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High bids limit street work
Two projects cut from 2019 street resurfacing program By Larry Lough
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Don’t throw out those empty bottles – they can get new life
Work could begin as soon as this week on Woodstock’s 2019 street resurfacing program. But higher-than-anticipated bids have caused city officials to eliminate two of the 14 street projects on this
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year’s list. City Engineer Ryan Livingston said work would not be done this year as planned on Lincoln Avenue, from Dacy to Tryon Street, or Wheeler Street, between First and Third streets. When bids were opened Friday, A Lamp Concrete Contractors of Schaumburg was the lower of two bidders
at $2.5 million – nearly $900,000 higher than the $1.6 million budgeted. But documents show the 2018-19 budget will have about $235,000 left over that will be used for this year’s work. So the City Council was to be asked Tuesday night to approve a contract not to exceed $1.726 million for a See STREETS Page 3
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Getting thrown from a bull hurts enough, but then rider Matthew Weaver gets stared down by the inhospitable animal during the McHenry County Fair last week. More photos on Pages 16-17.
County fair still about farm, families By Tricia Carzoli
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In its 71st year, McHenry County Fair boasted the theme “Growing for You,” but the motto still was, “Where farm and families meet.” While attractions at the six-day fair continue to expand and grow, the fair board also recognizes things that appeal to a small-town community
– home-grown experiences that bind together country life and hometown heart. McHenry County is well-established as an agricultural county, but much of the community does not have an opportunity to interact with animals or learn about rural life. The Future Farmers of America provided a hands-on exhibit for both children and adults.
Katie Shambo and Gretchen Casper, both members of the Marengo FFA Chapter, were the masterminds behind the exhibit that was getting a lot of talk. “We want little kids to experience Ag Day [through this exhibit] and get them interested in joining the FFA,” said Casper, a three-year member. Casper and Shambo organized See FAIR Page 2
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activities that provided educational experiences. Visitors learned facts about apples donated by Cody’s Farm and Orchard in Marengo through the “wooden apple tree,” experienced milking a wooden cow complete with soy milk in the udders, saw baby pigs and baby calves, and walked into a goat pen. “We want to share agriculture with others,” Casper said. “We wanted to bring FFA experiences to others who don’t have that opportunity.” Two-year-old Henry Kawa had the opportunity to milk the wooden cow that FFA members had built. “We are using soy milk,” said Shambo, who has been a member of FFA for three years. “It looks [authentic], and that makes it more real for the kids.” Henry agreed. “I milked [a cow],” he said after spending some time with his mother and brother in the exhibit. Casper set up a time-lapse video as chickens were hatching. The exhibit drew crowds as it allowed visitors to see newly hatched chickens and, for the lucky few, actually see the eggs being pecked open and a chick emerge. The incubator garnered the attention of some McHenry County royalty as well. “Aww, they are so cute,” gushed Victoria Vargas, Miss McHenry County 2019.
Pulling his weight
Tractor pulling brings together family and farming equipment. Kurtis Schaid, who grew up in Woodstock, pulled his 1964 Farmall 806 on Friday. Growing up on a working farm, Schaid felt right at home sitting atop his antique puller. “I have been interested in tractor pulling since I was about 5,” Schaid said. “I started pulling when I was
Poplar Grove bull rider Adam McConnell hangs on while ChaChing tries to throw him. Even after he has been on the professional bull-riding circuit four years, McConnell said, his mother, Tracey, still gets nervous. “But she is getting used to it.”
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Ben Gomez, 2, learns how to milk a cow in the Future Farmers of America tent at the McHenry County Fair. about 15, so almost 10 years now.” Schaid pulls with the tractor his family once used to farm their land off of Rose Farm Road. For Schaid, pulling is as much a family activity as it is a farming affair. His father, Keith Schaid, helped him to modify the old farming implement so it could be used for competitions. “We add things like bigger injectors, safety blankets, roll bars, and weight brackets,” Schaid said of the alterations needed to compete in heavier weight classes. “My Uncle Norman helped me read the tracks. He was one of the first people to start pulling.” Brother Ryan pulls and, often, the brothers find themselves in friendly competition. “He was pulling [Friday], too,” Schaid said. “We enjoy the family competition.” Schaid competed on Friday morning against local farmers as well as farmers who came from farther away. He also competed in the evening with the same tractor. Based on the class in which he was competing, he was required to wear a helmet and fire suit, according to the Midwest Truck and Tractor Pulling Association rules.
He also competed against a larger group of pullers – and for a larger crowd, thanks to the new bleachers. “With the new grandstands, the energy was really great on Friday night,” Schaid said. “When the crowd is engaged, you really want to pull well – to put on a good show.” While his highest placing was third, Schaid said part of the reason he kept coming back to the McHenry County Fair was the people. “The people you meet, the people here are fun, they are super nice, and they want you to succeed,” he said. “If anything happened and you needed help loading your tractor, this is like a small town – someone would always be there.”
Competing as a pro
The fair also provided an opportunity for Adam McConnell to showcase his local talent on a big stage. The bull rider from Poplar Grove was one of 17 who earned an opportunity to compete Thursday night. McConnell grew up watching bull riders; his father, Mark, had a friend who rode bulls. “Every time we watched a rodeo on television, my dad was my bucking
bull,” McConnell recalled. “I remember watching videos of rides – I have lots of videos of Tuff Hedeman rides.” But McConnell didn’t begin with mutton bustin’ or buckin’ broncs as most riders do. After he graduated from high school, he knew he wanted to ride and contacted Matt Noble, who owns Next Level Pro Bull Riding. “[Matt] raises bucking bulls, and he lives close,” McConnell said. “I got ahold of him, and then I went to a bull riding school in Tennessee. “My mom [Tracey], gets nervous,” he said, “but she is getting used to it.” In the four years McConnell has been a professional bull rider, he has risen to the top. After breaking his collarbone last year, he returned at the end of the season and still qualified to compete in the final rounds of the Tuff Hedeman Breakout Series and the Tuff Hedeman Tour in Huron, S.D., and in Las Vegas. “I’ve traveled around the country a lot,” McConnell said. “Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Vegas, Colorado, South Dakota. … You see a lot, but you make a lot of friends. “We all support each other. And we travel together,” he explained. “Jake got to ride the Bounty Bull, and we were all cheering for him. He’s a good friend of mine. I was really happy for him.” Being able to compete locally is a treat, however. “I had a lot of friends there Thursday night,” he said. “With the new grandstands, the crowd was great. It is always a lot more fun when the crowd is into it. The grandstands hold more people – and that is awesome. It was great to compete local.” McConnell walked away with third place on Thursday night, picked up second place on Saturday night in Iowa, and hopes to claim first in Boone County this coming Friday. Seven-year-old Gavin Musch from Woodstock found himself on the big stage as well. His excitement about attending his first rodeo was clear when he volunteered and was chosen to climb over the fence and participate in a dance competition. He played it up for the crowd, showing off his dancing skills. Gavin’s father, Victor, said his son’s being chosen by entertainer Josh Foster made that first rodeo experience unforgettable. With the fair wrapped up, the county closes the door to its summer being a little closer to family and to community and a little more aware of local agricultural opportunities. Friends were made, connections were formed, names were learned, animals were shown, opportunities were taken. The McHenry County Fair: where farm and families meet.
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The contractor has a completion date no later than Nov. 15, Livingston said. If contracts are signed upon approval by the council Tuesday
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Lamb Road north of the railroad tracks is on the street work list.
night, work could begin this week, he said. The 12 street projects to be completed this year are: • Aspen Drive, from the entrance to Applewood Lane • Bull Valley Drive, from Taurus Court to Oakmont Drive • Castle Road, from Route 47 to the Willow Brook entrance • Dakota Ridge Drive, from the entrance to the exit • Dane Street, from Washington
Money for the work comes from the city’s CIP fund – capital improvement projects – which gets revenue from local property and sales taxes. About $85,000 also is budgeted for 2019-20 to fill potholes, patch streets, and repair curbs – about half to be done by city crews, and the rest by outside contractors. Livingston is recommending the council also hire Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick for $30,000 to inspect the resurfacing projects. Livingston worked for that company and worked on city projects before he was hired last year as engineer and assistant director of Public Works. Street resurfacing work last year began in the middle of July, but
Different levels of work
Livingston said different streets needed a different amount of attention. Work involves regular resurfacing, which just adds a new top layer; deep resurfacing, which requires removal of the existing asphalt layer and maybe work on the base; and reconstruction, which involves a rebuilding of the street. “That’s the most expensive option,” Livingston said. “We try to avoid that.” The city might also use a “culledin-place recycling,” which pulverizes existing asphalt and reuses it in a new surface material. He said that method would be used on Bull Valley Drive from Taurus Court to Oakmont Drive. Work on Dane Street, on the other hand, will be half reconstruction, half deep resurfacing. Livingston said a street program needed a balance of options. “We try to use every single strategy out there that is applicable to our streets,” he said. “looking at every individual street.”
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dozen remaining street projects. The other bidder for the resurfacing work was Curren Contracting Co. of Crystal Lake, whose bid was about $18,000 higher than A Lamp. Lincoln and Wheeler were cut from the list, Livingston said, because they will require additional work to upgrade sewers under those streets before resurfacing can be done. “You don’t want to put brand new pavement on top of that, ...” he said. In his report to the council, Livingston said the high bids “are most likely due to the change in oil costs from 2018 as well as the increase in the Illinois fuel tax,” which add to the cost of operating heavy equipment and hauling materials. Funds left over in the 2018-19 budget came from a delay in receiving a federal grant for replacement of Melody Lane Bridge and the city’s not receiving grant funds for the Safe Routes to School project. Those projects will be delayed a year.
Livingston said bidding was delayed until last week as he reviewed the past 10 years worth of street programs and reviewed street conditions and maintenance strategies. “We re-evaluated everything,” he said, “to make sure we’re making the right decisions.”
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Street to Dacy Street • Lamb Road, from the railroad tracks north to the city limits • Robert Drive, from Thomas Drive to Carlisle Drive • Roosevelt Street, from Lawndale Avenue to Oakwood Street • Short Street, from Wicker Street to the railroad tracks • Todd Avenue, from Madison Street to Route 47 • Wicker Street, from Route 120 to the railroad tracks • Willow Avenue, from Tappan Street to Walnut Drive
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IN BRIEF Most homeowners file for Valley Hi rebates Forty percent of McHenry Council homeowners apparently are not interested in a property tax rebate. But 60 percent of eligible taxpayers applied for a rebate from the Valley Hi Nursing Home fund surplus. Application deadline was midnight July 31, and as of the morning of Aug. 2, the county had received 52,777 applications seeking more than $9.1 million of the $15 million that the County Board allocated for the rebate program. Homeowners who qualify will recoup nearly 30 percent of the county government’s share of their last year’s property tax bill. The final number of applicants will increase slightly as remaining paper applications arrive in the mail and are processed. As of Friday, the McHenry County Treasurer’s Office had processed more than 24,800 requests.
