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Safety was on my mind this week.

Glancing at the cover of Barrington Life, you’ll see what I’d like to call a miniature town with a large goal. Safety Town of Barrington amazed me.

At the age of 5, I can’t imagine I knew my own address, much less home and cellphone numbers for my parents. The kindergarten and first-grade campers at Safety Town spend 11 full days of their summer practicing safety skills – skills that we tend to take for granted as adults.

Each morning, they pedal tricycles through a tiny, hand-constructed village.

And most importantly, they hit the brakes when the law says to do so.

The tricycles represent vehicles and the miniature roadways are equipped with blinking traffic lights, stop signs and even train tracks. The campers take turns being motorists and pedestrians, stopping for their friends at crosswalks.

Some kids innocently lose interest and run from door to door of houses that

TARAH THORNE Barrington Life reporter only a small child could fit into.

Luckily for the counselors, the doors of the houses do not open.

“Can you imagine?” Safety Town director Kristin Magee said. “We would have to go around checking every little building for kids.”

Additionally, campers are taught to not open their own homes to “stranger danger.” I really wish something like this had been offered when I was growing up. My parents warned me of “stranger danger” – and still do! But the only safety advice I really remember

hearing outside of my own home is the classic “stop, drop and roll” if I ever was to catch on fire.

Reading the “Life 5: Five things to do in Barrington” this week, you will find two martial arts workshops – one for children to learn how to prevent abduction and bullying, and another for young women to learn how to protect themselves. It’s surely never too late to learn safety skills, but I appreciate that Barrington likes to start at an early age.

On a final safety note, the fire department split is and will continue to weigh heavily on this community. I have heard a bit from the village and the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District, but I have not heard much from residents.

There are yellow signs in yards and storefronts displaying support of “one fire department.” What is your stance on the split? Why do you feel that way?

Please reach out to me and Barrington Life so that we can delve deeper into this issue. My contact information is at left.

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What sets my store apart from other stores in the area is the wide range of selections of hats and scarves I carry. On a daily basis, I exhibit more than 200 scarves and 100 hats in my boutique. We also have available for sale the following: proper hat storage, fitting supplies, sizing bands and hat stands. We are expanding our selections into custom hat boxes as well.

What are some of your items in high demand?

Right now, I am selling a lot of straw fedoras in fun colors, such as magenta and teal. Also in high demand are facesavers and sun hats, because of the additional protection of UPF 50+.

What made you want to open a business in the Barrington area?

Barrington is a wonderful and very welcoming community. I really enjoyed the boutique-y feel of Ice House Mall and the unique blend of independent retailers and art galleries.

Where do your accessories come from?

I shop locally and from all over the world. In my boutique, I feature unique and handmade jewelry

from local artists, as well as additional collections at more affordable prices from an established Canadian company. Also, I am currently working on a new collection of custom hat boxes, all handmade in the USA.

What would someone be surprised to find in your store?

Other than the wide variety of hats and scarves, I also feature local artists’ handmade jewelry with sterling silver and semi-precious stones. With my jewelry, what truly stands out is the incredibly detailed work, unique and unusual stones, and original designs.

I also carry a collection of spa products, including fun shower caps in bright colors and prints.

When ladies see these shower caps in fun polka dot or sassy leopard print, they always share a little giggle – to me, this reaction alone is just priceless!

What are your future plans for SOLISQ? I want to share a fun and relaxed experience with all my SOLISQ friends. Also, I feel I have more ground to cover in the ever-evolving world of fashion accessories and gifts.

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WHAT’S INSIDE In Their Life...............................7 Safety Town.............................8 Summer Reading Program...10 Farmers Market.....................15 Life 5........................................23

ON THE COVER Tarah Thorne photo Barrington-area students learn the basics of bicycle safety at Safety Town Camp this summer. Each day during camp, they pedal tricycles through a tiny, hand-constructed village and learn when to stop, ride and more.

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By TARAH THORNE tthorne@shawmedia.com PORT BARRINGTON — Author James Ferdinand Rizza is scheduled to appear from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at a book-signing event at Hermann’s Rest A While.

The Carol Stream resident will sign copies of the second edition of his “Children of the Swamp” novel.

Writing since he was age 13, Rizza is an adventurist and outdoorsman. He wrote “Children of the Swamp” based on his trips to Florida’s Escambia River Basin beginning in 2008.

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Fire District says ‘no’ to auto aid agreement

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The BCFPD said members will not sign anything until they know how many firefighters and paramedics will be serving the Barrington Fire Department in 2014. The contract allowing the BCFPD to purchase emergency and medical service from the Barrington Fire Department will expire Dec. 31.

A staffing proposal presented to Barrington village officials July 15 recommends the village fire department lay off 20 firefighters once the BCFPD and Barrington Fire Department operate as two independent entities.

