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Pinecrest Golf Club awarded for outstanding performance Landscapes Golf Management (LGM), part of the Landscapes Unlimited Family of Companies, wrapped up its 20th annual general manager conference in February where the team at Pinecrest Golf Club was recognized for outstanding performance.

The annual conference is an opportunity for Landscapes’ general managers, emerging leaders, and home-office support team to come together for four days of camaraderie, learning and development. The 2020 edition focused on developing a positive culture, leadership, and optimizing performance.

In addition to opportunities to learn and build relationships, LGM managers and staffers participated in the annual awards ceremony where staffers and facilities were recognized for exemplary performance in 2019.

Pinecrest earned the FISH! Facility of the Year award for public facilities. This award is given annually to the property that earns the highest cumulative rating from customer surveys.

Pinecrest Golf Club in Huntley is located on 130 acres and features 18 holes of championship golf open to the public. Since opening in 1972, Pinecrest has undergone several revisions. There are now five lakes, 63 bunkers, and many maturing trees to challenge all levels of player ability.

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Pinecrest Golf Club in Huntley was given the FISH! Facility of the Year award for public facilities at the Landscapes Golf Management (LGM) general manager conference in May.

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Law enforcement wants names of COVID-19 positive residents Advance knowledge would help protect first responders

On Tuesday, April 7, McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim along with McHenry Chief John Birk, Algonquin Chief John Bucci, LITH Chief Dave Brey and Woodstock Chief John Lieb participated in a joint legal action to compel the McHenry County Health Department to provide the names of McHenry County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 to law enforcement on a limited basis.

The decision to take this action was not taken lightly and was only taken after exhausting all other means which included the McHenry County Health Department’s decision to provide names on March 31 and then rescind this decision days later. The request for names of COVID-19 residents is a supported request by the McHenry County Chiefs of Police Association and the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.

McHenry County Law Enforcement as a profession believes in everyone’s right to privacy and holds this right in the highest regard. It was because of this belief that the parties in this suit personally requested the use of the Premise Alert System and the Computer Automated Dispatch / RMS System with the McHenry County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) as a way to compartmentalize and secure this sensitive information so it is not accessible to law enforcement except on an individual call basis and will be expunged in a timely manner when exposure

risk goes away.

Law enforcement would only receive a warning notification if they were on a call with a resident who tested positive. In addition law enforcement has also agreed to provide additional in-house training to all officers on the sensitivity and confidentiality requirements of the information so any and all information provided stay confidential.

On Friday, April 10, the parties involved in this action filed for and were granted and emergency Temporary Restraining Order. Pursuant to the emergency court order entered late Friday night, the Health Department must disclose the names of those currently infected with COVID-19 to the ETSB within 24 hours of being notified.

The court ordered further that any names received shall be purged from ETSB records “7 days after the Department of Public Health deems these individuals to no longer be contagious.” Lastly, the court ordered that “all information received by the ETSB shall remain and be kept confidential.”

The position on the matter has always been as follows: The ability to provide names and addresses of McHenry County residents that have tested positive for COVID-19 has been deemed an appropriate exception to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

As published on March 25 by the US Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Civil Rights) the names and addresses can be supplied to law enforcement. www.mwe.com/ insights/ocr-issues-guidance-regarding-covid-19-hipa; www.hhs.gov/ sites/default/files/covid-19-hipaaand-first-respond.

On March 25, the Illinois Attorney General similarly found that the

names and addresses of COVID-19 affected individuals were not HIPAA protected.

On March 26, and March 30, the McHenry County Health Department received correspondence from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office providing guidance and direction on the matter. This guidance was that names can and should be released to first responders.

As published on April 2 by the director of the Illinois Department of Health on behalf of Gov. Pritzker, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office has provided further guidance on the subject matter clearly stating that “disclosure is permissible”.

McHenry County law enforcement is still faced with a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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Huntley bingo offers a chance for local prizes Have fun and help support local businesses* and organizations by playing Huntley Bingo! Download the card and start playing for a chance to win some great local prizes. Be sure to be safe and practice social distancing while playing.

The Huntley BINGO game runs now through May 3. Cards will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on May 3.

All eligible entries will be entered into a drawing with the winning entries to be pulled during the week of May 4.

Fill five spots in a row, column or diagonal to be entered to win one of the prizes listed below. Fill the entire card to receive two entries into the prize drawing.

Be sure to check out the Huntley dining guide to see which Huntley restaurants are currently open.

Send a photo of the completed card via email to: mstocker@huntley.il.us

or drop off the completed card in the Village Hall Utility payment dropbox at 10987 Main Street, Huntley.

