Archive for November, 2009
November 24th, 2009
The first Remedies Ball netted $38,000 for Remedies Inc. last Saturday at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Rockford.
That included $1,725 paid for four purses donated by Judge Janet Holmgren, Judge Rosemary Collins, WREX-13 anchor Dani Maxwell and musician Jodi Beach and packed with personal items like they’d carry in their own purses.
Dani Maxwell; Register Star photo by Amy J. Correnti
Remedies Inc. is the new name of groups formerly known as PHASE and WAVE, organizations that respectively help those with substance abuse problems and domestic violence issues. Fomerly, the group’s fundraiser was known as the Teddy Bear Ball. The amount of money raised this year at the event was a record, said Karen Gill, vice president of operations and fund development. Attendance was 225 people, also a record.
November 24th, 2009
If your group is hosting a Christmas Cookie Walk Dec. 4, 5 or 6 in Winnebago, Boone or Ogle counties, we’d like to know about it by 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30.
We plan to publish a list in GO on Dec. 4 and in our online GO calendar. You can either post the info here or e-mail me at gbraun@rrstar.com or both.
Include time it starts and ends, day, date, where it will be held including the name of the location and the address, and a phone number to call if people have questions.
I already have cookie walk info for Prince of Peace and Rocktown Township Historical Society Museum in Rockton; St. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, St. Anthony of Padua and Second Congregational in Rockford; and Concordia Lutheran Church, Machesney Park. So no need to send again.
If you’re hosting a Christmas Cookie Walk after Dec. 6, still send the info, and we’ll post it in our online calendar.
November 23rd, 2009
My commute home from the News Tower in Rockford to Loves Park has been dinged.
For months, I was getting a nostalgic charge out of seeing the Squirt painting on a building at Route 251 and River Lane. But a few weeks ago, it disappeared. Siding is all that’s in its place now.
KATIE BACKMAN | ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR (April 25) The Parkside Uniforms building, 5502 N. Second St., Loves Park,was demolished in March. A Squirt advertisement is painted on the adjacent building. Nearby business owners say they think the advertisement dates back to the 1950s. Bob Champion, owner of the building, said he has to reside the building.
November 19th, 2009
Faith Center, 4721 S. Main St., Rockford, will host a free dinner Wednesday, Nov. 25, for about 400 people.
Dinner will be served from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and reservations are required. Register at thankfulfriendsdinner.com or call 815-964-8000.
You may attend the event without having dinner from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. There will be music and giveaways, including plane tickets from the Chicago Rockford International Airport.
November 18th, 2009
Comedy duo Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong will appear at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. Tickets go on sale at 4:20 p.m., a time associated with cannabis, on Friday at coronadopac.org, 815-968-0595 and the box office at 314 N. Main St., Rockford. They cost $50 or $35.
For this tour, “Cheech and Chong: Get It Legal,” the duo has partnered with the Marijuana Policy Project. Chong’s wife and comedy partner Shelby Chong will open, and DJ Joey Mojo will perform.
Should marijuana use be legal?
November 18th, 2009
Chemistry professor Deborah Breiter of Rockford College was slated to be included in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” last Sunday about the Stott family from Lena, but her scene did not make the final cut.
You can see her segment from the show’s online bonus scenes here. Crews filmed her during their taping of the construction of the Stott home in September. She is shown donating lab glassware to family members and demonstrating a fun experiment, making ice cream with liquid nitrogen in the lab.
November 18th, 2009
Until Dec. 1, you can nominate local musicians for Rockford Area Music Industry Awards in categories that include rock, Latino, Christian, jazz, gospel and more by going to the group’s Web site here.
You can vote online from Jan. 1 to March 20 to choose winners, but only RAMI members can vote for the technician awards. The 19th annual RAMI Awards Ceremony will be April 29.
The organization also has outlined at its site how it selects winners for the Lifetime Achievement, Community Service, Outstanding Achievement and D.J. awards.
Other related dates: Jan. 30, deadline for nominations for recordings for song, composer and album of the year awards, as well as Youth Charity Jam application deadline; Feb. 27, jam auditions; March 27, jam. Auditions, jam, awards ceremony take place at Tebala Shrine Temple in Rockford.
KATY MULL | RRSTAR.COM
Fall Asleep Sober vocalist Brandon Torzeski, 16, of Machesney Park
performs Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at the Rockford Area Music Industry
Youth Charity Jam Auditions at Tebala Shrine Temple in Rockford. The RAMI
Charity Jam is scheduled for April 3, 2009, at Tebala Shrine Temple
with proceeds going to the Gary S. Wilmer Memorial Scholarship Fund
administered by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.
November 16th, 2009
Did you learn to swim later in life? Are you in your 30s and decided to give up your job as a lawyer to make cookies for a living? What have you done after deciding it’s never too late to start something new? Post your comments here and read about Mary E. Larson of Pecatonica here. She’s an actress this weekend in her first play since high school.
November 16th, 2009
In case you were wondering, I donned a Catwoman costume last Friday, the 13th, for a black-cat-themed luncheon fashion show, Puttin’ on the Glitz (other photos here), to benefit SwedishAmerican’s Regional Cancer Center.
(Me and Kevin Haas, KHaas Theory writer, who also was in the show.)
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