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The Rock River Times, Illinois Press Association victorious in
landmark Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against District 205
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Press Association (IPA) was
declared victorious Aug. 18 in a
Winnebago County court in a
groundbreaking lawsuit against
Rockford Public School District
205 and its former superintendent over violations and abuse of
the state’s Freedom of Informa-
tion Act (FOIA).
The lawsuit, filed in November 2010 by the IPA and The
Rock River Times, was the first
case filed under Illinois’ new
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Five of 21
wells
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in Soper
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FOIA, which went into effect
Jan. 1, 2010. As a result of the
lawsuit, the Winnebago County
Circuit Court of the 17th JudiContinued on page A2 !
Photos by Jon McGinty
The Winnebago County Fair offered six days of entertainment Aug. 16-21 in
Pecatonica. Pictured clockwise, from top photo: Candied apples await hungry
customers; Brandon Medearis, 15, takes his turn watering a cow from the
Cedarville Knot-Catcher 4-H Club; and James Murray instructs daughter Madison,
5, and son Lucas, 3, on the finer points of squirt-gunning on the Midway.
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
Self-sufficiency
a big hit
To Winnebago and Ogle County Board members ...
By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl
President and Vice President
Illinois Renewable Energy Association
While renewable energy is an
important part of the Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable
Continued on page A7 !
Living with the negative
effects of wind turbines
Guest Column
By Barbara Draper
Ohio, Ill., resident
I live 1 mile from the city limits
of Ohio, Ill., in Bureau County on
the Big Sky Wind Farm, which
covers approximately 13 square
Continued on page A6 !
Contributing Writer
Gasoline pollution has been found
in five wells in what may be an
isolated problem in well water along
Soper Avenue north of Auburn
Street, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).
Test results from 22 samples
taken from 21 wells by the IDPH
and the Winnebago County Health
Department (WCHD) in the beginning of August around the area
bordered by the Cottonwood Airport, Auburn Street and Alliance
Avenue have found pollutants consistent with gasoline. Two tests
were positive for the same substance found in late July.
The vast majority of homes in
the small subdivision rely on well
water rather than city water.
“We found that five of the 21
wells had high levels of benzene
and toluene,” said Melaney Arnold,
spokesman for the IDPH.
She said both are components of
gasoline, and the high levels were
found in a cluster of homes around
where the original testing was done
at 1225 Soper Ave. The other wells
tested “did not have any levels of
gasoline,” she said.
“We will continue to do monitoring and follow-up testing,” Arnold
said. “If people come forward, we
can do testing then. It doesn’t appear that it’s going outside this small
area, and is pretty much included in
one area. Further out, we did not
have that detection.”
The state Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working
on finding which business that
used benzene and toluene is responsible for the leaking of gasoline into the well water supply.
The source, or perhaps even
sources, of the gasoline have yet to
be determined, and there are a
number of culprits still in play.
“There are a number of underground storage tanks in that area,”
Maggie Carson, of the the Illinois
Continued on page A7 !
The Rock River Times has been leading area media in Renewable Energy and green news coverage since 2002.
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Rock Energy Cooperative
celebrates 75th anniversary
Staff Report
The Rock River Times
News
Aug. 24-30, 2011
only 10 percent of rural areas had power.
The farmers had requested power from the
JANESVILLE, Wis. — In 1936, a group of
Rock County farmers decided that if they local utility company but were turned down
wanted to get electricity anytime soon, they because it wasn’t considered economically
feasible. Undiscouraged, they turned their
would have to do it themselves.
thinking to a coopThey believed
that electricity was The farmers had requested erative program.
When the federal
a necessity for progressive farming power from the local utility Rural Electrification
and ultimately im- company but were turned down Administration was
proving the lives of because it wasn’t considered initiated by an act of
Congress in 1936, the
rural folks. In the
group was prepared
mid-1930s, there economically feasible.
to launch a program
was a vast difference
between the prosperity of city dwellers and to give rural areas electricity.
April 22, 1936, the group founded the Rock
rural folks, largely because of the availability of electricity. More than 90 percent of County Electric Cooperative Association, now
people living in cities had electricity, but
Continued on page A6 !
Being green just got a little easier
! Local recycling company
launches new website; offers
services for free
Staff Report
L J Projects recently launched their new
website at www.ljprojects.org. The company,
with headquarters in Rockford, provides
free removal of unwanted items, as well as
clean-outs of residential and commercial
properties and rural farms, lawn maintenance and handyman projects servicing
northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and
central Texas.
The L J Projects website is designed to
inform clients of the types of items that are
removed by the company (anything containing any and all metals, plus wood, cardboard, furniture, clothing and more) and
the all-out clean-up work provided.
“We are a recycling company whose mission is to keep as much as possible out of
landfills,” said Leon Torres, founder/owner
of L J Projects. “Having a website makes it
easier for clients to contact us and is an
environmentally-friendly way to promote
our business.”
The new website features a link to follow
L J Projects on Facebook, where you can
read recycling industry and related news,
view images of what the company is currently working on and learn about initiatives to make the community a better place.
The site also has a list of partners that
support the work of L J Projects. The site
can be visited at www.ljprojects.org.
The site is designed and maintained by
Computer Business Services, Inc. (CBS), of
Beloit, Wis.
Court: School district violated Freedom ...
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Hardy has since left the school district on
cial Circuit imposed civil penalties his own accord and is employed by another
against the school district in the amount school district. Meantime, Sheffield resigned
of $2,500 for its repeated violations of April 12 as superintendent amid controversy. Her last day on the job was April 30.
FOIA involving one document.
Sheffield has since accepted a position as
Illinois’ current FOIA states a court
can impose a civil penalty upon a public associate vice president for early college
body that “willfully and intentionally” expansion at Boston education think tank
fails to comply with the act. This lan- Jobs for the Future (JFF).
In his ruling, Winnebago County Circuit
guage was insisted upon by the IPA and
the Attorney General’s Office during the Judge Eugene G. Doherty, said, “The record
2009 FOIA rewrite to ensure public bod- gives a clear impression that the District
ies would properly obey the law. While understood that it was wrong on all three
claimed exemptions, but
most public bodies have
abided by one of the “ W h e n p u s h e d , [ t h e was looking for a way to
save face rather than
most important laws in
Illinois, some have con- school district] invented simply admitting it was
tinued to ignore FOIA a conversation with PAC wrong and disclosing the
and what is statutorily Cara Smith — a conversation document.” He further
states: “the entire course
required under the law.
“Unfortunately, some s h e s a y s n e v e r t o o k of events here strongly
public bodies, such as the place — and released the suggest that the District
Rockford School District, document at 5 p.m. on first decided that it would
are still blatantly ignor- Thanksgiving Eve, citing, not release a document
which it did not want to
ing and violating FOIA,
so the IPA saw no option of course, their long- release, and only then
other than to respond by standing policy of open did it begin looking for
filing suit,” said Dennis a n d
transparent reasons to support a decision it had already
DeRossett, executive
director of the IPA. “In government. Perhaps made. The invocation of
this instance, the Rock- writing this check for a new (and equally unford School District civil
penalties will founded) basis for exwas, by far, one of the encourage the district to emption after the first
reasons had been
worst abusers of the
new FOIA law the IPA have a slightly more proven incorrect is an
had encountered.”
sincere policy in support indication of the
The lawsuit involved of open and transparent District’s intransigence. Only when the
the failure of the school
district to release a let- government.” — Don Craven, requesting party filed
suit was the District fiter to The Rock River legal counsel for the IPA
nally compelled to conTimes, which filed multiple FOIA requests over a two-month cede that its position was indefensible.”
In praising the ruling, Illinois Attorperiod. Despite the letter being deemed a
public document by the Attorney General’s ney General Lisa Madigan said: “This
Public Access Counselor, the school dis- case demonstrates the critical importrict refused to release the letter on three tance of enforceable transparency laws.
separate occasions, citing two different People have a fundamental right to know
FOIA exemptions. The school district even how their government conducts itself on
went as far as labeling the decision of the their behalf.”
The IPA and The Rock River Times were
Attorney General’s Office as “erroneous.”
Soon after the lawsuit was filed last fall, represented by Don Craven of Springfield,
Ill., legal counsel for the IPA.
the letter was released by the district.
Craven said: “This case was a poster child
The letter in question was written by
former Auburn Principal Patrick Hardy and for the imposition of civil penalties. The
contained unflattering details about former district was delaying, playing games and
Rockford Superintendent Dr. LaVonne M. exemption shopping. When pushed, they
Sheffield in response to a letter written by invented a conversation with PAC Cara
Sheffield titled “Separation of Employment.” Smith — a conversation she says never took
place — and released the
document at 5 p.m. on
Thanksgiving Eve, citing, of
course, their long-standing
policy of open and transparent government. Perhaps
writing this check for civil
penalties will encourage the
district to have a slightly
more sincere policy in support of open and transparent government.”
The Rock River Times is a
member of IPA, which represents more than 480 daily and
weekly newspapers in Illinois.
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John Schuster named Rosecrance CFO
Rosecrance Health Network has hired veteran health care financial executive John F.
Schuster as the organization’s chief financial officer (CFO).
Philip W. Eaton, Roscrance president /CEO, said Schuster’s nearly
30 years of administrative leadership in health care will be an asset
at a time of change in the field of behavioral health.
“John knows the field, and he’s well versed in the changes
that are facing our industry,” Eaton said. “He is equipped to
lead our organization into the future against a background of
health care reform and parity legislation. We are fortunate, too,
to find someone with knowledge of the health care landscape in
this community.”
Schuster formerly was the chief administrative officer and CEO
at Rockford Cardiovascular/Cardiology Associates. Most recently, he
worked in Nashville, Tenn., as administrator for a physicians’ group.
He is a certified public accountant with a bachelor’s degree in ecoJohn F. Schuster
nomics from the University of Chicago and a master’s of business
administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nextage Realty agents are top producers
Jan Mansfield, broker owner, joins Nextage Realty International in congratulating
several agents for bringing worldwide top honors home for the second quarter of 2011.
Teresa Fogel, Debbie Rheingans and Jason Taylor finished in the “Top 10 Producing Agents” for highest Gross Commission Income.
Fogel, Rheingans, Roni Paravala, Darla Clark, Todd Burghardt and Margaret Archer placed in the “Top 10 Producing Agents” for most Closed Sides, and
Fogel and Rheingans placed in the top 10 agents for highest Cash Flow. Mansfield
looks forward to seeing her agents and Nextage Professionals Realty on the leaders’ board again.
Schroepfer awarded scholarship at SDSU
Michael Schroepfer, of Pecatonica, Ill., was awarded the 3M Scholarship in
Mechanical Engineering for the 2011-2012 academic year at South Dakota State
University (SDSU).
Schroepfer is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at SDSU, where he is
active in Shotokan Karate, ASME, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, intramural football and
flying. He is the son of Kenneth and Colleen Schroepfer of Pecatonica and is a 2006
home-school graduate.
The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing plants in Brookings and Aberdeen,
S.D., provide the 3M scholarships. The plant in Brookings was the first 3M plant
built to specifically manufacture health care products. The assistance from 3M is
used to help attract some of the brightest students in the state for college and to
assist science education at a time when shortages of sciences graduates are predicted nationwide.
Rockford Network elects new officers
Rockford Network of Professional Women held elections at their June luncheon
meeting. Officers elected to serve for 2011-2012 were Tonya Thayer, executive director, Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity, president; Stacy Wallace, marketing manager, LDR Cleaning & Restoration, vice president; Barb Giolitto, sales & marketing,
YTB Travel, Univera, secretary; and Mary Jo Hare, owner/manager, ServPro of Rockford, treasurer.
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Obituary Notices
Roberta Hafenyager, 85, Rockford, 8/12/11
Kurt Sherard, 60, Rockford, 8/12/11
Midge Lewandowski, 79, Rockford, 8/12/11
Phillip Carlson, 73, Loves Park, 8/12/11
Judith Holmertz, 94, Rockford, 8/12/11
Bernice Johnson, 89, Rockford, 8/12/11
Donald Johnson, 75, Rockford, 8/12/11
Zetta Branum, 75, Rockford, 8/12/11
Lucy Weatherford, 75, Rockford, 8/12/11
Gloria Gray, 73, Rockford, 8/13/11
Fred Bell, 76, Rockford, 8/13/11
Kathryn Harrington, 71, Rockford, 8/14/11
Dado Cramer, 72, Rockford, 8/15/11
Austinette Akerman,, 97, Rockford, 8/15/11
Evelyn Cragin, 87, Rockford, 8/15/11
Freida Harris, 80, Rockford, 8/15/11
Shirley Stewart, 60, Rockford, 8/15/11
Arthur Morgan, 90, Rockford, 8/15/11
Ted Mowers, 57, Rockford, 8/15/11
Maria Ernstes, 94, Rockford, 8/15/11
Karen White, 68, Rockford, 8/15/11
Telesforo Baltazar, 61, Rockford, 8/15/11
Evelyn Sculley, 90, Rockford, 8/16/11
Harry Welch, 88, Rockford, 8/16/11
Charlene Fox, 63, Rockford, 8/16/11
Lillie Dingus, 85, Loves Park, 8/16/11
John McCombie, 90, Rockford, 8/17/11
Cardell Johnson, 44, Beloit, Wis., 8/17/11
James Bruner, 76, Rockford, 8/17/11
Dorothy Rose, 90, Rockford, 8/17/11
Thomas Spelman, 72, Durand, 8/18/11
Donna Reynolds, 66, Rockford, 8/18/11
Richard Usedom, 80, Rockford, 8/18/11
Arnold Scholl, 82, Rockford, 8/18/11
James Stroud, 95, Rockford, 8/18/11
Carmen Serrano, 22, Rockford, 8/19/11
Shirley John, 57, Rockford, 8/19/11
Robert Eversman, 80, Rockford, 8/19/11
Karen Pudlas, 64, Rockford, 8/19/11
Out of the Darkness
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Staff Report
Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in
the United States. A walk to save lives, the
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Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, at
Anderson Japanese Gardens,
318 Spring Creek Road, Rockford. Check-in is at 10 a.m.;
the walk will begin at 11 a.m.