Include receipt copies (valued at $10 and above, dated between April 9 and May 3) for any spaces related to supporting local businesses with a purchase requirement.

Non-purchase-related spaces will be accepted based on honor, no verification will be done.

Include your name, email address and/or phone number on the email or written on the Bingo form.

Prizes include (prizes may be subject to change): • Huntley Area Public Library—Library Swag Bag and $20 gift card to a local restaurant (two prizes available) • Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce - $40 in gift cards to local restaurants • Huntley Community School Dis-

trict 158 - Huntley High spirit wear, Fine Arts Passes for family to all D158 shows for 20/21 school year, Athletics Passes for family into all home games for 20/21 school year (excluding playoffs) • Huntley Park District - 4 Stingray Bay pool passes • Huntley Police - ride in a police car in an upcoming Huntley parade • Huntley Fire – pizza delivered to your Huntley home by a fire engine • Village of Huntley – VIP seating in the Gazebo at an upcoming Huntley Summer Concert in the Square Visit www.huntley.il.us/news_detail_T17_R220.php, and click on the link to download a bingo card.

Shop local. Eat local. Play local.

* If your business would like to contribute a prize, contact mstocker@ huntley.il.us.

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Slices of life

For the class of 2020 It isn’t supposed to be like this.

But life is hardly ever predictable or fair.

Everyone – all of us – are sacrificing at some level. The current nationwide – worldwide – situation is touching each of us in a truly personal way. I don’t want to dismiss or make light of anyone’s circumstance, but as the mom of a high school senior, I feel their burden in my heart and soul.

For a long time, I’ve contemplated writing a column about sacrifice, but it was going to be about a parent’s sacrifice. We do it a lot, without even thinking.

I thought perhaps other moms and dads could relate. But knowing what I know now about how the rug can be pulled out from under us in the blink of an eye makes writing about my own superficial sacrifices seem selfish.

This virus and stay-at-home directive has us all in mourning

because we all are dealing with our own personal sense of loss. And for me, I truly mourn for the high school seniors who may have many of their lasts ripped from them.

A last spring break that they were required to experience in a state of “self quarantine.” Last Prom.

Last spring sports season. Singing the school song one last time with their buddies. Senior slide show.

Baccalaureate. Last quarter with the friends they’ve known since preschool. Senior banquet. Wearing the cap and gown in a formal graduation ceremony. Graduation open houses. Shaking hands.

Hugging their friends. Simply being seniors and at the top of the world for the next few months.

Small things in the big scheme of things? Perhaps. But it depends on whom you ask, I guess.

In the meantime, they are learning about distance learning, sheltering in place, and toilet paper

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shortages. They are young and feel invincible, but they are affected by this tragedy. They are growing up – maturing – too soon and too fast.

These are unprecedented times.

The senior class of 2020 has put in their time and they’ve earned a great ending to their public education and senior year. But life isn’t always fair. Heck, it’s hardly ever fair. They unfortunately learned this lesson early on; 9/11 was never just a couple of numbers to them. It was something much greater, much more devastating.

This is not to downplay the seriousness of what our nation

is experiencing. I fear for those who are at higher risk for the coronavirus/COVID-19. I have an elderly dad who would be clobbered by the disease, so I get it. I have friends who are work in medical careers, law enforcement, and other essential jobs and I applaud them. They are superheroes. Everyone – vulnerable or in the trenches – deserves our thoughts, prayers, and behavior changes. We have to work together now to make everyone as safe as possible.

Still, as a mom of a senior in high school, I mourn. For lost experiences. For lost time with friends. For sacrifices that I’d surely make in his place if I could, but I can’t. Moms and dads can’t help but be selfish for their children. And although I understand some may see my stance as selfish, I mourn – with real tears and real honesty.

I believe this group of young people is destined for greatness.

They’ve certainly been dished a plateful from before they were even born. This adversity will lead to something big. They are being challenged because challenge leads to growth.

I am hopeful that all won’t be lost. I am hopeful for my dad and the other individuals who are vulnerable. I am hopeful for the essential workers who still must go to their jobs each day. I am hopeful for people stranded on cruise ships or in another country unable to get home. I am hopeful we can get this thing under control and we all can get back to our regular lives. But I am especially hopeful we can do this for the class of 2020.

Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.

