Mugs are at half mast around the Spring grove area for John "Beak" Cochara, who died suddenly on New Year's Eve. He was quite the character in these parts.
He was probably the most famous for getting duct taped to the stop sign at the corner of Il.-173 and Wilmot Road back in 1995. He had been in K.C.'s Cabin at that corner for the Bear-Packer game which ended badly for Da Bears. Beak was a huge Green Bay fan and started riding the Bear fans (he was badly outnumbered) and was warned to shut up or he'd be duct taped to the stop sign outside.
We are right on the Illinois-Wisconsin border, so there is somewhat of a rivalry between the two teams.
He didn't and they did. The Chicago Tribune picked up the story and eventually ESPN and other national sources. When the cops came and cut him down, they asked if he wanted to press charges, to which he replied, "Hell no. I'm going back inside."
We drove by K.C.'s Cabin the next time the Bears and Packers played, and we could easily have been at Lambeau as there were flags, signs and pennants flying all over...for Green Bay. Those Packer fans had come down and taken over a Bear bar!!
So Long, Beak. --RoadDog
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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