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ministrator Jeff Swanson said the fire district cannot accurately determine whether the village will be in a position to provide aid to the BCFPD in any capacity until the village fire staff numbers are finalized.

“Any agreement with the village must ensure that the district receives as much aid as it gives,” BCFPD Trustee Tom Long said. “We will not allow district taxpayers to subsidize the village’s emergency services and get nothing in return.”

BCFPD trustees are concerned about emergency response data for the first six months of 2013, which showed that the village was unable to respond to nearly 10 percent of emergency calls within its own borders.

Barrington village officials have said that next year’s department staffing scenario will be determined at the Aug. 19 board meeting.

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GET TO KNOW JOE ROBINSON, D-220’S NEW INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR

What is your educational background? Where did you attend school and what have you taught?

I attended Marquette University and Cardinal Stritch University, both in Milwaukee, for my undergraduate work. Right of out college, I was hired by Arlington Heights School District 25, where I had the privilege of spending my eight years of educational experience. I taught six years of science, social studies and technology at South Middle School, and served as an assistant principal and a technology facilitator for the past two years at Dryden Elementary School.

During that time, I attended Northern Illinois University, where I earned my master’s degree in educational leadership.

How will your new role as an instructional technology coordinator for Barrington 220 differ from your previous role as an assistant principal

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Joe Robinson doesn’t expect to spend much time in his office once school starts.

“I’ll hardly ever be here,” said Robinson, referring to his office in the Barrington School District 220’s administration building on James Street. “I’ll be traveling to every school in the district, working with building principals to help their school improvement plans as they relate to technology.”

Robinson, the district’s newly hired instructional technology coordinator, is spending his summer working with vendors to bring new technology to the district and planning training sessions for students and staff.

Barrington folks getting to know Robinson will soon learn that he is an avid basketball enthusiast. He has had experience coaching the sport for youth in Palatine and enjoys watching other teams, including the Chicago Bulls and Duke Blue Devils.

Robinson spoke with Barrington Life about his background, new role with the school district, and other topics.

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New to Barrington School District 220, Joe Robinson gets a feel for his office in the district’s administration building. He will begin training students and faculty on instructional technology once school starts in the fall.

in Arlington Heights?

During my time as an assistant principal, the time I used in staff development primarily focused on building-level change. In my new position, I aim to develop curriculum integration with staff districtwide.

What are you most looking forward to with your new position?

I am really looking forward to developing positive relationships with the tremendous staff and students in all of the Barrington 220 schools. Thanks to the amazing support of the school board, it’s an awesome time to be a part of the district’s 1:1 initiative. I especially look forward to developing teachers’ capacity to amalgamate cutting-edge technology resources with rigorous and engaging curriculum.

Barrington 220 is making a huge shift toward instructional technolo-

gy this year with many laptops, revamped classrooms, etc. How are you helping students and teachers become comfortable with the new equipment?

Enacting change requires building positive relationships and striving for common goals. I hope to visit schools to meet with students, teachers and administrators, build relationships, construct plans for continued technology integration, and then do all that I can to make those plans a success.

What drew you to the Barrington area?

Barrington 220 has an incredible reputation for being a school district focused on student achievement.

The students, parents, staff, administration and school board work incessantly to continually improve for the sake of the success of our world. I wanted to be a part of that.

Why is instructional technology important to you? Why is it important for the future?

As technology continues to grow in popularity and usefulness, educators must find ways to adapt it to curriculum in meaningful ways.

Students will need to understand the value and potential of technology and learn the skills necessary to create and innovate with it. I consider it my charge to help staff and students achieve those beliefs.

What were your favorite areas of study in school?

Would you have benefited from more instructional technology within your own schooling?

I really enjoyed using my “Speak and Spell” and “Speak and Math” handheld game machines by Texas Instruments while I was growing up. They had an automated voice that would yell “Wrong!” whenever I made

a calculation error. I learned my basic spelling and math skills using very underrated technology. Could I have benefited from more instructional technology? Of course, I would have loved to have an iPad when I was a kid.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I really enjoy watching and following sports, especially all levels of competitive basketball. My morning workouts set a positive tone to each day. I might be addicted to Twitter and Instapaper.

I really enjoy playing cards, playing games, and hanging out with my family.

What is something unique that the Barrington community would never know about you?

What a great question.

Everyone has their own personal quirks, right? I think it’s unique that I probably consume 300 basketball games each year.

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Middle school volunteers help direct bicycle traffic at Safety Town camp in Barrington. During the camp, children ride through a miniature layout of a town, learning hands-on pedestrian, motorist and “stranger danger” skills.

A MINIATURE TOWN WITH A LARGE GOAL Safety Town teaches kids safety skills

By TARAH THORNE tthorne@shawmedia.com BARRINGTON — Safety Town is a seemingly perfect town that prepares children for the everyday experiences of a not-so-perfect world.

The miniature village on South Grove Avenue in Barrington was built in 1997 for an annual summer Safety Town camp sponsored by the Barrington Junior Women’s Club.

