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ORACLE
April 2015
The Newsletter of the Oakhurst Community Association
From the Architectural Review Committee
W
ith spring finally here, we all have plans to do a project to refresh or improve our property. Don’t
forget the mailbox. Winter has been hard on a number of the mailboxes in Oakhurst. The
snowplow, snow, and wind have caused many to lean. Make sure your mailbox is upright and in
good condition. Remember, it is the first thing people see when driving by your home. It represents your
property. Well-kept mailboxes improve the aesthetic look of the neighborhood.
If you plan to make some changes to your Oakhurst home like exterior painting, adding a fence, replacing
your driveway, changing your garage door style, or replacing your windows with a different style, you first need
to consult the Oakhurst Rules & Regulations and Architectural Guidelines. These documents provide rules and
requirements for making changes to your property. They also provide guidance on how to obtain approval
prior to making them.
The Architectural Guidelines provide specific information on changes that require approval and ones that
do not. Make sure Modification Requests include all the required information as stated in the Guidelines and
on the request forms. Doing so will aid the Architectural Review Committee (ARC) in completing the review
and approval process in a timely manner. Most Modification Requests are
processed using email or phone communication to clarify details and provide
quick approval. Be sure to print your phone number and email address on the
request form clearly so it will be legible after the form is faxed. Modification
Forms are available on the Oakhurst website listed below. Do not use the Baum
Property Management company forms located on their website. They do not
contain the required information for Oakhurst.
If you have a hardcopy of the Architectural Guidelines or Rules &
Regulations, they are most likely outdated, as they have been revised. You
should access the latest revision on the Oakhurst website or you can
obtain a copy from the Property Manager. Remember, the Architectural
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Guidelines have been put in place to protect your property values.
If someone new moves into the neighborhood near you, ask if they Board Representatives......................2
are familiar with the modification rules and Architectural Guidelines. If Community Calendar ......................3
not, point them to the Oakhurst website at
Help a Homeless Pet ........................5
www.oakhurstcommunity.org or the Property Manager. If you see a
Classified Ads ..................................6
neighbor making a change to their property, ask if they submitted a
Steck Dinner Night Out..................6
Modification Form requesting approval. If not, let them know that they Oaks Membership ............................6
need to submit the appropriate form in accordance with the regulations No Easy Street ................................7
and guidelines or they may face a fine.
Alderman’s Corner ......................13]
Keep in mind there is a minimum fine of $100 for modifying your
Working Youth Directory..............14
property without the appropriate approvals.
Boy Scout Holiday Flag Service ....18
As the neighborhood matures and the economy continues to
Orca Swim Team ..........................19
change, maintaining the aesthetic quality of Oakhurst becomes more
Swim Lessons ................................19
essential to ensure the highest possible property values. Keep the
The Happy Gardener ....................20
exterior look of your home in good condition. Siding and trim often
WVHS Car Wash ..........................21
need refreshing and landscaping can easily become overgrown.
Cub Scouts Pack 643 ....................21
Everyone should have a vested interest to ensure that all properties
What’s Happening Waubonsie ......23
positively affect the value of homes in Oakhurst. If you see property
Youth Tennis ................................24
that is not up to your standard, quickly report it to the Property
Warrior Summer Camps ..............27
Manager so that corrective actions can be taken.
Warriors on the Course ................29
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2015 HOA Meeting Schedules
Oakhurst Community Association meetings in 2015 will
be held at the Oaks Clubhouse at 7:00 p.m. on April 28,
July 28, September 22 and October 22.
Oakhurst residents are welcome to participate.
The Autumn Lakes Association meetings in 2015 will
take place at the McCoy Street Fire Station at 7:00 p.m.
on May 12, September 8 and November 10.
Autumn Lake residents are invited to attend.
Send articles for submission, non-profit club
and group notices, working youth listings and
classified ads such as
For Sale and Lost & Found to Robin Church at
[email protected]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
April - June 2015
04/10
Cub Scout Pack 643 Round-Up
Steck Elementary, 7p
04/17
Free Yard Waste Pick-Up Ends
04/24
Cub Scout Pack 643 April Pack Meeting
Steck Elementary, 7p
04/28
Oakhurst Community Association Meeting
Oaks Clubhouse, 7p
04/29
Steck Dinner Night Out Event
Jets Pizza, 10a-10p
See flyer for more information.
