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How can a city save its pool? Woodstock might lure swimmers who lose their city pools By Larry Lough

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In the face of rising labor costs caused by state-mandated increases in the minimum wage, the City Council is working to prevent Woodstock from suffering the fate of other communities – the loss of the municipal swimming pool. In a work session last week to cover

a variety of issues, council members discussed options to blunt the impact of minimum wage increases that will double labor costs at the pool over the next five years. After the meeting, City Manager Roscoe Stelford said he didn’t foresee Woodstock having to close its aquatics center in Emricson Park. “We’ve made a big investment in the pool,” Stelford said.

But seasonal personnel at the pool make minimum wage, which was $8.25 an hour before last week. Since Jan. 1, they are making $9.25, a rate that will increase to $10 on July 1. After that, the rate will increase $1 an hour each Jan. 1 until it hits $15 in 2025. Deputy Mayor Mike Turner said users of Woodstock Water Works just might have to pay more.

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After four buildings were demolished, workers clear a pile of rubble that once was the Frisbie-Lohmeyer Insurance building at Madison and Church streets in Woodstock. A five-story apartment building is planned for the site, which was discussed in a City Council work session last week.

D-200 finds TIF2 deal ‘satisfactory’ By Larry Lough

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With Woodstock’s “new” tax increment financing district approaching its first anniversary, the city and Woodstock School District 200 finally have an agreement on compensating schools for extra costs caused by

TIF2-inspired housing development. In a special meeting last week, the City Council voted 7-0 to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the school district that could provide schools with more money than required under the state’s TIF law. The D-200 Board of Education was expected to ratify the agreement at its

meeting Tuesday night. D-200 Superintendent Mike Moan said the district was satisfied with what had been negotiated. “TIF district law affords us little recourse,” Moan said in a statement, “but this agreement with the Woodstock City Council to provide some See TIF2 DEAL, Page 2

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“If we have to raise rates because our costs are going up, then we have to raise rates,” he said during the work session. But Stelford said the city might have an alternative: regionalize the pool membership to include other nearby cities, such as Marengo and Harvard, that might have to close their pools. By increasing membership enough from other communities, he said, the city could possibly lower rates. Woodstock Water Works offers features for all ages. It includes a zerodepth recreation pool with a doubleflume slide and play features in the shallow end; an eight-lane competition/lap pool with two diving boards (one-meter and three-meter); a baby pool; two shelters; concessions with food court; lots of green space for enjoying the sun or a picnic; and a large parking lot in front of the facility. The pool would also seem to have plenty of capacity for additional members. The pool itself can accommodate more than 900 people, with room for about 1,000 more around the water. Attendance averages less than half of that.

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Utilities are marked, property lines surveyed, and equipment in place where a Chipotle restaurant and T-Mobile store will be built along Route 47 in Woodstock.

Chipotle coming to town In other topics, the council discussed: n New business activity involving dozens of projects as reported by the

Two votes against

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taxpayer relief in the event of a potential influx of new students is a satisfactory resolution for District 200 taxpayers.” The City Council took up the issue during what had been scheduled as a work session at Stage Left Café. But the agenda as posted was amended to include a special meeting so the council could take action on the TIF2 deal.

‘Protecting our taxpayers’

At the special meeting Dec. 30, City Manager Roscoe Stelford told the council an unannounced agreement had been reached earlier to compensate D-200 for the cost of educating additional students who would be brought in by the proposed Founder’s Crossing housing development But after developers withdrew that project in the face of community criticism, Stelford said, the agreement with D-200 was changed. “We had to go more generic,” he told the council. Moan’s statement noted that while D-200 had no authority over the TIF district, city officials knew of the concerns and were willing to discuss “means of addressing them.” “District 200’s position remains in the interest of its taxpayers, particularly

Economic Development staff. Among the announced projects are a new twounit retail building between Panera and the Shell station off Route 47 that will house a Chipotle restaurant and a

TIF2 spreads southwest from the original downtown-centric TIF. because this TIF district contains residential development proposals where tax revenue is frozen for 23 years,” the statement said. “Taxpayers residing outside of the TIF would be financially responsible for the education of new students created by development within the TIF. ... “Our interest is, and has always been, protecting our taxpayers from bearing the full financial burden of potential new students created by TIF development.”

When the TIF Joint Review Board considered the then-proposed TIF2 in November 2018, the vote was 5-2 to recommend approval by the City Council. The two “no” votes were cast by D-200 Board of Education President Carl Gilmore and Robert Tenuta, chief financial officer for McHenry County College. The school board had voted unanimously in October 2018 to oppose TIF2, which diverts property tax revenue from growth in assessed value in the district to pay for development incentives in “blighted” areas. Because D-200 gets about twothirds of its funding from property taxes, the school board feared TIF2inspired housing development would increase enrollment without providing adequate funding to educate the additional students. In announcing its opposition to the TIF2 proposal, the MCC Board of Trustees adopted a resolution calling it “a hidden tax in that they make available tax giveaways to businesses by taking money from schools, colleges and other taxing districts in a way that is not transparent. ...” MCC is one of those taxing districts. But under the new agreement with the city, D-200 could – through a complicated formula – receive additional revenue from property taxes

T-Mobile store; enterprise zone incentives for Kishwaukee Brewing Co. on McConnell Road; demolition for construction of the five-story Woodstock Square Apartments at Madison and Church streets; and a buildout underway for Oliver’s Bar & Grill at 228 Main St., where Mia Passione closed in 2019 n Employee wage increases in the city budget for fiscal year 2020-21, which starts May 1. Human Resources Director Deb Schober said the consultant who devised the city’s job classification and compensation schedule recommended the wage structure increase by 2 percent. That would be in addition to individual merit raises based on performance evaluations. Last year merit raises averaged 3.5 percent, Schober said. n Activity around businesses along Route 47 while the state surveys and assesses property to prepare for the highway improvement project from U.S. 14 to Route 120. “There are quite a lot of properties,” Economic Development Coordinator Krista Coltrin told the council, “so it’s going to take some time.” That two- to three-year process of obtaining needed rights of way will precede about three years of actual construction, which will cause business disruption along the route that the city hopes to lessen. generated by TIF2-incentivized housing development. According to Stelford’s memo to the council last week, “It is the intention of this [agreement] to allow for a greater portion of the revenue from any potential residential projects within TIF2 to be paid to District 200, if there are additional student costs not covered by the standard 25% required by the TIF Act.” The city might even share its TIF2 “surplus” with D-200, under the agreement.

Timing ‘symbolic’

Although Gilmore had told The Independent a year ago that he “would hate to see” the disagreement end up in court, that possibility apparently prompted action before TIF2 turns one year old later this month. “In the history of TIFs in Illinois that have faced legal challenge by the local School District, the action typically occurred within the first calendar year since the TIF was created,” Stelford’s memo said. “In discussion with District 200 representatives, they indicated it was important, both symbolically and legally, to enter into this agreement prior to the one-year anniversary of the TIF on Jan. 15, 2020. ...” Because the City Council’s next regular meeting is not scheduled until Jan. 21, the special meeting was held in conjunction with the work session to vote on the agreement.

The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. Velmont was flown to a Rockford hospital. Police said both occupants of the car were wearing seat belts and airbags deployed. Velmont is scheduled to appear in court at 1:30 pm. Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Woman dies in car wreck near site of earlier fatality

Fired caseworker plans to appeal DCFS termination

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Investigators examine the scene of a one-car crash on Charles Road where the driver, Chiquita Gates of Harvard, was killed New Year’s Day. which also responded to the scene of last week’s fatality, said an autopsy was scheduled.

A Wonder Lake woman is scheduled to be in court next week to face three charges in connection with an accident Dec. 27 that killed a man from Capron. Shannon Velmont, 45, is charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving on a revoked driver’s license, and operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after a

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one-car accident killed a 44-year-old passenger in her car. Velmont also suffered serious injuries and had to be removed from her car after it hit a tree about 1 p.m. Dec. 27 along Nelson Road north of Woodstock. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the call about a 2009 Mitsubishi Galant that had rammed into a tree on Nelson Road east of Deep Cut Road. The sheriff’s office reported an on-scene investigation indicated the car had been traveling westbound when, for unknown reasons, it crossed the road and hit the tree to the south.

A Woodstock representative on the McHenry County Board says he will file a wrongful termination complaint over being fired from his caseworker job with the state. Carlos Acosta, who won election to a District 6 seat in the 2018 election, was terminated last month, along with his supervisor in the Department of Child and Family Services. That Carlos action involved Acosta their handling of repeated complaints involving the wellbeing of A.J. Freund of Crystal Lake. The 5-year-old was reported missing from his home by his parents in April a few days before they led investigators to a site south of Woodstock, where the child’s body was found.

