August 2010 Local Freeport-Area Events Page
**The 2nd Annual Biannual Catfish Tournament at McNeil's Damascus Landing originally scheduled for August 21 has been cancelled.
Freeport Park District Announcements:
FREEPORT/STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS EVENTS
AUGUST 30 THRU SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
August 30-September 6, "YOUR TABLE IS READY...YOUR MINT IS ON THE PILLOW" EXPO. Freeport/Stephenson County Visitors Center, 4596 US Highway 20 East, Freeport. 8 am to 8 pm. Enjoy displays from local lodging facilities and restaurants as they highlight their amenities and specialties. The hospitality of the Freeport and Stephenson County area is showcased. (815-233-1357)
September 2, FAMILY HEALTH QUEST PATIENT APPRECIATION DAY. Family Health Quest, 640 W. South Street, Freeport. Noon to 2 pm. To celebrate Dr. Paul's 2 year anniversary with Family Health Quest, plus the additions of Reflexologist Lorraine Graham and Massage Therapist Nicole Henze, the public is invited to this appreciation event and open house. Enjoy food, beverages, games and more. (815-235-2301)
September 3, FAMOUS FOSSIL WINE DOWN & COOKOUT. Famous Fossil Vineyard and Winery, 395 W. Cedarville Road, Freeport (east of the Village of Cedarville). Serving: 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm; Live Music: 6 pm to 7:45 pm. See the crescent moon rise over the vineyard at this summer's final cookout at the winery with grilled meats, seasonal salads, and live music by Bobbie Edler in the vineyard. Advanced tickets only. $12.95. (815-563-4665)
September 4, BAKER'S FIELD MEMORIAL FUN FLY. Blumenthal Road, Freeport. 10 am to Dusk. Freeport RC Modelers fun fly of electric, glow and gas powered model aircraft. (815-233-5208)
September 4, THE COMPANY PICNIC. Stephenson County Historical Museum, 1440 S. Carroll Avenue, Freeport. 11 am to 4 pm. Join in the fun at this event featuring the Henney Motor Company. Live Dixieland Jazz, food including hot dogs, coney dogs, BBQs, ice cream treats and more, kids games and prizes, and displays of vehicles manufactured by Freeport's famous maker of "professional automobiles" (hearses, ambulances, flower cars, etc.). Shuttle bus available from the parking lot at the corner of Empire and Carroll. Bring lawn chairs and your own Henney memorabilia to share. Rain Date: September 6. (815-232-8419)
September 4, "NEW HARMONIES, THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC" EXHIBIT GRAND OPENING. Lena Area Historical Museum, 427 W. Grove Street, Lena. 6 pm. The public is invited to the Grand Opening of this new exhibit from the Smithsonian. It is an exhibit about the growth of American music and the cultures from which the music originates. This music includes Gospel, Country, Blues and Folk. The exhibition provides a fascinating, inspiring, and toe-tapping listen to the American story of multi-cultural exchange. The story is full of surprises about familiar songs, histories of instruments, the roles of religion and technology, and the continuity of musical roots from "Yankee Doodle Dandy" to the latest hip hop CD. The Museum and grounds will be open and a special musical presentation by Illinois musical scholar, Chris Vallillo, will be offered by the Illinois Humanities Council. Refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be on display through October 17 with the museum open from 1 to 4 pm on Thursday and Friday and Noon to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday. (815-233-1357)
September 5, SPORTS CARD AND COIN SHOW. Lincoln Mall, 1255 W. Galena Avenue, Freeport. 10 am to 4 pm. Dealers buy, sell and trade sports cards and memorabilia and coins from the past and present. The public is encouraged to bring in their sport related items to learn its history and current value. Door prizes for the kids. (815-235-3694)
September 5, ART IN THE PARK. Krape Park, 1799 S. Park Boulevard, Freeport. 10 am to 5 pm. Come to Krape Park and enjoy the sights and sounds at this free community event. View the fine art on display by local and regional artists. Head over to the bandshell and listen as local performing artists take the stage. Co-sponsored by the Freeport Art Museum and the Freeport Park District. (815-235-6114 or 815-235-9755)
September 6, SILVER CREEK AND STEPHENSON RAILROAD ANTIQUE STEAM TRAIN RIDES AND SILVERCREEK MUSEUM. 2954 S. Walnut, Freeport.11 am to 4 pm. All aboard as a 36 ton 1912 Heisler steam locomotive pulls three cabooses, including an antique red caboose reported to be the oldest in the state, and three passenger flatcars for a four mile ride through farmlands and across a bridge 30' above Yellow Creek. Purchase your ticket at the Silver Creek Depot, a turn-of-the-century replica filled with railroad artifacts. Browse for novelties in the Freight House Gift Shop. Visit the Silvercreek Museum filled with early Americana and featuring the 130 ton Cooper Corliss Steam Engine and its over 25' fly wheel. The museum will feature food. Train: Adults: $6; Children under 12: $3; Cab Rides: $10; Museum: Adults: $3; Children Under 12: Free. (815-235-2198)
Family Day at Oakdale
2nd Sunday
of each month.