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Trusting God even when there’s no baseball

What a great spring it has been so far. There’s been a good mix of sunny days as well as showery days. There hasn’t been too much wind. The temps have slowly climbed each week without a sudden drastic shift from cold to warm and vice versa. It has been ideal. The kind of spring a high school baseball coach in Wisconsin dreams of. For the past thirty years I have been just that, a head baseball coach here in Wisconsin, and I have never seen a spring like this ever. It would have been the ultimate year to prepare a team for battle. We could have been outside practicing in dry-ish conditions.

We could have eased our arms into shape throwing outside instead of in a gym. We could have played some scrimmage games and taken great infield and outfield practice.

It would have been about as perfect as one could have hoped for.

Well, needless to say, that isn’t happening this year. In fact, this is my first year in the last thirty that I haven’t even touched a baseball by this time of the year. Now to be perfectly clear, I wasn’t going to be coaching this year anyway because I thought that thirty years was a good round number to wrap up a career on. So even though there’s no baseball this year on account of the virus, I was going

immunity out in society. And this can only happen if we start to move around again. I hope and pray we are ready to take good common-sense precautions, but at the same time not be paralyzed by fear. I’m afraid we are becoming too scared to think clearly about

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SCOTT CERNEK Columnist

to be done anyway.

It seems hard to believe that we are still under “lock down” so to speak in our communities.

I just hope and pray that people won’t get used to this government takeover of our lives and decide that this is a good way to live. The strength of our communities across the country is our hard working, long enduring, persevering, and honest work ethic. If we get comfortable collecting a government check and lose our fight to get back in the game, we could be in trouble. America has never faced a challenge by withdrawing into our homes and locking the doors.

Now I realize there is a serious situation out there and that this virus spreads quickly and is more severe than other flus and sickness, but at some point, we are going to have get things going again.

Yes, we don’t want to overrun our hospitals, I understand. My good veterinary friends tell me that we need to start building up a herd

ISA SEEKS QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT DIRECTOR BOARD SEATS The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) seeks qualified candidates to fill a board seat representing District 1 (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson & Winnebago Counties). Paul Rasmussen, current director, will term off the board in July 2020. The Illinois Department of Agriculture directs the election process.

The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) represents the interests of more than 43,000 soybean farmers in Illinois through the state soybean checkoff and membership efforts. ISB, which is one of the entities of the ISA organization, manages and invests Illinois soybean checkoff funds.

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our future. I don’t believe the answer is going to be some allpowerful vaccine. It’s going to be moving around again and dealing with whatever comes in a wise and sensible manner.

That’s my opinion and I believe it is inline with scripture. II

Timothy 1:7 says, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind.

Keep praying my friends and keep trusting that God will never leave us nor forsake us.

Until next week, God bless.

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and is forced to extend the use of masks up to 30 days unless there is a known exposure. PPE is not securely fixed in place on an officer when being used and is easily detached during physical encounters, pursuits and other unforeseen circumstances that police officers often encounter.

Social distancing only works in semi-controlled or controlled environments, in other words environments that police rarely work in.

More often than not, law enforcements must break the (6) foot rule in order to perform their duties.

Per CDC guidelines, law enforcement activities often fall within the “close contact” range rather than 6 feet or more.

As of April 13, over 90 law enforcement agencies in Illinois have been hit by COVID-19. The numbers are growing daily and clearly show the significant risk and disproportionate risk law enforcement officers face in being exposed to COVID-19.

As of April 13, over 36 Illinois jails and prisons have been hit

by COVID-19. In requesting the names of COVID-19 residents law enforcement is: Seeking to provide essential in-

formation to our responding officers only when responding to or after being dispatched to situations that involve infected individuals.

To be clear this information is not being requested so that officers can avoid contact. Receiving this information before arriving on a scene or during early interaction will allow officers to take additional precautions to reduce risk of exposure and make informed determinations as to whether to use additional limited PPE. Most importantly, gaining valuable information that allows every police department and our correctional facility to properly monitor and treat an exposed officer or correctional officer so they do not spread the exposure through the ranks, facilities, take it home to their families or worse spread it through the community.

Remember, law enforcement is always out interacting with the public even with the Stay at Home Order in place. A potential exposure in the ranks will trigger certain protocols as suggested by the CDC when it comes to; supervisor screenings, decontamination of equipment, vehicles and uniforms, monitoring officers for symptoms,

medical treatment, additional use of PPE and requiring a quarantine of an officer or jail staff member for a period of time to ensure they are not spreading the virus.

Informing officers with valuable information to assist them in real-time decision making. For example, knowing that a person is actively infected with COVID-19 is certainly something an officer can consider in determining to make an arrest and, thereby, potentially exposing other inmates to COVID-19.