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Rejected applicants are being notified by mail and will have 30 days from receipt of the notice to appeal in writing. Checks will be mailed in early October. After rebates are paid, about $6 million will be returned to Valley Hi, which plans to expand its services and still have a fund reserve of about $25 million, according to a news release from County Board Chairman Jack Franks Franks urged other units of local government to follow the county’s example. “There is no taxing body in McHenry County, or anywhere else, that has no fat to trim or waste to eliminate,” he said in the release. “McHenry County is leading the way by showing that government can ease the burden on taxpayers without sacrificing quality of service.”
New city police car will enforce DUI laws Two vastly different vehicles are joining the “fleet” of the city of
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■ Timothy F. Arrigo, 28, Woodstock, was arrested July 26 in the 900 block of Lake Avenue on charges of driving while license revoked, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, expired registration, and improper use of registration/title. Released after posting 10 percent of $2,500 bond. Court date Sept. 5. ■ Paul S. Grzyb, 48, Woodstock, was arrested July 26 in the 11400 block of McConnell Road on a charge of driving while license suspended. Released after posting 10 percent of $2,500 bond. Court date Aug. 22. ■ Daniel J. Cencula, 24, Woodstock, was arrested July 29 in the 1700 block of Havens Drive on two counts of domestic battery and a charge of resisting a peace officer. Taken to jail. Bond and court date to be set. ■ Sylvia Jackson, 35, Woodstock, was arrested July 29 near Route 47 and Hercules Road on a McHenry County warrant charging failure to appear. Held on $3,000 bond. Court date to be set. ■ Mario Cordoba Jr., 28, Woodstock, was arrested July 29 in the 600 block of Schubert St. on a McHenry County warrant charging failure to appear. Held on $3,000 bond. Court date to be set. ■ Kevin J. Ruiz, 38, Loves Park, was arrested July 31 at McConnell and Zimmerman roads on a McHenry County warrant charging failure to appear. Held on $10,000 bond. Court date to be set.
■ Amanda M. Knutson, 35, Woodstock, was arrested July 24 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding 21-25 mph above limit. ■ Thomas P. Fleming, 60, Wonder Lake, was arrested July 24 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, driving with suspended license, and improper traffic lane usage. ■ Justin J. Comins, 28, Wonder Lake, was arrested July 26 on charges of aggravated battery of a peace officer, aggravated assault of a peace officer, and resisting a peace officer. ■ Elizabeth K. Bowen, 39, Wonder Lake, was arrested July 26 on charges of theft of less than $500 and criminal damage to property less than $300. ■ Tamara L. Gutierrez, 24, Wonder Lake, was arrested July 26 on a charge of driving with a suspended license. ■ Tara R. Hawthorne, 32, Woodstock, was arrested July 27 on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense. ■ Barry L. Dotson, 36, Woodstock, was arrested July 27 on charges of resisting a peace officer, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol with blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, improper traffic lane usage, and speeding 15-20 mph over the limit. ■ Ryan T. Hickey, 24, Woodstock, was
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Congresswoman Lauren Underwood talks with people at an open house Saturday for her new office in Woodstock, 666 Russel Court. Woodstock. At its July 16 meeting, the City Council approved spending $44,000 for a radar- and camera-equipped DUI enforcement Ford pickup truck for the Woodstock Police Department, and nearly $394,000 for a sewer-cleaning Vactor truck, both through the Northwest Municipal Suburban Cooperative. The council also approved the
low bid of $295,258 from MTH Industries of Hillside for masonry restoration on the south and east sides of the Old Courthouse. Funds were not available for alternate work that was bid at $88,000, but city officials say that will be completed in 2020 during the last year of the four-year exterior project. A council workshop was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at a site to be determined.
arrested July 28 on a charge of domestic battery/physical contact. ■ Tyler J. Hickey, 24, Woodstock, was arrested July 28 on a charge of domestic battery/physical contact.
ambulance 2:55 p.m. – 500 block of Leah Lane, malfunctioning sprinkler activation; truck July 27 9:52 p.m. – 1500 Acacia Lane, malfunctioning alarm system sounded; engine July 29 8:13 a.m. – 1800 block of Clay Street, arcing/shorted electrical equipment; truck 9 a.m. – 1800 block of Sebastian Drive, malfunctioning CO detector activation; truck 9:13 a.m. – 600 block of Verdi Drive, malfunctioning CO detector activation; truck 9:48 a.m. – 2800 block of Haydn Street, malfunctioning smoke detector activation; truck 5:24 p.m. – 700 block of North Seminary Avenue, system malfunction; engine 9:51 p.m. – 1200 block of Lee Ann Lane, gas leak (natural or LP); engine July 30 9:23 a.m. – 900 block of South Jefferson Street, gas leak (natural or LP); engine July 31 10:47 a.m. – 900 block of North Seminary Avenue, unintentional transmission of alarm; two engines 12:23 p.m. – Lake Avenue and Eastwood Drive, traffic accident with injuries; engine, ambulance, shift commander 1:01 p.m. – 3700 block of Doty Road, unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire; shift commander, truck, engine, ambulance
Charges are only accusations of crimes, and defendants are presumed innocent until proved guilty.
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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. Ambulance calls July 25-31: 71 Fire Runs July 25 7:06 a.m. 1:35 a.m. – 2500 block of Chatham Lane, malfunctioning smoke detector activation; shift commandeer, truck, tender, engine 4:13 a.m. – 400 block of South Eastwood Drive, unintentional transmission of alarm; truck 9:56 p.m. – 2000 block of Willow Brooke Drive, unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire; shift commander, engine, truck, ambulance July 26 1:46 p.m. – 1400 block of Lake Avenue, unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire; shift commander, engine, truck,
Marcella M. Habbley, 96
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West Nile virus surveillance is underway through October by the McHenry County Department of Health, which collects and tests mosquito batches weekly in addition to testing a limited number of dead birds. In a news release, the department warned residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites during outdoor activities, especially at dawn and dusk when the culex mosquito, the primary carrier of West Nile virus, is most active. While most people exposed to the virus have no symptoms, about one in every five infected people develop mild symptoms, typically a mild flu-like illness. Roughly one in 150 infected people develop severe symptoms, which can include a severe headache, high fever, stiff neck, delirium, muscle weakness, tremors, seizures, coma, and paralysis. The department urges people to see a health care provider if they develop those signs. There is no vaccine available for West Nile virus. Health officials urge people to eliminate potential mosquito breeding sites by preventing water from accumulating in containers. Wearing protective clothing such as light colored, long-sleeved shirts, socks and pants and using repellents can also help. People who find a dead blue jay, crow or robin should call the Division of Environmental Health at 815-334-4585.
Program expanded for delayed prosecutions Diverting less serious offenders from the criminal justice system to a less costly process administered by a volunteer panel of citizens is the goal of a new Deferred Prosecution Program the McHenry County State’s Attorney will begin Aug. 1 In a news release, State’s Attorney Patrick D. Kenneally said the program, formerly the First Offender Program, would continue and expand the reform. An offender admitted into the new program will write a statement admitting to the offense and appear before a panel of citizens who are informed of the details of the offense. The victim will also have an opportunity to address the offender and panel members.
Accreditation team eyes sheriff’s division Assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies were in Woodstock last month to examine all aspects of the policy and procedures, management, operations, and support services of the Communications Division in the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. This is the first reaccreditation process of the Communications Division. The on-site assessment included comments offered at a public callin session Tuesday. Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the Communication Division’s ability to comply with the standards for accreditation should write the commission at 13575 Heathcote Blvd., Suite 320, Gainesville, Va. 20155. A team of law enforcement professionals from out-of-state agencies will review written materials, conduct interviews, and visit offices and other locations where compliance can be witnessed. They will report back to the full commission, which will then decide whether the agency is to be granted reaccredited status.
State’s attorney office adds two civil lawyers Matthew G. Goodman and Colette Kennedy have become assistant state’s attorneys in the Civil Division in the office of the McHenry County State’s Attorney. Goodman has represented national home builders, restaurants, and churches. Kennedy has 14 years of experience from the Environmental Crimes Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.
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Carolyn Ruth (Cox) Mahoney, age 77, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019, following a courageous battle with cancer at Froedtert South, Pleasant Prairie, Wis. She was born in Carrollton, Mo., Feb. 13, 1942, daughter of the late Gordon and Melissa “Ruth” (née: Lathrop) Miller. C a ro l y n graduated from Carolyn R. (Cox) Carrollton High Mahoney School “Class of 1960” and went on to earn a degree in education from the University of Missouri and subsequently her master’s in education. Carolyn taught at Wheeling High School for 20 years and was a business owner and financial officer at the family business, Exacto Inc. On July 5, 2009, in Bull Valley, Ill., she was united in marriage to Dennis C. Mahoney. Carolyn was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, various fine arts, garden and book clubs, and volunteered her time with many organizations. She was a crusader against domestic violence and traveled the country making a difference in women’s lives through speaking and mentoring. She was an accomplished pianist and treasured time spent with her family. She will be dearly missed. Surviving are her husband, Dennis; children, Kim (Donald) Malczynski of Bull Valley, Ill., Kenneth Elton (Kimberly) Cox of Crystal Lake, Ill; grandchildren, Shelby (Will) Aide, Wesley Cox, Jennifer (Jim) Freimuth, Justin (Julia) Malczynski; great-grandchildren, Alex and Addison Freimuth, and Grace, who is on the way; stepchildren, Sean (Tiffany) Mahoney, Caitlin (Brandon) Ackley; stepgrandchildren, Lauren, Morgan, Liam, Nolan, and Kali; sister-in-law, Chris Miller; nieces, nephews, other relatives and dear friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Jason Malczynski, her brother, Eugene Miller, and stepson, Dillon J. Mahoney. Visitation will be held at MareshMeredith & Acklam Funeral Home, 803 Main St., Racine, Wis., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, 10 a.m. until 12 noon. Funeral services will follow at 12 noon, with Rev. Laura Fladten officiating. Interment will be held at Mound Cemetery. Memorials to your local domestic violence agency have been suggested. www.meredithfuneralhome.com
The panel of citizens will set conditions – such as restitution, community service, education, or counseling – for the offender to complete within a certain period. Upon successful completion of the requirements, the offender’s case will be dismissed. Otherwise, the case will be returned to the courts for prosecution. Previously, a similar diversionary program was only available to firsttime offenders. Unlike the earlier program for first-time offenders, the new program will allow admission, on a case-by-case basis, of minor offenders who have been arrested before.
