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Helos at 2 O’clock

September 15, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Police, Helicopter, Helo, Lakeside Center

And I don’t mean. “Look up to the right.”

An emotionally distraught young woman abandoned her car at Lakeside Center last night.

The search for her included a helicopter flying a search pattern over Crystal Lake (the lake) and environs that woke the adults in the Skinner family.

I thought about going out and taking a photo, but that’s as far as I got.

She was found this morning.

Spraying Crystal Lake

May 29, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake, Gypsy Moth, Helicopter, Spraying

If you have been in Crystal Lake, you may have seen signs warning that gypsy moth spraying would be taking place this week.

It certainly was too windy on Tuesday.

While still windy, it apparently was calm enough for sparying.

While I was at the outdoor chapel at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake (not helping as much as I was able to Tuesday when new benches were being assembled), we saw the helicopter fly over twice.

I got a pretty good shot of the copter as it flew out of sight on its south-north run.

Spraying Crystal Lake

May 28, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake, Gypsy Moth, Helicopter, Spraying

If you have been in Crystal Lake, you may have seen signs warning that gypsy moth spraying would be taking place this week.

It certainly was too windy on Tuesday.

While still windy, it apparently was calm enough for sparying.

While I was at the outdoor chapel at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake (not helping as much as I was able to Tuesday when new benches were being assembled), we saw the helicopter fly over twice.

I got a pretty good shot of the copter as it flew out of sight on its south-north run.

Message of the Day – A Helicopter

July 07, 2007 By: Cal Skinner Category: Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Helicopter, Mosquito

They weren’t black helicopters as some of McHenry County Blog’s readers might expect its writer to be seeing.

And, they weren’t like the ones I saw last time in Crystal Lake.

Actually this one flying quite low back and forth across Route 14 near Crystal Lake’s North Shore was pretty small.

I couldn’t figure out what it was doing.

Then, I went to City Hall and picked up the latest ”City Letter.”

On page 4 was an article entitled,

City Continues Mosquito Abatement Efforts

Then, it all clicked.

In all likelihood, the helicopter was from Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management.

Message of the Day – A Helicopter

July 07, 2007 By: Cal Skinner Category: Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Helicopter, Mosquito

They weren’t black helicopters as some of McHenry County Blog’s readers might expect its writer to be seeing.

And, they weren’t like the ones I saw last time in Crystal Lake.

Actually this one flying quite low back and forth across Route 14 near Crystal Lake’s North Shore was pretty small.

I couldn’t figure out what it was doing.

Then, I went to City Hall and picked up the latest ”City Letter.”

On page 4 was an article entitled,

City Continues Mosquito Abatement Efforts

Then, it all clicked.

In all likelihood, the helicopter was from Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management.

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