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Diversity Day 2009:

We’re In This Together!

On Woodstock Square

September 27, 2009

Diversity Day 2009: We’re In This Together! will be held this Sunday, September 27 from 1 to 4 PM on the Square in Woodstock. 

For the 13th annual festival will take note of “The tough economic times that have taken a devastating toll on our community and nation while the world remains in turmoil,” festival Executive Director Patrick Murfin explained.  “Sometimes fear and anxiety cause groups to turn on each other and bigots seek to exploit those fears.  But in times like these we need each other more than ever. Our festival is meant to rally the whole community regardless of race, religion, national origin, language, gender, sexual orientation, age or ability in mutual respect and celebration.”

The festival program will feature live entertainment and inspiring messages from individuals and organizations working together in the face of adversity.  

Musical and performance acts include The Frothy Boys, a ebullient men’s doo-wop a cappella ensemble; legendary McHenry County story teller Jim May; blind singer/guitarist Pierre Berube;  pianist Matt Chopin; the Bolivian folk dancing of Corazon Boliviano Grupo de Danza Folkloria director by Julieta L. Bolivar; and folk music by Keith Johnson and Judy Matzen.

Murfin will be joined by his long time festival co-host Gloria Urch in introducing featured speakers.  Joe Blanco, coordinator of the Woodstock PADS site will talk about homelessness.  Suzanne Hoban of the Family Health Partnership Clinic will speak on healthcare and Julie Biel-Claussen of the McHenry County Housing Authority will discuss the challenges of finding affordable housing.

An annual highlight of Diversity Day is the Peace and Justice Award presented to an individual or individuals who have advanced the causes of justice, equity and compassion in our community and the world.  This year the recipient is Thomas Dincecco who has dedicated his retirement years to service to those in need.  Among other activities, Dincecco is the coordinator of the Direct Assistance Program (DAP) of the Woodstock Community Ministry which provides emergency grants to those who fall between the cracks of the safety net. The award will be presented by last year’s recipient, Sue Rose of the Housing Department.

Carlos Acosta of the McHenry County Latino Coalition will present this year’s recipients of the organization’s Scholarship Awards, sponsored by State Farm Insurance.

The festival also includes table displays with information from non-profit organizations, social service providers, government agencies, issue advocacy organizations, religious groups, political parties, and businesses.

Diversity Day 2009: We’re  In This Together!  Is organized by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Woodstock.  Admission is free and open to the public.

For information contact Murfin at 815 814-5645, e-mail divday@sbcglobal.net, or visit http://diversityday.blogspot.com/.

Diverity Day 2009:
We're In This Together!

Planning is under way for Diversity Day 2009.  The 13th installment of the annual festival will be held on Sunday, September 27 from 1 to 4 PM on the Square in Woodstock.

The theme this year is We’re in This Together. “Tough economic times have taken a devastating toll on our community and nation while the world remains in turmoil,” festival Executive Director Patrick Murfin explained.  “Sometimes fear and anxiety cause groups to turn on each other and bigots seek to exploit those fears.  But in times like these we need each other more than ever. Our festival is meant to rally the whole community regardless of race, religion, national origin, language, gender, sexual orientation, age or ability in mutual respect and celebration.”

The festival is seeking multi-cultural entertainment for the program including musicians, dancers, and folk artists.  “We are also looking for children’s programming and activities both on the stage and around the Square,” Murfin said.

Speakers will be invited from organizations to highlight their efforts at serving and improving the community cooperatively.  Non-profit organizations, social service agencies, government agencies, issue advocacy organizations, religious groups, political parties and others in sympathy with the aims and purposes of the festival may also set up information tables on the Square free of charge.

Nominations for the Peace and Justice Award, presented annually at the festival, will be welcomed through the month of June.  The Award is presented to an individual or individuals who have advanced the causes of justice, equity and compassion in our community and the world.  “We are especially proud of this award which is meant to not only honor deserving individuals, but highlight their work,"  Murfin said.

Sponsorship opportunities for the festival are also available, as are sustaining advertisements in the annual program book.

Diversity Day 2009:  We’re in This Together! is organized by the Congregational Unitarian Church.

For more information about and opportunities to volunteer, support or participate in it, visit the Diversity Day Blog, contact Murfin at 815 814-5645 or e-mail divday@sbcglobal.net, write Diversity Day c/o Congregational Unitarian Church, 221 Dean Street, Woodstock 60039.

