Barrington trustees hope residents will recycle more than ever

Barrington village trustees want residents to recycle as much waste as possible.

To make that happen, they're considering giving residents the option of getting larger recycling containers.

Residents are now able to have 95-gallon refuse containers and 65-gallon recycling containers.

In their committee-of-the-whole meeting this week, trustees discussed allowing residents to replace the 65-gallon recycling container with a 95-gallon one.

With more and more trash able to be recycled, Trustee Steve Miller said he'd welcome the move because his smaller container always fills up quickly.

"I end up throwing my recycling in with the trash because my recycling container is always filled," Miller said.

There was some discussion of allowing residents to switch containers and use the larger one for recycling and the smaller one for refuse.

But Public Works Director Dennis Burmeister said Groot, the waste hauler, was concerned that people would end up having more trash than could fit in the small container.

"They were fearful there would be too many extra cans out each week," he said.

No formal action was taken and no timetable was given for when larger containers might be available.

Keep doodling: Who says doodling is a waste of time?

Don't tell that to Hough Street School fifth-grader Chris Geleske, who was chosen as a state finalist in Google's nationwide Doodle 4 Google competition.

An art competition open to all schoolchildren across the country, Doodle 4 Google asked students to design a Google logo or "doodle" inspired by the question, "What if ... ?"

Doodles were judged on artistic merit, creativity and representation of the theme.

Among thousands of entries submitted from across the country, Chris's doodle was chosen as one of the top 400.

"He's one of the most talented kids I've ever worked with," said Hough art teacher Elizabeth Bure.

Chris's doodle can be seen at his online art gallery at artsonia.com/museum/ artpreview.asp?id=3121113.

Running for a cause: Area residents still have time to sign up for the 9th annual Dash to Cure Diabetes.

This year's event, which features a 4-mile trail run on the prairie path between Citizens Park and Cuba Marsh, a 5K walk through the streets of Barrington and Junior Dashes for children, is scheduled for May 25 at Citizen's Park.

The races start at 8 a.m.

Since its inception, the race has raised more than $300,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

For more information on the race or to register, visit dashtocurediabetes.org or call (847) 381-3274.