aguila passed away atthe age of 54 just two years af-ter the house was built, in June2009.

Rae and Joe Aguila both

came from professional dancebackgrounds. Rae Aguila hascontinued to judge, coach anddeliver motivational speeches.Owning the Fred Aistere DanceStudios location in South Bar-rington keeps her quite busy.

“I’m never home,” Rae Agu-ila said. “But when I am, I’venever felt so safe.”

Aguila said she was just 50years old when her husbandpassed away and she knewsafety and low maintenancewould be pertinent to her liv-ing – so she stayed in the NorthBarrington home for nearly fivemore years.

“I love the small commu-nity,” Rae Aguila said. “Bar-

rington is just close enough butyet far enough from the city.”

The fitness enthusiast saidshe has walked the GrassmereFarms neighborhood everysummer morning – around thesubdivision’s golf course, pastHoney Lake and through theBiltmore Country Club.

“I can hear the horses sigh-ing in the fields as soon as Istep outside,” Rae Aguila said.“There’s so much nature.”

Joe Aguila enjoyed beingoutdoors as well, swimminglaps each day in the couple’s in-ground backyard pool, which isover 5 feet deep and includes avolleyball net, basketball hoopand water badminton set.

The couple designed thehome themselves, focusing ontheir favorite feature – the land-scape.

“We wanted it to look likea cover of Home and Gardenmagazine,” Rae Aguila said.“There’s magnolias, lilac bush-es, my grandmother’s lilies andbig, old trees.”

Sitting upon 2.54 acres, theranch’s resort-like backyardcan be accessed from a walk-out, lower level recreationroom. Two overlooking, cov-ered decks keep any bookwormdry on a rainy day, with outdooroverhead fans and TV outlets.The main paver patio includesa fire pit – ideal for S’mores, RaeAguila said.

The home is built for enter-tainment.

“I have two bars I’ve nevertouched,” Rae Aguila joked.“It’s a home that has not beenused a lot.”

With five bedrooms, a mainlevel master suite, large formaldining and living room, lowerlevel game area and immensestorage area, the home is readyfor a crowd.

“I could see someone throw-ing Super Bowl parties or col-lege kids living downstairs forsummer vacation. You could sit50 people on the outdoor decksto eat, and the center kitchen is-

land seats six,” Rae Aguila said.“I’m still learning to cook.”

She described the North Bar-rington home as “Frank LloydWright mission style with pine,maple and oak furnishings.”

“It’s a neutral home withbeige walls,” Rae Aguila said.“My brightly colored paintingsreally made it pop.”

Despite Rae Aguila’s busyschedule, the house has beenkept up to the “Nth degree,” shesaid, with service contracts.

“I’m all about problem pre-venting rather than problemsolving,” Rae Aguila said.“We’ve always cleaned the poolevery two weeks.”

Rae Aguila said she and Joe“finally got it right” with theirNorth Barrington residency af-ter building five other homes inWisconsin during their 28 yearsof marriage.

“We wanted to go bigger,better and bolder,” Rae Aguilasaid.

The dance mogul looks for-ward to moving closer to workin South Barrington.

Rae Aguila continues to en-joy the company of her daugh-ter Jackie and two small dogs– a Yorkie and a Havanese.

“We call one of the dogsDaisy Joe,” Rae Aguila said.“Daisies were Joe’s favoriteflower.”

Photos provided

205 Honey Lake Ct. in North Barrington is an upscale, hillside ranch with many lavish amenities including a spacious master bedroom with two walk-in closets. The home’s exterioris a mix of Stucco and stone with a brick and concrete driveway.

2.54 acres of scenic landscape surround the lower-levelwalk-out paverpatio and in-ground pool at 205 Honey Lake Court in North Barrington.


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GLENCOE – Kate Fry’s act-ing talents never fail to amazeaudiences, whether she’sappearing at Writers Theatre– in “A Minister’s Wife,” “Oh,Coward” or, most recently,“The Letters” – or elsewhere.

And Fry’s current perfor-mance in the title role of Henr-ik Ibsen’s 1891 play “Hedda Ga-bler,” may be her best yet. Thetempestuous drama, translatedfrom Norwegian by NicholasRudall, features a four-star castunder the keen direction ofKimberly Senior.

