Huntley Happenings 05/18

VOL 3 ISSUE 4 May 2018

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Publ!sher’s Notes I’ve always known Huntley was a close-knit community. It’s where I grew up. I attended school in District 158 from Kindergarten until graduation. I’ve worked at Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center, Sun City Huntley and Huntley Community Radio.

It wasn’t until mid April of this year, that I was able to fully grasp what this community means to me and my family.

My dear brother Charlie died on his 13th birthday. This boy has had a series of medical issues from birth. My parents, the owners of Huntley Happenings, brought him into our home at five months old and gave him the best life imaginable.

Charlie was a guiding force. He was a miracle to be born. He showed people what happiness looks like. He showed how to fight. He showed resilience. He never judged.

He was pure human as anyone you could meet. It’s so interesting how a little boy who can’t talk, has 95% brain damage and can’t communicate very much, can be so influential to peoples lives. We will forever be changed because a little boy named Charles Geheren was in our lives.

The week of his passing brought a community together to help alleviate the burden of paying for his celebration of life. I couldn’t be more grateful that my parents were able to focus on my brother and solely my brother. There are so many people and organizations to thank (and I will do my best to list them below). I just want everyone in the friendly village with country charm to know that when life is at its worse . the community of Huntley pulls together to make it a little easier.

Please continue to lift my family up in your thoughts & prayers. We love Huntley. We will continue to honor Charlie’s legacy in Huntley.

Special thanks to: • DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral & Cremation Service • JourneyCare • Marlowe Middle School and Huntley Community School District 158 • Centegra Health System • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Pediatric ICU • St. Mary Catholic Church of Huntley • Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church • Huntley Park District • The more than 160 donors on GoFundMe Written by Michael Geheren

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Commun!ty For the past few years, a group of 40+ volunteers has been providing local news, entertainment and music for Huntley and the surrounding areas. Once a dream of three Sun City residents, no is the local go to media source for the entire area.

One of the three founders, Jim Carollo, passed away last month. A dear friend and colleague and a true Hall of Famer, Jim Carollo passed away after suffering a long illness. In addition to being a founding member of Huntley Community Radio, Jim was a long-time employee of WGN Radio.

This photo is from his induction into the WGN Hall of Fame. Jim is responsible for all of the technical aspects of launching HCR. He also helped to launch many radio careers in radio. Jim brought his talents and success of producing The Chicago Bears to HCR to help Huntley become one of the few to have high school football games on the radio.

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Ag News and Views - hosted by Huntley resident, Arlen Higgs. As the title of Arlen’s show

Thursday May 10th at 7 pm Saturday May 12th at 1 pm Pam Jorgensen, Director

implies, Ag News and Views is a forum for Arlen to provide his listeners with current news and his well-qualified views about a variety of agricultural, food, and energy related topics.

Best Cuts - hosted by John Farley, a show that looks at some of the favorite, celebrated, and

defining tracks of all genres. Each Best Cuts episode focuses on a specific genre and time period like 80’s and 90’s Rock, New Wave, Classic Post Punk, Art Pop, and many other genres. Exploring together, we can learn and understand what made these genres so special during their times and even today. A show that looks at some of the favorite, celebrated, and defining tracks of all genres

QORE - hosted by Jig Patel is a successful speech and communication entrepreneur, award-

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May 3 Ladies Night Out: Cinco de Mayo Celebration in Downtown Huntley

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May 3 & 17 Huntley District 158 Board of Education Meeting - Huntley Community School District 158 - 847.659.6158.

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May 10 & 24 Village of Huntley Meeting - 7:00 pm Village of Huntley -847.515.5200.

May 18 LEO KOTTKE Presented by Woodstock Opera House Friday May 18 at 8:00 PM Saturday May 19 at 8:00 PM Tickets: $30.00 Come join us for Leo Kottke’s 32nd appearance on the Woodstock Opera House stage.

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May 18 HPD Police Officers and Special Olympics Athletes get on the roof of our local Dunkin Donuts to raise money and awareness in this annual event.

2018 Cop on Top Friday, May 18 5 am - 2 pm Both Huntley Dunkin Donuts locations May 19th Public Works Open House from 9am - Noon (Public Works at the corner of Kiley & Bakley Drive) May 26 Do you have landscape, lawn or garden questions? The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners of Lake County will be available to answer your questions and share reliable, research-based information to make your gardening experience successful. Bring samples for ID, pictures or questions for timely answers to you horticulture needs as we start our growing season. Wauconda Area Library 801 N Main St Wauconda (847) 526-6225.

