Compliments of Human Events comes a list of earmarks—read pork without lipstick—that United States Senator Barack Obama has requested for McHenry County. Here’s what I could find.

Look at the list and see if you can find more.

*  Johnsburg, Ill., to support construction of additional sewer lines, $2,000,000.

*  McHenry County, for its sheriff’s office law enforcement communication system, $1,000,000.  

*  McHenry County, to widen Miller Road, $500,000.  

*  McHenry County, for flexible and sustainable training solutions initiative, $600,000.  

*  Memorial Hospital, for necessary equipment upgrades for vascular disease diagnostics and screenings, $1,800,000.  

*  Memorial Medical Center, for Advanced Flatplate Cardiac Catherization/Electrophysiology Laboratory, $1,000,000.

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I tried to confirm with Centegra that the Memorial Hospital and Medical Center mentioned above was its Woodstock hospital, but got no reply.