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Courthouse ideas to council

‘Request for proposals’ to determine development future

By Larry Lough

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Continued city ownership of the Old Courthouse should be the goal of any development plan for the historic building of the Square.

As for the old Sheriff’s House, maybe the city should think about an offer.

Those were among the recommendations made last week by the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House Advisory Committee as it prepared a resolution to send to the City Council, which will make the final decision on how those buildings are developed.

The commission examined several options for use of the space in the two

buildings. New uses could include a banquet hall, office and visitor center, and an arts-focused community center managed by the Woodstock Public Library in the Courthouse, and an eight-room boutique hotel, a new restaurant, a banquet room, a museum, an incubator kitchen, and an arts center Please see COURTHOUSE, Page 2

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Tax breaks to help Kunes grow

By Larry Lough

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After winning approval for nearly $800,000 in tax breaks from the City Council, Kunes Country Auto Group plans to get to work on expansion of its dealership at Route 47 and U.S. 14.

“As soon as possible,” owner Gregg Kunes said when asked about

the start date for the project.

Without discussion at its April 16 meeting, the council approved sales tax and property tax incentives as part of its consent agenda, with no separate vote for that or any other item on the agenda.

Kunes plans to spend $3.6 million to expand the nearly 2,100-squarefoot showroom and service facility by 6,000 square feet, according to

floor plans the company provided.

City documents show Kunes also wants the state to allow a driveway cut off U.S. 14 into the south side of the property to allow easier access by auto transport trucks and other delivery vehicles.

“The process exists to request such a thing,” Garrett Anderson, the city’s director of Economic Development,

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for the Sheriff’s House.

The actual direction of development, however, is likely to be decided less by the commission’s wishes than by the vision of prospective investors who show an interest when the city issues a “request for proposals.”

“I’d leave that RFP as flexible as possible,” suggested Paul Christensen, the city’s finance director.

TIF money needed

The multimillion-dollar ideas would use funds from the city’s two tax increment financing districts – including about $1 million earmarked in the old TIF, which will expire at the end of next year. More than $2.5 million in TIF money has already been spent to restore the structural soundness of the buildings.

The plans, which are among the proposals developed by Rockford architect Gary Anderson, also foresee a taxpayer-backed bond sale as well as fundraising efforts to help in development.

But there will be no significant work done without state and federal historic tax credits, which city planner Darrell Moore said were “the lynchpin of this working or not working.”

Of six proposals the commission reviewed – one for the Old Courthouse, five for the Sheriff’s House – shortfalls in construction funding range from $658,000 to $2.5 million. Any shortfall would be made up with a bond sale that would be paid off by TIF2 funds over 15 years, with annual payments of $12,000 to $97,000.

But the tax credits are the key to any project, Moore said, and the proposed developments might not be large enough for an investor to want to get involved with upfront funding required.

Although the commission’s agenda indicated the issue was only for “discussion on drafting of recommendation to city council,” the seven

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Former City Planner Nancy Baker leads a tour of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House last May. (Right) A jail cell in the Sheriff’s House might make an interesting hotel experience, a developer suggested. members present voted unanimously for their advisory resolution.

“I think we can make this work,” Christensen said of the finances. “We can take it to the council and move it forward.”

Investors interested

Although a “request for qualifications” on the Sheriff’s House was issued last spring, the city received no proposals from potential development partners.

But possible investors have recently shown interest in taking on the project.

Moore said 1871 Dairy of Chicago had suggested it might buy the 1887 landmark for a “micro-dairy” with a farm-to-table restaurant.

Bethany Souza, who operated the former Town Square Inn for 10 years at Cass and Main streets, said she and her partner, Michael Cavanaugh, might also be interested in buying the historic building to run as a hotel. She said they planned soon to reopen some rooms of the Town Square Inn. Souza, who has been in the hospitality

business in Lake Geneva since leaving Woodstock in 2011, offered the commission several suggestions for developing the Sheriff’s House. Among them was that more, smaller rooms could comfortably fit in the space.

“What you have doesn’t make sense,” she said of the plan prepared by Anderson. “You could have more rooms, better rooms. ... And it would be a shame if the jail cells came out.”

Removal of those cells was part of some development plans, but she said they offered an attractive feature to visitors, who enjoy the “charming, historic” nature of such accommodations.

Continuing to host the Public House restaurant in the 1857 Courthouse – and possibly expand into the Sheriff’s House – are part of the commission’s plan, and proposals have suggested another restaurant might also be developed in the old jail.

But the downtown doesn’t need another restaurant, Souza told the commission, and would only “waste a lot of taxpayers’ dollars.”

Following an investor’s lead in

development is important, she said.

“You’ve got to work from the very early stages with your user,” she advised.

Change of plans

Among the new wrinkles in the plans was the possibility of an incubator kitchen in the Sheriff’s House, which has been vacant since La Créperie restaurant left town four years ago amid a disagreement with the city over the condition of the building.

Remodeling of the former Elks Building, at Cass and Throop streets, for an expanded Ethereal Confections was supposed to include an incubator kitchen, which is a shared-use kitchen licensed for food production that is rented for various purposes.

But Garrett Anderson, the city’s director of Economic Development, said Ethereal had decided it didn’t have enough space in its new building and dropped that feature from its plan.

While some commission members said they thought the city should maintain ownership of the Sheriff’s House, they settled on language indicating that would be preferable, but not essential in developing the site.

“The Sheriff’s House is not set in stone to be owned by the city,” said David Stumpf, who conducted the April 15 meeting in the absence of Chairman Richard Sandquist. “This is something the RFP is going to define.”

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said when asked about the likelihood of state approval. “I think it’s something that would help the business quite a bit. ... But it’s not an easy process.”

Incentive used before

The property tax abatement through the Enterprise Zone is an eight-year agreement that will reduce Kunes’ city tax bill on the increased value of the property by about $130,000 over the eight-year life of he program. But the city will continue to get at least what Kunes is paying now, which Anderson figured to be about $79,000 a year.

The Enterprise Zone also includes

This is what the dealership of Kunes Country Auto Group in Woodstock will look like when it completes a 6,000-square-foot expansion.

Woodstock School District 200, which represents about 60 percent of the local tax bill. The city’s share is about 16 percent.

The city abates all taxes on new value created during the first four years, then gives a 50 percent abatement for two years and 25 percent the final two years. D-200 abates 50 percent the first three years and 35 percent the final three of a six-year agreement.

The Enterprise Zone also will help the expansion with a discount on building-permit fees and a waiver of state taxes on the in-state purchase of building materials for expansion.

Mayor Brian Sager noted the presence of Kunes and his wife, Deb, at

the council meeting.

“Thanks for this investment,” the mayor said, “in terms of improvements to the building [and] improvements to a very important gateway to our community.”

After the meeting, Kunes said the company had completed extensive paperwork to ensure the project complies with strict building requirements of Jeep and Chrysler.

“They’re really pushing Jeep,” he told The Independent.

And he thought the project could be completed this year.

“I hope so,” he said, just two days after an April storm dumped 8.5 inches of snow on Woodstock, “but you never know.”

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According to city documents, Kunes hopes the expansion will double, maybe triple vehicle sales levels at the dealership, which was purchased last summer from local owner Benoy Motors. A similar increase in jobs could also result.

Kunes owns 16 dealerships in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, which should provide a regional advantage in marketing and operational efficiencies, Anderson said.

The incentives are structured so that Woodstock will see no less income from sales and property taxes from the dealership, Anderson emphasized. The tax breaks will apply only to Kunes’ local growth in revenue and property value.

The sales tax rebate is expected to save Kunes about $660,000 over the 12 years of the arrangement.

The city provided similar incentives in recent years for the growth

of Harley-Davidson and Bull Valley Ford, Anderson noted.

As the deal is structured, Woodstock will continue to get at least what the dealership has been paying in sales tax each year, about $100,000. Anything more than that will be rebated to Kunes during the first two years. After that, the city will begin to share in the growth over the following 10 years before the incentive expires, Anderson explained.

That incentive is expected to reimburse Kunes for nearly 20 percent of its investment in expansion, though that amount – and the city’s income from sales taxes – could increase if sales rise significantly.

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Tax bill will bring good news – a rebate

By Larry Lough

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Local homeowners will find something to help ease the pain when they open their property tax bills next month.

That mailing will include instructions on how to apply for a rebate from the $15 million that the McHenry County Board voted last week to return to taxpayers from the surplus at Valley Hi Nursing Home.

In an 18-6 vote, the board approved a rebate from a $40 million surplus at Valley Hi as well as a study of adding a 20-bed dementia wing to the county-run facility.

“We’re delivering tax relief while strengthening Valley Hi’s mission to care for our indigent seniors.,” board Chairman Jack Franks said in a news release. “That mission will

be improved, courtesy of the long and thoughtful debates the County Board has had in the months leading up to the vote.”

Franks proposed the rebate last fall, saying the surplus had been created by years of overtaxing McHenry Jack County prop- Franks erty owners.

An individual rebate will be almost 30 percent of the county’s portion of last year’s property tax bill. Homeowners will be referred to an online form on the website of the county treasurer’s office to

doing this,” Franks said in the news release.

The rebate was supported by county administrative staff, Valley Hi Administrator Tom Annarella, and a private firm retained by the county to audit and monitor Valley Hi’s finances, according to the news release.

“Valley Hi Nursing Home is a treasure and a testament to McHenry County’s caring and generous spirit, and to county government’s fiscal discipline,” Franks said.

At its May 2 meeting, the Public Health and Community Services Committee of the County Board will seek a “request for qualifications” to do a market study to determine the feasibility of building a dementia wing at Valley Hi, Frank’s release reported.

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Arrest made on scene of death probe

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Police are holding a 41-year-old transient who was arrested on a charge of burglary at the same time and place they were investigating a woman’s death Tuesday at a northside Woodstock apartment.

But Police Chief John Lieb reported Friday the arrest was only “one aspect we’re looking at” and wouldn’t say whether they were connected.

“It’s an ongoing investigation ... working with the coroner’s office, waiting for autopsy results,” Lieb said. “This will probably turn into a very long-term investigation.”

Autopsy results, including toxicology results, are probably two or three weeks away, the chief said.

The woman has been identified as Valerie Underwood, 35.

Although police continue to investigate, they announced Tuesday there appeared to be no danger to the public related to the death.

Police were called at 1:33 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16, to Underwood’s apartment at 1526 N. Seminary Ave., where they found the body.

Lieb’s news release also reported a

determine eligibility.

To be eligible, a homeowner had to have taken the homestead exemption during the 2017 tax year (for bills payable in 2018) and had to have paid the taxes. A homeowner exempt from paying property taxes under the disabled veterans homestead exemption do not qualify.

About 88,000 properties in McHenry County could potentially qualify, according to the news release. As an example, a homeowner whose property tax bill last year included $500 to county government would get almost $150 back.

