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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960
farmsfibe
USPS 580-360
THURSDAY January 23,1997 - VOLUME 36, NUMBER 41 - HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
The Backroom, a new place to have fun!
Scott Zank, manager/supervisor of The Backroom (standing), coacties Tom Brand through a difficult passage in the computer game.
By Joyce Liput
Huntley Factory Shops Donates $2,800 to Huntley Band and Chorus
Huntley Factory Shops Outlet Mall donated $2,800 to the Huntley High School Band and Chorus for providing evening and weekend gift wrapping services to shoppers during the holiday season, announced Miles Crawford, the center's general manager. The students wrapped gifts to earn their way to a Boston music competition that will take place later this year.
Huntley Factory Shops offered customers FREE gift wrap when they purchased at least $50 wordi of merchandise at any of the stores in the mall. Wrappers were kept busy, wrapping a total of 5,391 gifts during the promotion that ran from Saturday, November 16, through Sunday, December 22. Some of the most popular items to be wrapped included national sports team starter jackets, robes, sweaters and shirts.
"This has been one of the most well-received programs offered at the mall," said Crawford. "We are thrilled that we were able to provide customers with free gift wrapping and while, al the same time, helping Huntley High School."
Huntley Factory Shops is located at the intersection of 190 and Rt. 47 in Huntley, IL.
Huntley Chamber Awards Dinner
The Huntley Area Chamber of Commerace held the annual Dinner Dance and awards ceremony last Saturday evening, January 18 at the Golf Club of Illinois in Algonquin.
Kevin Daleiden of The Elgin Oragization, Inc, retiring Chamber President presented the following awards:
Community Involvement - Suzanne Brown, Huntley Farmside
Business Beautification - Cathy Shamhart for McHenry Savings Bank Chamber Involvement - Bernice Bakley, Huntley Travel
Ready, Willing & Able - John Frieburg, Harris Bank Huntley
President's Award - Jan Hoeft, Interior Motives
Installation of 1997 Officers and Directors followed the Awards Ceremony.
1997 Executive Board - President John Frieburg III - Harris Bank Huntley, Vice- President Bernice Bakley - Hundey Travel, Treasurer
Continued on Page 6
Photo by Karen Fleck
Kevin Daleiden of The Elgin Organization hands the President's Gavel to John Frieburg of Harris Bank Huntley during the Huntiey Chamber of Commerace annua! awards ceremony.
"Pick it up!" "Take the shot!" "Help, get the fireball!" "Try die mace." "Stay out of that room!" Do Not open that door!" "Awesome shot!"
Do phrases like these sound famihar, as they echo around your computer at home? Wouldn't it be great to quadruple the fun, playing with four people at once on the hottest new games? That's just what you can do at "The Backroom," which is located in the back room of The Carpet Store in Hundey.
If you've played, or listened to others play, you know they always have more fun when playing widi friends instead of just against the computer. The Backroom is a four computer set up that links each player so they can enjoy four dmes as much fun.
The Backroom was established by Tom Smrt, owner of The Carpet Store, to give people a place to enjoy that kind of fun here in Huntley. "Human interaction is more fun than human/computer interaction," Tom says, "and we have a no smoking, no swearing environment here," so parents know it's an OK place to let their family spend dme. "I saw there was a need and I'm trying to fill it," he said. But it's not just for kids. Adults like to play games too, and are always welcome. Computer games are entertainment for die whole family.
Tom also has a no food or drink at the computer stations policy, for the protection of the computers. The manager/
Continued on Page 8
Hey Huntley, It's Super Bowl Sunday!
Congregational Super Bowl "Sub Sale"
On January 26-27, (Saturday- Sunday) from 9:00 to noon each day the youth group of the First Congregational Church of Hundey will conduct a "Sub Sale". Proceeds of the Sub Sale to to support the youth group's 1997 Summer Habitat Workcamp.
Each delicious sub (lots of varieties) is only $2.25. Order forms are available by calling the church office - all advanced orders are guaranteed.
Saustrich Pizza?
Two Hundey Businesses have teamed up to offer you "something different" diis Super Bowl Sunday.
Genoa Pizza #6, located in Huntley Court on Route 47, is kicking off Super Bowl Sunday by offering Saustrich Pizzal
Saustrich (that's Ostrich Sausage) is an innovative Pizza topping because it's low,low, low fat, according to Carol Frederick an owner of Genoa Pizza. Saustrich is available through Midwest Ostrich located on Route 47 in Hundey.
Low fat Pizza?! What will diey think of Next?
Join in the Fun Super Steak Sunday at Parkside Pub
The Parkside Pub, located at die corner of Main Street and Woodstock Street (on die square in Hundey), is holding Super Steak Sunday on January 26 from 3 pm until 5 pm.
For only $6 per person you get a 20 oz steak, salad and potato. What a deal!
Reservations are required. Call 669-8496.
