the woodstock independent, september 17th, 2014

1Sept. 17-23, 2014THE WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT

INDEPENDENTTheWoodstock Sept. 17-23, 2014

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NEWS

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The library holds a design contest for

its new logo

ENTERTAINMENT

The Woodstock International Film

Festival will feature five movies

COMMUNITY

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Redeemer will host a car show for

all makes and modelsPAGE 12

OBITUARIES 5

OPINION 6

EDUCATION 8

A & E 9

MARKETPLACE 11IND

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O B I T U A R I E S E N D Q U O T ECOMMUNITY 12

CALENDAR 17

CLASSIFIEDS 18

PUBLIC NOTICES 20

SPORTS 24

Clare Gabrielson, WoodstockKathryn Joyce McCormack, HarvardLynne Anderson, WoodstockShirley Stolzke, Woodstock

“We danced with the team from Israel, got T-shirts from Brazil.” — Julia Slomski, page 8

A SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL

Claudia Victoroff weeds a garden at Loyola University’s Retreat and Ecology Campus on Country Club Road. Loyola is among the greenest colleges and universities in the nation, according to the Sierra Club. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY KEN FARVER

Loyola University's Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock promotes eco-friendly practices

Loyola ranks in top

10 for green collegesBy LISA KUCHARSKI

The Independent

With the addition of its 98-acre retreat and ecology campus on Country Club Road in Woodstock in 2010, Loyola Uni-versity-Chicago is quickly becoming one of the nation’s greenest colleges.

Based out of Chicago, the Jesuit school has several green initiatives and recently created an institute of environmental sustainability. �e new program current-ly offers: five environmental bachelor’s degree programs with two more in the

making; aquaponics and geothermal fa-cilities; and a lab in which students learn how to make biodiesel and products like soap from excess vegetable oil at the Lake Shore Drive campus. �e program emphasizes recycling and composting. It also has a 3,100-square-foot research greenhouse, where students learn about urban agriculture.

In conjunction with the university’s ur-ban facilities, the Loyola University Re-treat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock provides a place for class research, resto-ration and retreats. LUREC is home to na-tive prairie, oak woodland, wetlands and two acres of gardens with a greenhouse, where a majority of the LUREC produce is raised. In the next four years, a geothermal facility will be installed at the Woodstock

campus to conserve energy by heat-ing and cooling the building, dorms and offices with well water. �e univer-sity was named the fourth “greenest” school – behind the University of Cal-ifornia-Irvine, the American Univer-sity in Washington, D.C., and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn. – in the Sierra Club’s top 10 listing.

“It starts with an attitude that you’re going to try to do things in such a way that you don’t harm the environment when you do them,” said Dr. Roberta Lammers-Campbell, director of the academic program of the Institute for Environmental Sustainability and di-rector of restoration at LUREC. “Ideas

By LISA KUCHARSKIThe Independent

When Woodstock resident Jim Pat-ton developed a fever, chills and head-aches, his initial thought was not West Nile virus.

Patton, who is in his 70s, is an active athlete who played tennis and golf at least three times weekly and often went on bicycle rides with his wife, Deborah. She said the retired Wood-stock High School teach-er and coach always wore insect repel-lent. With fre-quent guests and a love for the outdoors, he “religiously sprayed” his yard for mos-quitoes, she said.

“But it only takes one,” Deborah Pat-ton said. “It could have been on any golf course. It could have been in the grocery store parking lot for all we know. It could be anywhere.”

Patton’s case is the first recorded hu-man case of West Nile virus encepha-litis in McHenry County in 2014. He became ill in early August and was hos-pitalized, but has been slowly recover-ing at home for the past month.

Last year, McHenry County reported two human cases of West Nile virus. As of Sept. 5, the county has reported nine mosquito batches out of 204 that have tested positive for WNV. Of the 12 birds tested, all were negative. Accord-ing to the Illinois Department of Public Health website, eight human cases have been reported in the state as of Sept. 16, and 46 counties have positive humans, birds, mosquitoes and/or horses. IDPH reported 11 deaths from WNV in 2013.

Health dept.confirmsW. Nile case


�e state of Illinois will spend about $2.5 million for safety improvements on

a stretch of Highway 14 in Woodstock.

�e road construction proj-ect, which will stretch from Bunker Hill Road to Route 47, will include the installation of

rumble strips, guardrails and shoulders on Highway 14. �e project, approved for the 2015 fiscal year, is in addition to its $25 million plan to add lanes from West Lake Shore

Drive to Lucas Road.More than $1 million has

been set aside by Springfield for intermittent resurfac-

Highway 14 to receive safety work from stateGuardrail, rumble stick, shoulder installation to stretch from Bunker Hill Road to Route 47

Please see Highway 14, Page 4

Please see Loyola, Page 3

Please see West Nile, Page 4

“West Nile can really impact you negatively in such a way that can disrupt your entire life.”

— Debra Quackenbush,

McHenry County Department of Health

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Two Woodstock residents were

charged with breaking into and stealing

from Harvest Bible Chapel Church in

Crystal Lake Sept. 11, police said.

Zachary D. Armijo, 24, and Brianna J.

Villalobos, 21, were charged with Class

1 felony burglary and theft, charges

that came about because the incidents

took place in a church. Armijo also was

charged with criminal damage to prop-

erty, a Class 2 felony.

Crystal Lake police responded to a

call at around 12:40 a.m. Sept. 11 from a

person who noted damage to the door

of the church at 580 Tracy Trail. Police

said after a brief foot pursuit, the sus-

pects were apprehended.

Crystal Lake Deputy Chief Derek Hyr-

kas said all stolen items were recovered,

but said the church sustained at least

$10,000 worth of property damage.

“�ey were smashing computer serv-

ers, parts of the building, the glass door

that was broken through for entry,”

Hyrkas said. He said furniture, window

panes, doors, cabinets and electronic

goods also were damaged.

“It wasn’t anything you would deem

sacrilegious – they weren’t damaging

crosses and whatnot as far as I know. It

was mainly the hardware,” Hyrkas said.

Armijo and Villalobos were taken to

the McHenry County Jail, where they

remained in custody. Bond for Armijo

was set at $130,000. Bond for Villalobos

was set at $83,000.

Woodstock pair charged in CL church burglary

Eric and Karen Landis dance during Oktoberfest Sept. 13 at Emricson Park. Proceeds from the event, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Woodstock, benefited the Rotary Club and the annual Woodstock Mozart Festival. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY KEN FARVER

THE SWING OF THINGS

are always primary, and then the actions

always follow, once you have that mind-

set. �at’s one of the kinds of things we try

to encourage our students to think about,

and we encourage them to come up with

new ways of achieving those goals.”

Lammers-Campbell brings her ecol-

ogy classes out to the retreat campus for

restoration efforts. �e campus has year-

round housing for 200 guests. Students

enrolled at Loyola in Chicago utilize the

facilities year-round. Summer courses are

open to the public.

“�e dream is that, at some point, we’ll

be able to have students from the institute,

as part of their regular curriculum, spend

a whole semester out there with the pos-

sibility of taking several of their required

classes,” she said.

LUREC has a memorandum of under-

standing with the McHenry County Con-

servation District, and the facilities are also

used by the Boone Creek Watershed Alli-

ance and the McHenry County Defenders

for meetings. Lammers-Campbell said the

community and high school students from

Woodstock have also come to volunteer

restoration days to remove invasive plants

like honeysuckle and buckthorn.

“It’s not an academic program, per se,

but people learn a lot about the transfor-

mations in the landscape and restoration

work when they come,” Campbell-Lam-

mers said.

�e university also values local foods

initiatives. Farm manager Emily Zack said

the two-acre garden has yielded 5,000

pounds of produce this growing season.

Almost all of the produce is used by the

university, either served for meals, sold at

the school’s farm stand or processed and

preserved in the recently added Duchos-

sois Food Systems Lab and Kitchen. Zack

said, so far, 13 gallons of tomato sauce –

250 pounds of tomatoes – have been pro-

cessed.

Zack said about 25 pounds of food

scraps are collected from the kitchen and

dining hall daily and put into the school’s

composting system. Everything from car-

rot peelings and apple cores to rice and

old hot dog buns goes into the bins to

compost and replenish the garden soil.

Zack said rainwater is collected for water-

ing the gardens.

“We have two 1,000-gallon tubs,” she

said. “I have not had to water with well-

Loyola Continued from Page 1

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City of Woodstock seeking new clerk

The city of Woodstock is looking to appoint a new city clerk because Di-anne Mitchell, the city’s current clerk, is stepping down from the position.

The part-time clerk attends, tran-scribes and produces records of six to eight public meetings per month for the Woodstock City Council, city boards and city commissions. The clerk also performs other duties as required by law or assigned by the mayor or council.

Candidates for this appointed posi-tion should have one to two years of office or clerical experience, good com-munication skills and a solid sense of integrity and confidentiality. They also should have a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent degree. For more information or to fill out an application, visit www.woodstockil.gov. The dead-line to apply is Oct. 3.

IN BRIEF

Woodstock police conduct sex offender check, arrest 1

A former Woodstock man was ar-

rested Sept. 9 after Woodstock police

said he was noncompliant with the Il-

linois Sex Offender Registration Act.

Carlos A. Lopez, 24, formerly of Clay

Street, was one of 19 people in Wood-

stock registered as a sex offender and

the only one alleged to be noncompli-

ant during an address sweep of reg-

istered sex offenders conducted by

the Woodstock Police Department in

August. Police said Lopez had left his

Clay Street home about three weeks

before the sweep and was residing in

Kaukauna, Wis., but had not registered

his new address. Sex offenders are re-

quired to report their changes of ad-

dress within three days of a move.

Lopez was charged with unlawful

failure to register as a sex offender, a

Class 3 felony. He was taken into cus-

tody with the Kaukauna Police Depart-

ment and was transported to the Out-

agamie County Jail. His court date was

set for Wednesday, Sept. 24.

— Katelyn Stanek, The Independent

STREET SMARTS

Average gas price

$3.59 /GAL.

Reflects average price of regular unleaded gasoline at Woodstock gas stations the morning of Sept. 15.

.16

Drive through the parking lot of the Woodstock Police Department, 656 Lake Ave., between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 27, to drop off unused and un-wanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

The free disposal service is part of the National Drug Take-Back Day.

Dr. Roberta Lammers-Campbell cuts down invasive buckthorn at LUREC during the restoration workday Sept. 13. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY KEN FARVER

Institute of Environmental SustainabilityMajors and minors offered:

Bachelor of Arts in environmental studiesB.A. in environmental policyBachelor of Science in environmental scienceB.S. in conservation and restoration ecologyB.S. in food systems and sustainable agricultureFive-year dual degreeEnvironmental action and leadership minorEnvironmental science minor

water this whole year, because we’ve

had enough rain water.”

�ough large initiatives are obvious

on campus, small sustainability de-

tails are not overlooked. Kevin Ginty,

director of campus operations at LU-

REC, said sustainable lifestyles are en-

couraged by switching to LED lights

throughout the building, using green

cleaning supplies, contracting with

environmentally-minded companies

for services – like Clarke for mosquito-

spraying its outdoor challenge course

– and disallowing bottled water on

campuses.

“We want to be as sustainable as we

can,” he said.

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Three-category competition is open to the public, deadline is Oct. 31


�e Woodstock Public Library is look-

ing to the community for help creating a

new logo.

Library Director Nick Weber said the

logo contest will offer three categories

for submitting designs, including an

18-and-younger division, 19-and-older

amateur division and a professional di-

vision. Submissions are due by 5 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 31. An award and a prize

will be given for the best design in each

category, and one of the designs may be

chosen as the library’s new image.

“We haven’t had a new logo since

the new building was finished in 2001,”

Weber said. “It’s a nice logo, but it em-

phasizes the building. … �e building

is a lovely building, but we’re trying to

emphasize some of the other aspects of

what the library offers and brings to the

community.”

Weber said he hopes the contest will

generate some awareness for the library

and its programs and emphasize the fa-

cility’s role as a technology and commu-

nity center.

�ough the only design restrictions

are that it must include the library name

or simply WPL and the website, www.

woodstockpubliclibrary.org, Weber said

he has a couple suggestions for what the

library would like to see in its logo.

“What we are suggesting people

might try to incorporate are people do-

ing different things – reading, writing,

working on computers, all the different

things that go on at the library – and

then our increasing role as a technol-

ogy and community center,” Weber

said. “How you work that into a design,

I don’t know, but that’s why we’re asking

other people to do it for us.”

Another suggestion is to include the

library’s mission phrase: “Discover, Con-

nect and Inspire.”

After the Oct. 31 deadline, the first

round of judging will be based on public

voting, in the library, where the designs

will be displayed, or online during the

month of November. After the public

judging narrows down finalists in each

division, a panel of judges, including

Mayor Brian Sager and Scott Stantis, a

cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, will

meet to decide on the winners. �e li-

brary board will then meet to select an

overall design for the library but is not

obligated to choose any of the submis-

sions.

Weber said WPL card-holders are

encouraged to include their WPL card

number on their entry for a chance to

win a $25 Read Between the Lynes gift

card in a random drawing of all sub-

mitted designs that include a WPL card

number.

“Hopefully, we’ll get something great

that everyone likes,” Weber said.

For information, call the library at 815-

338-0542 or email Weber at library@

woodstockil.gov.