Hedda comes across as acold, brutally calculating wom-an given to impulsive spur-of-the-moment decisions, oneof which was to wed JorgenTesman (Sean Fortunato), whotries to put on a good face de-spite the chill that has settledover the marriage.

Returning from a six-monthhoneymoon, Hedda sees herspouse as a boring academicand blames their lack of com-mon interests for her mountingdistraction.

In her dissatisfaction, Hed-da also turns a cold shoulderto Jorgen’s good-natured AuntJulie (Barbara Figgins) andis quick to second-guess themaid, Berte (Kathleeh Ruhl).

Real trouble brews when anold romantic interest, charis-matic bad-boy Lovborg (MarkL. Montgomery) with a historyas a drunk, shows up harbor-ing ambitions of becomingHedda’s secret lover.

Apparently Lovborg hasstraightened himself out withthe help of Elvsted (ChaonCross), another disaffectedlocal wife and one-time school-mate of Hedda.

Lovborg’s recently pub-lished best-selling book makeshim a potential rival of Jorgen,who also is seeking an appoint-ment to the same universityprofessorship. Hedda findsherself in a quandary: pursueLovborg or remove him asa threat to Jorgen’s futuresuccess?

At the same time, Hedda isengaged in a power strugglewith The Judge (Scott Parkin-son), a rich and influentialfriend who is determined tobecome a third “silent partner”in the Tesman boudoir.

Ultimately, Hedda’s manip-ulations, however engaging,turn into a dangerous anddeadly game.

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that come with each holiday season,a bevy of new brides-to-be are busylining up locations and vendors fortheir upcoming “I-Do’s”. Barringtonevent planner, Christina Currie, knowshow overwhelming the process can beso she’s found a way to make it specialby keeping it simple.

Christina is hosting her 4th annualGrace Meets Glamour BoutiqueBridal Affair at Biltmore Country Clubcoming up on Sunday, February 23rd,where brides can meet a select group ofthe area’s best wedding vendors in anelegant setting, all under one roof.

With Grace Meets Glamour,Christina works hard to create a

fantastic opportunity to connect brides with vendors while being treated toan afternoon where they get to truly shine. Champagne and hors d’ouevreswill be served during the event to celebrate the brides in attendance. Therewill be a fashion show, live music, wedding cakes, floral and decor ideas,swag bags for brides and special touches throughout, but Christina Curriesays the magic begins at the entrance.

“When they arrive at Biltmore there’s valet parking and ice sculpturesat the entrance. Each bride gets a pearl necklace when they come so weknow who is the bride. Most of my clients prefer a more customized andpersonalized approach so the show is very laid back.”

Christina also says she purposefully limits the number attendees to 75brides and their guests.

“I remember being a bride and going to big shows and feelingoverwhelmed. Grace Meets Glamour is more intimate. We only feature onevendor per category so, right there, the bride can start building a relationshipwith the vendor because planning a wedding is a journey and all of thevendors are your team players.”

From invitations to wedding dresses to the food, flowers and photography,there will be individual vendors on-hand representing every element of awedding.

And Christina says Grace Meets Glamour has an international themethis year. “A lot of our brides are very diverse and they like to includeelements that reflect their cultures.”

In keeping with this year’s theme, Christina is planning to display threedifferent wedding table vignettes.

“One table will have a ‘French Market’ theme, with touches inspired byFrance. Another vignette is called ‘Amore on Almafi’ which will be verysummery and very white, with fun blues and coral flowers. The third is an‘Asian Inspired’ vignette with red and black, a square table and everythingyou’d want for an Asian fusion wedding.”

Christina is asking brides who attend the event to donate $5 to WishUpon a Wedding Chicago Chapter, an organization that helps provide dreamweddings to couples facing terminal illness or other serious life-alteringcircumstances. Christina Currie is a founding member and it’s a cause she’sparticularly passionate about.

If you are or know a bride-to-be, Christina cordially invites youto Grace Meets Glamour on Sunday, February 23rd from 1 to 3p.m. at The Biltmore Country Club, at 160 Biltmore Drive in NorthBarrington. To register for Grace Meets Glamour, contact ChristinaCurrie at 224-558-1764. To learn more about Christina CurrieEvents, visit her website at ChristinaCurrieEvents.com.