05/02
Fischer Fun Run!
Info: www.funrun.fischerptsa.org
8a, Mile Run/Walk; 8:30a, 5K Run/Walk
9:35a, Toddler Tumbler; 9:45a, Tween Dash
05/03
Oakhurst ORCA Swim Team Informational Meeting
1-3p, Oaks Rec Clubhouse
DEADLINE IS THE 26TH OF EACH MONTH
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISERS CONTACT
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630-585-9340 • Fax 630-585-8232
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DEADLINE FOR AD COPY
IS THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH
Publication of paid advertisements in this newsletter are
not an endorsement or recommendation of any advertised
product or service. The Oakhurst Community Association
is neither responsible nor liable for the content of any
advertisement published, herein.
05/07- Seussical, the Musical!
05/09 WVHS Auditorium, 7p
Ticket info: http://whvs.ipsd.org
Special dinner theater, May 9, 5p
05/10
Happy Mother's Day!
Libraries closed
05/12
Autumn Lakes Association Meeting
McCoy Street Fire Station, 7p
05/24
Libraries closed on Sundays thru Labor Day
05/25
Memorial Day -- No School
Libraries closed
06/07
Mid-American Canoe & Kayak Race
8:30a-3:00p, Fox River
Call 630-859-8606 for details
06/08
Last Day of School!
06/10
Oakhurst Youth Tennis Program begins
Waubonsie Warrior Summer Camps begin
See flyers for more information.
06/14
Flag Day!
06/21
Happy Father's Day!
First Day of Summer!
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Still LOOKING For A Match!
By Robin Church
Chandler
Chandler is a beautiful, orange tabby kitten with white highlights on his
chin and chest! This big, friendly guy is affectionate and confident. He
loves to play with string toys, balls, feather toys, bottle caps, and stuffed
mice. Chandler loves to buddy up next to his human pals.
Phoebe
Phoebe is a petite,
orange tabby kitten with
a curious spirit these
days! This sweet little
girl enjoys being petted. Once she warms up, she’ll want to stay close
and mew for your attention, purring all the while. Her playfulness
shines with toys on a string and noisy balls.
Both kittens are spayed or neutered, current on vaccinations,
dewormed, micro-chipped, FIV/FLV negative and available for adoption
today! Email [email protected], call 630-815-4520, or visit
them during store hours at PetSmart Naperville, 3111 111th Street,
Naperville, Illinois. Walk-in adoption hours: Saturday and Sunday,
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Help a Homeless Pet!
We are in great need of H-E-L-P, especially during the busy kitten season this spring. There are many ways you can
become involved to help end the unnecessary killing of homeless pets. Email Judy Walker at [email protected] or call
Robin Church at 630-499-9899.
• Volunteer your time!
o FOSTERS DESPERATELY NEEDED for healthy/injured cats, nursing moms, kittens
o Transport animals to and from PAWS Chicago for veterinarian care
o Help at local adoption events
• Donate an item on our wish list!
o Dry cat food – Purina Cat Chow, Kitten Chow, Royal Canin Kitten
o Wet cat food – Friskies pate or shreds – poultry flavors, grain-free brands
o Gerber baby food – ham, chicken, turkey
o Paper towels, newspapers
o Kitty litter, litter boxes, scoops
o New electric heating blankets
o Towels, blankets, fleece fabric
o 36”, 40”, 48” wire dog crates; cat carriers
o Cat toys, food bowls
o Gift cards: grocery/pet/hardware/fabric stores and gas stations
Any donation to Feral Fixers is gratefully received and fully deductible by law as a 501c3 charitable organization.
Thank you so much for supporting local animal rescue efforts!
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Classified Ads
WANTED - Middle school teacher
looking for a stay-at-home mom
to care for her newborn beginning
in November and running through
the 2015-2016 school year. If
interested, please contact Beth at
630-788-9429.
WANTED - Your unwanted
coupons located in Sunday
papers. Drop off box located at
3066 Anton Circle or call Sheila at
630-397-9377 for pickup.
