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Mr. Steve Fun Show at Town and Country libraryELBURN – The Mr. Steve Fun Show is headed to the Town and

Country Public Library, 320 E. North St., Elburn. The event will be at

6:30 p.m. today. For information, call 630-365-2244 or visit www.

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Batavia Writers Workshop to meetBATAVIA – The Batavia Writers Workshop will meet from 6:30 to 9

p.m. Dec. 8 at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia.

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Batavia welcomes Santa Claus at annual event

Christmas Stroll draws crowds to Elburn

By AL [email protected]

ELBURN – Marquis Houghwalked along Route 47 onSaturday night in Elburn,wearing an outfit that includ-ed ornaments, holiday lightsand artificial Christmas treegreenery.

Hough, whose mother, Liz,owns the Beautiful U ResaleShop, was getting into thespirit of the Elburn Chamberof Commerce’s annual Christ-mas Stroll.

He smiled as a few peoplelooked a couple of times af-ter noticing Marquis Houghwasn’t a mere decoration.

“The first time they see it,they are just kind of shocked,‘This is a moving tree,’ ” Mar-quis Hough said, adding thathe enjoyed the experience.

The Beautiful U store wasamong many Elburn busi-nesses participating in theChristmas Stroll, which thisyear shifted to a Saturday af-ternoon that just happened to

also be Small Business Satur-day.

Activities took place at theTown and Country Public Li-brary, Lighthouse Academyand Elburn and CountrysideFire Protection District.

Many businesses stayedopen later than usual, andseveral were crowded withpatrons enjoying giveawaysand special attractions.

At Ream’s Elburn Market,a piano player offered enter-tainment for part of the eve-ning. At the recently openedCorner Grind coffee shop,employees were handing outfree hot chocolate and pas-tries. Scouts were handingout s’mores at the fire station.

The library long has been amajor hub for the ChristmasStroll, hosting Santa and Mrs.Claus, as well as musiciansand attractions, such as Mag-ic Matt making balloon ani-mals and a marionette show.

Also, patrons could havesome apple cider and cookiesin a meeting room. Amongthose performing were Kris-tin Paxinos and Ben Westfallof Da Capo Music Studio.

P a x i n o s a n d W e s t f a l lserved as the chairs for theevent. There was a new fea-ture at the library this year

– a light show decoration pro-vided by Brian Larsen, whoseLarsen Light Show won a con-test on ABC-TV last year.

That was turned on at 5p.m., after a short proclama-tion by Elburn Village Pres-ident Dave Anderson, whosaid he was pleased to be “giv-en the opportunity to open anew chapter in the holidayobservance here in Elburn.”

Much of the activity tookplace in the library’s youthservices area. Dwayne Nel-son, the library’s youth ser-vices and reference librarian,said he expected about 1,000visitors to the library.

“This is what it ’s al labout,” he said, as he lookedoutside of his office andwatched the crowds at eachattraction. He said the li-brary’s staff will work hardon the decorations, and it isgratifying to see a strong re-sponse.

He also praised artistVal Pieroni, who decoratesthe library’s windows andmany windows of businessesaround town.

Elburn resident AnneKuntz was at Beautiful U.She said she always goes tothe Christmas Stroll, and shemarked her calendar for the

traditional date, which is thefirst Friday in December.

After she learned theChristmas Stroll was mov-ing to the first Saturday afterThanksgiving – and that theElburn and Countryside Com-munity Center’s Jinglepaloo-za event would be Friday – shedecided to mark both dates onher calendar.

Kuntz , embracing theChristmas spirit with largesnowman earmuffs, said herChristmas Stroll experiencehad been pleasant.

She showed off a “retroSanta decoration” that shewould be buying at BeautifulU, and said she had enjoyeda visit to the Corner Grind.She was headed to more busi-nesses and, eventually, thelibrary.

“I love walking downtownhere,” she said. “It’s one ofthe reasons I moved here.”

At Beautiful U, store own-er Liz Hough said the shophad been busy all weekend.

She said it provided a greatopportunity to share Beauti-ful U’s mission of providing a“Christ-centered, family-styleintervention program for at-risk pregnant teens and teenmothers.”

The business has been in

its downtown Elburn loca-tion since April, and she saidthere have been so many do-nations that it’s been difficultto keep up.

“We’ve been very blessed,”she said.

Caitlin Hathaway, who vol-unteers at Beautiful U, saidthose who run the store were“incredibly inspirational.”

