Meet the 98-year-old woman who walks 3 miles daily at the Centre of ElginIL
Betty McKeown should have been a postal worker in the days when nearly all walked their routes. She certainly had the skill set and ambition to walk whenever and wherever she had to.
Betty, who says she has"lots of grandchildren, including a great-great-great grandchild," is fueled by a simple desire beyond wanting to see her kids and grandkids: If she can move, she will do it. Plus, it gets her out among other people. Her days of walking outside became limited two years ago after she was hit by a driver backing her car out of a driveway."I felt bad for the woman who hit me. She was very concerned and wanted to drive me home," she said."But I told her I was fine, and I just walked home."
"She's got one of the most positive attitudes of anyone I have ever known," Colleen said."It's a feel-good story, and God knows these days we need news we can feel good about." "You have to move a little and get out among people," says Betty McKeown, 98, of Elgin, who walks three miles daily at the Centre of Elgin."Even if you come to the track and walk just one lap, you are moving and seeing other people." - Brian Hill | Staff Photographer "It might have been good to work longer and get more money, but I don't have any regrets about it," Betty said.
The Heidgen family owned and operated Shady Hill until last fall when they sold the business to Crystal Lake-based Countryside Flower Shop, Nursery and Garden Center. Countryside should be busy as it plans for an artisan market in the fall and, eventually, some workshops and seminars, which currently take place only at the Crystal Lake site.
She calls it a"115-year-old turnkey business," and she's been running the place pretty much by herself for the past 30 years.
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