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Rockton-Roscoe News: Sunday, May 4, 2025

Waiting for the check, local musicians

Michael McGinnis

May 4, 2025 — 3 min read

You might expect a song called "Cows in Space" from Roscoe-area musicians Fred & Friends.

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If you're still expecting your payment from Chemtool, Analytics Consulting told resident Nikki Warren, "If you haven't received the payment by May 7, 2025 please contact us again." If you lived within three miles of the Chemtool plant on June 14, 2021 but Analytics says you're not on their payment list, you can ask Ed Manske for help. We published our 33rd Chemtool story last week, so our regular readers were less likely to have missed out.
At Saturday's conference track meet, Willowbrook Middle School girls won
the 800, the 200 and the 100. Boys captured the high jump championship, the 7th grade 4x200, and the 8th grade 4x400.
Local musicians keep putting out new songs:
- Children's musicians Fred & Friends has Cows in Space (YouTube)
- Hononegah grad Max Zubic has Forgive and Forget (YouTube)
- Hononegah grad Cole Brandt has Your Emotions (YouTube)
- And many more. Who am I missing?

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Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.(Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service).