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BHS girls basketball challenged at free-throw lineBy ANDY SCHMIDT

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BARRINGTON – It ap-peared that it was going to beall fun and games on Fridayat Barrington High Schoolduring Pack the Gym night.There was entertainmentfrom the Chicago Sky’s SkyGuy and the team’s high-fly-ing dunk team.

There was even the matterof the Fillies’ Angie Kirchoffhitting two early shots to giveBarrington a 6-0 lead beforethe large crowd was fully sit-ting down.

In the end, the Fillies’easy night was anything butthat because of some late-game free-throw shooting.Barrington would make justthree of its final 10 free throwattempts, but the girls were

still able to hold on for a 49-42 win against the PalatinePirates in Mid-SuburbanLeague West Division action.The win moved the Fillies to5-1 in the division as the teambegin their second half of di-visional play.

Kirchoff’s early shootingand the Fillies’ tight defenseallowed Barrington to jumpout to an early 14-4 lead afterholding the Pirates scorelessfor the first 4:42 of the game.The lead expanded to 21-9 inthe second quarter beforePalatine would rally to score10 of the final 12 points of thefirst half to pull within four.

Just like the beginning ofthe game, though, Barringtonpulled away in the third quar-ter because of its seniors.Kirchoff, Brooke Gundersonand Aoife Callanan scored all

13 of the team’s points in thethird quarter, with Kirchoffand Gunderson combiningfor 11of 13 as the lead swelledback to seven by the time thefourth quarter began.

The fourth quarter waswhen the free-throw shootingcame into play. The Fillieshad numerous chances to putthe game away but struggledfrom the line, allowing Pala-tine to stay in the contest allthe way until the final mo-ments.

The Fillies were 6 of 16 atthe line overall, and coachBabbi Barriero said the free-throw shooting is somethingthe team must work on withregional play around the cor-ner.

“We need to do a better job,no two ways about it,” Barri-ero said.

She added that she waspleased with her seniors inthe third quarter but it wasthose same seniors who needto step up at the line late ingames.

“I think at times, you areonly as good as that leader-ship from the seniors becausethey are experienced andhave been in the trenches forfour years,” Barriero said. “Iwas really disappointed withour free throws. We can’t letteams do that (foul) to us andnot convert. In that aspect, Iwas disappointed with our se-niors because they missed alot of free throws late in thegame. That’s inexcusable,quite frankly.”

Kirchoff finished with 14points, leading the Fillies,while Gunderson added 12 inthe win.

The team got right backon the court Saturday nightwith a road game at VernonHills, who lost in the Class3A championship game lastseason. The free throw issuescame into play again, with theFillies making just 11 of 21attempts during a 59-49 loss.Gunderson led the Fillieswith 14 points, while Kirchoffadded 11 of her own.

Barrington fell to16-5 over-all with the loss and finishedthe weekend going 17 of 37at the free throw line, or just45.9 percent.

The Fillies will play Hoff-man Estates Tuesday beforeheading to Schaumburg Fri-day to be part of a double-header with the Barringtonboys. The boys’ game beginsat 6 p.m. with the girls to fol-low.

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Immovable object vs. irresistible force at Super Bowl XLIIINEW YORK – As Super Bowl match-

ups go it doesn’t get much better thanSuper Bowl XLIII between the SeattleSeahawks and the Denver Broncos.

For starters, you’ve got the two bestteams in the NFL without question asthis is just the second time in the past20 seasons that both the NFC’s andAFC’s top seeds have advanced to theplayoffs.

Perhaps more impressive, this isjust the fifth Super Bowl in history andthe first since the New York Giantsplayed the Buffalo Bills following the1990 season that the NFL’s top scoringteam, Denver with 606 points has facedthe leagues number one scoring de-fense, Seattle with 231 points allowed.

It gets better. This is just the sec-ond time in Super Bowl history theleague’s top team in total offense, Den-ver – 7,317 total yards, 457.3/game hasfaced the top defense, Seattle allowingjust 4,378 total yards, 273.6/game.

Seahawks head coach Pete Carrollsaid, “It’s historically as hard as itgets. It can’t get any tougher. They’vedone everything – broken every major

record in the throwing game, pointsand everything. Peyton’s (Manning)been extraordinary. He’s had the yearthat everyone would dream to have.We’re up against it.”

Broncos head coach John Foxknows he’s got his hands full as well.