Public library looking for new logo, hosts design contest

WL residents accused of running indoor pot operation in home

�ree Wonder Lake residents were

arrested and charged in connection

with an indoor marijuana-growing

operation they were allegedly run-

ning in a home in Wonder Lake.

Norman F. Mathews, 52, Jacque-

line M. Mathews, 20, and Alexander L.

Prochaska, 22, were arrested Aug. 23

by deputies from the McHenry Coun-

ty Sheriff’s Office at a residence in the

4300 block of East Lakeshore Drive

in Wonder Lake. According to a state-

ment from the sheriff’s office, depu-

ties uncovered the operation when

they smelled marijuana emanating

from the residence’s garage.

Police said they collected 70 can-

nabis saliva plants, cultivating equip-

ment, about 220 grams of marijuana,

a revolver and items of drug para-

phernalia.

Police estimated the street value

of the cannabis seized to be about

$10,000.

All three were charged with unlaw-

ful manufacturing of cannabis sativa

plants, a Class 2 felony, unlawful de-

livery of cannabis, a Class 3 felony,

unlawful possession of cannabis, a

Class 4 felony, and unlawful posses-

sion of drug paraphernalia, a Class A

felony.

— Katelyn Stanek, The Independent

ing of various state routes throughout

McHenry County, according to Illinois

Department of Transportation repre-

sentative Guy Tridgell.

“�is is not an infrastructure improve-

ment, per se, but a safety improvement

project, which are selected using several

criteria based on their potential to re-

duce fatal and severe crashes,” Tridgell

wrote in an email.

�e project is part of the $31 billion

Illinois Jobs Now program, which is

funded by a combination of state, fed-

eral and local revenue.

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West Nile Continued from Page 1

“It’s been horrible for him, just hor-

rible,” Deborah Patton said. Her husband

has experienced high fever, chills, trem-

ors, rash, body aches, headaches, no ap-

petite and loss of energy. She said he has

lost about 30 pounds and has difficulty

sleeping. “All I can say is it’s nasty.”

With no treatment for the virus, Debo-

rah Patton said the only option is to let

the virus run its course. Because of the

physical weakness caused by the virus,

Jim Patton has been going to physical

therapy. He is now walking without a

walker. While he is getting stronger, his

wife said it is frustrating for him.

“It’s really hard when you’re active and

then you’re immobile, basically,” Debo-

rah Patton said.

Recovery time varies from person to

person depending on health conditions

prior to being infected with the virus.

Debra Quackenbush, the community in-

formation coordinator for the McHenry

County Department of Health, said al-

though people older than 50 and young

children are most susceptible to infec-

tion, it can affect all ages.

“West Nile can really impact you nega-

tively in such a way that can disrupt your

entire life,” she said.

In 2012, Evergreen Park Mayor Jim

Sexton was diagnosed with West Nile.

He recently released videos through the

Cook County Health Department about

the virus’ impact on his life and his ad-

vocacy for the three Rs of prevention:

remove standing water; repel; and repair

broken screens. After almost two years

of recovery, he said, in his videos, he is

about 90 percent recovered. He had to

relearn to walk and use his voice again.

�e virus is commonly a threat from

May until the first hard frost. Illness

from West Nile virus is usually mild

and includes fever, headache and body

aches, but serious illnesses, such as

encephalitis, meningitis and death, are

possible. Illness can occur within three

to 15 days after an infected mosquito

bite. Culex mosquitoes are the only

mosquitoes to carry West Nile virus,

although distinguishing them with the

naked eye from other mosquitoes is

nearly impossible. �e carriers typical-

ly are found in hot, dry weather, while

non-Culex mosquitoes are found in

wetter, cooler environments.

While municipalities like Woodstock

do help cut down mosquito populations

by treating bodies of water to kill larvae,

Quackenbush said people still need to

take precautions to repel the pests.

“It’s not just a mosquito bite … it’s what

it does to the body,” she said. “Prevention

is key.”

MCHD advises people to eliminate

standing water from reservoirs like flow-

er pots and old tires, wear long pants and

sleeves if they’re going to be out at dusk

or dawn and use repellent with DEET.

CORRECTIONS

In the Sept. 10-16 issue of The Wood-stock Independent, in a photo on page 3, a Woodstock Fire/Rescue District fire-fighter was misidentified. The firefighter was Quinn Murphy. On page 1, the Al-ex’s Lemonade Stand photo was taken at

Westwood Elementary School.In the same issue, an error appeared in

a headline alongside the Highlight article on page 16. It should have read “Motor-cyle ride memorializes WHS graduate.”

The Independent regrets the errors.

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Dawn Lane Keating, 39, 409 Wash-ington St., Woodstock, was charged Aug. 27 with driving while license suspended, expired registration and operating a ve-hicle with a suspended registration at Church and Madison streets. Keating posted $300 bond. Court date was set for Sept. 25.

Sonia Banuelos-Rios, 32, 6230 Ston-ecastle, Lakewood, was charged Aug. 27 with retail theft at 1275 Lake Ave. Banu-elos-Rios posted $150 bond. Court date was set for Oct. 2.

Natalie J. Bibeau, 29, 1222 W. Northeast Drive, McHenry, was charged Aug. 27 with driving while license sus-pended and unlawful use of a communica-tion device on South Madison Street. Bi-beau posted $150 bond. Court date was set for Oct. 16.

Tanner J. Otto, 24, 8917 Oriole Trail, Wonder Lake, was charged Aug. 30 with aggravated resisting a peace of-ficer and aggravated battery to a peace officer at Benton and Church streets. Otto was turned over to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Bond is to be set. Court date was set for Sept. 25.

Dawn Lane Keating, 39, 409 Wash-ington St., Woodstock, was charged Aug. 30 with driving while license suspended and disregarding a stop sign at Church and Jefferson streets. Keating posted $150 bond. Court date was set for Sept. 25.

Gianna V. Romano, 19, 14720 Em-ery Lane, Woodstock, was charged Aug. 31 with possession of cannabis, failure to signal when required and uninsured motor vehicle. Romano posted $120 bond. Court date was set for Sept. 25.

Oscar Arreola, 18, 848 Wicker St., Woodstock, was charged Aug. 31 with driving with license suspended in the 800 block of Jewett Street. Arreola posted $150 bond. Court date was set for Sept. 25.

Robert E. Weimer, 58, 239-1/2 N. Benton St., Woodstock, was arrested at his home Sept. 2 on an outstanding warrant from Boone County on failure to appear. Weimer was turned over to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date was to be set.

Cecila Rodriguez, 40, 327 S. Jef-ferson St., Woodstock, was charged Sept. 3 with driving while license suspended and no registration at Jackson and Doug-las Streets. Rodriguez posted $150 bond. Court date was set for Sept. 25.

Patrick Joseph Westerberg, 55, tran-sient, was charged Sept. 3 with violation

of stalking no contact order at 414 W. Judd St. Westerberg was turned over to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. No bond was set. Court date is to be set.

Samantha M. Collins, 18, 1384 Floresta Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged Sept. 3 with driving under the influence, improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed and texting while driving at 2408 Waterleaf Lane. Collins was released on an I-bond. Court date was set for Oct. 16.

A Marengo area juvenile, 15, was charged Sept. 6 with retail theft at 1275 Lake Ave. The juvenile was released to the custody of his parents. Bond and court date were to be set.

NEWS

OBITUARIES

Clare GabrielsonClare Gabrielson, 85, Woodstock, died

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, at Lexington Health Care, Streamwood.

She was born Dec. 7, 1928, to Chris-topher and Anna (Ahlers) Burg in Manito-woc, Wis.

On July 10, 1948, she married Tennes Gabrielson in Woodstock. He died in May 1978. She married Vernon Hanson in 1986, and they were together for more than 10 years.

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Woodstock. She spent her adult life raising her children, and she used to say, “I was responsible for each and ev-ery one.”

She took great care creating a loving home for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed camp-ing, bowling and stitchery and shared her home with several cats over the years. She was particularly proud of her hus-band Tennes and the homes, commercial buildings and churches he constructed in McHenry County.

Survivors include five children, Carol (Al) Zarnstorff, Apple River, Susan (AJ) Ty-son, Chicago, Laurel Gabrielson, Wood-stock, Lynne (Doug) Anthony, Marengo, and Andy (Linda) Gabrielson, Wood-stock; 10 grandchildren, Joel (Krysten) Zarnstorff, Wonder Lake, Rob (Erica) Zarnstorff, Woodstock, Abbie (Justin Mas-sa) Torgeson, Chicago, Lindsay Torgeson, Woodstock, Ryan Torgeson, Chicago, Caitlin (Josh) Wagner, Bloomington, Jake Anthony, DeKalb, Kat Gabrielson, Wood-stock, Christopher Gabrielson, Wood-stock, and Anna Gabrielson, Woodstock; great-grandchildren, Ben and Julia Zarn-storff, Maddy and Clara Zarnstorff, and Marlowe Massa; a brother, Joe (Mary El-

len) Burg; two sisters, Helen Kristensen, Dorothy Kohl; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents; her husband Tennes; her husband Vernon; an infant daughter; a daughter, Kristin M. Gabrielson; and four brothers, William Burg, Al Burg, John Burg and Er-vin Burg.

Visitation and prayer service were held Sept. 14 at the Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, Woodstock. Visitation continued Sept. 15, at St. Mary Church, followed by a funeral Mass.

Interment followed in the Calvary Cath-olic Cemetery, Woodstock.

Memorials can be made in her name to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Kathryn Joyce McCormackKathryn Joyce McCormack, 80, Har-

vard, formerly of Woodstock, died Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family.

She was born on May 27, 1934, to Ir-vin and Margaret (Rhodes) Berry in Shef-field, Ala.

She served as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 to 1959.

She enjoyed cooking and baking for her loved ones. She also enjoyed the sim-ple pleasures in life like going shopping and going to garage sales. Family outings were cherished, her family always came first, but the love she had for her cats was a close second.

Survivors include three children, Ronald (Jill) Youngblood, James (Emma) McCor-mack and Patricia (Chris) Lawrence; four grandchildren, Christopher and Bryan Youngblood and Melanie and Morgan Lawrence; a brother, Kenneth (Dorothy)

Berry; and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her par-

ents; her faithful companion, James P. McCormack; and two brothers, Thomas Berry and Cecil “Bill” Berry.

Visitation and funeral were Sept. 16 at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Fu-neral Home, Woodstock. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery.

Lynne AndersonLynne Anderson, 72, Woodstock, died

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, at the Jour-neyCare Hospice Inpatient Unit, Wood-stock, surrounded by her family.

She was born Oct. 30, 1941, to Frank and Marie (Clam) Hurley in Chicago.

On Oct. 28, 1988, she married Lester Anderson in Paducah, Ky. He preceded her in death Dec. 27, 2009.

Lynne enjoyed sewing and crafts. She cherished the time she spent living on the farm with her husband. Most of all, Lynne enjoyed spending time with her family.

Survivors include two daughters, Beth Faulds (Jeff Liljekuist) and Nancylee (Roy) Landrey; a son, Michael (Ana) Ander-son; nine grandchildren, Zachary Schau, Stephanie (Mark) Goza, Nicole Gillespie, Jessica Gillespie, Daniel (Angela) Ander-son, Timothy (Nicole) Anderson, Christina (Mykail) McHardy, Priscilla Anderson and Billy Liljekuist; four great-grandchildren, Natalee Goza, Owen Goza, Andre Anderson and Isabella Anderson; five siblings, Fred (Judy) Hurley, Laura (Jim) Berry, Janet (Mark) Hodges, Paul Hurley and John (Nancy) Hurley; as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents and her husband.

All services were private.

Memorials can be made to the Ameri-can Cancer Society, Fox Valley Regional Office, 143 First St., Batavia, IL, 60510.

Arrangements were made by Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home.

Shirley StolzkeShirley Stolzke, 80, Woodstock, died

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at Journeycare Hospice Inpatient Unit, Woodstock.

She was born Oct. 29, 1934, to John and Marian (Wolf) Hanley in Woodstock.

On June 9, 1956, she married Arthur Stolzke.

She loved to travel with her husband, especially trips to Las Vegas. She enjoyed garage sales and making crafts. Mostly she loved spending time with her family.

Survivors include two sons, Daniel Stol-zke and Robert (Debbie) Stolzke; a daugh-ter, Susan (Richard) Motley; 13 grandchil-dren, Jennifer and Jeanna Hughes, Jill (Jason) Zupansic, Angela (Mark) Brose, Tracy Motley, Heather (Ryan) Lamb, Lac-ey, Nicholas and Shannon Stolzke, Alex-andra (Caleb) McConnell, Robert Barrios, Greg Uden and Brian Nowasky; and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents; her husband; a son, Thomas Stolzke; a brother, Jon Hanley; and a sister, Mari-lyn Dusthimer.

A gathering of friends and relatives will held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, until the 11 a.m. memorial service at The Chapel in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.

Memorials can be made to Journeycare Foundation, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Bar-rington, IL 60010-3141.

Arrangements were made by Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home.

POLICE BLOTTER

Any charges are merely accusations, and de-fendants or suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

6 THE WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENTSept. 17-23, 2014

CHERYL WORMLEYPublisher, Co-OwnerPAUL WORMLEY

Co-OwnerKATELYN STANEKManaging Editor

THE WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT

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THE EDITORIAL BOARDCheryl Wormley Katelyn Stanek Jay SchulzLisa KucharskiSandy Kucharski

Want change? All you have to

do is runSometimes you write letters you

want us to print. Other times, you call or email or stop us on the street to talk. Sometimes you want anonymity; other times you want us to quote you.

