The Huntley Farmside

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THURSDAY April 24,1997 - VOLUME 37, NUMBER 3 - HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
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St Mary's 125th Anniversary Event
HUNTLEY CLEAN SWEEP DAY - 1997
Father Bob Garrity was presented a proclamation honoring the parish on its 125th anniversary by State Senator Dick Klemm. Huntley Village President Jim Dhamer introduced Senator Klemm.
By Nancy Bacheller
Members of St. Mary Catholic Church in Huntley celebrated their 125th anniversary as a parish with a dinner dance, silent auction and raffle, April 18th, at Elliot's Restaurant in Elgin. Some 290 parishioners and their friends and relatives attended the event.
State Senator Dick Klemm presented Father Bob Garrity,
pastor of St. Mary, with a proclamation honoring the parish on its 125th year. Huntley Village President Jim Dhamer introduced Senator Klemm at the banquet.
See next week's Farmside for full details of the dinner dance and the names of the raffle prize winners.
NOTICE - Hydrant Flushing,
The Public Works Department will flush hydrants beginning at 11 pm Thursday, April 24, and ending at 7 am Friday, April 25.
Flushing hydrants may stir up sediments in the water supply. The water is safe to drink, however,   the   Public   Works
Thursday, April 24
Department suggests that you refrain from doing laundry or using large amounts of water for a 24 hour period after flushing has been completed. This will allow time for any remaining iron sediments left in the system to setde down.
Saturday April 19th, 8:00 am.
The temperature is about 37 degrees.the skies are grey and gloomy, and a fine steady mist of very cold rain starts to fall. But not even our "Lovely" spring weather can deter the many families, friends, and groups of people that came out to participate in Huntleys Clean Sweep Day. The volunteers that met at the Park District enjoyed some juice,' coffee, and donuts before they got started. By 8:00am the various clean up routes were assigned , the garbage bags were distributed, and they were on their way to cleaning up the streets.
The Clean Sweep spanned from Kruetzer Rd. all the way to Reed Rd., including North and South Rt.47, East and West Main St., Huntiey Blacktop, Algonquin Rd., Ruth Rd. and anything in l)etween that needed to be cleaned up. The roadsides, tree banks, gullies, and streets became nice and clean, but the volunteers were full of mud and depris.By the time it was all over, the people that had participated in one way or another deserved a standing ovation for all their effort and hard work, they also deserved a nice warm bath to shake off the cold. This kind of community effort and pride in our town is what makes us all proud to call Huntley our home. A big Thank You to all of you!
Huntley Police Auction Property
The Huntley Police Department will hold an auction of all found or unclaimed property. Items include bicycles, computer equipment, clothing and miscellaneous household items. A list of items to auctioned is available al the Police Department Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The auction will be held at the Police Department, 11221 Dundee Rd., Huntiey, on April 26 at 10:00 am. Items will be on display starting at 9:30 am. All sales final. Cash, or check with identification only.
Village President Jim Dhamer, his wife Shirley, and their granddaugther, Destini, were among the many Clean Sweepers helping to clean up Hundey on Saturday
$500 Scholarship To Miss Huntley 1997
By Jan Hoeft
The 1997 Miss Huntley Scholarship Pageant will be held Friday, June Bth, 8pm in the Huntiey Grade School Gym. The pageant is open to all young ladies, 16-21 years of age (you must be 16, by August 1, 1997) who are residents of McHenry County with a HunUey mailing address. Miss Huntley 1997 will receive a $500.00 scholarship along with a crown, trophy, sash, and flowers. Miss Huntiey 1997 will represent Huntiey at the Miss McHenry County Pageant that will be held during the fair on July 30, 1997 Miss Huntley 1st Runner-up will receive a $100.00 scholarship, trophy and flowers.
Miss Huntiey's first appearance is at the town picnic.Miss Huntley also serves as a hostess at many Chamber sponsored events, such as the Huntley Expo & Annual Dinner. Miss Huntley will
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Huntley Blood Drive May 1
The Student Council of Huntiey High School will be sponsoring an all day blood drive through the Heart and Blood Centers on Thursday, May 1. It will be located at the High School gym from 9:30 am - 1 pm.
Please call the High School office at 669-5171 for information or scheduling and someone will get back to you.
Please Donate!
Spring Fling
Women of all ages are cordially invited to the First Congregational Church for their annual Spring Fling, Tuesday, April 29th at 7pm in sanctuary featuring: Fashions For Followers presented by The Women of Faith Lutheran Church of Arlington Hts., Illinois.
This is a pageant based on the Edith Dean Book. All the Women of the Bible, and it uses as its
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