A Hit In the Mist At Huntley's Fall Fest Friday

There were plenty of good seats right up front for the bands at Huntley's Fall Fest Friday night if you had an umbrella and a towel.

It wasn't a rainout because most of the evening the precipitation was a near-microscopic mist that merely limited the crowd at any particular time to what the Big Tent could shelter.

Fall Fest, Day Two, begins today with partly cloudy to partly sunny skies forecast through mid-afternoon with a chance of showers by evening.  Check the exclusive FEN Weather Widget to the left of this page for the latest forecast and scroll down for today's full Fall Fest Schedule.

Local Unemployment Shrinks But So Does Labor Force

The unemployment rate fell in McHenry County in August according to the latest figures released by the Illinois Department of Employment security this week.  The news wasn't as good as it seems. While the number of people on unemployment fell, so did the official number of available workers.

The county unemployment rate fell from 10.1 percent in July to 9.1 percent in August, a full percentage point drop. However the county laborforce itself shrank about 2.5 percent during the period. In actual numbers IDES counted about 2,200 fewer unemployed in McHenry County in August but said there were about 4,200 fewer people employed or looking for work in the first place.

A lower unemployment rate but smaller labor force tended to be the pattern throughout northern Illinois in August. Here are selected figures:

UNEMPLOYMENT             
               REVISED JULY 2009        PRELIMINARY AUG. 2009               
               LABOR    UNEMPLOYED      LABOR   UNEMPLOYED    AUGUST 
               FORCE    NUMBER  RATE    FORCE   NUMBER   RATE 2008   
U.S. (X1000)   156,255   15,201  9.7    154,897   14,823 9.6  6.1    
ILLINOIS     6,745,606 708,020  10.5  6,630,889  656,043 9.9  7.0    

MCHENRY COUNTY 183,220  18,459  10.1    178,989   16,230 9.1  5.8    
KANE COUNTY    274,270  30,400  11.1    266,844   25,937 9.7  6.3    
LAKE COUNTY    368,539  34,130   9.3    368,724   36,168 9.8  7.2    

ALGONQUIN       17,218   1,627   9.4     16,818    1,417 8.4  5.6    
LITH            17,505   1,689   9.6     17,101    1,477 8.6  5.7    
CRYSTAL LAKE    22,922   2,334  10.2     22,411    2,073 9.2  5.7    
MCHENRY         15,362   1,631  10.6     14,990    1,425 9.5  6.2    

Huntley FPD Donates Truck To Downstate Volunteers

The ten volunteer firefighters in tiny downstate Bush must be like kids on Christmas morning today awaiting delivery of their new, albeit pretty old, firetruck from the Huntley Fire Protection District.

Officials from the Illinois State Fire Marshall's office are ferrying a surplus Huntley fire engine to Bush (pop. 300, down by Carbondale) today to replace the department's two current engines.  One, they said, doesn't run and the other leaks like a collander.

The 25 year-old truck, a surplus donation from the East Dundee district, had been a fixture at Huntley's Ernesti Road training tower for the last couple of years but wasn't needed anymore. What to do with it?  One surplus inner suburban firetruck was sold off and became a rolling beer keg.  Nope. "Finally we decided, 'Let's give it to someone who needs it,'" said Deputy Chief Ken Caudle. A check with the Fire Marshall found the boys from Bush at the top of that list.

in the pic:  Terry Ford from the Office of the State Fire Marshal accepts the keys Friday to Huntley FPD's surplus truck from Ken Caudle. Ford said he figured he could only make it back to Springfield Friday in the old warhorse.

New Bridge At Alden Sets County Path

McHenry County Division of Transporation officials confirmed this week that they've secured the last of the property and easements needed to rebuild the Alden Road Bridge.  Replacement of the bridge, like a proposal to rebuild Alden Road itself, is a sort of pathfinding project for the next 20 years of work on western McHenry County's neglected tansportation network.

Built in 1933, Alden Bridge on unincorporated Alden's north edge is falling apart, according to McDOT engineers.    Water seeping through cracks is leaching cement from the structure's concrete and rusting rebar has blown out huge chunks of it.  Engineers have said if it's not rebuilt they'll have to close it as they did last year on one lane of the crumbling Kishwaukee Valley Road  Bridge in Seneca Township.

Eighteen of the soggy county's more than 200 bridges and culverts are scheduled for replacement in the next five years with another 40 to follow between 2015 and 2030.

Alden Township residents sent McDOT back to tthe drawing board last month to revise reviled plans to modernize Alden Road.  That won't be repeated with the road's picturesque Alden Bridge, however. Officials say their hands are tied.

"There are federal and state standards we have to follow", said Assistant County Engineer Jeff Young.  Clearance standards mean the new bridge has to be higher than the old one, he said.  That and modern grade requirements mean the approaches have to be built up.  That and environmental laws mean new storm sewers have to be put in.  "You make one change and sometimes it effects things two or three steps down the line," Young said.

Since they can't replicate the Alden Bridge the best engineers can do, they say, is build one that looks sort of like it. The new bridge will include Art Deco-ish railings suggestive of the old one's.

In the pic:  What drivers don't see as they cross Alden Bridge.

Local Football

Friday’s night Fox Valley football scores...
 
