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Twenty-month-old David Kernan of St. Charles receives a high-five from the St. Charles fox mascot Saturday during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in St. Charles.

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Volunteers sought for habitat restoration work daySUGAR GROVE – A habitat restoration work day will be from 9 a.m.

to noon Saturday at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve, 5S660 Bliss Road,

Sugar Grove. Attendees should dress appropriately in layers, sturdy,

warm shoes and work gloves. Refreshments will be offered. Email

[email protected] or call Rob at 630-232-5980.

Chipotle fundraiser to aid chaperoned prom after partyGENEVA – Geneva High School Post-Prom is having a fundraiser from

4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Chipotle, 1441 S. Randall Road, in Geneva.

Customers should tell the cashier the purchase is for GHS Post-Prom,

and 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated. Post-Prom is a chap-

eroned event fully staffed by volunteers, provided after the prom.

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Cougars to have St. Patrick’s Day offerGENEVA – The Kane County Cougars will be offering a

special St. Patrick’s Day offer in which lawn seat ticketsfor Sunday through Thursday games are $3.17.The limited-time offer ends at 11:59 p.m. today and is

valid for online ticket orders only at www.kccougars.com.The holiday-themed offer gives fans an opportunity to

purchase discounted lawn seat tickets.The St. Patrick’s Day ticket offer does not apply for the

Thursday, July 3, game, and there is a limit of 10 ticketsper order.Fans can contact the Cougars with any questions at

630-232-8811.

Forest Preserve District seeking volunteersGENEVA – The Forest Preserve District of Kane County

seeks volunteers to train in any of three, much-neededareas to help manage natural resources.From 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 27 the district will offer

herbicide training at Forest Preserve District headquar-ters in Geneva.Course participants can earn a state certificate to

safely apply the two types of herbicide used in the forestpreserves, as part of natural areas management. Districtheadquarters is at 1996 S. Kirk Road, Geneva.Also, the District needs volunteer butterfly monitors.

The Butterfly Monitoring Network will lead this March 29training program at the Belding Lodge at Brewster CreekForest Preserve. The training course is from 9 a.m. tonoon. Brewster Creek Forest Preserve is at 6N921 Route25, St. Charles.Then from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27, volunteers are invit-

ed to take a plants-of-concern training. This training willteach participants how to create ecological quadrantsand use GPS to count blooms and stems for threatenedand endangered plants. This training is at BrewsterCreek. There is no charge for the training courses, butadvance registration is required. Volunteers must be 18or older. Call 630-208-8662 or email [email protected] to register or for information.

Little Explorers at Peck Farm ParkGENEVA – Children ages 4 and 5 are invited to connect

with nature through guided hikes, games, crafts, stories,and hands-on exploration at Peck Farm Park’s LittleExplorers.This eight-class series meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. or

1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 8 throughMay 1, at Peck Farm Park, 4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva.Activities led by Peck Farm’s naturalist staff change

seasonally to help young explorers discover the ev-er-changing natural world.Advance registration is required. The cost is $40 a child

($47 nonresident).All participants must be potty trained.For information, call 630-232-4542 or visit www.

genevaparks.org.

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

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

well as contact information.

Fire causes $50K in damage to Geneva homeBy KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE

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GENEVA – No one was in-jured in a fire that caused anestimated $50,000 in damage toa home at 515 Highbury Laneearly Sunday.

Firefighters responded tothe fire at 2:41 a.m. and foundthe home’s roof to be burning,with the flames being fannedby steady and strong winds, ac-cording to a news release fromthe Geneva Fire Department.Fire officials said that heat

from an electrical failure inan attic ventilator or fan ignit-ed the wood roof sheeting andshingles.

Geneva police officers wokeup two residents who were un-aware of the fire and led themout of the house before the firedepartment attempted to ex-tinguish the blaze, the releasestated. The fire was containedto the attic and roof, with lim-ited smoke and water damageto the second floor of the home.

As a precaution, firefightersspread protective covers over

the home’s furnishings. Fire-fighters requested the city’spublic works department to re-spond with road salt since wa-ter had spilled onto the pave-ment, causing slick conditions.

Firefighters hand shoveledsalt across the width of thestreet.

Batavia, Elburn and St.Charles fire departments as-sisted Geneva firefighters withextinguishing the fire and ad-ditional support was provid-ed by the Geneva EmergencyManagement Agency.

