Dennis Anderson

Community Exchange: Russell Anderson of Johnsburg is going to perform his music at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, at the Water Lantern Festival at the Lincoln Park South Lagoon in Chicago. Anderson performs as Edward III.

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Community Exchange: A summer vacation doesn’t have to involve a trip to Europe, or even a jaunt to Wisconsin. There are a lot of things to see in the Land of Lincoln. Author Melanie Holmes has a list of them in her book “100 Things to Do In Illinois Before You Die."

Community Exchange: Starting Sunday, the Northwest Herald will again be publishing seven days a week. Sunday will be an eNewspaper.

Community Exchange: In order to make sure the Northwest Herald is meeting your needs, I’m hoping to recruit some of you to serve on a reader panel for which I will soon be recruiting.

Community Exchange: The Northwest Herald's McHenry County Women of Distinction honorees have been chosen by a team of judges as representative role models and leaders in their fields and communities.

Community Exchange: Ronald Hameetman’s father had a story he told for years after World War II.

Community Exchange: Parker Schuring graduates from Huntley High School on May 20 and soon will be off to Northern Illinois University to study business and play baseball on a scholarship.

Community Exchange: Born prematurely, twin sisters Jane Umbarger and Jean Harrison lived for their first two months in an incubator that was on display at the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair. Thousands of people saw them each day. They were known as the “Incubator Twins.”

Community Exchange: Dennis Anderson’s Community Exchange column will return next Saturday.

Dennis Anderson: Thank You, Teachers is our way of acknowledging the value these educators have in our lives.

Community Exchange: Cycling Without Age McHenry County offers free recreational rides for people age 55 and older. The rides are conducted on three-wheeled cycles called trishaws and are piloted by trained volunteers.

Community Exchange: Since 2020, Paul and friends, employees, students and community members have made 1,000 episodes of “Lifting Spirits Through Music” starting about 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday in his Piano Trends shop.

Community Exchange: There is a certain amount of apprehension, and excitement, when you open your home to strangers. Maybe even more so when those strangers are 15-year-old boys from another country.

Community Exchange: In the years since Alex died, Kevin and Ange Powell have tried to do things in the community to honor him and to keep his memory alive.

Community Exchange: Glory Bound Rescue Ranch in Marengo has horses, dogs, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, bunnies, chickens, ducks, peacocks and llamas, including Maybelline and Max Factor

Community Exchange: Trini Feng started playing the piano in kindergarten. Today, as a senior at Crystal Lake South High School, she had a solo in the school’s band concert.

Community Exchange: Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves/Friends of Kishwaukee Fen is hosting a volunteer workday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 19. Volunteers are asked to meet at the end of Palmer Drive near the Kishwaukee Fen in Lakewood, and to dress for the outdoors.

Dennis Anderson: “It will be a crazy day,” said Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade Queen Casey Doherty, of McHenry, “and it’s a cool tradition to be part of.”

Community Exchange: “Having lost my mom at a young age, I know it’s important it is for teens to have a support system,” said Stacey Sassine, director One Million Monarchs in McHenry County.

Community Exchange: Share news about you and your neighbors and special events and happenings in McHenry County Community Exchange.

Community Exchange: You can’t miss Carrie Timmons as she zips throughout the cafe taking orders, delivering dishes and filling coffee mugs.

Dennis Anderson: Welcome to the Community Exchange. In this space each Saturday Dennis Anderson will introduce readers to people, places and things in McHenry County you need to know about.

Dennis Anderson: This was the first time IAPME, in conjunction with Capitol News Illinois, scheduled interviews with candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state and proponents and opponents of Amendment 1.

Dennis Anderson: Reader election poll: Taxes, crime, ethics top your concerns.

Dennis Anderson: Shaw readers to help determine what questions should be asked of candidates for political office.

Our goal is to provide unbiased information about the candidates in the hopes readers learn enough about campaigns to make an informed decision when they enter the ballot booth.