Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Time spent outside alone can spell trouble for dogs.
One of the responsibilities of owning a dog is to keep him safe at home. Another is to keep your dog from becoming a nuisance or threat to your guests, neighbors, and others in and around your home. One of the most difficult training tasks involves how to contain a dog within your yard or to specific areas of the home without a fence or barriers, such as baby gates. Dogs can be taught to respect boundaries, but teaching this behavior means an investment of time on the part of the owner. Boundary training involves establishing the limit of where a dog can go by restricting access through the use of a leash or long line, and rewarding the dog for remaining within the boundary. Visual cues such as flags or driveway markers may be used to …
Monday, May 21, 2012
National Merit Finalists share thoughts about their high school experience.
Editor's Note: Lake Forest High School seniors will attend their last class May 23. This is the third in a series of Q&A articles appearing periodically between now and June 2 when Lake Forest's Class of 2012 graduates. Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch has asked the senior class' National Merit Finalists to answer some traditional and not-so traditional questions about their high school experience. Name: Matt Wagener Year at LFHS: Senior Attending college next fall? Where? Why did you pick that school? If not college, what are your plans? Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. Penn had everything I was looking for: a campus in the city, lots of school spirit, a great business school, and cheesesteak. What was your favorite class in …
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Illinois lawmakers are again looking to expand gambling options in Illinois.
Illinois lawmakers are considering plans to add more casinos as the state continues to grapple with budget woes. The latest proposals would place casinos in Danville, Rockford and Waukegan. Another proposal would allow for slot machines to be operated at race tracks like Arlington Park, the Alton Daily News reported. The bills are sponsored by Terry Link (D-Waukegan) in the Senate and Lou Lang (D-Skokie) in the House. Gov. Pat Quinn has called the legislation to, once again, expand gambling in Illinois "a distraction." Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pushing for a Chicago casino. A Chicago casino is something that officials in the city long have sought. As far back at 1993, Mayor Daley proposed an $800 …
Not interested in NATO protesters? There's another fight taking place this weekend.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Lake Forest resident blames Supreme Court ruling for making Ricketts' $10 million soft money advertising plan possible.
Shoppers at Deerfield Square were not ready to abandon their loyalty to the Chicago Cubs over owner Joe Ricketts’ plans to spend $10 million to finance an effort to produce negative advertising criticizing President Barack Obama. The same people expressed anger that one person, in this case Ricketts, would spend so much money to affect the outcome of the presidential election by purchasing advertising at the time of the Democratic Convention in September. The controversy broke Thursday morning when the New York Times published a story disclosing the plan hatched between Ricketts and Republican political professionals. Later Thursday, Ricketts backed off some of the more controversial parts of the proposal. Leslie Gordon of Lake Forest …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Market Square 2000 public private partnership serves as a strong model for the Forest Park Project.
Dear Editor: Fifteen years ago when I was asked to join Crissy Cherry as co-president of Market Square 2000 I agreed with enthusiasm. This seemed a fitting opportunity to express my appreciation to the community in which my husband Frank and I had raised our three children. Crissy and I undertook the leadership of the Market Square 2000 board after the City Council accepted Lake Forest Garden Club’s gift of a rehabilitation plan requested by the City and crafted by nationally acclaimed landscape architect Rodney Robinson. In the last few years as the Forest Park Project has unfolded I have thought often of that challenging and exciting Market Square 2000 work. The parallels are striking. Both plans were requested by the City for the …
The decision of whether to open gifts at a kid's birthday party isn't always easy.
Birthday parties mean birthday presents which brings up the question, “Do you open the gifts at the party or not?” When I ask people this question I get some adamant "Yes" and "No" answers, but quite a few Moms I talk to, especially new Moms, aren’t quite sure what to do. My vague answer is, “It depends.” There are quite a few things you need to consider regarding your child’s birthday party and the answer may not be the same every year. First and foremost you need to do what is right for your child. Does he or she want to open gifts or just keep playing with friends? You also need to consider what you can handle as the party hostess. Sometimes it is hard to gauge how much time it will take. But, don’t let anyone tell you how it should …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The quality of life and safety of our residents in Lake Forest is not worth placing in jeopardy by the aspirations of a $4.4 billion corporation.
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Tuesday, May 15
Dear Editor: I wanted to follow up on recent articles about the proposed building plan being advocated by Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital. At a residents' meeting with the City, I was the un-named man quoted who questioned the concept of a new very large regional hospital in central Lake Forest. I live near the hospital and while not directly adjacent to it, certainly affected by it. When my wife had our daughter we were able to get to the hospital in under 3 minutes and it has a special place in our hearts as well as being an asset to the community. However, I am deeply troubled by the current plans of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital System to turn our community hospital into a Lake County Regional Hospital. This may make business …
Letter outlines June 7 workshop to examine school-family-community partnerships.
Monday, May 14, 2012
National Merit Finalists share thoughts about their high school experience.
Editor's Note: Lake Forest High School seniors will attend their last class May 23. This is the second in a series of Q&A articles appearing periodically between now and June 2 when Lake Forest's Class of 2012 graduates. Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch has asked the senior class' National Merit Finalists to answer some traditional and not-so traditional questions about their high school experience. Name: Katie Rowe Year at LFHS: Senior Attending college next fall? Where? Why did you pick that school? If not college, what are your plans? I’ll be attending Dartmouth College next fall! (GO BIG GREEN!) I chose Dartmouth because I am an extremely outdoorsy person and the academic opportunities are truly unparalleled, especially in their …
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