(From left) Gene Miertschin, Judge Gaylon Schroeder, Darrel Lux, Ann Reissig and Kenneth Rusch break ground on May 12 for the new James Kiehl Park in northern Kendall County.

Randy and Janie Kiehl are the parents of James Kiehl, in whose memory the park is named. James Kiehl died in Iraq in 2003. Photos by David Basarich