The Round lake Area School District 116 “Early Bird” registration is already in progress even though the last day of the 2011-12 school year will be Tuesday, May 29. There are various ways to sign up for the new school year including online and mail-in/drop off registration open until May 25, 2012. The link in [...]
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Community Awareness “Stop Smoking” Event
May 4th, 2012 
Gene Carey Lake County Physical Therapy LLC and Lake County Medical Group, two pioneering medical practices in the Round Lake Beach area, have partnered together to present a community awareness event. Join us May 7th at the Round Lake Area Public Library at 6:00 pm to learn an exciting way to kick the bad habit of smoking. [...]
Peg Larson Appointed As New School Board Member District 116
May 4th, 2012 Gene Carey Mrs. Margaret (Peg) Larson was appointed to fill the Round Lake Area District 116 School Board vacancy created when Douglas Raul Williams resigned after becoming an Avon Township Board member. At Thursday nights Committee of the Whole Meeting, Mrs. Larson was sworn in by Board President Nanci Radford as the school boards newest member For [...]
Nominating Andrea G Swift for “Airhead” Award
May 3rd, 2012 Gene Carey Today I received an email from an andreagswift who, as it turns out, is Andrea G Swift, a local Round Lake attorney. She had landed on my site looking for some information regarding Round Lake School District 116 which operates a website at www.RLAS-116.org The school district has recently updated their website and things are [...]
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No Comments »Joe Walsh ~ Veterans Commendation Ceremony VIDEO
May 1st, 2012 Gene Carey Last night I had the privilege to attend Congressman Joe Walsh’s Veterans Commendation Ceremony honoring fifteen veterans of the Illinois 8th Congressional District. The ceremony was held at the VeHe Barn in Deer Park with many veterans, friends, and relatives in attendance. In most cases it was a family member who had submitted the application [...]
Posted in District 116 Area News Tags: 2012, Alfred Saller, April 30, awards, Ceremony, Commendation, Congressman, Gary Pilafs, Gregory Jacobs, Henry Inselberger, Illinois 8th Congressional District, James Schreiner, Joe Walsh, John 'Jack' Halley Jr, John Mont Marquette, Loren "Duke" Abdalla, nominations, Pastor Rick Valkanet, Rear Admiral John Mumaw, recipients, Representative, Robert Kellermann, Robert Leahy Jr, Thaddeus Kochanny, Thomas Steinman, Thomas Thiry, Tom Reddish, United States, VeHe farm, Veterans, Video, William Lyford 7 Comments »Round Lake Cops to Gangs “A Relentless Pursuit”
April 29th, 2012 Gene Carey Yet another street gang sweep took place in the Round Lake area as police continued their relentless pursuit of those who are involved in drug use and trafficking. With the help of Homeland Security, federal agents, and a police helicopter, local police rounded up and arrested a dozen suspected gang members. Round Lake Park police [...]
Posted in District 116 Area News Tags: arrested, arrests, authorities, Chief George Filenko, dozen, drug, drug bust, drugs, federal agents, gang members, gang sweep, helicopter, Homeland Security, police, raid, Round Lake Park, warrant, warrants No Comments »Residents Rid Household Chemicals and Old Electronics
April 28th, 2012 Gene Carey Local residents took advantage of two events on Saturday that allowed them to dispose of their household chemicals as well as their old electronic devices. SWALCO hosted a chemical waste event while at the same time the local Goodwill store hosted their electronic recycling event. Both were well attended as residents came from far away [...]