You have ideas — about public finances, parks and streets, schools, commissions, business development and more — and you want to see them implemented in Woodstock.

You know who you are, the dozens, if not hundreds, of you. Today, we have some good news: you have a shot at changing things. All you have to do is run.

Seats on the Woodstock City Coun-cil and the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education will be up for grabs in the February 2015 elec-tion. �ree spots will open up on the council, while four will be available on the school board. �is election is a perfect opportunity for people look-ing to shake up, invigorate or simply change the face of some of our town’s most influential and important public bodies. And all you have to do is run.

Sometimes, you’re irate. Other times, you simply take a different view of the way our city or schools should be run. Sometimes, you want a complete overhaul. Other times, you want to work alongside the council members or board members you respect.

Whatever it is, you want to be a part of it. So why not toss your hat into the ring?

Too often, local elections are barely-contested affairs — if, that is, there’s any contest at all. And who could blame us? Local offices provide lots of stress, frustration, paperwork and late-night meetings. But they also offer a chance at implementing those very ideas you and your neigh-bors have been grumbling about for months. Or years. Or decades.

You have ideas, opinions and per-spectives you’ve shared with us and your neighbors and friends. �e up-coming election will give you a shot at putting them into action in your town.

And all you have to do is run.

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Simple solutions to help local biz thrive

After years of living in Chicago and many other cities, I moved to Woodstock in the fall of 2001. Moving to a small town was a bit of a culture shock to me, but I soon learned that I loved the charm and personality Woodstock offers, chiefly in terms of the many local businesses. It did not take long to realize the other side of that coin: the sad fact that, as Ryan Giles said in the recent Independent article on the closing of Two Tails/Java Planet: “I always say Woodstock is where restaurants go to die.” Mr. Giles could easily have been talking about other businesses beyond our small collection of restaurants. �e truth is that we all bear the respon-sibility of the success of local busi-nesses, and we have all fallen down on the job.

In the short time I have lived in Woodstock, I have seen many a local business start out and then slowly fizzle, even in spite of good food, great products and excellent service. Still, Starbucks, with its corporate charm, seems to con-tinue to do business. How many of us have chosen to go to Starbucks rather than go an extra block to Jenapea’s, the late and lamented local coffee shop? How many of us have lazily just shopped on Amazon rather than to make a phone call of a few minutes to place an order with Read Between the Lynes? (You get free shipping and free gift wrapping, for Pete’s sake!) How many of us decided it was too much trouble to drive down to Highway 14 for great seafood and the best chowder in the county at Two Tails? �e hue and cry over the demise of Two Tails and Java Planet demon-strates two things: �ey were great establishments, and Woodstock residents missed the boat through

sheer apathy.Before another business goes un-

der, can’t we all work toward mak-ing the support of local business a reality? Here are some ideas:

As I mentioned above, call Read Between the Lynes to order your books. �e books usually come in very quickly, and you do not have to pay for shipping. Once the books arrive, you can have them elegantly gift-wrapped by the wonderful staff. �e store also has a frequent customer loyalty pro-gram which will garner a discount with each purchase. Even if you just bought one book from Read Between the Lynes for every five books you bought from Amazon, you would be supporting a local business.

As an instructor at McHenry County College, I had my English composition students visit Two Tails/Java Planet and then write a review on Yelp for extra credit. �e owner of Two Tails, Wendy Giles, kindly offered the students a 10 percent discount on their purchas-es. �is activity got the students more writing practice and also supported local business. (I will be continuing this practice with other local businesses in the future).

Invite your out-of-town friends up to Woodstock to try out one of our unusual restaurants. My friends love coming up to Woodstock in the fall for La Petite Creperie’s delicious pumpkin crème brulee in tiny pumpkins, thereby supporting local business.

When your out-of-town friends are up to Woodstock, make sure to take them around to the many unique shops on the Square. I have been able to purchase numer-ous gifts from local shops — often with free gift-wrapping — which have wowed my friends and family while supporting local business.

Avoid or cut back on going to chains. It’s hard to avoid these en-

tirely, especially now that my morn-ing oatmeal at Java Planet will be no more, but please try. We do not want Woodstock to become another Crystal Lake, with chain after chain after chain, and going to smaller eateries, such as Porkie’s or the Public House, helps to support local business.

Can you sense a theme? All of these options require little effort on our part, yet reap large rewards for ourselves and for our town. Let’s make the effort and keep yet another local business from coming to Woodstock to die.

Katrine Poe,Woodstock

Bring the baseball museum to Woodstock

I am a Woodstock resident and recently read that the Chicago Baseball Museum’s plans to build its new permanent home in Whit-ing, Ind., has fallen through and will not be built there. In addition, their board is now looking at other localities around the Chicago area to host its permanent home. How about Woodstock — specifically, the Old Courthouse on the Square?

I propose that the city contact the museum and pitch the idea of making the Courthouse on the Square the new permanent home to the museum. I’m sure that it would have a tremendous impact on the Woodstock area from an economic standpoint, as many people would travel here to visit the museum, eat in our restaurants and lodge at our motels and B&Bs. I feel that our town would be the perfect setting, considering its historic charm and close proximity to Chicago (think Cooperstown, N.Y., and the Nation-al Baseball Hall of Fame).

Jim Saska,Woodstock


I put one, two and one together and came up with the fix-it theme for this week’s Declarations. Early in the week, something I was reading included a brief statement about the importance of teaching children how to fix things. �en I used my toilet-fixing skills twice, once at �e Independent office and once in a hotel room in California over the weekend. Sunday morning, I used a needle and thread to repair a sweater. It was a fixing week.

I remember the joy of watching my dad repair equipment on the farm and my mom put to working order the much-used waffle iron. An important job for a child on the farm was handing the proper tool to the adult working in or under a piece of machinery. It was how farm kids began learning the art and value of fixing things.

Mom, too, taught by example: when an appliance stopped working, she’d check out its inner workings. Had a belt on the clothes dryer broken? Had the coils of wire that created heat in the waffle iron separated? I distinctly remember her replacing a belt on the

dryer and using a toothpick or two as pliers to link coils of wire back together so the waffle baking could continue.

As a child, I was given the opportunity to fix things. My forays with repairs were sometimes successful and sometimes not. My dad required his children to be able to change a tire before taking the test for a driver’s license. My chance to prove I could do just that came just weeks before my 16th birthday. �e right rear tire of the ’53 Pontiac had gone flat while sitting in the drive. My first attempts to change it were fraught with error, including having the car fall off the jack – in part because I didn’t place the jack correctly in the first place. But, with coaching from my older sister, I was finally successful.

As for my exploits with toilets this week: in each case, the flush valve in the tank wasn’t closing completely. When the flush valve doesn’t close, the water that is supposed to fill the tank for the next flush flows right on through into the toilet bowl. �e fixes were simple. Take the lid off the toilet tank, reach inside and check the valve. �e Independent flush valve needed wiping off. �e gasket on the hotel toilet had twisted and needed to be straightened.

Finally, the sweater: I noticed a hole when I took it out of the drawer. Walking around with a hole in your sweater isn’t cool. It was an easy fix since I had the equipment and supplies needed: a needle and thread.

�ere’s satisfaction in fixing things. �at’s a good reason for giving children opportunities to fix and for teaching them simple fixing skills. Children are good candidates for learning to sew on buttons and tighten screws. Most love such tasks and will do them over and over. �eir first attempts won’t be perfect, but they will improve with each attempt.

Fixing tangible things creates confidence for fixing less tangible things like relationships. I call all aspects of repair the science of fixology. When fixing something tangible, the first step is to find out what’s broken and why. It’s the same with broken friendships and misunderstandings.

�e reality is sometimes the fix is beyond our fixing abilities. �ankfully, there are professionals who make a living fixing what the rest of us can’t. So we turn to plumbers when the toilet repair is beyond our capabilities; we depend on mechanics to repair our cars; and we turn to doctors when our bodies are broken and to counselors when our spirits are in need of repair.

So all in all, let’s celebrate the opportunity to fix things, the satisfaction we gain from fixing things and the joy of teaching others, especially children, the science of fixology.

Smoked outWhen your latest culinary experi-

ment turns out the lights, it’s time to admit that you might have a problem.

It started when Jones Country Meats, Woodstock’s only independent butcher shop, went out of business. It saddened me greatly. It had al-ways comforted me that, if I wanted, I could tackle that recipe for Cajun Smothered Gator without tackling an actual alligator. Jones had the meat. It also alarmed me. A treasured holiday tradition was under threat.

For several years now, we have en-joyed smoked salmon, with a squeeze of lemon juice, on dill bread as part of our Christmas festivities. My wife, Kathy, an accomplished baker, makes the dill bread. I, an accomplished user of our credit card, shop for the best wild Alaska salmon I can find and pay to have it smoked. Jones Country Meats was our salmon smoker. And now it was gone.

I refused to admit defeat. “I am the

Captain of my fate,” I announced. “I will smoke the salmon myself!”

Somewhere in the garage, I knew, was an old alumi-num electric Mirro smoker that some-one in the distant past had given me. Last used 35 years or so ago to smoke some trout, I had been lugging it from boyhood home to various apartments to the garage at Palazzo Daab for all those years. If I had been thinking, I would have stuffed it with crushed beer cans, rushed over to the recycling center and come home with enough new pocket change to start a new beer can collection. But no. You never know when you might catch another trout.

I found it where I expected it to be, buried behind a broken snow blower and a rusted reel-type lawn mower a departing neighbor had bequeathed to me. I hauled it out, removed it from

its now tattered box and inspected it. Nothing was broken, and all the parts were there — including a 35-year-old sheet of aluminum foil, coated with petrified trout drippings, protecting the drip tray. I had a smoker.

I bought the salmon fillet, prepared it for smoking with a 24-hour dry-rub salt and brown-sugar cure and took out to my now-cleaned-up smoker. I put the salmon on the rack, filled the chip pan with soaked apple wood chips, closed the smoker and plugged it into the garage outlet. Just as I was starting to pat myself on the back, the garage lights went out.

A run to the basement to check the circuit breaker panel revealed noth-ing. No breaker had tripped. Kathy suggested running the extension cord to the outlet in our screened-in back porch. Great idea! �e back porch lights went out. Another trip to the circuit breakers — all fine.

My neighbor, out doing yard work, asked if he could help. He knows elec-trical stuff. He had rewired his entire house, by himself. He checked the cir-cuit breaker panels. �e breakers still

looked fine. Remember, this was the point at which I had become totally stumped. But my neighbor knew what to do next. He followed the electrical conduit from the plug I had used in the garage to the next outlet in the circuit, which had a little button on the plate. “�at’s a GFI switch. �e power demand from the heating ele-ment tripped it.” He pushed the little button and the garage lights went on. “Check the outlet on the porch. I bet it has a GFI switch, too.”

It did. We now had light again. What we did not have was a way to smoke the salmon. We also did not have Plan B. �en Kathy remembered that a friend, another neighbor, had men-tioned smoking food. Yes, she could do it. “Bring it over. I’ll call you when it’s ready.”

I’ll have to invite them over, soon. We’ll have that smoker filled with crushed cans in no time.

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By ELIZABETH HARMONThe Independent

How do you say thank you in a very

big way? With a big very gift … like may-

be a park.

�at was the idea seven Woodstock

North High School students came

up with to thank the community for

supporting their middle school Lego

League team’s trip to an international

competition in 2012.

“It’s neat to give back to the communi-

ty because they supported us by paying

for our plane tickets and housing and

food,” said student Anna Gabrielson.

Last month, the students, their fami-

lies and people from the community

came together to place bricks along

the perimeter of a large concrete peace

symbol, which marks Peace Park, lo-

cated in Dick Tracy Way Park on Lake

Avenue. �e park’s design denotes glob-

al connectedness and a spirit of giving

back.

“It was very hot that day, and we had

people come out who ranged from age

5 to 76,” said GiGi Carlson, a gifted pro-

gram facilitator with Woodstock School

District 200 and a teacher in the Chal-

lenge Corps program.

�e park is a collaboration between

the students, the city of Woodstock and

the Bull Valley Garden Club. Impact

Hardscape and Landscape Inc. of Won-

der Lake, and Countryside of Crystal

Lake also are involved in the project.

�e next steps for the park include

installation of benches made from re-

cycled milk jugs and planting perenni-

als within the peace sign circle.

�e project has been about two years

in the making and began in the summer

of 2012, when the students, Carlson and

other chaperones returned from a trip

to the FIRST LEGO League Open Euro-

pean Champion-

ship in Germany.

�e students —

Bella Biwar, Anna

Gabrielson, Gwen

Paulsen, Tim

Kempster, An-

nica Slavin, Julia

Slomski and John

Stevens — were

members of the

Corn Stalkers, a

Northwood Mid-

dle School Chal-

lenge Corps FIRST

LEGO League ro-

botics team. After receiving the Inspi-

ration Award at the 2012 FIRST LEGO

League state championship, the Corn

Stalkers were one of five U.S. teams in-

vited to attend the international compe-

tition in Germany, which drew a total of

100 teams from 37 countries.

With only about three weeks to raise

money for the trip, the students em-

barked on a letter-writing campaign

and also applied for community grants.

“We missed the deadline to apply for

a grant from the McHenry County Com-

munity Foundation, but a couple of in-

dividual members came through with

sizeable donations,” said Linda Gabriel-

son, mother of one of the students and a

District 200 teacher.

