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FriDay, June 5, 2009

i think its something that people really latch on to and can connect with. Just about everybody has been touched by breast cancer in one way or another.
Eloise Caggiano, program director for the Avon Walk and a breast cancer survivor

A walk and a sense of hope

Suburban residents raise money to aid breast cancer fight
By Alissa Groeninger
agroeninger@dailyherald.com

students, staff say goodbye to Quentin

By Phil Collins
pcollins@dailyherald.com

West Dundee resident Denise Martorano had been asking friends to do the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer for several years, but the time and financial commitment kept everyone from getting involved. We all have someone who can be affected by breast cancer, Martorano said. Then last June, Martorano was diagnosed with the disease. This weekend she is walking in the seventh annual Chicago Avon Walk with a team of five other women, two of whom are also survivors. Eloise Caggiano, program director for the Avon Walk and breast cancer survivor, said the walk represents a sense of hope for participants. The event is one of nine taking place across the country and begins at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, June 6. Participants will meet at Soldier Field for the opening ceremony. Long Grove resident Maureen Sexson had just completed a half Iron Man triathlon when she was diagnosed with breast cancer last August. She is walking this year with 22 other women. Walkers commit to raising at least $1,800 and can complete a marathon or a marathon and a half through Chicago and the near North suburbs. Martorano and her friends have raised more than $13,000,

Thousands rally in Grant Park for last years Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

CourtEsy of Avon foundAtion

Butterflies will be released today during closing ceremonies for Charles Quentin Elementary School, as students and staff prepare to float off in different directions next year. Assistant Principal Stefan Ladenburger said todays student-centered ceremonies will be a celebration of the schools sense of family and togetherness. The Lake Zurich Unit District 95 school board voted last April to close Quentin, 21250 W. Shirley Road, Palatine, because of declining enrollment. The move condenses the districts six elementary schools to five. A kindergarten through second-grade ceremony will be in the gym at 8:45 a.m., followed by the all-school butterfly release at 10 a.m. and a thirdthrough fifth-grade ceremony

at 10:30 a.m. Principal Claudia Mall will lead Sarah Adams Elementary School. She served as principal of both buildings this year. The age of the Quentin school building, potential cost of repairs and underutilization of other district buildings were factors in its closing. Quentins students will be divided between May Whitney and Isaac Fox elementary schools. Nobodys worried about (where students will be next year) because this is a great place here and those are great schools as well, Ladenburger said. The butterflies that will be released were raised by the students in their classrooms. Mall thinks the release is a good idea for reasons aside from the obvious symbolism. We thought that would be an eco-friendly something to release into nature, instead of helium-filled balloons, Mall said.

and Sexsons team has raised more than $63,000. Saturday night, walkers will eat, shower and relax with planned activities. The walk resumes Sunday morning and concludes back at Soldier Field with a ceremony. The Avon Foundation will then award grants to breast cancer organizations in the greater Chicago area that fund research and provide women with medical help. Its a very scary situation to be in, Caggiano said. Theres so many people who dont go get a mammogram because theyre afraid to miss a day of work. The walk is run solely through volunteer work. People who want to get involved can still do so by looking for cheering stations at avonwalk.

org. Sexsons husband, parents and three children are volunteering. Through 2008, the Avon Foundation had awarded more than $36.2 million to organizations in Illinois and the surrounding areas. Caggiano said all of the walks, including the Chicago event, are growing. I think its something that people really latch on to and can connect with, she said. Just about everybody has been touched by breast cancer in one way or another. The walk helps get information about breast cancer to the community, and advancements in health care allow mammograms to detect more than they did 10 years ago. Sexson said she made sure to get mammograms once a

year after losing a close friend to breast cancer. Her cancer had not been visible one year before her diagnosis. Three weeks after undergoing a mastectomy, Sexson ran 17 miles in the Chicago Marathon. She said breast cancer research has led to the development of new medications, treatments and therapies. Its changed the face of breast cancer, Sexson said. It doesnt mean that it is a death sentence anymore if its caught early. Martorano agreed. Theres so much you can do now, she said. If I had waited six months or a year to get my mammogram, I would have been at a whole other stage of the cancer and things could have been a lot different.

Corrections and clarifications

A column appearing in Thursdays Business section was attributed to the wrong columnist. The column was written by Jim Kendall.

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Man gets 4 years for hammer attack

Daily Herald staff report

A 22-year-old Arlington Heights man will spend four years in prison for hitting a man in the head with a hammer during a gang-related altercation in Palatine. Jose L. Garcia, of the 400 block of East Circle Hill, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery Thursday in Rolling Meadows. Prosecutors say Garcia was one of several men who

attacked a 20-year-old man in the early morning hours of July 26, 2008, on the 400 block of Palatine Road. The victim suffered a small subdural hematoma and a small skull fracture, said Cook County Assistant States Attorney Shandra Leary. In a statement to the police, Garcia claimed the victim flashed gang signs and grabbed him first, Leary said. At the time of the incident,

Garcia was on parole for a 2007 conviction for aggravated fleeing and aggravated battery to a police officer. Garcia also had a 2004 conviction for delivery of a controlled substance and a 2007 conviction for mob action. In a statement to the court before sentencing, Garcia apologized to the victim, saying he had been under the influence of alcohol at the time.

Entrepreneur will store used cars in Lake Barrington

By Eric Peterson
epeterson@dailyherald.com

Lake Barrington officials have approved a small usedcar dealerships use of an industrial park warehouse space to store the vehicles it intends to sell on eBay. TC Global Ltd. will occupy unit 3D of 22258 Hillview Drive.

The small operation intends each month to sell about two or three late-model cars through online auctions and hardly replaces the Saturn dealership that recently closed, Village Administrator Christopher Martin said. This is more of an entrepreneurial thing, he added.

The new business required a special-use permit to ensure drainage and groundwater protection were sufficient for the possibility of leaking vehicles, Martin said. Purchased vehicles will either be shipped to or picked up by their buyers, but there will be no display of vehicles on the site for shoppers to browse.

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