An anonymous blogger writing Lake County Eye has a wonderful sense of humor. And, he’s a reader of McHenry County Blog. Usually he makes fun of my mistakes, but this time he has reinterpreted three photos of the Crystal Lake Kiwanis’ … Continue reading
Category Archives: Crystal Lake Kiwanis
Last night the predictions were that there would be an inch of snow on the ground for the 9 AM Crystal Lake Kiwanis Santa Run. As it turned out the big flakes didn’t start falling until after the race and … Continue reading
My Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday. Today, I’m running a photo of the Crystal Lake Indrpendence Day’s Gand Marshal, Mike Splitt, who has served at our President two times. Splitt was honored for his community … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Library Director Kathryn Martens attended the CL Kiwanis Club luncheon Wednesday. Kiwanis has donated money to provide introduction bags to the moms of newborn babies. Besides that she showed us the various ways that an early novel were … Continue reading
The pre-Crystal Lake posts of my father’s biography can be found by looking down on McHenry County Blog. Dad rented a home at 100 W. Crystal Lake Avenue. We started school there (the junior class built its Homecoming float there) … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club makes donations to youth organizations. The Junior Bowling Association of McHenry County was the recipient o $500 last Saturday at Crystal Lake’s Metro Bowl. The bowling alley is old fashioned in that scores have to … Continue reading
Crystal Lake’s Kiwanis Club staffed the Salvation Army kettles at Walmart Saturday. It was a great day. Not 10 degrees above zero and no snow. A man in his 40’s, accompanied by an older teen and a younger one, came … Continue reading
Former Crystal Lake Library Board President and still a Trustee Carol Heisler came up with the idea. Kiwanis should sponsor a Little Free Library in Crystal Lake. The first one was located at the Nature Center on the North side … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake Kiwanis are set for its Santa Run on Sunday. While online registration is over, people can still sign up Saturday from 10-3 at the Running Depot, 30 N. Williams Street, or Sunday morning at the Raue Center … Continue reading
As an intermission between Republican politicians, the Allegiance Color Guard from Dundee came marching by. Horses pulling a stage coach also added interest. A necessary component of any parade with horses is a place to put any horse apples. The … Continue reading
Tuesday afternoon the Crystal Lake Kiwanis, Park District and Public Library dedicated a Little Free Library at the Nature Center on the eastern side of Veterans Acres. It sits at the top of the hill off North Williams Street. The … Continue reading
I had read about the Diaper Bank, probably in the Northwest Herald. But I didn’t make personal contact until the 2012 Marengo Business Expo. It was started by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in McHenry and is poised to start operating … Continue reading
In conjunction with Kiwanis International, Crystal Lake Kiwanis is collecting funds to finance a UNICEWD to eliminate neonatal tetanus. It’s called the Eliminate Project. Yesterday and today at Country Donuts and Joseph’s Market volunteers offered peanuts as they stood in … Continue reading
Nikolas Archambean is four. His mother Candie waits on the Crystal Lake Kiwanis when the club meets at Colonial. She must have been talking about the St. Baldrick’s children cancer research fund raiser, because one time when I was having … Continue reading
Stepping to the front to have her tresses cut on Wednesday was former Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club President Jo Anne Ollerenshaw. The cutting of her long hair was done to promote the upcoming St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Cancer Research Fund Raiser, … Continue reading
Friday there were 501 registered for the first Crystal Lake Kiwanis Santa Run. At the 9 AM race start there were 701. Organized by Kiwanis to benefit groups that help kids in McHenry County, the 5k Run/1 mile walk benefited … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Kiwanis is sponsoring in conjunction with local charities which help kids. As of last Wednesday’s Kiwanis luncheon, 482 people had signed up to run in Santa costumes on what will be a really good running Sunday. This is … Continue reading
The annual Peanut Days for Kiwanis is coming up in McHenry County. Some details appear below. Kiwanis Club Of Crystal Lake – Peanut Days, September 23-‐24th Service is at the heart of every Kiwanis International club, no matter where in … Continue reading
Each year Crystal Lake Kiwanis sponsors a Little Miss Peanut pageant. It’s not a beauty contest, just a way to allow your girls to get some experience in front of 30-40 people. The winner this year was Divina Arellano. … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Kiwanis had its second to last meeting at the current location of Colonial Cafe. That’s where I met my wife at the now-defunct Crystal Lake Kiwanis Breakfast Club. The noon club has been meeting in the same room. … Continue reading