“Community members really stepped

up because it was so unique that a team

from a smaller

community in Il-

linois was picked

to represent the

United States. We

had kids donating

four quarters, up

through people

from the commu-

nity who contrib-

uted significant

amounts,” Carlson

said.

During their

time in Germany,

the students kept

a blog so supporters could enjoy the ad-

venture with them.

Carlson declined to name the exact

amount the students raised, but said the

team decided to pay forward the funds

that remained after their expenses were

met. �us the Peace Park idea was born.

For the students, the experience will

live on not only in the park but also

through the opportunities they had to

interact with teens from around the

world.

“It was neat because it wasn’t just get-

ting to experience German culture be-

cause there were 37 countries there,”

said Julia Slomski. “We danced with the

team from Israel, got T-shirts from Bra-

zil.”

Each team brought souvenirs to hand

out to other competitors. �e Corn

Stalkers brought pins decorated with

American flags and ears of corn and

necklaces with a domino, a symbol used

by Challenge Corps.

�e Corn Stalkers’ decision to name

their Lego robot after a character in

“�e Big Bang �eory” TV series struck

a chord with students from around the

world. “It was amazing how many peo-

ple recognized ‘Sheldon.’ Even though

we come from opposite ends of the

worlds, we all kind of fit together,” said

Tim Kempster.

“Even students who knew no English

knew enough to ask ‘Sheldon Cooper?’”

said Carlson.

Most exciting is the possibility that

their research project could make a

difference on a global scale. When the

Corn Stalkers presented their idea of

using spices to control a fungus that

grows on South African corn, one of the

competition judges turned out to be a

South African, who passed the students’

information along to his nation’s agri-

cultural ministry, Carlson said.

Education

“It’s neat to give back to the community because they supported us, by paying for our plane tickets and housing and food.”

— Anna Gabrielson, Woodstock North High School student

Students create peace park as thanks


Free fall fun for families

By SANDY KUCHARSKIThe Independent

Woodstock HarvestFest & Fair in the

Square will return to the Woodstock

Square from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,

Sept. 21. �e free annual fall event, spon-

sored by Woodstock nonprofit folk mu-

sic organization Off Square Music, will

feature a craft show, farmers market,

vintage tractor display and live black-

smithing and pumpkin-carving demon-

strations, all set against a backdrop of a

variety of musical entertainment.

�e primary source of music will be

performances from contestants in four

competitions – fiddle, guitar, banjo and

mandolin. National fingerstyle guitar

champion Ed Hall, Harvard, coordinates

the guitar portion of the contest. With

very few similar contests in the area

and substantial prize money offered, the

event draws musicians from throughout

the Chicagoland area and beyond.

“Our big claim to fame is Georgia Rae

[Mussared, of �e Georgia Rae Family

Band],” said event volunteer Don Hum-

bertson.

Mussared, a Richmond teenager, won

the junior and senior youth divisions of

the HarvestFest Fiddle Contest as well

as the adult division — twice. Having wet

her feet in local competition, Mussared

has continued to compete, winning mul-

tiple fiddle championships throughout

the country and performing with her two

sisters and her mother.

�e fiddle contest has been part of

HarvestFest since the event began 19

years ago and typically draws anywhere

from eight to 20 participants. Asked to

help coordinate the music portion of

the festival because of his involvement

with music at the Woodstock Farmers

Market, Keith Johnson has remained

an organizer of the event. He credits the

young musicians for his continued par-

ticipation.

“It’s probably the one reason I keep

doing it,” said Johnson. “It’s a place for

the kids to come to learn and hone their

skills.”

Off Square Music raises money for op-

erating the festival – including the con-

test prize money – through a fundraiser

at Stage Left Café; and this year, orga-

nizers also are raising funds by raffling

a guitar donated by Dave’s Woodstock

Music to be given away during the event.

�e festival will be held rain or shine,

with the music contests being moved

into Stage Left Café, 125 E. Van Buren St.,

and the Woodstock Opera House, 121 E.

Van Buren St., in the event of rain.

Originally started as a fall showcase

for the Woodstock Farmers Market,

HarvestFest has evolved into something

of a music festival and craft show. While

some market vendors will be there with

goods for sale such as honey, flowers and

soap, most of the market’s fresh produce

vendors will not be at HarvestFest.

“We found people don’t want to buy a

bag of lettuce and sit with it all day at a

music event,” Johnson said.

A & E

HARVESTFEST & FAIR IN THE SQUARE

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21Where: Woodstock SquareCost: Free

FIVE FILMS IN FIVE DAYS


�e 12th annual Woodstock Interna-

tional Film Festival at Woodstock Clas-

sic Cinemas is bringing five films from

around the world to the area Friday to

Tuesday, Sept. 19 to Sept. 23.

�eater patrons will have the oppor-

tunity to see multiple showings each

day of Academy Award-nominated Best

Foreign Films from Italy, Denmark,

Palestine and Cambodia and the Acad-

emy Award-winning Best Documentary,

made in the U.S.

“It’s bringing the best of the foreign

films to Woodstock, and the Academy

Award-winning documentary, which

is from the U.S.,” said Mark Mazrimas,

Classic Cinemas marketing manager.

“�e intention was to bring films to the

area that don’t get to play.”

�ough all but one are foreign, Mazri-

mas said the point of bringing in films is

to give movie-goers an opportunity to

see quality, cultural films they may not

otherwise see and to support the films.

�e U.S. documentary “20 Feet From

Stardom,” showing at 4:30 and 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 20, Best Documentary

of 2014, is a film about backup singers

behind great musical legends. Mazrimas

said the film features archival footage

of singers like Bruce Springsteen, Stevie

Wonder and Mick Jagger. �e foreign

films include “�e Hunt,” “�e Great

Beauty,” the Academy Award-winner for

Best Foreign Language film; “Omar” and

“�e Missing Picture.”

Film professionals and experts will

host question-and-answer sessions fol-

lowing several of the films at La Petite

Creperie & Bistro, 115 N. Johnson St.

Following the 7 p.m. Friday showing of

“�e Hunt” Victor Aronovich will host

a discussion. Aronovich, founder of

Prime Time Productions, former writer,

producer and director at ABC-TV and

a four-time Emmy Award winner has

more than 25 years of creating award-

winning media. Currently, he is a film

professor at DePaul University.

James Stockwell, a film and broad-

casting instructor at McHenry Com-

munity College, will host a discussion of

“20 Feet From Stardom” after the 7 p.m.

Saturday showing.

After the 6:45 p.m. Sunday presenta-

tion of “�e Great Beauty,” former pro-

ducer/director at NBC-TV and multiple Emmy-winner Dean Rowe will host a

discussion. Rowe works for Front Row

Productions and hosts a Huntley com-

munity radio program, “�e Dean Rowe

Show.”

WOODSTOCK INTERNATIONALFILM FESTIVAL

When: Friday to Tuesday, Sept. 19 to Sept. 23Where: Woodstock Classic Cin-emas, 209 Main St.Cost: Tickets for all five films may be purchased in advance for $30. Single tickets for each feature are $7.50.

Film lineup“The Hunt” 4:30 and 7 p.m, Sept. 19, film discussion following 7 p.m. show“20 Feet from Stardom” 4:30 and 7 p.m, Sept. 20, film discussion following 7 p.m. show“The Great Beauty” 3:45 and 6:45 p.m., Sept. 21, film discussion following 6:45 p.m. show“Omar” 4:45 and 7 p.m., Sept. 22“The Missing Picture” 4:45 and 7 p.m., Sept. 23

Classic Cinemas hosts 12th int’l film fest

10 THE WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENTSept. 17-23, 2014 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WOODSTOCK’S ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTSThe Entertainer

» MUSICSTAGE LEFTOVERSSept. 17, 24 7:30 p.m.Stage Left Café125 Van Buren St. The Stage Leftovers, consisting of Rich Prezioso, Joe Pesz, Brian Murphy, Laurel Palma, George Koester, Pete Jonsson and Les Urban will perform.

LIVE MUSIC AT EXPRESSLY LESLIE’SSept. 19, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.Woodstock Square Mall110 Johnson St.Harpist Olivia Kaspryk will perform 5:30 to 6:30. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Paul Hanrahan will perform from 6:30 to 7:30.

JAZZ JAMSept. 19, 8 p.m.Stage Left Café125 Van Buren St.815-337-1395$5 donationJazz Jam is sponsored by Jazz on the Square. Artists will perform jazz music.

SONGWRITER SHOWCASESept. 19, 7:30 p.m.Mixin Mingle124 Cass St.$7, includes light beverages847-507-1352aplacetoshinemusic.comLocal and regional songwriters will share

their music and the inspiration behind it. The evening will be hosted by Cassandra Vohs-Demann.WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKETSept. 20 and 23, 9 a.m. to noonWoodstock SquareSept. 20: 9 a.m. Guyz with Bad Eyez; 10:30 to noon, Andrew Sedlak and Court-ney AmandaSept. 23: 9 a.m. to noon, Judson and Judy Brown

COUNTRY RUMBLE AFTER DARKSept. 20, 8 p.m.Woodstock Harley-Davidson2050 S. Eastwood Drive$10815-337-3511Woodstock Harley-Davidson, in conjunc-tion with The Public House and Coors Light, will host area country band Bella Cain.

WOODSTOCK HARVEST FEST & FAIR IN THE SQUARESept. 21, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Woodstock SquareFreeoffsquaremusic.orgThe event will feature local musicians on the bandstand, an acoustic jam tent and continuous music at Stage Left Café along with fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin contests.

OPEN MIC NIGHTSept. 26, 7 p.m.Stage Left Café125 Van Buren St.

$3 donationoffsquaremusic.orgOpen Mic is sponsored by Off Square Mu-sic. Various artists will perform in 15-min-ute slots.

LEO KOTTKESept. 26 and 27, 8 p.m.Woodstock Opera House121 Van Buren St.$30 woodstockoperahouse.com815-338-5300In his 29th annual performance, extraor-dinary acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke will entertain with his innovative fingerpicking style.

FIRST SATURDAY MUSICOct. 4, 7 p.m.Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock225 W. Calhoun St. $3 donation815-337-3534Visitors can participate in the open mic night or enjoy the show. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

» MOVIESPreviews by Jay Schulz of films currently playing at the Woodstock Theatre unless otherwise noted.

‘THE MAZE RUNNER’In a future world, a group of individuals find themselves trapped in a giant maze and must find a way to get out. “The Maze Runner” is the directorial debut of Wes Ball and stars Dylan O’Brien (“The Intern-ship”), Kaya Scodelario (“Moon”) and Will Poulter (“We’re the Millers”). RATED PG-13, 113 MINUTES

‘A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES’A private investigator is hired to find out who kidnapped and murdered a drug kingpin’s wife. “A Walk Among The Tomb-stones” is directed by Scott Frank (“The Lookout”) and stars Liam Neeson (“Non-Stop”), Dan Stevens (“The Guest”) and David Harbour (“End of Watch”). RATED R, 113 MINUTES

‘WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL’The story of football coach Bob Ladou-ceur, who led the DeLaSalle High School football team to a 151-game winning

streak. “When the Game Stands Tall” is directed by Thomas Carter (“Coach Carter”) and stars Jim Caviezel (“Fre-quency”), Alexander Ludwig (“The Hun-ger Games”) and Michael Chiklis (“The Shield”). RATED PG, 115 MINUTES

‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY’Members of a misfit band led by Peter Quill, played by Chris Pratt (“Money-ball”), find themselves as unlikely he-roes trying to save the galaxy. “Guard-ians of the Galaxy” is directed by James Gunn (“Slither”) and also stars Zoe Saldena (“Avatar”) and Dave Bau-tista (“Riddick”) and the voices of Brad-ley Cooper (“Silver Linings Playbook”) and Vin Diesel (“Saving Private Ryan”). RATED PG-13, 121 MINUTES

‘THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU’A dysfunctional family is grounded by their mother after their father passes away. “This Is Where I Leave You” is directed by Shawn Levy (“Real Steel”) and stars Jason Bateman (“Juno”), Tina Fey (“Date Night”), Jane Fonda (“Klute”) and Corey Stoll (“Salt”).RATED R, 103 MINUTES

‘TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES’ The Turtles are back to save New York City. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is directed by Jonathan Liebesman (“Battle Los Angeles”) and stars Megan Fox (“Transformers”), Will Arnett (“The LEGO Movie”) and the voices of Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”) and Johnny Knox-ville (“The Ringer”). RATED PG-13, 101 MINUTES

‘THE GIVER’In a future world where there is no pain, suffering or choice, a young man is se-lected to be the keeper of the memories of the past. “The Giver” is directed by Phillip Noyce (“Salt”) and stars Brenton Thwaites (“Malificent”), Jeff Bridges (“The Big Lebowski”) and Meryl Streep (“Silkwood”). RATED PG-13, 94 MINUTES

‘DOLPHIN TALE 2’The team who saved Winter’s life must find her a companion so she can re-main at the animal hospital. “Dolphin Tale 2” is directed by Charles Martin Smith (“Air Bud”) and stars Harry Con-nick Jr. (“Independence Day”), Ashley Judd (“High Crimes”) and Morgan Free-man (“The Shawshank Redemption”). RATED PG, 107 MINUTES


REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

MarketplaceExpo to promote local shopping


�e Woodstock Chamber of

Commerce & Industry is look-

ing to promote local small and

home-based businesses Satur-

day, Sept. 20, with its first Expo

on the Square event.