Safety Town is equipped with buildings, train tracks, working traffic lights, stop signs and even a gazebo for shade.

All are used to teach young children safety lessons, including about roadway, water, animal and playground safety, as well as about the dangers of fire, poison and “stranger danger.”

Safety Town Director Kristin Magee said children often register for camp already knowing basic safety advice they have received at home, but camp reinforces the concepts in a different setting while kids are with friends.

“Sometimes they need to hear it from someone who isn’t their mom or dad,” she said.

Completely volunteer-based, Safety Town counselors have instructed 220 children this year, with one session each in June and July. Enrollment for the 2.5-hour, Monday-Friday camp is open each summer to children entering kindergarten and first grade, so long as the children have transportation.

Magee said Safety Town is a nice way for middle and high school students to earn community service hours. The $100 camp registration fee is used entirely for camp operation, and scholarships are funded by the Barrington Junior Women’s Club based on financial need.

Each day of camp, children practice bicycle and pedestrian traffic skills, sing songs, listen to helpful safety poems, or do artwork. The camp recently took a field trip to the Barrington Police and Fire departments for more in-depth lessons.

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The permanent site of the Safety Town village opened in 1997. A summer safety camp has taken place every year since.

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Safety Town volunteer Maddie Sheedy helps brothers Tyler (left) and Cooper Olson identify kitchen hazards on their workbook pages. Sheedy will be a freshman at Barrington High School this fall. She has been volunteering at Safety Town for two years. “I enjoy watching the kids graduate and seeing how much they’ve learned,” she said.

• SAFETY Continued from page 8 Often, the children practice small skills that adults may take for granted.

“We help the campers learn their own phone numbers and addresses,” Magee said. “The volunteers will come up with a memorization song and the kids will learn their parents’ cellphone numbers, too.”

Magee started helping out at Safety Town as a middle school volunteer 12 years ago and took over the camp program three years ago. This year, the miniature town is being slowly rebuilt by Eagle Scouts, using materials that will last.

And Magee is not going anywhere anytime soon. Now a fourth-grade teacher in the Kildeer Countryside School District, she said she hopes to build enrollment and fundraising opportunities.

“I could not imagine a summer without interacting with children,” she said.

Many volunteers feel the same. Maddie Sheedy, a freshman at Barrington High School, has volunteered at Safety Town for two years.

High school volunteers commit more of their time, earning 72 community service hours over the two camp sessions. Middle school volunteers work a half day, earning 32 hours.

Sheedy said her favorite part is watching the graduation ceremony on the final day of camp, when family come to watch their campers ride bikes, sing songs, take photos and receive graduation certificates.

“It’s most rewarding to see middle school volunteers who were once my campers,” Magee said. “It’s fun to hear what they learned and remembered from their time at Safety Town.”

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Brooks Howard (left) and Eli Koh, both 5, said they have fun at Safety Town camp. “My favorite part is bike riding,” Koh said. The two boys took some time to cool off indoors and complete workbook pages with middle school volunteers.

SUNNY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMER READING PROGRAM

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Each “brick” of Sunny Hill Elementary School’s yellow brick road is a yellow summer reading log completed by students taking part in the summer reading program. INSET: Lucy Roller, Nikki Siriboon, Lily Nelson and Diana Mendez (from left) recently spent an afternoon at Sunny Hill Elementary School as part of its summer reading program. Activities include baking treats, crafts and a book club.

Readers follow the ‘yellow brick road’

By KATIE FINLON kfinlon@shawmedia.com CARPENTERSVILLE – There’s no place like home – or, perhaps, the library – during the summer.

Sunny Hill Elementary School started its first summer reading program with the theme of “The Wizard of Oz.” Within the program, students participate in a book club, keep a personal reading log, do crafts to go along with the theme, and are served breakfast every session.

The library is open 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays until Aug. 9, when the summer reading program ends.

After a student enrolls in the program, he or she is given a 40-space reading log to fill out. Whenever a fourth or fifth-grader completes 45 minutes of reading, a secondor third-grader completes 30 minutes of reading and a kindergartner or first-grader

reads a picture book, the student receives a paper yellow brick.

The bricks are being laid down in a yellow brick road that starts at the library, with the hope that enough reading is done during the summer that the road will reach the main office, first-grade teacher Beth Nelson said.

“I think the kids really like to see the bricks down with their name, the books that they’re reading and the progress they’re making,” she said. “We’d really like to see it grow and continue to the office so the kids can see all of the great reading that they’re doing.”

Students also gets a prize, such as a pencil or book, when an entire log’s worth of reading is completed.

The program began with the help of a Title I grant, which is provided to schools with high numbers of children from low-income families.