You can walk to raise
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other mood disorders, and
suicide. Walk to honor a
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Theater News – B4
Arts News – B5
Crossword Puzzle – B7
Timber Lake Playhouse opens
‘Til Death Do Us Part Aug. 25
Rockford Area Arts Council
launches fund-raising campaign
Can you solve this week’s
crossword puzzle?
Arts News
Music News
Sarah Danielle Stewart Byron Crossroads Blues
exhibit opens Aug. 26 Festival set for Aug. 27
at Kortman Gallery
Staff Report
Bryan Lee and the Blue Power Band will
headline the Second Annual Byron Crossroads Blues Festival Saturday, Aug. 27.
Festival gates open at 1 p.m., Aug. 27, and
the event will be held at the crossroads of
Union and Second streets in downtown
Byron, Ill.
The trio of Glenn Davis, Matt Goodwin
and Westside Andy Linderman will open
the day at 1:30 p.m. Their style varies from
the laid-back to the burning-hot side of the
blues — true blues veterans.
Reverend Raven and his Chain Smokin’
Altar Boys take the stage at 3:30 p.m. Rik
Staff Report
Seeing the works of Rockford artist Sarah
Danielle Stewart is like getting a flash vision
into the workings of her imagination. Her
complex, colorful works will be on exhibit in
the Kortman Gallery beginning Aug. 26.
The gallery is upstairs at J.R. Kortman
Center for Design, 107 N. Main St. Admission is free.
The exhibition, titled “Flesh in Rainbows,” presents mixed-media, dynamic
works that are influenced by Stewart’s
boundless imaginative view of nostalgia,
kitsch, cartoons, pulp illustration, plus pattern, fabric and vibrant colors.
“The show title ‘Flesh in Rainbows’
speaks directly to the way I see and think
about everything,” Stewart said. “Memories spur to me in hues, the reflection of
light translates color and vibration, and
color not only represents, but emanates
emotion. Colors can be comforting, but also
jarring. They can be offensive and ridiculous, yet they can be beautiful and strong.
With this body of work, I strive to achieve
all of the above.”
Kortman Gallery Director Doc Slafkosky
said Stewart’s work is “amazingly intricate and beautifully executed, but at the
same time a little wacky. You really have to
spend some time looking at her pieces to
see everything that’s going on in her vibrant paintings. These works are eye-catching entertainment.”
Hours of the opening are 5:30 to 9 p.m.,
Friday, Aug. 26. This exhibit runs through
Oct. 1. The gallery and store are open 10
a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday.
Raven’s band out of Milwaukee burns up
every place they play, from Milwaukee to
Florida, and all over the U.S.
The 5:30 p.m. act is the hottest young
band in the blues world — Kilborn Alley
Blues Band. Andrew Duncanson leads his
band, and they play a wickedly hot version
of electric Chicago blues.
Headliners Bryan Lee and the Blue Power
Band take the stage at 7:30 p.m. From New
Orleans, Bryan Lee and the band are a big
national act and feature Bryan Lee and Brent
Johnson on guitar. Their sound is blues tinged
with rock, Cajun/swamp music and country.
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Images provided
Rockford
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main floor, lower and upper balcony. The theatre offers its own entrance, box office and lobby
facilities and is fully equipped with house lights, strip lights, a Steinway piano and a
professional sound system. Acoustically, the Theatre is superb and provides an excellent
location for piano concerts and acoustic guitar, famous performers, live Theatre, lectureres, as
well as beauty pageants, dance recitals, and classical musicians.
For special events, the Theatre lobby can be expanded to
accommodate larger receptions and rental of the Theatre can
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Aug. 24-30, 2011
Music
Wednesday, Aug. 24
Vinyl Voodoo – Mary’s Place, 602 N.
Madison St. 10:30 p.m. Free. Every
Wed. Info: 815-962-7944.
“Moze Ella Networking Event” Back to
Skool Party! w/Mr. E, DTA, Problem Addict, Knu York, Lunatik, A.
Fresh of AMG, J. Milla, Rycco – The
House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy.,
DeKalb. 9 p.m. Info: 815-787-9547.
Karaoke with Mike – Rusty Nail, 1804
Eighth Ave. 7:30 p.m.-midnight. Every
Wed. Free. Info: 815-397-2510.
Open Stage w/Jim Grass – Hope
and Anchor, 5040 N. Second St.,
Loves Park. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Free.
Info: 815-633-2552.
Summer Concerts: Martin Town
Church Band – Trailhead Shelter
(coming up Hwy. 26, turn right at BP
gas station in Orangeville). 7 p.m.
Free. Contemporary Christian Music presented by A Community Together (ACT). Info: 815-238-3200.
River City Sound Chorus Guest Night –
Community Building Complex of
Boone County, 111 W. First St.,
Belvidere. 6:45 p.m. For women who
like to sing and are interested in learning the art of a cappella singing barbershop-style. Info: 608-921-1940.
Thursday, Aug. 25
CMKT4 w/The Line (Maryland), King of
the Demons (Rockford), Bill Leighly
(DeKalb), Professor Scott Potter (Origin Unknown), Daerielle Culver aka
Auraweaver (DeKalb) – The House
Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb. 7
p.m. Free. Info: 815-787-9547.
Andrew Robinson on the Patio –
Franchesco’s, 7128 Spring Creek
Road. 6 p.m. Free. Info: 815-229-0800.
Karaoke w/Trivia – Kryptonite Music
Lounge, 308 W. State St. 7:30 p.m.
Info: 815-965-0931.
Open Stage – Mary’s Place, 602 N.
Madison St. 9:30 p.m. Free. Every
Thurs. Info: 815-962-7944.
Bike Night – Whiskey’s Roadhouse,
3207 N. Main St. 6-10 p.m. Sturgis
Party. Info: 815-877-8007.
The Monday Morning Dixie Band –
FIBS, 105 W. Main St., Rockton.
6-9 p.m. Every Thurs. Info: 815624-6018.
Open Mic – Cronie’s Grill, 9032 N.
Second St., Machesney Park. Every Thurs.
Friday, Aug. 26
Music on the Mall: Lucrezio – Mary’s
Market at Edgebrook, 1639 N. Alpine
Road. 6-9 p.m. Info: 815-226-0212.
Mike Lynch – Rockford City Market, 200
Water St. 3-7 p.m. Free. Info: 815964-4388 or rockfordcitymarket.com.
Heavyflow – Bar 3, 326 E. State St.
9:30 p.m. $5. Info: 815-968-9061.
Classix – Franchesco’s, 7128 Spring
Creek Road. 9 p.m. Free. Info: 815229-0800.
Dean Moriarty Jazz Band – Café
Belwah, 500 Pleasant St., Beloit, Wis.
6-10 p.m. Free. Info: 608-363-1110.
The Crastinators w/Mob Zero –
Mary’s Place, 602 N. Madison St.
9:30 p.m. Info: 815-962-7944.
Leo – The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy.,
DeKalb. 9 p.m. Info: 815-787-9547.
The Pimps w/Egon’s Unicat, Seasonal
Men’s Wear – Otto’s Niteclub & Underground, 118 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb.
10 p.m. $7. Info: 815-758-2715.
Tom Fishe & Rick Burns – Hope and
Anchor, 5040 N. Second St., Loves
Park. 7 p.m. Info: 815-633-2552.
Bob Affolder, Karaoke – Rockton Inn,
102 E. Main St., Rockton. 9 p.m. Info:
815-624-8877.
The Hit Men – Whiskey’s Roadhouse,
3207 N. Main St. 9 p.m. Free. Info:
815-877-8007.
Stampede – Shooters Bar & Grill East,
7171 CherryVale Blvd., Cherry Valley. 9 p.m. Info: 815-332-5229.
Karaoke with Mike – Victory Tap, 2315
Harrison Ave. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every
Fri. Free. Info: 815-399-8822.
Karaoke – The Filling Station, 6259
11th St. Info: 815-874-5766.
Karaoke – The Grove, 100 E. Grove
St., Poplar Grove. 9 p.m. Info: 815765-1002.
Karaoke – Scanlan’s, 2921 City View
Drive. 9 p.m. Info: 815-639-0000.
DJ – Backstop Bar & Grill, 1830 Union
Ave., Belvidere. 9 p.m. Free. Info:
815-547-8100.
DJ – Oscar’s Pub & Grill, 5980 E. State
St. 9 p.m. Free. Info: 815-399-6100.
DJ – Manor Nightclub, 293 Executive Pkwy. 9 p.m. Free. Info: 815394-0077.
DJ – Brewsky’s, 4414 Charles St. 9:30
p.m. Free. Info: 815-399-9300.
DJ – RBI’s, 3870 N. Perryville Road. 9
p.m. Info: 815-877-5592.
DJ – Tad’s, 10 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves
Park. 9 p.m. Info: 815-654-3500.
DJ – The Office Niteclub, 513 E. State
St. 9 p.m. Info: 815-965-0344.
DJ Jonny – Shooter’s Bar & Grill,
4007 E. State St. 8 p.m. Info: 815399-0683.
DJ Mark & Lana – FIBS, 105 W.
Main St., Rockton. 9:30 p.m. Free.
Info: 815-624-6018.
DJ/Karaoke – Jayne’s Place, 2229
Anderson Drive, Belvidere. Info: 815544-5153.
DJ/Karaoke – Red’s Neighborhood
Tavern, 129 N. State St., Belvidere.
Info: 815-544-6677.
Saturday, Aug. 27
Second Annual Byron Crossroads
Blues Festival – Downtown Byron,
Second & Union streets.1-10 p.m.
Feat. Glenn Davis, Matt Goodwin &
Westside Andy Linderman; Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin’ Altar
Boys; Kilborn Alley Blues Band; Bryan
Lee & the Blues Power Band; The
Jimmy’s. Advance tickets $5, $10
day of festival. Food and beverages
by local sponsoring restaurants, with
tickets. Info: 779-537-4006.
“It’s All In Me!” Women’s Workshop
Fellowship Retreat – Freeport Public Library, 100 E. Douglas St.,
Freeport. 1-3 p.m. With WAY
Founder & President Dianna Cole.
Free; suggested donation, $10, includes materials & refreshments.
Proceeds benefit “Mother’s Touch”
Community Outreach Ministries, w/
“Just Jewelry” items. Info: 815-9141487 or MsCSOGN@aol.com.
Silence Is Broken w/Know Lyfe, The
Action Band, Force Fed Chaos –
Bar 3, 326 E. State St. 8:30 p.m. $6.
Info: 815-968-9061.
Cornhuggers Fest: The Riverbilly Cousin
Touchers w/the Kishwaukee River
Band, The Buckshot Hounds, Elephant
Leg – The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln
Hwy., DeKalb. Info: 815-787-9547.
Crunchy Frogs – Rascal’s Bar & Grill,
5223 Torque Road, Loves Park. 9
p.m. Info: 815-636-9207.
Mr. Blotto – Otto’s Niteclub & Underground, 118 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb.
9 p.m. Free. Info: 815-758-2715.
Meet the Beetles – Hope and Anchor,
5040 N. Second St., Loves Park. 8
p.m. Info: 815-633-2552.
Too Deep – Franchesco’s, 7128 Spring
Creek Road. 9 p.m. Free. Info: 815229-0800.
Patte Armato Lund w/Mike McIntyre
– Gia’s Italian Grille & Café, 7784
Forest Hills Road, Loves Park. 6 p.m.
Info: 815-636-1000.
Crank Up Madonna – Mary’s Place,
602 N. Madison St. 9:30 p.m. Info:
815-962-7944.
Smiley Virus – Shooters Bar & Grill
North, 7742 Forest Hills Road, Loves
Park. 9 p.m. Info: 815-654-3900.
Frontiers – Splitters Bar & Grill, 5318
N. Second St., Loves Park. 9 p.m.
The Hitmen – Latham West Bar & Grill,
4213 W. State St. 6 p.m. Info: 815962-5042.
Ma & Pa Kittle/Karaoke – Grant Park
Tavern, 3015 Kishwaukee St. 9 p.m.1 a.m. Free. Info: 815-397-9819.
Rat Baxter – Whiskey’s Roadhouse, 3207
N. Main St. Info: 815-877-8007.
Clutch Cargo – The Grove, 100 E. Grove
St., Poplar Grove. 9 p.m. Info: 815765-1002.
The Meteors – Rockton Inn, 102 E.
Main St., Rockton. 6:30 p.m. Info:
815-624-8877.
DJ/Karaoke – Red’s Neighborhood
Tavern, 129 N. State St., Belvidere.
Info: 815-544-6677.
DJ Mark & Lana – FIBS, 105 W.
Main St., Rockton. 9:30 p.m. Free.
Info: 815-624-6018.
DJ – Tad’s, 10 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves
Park. 9 p.m. Info: 815-654-3500.
Sunday, Aug. 28
Gospel in the Park – Monroe Center
Lions’ Park, Monroe Center. 2-5 p.m.
Feat. Silver and The Assemblymen,
other local artists. Hosted by Monroe Center Community Church. Bring
a blanket. Info: 815-393-4840.
Early show: The Barb City Stompers –
The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy.,
DeKalb. 1-4 p.m. Free. Late show:
Tom Clark w/Whiskey Talking, 8
p.m. $5. Info: 815-787-9547.
Tinker with Music: Ron E. Rawhoof –
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum, 411
Kent St. 6-7:30 p.m. Acoustic folk/
pop guitarist. Info: 815-964-2424.
Karaoke – Whiskey’s Roadhouse,
3207 N. Main St. Family, 6-9 p.m.
Adult Karaoke: 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Info:
815-877-8007.
Monday, Aug. 29
Vinyl Voodoo – Mary’s Place, 602 N.
Madison St. 10:30 p.m. Free. Info:
815-962-7944.