As the nation and the State of Illinois has realized on a daily basis, the COVID-19 pandemic is a fluid situation that is in a state of constant change. We know more now that we knew in the beginning but we have much to learn as we move forward. McHenry County Law Enforcement is committed to maintaining the frontline in support of our citizens and businesses and we will continue to work side by side with all public safety organizations so that we can stop the spread of COVID-19.

This release was posted on the Lake in the Hills website, www.lith. org/police/page/mchenry-county-law-enforcement-receives-temporary-restraining-order.

Board members serve a term of three years and are eligible for up to two terms. The ISA board is comprised of 18 district directors and six at-large directors.

Eligibility to serve requires candidates be Illinois residents of legal voting age that contribute to the soybean checkoff. Candidates must also be residents within the district and maintain eligibility during their term(s). Directors may need to devote about 24 days per year, depending on level of leadership and representation needs.

Petitions are available through the Illinois Department of Agriculture in Springfield, or by contacting ISA representative Dustin Scott at 309-808-3603 orscottd@ilsoy.org. Contact Scott with questions or for additional information.

To have your name placed on the ballot, petitions must be completed and filed with the Illinois Department of Agriculture director in Springfield no later than 5 p.m., May 15, 2020. A candidate’s petition must carry the signatures of at least 250 of the qualified producers from the district where the candidate seeks office, or five percent, whichever is less. Any person running as a write-in candidate must also meet the eligibility requirements and submit a Declaration of Intent to the IDOA Acting Director Jerry Costello no later than 5 p.m., June 30, 2020.

Elections will be held July 7, 2020.

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Food Shed Co-op offers resources Woodstock PD reminds In an April 10 statement from the Woodstock Police Department, officials stated, “We encourage all of our residents to use our new Online Reporting System to file a report for non-emergency and notin-progress crimes/issues. This simple online system gives you the ability to submit reports to our department at your convenience and from the comfort of your own home. During the current times, this option also helps us keep you and our officers safer from catching or spreading COVID-19.”

What to expect after filing an online report: An officer will contact you within a couple of hours to inform you of what actions WPD will be taking and what to expect, depending on the circumstances of your reported incident. At this time you can receive the official WPD Incident Report number.

Online reports that will be accepted are as follows: • Confidence Game - An unknown person engages you in a ruse to gain money from you.

• Credit Card Fraud - Someone other than yourself used your credit/debit account to purchase goods or services without your permission.

• Criminal Damage to Property - When an unknown person changes, modifies or destroys public or private property.

• Criminal Damage to Vehicle - When an unknown person tampers with or damages your motor vehicle. If your property is stolen from inside your car after it was damaged, you should make a theft report.

• Criminal Defacement (graffiti) - When an unknown person marks personal or private property with graffiti with spray paint, etching tool or another writing instrument.

• Criminal Trespass to Vehicle - The entering of an individual’s vehicle by an offender where no other crime has been committed.

• Financial Identity Theft - When an unknown person uses any personal identifying information/documents to obtain credit, money, goods, services or other property. You should contact your credit cards, the below listed credit bureaus and other appropriate agencies immediately and provide the report number you receive.

• Illegal Use of Cash Card - An unknown person uses your cash card in an ATM. • Lost Property - When the property is missing or lost.

• Harassment by Telephone or Electronic Means - An unknown person contacts you repeatedly, threatens, or bullies you by telephone, email, social media, etc.

• Retail Theft - When an unknown person steals inventory from a licensed business. Incidents are reported by the business owner or agent for the business. This does not include amounts disputed between the customer and the business.

• Theft - When an unknown person takes your property without permission, including pocketpicking. This does not include someone physically taking something from your person by force, fear, assault, threats or use of a weapon.

• Theft from Building - A theft from within a building that is open to the general public and where the offender has legal access.

• Theft of Labor or Services - The failure to pay for services rendered.

• Provide Supplemental Information: If you have already filed a report with our department, you can provide any supplemental information such as, property lists, paperwork you’ve obtain since the original filing, etc…

To access the Online Reporting System go to either of the below websites: www.woodstockil.gov/police (Link to the PD’s website) or www.frontlinepss.com/woodstock (Direct Link to file a police report with the WPD).

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healthy as possible at the same time.

As global supply chains have become interrupted lately, some local farms have started delivering in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

They are also motivated in order to maintain sales of their perishable products in the absence of usual sales channels, e.g., farmers markets, farm to table restaurants, contracts with schools, etc.

