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John Flynn 7 p.m. woodstockfolkfestival.org

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Email pamelaf@woodstockil.info for Zoom link woodstockpubliclibrary.org

7 p.m. Live-stream woodstockschools.org

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Email pamelaf@woodstockil.info for Zoom link woodstockpubliclibrary.org

7 p.m. wfrd.org

McHenry County Workforce Network 10 to 11 a.m. Find the link to register at https:// www.mchenrycountyil.gov/countygovernment/departments-j-z/ workforce-network

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

Woodstock Opera House 121 W. Van Buren 6 p.m. woodstockgroundhog.org

Woodstock Opera House 121 W. Van Buren 6:30 p.m. woodstockgroundhog.org

McHenry County Fairgrounds Building D 11900 Country Club Road 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

Ortmann’s Red Iron Tavern 101 E. Church St. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $30 in advance, $40 day of event, 2-person teams woodstockgroundhog.org

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

Woodstock Square 7 a.m. woodstockgroundhog.org

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. woodstockgroundhog.org

7 p.m. Onlline woodstockil.gov

McHenry County Workforce Network 1 to 3 p.m. Find the link to register at https:// www.mchenrycountyil.gov/countygovernment/departments-j-z/ workforce-network

McHenry County Fairgrounds Building D 11900 Country Club Road 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

McHenry County Workforce Network 1 to 3 p.m. Find the link to register at https:// www.mchenrycountyil.gov/countygovernment/departments-j-z/ workforce-network

Woodstock Chamber of Commerce 127 E. Calhoun St. 6 p.m.

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 7 to 7:45 p.m. Email katieb@woodstockil.info for Zoom link woodstockpubliclibrary.org

7 p.m. Live-stream woodstockschools.org

Federal holiday/no school

7 p.m. Onlline woodstockil.gov

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County 7 p.m. To register, visit: https://www.conservemc.org/

McHenry County Fairgrounds Building D 11900 Country Club Road 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

7 p.m. Live-stream woodstockschools.org

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County 7 p.m. To register, visit: https://www.conservemc.org/

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County 11 a.m. To register, visit: https://www.conservemc.org/

Resurrection Catholic Church 2918 South Country Club Road Woodstock, IL 60098 We welcome all to join us at our Mass times: Saturday at 5:00 pm & Sunday at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. We, the members of the Resurrection Catholic Church, are a prayerful, loving community formed by the Holy Spirit, striving to be a sign of the Gospel values of Jesus Christ: justice, truth and love.

INDEPENDENT FILE PHOTO BY LISA KELLEY

■ Frances Kuhn died, leaving a historic legacy in Woodstock. She was Woodstock’s first female mayor (and to this day, only female mayor), serving three terms ending in 1985. She had been a council member from 1953 to 1965. ■ The Woodstock High School varsity basketball team defeated Round Lake 86-54 and Grant 86-36. Maury Leitzke scored 40 points in the Round Lake game. ■ WHS wrestlers Kurt Kyle, 135pound weight class, and John Rizzo, 140, were each 24-0 and had won their weight classes at the 16-team Glenbard South Invitational. The team finished fourth, missing third by just 7.5 points.

■ The WHS varsity wrestling team won the 11-team Batavia Tournament. Blue Streaks who took first in their weight classes were Jim Aberle, Matt Wormley, Corey Ungaro, and Luke Kyle.

■ “The Book of Ruth” author and frequent Oprah guest Jane Hamilton spoke at the Woodstock Opera House as part of the Woodstock Fine Arts Association’s Creative Living Series.

■ The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education agreed to ask voters to approve $105 million to build and expand five school buildings. ■ Mark Indyke and Leslie-Anne Walker-Indyke opened the full-service pet salon, Dog in Suds, at 501 Eastwood Drive, as part of a new strip mall with Pursonality and Nails 2000.

■ The Land Conservancy of McHenry County celebrated its 20th anniversary. TLC was organized to help private landowners secure preservation easements for their land to keep the land in its natural state. ■ Illinois lawmakers narrowly approved a 66 percent increase in income tax through 2014. Local Sens. Pam Althoff and Dan Duffy and Reps. Jack Franks, Mike Tryon, and Mark Beaubien voted against the increase. ■ Centegra and Mercy health systems were jockeying for state approval for new hospitals. Centegra had announced plans to build a $233 million full-service acute-care hospital in Huntley. Mercy had filed a certificate of need application with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board for approval of a $200 million hospital and multi-specialty clinic at Route 31 and Three Oaks Road in Crystal Lake.

■ Woodstock North High School battled, but WHS came out on top in a crosstown clash between the schools’ girls basketball teams. Jeni Crain’s 24 points led the Blue Streaks to a 62-45 victory. The game featured a tribute to the late Faith Kies, a WNHS sophomore who died in Phoenix four days before the game. In her honor, students from both schools wore orange, her favorite color. ■ Woodstock’s own Martin McCormack, a 1981 Marian Central Catholic High School graduate, and his trio Switchback were returning to the Opera House as part of Groundhog Days. “Every year, we strive to do something new,” McCormack said. “In this respect, we’re not adhering to the ‘Groundhog Day’ theme.” The McNulty Irish Dancers were scheduled to join Switchback on stage for several numbers.

■ “Groundhog Day” stars Bill Murray and Stephen Tobolowsky were back in Woodstock to film a Jeep commercial that would air during the Super Bowl. Mother Nature provided softly falling snow as a pleasant and appropriate added effect. ■ Members of the D-200 Board of Education voted 6-1 to approve an agreement proposed by the city of Woodstock to provide the district with more funding than state law requires when new housing developments supported by city tax incentives cause local school enrollments to swell. Board member John Headley said: “This is a good compromise, and it’s good for the city. I want the city to do well, too.”