Crystal Lake South 55, Dundee-Crown 7   
Johnsburg 43, Woodstock North 0   
Woodstock 41, Grayslake Central 7   
Crystal Lake Central 28, Grayslake North 7
McHenry 28, Huntley 7

Saturday’s action
Jacobs at Cary-Grove, 1 p.m.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 25
0914 HRS 9354 VIRGINIA RD. (TRANSMISSION EXPRESS). STOLEN PLATE. An Illinois registration plate was stolen from the business. The plate was entered into the Law Enforcement Agency Data System.
1107 HRS 1100 BLOCK OF MAPLE ST. DOMESTIC BATTERY Husband vs Wife. No priors. FAIL TO FILE.
1432 HRS 1301 PYOTT RD. (ILLINOIS STATE BANK).ASSIST OTHER AGENCY  The officer assisted the Secret Service with several counterfeit five dollar bills. TURNED OVER TO SECRET SERVICE.
1502 HRS 8801 PYOTT RD. (ALL SAFE STORAGE). INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Two rings were removed from complainant’s storage facility.
1605 HRS 1111 PYOTT RD. (LARSEN ISLAND). CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Fireplace, lights, and other items were damaged. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS
1627 HRS 5400 BLOCK OF CROSSVIEW LN. BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE. GPS unit was removed from the vehicle Wednesday 092309. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS
1653 HRS 9209 ROUTE 31. (AERO FORZE HEATING). THEFT. Air duct cleaning system taken from business. Valued at $10,000. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS
2318 HRS 350 BLOCK OF HIAWATHA DR. ASSIST AMBULANCE. Female, 75 years of age, having difficulty breathing. No transport.

Village of Huntley Assumes Home Rule Status

Thanks to a special census and a new state law, Huntley Trustees Thursday acknowledged Home Rule powers for the village.

Home Rule involves an array of new governmental abilities but the easiest way to understand it is that even as Huntley became the county's newest Home Rule municipality it simultaneously became the only one without its own sales tax.

Muncipalities assume Home Rule status when their population hits 25,000 which Huntley did, as it turned out, in last November's special village census.  Until recently that wouldn't have made any difference since the state refused to recognize special census figures but a new law this summer says they count now after all.

Trustee Pam Fender said, for instance, that at a recent seminar she'd learned of a way for Home Rule communities to recover money otherwise lost in cleaning up abandoned foreclosed homes.

Trustee Harry Leopold asked village attorney Mike Coppedge to prepare a list of useful new things Huntley might be able to do.

If not taxes, certainly revenue was on the village board's minds after a briefing on the village's capital projects next year.  Mostly roads, especially Route 47 and the Tollway interchange, and mostly to be paid  from other sources, the projects will need more than $5 million of the village's own funds.

Leopold said new revenue sources needed to be found.  When FEN pointed out after the session that now there was a fairly obvious one, Leopold laughed and said, "Oh, I know the one you mean."

Asked about a sales tax Mayor Chuck Sass said, "That's not even in my thought processes."

Local Home Sales Down But Prices Up Slightly

Area housing sales fell in August but prices rose slightly, according to the latest report from the McHenry County Association of Realtors.

Only 261 homes closed, down from 282 in July.  But the average price of those homes increased to $218,000 from $216,000 in July. The average time on-market rose to 199 days, two weeks more than July and three more than June.  The average price of a McHenry County home sold has fallen $48,000 since June 2007.

Algonquin Realtor Gloria Jensen said Thursday investors buying foreclosed and short sale homes are still the main drivers of the current county housing market.  She said first-time home buyers seeking a federal income tax credit was the other big group.

The up to $8,000 first-timers' credit is set to expire at the end of November, however, and Jensen advised buyers hoping to use it to put their plans in high gear.  "You have to be ready by Nov. 30," she said. "You have to be done then.  You have to have the keys in your hand."

Fall Fest In Huntley Begins Today

Huntley Jaycees and Park District Foundation's Fall Fest gets starts it's two-day run this afternoon at the village's Diecke Park at 4 pm.  Here's the full schedule:

Friday Night Events
 4:00 p.m. - Close
$5 Per Person

 5:30 p.m.-  7:45 p.m.  Tongue N Groove           Main Stage
 8:30 p.m.- 11:00 p.m.  Modern Day Romeos         Main Stage

Saturday Events
 7:00 a.m.- Close
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. $2 per Adult, $1 per Child, Children 12 and under,  free
 3:00 p.m.-Close $5 per person

 7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.  Pancake Breakfast          REC Center Cafeteria
 9:00 a.m.- 9:45 a.m.  Kid's Parade Setup         Main Pad
 9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.  Kid's Parade / Park Opens  
10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.  Car Show                   Deicke Park (east)
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Kids Games                 Deicke Park Kids Area
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Rolling Thunder RC         Deicke Park Kids Area
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Tractor Show               Deicke Park
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Petting Zoo, Pony Rides    Deicke Park
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Craft, Home Business Show  Deicke Park
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Local Business Show        Deicke Park
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Library Book Sale          REC Center Gym
  
10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.  KinderCare Kid's Stage     Deicke Park
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.  Center Stage Dance         KinderCare Kid's Stage
11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.  Kid Rock                   KinderCare Kid's Stage
12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m.  Kim's Black Belt           KinderCare Kid's Stage
 1:00 p.m.- 1:50 p.m.  Park District Dance Class  KinderCare Kid's Stage
 2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.  Mr Steve                   KinderCare Kid's Stage
 3:15 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.  Dance Force                KinderCare Kid's Stage
  
10:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.  Main Stage  
10:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.  Huntley High Marching Band Main Stage
11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.  McCarthy School of Dance   Main Stage
11:40 a.m.-12:00 a.m.  Prairie Voices             Main Stage
12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m.  Tap Dancing                Main Stage
12:50 p.m.- 1:10 p.m.  Mixed Harmony              Main Stage
 1:20 p.m.- 1:55 p.m.  Sun City Concert Band      Main Stage
 2:05 p.m.- 2:35 p.m.  Guitar & Vocal             Main Stage
 2:40 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.  Improv                     Main Stage
 3:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.  Denny Diamond              Main Stage
 5:00 p.m.  Deicke Park Closes  
 6:15 p.m.- 8:15       7th Heaven                 Main Stage
 8:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.  Fireworks                  Deicke Park
 9:00 p.m.- 11:00 p.m. Hi Infidelity              Main Stage