1-4pm in Nature Center
August
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Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure Screening
8 – 10 a.m.
Oakley Courts, 3117 Kunkle Boulevard, Freeport
No charge; registration not required; no food or drink (except water) for 5 hours prior to blood sugar test.
Prenatal Class
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
FHN Memorial Hospital, 1045 W. Stephenson Street, Freeport
Prenatal Classes are offered as a series of classes to be taken one to two months before the mother's due date. Call 815-599-6244 for more information.
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Balance Matters … A Fall Prevention Workshop
8:30 a.m. (registration); program is from 9 – 11 a.m.
Highland Community College Newell Room, 2998 West Pearl City Road, Freeport
Dr. Pamela McFarlance, professor of kinesiology and physical education at Northern Illinois University, will present this interactive program on the role of exercise in fall prevention. Co-sponsored by FHN Top 50, Highland Community College, Senior Resource Center, Freeport Medical Equipment and the Freeport Community Foundation. No charge; reservations are required. Call the Senior Resource Center at 815-235-9777 for more information or to reserve your seat.
Blood Pressure Screening
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Senior Resource Center, Lincoln Mall, 1265 W. Galena Avenue, Freeport
No charge; registration not required.
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Staying Cool … Staying Warm
1:30 p.m.
Lena Living Center, 1010 S. Logan, Lena
Talk on being ready for weather changes. Public is invited; no charge; registration not required.
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Saturday Walk-In Sports Injury Clinic
8 – 9 a.m.
Orthopaedics Department, FHN Family Healthcare Center – Burchard Hills, 1010 W. Fairway Drive, Freeport
Free sports injury evaluation available for school and recreational athletes. For more information, call (815) 599-7730 or visit www.fhn.org.
September
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Early Registration for Create Your Weight Ends Today
Classes begin September 14 in this personalized 10-week program focusing on nutrition education with physical activity and the role of behavior therapy in weight reduction and management. (No class on Oct. 26.) Create Your Weight was created and is run by registered dietitians. Cost is $125 before Sept. 7; $175 for registrations Sept. 8 – 13. Past Create Your Weight participants pay just $100. For more information or to register, call 815-599-6677.
Breathe Easier Club/Cardiac Club
3 p.m.
FHN Memorial Hospital, 1045 W. Stephenson St., Freeport
Support groups for people with lung or heart problems. For more information, call 815-599-6388.
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Screening for Cholesterol
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Senior Resource Center, Lincoln Mall, 1265 W. Galena Avenue, Freeport
A talk on cholesterol management by Sara Wise, RN, will follow the screenings; no preparation or registration is necessary for this free event.
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Saturday Walk-In Sports Injury Clinic
8 – 9 a.m.
Orthopaedics Department, FHN Family Healthcare Center – Burchard Hills, 1010 W. Fairway Drive, Freeport
Free sports injury evaluation available for school and recreational athletes. For more information, call (815) 599-7730 or visit www.fhn.org.
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Parkinson Support Group
6:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 118 E. Mason Street, Lena
Discussion will be on shifting emotional gears for stress management. No charge; registration not required; the public is invited.
Grief Recovery Group
7 – 8:30 p.m.
FHN Memorial Hospital Cafeteria Dining rooms – Lower Level
For more information, call 815-599-6160.
Create Your Weight – and Build on Your Success – with FHN
FREEPORT, Ill., August 16, 2010 — FHN has improved and expanded its popular Create Your Weight program and is also offering a new, related program to help participants build on their success.
“We’ve expanded Create Your Weight to 10 weeks, and are continuing to offer a separate program to help Create Your Weight ‘graduates’ keep that momentum going,” said Jennifer Gassman, MS, RD, LDN, CDE, program organizer. “Build on Your Success is a maintenance program that meets once a month for a private weigh-in and some education on how participants can maintain or build on their weight loss success.”
The Create Your Weight program focuses on nutrition education with physical activity and the role of behavior modification in weight reduction and management. Classes, run by registered dietitians, begin September 14 at FHN Memorial Hospital. The cost is $125 for those who pre-register by September 7; $175 for those registering between September 8 and 13. Past Create Your Weight participants pay just $100. Enrollment for this personalized program is limited to the first 15 people who register.
Build on Your Success costs $125 for 12 months. To enroll, call 815-599-6677 the month before you’d like to begin. (There is no set start date for this ongoing program.)
For more information on either program, visit
www.fhn.org. To register, call 815-599-6677.
