Flood Warning Continues

The flood warning continues for the Fox River at Algonquin tail water until Wednesday evening.

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the stage was 10.2 feet. Flood stage is 9.5 feet.

Recent activity – flood forecasts for Algonquin were moved to this location on July 5 , 2011. Gage zero datum is different from the old gage location. Flood and action stages have changed.

Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

Forecast—The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by Wednesday afternoon

Run For The Arts - Tomorrow-Sunday

Bob Blazier – Run For The Arts 5K

Get active for the arts tomorrow—on site registration available!

Building community, staying active and supporting the arts -- all in one fun-filled morning! Now in it's sixteenth year, this 5K event honors Bob Blazier's unparalleled community accomplishments. 100% of the proceeds benefit Raue Center and our programs -- like Williams Street Repertory and Mission Imagination!

The route starts and ends at Raue Center and winds through Historic Downtown Crystal Lake (it's the same route as the Santa Run)! Sign up individually or create a team with your friends, family or neighbors! It's sure to be a BLAST! 

Not interested in the 5K? Register for Rosie’s 1-Mile Instead

Partner up with your co-workers and register for the Corporate Challenge!

May 5 @ 8a  

Late Registration: $35

Download a brochure now!

Fleming Road Construction Information

Dear Fleming Road Alliance Members and Supporters:

We have a start date.  See the message forward below from Dave Block of TranSystems.  Dave indicates more info is available on the web site www.flemingroad.info.  I had trouble getting the site to load normally. If you get to it, click on construction and you will see the update.  I am also going to attach it in a more readable form.

To get to the resolution lifting the weight limit, click on Dave's link, click on County Board Meeting May 7, click on agenda packet and scroll down to page 195.

Please plan on attending the meeting, even if you don't have specific questions.  We need to show by our numbers that we don't intend to go to sleep on watch.  If you do have questions and can't attend, please send your questions to this email address so we can ask them for you. (flemingroadalliance@gmail.com).

We are also attempting to get a meeting with the contractor, Curran, so we can speak directly to the people who will be on site. More info on that if we can get it set up.

Emily Berendt

Area Road Work Update

Curb installation on Walkup Road is complete and will be followed next week by asphalt placement, final striping, landscaping, and multi-use path construction.

Project work on IL Route 176 for the next week will consist of the grading of the area behind the curb, continued sidewalk installation and asphalt placement.

Traffic signal installation continues on IL Route 176 and Walkup Road.

North Section:

Traffic signal installation at Mason Hill Road is ongoing, but the signal will not be turned on for use until surfacing is complete and the final striping configuration is in place.

The remaining work on the North Section is final surfacing, striping, traffic signal installation at Mason Hill Road, and punch list cleanup.  Paving is expected to begin within the next two weeks and will take approximately one to two weeks to complete.

Steel Magnolias At Raue Center This Weekend

Williams Street Repertory’s Steel Magnolias opened to great audiences and rave reviews last weekend. The show continues Friday, May 3 at 8pm on stage at Raue Center For The Arts in Historic Downtown Crystal Lake, Illinois. It's perfect for Mother's Day or a ladies night out! Additional show dates are: May 4, 10 and 11 at 8:00 pm and May 11 at 3:00 pm.

Robert Harling wrote the heartfelt play that is based on the true story of his sister’s battle with diabetes. In its searing depiction of a group of gossipy southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor, the play is alternately hilarious and touching — and, in the end, deeply revealing of what it truly means to be a friend when the chips are up or down.

WS Rep graciously welcomes Kimberly Berg Sanders on board as the show’s director. Sanders began as a dancer/performer with Judith Svalander and attended high school from Crystal Lake Central High School. She transitioned into directing while in college and upon graduating she became a member of the Chicago Center Theatre Ensemble for 5 years. Sanders, who went to school for education, has directed shows at both Prairie Ridge High School and New Trier High School, and now currently teaches English at Cary-Grove High School.

When asked to describe the show Sanders explained that Steel Magnolias, put simply, is about “needing a strong support group to lean into your fears.”

Bringing to life these iconic women are Amanda Flahive (Annelle), Hannah Dawe (Shelby), Kate Hein (Truvy), Kellee Stall (M’Lynn), Shannon Mayhall (Clairee), and Regina Belt (Ouiser).

Behind the scenes, the crew includes Richard Kuranda (Founding Artistic Director) and T. Paul Lowry (Producing Director) as well as Pat Henderson (Stage Manager), Rebecca Lowry (Set Designer), Dan Gallagher (Lighting Designer), Aaron Quick (Sound Designer), Clare Kemock (Costume Designer), Teri Jackson (Props Designer), Steven Spera (Light Board Op) and John Dwyer (Sound Board Op).

The theatre company also presented The Fantasticks, The Rocky Horror Show, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Company, and Short Stories and Tall Tales of the American Hero this season.

Over the past year Raue Center has attracted regional and national attention from media powerhouses like the Huffington Post, Playbill.com and BroadwayWorld.com.

Steve Cochran of WIND Fox Radio praised WS Rep calling its work, “Challenging, provocative and, oh yeah… Fun.”

Rick Kogan of WGN also had rave reviews of Raue Center and WS Rep saying, “You must, must see this amazing work at this beautiful theater. Outstanding.”

Steel Magnolias  tickets start at $29. Group pricing is available! Tickets can be purchased online at WWW.WSREP.ORG, WWW.RAUECENTER.ORG or via the Box Office at 815.356.9212 or 26 N. Williams Street in downtown Crystal Lake. This show is sponsored by Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, BMO Harris Bank and RFP Photography, Inc. The second week of shows is also sponsored by Countryside Flower Shop and Garden Center. Thank you to the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

MCC Student Recital Sunday

McHenry County College will present a Student Recital at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 5 in the Luecht Conference Center at the College, located at 8900 U.S. Hwy. 14, Crystal Lake.

The recital will feature a variety of student performances, including vocalists, pianists, guitarists, violinists and other musicians. Student performers include: Mark Kuhlman, violin and vocals, Ted Hazelgrove, violin, Kathy Senn Birong, vocals, Mary Ann Norvell, piano, Jesse Theisen, vocals, Josh Theisen, piano, Michelle McGillivray, vocals, Carla Jeanne McLeland, piano, Sean Golbeck, guitar, Pete Friske, euphonium, and Kelsey Klaus, cello.

Participants are students of MCC faculty members, including Nancy Cykler-Shaw, voice instructor; Janet Kvam-Holub, chamber ensembles instructor; Paige Lush, Ph.D., chamber ensembles instructor; Tom Sergey, guitar instructor; Tara Singer, piano instructor and Steven Szalaj, voice instructor. Some of these faculty members will also perform with their students.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Michael Hillstrom at (815) 479-7814.

Crystal Lake Public Library Board Committee Meet

The Facilities Committee of the Crystal Lake Public Library Board of Trustees will meet Thursday, May 2 at 12:30 p.m. in the Ames II Room at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 West Paddock Street.