Knightly honors
The St. Mary of Huntley Knights of Columbus Council #11666 continues to be one of the most active councils in the State of Illinois in the area of membership growth. This has been accomplished by the strong leadership of the Membership Directors and Grand Knights during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 council leadership years as well as the efforts of the council members recruiting Catholic men to join the Catholic family fraternal organization known throughout the world for its charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit their church, councils, communities, families, and youth.
At the December meeting of the St. Mary of Huntley Knights of Columbus Council, Past District Deputy Dave Parmer presented 2008-2009 Council Membership Director Sir Knight Tom Lentz the Division AA Council Award recognizing First Place for Highest Membership Gain (33 members) and Second Place for Highest % Gain in Membership (413%).
Also, Past District Deputy Dave Parmer presented the 2009-2010 Council Membership Director Sir Knight Don Walz with the Division AA Council Award recognizing Second Place Highest Net Membership Increase (277%) and Second Place Highest Gross Membership Increase (36 members).
Cutline: Past District Deputy Dave Parmer (left) presents 2008-2009 Council Membership Director Sir Knight Tom Lentz (center) the Division AA Council Award recognizing First Place for Highest Membership Gain (33 members) and Second Place for Highest % Gain in Membership (413%) while current Grand Knight Don Walz (right) looks on.
Cutline: Past District Deputy Dave Parmer (left) presents the 2009-2010 Council Membership Director Sir Knight Don Walz (right) with the Division AA Council Award recognizing Second Place Highest Net Membership Increase (277%) and Second Place Highest Gross Membership Increase (36 members).
‘Eat Right with Color’
Centegra Health System continually encourages living a healthy lifestyle. Eat right, get plenty of exercise, drink a lot of water and get yearly wellness check-ups, to name a few. During the month of March, Centegra Health System and the American Dietetic Association are celebrating National Nutrition Month to provide additional information about eating right. This year’s theme is “Eat Right with Color.”
Centegra’s registered dietitians will set up information booths throughout March at Centegra’s hospital cafeterias. Associates and visitors can pick up nutrition information about the benefits of eating colorful food, talk with a registered dietitian, enter a raffle to win a healthy cooking basket and enjoy complimentary fruit kabobs with yogurt dip. Information booths will be set up at the following times and locations:
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, March 4, Centegra Hospital – Woodstock
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, March 11, Centegra Hospital – McHenry
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, March 18, Centegra Specialty Hospital – Woodstock
National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign held annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. The American Dietetic Association’s mission is to promote optimal nutrition and well being for all people.
“Many of Centegra’s team of 20 registered dietitians have advanced degrees, have earned specialty certifications, and are bilingual, which helps them provide individualized nutrition care to the community,” said Tiffanie Young, Centegra’s Interim Clinical Nutrition Manager. “Centegra’s dietitians provide a variety of programs and individual consultations to help incorporate healthy nutrition habits into daily life.”
The services offered include:
Medical nutrition therapy is a service provided to patients admitted to the hospital or clients in the outpatient setting battling chronic or acute illness such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome or food allergies.
Cardiology nutrition services are group classes or individual consultations for those who are at risk or who already have heart disease.
Oncology nutrition services help cancer patients and cancer survivors manage the unique needs associated with the side effects of therapy and improving healing.
Diabetes Center provides individual consultations, group classes and support groups to assist patients in specifically managing diabetes related issues.
Weight-loss programs, lifestyle therapy programs, grocery store tours and nutrition lectures.
Trudy Thompson of Woodstock participated in Centegra’s Lifestyle Therapy program when she began to feel the effects of aging on her body.
“I met one-on-one with a fitness professional that assisted me in determining a fitness plan suited to my unique needs, the dietitian furnished healthy food recipes and taught me portion size and the wellness coach inspired me to continue,” said Thompson. “I can now say I have a Wellness for Life plan.”
“Trudy’s success is not unusual,” said Young. “Our Bridge to Weight Loss program has lost more than 1,000 pounds collectively in the past four years. Patients with diabetes on average reduce their risks for myocardial infarction by 28 percent and kidney and eye complications by 44 percent.”
On average, Centegra’s team of inpatient dietitians will see more than 4,000 patients a year and the team of outpatient dietitians will reach more than 3,000 patients a year.
“Our dietitians provide nutrition education or nutrition support therapy with the most up-to-date, evidence-based practice,” said Young.
Registered dietitians play a critical role in communities and are also nationally recognized for their food and nutrition expertise annually on Registered Dietician Day, being conducted this year on March 9. Registered dietitians are professionals that have completed a minimum of a bachelor’s degree; an accredited supervised practicum and passed a national exam administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. They also must work toward completing continued education to maintain registry.