Families learn scienceof making maple syrup

By ERIC [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – NancyReppe of West Chicago broughther two kids to Sunday’s MapleSugaring Days at LeRoy OakesForest Preserve because shewanted them to understandthat maple syrup comes from atree, not a bottle.

“It’s important to under-stand how the natural worldworks,” Reppe said. “We comeevery year. I want them to re-member it.”

Kane County Forest Pre-serve District naturalistsshowed Reppe and others howto tap a tree for sap as part ofthe two-day event. Unfortu-nately, the sap wasn’t flowingon Sunday because of the frigidconditions. Blustery winds kepttemperatures in the 20s andmade it feel more like it was 10degrees.

“Some years it has been likeshort sleeve weather,” said Val-erie Blaine, nature programsmanager for the Kane CountyForest Preserve District. “Yes-terday it was ideal. It was in the40s.”

The weather had alreadyplayed havoc with the event,which was originally supposedto be held two weeks ago atJohnson’s Mound Forest Pre-serve. It was postponed becauseof snow.

Kane County Forest Pre-

serve volunteer Suzi Myers toldthose attending different factsabout sap, including that itlooks like water when it comesout of a tree because it’s only

three percent sugar. The sapis then boiled down into maplesyrup.

The cold weather didn’t stopDiane Hahn and her familyfrom coming to the event.

“It is a welcome to spring,”she said. “The maple syrup youfind here tastes better than thecorn syrup you get at the store.”

Her 10-year-old daughter,Julia, found out what real ma-ple syrup tastes like by tryingsamples from Funks Grove,which makes syrup just southof Bloomington-Normal.

“It’s good,” she said. “It’s nottoo sweet.”

Eric Schelkopf – [email protected]

Kane County Forest Preserve District volunteer Suzi Myers explained tofamilies about making maple syrup Sunday during Maple Sugaring Daysat LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.

“It is a welcome to spring.

The maple syrup you find

here tastes better than

the corn syrup you get at

the store.”

Diane HahnVisitor to Maple Sugar Days

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By CHARLES [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – A womanand a juvenile on Saturdaywere taken to Delnor Hospitalafter a two-car crash on thecity’s west side, the St. CharlesFire Department said.

The crash involved a four-door black sedan and a pickuptruck on the 1700 block of WestMain Street. Emergency crewswere dispatched to the scene at8:14 a.m. Saturday, fire Capt.

Joel Meeter said.The woman transported

was the driver of the sedanand the lone occupant. Shehad to be extricated becauseher door was pinned shut afterthe crash, Meeter said. The se-dan was later towed from thescene.

Another woman was driv-ing the pickup truck, anda male juvenile in her carwas transported for injuries,Meeter said. The pickup truckdriver and two other juveniles

in the car refused medicaltreatment.

Meeter declined to identi-fy the people involved or de-scribe the nature of their inju-ries, only stating that the fourpeople in the pickup truck arefrom the same family. He didnot have an update Saturdayafternoon on the woman andminor’s medical conditions.

St. Charles police had saiddetails of the crash were notavailable because the incidentwas still under investigation.

Two injured in St. Charles car crash

By CHARLES [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – Steve Mar-tin took a second to point outall the cars, floats, police andpeople surrounding him onSaturday.

“In about 20 minutes, thiswill all gel into a parade,” Mar-tin said, standing near the cor-ner of Main and Sixth streets.

Martin has been the chiefmarshal 15 times for the St.Patrick’s Parade, includingthe one that was held Saturdayin downtown St. Charles. He isone of 11 people on the St. Pat-rick’s Parade Committee whodevote hundreds of hours toprepare for the big event, andone of more than 75 volunteersin all who are crucial on pa-rade day.

The committee began meet-ing every Wednesday startingin December after the annualHoliday Homecoming event,said Craig Larsen, parade com-mittee chairman. Like Martin,the committee includes a vari-ety of parade veterans who usetheir past experience to keepeach event running smoothly.

Former St. Charles alder-man Betsy Penny said she has

volunteered at every St. Pat-

rick’s Parade. As volunteer

coordinator, Penny knows to

have members from several

community groups lined up in

case a volunteer doesn’t show

up. There were two no-shows

Saturday, Penny said.

Penny was stationed at the

Municipal Building, 2 E. Main

St., to greet and give instruc-

tions to the volunteer parade

pacers. She said the hardest

part about her job is finding

volunteers in the weeks be-

fore the parade and then mak-

ing sure they show up for the

event.

