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USPS 580-360
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1988
VOLUME 27-NUMBER 40
OFFICE PHONE 312-669-5621
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960
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Girl Scout  Briefs
The Girl Scouts have been busy the last few weeks with Jr. Troop 218 going to the Fire Department and Brownie Troop 224 going to the Crystal Lake radio station. Then the Junior, Brownie and Daisy Troops got together and made gifts for the Senior Citizen's Christmas Lunch.
We all got ready for Christmas by making gifts for our parents, and Brownie Troop 220 is going to put on a play for their families also.
Two Jr. Troop 218 girls earned badges; Kelly Stensing earned "Books ic Exploring Food" and Jenny Swanson earned "Group Sports".
Thanks to the Huntley Fire Department and to the Crystal Lake Radio Station for being so nice to us. Jr. Troop 218
Congratulations
A hearty congratulations to our Redskin Boy's Varsity Basketball playersi This fine team is currently tied for flrst place in the confrence.
On Friday evening a victory was scored against Genoa 59-53. The Harvard team suffered a loss on Saturday with a score of 69-62.
On Friday, January 15, we will host a game against Valley Lutheran, and on Friday the 22, we will be playing at Hampshire. Come on out to watch another Redskin victory!
Huntley Penguins
Our Poker Run January 9th was a success and I would like to personally thank the following people and businesses for their help and donation of door prizes: Molly Viita for handling the check in and recording of everyones poker hands. This is because the organizer of the run (MYSELF) forgot to appoint a check in committee. Thanks Molly I owe you one, and helmets off to you for an excellent job done on a moments notice. Thanks to Continued on page 9
Christmas  in  the  Park
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On Wednesday, Dec. 23, Huntley Park District's Pre-School held their annual Christmas program ic party along with a surprise party for the pre-school director, Connie Lombard & her new baby daughter, Lindsey. Parent's were invited to attend as the participants presented the Christmas play, Santas's Workshop. The children were dancing dolls, elves, trains, toy soldiers & tops. Members of the class are: Kelli Wingate, Jennifer Bottcher, Ricky Pump, Ashley Mottram, Jeff Lesniak, Perry Mercuri, Davy Schultz, Keith Seyller, Jason Kalsow, Bryan Stanley, Brynn Landwehr, Amy Tures, Kira Bachrodt, Jason Szatkowski, Lindsey Degner, Megan Markus, Brett Borchart ic Nicole Ratcliff.
A young "Rudolph" helps Santa sing Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer at Huntley Park District': Meet Santa activity on Dec. 19. Approximately 50 children attended. They got to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas, sing carols, listen to The Night Before Christmas & see a special Christmas puppet ic magic show persented by Elfie The Elf.
"Keep The Wreath Red"  A  Success
The "Keep The Wreath Red" program was a success for 1987 as there were no fires in the district due to holiday decorations and lights. This is the fifth year in a row that the pro¬ gram has been-a success and the Huntley Fire Protection District would like to commend all the residents on being fire safety minded.
Now that the holiday season is over we urge all residents to continue to be fire safety conscious, especially with the extreme cold weather lately. Be extremely careful with wood burning stoves, kerosene heaters and space heaters. Watch for excessive build-up of soot in chimneys that may cause a fire. Keep all combustable material away from all heating units and also prevent young children from playing around heating units. If you purchase a portable heating unit make sure it is UL tested and read all instructions before operating.
During 1987 the Huntley Fire Department responded to 169 fire calls and 343 ambulance calls for a total of 512 calls. This is 107 more calls than we responded to in 1986. The District had an 8% increase in fire calls and a 40% increase in ambu¬ lance calls during 1987 compared to 1986. With the increase of residential and industrial building in the fire district, the number of calls we respond to is also expected to increase during 1988. The Huntley Fire Protection District will continue to provide the best fire and ambulance service available to the residents of the fire district.
Sincerely,
/s/ Dave Veath
Chief HFPD
Last week's winner  in  the typo  contest was  Dolores  A. Siegfort from Huntley