TribLocal Barrington - 7-13 June 2012
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Barrington • Palatine Cary • Fox River Grove
JUNE 7-13, 2012
Cancer survivors to be honored at Boomers game
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Shepherd’s Flock group to walk in Barrington Relay
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WWII memorial model comes to Palatine
By Kate Thayer
TRIBLOCAL REPORTER
This weekend, Palatine World War II veterans and their families won’t have to travel far to see what the country has built to honor them. An original scale-model of the National World War II Memorial will be on display from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 10 during a ceremony at the Palatine Park District community gymnasium, 250 E. Wood St. About two years ago, Pillars of Honor, a Des Plaines-based nonprofit organization, began a five-year lease of the model, which was used by then-Sen. Bob Dole to present to Congress before the memorial was built,
said Steve Schaefer, Pillars of Honor president. The memorial opened to the public in 2004. “Our goal is to bring the World War II memorial experience to the vets who cannot travel to Washington, D.C., to see their memorial, to give them their day of honor,” he said. In the past two years, Pillars of Honor has taken the 800-pound wood replica throughout the Chicago area, as well as downstate, Schaefer said. Palatine’s ceremony will be the group’s 20th, he said, and there are plans to visit other suburbs, as well as Indiana and Wisconsin later this summer.
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Children watch and participate in last year’s Fourth of July parade in Barrington.
Photo provided by the Village of Barrington
Bells will be ringing Legoland debuts new ride for Barrington parade
By Kate Thayer
TRIBLOCAL REPORTER
At Legoland Discovery Center Friday, children anxiously — or hesitantly, in some cases — boarded a new ride, a feature aimed at giving the Schaumburg attraction more technical, interactive displays. The Kingdom Quest Laser Ride made its soft opening Memorial Day weekend and grand opening Sunday, said Kristina Pucci, trade sales and marketing coordinator. The ride has dragon cars, built for four and equipped with laser guns to aim at trolls, bats and other enemies as the tram makes its way through dark, dungeon-like halls. The goal is to rack up points earned for shooting the targets, and eventually save the princess. Besides large Lego characters,
the ride has movie screens, lights and other technology. Children excitedly ran into the cars Friday, though some younger ones worriedly grasped parents’ hands as they boarded inside the dimly-lit area surrounding the castle-themed attraction. Pucci said the ride, which took two months to build, replaces a slower, non-interactive train ride at the 4-year-old Legoland center — the nation’s first. Kingdom Quest will appear to older children, she said, and bring the center on par with the other three in Atlanta, Dallas and Kansas City, which have more interactive displays using technology. After children and their parents complete the ride, they can purchase photos
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By Kate Thayer
TRIBLOCAL REPORTER
To carry out this year’s theme for the Fourth of July parade in Barrington — “Let Freedom Ring” — downtown churches will ring their bells to signal the start. The first float of the parade, which steps off at 10 a.m. July 4 at Barrington High School, 616 W. Main St., will be a replica of the Liberty Bell, while other floats will also carry out the theme, organizers said. Steve Morrissey, chairman of the parade committee, said the theme is meant to center around the virtues of courage, service and honor. It’s also why longtime Barrington resident and veteran Burnell Woller was chosen to be the grand marshal for the second
year in a row, Morrissey said. He’ll serve alongside his wife, Irene. “The committee discussed a variety of attributes present at the founding and signing of the Declaration of the Independence … and how those same attributes are lived out in our community today,” Morrissey said. “Especially through the grand marshal selected.” Morrissey pointed to Woller’s service not only in the U.S. Army, but in his community. Woller was born and raised in Barrington and returned to the village after serving in Europe and the Philippines during World War II. Woller, 86, said he also has served on
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