�e expo, co-sponsored by

HSN – a local business net-

working group, located at Mixin

Mingle, 124 Cass St. – will show-

case up to 30 chamber-member

businesses and services. It will

run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in con-

junction with the Woodstock

Farmers Market. Chamber Di-

rector Shari Gray said the expo

will offer a chance for consum-

ers the opportunity to meet

small-business owners face-to-

face and learn more about the

opportunities throughout the

county to shop locally.

“We are trying to get a forum

for home-based businesses and

small-business owners to come

together and have the commu-

nity at large be able to come

in and see who they are,” Gray

said.

Mike Potter, co-coordinator

of the expo and owner of ESC!

Technologies Group at 138 Cass

St., said the event is an oppor-

tunity to further promote shop-

ping locally.

“When you shop local, your

money stays within the com-

munity,” he said. “We support

the parks. We support the rec-

reation centers, the librar-

ies – everything that makes

Woodstock or McHenry County

communities important to us

is enhanced by shopping with

local businesses. �at money

stays in town. �at’s the big idea

behind it. I know that’s one of

the chamber’s passions, too, is

keeping that experience local.”

Elizabeth Crisp, owner of

Apple Creek Flowers, 207 N.

�roop St., said the expo will

be a great way for her to build

the visibility of her business and

begin introducing her recent of-

fering, Apple Creek Weddings.

“I just see it as an opportunity

to reach out and network with

other businesses and to the

public,” Crisp said.

As added incentive for the

public, Gray said the expo will

hold a drawing for an 8-inch

tablet computer. Other prizes

and giveaways will be offered

by the participating businesses.

She said she hopes to attract

enough interest to stage expos

several times throughout the

year.

“We’re testing the waters to

see how well received it is,” Gray

said.

For information, visit www.

woodstockilchamber.com or

call 815-338-2436.

EXPO ON THE SQUARE

When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 20Where: Mixin Mingle, 124 Cass St.Web: www.woodstockilcham-ber.comPhone: 815-338-2436

Filed in the McHenry County Recorder’s Of-fice Aug. 6 to 15:

Residence at 606 N. Rose Farm Road, Woodstock, was sold by John and Elaine Warnke, Woodstock, to Ronald and Lori La-zar, Woodstock, for $340,000.

Residence at 7177 Gene St., Wonder Lake, was sold by Michael Prescott, executor for the estate of Leona Beltz, Wonder Lake, to Joseph and Sandra Mitchell, Wonder Lake, for $90,000.

Residence/commercial at 874, 876, 894 and 896 Pleasant St., Woodstock, was sold by Golden Eagle Community Bank, Crystal Lake, to Rosecrance Inc., Rockford, for $430,000.

Residence at 7603 North Drive, Won-der Lake, was sold by Joseph and Kathleen Sullivan, Wonder Lake, to Earline Donovan, Wonder Lake, for $55,000.

Residence at 1954 Tappan St., Wood-stock, was sold by GRO Horticultural Enter-prises Inc., Union, to Javier Perez Carbajal

Jr. and Dulce Sanchez, Woodstock, for $124,000.

Residence at 411 Redwing Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Edward and Mari-lyn Riley, Woodstock, to Steven and Mari-anne Wickman, Cary, for $210,000.

Residence at 1712 Havens Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Jedediah and Stephanie Bidinger, Woodstock, to Florenti-no Ramirez Estrade and Isela Garcia, Wood-stock, for $170,000.

Lots 22, 24 and 26, Block 11, Hilltop Drive, Wonder Lake, were sold by Home State Bank N.A., Crystal Lake, to Rachel Grady, Arlington Heights, for $10,000.

Residence at 1351 Winslow Circle, Woodstock, was sold by Home State Bank N.A., Crystal Lake, to Daniel and Lori Dechant, Richmond, Ky., for $222,500.

Residence at 1070 Castleshire Dr., Woodstock, was sold by Mark Baker, Wood-stock, to Elyse and Lynn Slezak, Woodstock, for $88,350.

Residence at 2943 Brahms Lane, Woodstock, was sold by Maria Sanchez, Carpentersville, to Adele Petersen, Wood-stock, for $127,500.

Residence at 2009 Harrow Gate Drive, Woodstock, was sold by Thomas J. Krawczak trust, Woodstock, to Jerrilyn S. Stanners Revocable trust, Woodstock, for $116,044.

Residence at 418 Blackberry Drive, Woodstock, was sold by the Chicago Title Land Trust Company, Chicago, to William, Cynthia and Michael Chrisos, Woodstock, for $190,000.

Residence at 3190 Boerderij Way, Woodstock, was sold by Craig and Lisa Ray, Madeira Beach, Fla., to Michael and Sheila Smoot, Woodstock, for $264,000.

Residence at 7200 Salem Road, Won-der Lake, was sold by Charles R. Jinga trust, Libertyville, to LAC Holdings LLC, Wonder Lake, for $125,000.

Residence at 7410 Nantucket Drive,

Wonder Lake, was sold by John Zabroski, Wonder Lake, to Ryan Bentz and Karla Burk-holder, Wonder Lake, for $100,000.

Residence at 3519 E. Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake, was sold by Mona Bou-dreaux, Wonder Lake, to Mary Schweder trustee, for $258,000.

Residence at 3708 Franklinville Road, Woodstock, was sold by Holly Kohley, Woodstock, to John Shannon and Cassy Clark, Woodstock, for $217,000.

Residence at 644 Handel Lane, Wood-stock, was sold by the Judicial Sales Corpo-ration, Chicago, to North Shore Holdings, Ltd., Chicago, for $50,745.

Residence at 9111 Shadow Lane, Bull Valley, was sold by Robert and Daurean Sloan, Ocala, Fla., to Carolyn Schubert, Bull Valley, for $305,000.

Residence at 8104 Sudburg Court, Bull Valley, was sold by Lois McNeillis, McHenry, to Shannon Garvey, Woodstock, for $177,500.


CommunityCASA Cup to support abused and neglected children

Court Appointed Special Advocates of McHenry County will host the 5th annual CASA Cup: A Night at the Races fundraiser Friday, Sept. 19, at Turnberry Country Club, 9600 Turnberry Trail, Lakewood. Proceeds generated from the event will aid CASA in its mission to provide a trained, committed advocate to every abused and neglected child in the McHenry County juvenile abuse court system.

A highlight of the evening will be a broomstick horse race. Attendees will pur-chase broomstick horses in advance, deco-rate them and then race them at the event. The cost to purchase a horse is $250 and includes admission to the event, which also will feature party games, beer and wine tasting, silent and live auctions, a raffle and a winner’s circle after-party.

Auction items up for bid at the CASA Cup include: a one-week stay in a Phoenix con-do for up to six people; a three-day Cana-dian fishing trip; an African safari; a web-site development package; theater tickets; jewelry; gift certificates to area restaurants; and much more.

Tickets are on sale at www.casa-cup2014.eventbrite.com. Admission is $75 per person in advance, $85 at the door, or $250 for those who purchase a broomstick horse. For information, visit www.casam-chenrycounty.org.

Art of the Land show to benefit TLC

The Sixth Annual Art of the Land Benefit Art Show & Sale will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20, at the Starline Factory, Harvard. The event will bring together artists and pho-tographers who are inspired by the land to help raise funds for The Land Conservancy’s land preservation and restoration work in McHenry County.

The event will feature two floors of art and photography, live music, cash bar, pho-to contest display and people’s choice vot-ing, demonstrations by local craftspeople, and hors d’eouvres prepared by 1776 Res-taurant, Crystal Lake, using locally raised meats and vegetables. Artists will donate 30 percent of the income from their sales to support TLC’s land conservation mission.

Admission is $20 for one night, $30 for both nights, if purchased by Sept. 17. After Sept. 17, admission is $30 at the door. To purchase tickets, visit Art of the Land.org.

MCDH joins national Rx drug take-back

The McHenry County Department of Health encourages residents to take ad-vantage of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad-ministration’s “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day,” Saturday, Sept. 27. The one-day event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at participating law enforcement sites. The Woodstock Police Department, 656 Lake Ave., is one of 14 drop-off sites in the coun-ty.

The initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Residents can bring prescription and over-the-counter, solid dose (tablets, capsules) medications in clear, sealed plastic bags for disposal. Items not accepted include liquids, intrave-nous bags/solutions, injectables, needles, lancets and sharps. Prescription labels should be removed (or personal informa-tion blocked out with a permanent marker) from empty plastic bottles before tossing into weekly curbside recycling containers.

IN BRIEFRevved up for fundraisingRedeemer Lutheran Church to host car show to fund PADS ministry

By SANDY KUCHARSKIThe Independent

�e congregation of Redeemer Lu-

theran Church has been involved with a

ministry to the homeless for more than 12

years, currently hosting the Wednesday

Public Action to Deliver Shelter over-

night and the �ursday daytime shelter,

as well as mobile food pantries, an annual

coat drive and a community �anks-

giving dinner. �ey recently received a

$5,000 grant from �rivent Community

Foundation in recognition of their work

and to assist them with future projects.

�ey also received a challenge.

�rivent for Lutherans challenged the

congregation to raise $10,000 by Oct. 31.

If they do, the faith-based not-for-profit

member-owned financial organization

will match funds, 50 cents for every $1

dollar earned, up to $5,000. �e funds

would help the congregation fulfill their

goal of adding showers for their PADS

guests. If they raise enough, they would

also like to update some worn carpeting

in the church, make repairs to the park-

ing lot and generally upgrade the facili-

ties.

Two fundraisers have been planned to

help achieve this goal. �ey will host a car

show and hot dog festival from 10 a.m. to

3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 20, at the church.

Next month, they will hold an all-you-

can-eat chicken dinner at Crandall’s Res-

taurant, Hebron, from 4 to 8 p.m. Mon-

day, Oct. 27.

�e chicken dinner should be a good

off-site fundraiser for the congregation,

but the car show will bring the commu-

nity to the church. �e Rev. Tom Rogers

said, “Our goal was to do an event at the

church, and we came up with a car show.”

All years, makes and models of cars

will be on display at the church prop-

erty. Admission is free for visitors, and

gourmet hot dogs will be on sale, includ-

ing chili dogs, Coney Island and Chicago

style. Car owners can exhibit at the show

for $15, with a chance to win trophies

and ribbons.

Daytime drop-in offers aid to homeless

Redeemer Lutheran Church is cur-

rently home to the Wednesday night

PADS overnight shelter for the home-

less and a �ursday morning daytime

drop-in program.

Begun as a compassion ministry, the

daytime drop-in offers the area home-

less one day a week to relax and re-

group a little.

“�ey were concerned about the fact

that the PADS people had to get up

early every morning and be on the go

from there. �is way they could have

one morning they could sleep,” said

Susan Hudson, a PADS volunteer and

church member.

Since Redeemer hosts the Wednes-

day overnight, the guests can choose

to stay for the daytime drop-in. “It

gives them a place where they can rest,

get a hot meal and socialize,” said Arne

Olsen, Redeemer’s Woodstock Area

Community Ministries representative.

“It allows them to be more human.”

Welcoming an average of 22 home-

less people each week – from early

November through late March – the

guests at daytime drop-in can wash

clothes, use the washrooms, watch

television, sit together and play games,

snack on baked goods, and have ac-

cess to computers. A hot lunch also is

served.

“Everyone sits around together,”

said Hudson. “It’s very communal.”

“It’s a very positive experience,” said

John Hudson, who is also a regular

volunteer with daytime drop-in at the

church. “You get to know people and

see what’s happening with their lives

and encourage them to take the next

step.”

— Sandy Kucharski, The Independent

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WNHS student paints school mural

By JANET DOVIDIOThe Independent

Woodstock North High School senior Leslie Guerra completed the school’s first mural. It celebrates music, band, choir and art.

In April 2012, WNHS fine arts teacher Michael Wargaski approached Guerra to ask her to design a mural. She sub-mitted a sketch of her ideas. It was ac-cepted by Principal Brian McAdow and Woodstock School District 200 Su-perintendent Ellyn Wrzeski. In August 2013, Wargaski asked her to proceed with her work.

�e sketching on the wall began in August 2013.

“I worked every day, sometimes dur-ing art class or after school three times each week,” said Guerra. “�e after school sessions sometimes reached 4 hours. I also went in on late-start and conference days. �e student and staff reactions at first were guarded because they could only see the pencil sketches. Once I applied the color, my work was noticed and complimented.”

Ryan and Shannon Logsdon gener-ously provided all the paint. Guerra’s parents and two older sisters helped with many tasks, especially providing rides to and from school for the late work sessions.

“I wouldn’t have been able to work on the mural without their help,” she said.

In spite of experiencing a death in her family and some health issues, Guerra completed the mural May 16, 2014.

“�e best part of doing this was help-

ing out the school,” she said. “Since all the walls were white and very boring, I know the school benefited by this work.”

Wargaski added, “�e theme was go-ing to be ‘unity in the fine arts’ since it was going in the fine arts hallway. But it is much more than that. We couldn’t be more proud of the final product. It shows unity, school pride and enhances the aesthetic of our fine arts wing.”

Nickelses celebrate 65 years of marriage

Stephany and Edward Nickels cel-ebrated their 65th wedding anniversary Sept. 10.

�ey were married in 1949 at St. Bar-bara’s Catholic Church in Chicago. �ey moved to Woodstock in 1995 for their re-tirement years to be near their daughter Kimberly and her family. �ey are active parishioners at St. Mary Catholic Church in Woodstock.

