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

Pete Morton from the U.K. will perform 7 p.m. woodstockfolkfestival.org

McHenry County Workforce Center 1 to 2:30 p.m. online Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tcOGgqjIuGNcSLso2lwYzlNV3PXf_BjMi

Independence Health & Therapy 4 to 5 p.m. Zoom meeting zoom.us/j/99771621377?pwd=aV k0UmpjUXBvSlB0d1BqRGZXWk JPUT09

Dr. Ken Ginsburg: “Building Resilience in Uncertain Times” 7 to 8:30 p.m. English only Zoom link available at woodstockschools.org/parentspeakerseries

Stage Left Café 125 W. Van Buren St. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $5 donation Advanced sign-up is required. aplacetoshinemusic.com/songwriter-open-mic.html

7 to 8:30 p.m. onlline $35 per household marianscavhunt.givesmart.com

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: conservemc.org/

Independence Health & Therapy 4 to 5 p.m. Zoom meeting zoom.us/j/99771621377?pwd=aV k0UmpjUXBvSlB0d1BqRGZXWk JPUT09

7 p.m. wfrd.org

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

McHenry County College 3 p.m. mchenry.edu/live free

7 p.m. Onlline woodstockil.gov

Dr. Ferney Ramirez: “You, Your Child and the School ... How to Positively Manage the Crisis We Are Living at Home” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Spanish only Zoom link available at woodstockschools.org/parentspeakerseries

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

Free Methodist Church 934 N. Seminary Drop-off times: 9 a.m. to noon 815-970-7382

All day Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. Free woodstockoperahouse.com 815-338-5300

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

Woodstock Police Department 656 Lake Ave. 7 p.m. 815-338-6787

Livestream featuring Karen Reshkin & Mike O’Regan 8 p.m. $10 individual ticket woodstockoperahouse.com

McHenry County College Sessions Jazz Quartet 3 p.m. mchenry.edu/live free

7 p.m. Onlline woodstockil.gov

7 p.m. Live-stream woodstockschools.org

■ Eva Bornstein resigned as executive director of the Woodstock Opera House, declining to state a specific reason for leaving.

■ Northwood Middle School was named one of 266 Blue Ribbon Schools in the country by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley. Woodstock School District 200 Superintendent Joseph Hentges said: “The faculty, including Peter [Anderson, principal], the kids, the parents, they have achieved what is done rarely by schools across the nation. They have been identified as one of an elite group of schools, not only for its academic efforts, but for its efforts at educating and involving the whole child.” ■ The Claussen Pickle Co. donated $2,000 to the Woodstock High School choral program.

■ Amy Farver and Laura Mongelluzzo were co-stars in the WHS production of “The Miracle Worker.” For Farver, it was a dream come true to play Annie Sullivan. Farver had seen the play as a thirdgrader. That summer, she started in the summer youth theater program. As was done in 1991, the 2001 cast gave a special performance for all D-200 third-graders. Tony Casalino, WHS theater director, produced “The Miracle Worker” in ’91 and 2001. ■ The Illinois Main Street program turned down Woodstock’s membership application. The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and the city of Woodstock had sought approval for the program that provided assistance to local governments in preserving and enhancing historic downtown districts.

■ Cartographer Tom Willcockson, Woodstock, was hired by the city of Chicago to create a map of Millennium Park to provide directions for visitors. ■ Former Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus was the guest speaker at the St. Mary Men’s Club Smoker.

■ Carl “Butch” Schnulle was the 2011 recipient of the Harold Buschkopf Award, the chamber’s highest honor

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given to an individual for distinguished community service. Schnulle, who said his family’s roots in Woodstock dated back 100 years, actively supported many Woodstock events and Woodstock and Woodstock North high school booster clubs. ■ Local artists honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy through songs, videos, montages, and spoken words at the ninth annual Music4Martin event at Grace Lutheran Church. Stephen Schuch, who had participated since 2007, said, “[Music4Martin] is a good opportunity for local kids around here to play and to get a chance to put their beliefs out there.”

■ The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education voted unanimously to discontinue its long-standing middle-school football program. Woodstock’s schools were the only remaining members of the Junior Fox Valley Conference still offering football at the middle-school level. ■ Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre announced it would host “A Tribute to Harold Ramis,” showing “Ghostbusters,” “Stripes,” and “Animal House” in its Harold Ramis Auditorium. ■ Haley Ahr became the first WNHS girls basketball player to score 1,000 points when she sank a free-throw in the Thunder’s game against Cary-Grove. She joined Josh Jandron on the school’s Basketball 1000 Point Club.

■ Marian Central Catholic High School’s theater department was preparing for its spring musical, “Annie.” Senior Laura Colcernian was cast in the titular role of Annie, and junior Joseph Walsdorf was set to play Warbucks. ■ Holocaust survivor Steen Metz, 84, shared his personal experiences of brutality and survival during Nazi occupation in Denmark and deportation to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia with Woodstock North sophomore English students. A member of the speaker’s bureau of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Metz said his hope was that his audiences would keep the vivid memories of the Holocaust alive … and ensure the world would not forget. ■ Woodstock co-op swimmers Nick Phillips and Quinn Cynor shared the title of Most Valuable Swimmer of the Fox Valley Conference meet. Each won two individual events. Phillips won the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events, and Cynor won the 200 IM and 100 back.