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Feb 28, 2019

Florist Leo Kinsch helped make Palatine beautiful for decades - Chicago Daily Herald

Ken Kinsch said others include Pesche's in Des Plaines, Leider's in Buffalo Grove and the former Geimer's Greenhouses in Long Grove, to name a few. "Back in the day, the growers were all a very tight community," Ken Kinsch said. "They all tried to help one another." Leo Kinsch's children, including daughters Valerie Wray and Linda Gilchrist, and son, Ken, all credit their father with being able to change with the times. While the family originally grew "hundreds of thousands" of carnations for wholesale trade, they established a retail flower shop in the mid-1950s. The family then grew more seasonal varieties of cut flowers before expanding into a nursery and garden center in 1970. "My dad built a fourth greenhouse in 1955 and then bought two more in the 1970s," Ken Kinsch says. "After we expanded into more of a garden center, we grew bedding plants, including annuals and perennials, and we featured hanging baskets." A little more than 10 years ago, the family began hosting an autumn festival on their property. A 45-foot bridge took families to the back acres, which were transformed into a haunted forest, hay bale mountain, corn maze and a train ride that circled children through the woods. "My father loved the fall fest," Kinsch says. "He loved his customers and loved talking to them about everything from local history to ideas for improving their gardens." The family eventually stopped hosting the festival, but they continue to welcome customers back to their historic garden center and its surrounding property, tucked away just east of Palatine and Plum Grove roads. Besides his children, Kinsch is survived seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary. Visitation will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. A funeral Mass is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Theresa Church, 455 N. Benton St. in Palatine. #article_video {width:100%;margin:25px 0;overflow:hidden;} ...

Sep 28, 2016

Girls tennis scoreboard: Tuesday, Sept. 27 results

Kiesgan/Douglas 6-4, 6-3; No. 3: Brew/Diol (Wauc) d. Steinburg/Robles 6-3, 6-4; No. 4: Brown/Vonderhaar (Grt) d. Casas/Giever 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. * buffalo grove 5, elk grove 2 Singles -- No.1: Je.Vujanic (EG) d. Tamai 6-0, 6-2; No.2: Jo/Vujanic (EG) d. Ignotova 6-1, 6-0 ; No.3: Prus (BG) d. Choporis 6-0, 6-0. Doubles -- No.1: Allaire/Harisiadis (BG) d. Oda/Szull 6-2, 6-3; No.2: Schultz/Boyd (BG) d. Feliciano/Grimaldo 6-0, 6-2; No.3: Tiganj/Sterker (BG) d. Bharker/Murugauran 6-0, 6-0; No.4: Lee/Yuan (BG) d. Sobus/Wojnorowrka 6-1, 6-0. * Fremd 7, Hoffman Estates 0 Singles -- No.1: Matta (Fremd) d. Fenn 6-0, 6-0; No.2: Ha (Fremd) d. Haryani 6-0, 6-1; No.3: Stelniclki (Fremd) d. Kazwr. Doubles -- No.1: Smiaroska/Bodencheier (Fremd) d. Chun/Rizvic 6-0, 6-0; No.2: Parmaksiz/Ha (Fremd) d. Szott/Dorskys 6-1, 6-0; No.3: Carlins/Bodenzteinor d. Patel/Avdi 6-1, 6-2; No.4: Puritz/Lubeck d. Khan/ballaehi 6-0, 6-0. * Hersey 5, Prospect 2 Singles -- No.1: A.Cooper (Hers) d. Karapetiani 6-0, 6-2; No.2: AKubitz (Hers) d. Magnuson 6-2, 6-0; No.3: Steffen (Hers) d. Branas 7-5, 6-0. Doubles -- No.1: K.Cooper/Haeberle (Pros) d. Hemenway/Ferris 6-2, 6-0; No.2: Whitebloom/Stanford (Pros) d. Plecki/Klis 6-0, 6-1; No.3: Walsh/Meredith (Hers) Redding/Matache 7-6(5), 6-1; No.4: Kelly/Paul (Hers) Krueger/Silva 6-0, 6-2. * pALATINE 7, SCHAUMBURG 0 Singles -- No.1: A.Kawai (Pal) d. Yang 6-0, 6-0; No.2: Spurek (Pal) d. Sulu 6-2, 6-1; No.3: Jayanth (Pal) d. Wang 6-0, 6-2. Doubles -- No.1: Oreshkin/K.Kawai (Pal) d. Odw/Arola 6-0, 6-0; No.2: Hake/Jacobsen (Pal) d. Siewsrichel/Xiong 6-1, 6-3; No.3: Levecke/Bachman (Pal) d. P.Patel/Cauttwake 6-3, 6-2; No.4: Tallikar/Ortiz (Pal) d. Sosa/H.Patel 6-4, 6-3. * Rolling Meadows 7, Wheeling 0 Singles -- No.1: Nikolova (RM) d. Aoraha 6-0, 6-1 No.2: Grant (RM) d. Lucas 6-0, 6-2; No.3: Weingart (RM) d. Fister 6-0, 6-0 Doubles -- No.1: Differding/Peric (RM) d. Nguyen/Miller 6-3, 6-4; No.2: Dacy/Thakkar (RM) d. Bernacho/Semenets 6-3, 6-2; No.3: Abernethy/Sheridan (RM) d. Shirley/Murphy 6-2, 6-1; No.4: Soto/Stubing (RM) d. Mendieta/Escobar 6-1, 6-7(3-7), 6-4. * Glenbard South 3, IC Catholic Prep 2 Singles -- No.1: Hodyl (IC) d. Campbell 6-2, 6-2; No.2: Gage (IC) d. Kwon 6-5, 6-3; No.3: Lowersky (GS) d. DeCarlo 6-2, 6-3. Doubles -- No.1: Jennings/Long (GS) d. Gibler/Lee 6-1, 6-0; No.2: Jester/Taylor (GS) d. Maloney/Wagner 6-0, 6-0; No.3: Palmieri/Gasparro (GS) d. Colorado/Curtin 6-1, 6-0 * Neuqua Valley 7, Lake Park 0 Singles -- No.1: Chen (NV) d. Pasquini 6-0, 6-2; No.2: Murali (NV) d. Belmonte 6-0, 6-0; No.3: Cyrus (NV) d. Lipi 6-1, 6-0. Doubles -- No.1: Beck/Neuman (NV) d. Casey/Rainey 6-0, 6-1; No.2: Harland/Mata (NV) d. Chernyahiusky/Halles 6-0, 6-0; No.3: Wu/Starr (NV) d. Patel/Salal 6-3, 6-2; No.4: NV d. McComb/Paskon 6-3, 6-0. * Ottawa 5, Kaneland 2 * St. Charles East 5, St. Charles North 2 Singles -- No.1: Thomas (SCN) d. Gapuz 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; No.2: Boeke (SCN) d. McCarthy 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; No.3: Dhar (SCE) d. Kramer 6-1, 6-0. Doubles -- No.1: Navid/Petrov (SCE) d. Arbir/Warner 2-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7); No.2: Field/Patzner (SCE) d. Underwager/Oshana 4-6, 7-6 ... (Chicago Daily Herald)

