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On December 7, 2023, the Blue Star Banner Program held its Banner Presentation Ceremony at City Hall with Mayor Haig Haleblain presenting our Heroes’ banners.  Banners are given to the 24 Honorees or their families, free of charge, after being displayed along Heroes Row for a period of months.  The program also recognized our three […]

On Sunday morning, December 3, 2023, Star 105.5’s Northwest Spectrum program aired an interview with Jerry Shaffer and Donna McAnally about our program. We are deeply grateful to Ron Mrowiec and Leisa Niemotka for helping spread information about our program. You can listen to the interview HERE

Star 105.5 morning show hosts, Joe & Tina welcomed Crystal Lake Blue Star Banner Program Chairperson, Donna McAnally in an informative interview on Friday, November 10th. Hear more about the program and how you can honor active-duty military members along Hero’s Row in Crystal Lake HERE.        

On November 7, 2023, the family of  Air Force Reserve Major Stephen Pfaff represented him by leading the Pledge of Allegiance to open the Crystal Lake city council meeting.   Mayor Haig Haleblain introduced his grandmother Jo Ann Pfaff, his mom Sharon, and his grandmother June Pupich. They were each delightful, and we are proud of […]

The Blue Star Banner Program began a second “Borrowed Banners” project when we gave local businesses the opportunity to display banners belonging to some of our previous recipients. This is a continuing effort to increase our program’s visibility and have a larger number of citizens aware of our program. Our first such project was a […]