Garage Sales

Lake in the Hills
Friday, September 25
16 HERON CT
743 WILLOW ST
1560 ROYAL OAK LN 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
5 LANSBURY CT 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
389 HIAWATHA DR 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
305 CRYSTAL LAKE RD 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
649 ANDERSON DR 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
723 MOHICAN TR 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
501 WINDERMERE WAY 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
220 FERRYVILLE DR 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
5303 BRIARFIELD LN 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
289 MOHAWK TR 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
5401 SULLIVAN PASS 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
5940 LUCERNE LN 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
2970 GENEVA LN 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
5 WEDGEWOOD CIR 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
810 MENOMINEE DR 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
80 HILLTOP DR 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 26
16 HERON CT
743 WILLOW ST
5 LANSBURY CT 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
3358 WORTHINGTON LN 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
389 HIAWATHA DR 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
305 CRYSTAL LAKE RD 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
649 ANDERSON DR 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
723 MOHICAN TR 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
501 WINDERMERE WAY 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
220 FERRYVILLE DR 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
5303 BRIARFIELD LN 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
289 MOHAWK TR 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
5401 SULLIVAN PASS 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
2970 GENEVA LN 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
5 WEDGEWOOD CIR 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
810 MENOMINEE DR 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
80 HILLTOP DR 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 27
743 WILLOW ST
5 LANSBURY CT 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
3358 WORTHINGTON LN 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
504 WILLOW ST 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
2970 GENEVA LN 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
80 HILLTOP DR 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Although Algonquin and Huntley regulate garage sales they do not require a license for them. The First Electric Newspaper will publish free notices of garage sales in those villages.  Send date(s), time(s) and location to:  garagesales@firstelectricnewspaper.com

McHenry County Grand Jury Indictments

A McHenry County Grand Jury returned indictments against the following individuals this week.An indictment is not proof of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

CODY L. FLORES, DOB:  06/19/92, 1321 CUNAT COURT, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156. CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ABUSE, CRIMINAL TRESPASS TO A RESIDENCE.--LITH PD

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 24
1013 HRS MCPHEE DR. & PYOTT RD., DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. WILHELM, AMANDA M., F/W, 21 YOA, 701 MAJESTIC DR., ALGONQUIN. Charge: Driving While License Suspended.RELEASED ON BOND.
0102 HRS 3900 BLOCK OF PEARTREE DR. CHECK ON WELL BEING. Check on the well being for the driver of a vehicle who drove through the garage door of his residence.
0830 HRS 1300 BLOCK OF CUNAT COURT. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 49 year old male having chest pains and a rapid heartbeat. Transported to Sherman Hospital.
0948 HRS 1115 CRYSTAL LAKE RD. (PD). FORGERY. Checks were illegally being signed by an unauthorized subject.
1124 HRS 200 BLOCK OF PHEASANT TRAIL. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 17 year old female in need of an evaluation. Transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
1309 HRS ACORN LN. & RANDALL RD. ACCIDENT.Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1356 HRS LAKEWOOD RD. & SULLIVAN PASS. HIT & RUN. A black vehicle struck another and fled.
1540 HRS 00 BLOCK OF HAWTHORNE RD. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 65 year old male bleeding from a knee injury. Transported to Woodstock Memorial Hospital.
1541 HRS 1300 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON ST.  DOMESTIC BATTERY. 11 year old son vs. Mother and Father.  No priors.
1651 HRS 1000 BLOCK OF CREEK VIEW LN. DOMESTIC. Delayed, verbal only. Wife vs. husband, two priors.
1729 HRS 4581 PRINCETON LN. (BB’S FOOD & LIQUORS). REPORT FOR INSURANCE. Lottery tickets missing.
2317 HRS 00 BLOCK OF ROLLING HILLS CT. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 60 year old female with slurred speech & difficulty breathing.
2330 HRS TRINITY DR & ROUTE 31. ASSIST OUTSIDE AGENCY. Recovered stolen vehicle.
TURNED OVER TO CARY PD.
Algonquin
September 24
17:26pm Avitia, Antonio DOB: 11/23/86 of 616 Elsinoor Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged with Felony Retail Theft.  He was taken into custody at Meijer, 400 S. Randall Road.  He was transported to McHenry County Jail, to await a bond hearing.
September 25
01:09am Hildebrand, Tony J. DOB: 04/07/76 of 528 Blackhawk Drive, Lake in the Hills, was charged with Fleeing and Eluding.  He was taken into custody at Blackhawk Trail and N. Harrison Street.  He was released into the custody of Hoffman Estates Police Department.

Real Estate Tax Delinquencies Fall In McHenry County

Delinquent real estate tax payments fell this year, according to the latest figures requested by FEN from the McHenry County Treasurer's Office.  That sounds like good economic news but it may not be.

Deputy Treasurer Glenda Miller said Wednesday only 2 percent of the more than 135,000 properties in the county were in arrears after second-period payments early this month.  That was down from eight percent at the same time last year. 

Those results are good revenue tidings for the county which expects to finish the year in the black (though just barely) but they're counterintuitive.  Local unemployment figures, for example, clearly show times are tougher now than they were last year.  So why did tax delinquencies fall?

Miller offered one explanation. Last year as recession struck some cash-strapped homeowners didn't have enough money to pay their real estate taxes.  This year they don't own those homes anymore, banks do. Banks pay their taxes promptly.

Miller said she didn't know if that's the explanation, just that it's the one that makes sense to her.  She said the Treasurer's reporting systems aren't set up to match payments and bank ownership.  "It just tracks payments, not who makes them," she said.