Sep 21, 2016

Boys golf scoreboard: Saturday, Sept. 17 results

St. Charles North 324, St. Viator 328, Nazareth Acad. 338, Hersey 344, Evanston 348, Notre Dame 351, Conant 356, Elk Grove 357, Wheeling 364, Buffalo Grove 365, Niles West 368, Latin School 31, Niles North 434. INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS Top 10 individuals -- 1. Calbi (Bar) 65 (course record), 2. Bussel (Stev) 71, 3. Bertke (StCE) 71, 4. Dolan (Bar) 73, 5. McCarthy (Gbkn) 73, 6. Garmoe (Pros) 73, 7. Thomas (LF) 73, 8. Muehlschlegel (StCN) 74, 9. Lim (Bar) 74, 10. Prassas (Loy) 75. * ... (Chicago Daily Herald)

Sep 14, 2016

Boys golf scoreboard: Tuesday, Sept. 13 results

Hoffman Estates -- Harrison 43, Windels 43, Mayani 46, Klivek 52. West Chicago -- Hoffman 44, Rutledge 48, Babor 50, Gimre 53. * rolling meadows 160, buffalo grove 165 At Arlington Lakes, par 36 INDIVIDUAL results Rolling Meadows -- Luhan 38, O'Grady 40, Cho 41, Kornblum 41. Buffalo Grove -- Richards 40, Wolf 40, Constertina 42, Oddo 46. * prospect 150, schaumburg 55 At Mount Prospect Golf Course, par 35 INDIVIDUAL results Prospect -- Tenuta 32, Placko 39, Kingston 39, Garmoe 40. Schaumburg -- Tudor 38, Go 38, Meister 38, Flowers 41. JV: Prospect 177, Schaumburg 212. * Deerfield 169, Maine West 178 At Deerfield Golf Course, par INDIVIDUAL results Maine West -- Mirza 43, Mustari 44, Roscoe 45, Ronan 46. * st. viator 153, marian central 176 At Crystal Woods, par 36 INDIVIDUAL results St. Viator -- Crawford 38. Marian Central -- Seegers 43. * ... (Chicago Daily Herald)