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Marcella Mathilda Habbley, 96, of Harvard, died Friday, July 26, 2019, at the Mercy Harvard Care Center. She was born March 2, 1923, in Union, Ill., to Emil and Elsa (Zickuhr) Dorow. Marcella attended Zion Lutheran Elementary and graduated from Marengo Community High School in 1940. She married Clifford Clayton Habbley on May 25, 1946, at Zion Lutheran Church in Marengo. He preceded her in death on Jan. 22, 2006. She worked for the Elgin Watch Factory and the Woodstock Typewriter Factory, later becoming a homemaker after her children were born. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Survivors include her children, Ronald (Judy) Habbley of Marengo, Randy (Sandy) Habbley of Union, Peggy (Rik) Master of Woodstock, Kurt (Deb) Habbley of Harvard, and Jeffrey (Mary) Habbley of Marengo; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and three sisters, Arlean Schmidt, Leona Albrecht, and Lavalle Sandbloom. Visitation was Thursday, Aug. 1, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1601 Garfield St., Harvard. It continued Friday, Aug. 2, until the 10 a.m. service at the church. Pastor Steve Sward officiated. Interment was in McHenry County Memorial Park cemetery in Woodstock. Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, MercyHealth Hospice, 4223 E. State St., Rockford, IL 61108, or to the Mercy Health Harvard Care Center, P.O. Box 850, Harvard, IL 60033. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www.saundersmcfarlin.net. For information, call Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home at 815-943-5400.
Carolyn Ruth (Cox) Mahoney, 77
IN BRIEF Health officials warn of mosquito activity
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Cheryl Wormley Larry Lough Sandy Kucharski Ken Farver
Much better than just fair
No, the McHenry County Fair isn’t what it was 50 or 60 years ago. What is? Yes, we remember when the fairgrounds covered the entire northwest corner of Route 47 and Country Club Road. Everybody was involved with the fair in one way or another. But rural lifestyles have changed, farm economics have changed, and leisure time options and have changed. Considering that we are nearly two decades into the 21st century, not midway through the 20th, we’d say the 71st annual fair last week was darned near perfect. First, of course, was that the weather was ideal for the fair: warm without the oppressive heat and humidity that August sometimes brings – and dry, no ducking showers and slopping around in the mud. And you know the 4-H kids had to appreciate the firm footing as they steered their animals and projects to the proper venue. Second, the newly rebuilt grandstands reminded us how important that showplace is for providing maximum effect to fair features. Not to mention a great concert venue that seats more than 5,000 fans, which should help the fair board to justify relatively big acts to bring in even bigger crowds for the Saturday night attraction. That was the case for the sold-out concert of rock ’n’ roller Ted Nugent this year. Obviously, the sometimescontroversial musician has lots of fans around here, and despite anyone’s worst fears, he and they were a wellbehaved bunch. Those who might have carried through on their threat to boycott the entire six-day fair because of a couple of hours of Nugent did themselves and the fair a huge disservice. Even without them, Saturday night at the fair recaptured the electric mood of the past with a huge crowd on a perfect evening for wandering the grounds, eating corn dogs, playing games, watching people, touring exhibits, and sampling the life that only a fair midway can offer. Perfect? Probably not, but pretty close.
They’re all here. Every one. All 26 candidates.
Now I have more talkers than viewers.
EDITORIAL CARTOON BY JIM MANSFIELD
Watch debates at your own risk How do you compare the City Council forum we had in March at the Woodstock Opera House with the programming that television calls “debates” among candidates for the Democratic nomination for president? You can’t, of course. We had five people in Woodstock answering questions for 90 minutes in a discussion of the issues facing our city. And no commercial interruptions. TV brings us – in between advertising messages – exaggerated drama and conflict among 10 candidates desperately seeking both attention and donations to compete in a
nationwide election. And three media panelists trying to call attention to themselves. All politics is local – until TV gets involved. Larry Our local Lough forum isn’t the kind of thing TV Editorializing is looking for. No sound bites. No gotcha moments. No drama. MEDIA CAMPAIGN COVERAGE is dictated by television in this visual
information age. Reporting flows from video images and story plots suitable for TV. Conflict. Drama. Exaggerated characters. The story line – even for news! – has to be interesting, even entertaining, or – the networks fear – the audience will go elsewhere for its pop-culture fix. So the media love it when they can reasonably report that a political celebrity “slams” her celebrity opponent, or “blasts” him, or “savages” him, or “destroys” him – even if it’s no more than a simple disagreement. Continued on next page
wouldn’t switch with anyone. I loved my day today. I rode Shay, and I went swimming.” Printed on Charles’ napkin was “What did you do to change the world today?” He said, “I was kind. Being kind changes the world.” My napkin gave me the opportunity to share my “best joke.” I repeated one Anna had told me earlier in the day: What do you call gulls that fly around a bay? Bagels! Jim’s napkin was printed with two questions: “What part of your day made waves?” “And what part was a total wipe out?” His day included an hour with his personal trainer, so he said he made waves by upping the weight of the bells he was lifting. I don’t remember his response to the wipe-out part; I do remember we all laughed. In all, the package of napkins included eight different designs and questions. Even as we might wish summer could go on and on, schools will be starting soon. A week from today, Aug. 14, students at Marian Central Catholic High School will start their 201920 school year. Woodstock School District 200 and St. Mary will start Thursday, Aug. 15. To the students, teachers, administrators, and support personnel, may you have a year that makes waves.
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“The news cycle is getting shorter – to the point that there is no pause, only the constancy of the Web and the endless argument of cable,” he wrote in The New Yorker. “This creates pressure to entertain or perish, which has fed the press’s dominant bias: not pro-liberal or pro-conservative but pro-conflict.” He’s right. Conflict makes the news – or, at least, makes the news more entertaining. And the practice is no longer limited to TV. Get used to it.
about political celebrities. So, forgive this journalist if he refuses to provide an audience until the ugly process of money and politics winnows the field of candidates to a manageable few. I won’t suffer the media’s exaggerated vocabulary of political reporting through the 2020 election on Nov. 3. At this point, I don’t really care who is being “slammed” or “blasted” or “savaged” by political opponents. Oh, and look out for that “firestorm” – of criticism that candidates will receive from unknown experts on Twitter and Facebook. The media eat that up. The election is still 15 months away. But the war of words is just getting started.
THAT’S WHY I WON’T WATCH those TV shows aired as political debates – not more than a year before an election with 20 candidates, most of whom have no business running for president. When you crowd 10 candidates at a time on a studio set with a panel of TV entertainers masquerading as journalists, you get made-for-TV programming but not much in the way of enlightenment. Candidates carefully rehearse their answers and ad-libs – they don’t need to know the questions – as they’re encouraged by TV’s short attention span to keep their sound bites brief and gotcha comments pointed. MEDIA CRITIC KEN AULETTA once explained media bias today. I quote him often.
TV IS AN ENTERTAINMENT medium, and everything it offers is framed by the need for watchable moments. And the major newspapers and magazines follow that lead, giving too much coverage to what Hollywood celebrities and music celebrities think
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Yay, summer! The past five weeks have been wonderful – sunny and, for the most part, comfortably hot with frequent enough rains to keep the yards green and gardens watered. And surprisingly, we have had few mosquitoes. Yay, summer! I ate my first ear of locally grown sweet corn last week and picked the first ripe tomato from my two-variety, eight-plant tomato patch. For me, they are the two most delicious foods of summer. Fresh green beans and watermelon come in third and fourth. Eating sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans, and watermelon often takes me back to my childhood. I remember the joy of picking sweet corn and eating it with lots of butter. Tomatoes were so plentiful we would eat them whole sprinkled with salt. I still like raw green beans best, and watermelon reminds me of the annual Ebinger family picnic on the Fourth of July. Our area is blessed to have several options for buying fresh, locally grown produce. Our Woodstock Farmers Market on Tuesdays and Saturdays on the Square provides just about every kind of vegetable that can be grown in northern Illinois. Cody’s has its sweet-corn-andvegetables stand by Jewel this year, and VonBergen’s Country Market is near enough – on Route 173 east of Hebron. Yay, summer! My husband, Jim, and I hosted another Grandpa and Grandma Camp last week. This time, it was for our two 9-year-old
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Six students are selected each summer to participate in the eight-week paid internship, where they work closely with nonprofits in McHenry County and collaborate in professional development training with fellow interns. “It’s focused on building nonprofit leadership acumen – awareness of the community, understanding the value of working in a nonprofit, and seeing if it sparks an interest,” Piekos said. She also explained that the students do not have to have an
Two students from Woodstock have been named to the 2019 spring semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities: They are senior Jack C. Fischbach and junior Samuel T. Hughes, both of whom are in the College of Science and Engineering. COURTESY PHOTO
Summer interns, and the agencies they worked with, this year with Leadership Greater McHenry County were (from left), Taylor Spanbauer, Options and Advocacy; James Cormier, NISRA; Colin Stoll, Family Health Partnership; Becca Olson, Independence Health and Therapy; Jade Bellairs, Hearthstone Communities Early Learning Center, and Maggie Johnston, Main Stay Therapeutic Farm. interest in nonprofits to apply for the program. “They are getting their degrees,” Piekos said, “but if they know more, they can do more.” During the interview process, students indicate a preference for which nonprofit they would like to work with. The nonprofits then collaborate with Theresa Dailey to determine the best fit. From there, students spend Monday through Thursday with their specific nonprofit, and then work with another nonprofit one afternoon just to learn about the mission. Their Fridays are spent in professional development training. “Their weeks are very full, but they are the cream of the crop,” Dailey said. “These are really dedicated, bright young leaders.”
