Orangeville Responds to Local Tragedy with Compassion by Tony Carton While Alisha Johannsen Was Away at Elizabeth Mackenzie
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1 1 • Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 - Shopper’s Guide 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Serving the communities in Stephenson County KRAFTY KABINETS Interior remodelling & new exterior doors Kitchens & Vanities, Windows & Tile Work CHUCK KRAFT Lena, IL 61048 106 W. Provost St. 815-369-5250 Shopper’s Guide 382082 VOL. 82 • NO. 40 YOUR FREE HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2020 ‘Full support mode’: Orangeville responds to local tragedy with compassion By Tony Carton while Alisha Johannsen was away at Elizabeth MacKenzie. “We had anoth- The Servant Leadership program fellow community members. CORRESPONDENT work, and killed her boyfriend, Jon- er project in mind, but on the morning consists of student representatives “We want to sell at least 500 When tragedy struck the Robey-Jo- athan Robey, 40; her son, Garrett Jo- of the fire, one of my students walked from more than 14 area high schools. T-shirts,” MacKenzie said. “We’re hannsen family the night of Sept. 16, hannsen, 11; and the couple’s son, in the room and said we have to deal Each student learns leadership skills also collecting items for the survivors the community of Orangeville rose Beaux Robey, 4. with this fire, the other project can within a servant-first methodology. because obviously, everything is lost.” quickly in support. “Working in support of this fam- wait. And he was right; it was defi- These students go above and beyond Family friend Samantha West-Fei- ily will be our big annual project this nitely more pressing than what we had in not only their own personal devel- gel organized and posted a GoFund- year,” said Servant Leadership mentor been talking about.” opment, but also for service to their See TRAGEDY, Page 8 Me site online at https://bit.ly/2RX- qjIr, where dozens of stunned and grief-stricken area residents are donat- ing to push the site towards its goal. How you can help And the Orangeville High School • Go online to https://bit.ly/2RXqjIr to access the GoFundMe page to chapter of Highland Community Col- benefit the Robey-Johannsen family. lege Servant Leadership set about or- • Purchase a T-shirt at the Orangeville High School office (make ganizing a fundraising project. checks payable to the school); from Orangeville Ink by calling 815- Fire broke out in the family’s home 275-0957; or at 107 E. High St., Orangeville, Illinois. Fire department raises funds for equipment update in the end we had a really happy cat all need those three basics. Lena event features owner,” Gerber said. “We are your “We also participate in a HAZMAT full-service fire department and we course and rescue training. There are drive-thru do it all.” specialists within the county that By Tony Carton He said the department’s equip- deal with high-rise and confined CORRESPONDENT ment and physical plant are well space issues. The department is part If you see smoke pouring from the maintained and in good condition, of what’s known as MABAS 17, the Lena fire station next Saturday, Oct. but there are a couple things that Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, so if 3, there’s no reason to panic. The de- need attention. we have an incident where we need partment will be hosting a drive-th- “The station was built in 2007 and more help, we simply call in to con- ru style hog roast/fundraiser and as we’ve continued to upgrade or re- trol and request it, and they will dis- much as the department members place old and outdated equipment,” patch whatever we need.” love serving the greater Lena com- Gerber said. “This hog roast fund- Speaking of trained specialists, munity and their mutual aid partners, raiser is to help fund updating our there is a department member specif- they need your support to continue. all-terrain vehicle. A lot of our calls ically trained to roast a hog. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. at the are to automobile accidents, and ob- “He would never say it out loud, fire station, 405 W. Railroad St. viously we deal with fires, but we but our Chief Brad Strong is an Lena Fire Department Assistant also see carbon monoxide detection expert hog roaster,” Gerber said. Chief Shane Gerber shared some and fire detection issues. “Brad’s been doing roasts for years background information about the “Some of our calls involve patient for graduation parties, weddings and department. extraction from out at the lake or on picnics, and to put it simply, he cooks “I joined the Lena department in snowmobile trails, and our ATV is a pretty mean pig.” TONY CARTON PHOTO Shopper’s Guide 1994 and we’re ‘old-school’ firemen aging.” Strong said the department has Members of the greater Orangeville community constructed a in Lena,” Gerber said. “We’ll still go He said the department members canceled all its usual fundraisers this small memorial at the front of the Robey-Johannsen family home. take cats out of trees.” continue to update their training and year. Three family members died in a Sept. 16 fire at the home. 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