She said she has been im-pressed with their gracious-ness and kindness, and thatthey help many who are inneed.

She smiled as she watchedgroups of people walk throughthe store, either to browse themerchandise or to samplecookies and refreshments.

At Schmidt’s Towne Tapin downtown Elburn, peo-ple were gathering for thepost-Christmas Stroll raffledrawing. Westfall called theturnout for the festival “ex-traordinary.”

He said organizers sold“way more raffle tickets”than they thought they might.

He said the raffle raised$3,000. He said it went well,“the mayor gave a speech andthe lights went on, it was per-fect.”

“It’s what it’s supposed tobe,” Westfall said.

By ASHLEY [email protected]

BATAVIA – As Craig Foltosinvited children to help himsing Christmas carols duringSunday evening’s Celebrationof Lights Festival, he askedthem to do one thing: be loud.

“Last year we had a prob-lem,” the local business ownersaid. “Last year Santa Clausalmost missed Batavia be-cause we did not sing loudenough.”

Backed by the Batavia Com-munity Band on the Peg BondCenter stage, Foltos and thechildren sang “Jingle Bells,”“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein-deer,” “Frosty the Snowman,”“Silent Night” and “HereComes Santa Claus.”

Soon enough, the jollyold elf himself could be seen,prompting excited cries of “I

see him!” from children.Many families had been

anticipating his arrival. KariFelkamp of the Batavia Park

District said people began lin-ing up to meet Santa at 5 p.m.– half an hour before the festi-val officially began.

Todd Kinney of Bataviawas among those in line. Hecame to the annual event withhis wife, mother-in-law andfive children, ages 2, 4, 4, 14and 15, he said.

Diane Kinney said shedidn’t mind the wait.

“You’ve got to have the linefor Santa,” she said.

Before meeting with kids,Santa helped Mayor JeffSchielke light the communityChristmas tree.

“Merry Christmas, every-body, and let’s start the count-down,” Schielke said.

With temperatures aroundfreezing, Felkamp said theweather was “definitely onour side” this year. The turn-out was fantastic, she said,

noting the event is one of thepark district staff’s favorite toput on.

But, she noted, other com-munity members contributeto the festivities – includingthe city, the police depart-ment, the Batavia Chamberof Commerce and BataviaMainStreet – so it’s more likea “community collaboration.”

Local organizations alsodecorated 25 trees, which com-peted for the People’s ChoiceAward.

Voting began on FacebookWednesday and ended at noonSunday, Felkamp said. GirlScout Troop 4953 won with atree decorated as Olaf from“Frozen.”

As a reward, troop mem-bers were invited onstage tobe recognized and helped inthe lighting of the communitytree, Felkamp said.

Businesses havegiveaways andspecial attractions

Ashley Sloboda –[email protected]

Santa Claus looks out at the crowd gathered for the Celebration ofLights Festival as the Batavia Community Band provides music forevent.

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Fire damages CamptonHills homeKANE COUNTY [email protected]

CAMPTON HILLS – Alaundry room fire caused$75,000 in damage Saturdayto a Campton Hills home, ac-cording to a news release fromthe Fox River and Country-side Fire/Rescue District.

Firefighters arrived at the7N300 block of Fox Bend Driveat 1:45 p.m. Saturday to findsmoke coming from the rearof the single-family, two-storyresidence, the release states.

The fire reportedly was inthe first-floor laundry room

area, and the situation wasunder control by 2 p.m. Ac-cording to the release, the firehad been burning “for sometime,” but the fire’s growthwas limited by a closed doorbetween the laundry roomand kitchen.

“Melted items on shelvingindicated extreme heat hadbeen present during phasesof fire growth,” the releasestates, noting “extensive over-haul” is required in the room.

Smoke damage also waspresent throughout the home.

Damage to property wasestimated at $25,000, and dam-

age to contents was estimat-ed at $50,000. The homeown-er told fire officials he leftaround 11 a.m. and returnedabout 1:30 p.m. to find lightsmoke in the home, accordingto the release.

No injuries were reported.A dog reportedly was removedfrom the house before the firedepartment’s arrival.

The release indicated thefire was under investigation.

Fox River and Countrysidewas assisted by units fromPingree Grove, Burlington,South Elgin, Elburn and El-gin.

Batavia company files complaint against PetSmartBy ERIC SCHELKOPF

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B A T A V I A – A B a t a -via-based company that man-ufactures metal litter scoopsis claiming that PetSmartbreached a contract with thecompany.