Kane County Treasurer Dave Rickert who collects taxes on the southern part of Algonquin said delinquencies in his county stood at about the same level as last year, about 6 percent.  However, he too, reported anecdotal evidence of deepening homeowner financial woes.  Rickert said he couldn't put a hard number to it but this year's payments included more credit card-advance checks than before. In other words more homeowners this year paid their taxes with borrowed money.

Huntley Firefighters Learn Pet Rescue

Firefighters in Huntley spend a lot of time training. Most of it's pretty predictable, at least for firemen.  Wendesday saw a training session at HFPD Station 1 that was a little different, though. Firefighters learned how to use newly-donated rescue equipment for pets.

Joyce Bramman's Invisible Fence company in Dundee and McHenry donated 10 oxygen masks for pets recently and Director of Training Ann Ellsworth plus Huntley veterinarian Sara Burroughs put on a dog and pony show to explain how to use them.

Pet fire rescue sounds a little bizzare but Burroughs told firefighters retrieving a family dog or cat was a good way to help stop distraught homeowners from dashing back into a burning building.

Captain Dave Eeg said, "We're going to protect human lives first," not least firefighters' own. Nevertheless, he said, each Huntley fire rig will carry one of the pet masks from now on.

In the pic:  May Day played the victim as Invisible Fence's Anne Ellsworth and HFPD firefighter Tom Mikuslki fit a pet oxygen mask. 

Planners Propose Protection For Randall In Algonquin

Imagine Algonquin's Randall Road Corridor. Now imagine it a few years hence with, say, a paycheck loan shop, a discount auto insurance broker, a couple of quick lube operations and, oh, a tattoo parlor. If that picture seems jarring to you, imagine how it seems to Algonquin's village planners.

The prospect of downscale business intrusions into the village's high-middle class retail corridor is the reason for a plan to put more restrictions on Randall development in Algonquin.  In a headsup briefing to trustees Tuesday, Community Development Director Russ Farnum outlined the idea of adding "overlay tiers" atop current zoning requirements.

The rush of Algonquin's upscale development, a lot on hopeful spec, dwindled and ground to a halt last year. Now commercial rental prices are plummeting as developers scramble to cover their loan costs in the midst of the Great Recession. Village Manager Bill Ganek said Wednesday the village hasn't had any really troubling proposals yet but, "We're getting a lot of requests that are less than retail-oriented."

Retail is what Randall is all about in Algonquin.  President John Schmitt called it "the engine of our village."  Trustee Jim Steigert put it more crassly.  "We have to protect our taxes from the Randall Corridor."

Farnum's overlay defense of upscale retail on Randall currently lies somewhere between a brainstorming session and a rough draft.  Tuesday's presentation he said was a call for more direction from the village board.

That he got.  A suggestion to limit competition among similar busnesses in any one location got a cold shoulder from Trustee Bob Smith. "I don't think the village should be in the business of picking winners and losers," he said. No one was interested in arguing for that formulation.

Farnum, taking notes throughout, said planners would tweak the overlay proposal some more before presenting it to the village's Planning and Zoning Commission.  No date was set for that, though.

Manzullo Grills Treasury's Geithner

Congressman Don Manzullo (R)16 Wednesday told U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner he ought to enforce existing financial regulations before adding new ones.

Manzullo, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, questioned Geithner during a Washington hearing on the Administration’s proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Advocates claim the new agency would make it simpler for borrowers to understand what they were getting into.  Opponents claim it would simply stifle borrowing.

Manzullo charged the Federal reserve system had the authority to crack down on risky mortgages years ago but failed to act and brought on the recession.  Geithner said the recession had other causes besides that.

In the pic:  Local Congressman Don Manzullo cross-examined the Treasury Secretary Wednesday. Click the pic for a video excerpt. 

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 23
0806 HRS 9300 BLOCK OF PYOTT RD. HIT AND RUN. An unknown vehicle struck a tree and fled.
1000 HRS ALBRECHT RD. & LAKEWOOD RD. FOUND PROPERTY. A license plate. Item placed into evidence.
1056 HRS 5400 BLOCK OF AVALON LN. UNLAWFUL USE OF A CREDIT CARD. A credit card was illegally being used by an unauthorized person.
1112 HRS 100 BLOCK OF WRIGHT DR. ASSIST TO AMBULANCE. Female, 65 years of age, had high blood pressure. Transported to Woodstock Memorial Hospital.
1156 HRS 300 BLOCK OF STARWOOD PASS. HARASSMENT BY An ELECTRONIC DEVICE. Female is being harassed by a male subject via the internet.
1247 HRS 100 BLOCK OF POLARIS DR. INFO FOR POLICE. Officer advised DCFS about information concerning a juvenile.
2059 HRS 400 BLOCK OF PRIDES RUN. DOMESTIC. Boyfriend vs. girlfriend. Verbal only. One prior.

Algonquin To Begin Environmental Action Plan

Algonquin Trustees gave their go-ahead Tuesday to a plan to organize and expand the village's random assortment of environmental initiatives.

Assistant Village Operations Manager Jenna Kollings reminded the Board that the village departments have introduced dozens of measures to protect the environment in the past 15 years or so, ranging from water conservation measures to hybrid village cars.  Now, she said, it was time to organize everything under the rubric of an "Environmental Action Plan" mapped out by department members in an ECO Committee.

Kollings said ECO stands for Engaging public interest, Conserving resources and Optimizing efficient use of said resources.  "This isn't a fad, this is a long-standing commitment," she said.

The ECO plan doesn't have a logo or mascot, yet.  Kollings was briefly nonplussed when asked.  "We never thought about that," she said.

