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‘James and the Giant Peach’ opens at the Opera House July 22
e Woodstock-area resident who filed a recent complaint regarding Woodstock School District 200 with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office has resubmitted a second request for review regarding a possible Open Meetings Act violation after having her first complaints rejected.
Last month, Susan Handelsman filed a complaint with the public access counselor in the Illinois Attorney General’s Office charging the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education with failing to properly publish prior notice of a public hearing regarding a $2.8 million interfund transfer. During the public comments portion of the June 21 public hearing,
COMMUNITY Musician Keith Semple invites fans to be part of a music video shoot PAGE 16
PUBLIC NOTICES Lists of changes in property assessments in Dorr and Greenwood townships
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OBITUARIES Catherine Jurewicz, Wonder Lake G. Mitchell ‘Mike’ Kane, Belleville Jimmie A. Ward, Woodstock
END QUOTE “You don’t want to touch the plant. It’s not worth it.” — BRAD WOODSON, PAGE 3
Please see Complaint, Page 4
By Katelyn Stanek
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Handelsman said the district’s public notice published June 1 failed to contain the name of the board clerk or secretary, as required by the state’s school code. Handelsman also questioned whether the notice of the hearing was properly posted at the district’s administrative office and Clay Professional Development Center, where the school
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Raymond Turskey, left, Katelyn Turskey, middle, and Sam Castic play Pokemon go in front of the Old Courthouse July 15.
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Eli Holsey and Kevin Zank said
they came to the Woodstock Square because of the town’s history. Sort of. Like dozens — maybe hundreds — of other people wandering through the Woodstock Square the evening of July 15, Lake Villa’s Holsey and McHenry’s Zank were capturing imaginary monsters while playing Pokemon Go, the new smartphone phenomenon that requires players to go out and explore Please see Pokemon, Page 3
e Republican nominee for the 63rd Illinois House District has opened his campaign headquarters in Woodstock. Steve Reick is running for the seat held since 1999 by Democratic State Rep. Jack Franks, who is stepping away from the House to run for chairman of the McHenry County Board. Reick, who Steve recently moved Reick to Woodstock from Harvard, held an open house at his new headquarters at 1072 Lake Ave. July 17. Four people, including interns, currently are working on the campaign, Reick said. His campaign strategy will center on meeting one-on-one with voters. “I’m going to be knocking on a lot of doors,” he said. If elected, Reick said he will focus on property taxes as “issue No. 1, No. Please see Reick, Page 5