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A 24-year-old woman from Harvard, Chiquita Gates, was killed when her car split in half as it crashed into trees early New Year’s Day north of Woodstock. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded about 3 a.m. last Wednesday to a single-vehicle crash in the 11100 block of Charles Road. Police said the woman’s 2007 Dodge Caliber was westbound on Charles Road when it went off the road and hit “multiple trees.” Paramedics pronounced the victim, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office reported Gates was wearing a seat belt and that front and side airbags were deployed. Police closed the road for more than four hours while crash investigators conducted accident reconstruction. In late November, 34-year-old Charles Akerberg of Woodstock was killed and a 44-year-old woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash into a tree at almost the same location on Charles Road west of Queen Anne Road. The driver of that car, Shawn Brautigam, 32, of Wheaton, faces three felony charges. The McHenry County Coroner’s Office,

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PUBLIC SAFETY LOG Woodstock Police Department

■ Erick Escorza, 19, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 23 in the 500 block of Lake Avenue on two counts of domestic battery. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set. ■ Joshua M. Bradshaw, 35, Marengo, was arrested Dec. 24 in the 500 block of Eastwood Avenue on a charge of theft. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set. ■ Sylvia Martinez, 43, Huntley, was arrested Dec. 21 in the 11000 block of U.S. 14 on a McHenry County warrant charging domestic battery. ■ Male juvenile, 14, Wonder Lake, was arrested Dec. 20 in the 3000 block of Raffel Road on a charge of assault. Released to parent. Court date to be set. ■ Luis A. Bernal-Carbajal, 37, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 22 in the 500 block of Central Parkway on 10 counts of forgery, five counts of ID theft, and five counts of theft. Taken to jail. Bond

and court date to be set.

■ Peter J. Fallaw, 44, transient, was arrested Dec. 23 at Madison and Church streets on a charge of criminal defacement. Released after posting $100 bond. Court date Jan. 23. ■ Peter J. Fallaw, 44, transient, was arrested Dec. 28 at Madison and Church streets on a charge of criminal defacement. Taken to jail. Bond set at $100. Court date Jan. 23. ■ Jeremy S. Smith, 34, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 29 in the 100 block of Benton Street on two counts of domestic battery. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set. ■ Julie A. Bixby, 27, Rockford, was arrested Dec. 30 in the 600 block of McHenry Avenue on a DuPage County warrant charging failure to appear. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set. ■ Winston E. Gordon, 26, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 31 in the 11500 block of North Route 47 on a charge of driving with license suspended. Released after posting 10 percent of $2,500 bond. Court

date Feb. 6. ■ Marquill J. Thompson, 20, Woodstock, was arrested Jan. 2 in the 1900 block of Sheila Street on two counts of domestic battery. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set.

McHenry County Sheriff’s Office ■ Oscar Tapia, 25, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 26 on a charge of driving with a suspended license. ■ Maria G. Marquez, 45, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 26 on charges of no driver’s license and speeding 15-20 mph over limit. ■ David J. Cooper, 33, Wonder Lake, was arrested Dec. 27 on charges of battery/causing bodily harm, aggravated battery to a peace officer, and resisting a peace officer. ■ Kurt B. Gruenfeld, 38, Woodstock, was arrested Dec. 28 on charges of driving with a suspended license and failure to reduce speed

Charges are only accusations of crimes,

and defendants are presumed innocent until proved guilty.

Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Fire Runs indicates units dispatched and what was found at the scene. Ambulance calls of Woodstock Fire/Rescue District are reported here in number only. EMS calls for Dec. 26-Jan. 1: 74 Fire Runs Dec. 26

6:41 a.m. – 18500 Green Road, Harvard, assist police or other agency; truck 10:45 a.m. – 2000 block of Willow Brooke Drive, toxic condition/other; engine Dec. 27

1:08 p.m. – 116700 block of Nelson Road, traffic accident with injuries; truck, two ambulances, engine, shift commander 3:39 p.m. – Eastwood and McConnell roads, traffic accident with injuries; truck, ambulance, shift commander 8:56 p.m. – 2400 block of Aspen Drive, carbon monoxide incident; truck Dec. 28

8:45 a.m. – 1000 block of Wanda Lane, unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire; shift commander, truck, engine, ambulance Dec. 29

12:01 a.m. – 11500 block of McConnell Road, malfunctioning alarm system sounded; truck Dec. 30

9:53 a.m. – 1700 block of South Eastwood Drive, water or steam leak; engine 10:10 a.m. – 300 block of Fremont Street, unintentional alarm system activation, no fire; shift commander, ambulance, engine 5:51 p.m. – 15800 block of North U.S. 14, traffic accident with injuries; shift commander, two ambulances, truck, engine 6:17 p.m. – 8900 block of Route 120, traffic accident with injuries; truck, ambulance 8:32 p.m. – 3100 block of Fen Trail, Wonder Lake, gas leak (natural or LP); truck Dec. 31

5:40 a.m. – 2200 block of Tech Court, unintentional alarm system activation, no fire; engine 10:01 a.m. – 400 block of North Madison Street, public service; truck 4:44 p.m. – 4900 block of North Route 47, traffic accident with injuries; shift commander, ambulance, truck Jan. 1

3:01 a.m. – Charles and Queen Anne roads, traffic accident with injuries; truck, ambulance, shift commander 5:35 p.m. – 11100 Charles Road, assist police or other agency; truck

Robert W. Birchfield, 94

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Marion Elsie Reese, 92

Marion Elsie Steinwehe Reese, 92, of Woodstock, passed away on Dec. 21, 2019, in Barrington Ill. She was born Aug. 16, 1927, in Des Plaines, Ill., to Albert and Ida (Lange) Steinwehe. She married Charles “Chuck” Reese on Oct. 8, 1949, and they were together until his death in 1996. Marion was a resident of Woodstock for 85 years. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Woodstock, the Woodstock Moose, and the VFW. She had worked at the State Bank of Woodstock; Arnolds Engineering; and as a homemaker for her family. She was the beloved mother of Tom (Gayle) Reese; beloved grandmother of Todd (Emily) Reese, Brent (Shelley) Reese and Christopher (Sarah) Reese; great-grandmother of Mikayla, Addison, Grace, Charlie, Cooper, and Mya Reese; dear sister to Al, Don (Marylee), and Ray Steinwehe. She is also survived by many other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and brothers, Edwin “Lefty” Steinwehe and Robert “Dutch” Steinwehe. Visitation was held on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, at the Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock, from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment followed in the McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodstock. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, A Better Life for Kids, or JourneyCare Hospice.

Ralph E. Westman, 77

Ralph E. Westman, age 77, of Woodstock, passed away Dec. 31, 2019, at his home in Woodstock surrounded by his family. He was born on Oct. 18, 1942, in Woodstock to Alvin and Zelda (Sanders) Westman. Ralph grew up in Woodstock and graduated from Ralph E. Woodstock High Westman School in 1960. After he graduated, he served in the United States Army from April 1960 until April 1963 and spent an additional three years in the Army Reserve. When he returned home, he opened Ralph’s Automotive in 1965. In 1998 he opened Woodstock Whizzer Works. He was the Hoosier tire man for Lake Geneva Raceway. He enjoyed building race cars and hanging out at the track. He loved working on

cars, going to car shows, going to Whizzer shows in Portland, Ind., and spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; daughters, Renee (Chris) Wangrow, Roxanne (Jim) Johnson, and Rikki (Shane) Gibbs; his stepsons, Charles Rein and Kevin (Sarah) Rein; grandchildren, Corissa, Christopher, Michael, Zachary, Nicholas, Connor, Jacob, Brandon, Kylee, Emily and Adam; brother, Donald (Carol Lee); sister, Janice Lund; many nieces, nephews and one great-grandchild on the way. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Roy Westman. Visitation was on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, at Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & Cooney funeral home, 1211 N Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. The visitation continued Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery. Following the cemetery service, a luncheon was held at the Woodstock Moose Lodge. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710 or see the website at www. slmcfh.com.

Mariette A. Wilson, 98

Born: March 14, 1921, in Alsace-Lorraine, France Died: Dec. 27, 2019, in Woodstock, Ill. Mariette Ann Wilson was born March 14, 1921, in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France to Eugene Griesmar and Marie Emma Lantsoght. In hopes of finding a better life for his family, her father brought her to the United States in 1922, where they entered the country through Ellis Island in New York Marriette A. City. Due to quotas Wilson being imposed on immigrants at the time, her mother was not allowed into the country until a month later. The family first worked on a farm near Sandwich, Ill., that Mariette’s uncle owned until 1932, when they moved to DeKalb, Ill., and settled in a house her father built with wood that was salvaged from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. She attended a 1-room schoolhouse until high school. Life was not easy for her, her two younger sisters and their father after their mother died in 1935 when Mariette was only 14 years old. Her father eventually remarried, and Mariette and her sisters gained three new stepbrothers and one new stepsister. In 1944, Mariette married Edward A. Kettmann, and together they had two children: Judith and Marlene. Mariette later divorced Edward and in 1950 married Vernon O. Wilson in Woodstock, and together they had three children: Karen, Linda and Alan. While raising her children, she worked at