Jeff Arnett, District 220’s

Nancy Wadin program organizer

Beth Nelson program organizer

More information If you would like to enroll in the summer reading program or have questions, contact Nancy Wadin at 847-426-4232 or nwadin@ barrington220.org. chief communications officer, said there have been several reading programs in the summer months but nothing quite as extensive as Sunny Hill’s in terms of activity variety.

“A lot of summer reading programs would consist of summer reading lists that they were able to enjoy on their own, but this one is spe-

cific to the Sunny Hill community because it’s heavily involved and is the center of the community,” Arnett said.

“It provides an opportunity for students and parents to be prepared for the upcoming school year.”

Nelson said the hope is to continue the program into the school year within each classroom, with themes like “Grow Your Knowledge” in September and themes to match the seasons for every month after.

“It’s a joint effort to really get the kids reading,” Nelson said about the grant. “A lot of our students just aren’t reading enough.”

Nancy Wadin, who began her job as the library information teacher at Sunny Hill last year, said she wanted to replicate a kids’ summer reading program similar to what the public library does.

Nelson said the school started a summer reading program so nearby families could have access to the library

during the summer.

“It’s a neighborhood walking school,” Nelson said, meaning the school doesn’t bus any students to the school. “A lot of parents don’t have cars to come to the school or the library. We created the program so that the kids could keep reading all summer long.”

There are 262 students from kindergarten to fifthgrade enrolled in the reading program. The program is held at Sunny Hill and any student within District 220 can participate.

Wadin said the library also allows access to iPads, Kindles and computers and, while it isn’t the public library, she wants to make the students feel at home at Sunny Hill’s library.

“Part of my motivation was to have kids feel more ownership and have them feel like this is their library,” Wadin said. “I want that to continue through the summer.”

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Barrington resident Aaron Vargo won $250,000 in the Mega Millions lottery, Illinois Lottery said in a news release.

Vargo matched the first five numbers – 3, 14, 17, 40, 50, (22) – in the May 21 drawing.

He told Illinois Lottery that he and his wife plan to pay off their Barrington home, buy a new car, and save the rest.

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Market fresh Photos by Jeff Krage for Shaw Media BARRINGTON – The Barrington Farmers Market opened June 20, and is scheduled to run every Thursday from 2 to 7 p.m. through Oct. 17.

With 23 regular vendors, the market features fresh fruit, produce, gourmet cheeses, oils and vinegars, baked goods, local artists and a weekly children’s activity at 4 p.m.

The market began in 2000 under the leadership of the Barrington Village Association as an initiative to build community ties and increase foot traffic in the downtown area.

This year, market guests will be offered the opportunity to donate money to local food pantries that will offer market gift certificates to those in need.

Find out more about the Barrington Farmers Market by People sample fruit while peaches wait to be bought. visiting http://www.barringtonfarmersmarket.org.

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Lookin’ Good in Pink Cancer hits home for Barrington baseball team

By STEPHANIE KOHL Barrington Life Contributor BARRINGTON — It’s not often a group of 11-year-old boys will willingly don the color pink.

But that’s just what the boys and coaches of the Big Red travel baseball team in Barrington did at the Barrington Classic, played from July 11 to 14. The team wore pink jerseys and pink socks in honor of Denise Oetinger, who is battling a cancerous brain tumor. Her son Dominic plays on the team.

“Every boy on our team feels the same about her,” said Nicholas Nehf, of Barrington. “She is so brave and tough, and everybody on the team felt great about it. It was an honor.”

When the coach handed out the jerseys, the team immediately started jumping up and down, hugging Dominic.

“Our teammate Dom was very strong about it,” said Tommy Fitzpatrick, of Barrington. “It made me feel like we were doing something to help. ... We were doing it for one person that we know very well.”

Denise, her husband Doug, Dominic, 11, and daughter Allie, 14, of Lake Barrington, have been continually blown away by the support the family has received from the community. Denise was even presented with a jersey of her own.

“Words can’t even describe it,” Denise said. “I feel so fortunate and so loved. Everyone has been really wonderful to me.”

Dominic said his team has been very supportive since learning of his mom’s diagnosis.

“Everyone helps me by cheering me up and keeping me on the bright side. They’ve been very nice,” he said. “It was just really nice of everyone to support my mom. ... It makes me feel good that everyone loves my mom as much as I do.”

Denise was diagnosed in October with a cancerous brain tumor, following weeks of just feeling like something wasn’t right as she was having some speech problems.

She had surgery in early October and then went through radiation and chemotherapy. The radiation didn’t stop the progression of the tumor as much as doctors had hoped, so Denise is going through a new round of chemotherapy.

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“Every boy on our team feels the same about her. She is so brave and tough, and everybody on the team felt great about it.

It was an honor.”

Nicholas Nehf Barrington resident er it be surgery, more chemotherapy, or some other treatment.

While Denise feels fine physically, she’s mentally frustrated. She said she often feels foggy, and it’s frustrating when she mixes up words or has other speech problems. The family has vowed to continue fighting the illness and raising awareness about cancer: They took part, for instance, in this year’s Relay for Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society. Team Denise raised about $25,000.

