http://www.district116.org www.District116.org © 2002-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:51:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.district116.org/2011/10/28/sam-yingling-avon-township-officials-continue-fulfilling-campaign-pledge/ http://www.district116.org/2011/10/28/sam-yingling-avon-township-officials-continue-fulfilling-campaign-pledge/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:10 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=5768

Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling, Highway Commissioner Tom Brust, Clerk Lisa Rusch, and Trustees Chris Ditton, Randy Evangelides and Mark Feldstein, fulfilling a campaign pledge to give back pay raises put in place by the previous administration, presented their third check for $16,633.22 at the last Avon Township Board Meeting. The total amount of salary [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/10/28/sam-yingling-avon-township-officials-continue-fulfilling-campaign-pledge/feed/ 1 http://www.district116.org/2011/09/21/is-avon-community-garden-worth-the-effort/ http://www.district116.org/2011/09/21/is-avon-community-garden-worth-the-effort/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:01:19 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=5157

With $2,000 in Township funds budgeted towards the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm and an anticipated harvest of 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of fresh vegetables, it may be time to think about scaling back in the future. Last year a lot of the major work such as the tilling was donated by local [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/09/21/is-avon-community-garden-worth-the-effort/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/08/26/avon-township-supervisor-sam-yingling-running-in-illinois-62nd-district-2/ http://www.district116.org/2011/08/26/avon-township-supervisor-sam-yingling-running-in-illinois-62nd-district-2/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:42:44 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=4611

Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling announced earlier this month that he was running as a Democratic candidate for State Representative of the newly created 62nd District. With the recent debt ceiling debate in Washington, many of us had a first hand opportunity to see whether those we elected stuck to their election campaign promises. Sam [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/08/26/avon-township-supervisor-sam-yingling-running-in-illinois-62nd-district-2/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/06/24/petland-dachshund-derby-sunday-june-26th/ http://www.district116.org/2011/06/24/petland-dachshund-derby-sunday-june-26th/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:31:04 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3933

On Sunday, June 26, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the Round Lake Beach Petland invites all varieties of “wiener dogs,” including Dachshunds, Corgis, Basset Hounds, and short-legged, long-bodied mixes to race one another in Petland’s Dachshund Derby 2011 to raise funds to benefit the Avon Township Food Pantry. This will be their 4th Annual [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/06/24/petland-dachshund-derby-sunday-june-26th/feed/ 1 http://www.district116.org/2011/06/04/planting-the-avon-township-community-garden-2011/ http://www.district116.org/2011/06/04/planting-the-avon-township-community-garden-2011/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:05:57 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3600

Saturday was the final get together of volunteers to put the finishing touches on this years Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm which is just one of the many projects of the Avon Township Community Foundation headed by Wendy Warden. Two weeks ago quite a number of vegetable rows were planted but since the community [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/06/04/planting-the-avon-township-community-garden-2011/feed/ 1 http://www.district116.org/2011/05/21/daisy-troop-40559-plants-their-vegetable-garden/ http://www.district116.org/2011/05/21/daisy-troop-40559-plants-their-vegetable-garden/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 02:09:13 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3508

Round Lake’s Daisy Troop 40559 got their vegetable garden completed on Saturday, May 21st, digging in the freshly tilled soil at the Avon Township Community Garden. After their final meeting before summer break, the Daisy Troop spent several hours planting the tomato plants that each girl had previously started plus rows of other seeds such [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/05/21/daisy-troop-40559-plants-their-vegetable-garden/feed/ 1 http://www.district116.org/2011/05/14/300000-for-forest-district-website-makeover/ http://www.district116.org/2011/05/14/300000-for-forest-district-website-makeover/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 17:58:35 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3463

The Lake County Board/Forest Preserve Board has approved $300,000 for the updating of the Forest Preserve website AND that they have and are expected to again cut funding to the University of Ill. Ext. Center. The U of I Ext. Center serves the most ‘at risk’ families in the county and helps other organizations serve [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/05/14/300000-for-forest-district-website-makeover/feed/ 2 http://www.district116.org/2011/05/07/food-pantry-production-farm-doubles-in-size/ http://www.district116.org/2011/05/07/food-pantry-production-farm-doubles-in-size/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 02:36:48 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3367

The Avon Township Community Foundation in conjunction with Avon Township has doubled the size of this years ‘production farm’. Sam Yingling, Township Supervisor, stated that “The Township is working in conjunction with the Avon Township Community Foundation on this year’s community garden and food pantry production farm. The production farm has been doubled in size this year [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/05/07/food-pantry-production-farm-doubles-in-size/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/04/07/local-area-easter-egg-hunts/ http://www.district116.org/2011/04/07/local-area-easter-egg-hunts/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:28:25 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=2946

  For your convenience we have listed several upcoming Easter Egg Hunts in the Round Lake and neighboring villages. Almost ALL are accepting non-perishable food items for local food pantries. Round Lake Area Park District and Neighboring Easter Egg Hunts Round Lake Area Park District Flashlight Egg Hunt – Ages 9-12 April 15th 8-9:30 PM [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/04/07/local-area-easter-egg-hunts/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2010/09/25/avon-townshiptouch-a-truck-event-a-huge-success/ http://www.district116.org/2010/09/25/avon-townshiptouch-a-truck-event-a-huge-success/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:06:30 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=1589

For those families who showed up at Avon Township’s “Touch-A-Truck” Event there were plenty of trucks, police cars, heavy equipment, BIG trucks, fire trucks, and more to ‘touch’! There was even a petting zoo which was also a big hit with the kids (and adults!). The weather cooperated with the wind dying down and the [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2010/09/25/avon-townshiptouch-a-truck-event-a-huge-success/feed/ 0 District116: Annual Taste of the (Round Lake Area) Chamber http://t.co/P0114Wfy via @AddThis Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:52:26 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/165568352633372672 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/165568352633372672 District116: Michelle Mussman’s Online Dating Bill Stirs Up Controversy http://t.co/phKo1jvI via @AddThis Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:43:33 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/164146767414296578 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/164146767414296578 District116: More Nice Weather Predicted For Our Area http://t.co/KhNdxFCd via @AddThis Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:03:40 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/164136730176401410 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/164136730176401410 District116: Illinois Center Right Coalition Endorses Lennie Jarratt http://t.co/ZnsGBjBJ via @AddThis Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:21:21 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/164035483792449538 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/164035483792449538 District116: Jarratt and Bednar Get Lake County Life PAC Endorsement http://t.co/KCRKgQBz via @AddThis Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:14:09 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/163052204238966784 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/163052204238966784 District116: Yingling Launches On-line Petition: http://t.co/NqqQMHGt http://t.co/ApUHiSRi via @AddThis Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:34:46 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/161562543716974593 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/161562543716974593 District116: “President” Gingrich Without His Hairpiece http://t.co/4R7jfwKL via @AddThis Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:21:00 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/161332584025047040 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/161332584025047040 District116: Lennie Jarratt For Illinois State Senate District 31: http://t.co/zU367tdN via @youtube Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:37:10 +0000 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/160944068405370880 http://twitter.com/District116/statuses/160944068405370880 District116: Does Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Need New Leadership? 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