4 NEIGHBORS • Saturday, October 3, 2015 • Section B • Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com Hebron
CHURCH BENEFIT – St. John’s Lutheran Church recently hosted a fundraising dinner at Crandall’s Restaurant to raise money for a wheelchair lift that will be installed to make the building accessible. Among those pictured are benefit volunteers Karen Gritmacker, Tracey Strand, Jim Lange, Katy Gardner, Jan Wanderer, Bob Peterson, Diane Behrens, Don Gritmacker, Jan Winkelman, Tina Wikman, Nancy Hanson, Niki Morris, Hannah Stephens, Laura Dickfoss, LuAnn Knoll, Valerie Stephens, Tina Olson, Michelle Cashmore, Deanna VanderPal, Gayle Mansfield, Joann Lange, Ken Winkelman, Laura Leedle, Austin Stephens, Dennis Bischke, Pat Peterson, Laura Nelson, Dawn Higgins and Julie Meyer. Not pictured: the Rev. Sarah Wilson, Toby Behrens and Gerry VanderPal.
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TEAM USA – Eight athletes from the competitive karate team at Focus Martial Arts & Fitness qualified for the AAU/USA Karate Team by competing at the AAU National Karate Tournament in North Carolina and the AAU Junior Olympics in West Virginia. As members of the national team, they will compete in the World Union Karate Federation World Karate Championships in Dublin, Ireland, in the summer of 2016. Pictured (from left) are Joshua Heidenreich, Timmy O’Hara, Kai Hayashi, Zach Bernard, Jake Pottle, Andrew London, Teagan Hayes and Leah Hanacek. Not pictured: Sensei James O’Hara.
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TREE PLANTING – The Land Conservancy of McHenry County sponsored an oak tree planting Sept. 22 at Prairiewood Elementary School. TLC’s Dave Zeiger and Sarah Michehl helped students plant 14 red and bur oak trees. Pictured (back row, from left) are Adam Nagdimon, Aiden Brown, Isaac Villalobos, Ava Voyles, MayaLin Snow, Kimberly Seekings, Hannah Stakes, Declan Goad, Madison Leaman, Alexis Hunt, Robert Jackowiak, Ivye McEstes and fifth-grade teacher John Girard; and (front row) Aleksandra Manojilovic and Isaiah Griffin.
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Bank to sponsor collection of worn American flags Illinois State Bank will collect worn and tattered American flags from Oct. 5 to Oct. 23, and will work with the American Legion and Boy Scouts to honorably dispose of the flags during a special Veterans Day flag retirement ceremony in November. Flags will be collected at Illinois State Bank branches at 1301 Pyott Road, Lake in the Hills, and 1689 N. Curran Road, McHenry. For information, visit www.illinoisstatebank.com.
G.I. JOE BENEFIT – An eBay auction of a rare Camaro police car by the Volo Auto Museum netted $10,100 for the family of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, the Fox Lake Police veteran who died Sept. 1 of a gunshot wound. The lieutenant’s brother, Mike Gliniewicz (left), met Sept. 26 with buyer Tim Potoczny of Hillside-based Sparrow Express Transport Inc. (middle) and Brian Grams, director of the museum. Gliniewicz received a check from the sale to benefit Lt. Gliniewicz’s children.
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Lake County Awards Luncheon October 22, 2015
11:00 a.m. registration 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Awards Luncheon Double Tree by Hilton 510 East Route 83, Mundelein, IL
$35/ticket
The Women of Distinction Award will be presented to women who live and/or work in Lake County who have been chosen as representative role models and leaders in their fields and communities. A welcome reception will provide networking opportunities preceding lunch and the awards ceremony. The awards ceremony will honor the 2015 Lake County Magazine’s Women of Distinction and provide honorees with an opportunity to share their stories.
2015 Women of Distinction Dyllis Braithwaite Gale Cohen-Demarco Tara Devine Claudia Freeman
Kim Kiesgen Judy Kotsiopoulos Nicole Martin
Susan McConnell Mary Miske Chrissie Newton-Mena
Purchase tickets online by October 19 at http://lakecountyjournal.com/lakewod ** To reserve full tables of 8 or 10 in advance or for questions call Meredith Schaefer at 815-526-4416 or mschaefer@shawmedia.com Thank you to our 2015 sponsors: Hosted by
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