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Center, residents celebrate recovery Mental health rally to raise awareness By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com

Photos by H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com

Shaun Pohlman of Pohlman Bros. Remodeling installs tile April 23 for a bathroom project in a Crystal Lake home. For a bathroom remodel, a homeowner can expect to recoup about 70 percent of the cost upon resale, while a major kitchen remodel could return 67.8 percent of the cost, according to the Remodeling 2015 Cost vs. Value Report, which compares the average cost of 36 types of remodeling projects with the value retained at resale in 102 U.S. markets.

UPGRADE UPTICK Spring’s busy time for remodeling contractors By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com ’Tis the season for home remodeling. When the weather breaks and tax returns roll in, many people get the jump on the home remodeling projects they’ve been waiting on, local contractors said. “The housing boom 10 to 15 years ago was just crazy,” said Matt Lautenschlager, owner of McHenry-based Fredrick Lee Remodeling. “Now [these homes] are at that 10-year, 15-year mark where things are getting older and people want to refresh them.” Spring also is the time that most people look to do outdoor projects, such as patios, decks or additions, said Shaun Pohlman, owner of Pohlman Bros. Remodeling in Algonquin. “I’m swamped right now,” Pohlman said. “I do a lot of bathrooms, a lot of inside work and then this time of year rolls around and we’re doing everything. A lot of decks, roofs. Now we have both things going off.” The most requested remodels tend to be the same year after year – bathrooms and kitchens. Tile seems to be en vogue these days – in bathrooms and kitchens, both Lautenschlager and Pohlman said.

ABOVE: Jim Harris of Pohlman Bros. Remodeling trims tile April 23 for a bathroom project in a Crystal Lake home. Homeowners today are choosing larger shower spaces with all the trimmings, such as aromatherapy steam showers, round rainwater showerheads, benches and more elaborate shelving.

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LEFT: Harris lines up tile to be trimmed April 23.

McHENRY – It took a manic episode, cross country road trip and police stop for Tamara Woods to realize she needed to get help for her bipolar disorder. She found that help at Pioneer Center for Community Mental Health in McHenry about a year ago and has worked toward recovery since. Woods’ next step will be to share her story during a rally to help erase some of the stigma surrounding mental illness. “I have always been embarrassed because I had mental health symptoms,” Woods said. “I just want everyone to know that just because someone exhibits mental health symptoms it doesn’t make them less of a person.” Woods, 41, of Crystal Lake is one of several people who will share their story during a Mental Health Recovery Rally from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the center’s McHenry office, 4100 Veterans Parkway. This is the fourth year for the free event, annually held in May as part of National Mental Health Awareness Month, said Heidi Jenkins, Pioneer’s community inclusion manager. She said almost 25 percent of adults in the U.S. will have some sort of mental health diagnosis in their lives. Once they start toward recovery, those dealing with mental illness will need help, she said. “We’re looking at letting the community know how as a community we can better support individuals in mental health treatment,” Jenkins said. For the first time, Pioneer has partnered with

“I have always been embarrassed because I had mental health symptoms. I just want everyone to know that just because someone exhibits mental health symptoms it doesn’t make them less of a person.” Tamara Woods who is working toward recovery at Pioneer Center for Community Mental Health

If you go: n What: Mental Health Recovery Rally n When: noon to 2 p.m. Friday n Where: Pioneer Center for Community Mental Health, 4100 Veterans Parkway, McHenry

See RALLY, page A8

As struggles persist, Ill. horse tracks continue push for slots By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER The Associated Press COLLINSVILLE – The promotions meant to drum up interest in horse racing at 90-year-old Fairmount Park among customers more comfortable staring at an iPhone than a tip sheet are creative and constant. Horse Hooky is designed to lure those willing to skip out of work early each Tuesday to

drink cheap draft beer and eat even cheaper hot dogs. Couch potatoes can rent six-person sofas in the grandstand. Saturday nights in the summer offer live bands, and more cheap beer. Despite the party vibe, attendance continues to plummet at this southwestern Illinois horse track and the state’s four others. Purses are low, betting is down and horse owners are increasingly spurning

Illinois tracks for venues in Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and other nearby states that have paired some casinos with ponies, according to track owners. Sen. Terry Link “We’re the D-Waukegan third biggest market in the country, and we’re getting

beat out by Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas and Minnesota,” according to Glen Berman, executive director of the Chicago-based Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. “It just shouldn’t be.” The racing industry’s solution? Advocating for casino-like slot machines at the state’s tracks. The near-annual argument has returned this year, hoping to be included should lawmakers finally

agree as part of plugging a $6 billion budget hole to a statewide gambling expansion. Prospects for more gambling brightened last week amid news that Gov. Bruce Rauner, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and legislative leaders had met to discuss creating a Chicago casino along with gambling venues in the south Chicago suburbs and Lake, Vermillion and Winnebago counties. Lawmakers

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will hold a second hearing on gambling proposals Monday in Chicago. Sen. Terry Link, a Waukegan Democrat, is working on legislation for a Chicago-owned casino that also would include slots at horse racing tracks, though he declined to outline specifics. He said he hopes to introduce it “very soon.”

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