The Food Shed Co-op has worked hard over the past several years building a database of local farms and other potential suppliers to the community owned grocery store when it opens. It dawned on the board of directors that these capabilities, and the valuable information the co-op already has, can be used right now to provide a great service to the community as we all shelter in place.

“It feels great that we can walk the talk even before the store opens,” according to board member Scott Brix. “Our mission and core values are all about food security, sustainability and resilience for our community during times like these.

“We are thrilled with the thought that the work we have done so far can be put to good use to help local farmers and businesses get through our current predicament.

“And, at the same time, help families and individuals continue to eat

local healthy food in the absence of farmers markets. On the local business page of the upgraded website a few farm-to-table restaurants are flagged which have safe pickup available for their menu items.”

The Food Shed Co-op’s vision is to launch a community-owned and operated grocery store (food cooperative) promoting a healthy, ethical and resilient community with a full grocery product line in McHenry County. The Food Shed Co-op intends to strengthen local and regional food relationships by sourcing locally when feasible with an emphasis on providing fairly priced natural food and products. The Food Shed Co-op has approximately 700 owners which are local area households who have invested in shares of stock because they really want to see this co-op happen for our community.

The board of directors is currently looking for a store location and expects to move forward when a minimum of 1,000 households have purchased equity stock .

The new information cited above, as well as general information about the Food Shed Co-op, can be viewed at www.foodshed.coop.

The co-op can also be reached by email at info@foodshed.coop and through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Search for “Food Shed Co-op.”

Versiti creates special hotline, electronic form for recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma Versiti blood centers, among the first in the U.S. to begin collecting convalescent plasma, is actively seeking recovered COVID-19 patients to donate convalescent plasma.

The plasma would be used by Versiti’s hospital partners to treat the most severely affected coronavirus patients.

Potential donors are asked to call a special hotline that has been created: 866702-HOPE (866-702-4673) or they can visit versiti.org/covid19plasma.

“The recovered donors must be proven to have had a COVID-19 di-

agnosis through a positive lab test result by a physician or laboratory,” said Versiti Senior Medical Director Dan A. Waxman, M.D. “That individual must then be symptom free for 28 days, or if symptom free for 14-27 days, they must provide results of a negative test.”

This blood-related treatment—approved by the FDA as an Emergency Investigational New Drug (EIND)— could offer hope to the thousands of patients who continue to be diagnosed.

“One plasma donation can be di-

Call4Calm launched to help with mental health issues

The Illinois Department of Hu- emotional support text line, Callman Services’ Mental Health Divi- 4Calm, for Illinois residents expesion has launched a free-of-charge riencing stress and mental health issues related to COVID-19. Individuals who would like to speak with a mental health professional can text “TALK” to 552020, or for Spanish, “HABLAR” to the same number: 552020.

Call4Calm is free to use, and individuals will remain anonymous.

Once a resident sends a text to the hotline, within 24 hours they will receive a call from a counselor employed by a local community mental health center to provide support.

Individuals can also text 552020, with key words such as “unemployment” or “food” or “shelter” and will receive information on how navigate and access supports and services.

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To help connect people with the science in their lives and to answer common questions, the University of Illinois College of ACES (Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) hosts regular Twitter chats using #askACES. During these chats, scientists from ACES answer questions pertaining to their specialty; then the college creates a podcast based on the questions the scientists were asked. These podcasts are available for anyone to listen to at any time. Visit aces.illinois. edu/news/askaces for topics and previous episodes.

vided to treat multiple patients,” said Dr. Waxman. “And one patient may require more than one plasma transfusion.”

The plasma treatment would transfer the antibodies that the recovered patient created, into critically ill patients currently receiving care.

The plasma donations, which take 30-40 minutes, will be collected by appointment from qualified donors at Versiti donor centers.

The donation process is the same as with other plasma donations, and will be performed using an apheresis machine, which separates the blood components.

Though blood group AB is the universal plasma donor, any blood type donor who has recovered from the virus is eligible to donate as part of the program.

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The Food Shed Co-op has added resource pages to its website in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four new dedicated pages include links to local farms, local businesses, local nonprofit organizations and local chambers of commerce.

The goal of the added content is to help the community get through the pandemic by making it easy to identify sources of local food, local merchants that are still selling online and local nonprofit organizations that desperately need donations.

There is a fourth page listing local chambers of commerce since they, too, are all generally doing a great job list helpful resources during this difficult time.

News reports since the pandemic began often highlight grocery stores that have run out of merchandise and show images of empty shelves.

In other news reports we see that some grocery store workers and employees of food processing plants are walking off the job due to safety concerns.