In response to the com-plaint, PetSmart corporatecommunications managerErin Gray said that as a stand-ing practice, PetSmart doesn’tcomment on pending claims.

Charles Firth, owner of Du-rAnimals and creator of the

DuraScoop line of cat litterscoops, said PetSmart in Maystopped selling his product af-ter 10 years of brisk sales andreplaced it with a knockoff.

“From 2004 to 2014, it wastheir number one-grossing lit-ter scoop,” Firth said. “Theymade a knockoff of our prod-uct.”

A c c o r d i n g t o F i r t h ,PetSmart was required to givehis company a three-monthwarning as part of signed ven-dor agreement.

H e s a i d h e i s s t u c kwith tens of thousands of

PetSmart-branded scoops andhas filed a $346,981 claim withthe American Arbitration As-sociation.

“Had they told us, we wouldhave stopped making them,”Firth said.

DuraScoop also sells prod-ucts through websites suchas Amazon.com and whole-salepet.com.

The company’s metal litterscoop also was used to cleantar balls from beaches in Ala-bama and Louisiana after theDeepwater Horizon oil rig spillin the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

St. Charlesmancharged in crash

By ERIC [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – A neigh-bor of a woman killed Fridayafternoon in a crash reactedwith shock Saturday after a23-year-old St. Charles manwas charged with aggravateddriving under the influence inthe incident.

“It ’s heartbreaking,”neighbor Chan-dler Claps saidSaturday. Helives on GreenWillow Lane, afew doors downfrom the homeof 65-year-oldSusan Gorecki.

“Our heartsare with the family,” Clapssaid.

News of the crash spreadquickly through the neigh-borhood along the Fox River.Bond has been set at a $1 mil-lion for Joshua E. Spudich, 23,of the 400 block of South Sec-ond Street, St. Charles.

Spudich was charged withfour felony counts of aggra-vated DUI and one felonycount of possession of a con-trolled substance, one countof driving under the influenceof drugs, one count of drivingwhile license revoked and onecount of improper lane use.

Gorecki was taken to Del-nor Hospital in Geneva, anddied as a result of the injuriessuffered in the crash, accord-ing to a release issued by theSt. Charles Police Depart-ment.

An autopsy will be con-ducted Monday, Kane CountyCoroner Rob Russell said. Apreliminary hearing is set forDec. 10, according to court re-cords.

St. Charles police and firedepartments at 2:05 p.m. Fri-day responded to a crash atthe intersection of North Sec-ond Street and Timbers Trail.According to the release, thepreliminary investigationshowed that Spudich wasdriving a 2003 Hyundai San-ta Fe south on Second Streetwhen he drifted across thecenter median and struckhead on a 2004 Toyota Corol-la driven by Gorecki, whowas driving north on SecondStreet. Claps said he drove

past the crash scene.Spudich initially was treat-

ed and released by medics atthe scene. He later was takento Delnor by St. Charles po-lice and treated and releasedfor minor injuries, the re-lease stated. Police are notreleasing any other details ofthe crash at this time, as thereport is still being complet-ed. Spudich previously wascharged by St. Charles policein April 2010 for unlawful pos-session of alcohol. He also wascharged by Geneva police inAugust 2010 with driving un-der the influence of alcohol.

Spudich and three otherteens in November 2010 wereaccused of robbing a groupin a park in unincorporatedSt. Charles Township. He wascharged with aggravated rob-bery in that incident.

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By JAY [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – The firstquarter was about as mislead-ing as they come.

The St. Charles North boysbasketball team owned theopening eight minutes Satur-day in the third-place game ofSt. Charles East’s Ron John-son tournament but the NorthStars’ momentum screeched toa halt as the host Saints pulledaway for a 70-49 victory.

When it was through, itwas hard to believe North heldleads of 19-9 after the first quar-ter and 33-30 at halftime.

“I think we were still a lit-tle reeling from the loss to St.Joe’s [on Friday] when wecame out,” East coach Pat

Woods said. “I don’t think wewere ready to play to be honest,and obviously North was readyto play. [Jake] Ludwig got hotearly, and when he gets hot, it’sreally tough to stop them.”

Ludwig, North’s standoutsenior guard, sizzled duringthe first half, scoring 16 pointson 6 of 6 shooting from thefloor, but he crashed to thefloor hard late in the secondquarter and was held scorelessthe rest of the night.