What the ECO plan does have is a list of more environmental ideas for the village to explore. Among them:

1.  More bicycles
2.  A carbon emissions inventory for buildings and vehicles
3.  Commercial and multi-family recycling
4.  More planning to protect natural areas
5.  E-waste recycling
6.  More education and indoctrination about the environment
7.  Converting traffic lights to LED's
8.  Minimizing phosphorous fertilizer for lawns
9.  More rain barrels
10. Something to make sense of local mass transit and car pooling

Trustees generally said it all sounded swell and village staff should present plans for each one if and when they have them.

LITH Children's Resale Store Opens To Good Business

A few leaflets and plenty of walk-in traffic from a nearby fast food restaurant and drive-up bank brought lots of customers Tuesday for the second day of business at Lake in the Hills' newest retailer.  Kids 2nd Wardrobe is an upscale resale shop for children's clothing on Polaris Drive.

"Oh, we did extensive research to find this location," said Maria Ammon.

"Not exactly," laughed her partner Beatrice Bozeki, "but it did work out well.  Did you see who's moving in next door?"  (It's a childcare center.)

"We can hardly wait," said Ammon.

The pair, both Hungarian, both moms, became friends through Hungarian social groups.  Bozeki said one day she sold some of her kids' outgrown clothing at a garage sale.  She said she had so much fun and made so much money she rounded up some more clothes and did it again.

"I sold everything," said Bozeki.  "I said to Maria, 'You know, I think we could do this as a buiness.'"

"I said, 'I was actually thinking about the same thing,'" Ammon said.

Bozeki and Ammon said they thought the outlook for their new business was bright.  Sure, the current recession probably increases demand for childrens' resale clothing but even so, clothes are expensive and kids often outgrow them long before they're worn out.

Even if there's a recovery, "The economy's not going to change that," said Ammon.

No-Show Stadium Promoter Gets More Time

A baseball stadium promoter seeking $15 million in McHenry County stimulus bonds failed to appear at Tuesday's meeting of the County Board Finance and Audit Committee.  So the group gave him two more weeks, no, after after a calendar check, make that three, to line up a banker.

Mark Houser's Equity One Development Corporation had submitted an application for some of the county's facilities revenue bonds but the committee said they wouldn't approve it without a banker's commitment to buy the bonds. Chairman Marc Munaretto wasn't troubled Tuesday by Houser's no-show. He said the scheduled appearance was more in the nature of a status check than a deadline.

On the other hand, Munaretto revealed another unnamed development hopes to ask for $18 million in county facilities bonds.  He said there's been no formal application yet since, there too, a search is on for a banker.  There's only $28 million bond authority available so one project or the other could come up short if they both come up with backing.

"We haven't talked about that yet," said Munaretto.

Original plans were to award bonds on a first-come-first-served basis. Two weeks ago, however, the committee brokered a deal for what was left of a similar development bond pie. The Village of McHenry had submitted an earlier bigger request that would have left Fox River Grove with crumbs absent the agreement.

The (Tax) Show Must Go On

Chief Deputy Glenda Miller subbed for McHenry County Treasurer Bill LeFew Tuesday for this second "10 Ways To Reduce Your Taxes" show at Jacobs High School.

LeFew was feeling poorly, she said, and in the hospital for a few tests but the audience of more than 100 local homeowners stayed, anyway, in hopes of protecting their battered pocketbooks.

Miller proved a fine understudy, anyway, inserting plenty of "Bill tells the story" into the script outlining property tax exemptions and other strategies people often overlook.

LeFew himself is expected to do the third Jacobs performance this evening, Miller said.

County Machine Company Needs Loan For More Workers

Union businessman Marty Halwix told an interesting story as he asked for a loan Tuesday from the McHenry County Board Finance and Audit Committee.  Particularly considering the number of out of work machnists in Algonquin/Lake in the Hills/Huntley.

Halwix said he needed the loan to ramp up production again at his New Dimension Precision Machining company. An INS raid in March nabbed 135 of Halwix's 150 machinists (down from 330 during the recession).  Halwix said he had no idea so many of his people were undocumented. "Some of them had been with us for 18 years," he said.

Halwix said the raid came at a bad time since orders at the hydraulic manifold company have begun to pick up again. He said he's hired 85 replacements and hopes to hire more. But only if he can get one of the county's small business revolving loans. The Committee's considering it.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 22
0055 HRS 800 BLOCK OF DOGWOOD LN. THEFT. FREEMAN, BENJAMIN G., M/B 40 YEARS OF AGE, 850 DOGWOOD LN., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGE: Theft over $300. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
1353 HRS ALGONQUIN RD. & HANSON RD. WANTED ON WARRANT. GENADER, EDWARD J., M/W 19 YEARS OF AGE, 806 N. DIVISION ST., HARVARD. CHARGE: Wanted on Warrant, McHenry County, Traffic Offense, $1000 @ 10%. RELEASED ON BOND
1714 HRS 3000 BLOCK OF GENEVA LN. WANTED ON WARRANT. TUPINO, JAMILE C., F/W 20 YEARS OF AGE, 3008 S. WESLEY AVE., BERWYN. CHARGES: Wanted on Warrant, McHenry County, Probation Violation for Larceny, bond $3000 @ 10%. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
2255 HRS 3100 BLOCK OF IMPRESSIONS DR. DOMESTIC BATTERY. ST JOHN, MICHAEL D., M/W 18 YEARS OF AGE, 100 LAKEVIEW RD., OAKWOOD HILLS. CHARGES: Two Counts of Domestic Battery. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
FOLLOW UP ARRESTS: 0000 HRS 1115 CRYSTAL LAKE RD. CHILD ENDANGERMENT. HARNISH, SHANNON D., F/W 31 YEARS OF AGE, 179 HEARTLAND GATE, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Two Counts of Child Endangerment. RELEASED ON BOND.
0515 HRS 1300 BLOCK OF CUNAT CT. ASSIST AMBULANCE. Male, 34 years of age, cut to the chin. No transport.
1201 HRS 500 BLOCK OF DELAWARE DR. DOMESTIC BATTERY/ Mother vs. daughter. One prior. FAIL TO FILE.
1213 HRS 5300 BLOCK OF BRIARFIELD LN. ASSIST AMBULANCE. Four week old male bump to the head. No transport.
2222 HRS 600 BLOCK OF JOSEPH CT. SUICIDAL SUBJECT/ 17 year old male making suicidal statements. Transported to Saint Joseph’s Hospital.
2232 HRS 0 BLOCK OF RONAN CT. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 36 year old male having chest pain. Transported to Saint Joseph’s Hospital.