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Jade Bellairs first learned about LGMC through her parents. She loved that it was rooted in the community and decided to apply. Jade expressed interest in the early learning center at Hearthstone Communities. “It was my first instinct because I love children,” she said. At the early learning center, she
created a cultural week, did teambuilding exercises, and worked with the kids using books and music. “The program Hearthstone has is wonderful,” Bellairs added. A global studies major, Bellairs is not sure how she is going to continue working with nonprofits in the future, but is grateful for this new exposure to them. “The most rewarding part of this is being more confident in myself and in business,” she said. “This is not your typical internship.” Taylor Spanbauer didn’t know what LGMC was, but she thought it would be a cool opportunity to develop her leadership skills. She wanted to work with Options and Advocacy because of her background working with special-needs kids. While at the agency, Spanbauer worked in the autism resource center with middle and high schoolers, and connected them with nature. “I was happy to be making a difference with kids,” Spanbauer said. Within LGMC, Spanbauer noted, the program opened her eyes to nonprofit marketing, financing, and fundraising. She is also thankful for the friends she made along the way. Continued on Next page
Dean’s list for Lewis U. has Bull Valley resident
Will Doepker, a business administration and economics major from Bull Valley, was named to Lewis University’s dean’s list for the 2019 spring semester.
Two local students on Concordia’s honors list
Concordia University officials have released the spring honors list for the 2018-19 academic year, which includes two students from Woodstock: Kennedy Beck, a junior with a major in special education/general education first through eighth grades, and Joshua Siler-Glasshagel, a freshman psychology major.
Three local students earn degrees at UW-Madison
Three Woodstock residents were among nearly 7,000 students who received degrees during spring commencement ceremonies May 10-11 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They are Jada Berkland, College of Engineering, Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering; Michael Hartlieb, School of Business, Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, investment, banking, risk management, and insurance; and Anna Jaramillo, School of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
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When three college students from Woodstock first heard about an internship based in their hometown, they weren’t sure what to expect. What they experienced will stick with them for life. They were among six interns this summer with the Leadership Greater McHenry County. The organization’s mission statement reads, “To connect, educate and inspire leaders to engage in our community.” To accomplish that, LGMC created specific programs to address all different aspects of the county. Its intern program, which just finished its second year, focuses on nonprofit organizations. Suzanne Hoban, an alum from the LGMC class of 2005, first had the idea for a nonprofit internship program and worked with Marcy Piekos, an alum from the class of 2008, and Catherine Jones of MCC, to develop the criteria and launch the program. “Many nonprofits really don’t have strong succession planning for their executive directors,” Piekos explained, “and that’s a very serious thing. “If an executive director retires, who is in place to step in their shoes? The smaller the nonprofit, the harder it is to train someone.”
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“I really don’t have enough good things to say about LGMC,” Spanbauer said. “I learned about myself. It was a transformative experience.” Colin Stoll had already volunteered in high school at Family Health Partnership, so when an LGMC alum reached out to him, he knew he couldn’t pass up the opportunity. This time, Stoll helped to create a succession plan, conducted research, and worked closely with the executive director of Family Health Partnership. “It was a great experience presenting research, as a 19-year-old, to people 20 to 30 years older than me,” Stoll said. Stoll also spoke highly of LGMC, especially how it connects people with their community. “I didn’t know if I’d want to come home after graduating college,” he said, “but this has cemented me coming back for two or three years and volunteering or serving on a board of directors.” All three interns expressed their gratitude for LGMC and the confidence it inspired in them. A simple application turned into valuable, lifelong experience.
Kuhn stipends help nontraditional students By Janet Dovidio
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The Woodstock Professional & Business Women awarded four Frances Kuhn Scholarships in 2019. The awards were presented at the group’s May meeting to Hannah Konopinski, Joyce Lande, Maria Guadalupe Ortiz-Carbajal, and Jori Svitak. The scholarships, in the amount of $1,000 each, are given to women for educational opportunities to further their careers in professional or business fields. Applicants must be older than 22, live in the boundaries of Woodstock School District 200 and apply by April 15 of each year. Konopinski is working toward a master’s degree in nursing at DePaul University. Lande will use the money for the culinary program at McHenry County College to enhance her skills with her business, Lively Kitchens. Ortiz-Carbajal is studying for a master’s degree in public administration from Aurora University. Svitak is attending MCC for elementary education. The scholarship is named for
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Winners of $1,000 Frances Kuhn Scholarships this year are (from left) Hannah Konopinski, Joyce Lande, Maria Guadalupe Ortiz-Carbajal, and Jori Svitak. Frances Kuhn, former mayor of Woodstock. She was the first female mayor of an Illinois city of 5,000 or more population. Kuhn was mayor in 1965-69 and again in 1977-85. She was also elected to three terms on the city council, giving her a total of 24 years in Woodstock city government. “We have been giving scholarships in her name for more than 30 years,” said Sandra Pierce, chairwoman of the WPBW scholarship committee.
Throughout the year, WPBW members volunteer their time to raise money to fund the scholarships. The money may be used for tuition, books, or other expenses. “Giving these scholarships to help fund the education of local women has been a rewarding experience,” Pierce said. “We watch women grow both personally and professionally through the years, fulfilling their dreams and making our community stronger.”
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A play written in Woodstock by famed actor-director Orson Welles when he was 17 will be published this month by publishing house Rowman & Littlefield. “Marching Song: A Play,” which Welles co-wrote with Roger Hill in 1932, focuses on abolitionist John Brown. According to Hill’s grandson, author Todd Tarbox. the play reflects the authors’ lifelong passion for promoting racial tolerance and battling race hate decades before the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement. Welles was a student at Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, and he collaborated with Hill, the schoolmaster at Todd, to produce the full-length drama. It was first presented by the Todd School Troupers at the Woodstock Opera House in 1950. Tarbox, who also attended the Todd School, said he edited and contributed several backstories for the coming publication. Welles biographer Simon Callow wrote the foreword. Tarbox published “Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts” in 2013. The play recounts the two men’s lifelong friendship in a series of conversations that Hill had tape-recorded.
Dogs invited to fundraiser for rescue resource center The fifth annual Bark-a-Paw-Looza to support the Rescued Dog Resource Center will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, on the Woodstock Square. The free event will feature live music, raffles, adoptable dogs, and vendors.
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Marrakesh Express will rock the stage this weekend during the final concert in Woodstock’s Rockstock Music Festival. The free concert will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday on the Square. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Who’s Who will be the opening act, as musicians for the night pay tribute to the music of Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Who, two acts from the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969. Food and beverages will be offered for purchase from local food trucks and beer or wine will be available from concessions.
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Musical theater historian Charles Troy will present his multimedia show “The Creation of The King and I” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock. The 90-minute show is a benefit fundraiser for the Woodstock Area Community Ministries Direct Assistance Program. That program, which was established in 1992, provides financial assistance to residents living within Woodstock School District 200 who experience emergency financial crises. During calendar year 2018, DAP received 544 requests for financial help and provided more than $31,000 in assistance. As of June 1 of this year, DAP has received 250 requests for emergency assistance and has provided a little over $21,000 in aid. Funds provided by DAP were used to buy clothing, bus passes, gasoline cards, and prescription medicines. The money was also used to help pay for car repairs, rent payments to avoid evictions, and utility bills to prevent utility service shut-offs. The benefit show this month is in addition to five other “Creation of” shows Troy is presenting at the Opera House this year from May through September. Organizers hope this performance will raise $4,500. The ticket price for the show is $15, and seating is general admission. Troy’s shows, presented nationwide since 2006, combine scans of rare photos, original graphics, edited audio tracks and video clips, live performers, and a scripted narrative. Tickets are available by phone,
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Ingrid Mitchell creates planters, lamps, and candleholders from empty wine, beer, and liquor bottles. She donates 50 percent of her proceeds to Laremont School in Gages Lake. Mitchell’s hobby supports her philosophy: “Recycle, repurpose, give back, and support the individuals, businesses, and organizations that do.”
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With the addition of a string of tiny white lights and inspirational sayings, these wine bottles were transformed into meaningful gifts.
There were many possibilities, as Mitchell is skilled in macrame, crocheting, crossstitch, and quilting. She had sewn dresses, suits, and her two daughters’ Halloween costumes. “I got that from my grandmother,” Mitchell said. “She taught me the value of making things.” This time, her imagination sent her in a different direction. “I like wine,” she thought. Mitchell took empty wine bottles, wired some, and turned them into lamps. With others, she cut the tops off the bottles and used the bases for candleholders. She gave Amanda’s team 50 percent of the money she
made in sales at craft shows and to friends, family, and co-workers. Besides helping the hospital, Mitchell saw the benefit for the young people who had succeeded in reaching their goal in just one year. “It creates leaders of these kids,” she said. After Amanda graduated, Mitchell wanted to continue creating and giving. Her employer of 32 years, Baxter International, matched 100 percent of its employees’ charitable contributions, providing an extra incentive for giving. Mitchell did not have to look Continued on Next page
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“I’ve always been crafty,” said Ingrid Mitchell of Bull Valley, who takes empty wine, beer, and liquor bottles and transforms them into decorative planters, lamps, and candleholders. Mitchell’s “craftiness” has a purpose. For the past four years, she has donated 50 percent of her sales proceeds to Laremont School in Gages Lake, part of the Special Education District of Lake County. The inspiration to repurpose the bottles came when Mitchell’s daughter Amanda was a student at the University of Iowa and led a student team that was putting on a dance marathon to raise $1 million for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Wanting to donate, Mitchell cast about for something she could make and sell.
Transactions filed in the McHenry County Recorder’s Office from May 6 to 8 . ■ Residence at 631 Prairie Ridge Drive, Woodstock, was sold by James J. and Stephanie A. Schutz, Woodstock, to Scott P. and Patricia L. Zahnle, Woodstock, for $225,000. ■ Residence at 812 Twelve Oaks Parkway, Woodstock, was sold by Lois A. Emrich, McHenry, to Cesar A. Lira-Valle, Woodstock, for $173,000. ■ Residence at 415 Laurel Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Eric O. Peterson, to Daniel K. McLellan, Woodstock, for $249,900. ■ Residence at 214 Springwood Drive, Woodstock, was sold by CalAtlantic Group Inc., East Dundee, to Heather L. and Joel Rosales, Woodstock, for $283,685. ■ Residence at 356 Meadowsedge Drive, Woodstock, was sold by CalAtlantic Group Inc., East Dundee, to James J. and Stephanie A. Schutz, Woodstock, for $309,445. ■ Residence at 249 Macintosh Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Christopher J. Marvel, Woodstock, to Connee M. Meschini, Crystal Lake, for $163,000. ■ Industrial building at 333 E. Judd St., Woodstock, was sold by RealQ Co., Carpentersville, to R and M Hometown Properties Inc., Union, for $660,000. ■ Industrial building at 333 E. Judd St., Woodstock, was sold by R and M Hometown Properties Inc., Union, to Dacus Properties LLC, Woodstock, for $390,000. ■ Residence at 9903 Lucas Road, Woodstock, was sold by Bret Richards, Woodstock, to Tina Marie Hall, Woodstock, for $335,000. ■ Residence at 320 W. Donovan Ave., Woodstock, was sold by Eric Zingre, South Beloit, to Bebe Marculescu, Woodstock, for $157,250.