Free Pool – Whiskey’s Roadhouse, 3207
N. Main St. Info: 815-877-8007.
Tuesday, Aug. 30
Tyler Krilentz, CD release event – The
House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy.,
DeKalb. 7 p.m. Info: 815-787-9547.
Open Stage – Mary’s Place, 602 N.
Madison St. 9:30 p.m. Info: 815962-7944.
Karaoke – Kryptonite Music Lounge, 308
W. State St. Info: 815-965-0931.
Free Pool & Karaoke with Bob –
Whiskey’s Roadhouse, 3207 N. Main
St. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Info: 815-877-8007.
Please have your free listing in to The
Rock River Times the Thursday preceding our Wednesday publication.
Call (815) 964-9767 to report any
inaccuracies in these calendars.
Arts & Theater
Ongoing Attractions
Rockford Art Museum – 711 N. Main
St. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun.,
noon-5 p.m. Featuring “Rockford
Made 4356: Deill/Julin,” Aug. 27Dec. 27. Free public opening 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27.
Born on the same day, in the same
year — April 3,1956 — in the same
Rockford hospital, “Rockford Made
4356” celebrates the creative vision of noted Rockford artists John
Deill and Jim Julin. Free for everyone
every Tues. Info: 815-968-2787.
Artists’ Ensemble – Rockford College
Cheek Theatre, 5050 E. State St.
Info: 815-540-4717.
Kortman Gallery – 107 N. Main St.
Featuring “Flesh in Rainbows,” the
work of Sarah Danielle Stewart. Thru
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Oct. 1. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Free. Info: 815-968-0123.
David C. Olson Photography Studio –
7801 E. State St., inside Clock
Tower Resort. Wildlife and nature
imagery. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday. Free.
Info: 815-873-1777.
Beth Ann Weis Salon & Spa – 4108
Morsay Drive, Rockford. Featuring
JoAnne McKinney paintings thru
Sept. 22. Hours: Tues. & Fri., 9 a.m.-6
p.m.; Thurs., noon-9 p.m.; Sat., 8 a.m.5 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon., Wed. Info:
815-387-2700.
Funktional Arts – 412 N. First St.
Furniture & sculpture. Info: 815969-7942.
Village Gallery – Stewart Square. Artists’ co-op. 45 artists. Open Wed.-Fri.,
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: 815-963-ARTS.
Bonzi Productions Theatre Group –
Family theater, plays, musicals. Info:
815-394-8987.
Wright Museum of Art – 700 College
St., Beloit, Wis. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tues.Sun. Info: 608-363-2677.
Galena Artists’ Guild Gallery – 324
Spring St., Galena. Thurs.-Mon., 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 815-777-2870.
NIU Art Museum – Hall Case Galleries,
116 Altgeld Hall, DeKalb. Tues.-Fri.,
10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-4 p.m. Aug.
23-Oct. 29: “In the House: Sculpture
for the Home,” “In the Studio and In
the Garden: John Balsley Sculpture
and Collage,” “On the Body and In the
Hand.” Free. Info: 815-753-1936.
Rockford College Art Gallery – Clark Arts
Center, 5050 E. State St. 3-6 p.m.,
Tues.-Fri. Free. Info: 815-226-4105.
Womanspace – Womanspace, 3333
Maria Linden Drive. Exhibit: Anything
Goes in Gallery 1 thru Sept. 10.
Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 815877-0118.
Beloit Fine Arts Incubator – 520 E.
Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. Mon.-Fri., 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Other hours by appointment. Info: 608-313-9083.
Monroe Arts Center – 1315 11th St.,
Monroe, Wis. Featuring “Page to the
Stage: Selected Theatrical Costumes
and Designs” by Linda Roethke, thru
Aug. 26. Info: 608-325-5700.
ArtSpace West – 1426 N. Main St. Tues.Fri., 3-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Info:
630-546-4727 or 815-988-1501.
Age Quake Theatre – Plays for and
about those 55 and older performed
in the greater Rockford area. Info:
815-398-8090.
Cholke Photography & Fine Art Gallery – 2211 E. State St. Fri., 7:3010 p.m.; Sat., 4:30-10 p.m.; Sun., 25 p.m. Free. Info: 815-226-9398.
The Fireside Theatre – Fort Atkinson,
Wis. Now playing: Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers. Info: 800-4779505 or www.firesidetheatre.com.
Freeport Art Museum –121 N. Harlem
Ave., Freeport. Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Sat., noon-5 p.m. Now thru Sept. 17:
Print Invitational: Exhibition of
printmaking by Barry Carlsen,
Darren Houser, David Menard and
Peter Olson. Info: 815-235-9755.
DeKalb Area Women’s Center – 1021
State St., DeKalb. Fridays 7-9 p.m.
Info: 815-758-1351.
Tom Littrell Design & Art Studio –
317 Market St., Rockford. “Artists
at Work” every Friday, 4-8 p.m. thru
Oct. 15. Info: 815-519-5288.
Timber Lake Playhouse – 8215 Black
Oak Road, Mt. Carroll. Playing Aug.
25-Sept. 4: ’Til Death Do Us Part:
Late Nite Catechism 3. 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $23 adults, $20 seniors,
$15 students. Info: 815-244-2035.
Ingrid Dohm Studio Gallery – 839 N.
Perryville Road. Appointments/Info:
815-519-6492.
Midtown Marketplace – 203 Seventh St.
Info: 815-961-1269.
The Gallery At JustGoods – 201 Seventh
St. Currently seeking local artist to
present works in the Community/Art
room. New art shows monthly. Featuring the works of David Van Delinder and
Jim Flickinger. Info: 815-965-8903.
Charlotte Hackin Art Studio & Gallery – 6278 Brynwood Drive. Info:
815-639-1318.
Bliss Beads Studio & Gallery – 161 E.
Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, Ill. Weekly classes
in bead jewelry making, silversmithing
and flamework glass. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Mon.-Sat. Info: 815-517-0164.
Woodstock Opera House – 121
VanBuren St., Woodstock. Info: 815338-5300.
Wednesday, Aug. 24
’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, or
call box office at 815-244-2035,
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Sexifyed part Deux – Pearl, 6876
Spring Creek Road. Collaborative
group art exhibit among students of
Rock Valley College, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Thursday, Aug. 25
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers –
The Fireside Theatre, Fort
Atkinson, Wis. at dinner theatre
thru Oct. 23. Tickets/Info: 800477-9595 or firesidetheatre.com.
’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, or
call box office at 815-244-2035,
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Friday, Aug. 26
Members’ Preview: “Rockford Made
4356: Deill/Julin” – Rockford Art
Museum, 711 N. Main St. Featuring
artists John Deill and Jim Julin. Members’ preview, Gallery Walk led by
artists at 5 p.m. reception. 6-7:30
p.m., sponsored by Dean Alan Olson
Foundation. Info: 815-968-2787.
Opening Reception: “Flesh in Rainbows,” paintings by Sarah Danielle
Stewart – Kortman Gallery, J.R.
Kortman Center for Design, 107 N.
Main St. Opening reception 5:30-9
p.m. Exhibit runs thru Oct. 1. Free.
Info: 815-968-0123.
Sexifyed part Deux – Pearl, 6876
Spring Creek Road. Collaborative
group art exhibit among students of
Rock Valley College, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
“Artists at Work” – Tom Littrell Design & Art Studio, 317 Market St.,
Rockford. Every Friday, 3-7 p.m. thru
Sept. 30. Info: 815-519-5288.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers –
The Fireside Theatre, Fort
Atkinson, Wis. at dinner theatre
thru Oct. 23. Tickets/Info: 800477-9595 or firesidetheatre.com.
’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, or
call box office at 815-244-2035,
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Saturday, Aug. 27
Free Public Opening: “Rockford Made
4356: Deill/Julin” – Rockford Art
Museum, 711 N. Main St. Featuring
artists John Deill and Jim Julin. Free
public opening. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free
admission. 11 a.m.-noon, free gallery walk and children’s art activity,
sponsored by Dean Alan Olson Foundation. Info: 815-968-2787.
Sexifyed part Deux – Pearl, 6876
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Lockwood Park hosts
birthday bash Aug. 27
Staff Report
out of more than 250. Every single vote
Lockwood Park, 5201 Safford Road, Rock- counts toward the standings, which are
ford, will host a birthday bash from 10 a.m. to 4 updated several times per day. Lockwood
p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27 (weather permitting). Park asks that people vote twice each day
All activities will take place in several via text and online.
Voters can also Power Vote by using speareas within the park, including pony rides,
cial codes inside
face-painting, water
Pepsi product bottle
balloon toss, along
with plenty of other Lockwood Park Children’s Farm caps and 12-, 20- and
boxes.
fun games and crafts gives children from the city an 24-pack
for children. Admis- opportunity to experience the Power votes can
count for up to 100
sion to the event is
votes at a time, so
free; fees will be aspects of rural life.
using them can be
charged for some activities, and refreshments will be available extremely helpful in boosting Lockwood
for purchase from the Friends of Lockwood. Park’s standings. If Lockwood Park is among
Lockwood Park Children’s Farm gives the top projects at the end of voting Aug. 31,
children from the city an opportunity to it will move into a verification process and
experience the aspects of rural life. Preserv- be awarded $50,000.
If Lockwood Park is awarded the $50,000
ing our rural heritage and the charm of old
farming days when horses pulled wagons grant, the money will be used to update the
and horseback riding was the common mode trail system to make it more accessible and
of transportation, the Children’s Farm of- navigable to the public, as well as updating
fers an ideal country learning experience the service bridge over Kent Creek where
visitors watch “the running of the horses” at
and fun atmosphere for people of all ages.
The mission of Lockwood Park is to help the end of the season-opener Animal Mania
people enjoy life through their connection event every year.
To vote for Lockwood Park, text “108168”
with animals. The park’s programs provide
a variety of experiences and learning oppor- to Pepsi (73774) and visit http://
tunities to promote healthy, positive inter- w w w . r e f r e s h e v e r y t h i n g . c o m /
actions between people and animals. lockwoodrockford to vote online via
Lockwood Park offers 146 acres with 15 Facebook or through your e-mail address.
miles of scenic trails for hiking, biking or If you have a Power Vote code from a
horseback riding.
bottle cap or box, you can click “Power
For more about Lockwood Park and eques- Vote” on the Park District’s project page.
trian programs, call (815) 987-8809, or visit Follow the quest for the $50,000 on
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/
www.rockfordparkdistrict.org/lockwood.
Lockwood Park needs your vote
friendsoflockwood, or on the Park District’s
Lockwood Park is back in the running website, rockfordparkdistrict.org.
for a lucrative $50,000 Pepsi Refresh prize
Contact Debbie Ackerman at (815) 289that will be awarded to only 10 projects 0728 for more details.
Byron Crossroads Blues Festival ...
Byron City Hall. Tickets may be purchased
! Continued from page B1
Closing the day at 9:30 p.m. are the in Rockford at Guzzardo’s Music on
Jimmy’s, led by Jimmy Voegeli on key- Charles Street and the Adriatic Café and
board, B3 organ and vocals. Get your dance Bar on Jefferson Street. In Oregon, tickshoes out because their horn section will ets are available at Snyder Pharmacy. In
the Beloit, Wis., area, residents can get
have you on your feet!
A harmonica workshop will be featured at 3 tickets at Paradise Guitars. Tickets may
p.m. The workshop is free for all who attend, also be purchased through Crossroads
Blues Society memand the first 25 stubers and online at
dents who are 10
years old or younger
byroncrossroadsblueswill get free harmonifestival.blogspot.com.
cas. Adults and older
2011 festival Tstudents can purshirts went on sale
chase one for $5.
at Byron bars Aug.
The workshop will
23 and will be availbe conducted by harp
able at the festival.
master craftsman
They will be availand player Joe
able in men’s T-shirts
Filisko. The session
and ladies’ and men’s
Photo provided
will last about 45 min- Bryan Lee (pictured) and the Blue Power Band
tanks. Prices are $15
utes, and will be held will headline the second annual Byron Crossroads each or two for $25
in one of the partici- Blues Festival Saturday, Aug. 27.
($1 more each for
pating restarants.
XXL and larger).
Access to the festival will be via two
Food for this year’s event includes
gates; one will be on Union Street near homemade Italian sausage sandwiches,
Sterling Federal Bank and the Post Office, gumbo, pizza, chicken George, barbecued
and the other near the alley on Second ribs, brisket of beef sandwiches, pork
Street next to the Just Sew Shop and chop sandwiches, walking tacos, corn on
O’Hare’s Hairport.
the cob, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot
Advanced tickets are $5; admission will dogs, Polish sausages, brats, gyros and
be $10 at the gates. Advance tickets are Italian beef sandwiches, plus all particiavailable in Byron at participating down- pating bars and restaurants are open for
town Byron bars and restaurants (Cave, indoor service.
Fifth Alarm. Leombruni’s, Spanky’s,
For more details, visit the Crossroads
Tailgaters, Union and Sunrise II), Snyder’s website or call Steve Jones, festival chairPharmacy and Market, Byron Bank and man, at (779) 537-4006.
Aug. 24-30, 2011
! Continued from page B2
Spring Creek Road. Collaborative
group art exhibit among students of
Rock Valley College, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers –
The Fireside Theatre, Fort Atkinson,
Wis. at dinner theatre thru Oct. 23.
Tickets/Info: 800-477-9595 or
firesidetheatre.com.
‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org or call
box office at 815-244-2035, open
11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Sunday, Aug. 28
David: A New Musical – The Fireside
Theatre, Fort Atkinson, Wis. at dinner theatre. Tickets/Info: 800-4779595 or firesidetheatre.com.
’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, or
call box office at 815-244-2035,
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Sexifyed part Deux – Pearl, 6876
Spring Creek Road. Collaborative
group art exhibit among students of
Rock Valley College, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Monday, Aug. 29
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers –
The Fireside Theatre, Fort Atkinson,
Wis. at dinner theatre thru Oct. 23.
Tickets/Info: 800-477-9595 or
firesidetheatre.com.