Bibliocommons: finding books, movies, and music just got easier
The Huntley Area Public Library is proud to introduce an innovative new catalog which makes finding library materials easier, faster, and a lot more fun. Leveraging social networking features, the Huntley Area Library’s new Bibliocommons-powered catalog provides added functionality in a user-friendly environment designed to help connect users with common interests.
“Bibliocommons makes finding a library item as easy as using Amazon and as fun as using Facebook. It is a definite improvement over the old catalog,” stated Liz Steffensen, Head of Information Services.
HAPL’s new catalog includes the following enhanced functionality:
Search: A smarter search gives you better results, and easier ways to narrow or expand your search, or browse for related items.
Share: Share your item ratings, comments, and more with other users. You can also share your interests through other accounts, like Facebook and Twitter.
Track: Use personalized virtual shelves to keep track of your books, music, and movies. Next time you can’t remember that book you wanted to read or the movie you wanted to watch, just check your personal shelves.
Create: Share your interests and enthusiasm about a topic by building lists to share within a community of users with similar tastes and interests.
Borrow: It’s now even easier to place holds and renew items online.
Library users start using the program now at huntley.bibliocommons.com.
For more information, please contact the Huntley Area Public Library, or visit the website at www.huntleylibrary.org.
Knights of the month
At the January meeting of the St. Mary of Huntley Knights of Columbus Council #11666, the trustees selected Jerry O’Sullivan and Ruben Ruelo as co-Knights of the Month. Their selection recognizes their work making the council’s 2011 Free Throw Championship a successful event for the boys and girls, ages 10-14, who participated in the event held January 15 at Centegra Healthbridge Fitness Center in Huntley.
Jerry was the co-Chairman of the event and assumed the responsibility of coordinating with the parents of the ten council champions of the individual age brackets for participation at the district level competition held at St. Margaret Mary School Gym on Saturday, February 26.
Ruben volunteered his skills with the camera to record the fun everyone had at the event in pictures to be shared with the members of the council.
Standing room only at Festival of Music
There was standing room only Thursday night when the Sun City Band and the Huntley High School Bands presented their Fourth Annual Festival of Music. Huntley High School featured their Concert Band, the Wind Symphony, and the Wind Ensemble. The highlight of the evening were two numbers, “A Slavic Farewell” by Agapkin and “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin” by Wagner featuring the Sun City Band and the high school Wind Symphony, and Wind Ensemble for a combined total of 120 musicians on stage.
The concert was free, but donations were taken at the door to help the Huntley High School band program. A total of $1,163 was given, with one band parent writing a check for $250! The Sun City Band added an additional $1,000 to the evenings proceeds for a grand total of $2,163.
The Sun City Band also presented two scholarships at the concert. The Sun City Concert Band Instrumental Music Scholarship, in its second year, is an instrumental music scholarship dedicated to all members of the Sun City Concert Band who have passed away since our band’s inception. The applicants for this scholarship must be in good academic standing, must have demonstrated proficiency on a musical instrument and must desire enhanced musical training from a band/music camp and/or through individualized instruction. The applicants must also desire to continue the study of music upon high school graduation. This year’s recipients were Preet Dhillon and Jenna Gaudio, each receiving a check for $500.
Left to right: Nancy Morbeck, chairperson of the Sun City Concert Band Instrumental Music Scholarship Committee; Preet Dhillon; Jenna Gaudio, and Donna Bressler, Director of the Sun City Band.
Preet is a sophomore who has played the clarinet for four years. She is the youngest player in the Wind Ensemble and is 2nd chair in the clarinet section. Music is her favorite hobby, and she wants to participate in it “her whole life”. Preet has a 4.4 GPA and returns annually to Heinemann Middle School to help out with the middle school band camp.
Jenna has played flute for five years and has had private lessons for one year. She has a 3.9 GPA and wants to show responsibility by helping pay for her private lessons. She is a member of the Wind Ensemble, Marching Band and Pep Band. She went to IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest and earned a Division II rating. With one year of lessons, she has moved up in this year’s solo ensemble ratings to a Division I rating. Her aspiration is to be a history teacher and continue participating in instrumental music.
The Sun City Band and the Huntley High School Bands would like to thank the audience for all the donations and enthusiasm. We hope to see you all next March at the Fifth Annual Festival of Music.”
Cutline: Left to right: Nancy Morbeck, chairperson of the Sun City Concert Band Instrumental Music Scholarship Committee; Preet Dhillon; Jenna Gaudio, and Donna Bressler, Director of the Sun City Band.