F.W. Woolworth in Woodstock for 35 years and later went to work for the Woodstock Lampshade factory. She made many lifelong friends while working these two jobs. Besides being a homemaker, Mariette had many interests and hobbies, including sewing, knitting, and quilting. She was also very artistic and loved to draw, paint and “upcycle” just about anything. When they were not working, she and Vernon would find time to go camping with the family and friends, and she shared many fond memories of the fun times they had around the campfire. Eventually they retired to Florida in 1984, where they thoroughly enjoyed their retirement while making new friends, golfing, bowling, and soaking up the warm weather until Vernon passed away in 1995. Thereafter, she stayed in Florida for many years but eventually returned to Woodstock to be closer to her family and grandchildren. She enjoyed belonging to the quilters group at Redeemer Lutheran Church and later making beautiful items for Mistletoe Magic at her church, Grace Lutheran Church. Through the years, she designed and produced many beautiful quilts and gifts for her family and friends using her creative talents. She never turned down an invitation to go to a casino and liked socializing and making new friends, helping others, playing dice and bingo, riding her unique folding bicycle, taking long walks, and staying active. Mariette will be greatly missed by her surviving children, Judith Kettmann (McHenry), Karen Wilson (Peter VanTuyl) (Captain Cook, Hawaii), Linda (Ray) White (Wonder Lake) and Alan (Fay) Wilson (Woodstock); four grandchildren, Ben White and Matt (Megan) White of Wonder Lake, Hannah Wilson of Woodstock, and Marc (Stefanie) Hults (Candeda, Calif.). She was also blessed with five great-grandchildren, Penelope and Lucille White, Trevor (Cate) Hults, Lindsay (Nick) Sicketon, and Chelsea Hults; and four greatgreat-grandchildren in California. Her sister, Alice (George) Lazzaroni (Florida), also survives her. Mariette was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Vernon; daughter, Marlene A. Lantz; sister, Yvonne Barcus, three stepbrothers, Eugene Sutton, William Sutton and Fred Sutton; and one stepsister, Dorothy Sutton. Her family would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to her caregivers at Hearthstone Manor as well as those from JourneyCare who helped make her last years comfortable and meaningful. Visitation was held Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & Cooney funeral home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, Ill., from 10 a.m. to noon, at which time a memorial service was conducted by Pastor Ken Gibson. Burial at McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodstock followed. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her name to Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock, for their Sewing Circle ministry.

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Andrew Vogel; and four great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Senior Services, 4704 Three Oaks Road, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. For more information, call Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & Cooney funeral home at 815-338-1710, or visit the website at slmcfh. com.

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A celebration of life for former Woodstock Community School District 200 board member Robert William “Bob” Birchfield was held on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Schneider, Leucht, Merwin, & Cooney funeral home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098. The visitation continued Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Robert William Birchfield Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098. Burial was in Calvary Catholic Cemetery. He passed away at his Woodstock home on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Bob was born Oct. 25, 1925, to Paul Birchfield and Clois Speer Birchfield Sutton in Detroit, Mich. After graduating from Maine Township High School in 1943, he enrolled in the Navy’s V12 Officer Training Program. Bob was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy Reserve on March 6, 1945. The next day he married Irene DeSchepper. The USNR released Bob from active duty in 1946 but recalled him in 1950 after the start of the Korean Conflict. In 1955, Bob retired from the USNR as a lieutenant commander and earned a bachelor of science degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. Bob accepted a position with A.T. Kearney in 1960 and returned to the Chicago area, settling in Des Plaines. While living here, Bob successfully managed Irene’s two election campaigns for Fifth Ward alderman. He also served two terms on the Des Plaines Elementary District 62 school board. In 1990, two years after moving to Woodstock, Bob retired from A.T. Kearney. He was first elected to the Woodstock School Board in 1995 and served for 20 years. Bob was an active member of St. Mary’s Parish and the Rotary Club. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and a sister, Virginia Acton. He is survived by his four children: Christina Farnsworth, James (Kathryn), Jared (Lila), and Ann (Don) Vogel; 13 grandchildren: Alicia Farnsworth, Paul, Karyn (Brad) Caldwell, Dominic (Judy), Jamie, Tim, Laura (Chris) Knuth, Jonathan (Emily), Lindsay (Mara), Jordan, Jeffrey, Deborah (Megan) Kushner and

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THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Cheryl Wormley Larry Lough Sandy Kucharski Ken Farver

Resolve to be environmentally conscious

Maybe the shoppers at Aldi Food Market are the smartest, most disciplined people in Woodstock. With determined consistency and without complaint, Aldi shoppers have for years brought their reusable bags from home to avoid the store’s fee on single-use plastic and paper totes. But to hear some local residents gripe, you would think the city’s new 10-cent fee on single-use bags at larger retailers puts unreasonable demands on shoppers to remember to carry the readily available reusable bags when they shop for groceries, clothing, and other goods. More puzzling are those who swear they will spend several dollars on fuel and vehicle wear to shop in other cities and avoid an extra 50 or 60 cents on their shopping bill in Woodstock. Good thing those folks don’t live in the state of Oregon. When Woodstock’s new bag fee/tax went into effect Jan. 1, so did an Oregon law – the Sustainable Shopping Initiative – that bans single-use plastic bags from retail stores and restaurants. Oregon retailers also must, in most cases, charge at least 5 cents for paper bags (with 40 percent or more post-consumer recycled content) and reusable plastic bags (4 mils thick), although restaurants may still provide paper bags at no cost. That has become a trend. Oregon became the eighth state – joining California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, and Vermont – to ban plastic bags. Illinois might not be far behind. In Woodstock, restaurant carry-out and small retailers are not subject to the city code on single-use bags. It applies only to the handful of local stores that are at least 4,000 square feet – the highvolume plastic bag distributors in town. While critics have decried Woodstock’s bag fee as

Local stores posted signs like these to alert their customers. a “money grab” by the city, the numerous exceptions to the local ordinance refute that. The fee, instead, is a good-faith effort to discourage use of environmentally harmful single-use bags, most of which end up in landfills, even if they could be recycled. Many also blow around town until someone picks up the litter. The city’s 70 percent share of revenue from the bag fee (30 percent goes to the retailers) will cover the cost of thousands of canvas bags the city

distributed for free throughout Woodstock in 2017. After that, money can be used by the Environmental Commission for local programs to promote a cleaner city. That’s a good thing. Maybe we’ll even see stores that are exempt from charging the bag fee decide to join the program voluntarily, as Aldi did successfully. That seems like it might be a good way to encourage all of Woodstock to be smarter about the environment.

» GUEST COLUMN

Marijuana now legal in Illlinois: Know the risks Jan. 1 is typically a day of celebration and hope for all things good in the new year. In the state of Illinois, many residents are heralding the day as the first time to access marijuana legally for social use. In the state public health community, it is a day of caution and concern. Earlier in December, we learned in a new report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse that teen vaping of marijuana is rising at alarming rates. The number of high school seniors reporting vaping marijuana in the past month increased nearly 50 percent from 2018. Currently, 14 percent of seniors are current marijuana vapers,

and 25.5 percent report vaping nicotine in the past month. Overall, one in three high school seniors reported use of marijuana at some time in 2019. Dr. Laura This same report Buthod did have some Guest Column good news about teen habits. Drinking, cigarette smoking, and use of other illegal drugs declined in 2019. With the increased popularity of vaping, 2019 has seen a public health

crisis of over 2,500 people being hospitalized with vaping lung illnesses and more than 50 deaths related to vaping. While the cause of these injuries is still under investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of those patients had vaped THC, the mind-altering component of marijuana. Also of concern, is vitamin E acetate, an oil, that has been found in the lungs of patients and many vaping devices associated with injury. There are many different substances and product sources that are still being investigated. Therefore, the CDC recommends the best way for people

to ensure that they are not at risk of developing a lung problem is to refrain from the use of all vaping products, especially THC-containing e-cigarette or vaping products from informal sources like friends, family, or in-person or online sellers. Besides the vaping concerns of direct lung injury, what other ways can marijuana cause concern for the people of Illinois? For infrequent users or novices of marijuana, a lack of understanding of the labeling of cannabis products at dispensaries can be harmful. All joints or edibles are not created equal. Continued on next page

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According to the University of Mississippi Marijuana Potency Monitoring program, the potency of marijuana, measured by increasing percentages of THC in products, have increased dramatically since the 1970s, with concentrations ranging from 6.7 percent to 55.7 percent in 2017. In typical concentrations, THC activates certain areas of the brain, which causes altered senses, mood changes, slowed reaction times, difficulty with thinking and problem-solving, and impaired memory and learning. According to toxicologists, the impairing effects of marijuana are usually experienced within the first one to four hours after using the drug. But because of the different strains and strengths of marijuana, and the different ways of ingesting it, the length of impairment is unpredictable and might last eight hours or longer. So unlike alcohol, it’s hard to know how much time to let pass before getting behind the wheel of a car. Recent studies suggest you are at least twice as likely to get in a car accident after marijuana use. New driving