Unclaimed funds from the rebate will go back to Valley Hi. Even after the rebate, Valley Hi will still have at least two years of reserve funding.

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Investigators use a dog to help examine an apartment off North Seminary Avenue after a woman’s body was found there.

separate call of “suspicious activity in that same area” was received about that time.

According to police records, a male transient was arrested at that address at 1:37 p.m. But Lieb would not connect the two.

“We have not identified any person of interest at this point,” he said Friday afternoon. “It’s just one aspect we’re looking at.”

The man who was arrested was being held Monday on $9,600 bond, according to jail records.

He was charged with residential burglary and theft. He was scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, April 24.

Chief Lieb said the woman’s death could be “a medical health issue all the way to criminal in nature.”

Sewage and water bills in Woodstock will increase by 5 percent starting May 1.

The City Council last week approved the increase – the third in three years – as recommended by city staff.

Quarterly billings will increase to $132.88 for an average consumer (2,200 cubic feet), up $6.60 from current rates.

Despite a projected 2019-20 budget surplus of $1.45 million in the city’s Water and Sewer Fund, the increase was recommended “to pay for the numerous water and sewer capital projects that are needed,” according to city documents.

The staff report indicated the Capital Improvements Plan lists nearly $12 million in unfunded projects over the next decade.

City staff cited a regional survey of rates, recently conducted by the city of Genoa, which found Woodstock had the fourth lowest rate among the 20 communities surveyed.

The council approved the increase with no discussion, as it was voted on with several other items on the meeting’s consent agenda.

In other business, the council: • DECREASED the city’s required

“dwell time” between message changes on electronic signs – from the current one hour to 10 seconds, which is considered more realistic for digital signs. A survey by Building and Zoning Director Joe Napolitano had found that virtually none of the several digital signs in Woodstock complied with the one-hour requirement. He told the Plan Commission, which recommended the 10-second rule, that he still expected to overhaul the ordinance this year to address other issues.

• BOUGHT two zero-turn mowers for the Parks Division: an Altoz TRX for $17,300 from Maxon Equipment of Kenosha, Wis., and a Kubotz ZD for nearly $12,000 from Woodstock Power. The low bid (by $99) for the Altoz mower was rejected because it was not the preferred model, which the city wanted specifically for mowing in wet areas.

• APPROVED the purchase of a Ford Escape for nearly $22,000 from Currie Motors of Frankfort though the Suburban Purchasing Contract. This is the first replacement for a fleet of former police cars and other “retired” vehicles for the Building and Zoning Department as it begins an in-house leasing program that will buy new units and sell them after three to five years while they still have value.

Sheriff warns about new threat-of-arrest call scam

A group of Republican lawmakers will host a public town hall meeting on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal for a graduated state income tax, which would replace the flat income tax requirement in the Illinois Constitution.

The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Lake in the Hills Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate. Legislators who plan to attend are Rep. Steve Reick of Woodstock, along with Reps. Allen Skillicorn, Dan Ugaste, and Tom Weber. All of them represent part of McHenry County and/or Kane County.

A question-and-answer session will follow a presentation.

Woodstock North gym will have new scoreboards New scoreboards will be put up in the gym at Woodstock North High School after the District 200 Board of Education approved a five-year agreement with Slam Dunk Sports Marketing.

The firm will provide scoreboards and signage for the main gym at WNHS. Slam Dunk will pay the school 50 percent of net revenue from sponsorships on the signs after the $46,000 cost of the scoreboards is covered.

Slam Dunk already has a contract to provide advertising sponsors and signage for football, soccer, and baseball fields at the school.

Juan Padilla (left) and Jabier Moreno reinstall permeable bricks to the auxiliary parking lot of the Woodstock Public Library. The lot, which opened last week, had been closed for more than a year during repairs of the underground tubes that hold rainwater to avoid neighborhood flooding.

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McHenry County residents are being warned about a new telephone scam reported locally.

The sheriff’s office reported in a news release that scammers misrepresent themselves as government officials or persons associated with the sheriff. They will ask that money be paid with prepaid gift cards, debit cards, or wire transfers.

The scammer reportedly threatens residents with arrest if they don’t provide the money. Targeted residents include those who have ongoing cases in the McHenry County court system or who have had cases in the past, the sheriff said.

The sheriff’s office strongly urges all residents to never provide money or personal information via telephone, according to the release, reminding people that government and law enforcement agencies never call people to threaten arrest if money is not paid.

People who receive such calls should hang up and notify the local police department immediately.

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Men trading places again on city police commission The City Council has consented to Mayor Brian Sager’s appointment of Joseph Troc to the Board of Police Commissioners, succeeding Brook Cirks, who is moving out of Woodstock. Cirks had been appointed years ago when Troc moved out of town, but Cirks has since moved back.

Home invasion, mob action charges filed against four

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Four people were being held on bonds of up to $200,000 after they were charged with an April 7 home invasion in the 1900 block of Sheila Street in Woodstock.

According to a news release from Police

Chief John Lieb, the four and the charges they face are: • Andrea L. Varnado, 36, Woodstock, charged with home invasion and mob action; $100,000 bond • Donley M. Carey, 33, Woodstock, home invasion, mob action, and battery; $200,000 bond • Roger L. Gardner, 25, Racine, Wis., home invasion and mob action; $100,000 bond • James D. Carey, 33, Racine, Wis., home invasion, mob action, and battery; $150,000 bond Police were called to Sheila Street home at 3:25 a.m. April 7, but the suspects had fled the scene before police arrived. The victims told police they knew the four.

Lieb said information about the incident had been withheld because it was an isolated occurrence with no perceived threat to the general public, even though the known suspects were at-large.

PUBLIC SAFETY LOG Woodstock Police Department ■ Jodi L. Hensley, 33, Johnsburg, was arrested April 13 in the 1200 block of Lake Avenue on a charge of retail theft.

Released after posting 10 percent of $1,500 bond. Court date May 16.

■ Tekia G. Taylor, 33, Woodstock, was arrested April 13 in the 1200 block of Lake Avenue on a charge of retail theft.

Released after posting 10 percent of $1,500 bond. Court date May 16.

■ John A. Graser, 43, Woodstock, was arrested April 15 in the 200 block of Washington Street on a Kane County warrant charging retail theft. Held on $25,000 bond. Court date to be set.

■ Male juvenile, 17, Woodstock, was arrested April 16 in the 500 block of West South Street on a charge of theft.

Released to parent. Court date to be set.

■ Alexander T. Rulford, 41, transient, was arrested April 16 in the 1500 block of North Seminary Avenue on a charge of residential burglary. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set.

■ Alexander T. Rulford, 41, transient, was arrested April 16 in the 500 block of Washington Street on a charge of retail theft.

Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set.

■ Rick J. Corbin, 53, Woodstock, was arrested April 18 in the 1200 block of Lake Avenue on a charge of retail theft.

Released after posting 10 percent of $1,500 bond. Court date June 6.

■ Lisa L. Loechelt, 55, Woodstock, was arrested April 18 in the 1200 block of Lake Avenue on a charge of retail theft and criminal trespass to property. Released after posting 10 percent of $1,500 bond.

Court date June 6.

■ Ana L. Reyes, 29, Harvard, was arrested April 18 in the 2200 block of Lake Avenue on a charge of retail theft. Released after posting 10 percent of of $1,500 bond.

Court date June 6.

■ Christopher A. Arimbado, 18, Lake in the Hills, was arrested April 18 in the 1000 block of North Seminary Avenue on a charge of driving with license suspended.

Released after posting 10 percent of $1,500 bond. Court date May 23.

McHenry County Sheriff’s Office ■ Jaime Zapata-Torres, 32, Woodstock, was arrested April 9 on a charge of driving with revoked driver’s license.

■ Michael J. Gallardo, 44, Woodstock, was arrested April 12 on a charge of disorderly conduct/filing a false report of offense.

■ Amy R. Gallardo, 42, Woodstock, was arrested April 12 on charges of leaving the scene of an accident/vehicle damage and disorderly conduct/filing a false report of offense.

■ Alberto Ortiz, 22, Woodstock, was arrested April 13 on charges of improper traffic lane usage, driving under the

influence/alcohol, and driving an uninsured motor vehicle/bodily harm.

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 April 11-17: 88 Fire Runs April 11

12:48 a.m. – 2600 block of Dean Street, power line down; engine 2:55 a.m. – 1100 block of Rose Farm Road, unintentional transmission of alarm; truck 9:09 p.m. – Doty and Lucas roads, power line down; engine April 12

2:33 p.m. – 400 block of South Eastwood Drive, gasoline or other flammable liquid spill; truck 6:21 p.m. – 1300 block of Sandpiper Lane, smoke or odor removal; engine 11:36 p.m. – Route 47 and Raycraft Road, traffic accident with injuries and extrication; truck, ambulance, shift commander April 14

4:46 a.m. – 1100 block of Walden Oaks Drive, gas leak (natural or LP);

engine 9:47 a.m. – Valley Hill and Bull Valley roads, traffic accident with injuries and extrication; truck, ambulance, shift commander 11:38 a.m. – South and Tryon streets, traffic accident with no injuries; engine, ambulance 12:27 p.m. – 1500 block of South Valley Hill Road, traffic accident with injuries; truck, ambulance, shift commander April 15

7:32 a.m. – 10400 block of Charles Road, unauthorized burning; engine, shift commander 10:49 a.m. – 600 block of South Eastwood Drive, traffic accident with injuries; truck, ambulance, shift commander 12:51 p.m. – 2200 block of North Seminary Avenue, malfunctioning alarm sounded; shift commander, truck, engine 5:27 p.m. – 3000 block of Courtland Street, malfunctioning CO detector activation; engine April 16

3:59 p.m. – 500 block of Central Parkway, smoke or odor removal; shift commander, engine 400 block of West Judd Street, lockout; truck April 17

8 a.m. – 900 block of Tara Court, carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO; engine

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Opinion Not everything is for everybody

Ted Nugent is coming to town.

The “Motor City Madman” is among the aging rock ‘n’ rollers (he’s 70) still playing wherever they can draw a crowd and cash a check.

His scheduled appearance at the McHenry County Fair has reportedly already sold in excess of 2,500 tickets.

His booking has also attracted a chorus of critics who don’t like … well, Nugent has given people a lot of things about his personal and public life not to like.

He’s no Boy Scout, to be sure, and we know that because no indiscretion of a celebrity goes unnoticed by the media.

If ensuring wholesome, family entertainment for the annual 4-H fair is important, then critics have a point. Nugent has fathered six children with four women, in and out of wedlock (he’s been married twice), and he is on record (literally and figuratively) about having had sex with underaged girls (he later recanted).

Many people also disagree strongly with his political activism, in favor of gun rights and conservative Republican politics, and he has shown an inability to accept criticism gracefully. When he learned of objections to his coming appearance at the fairgrounds in Woodstock, he took to social media to label his local critics – our neighbors – “liars and America-hating scumbags.”