Shouting Brawl At Grafton Township But No Attorney

Grafton Township trustees continued a campaign of passive resistance against Supervisor Linda Moore Monday in a meeting that saw debate over hiring a new township attorney descend into a gavel-pounding shouting match.

Highway Commissioner Jack Freund had to jump from his seat and loom over Supervisor Linda Moore and Trustee Gerry McMahon to stop the battle that began when McMahon interrupted a Moore oration.

Moore had proposed hiring Chicago and Crystal Lake law firm Ancel Glink, who literally wrote the book (several, in fact) on Illinois municipal law, to advise and represent the township.  But at the vote only trustee Barbara Murphy supported her.

Moore had earlier Monday revealed the township has been busing Huntley residents around all year even though an intergovernmental agreement with the village to do so had expired last December. Moore told the Grafton Transportation Committee renegotiating the agreement was a potential legal minefield requiring legal counsel.

Trustees had adjourned without doing anything a couple of weeks ago when Moore first proposed hiring a new attorney. The brief tenure of Joe Gottemoller ended earlier this month when he essentially told the board they couldn't pay him enough to put up with them.

As the board argued over legal counsel it was clearly unaware that former Township Attorney and special counsel Jim Kelly had failed to overturn an injunction against construction of a new multi-million- dollar township headquarters. McHenry County Blog first reported Monday afternoon the Second Appellate Court unexpectedly had upheld the decision that the board didn't give proper notice of the plan.

Ancel Glink Senior Partner Kery-Lyn J. Krafthefer, visibly disturbed by the board fracas and her subsequent rejection, left the meeting after the vote followed by several audience members.

"What can we do about this?" one begged her in the parking lot.

"You can remove them," she said.

"But how?" he asked.

"As citizens you can reject them at the next election," said Krafthefer.

"We can't wait that long," moaned another spectator.

In the pic:  Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore shakes her gavel at angered Trustee Gerry McMahon after their shouting brawl. Township Clerk Dina Frigo, left, briefly left the meeting room after the incident saying, "I'm so tired of your nonsense." It wasn't clear whom she was addressing.

Another Interim President At McHenry County College

Crisis continued at McHenry County College Monday as its Board of Trustees appointed still another Interim President, the fourth since the President Walt Packard resigned/was forced from office in December.

In a special meeting the board chose Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness Kathleen Plinske to replace Larry W. Tyree who lasted about a month before resigning citing "personal and family matters."

Those were the reasons cited by Packard when he tendered his resignation after his plans for a controversial baseball stadium split the MCC board for months before it crashed and burned.

Packard left with the title of President Emeritus and a $200,000 golden parachute and the board eventually settled on Tyree who had just spent a year trying to heal a troubled junior college in New York.

Plinske said she'd try to provide "consistency and calm in a period of transition."  She'll serve as Interim President through the end of the school year, according to current plans.

Your Driveway's Probably Fine, Anyway

Fall is usually driveway scam season and Monday the Lake in the Hills Police Department reported this year is no exception.Community Relations Officer Pete Albanese sent an alert to local members of the Citizen Observer's group that one local resident only escaped getting burned last week because he was able to stop his check in time.

Albanese reported an East Side resident hired an itinerant sealcoater last week who pulled a bait-and-switch kiting a $200 quote into a $380 job after he'd slopped on a little goo. Settling for a $325 check the conman drove off from the half-done driveway never to be seen again.

Not quite a scam was a series of leaflets reported in some Algonquin neighborhoods a couple of weeks ago. The village requires gravel driveways to be paved by the end of this year and the fliers distorted that into a warning that the Algonquin Driveway Gestapo would descend on any homeowner whose pavement wasn't in tiptop condition, call this number now.

Village Inspector Craig Arps said no such thing is planned.

FRIENDS TELL FRIENDS ABOUT FEN

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 21
0408 HRS 2800 BLOCK OF GENEVA LN. ASSIST AMBULANCE. Male, 34 years of age, lost consciousness due to pain. Transported to Woodstock Memorial Hospital.
0909 HRS 600 HARVEST GATE. (VILLAGE HALL). FOUND PROPERTY. A blank check was found by a village employee. Returned to owner.
1006 HRS 4600 BLOCK OF BARHARBOR DR. FOUND PROPERTY. A set of keys was found by a village employee.
1142 HRS 100 RANDALL RD. (WALGREENS). ASSIST AMBULANCE. 76 year old fell outside of store unknown injuries. Transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
1146 HRS MILLER RD. & BOULDER DR. ACCIDENT. Vehicle vs. security gate. Property damage only.
1403 HRS 100 BLOCK OF FERRYVILLE DR. THEFT. Delayed from 091909. Bicycle taken from garage.
1727 HRS 0 BLOCK OF HAYWARD CT. DOG BITE. Complainant's dog was bitten by another dog.
2046 HRS 91 N. RANDALL RD. (GNC). CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. Complainant's vehicle was scratched. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS.