’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, or
call box office at 815-244-2035,
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Sexifyed part Deux – Pearl, 6876
Spring Creek Road. Collaborative
group art exhibit among students of
Rock Valley College, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Tuesday, Aug. 30
“Sculpture for the Home” – NIU Art
Museum, 116 Altgeld Hall, DeKalb.
Group exhibition featuring Jerry
Bloom, Juan Angel Chavez, Michael
Ferris Jr., Michael Gross, John
Himmelfarb, Gary Justis, Michael
Ransdell, and Margaret Wharton.
Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.,
noon-4 p.m., and by appointment.
Info: 815-753-1936.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers –
The Fireside Theatre, Fort Atkinson,
Wis. at dinner theatre thru Oct. 23.
Tickets/Info: 800-477-9595 or
firesidetheatre.com.
’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll.
7:30 p.m. Special production. Tickets $20, available online at
www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, or
call box office at 815-244-2035,
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Sexifyed part Deux – Pearl, 6876
Spring Creek Road. Collaborative
group art exhibit among students of
Rock Valley College, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Please have your free listing in to The
Rock River Times the Thursday preceding our Wednesday publication.
Call (815) 964-9767 to report any
inaccuracies in these calendars.
Community
Ongoing Attractions
Rockford Public Library Hours – Main
Library open Tues.-Thurs., noon-8
p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; East
Branch open Mon.-Thurs., noon-8
p.m. & Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Rock
River and Montague branches open
Tues.-Thurs., noon-8 p.m. & Fri., 10
a.m.-6 p.m.; Rockton Centre Branch
open Mon.-Thurs., noon-8 p.m. &
Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Lewis Lemon
Branch open Mon.-Fri., 2-6 p.m. All
library locations closed Sundays.
Burpee Museum of Natural History –
737 N. Main St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info:
815-965-3433.
Discovery Center Museum – 711 N.
Main St. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Info: 815-963-6769.
Tinker Swiss Cottage – 411 Kent St.
Tours 1, 2, 3 p.m., Tues.-Sun. New
exhibit: “Barn Quilt” on Tinker Barn to
celebrate Northern Illinois Quilt Fest
thru September. Info: 815-964-2424.
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
– 2715 S. Main St. Tues.-Sat., 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $6 adults, $3
seniors & students, children younger
than 3 and Klehm members, free.
Info: 815-965-8146.
Through the Branches – A Quilter’s
Perspective – Klehm Arboretum &
Botanic Garden, 2715 S. Main St.
Exhibit runs July through September.
Free with Arboretum daily admission
fee. Adults $6, seniors 65+/students
$3, members and children younger
than 5, free. Info: 815-965-8146.
Anderson Japanese Gardens – 318
Spring Creek Road. Open May 1-Oct.
31. Info: 815-229-9390.
Memorial Hall – 211 N. Main St. 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Mon-Fri., or by appointment. Info: 815-969-1999.
Camp Grant – 1004 Samuelson Road.
8 a.m.-2 p.m., Tues.-Sat. Restaurant
on premises. Info: 815-395-0679.
Lewis Lemon Community Center –
1993 Mulberry St. Mon.-Fri., 5:3011 p.m. Free. Info: 815-987-8800.
Ethnic Heritage Museum – 1129 S.
Main St. Sun., 2-4 p.m. Featuring
“Garibaldi Guard!” honoring the 39th
New York Infantry, a regiment of Italian-American men who fought under
Giuseppe Garibaldi; runs until Nov.
30. Admission $3 individual, $5 family. Info: 815-962-7402.
Pine Tree Pistol Club – Info about club
& classes: 815-874-7399.
Graham-Ginestra House Museum –
1115 S. Main St. Sundays, 2-4 p.m.
Info: 815-968-6044.
Midway Village – 6799 Guilford
Road. Mon.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Exhibit Stitches and Scraps: Quilts from
the Museum’s Collection until Oct.
1. Info: 815-397-9112.
Stone Quarry Recreation Park – 6845
N. German Church Road, Byron.
Mon.-Fri., 4-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-8
p.m. Info: 815-234-8900.
Health Classes/Seniors Meetings/
Support Groups – OSF Saint Anthony Center for Health. Call for
specific meetings/dates/info:
815-395-4505.
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Support Groups/Youth Drop-in Hours –
Diversity of Rockford, 117 S. Third St.
Free. Weekly. Call for specific meetings/dates/info: 815-964-2639.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Call for locations/times/info: 815-227-4633
or 815-968-0333.
Narcotics Anonymous – Call for locations/times/info: 815-964-5959
or 888-656-7329.
Support for Retired Grievers – Zion
Lutheran Church, 925 Fifth Ave. 1011:30 a.m. Free. Every other Wed.
Call for dates/info: 815-636-4750.
Overeaters Anonymous H.O.W.– Every Thursday at Byron Public Library,
Route 2. 12-step study group – 5:306 p.m. Regular group meets 6-7:30
p.m. Info: 815-734-4662.
Rockford Public Library Used Book
Shop – Rockford Public Library, 215
N. Wyman St. Mon.-Wed., noon-8
p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Info: 815-965-7606.
Ken-Rock Community Center – 3218
11th St. Various activities throughout the year. Info: 815-398-8864.
Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden
Drive. Yoga every Thursday, 9:3010:45 a.m. $40/four classes or
$12/class. Basic Hatha Yoga. Other
activities throughout the year. Info:
815-877-0118.
Beckman Mill Park – 11600 S. County
Road H, off Highway 81. Tours 1-4
p.m. Corn grinding demonstrations,
see the blacksmith shop, creamery
& visitor center. Info: 608-751-1551.
Heritage Farm Museum – 8059 N.
River Road, Byron. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.4:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.
Info: 815-234-8535, ext. 217.
Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and
Wheels Museum – 5151 Orth
Road, Poplar Grove. Open weekdays
11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Info: 815-547-3115.
Rock River Valley Blood Center – 419 N.
Sixth St. Mon.-Thurs., 6:30 a.m.-6:30
p.m.; Fri., 6:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Info: 815965-8751 or 866-889-9037.
Kishwaukee Valley A.B.A.T.E. Meeting
– V.F.W., 2018 Windsor Road, Loves
Park. Second Sunday of each month,
2 p.m. Info: 815-544-3088.
Open Doors – Court Street United Methodist Church Chapel, 215 N. Court St.
12:30-1 p.m. Every Wed. Enter north
end. Info: 815-962-6061.
Historic Auto Attractions – 13825
Metric Drive, Roscoe. Tues.-Sat., 10
a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info:
815-389-9999.
Angelic Organics Learning Center –
1547 Rockton Road, Caledonia.
Various classes & activities throughout the year. Info: 815-389-8455.
Byron Museum of History – 106 N.
Union St., Byron. Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Info:
815-234-5031.
The Bridge Center of Rockford – 4861
American Road. Games & classes
for beginners through experts. Info:
815-873-9334.
Becca’s Closet – Lutheran Church of
the Good Shepherd, 1829 N. Rockton
Ave. Accepting donations of gentlyused formal wear. Donations accepted Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at:
Machesney Park City Hall (300
Machesney Road), Classic Formal
Wear (Colonial Village Mall), United
Way of Rock River Valley (612 N.
Main St.), Crusader Clinic (1200 W.
State St.) & Harlem Roscoe Fire Station (Bridge & Main streets, Roscoe).
Info: 815-289-3551.
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‘Til Death Do Us Part
Staff Report
MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — Timber Lake
Playhouse, in Mount Carroll, Ill., will present
12 performances of ‘Til Death Do Us Part:
Late Nite Catechism 3 Aug. 25-Sept. 4.
Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett.
This is part catechism class, part stand-up
routine. It’s an interactive comedy, one of
the longest-running shows in Chicago and
U.S. theater history.
After teaching countless audiences all
about the saints, venial sins, guilt, limbo
and more, Sister is now offering hilarious
lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and
Last Rites, including her own wacky version of The Newlywed Game. Classroom
participation is a must with the country’s
feistiest couples’ counselor.
Special guest actress Mary Zentmyer joins
Timber Lake in the role of America’s favorite nun. Zentmyer has taught Catechisms
off broadway in New York and for several
years at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago.
Tickets ($20) are available online at
timberlakeplayhouse.org or by calling the
box office at (815) 244-2035 between 11 a.m.
Visit rockrivertimes.com
and 6 p.m. daily.
Timber Lake Playhouse is at 8215 Black
Oak Road in Mount Carroll, Ill.
John Deill, Jim Julin exhibit opens
at Rockford Art Museum Aug. 27
Staff Report
A free public opening for Rockford Art
Museum’s (RAM) latest exhibit, Rockford
Made 4356: Deill/Julin, will be from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27.
The public opening will include a free gallery
walk from 11 a.m. to noon and a free children’s
art activity from 11 a.m. to noon. The exhibit
will remain on display through Dec. 27.
Born on the same day, in the same year —
April 3,1956 — in the same Rockford hospital, Rockford Made 4356 celebrates the creative vision of noted Rockford artists John
Deill and Jim Julin.
Recipients of the coveted Jessica Holt
Purchase Award, both artists are represented in the RAM Permanent Collection.
While Deill is a self-described painter with
sculptural tendencies, Julin is a sculptor
best known for his monumental work in
RAM’s sculpture garden, “The Big Chair.”
Both self-taught artists share a remarkable sensitivity to materials and a keen eye
for meticulous craftsmanship. They also
have an innate feel for found objects.
Curated by Patty Rhea of RAM, this exhibition is a mid-career look at the thoughtprovoking work of these two Rockford natives.
RAM is inside Riverfront Museum Park,
711 N. Main St., Rockford.
A Rockford Made teacher workshop
will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5. Registration is required by
calling (815) 972-2874.
Rockford Made children’s classes will include “Oaxacan Animalitos” from 2 to 4 p.m.,
Saturday, Sept. 10; “Sock Monkeys ... Revamped!” from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8;
and “Spirit Houses of the Rich & Famous!”
from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12. Children’s
classes are $8 per class or $20 for all three. All
supplies are included. Registration is required by calling (815) 972-2874.
Visit rockfordartmuseum.org or call RAM
at (815) 968-2787.
‘Tinker with Music’
finale features
acoustic folk/pop
artist Ron Rawhoof
Staff Report
Acoustic folk/pop artist Ron Rawhoof will
be featured in the final concert of Tinker
Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens’
“Tinker with Music” free summer outdoor
concert series Sunday, Aug. 28.
The free concert will start at 6 p.m. on the
museum grounds, 411 Kent St.
After a gift of a guitar from his father one
Christmas (when he hinted for a clarinet!)
resulted in his taking to it like it was a basic
survival need — like air, water or food —
Rawhoof had to make up his own tuning
because there was no one around to show
him the basics.
The audience is encouraged to bring beach
chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy food
prepared and served by the Thunder Bay
Grille while listening to the music. The
Tinker Museum Gift Shop will be open
during the concert and a “sample” tour of
the entry level of the cottage will be available following the concert.
For more details, call Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens at (815) 9642424 or visit tinkercottage.org.
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Bill Engberg Orchestra
performs ‘One More Time’
Photo by Jon McGinty
The Bill Engberg Orchestra performs at Veterans Memorial Hall Sunday, Aug. 21, in a concert titled
“One More Time.” The orchestra performed in the area from the 1930s through the 1960s at various
venues and for many popular events. Many members of the “greatest generation” showed up to dance,
socialize and listen to the memories.
Arts Council launches ‘ArtSavers’
Challenge in hopes of raising funds
Organization’s budget cut by 75 percent in three years
! Rockford Area Board of
Directors to donate $1 to match
every $1 in donations made by
Aug. 31 in ArtSavers Challenge
Staff Report
After facing its second major funding reduction in three years, the Rockford Area
Arts Council has launched an “ArtSavers”
Challenge with the hope of raising additional funding.
The City of Rockford recently reduced the
Arts Council’s funding from $50,000 to
$25,000, amounting to a 75 percent reduction overall in the past three years. The city
staff has been asked by the city council to
explore other possible funding sources for
the additional revenue.
In the Arts Council’s ArtSavers Challenge, for every dollar donated to the Arts
Council by fiscal year end, which is Aug. 31,
the Rockford Area Board of Directors will
raise a dollar to match.
Donations are accepted online at
www.artsforeveryone.com or at the Arts
Council office, 713 E. State St., during regular business hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., MondayThursday, and 8 a.m.-noon, Friday.
Area businesses willing to collect donations will be given “ArtSaver” Collection
boxes. Contact the Rockford Area Arts Council at (815) 963-6765.
Rockford Made 4356:
DEILL/JULIN
AUG 26–DEC 27, 2011 ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM
Born on the same day, in the same year (4-3-56) and in
the same local hospital, Rockford artists John Deill and
Jim Julin celebrate their creative and collective vision.
FREE Admission ALL DAY | Sat, Aug 27
FREE Gallery Walk | 11 am
FREE Children’s Art Activity | 11 am
sponsored by the Dean Alan Olson Foundation
Rockford Art Museum | 711 N. Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103 | P 815.968.2787
www.rockfordartmuseum.org
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Household Hazardous Waste DropOff – Rock River Water Reclamation District, 3333 Kishwaukee St.
Sat., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m.
Club Round: A Clubhouse for Round
People – 7120 Windsor Lake
Pkwy., Suite 202, Loves Park. Various activities throughout the year.
Info: 815-639-0312.
Rockton Township Historical Society
Museum – Corner of Blackhawk
Boulevard & Green Street, Rockton.
Open for tours every Sat. 10 a.m.-2
p.m. Info: 815-624-4830..
Having Trouble Hearing on the Phone?
– Center for Sight & Hearing, 8038
Macintosh Lane. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Mon.-Fri. Free amplified phone program. Must be Illinois resident and
have standard phone service. Application/info: 815-332-6800.
Stretch & Belly Dance Combo Beginners’ Class – Club Round, 7120
Windsor Lake Parkway. 7:30-9 p.m.
Classes every Mon., Wed. & Fri. Registration/info: 815-639-0312.
