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A fairy garden becomes a family project By Tony Carton EDITOR
A six-years-young woman, her grandmother and great grandmother experienced the privilege of being this summer when they joined behind an idea to create a thing of beauty, a fairy garden. “We had a good idea that we might be able to build a fairy garden and when we found some fairy garden stuff at the Dollar Store and we decided we could go ahead and make one,” said Kaylie. She said they gathered a lot of houses and churches and buildings and fairies and stuff and she knows the fairies are happy in their little village. “They always have smiles on their faces,” she said. Kaylie said plans are already underway for the addition of flowers that will bring color to the garden village. “There are a lot of flowers here at our house that I really want to plant around the fairy garden,” Kaylie said. “I mostly like pink so we will be planting a lot of pink flowers.” She said pink flowers smell espe-
cially nice. “The fairies always fly over to the flowers,” Kaylie said. “That’s when they really smile.” Kaylie’s grandmother Diana Henderson said her granddaughter had been noticing fairies and little fairy things in the stores for about a year. “We finally began gathering some of those items and we started really working on it as a project in the garden about three months ago,” said Henderson. “Kayiie had been reading about fairies in her little story books and it seemed like a really fun idea.” She said she and her mother, Kaylie’s great grandmother Wanda Finch believe strongly in the importance of maintaining a strong connection between children and their grandparents and great-grandparents. “We are both a big influence in her life,” said Henderson. “We get together with our grandkids a lot. We try to focus on reading and crafts and coloring.” She noted the importance of strong family bonds and the critical
Stewart bill requires out of state vehicles on Illinois roadways carry liability insurance “This bill remedies that situation and requires the same of out-of-state drivers as is required by drivers of vehicles registered in Illinois.” The Illinois State Police as well as the Illinois Sheriff’s Association supported HB 4472 to improve the safety of Illinois’ roadways and provide uniform enforcement of our laws. Under the new law, no person shall operate a motor vehicle registered in another state upon Illinois highways without a liability insurance policy.
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Legislation sponsored by State Representative Brian Stewart (R-Freeport) was signed into law on Monday and requires out-of-state vehicles operating on Illinois roadways to carry liability insurance. House Bill 4472 was signed into law by Governor Bruce Rauner on Monday, creating Public Act 100-828. “Illinois courts have ruled that Illinois law does not require a defendant to provide proof of insurance if the vehicle is properly registered in another state,” said Rep. Stewart.
role milestones like building a fairy garden as a family project plays in forming those bonds. “We try to just sit down with them sometimes when they’re having a bad day and we share ideas about morals and values,” she said. “We are a big part in their lives and they’re a big part of our lives. We wouldn’t have it any other way.” Kaylie is six now and she has always loved fairies,” said Finch. “Originally the idea was to build the fairy village in the garden, but then we decided to do it up on the porch to keep it out of the weather and keep it safe. Originally the idea was to build the fairy village in Finch’s garden, but then they decided to do it up on the porch to keep it out of the weather and keep it safe. They took their time gathering the materials for their garden village and when they thought they had gathered enough, the project moved forward. “Kaylie put the houses where she wanted them and we couldn’t let her use the hot glue gun because she might get hurt, so we helped her with that,” said Finch. “She just loved the little things we put together and it seems as if one of her biggest concerns is whether somebody will like the project when it’s finished. I told her there would definitely be a smile on anyone’s face that saw her little fairy garden.” She said grandkids are great and the fairy garden project is an opportunity to share her years of experience with them.. “I always used to do crafts.” said Finch. “But, I’m slowing down now and I’m glad I had the chance to work with the kids on this. She said it’s important to keep kids busy and happy. “It was a lot of work, but it was
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Kaylie, her Grandmother Diana Henderson, and Great Grandmother Wanda Finch created a beautiful fairy garden village over the summer.
well worth it,” Finch said. “We really have to make time to enjoy our little people because the way things are right now, a person nev-
er knows. We have to try and make them happy and keep them busy and safe from harm because they are precious.”
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