Ok, so at exactly 1 pm Sunday, as the Opera House bell struck the hour and Diversity Day 2008: Democracy is Our Hope officially opened for business, what had been an annoying drizzle turned into a good, soaking, cold fall rain.  Thus what was a lively festival was missed by most folks who selfishly choose to stay dry.  If they had toughed it out, the rain let up about halfway into the mission and the sun actually came out for the last 45 minutes.

Anyway, here is my gallery of all the action.

Moments before the opening under our cool new banner, Congregational Unitarian Church Choir Director Tom Steffens (center) conferred with sound man Keith Johnson of Off Square Music.




Tom and the fabulous CUC Choir led off the festival.  That’s the Rev. Dan Larsen with the glasses and the beard behind the sopranos.



The Frothy Boys, so dubbed for their beverage of choice at rehearsals, did a mean a capella rendition of Georgia on My Mind.



Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) turned out in force despite the weather.  A large contingent did a moving group reading from the Gazebo stage.

The indomitable Tom Dincecco looked over the program as he staffs the Woodstock Community Ministry (WACM) table safely out of the rain in the Pump House.

 Also in the Pump House Pat Young staffed the CUC table.

The Pump House and PFLAG display as seen through the rain from the Gazebo.

 

Quaker environmental and peace activist Alice Howenstine, recipient with her husband Bill (who got cut out of this picture—sorry Bill) of the 2007 Peace & Justice Award, introduced this year’s winner Sue Rose (right) of the McHenry County Housing Authority

Republican incumbent McHenry County Coroner Marlene Lantz and her sister braved the rain to staff a table shared with incumbent Auditor Pam Palmer

Across the walk, the Democratic Party of McHenry County stayed relatively dry under a canopy.  Despite the rain they did a brisk business all day in signs, buttons and campaign lit.  That’s County Chair and District 3 County Board Candidate Kathy Bergan Schmidt—who will never forgive me for this shot—bending over.

Diversity Day’s first ever rock band, AM2 really got things moving.



 The McHenry County Latino Coalition had quite a few takers sampling their own special blend of fair trade coffee from Conscious Cup.

Judy Vanderboom (center) chatted at the McHenry County Citizens for Choice (MCCD) booth.

Enthusiastic despite the weather, these two stirred up interest in Americorps.

As the rain stopped and skies began to clear Judy Matzen joined Keith Johnson for some folk music.

Dancers from Corazon Boliviano Grupo de Danza Folkloria Boliviana, who came all the way from Chicago, Really enlivened the end of the festival.



Danza Folkloria leader Julieta L. Bolívar (front) performed as the sun finally broke through the clouds.

My long time Diversity Day Co-host Gloria Urch took a moment to pose with me at the end of the festival.

The 2008 Peace & Justice Award will be presented to Sue Rose, Community Service Director of the McHenry County Housing Authority at Diversity Day 2008: Democracy is Our Hope, Sunday, October 5 from 1 to 4 PM, on the Square in Woodstock.

The award will be presented around 2:30 by Alice and Bill Howenstine, the Quaker environmental and peace activists who won last year’s award.

“For years the advice ‘go see Sue Rose at the Housing Authority’ has meant hope for the homeless and those in danger of homelessness,” according to Diversity Day Executive Director Patrick Murfin. “We have never given the Peace & Justice award to a government employee, no mater how dedicated. But Sue Rose has always worked harder, gone the extra mile, to help McHenry County’s often forgotten and faceless poor.”

Rose was born in Chicago and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. She graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago with a BA in Sociology.

A McHenry County resident since 1981, Rose began her social work here working with senior citizens at Royal Terrace Health Care Center (now Alden Terrace) as the Psychosocial Program Director. She also worked at Senior Services of McHenry County, where she was an elder abuse investigator and developed and administered a shared housing program that linked seniors who owned their homes with people who needed housing. This innovative program helped low-income people to share their housing expenses. While at Senior Services, Rose became a certified Advanced Case Manager, Elder Abuse Investigator, and Certified Ombudsman.