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Mercyhealth adds doctor to local pulmonology staff Dr. Laeeq S. Shamsuddin has joined the pulmonology staff at Mercyhealth Woodstock, 2000 Lake Ave. According to a news release, his special interests include acute respiratory distress syndrome, APRV ventilation, obstructive sleep apneas, and parasomnias. Dr. Shamsuddin is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with added certification in pulmonary Dr. Laeeq S. Shamsuddin medicine, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine. He is accepting new patients. For more information, call 815-337-7100.
Advia Credit Union signs installed at former bank Advia Credit Union has acquired Golden Eagle Community Bank and has changed the signage at 975 Country Club Road in Woodstock. In a news release, Advia reported its membership had grown to a combined 13 area locations in central and northern Illinois and southeast Wisconsin, as well as 19 locations in Michigan. Advia now serves 170,000 members with 32 branches in the three states. Advia also participates in shared branch networks nationally and provides over 30,000 fee-free ATM locations through the CO-OP Network and additional select retail outlets.
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beyond her own family for the next organization that needed help. Her now-13-year-old nephew Ryan was born with a rare genetic disorder known as Kleefstra Syndrome. Due to missing DNA building blocks on one chromosome, individuals with Kleefstra syndrome have developmental delays, intellectual disabilities, and weak muscle tone. Physically, those with the illness tend to have a small head size, a sunken appearance in the middle of the face, a large tongue, and a protruding jaw. The children require special-education services for help with speech and learning. Ryan was a student at Laremont, where services extend to 21 years of age. As an added impetus, Mitchell worked with the husband of Mary Sowers, Laremont’s principal at the time. “She’s one of the most passionate people I’ve ever met,” Mitchell said. “It’s infectious.” Mitchell’s co-workers were enthusiastic in their support of her efforts to help the school, buying her bottle crafts for themselves and as gifts. Mitchell formalized her business with the name Once Upon a Bottle. She maintains a Facebook page and an Instagram account under the name onceuponabottle9. Customers can order items via email or catch Mitchell at one of the shows where she displays her wares. “I go to these shows and meet some of the most amazing people,”
Mental health practice receives certification Transformation Behavioral Health, which provides adult and adolescent programs, recently was certified through DBT-Linehan Board of Certification (Dialectical Behavior Therapy).. The group practice of Dr. Kelly Vinehout, psychologist, has offices in Woodstock and Poplar Grove. “DBT is successful at helping people with a multitude of mental health challenges,” she explained. “This evidencebased treatment teaches people to live peacefully in the moment, regulate emotions, cope with stress in healthy ways, improve relationships with others, and think in a more flexible way.” According to a news release, certification ensures the provider is qualified and dedicated to providing the type of DBT treatment supported by research.
Corks indicate that these decorative hanging planters were once wine bottles. Mitchell also macrames the hanger for each.
To make these planters, Ingrid Mitchell stripped the labels from wine bottles, cut off the tops, sanded each, and decorated with HarleyDavidson decals. Mitchell said. Some have family members with disabilities and are touched by Mitchell’s use of her creative talents to help those in a similar situation. Mitchell has expanded beyond wine bottles to work with beer and liquor bottles, amassing her stock from family, friends, and “friendly bartenders.” Mitchell’s dad has made it his mission to collect bottles from several bars in Libertyville, where he lives. With the increased variety of bottles, Mitchell has experimented with alcohol ink and silk screening to create unique items. Her big sellers now are lamps, as well as both hanging and freestanding planters. Some of Mitchell’s planters include a drainage hole, reservoir, and wick for self-watering. Each of her creations takes 45 minutes to an hour to make, she said. Now retired from Baxter and working full-time as a consultant, she crafts her pieces in her spare time. As her grandmother inspired her to create, Mitchell, in turn, sees her creativity as a gift that she can pass along to her five nieces and nephews. For years, she, Amanda, and
older daughter Lindsey have helped the younger children make a craft after Christmas dinner. The one year that Mitchell thought that maybe the crafting had run its course, there was an enormous outcry from her nieces and nephews. The art of making something “digs deep inside you,” Mitchell said. “It gets them away from their phones, talking to one another, and creating things.” Mitchell likes being able to make a difference for the children at Laremont by repurposing something that has been used. Last year, she donated between $2,000 and $3,000 to the school. “The whole thing is about giving back,” Mitchell said. Find Ingrid Mitchell’s creations on Facebook at Once Upon a Bottle. She can be reached via email at onceuponabottle9@gmail.com. Mitchell will be at the Holiday Affair Craft Fair at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn, Wis., Nov. 9; at the Christmas on the Fox Art and Craft Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds Nov. 23 and 24; at the Marmion Christmas Craft Show in Aurora, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; and at the Holiday Craft Fair at Fremd High School in Palatine Dec. 14.
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Ric Gil, a Marine veteran and commander of Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 188, poses with the newly renamed Rooster, a name that has special meaning to Vietnam veterans.
Rooster takes shot at helping vets Veterans groups’ support helps to bring in mustang for therapy work By Tricia Carzoli
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Three national veterans service organizations have come together to support a rescued wild mustang, now named Rooster, who serves veterans and military families at Operation Wild Horse in Bull Valley. Bull Valley Equestrian Center, 605 S. Valley Hill Road, is home to OWH. The organization incorporates wild mustangs into its program to allow veterans to spend time with an animal that, often, is synonymous with American freedom. They and their families ride and work with the mustangs at no cost. OWH is program of Veterans R&R, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offers a community where trust and relationships are built and encourages veterans to engage in experiences that prevent isolation. “Working with wild mustangs is a great opportunity for them,” said Jimmy Welch, Marine veteran and president of Veterans R&R. “Mustangs are incredible animals. They heal in ways many people don’t
understand unless they experience it.” OWH Program Director Patti Gruber said the mustangs were acquired or rescued from kill pens, auctions, and private parties or through the Mustang Heritage Foundation. The most recent addition to the herd came from an auction at Shipshewana in northern Indiana. “We gave this mustang a second chance at life,” Welch said. “He was already sold at a [Bureau of Land Management] auction. This was his second auction. … He would have been in a kill pen, but we got him.” He was renamed Rooster for the white flash over his red hair, from his nose through his tail, resembling the muzzle flash of an M60 machine gun, Welch said. M60 gunners were named “Roosters” in Vietnam, so Rooster is a way to remember Vietnam vets.
Getting more support
Ric Gil, a Marine veteran and OWH participant, knew some other organizations could get behind the project to bring another horse into their program, which currently
comprises 12 mustangs. “Operation Wild Horse just does amazing things for veterans,” Gil said. “Not that long ago, I came out, met the mustangs, and I just kept coming. There was no question. So I tell everyone about it now. Gil is commander of the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 188 – the largest PLAV in the country. The post, which is in McHenry but serves the greater McHenry County area, agreed to Gil’s request to help sponsor an OWH mustang. “Places like the PLAV or the VFW or American Legion have a much farther reach,” Welch said. “They know veterans who need this, ... We want them to send their veterans here.” Gil also reached out to the commander of the American Legion as well as the commander of the VFW. “They jumped on board,” Gil said. “They worked together to sponsor Rooster.” Dwane Lungren, Army veteran and VFW Post 4600 Commander, said he was familiar with the relationship between a veteran and a mustang. Continued on Page 18
A fundraiser this month will benefit the family of a Woodstock North High School sophomore who recently returned home after undergoing heart-transplant surgery. The event for Alton Males and his family will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at Offsides Sports Bar & Grill, 680 S. Eastwood Drive. A meat raffle, gift raffle, 50/50 drawing, and live music will be among the activities at the fundraiser. Alton, son of Kathy and Frankie Males, suffered from a rare heart condition that required a transplant, which was done at Luries Children’s Hospital in Chicago. His father is a sergeant at the McHenry County jail, and his mother gave up her job to be with her son during and after the surgery. Funds raised will help the family with the months of travel and living expenses during treatment. Offsides also will donate 10 percent of sales from the event.
New director hired for Community Foundation
Deborah Thielen, formerly director of a hospital foundation in Wisconsin, has been hired as executive director of the Community Foundation for McHenry County. According to a news release, Thielen has also worked in several other director-level roles at nonprofit organizations in Florida, and she has donated much of her free time in recent years to nonprofit and civic organizations in her community. Her appointment was effective Aug. 1. The Community Foundation for McHenry County is an 18-year-old 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that addresses the philanthropic needs of programs and organizations in the county. For more information, visit mccfdn.org.
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Nearly $28,000 in grants from the Emergency Food and Shelter Program is available to help emergency food and shelter programs for the homeless and hungry in McHenry County. Applications are due by noon Wednesday, Aug. 7, by contacting yvette.alexander@redcross.org. Applicants may be private voluntary nonprofit agencies or government agencies with experience in such programs. They also must be eligible to receive federal funds. Proposals will be reviewed and chosen by the local EFSP Board.
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Madison Meyer gets an inverted view of the McHenry County Fairgrounds while going upside down on a popular carnival ride.
Once you’ve seen a monkey ride a dog, you’ll never be the same again.
Ted Nugent interacts with the crowd at his sold-out pe
Butterflies abounded in the new hoop house.
Little ones participated in their own tractor parade. Fouryear-old Aubrey Webb won first place.
Rick Utech of Woodstock, driving a Turbo International 339.29 feet in the antique tractor pulls. Utech placed fift
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Sophia Fabian washes her steer so he’s ready to show.
Junior Miss McHenry County Hailey Nelson tends to rabbits.
Henry Kawa, 2, sees what it looks like from behind the wheel of Dennis Alten’s 1941 International Harvester.
Victoria Vargas shows her excitement while being crowned queen of the 2019 McHenry County Fair.
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“They are very healing animals,” he said. “You don’t even need to ride them. You could just groom the horse, and you could still feel centered and more grounded. It is truly remarkable.” Rex Orton, an Army veteran of Vietnam who is commander of American Legion Post 491, said he had no prior horse experience. “I ride motorcycles,” he said. Gil, appearing to entice Orton to participate, replied, “Riding a horse seems a hundred times faster.”
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the relationship is a mutual one. “That is why we are both – the mustang and the veteran – being given a second chance,” he said. “We are both learning to trust and to center ourselves.”