Town Meeting on Health Care Draws Small Crowd

Demonstrators were lacking at Congressman Don Manzullo's (R)16 Town Meeting on health care at McHenry County College Sunday. Also considerably lacking were attendees.

Only about 150 constituents showed up for Manzullo's free briefing and question and answer session.  More than 600 paid $5 a head to hear Manzullo at a Patriot's United rally in Crystal Lake late last month.

Manzullo said it was about what he'd expected.  "People have been following the debate," he said and most have taken sides now.  Competition from the Bears' game probably didn't help either, Manzullo said, "but this was the only time left we could work it into the schedule."

The closest thing to a demonstration at the Town Meeting was when half a dozen Harley motorcycle riders from a group called The Sons of Liberty roared into the MCC parking lot bearing a full-sized skeleton labeled "ObamaCare" riding pillion.

In the pics:  The Sons of Liberty viewed recent health care reform proposals askance Sunday at a Town Meeting at MCC.  So did Don Manzullo who said the chart below illustrates how one measure would work.

Fundraisers Set To Help Cancer Victim

Throughout the summer as debate has raged over health care reform a stream of local fundraisers has demonstrated extreme medical treatment has outstripped some peoples' ability to pay for it.

The latest local appeal is for eight year-old Rylie Hope Mogan, recently diagnosed with Desmoplastic Round Cell Cancer. The disease is extremely rare and extremely aggressive.

Her father is a Lake in the Hills employee and they have pretty good health insurance.  But the child's treatment has already included two surgeries, two bone marrow extractions a host of CT scans with still more of the same probable.

Two fundraisers are scheduled to help pay the family's uninsured bills.  Sunday, Sept. 27, will see a benefit motorycle run from Woodstock Harley to Lake in the Hills' Barbara Key Park where participants will find music, food and a raffle. On Nov. 13 Lake in the Hills American Legion Post 1231 will have a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament to help out.

Area Churches Celebrate Opening and Ownership

Sunday saw an interesting coincidence among the 23 churches in Algonquin, Lake in the Hills and Huntley. As one church cut the ribbon on its new house of worship another burned the mortgage on its own.

The first drops of rain began to fall Sunday afternoon when Pastor Mark Boster cut the ribbon at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church new home at 10805 Main Street, Huntley.

Boster said it was the end of a long journey that began with the congregation's initial services being held at Chesak School in 2001.  Not the end, actually, according to Boster, who said the church already has plans for expansion when it outgrows the new 12,000 square foot building.

Christ United Methodist Church had already merrily burned the mortgage on its home at 9009 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. Pastor Dawn Chesser said the church was able to retire its debt earlier than expected. "It was way ahead of schedule thanks to the blessing of selling a portion of our land to the Huntley Fire Department,"  Chesser said.

In the pics: above--Mark Boster wielded a huge pair of shears ("These are really sharp") at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Shepherd of the Prairie Church.  below--Bryan Doyle, Dawn Chesser and Mark Lukasik set fire to the paid-off mortgage on Christ United Church.

Algonquin Commons Art Fair Supports D300 Foundation

Among the 40 Juried Art Fair exhibitors at Algonquin Commons this past weekend was fine art photographer Tim Ross of Algonquin.  Ross said he views the world with an artist's eye, a good thing, since it's the only one he possesses.

"When I was a kid I got hit in the eye with a rock," said Ross. "They tried to save it but they couldn't."

Ross said what might have been a handicap to other artists has proved an advantage in photography. "I see everything in two dimensions all the time anyway," he said.

Ross didn't claim to be the only mono-ocular photographer in Northern Illinois, just the only one he knows of.

The Art Fair benefited the District 300 Foundation For Educational Excellence supporting supplemental educational enrichment for that district.

In the pic:  Exhibitor Tim Ross explains the technique of his signature abstract photographs. "Sometimes I'll take two or three shots to get what I want.  Sometimes I'll have to shoot 200 to get one."

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 20
0450 HRS 400 BLOCK OF STARWOOD PASS. UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. NIKOLAOU, CHRIS, M/W 19 YEARS OF AGE, 413 STARWOOD PASS, LAKE IN THE HILLS. Underage Consumption of Alcohol. NOTICE TO APPEAR ISSUED. BILLUNI III, ANTHONY J., M/W 19 YEARS OF AGE, 1522 WASHINGTON ST., LAKE IN THE HILLS.  CHARGES: Underage Consumption of Alcohol. NOTICE TO APPEAR ISSUED.
1008 HRS 1200 BLOCK OF ASH ST. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Report for insurance. Hood and door dented overnight.
1010 HRS 1200 BLOCK OF ROYAL OAK LN. THEFT. PlayStation Portable taken from residence during a showing.
1153 HRS 5500 BLOCK OF CHANTILLY CIRCLE. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 41 year old male in need of a psyche evaluation. Transported to Woodstock Memorial.
1703 HRS 300 BLOCK OF CRYSTAL LAKE RD. CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Rear window was shot with an air soft gun. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS.
1917 HRS 900 BLOCK OF VIEWPOINT DR. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 1 year old female fell off a chair. No transport.
1942 HRS 400 BLOCK OF VILLAGE CREEK DR. MISSING JUVENILE. Two fifteen year old males missing. Subjects located.
2336 HRS 100 BLOCK OF NORTHLIGHT PASS. ASSIST AMBULANCE. Female, 32 years of age, needing an evaluation. Transported to Woodstock Memorial Hospital.
Algonquin
September 18
19:21pm Anderson, Debra L., DOB: 06/02/60 of 77 N. Birch Street, Genoa, was charged with Expired Registration and No Proof of Insurance. She was also Wanted on a Warrant, out of Boone County for Failure to Appear, on a Suspended Registration charge. She was taken into custody at Huntington Drive and Stonegate Road. She was released after posting her Illinois Driver’s License, on the Algonquin charges, with a court date of 10/20/09, in McHenry County and after posting $325, on the Boone County warrant, with a court date of 10/09/09, in Boone County.
September 20
19:51pm Davis, Reginald DOB: 11/29/64 of 3426 Blue Ridge Drive, Carpentersville, was charged with DUI, No Valid Driver’s License, Speeding, Improper Lane Usage and Failure to Notify SOS of Address change. He was taken into custody at Boyer Road and Corporate Parkway. He was released on a Personal Recognizance Bond, after posting his Illinois Driver’s License.