McHenry County is fortunate to have access to local food and be at the interface where the big city meets rural agriculture. Many local farmers have food available now that our community can utilize during the pandemic and help keep our farmers and local economy as

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Driver services extended again, says Secretary of State Jesse White

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Friday, April 10, announced his office filed emergency rules extending expiration dates for driver’s licenses, identification (ID) cards, vehicle registrations and other transactions and document filings for at least 90 days after Driver Services facilities reopen.

The previous extension was for 30 days.

“Extending expiration dates by at least 90 days after Driver Services facilities reopen is the right thing to do,” said White. “It will ensure driver’s licenses, ID cards and vehicle registrations remain valid during this pandemic and will help alleviate the rush of customers visiting facilities once they reopen.”

Following Gov. Pritzker’s stay-athome order, White closed Driver Services facilities to the public through April 30. While facilities are closed to the public, White is encouraging residents to go to www.cyberdriveillinois.com to take advantage of many online services—such as renewing COURTESY PHOTO McHenry County News vehicle registration stickers—from the comfort of their own home. People who conduct online transactions Take home a free Pioneer Activity Kit from the McHenry County Historical Society and Museum. Step away from your screens and step will further help to reduce the numinto history for a hands-on pioneer adventure. The McHenry County Historical Society & Museum is offering free pioneer activity kits ber of face-to-face transactions that for third- through fifth-graders. Children learn how to plan their pioneer adventure, pack a pioneer wagon, imagine and draw a new area will occur at Driver Services facilito settle, grow a garden and even create pioneer toy. The Pioneer Activity Kit includes an activity script and all materials needed for fun ties once they reopen. away from a laptop or video game. To get your kit: 1. Email a request to Karolina Kowalczyk, MCHS volunteer and outreach coordinator, Some of these online services inat karolina@mchenrycountyhistory.org . 2. Schedule a Pioneer Activity Kit pick-up time and date for a contactless pickup. 3. Pick up clude: your kit outside the museum office at 6422 Main St. in Union - halfway between Routes 176 and 20.

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304, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, AS SUCCESSOR BY As the nation scrambles to keep The private companies that employ ILLINOIS. MERGER TO LASALLE its doctors and nurses supplied with the workers under a state contract are P.I.N. 01-35-304-007-0000. safety gear during the deadly novel not required to report COVID-19 BANK, NATIONAL Commonly known as 702 coronavirus outbreak, an army of cases to the Department on Aging, ASSOCIATION, low-wage Illinois home care workers Dropka said. The department knows AS TRUSTEE FOR West Park Street, Harvard, IL on the front lines remain largely on some workers have tested positive, WASHINGTON MUTUAL 60033. their own. but cannot say how many.

The mortgaged real estate is MORTGAGE PASSWorkers such as 57-year-old KarDropka, the labor union that repimproved with a single family THROUGH CERTIFICATES en Williams, whose resourceful son resents these front-line caregivers, residence.

If the subject mortSERIES WMALT 2006-AR5; tracked down a few masks for her to and the company executives who gaged real estate is a unit of a Plaintiff, wear each day as she takes two bus- employ them said they are aware common interest community, vs.

Members of the Illinois Retired es from Englewood to Bronzeville to of the dangers inherent in allowing the purchaser of the unit other Teachers Association—a statewide care for elderly clients for whom she these two high-risk groups—elderly ALEJANDRO AQUINO; than a mortgagee shall pay the association of retired educators, their prepares meals, dispenses medica- residents and caregivers––to mingle MARIA RAMIREZ; without proper protective gear. families and supporters—are volun- tion and helps with bathing. assessments required by subMORTGAGE ELECTRONIC “What I’ve been doing is reusing He said the department has reteering during this COVID-19 pansection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, demic to assist students tackling the them. Maybe every two or three days quested masks and other protective INC., AS NOMINEE FOR the Condominium Property Act. unprecedented challenge of finishing I change them,” said Williams, who gear from state and federal emergenSale terms: 10% down by cerFIRST NATIONAL BANK OF never considered staying home. cy management officials.

Company the school year at home.

“I am always there when she is officials said they too are struggling tified funds, balance, by certiARIZONA; “We want to help students learn,” fied funds, within 24 hours. No Defendants, said John Flaherty, a former high sick,” she told the Better Govern- to find enough gear to protect their school and special education teacher ment Association while she was vis- workers.