April 2015
FOR SALE Children’s computer
furniture. Made is USA by
Wild Zoo. Buddy Desk with
attached 30.5 inch seat and
attached hutch. Fits one or two
children. Maple with black trim.
Desk: 23”h x 44.5”w x 36”d
(includes seat). Hutch 18”h x
44.5”w x 10.5”d. Like-new.
Smoke-free home. $200 OBO.
Call 630-585-0192.
FOR SALE - Oakhurst pool bond.
Asking $500; we split the transfer
fee. Contact Janine at
[email protected]
for more information.
FOR SALE - All-wood corner
computer/TV armoire. Made in
USA by Riverside Furniture.
Warm oak. Four doors doublehinged to open flush with side of
cabinet for convenient access. All
drawers dovetail construction.
67”h x 54”w x 23”d. Like-new.
Smoke-free home. $1,000 OBO.
Call 630-585-0192.
FOR SALE - Grey laminate boy’s
bedroom includes platform bed
with bookcase style headboard,
desk with chair and dresser.
Excellent condition. Perfect for
youth through high school $475.
Contact Buddy at 630-851-2428.
FOR SALE - Oakhurst pool bond.
Call for details at 630-820-3337.
FOR SALE - Oakhurst pool bond.
All dues are up to date $500. Call
Maryanne at 630-269-0747.
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No Easy Street
By Ann E. Funck
“Keep scanning the fields on both
sides for deer,” she told him as usual.
“They’re all over and take off across the
roads without warning.”
Our daughter Alison Lee and her
fiancé Shawn were in her new Mazda
with him at the wheel. It was Des Moines
in November. He should spin his head
around like an antsy owl.
Suddenly a flying deer smashed
against their windshield. Glass shattered
through the car, showering Alison.
Shawn punched the brakes as they swore
and cold-sweated together. The
half-grown deer was dead in
the road; two adult deer
appeared and nuzzled the
younger one. It could have
been an only deer.
As Shawn started the car,
Alison dialed the Mazda dealer
on her phone to ask for a
loaner.
That afternoon they
snagged a Ford Explorer loaner.
The Mazda was repaired,
and a month went by without
more crippling confusion until
Alison was walking her beagle
“Penny.” She stopped by her
parked Mazda and started it so
the car would be warm on her
way to work.
“When I got out and shut
my door, I heard a crash and
thought it was a sheet of ice
falling off the car,” she said.
“During the walk I wondered
how shutting the door of a cold
car could cause ice to fall off the roof. I
went around to the back of the car and
saw the rear window shattered and
fallen out. O. M. G.”
It was as grim as it gets until driving
her second loaner car: a Subaru which
she hated. Unlike the commercial, “love”
didn’t make her Subaru.
“I’d researched cars online before I
bought, and my Mazda had the highest
rating for performance and safety. I
didn’t think they made Subarus
anymore,” she told me. “This loaner was
a deathtrap on wheels. And it was a
Limited Edition -- top of the line!”
Alison’s co-worker drove a Ford
Focus. She struck a deer several weeks
after Alison’s killer ride. The bumper
was damaged and replaced. This gal’s
husband is a backwoods type and took
advantage of the free meat and roasted
the venison. He also mounted the
smashed bumper to a wall in their
garage and got the deer’s head stuck on
the bumper, redneck-style.
“She told the story, droning on and
on,” Alison reported, “but I was done
with the conversation when Honey Boo
Boo got to the road-kill part. I didn’t
want to know how the head was hung
on the bumper. My IQ level had gone
down a couple notches from just
listening till then. I knew I’d better get
back to work and refresh my brain cells.”
The Des Moines suburb where
Alison lives and works is halcyon, with
areas that welcome wildlife, especially
deer that fly sleigh-less. Car bumpers are
deer magnets.
Our daughter has joined the Deer of
the Month Club at work. Every employee
whose vehicle is struck by a deer is
automatically registered. There’s another
t-shirt.
The mad-cow disease infestation in
deer that we heard about a few years
back must have let up -- at least in Iowa.
Even the thought of culling the growing
herds is illegal. They do know “where
have all the flowers gone.” ‘Gone to
whitetails every one.