LITH Airport Open House A Hit Saturday

Lake in the Hills Airport Saturday looked a little like OHare on a Friday afternoon as area residents converged for an informational open house and EAA Chapter 790 Young Eagle plane rides for youngsters.

"We're doing 35,000 to 40,000 operations a year," said Airport Manager Dave Gregoria. "Operations are defined as takeoffs and landings."

The point of Lake in the Hills Airport as far as the FAA is concerned is to relieve pressure on OHare and Midway. "It helps to keep the little planes out of the big planes' airspace," said Gregoria.

But the point of the airport locally, is to provide a business attraction absent from other regions. Gregoria said the airport hosts half a dozen business planes and a charter service. "There's getting to be quite a bit more business traffic now," he said.

Gregoria said FAA-mandated safety upgrades are finally coming together. The Pyott Road relocation should be completed by the end of October and prep work for taxiway relocation will probably begin before Winter. Gregoria said wrangling over a small safety buffer at the end of the runway continues but added, "We're still trying for a settlement."

In the pic: Ground Controller Bryan Blazyk directs traffic at Lake in the Hills Airport's Open House Saturday. Proving that flying is family fun, that's his mom at the Cessna's controls.

Fox River Cleanup For "It's Our River Day"

Algonquin's "It's Our River Day" cleanup of the Fox River shore at Cornish park didn't turn up D.B. Cooper's skyjacking haul but it wouldn't have been surprising if it had. However did a 40-pound panel of decorative garden fence get there? A big chunk of carpet runner? One (why is it only one) tennis shoe?

The cleanup, co-sponsored by the village and the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County also turned up hundreds of the more-common beverage cans and bottles which village planner Katie Parkhurst said would be taken to recyclers.

In the pic: Volunteers combed the Fox River shore at Algonquin Saturday. Their ranks were boosted by a contingent of Cary High School students who got extra credit toward their Environmental Science class final exam.

Local Bank Holds Cookout For Customers

Algonquin Bank and Trust bills itself as village's only "hometown bank", hence it's annual Community Cookout Saturday at the bank's Algonquin Road parking lot.

"We're doing it a little later this year because earlier a lot of people are on vacation," said Bank President and chef-for-a-day Dave Ward. "We want to thank our customers. They're our neighbors and friends."

Then, how about a loan, Dave?

"We're still making loans, absolutely," said Ward. "We're one of the few places that still are. Of course, you still have to qualify."

Oh.

Drat.

In the pic: Bank President Dave Ward adds burger flipping to his CV at Algonquin Bank and Trust's Community Cookout Saturday.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
September 19
0035 HRS 2700 BLOCK HILLSBORO LN. UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. GARCIA, JACOB F., M/W 20 YEARS OF AGE, 2781 MELBOURNE LN., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGE: Underage Consumption of Alcohol. NOTICE TO APPEAR ISSUED. CARRASCO, FRANCISCO J., M/W 20 YEARS OF AGE, 10789 CAPITOL LN., HUNTLEY CHARGE: Underage Consumption of Alcohol. NOTICE TO APPEAR ISSUED. WALCZY, JORDAN D., M/W 18 YEARS OF AGE,
4675 HERON DR., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGE: Underage Consumption of Alcohol. NOTICE TO APPEAR ISSUED.
1102 HRS 9100 TRINITY DR. (B&N MOTORSPORTS). CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. GAUDIO, KENNETH O., M/W 48 YEARS OF AGE, 9100 TRINITY DR., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGE: Criminal Damage to Vehicle. RELEASED ON BOND
0004 HRS 2200 ALGONQUIN RD. (CAR WASH). FOUND PROPERTY. Found ATM card in car wash machine. Entered into evidence.
0318 HRS 500 BLOCK OF E. OAK ST. DOMESTIC BATTERY. Boyfriend vs. girlfriend. One prior. FAIL TO FILE.
0956 HRS 200 BLOCK OF COOL STONE BEND. CHECK ON WELL BEING. Checked on the well being of a 26 year old female.
1056 HRS 5200 MILLER RD. (SUNSET PARK). ASSIST AMBULANCE 8 year old female lost consciousness. No transport.
1153 HRS 250 RANDALL RD. (COSTCO). ASSIST AMBULANCE 62 year old female experiencing flu-like symptoms. Transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
1157 HRS 5200 MILLER RD. (SUNSET PARK). ASSIST AMBULANCE. 12 year old male possibly broke his ankle. Transported to Woodstock Memorial Hospital.
1516 HRS MILLER RD. & RANDALL RD. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1734 HRS 5200 MILLER RD.(SUNSET PARK). INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Soda machine was turned over. Unknown if any damage at this time. Work order was sent.
1839 HRS 6 MILLER RD. (DINO’S PIZZA). HIT& RUN. Building was struck by unknown vehicle.
1952 HRS 200 BLOCK OF INDIAN TRAIL. ASSIST AMBULANCE. 59 year old male subject with high blood pressure. Transported to Sherman Hospital.
2321 HRS 241 N RANDALL. (WHITE CASTLE). ACCIDENT. Two vehicle accident property damage only.