Rose joined the McHenry County Housing Authority in 1996. As Community Services Director she has been responsible for working with the homeless population, people at risk of homelessness and very low-income individuals and families that may be experiencing a temporary hardship. She has often been one of the first responders upon notification that a residential fire or other disaster has left people homeless. She received a certification as a Family and Community Development Specialist from the Illinois Community Action Agency and the University of Iowa, and she completed course work in working with the homeless population and substance abusers. For the past 12 years Rose has worked at the McHenry County Housing Authority with families in crisis situations and she has worked to ameliorate the causes of these crises. Many of the social service agencies in McHenry County look to her and the McHenry County Housing Authority for financial assistance, guidance to other resources and coordination of assistance for clients experiencing some very difficult situations.

In the words of Housing Authority Executive Director Julie Biel Claussen, “Sue is the voice for many people who have no voice.”

In addition to her work at McHenry County Housing Authority, Sue is on the Board of Directors for Consumer Credit Counseling Services of McHenry County. Her other interests include antiques, rock hunting, cats, nature and gardening.

“We are proud to induct Sue Rose into the distinguished company of Peace & Justice Award recipients,” Murfin said. “We believe this annual award has become one of the most prestigious honors in McHenry County.”

The Peace & Justice Award is presented by Diversity Day 2008, which is organized by the Congregational Unitarian Church in Woodstock with the sponsorship support of the Land Conservancy of McHenry County.

PAST WINNERS OF THE PEACE AND JUSTICE AWARD

1997 Werner Elmann Holocaust camp liberator and human rights activist

1998 Cindy Bloom Native American activist

1999 Susanne Hoban Executive Director, Family Health Partnership Clinic

2000 Gloria Urch Community leader, journalist, business woman, educator

2001 Mary Fox Peace educator

2002 Libby Pappalardo McHenry County Peace Group founder

2003 Carlos Acosta Latino Coalition leader

2004 Lou Ness Former Executive Director, Turning Point

2005 Janie Galarza Harvard Human Relations Commission, community activist

2006 Arielle Payne MCC Black Student Union President, student trustee

2007 Alice and Bill Howenstine Quaker environmental and peace advocates

DIVERSITY DAY 2008:

DEMOCRACY IS OUR HOPE

With the election only a month away the annual Diversity Day festival will celebrate Democracy is Our Hope as its theme.  Diversity Day 2008 will be held on Sunday, October 5 from 1 to 4 PM on the Square in Woodstock.

“The festival will highlight the democratic process in several ways while remaining non-partisan,” according to Executive Director and program host Patrick Murfin.  “We invited local candidates and office holders from all parties to attend and speak briefly.”  Among those who will speak are State Senator Pam Althoff; Democratic State’s Attorney candidate Thomas Cynor; Green Party candidate for Congress from the 16^th District, Scott Summers; and Democratic candidate for County Auditor Kerry Jullian.  Other candidates may also appear.

Parties and candidates will also be among the many information table that will be on display during the festival.  Information will be available from a wide array of local social service agencies, government agencies, community organization, religious groups, and issue advocacy organizations.

“Voter registrars will also be on hand,” Murfin said.  “Registration for the November election closes on October 7, so this could be a last chance for many people.”

As usual the festival will feature a wide variety of entertainment including performances by the Congregational Unitarian Church Choir, salsa and contemporary Latin dance by members of Latinos Unidos from McHenry County College, rock band AM2, children’s music by Tim Irish, a folk performance by Keith Johnson and Judy Matzen, and folk dancing by Corazon Bolivano.

Tim Irish will also be performing in a new children’s area which will also feature face painting and Emma the Therapy Dog, who loves to be petted.

A highlight of the festival will be the awarding of the annual Peace and Justice Award.  Last year’s winners Alice and Bill Howenstine will present the award to Sue Rose, Community Services Director of the McHenry County Housing Authority.

Murfin will be joined on stage again this year by Gloria Urch, his long time festival co-host.

Food will be available on the Square from Pappa Saverio’s Pizzaria in Lake in the Hills.

Now in its 12^th year, Diversity Day 2008 is organized by the Congregational Unitarian Church in Woodstock with sponsorship support by the Land Conservancy of McHenry County.

For more information call Patrick Murfin at 815 814-5645 or e-mail DivDay@sbcglobal.net.

Two interesting folks I know have recently set up blogs that might interest you. 

