Category: featured
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Going for the Twin Lakes Cup
Andy, 12, and Ryan, 9, Slaton, of Chicago, work in tandem to bring their cardboard vessel to the finish line during the July 5 LIbertyfest competition at Lance Park. (Photo by Earlene Frederick)
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History of Barn Quilts to be Thursday topic at MCC
McHenry County College will host “The History of Barn Quilts and Demo” from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, July 10 in Room E129 at the college. The college is located at 8900 U.S. Hwy. 14 in Crystal Lake. The seminar will feature the history behind barn quilts and how they are being used in McHenry…
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Blood Drive to be held July 8 in Twin Lakes
The BloodCenter of Wisconsin is sponsoring a blood drive will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. tuesday, July 8, at St. John Evangelist Parish, 701 N. Lake Avenue, Twin Lakes. Other blood drives are scheduled for: • Pleasant Prairie. Wednesday, July 16 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall Auditorium, 9915…
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It’s Thursday
Conductor Steve Porch takes the Lakes Area Community Band through their musical paces prior to the first It’s Thursday concert held at the Brook Bandshell, 900 Skidmore Dr., Antioch, on June 12. It has become a tradition for the band to kick off the summer series which continues through Aug. 14. For more information about…
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Rebels prepare for battle
You can’t celebrate the Fourth of July until you battle through the Revolutionary War. Luckily the Village of Silver Lake hosted Rebels and Redcoats at Fox Lake Park last weekend to settle the score. Re-enactors fire a salvo over the heads of the Red Coats (not shown here). Re-enactors were members of the North West…
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Everyone loves a parade
St. Alphonsus School students (top) and members of the Wheatland Willing Workers 4-H Club participate in the 45th annual Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department Festival parade held June 21. (Earlene Frederick photo)
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WVFD on parade
Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department hosted its 45th annual Fireman’s Festival last weekend. Top, Janice Richter and Katie Daniels are all smiles during the June 32 parade and above, candy showered from the heavens, or at least from the top of this engine, during the parade. (Earlene Frederick photo)
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VFW Post 4551 hosts half-a-beef raffle
VFW Post 4551 Antioch, concluded its Memorial Day Half-A-Beef raffle June 7 at the Antioch Packing House. Commander Robert Sokoloski (top, from left) and Quartermaster William Oerly presented checks for $250 each to Holly Vittitow of Antioch and Jean Craig of Antioch. The first place prize winner, Stacey Carney of Bristol, was unable to be…
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RB BREAKS DONOR RECORD
RBCHS has hosted blood drives since 1996 and the last one was the best in RB history with 121 donors. Cassie Owen, from the RB Class of 2014, donated blood. A representative from Heartland Blood Center told the RB’s National Honor Society students that this drive surpassed the number of donors at all local drives…
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IF IT’S THURSDAY…
Conductor Steve Porch takes the Lakes Area Community Band through their musical paces prior to the first It’s Thursday cancert held at the Brook Bandshell, 900 Skidmore Dr., Antioch, on June 12. It has become a tradition for the band to kick off the summer series which continues through Aug. 14. For more information about…