OUR FACEBOOK TOP-50 LIST IN the Jan. 1 print edition had the closing of Swiss Maid Bakery in February as the No. 1 posting (38,124 people reached), with the opening of Your Sister’s Tomato sit-down restaurant in December at No. 2 (21,334). But readers reacted in a big way to our story about the proposal for Thorntons to develop a gas station, convenience store, and car wash on the former Shop Fresh grocery site at Route 47 and Irving Avenue. That report reached 32,790 readers after it was posted Dec. 26, vaulting it into second place. And the story about Robert Hackbart, former principal of Creekside Middle School, being named the 2020 recipient of the Sue Palmore Award of laws effective Jan. 1 in Illinois say that if a police officer is suspicious a driver is impaired by marijuana, a driver must submit to a field sobriety test and/or validated roadside chemical tests. If found to be impaired, the driver may lose his driving privileges. New marijuana users also need to understand that exposure to higher THC levels means greater risk of a harmful reaction. While there are no reports of teens or adults dying from marijuana alone, some people who use marijuana can feel very uncomfortable side effects, such as anxiety and paranoia, and in rare cases an extreme psychotic reaction (which can include delusions and hallucinations) that can lead them to seek emergencyroom treatment. Emergency-room responders have seen an increasing number of cases involving marijuana edibles. Because it takes longer for the body to feel marijuana’s effects when eaten rather than smoked, users consume more edible products, trying to get high faster or thinking they haven’t taken enough. It is also important to remember that marijuana affects children

Excellence reached more than 14,000 readers after it was posted Dec. 30. That made it No. 9. That’s how quickly things change in the world of digital media. OBVIOUSLY, LOCAL READERS have great interest in development of that site. They reacted and shared the story with friends and – because it’s social media – friends of their friends, putting it in second place. That is one of the “organic” features of Facebook. You get immediate reaction in comments and shares. And different things trip different triggers for readers. The Thorntons story, for example, reached close to 32,800 people via Facebook, and attracted 69 comments. On the other hand, our story about the impeachment rally on the Square reached 3,887 people, but received more than 100 comments from readers. People love to argue politics. The Thorntons story was shared by 13 readers. By comparison, our Facebook-only posting in December about police looking for a missing 15-yearold girl had more than 1,000 shares as the community joined the search by spreading the word to friends. Larry Lough is editor of The Woodstock Independent. His email is larry@thewoodstockindependent.com. differently than adults. Developing brains, like those in babies, children, and teens are especially susceptible to the hurtful effects of marijuana. Scientists are still learning about the longterm effects of marijuana use on the brain, but studies show marijuana use by mothers during pregnancy is linked to problems with attention, memory, problem-solving skills, and behavior problems in their children. Since marijuana has become legal in some states, young children have accidentally eaten marijuana products that looked like candy and treats, which made them sick enough to need emergency medical care. If you are thinking of using marijuana products, keep them in childproof containers and out of the reach of children. For additional questions, you can contact your health care provider, or the McHenry County Department of Health at 815-334-4500. In an emergency, call the Poison Control hotline at 1-800-222-1222, or 911. Dr. Laura Buthod, a pediatrician in Crystal Lake, is medical adviser for the McHenry County Department of Health.

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We need to start 2020 with a correction. More like a clarification. In our New Year’s Day edition last week, we reported on the 50 most interesting or important articles in The Independent in 2019 as measured by their reach on our Facebook page. But because of our early deadline ahead of the holiday, that list had to be completed a week before publication. That made our 2019 list subject to inaccuracy since it was compiled a week before the year ended. Because of the viral nature of social media, a story from The Independent can reach thousands of people – even tens of thousands – in a short time. As it turned out, we had a late entry on the list that ended up being the story that reached the second largest number of people among the hundreds of Facebook posts of the past year. And another story reached more than 10,000 people to qualify at No. 16. Because the end of the year is usually a slow news period, the late rush was quite a surprise.

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In the second year, the Egerstaffers hosted a girl from Japan, Tomo, and this year they are hosting two girls: Matilde from Italy and Jaelle from Switzerland. Both students attend Woodstock North High School. “We had a friend who had hosted two students last year, ...” Kim said. “Jaelle was like, ‘Well, that would be cool; I would love to have an AFS sister.’ ... We didn’t know how it was going to work with two girls and two different dynamics. But they get along wonderfully; they complement each other so much.” Bill agreed. “Matilde’s from just outside of Milan, so she’s really into fashion and music. Jaelle lives on a farm, so she is very tomboyish. So they’re complete opposites, but that just put them

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together perfectly.” The Egerstaffers encourage their students to embrace new experiences U.S. culture has to offer. “We ask them to put together a bucket list and to be realistic about it,” Kim explained. “[The girls] are pretty much halfway through it. They’ve gone to a concert; they’ve gone to the city; they went to an American birthday party.” Bill said clubs and activities were the easiest way for them to make friends. “Once you get into something where there’s like interests, you’re going to make friends,” he said. Kim said she found it rewarding to watch their students grow, embrace the culture, and make friends. “A lot of schools in Europe and Asia have one classroom, so you’re with 40 kids the whole year and the teachers change,” Kim said. “This is completely different for them because they’re going in different classrooms and they have different friends in

AFS hosts more than 2,200 students a year from nearly 50 countries. People interested in becoming a host family can visit afsusa.org. After a home interview with a hosting coordinator, an online training session, and acceptance into the program, the family contacts their student to become familiar. A parent orientation is required before the student arrives at the beginning of the semester. Families can host a student for just a semester or the whole school year. The main responsibility of the host family is to have a room available for the student. If a host family has children, the visiting students can double up. Additionally, students need a bathroom and three meals a day. “Anything they do above and beyond, the students pay for themselves,” Kim said, “so there isn’t really a lot of financial preparation, other

Niclas and Tomo pose at graduation at Woodstock North High School. than just working it in with your food budget.” Bill elaborated. “It’s kind of like what you do with

‘Rewarding, enriching’

Once an AFS volunteer has been with the program for more than two calendar years, volunteers may be chosen to fly to hosting countries to chaperone students back home. “If you become a volunteer, you can get into it as deep as you want,” Bill said, “or if you just help out every now and then. It’s totally up to you.” The Egerstaffers say they have learned a lot from their students and still keep in touch with all of them. They also plan to visit the students in their home countries some day. “[I’ve learned] the greater understanding of other cultures,” Bill said. “I could never use chopsticks, and now I eat with chopsticks whenever I can use them. “I have also been studying German for the last 15 months, so if you drop me in the middle of Germany where they didn’t speak English, I could survive. So just me personally, those are some of the things that I’ve taken away.” Kim described the experience as “very rewarding and enriching.” “[For me] it’s helping them out to adapt and being like a mom to them,” she said. “We don’t have any kids, so we became parents. It’s just being rewarded with their successes because that’s what we really strive for. We want them to have the best experience.”

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Bill and Kim Egerstaffer have no biological children, but that hasn’t stopped them from having four “adopted” kids from around the world. Kim first became familiar with AFS Intercultural Programs when she used to register exchange students at a local school district. In July 2017, she came across the program again. “I was sitting out on my deck, and I was going through my social media,” she said. “They had a post out there that they needed host parents for about nine students that they had left to place. “So I went inside to Bill and I said, ‘Wouldn’t this be neat if we did this?’” Once the Egerstaffers had contacted AFS, their application and screening process moved quickly. In two weeks they were hosting their first student, a boy named Niclas from Germany. “It worked out to be really good that year; we had so much fun,” Kim said. “Then we decided to get involved with the organization and became volunteers as well as host parents.”

your own child,” he said. “If you’re going out as a family, you pay as a family. If you’re doing individual stuff, then each individual would pay. There really is not a lot of financial responsibilities on the host family. “If there’s any medical issues, the students have insurance for the time they’re here.” Kim said host parents agree to accept students’ religious beliefs and dietary preferences. Visiting students have to complete multiple steps to be a part of AFS, including an application, a language equivalency test, and a psychological test to ensure they will be OK away from home in their host country. AFS also sends about 1,100 students a year from the U.S. to more than 45 countries, Kim said.

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Olson students urged to read at least 40 books during this school year By Janet Dovidio THE INDEPENDENT

Olson Elementary School is continuing a 40-book challenge throughout the school year. The effort is coordinated by teacher Crystal Christensen. Students are encouraged to read 40 books during the school year. Since books in first grade are much shorter than those in fifth grade, every five books read in first grade will count as one toward the challenge. Christensen applied for and received $300 from the District 200 Education Foundation Impact Grant program. The money was used to buy easy-reader books to help early readers complete the challenge. Those books were added to the Olson library collection. The books chosen had simple sentence structure and were from companies that publish early readers, which are tiered or leveled to meet students’ needs.

“We tried to choose books that had high interest characters or topics such as Superheroes, Barbie, Pete the Cat, and others,” Christensen said. “The goal was to get kids excited about the books that they could read themselves and motivate them to keep practicing.” Olson librarian Maggie Jensen helped to identify appropriate books for the best price. The program keeps track of books read together in class, during smallgroup time, during independent reading time, and those read at home. “Learning to read can be a difficult process for many students,” Christensen said. “There are many hurdles and successes during this process. We as teachers want to make reading fun and enjoyable so that the kids are motivated to keep working through this process. “We hope they will feel proud of themselves for being able to read these books and complete this challenge.”

