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The snow stack is nearly ten feet high and still frozen solid. “It was 80 plus degrees yesterday, and the pile never budged an inch,” said Jim Stepp, who co-owns Advanced Auto and Truck repairs across the street. For years, he and partner, Rod Knesper, have turned the steadfast stack’s persistence into a contest, which remains open from Jan. 1 to April 15. This year, there is no entry fee. Whoever guesses the closet melt date wins $100 cash and a $500 donation to their charity of choice, donated by the auto shop. “My guess this year is July 14,” said Stepp. The snow bank is the highest it’s ever been, according to the pair. It’s positioned next to a parking garage and shaded from the sun. In 2020, the snowbank stuck around until mid-June. ....
Updated 4/27/2021 5:01 PM The temperature reached well into the 80s Tuesday, but those hoping to win a $100 prize by estimating when a pile of snow in Palatine will melt will have to wait longer. The snow comes from the top of a public parking deck off Colfax Street in Palatine, which is cleared by village crews, and sits untouched until it melts.
For at least a decade, Advanced Auto and Truck Repair, across the street, has made a game of it, asking employees and customers to guess the date the snow pile will melt and be gone. That day typically comes in June, and warm days don t make much of a difference because the pile is always in the shade, Advanced Automotive co-owner Jim Stepp said. This year s pile is likely the highest it s ever been, he said. ....
Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin did not make a decision April 14, the last day of the rare, three-day removal hearing of District Attorney Greg Newman in Henderson County Superior Court. But in closing statements, independent counsel James Cooney III asked the judge to weigh the power of a district attorney and the “heft” of the men who spoke up for him – sheriffs, police officers, pastors and judges – against the power of alleged sexual assault survivors, bravely speaking their truth to Newman and accusing him of violating their constitutional rights. Something, Cooney said, that the judge should take into consideration on Newman’s character, if not the misconduct in office for which he was under inquiry. ....
Posted12/20/2020 12:00 PM The COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the suburbs, people continued to give their time to those in need, and the Daily Herald named it s annual holiday lights contest winners in The Week in Pictures for December 12-18, 2020.
Steve Mosias, left, of Palatine and Jim Bethke of Elgin, were among those who came to pay their respects to Marine Corps and Vietnam veteran Stephen Alan Myerson at Laird Funeral Home in Elgin Tuesday. Myerson had no known family when he died Sept. 11 at the Citadel Care Center in Elgin. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Respiratory Therapist Aminderjit (Andy) Dhanoa, 37, gets the first COVID-19 vaccination at Edward Hospital in Naperville Thursday afternoon from RN Nikki Carini-Wardecki. ....
Palatine repair shop owners hope to make huge difference with car giveaway
Jim Stepp, left, and Rod Knesper, owners of Advanced Automotive car and truck repair in Palatine, inspect a 2008 Ford Focus SE they plan to give away to a family in need this Christmas. The repair shop saved the car that was headed to the junkyard and rehabbed it ahead of a decision next week on who will be the recipient. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/16/2020 8:40 AM One family in the suburbs has no idea that fate is about to smile upon it this holiday season, courtesy of Advanced Automotive car and truck repair in Palatine. ....