Supporting our local veterans at charity golf outing

The Lake in the Hills American Legion Post 1231 is organizing a charity golf outing to benefit veterans and disabled veterans.

The outing starts at 11 a.m. and will be held Friday, Aug. 27 in Marengo at the Marengo Ridge Golf Club.

The $80 you pay includes golf, a cart, a driving range and refreshments.

There will also be raffles, prizes, a steak dinner and contests, including a $10,000 hole-in-one competition.

The Sons of the American Legion Squadron 1231 are holding the event and there is limited availability.

For more information or to register, please get in touch with the legion post at (847) 658-2010, with Kerry Ellison at (847) 515-2495 or with Tim Kohl at (224) 325-9396.

Twelve inches shorter: Nicole and Courtney Durben, two Algonquin sisters, recently donated a bunch of hair to Lock of Love, the cancer charity that fashions donated ponytails into wigs for pediatric cancer patients.

It was Courtney's second time making the donation.

Two years ago when Courtney was 5, she was the youngest client ever to donate hair to the group through JT Michaels Hair Studio in Lake in the Hills.

Both Courtney and Nicole, who is entering the sixth grade, grew their hair out specifically to donate it, said their mom Kim.

Both girls donated 12 inches.

"My husband, Mike, and I have raised our girls to understand that they need to be grateful for what they have, and to realize that we need to help others out," Kim Durben has said.

• Lenore Adkins covers Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, Cary, Fox River Grove, Pingree Grove and McHenry County College. You can reach her by sending an e-mail to ladkins@dailyherald.com or by calling (847) 608-2725.