But that’s just talk – even if provocative speech – which we allow in this country, no matter how

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objectionable and offensive we might find it. Just as we permit the comments of Nugent’s fiercest critics.

We would urge the good folks of McHenry County not to make more of this situation than it is: an evening of music involving a controversial artist (not so unusual anymore) during a week of activities enjoyed by thousands.

The fair is a wonderful tradition with valuable experiences and lessons for the hundreds of young 4-H members, and it’s a fun time with carnival attractions and amusements that allow even older fairgoers to relive fond memories of their youth.

But not everything at the fair is for everybody.

Some of those rides can turn an uneasy stomach, the fairgrounds can be a dirty and dusty venue,

and the crowds can be smothering on a hot August night.

You might think of Ted Nugent as junk food at the fair: Some people love him and it; you may not, and it’s your choice whether to partake of either.

Although the musician has had a highly successful career, as a solo artist and as a member of the Amboy Dukes and Damn Yankees, he’s not the hottest act in the business these days.

Critics might take some comfort that this loud and proud personality is appearing at a small-town fair where his appearance and two opening acts demand a ticket price of only $15.

We hope everyone finds something to enjoy at the fair.

Climate changing in our own backyards To rework a notion of the late Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, all climate change is local. I am seeing weather-related events in my backyard that are consistent with what climate scientists tell us climate change looks like.

When talking about climate change, scientists often focus on eye-catching global changes, and unfortunately, we lose sight of local events that we do not notice as potentially being part of a larger changing climate.

Weather or climate change? Both examine temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and cloudiness. What differentiates them is time.

Weather is the conditions of the

atmosphere over a short period of time – last week, next year. Climate is how the atmosphere “behaves” over relatively long periods of time.

In 1934, members of the International Meteorological Organization Mary chose to average weather data in Moltmann Guest Column 30-year blocks to arrive at Earth’s climate (1931-1960, 1961-1990, 19912020, etc.).

We have always had unusual weather events, so perhaps the

things that I am seeing are examples of extreme weather that fit within the McHenry County climate averages. Even if I am observing extreme weather events, these are the types that are consistent with what climate models tell us will become more common as the atmosphere continues to heat. Let me describe three events: warming temperatures, increasing precipitation, and winter flooding.

Between 2008 and 2016 the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (climatecommunication.yale.edu) gathered data on public opinion in the U.S. about climate change. In that period only 34 percent of McHenry County residents agreed

with the statement, “Global warming will harm me personally.”

At that time, I was among the 66 percent of McHenry County residents who were not really worried about what climate change might do to me.

I had friends in the Citizens Climate Lobby; they are smart, hard-working, and dedicated, and I was happy to let them carry on.

Warming Temperatures: Wake-up calls come in unusual ways. Something odd happened in my garden in the autumn of 2016. I was tearing down the dead moonflower vines in mid-November, and I saw the strangest seed pods – I had never seen them before.

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In past years when I removed the vines, I would see just one or two mushy pods on a stem. But the autumn of 2016 was so warm, and the date of the first freeze was so late, that the moonflowers had time to continue to flower on the same stem, and the seed pods had time to develop and dry. And it made me go, “Hmm … this looks like climate change in my back yard.”

As it turned out, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration declared that the Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. The National Climate Assessment 2014 (nca2014.globalchange. gov/report) also gave credence to my anecdotal observation when it predicted that by 2050, McHenry County

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The week of The Independent’s 25th anniversary, my friend and mentor Don Peasley asked me, “Has The Independent made a difference?”

I am usually quick to respond, but I remember I paused and then replied, “I think that’s a question our readers and the community could best answer.”

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will have warmed from a USDA Planting Zone 5 to a Zone 6.

Increasing Precipitation: Since 2008, I have been the McHenry County coordinator of Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network, a group of more than 20,000 volunteer precipitation observers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, the Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands. Our daily reports go to the National Weather Service, and the Global Historical Climate Network recently began incorporating our daily data into their online bank in perpetuity.

For the past 11 years, only twice was the annual precipitation measured in my weather station less than the 30-year average for Woodstock.

In 2017 the precipitation I recorded was 12.53 inches above normal, and

in 2018 it was 14.03 inches above normal. The report of 13.1 inches of snow in Bull Valley for the Nov. 25, 2018 snowstorm was from my weather station. This increased precipitation might be a consequence of our warming climate.

Cheryl Wormley is publisher of The Woodstock Independent. Her email address is c.wormley@thewoodstockindependent.com.

Please see CLIMATE, Page 22

Mary Moltmann of Bull Valley is a member of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, whose McHenry County chapter is joining chapters around the country to build the political will to take action on climate change. Three members made public comments at the Feb. 19 meeting of the County Board, describing HR 763, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, and urging members individually to go to this website and endorse the bill: energyinnovationact.org/

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We just really Cheryl wanted to know how many people Wormley were reading The Declarations Independent each week.

It is no different today. The staff and I are committed to providing the news and information the community needs and wants. We tend to measure how well we are doing by tracking the number of renewed and new subscriptions, The Independents sold on newsstands, visits to the website, and likes on Facebook and Instagram.

If we add together all the people who subscribe to The Independent, buy it at newsstands, like us on Facebook, and visit the website, the total easily would exceed 15,000.

Another major change in The Independent’s 32 years is sources of revenue. Then, the goal was for advertising to provide 80 percent of the revenue with subscriptions and newsstand sales accounting for 20 percent.

Advertising revenue has declined for more than a decade as retailers and service providers have turned to social media marketing. The advertising/subscriptions model for newspapers is increasingly more like 50 percent advertising and 50 percent subscriptions.

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The Woodstock Independent will celebrate its 32nd anniversary April 27.

I make a big deal about The Independent’s anniversary every year, because to me it is a big deal. And I hope it is for you, too.

When Denise Graff Ponstein and I started The Independent more than three decades ago, there were a few naysayers who let us know they didn’t think our weekly newspaper would still be around in three years. Little did they know how determined we were to succeed. Nor did they take into account how much the people of Woodstock wanted their own newspaper.

Much has changed in the business of delivering news since 1987. Back then, ink-on-paper once a week was deemed sufficient for a community newspaper. Now, in addition to ink on paper every Wednesday, The Independent staff reports the news on our website, thewoodstockindependent. com, and makes almost daily posts on Facebook and Instagram.

The staff and I are glad there are new platforms. They keep us on our toes and help us fulfill our mission – to be the means by which the people of Woodstock know what’s happening in and around Woodstock.

Three decades ago, Denise and I decided The Independent would be what the newspaper industry calls a paid paper.

There were plenty of free weekly newspapers at the time. The Independent outlasted them and lives on. The free weeklies that started about the same time made a big flash but faded quickly.

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Student singers have your backup Six schools participate in professional project

By Janet Dovidio

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Several Woodstock elementary school students shared a unique experience as backup singers for recording artist Gary Daigle, who sings and writes compositions for musical liturgy.

Paul Rausch, retired Woodstock High School choral director and a colleague of Daigle’s since 1996, assembled a group of talented fourth- through sixth-graders to sing as backup voices for Daigle’s newest recording. Rausch first received permission from Woodstock School District 200 Superintendent Mike Moan to approach the music teachers with this project.

“I asked the choral director at each of the District 200 elementary schools as well as St. Mary to name

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four of their most talented choir members to participate in this project,” Rausch said.

The schools that chose to participate were Dean Street and Mary

“I asked the choral director at each of the District 200 elementary schools as well as St. Mary to name four of their most talented choir members to participate in this project.”

- Paul Rausch, retired Woodstock High School choral directory

Endres, whose music specialist is Carolyn Sharpe; Greenwood and Westwood, with choral director Kaylie Stouffer; Olson, with choral director Hugo Alcazar Pollan; and St. Mary, with choral director Joanna Gross.

“I use Paul exclusively to refer choir members when I need children’s voices as backup,” Daigle

launched in January to address skill gaps in manufacturing.

MCC is in partnership with area employers, the Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training and the McHenry County Workforce Network.

Mendoza formerly worked to keep the production floor clean for UniCarriers in Marengo. He is now learning

said. “This is the third time Woodstock students have worked with me.”

The music teachers rehearsed with their students privately ahead of time.

Rausch conducted two rehearsals before school days prior to the April 4 recording session, which took place at Northwood Middle School.

“The students were well-prepared and very professional,” Daigle said.

“The session moved faster than expected.”

The music programs in District 200 and at St. Mary teach singing from the early grades, so by fourth or fifth grade many students are able to perform alongside professionals.

“As a music faculty, we were delighted to see our students have an opportunity to be involved in this project,” Sharpe said.

Rausch said he wasn’t the only one who didn’t know what to expect.

“The students didn’t know what to expect,” he said, “then it wasn’t as scary as they thought it would be.”

to be an industrial maintenance technician, which will provide for career growth and better pay at the same company.

He is learning how to service up to 10 models of forklifts in time to take the job when his trainer retires in July.

“I’m definitely excited to transition to maintenance,” Mendoza said. “I get to work with my hands instead of

Gross agreed.

“My students were nervous but excited and thrilled to be included,” she said. “Mr. Rausch is an amazing director, and I’m so pleased that my students were able to have this unique experience.”

Daigle, who is the director of music at St. Edna Catholic Church in Arlington Heights, also writes compositions for musical liturgy, collaborates with other performers, and produces recordings for GIA Publications, a publisher of sacred choral music, hymnals, and music education materials.

“I see my ministry as a means of connecting people,” Daigle said, “and hope this experience encourages the kids to use their talents.”

Rausch continues to share his talents in his retirement after 33 years as WHS choral director. He received many honors during those years, including recognition as one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Illinois Teacher of the Year Award.

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Band does more than just play in L.A.

By Janet Dovidio

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Students in the Woodstock High School band program performed three times in just four days last month during s spring break trip to Los Angeles.

WHS offers students the opportunity to travel every other year. Two years ago the they traveled to Hawaii with the choir, and this year, Director of Bands Rich Stiles Jr. arranged a trip to Los Angeles.

The band’s first performance was at the University of Southern California before music department Chairman Larry Livingston, who coincidentally had served at NIU for many years and conducted the McHenry County Honor Band at that time.

The second performance took place at the main stage at Disneyland. The third took the musicians to Hollywood for a behind-the-scenes soundtrack recording session with Disney artist Joe Alfuso.

“All three experiences were wonderful,” Stiles said, “and the students really enjoyed the variety of venues and performances.”

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WHS students (from left) Ben Chapman, Dominik Post, Solomon Anderson, Ben Thuma, and Ian Dawdy pose with Larry Livingston, music department chairman at the University of Southern California, after a clinic with Livingston.

During free time before or after performances, band members visited Santa Monica Pier for some beach time, enjoyed a dinner overlooking the ocean while watching the sunset, and had a private tour of the Grammy Music Museum in Los

Angeles.