U.S. Senatorial Candidate Debate at Northern Illinois University to be Rescheduled.
CHICAGO – The date and location of the first U.S. Senatorial candidate debate organized by Free and Equal Elections Foundation will be rescheduled due to unforeseen conflicts with back-to-school activities at Northern Illinois University at DeKalb.
Free and Equal is working with the University and sponsor, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, to reschedule the event as soon as possible. Tentative dates include: August 24, 25, 26 or September 8.
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity officials also are accepting additional co-sponsoring organizations to speed along the rescheduling process. Free and Equal previously has organized three gubernatorial debates in Illinois, the most recent of which was sponsored in part by Kappa Alpha Psi at Chicago State University.
"On behalf of Free and Equal, I would like to apologize to the invited candidates, the press and attendees for any confusion or inconvenience this delay has caused," said Christina Tobin, CEO and founder of Free and Equal Elections Foundation. "Free and Equal hopes to release the new date, time and location for the debate within the next week."
All candidates who filed enough signatures to appear on the ballot have been invited to participate in the debate, including: Alexi Giannoulias, Democrat; Mark Kirk, Republican; LeAlan Jones, Green; Will Boyd, Independent; Corey Dabney, Independent; Mike Labno, Libertarian; Carl Officer, Practical; and Randy Stufflebeam, Constitution.
"Free and Equal is committed to giving all qualified candidates an equal voice in the debate," Tobin said. "Illinois voters deserve a diversity of choices on the ballot. This all-partisan debate is meant to show the voters the kinds of choices they could and should have in November."
Charles Thomas at Chicago's local ABC affiliate and Sam Hudzik at Chicago Public Radio WBEZ 91.5 reported this week about the struggles some of these candidates still face getting on the ballot.
Free and Equal’s third Illinois gubernatorial debate, that took place in July, was covered by dozens of media outlets, including public radio stations WBEZ in Chicago, WSIU in Carbondale, and WILL in Champaign, along with the Chicago Sun-Times, Southtown Star, Huffington Post, Dekalb Daily-Chronicle, Chicagoist and the Chicago Tribune Media Group’s ChicagoNow. A live feed of the U.S. Senatorial debate will be available at freeandequal.org.
"The response to the last debate, from people in attendance and from those watching at home on their computers, has been tremendous," Tobin said. "There is a hunger out there for more discussion and debate about the substantive issues that we all face. Free and Equal is looking to provide Illinois voters with more opportunities to learn about their political choices."
Free and Equal will continue to organize all-inclusive candidate debates in Illinois and other states throughout this election season. September will kick-off a string of University hosted, student group sponsored and Free and Equal organized candidate debates across California. Additional information regarding California debates will be released as it becomes available.
Hi Everyone.
For all you home winemakers: Saturday, August 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Ken will be available to give you some tips on winemaking. The focus will be on fermentation but there will be time for your questions on winemaking in general. We’ll be meeting in the Events Room and there is room for 25. If it’s a nice morning, we can meet outside. No need to call ahead and there is no charge.
The grapes are turning color and will soon be ripe. Many of you have asked about helping at Famous Fossil during our harvest. We harvest early in the mornings from 7 a.m. to 10:30 or 11:00 depending on how quickly the temperature rises. We have 12 different varieties so we’ll be harvesting for about a month and a half beginning in late August until October.
If you would like to help, stop in or e-mail us, and we will add your name to our call list. Let us know what days you are available. We can’t give too much notice as we are constantly tasting and testing the grapes to determine when they are the perfect ripeness.
We hope you are enjoying these summer days!
Ken & Pam Rosmann
Famous Fossil Vineyard & Winery
815-563-4665
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FHN to Offer Three $1,000 Healthcare Scholarships
FREEPORT, Ill., August 2, 2010 — FHN is looking for students interested in healthcare careers – and the reward is $1,000.
FHN will award $1,000 scholarships to three area students pursuing healthcare careers. Applications will be accepted from any student currently enrolled in an undergraduate program of study involving the following healthcare careers: medical technology/CLS, pharmacy, nursing (RN), respiratory therapy, and rehabilitation services (PT, OT, PTA, COTA, SP). Benefit-eligible FHN employees may not apply.
To apply, eligible students must:
· Complete an application form, providing evidence of a current GPA of 3.0 or better
· Submit a typed, approximately 500 word essay responding to both of the following questions: “Why did you choose your career path and what have you done to support it? How do your strengths and personal goals support the healthcare needs of FHN’s service area?” All entries will become the property of FHN and will not be returned
· Participate in an interview, if selected as a finalist
The submissions must be post marked by Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Finalists will be interviewed through October and November and winners will be announced in December. The funds will be dispersed to the winners’ colleges or universities to be applied toward the winter term in 2011.
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