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Lake County Meat packing shop transcends time New program takes high-
Antioch establishment touts quality
tech approach to fight repeat drunk driving
By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
When customers walk into the Antioch Meat Packing House, 510 Main St., they garner a glimpse of the past. The Antioch Meat Packing House, in business for more than 100 years, offers fresh products processed on-site. Originally, the establishment was owned by James Vaclav Babor, a Czechoslovakian immigrant who found a home in Chicago, where he worked as a butcher. During this time, the railroad industry emerged, and served as an opportunity for merchants to transport their products through the Chain of Lakes area. In 1909, Babor moved from Chicago, and bought a farm in Bristol, Wis., located along the Wisconsin Central Railroad Line, which had a stop in Antioch. Antioch was added to the route in 1886. The farm location was ideal for Babor, considering he could transport his products along the railway, and opened the Antioch Packing House. Babor and his wife Anna ran the establishment
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Although the years have passed since the Antioch Packing House was first built, the exterior of the property at 510 Main St. remains the same.
for several years before they sold the business to Christopher Roeschlein. Roeschlein, who fully owned the business for four years, sold a part of the business to Joseph Patrovsky Sr. in 1923. Roeschlein stayed on the company’s board of directors. At the request of Roeschlein in 1924, the Board of Directors dissolved the corporation and left Patrovsky as the sole owner. In 1929, the Antioch Packing House experienced multiple tragedies, beginning in March when
a fire destroyed the front of the building. A month later, while the building was being rebuilt, a tornado roared through, and took the roof off of the garage and leveled the chicken coop. According to the book, Celebrating Antioch, Illinois Past and Present, Patrovsky ran the company until he retired in 1970. Patrovsky’s son, Joseph Jr., continued to run the business. By the 1970s, the company decided to cease slaughtering their own meats and started to buy
its beef and other products from different vendors, but continued to do the final cuts. Patrovsky sold the business during the 1990’s, and for the last 26 years, Frank Beranek has been the owner of Antioch Meat Packing House. According to Laurie Kafar, an employee for 25 years, the business touts high quality products. “A step into the Antioch Packing Company is a step into the past when quality and service were important,”
See PACKING HOUSE, Page 6
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has launched a new program to monitor drunken driving offenders in order to improve public safety and reduce repeat offenses. As a condition of bond, drunk driving offenders who cause a crash with serious injuries, those with multiple drunk driving arrests and those who are arrested with a high blood alcohol concentration will be required to stay sober and wear a high-tech anklet that monitors them for drinking at all times. After conviction, these offenders can be sentenced to monitored sobriety for up to 180 days. The program is also set up to address other offenses, such as domestic violence and assault where alcohol played a contributing role.
The program’s goal is to reduce the number of offenders who are putting the community at risk by committing alcohol-involved crimes. Offenders are responsible for the costs of their monitoring, which allows them to maintain their employment and family commitments while ensuring they aren’t drinking and endangering the public. “When we separate these offenders from alcohol, we know they aren’t going to be out drinking and driving or committing other alcohol-involved crimes,” Lake County State’s Attorney Michael G. Nerheim said. “We are targeting the root cause of these problems, saving taxpayers’ money and giving these of-
See DRUNK DRIVING, Page 4
Village of Antioch’s wine walk scheduled June 2 The Village of Antioch’s Summer Wine Walk will be held from 12:15 to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, at the William E. Brook Entertainment Center, 902 Skidmore Drive, in Antioch. The wine walk is for people age 21 and older who are looking to try some wine and food and enjoy the opportuni-
ty to meet new people. The cost of the event is $45 per person and includes a commemorative wine glass, event menu, food, bottle of wine and wine bag. This event requires preregistration. There is a maximum of participants. Attendees must bring their ID. For more information, call 847-395-2160.
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