“This was one of the best trips I’ve had the pleasure of taking my students on in my 10-year teaching career,” Stiles said. “Students’ eyes were opened to different careers in the music industry and the

possibilities for success and musical involvement after high school.

My hope is that our students continue to perform and play in community groups so that they can continue to have the profound expression of emotions through art.”

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Mrs. Roskie was the teacher of this Olson Junior High typing class in 1960.

The students are practicing their typewriting skills with R.C. Allen typewriters.

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Join the McHenry County Historical Society, 6422 Main St., Union, for the unveiling of our new exhibit, “Prairie Trails to Strange Tales: McHenry County’s Earliest Years” from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, May 3. This exhibit features tales of the first pioneers who settled the prairie and how they influenced McHenry County’s earliest communities. Learn about these McHenry County ghost towns in their heyday and what remains of them today.

Free admission to the exhibit opening.

The opening reception will include craft beer tastings for those 21 and older from Crystal Lake Brewing, Lucky Girl Brewing Company, McHenry Brewing Company, Scorched Earth Brewing Co, and ShadowView Brewing. Beer tasting package available, $20 sold at the door, includes souvenir pint glass, six tasting tickets, and pub snacks. All proceeds benefit the McHenry County Historical Society.

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Robots play a round with grant for Olson

By Janet Dovidio

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The District 200 Education Foundation awarded a $600 Impact Grant to Maggie Jensen at Olson Elementary School to enhance the school’s Sphero Lightning Lab. The grant was titled “Lightning Strikes Again.”

Members of the Olson SPRK+ Club meet after school once a week to improve their skills with programming robots. Jensen, Olson library media specialist, is the adviser.

The Sphero SPRK+ is a sphereshaped robot that students can program to do various commands and tasks. Two years ago the D200 Education Foundation funded half the cost of a Lightning Lab of 12 robots, docks, and chargers. The school’s PTO funded the remainder.

The programming code for this robot is easy for younger students to understand. Students use their Chromebooks or tablets to create a program that moves the robot.

“To start, we drive the robots manually,” Jensen said, “but the goal of our Olson SPRK+ Club is to learn to develop a program for the robot so that it will move around

the room doing the tasks the student has coded into the program.”

This year’s Impact Grant funded the purchase of traction covers for the robots, jumps, and bridges.

With this new equipment, students are challenged to create a nine-hole golf course and then program their robots to complete their hole while driving robots for the other holes.

“It was a wonderful opportunity to observe collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and perseverance as the students worked on this task,” Jensen said. “The students and I are grateful for all the hard work the D200 Education Foundation does to enhance learning by funding various projects. These are opportunities you hope the students will not only learn from but broaden their horizons as they look to the future.”

The D-200 Challenge Corps program, which includes the SPRK+ Club, is for gifted and talented students from fourth grade through high school. The younger students are pulled from class to participate, while the high school level meets during lunch hours. Students are selected based on their standardized and IQ tests, as well as teacher and parent survey information.

STUDENT OF THE KEEGAN WEEK GIVEN

Keegan Given is a junior at Woodstock North High School. He is the son of Lisa and Gregory Given, Wonder Lake.

“Keegan is a great tutor. He is eager to help any student, and he goes above and beyond what is asked of him. We are happy to have him on student staff and look forward to working with him in the future,” said one of his teachers.

Keegan is a member of the National Honor Society. He is on the tennis team and managed the girls tennis team this year. He is also a member of the math team and has been involved with peer tutoring this year. Outside of school, Keegan has volunteered at the Sparrow’s Nest.

When asked who inspires him, Keegan said, “Coach Zadle has pushed me to work hard in and out of practice. He has motivated me to try my best and helped me succeed in many things outside of tennis.”

When asked what makes him feel successful, Keegan said, “I feel that I am successful because of the strong supports I have from family, friends, teachers, coaches, and guidance counselors at school.”

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Cole Morrison

Mary Endres Elementary School

What music activities are you involved in at school?

I am currently in orchestra.

What got you interested in music?

I enjoyed listening to my brother, Luke, play his viola, so I decided to play the violin. Luke gives me lessons and has helped me to become a better musician.

What is your favorite part of participating in orchestra?

I enjoy the challenge of a new song. I also like the progression of a song as it goes on.

What do you plan to do with your musical talents in the future?

I will continue playing my violin at Northwood next year, and I’ll see where it goes from there!

Tyler Chaney

Mary Endres Elementary School

What music activities are you involved in at school?

I am involved in both the band and orchestra programs at my school. I play the trumpet and violin. I also play the keyboards and ukulele at home.

What got you interested in music?

My dad plays guitar and sparked my interest in music.

What is your favorite part of participating in band and orchestra?

My favorite part of participating in band is challenging myself with new music and performing.

What do you plan to do with your musical talents in the future?

In the near future, I just hope to do my best at the upcoming band and orchestra concerts.

Ben Weir

Mary Endres Elementary School

What music activities are you involved in at school?

I play cello in orchestra, and I also sing for special music at my church, the Free Methodist Church.

What got you interested in music?

My grandpa always sings at church, and I sing with him, too.

What is your favorite part of participating in orchestra?

I love reading the notes and figuring out the music.

What do you plan to do with your musical talents in the future?

I would like to make some videos of famous songs of the century and post them on YouTube.

Brenner McDowell

Mary Endres Elementary School

What music activities are you involved in at school?

I play a keyboard at home and my grandma is my teacher. I am also in chorus, of course.

What got you interested in music?

My dad was in a band, and my brother joined choir in sixth grade, so I wanted to be like them.

What is your favorite part of participating in chorus?

We all get to come together and sing.

What do you plan to do with your musical talents in the future?

I’d like to maybe write a few songs.

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Equipment to screen the National Theatre Live series at the Woodstock Opera House was made possible in part by a donation made in memory of Darlene Fiske, a longtime board member of the Woodstock Fine Arts Association. Pictured during the check presentation April 8 were (from left) City Manager Roscoe Stelford; Daniel Campbell, managing director of the Opera House; WFFA member Paulette Gitlin; and Jennifer Fiske, daughter of Darlene Fiske. will be“Macbeth,” April 28; “The Madness of King George III,” May 17; “Coriolanus,” May 25; “Antony & Cleopatra,” June 1; “King Lear,” June 16; “All About Eve,” July 6; “The Tempest,” July 27; “Carmen/Petrushka,” (Bolshoi Ballet), Aug. 3; “Hamlet,” Aug. 25; and “The

Audience” Sept. 8.

Tickets are available online at woodstockoperahouse.com or the box office.

For more information, email Opera House Managing Director Daniel Campbell, dcampbell@woodstockil. gov .

OFF THE BEATEN PATH Gail Moreland, a former trial lawyer, poses at the Woodstock Public Library with a display of her photos. A native Midwesterner and Woodstock resident since 1979, she began exhibiting her photographs in 2010.

The landscapes of her “contemporary prairie art” are inspired by local back roads and natural areas, she said.

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Migratory Bird Days fights plastic pollution Bird-banding demonstrations and several activities for kids and adults will help them to learn more about birds this weekend as World Migratory Bird Days is observed at three sites in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

Starting at 8 a.m. Saturday at Glacial Park’s Lost Valley Visitor Center, at Route 31 and Harts Road in Ringwood, visitors can compete in JeopBirdy and Bird Bingo, look through a spotting scope, learn how to use binoculars, and go on a 10-minute bird walk among the more than 20 activities, which will end at noon.

2019’s theme is, “Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution.”

USFWS wildlife biologists will capture and leg-band birds before releasing them back into the wild. Participants will get to watch up close as the biologists weigh and check the health of each bird.

Participants are invited to complete activities and win prizes.

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McHenry County Conservation District is looking for 25 artists to set up along one of many wooded hiking trails and paint the fleeting beauty of spring wildflowers and scenery of Coral Woods Conservation Area in Marengo during a Celebration of Wildflowers and Art from noon to 4 p.m.

May 11.

The “Plein Air Paint Out” is planned as part of a public special event that also will include guided wildflower hikes, live music, landscaping with native info, and children’s planting, painting, and activity stations.

Artwork painted on site will be sold throughout the day and submitted for judging the day of the event, as well as having the opportunity to be displayed in an exhibit at Prairieview Education Center in Crystal Lake in June and July. Artwork will be judged at 3:30 p.m. with ribbons awarded for three places.

A $20 entry fee (including lunch) for all artists must be postmarked by May 3. Interested painters should contact Samantha Shaw at sshaw@mccdistrict.org or 815-479-5779.

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A $14,000 donation from the Woodstock Fine Arts Association has helped to buy equipment for the National Theatre Live film series that began this past Saturday at the Woodstock Opera House.

The donation was made in memory of Darlene Fiske, a longtime WFAA board member and strong advocate for the arts. WFAA, a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization, produces the Creative Living Series and children’s programs at the Woodstock Opera House; provides scholarships to McHenry County youths; and for more than 50 years has supported the role of the Opera House in the community.

The donation was officially presented at WFAA’s final Creative Living Series program with guest lecturer William Tyre on April 18. The donated equipment will allow the screening of major theatrical performances portrayed on stage by Britain’s National Theatre Live, Canada’s Stratford Festival, and Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet.

According to a news release from the city, the theater productions are filmed and distributed through BY Experience “and offer the highest caliber of professional performers, sets, lights and costumes” – an experience similar to watching live theater.

After the series kicked off Saturday with “Frankenstein,” other productions

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Unicorn Day was celebrated April 13 at Read Between The Lynes bookstore in Woodstock.

(Top) Alexandria Brugger, 4, believes she has the answer to the question posed by store owner Arlene Lynes. (Above) Eliza Dyson, 4, and 6-year-old Camille Dyson are transfixed by the story. Afterward, the crowd visited The Sugar Circle, where 5-year-old Lorileigh Ruzbasan (right) was among the kids to make a unicorn cupcake, completed with a horn.

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I’m slipping inside the mellowness of this small, steaming cup of coffee, noticing the coolness of the worn, friendly pavement, the fierce aroma of chocolate that smacks my senses, smiles unexpectedly offered from strangers through a café window, the waiting-to-be-kissed faces of tired workers heading home, the sweet snare of your voice guiding me home, taking me to sleep, the bright, orange glow of an elegant moon cradling a lonely sky.

In these ordinary moments that crowd my canvas, I can feel the warm breath of a thousand angels.

April 24-30, 2019

The Woodstock Independent is helping the Atrocious Poets to celebrate National Poetry Month in April by publishing the work of local poets.

The local poetry group invites you to look out your own window and find a poem in the fashion of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who found that method as inspiration for her beloved and influential poems about the lives of black people in Chicago.

What inspiration lies outside your window?

Send your poem to atrociouspoets@gmail.com any time this month. If you like, include a photograph of the view out your window to accompany your poem.

Select poems have been published in The Independent and displayed at the Old Courthouse Arts Center as part of the One City, One Poet celebration featuring Gwendolyn Brooks.