Martin said his entire role

as chief marshall is based on

bringing order to chaos. When

Euclid Beverage showed up as

an unannounced parade entry,

he knew to place the compa-

ny’s group right where a no-

show club entry was supposed

to be.

Martin determines the pa-

rade lineup with fellow com-

mittee member Darlene Riebe.

Over the years he has learned

to block out 25 minutes a few

hours before the parade to

train the parade marshals.

The marshals help organize

the staging area, making sure

the entries are lined up in

the right order and facing the

right way.

As Saturday’s parade be-gan, Martin, Riebe and themarshals made sure all theparade participants got ontoRoute 64 at the right time.The staging area takes upthree parking lots and multi-ple blocks along three streets,Martin said.

Every parade keeps the

committee and volunteers

busy all the way through the

post-parade cleanup, Larsen

said. The crew planned to end

their day together in celebra-

tion at Nuova Italia restaurant

near the parade route.

“It’s a team effort,” Larsen

said. “We cannot do what we

do without all of these people.”

ABOVE: Cyclones Amateur Hockey Associ-ation player Matt Conroy, 13, of St. Charlesreadies for the parade. LEFT: Parade coor-dinator Steve Martin directs parade par-ticipants.

Makingmagic

St. Pat’s parade a true team effort

Photos by Rena Naltsas for Shaw Media

Crowds gather Saturday on Main Street in St. Charles for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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By JAY [email protected]

PEORIA – Makur Puou ex-ploded to the rim for a thun-derous dunk, then accidentallycrashed squarely on top of Hey-worth forward Colten Reeves’back on his way down.

Reeves didn’t care for Pu-ou’s landing spot and momen-tarily reacted angrily beforemoving on, realizing there wasnothing that could be done.

That second quarter playmight have been the perfectimage for Mooseheart’s cham-pionship season. The Ramblers– too tall, too powerful, too ath-letic for the rest of the IHSAClass 1A state field – completedtheir season with a 63-47 winSaturday against Heyworth inthe state championship gameat the Peoria Civic Center.

After the game, a fanshowed the 6-foot-10 Puou aphoto of his ferocious dunk ona cellphone.

“One of my friends said he’sgoing to make it a big poster,”Puou said. “That would becool.”

The victory providedMooseheart its first team statechampionship in school his-tory and offered a satisfyingending to the twist-filled runfor Mooseheart seniors AkimNyang, Mangisto Deng andPuou, whose eligibility wasbriefly revoked last year by theIHSA.

In what became classicMooseheart style, the Ram-blers offered their fans a sub-stantial dose of heartburn tocounterbalance the game’smany scintillating moments.

Mooseheart (29-3) surged toa 19-2 lead to start the game,settled for a 33-27 halftimeedge, then saw the Hornets (26-8) briefly overtake them duringthe third quarter. To makematters worse for Mooseheart– much worse – starting pointguard Freddy Okito was out ofsight, receiving medical atten-tion after taking an elbow tothe nose and hitting his headon the padding of the basketafter a hard fall while scram-bling back on defense early in

the third quarter.Okito is the Ramblers’ best

ball-handler by a longshot, andHeyworth feasted on Mooseh-eart turnovers in his absence.

“While I was doing the run-ning, concussion test, I askedone of the kids that was help-ing what was going on [in thegame],” Okito said. “He saidwe were down one. I was like‘Whoa, hold on.’ And then I justknew I had to get back out hereand try and help us get backup.”

Okito returned at the 2:09mark of the third quarter, andthe Ramblers breathed easier,closing the quarter more crisp-ly for a 45-38 lead entering thefourth.

Mooseheart coach RonAhrens recalled emphasizingthe importance of Okito lead-ing up to the season, despitethe flashier presences of thetowering South Sudanese trio,plus ball-hawking junior guardHameed Odunewu.

“I said that a long time ago,and it’s proven to be right,”Ahrens said. “Freddy’s out andwe’re struggling, they go upone. We get Freddy back out ofthe locker room after the con-cussion tests. … He comes backon the floor, and we win by 16.It just proves my point.”

Puou notched seven ofMooseheart’s 10 blocks on theafternoon. Despite being dras-tically outsized, Heyworth at-tacked inside frequently, sel-dom coming away with points.