Ann Legg is a long time leader in the peace movement in this area.  I first met and worked with her in the earliest days of what is now the Diversity Day Festival.  Ann is now one of the main figures of the McHenry County Peace Group, and is a Precinct Representative in the McHenry County Democratic Party.  She has for years been an active member of the Ridgefield Presbyterian Church.  Ann has frequently traveled on peace missions.  She was in Latin America earlier this year.  Now she is in the Mid East with a delegation from the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.  Her new blog, PEACE WITH JUSTICE will document her journey.  She has already posted an entry from Amman, Jordon.

Gus Philpott’s THE WOODSTOCK ADVOCATE has been up a bit longer, but still qualifies as new.  Gus has been described many ways—citizen crusader, crank, fussbudget, squeaky wheel, tilter-at-windmills—depending on whether you’re the ox that being gored or the irate bull.  Gus is a stickler.  If the law says something should be just so, he expects that law to be applied rigidly, but uniformly with no favoritism or exceptions.  He calls it fairness.  If a law, rule, or regulation is muddle headed, stupid, counter productive, or patently unfair, Gus will be Johnny-on-the-spot at every possible meeting demanding the law/rule/regulation be changed.  Groans and eye rolls can be heard and seen all over town when Gus asks to speak to someone in authority or stands up at a meeting.  Gus has his bug-a-boos.  He is a stickler for by the book traffic enforcement.  If you are driving and disobey the law and Gus sees you, even if the police do not, you can expect to end up as an item on his blog.  I don’t always agree with Gus.  But I do admire his brazen and relentless determination to stand up and fight for what he believes.  He also does a pretty fair job of just keeping up with Woodstock news.         

Well, it’s been a week and I am finally getting around to posting a gallery of photos from DIVERSITY DAY 2007:  “…Skies Everywhere as Blue as Mine.”  It was a beautiful, but unseasonably hot day.  I made a very unattractive sight as co-host with my shirt soaked through with sweat.  Attendance was down a bit.  Whether that was due to the weather, competing events like near-by Marengo’s  big Settler’s Day Parade or the McHenry County Historical Society in Union  annual Cider Fest, lingering depression over the Chicago Cub loss the night before, or my failure to get adequate publicity is open to question.  Anyway, those who did come out seemed to enjoy the day.  This is what it looked like.
 

The festival opened with the fabulous Congregational Unitarian Church Choir.  Director Tom Steffens was on the injured list following an automobile accident earlier in the week—Get well, Tom.  Rebecca Strong stepped up to pinch hit.

                                              

A row of display tables.  That’s McHenry County Citizens for Choice (MCCC) under the white canopy, an unidentified table (sorry), the Latino Coalition, and the Woodstock Area Community Ministry (WACM.)

Carlos Acosta of the Latino Coalition.

                                   

A view from the Gazebo.

                                  

O Brother sang their traditional Appalachian music.  Brian Pappalardo, Harold Rail, Sam Jones, and Kemberly Dallay-Hohnson.

                               

SubZero Sandwich and Ice Cream Shop/Lucia’s Custom Catering kept the folks fed. 

                                

Gary Christ explained his Demine Cambodia project at his elaborate display.  He is raising funds to return to Cambodia and build more of his ingenious mine clearing devices.

Two of the Latinos Unidos dancers from McHenry County College show how to salsa.

Da Utes of the Congregational Unitarian Church did great business with their “Diverse Pumpkins for Diversity Day” table.  They probably made more money than the festival itself.
  
                              
Pat Young and Ray Eberhardt staffed the CUC booth under the cover of the pump house.  They sold—or tried to sell—Choir CDs, Wise Words From Women of a Certain Age books, and the CUC window booklet.  

                               

Rev. Dan Larsen chatted at the CUC Green Sanctuary Committee table.  That committee chair Margaret Fox-Hawthorne partially obscured by the display. The committee is the environmental voice of the church.

Lisa Haderlein of the Land Conservancy of McHenry County accepted the 2007 Peace and Justice Award on behalf the Quaker environmentalists Alice and Bill Howenstine.

                               

 The McHenry County Peace Group table was a busy place.

                              
McHenry County Pride was proud to have table.

                             
Joy Martin (left) was doing double duty for Family Alliance (senior services) and Home of the Sparrow (emergency housing for women and children

                                         
                            

The Family Health Partnership table.

