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Volume 6 Issue 14

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KaleidoScoops provides high quality ice cream treats and more in Crystal Lake’s historic Old Town.

Building success from loss By Anne Eickstadt, Correspondent

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pring has sprung and summer will be here before you know it. A particular summer favorite is ice cream. One great place to get ice cream is at KaleidoScoops in Crystal Lake. Located at 53 N. Williams Street in Crystal Lake’s historic Old Town, this store is one of a chain of co-op ice cream shops dating back to 1999. That was when Baskin-Robbins cancelled hundreds of their smaller franchise shops.

34 of these disenfranchised owners, having already heavily invested in equipment, inventory and their stores, decided to join together to form a new company which they named KaleidoScoops, Inc. Based in Amarillo, Texas, KaleidoScoops is a cooperative in which members answer to the membership instead of to stockholders and yet have many of the advantages of a franchise and fewer restrictions. The trademark and logo are easily recognized by customers who will know the quality of the product immediately.

Unlike franchises, the owners have a great deal of flexibility in choosing their own hours of operation, what flavors are offered and deciding on promotions and special deals. The one thing you can depend upon at every KaleidoScoops location is that you can get premium, hand-dipped ice cream. Unique recipes developed especially for KaleidoScoops are created by House of Flavors, one of the country’s renowned ice cream producers. With over 75 flavors of creamy, delicious ice cream, yogurt, sherbet and sorbet, an

endless variety of frozen treats can be built to your specifications. Add cones, cakes and toppings for even more choice variety and you can have delectable ice cream treats every day. You can choose sundaes, splits, malts, shakes and smoothies. You can enjoy themed ice cream cakes from Cinderella to Sponge Bob or pick the M&M or Oreo covered cakes. You can sip perfectly blended Italian Sodas or add ice cream to your coffee for a tasty KaleidoChill. Peggy Lim says, “Would give them more than five stars if I

could. The ice cream and other treats are delicious, but they also give so much back to the community. And, as the parent of a nut/peanut allergic child, I have to thank them for accommodating us when we’ve ordered cakes. Thank you!” “You can’t buy happiness but you can buy ice cream and that’s pretty much the same thing.” Crystal Lake, KaleidoScoops can be found online on Facebook at KaleidoScoops – Crystal Lake Ice Cream Parlor. The national business site is located at www.kaleidoscoops. com.

Local teacher finalist for Golden Apple Award By Samantha Fetzner Reporter

CRYSTAL LAKE — Josh Norten, an AP Physics teacher at Cary-Grove High School, is one of the finalists competing in the 2016 Golden Apple Awards. According to its website, the Golden Apple Awards provides accolades to 10 different teachers throughout Illinois each calendar year since its inception in 1986. Principals can be nominated as well. Norten has been on staff in District 155 as a science teacher for nearly two decades. His nomination came last November. The Golden Apple focuses on teachers at the High-School level in McHenry, Cook, Kane, Lake,

Will, and DuPage counties. Since his nomination, Norten has had to provide the Golden Apple with numerous writing samples and reference letters from colleagues at the school. If Norten receives the award, he will join hundreds of other educators committed to excellence in the Illinois school system. Once a teacher receives the accolade, they remain a member of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators for life. Winning would also secure Norten’s future at Cary-Grove High School for a minimum of two additional years. His spot would also grant him $5,000 in cash from the foundation as well as a spring quarter sabbatical at Northwestern University.

The sabbatical does not have a limit to the amount of students Norten could host, either. Norten was one of 400 originally nominated and the finalists are in the last 30 remaining candidates. The Golden Apple group will conduct a ceremony honoring the finalists at the beginning of April called ‘Celebration of Excellence’. Candidates will then receive their final opportunity to showcase their worthiness with in-class observance as well as a final review. The other finalists competing are scattered throughout the northern Illinois area. Closest finalists in the area include educators from Arlington Heights and St. Charles.


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