When asked how they met, Stephany said,”When I was 16, we were both at a theater and happened to sit next to one another. We got to talking, and the rest is history.”

Edward was a Chicago police officer and served as commander of the bomb and arson squad. He followed that with many years as a lawyer, retiring in April 1985.

Stephany stayed home to raise their four daughters, Pamela, Rhonda, Carolyn and Kimberly. �ey now have 11 grand-children and four great-grandchildren.

One of the couple’s favorite hobbies is travel. Without hesitation, they both that

their favorite place is Hawaii, especially by cruising. �ey prove this by going to Hawaii every year.

When asked how they would celebrate this milestone anniversary, Stephany said, “We’ll go out just with our family – there are certainly enough of us!”

She added, “In my opinion, there is only one word for the secret to our long and happy marriage – patience. I believe my husband would say the same.”

News of recognitions and milestones can be sent to Janet Dovidio at [email protected].

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GARDEN CLUB VISITS BROOK FARM

Members of the Kishwaukee Valley Garden Club learn about operations at Brook Farm Inc. from owners Vijay and Beth Narayanan. Pictured from left, front row: Maria Alfe, Vijay Narayanan and Beth Narayanan. Back row: Joan O’Braitis, Pat Cervantes, Mary Johnson, Betty Housby, president, Pat Hahn and Gail Sorensen. COURTESY PHOTO

FREE METHODIST HOSTS VBS

Buck Denver’s “What’s in the Bible?” videos set the theme for vacation Bible school, held Aug. 4 to 8 at Woodstock Free Methodist Church. More than 30 children participated. Pictured from left, front row, are: Elijah Hedges, George Niespodzianski, Samuel Foster, Levi Hedges, Cate Bigler, Erin Bigler, Karson Boal, Luke Morrison and Joshua Roth. Second row: Nia Martinez, Abby Foster, Julianna Schmidt, Michael Schmidt, Cole Morrison, Bennett Ungaro, Morgan Kennett and AJ Bigler. Third row: Luke Bigler, Teya Nieman, Michael Natola, Jack Foster, Anthony Natola, Kylie Boal, Abby Flores and Sophia McCormick. Back row: Dillon Morrison, Ian Linehan, Carter Ungaro, Olivia Roth, Jack Big-ler, Lucy Niespodzianski and Gwen Flores. Not pictured: Kaitlyn Mullen and Trevor Nieman. COURTESY PHOTO

WHS CLASS OF 1952

The Woodstock High School class of 1952 gathers for a reunion. Pictured from left, front row, are: Ann Barber Balakier, Mary Fisher Peterson, Wilna Ohlrich Davis, Carol Holtfreter Jarnecke, Marilyn Heitschmidt Vannskik, Carol Schmide Baker, Sue Kemp August, Joyce Ballard Robinson and Marge Benton Aagaard. Second row: Gene Hunter, Ronnie Braukhoff, Dwight Jenssen, Dick Woeller, Dick Thomson and Bud Howell. Back row: Lester Menzel, Gene Boyce, Don Steinwehe, Todd Vieregg, Don Wakeley, Terry Thomson, Bob Pierce, Dick Gay-lord and Chuck Peterson. COURTESY PHOTO


Senior Care Volunteer Network hosts Lunch & Learn event

A Lunch & Learn event covering health and general financial wellness topics including changing laws and tax issues for seniors, planned giving, fall risk as-sessments, and spinal and blood pres-sure screenings will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, at The Pointe Outreach Center in Crystal Lake. Lunch also will be served.

The event is free of charge, but an RSVP is required. Call Senior Care Vol-unteer Network or 815-455-3120 or visit scvnmchenrcounty.org.

Applications available for Free Guitars for Future Stars

Free Guitars for Future Stars is accept-ing applications for its 2014-15 guitar lesson program. The organization is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides gui-tars and guitar lessons to children ages 10 to 17 from lower-income McHenry County families.

Students are loaned a guitar and

given a weekly, one-hour, group lesson. Students that complete the program get to keep the guitar they’ve been learning on. Everything needed is provided at no cost to the families.

Lessons will start in late September and early October and run through May 2015. Lessons are offered in Crystal Lake, Harvard, McHenry and Wood-stock. For information, visit fg4fs.org or call 815-975-7989.

Dance party offers intro to square dancing

The Woodstock Squares and the McHenry BnB clubs are sponsoring a Modern Square Dance Intro Party at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the McHenry Township Senior Center, 3519 N. Rich-mond Road, Johnsburg.

The public is invited to the free event, offered to introduce people of all ages to the popular active entertainment of square dancing. Basic dance calls will be taught. For information, call Marge at 815-455-0265.

IN BRIEF PAWS IN THE PARK

Dogs greet each other at the 14th annual Paws in the Park Walk & Pet Fest Sept. 14 at Emricson Park. The event, which featured a 1-mile walk and other pet-friendly activities, was a benefit for Helping Paws Animal Shelter. More than 100 dog owners registered for the event. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY KEN FARVER

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FLASHBACKS

25 years ago Plans moved forward for a new

27,000-square-foot post office on Country Club Road across from the McHenry Coun-ty Fairgrounds.

The Woodstock High School girls swim team defeated Crystal Lake South High School 43-33 to extend its dual meet record to 6-0. The 200-yard medley relay team of Becky Wagenaar, Natalie Faes, Lita Chidester and Erica Amundsen cut two seconds off the school record at the meet.

20 years ago Bob Anderson and the Concerned

Taxpayers for Integrity in Government an-nounced it would appeal the McHenry County Electoral Board’s decision to re-move a referendum on township govern-ment from the November ballot.

Woodstock residents Russel and Tabitha Lulich and Nicole Rigby saved the life of their neighbor Evelyn Gustafson, who was having a heart attack and was unable to call emergency services.

15 years ago Woodstock School District 200

showed an enrollment of 5,217 students,

up 54 from the previous year. Centerville Associates and Phoenix

Woodworking were named Woodstock’s Industry of the Year by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The WHS boys soccer team defeated Rockford-Jefferson High School 3-0 behind two goals from Jay Dunlap.

10 years ago The McHenry County Fair Board

voted 11-10 to move the McHenry County Fair to a 130-acre site on Rose Farm Road just outside of Woodstock.

District 200 showed an enrollment of 6,242 students, up 323 from the previous year.

The city of Woodstock installed new curbing on 14 intersection corners in the downtown area with raised patterns in the crosswalks to aid visually impaired pedestrians.

5 years ago Woodstock Water Works saw its

yearly attendance drop to about 40,000, down 20 percent from the previous year. Director Dave Zinnen said the attendance drop was due to the unusually cool sum-

mer. District 200 was set to receive $2 mil-

lion in grants, including an alcohol abuse reduction grant from the U.S. Department of Education for $989,397, for the Fresh Start program.

The Woodstock North High School girls volleyball team won its first match in school history, defeating Hiawatha High School 25-18, 26-24.

1 year ago A plan was in place to install repro-

ductions of the original firehouse doors at the Woodstock Opera House. The action was made possible by a donation from a supporter of the Opera House.

Television station ABC 7 Chicago an-nounced plans to install a camera on top of the Old Courthouse Building.

WNHS student Sam Abbate was named the winner of the first-ever Wood-stock Idol music competition held at WNHS. The contest featured 16 students from District 200 schools.

Marian Central defeated Guerin Prep High School 81-7 behind quarterback Billy Bahl, who completed seven passes for 146 yards.

RELIGION NOTES

BLUE LOTUS TEMPLE & MEDITATION CENTER

Meditation: 10 a.m. Saturday, TuesdayMeditation: 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday

CHRIST LIFE

Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday

EDEN BAPTIST

Worship: 3 p.m. Sunday (Spanish)

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Worship: 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Sunday

FIRST UNITED METHODIST

FREE METHODIST

Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday

GRACE FELLOWSHIP

Wednesday

GRACE LUTHERAN1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road 815-338-0554 Worship: 5 p.m. Saturday (casual); 8:30 a.m. (traditional), 10:45 a.m. (contemporary) SundayEducation Hour: 9:45 a.m.

HERITAGE BAPTIST4609 Greenwood Road


MCHENRY COUNTY JEWISH CONGREGATION8617 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake815-455-1810Worship: 6:30 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday

REDEEMER LUTHERAN

Worship: 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday

RESURRECTION CATHOLIC2918 S. Country Club Road 815-338-7330Worship: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. weekdays

ST. ANN’S EPISCOPAL

Worship: 8:30 and 10 a.m. Sunday

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN

Worship: 6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. Sunday

ST. MARY CATHOLIC

Worship: 7:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday; 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


THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS


THE VINE


UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER

Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday Youth Education: 10 a.m. Sunday

WOODSTOCK ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Worship: 9 a.m. Sunday prayer service, 10 a.m. worship service

WOODSTOCK BIBLE

Worship: 9:30 a.m. SundaySunday school: 9:30 a.m. (3 years through fifth grade)

p.m. Sunday


Sept. 17 to 28

CALENDARUpcoming events in the Woodstock area Events are free unless otherwise noted

17 | WEDNESDAY

STAGE LEFTOVERSStage Left Café125 Van Buren St.7 p.m.815-337-1395See The Entertainer, page 10.

18 | THURSDAY

WOODSTOCK SENIOR CLUBSHearthstone Communities840 N. Seminary Ave.10 a.m. to 2 p.m.A fee will be charged for lunch, $2 donation for bingo.815-344-3555The activities will include a coffee klatch and bingo. Registration is re-quired.

ACTS PARENT SEMINAR708 Washington St.7 p.m.adultchildtherapy.orgA free parent seminar led by Megan Carroll, Adult & Child Therapy Ser-vices occupational therapist, will offer strategies for managing meltdowns.

19 | FRIDAY

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUPFamily Alliance2028 N. Seminary Ave.1 to 2:30 p.m.815-338-3590An open support group meeting will be offered for anyone giving care to an older person.

LIVE MUSIC AT EXPRESSLY LESLIE’SWoodstock Square Mall110 Johnson St.5:30 to 7:30 p.m.815-338-2833See The Entertainer, page 10.

SONGWRITER SHOWCASEMixin Mingle124 Cass St.7:30 p.m.$7, includes light beverages847-507-1352aplacetoshinemusic.comSee The Entertainer, page 10.

JAZZ JAMStage Left Café125 Van Buren St.8 p.m.815-337-1395$5 donationSee The Entertainer, page 10.

20 | SATURDAY

EXPO ON THE SQUARE 2014Mixin Mingle124 Cass St.9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sponsored by HSN and the Wood-stock Chamber of Commerce & In-dustry, the expo will feature up to 30 local businesses, plus a drawing for a tablet computer.

CAR SHOW AND HOT DOG FESTIVALRedeemer Lutheran Church1320 Dean St.10 a.m. to 3 p.m.815-338-9370

The event will feature a display of various makes and models of cars. Gourmet hot dogs will be sold.

CHRIS FOAT MEMORIAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTEmricson Park1313 Kishwaukee Valley RoadRegistration: 12:30 p.m.; games start 2 p.m.$150 per teamContact Sean Connor, [email protected] 7th annual tournament to raise funds for scholarships given out to Woodstock High School wrestlers and football players in honor of Chris Foat. A raffle also will be held.

ART, ANTIQUE & VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES AUCTIONWoodstock Opera House121 Van Buren St.6 p.m.$5 admission815-338-4212Friends of the Opera House’s second annual auction fundraiser, with May-or Brian Sager as auctioneer, will fea-ture McHenry County memorabilia, furniture, art, glassware, primitives, collectible bottles, banks, toys and more. Donations of auction items will be accepted.

COUNTRY RUMBLE AFTER DARKWoodstock Harley-Davidson2050 S. Eastwood Drive8 p.m.$10815-337-3511See The Entertainer, page 10.

21 | SUNDAY

DONUT RIDE 2014Woodstock Moose Lodge406 Clay St.8 a.m.815-338-0126Bicycle riders are invited to join Moose members as they ride from the Moose Lodge to Dunkin’ Donuts to Country Donuts to benefit Shop with a Cop.

WOODSTOCK HARVEST FEST & FAIRWoodstock Square10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Freeoffsquaremusic.orgSee The Entertainer, page 10.

WOODSTOCK ASSEMBLY OF GOD’S 60TH ANNIVERSARYWoodstock Assembly of God1201 Dean St.10 a.m.The church will be celebrating 60 years with special guest Pastor Phil Schneider, a picnic, family games and a photo booth. The celebration is open to the public.

DRIVE 4-UR SCHOOLWoodstock North High School3000 Raffel Road10 a.m. to 3 p.m.815-334-2100Ford will donate $20 to the Wood-stock North athletic department for every person age 18 and older who test-drives a vehicle. A car show will be held along with the event.

22 | MONDAY

MEN’S BOOK CLUBRead Between the Lynes129 Van Buren St.7 p.m.815-206-5967The group will discuss “Cartographer of No Man’s Land” by P.S. Duffy.

ART CLUB MEETINGDusty’s Pizza7613 Howe Road815-353-0157A group is forming and will be open to interested artists, writers, photogra-phers and artisans.

23 | TUESDAY

DISTRICT 200 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGClay Professional Development Cen-ter112 Grove St.7 p.m.woodstockschools.orgThe meeting will be on the second floor. Use the parking lot behind Clay Academy and enter via Door 5.

24 | WEDNESDAY

SOCIAL SKILLS AND SELF-ESTEEM SUPPORT GROUPRecovery Outreach Center101 Jefferson St.10:30 to 11:30 a.m.815-338-3590Monthly free group meetings will be ongoing and no reservations are needed.