“In the film that I watchedof them, a lot of teams try to at-tack their big guys, and a lot oftimes they don’t even have tojump to block your shot,” Hey-worth coach Tom Eller said.“So we were forcing some badshots on the inside, so we triedto make sure we were gettingopen looks on the perimeter,and for a nice stretch in there,we were knocking those shotsdown.”

Mooseheart, however, went

on a 15-0 run spanning the endof the third and start of thefourth quarters, capped by aslick, crosscourt bounce passfrom J.J. Odunsi to Odunewu,who scooped in the fast-breakbasket for a 54-38 Ramblerslead with 5:36 to play in thefourth quarter.

One day after scoring 31points in Mooseheart’s statesemifinal win, Deng scored 27in the final, while Puou had15 points and 12 rebounds andOdunewu scored 11.

After surviving tight gamesagainst Newark and ChicagoHope earlier in the postsea-son, the Ramblers raised theirgame, winning each of theirlast four contests by 15 pointsor more.

But this season – and thisgroup – has always been aboutmuch more than basketball.The South Sudanese studentscame to Mooseheart as soph-omores, sitting out their firstyear to become eligible, with

hopes that a U.S. educationcould help them become suc-cessful in their war-ravagedhomeland. Deng and Puou noware considered Division I col-lege basketball prospects, al-though they might need to firstattend a prep school or juniorcollege to meet NCAA eligibil-ity requirements.

Ahrens spoke passionatelyabout their futures after thevictory celebration, suggestingthat each of the three is capableof becoming successful busi-nessmen or even holding highpolitical office in South Sudanbecause of their work ethicsand commitment to education.

Deng has an alternate con-cept for the future.

“Manny talks to me all thetime about building a Mooseh-eart in South Sudan, and hewants me to come out and runit,” Ahrens said. “I said you,know what, hey, I’m all for it.I haven’t run that by my wifeyet.”

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Mooseheart’s Akim Nyang (left) and Josh Tucker celebrate their 1A state title game victory Saturday over Heyworth after the final buzzer inPeoria. The Red Ramblers brought home the basketball program’s first state title after defeating Heyworth in the championship game, 63-47.

IHSA CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: MOOSEHEART 63, HEYWORTH 47

Red Ramblers regain composure in winning state championship

SLAMS, SWATS AND SHOTS

BY JOE [email protected]

Twice in the last week,

Joakim Noah has looked

ahead. That’s a no-no for a

Tom Thibodeau-coached team.

“I just can’t wait for the

playoffs to start,” Noah has

said.

Maybe it’s because these

are the dog days of the NBA

schedule or because Noah re-

alizes he and his Bulls team-

mates are playing as well as

they have all season. Either

way, with 16 regular-season

games left, there seems to be

little to be concerned about on

the court.

Well, at least by most stan-

dards. Call it nitpicking, but

the fact the Bulls have been

outrebounded in back-to-back

games – both victories, by the

way – isn’t exactly sitting well

with Thibodeau.

“We’ve been a great re-

bounding team all year,” Thi-

bodeau said. “Usually, we have

a number of guys with six or

seven [boards]. A few guys get

double-digit rebounds, so we

can’t rely on one or two. We

need everybody. I think we’re

capable of being great with

our rebounding.”

Asked what they can do

to get better, Thibodeau said,

“Jump.”

No one is asking Noah to be

any better down the stretch.

The way teammate Taj Gibson

sees it, Noah is playing the

best basketball of his career

and the rest of the Bulls are

just trying to follow his lead.

Noah, however, has a dif-

ferent take on it.

“I think a lot of guys need

to step up in order for us to do

something special, and I think

a lot of guys are stepping up,”

Noah said when asked if he

thought his game was raising

everyone else’s. “I just like our

demeanor out there, especial-

ly at the end of a game. I feel

like every time you step onto

the court, you learn some-

thing about our team, and I

think [Saturday against the

Sacramento Kings], the best

part about it was our com-

posure down the stretch. We

didn’t let anything get to us.

We just stayed focus on what’s

important – trying to win the

game.

“Jimmy [Butler] didn’t

have a good offensive rhythm,

but [he had] huge rebounds,

just huge plays that helped

us win the game. [Mike Dun-

leavy] with just huge shots.

Taj with some big offensive re-

bounds. Those are things you

need to win basketball games,

and I think that was the best

part – our composure.”

That composure will be

tested again, with MVP can-

didate Kevin Durant and the

Oklahoma City Thunder in

town today.

