Ah, the good ol’ days. Right after Earth Day in 1970, the Illinois General Assembly passed and Governor Richard Ogilvie signed a bill to ban open burning. Lakewood residents had always burned their leaves. It was so bad that vision … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Health Department: Open burning restrictions Residential landscape burning ordinance reminder WOODSTOCK IL – McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) reminds residents of the Public Health Ordinance restrictions regarding the open burning of landscape waste. … Continue reading
Thinking of Thanksgiving brought Julie Richardson’s name to mind. She was the Lakewood Village President when Lakewood banned leaf burning. In times past one could have almost zero visibility driving down Lake Avenue, the main drag in the part of … Continue reading
When I came in from raking leaves it was just raining a bit. Enough to make me go inside, but not badly. Then I looked at the weather map from WIRL in Rockford. (It’s the best I’ve found since WGN … Continue reading
Summer 2012 As I sit to write this letter, it is a beautiful spring day and there is much to celebrate within the Village of Lakewood. Lakewood Property Taxes We recently received our property tax bills and, for many of … Continue reading
I’ve been raking every day this week. My village of Lakewood isn’t as advanced as it used to be about 1980 when Vueglar’s would bring its sucker-upper truck to remove the leaves from the edge of the streets. I adapted … Continue reading
Snow covers the ground and in the oak-hickory forest in which we dwell, hickory leaves are sprinkled across the snow. Saturday the wind was so strong that hickory leaves drifted up against the pile of snow I shoveled five times … Continue reading
Snow covers the ground and in the oak-hickory forest in which we dwell, hickory leaves are sprinkled across the snow. Saturday the wind was so strong that hickory leaves drifted up against the pile of snow I shoveled five times … Continue reading
I took this picture last Sunday afternoon. It was really windy. A gray kind of day. Leaves had been thrust through the chain line fence at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach. They tried to get through, but were not as successful … Continue reading
I took this picture last Sunday afternoon. It was really windy. A gray kind of day. Leaves had been thrust through the chain line fence at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach. They tried to get through, but were not as successful … Continue reading
Who would have thought that I would see a “Message of the Day” on the way to our mailbox? On a road the last traffic count found 6,500 vehicles a day. More than on parts of the four-lane highway on … Continue reading
Who would have thought that I would see a “Message of the Day” on the way to our mailbox? On a road the last traffic count found 6,500 vehicles a day. More than on parts of the four-lane highway on … Continue reading
Leaves settled on the newly flowing water in Cress Creek on November 3rd. They are from one or more silver maple trees that shade the creek between Lake Avenue and Broadway. Crystal Lake Park District employees were down by the … Continue reading
Leaves settled on the newly flowing water in Cress Creek on November 3rd. They are from one or more silver maple trees that shade the creek between Lake Avenue and Broadway. Crystal Lake Park District employees were down by the … Continue reading
This picture was taken Friday, November 16th, after I took my 10-year old to school. It was the day the maple leaves were falling in and, as you can see from these pictures, on Crystal Lake. The most beautiful I … Continue reading
This picture was taken Friday, November 16th, after I took my 10-year old to school. It was the day the maple leaves were falling in and, as you can see from these pictures, on Crystal Lake. The most beautiful I … Continue reading
Not only are leaves hanging on waiting for a new bud to push them off a branch, but neighbors are cleaning up leaves that fell since last fall in our oak-hickory forest. This neighbor goes high tech. I use a … Continue reading
Not only are leaves hanging on waiting for a new bud to push them off a branch, but neighbors are cleaning up leaves that fell since last fall in our oak-hickory forest. This neighbor goes high tech. I use a … Continue reading