Adventure Club – Jarrett Center,
Byron Forest Preserve District,
7993 N. River Road, Byron. 9-11
a.m. or 1-3 p.m. Ages 3-6. Info:
815-234-8535, ext. 200.
Intermediate Writing/Publishing
Class – Meets every Mon. Call for
information. Info: 224-343-0384.
Introduction to Card-Making/Stamping – Meets every Thurs. Call for
information. Info: 224-343-0384.
Toddler Time – Mount Olive Lutheran
Church, 2001 N. Alpine Road. 9:1510:15 a.m. Every Mon. and Tues.
Free. Info: 815-399-3171.
Neighborhood Tool Bank – 907 S. Main
St. Loans out tools for gardening &
cleanup projects. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Mon.-Thurs.; and 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday.
Thru Oct. 1. Make appointment in advance. Info: 815-963-6236.
Logan Museum of Anthropology –
700 College St., Beloit, Wis. 11
a.m.-4 p.m., Tues.-Sun. Info: 608363-2677.
Yoga Classes – Emmanuel Lutheran
Church, 920 Third Ave., Rockford.
Mondays, 6-7:15 p.m., six weeks consecutive, $45 or single classes, $10
each. Register/Info: 815-963-4815.
Jarrett Center – Byron Forest Preserve District, 7993 N. River Road,
Byron.Visiting display: Byron Museum
of History, thru June. Info: 815-2348535, ext. 200.
Summerfield Zoo – 3088 Flora Road,
Belvidere. Open two weekends a
month, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, 11
a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays. Open one weekday per month. Admission: $7 adults,
$5 children. Info: 815-547-4852.
Magic Waters Waterpark – 7820 N.
CherryVale Blvd., Cherry Valley. Open
thru Sept. 5. Mon., 10 a.m-9 p.m.;
Tues., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.9 p.m.; Thurs., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri. 10
a.m.-9 pm.; Sat & Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed Aug. 22-26 and Aug. 29-Sept.
2. General Admission: $22.95/nonresident, $17.95/resident; under 48
inches tall and seniors (62 and older):
$16.95/non-resident, $12.95/resident; ages 1-2: $4/non-resident and
resident; younger than 1 year: free.
Info: 815-966-2442.
Coronado Performing Arts Center – 314
N. Main St. Tickets now on sale for Bill
Cosby performance of Nov. 5. $37.50$57.50. Available at box office, or call
815-968-0595 or coronadopac.org.
Reservations for “Sip and Sail” –
“Cruisin’ on the Rock Event” to be
held Sept. 12. $35/person, age 21
and older. Info: 815-987-1632 or
lisaalexander@rockfordparkdistrict.org.
Registration: Training for Parents of
Students Receiving Special Education Services – Family Matters Parent Training and Information Center. Date: Sept. 8. Info/Register:
866-436-7842, ext. 107 or
fmptic.org. Registration after Sept.
1 must be by phone.
Wednesday, Aug. 24
Edgebrook Farmers’ Market –
Edgebrook Shopping Center, 1601
N. Alpine Road. Every Wednesday
from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Local produce.
Rockford Rescue Mission will have
bins available for donations. Donations can be dropped off at several
locations. Info: 815-226-0212.
Winnebago County Animal Services Public Awareness Sessions – Volunteer
Auxiliary at 4517 N. Main St. All sessions: 6-7:30 p.m. Ask the Veterinarian. Call to register: 815-319-4106.
Babes and Books – Rockford Public Library, Main Library, Little Theatre, 215
N. Wyman St. 11:15 a.m.-noon. Children younger than 2. Develop baby’s
literacy & social skills through rhymes,
stories, songs. Info: 815-965-7606.
Lunch and Lecture Series: “The American Civil War” – Memorial Hall, 211
N. Main St. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Second of three sessions; Terry Dyer will
discuss citizen volunteers, groups
they belonged to, and Camp Fuller.
$10 per session includes lunch.
RSVP: 815-969-1999.
Microsoft Word 2010 No. 3 – Rockford Public Library, Main Library,
second-floor computer room, 215
N. Wyman St. 2-4 p.m. Ages 13 and
older. Prerequisite: Must have taken
MS Word 1 & 2 or their equivalent.
Info: 815-965-7606.
Openfields Local Foods Dinner – Severson Dells Nature
Center,
8502
Montague Road. Appetizers,
6 p.m., dinner 6:30. Cost:
$45/person. Sponsor: Univ.
of Illinois Extension. Hosted
by Toni’s of Winnebago. Info:
815-986-4357 or http://
web.extension.illinois.edu/
jsw/.
Field Day – Harrison Market Gardens, 9024 Harrison
Road, Winnebago. 3-5 p.m.
A subscription U-Pick CSA
that grows produce for subscribers to receive weekly or
biweekly during the growing season.
Cost: $10/person. Info: 815-986http://
4357
or
web.extension.illinois.edu.jsw.
Families First Exposition – Indoor
Sports Center, 8800 E. Riverside
Blvd., Loves Park. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Display of community resources for
parents. Free. Info: 815-885-4862.
Facebook – Rockford Public Library,
Main Library, second-floor computer
room, 215 N. Wyman St. 6-8 p.m.
Ages 13 and older. Must be proficient at using a computer and the
Internet. Info: 815-965-7606.
Kids Club – Rockford Public Library,
Montague Branch, Connie Lane
Room, 1238 S. Winnebago St. 5-6
p.m. Ages 6-12. Info: 815-965-7606.
Wednesday Storytime – Rockford Public Library, Rock River Branch, 3128
11th St. 4-4:45 p.m. All ages. Info:
815-965-7606.
Wednesday Storytime – Rockford Public Library, Rock River Branch, 3128
11th St. 4-4:45 p.m. All ages. Info:
815-965-7606.
Ski Broncs Water Ski Show –
Shorewood Park, 5000 Forest
Grove St., Loves Park. 7 p.m.
Public Skating – Carlson Arctic Ice Arena
& Sapora Playworld, 4150 N. Perryville
Road. Info: 815-969-4069.
Breastfeeding Class – OSF Saint Anthony Center for Life, St. Anthony and
St. Joseph Rooms, 5666 E. State St.
7-9 p.m. Free. Info: 815-227-2695.
Gastric Banding & Bypass Support
Group – OSF Saint Anthony Center
for Health, 5510 E. State St. 5-6
p.m. Info: 815-227-2761.
Weight Loss Orientation – OSF Saint
Anthony Center for Health, rotates
among three OSF locations. 11:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. every Wed. Info: 815“Woman to Woman” Breast Cancer
Support Group – OSF Saint Anthony
Center for Cancer Care, 5666 E.
State St. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info:
815-227-2624.
Psychology Boot Camp – Spectrum
of Rockford LGBTQA, 6625 N.
Second St., Loves Park. Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. Learn cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
and dialectical behavioral
therapy (DBT) techniques. Build
your mental strengths. Cost:
$15 per group session. Register at: 815-639-0300.
Rockford Mass Transit District Board
of Trustees Meeting - RMTD Conference Room, 520 Mulberry St.
7:45 a.m. Info: 815-961-2222.
Thursday, Aug. 25
Career Fair – Hoffman House, 7550 E.
State St. Noon- 3 p.m. Hosted by
The Rock River Times
Rasmussen College. Open to public;
speak to local employers.
Rasmussen will offer webinars and
workshops to help job seekers.
Wine Dinner Benefit for Womanspace
– Wind Ridge Herb Farm, 466 Quail
Trap Road, Caledonia. 6-9 p.m. With
Chef Tim of Forest City Pub. Lessons
on cooking with herbs, instructions
on marinating and more. Vegetarian courses available. $100/person. $45 of which is donation. Info:
815-877-0118.
Conversational Spanish – Rockford
Public Library, East Branch, Friends
of RPL Community Room, 6685 E.
State St. 6-8 p.m. Ages 18 and older.
Info: 815-965-7606.
Microsoft Word 2010 No. 2 – Rockford Public Library, Main Library,
second-floor computer room, 215
N. Wyman St. 2-4 p.m. Ages 13 and
older. Prerequisite: Proficient familiarity with Introduction to Computers and Internet or equivalents. Must
have taken Microsoft Word 1. Info:
815-965-7606.
QuickBooks 3 – Rockford Public Public
Library, East Branch, Friends of RPL
Community Room, 6685 E. State St.
6-8 p.m. Ages 18 and older. Registration is required. Info: 815-965-7606.
Water Planet Summer Day Camp –
Welty Environmental Center at
Beckman Mill County Park, 11600
County Road H, off Highway 81,
Beloit. Thru Aug. 19. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
daily. Ages 6-12 years. Cost: $60/
Welty member, $75/non-member.
Optional family campout, $10/Welty
family, $15/non-member family.
Info: 608-361-1377.
Dinner on the Dock – Prairie Street
Brewhouse, 200 Prairie St. Enjoy the
river with food from Backyard Grill, full
bar and music. Info: 815-315-4280.
Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Class
– OSF Saint Anthony Center for Cancer Care, 5666 E. State St. 9:3010:30 a.m. Registration is required.
Info: 815-227-2618.
Insect & Disease Prevention in the
Home Vegetable Garden – University of Illinois Extension-Winnebago
Co., 1040 N. Second St., Rockford.
6-8 p.m. Cost: $5/person. Info: 815http://
986-4357
or
web.extension.illinois.edu/jsw/.
SOUNS for Infants – Rockford Public
Library, East Branch Children’s Area,
6685 E. State St. 6-6:45 p.m. Ages
under 2. Literacy-building program.
Info: 815-965-7606.
Open Mic – Katie’s Cup, 502 Seventh
St. Free. Info: 815-986-0628.
Swing Dancing – St. Edward Church,
3004 11th St. 8-10:30 p.m. Every
Thurs. Info: 815-914-7441.
OSF “Stepping
Forward” Cancer
Support Group –
OSF Saint Anthony
Center for Cancer
Care, 5666 E.
State St. 6:30-8
p.m. Info: 815227-2223.
Support for Grief
After Suicide –
Gloria
Dei
Lutheran Church,
4700 Augustana
Drive. 7 p.m. Free.
Every
other
Thurs. Call for
schedule/info:
815-399-0202.
A Ministry of
Restoration
Bible Study –
Montague
Branch Library,
1238
S.
Winnebago St.
5:30 p.m. Every
Thurs. Prayer every Tues. 6:30
p.m. For prayer
or info: 815966-6322.
OvereatersAnonymous H.O.W. –
Byron Public Library, on Ill. Route
2. 6-7:30 p.m. everyThurs.Info:815547-5932.
Yoga for Women – Womanspace,
3333 Maria Linden Drive. 9:3010:45 a.m. Basic Hatha Yoga to
improve flexibility, strength, balance,
stamina, reduce anxiety and stress.
Cost: $40/four classes or $12/
class. Info: 815-877-0118.
LGBT Movie Night – Spectrum of Rockford, 7120 Windsor Lake Parkway,
Suite 202, Loves Park. 7:30-10 p.m.
Ages 16 and up. $10/person/
RSVP: 815-639-0312.
Friday, Aug. 26
Midtown Farmers’ Market – Seventh
Street and Second Avenue, across
from Nicholson’s Hardware. Every
Friday until mid-October, 3-7 p.m.
Local produce, honey, cheese,
snacks, crafts, with local musicians
performing every week.
Rockford City Market – 200 Water
St. between State and Jefferson
streets. 3-7 p.m. 25+ vendors. Music by Mike Lynch. Featuring Natural Land Institute. Info: 815-9644388 or rockfordcitymarket.com.
Farmers’ Market – HCC Realty, 1240
S. Alpine Road.
Drop-in Storytime – Rockford Public
Library, Main Library Little Theatre,
215 N. Wyman St. 10:30-11 a.m.
Info: 815-965-7606.
Kiwanis Peanut Days – Intersection of
Main Street and Blackhawk Boulevard, Rockton. 7-9 a.m. and 3-5 p.m.
Friday Fishing Fun – Welty Environmental Center, Beckman Mill County Park,
11600 S. County Road H, off Highway 81, Beloit, Wis. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Ages 6-12. Cost: $12/Welty member, $15/non-member. Info: 608361-1377 or info@weltycenter.org.
Leaf River Summer Nights – River Valley
Complex, 605 S. Main St., Leaf River.
Free-will donations for “Raise the Roof”
project. Info: 815-973-1064.
Diabetes Support Group – OSF Saint
Anthony Medical Center, St.
Francis Room, 5666 E. State St.
6:30 p.m. open discussion. Free.
Info: 815-395-5159.
Spectrum of Rockford LGBTQA – Harmony Center, 6625 N. Second St.,
Loves Park. Bisexual group, 6-7:30
p.m. Rockford Rainbow Spirituality
Group, 6-7:30 p.m. Lesbian
Women’s Group, 7:30-9 p.m. LGBT
Friendship Group, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Cost/Info: 815-639-0312.
Forest City Queen Grab ’N’ Go Lunch
Cruise – Riverview Park, 324 N.
Madison St. Grab a box lunch and
board the boat for a 30-minute cruise.
No reservations required. $8 adults,
($8.50 non-resident); $7.50 ages 517 ($8.50 non-resident]; free for ages
4 and younger. Info: 815-987-8894.
Wellness for the Mind, Body & Spirit
Lecture Series: Natural Health –
Siena on Brendenwood, 4444
Brendenwood Road. 1:30 p.m. Ryan
Hulsebus, D.C. Info: 815-399-6167.
Public Skating – Carlson Arctic Ice Arena
& Sapora Playworld, 4150 N. Perryville
Road. Info: 815-969-4069.
Friday Night Flix: Cars – Davis Park North
Lawn, 300 S. Wyman St. Free. Gates
open at 7 p.m., movie at sundown.
Water Planet Summer Day Camp –
Welty Environmental Center at
Beckman Mill County Park, 11600
County Road H, off Highway 81,
Beloit. Thru Aug. 19. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
daily. Friday Family Night at 6 p.m.
