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The Kane County Cougars have announced the co-headliners for their 2009 Winter Banquet.

The Cougars are pleased to announce that former Cougar radio voices and current Major League broadcasters Dave Wills and Scott Franzke will serve as co-headliners at the Cougars' 2009 Winter Banquet and Silent Auction, sponsored by Provena Mercy Medical Center.

The annual event will be held on Friday evening, January 30 at Pipers Banquets in Aurora, at the corner of Church and Butterfield Roads. Cocktails and the start of the silent auction begins at 5:30 pm and precedes dinner at 7 pm. The speakers program begins at 8 pm.

Both Wills and Franzke made early strides in their broadcasting career as radio voices of the Cougars. Wills was the inaugural broadcaster for the Cougars in 1991 and steadily advanced in his career after leaving Kane County, spending time with the White Sox before joining the Tampa Bay Rays in 2005.

Similar to Wills, Franzke honed his craft at Elfstrom Stadium, spending three seasons (1999-2001) with the Cougars and broadcasting Kane County's lone championship team -- the 2001 squad which included up-and-coming Major League talent such as Miguel Cabrera and Adrian Gonzalez.

Franzke is currently a broadcaster with the Phillies, which were crowned World Series champions this past fall.

Wills is an announcer for the Rays, the opponents of the Phillies in the '08 World Series.