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‘Here for veterans’
The three groups pulled $7,200 together to sponsor Rooster for 12 months. A Facebook fundraiser covered the expenses to acquire him. Welch said that Rooster and OWH were grateful for the support. “We just want to be here for veterans,” Gil said. “If a veteran is struggling, if they are isolated or drinking, we want them to be here. I kind of consider Rooster to be a POW horse – we rescued him, and now he can give back to us. “I heard a quote about mustangs once – that a mustang is an ownerless beast,” Gil said. “When I heard it, all I could think was, ‘Is
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Kelsey Hallin, assistant trainer at Operation Wild Horse in Bull Valley, takes Rooster for a ride. this talking about the horse or the veteran?’ Because at one time, all of these veterans were owned by the government, and now we are
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ownerless. I look in the mirror, and I see me in this quote.” Veterans can see themselves in the mustangs, Gil explained, and
A Wild Horse Fair fundraising event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10, at Beyond Stables and Farms, 11129 Route 176. The community is welcome. The event, from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m., will include a mustang parade, OWH military tribute, an opportunity to meet the mustangs of OWH (including Rooster), and horse and burro adoption. There will be demonstrations throughout the day in western dressage, jumping, ground work, liberty, roping, barrel racing, trick riding and musical freestyle. Food, ice cream, and vendor sales will be available to guests. Tickets cost $10 for an adult, which includes a raffle ticket. Entry is free to children 17 and younger. Tickets are available through the Operation Wild Horse Facebook page or at the door. All proceeds will go to the Operation Wild Horse program, its veterans, and wild mustangs.
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medicine. • Properly recycle or dispose of household wastes such as oil, paint,
solvents, and batteries. The McHenry County Green Guide is a wonderful resource for information on how
If you would like more information, contact Scott Kuykendall, McHenry County water resources specialist, at shkuykendall@mchenrycountyil.gov.
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A group from the conservation and environmental fields meets with Hispanic Connections of Woodstock to discuss reaching out to the Latino community. Meeting were (clockwise from left) Pete Jackson, Deb Chapman, Juanita Vega, Teresa Flores, Krista Coltrin, Olga Ortiz, June Keibler, America Quintana, and Angie Baugher. The meeting was organized by Cynthia Kanner, executive director of Environmental Defenders of McHenry County.
and where to safely dispose of these materials; download it at mchenry. edu/green/greenguide.pdf. Join us at the annual McHenry County Water Forum to learn more about our water resources. This free public event from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at McHenry County College will feature fascinating speakers, water resource professionals to answer your questions, and free food from Duke’s Ale House and Restaurant. For more information, visit mchenryh2o.com. Throughout the month of August, take time to appreciate the role water has in your life and think of other ways you and your family can protect and conserve water.
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August is National Water Quality Month, a time to appreciate how important water is in our daily lives. Clean water is vital for the survival of all life and economic opportunity. In McHenry County, we are fortunate to have access to safe, clean, reliable and affordable water resources. We have numerous lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands that support a healthy quality of life. We also Environmental have access Defenders to numerous The Green Scene groundwater aquifers that provide all of the drinking water for the county. However, it is important to appreciate our good fortune and remember that much of the world does not have access to the same resources we do. Additionally, we must remember that our resources are vulnerable to pollution and that our actions have consequences. In McHenry County, groundwater is our sole source for drinking water. Most of our groundwater comes from shallow sand and gravel aquifers that are highly susceptible to contamination. The rest of our drinking water comes from deep aquifers that are recharged in Boone County or central Wisconsin. Therefore, we have to rely on people in those areas to behave responsibly and protect our water from pollution. Just as we depend on people upstream of us to be responsible, others downstream also rely on us to be responsible with our water quality. All of our wastewater and stormwater ultimately flows into rivers that our neighbors downstream use for their drinking water. For instance, the cities of Elgin and Aurora get their drinking water from the Fox River, just a short distance from McHenry County. Therefore, we have a responsibility to protect water quality for ourselves, our neighbors, and wildlife. Here are a few suggestions on how you can be a responsible steward of water quality: • Do not flush unused medicine down the drain. Wastewater treatment plants and septic systems cannot remove medicines, so they end up flowing directly into rivers or seeping into the groundwater. Local pharmacies have take-back-boxes to ensure safe disposal of unused
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Linda Nulle’s corner garden on Wicker Street has been chosen by the Woodstock Garden Club as August Garden of the Month. The flagstone-edged beds are filled with colorful perennials, annuals, and garden art; a pretty blue bench is surrounded by more flowers; and visitors can enjoy the Little Free Library. A nice deck and a narrow shade garden are in back of the house.
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“Roar for Recovery.” For more information, call the coalition at 815-334-4048.
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, on the Woodstock Square. The free event is hosted by the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition. A police-escorted motorcycle ride will be followed by a brief conversation with professionals and a personal story. Participants will be invited to share the names of people who have died from overdose or because of a substance use disorder. The event will end with the motorcycle
A Woodstock Police beat officer David Dempsey will speak on the hiring process and field training for new officers during the next Coffee With the Chief program at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at the police station, 656 Lake Ave. George Hahne, Woodstock’s business development coordinator, will also stop by during the 90-minute meeting to discuss a volunteer opportunity. The public is invited. For more information, call Tamara Reed at 815-338-6787.
Overdose awareness rally planned Aug. 24 on Square Police hiring, training topic A fourth annual International Overof next coffee with chief dose Awareness Event will begin at 6
Nature walks this weekend will show off two areas restored with native plant species. The first will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the home of Judy Woodson, 620 Barbary Lane, on the south side of Woodstock, between Lake Avenue and U.S. 14. The second will be on the north side, at the McHenry County Administrative Center, 667 Ware Road. A third walk is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at Twin Creeks Conservation Area, Twin Creeks and Thomas roads, north of the city. Woodson said she found her new home five years ago next to a Land Conservancy natural wetland, but the wetland was obscured because of buckthorn and thistle. Her yard also contained three islands of non-native shrubs and garden perennials. She had the help of her son, Brad Woodson, a certified wildlife biologist, her grandson, and The Land Conservancy of McHenry County to remove the buckthorn. Thistle control is ongoing, she reports. Her property now has hazelnut, prairie drop seed, purple prairie clover, butterfly milkweed, and many more natives, and is visited by monarch butterflies, sandhill cranes, blue herons, egrets, and many species of birds. Scott Kuykendall, McHenry County water resources specialist, will lead the walk at the Administrative Center at 11:15 a.m. The county in 2011 converted areas of conventional turf grass near the entrance of the building to native plant species as part of xeriscaping and rain garden demonstration projects. In 2018 the Wildflower Propagation and Preservation Committee donated 300 plugs to increase diversity. The
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Purple coneflowers are among the colorful native flowers visitors might see this weekend at Judy Woodson’s home in Woodstock.
high visibility of the native plantings at the entrance shows the importance of native plants for both water retention and flood control, and the gardens have become a “pollinator haven.” The Twin Creeks tour at 1 p.m. Sept. 8 will visit protected conservation areas within the Twin Creeks housing development. Openlands bought the property, which had stalled during the 2008 recession, and transferred strategic acreage to the McHenry County Conservation District to connect separate land holdings and create a greenway corridor along Nippersink Creek. The 3/4-mile walk will visit a northfacing oak savanna with possibly the only known population of beak grass in McHenry Count; a prairie restoration protected by a conservation easement at the rear of several yet-to-be built on lots; and Nippersink Creek, where Openlands has conducted fish and mussel surveys. Invasive colonies of brush have been removed. Ders Anderson, Greenways director of Openlands, will lead the tour. The walks are sponsored by the Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Commiittee. For more information, call 815-337-9502.
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30 years ago – 1989
■ Soil testing had begun at a 158acre site at the corner of Dunham and Brookdale roads, in Hartland Township, for a county-planned landfill. ■ The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education approved an intown bus route that would serve students who had previously attended Olson Elementary School and would be attending the newly reopened Clay Street School. ■ David Vite and Martin Smith were appointed to the Memorial Hospital Board of Directors.
25 years ago – 1994
■ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided the city of Woodstock and the 17 other parties responsible for dumping hazardous wastes in the former Woodstock landfill on Davis Road would be allowed to organize their own cleanup efforts. ■ Architects presented plans for a new high school to the D-200 Board of Education. ■ Greg Klein pitched a no-hitter for the Legion in a 16-0 victory over Harding Real Estate. Klein struck out eight and walked one in the Woodstock Little League game.
20 years ago – 1999
■ Director Bob Shallcross was filming the comedy “Bored Silly” in Woodstock. ■ Professor Philip McCullough, Woodstock, was the recipient of the Ripon College Distinguished Alumni Award.
15 years ago – 2004
■ National Guard Specialist Brittany Hohoff returned home to Woodstock after serving 15 months in Kuwait and Iraq. ■ The D-200 Board of Education expressed approval of the plans for Kirk Homes’ Apple Creek subdivision off Dean Street south of Route 14. The plans included the donation of land for an elementary school and a middle school. ■ Walmart representatives were tentatively schedule to appear before the Woodstock Plan Commission to discuss the construction of a Walmart Supercenter.
10 years ago – 2009
■ The Grace Lutheran Church congregation was celebrating the installation of its new senior pastor, The Rev. Kenneth Gibson.
21 ■ VFW Post 5040 and the VFW Auxiliary held a joint swearing-in ceremony for its new officers. Nyda Fogarty had been elected auxiliary president, and Mike Lackey was the new post commander. ■ Twenty-six members of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Industry, about 8.5 percent of the membership, attended an all-member meeting to discuss the possibility of selling the chamber’s building at 136 Cass St. The vote was 15-11 in favor of exploring a sale.
5 years ago – 2014
■ A Crystal Lake-based company called 4500 NW Highway LLC was seeking City Council approval to open a medical marijuana dispensary on the city’s south side at 2300-2312 S. Eastwood Drive. A variance was needed because the location was closer than the ordinance-required 1,000 feet from two parks. The Plan Commission had voted 7-0 to recommend granting the variance since the site was not easily accessible from either park. ■ Augie Scott and Mallory Bellairs were among 25 students from throughout the U.S. chosen to spend a year in Germany learning the language and culture and working through internships to pursue their chosen careers. They had been awarded CongressBundestag vocational exchange program scholarships. They were the seventh and eighth scholarship winners in seven years from Woodstock High School. ■ The Independent encouraged readers and the community “to support new Superintendent Mike Moan and his staff as they provide learning experiences for our community’s most valuable resource – the children.”
