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Huntley receives pot pitch
Vacation Bible schools provide summer activities, child care
Kids take a vacation with God
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t the Immanuel Lutheran Church vacation Bible school in Crystal Lake, about 300 kindergarten through sixth-graders spent the past week listening to Bible stories, playing games and taking part in theater activities. This year’s theme was “Kingdom Rock: Where kids stand strong for God.” About 115 volunteers led activities for the youngsters in rooms that had decorations such as coats of arms and knights in armor. There was a crown room, and a kitchen similar to what would have been set up in medieval times. For parents who send their children to weeklong vacation Bible schools, the organized summer activities provide a way for their children to learn about God and have fun, while also providing affordable child care. During one activity at Immanuel Lutheran, kids walked blindfolded carrying a pool noodle with the task of using it to knock a large marshmallow off a bucket. As they walked, their team members shouted instructions to guide them toward the marshmallow. During one 25-minute rotation, volunteer Tim Schutt talked about having the children balance a small plastic falcon on their fingers and nose, to symbolize the need for balance in life. “God helps us ...” Schutt said to kids in the gym. “Stand strong!” the youngsters shouted back. Amy Shulfer of Woodstock brought two of her children, Aiden, 7, and Kiersten, 5, to
By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – A Batavia resident wants to turn Huntley into one of the state’s first destinations that would support marijuana cultivation – if the illicit drug ultimately becomes legal for medical use in Illinois. Samuel Franzmann approached Huntley Village Board members during a committee meeting Thursday with the proposition of building a cultivation center that would mass produce marijuana for “sick and dying individuals” to have a better quality of life. Franzmann told members he is looking for villages and cities around the Chicago area interested in housing one of the few cultivation centers that would be allowable under a bill awaiting Gov. Pat Quinn’s signature that would legalize medical marijuana. “I want to make sure that I get my foot in the door and start talking to people to make them realize that I’m not some crook or drug lord trying to encroach on small town Huntley,” Franzmann said.
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Skylar Shultz prays June 12 during Trinity Lutheran Church’s vacation Bible school in Huntley.
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Depner free on bond after judge quashes warrant By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
Walter J. Depner
WOODSTOCK – A former McHenry man who was convicted in the 1999 death of a woman and her three children in a drunken-driving crash will remain free on bond after a judge quashed a warrant issued for his arrest earlier this week. McHenry County Judge Sha-
ron Prather on Wednesday issued a no-bond warrant for Walter J. Depner, 61, of Mount Prospect, after he failed to appear in court. Depner was set to be arraigned. Depner was charged in February, accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and clonazepam, a medication for which prosecutors have said he doesn’t have a prescription. He also was charged with driving on a re-
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voked license. Defense attorney Mark Facchini on Friday said Depner confused the court date, and when his office called the defendant, he eventually arrived but was an hour and a half late. By the time Depner arrived, the courtroom was locked, Facchini said. Prather quashed Depner’s warrant over the objections of Assistant State’s Attorney Robert
Zalud, who said Depner should have known how critical it is that he appear in court. “Mr. Depner’s criminal history can be summed up as an absolute menace to society,” he said. Prather presided over Depner’s first trial, for which he spent more than a decade in prison for the deaths of Eva Burleson, 34, and her three children – Daniel, 13; Tiffany, 11; and Dallis, 7.
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COMPANY HELPS TRACK CRANES Dawn Gilman, owner of Crystal Lake Engraving, connected with University of Illinois doctoral student Jeff Fox about four years ago to help him band sandhill cranes. Roughly 160 birds later, Gilman said it remains one of her favorite projects. The bands help track the cranes’ nesting and migration habits. For
Ryan O’Toole (left) and volunteer Pat Barkley
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Depner posted $6,000 bail to be released from McHenry County Jail shortly after his most recent arrest, but was then taken to the Illinois Department of Corrections custody on a parole hold. Prather stepped in to hear Depner’s case Friday in Judge Gordon Graham’s absence, but she will not preside over his future court dates. Depner is scheduled to be arraigned July 12.