Despite what the family is going through, they still attended as many of Dominic’s games as they could.

Denise and Doug said other parents on the team helped get Dominic to and from practices and games when they couldn’t, and offered to help however they could.

“This team is all Barrington kids and Barrington families,” Doug said.

“It really shows you what community is about.”

Head Coach Al Christoffer said he’s watched the Oetinger family be strong throughout Denise’s illness.

“Dominic was put through a tough situation with his mom,” Christoffer said. “The one thing we can do is support each other and recognize someone pretty special.”

The jerseys were printed by Sports Scene in Palatine, which prints the team’s regular jerseys. Sports Scene donated the pink socks.

In addition to the pink jerseys and offering their season-long support, the team also changed their team cheer from “1, 2, 3 Go Big Red” to “We are Big Pink. Go Team Denise!”

“It’s the Golden Rule – treat others the way you want to be treated,” Nehf said. “We love her to the moon.”

Although the team lost the tournament in the semi-finals, team members said they are proud of their season.

“The kids looked pretty darn good in pink,” Doug said.

Dominic Oetinger gives his mother, Denise Oetinger, a kiss during the recent Barrington Classic. The boys and coaches of the Big Red travel baseball team wore pink jerseys and pink socks during that game in honor of Denise, who is battling a cancerous brain tumor.

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The boys and coaches of the Big Red travel baseball team in Barrington wore pink jerseys and pink socks during the recent Barrington Classic, in honor of Denise Oetinger, who is battling a cancerous brain tumor. Her son Dominic plays on the team. Pictured, from left to right in the front row, are: John Gardner, A.J. Christopher, Nick Loutos, Matt Baker, Nolan Smith, Johnny Podlesnik, Will Koehler and Tommy Fitzpatrick. In the second row, from left to right, are: Nick Nehf, Adam Brokke and Dominic Oetinger.

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Digital archive project a peek into Barrington’s past

By KATIE FINLON kfinlon@shawmedia.com BARRINGTON – Rose Faber, head of adult services at Barrington Area Library, works at the library by day and is a passionate genealogist by night.

When researching her own family history, finding information has been a challenge, and she didn’t want that to be a problem for future Barrington genealogists. And so the Barrington Area Library electronic archive collection was born.

Faber wanted to make the growing collection electronic so documents are accessible.

She said it was natural for the library to be the place to collect and preserve documents such as village minutes, cookbooks, photos, scrapbooks, cemetery listings, death notices, and birth and marriage announcements.

“All libraries have collections in some way or another – even the smallest library

will have their local history,” Faber said. “That’s one thing that makes each public library unique is its own history.”

Loretta Peterson, village clerk of Lake Barrington, appreciates the library scanning the village’s minutes dating back to 1959, saying it benefits both the community and the village.

“It’s a wonderful way to share it with the public and it serves as a dual purpose; it also provides a backup of the minutes, should there ever be an emergency at village hall,” Peterson said.

Standing in the middle of stacks upon stacks of documents already scanned or waiting to be scanned into the archive, Faber said she also started the project so local history can be preserved and stored in one place.

“If the minutes are in someone’s attic or stored in the truck of someone’s car, they’re more apt to get lost,” Faber said. “They might as well be

lost because nobody can access them.”

With the document collection growing, Faber said the next step is to identify those in the photos.

The archive is a community effort – all materials in the archive have been provided with the permission of the material owners. For example, Arnett Lines, who wrote “A History of Barrington, Illinois,” left

many village documents to the library, Faber said.

Seventeen volunteers have scanned, labeled and sorted documents for the online archive. Volunteer Ben Luu said the experience can be unpredictable and is sometimes frustrating.

“There are things that just pop out, things that are folding, there are packets – it’s just a giant unknown,” Luu said.

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WHEN: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27 WHERE: The Garlands of Barrington Center for the Performing Arts, 1000 Garlands Lane, Barrington COST & INFO: The Barrington Area Library is sponsoring this free, family entertainment show. Seating is firstcome, first-served. Parking is limited, so consider parking at the library and walking next door. Call 847-382-1300 for more information.

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By DANIELLE ELLIOTT Barrington Life Contributor In an area where the streets are lined with trees and green grass, local parks should not be overlooked.

The Barrington Park District has five public parks and the South Barrington Park district has two, each with a unique feature that makes the park appealing.

July is Park and Recreation Month. In honor of that, we offer these short features on area parks.

• Langendorf Park: 235 Lions Drive, Barrington Barrington’s most visited park, Langendorf Park is known for its three outdoor pools, which have multiple slides and a diving board. Use is free for park district members but can be visited by anyone with a day pass, $7 for adults and $5 for children. It also has a fitness center that offers a variety of workout classes.