1 year ago – 2018
■ The 2018 Gavers Barndance, selfdescribed as the “best 7 hours of summer,” raised $455,000. The previous two years, the event raised $437,000 and $425,000, respectively. The live auction, the big moneymaker of the event, raised $140,000 on 19 packages. ■ Woodstock City Band veterans Scott Hettinga and Russ Henning were recognized for 20 years of service to the band. ■ The Woodstock Rotary Club sponsored its first Christmas in July 5K as a fun fundraiser for Christmas Clearing House, Woodstock’s annual gifting of food, gifts, toys and books to families in need.
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■ McHENRY COUNTY JEWISH CONGREGATION 8617 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake 815-455-1810 Worship: 7 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday ■ NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER 5115 Dean St. • 815-337-4673 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ REDEEMER LUTHERAN 1320 Dean St. • 815-338-9370 Worship: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. ■ RESURRECTION CATHOLIC 2918 S. Country Club Road 815-338-7330 Worship: 9:15 a.m. Sunday; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. weekdays ■ ST. ANN’S EPISCOPAL 503 W. Jackson St. • 815-338-0950 Worship: 9 a.m. Sunday ■ ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN 401 St. John’s Road • 815-338-5159 Worship: 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday ■ ST. MARY CATHOLIC 313 N. Tryon St. • 815-338-3377 Worship: 7:30 a.m. Monday - Saturday; 12:15 p.m. Monday-Friday; 5 and 6:30 p.m. (Spanish) Saturday; 7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m., noon (Spanish), 5 p.m. Sunday ■ THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN 2620 Bridge Lane • 815-496-0548 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2016 Hartland Road • 815-334-1703 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ THE VINE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1132 N. Madison St. • 815-338-3380 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER 225 W. Calhoun St. • 815-337-3534 unitywoodstock.org Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ UPPER FOX VALLEY QUAKER MEETING 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry • 815-385-8512 Discussion and singing, 9 a.m. Sunday Worship, 10 a.m., fellowship, 11 a.m. Sunday ■ WOODSTOCK ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1201 Dean St.• 815-338-1316 Worship: 9 a.m. Sunday prayer service, 10 a.m. worship service ■ WOODSTOCK BIBLE CHURCH 118 Benton St. Worship: 10:30 a..m. Sunday
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■ BAHA’I COMMUNITY OF WOODSTOCK Gatherings are open to the public the second Saturday of each month. For information: 815-337-0126 woodstock.bahais@gmail.com ■ BLUE LOTUS TEMPLE & MEDITATION CENTER 221 Dean St. • 815-337-7378 Meditation: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Saturday; 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday ■ CASA DE BENDICION 8015 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake Christian Church) Worship: 1 p.m. Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday ■ CHRIST LIFE 13614 W. Jackson St. • 815-338-4934 Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday ■ COVENANT REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH 4609 Greenwood Road P.O. Box 463 • 815-575-9612 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ EDEN BAPTIST 1903 N. Seminary Ave. • 815-814-7847 Worship: 3 p.m. Sunday (Spanish) ■ FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 111 W. South St. • 815-338-2731 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday ■ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 2018 N. Route 47 • 815-338-2627 Worship: 9:30 a.m. ■ FIRST UNITED METHODIST 201 W. South St. • 815-338-3310 Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday ■ FREE METHODIST 934 N. Seminary Ave. • 815-338-3180 Worship: 10:30 a.m. ■ GOOD NEWS CHURCH Meeting at Dorr Township Community Room, 1039 Lake Ave. 847-343-4500 goodnewswoodstock.org Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday ■ GRACE FELLOWSHIP 200 Cairns Court • 815-337-6510 Worship: 10:15 a.m. Sunday ■ GRACE LUTHERAN 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road 815-338-0554 Worship: 5 p.m. Saturday (informal traditional); Sunday 8:30 a.m. (traditional), 10 a.m. (contemporary) ■ HOUSE OF BLESSING 2018 N. Route 47 (First Presbyterian Church building)
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7 WEDNESDAY WOLF OAK WOODS WORKDAY 8930 Route 120 9 a.m. to noon conservmc.org
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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
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WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET Woodstock Square 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. woodstockfarmersmarket.org
NATIVE PLANT WALKS 620 Barbary Lane 10 a.m. 667 Ware Road 11:15 a.m. 815-337-9502
COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF Woodstock Police Department 656 Lake Ave. 7 p.m. 815-338-2131
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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 bvidales@woodstockil.gov 815-338-4363
CRUISE NIGHT
Offsides Bar & Grill 680 S. Eastwood Drive 6 to 9 p.m. offsidesbar.com
ATROCIOUS POETS Ethereal Confections 113 S. Benton St. 7 p.m. Atrociouspoets.com
D-200 BOARD MEETING
ST. JOHN’S COMMUNITY RALLY DAY Car show, food drive, food St. John’s Lutheran Church 401 St. John’s Road 2 to 4 p.m. 815-338-5159
12 MONDAY GRIEF SHARE
Grace Fellowship Church 200 Cairns Court 6 to 8 p.m. 815-337-6510
Woodstock High School Learning Resource Center 501 W. South St. 7 p.m. 815-338-8200
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Grace Fellowship Church 200 Cairns Court 6 to 8 p.m. 815-337-6510
Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. 1 p.m. For senior citizens bvidales@woodstockil.gov 815-338-4363
Woodstock Square 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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WOODSTOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING City Hall 121 W. Calhoun St. 7 p.m. 815-338-4300
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MEMORY MAKERS STORYTELLING GROUP Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 9:30 a.m. 815-338-0542 woodstockpubliclibrary.org Led by Joy Aavang
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MACKENZIE O’BRIEN BAND Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Woodstock Square
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WOMEN OF WOODSTOCK Aug. 10, 8 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $15
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ATROCIOUS POETS Ethereal Confections
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Potts & Pans Steelband Aug. 11, 3 p.m. Culture, Arts and Music 1039 Wanda Lane $10, free for children younger than 6 pottsandpans.com
EDDIE B. SMOOTH Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Woodstock Square
ORIGINAL OPEN MIC Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. aplacetoshinemusic.com
GAELIC STORM
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Aug. 23, 8 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. woodstockoperahouse.org $5 donation
DWAYNE DOPSIE AND THE ZYDECO HELLRAISERS
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JUDITH SVALANDER DANCE SUMMER WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP Woodstock Public Library 414 W. Judd St. 6 to 7 p.m. woodstockpubliclibrary.org
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Aug. 9, 7 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $18 woodstockoperahouse.com
Aug. 17, 7 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. woodstockoperahouse.com
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THE CREATION OF ‘THE KING AND I’
Aug. 25, 7 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road $15, proceeds to benefit Woodstock Area Community Ministries Direct Assistance Program Call 815-338-2721
‘HAMLET’ - A LIVE THEATRE CINEMA EVENT Aug. 25, 2 p.m. Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $18 adults, $15 students and senior citizens woodstockoperahouse.com
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Aug. 17, 8 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St. $25 operahouse@woodstockil.gov
RECEPTION FOR BRIDGE’S ART EXHIBITION
Aug. 9, 6 to 9 p.m. Old Courthouse Arts Center 101 N. Johnson St. 815-338-4525
CAFÉ COMEDY NIGHT Aug. 24, 8 p.m. Stage Left Café 125 Van Buren St.
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TAX DEED NO. 19TX010070 FILED July 15, 2019 TAKE NOTICE TO: JOSEPH J. TIRIO, MCHENRY COUNTY CLERK; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA; CAROLANNE F. REILLY; OCCUPANT; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. This is NOTICE of the filing of the Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH ON THE WEST LINE THEREOF FOR A DISTANCE OF 595.80 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS LUCAS ROAD; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON THE CENTER LINE OF SAID ROAD AND BEING ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 108 DEGREES AND 27 MINUTES TO THE RIGHT WITH A PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE AT THE LAST DESCRIBED POINT FOR
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TAX DEED NO. 19TX010069 FILED July 15, 2019 TAKE NOTICE TO: JOSEPH J. TIRIO, MCHENRY COUNTY CLERK; OCCUPANT; PHILLIP PROVANCE; JAMES ROSS; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. This is NOTICE of the filing of the Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property: THAT PART OF LOT 16 IN BLOCK 2 OF GRIFFING’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF WOODSTOCK, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 16 AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH 81 DEGREES WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 146 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EAST LINE OF SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF SAID STREET 58 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 81 DEGREES EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 140 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 16; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 58 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SAID ADDITION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 18, 1856 IN BOOK 17 OF DEEDS, PAGE 75, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MCHENRY AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 13-08-129-011 On November 20, 2019 at 1:30 p.m., Courtroom 103 the Petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on November 16, 2016 for general taxes of the year 2015. The period of redemption will expire November 15, 2019. Heather Ottenfeld, Attorney for Petitioner (847) 721-4996 (Published in The Woodstock Independent July 24, 2019, July 31,
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 22, 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: ROA’S GARDEN AND SERVICES located at 10192 HUNTER TRAIL, HUNTLEY IL 60142. Owner Name & Address: BALENTE ROA 10191 HUNTER TRAIL, HUNTLEY IL 60142. Dated: JULY 22, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent July 31, 2019, August 7, 2019) L10837
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 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: GARLIC UNDERGROUND located at 99 MAPLE STREET, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. Owner Name & Address: MIMI FUMO AND TOM VENEZIO, 99 MAPLE STREET, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. Dated: JULY 29, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent August 7, 2019) L10839
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 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: WHIPPLE LEGAL SERVICES located at 1050 PRAIRIE DR ALGONQUIN IL 60102. Owner Name & Address: MARC WHIPPLE 1050 PRAIRIE DR ALGONQUIN IL 60102. Dated: JULY 29, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent August 7, 2019) L10840
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 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: LEGAL INSPIRATION located at 1050 PRAIRIE DR ALGONQUIN IL 60102. Owner Name & Address: MARC WHIPPLE 1050 PRAIRIE DR ALGONQUIN IL 60102.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS RUNNING BROOK FARM TOWNHOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff vs. ESTATE OF JANICE ANDERSON, THOMAS ARDEN, MATTHEW ARDEN, UNKNOWN HEIRS & LEGATEES OF JANICE ANDERSON and UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 19LM408 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, ESTATE OF JANICE ANDERSON and ALL UNKOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JANICE ANDERSON, defendants in the aboveentitled case, that the above-entitled Forcible Entry and Detainer action was filed on 7/24/19 and is now pending. 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above. 2. The Court in which said action was brought is identified above. 3. The name of the titleholder of record is JANICE ANDERSON. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: SUBLOT 8 IN AMENDED PLAT OF LOT 40 OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL PLAT OF RUNNING BROOK FARM OF JOHNSBURG PHASE 1, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF VACATED SUBLOTS 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, ALL OF LOT 50 AND PART OF LOT 49 IN THE 1ST AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL PLAT OF RUNNING BROOK FARM OF JOHNSBURG PHASE 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. IDENTIFIED BY PERMANENT INDEX NO. 09-23-277-058-0000 5. A common address of the real estate is as follows: 2606 Kendall Crossing, Johnsburg, IL 60051 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, ESTATE OF JANICE ANDERSON and ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JANICE ANDERSON, Defendants, file your written Appearance in this action with the McHenry County Circuit Clerk, by the 5th day of September, 2019, a judgment by default may be entered against you in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. PAUL A. KRIEG Attorney No. 06194523 PAUL A. KRIEG, LTD Attorney for Plaintiff 226 W. Judd Street Woodstock, IL 60098 (815) 338-4909 kandw215@sbcblobal.net /s/Katherine M. Keefe, Clerk of Court (Published in The Woodstock Independent August 7, 2019) L10842
