Chris Earl, co-owner of C.K.6 Consulting Services, eyes the Angus cattle on the Brummel Farm in Plano on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
At this time of year many calves are born and it is Chris Earl's job to check on the physical characteristics of the newborns. On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 he checks on a mother and its newborn at the Brummel Farm in Plano. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
As a co-owner of Don Beebe's House of Speed, Chris Earl works with Don's son Chad, a senior at Aurora Christian on a footwork drill in the school's gymnasium on Monday, February 18, 2013. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Chris Earl checks the weight and looks for any white markings on the underside of a week-old Angus calf on Wednesday, February 20, 2012 at the Brummel Farm in Plano. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
As a co-owner of Don Beebe's House of Speed, Chris Earl works with Don's son Chad, a senior at Aurora Christian on a footwork drill in the school's gymnasium on Monday, February 18, 2013. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Chris Earl, co-owner of C.K.6 Consulting Services, eyes the Angus cattle on the Brummel Farm in Plano on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Steve Lord
Chris Earl pulls his big black pickup truck through the left-turn lane on Route 47 onto Route 34 in Yorkville and heads west. Country music blares from the radio, suddenly interrupted by the ring of his cellphone, which Earl picks up, hits a button and …