In a west Chicago suburb adjoining
ours, there’s a lady who encourages the
deer to pose in her yard. She serves a
“mineral block” ordered online. They
gather expectantly for her chopped
apples, too. Their progeny has
not yet inundated our suburb,
giving us endeering stories.
Alison was planning to
cause a hullabaloo on the road,
blaring her car stereo with the
windows down. At least she’d
give the animals a head’s up, for
driving out loud.
“But I was lying on the horn
and the deer must be deaf; they
don’t even look up. They just
keep moseyin’ across the road.
Sometimes a family of four
ambles across and the cars on
both sides are stopped.” She sent
me a cell photo of a deer next to
the street waiting for friends -- or
to suddenly hitch a ride on the
hood.
“I have to calculate the
speed of my car and the speed of
the oncoming deer. Just last
week I thought I saw something
out of the corner of my eye and
slowed down. Sure enough, a
deer dashed in front of my car.”
Our 15-year-old grandson Ryan is
not looking forward to learning to drive
($340 at his high school) as he faces the
prospect of deer run-ins.
Our daughter wonders if her
insurance will always pay out. “What if
they tell me, ‘Three deer incidents and
then we’re done’? I need Xanax just to
get to work.”
So Alison and Shawn now have their
necks on swivels. Their restless eyes are
always searching for the reckless eyes of
deer in the headlights or antlers in the
dusk.
Fifteen years of Ann's monthly true tales are now in a book titled, A CHEAP SEXY CAR & More Serious Humor. Entertainment for everyone, it is 450
pages and $20 hand-delivered -- or $25 if mailed. For a copy, please email her at [email protected] or call 630 820-9896.
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Rick Mervine
Alderman 8th Ward • www.MyWard8.com • [email protected] 331-452-5136
FREE Yard Waste & Brush Pickup
April 6 ­ April 17, 2015
On your regular garbage pickup day.
For two weeks each spring, residents can place yard waste from outdoor spring cleaning in 30 gallon Kraft paper bags and put them at the
curb on your regular garbage day. They will be picked up without a sticker these two weeks only.
This is also the beginning of the unbundled brush program for the year. Lay cut bushes and tree limbs between ½” – 4” in diameter, no
more than 4 feet long with the cut ends toward the curb to be picked up for free through the first week in November. This cannot be
contractor generated.
Big Changes to Road Construction Sites in April
If you weren’t able to make it to the Road Construction Open
House in March, here is a brief look at what’s up for road construction
in our area this Spring:
• New York Street begins construction the end of March with paving of
the lanes on the south side to begin about April 8th, weather
permitting. We can expect to shift to the new lanes about mid-May.
One lane open in each direction. This project completes the fall of this
year.
• Ogden Ave. Railroad Overpass bypass road construction begins in
April with overpass construction following. One lane open in each
direction. This project completes in 2016.
• Rt. 59 construction continues with the building of the diverging
diamond at the tollway interchange. New lane configurations are to be
expected. This project completes the end of this year.
• The city has been alerted to reconstruction of the railroad crossings
at both Ogden Ave. and Montgomery Road this year, but no timetable
is available. The city of Aurora engineers are actively lobbying for
reduced construction times and to make certain they don’t occur at the
same time. They would prefer during the Summer when there is
reduced traffic, no school busses. Both crossings are in very bad shape.
• Indian Trail bridge over the Fox River closed for reconstruction. This
will be complete later this year.
• New York Street and Galena Blvd. from Smith Blvd. to Lincoln will be
open with reduced lanes during sewer separation work followed by
making them both two way traffic. Work to be completed late summer.
Paramount Theater
Les Miserables is running through April 26th. After the opening
weekend, Dean Richards of WGN called it “The must see show of the
season.” Incredible sets and superior live orchestra and singing from
the star cast.
The new Broadway Series of locally produced shows for 20152016 has been announced:
•
Oklahoma!
9/16/2015 - 10/18/2015
•
The Christmas Story
11/25/2015 - 12/27/2015
•
Hairspray
1/20/2016 - 2/21/2016
•
West Side Story
3/16/2016 - 4/17/2016
New Garbage Plan Rollout Begins
April is the start of the conversion process to the new
Refuse/Recycle plan. The week of April 6th, residents can expect
mailed communications from Republic, the refuse/recycling hauler.