19 CH 212 refunds. The property will NOT Although home health-care aides and current president of the Illinois iting one client. “When she gets sick, be open for inspection. ProspecNOTICE OF SALE Retired Teachers Association. “Our I get sick, and vice versa … Because are on the front lines of the coronative bidders are admonished to PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREmembers are ready to help students the client comes first, I am going to virus crisis in Illinois, they are not check the court file to verify all BY GIVEN that pursuant to a licensed or certified as health care build their learning skills and tutor try to come as long as I can.” information.

Judgment of Foreclosure and Williams is among more than workers.

As the state gains access to in highly advanced subject areas like 40,000 workers in Illinois’ Commu- gloves and masks, such workers do Sale entered in the above enFor information call Mr. Anchemistry and mathematics.

“For elementary students, self- nity Care Program, which allows not qualify as “priority health care titled cause Intercounty Judi- thony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorpaced and self-directed learning is more than 100,000 seniors to stay providers,” a category that is given cial Sales Corporation will on ney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., a foreign concept. A teacher-mentor out of nursing facilities by providing priority access to protective equip- Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the 150 North Michigan Avenue, will help students take their own aides who visit the seniors in their ment.

“The work that they are doing is hour of 10:30 a.m. in the con- Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) initiative and focus their learning at homes.

The aides and clients are some of extremely risky,” said Beth Menz, ference room, 970 McHenry 236-0077. SPS000144-19FC1 their own pace.” the most susceptible people to the home care director for the Service Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL Parents desiring to match their pandemic, yet across Illinois many Employees International Union 60014, sell at public auction to SALES CORPORATION student with a retired teacher may sign up on the Association’s website, remain in close quarters, and lack (SEIU) Healthcare Illinois Indiana. the highest bidder for cash, as intercountyjudicialsales.com www.irtaonline.org. Mentors are on protective equipment, such as masks “They are in the homes of seniors, set forth below, the following I3149928 bathing them, dressing them, prepara first come, first serve basis. Men- and gloves.

(Published in the As of April 7, the Illinois Departing food for them. So there is fear in described mortgaged real estate: tors will meet with students in virtual McHenry County News LOT 2 (EXCEPT THE EAST ment on Aging, which oversees the their minds that not only are they at environments. Mentorships will last April 16, 23 & 30, 3030) from now until the end of the school program, confirmed 5 deaths among risk, but could potentially put their 5 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 22 cases of Chicago-area seniors in 2 IN E. E. AYER`S ADDITION 371345 See MENTOR, Page 7 the program who had tested positive See AIDES, Page 7 TO HARVARD, BEING A

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These workers have largely been left to fend for themselves during the crisis, according to interviews with the workers, seniors in the program and the union representing workers.

In some cases, they’ve been provided no more than phone calls from employers asking them to check their temperature and reminding them to protect themselves by frequently washing their hands.

Reginald Griffin, 76, said he found five masks at his neighborhood hardware store on the city’s North Side.

“All I could buy as a customer,” he said. “So I have to be careful to keep them clean until I am able to get more.”

Griffin takes the bus each day to care for an 83-year-old man with diabetes, emphysema, and other chronic conditions that make it difficult for him to care for himself. He too never considered missing a day.

“I might think that way just like any other person in the front lines, but I have to do what I have to do,” Griffin said. “I have to think positively and do things so I won’t get it.”

Griffin was lucky enough to find protective gear on his own. Many don’t.

She’s my lifeline One 75-year-old woman told the BGA she is letting her home care worker dip into her personal stash of protective gloves.

“She’s my lifeline,” said Davetta Brooks, who suffers from several conditions, including an autoimmune disease, and relies on a wheelchair.

Nationwide, there are 12 million vulnerable Americans who rely on home-based services and are balancing social distancing with their need for help. Many of the seniors suffer from chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, and low immune systems that experts have warned put them at an increased risk of developing a severe form of pneumonia if infected with COVID-19.

The deadly virus has a higher fatality rate for those older than 60, and even higher for those older than 85.

Black Americans at high rate of testing positive, dying from COVID-19 Another national concern is the high rate of black Americans testing positive and dying from COVID-19, a trend Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says is prevalent in the city where 72 percent of the virus-related fatalities are black.

In the Chicago area, the majority of seniors in the community care program are black, as well as the majority of caregivers, according to records and interviews. Nearly half of the caregivers are also older than 55.

Dropka, the spokesman for the aging department, said the state is working to secure additional supplies of personal protective equipment, including requesting supplies from FEMA. He said the department also is in daily communication with provider

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“Retiree-mentors can specifically target aspects of learning that need the most attention, whether it’s mathematics, science, history, writing or reading.”