“I don’t know if that im-pacted him but after that hereally wasn’t the same,” Northcoach Tom Poulin said. “But Ithought Jake competed hardand gave us everything hehad.”

Ludwig and East seniorguard Cole Gentry were

all-tournament selections, andGentry turned in another qual-ity performance. He led theSaints with 24 points, makingall nine of his free throws.

While Gentry thriving isnothing new for the Saints (3-1), the emergence of senior bigman Jack Bronec is. Broneckeyed East’s third-quartersurge, scoring all eight of hispoints in the quarter, eventual-ly commanding a double teamfrom the undersized NorthStars (2-2).

The 6-foot-8 Bronec playedsparingly as a junior but a con-certed offseason push in theweight room along with hisskill development is paying ear-ly dividends. He acknowledgedsome frustration with how hisjunior season played out.

“I was a little bit but it wasjust not the right time for me,but now it is,” said Bronec,now a starter for the Saints.

Added Woods: “When hecame in here freshman year,there was a question of wheth-er he was going to make theteam or not. To work his wayup as he did is just a real cred-it to him and the effort he putforth to make himself a betterplayer.”

Two of Bronec’s field goalsin the third quarter were point-blank, stick-backs of his ownmisses, to Poulin’s chagrin.East’s other primary front-court player, senior Mick Vyz-ral, had a double-double, notch-ing 11 points and 11 rebounds.

“If we don’t back peopleup, if we can’t box somebody

out and back them up or getaround and deny the ball intothe post, we’ll be in trouble be-cause we have no size,” Poulinsaid. “That’s a battle we’re go-ing to fight all season.”

Shooting guard Jake Clodiadded 10 points off the benchfor the Saints, who played with-out starting forward James Mc-Quillan (concussion sufferedFriday against St. Joe).

Senior forward Jack Cal-laghan chipped in 12 points forNorth, which will aim to trou-bleshoot swiftly. The NorthStars and Saints will havetheir first conference meetingin a week, also at East.

St. Joseph topped PlainfieldEast in overtime in Saturday’stournament championshipgame.

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St. Charles East’s Jeremy Champine moves the ball up court Saturday during the Saints’ 70-49 win over St. Charles North. The Saints took third place in their own tournament.

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TODAYGirls basketball: St. Francis at Aurora Christian,

7:30 p.m.; West Aurora at Rosary, 7 p.m.Boys bowling: St. Charles East at Lyons,

5 p.m.

TUESDAYBoys basketball: Aurora Central Catholic

vs. Montini at Aurora Christian Tournament, 6p.m.; Aurora Christian vs. St. Edward at AuroraChristian Tournament, 7:30 p.m.; Chicago Hope atWheaton Academy, 7:30 p.m.Girls basketball:Montini at Rosary, 7:30 p.m.

Aurora Central Catholic at Glenbard South, 7 p.m.;Aurora Christian at Somonauk, 7 p.m.; WheatonAcademy at IC Catholic Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Boys swimming:Marmion at Oswego, 3:30 p.m.Boys bowling: Elgin at St. Charles East, 4 p.m.Girls bowling: St. Charles East at East Aurora, 4

p.m.; DeKalb at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAYBoys basketball: Aurora Central Catholic vs.

Joliet Catholic at Aurora Christian Tournament, 6p.m.; Aurora Christian vs. Joliet Catholic at AuroraChristian Tournament, 7:30 p.m.; St. Francis atHampshire, 7 p.m.; Byron at Burlington Central,7:15 p.m.Wrestling:Marmion at Rockton Hononegah, 6

p.m.; Burlington Central at Johnsburg Triangular,4:30 p.m.Girls bowling: Kaneland at Lisle, 4:30 p.m.

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Geneva rollsto tourney title

By CHRIS [email protected]

CRYSTAL LAKE – Thosethat attended the CrystalLake Central Tournamentand saw Geneva play allwanted to know the samething. What is in the water inGeneva?

The Vikings’ length is un-like anyone had seen in thearea in a long time.

After winning its firstthree games by double digits,Geneva continued its dom-inance in the championshipgame Saturday night, beatingthe host Tigers, 64-31.

The Vikings (4-0) wereonce again led by Buffa-lo-bound Nate Navigato, whoscored a game-high 21 points,knocking down three 3-point-ers. The more Geneva con-tinued to dominate its gamesthroughout the tournament,the group began to realize itcan put together somethingspecial this season.