The group also has scheduled several events this month: • Friday, April 26, 6 p.m., follow the Atrocious Poet pub crawl, Woodstock Square, $20 • Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m., “The Land Speaks in Verse: Wild Woodstock Walk” (a collaboration with The Land Conservancy), Donato Conservation Area, free • Saturday, April 27, 7 to 9 p.m., One City, One Poet Finalé Party, Old Courthouse Arts Center, free

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You might have seen a postcard with this popular rendering of the Marshall Field & Co. building along State Street in downtown Chicago.

Marshall Field Co. history is topic of historical program

By Kurt Begalka

MCHENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Two fires and three sales have done little to diminish the cachet of Marshall Field & Co. First was the sale to B.A.T. Industries in 1982, then to Dayton Hudson Corp. in 1990, and finally to Federated Department Stores in 2005.

Despite all of the subsequent Macy moments, the store’s fans remain.

There is a website (fieldfanschicago. org), a newsletter, and a blog. The group’s tagline is, “Working to bring back Marshall Field’s in quality, service and name.”

At one time Marshall Field’s flagship store on State Street in Chicago was the largest in the world – consisting of 73 acres of floor space with an unrivaled number of departments and incomparable customer service.

“Shopping was an experience,” said Sarah Sullivan, a history instructor and department chairwoman at McHenry

County College. “Field designed the store so that it became a destination, a place to see and be seen.”

The public is invited to join Sullivan at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 25, as she explores the events and personalities that made Marshall Field and Co. Chicago’s store. The McHenry County Historical Society will host the last program in its Sampler Lecture Series at the county history museum, 6422 Main St. in Union.

“When I was Sarah working on my master’s [degree] Sullivan in history, I took a popular culture course and worked at Marshall Field’s,” Sullivan said. “I found that retail aspect really interesting, and it’s always kind of stuck with me. Marshall Field’s is something that anyone who ever shopped there cares about. Everyone has a Marshall Field’s story.”

Sullivan worked for about a year at Field’s – part time at nights in men’s sportswear at the Woodfield store. It was a way to make money while she was attending grad school in 1993.

Not only did employees get great discounts, she said, working there carries a certain prestige … from its Frango mints to the signature Walnut Room to its iconic holiday windows. Even its signature green-and-white shopping bags exuded class.

For more than 150 years, Marshall Field and Co. was a retail trendsetter.

Field’s death in 1906, just 5 years after the company incorporated, proved little more than distraction. It added stores, purchased other department store chains, built the Chicago Merchandise Mart, manufactured textiles, and spearheaded construction of Old Orchard Mall and Water Tower Place.

“By 1914 Marshall Field’s was the biggest and most important retail store in the world,” Sullivan said. “Hopefully the audience will leave with a better understanding of the role Marshall Field’s played in the development of Chicago. Chicago had a population of 90,000 when Field showed up. Marshall Field’s and the city grew together.”

Admission is $10, payable at the door. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.

For more information visit gothistory.org or call 815-923-2267.

Kurt Begalka is administrator of the McHenry County Historical Society.

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■ Residence at 8917 Shady Lane, Wonder Lake, was sold by Derrick A. Duncan, McHenry, to Danielle Hausser, Wonder Lake, for $140,000.

■ Residence at 977 St. Johns Road, Woodstock, was sold by Keith C. Seegers, Harvard, to Eduardo Gomez, Woodstock, for $154,000.

■ Residence at 11411 Halma Lane, Woodstock, was sold by Mick H. and Ashley M. Toberman, Lake in The Hills, to Joseph and Jennifer Rink, Woodstock, for $206,500.

■ Residence at 1350 Redtail Lane, Woodstock, was sold by Patricia Herbst, Woodstock, to Robert W. Salzman, Woodstock, for $329,000.

■ Residence at 213 Fieldstone Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Gregg D. Patz, Helenville, Wis., to Ryan M. Ehardt, Woodstock, for $227,000.

■ Residence at 8404 Dorr Road, Wonder Lake, was sold by The Kathleen B. Demitropoulos Declaration of Trust, Wonder Lake, to Evaristo Ramirez Ortega, Chicago, for $185,700.

■ Vacant land, 150’ x 300’, located at 2409 Mustang Trail, Woodstock, was sold by Kammermeier Enterprises Limited Partnership, Woodstock, to the Phillip L. Ellison Sr. Trust No. 1 and the Judith A. Ellison Trust No. 1, Woodstock, for $70,000.

■ Office at 220 S. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Home State Bank, N.A., Crystal Lake, to Wainiha Powerhouse Road, LLC, Algonquin, for $72,000.

■ Residence at 1024 Heron Way, Woodstock, was sold by Lloyd R. Bradley, Henderson, Nev., to The Murray Family Trust, Woodstock, for $297,500.

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History of accomplishment

In nominating Kathie Comella, I knew she was definitely worthy of this honor, and that was reinforced when she humbly mentioned her win on Facebook a day after the award presentation. The number of “Well deserved” and “Cannot think of anyone more deserving” comments from people who know her was overwhelming.

“Historical Haunting” program.

• 15 years working as stage manager for the Woodstock Congregational Unitarian Church’s “Paradise People” musical revues, which were fundraisers for the church.

Several years producing, directing, and acting in “Treasure Island” plays for the Friends of the Opera House.

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Kathie Comella clutches the flowers she was presented.

Looking beyond those facts, consider these comments from a 16-yearold actress I reached out to several weeks ago: “I am so thankful for having her as a role model in my life because I look up to her in all ways possible. She is kind, funny, trustworthy and loving – all things anyone would want to be and more.”

I agree wholeheartedly.

Kathie Comella joins the sisterhood of Woman of the Year recipients after being so honored April 20. Previous award recipients who were present at the ceremony were (from left, front row) Monica Amraen, Comella, Virginia Peschke, and Phylliss Close; (back row) Lynn Fiala, Sherry Thurow, Cheryl Wormley, Denise Graff Ponstein, Maggie Crane, Ann Hughes, and Pam Moorhouse. ducer in 2001, positions she’s held since then.

In addition, she has had: • Many years serving as artistic director, stage manager, makeup designer, production coordinator, props technician, scenic painter, set dresser, and costume coordinator for dozens of shows, including “Nunsense,” the musical theater group’s final show (earlier this month) before the upcoming merger with Town Square Players into the new Theatre 121 community theater group.

• 20 years serving on the board of the

Woodstock Opera House Community Center Inc. as secretary, vice president, and – for 10 of those years – president.

• 17 years appearing as the Woodstock Fine Arts Association’s holiday character, “Aunt Holly,” who would read stories to children at the Opera House, ride in the Christmas parade, and make other appearances on the Square.

• 20 years acting as the stage manager for the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce’s Miss Woodstock Pageant.

• 20 years designing makeup for the McHenry County Historical Society’s

Woodstock Professional and Business Women might call her the Woman of the Year. But when it comes to the arts in Woodstock, she is truly a Woman of the Decades.

Thank you, Kathie Paul Lockwood is an enthusiastic singer, frequent community theater actor, active Grace Lutheran Church and Toastmasters member, occasional theater reviewer, and past president of TownSquare Players. He’s a senior proposal writer and technical lead for Vitality Group USA and has lived in Woodstock for 18 years with his wife, Diane.

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Eighteen years ago this month, I had the good fortune to appear in my first Woodstock Musical Theatre Company production at the Woodstock Opera House: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.”

I had auditioned in January and was given the chance to play several different roles, including a “Clumsy Man” who tries to dance with Cinderella’s stepmother. Masterfully playing the stepmother was the Woodstock Professional Paul & Business Wom- Lockwood en’s 2019 Woman A Musing of the Year, Kathie Comella.

After seeing the work she’s done in our community in the intervening years, I was happy to nominate her for the WPBW award, and I was overjoyed to present her with the award last week.

WPBW has been giving this award since 1975 to a woman who has “lived or worked in the greater Woodstock area (and) whose leadership and creativity in either cultural, economic, educational, environmental, human services, or civic endeavors have contributed in a significant way to enhancing the quality of life in our community.” Past winners have included Jane Farmer, Maggie Crane, Val Gitlin, Suzanne Hoban, Frances Kuhn, Marcy Piekos, Cheryl Wormley, and dozens of other individuals who have truly had a positive impact on life here.

It’s hard to summarize her accomplishments briefly, but here’s an attempt at highlights: 1964 – began acting and serving as assistant director for shows produced by the Young People’s Wing of the Woodstock Fine Arts Association.

1968 – helped start TownSquare Players, serving as stage manager, set dresser, and actress for several shows, including her first starring role: Nellie Quackenbush, the farmer’s daughter, in a funny old-time melodrama, “No, No, A Million Times No.” 1974 – helped start Woodstock Musical Theater Company, appearing on stage in many of its shows and being elected to the Board of Directors in 1981, serving as secretary and vice president for many years before being elected president and executive pro-

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‘A weather event much larger than my neighborhood’ Getting Wetter by the Year

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Annual total inches of precipitation compared to 30-year normal (19812010) of 36.62 inches for Woodstock from State Climatologist’s Office

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Climate scientists have observed that the average temperature in McHenry County has warmed by 1.0 to 1.5°F during the period from 19912012 when compared to the period from 1901-1960. The most recent decade from 2000-2010 and including 2011 and 2012 has warmed faster than any decade since 1900. (Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, “Synthesis of the Third National Climate Assessment for the Great Lakes Region,” glisa.umich.edu/media/files/ Great_Lakes_NCA_Synthesis.pdf).

For every degree of temperature increase, the atmosphere can hold 4 percent more moisture, so a warming climate is leading to more powerful storms and more precipitation, as precipitation falling in my weather station has confirmed.

Winter Flooding: While driving on Fleming Road last winter, I saw something that I did not remember ever seeing in this pasture that I drove by daily – flooding in the winter. I was so startled, I pulled off of the road and took a photo.

Months later I was researching urban flooding and found an article in U.S. News and World Report, “$1B Flood-Control Illinois Reservoir Gets Swamped by Storm.” The article stated in part: “… despite a new $1 billion flood-control reservoir in Illinois, rain and melting snow swamped the largest section of the project in less than a day last month. Records obtained by the Chicago Tribune reveal that on Feb. 20 more than 2 inches of rain flushed a torrent of mixed sewage into the Deep Tunnel system stretching

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

45.49 - 36.62 = + 8.87 41.66 - 36.62 = + 5.04 43.27 – 36.62 = + 6.65 34.48 – 36.62 = - 2.14 33.80 – 36.62 = - 2.82 43.01 – 36.62 = + 6.39 40.73 – 36.62 = + 4.11 37.14 – 36.62 = + 0.52 39.19 – 36.62 = + 2.57 49.15 – 36.62 = + 12.53 50.65 – 36.62 = + 14.03

Source: Community Collaborative Observers of Rain, Hail and Snow, McHenry County, Illinois PHOTO BY MARY MOLTMANN

While driving on Fleming Road last winter, Mary Moltmann saw something she did not remember ever seeing in this pasture she drove by daily – flooding in the winter. She writes that this is consistent with what climate scientists tell us will happen more frequently in future winters: flooding. from Wilmette to Westchester, about 25 miles to the southwest. The system filled the McCook Reservoir to capacity, which was built to hold 3.5 billion gallons of wastewater until it can be treated.”