“Younger students may simply need help reading a story; other students will need advanced tutoring. If we retirees can find a way to help, we will,” Flaherty added.

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agencies and has taken guidance from the Illinois Department of Public Health “regarding the screening tool and processes we use––so that both our in-home workers and the older adults they care for are safe when they do their work. The agencies in our network use this as part of any protocol where face-to-face contact with an older and more vulnerable adult occurs.”

“We are doing everything we can,” Dropka said.

Companies employing the workers also said they are scrambling to secure personal protective equipment due to the nationwide supply shortage and have asked the state for help. Some are providing gloves, which they’ve always offered to their workforce, but also are in need of masks and gowns.

A policy memo posted online by Addus HomeCare, one of the state’s largest providers of home care services, shows workers are being directed to use gloves, wash their hands regularly before and after direct contact with a client and encouraged to stay at home if they feel sick. If workers believe they may have been exposed, they are required to report to a supervisor.

If workers call in sick, they are asked five questions: Have they traveled internationally in the past 14 days; have they had signs of a respiratory infection such as fever, cough and/or sore throat; has anyone they live with had those symptoms; have they had contact with anyone who has been diagnosed or screened for COVID-19, and have they traveled to other states with widespread community transmission of the disease.

Workers who fail the screening are instructed to cease patient visits.

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But that’s just one protocol of more than 100 companies that provide home-based and community-based services to seniors.

Theresa Collins, president of the Illinois Association of Community Care Program Homecare Providers, said in an email that “each provider agency has developed their own plan of action based on the unique needs of their staff and participants.”

Providers, she added, are screening workers and the seniors they serve for coronavirus symptoms. If they fail the screening, they are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Addus HomeCare, for example, asks clients the same five screening questions it asks employees when they call out sick. If the client fails the screening, the worker is required to notify their supervisor. If a client is quarantined or tests positive, the company would suspend services to the client and contact the state.

PPE availability Darby Anderson, chief strategy officer at Addus HomeCare, said he is receptive to clients and workers who are worried and anxious for more protective equipment.

“The problem is simply the availability of PPE. We cannot secure enough,” Anderson said.

The company is pushing for its workers to be considered “priority health care providers,” in hopes that the designation would ensure their access to gloves, masks and gowns.

Anderson said that designation becomes even more necessary if home care workers are asked to care for seniors as hospital beds fill up. Already, he said, the question has come up in at least two states. But before that happens, he said, there needs to be a protocol in place to protect the workers. And that starts with protective equipment.

“We don’t want to say no, but we have to have the right PPE,” Anderson said. He said other issues to iron out would include whether $13-per-hour workers should receive hazard pay, and whether they should be provided hotel rooms to isolate themselves from their families during the outbreak.

Some seniors are already going without services, either because they’ve paused them amid the COVID-19 crisis or because they haven’t been able to secure an aide.

Carolyn Crane, 68, said she was in the process of getting a new aide when the pandemic hit and now has been without one for more than six weeks.

“It’s really bad right now for me, personally,” said Crane, who has diabetes, high blood pressure and a compromised immune system.

Crane said she was paying a neighbor to fetch her groceries and sometimes paying for food to be delivered, but the increased costs cut a hole in her budget. She finally got a respite when the Illinois Institute of

Technology moved its classes online, freeing her grandson to help her out.

He’s staying with her and helping her with groceries and daily tasks, though she’d prefer to have a professional help her instead.

Debra Miller, 68, said the issues for seniors go beyond whether home care aides have proper equipment.

In Chicago, there are thousands of seniors living in apartment buildings where they might be exposed to the virus inside elevators, when they pick up their mail or when they throw out their trash.

At an online press conference last week, Miller and other seniors who are members of Jane Addams Senior Caucus, a grassroots organization that advocates for seniors living in low-income housing, called on city officials to enact new guidelines to protect seniors. Among them: Requiring better cleaning regimens in communal spaces, providing protective equipment to staff; and stationing trained healthcare professionals to monitor temperatures of workers and guests entering apartment buildings.

Miller said she’s frustrated by some elected officials who only talk about protecting seniors, the most vulnerable population.

“I know that by now,” she said.

“Tell me what you are doing besides.”

This story was produced by the Better Government Association, a nonprofit news organization based in Chicago.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY - WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WASHINGTON MUTUAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES WMALT 2006-AR5; Plaintiff, vs.

ALEJANDRO AQUINO; MARIA RAMIREZ; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ARIZONA; Defendants, 19 CH 212 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 01-35-304-007-0000.

Commonly known as 702 West Park Street, Harvard, IL 60033.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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