Ages 6-12 years. Cost: $60/Welty
member, $75/non-member. Optional family campout, $10/Welty
family, $15/non-member family.
Info: 608-361-1377.
Open Computer Lab – Rockford Public
Library, Rock River Branch, 3128
11th St. 2-4 p.m. Ages 13 and older.
Bring your own laptop or use one at
the library. Info: 815-965-7606.
Forest City Queen Friday Night Fish
Fry Cruise – Riverview Park, 321 N.
Madison St. Enjoy Rockford Park
District’s Rocky’s Concessions fish
dinner with tartar sauce, cole slaw,
baked beans, bread, dessert & beverage while crusing the Rock River.
Watch the Ski Broncs performance.
$21. Info: 815-9878894.
Friday Survivor Days – Welty Environmental Center at Beckman Mill Park,
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Ski Broncs Water Ski Show – Shorewood Park, 5000
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Genoa-Kingston Firefighters “Fill the Boot” for MDA –
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Alpha Monthly Potluck – OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center,
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for widowed persons. Info: 815-633-9530.
Saturday Spectacular: Bunches of Boxes! – Rockford Public Library, Main Library Little Theatre, 215 N. Wyman St.
11-11;45 a.m. All ages. Info: 815-965-7606.
Quilt Appraisals – Macktown Living History Education Center,
Macktown Forest Preserve, 2221 Freeport Road, Rockton.
Discussion of antique-type quilts in “Bed Turning” 9-10 a.m.
Appraisals by a Certified Quilt Appraiser, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Written appraisals, $35. Info: 815-624-4200.
Basic Computer Skills Training – YWCA of Rockford, 4990 E.
State St. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $20. Registration is required.
Info: 815-316-6122 or danita.lewis@ywca-rockford.org.
Lockwood Park Birthday Celebration – Lockwood Park,
5201 Safford Road. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Pony rides, face
painting, water balloon toss, crafts & games. Free admission; fees for some activities. Info: 815-987-8809 or 888871-6171 [TTY] or www.rockfordparkdistrict.org.
Trip to Kenosha – Byron Forest Preserve District, Jarrett Center,
7993 N. River Road. , 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Cost: $15/person. Info:
815-234-8535, ext. 200.
Lampwork Demonstration – Tink’s Nook, 2007 E. State St.,
Cherry Valley. 1-3 p.m. Preview to classes in an ancient
glass beadwork art form. Info: 815-332-1890.
Lights for Learning – Rockford Public Library, Main Library
Auditorium, 215 N. Wyman St. 3-4:30 p.m. All ages. Learn
how energy works. Info: 815-965-7606.
Yoga Nidra Workshops – Womanspace, Anjali Pavilion, 3333
Maria Linden Drive. 10-11:15 a.m. Cost: $15/session. Dress
comfortably and bring a sticky mat. Info: 815-877-0118.
NASCAR Weekly Racing Series – Rockford Speedway, 9572
Forest Hills Road, Loves Park. Windsor Auto Sales presents
Gilley’s Cool 5. Series–Round IV. Spectator gates open 5
p.m., qualifying begins at 6 p.m. with the first race at 7:07 p.m.
Adult tickets: $8, students (ages 12-17) $10, kids [ages 611] $5, children age 5 and younger, free. Info: 815-6331500 or www.rockfordspeedway.com.
Kundalini Yoga – Lazy Dog Yoga Studio, 5428 Williams
Drive, Roscoe. 9 a.m. Info: 970-485-0249.
Weiskopf Observatory–Public Viewing – Byron Forest Preserve
District, Jarrett Center, 7993 N. River Road, Byron. Begins at
dusk, every Saturday. Free. Info: 815-234-8535, ext. 216.
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Beloit Regional Hospice Breakfast – Skip’s Friendly Village,
5321 Jefferson St., Afton. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $8 for
steak, eggs, potatoes, toast or $4 without steak. Includes
music and chance to buy raffle tickets. Info: Skip’s at 608362-9732 or BRH at 608-363-7421.
Old Town Hall Museum – Davis Junction Scott Township
Historical Society Old Town Hall Museum, 202 W. Pacific
Ave.,one block south of Rt. 72, corner of Pacific and Elm.
Davis Junction. 1-4 p.m.
Welcome Reception for Beverly Broyles – Emerson House, 420
N. Main St. 5:30-7:30 p.m. For new executive director of
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center. Info: 815-964-9713.
Family Golf – Ingersoll Golf Course, 101 Daisyfield Road. Open
practice 1-5 p.m. Admission: $1, ages 17 and younger, $3
ages 18 and older [$1 if accompanied by youth ages 17 and
younger). Park District golf permit holders admitted free. Info:
815-987-8834.
Pine Tree Pistol Club – 5454 11th St., Rockford. 1-5 p.m. open
to the public for general target shooting on 2nd and 4th
Sundays of the month. Classes in firearms safety and most
events open to the public. Info: www.pinetreepistolclub.com.
Good God Questions – Zion Lutheran Church, 925 Fifth Ave.
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62 Topic for debate
63 Nocturnal flier
64 Blood vessels
65 Throat-clearing sounds
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9 Golfer Ernie
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11 Like the halls of Harvard
12 U. S. Grant foe
13 Vends
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22 Seaweed variety
27 It cuts along the grain
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30 Source of solar energy
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Stitched
Oyster prizes
Early photograph color
Wreck
Part of a washing machine
cycle
Moves in a current
Iconic riveter of World War II
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Traveler
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The Rock River Times
Poem: Keeping the earth Mendelssohn PAC to hold
rich by letting it go fallow welcome reception for
Literary Hook
By Christine Swanberg
Author and Poet
The Midwest has a wide range of weather
along with its rich earth. One way farmers
keep the earth rich is by letting it go fallow
from time to time. It’s like a big Sabbath for
the earth. I was struck by the possible
symbolism, which eventually showed up in
this poem.
Fallow
The fallow field absorbs the rain,
which turns its soil deeper brown.
The farmer has left it unplanted
until the elements have nourished
just the right environment for growing.
The wise farmer does this by intention.
I remind myself of this when friendships
strain and blow like parched topsoil.
Or when a surprising impasse enters
a conversation or a project, I try
to leave it alone for a while. This,
despite what psychologists may say,
is not passive-aggression. Sometimes
waiting is just waiting, which requires
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9:15 a.m. Every Sun. Free. Info: 815964-4609.
Ethnic Quilts – Ethnic Heritage Museum, 1129 S. Main St. Showcases
a variety of ethnic, southwest Rockford, and Civil War circa quilts. Thru
Sept. 30. Sponsored by Northern
Illinois Quilt Fest. Admission: $5/
family, $3/ individual, $2/student.
Info: 815-962-7402.
Huntington’s Disease Support
Group – OSF St. Anthony Medical
Center, St. Anthony & St. Joseph
Rooms, 5666 E. State St. 2-4 p.m.
Info: 815-282-0600.
Public Skating – Carlson Arctic Ice
Arena & Sapora Playworld, 4150 N.
Perryville Road. Info: 815-969-4069.
intentional patience and hope for rain.
I remind myself of that intentional farmer
when writer’s block makes my mind shrivel
like a dry field, sprinkled only with weeds,
not one worth picking. I have learned
to let my mind go fallow. After all,
all things need a rest. Even marriage
needs a recess now and then.
The trick is to lie down in your own corner
on your own blanket and take a nap.
In marriage we are all kindergartners.
A nap is like a fallow field,
empty and ready for renewal.
Love that lasts will have its barren patches.
Once I planted milk pod seeds deep in the soil.
The first year they lay fallow. Not one
sprouted in the garden. Two years later
dozens nestled near the phlox
and sunflowers. Today monarchs lay eggs
on milk pod leaves. Butterflies are hatching.
First published in Chiron Review, Kansas.
Christine Swanberg has published about
300 poems in 70 journals and anthologies.
Her books include Who Walks Among the
Trees with Charity (Wind Publishing, Kentucky), The Red Lacquer Room (Chiron Publishing, Kansas) and The Tenderness of
Memory (Plainview Press, Texas).
Monday, Aug. 29
Fund-raiser for Law Enforcement Torch
Run for Special Olympics Illinois –
Dunkin’ Donuts, 1840 DeKalb Ave.,
Sycamore. 6 a.m.-2 p.m. In partnership with Sycamore and DeKalb Police
departments. Info: 815-985-9721.
Info on University of Illinois ExtensionWinnebago Co. Master Naturalist
Program – Cherry Valley Public Library, 755 E. State St., Cherry Valley. 6 p.m. Hosted by Jackie de
Batista; participants commit to 40
hours of naturalist training and 30
hours of volunteer service. Info/
Register: 815-986-4357 or http:/
/winnebago.extension.uiuc.edu.
Chocolate City Nightlife – Bar 3, 326
E. State St. 9 p.m. Every Mon. Info:
815-621-4319.
Open Computer Lab – Rockford Public
Library, Rockton Centre Branch,
3112 N. Rockton Ave. 6-8 p.m. Ages
13 and older. Bring your own laptop
or use one at the library. Info: 815965-7606.
Public Skating – Carlson Arctic Ice Arena
& Sapora Playworld, 4150 N. Perryville
Road. Info: 815-969-4069.
Rockford Ostomy Support Group –
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center,
5666 E. State St. 7:30 p.m. Info:
815-397-2514.
Point Man Ministries – Firstborn Ministries Church, 8213 N. Alpine Road.
6:30 p.m. Veterans meet for fellowship and prayer every Monday. Info:
Beverly Broyles Aug. 26
Staff Report
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center will
hold a welcome reception for its new executive director, Beverly Broyles, from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 26, at Emerson
House, 420 N. Main St., Rockford. Broyles
was formerly employed by Tinker Swiss
Cottage Museum.
The reception will be hosted by Bob
Quimby, president of the board, and Andrea
Gibbs, outgoing executive director. Refreshments will be provided.
The event is free to the public, but
reservations are requested so
Mendelssohn will know how many people
will be coming. RSVP to Laura Schweitzer
at laura@mendelssohnpac.org or call
Mendelssohn at (815) 964-9713.
WLUV Country Radio celebrates
anniversary with picnic Aug. 28
! Celebration includes live
music, free picnic offering
Staff Report
WLUV (1520 AM) Country Radio will celebrate its 49th anniversary with a picnic
from 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28, outside the
WLUV radio station, 2272 Elmwood Road,
Loves Park. The station will be broadcasting
live country, bluegrass and gospel music.
Bands and single performers are wel-
815-742-1993.
Tuesday, Aug. 30
Farmers’ Market – Verdi Club, 782 N.
Madison St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Every Tuesday thru Sept. 27. Info: 815-968-8119.
Edgar Cayce A.R.E Holistic & Spiritual
Study Group – 1615 River Bluff
Blvd. Every other Tues. 7-8:30 p.m.
Info: 815-234-2394.
Family Skate – Carlson Arctic Ice Arena
& Sapora Playworld, 4150 N.
Perryville Road, Loves Park. 8 p.m.
Info: 815-969-4069.
Goodwill Industries Job Fair – Huntley
REC Center, 12015 Mill St., Huntley, Ill. Applicants must be at least 16
years old, available to work weekends and nights. Info: 815-965-
come to play or sing live on WLUV Radio.
Sign in at 12:30 p.m. See Bruce Nelson to get
on the schedule.
The public is invited to the picnic offering
of free hot dogs, chips and pop outside on the
grounds. Bring lawn chairs. People can visit
inside the station and have a piece of free
anniversary cake.
Manager Joe Salvi invites everyone to
help celebrate his 49 years of being on the air.
For more information, call (815) 877-9588.
3795 or www.goodwillni.org.
Adult Grief Support Group – Beloit
Regional Hospice Office, 655 Third
St., Suite 200, Beloit, Wis. 6-7:30
p.m. Info: 608-363-7421.
Kundalini Yoga – Lazy Dog Yoga Studio, 5428 Williams Drive, Roscoe.
7:30 a.m. Info: 970-485-0249.
Public Skating – Riverview Ice
House, 324 N. Madison St. Info:
815-963-7465.
Public Skating – Carlson Arctic Ice Arena
& Sapora Playworld, 4150 N. Perryville
Road. Info: 815-969-4069.
“Get Fit After 50...Safely” – Rock Valley College, Physical Education Center, 3301 N. Mulford Road. Info:
815-921-3931.
Spectrum of Rockford LGBTQA – Har-
mony Center, 6625 N. Second St.,
Loves Park. Teen Drop-In, 4-6 p.m.
Young Adult Meet & Greet, 5-7 p.m.
Gay Men’s Group, 7-8:30 p.m.
Transgender Group, 8:30-10 p.m.
Cost/Info: 815-639-0312.
Sunset Storytime – Rockford Public
Library, East Branch, Children’s Area,
6685 E. State St. 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Info: 815-965-7606.
Baseball: Rockford RiverHawks vs.
Traverse City Beach Bums – Road
Ranger Stadium, 4503 Interstate
Blvd., Loves Park. 7 p.m. $5-$15.
Info: 815-885-2255.
Please have your free listing in to The
Rock River Times the Thursday preceding our Wednesday publication.
Call (815) 964-9767 with updates.
Commentary/News
The Rock River Times
Protest 10 years of Afghan war
Left Justified
By Stanley Campbell
It’s been 10 years
since our troops invaded Afghanistan.
The U.S., under Commander-In-Chief
George W. Bush, sent
in the military to
chase down the killers of 9/11. No one protested. Ten years
later, people are getting a little leery of this mess. And it is now
Barack Obama’s war.
Some of us wished we would have built an
international force to deal with backward
Afghanistan. Sent in the United Nations.
The country was under the thumb of the
Taliban, an extremist sect of hill tribesmen
to whom the U.S. had given guns and money.
The U.S. had wanted them to fight the
Soviets, who’d invaded to quell an uprising
of hill tribesmen. I think the Afghans have
been fighting everyone at least once in their
history — starting with Alexander the Great.
If Obama had said, “We’ll get Osama,
then leave,” he would have had the respect
of most Americans. He got Osama, but what
now? A number of people say this may be
Obama’s Vietnam.