A light bulb went off in my head, I checked the photos on my phone, and discovered that the date on the photo, Feb. 20, 2018, was the same day that Chicago received the heavy rain. My precipitation record for that date indicated that my National Weather Service-approved rain gauge recorded 0.96 inches of rain that day.

I realized that what I saw that day

was a reflection of a weather event much larger than my neighborhood.

In fact, this is consistent with what climate scientists tell us will be happening more frequently in future winters: flooding.

Reflecting a trend at the global level, the temperature for Northeastern Illinois is predicted to continue to warm, and as it does, winters will warm with more winter precipitation falling in the form of rain rather than snow. Despite the warming of the climate, winters will continue to be cold and the ground will be frozen, preventing the soil from absorbing the rain, with resultant

flooding.

There are three responses to climate change: mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to decrease levels of carbon in the atmosphere), adaptation (taking measure to lessen the impact of our changing climate), and suffering. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation we will need, and the less suffering will occur.

The recently released UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by as early as 2030, precipitating the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people. Rather than focusing on the grim aspects of this message, I will emphasize the fact that there is hope if we can impress upon our elected officials at all levels of government to take action now.

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Members of the Woodstock Fine Arts Association have accepted a $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation for McHenry County to book one of the six speakers in the 2019-20 season of the WFAA’s Creative Living Speaker Series. Board members are (front , from left) Sue Kazlusky, Barb Neely, and Maggie Amis, and (back) Lynne Kreisman, Kristi Moynihan, Becky Medins, Karen Strano, Tamara Marshall of the Community Foundation, Marsha Portnoy, Mary Ellen Prindiville, Ellen O’Rourke, Jane Koehler, and Nan Cibula-Jenkins.

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Tim Schroeder, a local firefighter and Mary Endres school parent, prepares the school’s donations for delivery to the Woodstock Food Pantry. of their contributions was nearly 420 pounds.

“When the final counts were totaled, our school’s ‘winner’ was the Rams with an overwhelming number of food items,” Principal Diana Frisbie said.

“The Food Pantry benefits, and our

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The shelves at the Woodstock Food Pantry were well stocked after several recent food drives by local groups.

“As I have stated many times in the past, the Woodstock Food Pantry is very grateful for the generosity afforded us by the Woodstock community,” said pantry President Rick Budmayr.

The most recent donations have come from Boy Scouts, Mary Endres and Olson elementary schools, and the Woodstock Public Library, he reported.

Mary Endres students brought in canned goods as a kickoff to the school’s reading of “The Mouse and the Motorcycle.” Their donations weighed almost 400 pounds.

“If we reached 467 items [the school population], then I would kiss a mouse,” Principal Keri Pala said. “Unfortunately, we did not reach our goal, but we were still able to donate quite a bit.”

The Olson fourth-grade students coordinated a SOUPer Bowl from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, when students brought canned goods to school and placed them on either the LA Rams or New England Patriots table. The total weight

“At least half of the donations were from people who didn’t get any forgiveness for their donation,” Director Nicholas Weber. “I would estimate around 100 people participated. It was a successful drive. Woodstock is always a generous community, and we always bring several hundred pounds of food to the pantry.”

The annual Boy Scout Scouting for Food brought in more than 7,100 items from more than 100 volunteers in five local Scouting units, coordinator Bob Ray reported.

Bags were distributed Feb. 23 and collected March 2. The total team effort included more than 450 hours of community service hours.

Coordinators Ray, Andrew Myschkowec, and Susan Clancy-Kelly worked with several resources, including Dorr Township Supervisor Susan Brokaw, American Ad Bag’s Denise Graff Ponstein, and Jane Howie, the city of Woodstock’s executive assistant.

“On behalf of the WFP Board of Directors, our many wonderful volunteers and most importantly those in need of our services, we say thank you very much to all those who support WFP,” Budmayr said.

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McHenry County Schools Environmental Education Program has received two grants from the Community Foundation for McHenry County. One involves measuring McHenry County water quality through citizen science to learn how to sample groundwater and surface water for chlorides.

The second grant will expand preschool and all environmental education lessons to schools, staff, organizations and homeschool students in McHenry County by supplementing their costs.

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Free skin cancer seminar April 29 to include dinner Mercyhealth will host a dinner seminar on skin cancer at 6 p.m. Monday April 29, at Mercyhealth Woodstock, 2000 Lake Ave. The presentation will be led by Jeffrey Altman, board certified dermatologist at Mercyhealth Woodstock.

Guests will learn more about major skin cancer risk factors and how to reduce them, how to recognize various skin cancers, most common types of skin cancer, and current and future treatment options.

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Proceeds from the Groundhog Day Bags Tournament at Ortman’s Red Iron Tavern are handed over by Woodstock Willie and Tammy Ortmann to Joe Starzynski of Woodstock Rotary Club. Starzynski organized the tournament at Ortmann’s, where teams competed in the cold throughout the afternoon in the tavern’s beer garden to raise funds for Rotary’s Christmas Clearing House project.

Mercyhealth will host a lunch-andlearn seminar on colorectal cancer at noon Thursday, May 9, at Mercyhealth Woodstock, 2000 Lake Ave. The presentation will be led by Baseer Qazi, board certified gastroenterologist at Mercyhealth Woodstock and Mercyhealth McHenry. Guests will learn more about prevention, screenings, and treatment of colon cancer.

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■ McHenry County farmers were preparing for another dry crop year after a year that left moisture levels about 8 inches below average.

■ The Woodstock School District 200 School Board approved a measure seeking a change in a Woodstock city ordinance that would dramatically increase developer fees collected by the district.

The proposed ordinance would increase the fee for a three-bedroom house from $420 (in effect since 1977) to $2,500.

subdivisions. Master Property Owners Association Director Dick Hilton said attempts to repair roads in Wooded Shores had been ongoing for 20 years.

■ The Marian girls soccer team was 7-1 after losing to Lake Forest Academy 2-0 in the Antioch High School Invitational. The Lady ’Canes won the next two games, 2-0 over Westosha Central and 2-0 over Antioch, to finish second.

Goalie Maureen Foley and her defensive players had helped lead the team to six shutouts.

25 years ago – 1994

5 years ago – 2014

■ The State Bank of Woodstock was sold to Harris Bank.

■ The District 200 Boosters Club held a live auction at the McHenry County Fairgrounds to raise money for co-curricular activities.

■ Woodstock High School seniors donated 540 hours of service to the community. It was the first time a senior class had organized a service day.

20 years ago – 1999

■ Cheryl Wormley, publisher of The Woodstock Independent, was named Woman of the Year by the Woodstock Professional & Business Women.

■ Mary Eddy, director of bulk mail handling at the Woodstock Post Office, was nominated for the National Newspaper Association’s Ben Franklin Award.

■ Marian Central Catholic High School’s Mike Grant, Pat Mahoney, Luke Commare and Bob Stranges broke the school record for the 400-meter relay with a time of 43.15 seconds.

15 years ago – 2004

■ Woodstock resident Paul Lockwood was one of seven winners of the ‘Outguess Ebert” Oscar Awards prediction contest sponsored by the Chicago Sun-Times.

■ Rollie Neumaier was honored for 20 years of service as Hartland Township supervisor.

10 years ago – 2009

■ Janelle Crowley, human resources director for the city of Woodstock, was named Woman of the Year by the Woodstock Professional & Business Women.

■ Village of Wonder Lake Trustees approved establishing two Special Service Areas to pay for road repairs in the Wooded Shores and Deep Springs

■ With a May 1 deadline less than a week away, the city of Woodstock had received only one proposal for purchase of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. “Hopefully, when the whole process is said and done, we’ll have a final determination of the future of the Courthouse and Sheriff’s House,” said, Cort Carlson, Woodstock’s director of community and economic development.

■ The Woodstock City Council approved a $29.5 million budget for 2014-15 that included a 26.6 percent increase to $3.9 million in capital outlay for street repairs and other infrastructure projects.

■ Longtime Woodstock D.A.R.E. officer Fred Spitzer announced he would retire May 2. During his 30 years with the Woodstock Police Department, Spitzer had been a patrolman, field training officer, detective, and D.A.R.E. officer.

“My favorite thing that I’ve done, hands down, was D.A.R.E.,” Spitzer said.

1 year ago – 2018

■ Musical Theatre Charities, established

by Bruce Weiss, was set for the first of four presentations by Charles Troy that would tell the backstories of muchloved musicals – “Sound of Music,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” The Wizard of Oz,” and “West Side Story.” The series also would include “Making a List: The Secular Songs of Christmas,” also by Troy.

■ Friends of the Old Courthouse donated $10,000 to the city of Woodstock for the restoration of the 1857 landmark building.

■ WHS and Woodstock North High School track teams competed in the five-school Co-Ed Tri at Harvard High School. The WNHS boys finished first, and the Blue Streak boys finished second. The WHS girls finished second, and the Thunder girls finished third.

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■ 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 (casual); 8:30 a.m. (traditional), 10:45 a.m. (contemporary), Sunday ■ HOUSE OF BLESSING 2018 N. Route 47 (First Presbyterian Church building)

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SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6 to 7 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

27 SATURDAY WORLD TAI CHI AND QIGONG DAY CELEBRATION

Woodstock Mall 112 N. Benton St. 9:30 a.m. gathering 10 a.m. free intro Tai Chi class 11:30 a.m. reception, tours and refreshments Free moonwillowtaichi.com

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

28 SUNDAY

HISTORIC WOODSTOCK HOUSES WALKING TOUR

Springhouse on the Woodstock Square 1 to 3 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

29 MONDAY GRIEF SHARE

Grace Fellowship Church 200 Cairns Court

6 to 8 p.m.

815-337-6510

30 TUESDAY

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m.

For senior citizens

DISTRICT 200 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

Woodstock High School Library 501 W. South St. 7 p.m. woodstockschools.org

MAY

1 WEDNESDAY WOLF OAK WOODS WORKDAY 8930 Route 120 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. conservmc.org

2 THURSDAY SENIOR ACTIVITIES Dorr Township 1039 Lake Ave. 10:30 a.m.

Lunch - $5 donation 815-338-0125

SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6 to 7 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

CLUB M81

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 7 p.m.

Free operahouse@woodstockil.gov

WOODSTOCK JAYCEES GENERAL MEETING

Mixin Mingle 124 Cass St. 7:30 p.m.