These will include information about your options with the new
program and how to make and communicate your selections.
Residents will have 5 weeks to make their cart selection until May 15th.
During this time, examples of the different size carts will be available
locally for inspection at the Customer Service Center at Fire Station 8
and the Eola Library. A more complete education program to help with
the selection and how the program works will be available by then both
on the City’s web site and www.myWard 8.com. Full rollout will take
up to 90 days starting July 1st. We can expect to receive our carts near
the end of Summer based on the preliminary schedule I saw today.
More as this rolls out.
Winter Plow Damage
Since it snowed again toward the end of March, there is still plow
damage. If your parkway was damaged, either grass or concrete,
please call Customer Service at 630-256-INFO (4636) and report it so
crews can compile the lists they need to repair them this Spring. Most
of that work will be done in April and May after the dirt fields open so
make your report as soon as possible. You can also report this 24/7 at
www.Aurora-IL.org, click on Customer Service.
Kids are out playing now that the weather is better! Drive safely!
Look up, focus on the road and Keep Them
Alive, DRIVE 25! Remember, 20 MPH in the
SCHOOL ZONE when children are present!
It is my honor to serve our 8th Ward,
Rick Mervine, 8th Ward Alderman
[email protected] (331) 452-5136
Customer Service Line: (630) 256-INFO (4636)
(M – F, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
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WORKING YOUTH DIRECTORY
NAME
ABINGTON WOODS
Kevin Lubinski
Nicholas Rodriguez
ASHBROOK
Friday Gervais
Tori Hall
Lucy Liu
Achint Nagasamudra
Alex Tabb
Sonja Tabb
Juliana Yaacoub
AUTUMN MEADOWS
Nikki Ellam
Alexia Lyons
Natalie Lyons
Zachary Lyons
BRECKENRIDGE
Tara Dillinger
Carla Dillinger
Christian Freitag
Natalie Freitag
Andrew Kallas
Bridget Lachat
Richard Poterack
Ally Reilly
CARRIAGE ESTATES
Madeline Butler
Adam Krusic
Jessica Groves
Kim Groves
HUNTERS GLEN
Chelsea Dean
INVERNESS
Caroline Church
Natalie Church
Alexis Gottschalk
Madison Herman
Shelby Herr
Lincoln Houghton
Quincy Houghton
Morgan Kemerling
Casey Kemerling
Jordan Masiak
Remington Rook
Katie Rumrey
PHONE
SERVICE
630-770-2254
630-820-6368
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INVERNESS
Jennifer Vickers
Allison Vickers
Emily Vickers
Lauren Vivian
Amy Walsh
Abe Weisler
Sam Weisler
Jonah Weisler
MAYFAIR
Sarah Anas
Bre Bush
Katie Caputo
Kayla Cordes
Kendra Diehl
Audra Diehl
Julianna Ehrich
Emily Flori
Lucas Flori
Scott Hoglund
Amy Lenenfeld
Kaitlyn Manion
Hanna McIntosh
Schuyler Staub
Anna Supel
Ginna White
STANFIELD
Julia Beer
Nicholas Brunelle
Natale Brunelle
SUMMERFIELD
Cara Bishop
Hannah Buckner
Alesia Degand
Ashley Murray
Tara Perillo
Audria Wagenknecht
Ellen Wagenknecht
Taylor Westwood
THE TOWNES
Michael Cree
THE WOODS
Taylor Kolb
Haley Valente
PHONE
SERVICE
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the happy gardener
April 2015
Article Source: Becca Massat
The Growing Place
make a difference with a garden
Getting Started in the
Garden This Spring
pring is on its way (we hope) and with it, fresh
green growth from the garden. We’ve compiled a
few helpful tips and reminders to get you started
or back into the swing of things. We know how long
winter can seem so take time now for a little refresher
course.
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What is the difference between annuals, perennials,
shrubs and trees?
Annuals - These plants grow only one year and will
not survive our winters. They can produce lots of flowers
and depending on the type, may require regular fertilizing.
Perennials - These plants come back each year, but
may die back to the ground over the winter. Usually,
perennials have a shorter season of bloom. When you’re
picking out plants try to
plant a variety of perennials
that bloom at different times
to give you a rich display
throughout the season.