I am a Vietnam veteran. I served with the
United States Army in DaNang’s 67th Medical Group.
I can quite unequivocally tell you that
Afghanistan is not like Vietnam. (I once
made similar comments about the Iraqi
War.) Vietnam is a jungle. Afghanistan is
mountainous desert. It rains more in Vietnam, so much so there’s a season called
monsoon, which means “god-awful deluge.”
And while the Viet Cong hid in the jungle,
Afghan insurgents hide in mountains.
And the cities look different. In Vietnam,
they’re either villages of bamboo huts or
French Colonial-style buildings. (Remember, the French were there before us.) In
Afghanistan, the inner cities are bombed
out, and villages look like piles of mud and
stick. There are poor people in both countries, and have a similar hue to their skin.
In Vietnam, there may have been more
people who, though they did not support American troops, were wary of the Communists.
The American soldier in Vietnam, I think,
may have had a little more security than in
Afghanistan, although there were booby traps,
sniper fire and terrorist-type bombings.
Armies of Viet Cong were backed up by
North Vietnam regulars. Afghanistan hasn’t
had an organized resistance.
Muslim countries surround Afghanistan,
Buddhists in Vietnam.
Whereas in Vietnam, the United States first
supported the French war from 1946 to ’54,
then sent advisers in secret; in Afghanistan,
American forces were sent all at once and are
trying to occupy the whole damn country.
In Vietnam, the American soldier was
used as bait to attract enemy fire. In Afghanistan, technology is better and the rate
of death lower.
The differences between the two countries are obvious: geographic, physical, religious, etc. So, yes, there’s a difference between Afghanistan and Vietnam, but why
do the wars smell like disaster?
And speaking of being outgunned, our
forces in Afghanistan need some help. When
soldiers are overstressed, innocents are apt
to die as rules fall by the side of the road.
Here’s another similarity: war makes
somebody rich.
During war, money is stolen. During
World War I, cases of theft included weap-
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ons that were paid for but never delivered.
In World War II, President Harry S Truman
got his notoriety from dragging defense
contractors over hot coals. He found enough
corruption to fund a third front.
While I was in Vietnam, I remember
giant supply depots full of stuff, from ping
pong balls to beer, paid for by the American taxpayer.
So, who’s keeping track of the War on
Terror billions? Thieves hide behind American flags and hope we salute instead of reading the fine print. So, yes, in some cases, the
war in Afghanistan is like the war in Vietnam.
Stanley Campbell is executive director of
Rockford Urban Ministries and spokesman
for Rockford Peace & Justice.
No cell phone usage
in school zones
Staff Report
In anticipation of the upcoming school
year, the Rockford Police Department would
like to remind citizens that cell phone usage
is prohibited in school zones. This law is in
place to help ensure the safety of the children
and the school employees within these zones.
According to the Illinois Vehicle Code in
625 ILCS 5/12-610.1:
1. No cell phone use is permitted in a
school speed zone.
2. A person under the age of 19 who holds
an instruction permit or
3. A person who holds a graduated driver’s
license may not use a cell phone while driving at any time other than during an emergency to call for assistance.
It is permissible for persons other than a
person under the age of 19 who holds an
instruction permit or a person who holds a
graduated driver’s license to use a cell phone
in voice-activated/speaker mode.
Officers of the Rockford Police Department will be working details in school zones
to assure compliance.
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Aug. 24-30, 2011
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miles, more or less. In that area, there are at
least 56 turbines, and 30 are on land owned
by absentee landowners who do not have
the negative effects of shadow flicker, poor
TV reception or noise.
In that same 13-square-mile area, there
are 47 homes, excluding those in the Village
of Ohio. Ten of those homes belong to and
are lived in by people who have turbines on
their farm. The other 37 homes are owned
and occupied by residents who are not participating in the wind farm.
We are among those 36 nonparticipating
homes because we chose not to have a turbine on our farm, as did two other farmers in
our area. However, most of those 36 homes
are on small rural estates, and they had no
choice for a turbine.
We have 12 turbines located around our
house that vary in distance from less than a
quarter-of-a-mile to three located less than
a mile. There is no window in our home to
look out without seeing turbine blades going round and round. I have taken pictures
from my windows, if anyone is interested in
looking at them.
As we sit on our patio, we are looking at 31
turbines spinning. The sound is a monotonous sound of whish, whish that can vary in
intensity and, at times, has sounded like a
train rumbling down a track. I refer to it as
irritating, like a dripping faucet. It just never
stops, unless the turbine is not running.
The beautiful countryside in our area has
disappeared, along with the quiet and peaceful county living we once had.
We have shadow flicker many months of
the year, from 15 minutes to more than an
hour a day, whenever the sun is shining and
turbines are running.
At a meeting before Big Sky was built, I
asked about shadow flicker. The developer
said I would have flicker for maybe two to
three seconds a year. I should have had him
write his statement down and sign it. My
suggestion is that if a developer tells you
something, have him sign a written statement to that effect.
Some mornings, we don’t need an alarm,
because the flicker wakes us up. This fall,
we will again have the most intense flicker
starting in October and until the end of
February. This comes from a turbine 1,620
feet (according to Big Sky measurements)
southwest of our house.
The flicker is in every room in our house
— we can’t get away from it. When we first
experienced this, we thought something was
wrong with our lights, but as our eyes kept
moving to find the source — we just couldn’t
figure it out. I then walked into the kitchen,
and it was coming through the closed venetian blind — then we knew. That flicker
lasted an hour. It made my husband feel ill,
like motion sickness. The brighter the sun,
the more intense the flicker.
This flicker is hard to explain to people.
Flickering fluorescent lights in every room
might be similar; however, they would not
cast moving light on the walls and furniture.
This flicker comes through trees, blinds
or lined drapes. Light-blocking shades would
have to be sealed to the sides of the window.
The shadows are on our buildings, our lawn
and across our field. Last fall, I covered the
tops of my south windows with wide aluminum foil. I did this so I could look outside a few
windows without seeing rotating blades. It
didn’t keep out the flicker. I have now replaced
the foil with pleated shades.
The Bureau County Zoning Board was told
by a wind farm representative that 20 to 30
hours of shadow flicker a year was acceptable.
It is not acceptable. I asked the representative
if he lived on a wind farm. He answered, “No.”
Residents, especially nonparticipating
residents, should not have any flicker in
their house or any shadow from turbines on
their lawn, outbuildings or farm land. I
have read that this is a trespass.
An executive of Big Sky told us on the
phone that we had a serious shadow flicker
problem. The next time we talked with her,
she denied saying it — another reason to get
their statements in writing and signed.
A person has to live on a wind farm 24
hours a day, seven days a week, to really
know what it is like. You cannot get the
whole effect by just driving through it and
stopping by a turbine for a short time. The
conditions vary, hour by hour, day by day,
and even season to season.
When Big Sky first started erecting the
turbines, my husband and daughter drove
to one — they couldn’t hear a thing. We
thought, “Oh, this won’t be so bad.” One trip
does not tell the story.
I realize wind farms are big money for
participating farmers and tax-supported institutions. However, more consideration needs
to be given in the placement of the turbines to
eliminate what we are having in Big Sky.
We don’t live in the quiet rural county
anymore. It has been replaced with an industrial wind park. They call it a wind farm
— wrong — it produces no food. It just
eliminates many food-producing acres.
These counties need to realize the impact
of turbines and make their ordinances to
protect the people. Shadow flicker should
not have to be tolerated by rural residents.
It is disturbing and has health consequences.
I have been told that someone with seizures
could not live in our home because of that
intense flicker we have in the fall.
I also strongly believe no shadows from
turbines should be cast across highways, as
they are in Big Sky. Several drivers have told
me they have been startled by them —
slammed on their brakes, and some nearly
ran off the road. I called the Illinois Department of Transportation, but was told they
could do nothing as long as the turbine was not
in their right of way — it was a county issue.
All of these problems are disturbing and
serious problems, and there are health problems involved. I sometimes think this country has its priorities mixed up. I love nature
and animals, but when a conservation area
was given a farther setback from turbines in
Lee County than we were given from our
homes in Bureau County, I got disturbed.
I believe there needs to be much more
study done on wind turbines before filling
this nation’s countryside with them. In making your ordinances, please make sure your
residents are protected from the negative
effects of turbines.
Barbara Draper is a resident of Ohio, Ill.,
in Bureau County, about 75 miles southwest
of Rockford.
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known as Rock Energy Cooperative. Not
only did these highly-motivated individuals
start a cooperative, they also worked out a
power supply agreement, signed up members, borrowed money, hired employees, put
poles in the ground and strung wire. They
were successful in bringing the promise of a
better life to the countryside.
During 2011, Rock Energy Cooperative is
honoring these forward-thinking men as it
celebrates 75 years of illuminating people’s
lives. The original incorporators were George
Ballmer, Ed Mahlum, Michael Weis, Emmett
Yale, C.J. Damerow, James A. Conway, J.O.
Woodman, H.S. Anderson, William Florin,
Clarence Knutson, Adam Lunowa, Grant
Rice, H.A. Haried and J.B. Dybevik.
“It’s astounding when you consider the
changes that have occurred in the co-op’s
history,” said Shane Larson, the co-op’s chief
executive officer. “Rock County Electric Cooperative started with a couple hundred
meters. We have 27,000 today. The number
of employees grew from four to more than 50
today. We have changed our name, expanded
our service territory to include urban areas
as well as the rural countryside, and now also
deliver natural gas to our Illinois members.”
Energy cooperatives have a long history of
working together toward a common goal. In
1936, farm families banded together to electrify rural America, and that spirit of cooperation is stronger than ever today, Larson said.
“For 75 years, Rock Energy Cooperative
and its members have chosen to unite as a
collective body to energize our homes and
our businesses,” he said. “The decades have
demonstrated that no matter what the challenge, the cooperative has remained focused
on its mission to deliver safe and reliable
energy at a competitive price.”
Established in 1936, Rock Energy Cooperative is a not-for-profit utility distributing safe
and reliable electricity and natural gas to more
than 27,000 meters across its eight-county service in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. With headquarters in Janesville, Wis., the
cooperative also has an office in South Beloit,
Ill. For more information, visit www.rock.coop.
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Black male culture downgrades women
A Register Star letter writer Aug. 3 argued that the reason the punch line of a
“daughter” joke could be “Mohammed from
Iran” but couldn’t be “Tyrone from the
West Side” is that “black men aren’t known
to subjugate women simply because they
are women.”
“Aren’t known”? Well, political correctness may dictate that we don’t talk about it,
but the problem is quite real, and serious.
And it may be done for egotistical rather
than religious reasons, but that just makes
it worse, not better.
In fact, our black male subculture downgrades women worse than ever today, “talking trash” about them, and treating them
likewise. It practically asks that a male
prove his manhood early and often, by the
curious method of pollinating flowers and
then just walking away.
Hence, our pandemic of single mothers.
Our manly-man eventually settles in as a
live-in boyfriend. But the kids aren’t his, so
he treats them like he probably treats their
mother: badly.
If white males even attempted such callous disrespect and contempt, the very same
PC police would make sure there’d be hell to
pay. “Unconscionable!”
As it is, however, they have an endless
supply of “socio-economic” excuses.
Norman Bleed
Rockford
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NIADA supports passage of Right to
Repair Act
The National Independent Automobile
Dealers Association supports the Motor
Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act (H.R.
1449) and strongly urges Congress to pass
this important piece of legislation on behalf
of its over 20,000 members and the motoring public.
As a national trade association representing independent automobile dealers,
we believe that all vehicle service and repair
information should be made available to
consumers and all facilities that sell vehicles or pursue repair opportunities, and
should not be restricted to just those who
are affiliated with a manufacturer.
Consumers benefit from competition and
are at a disadvantage when local auto
repair facilities are denied ready access to
non-proprietary service information and
tools needed to properly maintain today’s
highly sophisticated motor vehicles. The
Right to Repair Act ensures that car companies provide full access at a reasonable
cost to all service information, tools, computer codes and safety-related bulletins
needed to repair motor vehicles so that our
members’ customers and all motorists can
have their vehicles serviced at the repair
shop of their choice.
We encourage you to join us and visit
www.righttorepair.org to send a letter to
each of your congressional representatives, urging them to support the Right to
Repair Act.
Michael R. Linn, CEO
National Independent Automobile Dealers
Association
Arlington, Texas
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Critter Camp thanks the community
Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary would
Q
uestion of
the Week
like to thank everyone who helped make
our Second Annual Benefit Party Saturday, Aug. 13, a success! Despite the inclement weather and many other local activities happening on the same date, Critter
Camp raised $1,300.
Thank you to Manny’s Pizza in Freeport,
The Iron Skulls Motorcycle Association of
Pecatonica, The Crunchy Frogs Band, The
Sasparillas Band, the Loose Screw Bar &
Grill in German Valley, and the many people
who donated their time, energy, auction
items and money at the event!
We’d also like to say a special thanks to
the Freeport Golden K Kiwanis. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Please
visit
our
website,
www.CritterCamp.org, to sign up for our
free e-mail newsletter to keep up with the
latest on our rescued animals.
And don’t forget to VOTE every day in
August for Critter Camp in the Pepsi Refresh Everything Contest — we are currently winning $50,000! See details on our
site as well. Thank you!
Beth Randall, Director
Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary
German Valley, Ill.
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President Obama lost like a transient
The recent campaign trip by President
Barack Obama at taxpayers’ expense has
some parallels with his way of governing
and with my recent experience.
I happened to be traveling past both
Atkinson and Alpha, Ill., about noon on
Aug. 17 on the way to our farm west of
Galesburg. I was aware from radio that
the president was to campaign at those
two sites. I was ahead of his schedule by
about an hour. All of the crossovers were
blocked for security with highway trucks
on Interstate 74 south of Interstate 80,
but only up to the Alpha exit Route 17,
where the campaign entourage was to
exit. I was eating dinner at the farm at 1
p.m. and listening to WGIL Radio from
Galesburg give the details of the campaign being lost in Galesburg because
they missed the Alpha Route 17 exit. I
listened to the radio more for the campaign details after mowing for three
hours. The president’s campaign entourage covered the mistaken trip to
Galesburg by stopping by the high school
to see some sports practicing. They call it
an impromptu and an unscheduled stop.