                  
Betty Appleton (left) and the Woodstock Folk Dancers got the audience on their feet to dance the Macarana.

 The McHenry County Democratic Party, despite a large contingent marching in the Marengo parade the same day, had several volunteers at their table among them were District 3 Chair Pauline Walker (left) and John Darger.

                                         
                           
Kathy Bergan-Schmidt made sure that there was a Bill Richardson For President table.  That’s Rich Garling in the hat.

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Involved as ever the award winning ALICE AND BILL HOWENSTINE are shown this summer at the McHENRY COUNTY PEACE GROUP and LATINO COALITION immigration vigil in CRYSTAL LAKE.

Environmentalists and Quaker peace activists Alice and Bill Howenstine will be the co-recipients of the 2007 Peace and Justice Award which will be presented at the Diversity Day festival, held this Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. on Woodstock Square.  It will be the first time in the eleven year history of the award that there have been multiple recipients.

            “The Howenstines are regarded by many as the God parents of the environmental movement in McHenry County,” according to Diversity Day Executive Director Patrick Murfin.  “Each individually and working together as a team has helped shape a mature conservation movement.  They have also been models of Quaker peace making not only locally, but nationally and internationally.”

            The couple met at a camp operated by a Cleveland, Ohio settlement house in 1942.  Alice, the granddaughter of Czech immigrants was a camper.  Bill, the son of a “liberated” Kentucky born mother who had crusaded for integration and women’s rights in Ohio, was on staff.  Significantly the camp was in its first year of integrated operation.  They have been involved with camps and outdoor youth programming ever since.

            Bill attended the University of Arizona and worked with the student Social Action Group which sponsored community building projects among Hispanics, Native Americans, African American soldiers at a near-by segregated Army post, and the Japanese-Americans interred by the government during World War II.

            Meanwhile Alice got her degree at Hiram College in Ohio.  The couple married there in an out door Quaker service in 1951.

Together became co-directors of the Cleveland Heights School Camp, where their first child was born.  Bill went on to earn his Ph.D. and the couple continued to work and teach at the camp for ten years.

            In 1961 the young couple came to Illinois as Bill took a teaching position at what is now Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU).  He remained there for 35 years in a variety of positions, including eight years as Dean of Students and Vice-President for Student Services.  In the 1970’s Alice got her masters degree in Geography and Environmental studies at the school while raising three children.

            All during these years they remained committed to social justice.  In 1964 working with a community service program of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) they took their whole family and students from the University to work in a small Mexican village in the sate of Tlazcala.  The next year Bill took a leave of absence from NEIU and the family spent 13 months with an AFSC project in Lima, Peru.

            In 1968-69 another leave found Alice and Bill co-directing a Field Study Center for the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky,

            In 1970 the family moved to McHenry County and began operating their Pioneer Tree Farm while Bill returned to teaching.  From the beginning they saw their farm as a place which urban students could use as a laboratory for exploring the natural environment and the ramifications of urban sprawl.  The program extended to McHenry County Conservation District (MCCD) sites, city park districts, farms and other rural and small town institutions

            In the 1970’s Alice operated a small summer camp on the farm for which scholarships were given to inner-city children from Chicago in order to have economic and racial diversity.

            Both became involved in the work of the McHenry County Defenders.  Alice has been a specialist in recycling and reuse of resources.  She currently serves on the Defenders board.  Bill served a term as Defenders co-president and in many other capacities.  He has also served 2 ½ terms as a trustee of the MCCD.  In addition he helped found what is now known as the Land Conservancy of McHenry County and has served on the board of directors for Pleasant Valley Outdoor Center and Camp Reinberg, two agencies that serve diverse, often underprivileged, camper populations.

            The Howenstines have remained committed to their Quaker faith.  In 1971 with two other families, they formed what is now known as the   Upper Fox Valley Quaker Meeting.  In 1987 they helped organize Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW), a North American environmental organization.  After traveling to Costa Rica in 1991 they started a QEW project to buy land for the landless peasants.  This evolved into the Finca La Bella (Beautiful Farm) Project with work camps and farmer exchange programs.  Alice and Bill with one son and twp grandsons went to a work camp at Finca La Bella and two Finca members came to work at the family farm for a year to work with Christmas Trees.

            “Their resumes, while impressive on their own, do not begin to describe the inspiration which Alice and Bill have provided to a vast network of people in McHenry County and across the globe.  They have touched many more lives than even they suspect,” Murfin said.