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For the first time in more than 20 years, Woodstock has no Colemans Tavern. Dec. 30 was the last day of operation with an impromptu party shutting down the bar and restaurant at 823 Lake Ave. “It was a great party,” owner Barry Coleman said, “with everybody reminiscing, crying. ... ‘Where are we going to go?’ ... The regulars.” No outside indications had hinted of the imminent closing. Even the marquee along Lake Avenue said only “Closed New Year’s Eve & Day.” That was the beginning of the permanent closing. Coleman, 65, said his lease on the building was expiring and he didn’t want to commit to another five or 10 years on a new agreement. He said he planned to give more attention to his bar in Crystal Lake since his partner there, Larry Payne, got ill. Lack of business in Woodstock had not been a problem, Coleman said, with plenty of regulars and an afterthe-game crowd on weekends. “It’s not that,” Coleman said. “It’s just that I’m spending a little too much time [here].” He also has a 2-year-old grandson he would like to see more often. Although he had been considering the closing during the past year, Coleman said, he only recently decided, giving his customers and 18 to 20 employees little notice. “I haven’t known that long,” Coleman said the day after the closing, “just the last week or so.”

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Barry Coleman said he would concentrate his attention on his bar in Crystal Lake after closing Colemans Tavern & Grill in Woodstock on Dec. 30. He and his late brother, Brian, bought the business in 1996. His parents operated several, opening Lily Pond Inn along U.S. 14 east of Woodstock in 1953, two years before Coleman was born. He, along with his six brothers and three sisters, grew up in the business. Only he and brothers Brian and Brett stayed with it. Coleman said the brothers had owned about a dozen bars in the area over the years, but business took a hit during the recession in 2006-07. Now, Barry has only the Colemans in Crystal Lake, and brother Brett owns Colemans in the Park in Cary. Barry and brother Brian bought the Crystal Lake tavern in 1996; Brian died on Christmas Eve 2002. They had remodeled the place, expanded the menu, built the outside beer garden, built a new horseshoeshaped bar, and added big-screen TVs and video gambling in the business that – legend has it – started as a derailed dining car from the nearby tracks in the late 1930s or ’40s. Previous owners had expanded the building, which now can seat 50 people in the dining car restaurant in front, about 60 people in the bar, and 60 more outside by the

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Coleman said the building owner from Lake County had already sold the property to someone interested in maintaining a bar and restaurant. The bar’s video gambling license has been surrendered to the city. Until then, gambling permits were at the maximum 25 allowed in Woodstock by city ordinance. Much of the food at the restaurant was given away or sold at the closing party, Coleman said, and some was transferred to the Crystal Lake bar. A tray of lasagna heading for Crystal Lake was carried out the morning of Dec. 31 as Coleman and a couple of employees were cleaning up. The kitchen equipment and furniture will stay, Coleman said, along with photos on the walls of scenes from around Woodstock that were the work of the late local historian and newspaperman Don Peasley. “I’d really like to thank the community for their support and for my family,” Coleman said. “It’s been good. ... I’ve enjoyed it.”

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Transactions filed in the McHenry County Recorder’s Office from Oct. 8 to 30 . ■ Residence at 434 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, was sold by The Estate of Nancy E. Williams, Sharon, Wis., to Dorance Casanova, Woodstock, for $85,000. ■ Residence at 283 Wild Meadow Lane, Woodstock, was sold by Richard G. Gauthier, Woodstock, to Patricia Flores, Woodstock, for $143,000. ■ Residence at 760 Victoria Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Jean Huff, Woodstock, to The Maher Family Trust, Woodstock, for $113,000. ■ Residence at 590-92 St. John’s Road, Woodstock, was sold by Margaret Graham, Cary, to George Burkhart, Woodstock, for $190,000. ■ Residence at 1700 Yasgur Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Mayra Martinez, Woodstock, to Nohemi Miranda, Woodstock, for $178,500. ■ Residence at 9215 Rachel Drive, Wonder Lake, was sold by Maricela Ortiz, Woodstock, to Steve Ramos, Wonder Lake, for $283,000. ■ Residence at 389 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Grant Mitchell, Woodstock, to Chase N. Moore, Woodstock, for $203,000. ■ Vacant land, approximately 9 acres, at 2620 Thompson Road, Wonder Lake, was sold by CMI Land LLC, Wonder Lake, to The McGuire Shelter Trust, Wonder Lake, for $36,020. ■ Residence at 290 Macintosh Ave., Woodstock, was sold by American Homes 4 Rent Properties Ten LLC, Agoura Hills, Calif., to Lindsey A. Vitha, Woodstock, for $156,000. ■ Residence at 3903 N. Illinois Route 47, Woodstock, was sold by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carrollton, Texas, to Elizabeth A. Free, Woodstock, for $229,900.

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■ Residence at 338 Burbank Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Robert E. Oerkfitz, Woodstock, to Lawrence D. and Christine M. Andrist, Woodstock, for $147,500. ■ Residence at 348 S. Madison St., Woodstock, was sold by The Jacobs Family 2016 Trust, Woodstock, to Ryan A. Werfelmann, Woodstock, for $232,000. ■ Residence at 2008 Olmstead Drive, Woodstock, was sold by The Sarah Blaine Trust, Houston, Texas, to James A. Walsh Sr., Woodstock, for $169,000. ■ Residence at 9800 Creekside Drive, Wonder Lake, was sold by PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J., to Gurveer Singh Khangura, Rocklin, Calif., for $148,300. ■ Commercial building at 204 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, was sold by The Robert L. Jones Trust, Caledonia, to John J. Schefke III, Woodstock, for $40,000. ■ Residence at 830 E. Kimball Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Michael J. and Pamela A. Hoffman, Anderson, Calif., to Alex G. and Bianca Nelson, Woodstock, for $145,000. ■ Residence at 822 Blakely St., Woodstock, was sold by Jacqueline T. McCoyHoven, Bluffton, S.C., to Danielle S. Lohrentz, Woodstock, for $154,000. ■ Residence at 13804 Pleasant Valley Road, Woodstock, was sold by The Gary

■ Land, approximately 6 acres, on Lots 8 and 9, Shelley Court, Woodstock, was sold by The Leonard J. Cerullo and Cheryl L. Cerullo Revocable Trusts, Chicago, to Andrew Ferrera, Woodstock, for $60,000.

■ Residence at 210 Burbank Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Karl G. Jung, Woodstock, to Alexander Sarno, Woodstock, for $234,000. ■ Residence at 1543 Clay St., Woodstock, was sold by Timothy M. Kruse, Crystal Lake, to Mayra S. Hernandez, Woodstock, for $174,000. ■ Residence at 1330 N. Madison St., Woodstock, was sold by Andrew L. Jurinak, Urbana, to Bonifacio Ortiz, Woodstock, for $124,000. ■ Residence at 2444 Bridgewater Drive, Woodstock, was sold by The Dennis B. Lubecke Declaration of Trust and Cynthia A. Lubecke Declaration of Trust, Prospect Heights, to Rosemarie E. Steelman, Woodstock, for $119,900. ■ Residence at 1010 Powers Road, Woodstock, was sold by Fred Nootbaar, Woodstock, to Robert Ransford, Woodstock, for $270,000. ■ Residence at 1400 Oakleaf Lane, Woodstock, was sold by Allan W. Krech, Bull Valley, to Rockland LLC, Wauconda, for $75,000. ■ Residence at 10203 Saddlebred Trail, Woodstock, was sold by Bruce Taira, Chandler, Ariz., to Kelly T. Streit Jr.,

Woodstock, for $308,000. ■ Residence at 314 W. South St., Unit 314, Woodstock, was sold by K. Michelle Carl, Woodstock, to Joseph Berardi, Woodstock, for $147,000. ■ Residence at 541 Leah Lane, Unit 2A, Woodstock, was sold by Cecil and Donna Napier, McHenry, to Wendy Arianzon, Woodstock, for $84,000. ■ Commercial building at 1300 S. Eastwood Dr., Woodstock, was sold by 1300 Eastwood LLC, Wonder Lake, to Kingston Lanes, LLC, Woodstock, for $266,000. ■ Residence at 416 Highland Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Tyler C. Clauss, Huntley, to Bruce A. Carr, Woodstock, for $135,000. ■ Residence at 8901 Crystal Springs Road, Woodstock, was sold by The Federal Savings Bank, Chicago, to Kristin H. Baelum, Woodstock, for $540,000. ■ Residence at 13906 Route 176, Woodstock, was sold by BMO Harris Bank, Chicago, to Luis Medina, Huntley, for $140,000. ■ Residence at 2431 Savanna Grove Lane, Woodstock, was sold by Peggy D. Brewer, Searcy, Ariz., to Dennis J. and Josephine T. Dadej, Woodstock, for $242,000. ■ Residence at 2576 Verdi St., Woodstock, was sold by Maples at the Sonatas LLC, Burr Ridge, to Richard J. and Kathleen A. Rossi, Woodstock, for $256,711. ■ Residence at 1750 Sebastian Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Ryan

