Climbers call them “smurf gloves.” In fact, they’re polyurethane coated fishing gloves made by a Japanese company called Showa, and they’re one of the most unexpectedly ubiquitous pieces of gear in ice climbing.
Updated 5/4/2021 8:15 AM
For decades, those closest to Danielle Aylward, McHenry Township s clerk, have known she was transgender.
Late last week, Aylward, who is in the process of transitioning from a male to a female and prefers the pronouns she and her, made everyone else aware of how she has long identified to her family and friends by coming out as trans on social media.
Danielle Aylward, who won reelection last month as McHenry Township s clerk while on the ballot as Dan Aylward, became McHenry County s first openly transgender elected official when she came out on Facebook.
While many would call Aylward s decision to come out at 72 as courageous, she credited her late twin, who was also transgender and died by suicide years ago after transitioning from male to female, with far more bravery.
Judge rules against McHenry Township Highway Commissioner s challenge against huge tax levy cuts
Updated 12/22/2020 11:34 AM
A judge ruled against McHenry Township Highway Commissioner Jim Condon in a lawsuit Monday brought against the local government s trustees over their decision to cut road district property tax levies by about 30% this month.
With the decision by 22nd Judicial Circuit Associate Judge Kevin G. Costello, the township road district s total tax levy of $2,095,000 approved by the trustees will for now remain below the $3 million levy Condon originally sought.
The highway commissioner filed the lawsuit against the township s board of trustees last week after a motion to pass a levy far smaller than Condon s $3 million proposal carried 3-1 with the support of Trustees Bob Anderson, Steve Verr and Mike Rakestraw, the same trio that denied McHenry Township Supervisor Craig Adams from participating in the same meeting remotely despite a diagnosis of