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STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF MCHENRY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MCHENRY COUNTY,
ILLINOIS Case No. 2019 PR 224 Estate of Louis Cacciatore, Deceased CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Louis Cacciatore of McHenry County, Illinois who died on June 19, 2019. Letters of Office were issued on July 22, 2019 to Michelle R. Cacciatore whose attorney is Thomas B. Hood 501 N. Riverside Drive, Suite 204, Gurnee, Illinois 60031. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at the McHenry County Courthouse 2200 N. Seminary Ave. Woodstock, IL, 60098 or with the representative, or both within six months from the date of the first publication of the herein notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/Thomas B. Hood 501 N. Riverside Drive, Suite 204 Gurnee, Illinois 60031 847-2474-6633 ARDC 6190322 tom@hoodlawpc.com (Published in The Woodstock Independent August 7, 2019) L10843
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 30, 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: Malito’s Pizza located at 105 S TAYLOR STREET MARENGO IL 60152. Owner Name & Address: JOSEPH R DEMARCO 5027 WALNUT GROVE DR POPLAR GROVE IL 61065. Dated: JULY 30, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent August 7, 2019) L10844
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on AUGUST 2, 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: ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINERS + CONSULTANTS located at 2409 N. VILLA LANE, MCHENRY IL 60051. Owner Name & Address: LAWRENCE D KOKKELENBERG 2409 N. VILLA LANE, MCHENRY IL 60051. Dated: AUGUST 2, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent August 7, 2019) L10845
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 17, 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: RED GIRAFFE TRADING COMPANY located at 1464 WHITE OAK LN, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098. Owner Name & Address: BRYAN CORK 1464 WHITE OAK LN, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098. Dated: JULY 17, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent July 24, 2019, July 31, 2019, August 7, 2019) L10834
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A DISTANCE OF 560.70 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY IN A STRAIGHT AND DIRECT LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 438.85 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SAID POINT BEING 393 FEET EAST OF THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 393 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 13-27-100-026 On November 20, 2019 at 1:30 p.m., Courtroom 103 the Petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on November 16, 2016 for general taxes of the year 2015. The period of redemption will expire November 15, 2019. Heather Ottenfeld, Attorney for Petitioner (847) 721-4996 (Published in The Woodstock Independent July 24, 2019, July 31, 2019, August 7, 2019) L10835
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ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that on JULY 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: AUTO ART AND MORE located at 609 RYAN WAY CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60012. Owner Name & Address: THOMAS J WEBB II 609 RYAN WAY CRYSTAL LAKE 60012. Dated: JULY 15, 2019 /s/ JOSEPH J. TIRIO (McHenry County Clerk) (Published in The Woodstock Independent July 24, 2019, July 31, 2019, August 7, 2019) L10833
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Woodstock Recreation Director Dave Zinnen and his son, Matt. Teaming up for the past four years, Matt swims and runs while Dave logs the bicycle miles. As a junior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Air Force ROTC, Matt is no stranger to a tough exercise routine. He can often be seen at the pool swimming in his fatigues for resistance training.“I’m always trying to get Dad to go quicker,” he said, adding “My dad did really well on the bike this year.” Matt plans to keep competing with his dad in the hometown triathlon. “We’ll go until he physically can’t make it or I can’t get back for it,” he said.
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The ninth annual sprint-level triathlon sponsored by the Woodstock Recreation Department has become a favorite of local athletes who see it as a tradition that draws families and friends together. The 2019 race was held Aug. 4 at Emricson Park, drawing about 50 adults and 75 children.
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Four years ago, three Woodstock High School varsity athletes combined forces and formed a team to compete in the We.can.tri.triathlon. In search of a way to stay active in the offseason, the boys assessed their talents, entered the best representative in each event, and never looked back. Winning first place overall in the team division in 2016 could have been beginner’s luck, but each year the friends reconvene on race weekend to defend their title. As of this year, they are four-for-four, snagging the overall team division title in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. “It’s become a family thing,” said Justin Kucharski, who does the 12.4mile biking portion of the triathlon. The team, made up of 2017 graduates of WHS, draws on the specialties of each member to handle the three legs of the race. They lead off each race with former Blue Streak standout swimmer Jeremy Wolff for the 400-meter swim. During high school, Wolff had multiple state qualifying marks and now swims short distance sprints for Augustana College. Kucharski, a three-sport, four-year athlete, brings versatility to the team from experience in cross-country, swimming, and track and field. A recreational bike rider, he has worked on upping his game since entering the first triathlon. The final leg of the race – a 3.1-mile run – belongs to Jarod Baker. A track and cross-country distance runner throughout high school, Baker runs for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers.
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Former Blue Streak athletes (from left) Jarod Baker, Justin Kucharski, and Jeremy Wolf celebrate their fourth straight victory in the overall team division in the We.Can.Tri.Triathlon Aug. 4 at Emricson Park.
A family affair
Other racers prefer to build their teams from immediate family members. Mary Adelphia, Woodstock, has competed in the team category for three years with her daughter. Mary bikes while her daughter covers the swimming and the running. “She gets the hard stuff,” Mary said with a smile, but she said the hills she climbs just west of town with a bike are
tougher than they look. This year was rather impromptu for Team Adelphia, as Mary admitted that they didn’t decide to participate until the day before. She said she loves the spectators, and gathers encouragement from cheering fans. Another matchup following the family tradition is the father-son team of
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Overall individual winner Dan Thompson, Woodstock, rides the biking leg of the sprint triathlon.
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Dave Zinnen approaches the exchange zone after his biking leg of the triathlon.
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Matt Zinnen gives a leprechaun leap as he crosses the finish line after the 3.1-mile run in the We.Can.Tri.Triathlon.
The first person to cross the finish line on race day had the support of his family, but the actual race experience was his own. Dan Thompson, Woodstock, won first place overall individual, completing the swim, bike and running portions ahead of all competitors. A four-time individual winner, Thompson said he took up training for triathlons about seven years ago. The recent race was his first of the season with more to come. Although the We.Can.Tri Triathlon is smaller in the number of entrants, Thompson enjoys it. “This is a nice hometown race,” he said.
Draft horse pulling debuts at fair feet – the distance at which it was determined a horse loses its maximum power. To determine a winner, weight is added as teams achieve full pulls. The horses respond to voice commands from the driver, so the announcers reminded the audience to stay quiet while each team pulled and cheer when they finished. They also described how the horses, primarily Belgians, are bred for this kind of work and how they love their jobs.
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Staff Report The McHenry County Fair added draft horse pulling to the entertainment at the grandstands for the 2019 fair. The Wisconsin Horse Pullers Association ran the competition July 31. In horse pulling, teams of two horses each are hooked to a dynamometer that measures the maximum pulling power of the animals, using the same tractive pull to start as the pull necessary to keep the machine in motion. A full pull equals 27.5
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Kenny Markham drives Duke and Mike in the middleweight 3,400pound class at the draft horse pulls July 31 at the McHenry County Fair. The team topped out with a pull of 12 feet, 9 inches on a weight of 3,350 pounds on the dynamomete, enough for a third-place finish at the fairgrounds.
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The Phenom Illinois 15U White travel baseball team had a phenomenal end to its summer in the McHenry County Youth Sports Association Summer International Championship at Crystal Lake. According to a news release, the Crystal Lake-based team – including Gavin Loiselle and Clark Shulfer from Woodstock – won the second session 15U title with three convincing bracket-play victories in the event at Lippold Park. Phenom became the first local team to win the 15U title in 27 years with an 11-3 run-rule victory in five innings over the Illinois Rebels on July 28. “Our kids definitely saved their best baseball for the last part of the season,” head coach Kent O’Brien said after his team outscored the opposition 33-5 in bracket play. “It was exciting to see how well they played throughout the tournament against excellent competition. “We had the great pitching and defense, timely hitting, heads-up baserunning, and teamwork and enthusiasm you need to win a great
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tournament like this.” O’Brien also credited the work and support of his assistants, Jerry Ahler, Rich Loiselle and Brian Drexler, for the success. In the championship game, Phenom fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning to a team it had already beaten 7-0 in pool play. Right-hander Joe Fiorenza (Jacobs High School) settled down to pitch a complete game, and his offense quickly gave him the support he needed with 10 runs in the first two innings. Keegan Connors (Jacobs) had two hits and two RBIs, Johnny Ahler (Marian Central Catholic) had two hits, and Jack Tobin (Prairie Ridge) drove in two runs. Phenom also did not commit an error for the third straight game. Phenom finished 2-2 in pool play, but its two losses were by one run against challenging international competition from Brazil and Puerto Rico. That gave the team a No. 4 seed for bracket play and a quarterfinal rematch of an 8-6 pool-play victory over the Great Lakes Gladiators. “We felt good about how we had played and how our pitching was set up,” O’Brien said. Phenom also got key contributions
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Members of the Phenom Illinois 15U White travel baseball team are (front row, from left) Johnny Ahler, Brent Blitek, Joe Fiorenza, and Riley O’Brien; (middle row) head coach Kent O’Brien, Clark Shulfer, Dillon Maciaszek, Keegan Connors, Aidan Shafer, Brady Drexler, and assistant coach Jerry Ahler; (back row) Jack Tobin, Gavin Loiselle, John Persino, Niko Neckopulos, Ben Glockner, and assistant coach Rich Loiselle. throughout the weekend from Aidan Shafer (McHenry), Riley O’Brien (Crystal Lake Central), Niko Neckopulos (Cary-Grove), and Clark Shulfer (Woodstock). “Our depth really made a huge difference since we played seven games
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