815-575-8065

4 SATURDAY

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET

To submit calendar items, email pr@thewoodstockindependent.com MCHENRY COUNTY HORSE CLUB MEETING Dorr Township Office 1039 Lake Ave. 7 p.m. mchenrycountyhorseclub.com

8 WEDNESDAY

ATROCIOUS POETS

8930 Route 120 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. conservmc.org

Woodstock Square 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

Ethereal Confections 113 S. Benton St. 7 p.m.

Atrociouspoets.com

DAR GENEALOGY WORKSHOP

FOX VALLEY ROCKETEERS MEETING

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

5 SUNDAY

MONTHLY DRUM CIRCLE Culture, Arts & Music 1039 Wanda Lane 3 to 4 p.m. $10 suggested donation RSVP encouraged, 815-575-8587

6 MONDAY GRIEF SHARE

Grace Fellowship Church 200 Cairns Court 6 to 8 p.m.

815-337-6510

SPOUSAL CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP

Independence Health & Therapy 2028 N. Seminary Ave. 10:30 a.m. to noon 815-338-3590

COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF Woodstock Police Department 656 Lake Ave. 7 p.m.

815-338-2131

Woodstock North High School 3000 Raffel Road, Room D187 7:30 p.m.

815-337-9068 foxvalleyrocketeers.org

7 TUESDAY

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET Woodstock Square 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m.

For senior citizens

READ TO A DOG

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 5:30 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

WOLF OAK WOODS WORKDAY

11 SATURDAY

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET Woodstock Square 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

13 MONDAY GRIEF SHARE

Grace Fellowship Church 200 Cairns Court 6 to 8 p.m.

815-337-6510

14 TUESDAY

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET Woodstock Square 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m.

For senior citizens

15 WEDNESDAY

SPRING INTO ACTION MOVIE SERIES

MEMORY MAKERS STORYTELLING GROUP

WOODSTOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING

WOLF OAK WOODS

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6:30 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

City Hall

Resurrection Catholic Church

2918 South Country Club Road, Woodstock, IL 60098

121 W. Calhoun St. 7 p.m.

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 9:30 a.m.

815-338-0542 woodstockpubliclibrary.org Led by Joy Aavang

Continued on Next Page

We welcome all to join us at our Mass times: Sat. 5pm & Sun. 8am & 10:30am

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.

MUSIC

STAGE LEFTOVERS

JIMMY WEBB

April 27, 8 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. All seats $46 woodstockoperahouse.com

WOODSTOCK FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION TALENT SHOWCASE

D-200 ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL

April 25, 5:30 P.M. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. Free woodstockoperahouse.com

WHS MADRIGAL AND JAZZ CHOIR CONCERT

WNHS JAVA JIVE

April 26, 7 p.m.

Woodstock North High School 3000 Raffel Road 815-334-5700

MICHAEL SMITH

April 26, 7:30 p.m.

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $15 offsquare@gmail.com

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WORKDAY

8930 Route 120 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. conservmc.org

WORLD FILM NIGHT Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6 p.m.

815-338-0542 “Antonio Lopez 1970”

16 THURSDAY SENIOR ACTIVITIES Dorr Township 1039 Lake Ave. 10:30 a.m.

Lunch - $5 donation 815-338-0125

WHS JAZZ CONCERT May 2, 7 p.m.

Woodstock High School 501 W. South St. 815-338-4370

JAZZ NIGHT

May 3, 17, 8 p.m.

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. jazzonthesquare.com $5 donation

HEARTACHE TONIGHT

May 4, 8 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $32 woodstockoperahouse.com

KIWANIS WOODSTOCK MEETING

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

SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6 to 7 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET

Woodstock Square 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Performers will be: May 4: 9 a.m. Rowdy Souls, 11 a.m. Lara Bell; May 7: 9 a.m.

Courtney Reinhard, 11 a.m.

“Jazzman Jeff” Justman; May 11 9 a.m. Kishwaukee Ramblers, 11 a.m. Sue Fink; May 14: 9 a.m. ThingamaJig, 11 a.m. Tricia Alexander

WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY CHOIR: LEGENDS OF ROCK May 5, 3 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. Free woodstockoperahouse.com

OPEN MIC NIGHT

May 10, 24, 7 p.m.

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $15 operahouse@woodstockil.gov

19 SUNDAY WHS GRADUATION

Woodstock High School 501 W. South St. 2 p.m.

20 MONDAY GRIEF SHARE

18 SATURDAY

Grace Fellowship Church 200 Cairns Court 6 to 8 p.m.

815-337-6510

Woodstock Public Library 2 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

BATTLE AGAINST BUCKTHORN (AND ITS BUDDIES)

READ TO A DOG

WNHS GRADUATION

Woodstock North High School 3000 Raffel Road 7 p.m.

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6:30 p.m.

Woodstockpubliclibrary.org

JOHN PRIMER AND THE REAL DEAL BAND May 10, 8 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $20 woodstockoperahouse.com

THE RED ROSE RAGTIME BAND May 10, 8 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $19 woodstockoperahouse.com

SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT

Potts & Pans Steelband May 12, 3 p.m.

Culture, Arts and Music 1039 Wanda Lane $10, free for children younger than 6 pottsandpans.com

LECTURE

THE CREATION OF GUYS AND DOLLS May 14, 7 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $15 adults, $10 students woodstockoperahouse.com

21 TUESDAY

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m.

For senior citizens

COMEDY

CAFÉ COMEDY NIGHT

April 27, 8 p.m.

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $10 operahouse@woodstockil.gov

MOVIE

‘SINGING IN THE RAIN’ – THE MOVIE April 24, 7 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $5 woodstockoperahouse.com

THEATER

‘MACBETH’ – A LIVE THEATRE BROADCAST

April 28, 2 p.m.

Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. Adults $18, students and senior citizens $15 woodstockoperahouse.com

MAGIC

MAGIC AT THE CAFÉ May 4, 7 p.m.

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $15

WORKDAY 8930 Route 120 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. conservmc.org

23 THURSDAY

WOODSTOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING

SENIOR ACTIVITIES

QUILTERS DISCUSSION FORUM

SPANISH CONVERSTION GROUP

City Hall 121 W. Calhoun St. 7 p.m.

815-338-4300

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

Dorr Township 1039 Lake Ave. 10:30 a.m.

Lunch - $5 donation 815-338-0125

Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6 to 7 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org

22 WEDNESDAY 27 MONDAY WOLF OAK WOODS

Memorial Day

COMMUNITY

April 25, 7 p.m.

Woodstock High School 501 W. South St. 815-338-4370

April 29, 6:30 p.m.

Woodstock North High School 3000 Raffel Road 815-334-5700

May 4, 7 p.m.

Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock 225 W. Calhoun St. $3 donation offsquaremusic.org

April 24-30, 2019

April 24, 7 p.m.

Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. operahouse@woodstockil.gov

FIRST SATURDAY MUSIC

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SERVICE DIRECTORY Small Blocks are $40 and Large Blocks are $80 for 4 weeks Call 815.338.8040 for details.

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BOONE COUNTY TREASURE HUNT

3 Shows for the Price of One! May 4-5, 2019

America’s Premiere Antique Ad & Toy, Gas & Oil, Antique Market

at the Boone County Fairgrounds • Lebanon, Indiana Buy • Sell • Trade on Sat 8-5, Sun 9-2, Adm. $8 906-250-1618 – www.BooneCountyTreasureHunt.com

April 24-30, 2019

DONATE YOUR CAR TO CHARITY. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes.

Running or not! All conditions accepted. Free pickup. Call for details. 844-494-3143

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By Leigh Rubin

HEATHCLIFF By Peter Gallagher CROSSWORD

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constellation 28. Decaliters 29. Area near the concert stage 35. Social insect living in organized colonies 36. Winter activity 37. Snakelike fish 38. Not wet 40. In addition to 41. In league 42. Barrels per day (abbr.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 4, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: Davecamp Farms Kates Kritters Mobile Petting Zoo located at 3620 N Rte 47 Woodstock IL 60098. Owner Name & Address: David W. Sims Jr. 3620 N Rte 47 Woodstock IL 60098.

Dated: APRIL 4, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 10, 2019, April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10756

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 5, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: JIMS WOODSTOCK KITCHEN located at 104 N BENTON ST #211 WOODSTOCK IL 60098.

Owner Name & Address: JIM BURCHARD 104 N BENTON ST #211 WOODSTOCK IL 60098.

Dated: APRIL 5, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10757

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 10, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: 324 LEARNING located at 18711 RAVEN HILLS DR MARENGO IL 60152. Owner Name & Address: MATT PALANOS 18711 RAVEN HILLS DR MARENGO, IL 60152.

Dated: APRIL 10, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10763

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 9, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: INTEGRAPHICS located at 505 NORMANDY LN PORT BARRINGTON IL 60010. Owner Name & Address: DAVID MURDOCK 505 NORMANDY LN PORT BARRINGTON IL 60010.

Dated: APRIL 9, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10759

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Red Dot Storage 6 - Woodstock located at 2105 S. Eastwood Dr., Woodstock, IL 60098 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in the following units in default for non-payment of rent.

The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storageauctions. com on 5/2/2019 at 9:00 am. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Rolando Siazon Unit #236; Linda/ Dennis Popovits Unit #306; Steve Tolvstad Unit #463; Paul Heilman Unit #518. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

(Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10761

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 10, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: ELIJAH’S HANDYMEN located at 2012 ERNEST LANE, JOHNSBURG IL 60051. Owner Name & Address: KAI DAVID HANSEN 2012 ERNEST LANE JOHNSBURG IL 60051.

Dated: APRIL 10, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10762

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE Case No. 19PR000120 In the Matter of the Estate of GEORGE H RUDOLPH Deceased CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of GEORGE H RUDOLPH Of: SPRING GROVE, IL Letters of office were issued on: 4/9/2019 to: Representative: ROBERT MCKENDRY 1516 POLARIS RD SPRING GROVE, IL 60081 whose attorney is: WAGGONER LAW FIRM 4 N WALKUP AVE CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/KATHERINE M KEEFE (Clerk of the Circuit Court) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10764

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 12, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: GLOOM TO GLAM HOME IMPROVEMENTS located at 1624 POPLAR LANE, WOODSTOCK IL 60098. Owner Name & Address: SHARON L. FREUND 1624 POPLAR LANE, WOODSTOCK IL 60098.

Dated: APRIL 12, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10766

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 15, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: TLC Treasures Resale Shop located at 686 S Eastwood Dr Woodstock IL 60098. Owner Name & Address: Terrie Casson-Thull 10102 Country Club Rd Unit 1 Woodstock, IL 60098.

Dated: APRIL 15, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10767

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 15, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: SHAGGUI’S LEATHER located at 430 SHAGBARK COURT, ALGONQUIN IL 60102. Owner Name & Address: JESSE S HECKENBERG 430 SHAGBARK COURT, ALGONQUIN IL 60102.

