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An Even Greater McHenry CountyStacy Brown - Protecting your wealth and making your wishes knownIn this episode, Stacy Brown shares tips for protecting income and quality of life should you or a loved one have a long-term illness. She also provides tips for estate planning to ensure wishes are carried out. 2025-07-2843 minAn Even Greater McHenry CountyMcHenry County Underground RailroadThere were several homes in McHenry County that helped as a part of the underground railroad. Here the details and the history as told by Gloria Van Hoff and Pamela Althoff. Hosts: Jamie Maravich and Karen Abbott Trimuel#undergroundrailroad #blackhistory #mchenrycounty2025-06-161h 20An Even Greater McHenry CountyMother's Day - Remembering and AppreciatingMother's Day is bittersweet for many of us. Many of us, like Jamie & Karen miss their Grandmothers and/or Moms. Many of us get to spend time, like Jamie and Karen, with our cherished kids. This was also Karen's first Mother's Day as a GREAT grandma! Listen along as they reflect upon their own and their shared experiences.2025-05-1731 minAn Even Greater McHenry CountyInexpensive Healthy Eating & Food Pantries in McHenry CountySee a live cooking demonstration of an innovative and affordable healthy meal, get tips on what to look for at the grocery store and learn about how two different food pantries in McHenry County work. Featuring: Paul Georgy from Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Rick Pizarek from Holy Apostles Food Pantry, and Rachel Koroscik from Northwestern Medicine. 2025-05-091h 07An Even Greater McHenry CountyCommonalities During Our Easter CelebrationsJamie and Karen share insights into their Easter celebrations with their families and find they had a lot in common. Karen shared some new traditions that were formed thanks to her Cambodian Granddaughter in Law. 2025-04-2527 minAn Even Greater McHenry CountyProtecting Kids & Teens from Sextortion, Dating Violence and TraffickingKids and Teens are vulnerable and unfortunately sextortion, dating violence and trafficking happen right here in McHenry County far more often than most people realize. With technology advancements comes benefits, but also dangers. We are joined in this episode by Misty Mariner, Executive Director of Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and Mary Margaret Maule, Executive Director of Turning Point. We discuss the issues, warning signs, and tips for parents to prevent their child or teen from becoming a victim of sextortion, dating violence or trafficking.2025-02-0854 minAn Even Greater McHenry CountyMing Chen - Comic Cons and Chinese New YearComic Book Men's own Ming Chen joins us to chat about his travels, comic-con culture, his time on Comic Book Men and shares a bit about Chinese culture. 2025-01-2132 minAn Even Greater McHenry CountyThe Content of Our CharacterThe first episode of An Even Greater McHenry County where we introduce the hosts and discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Dream - Are We Making it a Reality? 2025-01-2132 min
Joe and Tina - Star Morning ShowUnited Way of McHenry County Juneteenth Event and moreJaime Maravich from the United Way of McHenry County and moderator and Author of the book, "Unlocking the Answers to Who I am: A Self Rediscovery Workbook", Karen Abbott-Trimuel, joins Joe and Tina in studio to talk about the Juneteenth Panel at the Woodstock Opera house on Juneteenth (June 19th) Bridging the Gap : Diversity and Race Relations. Joe and Tina engage and talk about the basis of Juneteenth and who is on the panel. They are looking for attendees for the free event on June 19th and volunteers who may have the day off for the holiday to join...2024-05-0210 min