“They keep coming,” Thi-

bodeau said of a recent stretch

in which the Bulls also have

played the Miami Heat, San

Antonio Spurs and Houston

Rockets. “I like our schedule.

[The Thunder] is as good as it

gets in the West. They’re right

there at the top. They’ve got a

lot of weapons, so we’ve got to

be ready. They can hurt you

a lot of different ways. We’re

going to have to play for 48

minutes.”

And Durant will be anoth-

er test for a Bulls defense that

has been playing better than

any in the league.

“[Durant’s] basically a

7-footer with a high release

that’s a guard,” Thibodeau

said. “He scores so many dif-

ferent ways. He’s seen every

type of defense you can throw

at him. It’s very difficult to get

to his shot. You have to try to

make him work for his points.

He’s unselfish, plays hard,

catch-and-shoot, post, runs the

floor. There’s nothing that he

doesn’t do well.”

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IN KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE SPORTS

ThursdayThe Kane County Chronicle

presents the 2013-14 girlsbasketball all-area team.Burlington

Central andGeneva bothadvanceddownstate thisseason, while Batavia also hadone of its best seasons in pro-gram history, fueled by seniorguard Liza Fruendt.

FridayCheck out the Chronicle’s

boys basketball all-area team.2013-14wasa

banner year forGeneva,whichwon its first re-gional title since1985and first sectional gamesince1981.Mooseheart,meanwhile,wentonanunprecedented run toPeoriabehindstandout seniorsMakurPuouandMangistoDeng.

SaturdayWe preview the upcoming

high school softball season.St. Charles East returns

several startersfrom last year’sClass 4A staterunners-up,while crosstownrival St. CharlesNorth is back todefend its Upstate Eight Confer-ence River title.

BULLS

Noah leading the way, butspreads the praise around

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

With picking your brackets,always safe to go with No. 1

By STEVE [email protected]

Somehow, defendingnational champion Louisville,29-5 with 12 victories in its last13 games, was relegated by theNCAA Tournament SelectionCommittee to a No. 4 seed inthe upcoming Big Dance.

Somehow, Michigan State,a preseason favorite to winit all and the perpetrator ofjaw-dropping nastiness at theBig Ten tournament, likewiseis a No. 4.

It all makes one want toshrug and ask: What’s thepoint of these silly seeds?

Except that they matter.A lot.

Six of the last seven na-tional title winners were No.1 seeds. In the last 16 years, noteam seeded worse than thirdhas won it all. For all the talkof Cinderella this time of year,one of the best teams – fromone of the power conferences –always cuts down the nets.

Let’s stay on championshiptrends. Sixteen consecutivetourney winners – again, allfrom the power leagues – wereconference regular-seasonchamps, conference tourneychamps or, in eight cases (in-cluding Louisville last year),both.

Meanwhile, 13 nationalrunners-up were leagueregular-season and/or leaguetourney champs. And six ofthe last nine were both.

Is the chalk starting to lookgood yet?

NOTSO FAST, FRIENDSYou should still have some

fun with your brackets, forthere has been a run of teamsseeded 4 or lower that made itto the Final Four. There havebeen nine such teams in thelast four years alone, includ-ing an 8 seed (Butler in 2011),a 9 (Wichita State in 2013)and an 11 (Virginia Common-wealth in 2011).

Also, the last five FinalFours have included seventeams that claimed neithera league regular-season norleague tournament title. Soyou still have to do a lot ofhomework before makingyour picks.

THE YEAROF THE FRESHMANPerhaps never has there

been more buzz about a classof college freshmen thanthere was prior to this season.Duke’s Jabari Parker, a heroat Simeon High School, hasmore than delivered. Kansas’Andrew Wiggins and Joel Em-biid are spectacular, though7-footer Embiid is expected tomiss at least the first tourneygame with an injury.

Kentucky’s Julius Randle,Arizona’s Aaron Gordon andSyracuse’s Tyler Ennis haveproved worthy of all the hype,too.

Only Gordon plays on aNo. 1-seeded team, but all ofthese freshmen are among thebest players in the tourna-ment. If any of them is namedtourney MVP, we’ll wonderhow we didn’t see it coming.

Next for the Bulls

vs. OklahomaCity, 7 p.m.Monday, CSN,ESPN, AM-1000


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Stone Soup

Dilbert

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Frank & Earnest

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Rose Is Rose

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daughter who acts grown upDear Abby: My 11-year-

old daughter, “Gwen,” juststarted middle school. Shemakes good grades, but she’sstrong-willed. Do kids growup instantly when they startmiddle school?

