Dennis Anderson
Community Exchange: Russell Anderson of Johnsburg is going to perform his music at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, at the Water Lantern Festival at the Lincoln Park South Lagoon in Chicago. Anderson performs as Edward III.
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Community Exchange: A summer vacation doesn’t have to involve a trip to Europe, or even a jaunt to Wisconsin. There are a lot of things to see in the Land of Lincoln. Author Melanie Holmes has a list of them in her book “100 Things to Do In Illinois Before You Die."
Community Exchange: Starting Sunday, the Northwest Herald will again be publishing seven days a week. Sunday will be an eNewspaper.
Community Exchange: In order to make sure the Northwest Herald is meeting your needs, I’m hoping to recruit some of you to serve on a reader panel for which I will soon be recruiting.
Community Exchange: The Northwest Herald's McHenry County Women of Distinction honorees have been chosen by a team of judges as representative role models and leaders in their fields and communities.
Community Exchange: Ronald Hameetman’s father had a story he told for years after World War II.
Community Exchange: Parker Schuring graduates from Huntley High School on May 20 and soon will be off to Northern Illinois University to study business and play baseball on a scholarship.
Community Exchange: Born prematurely, twin sisters Jane Umbarger and Jean Harrison lived for their first two months in an incubator that was on display at the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair. Thousands of people saw them each day. They were known as the “Incubator Twins.”
Community Exchange: Dennis Anderson’s Community Exchange column will return next Saturday.
Dennis Anderson: Thank You, Teachers is our way of acknowledging the value these educators have in our lives.
Community Exchange: Cycling Without Age McHenry County offers free recreational rides for people age 55 and older. The rides are conducted on three-wheeled cycles called trishaws and are piloted by trained volunteers.
Community Exchange: Since 2020, Paul and friends, employees, students and community members have made 1,000 episodes of “Lifting Spirits Through Music” starting about 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday in his Piano Trends shop.
Community Exchange: There is a certain amount of apprehension, and excitement, when you open your home to strangers. Maybe even more so when those strangers are 15-year-old boys from another country.
Community Exchange: In the years since Alex died, Kevin and Ange Powell have tried to do things in the community to honor him and to keep his memory alive.