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More horse paths for the county? MCCd looking at trails and expanded parking for trailers By EMIlY K. ColEMAN
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WOODSTOCK – Horse riding enthusiasts may get part of what they asked for. After approaching the McHenry County Conservation District about a year ago, its operations director said some of the McHenry County Horse Club’s requests could be met with two “easy” changes. The quotes around “easy” were his. “I put ‘easy’ in quotes because nothing in the district is easy,” Director of Operations John Kremer said at the district’s board meeting Thursday evening. “There’s typically permitting. There’s different committees it has to run through. Everything takes time, but it seemed they weren’t insurmountable to do. It didn’t have to have a lot a resources, both staff and financial resources, put into them.”
The horse club’s January 2012 letter boiled down to three requests, Kremer said. They would like the district to expand the diversity of paths through different terrains, allow horses on some of the multiuse trails the district already has, and address parking shortcomings. An additional loop could be added to the trails at Glacial Park by using a road that is used only by district staff, Kremer said. It would cost about $50 in signs and may actually save the district money, he said. The district could redirect hikers onto the proposed horse trail, and staff would not have to mow the path the hikers currently use. The new loop also would avoid a road crossing that is a bit of a trouble spot, especially for skittish horses or new riders, Kremer added.
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Hitting the debt ceiling: What bills would be paid? By IM KUHNHENN
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WASHINGTON – In the summer of 2011, when a debt crisis like the current one loomed, President Barack Obama warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their Social Security checks unless there was a deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit. After weeks of brinkmanship, Republicans consented and Obama agreed to a deficitreduction plan the GOP wanted. Crisis averted, for a time. Now that there’s a fresh showdown, the possibility of Social Security cuts – and more – is back on the table. The government could run out of cash to pay all its bills
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in full as early as Feb. 15, according to one authoritative estimate, and congressional Republicans want significant spending cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing limit. Obama, forced to negotiate an increase in 2011, has pledged not to negotiate again. President Without an Barack agreement, evobama eryoptionfacing his administration would be unprecedented. It would require a degree of financial creativity that could test the law, perhaps even the Constitution.
Drake Johnston, 9, of Wyoming, Ill., plays the arcade game Ballistics while at the newly opened No limit Arcade in Algonquin. No limits Arcade is a 1980s type arcade that features 60 games and unlimited play after paying the entry fee of $15 or $20.
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HErITAgE qUIlTErs To MEET Members of the McHenry County Historical Society Heritage Quilters will begin planning their 2014 quilt during a Quilt Cutting and Potluck. Activities begin at 10 a.m. at the museum, 6422 Main St. in Union. A potluck lunch will be at noon. Interested quilters are invited to attend. For information, call 815-923-2267 or email info@mchsonline.org.
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ALGONQUIN – The owners of No Limit Arcade watched recently as a kid playing a first-person shooting game pointed the plastic arcade gun at a friend. “Bam, you’re dead,” co-owner Mark Battaglia recalled one kid saying to the other. “Bam you’re dead,” replied the other as he pretended to shoot his friend.
With the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, Conn., fresh in their minds, Battaglia and co-owner Kevin Slota decided to eliminate arcade games that involved shooting other humans from their business at 2719 W. Algonquin Road. Psychologists and activists are split as to whether there is a correlation between video games and violence. Some argue
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FRIDAY: “Broken City” starring Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg and Catherine Zeta-Jones, opens in theaters.
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