RE: Illinois Rut - Stolen Stand
I know how you feel about losing your stand. A tip I've read about is to use one of the cheap metal engraving tools to engrave your Driver's License Number on your stand in observable places. Put your state initials and the number on the stand so that if the police ever come across it, it can be easily returned.
I remember many years ago going in the dark to a Loc-on-lem stand I had hanging and from looking up at it in the dark wondering why it looked so funny. Turns out someone had used a shotgun to blow holes in the wooden platform.