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June 5 Bingo is held the first Tuesday of each month in the Cosman Theater located at the Huntley Park District REC Center. Bingo cards are provided, no dobber is needed and donations are accepted at the door. 09:00 AM 11:00 AM Huntley Park District - 847.669.3180.

June 30 Family Fun Day at the Farmers Market

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July 3 Concert in the Park - At 7:00pm - Billy Elton Concert - at Town Square Sponsored by the Downtown Huntley Businesses July 4 Concert in the Park - at 9:30pm - Independence Day Fireworks Show (Deicke Park) July 10 Concert in the Park - At 7:00pm - The Millennials - at Deicke Park July 12 Huntley Village Board Meeting - Village of Huntley - 847-515-5200 July 17 Concert in the Park - At 7:00pm -Johnny Russler & The Beach Bum Band - at Town Square -Sponsored by 1st National Bank July 24 Concert in the Park - at 7:00pm - Back Country Roads July 26 Huntley Village Board Meeting - Village of Huntley - 847-515-5200 July 31 Concert in the Park - At 7:00pm -The Blooze Brothers - at Deicke Park

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The words that struck me as we were working with Bill and Carol were: compassionate, patient, comforting, loving, humane, sympathetic, warm, understanding, heart-felt, responsive, considerate, generous, and kind. I think that about covers what you want and need when you are laying to rest your loved ones. Bill and Carol have continued to follow-up with us after the services.

The Geheren family would like to thank DeFioreJorgensen Funeral & Cremation Service. They helped make one of the worst experiences parents can have - losing a child into a beautiful celebration of life that has helped hundreds of people realize that Charlie is in a better place - dancing with the angels.

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The Force of Character

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This imaginative, compelling, and always thought-provoking volume turns all of our conventional ideas about aging upside down revealing their emptiness, folly, and disrespectfulness. James Hillman, founder of archetypal psychology and the best-selling author of The Soul’s Code,successfully fulfills his daring mission — to “decouple death from aging, and instead restore the ancient link between older age and the uniqueness of character.” Here is an antidote to the plethora of wrong-headed health books about how to achieve longevity and be forever young. In three bold sections — lasting, leaving, and left — Hillman shows how our characters are enriched, deepened, and made meaningful by long life.

Character, according to the author, “has been forming your face, your habits, your friendships, your peculiarities, the level of your ambition with its career and its faults. Character influences the way you give and receive; it affects your loves and your children. It walks you home at night and can keep you long awake.” Hillman celebrates the long lasting life as a chance to review the years, to make amends, to transform memories into stories, to revel in the input of the senses, to connect with the ancestors, to mentor the young, to speak out against injustice, and to heal the planet. Here the term “old” both brings out

character and gives character. No wonder ancient civilizations bestowed honor and respect on elders, crones, matriarchs, and patriarchs.

In one of the most stunning sections of the book, Hillman presents a soulful reframing of qualities and habits of the long-lived that have been traditionally seen as dreadful and debilitating, such as repetition, waking at night, muddled agitation, drying up, shortterm memory loss, heightened irritability, erotics, and heart failure.

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n Monday, April 23rd, Devin Hester and Matt Forte returned to Halas Hall to retire with the team their careers started, the Chicago Bears. Both players brought countless memories to the lakefront over the course of their careers.

There is an interesting debate for Hester, a Curtis special teams player, Koch to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame. While many people outside of the Chicago area believe that he is not worthy, I think he is worthy of being inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Here are some of Devin’s career stats: • • • • • •

Most Return TD’s in NFL History 4 time Pro Bowler 13 Punt Return TD’s (Bears Record) 5 Kickoff Return TD’s (Including the Super Bowl) 5,504 Kickoff Return Yards (Bears Record) 255 Rec. 3,311 Yards 16 TD’s as a Wide Receiver

Hester easily doesn’t make the Hall as a wide receiver. He mainly made his four pro bowls due to his playmaking abilities on special teams. However, the way he played on special teams and the way he changed teams approaches to kickoffs is why he deserves to be in Canton.

The stats above prove it, Hester set numerous records for both Bears history and NFL history. However when you have a big enough impact for teams to kick away from you and make plans around you in special teams, you’re a pretty special player.

Even more so, the fact that there hasn’t been any player in the NFL to make a big enough impact on special teams, to the point for the NFL to consider eliminating kickoffs all together. That’s pretty amazing.

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