They arrived over an hour late in Alpha
for the speech.
How can the taxpayers’-supported
president’s campaign with 47 security and
other vehicles, GPS availability, helicopters, machine guns, snipers, Canadian-built
limousine buses and even Air Force One
parked at Peoria get lost? The answer is
poor or no leadership.
I had the same problem that same day.
My hired, homeless transient worker had a
seizure fit, and after recovery, he went down
the road and got lost.
These events are parallel. President
Obama and his inept subordinates and me
and my homeless transient worker are in
the same category. Did you vote for president? Did your taxes pay for my event?
This was written by Ed Schott at my
own expense.
Ed Schott
Rockford
Vote at
www.rockrivertimes.com
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school lunches?
LAST WEEK—51 RESPONDENTS:
Should William Charles Construction be allowed to build an asphalt plant at
the bottom of its East State Street quarry?
No 53% [27 votes]
Yes 47% [24 votes]
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Renewable Energy/News/Commentary
Aug. 24-30, 2011
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Water we CAN drink
Self-sufficiency...
on her love for drying foods, and both presented tips on freezing. Both admitted to
not being professionally trained in the art,
but have engaged in it for years, as our
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Lifestyle Fair with exhibits and workshops, grandmothers had. Much of the audience
visitors this year seemed excited by what stayed after the session to ask questions
the presenters had to tell them about self- and share their own experiences.
sufficiency. Sessions about gardening, aniLin Vogl also shared tips about raising chickmal care and lifestyles were well attended. ens based on her own experiences. A lively
Many people were focused on what they can presentation supported by props including rat
do in their own lives and seemed less inter- wire: “Do not use chicken wire to keep out
ested in what they can buy to go green.
predators. Raccoons will destroy it. I know — I
Despite having to move as a result of the have a pet raccoon,” and a chicken waterer that
heavyrain,agood-sizedcrowd
she demonstrated how to set
attendedLindaConroy’s“Lesup to not leak. The star of the
sons
from
Cuba:
show was a live 4-month-old
Sustainability in Action.” She
chicken named “Kitty” who
stressed that people there
purrs and coos — the proggrow fruit in their yards and
eny of the late Mr. Peabody.
freely share their bounty with
After the session, a friend
neighbors and tourists; that
told her he and his wife were
farmers are high on the Cunot yet ready to raise chickban socioeconomic scale; and
ens, and thanked her for her
that a knowledge of herbs for
clear explanation of what is
healing is prized.
included in chicken care.
Conroy’s“ChoosingHerbal
Jeff Ludwig discussed
Remedies for Sustainability”
“The Honey Bee’s Life and
was praised as valuable.
Its Home.” His audience inNancy Gouch expended on
cluded several who were alnatural remedies with
ready raising them, but
“Nature’s holistic fist aid kit,”
wanted more information.
about which many positive
Christine Wagener excomments were heard.
plained “What’s Up with
Photo by Allen Penticoff
Through relating his own
Honey Bees?” clarifying myshistory, John Barnhart’s Lin Vogl with “Kitty” at her
terious hive collapses.
”Organic Farming: Dream “Chickens, Chickens, Chickens”
Tad Vogl spent an entire
to Reality” encouraged those presentation at the 10th Illinois
day teaching how to make
who want to try organic gar- Renewable Energy and
a rain barrel “from fooddening but were concerned Sustainable Lifestyle Fair.
grade barrels” to save waabout how difficult it might
ter and money on bills and
be (Barnhart assured them it isn’t).
water the garden free. Although no one was
Mary Eberle suggested that those with pressured to buy a barrel (at a bargain
little room for gardening consider “Growing price), more than 30 satisfied visitors went
Vegetables in Small Places,” such as in square- home with a new one.
foot gardens and window boxes. She also
Stillotherworkshopsstressedself-sufficiency
helped them consider “Urban Fruit Glean- to engender a sense of independence and pride.
ing and Foraging” for free, delicious food.
Major fair sponsors were the Illinois Clean
Caron Wenzel taught her audience how to Energy Community Foundation, Freedom
save seeds from their prize vegetables, maintain Field and The Rock River Times.
heritage plant varieties, and spend little doing it.
Drs. Robert and Sonia Vogl are founders
Sherry Piros’ and Lin Vogl’s reprise of and officers of the Illinois Renewable Entheir ever-popular “Food Independence” ergy Association (IREA) and coordinate the
drew a large crowd as Vogl discussed her annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable
experiences with canning, Piros expounded Lifestyle Fair. E-mail sonia@essex1.com.
Five of 21 wells contaminated...
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EPA, said. “We will take a look at each of
these sites and the groundwater flow information. Some are close to the surface, and
some are deeper” gas storage sites.
There has been speculation that the
nearby Amerock plant was responsible.
Carson said: “We haven’t ruled anyone out.
Back then, gasoline was used as a solvent.”
The testing may not be over for residents
around the area because five of the 22 tests
came back positive. How far the area reaches
“would depend on what we find,” Carson said.
“We have to look at the plume of contamination. If they find it’s gone that far, then they
have to go farther.”
Going farther includes the geographical
scope. Going farther may involve legal action, which Carson called “taking it to the
next level.”
The ability to do so rests with scientific research to identify what kind of gasoline it is
and where it originated.
“Speaking in hypotheticals, one option is
to find the facility,” Carson said. “Then, if we
can identify the responsible party, the state
attorney general would get involved and
take legal action on our behalf. Part of our
job is to see if
this is possible.”
If more tainted
wells are found,
the depth of the
investigation
would expand.
But
Carson
doubts the scope
will turn into another
EPA
Superfund site for
Rockford because
“Superfund sites
tend to be the largest, most complex
and heavily contaminated sites.”
The two agencies will work together to determine the scope
and the party or
parties respon-
sible. Carson said tests showing the specific
chemical makeup of the pollution can help
in determining the source.
The EPA began a program to monitor
underground storage tanks in 1989 called
LUST (Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks). The state database from registered
underground tanks dates back to 1974. Unfortunately for the residents, there are storage tanks below ground that still contain
gasoline and it’s possible a spill happened
from a tank never registered.
“There were gas stations around there in the
’30s,” Carson said, “but most of their storage
tanks were emptied and filled with gravel.”
A nearby Mobil station, now closed, had
been cited in the past for leakage of 600
gallons of product in the 1980s.
“Until we complete the research, we really can’t be definite about it,” Carson said.
The decision to declare a house uninhabitable would come from health department
officials, not the state EPA, Carson said.
For now, the wait continues.
“Some of the things we’ve done to our
environment decades ago, we’re now paying
the price,” Carson said.
To Your Health!
By Richard S. Gubbe
As news continues to pour in regarding
the depth and scope of the pollution on
Rockford’s west side, all citizens in the Rock
River Valley need to take note of their own
drinking supply and consumption.
Water is our common thread, our key to
staying alive and staying healthy. Yet, not
much thought is put into where we get it and
what its contents include.
Before you think you need to learn more
about chemistry, know this: water contains
elements we may want and some we know
our bodies will suffer from ingesting.
Water tests aren’t cheap — around $300 for
a full panel — for tap or well water. Instead of
testing, there are safeguards that can be
implemented to make sure you and your
children aren’t slowly being poisoned. Whether
it’s city water, well water or bottled water,
there are safety concern about each of them.
The news about well water has been distressing. What well water is safe to drink?
None.
Well water can contain radon and radium,
along with other highly volatile chemicals and
VOCs (volatile organic compounds). These
can come from a variety of sources. The nasty
ones often come from toxic waste pollution.
Aquifers are like storage tanks of water
underground and can have unwanted seepage, depending on where you live. Uranium
has seeped into the water supply in the
western states from all the uranium mining
done there. Nuclear deposits crept into the
water supply in Nevada and New Mexico.
The first lesson to learn when moving to Las
Vegas is don’t drink tap water because of the
nuclear test site located nearby.
In the Midwest, fabrication plants, car
plants, coal operations, steel plants, toolmaking plants and a host of other factories
that sprung up during the industrial age
have dotted the landscape.
City water is tainted. Even if that water is
filtered in city water delivery systems, there
is no such thing as pure water coming from
the tap. Drinking mineral deposits, toxins
and bleach will take its toll on the human
structure and the pipes in your home.
Bottled water is the biggest scam ever
conceived. First, it was called spring water.
Yeah, right, like some guy sat around a spring
with a bucket and then carried this pure
water into a processing plant for bottling.
Spring water is actually taken from such fine
“springs” as the Brooklyn, N.Y., city water
system and refined slightly.
Then, came purified water, a better product, but the delivery system is severely
flawed. The bottles the water comes in can
give you cancer. Bottled water left in a car
contain carcinogens, which is what gave
Cheryl Crow breast cancer,
tests showed. She drank
from bottled water left in
her hot car in southern California. Dangerous BPAs are
found in most plastics we
use today, and are spawned
from petroleum.
BPA, or Bisphenol A, is an
organic compound used to
make polycarbonate plastic
and epoxy resins, along with
otherapplications.In2008,several governments issued reports regarding its safety,
prompting some
retailerstoremove
products containing it. A 2010 re-
port from the Food and Drug Administration
raised further concerns about exposure of fetuses, infants and young children. In September
2010, Canada became the first country to declare BPA as a toxic substance.
There are alternatives, some expensive,
some not.
A reverse osmosis system can be installed
in a kitchen sink or bathroom for about the
same cost as bottled water. Then, you can
drink it and cook with it. Get an aluminum
or BPA-free bottle to carry it in and don’t
leave it in your car.
That doesn’t eliminate the problem for
bathing, washing hands and food or for use in
gardens. Two remedies exist for that: a home
reverse osmosis system that filters all water
coming into the home and a charcoal filter
that can filter most of the water coming into
the home, depending on where the installation takes place.
Reverse osmosis systems, which require
backwashing, can cost upwards of $3,000 to
$7,000. Charcoal filters, which also require
backwashing and can be installed in a variety of locations, can lead to healthier bathing
water and can cost $300 to $500 to install.
Water softeners can also eliminate many
impurities in water, but not two lethal ones
— chlorine and benzene. Only reverse osmosis and charcoal filters do that. Chlorine is
used to eliminated bacteria in water. When
they say water will make you sick when you
go to Mexico, the illness is only temporary
once you get used to drinking the types of
bacteria in that water supply. That’s why
people who live there get used to it. But the
tradeoff to eliminating bacteria is bleach and
ammonia, plain and simple.
Many gimmick products are available in
stores that claim to filter water, namely
Brita, but those filters do not eliminate chemicals such and chlorine and benzene, radon or
radium. They’re a waste of time and money.
Another option that is now trendy is ionized water, such as the Kangen system developed in Japan. This water adds to our ability
to fight free radicals, which can promote good
health. For a local contact, call Mike Krejci at
(815) 494-6207. He’s not only a Kangen rep,
he’s also a plumber who can install charcoal
and other water systems.
The time is now for better decisions about
what we let our children drink.
More information about preventing disease and promoting good health in our
world can be found during seminars at the
Beth Ann Weis Salon and Spa in Rockford
Sept. 7 and at Rock Valley College Oct. 22.
Knowledge is power. Drink it up.
Richard Gubbe is an award-winning journalist, public relations specialist and Reiki
Master Teacher. He is a long-time Rockford
resident who has taught preventive health,
visualization and Reiki at Rock Valley College since 2003.
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The Rock River Times
Aug. 24-30, 2011
An exciting event like the
Renewable energy and Sustainable
Lifestyle Fair can only happen when
many people contribute to its success.
Thanks to the sponsors whose
financial support made the event
possible. Major sponsors included the
Illinois Clean Energy Community
Foundation, the Illinois Environmental
protection Agency and The Rock River
Times. Others who helped fund the
effort include Clean Line Energy
Partners, ComEd, Mindful Metropolis,
Northern Public Radio, Ogle County
Solid Waste Management, the Byron
Forest Preserve District, the Oregon
Park District and Radish magazine.
Thanks to the members and board of
the IREA for their steady backing.
Thanks to Lin Vogl and her team of
volunteers who helped the Fair to
function smoothly. We intend to list
each and every one, but recognize that
there is a risk of missing some. Still, we
thank them all.
Thanks to the vendors for
spending time talking with visitors
and educating them about the many
forms of renewable energy and
sustainable lifestyles.
Thanks to our speakers who gave
their time and expertise and who have
earned a well-deserved reputation for
excellence.
Also, thanks to members of the
media who publicized the event.
Finally, thanks to the visitors for
whom this fair was organized.
We’re planning the Eleventh
Anniversary Illinois Renewable Energy
and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair for 2012.
It’s good to know that we can count on
your continued support.
To all of you, we say thank you,
thank you, thank you!
—Drs. Bob and Sonia Vogl
Fair Coordinators
President and Vice President of
Illinois Renewable Energy Association
2011 VOLUNTEERS (alphabetical by last name)
Dave Aarvold
Mike “Bear” Auker
Rick Canfield
Tom Cartwright
Brian Casey & family
Nancy Churchill
Dominic Cozzi
Sue, Nick & Trevor Glenn
Cilla Green
Clinton Green
Jeff Green
Donna Hilton
Susan Johnson
Cliff Knapp
Michael Lager
Marilyn Lamar
Dave Leifheit
Gene & Joan Lemme
Diane & Lucky Larson
Terry Malloy
Jody Marshall
Allen Penticoff
Bob & Sherry Piros
Dave Rice
Rick Rud
Kayse Rushford
Paul & Linda Saunders
Frank Schier
Christopher Sharp
Aaron Sitz
Theresa Taphorn
Paula & Mark Thoele
Lin Vogl
Tad Vogl
Birgit & Roland Wolff
Sylvia Woo