Beyond the playgrounds, baseball fields, and volleyball courts is a skate park open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Langendorf also has a public five-hole, par three golf course, a pop-

ular attraction according to Barrington Park District’s Superintendent of Parks and Facilities, Stephen Nightingale.

“We have a lot of users who find it to be a nice addition,” he said. “It acts as both a learning center for kids who want to learn the game and as a place for seniors to work on their short game.”

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Drive, Barrington Most visitors to this park come to watch a soccer game early Saturday mornings, but Ron Beese Park also is adjacent to Baker’s Lake Reserve, a natural forest and lake.

There are running or walking trails that outline the border of Beese Park and partially connect the park to the Reserve.

The Barrington High School Cross Country team uses the trails as its home course. Recent high school graduate and four-year cross country runner Kerry Frank said the team enjoys running there for practices and meets.

“We like running back there because its not a uniform path,” he said. “There are things to look at and you don’t see many people along the way.”

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Citizen’s Park hosts free weekly concerts • PARKS Continued from page 24 Citizen’s Park’s open fields are often filled with those playing a pickup game of Frisbee or soccer, or people playing basketball or tennis in the public courts or walking dogs on the multiple walking paths.

“All the open space is a great asset that’s free and open to the community,” Nightingale said.

There is a playground for kids and a Pepper Family Tree House for exploring. There is a trail for walking and biking that connects to Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve by way of a small wooden bridge.

Anne Ordway, local resident and mother of three, visits the park three times a week to take a walk, play tennis, or run around with the family.

“We like going to Citizen’s Park because it’s convenient and pretty and has great trails,” she said. “It’s good place for a family outing.”

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concerts are held at the Robert Soule Amphitheater weekly beginning at 7 p.m.

• Community Park: 8 Bridges Drive, South Barrington This park, at 22 acres, has two baseball fields, four sand volleyball courts, four tennis courts, and two turf fields for soccer, football or lacrosse.

The park is next to the Arboretum of South Barrington, with walking trails that connect the two.

Wendy Rodrigo, the recreation supervisor of the South Barrington Park District, is a frequent visitor at this park.

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New Barrington Bites Restaurants fill stomachs and business vacancies

By TARAH THORNE tthorne@shawmedia.com Two new restaurants are opening their doors to the Barrington community this summer, each with a goal of emphasizing unique menu items and a social atmosphere.

Meatheads held its grand opening Monday in the former Tropical Smoothie Cafe location next to Heinen’s at 500 N. Hough St. while Wok’n Fire plans to open mid-August where Nozumi closed in the Arboretum of South Barrington.

The Barrington Meatheads is one of 12 locations to have opened in Illinois since the first restaurant began in 2007 in Bloomington.

Joe Sanders, director of marketing at Meatheads, said the franchise chose Barrington because it is a “family-centric” community with a good number of schools and youth athletic programs.

Meatheads, a made-to-order burger, chicken tender, sandwich and hot dog joint, is unique in that the restaurant does not have a microwave at any of sites and the freezer is only used to chill ice cream for hand-dipped milkshakes.

“We never freeze our ingredients,” Sanders said. “We don’t even bread our chicken tenders until someone places an order.”

When asked what newcomers should order, Sanders recommended the Cajun Sunrise Burger.

“It has a fried egg on it with bacon, pepper jack cheese, bleu cheese sauce and jalapeños,” he said. “You can’t go wrong with burgers.”

Come August, Wok’n Fire will wrap up site construction and debut its contemporary Pan Asian cuisine, full sushi bar and stir-fry selection.

South Barrington is set to become one of six Chicago Wok’n Fire locations. General Manager Brian Donofrio said South Barrington was in need of an “Asian concept” restaurant.

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Adam Clark and his children, William and Maggie, stopped into Meatheads for an early lunch. “The first thing the kids said when they woke up was ‘Let’s go to Meatheads,” said Clark. Maggie is a fan of the grilled cheese sandwich and William wanted to try a hot dog.

LEFT: Wok ’n Fire, the newest restaurant in the Arboretum of South Barrington is set to open mid-August, said general manager Brian Donofrio.

This restaurant, featuring sushi, stir-fry and Pan Asian cuisine will be filling the vacant space left by Nozumi Asian Cuisine & Lounge. RIGHT: Gage Brunke, corporate trainer, Celine Goodwin, assistant manager and Graham Wanders, marketing intern, prepare for a busy day at Meatheads just before their grand opening Monday afternoon. guests and make people happy,” he said. “I would tell newcomers to come hungry and try a lot. If you come with an open mind, you’ll leave with a full stomach.”

Donofrio recommended sharing dishes among a group of people.

A takeout menu will be

available to those who wish to eat away from the restaurant, but Donofrio said the ongoing remodeling operation aims to give the dining area an upscale downtown Chicago or Las Vegas feel.

“There will be a big Buddha when you first walk in, along with cool lighting and a

Wok’n Fire signature dragon sculpture,” he said.

