What began as a formal promenade dance has morphed into an epic night
of stretch Escalades, extravagant banquet halls and sparkly gowns that
rival any wedding dress. Seeing less of a face-lift is a prom committee choosing a theme and song for the long-awaited night.
Period architecture, a turret facing busy Oak Park Avenue and retail shops that wrap around the side of buildings were among the latest changes to a downtown Tinley Park redevelopment plan presented Thursday night to the plan commission.
Twenty minutes from our Tinley Park starting point, the blindfolds came out. "Here, put this on," said our host's 8-year-old son, handing us each a pillowcase. No, we weren't about to meet some fugitive drug lord. We were in search of the elusive morel mushroom, and the pillowcase was our ticket
Our staff writers are talking all of the time. They are talking about the communities they cover, losing weight, eating foods grown in the area, and -- of course -- the Sox and the Cubs. Why don't you join in? They'd like to hear what you have to say.
There's so much more A.J. Pierzynski would like to say. What he'd like to tell the organization he believes tried to ruin his career. What he'd like to tell the fans who turned on him and made his one year in San Francisco a nightmare.
They don't have a contraption at Wrigley Field that measures the
loudest ovations, but Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster has a pretty good feel
for these things. ''His was louder. Rightfully so. He deserves it,'' Dempster said with a smile of the ovation for the Padres' Greg Maddux, the former Cubs ace.
Sandburg coach Jim Caliendo said his goal for the state quarterfinal game against York was to hold the Dukes to less than 10 goals. His team did much better than that, shutting out York in the second
half and cruising to a 6-2 win to advance to Saturday's semifinals and clinch Sandburg's first state water polo trophy.
What began as a formal promenade dance has morphed into an epic night
of stretch Escalades, extravagant banquet halls and sparkly gowns that
rival any wedding dress. Seeing less of a face-lift is a prom committee choosing a theme and song for the long-awaited night.
Shoppers have been lugging ever-larger products to their ever-bigger
cars for years. Now, more of them are feeling so pinched by the sagging
economy that they are embracing a new behavior: buying a little at a
time.
For Batman fans, Wednesday cannot come soon enough. That is when Six Flags Great America in Gurnee will debut the Dark Knight Coaster, the 300-acre park's first indoor dark ride. Housed in a seven-story building, the new coaster will transform guests
into Gotham City citizens who are caught in the middle of a city under
siege and torn apart by the Joker.