25 | THURSDAY

AMERICAN LEGION MEETINGWoodstock American Legion Post No. 412240 N. Throop St.7:30 p.m.Woodstock Post 412 will host the county American Legion meeting.

26 | FRIDAY

WHS HOMECOMING GAMEWoodstock High School501 W. South St.5:15 p.m. JV game, 7:15 p.m. Var-sityThe Streaks will take on Grayslake Central, WHS choirs will perform and the homecoming trophy class winner will be announced during the game.

MARIAN HOMECOMING GAMEMarian Central Catholic High School1001 McHenry Ave.5 p.m. sophomore game,7:30 p.m. varsityThe Hurricanes will take on Joliet Catholic for their homecoming game. The King and Queen will be crowned between games and the Hall of Fame induction will be at halftime.

OPEN MIC NIGHTStage Left Café125 Van Buren St.7 p.m.$3 donation815-338-5164offsquaremusic.orgSee The Entertainer, page 10.

LEO KOTTKEWoodstock Opera House121 Van Buren St.8 p.m.$30 woodstockoperahouse.com815-338-5300See The Entertainer, page 10.

27 | SATURDAY

WNHS GARDEN WORKDAYWoodstock North High School3000 Raffel Road9 a.m. to noon815-334-5700A workday for the WNHS garden will be held monthly.

HABITAT RESTORATIONBoger Bog2100 Cherry Valley Road10 a.m. to 1 p.m.815-455-1537Individuals, students, small groups and families with children older than age 6 can participate in restoring na-tive habitat at the conservation area.

WOODSTOCK KTM RACE UNDER THE LIGHTSMcHenry County Fairgrounds11900 Country Club RoadGates open at 3 p.m.$10 adults, ages 5 and younger are free815-337-3511woodstockmx.comThis will be the last in the stadium mo-tocross series.

LEO KOTTKEWoodstock Opera House121 Van Buren St.8 p.m.$30 woodstockoperahouse.com815-338-5300See The Entertainer, page 10.

28 | SUNDAY

TLC CONSERVATION WORK DAYRyder’s Woods750 E. Kimball Ave.10 a.m. to 1 p.m.conservemc.orgThe Land Conservancy of McHenry County seeks volunteers to help with the restoration project. Dress to work outside. Tools and refreshments will be provided.

INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION AND BUDDHISMBlue Lotus Temple221 Dean St.10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Donations appreciated815-337-7378The course is designed to provide exposure to key concepts of the Bud-dha’s teachings and give new mem-bers an opportunity to dive more deeply into meditation practice. Ev-eryone is welcome.

HOT COCOA & STORY HOUREthereal Confections113 S. Benton St.10:30 a.m.815-575-9315Children’s stories will be read aloud around the fireplace and every child will receive a free children-sized hot cocoa.

ONGOING

OPEN AA MEETINGSundaysWoodstock Alano Club545 W. South St.11 a.m.815-455-3311Meetings are open to anyone who is interested or who thinks they may have a problem with alcohol.

OPEN VOLLEYBALLMondaysWoodstock Recreation Center820 Lake Ave.6:45 to 9 p.m.Free for members, $4 nonmembers815-338-4363woodstockrecreationdepartment.comTeams will be formed at random each week to play volleyball.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKETEvery Tuesday and SaturdayWoodstock Square8 a.m. to 1 p.m.woodstockfarmersmarket.orgVoted No. 1 in Illinois for midsize markets in 2012.See The Entertainer, page 10.

COFFEE AT THE CAFÉ FOR SENIORSTuesdaysStage Left Café125 Van Buren St.1 to 3 p.m.Senior citizens are invited to drop in for coffee.

MINDSHIFTERS GROUPTuesdaysUnity Spiritual Center of Woodstock225 W. Calhoun6:30 p.m.$5 suggested love offering815-337-3534unitywoodstock.orgA support group focused on the practi-cal use of self-help tools for personal and spiritual growth will be presented.

BINGOWednesdaysWoodstock Moose Lodge406 Clay St.7 to 9:30 pm.815-338-0126Games will include crossfire. Food will be available. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

VFW FISH FRYFridaysVFW Post 5040240 N. Throop St.5 to 8 p.m.$8.50815-338-5040

OPEN GRILL NIGHTFridaysRedeemer Lutheran Church1320 Dean St.6 p.m.815-338-9370rlcw.orgThe church will provide the grill, and the community is invited to bring something to eat and drink.

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Hurricanes Continued from Page 24

nior �omas Welch rushed 24 yards on two carries. Junior receiver Ruschke had two grabs for 35 yards. Senior Cole Bo-kowy also had two receptions to add 19 yards to Marian’s 350 yards of offense.

“It felt great, and we had a great read at practice [earlier in the week],” said Nei-meyer. “We were catching the ball consis-tently and connecting with Billy. Our tim-ing was right, and it showed today.”

�e Hurricanes scored on a safety and a 50-yard touchdown run from Cabusao in the second quarter. A running clock and comfortable lead gave the ‘Canes an op-portunity to rotate their lineup through-out the second half.

Despite a win, the ‘Canes know they will need to continue improving both on of-fense and defense as upcoming contests near against the ESCC’s Nazareth Acade-

my (3-0; 1-0) and Joliet Catholic Academy (2-1; 1-0).

Nazareth was in a three-way tie with Marist and St. Patrick in the 2013 ESCC standings. �is season, the Roadrunners have put up an average of 47 points per game in their undefeated start to the sea-son, including a 52-27 win over St. Patrick, which the Hurricanes will also play in ESCC action in late October.

“We expect another hard-hitting game. It’s going to be tough,” said Neimeyer. “�ey [Nazareth] like to run the ball and have a lot of talent.

�at’s why we’re going to stick to the game plan. Our defense is ready, and our offense is ready for anyone.”

�e Hurricanes will travel to Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday, Sept. 20.

21Sept.17-23, 2014THE WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT

Meyer runs for St. Olaf

Sometimes defending a national

championship is tougher than win-

ning it.

But, if the first meet is any indication,

the St. Olaf College cross-country team,

which counts Woodstock graduate

Phillip Meyer as a member, might have

the horses to do just that. At the St. Olaf

College Alumni 5,000-meter run, Meyer,

a senior, finished fourth in 15 minutes,

27.8 seconds. St. Olaf finished one point

from a perfect score of 15.

St. Olaf, which won the NCAA Division

III national championship in cross-

country in 2013, had five runners break

16:00 for 5,000-meters.

Tim Semmen (Woodstock), a Luther

College junior, finished 32nd at the

Saint Mary’s University Alumni Open.

Semmen completed the 4-mile course

in 25:00.3. As a team, Luther finished

fourth with 102 points. Winona State

University won the outing with 21 points.

FootballMike Liedtke (Woodstock) helped

the Illinois State University Redbirds

defeat Mississippi Valley State Univer-

sity 62-0, and nationally ranked Eastern

Illinois University 34-15. Liedtke, an ISU

senior who starts at left tackle, helped

the Redbirds post

656 yards of offense

against MVSU. �e

Redbirds came

down to earth a

bit against the EIU

Panthers, who were

ranked 24th on of-

fense among NCAA

Division I-Football

Championship

Series teams at the

time of the contest.

ISU posted 326

yards of offense.

For Chris Streveler (Marian Central

Catholic), it was a first. For the Univer-

sity of Minnesota against Texas Chris-

tian University, it was their one and only.

Streveler completed his first touchdown

pass of his college career as the Golden

Gophers were topped 30-7 by TCU.

Streveler completed the pass with 10:56

to play in the contest, hitting Maxx Wil-

liams with a 12-yard strike. For the con-

test, Streveler went 2-of-3 for 18 yards.

He also carried the ball seven times for

33 yards. Minnesota is 2-1.

Ben Krol (Marian Central), an East-

ern Illinois quarterback, is on the roster,

but has not played as of this week. EIU

is 0-3.

Drew Walkington (Woodstock) has

carried the ball 12 times for 69 yards in

the first two North Park University foot-

ball games. �e 5-foot-11, 205-pound

senior running back has one touchdown

carry. North Park, 0-2, is still in search of

SPORTS

but also character and living the right

kind of life.”

Bradshaw started his coaching ca-

reer at Rockford-Boylan High School in

1962. He was there for three years as an

assistant freshman football coach and

an assistant varsity football coach. He

came to WHS in 1965 and was the fresh-

man head coach for two years and the

sophomore coach for two years before

becoming the head coach in 1969. He

was head coach for the Blue Streaks for

25 years. He retired from WHS in 1994.

He went to the college game for a year

as a wide receiver coach at the Univer-

sity of Wisconsin-Whitewater under

one of his former

assistant coaches,

Bob Berezowitz.

He was head coach

at Johnsburg High

School for eight

years; a volunteer

coach at Gray-

slake Central High

School under for-

mer WHS assistant

coach Vito Andrio-

la; and an assistant

coach at Prairie Ridge High School for

four years when his grandsons attended

the school.

Bradshaw took two years off and re-

turned last year as an assistant for the

Streaks. He is working with three former

Blue Streak players – head coach Steve

Beard and assistant coaches Tom Mitch-

ell and Todd Anderson.

Anderson played for Bradshaw in the

early ‘90s.

“It’s pretty special that he still has the

love for the game,” Anderson said. “... He’s

very passionate about what he does.”

Mitchell played for Bradshaw in the

early ’70s and coached under Bradshaw

from 1981 to 1994.

“It has been interesting to see how he’s

changed,” Mitchell said. “He’s been able

to adapt to being an assistant coach. …

�at’s really what impressed me; how

he’s been able to do that.”

Beard, who played for Bradshaw in the

early ’90s, said he was impressed with

Bradshaw’s passion.

“�e one thing that Bob Bradshaw

brings to our football program is the

enthusiasm for the team sport,” Beard

said. “�ere is a lot of heart for the game

of football that Bob has. He has a pas-

sion for teaching the team concept of

football. He just really has a passion for

the game of football, making sure that

you are representing Woodstock High

School the way you should be represent-

ing Woodstock High School. “You play

for Woodstock, you are a Blue Streak.

�is is how you perform; and this is how

you behave; this is how you act in vic-

tory; this is how you act in defeat.”

Bradshaw won more than 200 games

as a head coach. He

was head coach of

the Blue Streaks’

first state champi-

onship team in 1983.

He also led teams to

the semifinals three

times and the quar-

terfinals six times.

Bradshaw said the

state championship

was his greatest mo-

ment.

“�ere is nothing better than that,”

Bradshaw said. “For a town of our size, it

was incredible.”

Bradshaw said he is proud of the more

than 20 former players who played

NCAA Division I football. He also said he

is proud of the former players that went

on to be head coaches including Tim

Haak, Harvard, and Matt Fralik, Crystal

Lake Central; and assistant coaches who

became head coaches like Ed Brucker,

Marian Central; Chad Hetlet, Glenbard

North High School; Andriola and Ber-

ezowitz.

His grandson, Brian Bradshaw, is now

the quarterback coach at Dundee-Crown

High School.

“I root for a lot of teams,” Bradshaw

said.

Bradshaw said coaching has been a

family affair.

“I’ve had the support of my wife and

my family,” Bradshaw said. “I always

say when you hire me, you’re hiring my

family.”

“I feel I still have a lot to give as far as not just football, but also character and living the right kind of life.”

— Bob Bradshaw, WHS assistant football coach

Bradshaw Continued from Page 24

Dan Chamness follows the college athletic ca-reers of Woodstock-area athletes.

The College Report

DanChamness

» COLUMNits first victory.

SoccerTess Bottorff (Marian Central) scored a

goal and doled out an assist to help the Il-

linois Wesleyan Titans dominate Earlham

College 10-0. �e IWU senior scored at

the 25:34 mark to give IWU a command-

ing 5-0 lead. She assisted the first goal

of the contest, which was scored at 7:55.

IWU is 5-1.

Susan Thomas (Marian Central) has

started three games for the Lewis Uni-

versity women’s soccer team. �e senior

midfielder has one shot on goal. Lewis is

1-2-1 overall and 1-1 in the Great Lakes Val-

ley Conference.

VolleyballDena Ott (Marian Central) has helped

Eastern Kentucky University post an

8-5 mark thus far. �e Wauconda na-

tive, who started all 13 matches, leads

the team in digs (204) and is second in

service aces (11).

List your athlete in this columnDo you know an athlete who is currently

competing in college? If so, he or she is eli-

gible to be included in the College Report.

�ere are only two rules to be included in

this column: First, the athlete was a resi-

dent of Woodstock while in high school or

a graduate from Woodstock, Woodstock

North or Marian Central. Second, the ath-

lete needs to be involved in intercollegiate

athletics.

When submitting a name to Dan62801@

aol.com, please put “Woodstock Inde-

pendent” in the subject line of the email.

Put the name of the athlete, the college/

university team, the former high school or

the town of residence in the boday of the

email.

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SCOREBOARD

�e �under went into halftime lead-

ing 14-0 on touchdown runs by seniors

Jeremy Haymond, 18 yards, and Jimmy

Krenger, 55 yards. Krenger rushed for a

total of 162 yards.

Blue Streak junior Garrett Boyle

broke an 80-yard run to the �under

red zone in the third quarter, but the

Streaks were turned away again on

downs.

“Having them stop us at the 20-yard

line and stop us at the 11-yard line after

the 80-yard run by Derrick Boyle, was

really a momentum shift,” said WHS

senior captain Gus Siebert.