Once the construction project is finished, Wok’n Fire plans on partnering with local charities to invite people in at a flat lunch and dinner rate to train servers and chefs.

Donofrio has a sense for a good meal after attending the

College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University in Miami, Fla. He joked that all of Wok’n Fire’s dishes are his favorite, but spoke extra highly of the Miso Glazed Chilean Sea Bass.

“We’ve never had that dish sent back,” he said. “People come for it again and again.”

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Barrington Life | Thursday, July 25, 2013

Botany on the Prairie

By BARRINGTON LIFE BARRINGTON HILLS – Citizens for Conservation hosted “Botany on the Prairie” on July 13 at Flint Creek Savanna. This class was developed and taught by four summer interns working for Citizens for Conservation.

Participants looked for their favorite flowers and grasses while discussing how Flint Creek Savanna, a 131acre nature preserve, was created from a farm field.

The land was ecologically degraded when the Citizens for Conservation acquired it in 1988. Farming and cattle-grazing brought a loss of native wildflowers.

With restoration efforts, there are now more than 200 species of grasses, sedges and wildflowers. The summer interns presented their perspective on the numerous varieties of plants and on the Citizens for Conservation’s philosophy.

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On July 13, a small group enjoyed an afternoon of “Botany on the Prairie” at Citizens for Conservation-owned Flint Creek Savanna. children 5 and older.

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Barrington’s Sidewalk Sale Days is going into its 36th year this weekend.

At least 150 vendors are expected to participate in the event, according to Juli Schatz of the Barrington Chamber of Commerce.

Sidewalk sales set to soar

By TRACY GRUEN Barrington Life Contributor BARRINGTON – Next to Christmas, the annual Sidewalk Days in the Village of Barrington are three of the busiest shopping days of the year.

The 36th annual Sidewalk Sale Days is scheduled to start Thursday, July 25, and last through Saturday, July 27, with stores in downtown Barrington, the Ice House Mall & Village Shops, and other locations taking part.

On average, about 10,000 to 12,000 people attend the threeday, family-friendly event, according to Juli Schatz of the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce, which is hosting the event.

“Annually, we draw people from all over the region and out of the area,” Schatz said.

Schatz said there are about 150 vendors participating in this year’s event, and that includes vendors who don’t have storefronts that will set up in different areas.

“It’s a benefit to our members and a benefit to the community,” Schatz said. “We work very closely with the Village of Barrington. Except for close to Christmas, they are the next three busiest shopping days of the year in Barrington.”

Schatz said shoppers can find great bargains at Sidewalk Sale Days, sometimes up to 70 percent off. The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce has been promoting the sale for the past few months.

The Ice House Mall is once again holding its popular sidewalk chalk contest that encourages kids of all ages and

adults to get creative. Gift certificates are given out to the winners.

At the Ice House Mall, there also will be a face painter and Winnie the Pooh character from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Thursday through Saturday.

“It just adds to the whole ambiance of the sidewalk sale,” Maria Straussner, marketing director of the Ice House Mall, said about the various children’s activities that make it a family-oriented event.

Free popcorn also will be provided to guests. The mall is at 200 Applebee St. in Barrington.

“This is a great event and it’s something people look forward to,” Straussner said.

Straussner said there is a young girl who has participated in the sidewalk chalk contest for the past three years and won one year.

“It does bring people in,” said Steve Olson, manager of the Viking Ski Shop, which sells summer patio furniture, clothing, skis and snowboards at the annual event.

“We’ve done it every year,” Olson said. He said the shop has been there for six years and they have participated in the event each year.

“It draws them in.”

Olson said some of the furniture is 50 to 80 percent off and the skis, snowboards and clothing are generally 40 to 70 percent off.

This year, Vintage Tech Recyclers will be accepting old and used electronics for recycling, starting at 10 a.m.

July 27 until the truck on Lageschulte Street is filled. Other merchants in that area will also be participating in the sidewalk sale.

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District 220 educator thanks school family Barrington educator Ray Piagentini is recovering from a stroke he had in April. He wrote the following guest column to share with our readers.

An open letter to the residents and the children of Barrington: To the seniors on my counseling caseload, I wish you all the best on your life’s journey. I have observed all of you enter as tentative freshmen, and develop into fine examples of the efforts of the home-school partnership evident in our high school.

I have seen many of you do your very best and others who have not found their path yet, but innately know you are all here for a reason and some of you may look deep inside yourself to find your place and your path.

I seriously could relate a story for each of you, individually, but I am limited by space. Many of you have made me smile along the way and, more importantly, have made us look at a problem/ situation through an alternate lens.

I believe the following statement with every fiber in my soul: I have been fortunate to work in Barrington School

District 220 for 28 years and you, collectively, have made me a better counselor, a better man.

