Last Week: Fox Lake Yesterday and Today, McHenry Christmas Walk, Bears Lose

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20

I went to the Fox Lake/Grant Township Historical Society's meeting at the Grant Hall Museum in Ingleside, Illinois, after my mandatory stop at Thornton's for a large cappucinno coffee.  The museum has acquired the 24 historical signs that were up in Fox Lake in 2020 showing yesterday and today pictures of places around the community. Each one had an interesting story behind it.

In the afternoon, we went to the McHenry American Legion as our first stop on the McHenry annual Christmas Walk, where many stores, restaurants and bars have specials and Christmas-themed activities going on.

Later, we went to Grinder's, Old Bridge and ended up back at the Legion.

We were sorry to find out that Richmond-Burton had lost their game to Joliet Catholic, but no one was surprised.  That team should not have been in Class 4A.

Came home and watched "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II."

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Went to the McHenry American Legion and watched the Bears lose another game.  They have now lost six in a row.  People are calling to have Coach Nagy fired.

Stopped at Sunnyside on the way home.

--RoadDog

Homecoming Wins Out

I had several things I would have liked to do today. The McHenry Historical Society has a meeting and presentation this morning; Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, has their annual Oktoberfest and Marengo, Illinois, their annual Settlers' Days festival.

But, Northern Illinois has its homecoming against the Akron Zips (who came with a minute of defeating Michigan earlier this season. We already have tickets, anyway.

Plus, the DeKalb Footstompers play afterwards at Lord Stanley's in downtown DeKalb, right on the old Lincoln Highway.

There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town. --RoadDog

JSS: Music-- Local History-- Sticking Around

JSS--  Just Some Stuff

1.  MUSIC--  Bob Stroud is playing songs from 1976 on his Ten at Ten right now.  This weekend, Sunday, is his Rock and Roll Roots Show with music from the '60s and '70s from 7 to 10 AM, CDST. 

Next week, M-Th, his Ten at Ten will be 1969, 1978, 1984 and 1971.  Streaming at www.wdrv.com.

WXRT is doing their 40 Years in 40 Days Commemoration in honor of their 40th anniversary this year.  Each day they take a year and feature it.  Today is 1993.  Tomorrow, Wendy Rice spends four hours in the year 1975 from 8 to noon on her Saturday Morning Flashback.  Then, Sunday night from 9-11 is Little Steven's Underground Garage.  www.wxrt.com.


2.  LOCAL HISTORY--  Saturday will be the Fox Lake Historical Society meeting where an old-time radio show will be put on.  Then, in the afternoon, Spring Grove will have the dedication of its new park at the Spring Grove Fish Hatchery with music, food and activities.  The fish hatchery operated during the 1900s and was where many of the fish stocked in Illinois lakes were raised.


3.  STICKING AROUND--  Today, will be boating in Fox Lake, the mayor's 5k run spaghetti dinner and the Grant High School (Fox Lake, Il) football game against Stevenson, then Terry Spizzirri playing at Route 12 Bar.

Tomorrow, after the two history things, it will be Terry Spizzirri again, this time in the afternoon at Dock's Tiki Bar in Wauconda and the band at Captain's Quarters in the evening.

Not sure about Sunday yet.

Too Much To Do.  --RoadDog


WORD PLAY:  The man who fell into the upholstery machine was fully recovered.