            The Howenstines will be unable to personally receive the award on Sunday.  They will be traveling to continue the work that they do, including a national conference of the QEW.  Accepting the award for them will be Lisa Haderlein, a long time associate in the environmental movement and Executive Director of the McHenry County Land Conservancy.

            Diversity Day 2007:  “…Skies Everywhere as Blue as Mine” is free and open to the public.  It will feature music, dance, speakers from many organizations, information tables, and food sales by SubZero Sandwich and Ice Cream Shop/Lucia’s Casual Catering. 

            The Festival is produced by the Congregational Unitarian Church with corporate sponsorship of Home State Bank.

PAST WINNERS OF THE PEACE AND JUSTICE AWARD

1997          Werner Elmann             Holocaust camp liberator and human rights activist

1998          Cindy Bloom               Native American activist

1999          Susanne Hoban             Executive Director, Family Health Partnership Clinic

2000          Gloria Urch                 Community leader, journalist, business woman, educator

2001          Mary Fox                   Peace educator

2002          Libby Pappalardo         McHenry County Peace Group founder

2003          Carlos Acosta                   Latino Coalition leader

2004          Lou Ness                   Former Executive Director, Turning Point

2005          Janie Galarza               Harvard Human Relations Commission, community activist

2006          Arielle Payne               MCC Black Student Union President,  student trustee

The twenty plus voices of the Choir of the Congregational Unitarian Church under the Direction of Tom Steffens will present a special performance at Diversity Day 2007.

DIVERSITY DAY 2007:  “…Skies Everywhere as Blue as Mine” will be held in Woodstock Square on Sunday, October 7 from 1 to 4 p.m.  It is the twelfth annual edition of the festival which highlights and supports cultural, ethnic, language, religious, ability, gender, and sexual orientation diversity in McHenry County.

            Long time festival co-hosts Gloria Urch and Patrick Murfin will present an afternoon of varied entertainment.  The festival will open with a special performance by the Congregational Unitarian Church Choir under the direction of Tom Steffens.  Other musical performers include the O Brother Group, and Keith Johnson and Judy Martzen.

            Dance performances will include salsa and contemporary Latin social dancing by students at McHenry County College, and Corazon Boliviano Grupo de Danza Folklorica Boliviana (Heart of Bolivia, the Bolivian Folklore Dance Group.)  In addition Betty Appleton and friends will get the audience up on their feet by teaching some international folk dancers.

            Religious diversity will be celebrated by participation of the Rev. Dan Larsen of the Congregational Unitarian Church, Rabbi Maralee Gordon of the McHenry County Jewish Congregation, an Islamic muezzin who will sing the call to prayer, and representatives of Congregation Tikkun Olam, the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple, and the Ten Directions Zen Group.

            Community leaders will highlight projects that encourage diversity, serve human need, and create peace in the community.  Speakers will include State Senator Pam Althoff, Joy Turner of Home of the Sparrow, Janie Galarza of Turning Point, Harold Rail of Principled Minds, Carlos Acosta of the Latino Coalition, Libby Pappalardo of the McHenry County Peace Group, Gary Christ of De-mining Cambodia, and others.

            As usual, a highlight of Diversity Day is the presentation of the annual Peace and Justice Award.  For the first time there will be co-winners, Alice and Bill Howenstine.  The Howenstines are long time leaders of the environmental movement in McHenry County and Quaker peace activists.

            On the grounds of the festival dozens of community organizations, social service agencies, issue advocacy groups, political and religious organization will have information tables.  Dr. Nelson Borelli will demonstrate his peace kites and the Peace Group’s Statue of Liberty float.

            The SubZero Sandwich and Ice Cream Shop and Lucia’s Custom Catering will provide food service on the square featuring burgers, hot dogs, Italian sausage, and veggie wraps.

            Diversity Day 2007 is presented by the Congregational Unitarian Church and enjoys the sponsorship of Home State Bank.

            For information about the festival call Patrick Murfin at 815 814-5645 or e-mail <DivDay@sbcglobal.net>.

It was a glorious Fall day.  Probably the most perfect day ever for Diversity Day in Woodstock Square.  We were back for our 11th celebration under perfect a blue sky.  Here is a photo album of a great day.