Posted in Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Hills Park District, BCFPD, Conflict of interest, Contests, Entertainment, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Unions, VBHPD, Village Government on June 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“FRVPC Horse Trials, hosted by the Fox River Valley Pony Club, are held annually at the Barrington Hills Park District Riding Center and over the adjacent Spring Creek Forest Preserve. The Fox River Valley Pony Club and the running of this event, along with the FRVPC Mini Event held annually in May, play a vital role in protecting the Spring Creek Forest Preserve and uniting the community to preserve a legacy and lifestyle unique to our area!”
Click HERE for information.
Posted in Barrington Hills Park District, BraveHearts, Capitol News Illinois, Riding Club of Barrington Hills on June 12, 2025| 1 Comment »
A measure awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker would mandate that certain insurance plans cover hippotherapy and other therapeutic horseback riding treatments. | Photo by Philippe Oursel via Unsplash
By Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) | Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – Under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature, certain insurance plans would have to cover hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic horseback riding in Illinois.
Hippotherapy is a type of physical, occupational and speech therapy where the movement of a horse is used to treat a patient’s specific disability or disorder. The practice is used to treat conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, strokes, head and spinal cord injuries, as well as behavioral disorders and psychiatric disorders, including PTSD.
Marita Wassman is the founder of Ride On St. Louis, a nonprofit organization that provides equine-assisted services to both children and adults in the St. Louis area. As one of five licensed certified therapeutic riding instructors at the advanced level in Missouri, Wassman’s stable has provided services to patients for over 27 years – the majority of whom she says are children needing physical or intellectual services.
A previous patient of hers was an 8-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who struggled to hold her head upright on her own for extended periods of time. After four months of treatment, Wassman said the girl’s parents reported that she was able to both sit and hold her head up for over an hour when they went out to dinner – when previously, she would rest her head on her arms for a majority of the dinner.
“If you were to go ride a horse for an hour, it could benefit you exactly the same way as if you did a powerwalk for an hour,” Wassman said. “And for people specifically who can’t get that on their own, who are in wheelchairs or even if they are ambulatory but don’t have a symmetrical movement, sitting on a horse that is nice and even is really going to help their muscles.”
Read more here.
Editorial note: “Senate Bill 69 passed the Senate unanimously in April as well as the House in late May on a vote of 78-33. It will become law if signed by Gov. JB Pritzker.”
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, BH Polo Club, Big Brother, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Equestrian Commission, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Mad Cows, Massbach Hounds, Open Meetings Act, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Transparency, Unions on June 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 6:00 PM. Some topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
Posted in Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, BraveHearts, Cellular Service, Countryside Elementary School, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Elections, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Illinois State Board of Elections, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Longmeadow Parkway, Massbach Hounds, Open Meetings Act, Organizations, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Transparency, Unions, Well Water Quality on May 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Aunt Blabby, BACOG, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Board of Health, Conflict of interest, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Don't Change Barrington Hills, Elections, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Financial Statements, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Fundraisers, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Massbach Hounds, Open Meetings Act, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, SOS Party, The Other Half, Transparency, Unions, Well Water Quality, Your Barrington Hills on April 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
*Andrew McMahon and Jessica Underwood ran unopposed for Park District/Riding Club Commissioner in the April 1st Consolidated Election. The election results have yet to be certified, however, by the Cook County Clerk.
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, BACOG, Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Red, BraveHearts, Commercial Horse Boarding, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Don't Change Barrington Hills, Elections, Ethics, Financial Statements, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Longmeadow Parkway, Massbach Hounds, Open Meetings Act, Organizations, Plum Farm development, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, SOS Party, Taxes, Transparency, Unions on March 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Brother, BraveHearts, Clown Car, Commercial Horse Boarding, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Elections, Financial Statements, FPDCC, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Lighting Ordinance, Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Massbach Hounds, Perjury, Plum Farm development, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Taxes, Transparency, Unions, WTF on February 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
Posted in Barrington Hills Park District, Country Magazine, FPDCC, Resident Spotlights on February 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Equestrian Juanita Kennedy wearing Carolina Herrera top from Neiman Marcus, and her own vintage turquoise jewelry.
By Bill McLean | Country Magazine
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIA PONCE BERRE
HAIR AND MAKEUP BY DORIA BARTOLO
STYLING BY THERESA DEMARIA
More than six decades ago, Juanita Wood Kennedy’s cousin babysat for a woman who lived near the ocean in Massachusetts. It led to Kennedy’s lifelong passion for sitting—in the saddle.
Kennedy and her steed, Big Jerome.
“The woman was eccentric and owned two Arabian horses, one named Flame and the other Sieme,” recalls Kennedy, now 76 and a Barrington Hills resident since 1987. “I was 11 years old but she let us ride them. I rode Sieme on the beach, near cranberry bogs, and through the woods.”
The grandmother of four owns and takes care of two horses on her spacious property off County Line Road: an 18-year-old pony named Coco and a 21-year-old former off-track Thoroughbred named Big Jerome, who raced for eight years in his heyday.
Kennedy bought Big Jerome eight years ago.
Juanita Kennedy wearing Eskandar black wrap, neimanmarcus.com and vintage pants, boots, and belt, model’s own.
“Thoroughbreds are spicier,” she says, smiling. Big Jerome and his owner join other horses and horseback-loving women for daily (weather permitting during nonwinter months) trail rides along Cook County Forest Preserves. Kennedy, the organizer, texts her fellow riders each morning to meet up for a trail ride at the Barrington Hills Park District Riding Center on Bateman Road.
“I feed Coco hay at 5 a.m. every morning and again at 7 a.m.,” Kennedy says. “Big Jerome gets hay and grain at those times. I then put Big Jerome in the horse trailer, and meet my friends at the riding center, where we tack up our horses. We usually start riding at 9:30 a.m., or 10, and go until noon or so.”
Read more here.
Posted in 220, BACOG, Barrington Hills Park District, BCFPD, Clown Car, Deception, Ethics, FUBAR, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Meeting Minutes, OP/Ed, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, School Districts, SNAFU, South Barrington, Taxes, TRAC, Transparency, Village Government, Village President on January 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG) is scheduled to have multiple meetings today beginning at 5:30 PM at the Village of Barrington Hills, 112 Algonquin Road. Those meetings include:
As expected, no meeting agendas are posted by BACOG. Further, BACOG has ceased posting minutes from their meetings, and they now appear to have removed all previously posted minutes from their website, which now states:
“Copies of approved minutes for BACOG committee and executive board meetings are available upon request. Please submit requests by email to bacog@bacog.org.”
We’ve long questioned the need for BACOG. This is the latest example of why.
It appears BACOG now makes the Barrington Hills Park District/Riding Club and the Barrington Countrywide Fire Protection District seem transparent by comparison, and that’s truly disappointing.
Related: “Anybody heard from BACOG lately?,” “Fuhgeddaboudit,” “Barrington Area Council of Governments meets today”
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Brother, Cell Towers, Countryside Elementary School, Elections, Ethics, Financial Statements, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Mad Cows, Massbach Hounds, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Unions on January 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District/Riding Club will hold a public hearing this evening at 6:45 PM regarding their, “Tentative Combined Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance 1-08-2025-01.” Once again, as has been the case in previous annual hearings of this type, no documentation has been provided by the District for taxpayers to review and comment on prior to the hearing.
A copy of the Hearing Notice can be viewed here.
At 7:00 PM, the Board will convene their regular monthly meeting. Topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.
As of this posting, neither meeting will be available for remote access via Zoom apparently since no instructions are provided on the District website.
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