Shrubs - These are plants
with a woody stem that
come back year after year
and are generally not cut
down to the ground. Some
shrubs stay small and some
can grow to the size of small
trees. Usually, shrubs have
several stems at the base.
They also have a single
season of blossom.
Trees - These are single
or multi-stemmed woody
plants that are quite large
and live a long time. Trees
can grow anywhere from
about ten feet high to more
than seventy! Trees can have
flowers and some have fruit.
How much sun do I have?
Spend some time
observing your yard to see
how much light each area
gets. This is important to know in order to make sure you
are placing plants in the right spot. When shopping at
your local garden center, each plant should have a tag that
will tell you what kind of light the plant prefers.
Full Sun - This means six hours or more of sun
anytime during the day, usually found on the south and
west sides of buildings unless shaded by structures or
trees
Part Shade - Lightly filtered sun or three to five hours
of morning and/or late afternoon sun, usually found on
the east side of buildings and under the light shade of
trees
Full Shade - Less than three hours of sun anytime
during the day, usually found on the north side of homes,
between buildings or under trees with heavy shade.
When do I plant?
Each plant has its own requirements, so read the tag
and ask garden center staff for advice. April is a great time
to plant trees, shrubs, most perennials as well as cool
season annuals and vegetables while soil is nice and moist.
Plus, you have many months for roots to get established.
Some annuals and
vegetables, especially
tomatoes, prefer warm soil
to grow, so wait until midMay to plant them. You can
plant all summer long, as
long as you water carefully.
Fall planting can also be
ideal as warm soil and cool
air are perfect for root
growth.
What about my soil?
Before you get the
shovel out, check the
moisture of your soil.
Squeeze a handful of soil. If
it clumps into a solid mass
it is too wet. If it crumbles,
it’s ready to be worked.
When you dig in wet soil, it
can compact so that the air
and water spaces are
squeezed out. This means
roots struggle to grow. If
you have heavy clay soil,
you may want to mix in
compost to loosen the soil
and add micronutrients.
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Wash that Winter Grime Off Your Car!
Nascar car wash is offering $2 off any $10 car wash and will also give the WV PTA $3 at the same
time. It's a great way to get your car clean, save
some money and give back to the WV PTA!
Download your copy at
http://ncw.uni2mobi.com/waubonsie-valleyhigh-school-pta
You must have printed the code to receive the
discount. The scanners will not be able to read
the code from a cell phone.
There is no limit to the number of times you can
use the code.
Share the link with friends and family.
Promotion expires 8/31/15.
Thanks for supporting the WV PTA!
Valid on any Nascar car wash of $10 or more.
Cub Scouts
PACK 643
Invites you to join us for our:
Fall Round Up
Steck School
April 10th • 7:00 p.m.
April Pack Meeting
Steck School
April 24 • 7:00 p.m.
Stop by and see what we are about!
Dens now forming for Spring/Fall 2015.
For information please contact:
Ralph Nabicht
630-978-7188
[email protected]
or Christopher M. Lunardini
[email protected]
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Comprehensive Pain Management
for Patients
Pain is very personal. No patient has exactly the same
experience. Your pain may be the result of an injury, stress,
disease, age or another medical condition. As such, no single
treatment will adequately resolve every need. That’s why Valley
Pain Care Centers offers a broad range of pain management
services. Whether you need help targeting specific symptoms
or you want a more holistic and functional medicine approach,
our experienced team of practitioners can help.
Conditions & Treatments
Gregory Arnold, M.D.
Director of Valley Pain Care Centers
With our comprehensive services, we
provide care for a variety of
conditions, including:
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Herniated or ruptured discs
Pain in the arms and legs
Back pain
Muscle pain
Lingering post-operative pain
Nerve or neuropathic pain
Cancer pain
Shingles
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy or
complex regional pain syndrome
• Failed back syndrome
• Vertebral compression fractures
• Osteoporosis
To treat pain, we create plans that
combine conventional techniques
with:
• Interventional pain management
with precision injections
• Functional medicine
• Pain injections with the option of
having sedation with an anesthesia
provider
Turner Pain & Wellness
1222 North Eola Rd.
Aurora, IL 60502
630-499-8804
Jeremiah Loch, CRNA, PhD
Vincent Tello, M.D.
