lifestyles
Boot camp helps get walkers ready to go the distance
Thirty people did themselves some good and helped the fight against cancer in the process on Saturday by participating in a one-day “boot camp” held in preparation for the July 28 Relay for Life event in Lake Villa.
Club Calendar
TUESDAY, May 22 Exchange Club of Waukegan: Noon at Bonnie Brook Clubhouse, 2800 N. Lewis Ave., Waukegan. Details, (847) 623-9794. Happy Seniors Club: 12:30 p.m. at Robert W. Rolek Community Center, 814 Hart Road, Round Lake. The fee is $8. Details, (847) 546-8558. Kiwanis Club …
Carnival atmosphere makes for enjoyable family day
Kate Cowart of Waukegan went to high school with the same group of friends she made while attending nursery school.
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
New 1940 US census records show black undercount
It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon. But according to the 1940 census, the trailblazing athlete didn’t even exist.
iPad app gives voice to Libertyville boy
Andrew Reeves of Libertyville uses an iPad TouchChat application that uses a voice output system to speak for him. Andrew uses this technology because he is autistic and so has difficulty communicating verbally.
Bella loves to have fun
Too busy and no time for me ... I guess I wasn’t the best gift to give to this family. I lived with a little dog and we got along like two peas in a pod.
Library Notes
Ginger Frere of Information Diggers will demonstrate ways in which a wide variety of maps can be used to solve genealogical mysteries May 24 at Lake Villa District Library.
Students walk with pride in Festival of Cultures parade
There was a gathering of nations and a march through the streets north of downtown Waukegan on Friday, but it had nothing to do with the NATO summit and everything to do with pride in adopted countries. St. Anastasia School celebrated its 10th annual Festival of Cultures.
New seminary rector in Mundelein is ‘pleasant, insightful’
Father Robert Barron, who hosted a television documentary series on Catholicism that aired nationwide, has been appointed as the new rector/president of the University of St. Mary of the Lake Mundelein Seminary.
Club Calendar
Monday, May 21: Grayslake Greenery Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. at State Bank of the Lakes on Center Street in Grayslake.
School Notes
Students from Westlake Christian Academy in Grayslake competed in an Association of Christian Schools International (ASCI) Arts Festival recently at Harvest Christian Academy in Elgin.
History teacher helps students bring projects to national level
Waukegan may be a faded factory town with a chip on its shoulder, but it still has some old-time fight in its craw and a proud history pushing it forward. It also has Joshua Bill.
Group is dedicated to helping cats in Lake County
About two years ago, Julie Wheeler received a call from a family in Round Lake Beach who found a beautiful white cat underneath their house. Wheeler of Vernon Hills is a member of Spay and Stay, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending feline homelessness. She took the cat and had it spayed and vaccinated.
Bootleggers offers steak Fridays, fish fry all week
If you like finding new places to eat, pull up a bar stool at Bootleggers Bar & Grill in Antioch, just a few blocks from the Chain O’ Lakes.
Deerfield Library to close for renovation
The Deerfield Public Library will close its doors this Friday, May 18, and move into temporary space next month for about 18 months while a $12 million renovation takes place of the existing 41-year-old facility at 920 Waukegan Road.