Werfelmann and Jjana Lunde, Woodstock, to Jennifer M. Vigh and Adele M. Blum, Woodstock, for $144,500. ■ Residence at 3017 Courtland St., Woodstock, was sold by Tonya M. Hames, Crystal Lake, to Trevor William Awe, Woodstock, for $148,000. ■ Residence at 641 Indigo Lane, Woodstock, was sold by The Doescher Family Trust, Carpentersville, to Kelly L. Weaver, Woodstock, for $277,000. ■ Residence at 1698 Woodside Court, Woodstock, was sold by Ann E. Kohl Revocable Trust, Schaumburg, to Brandon J. Pacyna, Woodstock, for $224,900. ■ Residence at 1204 Zimmerman Road, Woodstock, was sold by Hometown Ltd., Woodstock, to Theodore and Joyce Andersen, Woodstock, for $240,000. ■ Residence at 1170 Pond Point Road, Woodstock, was sold by The Gordon L. Lohmeyer Trust and The Shirley Lohmeyer Trust #1, Goodyear, Ariz., to Thomas M. Purdy, Woodstock, for $145,000. ■ Residence at 8411C Crystal Springs Road, Woodstock, was sold by The Thomas F. Moran Self-Declaration of Trust, Crystal Lake, to Thomas A. Jensen, Woodstock, for $325,000. ■ Residence at 1033 Timothy Lane, Woodstock, was sold by The David R. Lichtenheld Trust and The Cynthia R. Lichtenheld Trust, Wauconda, to The Richard A. Knapp and Teresia K. Knapp Revocable Trust, Woodstock, for $292,900.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OF MCHENRY COUNTY

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Members of the McHenry County Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby celebrated their fifth anniversary recently and awarded certificates of appreciation to the founders (from left) Rick Johnson, Wonder Lake; Lois Johnson, Wonder Lake; and Jim Thrall, Spring Grove. Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on creating the political will to address climate change by putting a price on carbon emissions. For more information, check facebook.com/groups/276199626119190/

Single-use alkaline batteries may be recycled in Woodstock through Jan. 31 with the McHenry County Department of Health. The program will accept singleuse, nonrechargeable alkaline batteries in sizes AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt from residential sources at no cost to residents. Residents may drop off batteries at the Division of Environmental Health office, 667 Ware Road, Suite 110, Woodstock during normal business hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MCDH will not accept other types of recyclable materials or waste for this drop-off program. All of the batteries collected will be shipped to Battery Solutions in Wixom, Mich., for recycling. Last year the county ran a similar event and collected about 1 ton of batteries in about six weeks. For more information, visit the mcdh.info call 815-334-4585.

Curbside pickup planned for those Christmas trees

Christmas trees will be collected curbside through Friday, Jan. 17, during Woodstock’s regular trash pickup days. Because trees are mulched immediately after pickup, they must be free of all decoration. They should be placed between the curb and sidewalk by 7 a.m. Branches, wreaths, roping, and other greens will not be collected. For more information, call the Department of Public Works at 815338-6118 or email pwdept@woodstockil.gov. Information and locations for recycling Christmas trees and Christmas lights also can be found on the McHenry County Health Department webpage mcdh.info. According to a news release, trees must be in their original condition with no decoration or tree stand. If a plastic bag is used to remove the tree from the house, remove the plastic bag once it’s outside. Christmas lights and other stringed lights can be recycled at sites found on the Health Department webpage. Many of the facilities listed will take Christmas-type lights year round.

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organization called Defenders of The Fox River. The group, soon joined by a new chapter in Crystal Lake, made it their mission to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our environment, and specifically at that time in answer to the threat of development of the Fox Valley Freeway. Thus began The McHenry County Defenders (known since 2008 as the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County), which formed from The Defenders of the Fox River and a group of concerned citizens in Woodstock called the McHenry County Environmental Council. In addition to its office in Woodstock, the organization owns and

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The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County has been working to preserve and protect the environment in McHenry County since 1970 and celebrates its 50th anniversary milestone this year. The Environmental Defenders have had many successes in helping to make McHenry County a healthier place in which to live. From the formation of the McHenry County Conservation District to curbside recycling, from the regulation of gravel mining to the passage of the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act, the Defenders have been at the front line, working closely with local, municipal, and county government while advocating for a healthy environment. Defenders’ teams and committees work to address issues facing our natural areas, water resources, and open spaces, as well as decisions being made by our county and city officials. Volunteer opportunities abound. Whether you are a Defenders member or not (and of course, we would love to have you join at mcdef.org), we want to know how you feel about the things that are going on in our community. The history: 50 years ago a group of concerned people started an

operates two reused book stores, The Green Spot and The Green Read, and owns 8 acres of land on Dean Street in Woodstock, site of ongoing restoration projects. The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County relies on passionate, motivated volunteers and members to help meet its mission and vision for a healthy environment in McHenry County. The organization is inclusive of all who wish to work together to make a positive impact on our environment and its future. In addition to other special events throughout 2020, on March 8 the Environmental Defenders will hold a special 50th anniversary dinner with proceeds going toward student scholarships and internships. Are you an Environmental Defender? In order to protect all living things, the Environmental Defenders is dedicated to the preservation and improvement of the natural environment in McHenry County. As a grassroots organization, we are committed to building sound ecological relationships between people and the natural world that supports all life. You can join and/or volunteer and help us advocate for a healthy environment and also enjoy what we protect together. Here are some 2020 events: Feb. 1 – Winter Workday and Lunch by the fire at Defenders on Dean Street March 8 – 50th anniversary celebration dinner at McHenry Country Club April 18 and 22 – Earth Day at 50, a two-part celebration May 23* – Field trip to Aldo Leopold’s home July 11 – Float the Fox for the Fiftieth Aug. 22* – Summer corn roast and campout at Pioneer Tree Farm Oct. 17 – Farm to Table 50th anniversary fundraising dinner, Soulful Prairies Dec. 4* – Holiday Open House at Woodstock Square Mall, 124 Cass St., Environmental Defenders’ office/The Green Spot *These events are members only. Please join us at mcdef.org/membersand-giving and/or inquire about participating at envirodefmc@gmail.com or 815-338-0393. A heartfelt thank you goes to Copy Express for designing our 50th anniversary logo.

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30 years ago – 1989

■ A fire at Jefferson and Calhoun streets gutted a 92-year-old structure that had once been St. John’s Lutheran Church. ■ The Woodstock Opera House hosted “A Tribute to Orson Welles,” a film festival dedicated to the work of the famous graduate of Todd School for Boys.

25 years ago – 1995

■ Officer Karen Karpavicius was assigned as Woodstock High School’s first police liaison officer. ■ The Blue Streaks freshman wrestling team improved to 15-0, and coach Fred Tessler picked up his 200th win the same week. Tessler started coaching freshman wrestling at WHS in 1978. In 16 years, his teams had won 204 dual meets and lost only 22. His 199192 team was undefeated in all outings, including tournaments.

of them, had operated the Woodstock arm of the business for 39 years. ■ WHS cross-country and track standout Elise Beattie ended her whirlwind college recruitment by committing to the University of New Hampshire. Beattie said she was looking for the opportunity to go away to school and to new experiences. She said the financial freedom of scholarships was important, but academics were primary in her decision. ■ Former WHS wrestling coach Jim Patton was named grand marshal for the 2010 IHSA state wrestling tournament.

5 years ago – 2015

■ INDECK refiled a $25-million law suit against McHenry County over rejection of the company’s request for a conditional-use permit to build a peaker power plant south of Woodstock. ■ Plans were moving forward to honor McHenry County Civil War veterans by placing marble slabs bearing their names at the base of the sentinel statue in the Park in the Square.

■ The Land Conservancy of McHenry County held a workday at its Yonder Prairie site in Woodstock. Pictured in a photo taken that day were volunteers Melissa Hormann, Ted Thornton, and Dick Maguire. ■ The 450 audience seats in the Woodstock Opera House auditorium were slated to be reupholstered. The fabric to be used in the $70,000-project would match what was used in 1970, the previous time the seats were reupholstered. ■ Keum Jeon and Chung Nam Chai, who had owned and operated Stewart’s Cleaners, 225 E. Calhoun St., for 28 years, announced they had passed the helm of ownership to longtime employees Roberto and Maria Diaz.

15 years ago – 2005

1 year ago – 2019

20 years ago – 2000

■ Woodstock High School senior Kate Liebetrau was Athlete of the Week. Head coach Kim Ziltner said, “Kate’s 18 points [including four 3-pointers in the first half] helped us defeat Crystal Lake Central 71-24.” ■ Chris Strong and Roger Schiller were celebrating their 35th anniversary as the folk-singing duo known as Hartland Express. The name came from the location of their first steady gig, which was at a bar called The Outpost in Hartland Township. For years, Hartland Express was a staple of the McHenry County folk music scene.