Dated: APRIL 15, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10768

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 16, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: A Gra8TER Clean located at 2402 Spring Ridge Dr Ste A Spring Grove IL 60081.

Owner Name & Address: Cassandra M Kribley & Joshua C Hernandez 5014 Barnard Mill Rd Unit B Ringwood IL 60072.

Dated: APRIL 16, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10769

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE Case No. 19PR000105 In the Matter of the Estate of SHIRLEY A CULVER Deceased CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of SHIRLEY A CULVER Of: WOODSTOCK, IL Letters of office were issued on: 4/9/2019 to: Representative: LEIGH SPOEHR 3305 BLUEJAY LN WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 whose attorney is: MILITELLO & STRUCK 820 E TERRA COTTA AVENUE STE 116 CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Claims against the estate may be

filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/KATHERINE M KEEFE (Clerk of the Circuit Court) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10770

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE Case No. 19PR000113 In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN R HUGHES Deceased CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of JOHN R HUGHES Of: WOODSTOCK, IL Letters of office were issued on: 4/4/2019 to: Representative: GENEVIEVE HUGHES 603 N MCKINSTRY RD WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 whose attorney is: CALDWELL BERNER & CALDWELL 100 1/2 CASS STREET WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/KATHERINE M KEEFE (Clerk of the Circuit Court) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10771

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 12, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: DARIEN LANDSCAPING located at 22714 S OAK GROVE RD HARVARD, IL 60033. Owner Name & Address: MARIO CASTANEDA 22714 OAK GROVE RD HARVARD, IL 60033.

Dated: APRIL 12, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 24, 2019) L10772

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PUBLIC NOTICES

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 4, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: GREEN FIELD IRRIGATION located at 302 E PARK ST HARVARD IL 60033.

Owner Name & Address: GERMAN ROJAS HERNANDEZ 302 E PARK ST HARVARD IL 60033.

Dated: APRIL 4, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 10, 2019, April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10755

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on APRIL 9, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: AVTECH SOLUTIONS located at 8404 APPALOOSA LN SPRING GROVE IL 60081. Owner Name & Address: JOHN MINKER 8404 APPALOOSA LN SPRING GROVE IL 60081.

Dated: APRIL 9, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10758

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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on MARCH 29, 2019 An Assumed Name Business Certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk in McHenry County, IL under the following business name and address, and setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting business known as: TACTEK TECHNOLOGY SERVICES located at 2410 WESTWARD DR #814 SPRING GROVE IL 60081.

Owner Name & Address: TAD COHEN 2410 WESTWARD DR #814 SPRING GROVE IL 60081.

Dated: MARCH 29, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent April 10, 2019, April 17, 2019, April 24, 2019) L10754

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BASEBALL ■ April 16 Woodstock beat Woodstock North 3-1.

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North’s Jared Spung bunts April 16 when Thunder hosted WHS.

■ April 20 Woodstock and Woodstock North competed in a doubleheader. The two teams each had one win and one loss.

GIRLS SOFTBALL ■ April 17 Woodstock North lost to Crystal Lake South 8-5.

■ April 20 Woodstock North won two of three games at the Woodstock High School-hosted tournament. Woodstock ended up 0 and 3 for the day.

LACROSSE ■ April 17 Marian Central won 11-6 over Crystal Lake South.

GIRLS SOCCER ■ April 16 Marian Central fell to Benet 8-0.

■ April 17 Marian Central defeated Jefferson 1-0.

■ April 20 Marian Central lost to Marist 5-0.

■ April 18 Woodstock North lost to Burlington Central 2-0 ■ April 18 Woodstock defeated Johnsburg 10-0.

■ April 20 Woodstock took first place, winning five and losing one game, at the Woodstock North Soccer Tournament.

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Marian’s Ryan Jones runs to a county championship title in the 3,200 April 19 in Huntley.

Despite cold, seven earn county meet titles

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Less than ideal weather for track and field did not prevent several local athletes from earning championship medals April 19 at the annual McHenry County meet. Because the meet is always highly competitive in the early season, participants have the opportunity to experience the high caliber of competition found in McHenry County schools.

High winds and low temperatures plagued athletes and fans alike, but at the end of several hours of events, Marian Central Catholic High School girls had three individual county champions and the boys had one. The Woodstock North High School boys claimed three titles.

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The Marian girls made their presence known, racking up 96 points for second-place team behind Huntley. Dominique Thomas dominated on the track, winning the 100-meter dash in 12.52 seconds and helping her 4x100 relay team

(Thomas, Regan Dineen, Meaghan DiPietro, Reagan Kelly) to victory as well, finishing in 50.97. The Lady ’Canes were strong in field events as well, with Dineen and Molly Iden delivering a one-two-punch to take first and second in high jump, both with leaps of five feet.

Also worth noting was that Kelly ran to a second-place finish in the 400 (1:02.94); Siobhan Stoll finished second in the 3,200 (11:56.16) and third in the 1,600 (5:31.05); the 4x200 relay finished third (1:51.28); and Dineen won a second in the long jump (17 feet, 2.5 inches).

“I am incredibly proud of the hard work these athletes have made thus far,” head coach Andrea Radcliffe said. “Their determination to be recognized as competitors in our county showed on Thursday night.”

Looking ahead, Radcliffe said: “We have been working with our relay teams and trying to figure out the best races to run and with which athletes. We will use the next few weeks nailing down a solid lineup and hopefully, score some big points at sectionals.”

In addition to an outstanding effort by the girls, distance standout Ryan Jones burst out of the pack late in the race to win the 3,200 in 9:56.86. Bryce Radcliffe high jumped 5-10 to finish third.

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The Thunder boys team ran and jumped to a third-place finish, led by three county champions. Aidan Filetti won the 400 (52.74), Elijah Pena topped the field in triple jump with a combined leap of 43-4.5, and Austin Zieman jumped 21-1 to win the long jump.

Also worth noting: Pena finished third in the 110 hurdles (15.42); and Luke Duenas, second in the long jump 20-8.75. For the girls, Emma Mergl place third in 800 (2:35.99)

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Syd Heidtke led the WHS girls, finishing second in the 300 hurdles (50.87), and Julio Arellano finished third in the 3,200 (10:09.25) to lead the boys.

Baseball Zach Kammin (Woodstock), a Coe College pitcher, won two more games to improve to 7-1 overall. In the 4-0

blanking of Buena Vista University, Kammin, who worked 6 innings, allowed only five hits. He fanned three and walked two. Kammin allowed an earned run on five hits in the 15-2 win over Luther College. In six innings on the hill, he struck out five and walked two. Coe is 25-2 overall and 15-1 in the American Rivers Conference.

Cory Busse (Woodstock North) worked 2.0 innings for McHenry County College as they defeated Moraine Valley Community College 16-0. Busse allowed only one hit and fanned one batter. MczHenry is 29-8.

Austin Butts (Woodstock) has a .316 batting average for Transylvania University thus far. Butts, who has played in 18 games, has 18 hits in 57 trips to the plate. Of his hits, six are doubles and one is a triple. He also has 18 RBIs, 11 walks, eight runs scored, and one stolen base. Transylvania is 12-18 overall and 5-5 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Softball Emily Miller (Marian Central Catholic), a North Central College

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sophomore, was 2-for-4 with a walk as NCC won a 13-4 decision over Wheaton College. Miller drove home three runs and scored two. She also had hits in the other two NCC wins, a 4-3 win over Carthage College and a 4-2 win over Wheaton, and in a 2-0 loss to Carthage. In the win over Carthage, she was 1-for-3 with a double and drove home a run. The former Hurricane player was 1-for-4 and drove home a run in the 4-2 victory over Wheaton and 1-for-3 in the loss to Carthage. North Central is 23-7 overall and 7-1 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Lacrosse Patrick Brunken (Marian Central Catholic) played 15 minutes in goal for Benedictine University in a 32-10 loss to Fontbonne University. Brunken, who did not get the loss, allowed two goals. Benedictine is 8-4 overall and 6-2 in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference.

Dan Chamness writes The College Report for The Independent.

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Early morning boat check is underway at the bass fishing tournament on Wonder Lake April 20.

■ April 15 Marian Central lost to Crystal Lake Central 4-1.

■ April 16 Marian Central lost to Carmel 3-2.

■ April 16 Woodstock North defeated Woodstock 4-3.

■ April 17 Woodstock North lost to Carmel 6-1.

■ April 18 Woodstock North beat Johnsburg 5-2.

■ April 17 Woodstock had a 7-0 win over Belvidere North.

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Junior Ben Minneci pitches for Marian April 17, when the Hurricanes faced Notre Dame. The ’Canes lost 9-0. Minneci allowed two earned runs on four hits in 3-1/3 innings.

BASS FISHING ■ April 13 Woodstock co-op took first place, second place, and the “Big Bass” award at the Chain O’Lakes event.

■ April 16 Woodstock co-op had a third place win at the Chain O’Lakes.

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third in the high jump at the University of Illinois Twilight, which was held in Champaign. Maidment finished with a leap of 6 feet, 2.75 inches.

As a team, Valparaiso took eighth with 39 points. Illinois won the meet with 158 points.

Bradley Kohler (Woodstock North) took fourth in the 200-meter dash at the Carroll University Alumni Open.

The Augustana College sprinter finished in :23.08. Augustana took third with 111 points. Carroll won the meet with 146.50 points.

Cora Uidl (Woodstock) leapt 9-2.5 in the pole vault at the Phil Esten Challenge, which was hosted by University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and held at Veterans Memoral Stadium.

The Wisconsin-LaCrosse pole vaulter finished 22nd. Wisconsin-LaCrosse took first with 168 points. Minnesota State University took second with 108 points.

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Marian Central Catholic graduate Abigail Jones shaved nearly 22 seconds off her best time in the steeplechase and promptly entered the Loyola University Top Ten Leaderboard.

The Marengo native, who is a Loyola sophomore, finished the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11 minutes, 10.45 seconds at the Musco Invitational, which was hosted by UniDan versity of Iowa.

Chamness She took second overall.

The College The outing, Report which was run on Francis X Cretzmeyer Track, was the seventh-best time in the event ever run by a Loyola female. She helped Loyola take sixth with 74 points. The Iowa Hawkeyes won the meet with 183 points.

Will Maidment (Woodstock), a Valparaiso University high jumper, took

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Woodstock High School’s J.T. Wormley bats April 16 in the first crosstown baseball game of the season. Wormley’s RBI single in the third inning helped the Streaks to a 3-1 win over Woodstock North High School.

Marian bass fishermen Colin Raclawski (left) and Danny DeGiulio prepare to launch their boat on Wonder Lake April 20 for a bass fishing tournament hosted by the Woodstock co-op bass fishing team.

The competition drew 30 boats from 16 high schools across the state.

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Woodstock North’s Ivette Diaz goes to great heights to control the ball April 20 when the Thunder faced Belvidere.

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