�e �under added rushing touch-

downs by Haymond, 30 yards, and Travis

Busch, 1 yard, to complete the scoring.

Only three passes were completed on

the night, all by the Streaks. �e �un-

der had more than 300 yards rushing

as compared to 140 by the Streaks.

“Obviously there were tough con-

ditions, but I thought our kids played

really physical and played tough,” said

WNHS head coach Jeff Schroeder. “I

thought we assimilated well to the con-

ditions. We ran the ball pretty well and

played good defense. We hit some big

running plays.”

Schroeder said he felt his team con-

trolled the line of scrimmage and was

more physical, which is a product of

their style of play.

“I thought we were a little more

physical than they were,” Schroeder

said. “�at’s really a contrast in style.

Our offense tends to be a more physi-

cal style of play. �eir offense is a little

more balanced. �ey are going to pass

block a little more than us, and we are

going to run block a little more than

them. I think that helped us.”

Beard said the conditions limited his

options.

“In the second half, when we were

down 14, the conditions were not good

to throw the ball,” Beard said. “We just

didn’t have the blocking to rush the

ball consistently, and our passing game

was hampered by the weather.”

WNHS players were excited to keep

bragging rights over their rivals.

“It’s a great feeling,” said �under se-

nior lineman Trevor Jensen. “Bragging

rights are amazing. �ey haven’t beat

us since we only had juniors on the

team. It’s just great to know we’re on

top. I’ve been playing with these guys

for a long time. I have a major amount

of respect for those guys, but I like

beating them too.”

“It was exciting,” Haymond said. “It

was nice to shut them out.”

WNHS will play at Cary-Grove High

School at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19.

�e loss leaves the Streaks searching

for answers for a first win of the season.

“Our offense really needs to step

up its game,” Siebert said. “Overall, in

three games, our defense has scored

seven points and our offense has

scored six.”

“As coaches, we have to coach hard-

er; we have to coach better; we have to

prepare our players better for Friday,”

Beard said. “�at means every player

has to be coached up on their assign-

ment on every play.”

WHS will host McHenry High School

at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19.

Football Continued from Page 24

Woodstock High School wide receiver John Kruse gets a first down Sept. 12 against Woodstock North High School. The Thunder defeated the Blue Streaks 28-0. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY MICHELLE KRENGER

MARIAN CENTRAL Football

Sept. 12: MC 42, Marian Catholic 0For MC, Billy Bahl passed for 152 yards and two touchdowns.Boys soccer

Sept. 12: MC 1, Marian Catholic 0For MC, Hunter Labas scored a goal.

Sept. 10: MC 3, St. Patrick 0For MC, Josh Smith, Patrick Majzner and Fernando Tapia each scored a goal. Girls tennis

Sept. 9: MC 2, Marist 3For MC, Ariel Majewski won No. 1 singles 6-2, 6-0 and Abby Waters and Sydney Wa-ters won No. 1 doubles 6-1, 6-1. Volleyball

Sept. 9: MC 1, Cary-Grove 2 (19-25, 26-24, 18-25)For MC, Sydney Nemtuda had 6 kills and Alex Kaufmann had 19 digs.Sept. 8: MC 2, Aurora Christian 0 (25-12, 25-15)

WOODSTOCKBoys cross-country

Sept. 13: WHS finished 16th out of 51 teams at the Peoria First to the Finish In-vitational. For WHS, Luke Beattie finished 7th, Spencer Hanson finished 45th and Jared Baker was 125th out of 735 runners.

Sept. 6: WHS finished 9th out of 19 teams at the Crystal Lake South Invitational. For WHS, Luke Beattie placed 2nd. Football

Sept. 12: WHS 0, WNHS 28Boys soccer

Sept. 11: WHS 0, Jacobs 4Girls cross-country

Sept. 13: The WHS girls cross-country

team finished 8th out of 51 teams at the Peo-ria First to the Finish Invitational. For WHS, Kate Jacobs finished 14th, Grace Beattie finished 40th and Amy Zhang fin-ished 44th out of 566 runners.

Sept. 6: WHS finished 2nd out of 19 teams at the Crystal Lake South Invitational For WHS, Kate Jacobs placed 2nd. Girls tennis

Sept. 11: WHS 1, Prairie Ridge 6For WHS, Ana Fedmasu won No. 1 singles 6-3, 6-2.

Sept. 10: WHS 4, Johnsburg 3For WHS, Ana Fedmasu won No. 1 singles 6-2. 6-1; Amy Fischbach won No. 2 singles 6-0, 6-0; Hope Brainard and MacKenzie Smith won No. 1 doubles 6-1, 6-1; and Karen Evans and Katy Holub won No. 2 doubles 6-3, 6-1.

Sept 9: WHS 2, Crystal Lake Central 5For WHS, Ana Fedmasu won No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-3, and Amy Fishbach won No. 2 singles 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

WOODSTOCK NORTHFootball

Sept. 12: WNHS 28, WHS 0Boys soccer

Sept. 11: WNHS 2, Crystal Lake South 4For WNHS, Josh Jandron and Edder Tapia each scored a goal.

Sept 9: WNHS 2, Dundee-Crown 3Girls tennis

Sept. 11: WNHS 1, Dundee-Crown 6 Sept. 9: WNHS 0, Prairie Ridge 7

Volleyball Sept. 9: WNHS 2, Alden-Hebron 1

(25-14, 23-25, 25-13)For WNHS, Sam Kunke had 13 digs and Destiny Ortiz had 4 kills and 7 digs.

Are you ready for some football?

I love the NFL. I grew up a St. Louis

Cardinals fan, primarily because my

stepfather’s parents were season

ticket-holders. I remember watch-

ing Jim Hart throw touchdowns to

Mel Gray and then Neil Lomax to

Roy Greene. I remember when Otis

Anderson broke into the league with

a 193 yards rushing against the Dallas

Cowboys in 1979.

�e Cardinals

moved to Phoe-

nix after the 1987

season, and I

stopped watch-

ing the game for a

couple of years. I

was in college and I

was concentrating

on other things –

school, alcohol and

girls, not necessar-

ily in that order. I

moved to Chicago

in 1989 and became

a Bears fan. I have

been a season ticket-holder for 13

years and was lucky enough to go to

the Superbowl in 2007 and see Devin

Hester return the opening kickoff for

a touchdown.

I love the NFL.

�is brings me to the Ray Rice

situation. If you don’t know already

— maybe you’ve been holed up in

your house without electricity for

the past few months — Ray Rice is a

very good running back who plays

for the Baltimore Ravens. Earlier this

year, footage surfaced of Rice drag-

ging the body of his unconscious

fiancée — now wife —Janay Palmer

Rice out of an elevator in New Jersey.

Rice and Palmer had been arguing

in the elevator and he had knocked

her out. �e initial footage released

to the public did not reveal exactly

what happened in the elevator, but it

did show the result: Rice dragging her

limp body from the elevator car.

Rice was arrested and, eventually,

agreed to a pretrial intervention pro-

gram, meaning he would do no jail

time. �e NFL, led by Commissioner

Roger Goodell, suspended Rice for

two games and fined him another

game for his actions. But manage-

ment of the Ravens stood behind

Rice, and planned to move forward

with him on the team.

�en the proverbial stuff hit the

fan. Public outrage from the NFL’s

punishment of Rice forced the league

to create a domestic violence policy

that would suspend a player for

six games for the first incident and

ban them for life for the second.

Goodell offered a mea culpa, stating

he clearly made a mistake with the

initial punishment.

�en, on Sept. 8, the tape of what

actually happened in the elevator

appeared. What we assumed had

happened was now confirmed. In a

moment of terrible violence, Rice

punched his fiancée square in the

face. As quick as you can say “there

go our ratings,” the Ravens waived

Rice and the NFL announced he

would be suspended indefinitely.

Questions have to be asked. Primar-

ily, why did the NFL and the Ravens

need to see this tape to act as they

should have in the first place? What

did they think happened in that eleva-

tor? Rice told them he punched her.

What other evidence did they need?

Later in the week, it was discovered

that Adrian Peterson had been arrest-

ed for child abuse for disciplining his

4-year-old son with a switch, which

allegedly left the child bloodied. Fur-

ther, lesser-known NFL players Greg

Hardy and Ray McDonald also have

recently been arrested on domestic

violence charges.

�e NFL is king in the American

sports world. It is a violent sport, and

it appears to have a violence issue

outside of the game. Roger Goodell

and the NFL owners need to take

control of the situation fast before it

spins completely out of control.

Maybe the good that comes out

of this is that young football play-

ers, who watch their heroes removed

from the game they love, will learn

that it’s never OK to strike a woman

under any circumstances, and it’s

never OK to discipline your child in

such a manner.

Maybe public pressure will force

the NFL to clean up its act, and

maybe we can get back to enjoying

the game we love.

Are you ready for some football?

Jay Schulz is editor of The Woodstock Inde-pendent.

Jay Talking

JaySchulz

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Memorial tournament to feature softball

The Chris Foat Memorial Tournament is returning for its seventh year as a softball tournament, a change from previous years, when it featured football.

The tournament, which benefits a schol-arship fund for Woodstock High School football players and wrestlers, will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, at Emricson Park. It is held in honor of Foat, a graduate of Woodstock High School, who was killed when he was hit by a snowplow in 2007.

Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. and

games will start at 2 p.m. The cost for each team is $150. Teams must carry a minimum of nine players, ages 18 and older.

Woodstock High School graduates Mike Schuette and Jena Schuette of Trio Grille will be the food vendors. The event will fea-ture a raffle held during the dinner break as well as a silent auction that will culminate at Main Street Pour House.

To donate items for the raffle or submit a monetary donation to place your business logo on tournament T-shirts or for informa-tion, email Sean Connor at [email protected], Bryson Calvin at brita_1315@ hotmail.com or Tymalyn Dooner at [email protected].

IN BRIEF

23Sept.17-23, 2014THE WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENTSPORTS

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COLLEGE REPORT

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Dan Chamness follows area grads in

college football, soccer and more

SCOREBOARD

Scores, stats and highlights from

area high school games

COLUMN

Sports editor Jay Schulz on being

a fan as pro football is in crisisPAGE 22 PAGE 22

Sports

Thunder shut down StreaksBy JAY SCHULZThe Independent

A light rain and soggy field were perfect conditions for the Woodstock North High School football team Sept. 12 as it continued holding bragging rights over crosstown rival Wood-stock High School. �e �under used

a dominating running game to defeat the Blue Streaks 28-0 at WNHS, their fourth consecutive win over WHS.

It looked as if the Blue Streaks might reverse their fortune as they drove in-side the �under 20-yard line at the start of the game. �e Streaks were unable to convert on fourth down, however, which proved to be an omi-

nous sign for the rest of the evening. “We started off the game with a re-

ally nice drive, a 12-play drive, that got us into the red zone,” said WHS head coach Steve Beard. “[We had] some penalties and some mistakes, and we couldn’t finish that drive.”

Woodstock North High School quarterback Jimmy Krenger rushes for a first down Sept. 12 against Woodstock High School. The Thunder defeated the Blue Streaks 28-0. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY MICHELLE KRENGER

» FOOTBALL

WNHS beats WHS for 4th time in a row, Thunder QB Krenger rushes for 162 yards

Please see Football, Page 22

50 years in football for Bradshaw

By JAY SCHULZThe Independent

A half-century is a long time, but Wood-stock High School assistant football coach Bob Bradshaw, who is in his 50th year of coaching, loves football. Specifi-cally, he loves coaching high school foot-ball players.

“I love the contact with the kids,” Brad-shaw said. “Ever since I’ve gone back to Woodstock, it’s really been fun for me being around the young men. I feel I still have a lot to give as far as not just football,

Please see Bradshaw, Page 21

Woodstock High School assistant coach Bob Bradshaw talks to players during the Blue Streaks game Sept. 5. Bradshaw is in his 50th season of coaching high school football. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY KEN FARVER

42 first-half points by ’Canes lead to running clock in second half

By MEGAN IVERSThe Independent

Marian Central Catholic High School (3-0 overall; 1-0 East Suburban Cath-olic Conference) sounded a strong warning against the visiting Chicago Height’s Marian Catholic High School Spartans Sept. 12 with a 42-0 win at George Harding Field.

Head coach Ed Brucker knew the Hurricanes were prepared for the game, but he did not expect a blowout.

“I think the mud and everything af-fected them more than us because they are used to playing on turf,” said Bruck-er. “Our kids played very well ... espe-cially the offense this week. I knew our offense was going to be good, but we didn’t really perform up to our capabil-ity the first two games.”

Behind the leadership of senior quarterback Billy Bahl (9-11-152) and receiver Jordan Neimeyer (4-100), the Hurricane offense set the tone for the evening with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Bahl to Neimeyer minutes into the game. �e Marian offense piled on four more touchdowns in the first quarter — two rushing by Bahl and se-nior Jarryd Cabusao (5-81), and passes of 44 and 23 yards to Neimeyer and Eric Ruschke, respectively.

Senior Mike Velazquez logged nine carries for 54 yards while junior Emitt Peisert had 10 carries for 47 yards. Ju-

Hurricanes crush first conferenceopponent

» FOOTBALL

MARIAN CATHOLIC 0

Please see Hurricanes, Page 20

Marian Central Catholic wide receiver Jake Tinkham tries to elude a tackler from Marian Catholic High School Sept. 12. INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY KEN FARVER

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