She wants to know if shecan have a boyfriend. I toldher not until she’s 15. Nowshe’s flirting with girls whoask her out. I told her to stayaway from them, not becausethey are lesbians but becausethey are not good girls. Theyare always in trouble.

Gwen says I’m too strict,and if I don’t stop, she willrun away. I adopted her atbirth (it was an open adop-tion), and she recently askedme if I am going to placeher for adoption. She wasworried that I would. I amvery concerned that she ishanging out with the wrongcrowd. Any advice? – San An-tonio Mom

Dear Mom: People do notgrow up “instantly.” I knowindividuals who are imma-ture at 50, and I’m sure ifyou think about it, so do you.From what you have toldme about your daughter, it’sclear that she is far from thegrown-up she thinks she is.

If you do not to wantGwen to date until she is old-er, that is your prerogativeas her parent. The gender ofthe person isn’t the issue.

Because you think she ishanging out with the wrongcrowd, my advice is to makesure she is so busy shedoesn’t have time to spendwith them. Involve her inactivities outside of school– sports, Scouting, music orart. And be sure she knowsthat you are her forevermother and that nothingshe could ever do will lessenyour love for her.

Dear Abby: I am a 29-year-old woman who has just beendiagnosed with multiplesclerosis. It has been a roughroad, and I’m lucky to havesuch a supportive group.

My issue is, when peoplefind out, I get commentssuch as, “Wow, you look soGOOD!” or suggestions onhow I should “cure” my MS.The most hurtful one wasthat it’s all in my head.

While I appreciate that

folks care and want to offerhelp, I find their commentsoffensive and hurtful. Howdo I respond tactfully, butalso convey that they shouldthink twice before they saythese things? – Upset In Ohio

Dear Upset: If someonesays you look good, respondas you would to any othercompliment – say thankyou. When someone offersa suggestion about how youcan “cure” yourself, you’llsave yourself a lot of frus-tration if you keep in mindthat the person cares enoughabout you to try to be helpful.All you need to do is smileand say firmly that you areunder a doctor’s care and aresatisfied with the treatmentyou are receiving.

And, heaven forbid, ifanother individual tells youthat your MS is “all in yourhead,” remember that justbecause a donkey brays doesnot mean you have to payattention.

Dear Abby: I’m in a bindwhen it comes to hostessgifts. I know nothing aboutwine and am not much in-terested in learning becausemost of my friends and Idon’t drink. I am also allergicto flowers and perfumes, soI would never give anyoneflowers, soaps or candles,because if I did I would haveto leave the party early.

This leaves me confusedas to what is appropriate.Could I give a nice jar ofhigh-quality spice or arethere better options? – In TheDark About Hostess Gifts

Dear In The Dark: A box ofassorted chocolates mightbe nice, if your hosts aresweet-eaters, or matchingsmall- and medium-sizedpicture frames, or a box ofnote cards and matching en-velopes. However, unless youare certain the spice you se-lect is one your hosts mightuse, I don’t recommend it asa house gift.

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William Arthur Ward, whocoined many inspirational max-ims, said, “A true friend knowsyour weaknesses but shows youyour strengths.”

A bridge player with a weakhand can sometimes do well bysounding strong. Look at today’sSouth hand. North opens onediamond. What should South do?

The textbooks tell South thatwithout six points, he shouldpass. However, he has twofive-card majors – and we lovemajors. He ought to bid onespade. Yes, it is not without risk,but he has a reasonable chance toimprove the contract.

Here, North will raise to fourspades. That would perhaps giveSouth momentary pause, butwhen he sees the dummy, it willease his concerns.

After West leads the clubqueen, how should declarer planthe play?

If South had passed over onediamond and West had passedalso, that contract would prob-ably have gone down one. Butmaybe West would have bal-anced with two clubs or (better)a takeout double. Then, though,North-South would have had asecond chance to find their spadefit.

South has three top losers:two hearts and one club. Heneeds to establish his heart suit.And usually, in this situation,declarer should immediately playon that suit.

So, South wins with dummy’sclub ace and leads a heart to, say,his nine and West’s jack. Westcashes the club jack, then shiftsto the diamond 10. Declarer winswith dummy’s ace and playsanother heart. South trumps thenext diamond and ruffs a hearthigh. When they split 3-3, hedraws trumps ending in his handand cashes his hearts.

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