“I think for the fans it’s an incred-ible matchup,” Fox said. “Watchingthem (Seattle) and knowing PeteCarroll for many years, I’ve got theutmost respect. They’ve done a lot in ashort period of time. I think it’s a trib-ute to their personnel people. Theirwhole team has done a heck of a job.”

Those Seahawk personnel folks Foxcomplimented found six Pro Bowlersincluding three of the four startingdefensive backs in Seattle’s “Legion ofBoom” secondary, Richard Sherman,

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in the game versus Denver Pro Bowl-ers Manning, guard Louis Vasquez,wide receiver Demaryius Thomas,tight end Julius Thomas, formerPro Bowl wideout Wes Welker, EricDecker and running back KnowshonMoreno.

It’s almost impossible to remembera team with more weapons on offensethan the record-setting Broncos.

But don’t discount Seattle’s offenselead by a few Pro Bowlers of its own– center Max Unger, running backMarshawn Lynch and quarterbackRussell Wilson.

Lynch is the only player in the NFLto rush for more than 1,000 yards andscore at least 10 touchdowns in each ofthe past three seasons.

Wilson has won 27 games as a start-ing quarterback in the NFL, includingthree playoff games and is trying tojoin Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlis-berger as the only quarterbacks inhistory to win a Super Bowl in hisfirst or second season.

Upon arriving in New Jersey Man-ning said of Wilson, “I met RussellWilson, believe it or not, when I wasvisiting the Broncos. I believe it wasafter I signed with the Broncos. Theywere having players come in for visitsbefore the draft. I was actually in thefilm room watching some tape, andsomeone brought Russell in. I had achance to shake his hand. I wishedhim luck and told him I enjoyedwatching his college career.”

Wilson knows he had a brush withgreatness and seems to understand hisplace in the QB matchup.

“They have an unbelievable quar-terback in Peyton Manning. I have somuch respect for him and what he’sdone over his entire career. He deservesall of the credit. He’s an unbelievablequarterback and human being.

“Just the energy in this area rightnow, in New Jersey. All of you guys(media) here in the New York area,it’s going to be a great scene. It’s goingto be a great game. It’s going to be abattle to the end and I’m really lookingforward to that game!”

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MOBILE, Ala. – Regardless of whatthe unknown team sought when askingJimmy Garoppolo, “Name as manythings as you can do with a brick in aminute,” the personnel folks probablywere impressed with how the East-ern Illinois quarterback handled hisinterview.

“All the questions have a purposebehind them,” Garoppolo said at theSenior Bowl, laughing about the oddquestion he received. “Sometimes youdon’t know what they are; you’ve justgot to answer truthfully, really.”

A linebacker until his junior year atRolling Meadows High School, Garop-polo didn’t receive a single Division Ioffer. Four years later, his performanceat the East-West Shrine game last weekearned him a last-minute invitation tothe Senior Bowl – a long journey thatcontinues to be positive for Garoppolo.

“Last week helped me out,” he said

when asked about deal-ing with the stigma ofbeing an Football Cham-pionship Subdivisionquarterback playingwith the big boys. “Youguys talk about it, scoutstalk about it, but I’mdone with that. … We’reall on the same playingfield, same playing level.”

“I think it’s a pretty neat deal,” saidJaguars offensive coordinator JeddFisch, who worked extensively withthe quarterbacks on the South team.“The opportunity to have an Auburnpass rusher lined up and a Florida statepass rasher, a Georgia corner, now allof a sudden he’s playing with a differ-ent group two weeks in a row and twodifferent offenses in a row. I think it’spretty cool to watch his development.”

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release, something he honed withquarterbacks coach Jeff Christensen ofThrow it Deep.

Garoppolo said after the first prac-tice that in terms of areas of improve-ment, coaches wanted him to work onhis footwork, since he was “fairly new”to the 3-, 5- and 7-step drops.

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A Bears fan, Garoppolo said JayCutler is his favorite Chicago quarter-back. The two might differ in personal-ity, but Cutler has plenty of confidence,something Garoppolo said he knows heneeds to show during the draft process,and he can gain that more with his armthan his words.

“If you belong, you belong. If youdon’t, you’re going to stick out andpeople are going to know that you don’tbelong,” he said.

As the days went by in Mobile,Fisch saw a trend. Maybe Garoppoloread the articles about his rising draftstock, but more likely, he saw what hewas capable of against top competition.

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