The Huntley Farmside

              Thursday, May 14,1998
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Volume 37 Issue 57
Remembering Mom
Mother's Day is celebrated happily at Green Trees
Steve Brosinski
Press Publications
Mother's Day was a busy place for many of the seniors who live at Green Trees, 11417 E. Main St.
A flower bouquet on Dorothy Awe's dining room table was a thoughtful reminder from a fami¬ ly member living in Texas. The Awe family usually celebrates Mother's Day with a big bash, but this year will be different because of an illness.
"My husband Robert is sick so we will stay home this year," Awe said. "As a rule we usually get together."
Awe, who is 84, said she looks forward to meeting family mem¬ bers from all over the country.
"Oh yes, it's important," said Awe, when asked about Mother's Day.
Her children range in age from a 60-year-old daughter who lives in Hickory Hills, to a 46-year-old daughter in Pontiac, 111. Depending on when the stork
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Photo by Steve Brosinski
Dorothy Awe holds a bouquet of flowers sent to her in honor of arrives   the  couple  expects  to Mother'sDay. Awe lives with her husbarui, Robert, at Green Trees on Main
Street.
soon have a dozen grandchildren.
"We have at least 11 grand children. One is on the way, and I don't know if it's here or not," she said.
On most Mother's Day, the Awe family has a large gathering capped with a potlock dinner.
"Last year, it rained out, so it was held in the garage and it tumed out to be a good day."
Despite Robert's illness, Dorothy said she expected to see family members flock to their home in Huntley all day Sunday.
"They usually take turns visiting. It can get crowded here."
For Geraldine Guminski, Awe's neighbor, her plans for Mother's Day meant spending a casual day with her daughter, Denise, and her family.
"We eat and talk, and enjoy each other's com¬ pany," said Guminski, a resident at Green Trees for three years. "We were always together on Mother's Day. We were a closeknit family. My
family comes before anybody else."
Guminski, who is 76, said neighbors good naturedly remind her of youthfiil age by calling her "the spirit of 76."
Green Trees Property Manager Marcie Tambone said the senior and disabled residents who live there appreciate the rural location. The McHenry County Housing Authority manages the 56-unit apartment complex. Green Trees was built in three phases beginning in 1984, she said.
"We have a waiting list of 18-24 months," Tambone said.
Dee Stacy, the editor of the Green Trees newsletter, called Sadie Oglesby for an interview, but she was recovering from surgery and unable to speak.
"Sadie will be tuming 90 years old on May 17. It will be a special Mother's Day for her," Stacy said.
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Three styles of grills are manufactured at the Weber-Stephenson Products factory in Huntley. The 300,000-square-foot plant, which is located at 11811 Oak Creek Parkway, opened in November •
Weber factory is a good fit for Huntley
Steve Brosinski
Press Publications
Just like a Model T Ford, it used to be a customer could choose any color he or she wanted in a Weber griU, so longs as it was black.
The popular black grill is still available, but grills now come in red, blue and green. In November, Weber- Stephenson Products opened a plant on 33 acres in Huntley, where thousands of charcoal barbecue grills are manufactured and distributed worldwide.
Approximately half the building is used to warehouse and ship products, and the remainder of the 306,000- square-foot facility is used for production of charcoal grills, said Plant Manager Kenneth Pawela. The compa¬
ny's headquarters are located in Palatine, where gas grills are also manufactured.
From the Smokey Joe table top grill to the full size Jumbo Joe, Weber manufac¬ tures a full line of barbecue cookers. Several styles of Weber grills are manufac¬ tured in Huntley, most are two standard-size kettles, 18- and 22-inch diameter grills.
Weber offers three grades,
the Barbie Kettle, the One
Touch and the top of the line
Master Touch Grill. Styles
differ in the size of the grill,
size of the cart and method
that ash is caught undemeath
the_grill.
Founded in 1893, Weber
began making grills in the
1950s and still holds a patent
on   its   "silhouette"   grill,
see Weber—page 2