I have watched many of you grow, get married and have children. In addition, I have been involved in 26 funerals involving our students or their parents/family members who have taken the journey. Each time, a little part of my heart went with the soul. One can’t help but be connected with another kindred spirit throughout the many intense counseling sessions.

Secondly, I would like to thank the families of Barrington, as 98 percent of you all have the best interest of your child at heart. I do appreciate when you advocate for your child and provide the counselor with background information to help us make educationally and psychologically sound decisions for your child.

Over the years, I have developed solid friendships with many, many families, as I have been blessed with all the siblings in numerous families. Barrington families, on the whole, get a bad rap.

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Piagentini suffered both a stroke and brain aneurysm •EDUCATOR Continued from page 29 In my statewide and midwest presentations on suicide causes and prevention programs, I work diligently to destroy the stereotype, and recently have invited Barrington family members as a significant and critical part of our programming.

So to these families, I would like to say thank you.

Thank you for your confidence in our abilities, our concern for your children and trust. On April 30, I suffered a stroke while at the high school. In the examinations, the screenings, imaging tests, etc., it was determined that I also had an undiagnosed brain aneurysm. I was given a medical leave and, two surgeries later, am on my way to healing.

But what impressed me most is the number of people

who stepped up to save our critically acclaimed Summer Reservation trip, along with numerous offers of personal assistance: from hospital chauffeuring to cooking meals, to offers of grass cutting, the list is almost endless.

Living in Chicago made no difference, as many Barrington students and parents from over the years have offered a helping hand, sent numerous cards and letters, and included me in their prayer circles.

I have been overwhelmed by the support, and want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is an honor and privilege to work as a counselor in the Barrington community.

I look froward to returning and reconnecting with you all in August.

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Shoe campaign focus of back-to-school Giving Day Liz Luby Chepell

BARRINGTON – Volunteers have been sorting through a mountain of shoes in the gym at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Barrington this summer to prepare for the first-ever Back-to-School Clothing Event, to be held in August and hosted by Barrington Giving Day. They’re debuting the back-toschool event to complement Barrington Giving Day, which is held each December, when families of students in the Barrington 220 School District who are part of the federal free or reduced-lunch program receive coats, blankets, books and gifts right before Christmas.

Giving Day Executive Director Pat Karon said the new back-toschool event is about helping these same students in another season when the need is great, so they don’t have to wait until the holidays for clothes and shoes they could use in the fall.

I recently ran into Karon and other Giving Day volunteers at a Girls Night Out fundraiser hosted by Heinen’s Fine Foods to support the cause. Karon told me the organization realized how great the need for shoes was when volunteers noticed something unexpected last December.

“We offered new shoes at our last Giving Day,” she said. “We had about 600 pairs of shoes, and they were gone within the first hour.”

So she applied for and received a grant from the Barrington Area Community Foundation. The group received additional money, which was used to buy $10,000 worth of shoes to give away at this back-toschool event.

Sue Mullen with St. Matthew Church said the church had been looking for a way to help the community with a back-to-school event and that partnering with Giving Day was a perfect fit.

“With their credibility and track record in the community, it has just made it much more fun and so much

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Giving Day Executive Director Pat Karon (from left), Cheryl Cohen, Sue Mullen from St. Matthew Lutheran Church, and Giving Day volunteer Patti Britton attended a recent fundraiser at Heinen’s Fine Foods that benefited the Back-to-School Clothing Event hosted by the Barrington Giving Day organization. easier,” she said.

St. Matthew is offering the space in its gym, volunteers and time to help make it all happen, and are working hard to make it a special event for all invited.

“A childhood memory is being able to go shopping for school clothes before the school year starts, and these kids don’t have that opportunity,” Mullen said.

“So we have invited the students to stop by the church gym to pick out their own shoes and clothes so they can get the supplies they need with the feel of that back-to-school shopping experience,” she said. “We’ll be treating these students as our guests, we’ll be serving lunch, and we hope that we will have more than enough clothes for everyone so they’ll do some shopping.”

Giving Day volunteer Patti Britton said she is involved for one simple reason.

“No child should go back to school without new clothes, new shoes and feeling excited about the new school year,” she said. “It’s all about the children.”

The collection drive ends July 29 for Barrington Giving Day’s Backto-School Clothing Event. Donations boxes have been set up throughout the community to collect gently used clothing and shoes for children from

Volunteers have been sorting through a mountain of shoes in the gym at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Barrington in preparation for the first Back-to-School Clothing Event hosted by Barrington Giving Day. birth to age 18.

Giving Day also is looking for more volunteers, and organizers said cash contributions would be appreciated as well.

To make a contribution or for more information about how to get involved, visit StMatthewBarrington.org.

• Liz Luby Chepell publishes 365Barrington.com, a website promoting people, places and events in Barrington. She is providing weekly content from her website to Barrington Life as part of a partnership with Shaw Media.

She can be reached at liz@365barrington.com.

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