Sep 7, 2016

Weekend picks: Haley Reinhart returns for Buffalo Grove Days

Haley Reinhart back for Buffalo Grove Days Wheeling native and "American Idol" finalist Haley Reinhart is the headlining musical act at 9 p.m. Saturday at Buffalo Grove Days, which returns this weekend at its new venue at Mike Rylko Community Park, 951 McHenry Road, Buffalo Grove. Free admission; charges for food and rides. (847) 459-2500 or bgdays.com. 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3-4; and 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5 U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note The U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note, a jazz ensemble of the U.S. Air Force, presents a concert of classic and new jazz selections in Pfeiffer Hall, on the campus of North Central College, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. Doors open 30 minutes before show time. Seating is first come, first served. Free. (630) 355-5880 or finearts.northcentralcollege.edu. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2 Mustangs and more See a wide variety of classic cars at the 15th Annual Mustang Car Show at the Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Road, Volo. Plus, expect live music, fo... (Chicago Daily Herald)

Jun 22, 2016

Memorial Day observances across the suburbs today

Memorial Walk to Bartlett Cemetery steps off at 11 a.m., followed by a short program honoring Bartlett's heroes. village.bartlett.il.us. Buffalo Grove Memorial Day Ceremony: 11 a.m. today, at Knopf Cemetery, on Arlington Heights Road north of Checker Drive. The ceremony is hosted by Kingswood United Methodist Church. Speakers are Lake County Treasurer David Stolman and Buffalo Grove Chief of Police Steven Casstevens. (847) 398-0770. Cary Memorial Day Parade: 10:15 a.m. today, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church on First Street and Three Oaks Road. Proceeds south on First Street and ends at the Cary Veterans Park. caryillinois.com. Des Plaines Memorial Day Ceremony: 11 a.m. today, at the Lake Park Memorial Pavilion, 2200 Lee St. Includes a performance by the Des Plaines Community Band. Free. Note: There is no parade this year. (847) 296-9878. Elburn Memorial Day Procession: 10 a.m. today, at the north end of Blackberry Township cemetery, Route 47 and Keslinger Road. Ends at Blackberry Township Cemetery. Hosted by American Legion Post 630. Elburn Boy Scouts Troop 7 will host a Memorial Day pancake breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Elburn American Legion, 112 N. Main St. (630) 697-0356 or elburnpost630.org. Elk Grove Village Memorial Day Observation: 10:45 a.m. today, at the Elk Grove Village Park District Pavilion, 1000 Wellington Ave. Participants include VFW Post 9284 and the Ladies Auxiliary. Free. (847) 357-4040. Elgin Memorial Day Services: Tributes begin at 8:45 a.m. today at Mount Hope Cemetery, 100 Villa St.; then at 9:15 a.m. at Lakewood Memorial Park, 30W730 Route 20; at 9:45 a.m. at Elgin Veterans Memorial Park, 274 N. Grove Ave.,; and at 11 a.m. at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd. This year's Bluff City program will pay tribute to the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with keynote address by Lt. Adrienne Benton, staff chaplain from Training Support Center, Great Lakes. Co-sponsored by the Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association and the city of Elgin. Free. elginmemorialday.org. Elmhurst Memorial Day Parade: 9:30 a.m. today, at Elmhurst City Hall, 209 N. York St. Proceeds from city hall south on York Street, through the bypass and west on Church Street to Wilder Park, where a ceremony will be held. Free. elmhurstchamber.org. Fox Lake Memorial Day Ceremony: 11 a.m. today, at the Fox Lake Metra Station at Grand Avenue and Nippersink Boulevard. Sponsored by the Fox Lake American Legion Post 703. Free. (847) 587-2323. Fox River Grove Memorial Day parade: 8:30 a.m. today. Parade starts at Algonquin Road School and continues down Algonquin Road to South River Road to the baseball diamond along the Fox River in Lions Park. foxrivergrove-il.org. Grayslake Memorial Day Parade and Service: 9:30 a.m. today, at Grayslake Central High School, 400 N. Lake St. Parade starts near the Grayslake Central High School parking lot on Lake Street and travels south on Lake to Junior Avenue, then east to Memorial Park for t... (Chicago Daily Herald)