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GRADUATION 2013 • LOCAL & REGION, A3 The only daily newspaper published in McHenry Co.
• Marengo has its fair share of highlights • Journey continues for R-B grads
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Awaiting vote, Ill. mulls gay marriage
R-B’s Andrea Fox
HONORING FALLEN VETERANS ON MEMORIAL DAY
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – With the General Assembly nearing the end of its spring session, gay rights advocates are vowing to call a vote at any moment to make Illinois the 13th state to embrace same-sex marriage. When the year began, proponents were pushing to make Illinois the first state in the Midwest to etch gay marriage into law, just two years after approving civil unions. But since the Illinois Senate voted in favor on Valentine’s Day, it’s remained unclear whether supporters are one or a dozen votes shy of the 60 needed to pass it in the Illinois House. Sponsoring Rep. Greg Harris of Chicago has been coy about the vote count. Gov. Pat Quinn supports the idea and invited lawmakers to send him a bill to sign. In the meantime, three other states have adopted gay marriage – Minnesota, Delaware and Rhode Island. Lobbying has taken a fierce tone: Advocates have brought television stars to the Capitol, spread letters from supportive business executives and heard testimony from pastors. Opponents have spoken out from the pulpit, on the radio and through waves of robocalls.
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Cal Fanslow, member of the American Legion Post 1231, helps to place flags outside a mausoleum in Algonquin Cemetery. Jim Mertz and the Lake in the Hills American Legion Post 1231 have been placing flags on the graves of veterans for the past 22 years. Mertz took over the responsibility when his friend, Leonard LeDuc, passed away in 2004.
Local veterans’ groups remember those who served
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wice a year, Jim Mertz and a group of volunteers head out to the Algonquin Cemetery with a map of the cemetery marking where people who served are buried.
In the span of a few hours, they place flags on each of the 288 graves of veterans. It’s part of the annual Memorial Day preparations carried out by veterans’ groups to honor those who served in the military.
Inside For a list of area servicemen killed while on active duty, see PAGE A11.
On the Net For Memorial Day events, visit NWHerald.com.
See MEMORIAL DAY, page A9
See MARRIAGE, page A9
Steady progress for Stickney House renovation Fundraisers help foundation continue work on project without tax money By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com BULL VALLEY – Don’t laugh. Rich Vance will look you dead in the eyes and tell you it’s true. Something weird – something with the spirits, the ghosts, the whatever – is goLathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com ing on here. He can’t quite exStickney House Foundation president Nicole Horn talks Friday about plain it, but ... “Absolutely true,” he said, preservation efforts at the historic Stickney House in Bull Valley.
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How to help n What: Stickney House Foundation Renaissance Fair n When: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., June 22 n Where: Still Farm, 11114 Country Club Road, Woodstock
n What: Golf outing to benefit Stickney House Foundation n When: Aug. 23 n Where: Boone Creek Golf Club, 6912 Mason Hill Road, Bull Valley
and there’s not a shade of doubt in his voice. That was the idea, after all. Built in in the mid-1800s, the
Stickney House today stands as a testament to so many things. It’s an architectural anomaly – built with no cor-
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MILK DAYS SET TO FLOW IN HARVARD
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