Through our holistic and functional
medicine approach, we want to help
patients:
• Improve overall health and well-being
• Understand how manual medicine,
homeopathy, and botanicals can be
used alongside conventional medical
techniques and practices
• Prevent future pain by targeting the
causes of their pain
• Create a personalized therapeutic
approach to care
Kiswaukee Community
Hospital
One Kish Hospital Dr.
DeKalb, IL 60115
www.kishhospital.org
815-748-2987
St. Margaret’s Hospital
600 E. First Street
Spring Valley, IL 61362
815-664-PAIN (7246)
Valley West
Community Hospital
11 East Pleasant Ave.
Sandwich, IL 60548
www.valleywest.org
815-786-8484
www.valleypaincarecenters.com
What’s Happening Waubonsie
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PTA Fundraiser at White Eagle Golf
Club Nets Over $20,000
Report by Nancy Springs
ou know the signs that
pop up every spring
throughout the
neighborhood displaying the name
and graduation year of the
resident senior in that house? Did
you know that the PTA is
responsible for every one of those
signs?
In order to help pay for items
such as these, as well as many
other programs the PTA helps
support, the Waubonsie Valley
PTA held their annual fundraising
event on Friday, March 6th at the
White Eagle Golf Club. The theme
was March Madness. It was an
evening filled with a lot of music
and food, as well as an incredible number of items
on offer for auction.
Thanks to the hard work of the chairs, Cara
Genzer, Teri Storin, Cindy Krug and co-presidents
Janine McDonough and Jill York, the auction was a
successful event. Over 120 people were in
attendance and they were able to raise over $20,000.
There was a silent auction, which this year offered
online bidding so you could view and bid on items
prior to the event as well as a selfie photo booth and
an interactive brackets board which was a big hit.
Their goal of having auction items of interest to
everyone was
fulfilled, with
items of all
types ranging
from Chicago
sports
memorabilia
to Disney
hopper passes
and Kane
County
Cougar
tickets. There
were baskets
donated from
various
departments
of the school
which
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included tickets to Prism, the spring musical and
Waubonsie sports camps in the summer. Lunch
with Mr. Stipp was a very popular item as was a
Waubonsie quilt which was handmade by Mrs.
Thanepohn from donated shirts from the
Waubonsie Valley Pep Club and Boosters. These
two items alone brought in over $1,200. Billy White
was the effervescent emcee and kept things lively
throughout the evening.
The monies raised go to a lot of other programs
as well, such as $5,000 in senior scholarships and
staff grants for classroom equipment, to building
improvement projects and Waubonsie’s staff
appreciation lunch. Recently, the PTA purchased an
electric violin and handheld recorders for the music
department and laptops for the College and Career
Center. They are also involved in helping various
events throughout the year like One Book One
School and Senior Sailabration.
We’re very lucky to have such an involved PTA
that provides all the above mentioned things for our
students. The fact that our kids have access to so
many varied events and programs is due in large
part to the fact that the PTA is taking such a proactive role in seeing to it that these things are
available. Being involved in organizations like
these is paramount to our school continuing to be
successful, so the communities’ participation is a
necessity. And, what better way to get involved
then spend a night with friends at an event like
this?
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Save the Date!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Warriors
on the
Course
The Waubonsie Valley High
School Booster Club cordially
invites you and a friend to attend
the annual golf outing fundraiser!
Back by Popular Demand
No time to golf? Enjoy our Wine Tasting / Shop and
Sip Event at White Eagle Club
Sponsored by Glam & Glitz
Wine Tasting at 4:00 p.m.
Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner & Wine Tasting $75 per ticket
Dinner Only $50
ALL INCLUSIVE PRICING for lunch, golf,
White Eagle Country Club
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.
Shot Gun Start at 1:00 p.m.
Ready to register or become a sponsor?
Sign up online at golfinvite.com/wvhs
beverages on course, awards and dinner.
Warrior Boosters $160 • Faculty & Staff $75
Register online at www.golfinvite.com/wvhs
Need more information?
Contact Billy White at [email protected]
Hit the Putt of a Lifetime for $5,000!
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