“The ceiling is sky-highfor our team this year,” Nav-igato said. “We can still getbetter with certain things,but not even being at fullstrength and playing this wellreally shows how good we canbe once everyone is healthy.”

The team is playing with-

out top point guard PaceTemple because of a knee in-jury suffered in the Class 7Afootball playoffs. Coach PhilRalston saw much more ofwhat he wanted to see fromcertain players he is lookingto prove themselves.

“A lot more of the guysstepped up today and I’mproud of the effort that every-one gave,” Ralston said. “Noone is going to feel bad for usthat we’re not fully healthyas a team, but I keep tellingthe guys that if we continueto do the things that make ussuccessful, we will only getbetter.”

Forward Bennett Fuzakalso contributed eight pointsfor the Vikings, who receivedthe highest praise from Crys-tal Lake Central coach RichCzeslawski after the game. Af-ter presenting the champion-ship plaque, Czeslawski hada talk with the Geneva team,which he later explained.

“There are college teamsthat are envious of theirsize,” Czeslawski said. “Evenif we played a perfect game,I think they still would havebeat us. I told them after thegame that, as a coach, theseare the years you wait for.That is a very special teamover there.”

Bulldogs cap unscathed runBy THOMAS KUEBEL

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BATAVIA – The Bataviaboys basketball team wrappedup an unbeaten four-gamerun through the Ken PeddyWindmill City Classic.

Despite trailing, 13-12 afterthe first quarter, the Bulldogsbattled back to pull out a 64-46 win over Chicago MarineLeadership Academy.

Junior guard Canaan Cof-fey kept the Bulldogs afloatearly, knocking down threeof his first four 3-point at-tempts. Coffey led all scorerswith 17 points, 11 coming inthe first half.

Senior Chasen Peez wasn a m e d t h e t o u r n a m e n tMVP after posting 13 pointsand seven rebounds. Peezwent 4 of 7 from the fieldand knocked down five freethrows down the stretch. The6-foot-7 senior had his handsfull guarding Marine Leader-ship Academy senior DwayneWard, who finished with 17points and seven rebounds,including an emphatic dunkin the first half. However,Ward was only 1 of 5 from thefree-throw line, committedthree turnovers and fouledout with 5:57 remaining inthe game to take the wind outof the visitors’ sails in whatwas only a 10-point game.

After a three-point play byCoffey with 2:54 left, the Bull-dogs took a 56-42 lead, essen-tially putting the game out ofreach.

Batavia also received acontribution from KamontezThomas, who was named thetournament’s most inspira-tional player.

“To be honest, I gave a lotof energy and kept everyonefrom keeping their headsdown, and just kept pushingthrough,” Thomas said as towhy he was named most in-spirational.

Thomas, a junior pointguard, finished with sevenpoints, two rebounds andthree assists. Thomas, Coffey,and Peez combined for onlyone turnover and the teamonly six.

The tough Batavia defenseheld the Bulldogs in check,forcing 12 turnovers andholding CMLA to only 37.5percent from the floor.

Chicago Marine Leader-ship fell to 0-4 in tournamentplay while the Bulldogs wonthe Ken Peddy Windmill CityClassic for the first time since2009.

Coach Jim Nazos was hap-py with the way his teamplayed.

“I thought throughout thetournament, we were consis-tent,” Nazos said. “That was

a tough game to play comingout of [a close win against St.Francis on Friday], emotionswere running high and Ma-rine was ready. They playedwell early. I thought we spurt-ed when we had to and it wasenough to pull away there to-wards the end.”

Earlier Saturday, St. Fran-cis (2-2) dropped its final con-test in the Ken Peddy tour-nament, 53-43, to WheatonWarrenville South. The Spar-tans cut the Tigers’ 45-35 leadto seven on a 3 by Mike Shawand then to 49-43 on a JasonSullivan 3-pointer with 56seconds left. In the end, it wastoo much Josh Ruggles forWheaton Warrenville South.

Ruggles finished with 22points on 3 of 4 second-half3s and 4 for 4 from the freethrow line in the fourth quar-ter. The Tigers made 8 of 9free throws down the stretchto ice the game.

A former Wheaton Acad-emy star, Ruggles finishedwith a game-high 22. Shawfinished with 14 to lead theSpartans.

“We are a work in prog-ress,” St. Francis coach BobWard said. “Our best basket-ball is ahead of us.”