Object Description
| Title | The Huntley Farmside |
| Date | 1997-01-23 |
| Month | 01 |
| Day | 23 |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 41 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
| Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
| Description | Weekly Newspaper from the Huntley Area Public Library Collection |
| Subject | Newspaper Archives |
| Rights | This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). |
| Publisher | This Collection was digitized and loaded into CONTENTdm by OCLC Preservation Service Center (Bethlehem, PA) for the Huntley Area Public Library. |
| Source | Reproduction of library's print newspaper archives |
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| Title | The Huntley Farmside |
| Date | 1997-01-23 |
| Month | 01 |
| Day | 23 |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 41 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Sequence | 1 |
| Page | 1 |
| Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was direct scanned from original material at 300 dpi. The original file size was 13208 kilobytes. |
| FileName | 19970123_001.tif |
| Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
| Date Digital | 2008-05-07 |
| Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
| Description | Weekly Newspaper from the Huntley Area Public Library Collection |
| Subject | Newspaper Archives |
| Rights | This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). |
| Publisher | This Collection was digitized and loaded into CONTENTdm by OCLC Preservation Service Center (Bethlehem, PA) for the Huntley Area Public Library. |
| Source | Reproduction of library's print newspaper archives |
| FullText | SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960 farmsfibe USPS 580-360 THURSDAY January 23,1997 - VOLUME 36, NUMBER 41 - HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS The Backroom, a new place to have fun! Scott Zank, manager/supervisor of The Backroom (standing), coacties Tom Brand through a difficult passage in the computer game. By Joyce Liput Huntley Factory Shops Donates $2,800 to Huntley Band and Chorus Huntley Factory Shops Outlet Mall donated $2,800 to the Huntley High School Band and Chorus for providing evening and weekend gift wrapping services to shoppers during the holiday season, announced Miles Crawford, the center's general manager. The students wrapped gifts to earn their way to a Boston music competition that will take place later this year. Huntley Factory Shops offered customers FREE gift wrap when they purchased at least $50 wordi of merchandise at any of the stores in the mall. Wrappers were kept busy, wrapping a total of 5,391 gifts during the promotion that ran from Saturday, November 16, through Sunday, December 22. Some of the most popular items to be wrapped included national sports team starter jackets, robes, sweaters and shirts. "This has been one of the most well-received programs offered at the mall," said Crawford. "We are thrilled that we were able to provide customers with free gift wrapping and while, al the same time, helping Huntley High School." Huntley Factory Shops is located at the intersection of 190 and Rt. 47 in Huntley, IL. Huntley Chamber Awards Dinner The Huntley Area Chamber of Commerace held the annual Dinner Dance and awards ceremony last Saturday evening, January 18 at the Golf Club of Illinois in Algonquin. Kevin Daleiden of The Elgin Oragization, Inc, retiring Chamber President presented the following awards: Community Involvement - Suzanne Brown, Huntley Farmside Business Beautification - Cathy Shamhart for McHenry Savings Bank Chamber Involvement - Bernice Bakley, Huntley Travel Ready, Willing & Able - John Frieburg, Harris Bank Huntley President's Award - Jan Hoeft, Interior Motives Installation of 1997 Officers and Directors followed the Awards Ceremony. 1997 Executive Board - President John Frieburg III - Harris Bank Huntley, Vice- President Bernice Bakley - Hundey Travel, Treasurer Continued on Page 6 Photo by Karen Fleck Kevin Daleiden of The Elgin Organization hands the President's Gavel to John Frieburg of Harris Bank Huntley during the Huntiey Chamber of Commerace annua! awards ceremony. "Pick it up!" "Take the shot!" "Help, get the fireball!" "Try die mace." "Stay out of that room!" Do Not open that door!" "Awesome shot!" Do phrases like these sound famihar, as they echo around your computer at home? Wouldn't it be great to quadruple the fun, playing with four people at once on the hottest new games? That's just what you can do at "The Backroom," which is located in the back room of The Carpet Store in Hundey. If you've played, or listened to others play, you know they always have more fun when playing widi friends instead of just against the computer. The Backroom is a four computer set up that links each player so they can enjoy four dmes as much fun. The Backroom was established by Tom Smrt, owner of The Carpet Store, to give people a place to enjoy that kind of fun here in Huntley. "Human interaction is more fun than human/computer interaction," Tom says, "and we have a no smoking, no swearing environment here," so parents know it's an OK place to let their family spend dme. "I saw there was a need and I'm trying to fill it," he said. But it's not just for kids. Adults like to play games too, and are always welcome. Computer games are entertainment for die whole family. Tom also has a no food or drink at the computer stations policy, for the protection of the computers. The manager/ Continued on Page 8 Hey Huntley, It's Super Bowl Sunday! Congregational Super Bowl "Sub Sale" On January 26-27, (Saturday- Sunday) from 9:00 to noon each day the youth group of the First Congregational Church of Hundey will conduct a "Sub Sale". Proceeds of the Sub Sale to to support the youth group's 1997 Summer Habitat Workcamp. Each delicious sub (lots of varieties) is only $2.25. Order forms are available by calling the church office - all advanced orders are guaranteed. Saustrich Pizza? Two Hundey Businesses have teamed up to offer you "something different" diis Super Bowl Sunday. Genoa Pizza #6, located in Huntley Court on Route 47, is kicking off Super Bowl Sunday by offering Saustrich Pizzal Saustrich (that's Ostrich Sausage) is an innovative Pizza topping because it's low,low, low fat, according to Carol Frederick an owner of Genoa Pizza. Saustrich is available through Midwest Ostrich located on Route 47 in Hundey. Low fat Pizza?! What will diey think of Next? Join in the Fun Super Steak Sunday at Parkside Pub The Parkside Pub, located at die corner of Main Street and Woodstock Street (on die square in Hundey), is holding Super Steak Sunday on January 26 from 3 pm until 5 pm. For only $6 per person you get a 20 oz steak, salad and potato. What a deal! Reservations are required. Call 669-8496. |