10 years ago – 2010

■ Jeff and Suzy Madenis, owners of Jones Locker Services, 204 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, announced they would sell the business, including the wild game processing, custom meat processing, and retail divisions. Members of the Jones family, with Suzy one

■ Though overdose deaths in McHenry County were down by a third, 51 people lost their lives in fiscal year 2018, with three more pending. County Coroner Anne Majewski reported that of the 51 deaths, 42 (82 percent) were related to opioid abuse. ■ Three members of the advisory council for Promote Woodstock, Darrin Flynn, Lisa Lohmeyer, and Wendy Piersall, were running for City Council. In addition, Thomas Grell and Michael Stanard filed for the three open seats on the April 2 ballot. ■ ClubM81 was the new social and career connections opportunity offered by the city of Woodstock for millennials – the 18- to 40-year-olds whom community leaders were wanting to engage, businesses wanting to attract, and employers wanting to understand. The city planned to offer an event one night a month.

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■ JEWISH REFORMED CONGREGATION TIKKUN OLAM 503 W. Jackson St. (St. Ann’s Episcopal Church building) Call 815-455-9236 or email tikkunolam@ hotmail.com for service information. McHENRY COUNTY JEWISH CONGREGATION 8617 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake 815-455-1810 Worship: 7 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday ■ NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER 5115 Dean St. • 815-337-4673 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ REDEEMER LUTHERAN 1320 Dean St. • 815-338-9370 Worship: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. ■ RESURRECTION CATHOLIC 2918 S. Country Club Road 815-338-7330 Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. weekdays ■ ST. ANN’S EPISCOPAL 503 W. Jackson St. • 815-338-0950 Worship: 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday ■ ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN 401 St. John’s Road • 815-338-5159 Worship: 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday ■ ST. MARY CATHOLIC 313 N. Tryon St. • 815-338-3377 Worship: 7:30 a.m. Monday - Saturday; 12:15 p.m. Monday-Friday; 5 and 6:30 p.m. (Spanish) Saturday; 7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m., noon (Spanish), 5 p.m. Sunday ■ THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN 2620 Bridge Lane • 815-496-0548 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2016 Hartland Road • 815-334-1703 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ THE VINE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1132 N. Madison St. • 815-338-3380 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER 225 W. Calhoun St. • 815-337-3534 unitywoodstock.org Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ UPPER FOX VALLEY QUAKER MEETING 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry 815-385-8512 Discussion and singing, 9 a.m. Sunday Worship, 10 a.m., fellowship, 11 a.m. Sunday ■ WOODSTOCK ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1201 Dean St.• 815-338-1316 Worship: 9 a.m. Sunday prayer service, 10 a.m. worship service ■ WOODSTOCK BIBLE CHURCH 118 Benton St. Worship: 10:30 a..m. Sunday

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■ BAHA’I COMMUNITY OF WOODSTOCK Gatherings are open to the public the second Saturday of each month. For information: 815-337-0126 woodstock.bahais@gmail.com ■ BLUE LOTUS TEMPLE & MEDITATION CENTER 221 Dean St. • 815-337-7378 Meditation: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Saturday; 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday ■ CASA DE BENDICION 8015 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake Christian Church) Worship: 1 p.m. Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday ■ CHRIST LIFE 13614 W. Jackson St. • 815-338-4934 Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday ■ COVENANT REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH 4609 Greenwood Road P.O. Box 463 • 815-575-9612 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ EDEN BAPTIST 1903 N. Seminary Ave. • 815-814-7847 Worship: 3 p.m. Sunday (Spanish) ■ FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 111 W. South St. • 815-338-2731 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 2018 N. Route 47 • 815-338-2627 Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for children 9:45 a.m. ■ FIRST UNITED METHODIST 201 W. South St. • 815-338-3310 fumcwoodstock.org Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Sunday school for children 9:45 a.m. ■ FREE METHODIST 934 N. Seminary Ave. • 815-338-3180 Worship: 10:30 a.m. ■ GOOD NEWS CHURCH Meeting at Dorr Township Community Room, 1039 Lake Ave. 847-343-4500 goodnewswoodstock.org Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday ■ GRACE FELLOWSHIP 200 Cairns Court • 815-337-6510 Worship: 10:15 a.m. Sunday ■ GRACE LUTHERAN 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road 815-338-0554 Worship: 5 p.m. Saturday (informal traditional); Sunday 8:30 a.m. (traditional), 10:45 a.m. (contemporary) ■ HOUSE OF BLESSING 2018 N. Route 47 (First Presbyterian Church building) cbhbfil413.com Worship: 1 p.m. Sunday

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8 WEDNESDAY WOLF OAK WOODS WORKDAY 8930 Route 120 9 a.m. to noon conservmc.org

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m. For senior citizens bvidales@woodstockil.gov 815-338-4363

RESUME AND COVER LETTER WORKSHOP

11 SATURDAY GIANT GAME DAY COMMUNITY

14 TUESDAY

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. All day 815-338-0542 woodstockpubliclibrary.org

FOX VALLEY ROCKETEERS WINTER BUILDING SESSION

Woodstock North High School 3000 Raffel Road, Room D187 1 to 4 p.m. 815-337-9068 foxvalleyrocketeers.org

13 MONDAY PRIDE MEETING

Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry 127 E. Calhoun St. 6 p.m. woodstockilchamber.com

COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF Woodstock Police Department 656 Lake Ave. 7 p.m. 815-338-2131

ATROCIOUS POETS Ethereal Confections 140 Cass St. 7 p.m. Atrociouspoets.com

McHenry County Workforce Center 500 Russel Court 1 to 2:30 p.m. 815-338-7100 workforcecenterRR@yahoo.com mchenrycountyworkforce.com Reservation required

15 WEDNESDAY WOLF OAK WOODS WORKDAY 8930 Route 120 9 a.m. to noon conservmc.org

MEMORY MAKERS STORYTELLING GROUP Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 9:30 a.m. 815-338-0542 woodstockpubliclibrary.org Led by Joy Aavang

16 THURSDAY SENIOR ACTIVITIES Dorr Township 1039 Lake Ave. 10:30 a.m. Lunch - $5 donation 815-338-0125

KIWANIS WOODSTOCK MEETING

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. Noon to 1 p.m. woodstockkiwanis@gmail.com

HISPANIC CONNECTIONS MEETING Woodstock Chamber of Commerce 127 E. Calhoun St. Noon woodstockilchamber.com

MURDER & MAYHEM BOOK CLUB

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 7 p.m. 815-338-0542 woodstockpubliclibrary.org

18 SATURDAY WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET McHenry County Fairgrounds Building D 11900 Country Club Road 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

YONDER PRAIRIE WORK DAY Yonder Prairie 1150 S. Rose Farm Road 9 a.m. to noon conserveMC.org

HABITAT RESTORATION BOGER BOG 2399 S. Cherry Valley Road 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. mccdistrict.org 815-455-1537

19 SUNDAY YONDER PRAIRIE WORK DAY

Yonder Prairie 1150 S. Rose Farm Road 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. conserveMC.org

21 TUESDAY

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ

To submit calendar items, email pr@thewoodstockindependent.com woodstockpubliclibrary.org

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m. For senior citizens bvidales@woodstockil.gov 815-338-4363

28 TUESDAY

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ

INTERVIEW WORKSHOP

McHenry County Workforce Center 500 Russel Court 1 to 2:30 p.m. 815-338-7100 workforcecenterRR@yahoo.com mchenrycountyworkforce.com Reservation required

WOODSTOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING City Hall 121 W. Calhoun St. 7 p.m. 815-338-4300

Woodstock High School Learning Resource Center 501 W. South St. 7 p.m. 815-338-8200

QUILTERS DISCUSSION FORUM

22 WEDNESDAY

25 SATURDAY PRESCHOOL FAIR

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 815-338-0542

Resurrection Catholic Church

GROUNDHOG DAYS STORYTIME

Stage Left Café 125 W. Van Buren St. 5 p.m. Free woodstockgroundhog.org

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

‘GROUNDHOG DAYS’ TRIVIA

Stage Left Café 125 W. Van Buren St. 6:30 p.m. Free woodstockgroundhog.org

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

8930 Route 120 9 a.m. to noon conservmc.org

30 THURSDAY

WELCOMING OF THE GROUNDHOG

D-200 BOARD MEETING

WOLF OAK WOODS WORKDAY

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m. For senior citizens bvidales@woodstockil.gov 815-338-4363

31 FRIDAY

‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ MOVIE MEMORABILIA 414 W. Judd St. 1 to 4 p.m. woodstockgroundhog.org

GROUNDHOG DAY DINNER DANCE

Woodstock Moose Lodge 406 Clay St. Dinner - 6 p.m. Live music - 8 to 10 p.m. $20 dinner, $10 after dinner woodstockgroundhog.org

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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.

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STAGE LEFTOVERS

Jan. 8, 7 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. woodstockoperahouse.org

OPEN MIC NIGHT

MCHENRY COUNTY NEW MUSIC REVUE

SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES Potts and Pans Steelband Jan. 12, 3 p.m. Culture, Arts and Music 1039 Wanda Lane

ORIGINAL OPEN MIC Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 815-338-5164 $5 donation

Feb. 8, 8 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $28 A seats, $25 B seats woodstockoperahouse.com

JAZZ NIGHT

Jan. 17, 8 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $5 donation jazzonthesquare.com

MOVIES

‘GAUGUIN IN TAHITI: PARADISE LOST’

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET McHenry County Fairgrounds Building D Jan. 18, 9 a.m. The Siblings, 10 a.m. Briar Road; Feb. 1, 9 a.m. Kishwaukee Ramblers woodstockfarmersmarket.org

FIRST SATURDAY MUSIC Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Jan. 9, 7 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $18 adults, $15 senior citizens, $13 students and groups of 20 or more woodstockoperahouse.com

‘THE LEHMAN TRILOGY’ - A THEATRE CINEMA BROADCAST Jan. 12, 2 p.m.