Kaneland’s Dylan Vaca,Batavia’s Jacob Roberts,Wheaton Warrenville South’sRuggles and Matt Dacy-Seijo,Chicago Marine Leadership’sWard and St. Francis’ JasonSullivan were named to theAll-Tournament Team, alongwith MVP Peez.

“I thought throughoutthe tournament, we were

consistant.”

Jim Nazos

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to help older parentsDear Abby: For those

who are looking for giftsuggestions for older par-ents, may I offer what mykids do for us? They livefar away and usually visitus in the spring and fall.

Before they leave,my daughter scrubs mybathroom shower and therest of the room, cleans myrefrigerator, oven, kitch-en cabinets, my carpets– things that are difficultfor me to do. While she’sinside doing that, my son-in-law is outside trimmingtrees and bushes, doinggeneral yard cleanup inthe spring and rakingleaves and disposing ofthem in the fall.

In addition, during themonths BEFORE their vis-it, my daughter is settingaside and freezing smallportions of entrees so wewill have future dinnersfrom her meals. She alsofreezes an assortment ofdifferent soups in zip-lockbags, laid flat so they willfit well in my freezer.While they’re here, theycook all the meals and dothe cleanup. What a won-derful gift!

Even if some familiesdon’t cook, they couldmake up small meals withdeli purchases and freezethem for their parents.Nothing could be ap-preciated more. Insteadof buying a useless giftbecause “We didn’t knowwhat to get you – you saidyou didn’t want anything,”these are gifts that keep ongiving! – Truly Blessed InMontana

Dear Truly Blessed: Iagree. And you are fortu-nate to have such caringfamily members. Pleaseallow me to offer someadditional gift suggestionsfor seniors:

Many individualson fixed incomes wouldappreciate a gift basket ofgoodies such as small cansof tuna, salmon or soup.Include with them crack-ers, assorted flavors ofinstant coffee, herbal teas,

soup mixes and cookies.Gift certificates also

make welcome gifts:for groceries, haircuts,manicures, dry cleaning,restaurant meals, theatertickets and departmentstores. And don’t forgetprepaid calling cards.

Create homemade cou-pons that can be redeemedfor chores such as windowwashing, painting, replac-ing air conditioning filtersand light bulbs, movingheavy furniture for springand fall cleaning, andtransportation for shop-ping, doctor’s visits, etc.

Because not all seniorsdrive, bus passes andcoupons for senior trans-portation or taxis can alsogive the recipient the giftof freedom.

Sweat pants, athleticsocks and walking shoesmay motivate the seden-tary to become more active– which improves circu-lation and cognition forpeople of every age.

Stationery, stampsand some felt-tipped pensmake handy gifts that canbe used throughout theyear. And so do large-printaddress books with theinformation already trans-ferred from the recipients’records.

And please, don’t forgetthat the holiday seasoncan be a depressing timefor people who are alone.I am often asked for giftideas for the person “whoalready has everything.”My answer: The greatestgift a person can give isthe gift of yourSELF. Ifyou know someone whocould use an outing, offerthe most meaningful gift ofall – an invitation to sharea meal with you or yourfamily.

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From the realms of

the real worldWatching less-experienced

players can be instructive. Thereis much to discuss in the auctionof this deal. With which calls doyou agree, and what would youhave done differently? In this auc-tion, three spades was a splinterbid showing four-card diamondsupport, a strong hand and asingleton (or void) in spades.

When North opened one club,East should have overcalledtwo clubs, a Michaels Cue-Bidshowing at least 5-5 in the majors.Yes, he had only six points, but hehad 6-5 distribution, he owned themajors and the vulnerability wasfavorable.

West’s takeout double washighly debatable opposite apartner who could not act overone club.

North’s three-spade rebiddescribed his hand well.

Then East should have beenbidding the majors into thestratosphere – double fits aremore delicious than doughnuts.

Finally, South should not havebid four clubs; instead, he shouldhave control-bid (cue-bid) fourhearts to show some slam interestor, if less optimistic, jumped tofive diamonds. What did declarerdo after winning the first trickwith his heart ace and drawingtrumps, learning that East startedwith only one?

Obviously, five – and six!– diamonds depended totallyon South’s decision in the clubsuit. Given East’s silence in thebidding, it looked as if declarerwould never place him with twominor-suit singletons. But at thetable, South played a club to thejack on the first round of the suitand took all 13 tricks!

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