‘42ND STREET’ - A THEATRE CINEMA BROADCAST

Jan. 24, 25, 7 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $18 adults, $15 senior citizens, $13 students and groups of 20 or more woodstockoperahouse.com

It’s time to party again and again and again in Woodstock, IL at the annual 2020 Woodstock Groundhog Days Festival! The weekend celebration kicks off on Thursday, January 30 with the Welcoming of the Groundhog at the historic Woodstock Opera House. On Sunday, February 2 at approximately 7:07 AM, Woodstock Willie makes his prognostication on the charming Woodstock Square.

Jan. 18, 25, 1 and 4 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $7 woodstockoperahouse.com

‘THE MYSTERY HOUR’ Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $38 woodstockoperahouse.com

SPOKEN WORD

LECTURE

CREATIVE LIVING: MATTHEW CORDELL - A LOOK INSIDE THE STUDIO OF A CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER Jan. 16, 10 a.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $25 woodstockoperahouse.com

REAL CHARMING. REAL INDEPENDENT. REAL FUN.

‘TREASURE ISLAND’ – A PARTICIPATION PLAY FOR CHILDREN

SPOKEN WORD CAFÉ Jan. 18, 7 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St.

COMEDY

CAFÉ COMEDY NIGHT

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS GREENWOOD PLACE TOWNHOME CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. ESTATE OF MARGARET NELSON, UNKNOWN HEIRS & LEGATEES OF MARGARET NELSON and UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 19 LM 669 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, ESTATE OF MARGARET NELSON and ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARGARET NELSON, defendants in the aboveentitled case, that the above-entitled Forcible Entry and Detainer action was filed on November 20, 2019 and is now pending. 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above. 2. The Court in which said action was brought is identified above. 3. The name of the titleholder of record is MARGARET NELSON. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows:

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How much difference is there between the top-ranked team in NCAA Division II and the Lewis University Flyers? Six points is the answer. The Flyers could not have started the year much tougher, playing not only the topranked team in the country in Bellarmine University, which won a 56-50 decision over Lewis, and the University of Indianapolis, ranked 11th in the country among NCAA Division II teams. Indianapolis won an 82-67 decision. Adam Pischke, a Lewis senior and Marian Central Catholic graduate, had his better game in the loss to Indianapo- Dan lis. Pischke scored Chamness 18 points in 39 The College minutes of play. Report The starter, who hit 7-of-13 from the floor, which included 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, also had two assists. In the loss to Bellarmine, Pischke had six points, four assists and four steals. The starter played 37 minutes. In the first 11 games, Pischke has scored 140 points, an average of 12.7 points a game. He is one of three Flyers averaging in double figures. He also has a team-leading 47 assists, 33 rebounds and 17 steals. He has scored his points by hitting 50-of-118 from the field and 24-of-26 from the charity stripe, respective averages of 42.3 percent and 92.3 percent. He leads the team in free throws and free-throw percentage as well. Of his field goals, 16 were from beyond the arc. Pischke has started every game and has averaged 35.2 minutes a game. Lewis is 6-5 overall and 1-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Jeni Crain (Woodstock), an Augustana College player, helped the Lady Vikings split their past two games, one to end the 2019 year and another to start the 2020 year. To start the 2020 Please see COLLEGE next page

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Marian senior Daniel Valeria earns his 20th straight win Jan. 3 at home as the Hurricanes went undefeated in 10 weight classes, winning over Belividere, Immaculate Conception Catholic, and Evanston.

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The Marian Central Catholic High School wrestling team improved its undefeated season with home victories over Belvidere, Immaculate Conception Catholic, and Evanston on Jan. 3. The Hurricanes (160) went undefeated in 10 weight classes, led by senior Daniel Valeria (132 lbs., 20-0). The team’s overall progress this

Dylan Connell wrestles to a win in the 170-pound division.

season, including two college signings, demonstrates the hard work the student-athletes have undertaken to position themselves as a top-ranked team with sights set on the IHSA Class 2A State Championships. “We work when no one else is looking,” head coach David Silva said. “[Jan. 3] was probably one of our better performances as a team, so it was nice to see. It all clicked together.” In team scores, Marian defeated Belvidere 64-9, ICC 63-15, and Evanston 62-12. Behind Valeria, Marian’s core group of juniors logged perfect scores, including Elon Rodriguez (120 lbs., 16-6), Scottie Burke (126 lbs., 19-3), Bryce Shelton (138 lbs., 20-0), Jonah Braden (152 lbs., 12-10), Kaden Randazzo (160 lbs., 21-1), Dylan Connell (170 lbs., 21-0), Niko Lopez (182 lbs., 20-1), and Joe Miller (195 lbs., 16-6). Freshman Charlie Fitzgerald (106 lbs., 16-6) rounded out Marian’s top performers. Silva highlighted efforts from senior Joey Pawlak, junior Kaden Randazzo and freshman Nick Davidson. He also noted strong performances from Connell, Valeria and Shelton, who often don’t get as much credit because they usually

are expected to step on the mat and win.

The task at hand

With the postseason on the near horizon, Silva and the Hurricanes will work to refine their skills with the goal of dethroning four-time state champion Washington High School. The team acknowledges the support of the school and community and carries that momentum beyond the mat to prospective Hurricanes and alumni of the program, too. “Definitely it’s a culture that we started, and it’s contagious,” Silva said. “Everyone is really starting to buy into what we’re doing.” Aside from Connell, who has committed to wrestle with the University of Illinois (NCAA D-I), Valeria recently signed a letter of intent with St. Cloud State University (NCAA D-II). Silva expects that at least four or five other juniors are capable of obtaining Division I opportunities, which he says is generally an unusual feat for a roster of only 22 athletes. “That’s something special,” Silva said. “I believe it’s hard work and the time that they put in. We believe in trying to both win and dominate.

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criminology. To be included on the list, an athlete had to carry a grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

year, Crain had eight points, three assists, and two steals in a 90-84 double overtime loss to Carthage College. In the nonconference win to end the 2019 calendar year, an 84-78 victory over Coe College, Crain had six points and four steals. She played 27 minutes against Carthage and 17 minutes against Coe.

MESSAGE FROM CHAMNESS Names, names, names. We are looking for names of athletes who are competing during the winter months. There are two rules to be included in this column: The athlete must be a graduate of Woodstock, Woodstock North, or Marian Central Catholic or be a resident of a town normally covered by The Woodstock Independent. Second, the athlete must be involved in intercollegiate athletics, meaning the college/university competes against other schools. Please email me (Dan62801@aol.com). Please put “Woodstock Independent” in the subject line of the email. I need the name, high school attended or the town of residence, the college/university attended, and the sport played.

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WRESTLING Nick Sundberg (Woodstock) was named to the 2018-19 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honor Roll. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestler was one of 349 to earn the honor. Of the athletes, 183 were women, while 166 were men. Thirteen of the wrestlers earned the honor. The now senior is a major in

BOYS BASKETBALL ■ Dec. 27 Woodstock lost to Harvest Christian 63-45. ■ Dec. 28 Woodstock lost to Belvidere 46-36. ■ Jan. 4 Woodstock lost to Sycamore 62-25 GIRLS BASKETBALL ■ Dec. 26-28 Woodstock girls competed at the Dixon KSB Holiday Classic. The Streaks finished 1-3. ■ Jan. 2 Woodstock lost to Auburn in a nonconference game 72-49. ■ Jan. 4 Woodstock North beat Crystal Lake South 35-31. BOYS BOWLING ■ Jan. 4 Woodstock co-op boys bowling finished 13th at the Belvidere Invite.

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North’s Carter Miller (below) makes a move on WHS’s Max Hodory. Miller placed second in the tournament; Hodary, third.

“We are going in the right direction,” he added. “We need to keep our blinders on and focus on what we can do every day to get better.” Fans can catch the Hurricanes in action starting with two dual matches this week: 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, versus Wauconda at Landers Pavilion; and 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at Carmel. On Saturday, Jan. 11, the Hurricanes will compete in the Newbill Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Geneva High School. Postseason action will start with the IHSA Class 2A Individual Regional Tournament the weekend of Feb. 8. All three Woodstock schools will compete in the event hosted by Woodstock North. Qualifiers from the North individual regional will compete at the Deerfield High School Individual Sectional. Last year, the Hurricanes took home the IHSA Class 2A third-place team trophy behind runner-up Coal City and Washington. Before their four-year win streak, Washington was runner-up to Montini Catholic High School in 2015 (its last season in 2A before they moved to 3A).

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Blue Streak Alex Zange (left) was first in the 160pound division, improving his overall record to 9-0 for the season.

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