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Lake Forest Sidewalk Sale Is Saturday

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Joanna Rolek, exec director of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce

Lake Forest merchants will pull out the stops for a showcase of values during “Customer Appreciation Days”  from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30.

In addition to offerings by retailers through town visitors can also enjoy the popular Farmers’ Market adjacent to the downtown Market Square from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market features more than 20 food vendors showcasing vegetables, fruit, baked goods, meats, dairy and other local products along with food artisans providing appetizers, desserts, candies, drinks and tasty treats.

For details visit www.ShopLFLB.com.

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Lake Bluff Library Celebrates Renovation

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Matt Womack, director of the Lake Bluff Public Library

The Lake Bluff Library renovation is almost complete, and we’re celebrating with an Open House this Saturday, July 30th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be a scavenger hunt for prizes, guided tours describing new features, a sign-up for adult summer reading, and the final day of summer reading for kids.

Bluffington’s will provide hamburgers and hot dogs from Noon-2 p.m., and we’ll host many programs during the day.

  • 10 a.m. – The Prairie Godmothers will be presenting Bulb Planting Basics.
  • Noon – Martha Cordeniz, a staff member and music student at Lake Forest College, will show us how Anyone Can Sing.
  • 2:30 p.m. – The Lake Bluff Police Department will show us how Crime Scene Investigation helps them fulfill their role to promote safety in our community. You don’t want to miss this one!
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Lake Forest Baseball Ready For Playoffs

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Submitted by Lake Forest Baseball Association

Lake Forest, Illinois- The Lake Forest Baseball Assocation’s (LFBA) 9U-14U Scouts prepare for this weekend’s playoffs as they wrap up their 2011 Lake Shore Feeder Baseball League (LSFBL) summer season. The single elimination play begins Wednesday, July 27, and continues through the weekend. The League Championships will be played on Sunday, July 31 at Community Park West, 1000 Zenith Drive, Glenview.

The Scouts have two teams in each of the 9U-14U age groups, for a total of twelve teams, participating in LSFBL. The Lake Forest Scouts compete in LSFBL against other community based travel baseball teams from: Lake Bluff, Mundelein, Park Ridge, Northbrook, Wilmette, Winnetka, Evanston, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Highland Park, Deerfield and Glenview.

The line up of play heading into the playoffs is as follows (all games are at 5:30 pm, Thursday, July 28, unless otherwise noted. Any rainout games from Thursday, will be played on Friday, July 29):

  • 9 Gold at Northbrook White (away)
  • 9 Blue v. Glenview White, 5 pm, (Deerpath #3)
  • 10 Gold at Wilmette Blue, Wednesday, 5:30 pm (away)
  • 10 Blue v. Glenview White (West Park)
  • 11 Gold v. Wilmette Grey (Townline #1)
  • 11 Blue at Ken-Win (away)
  • 12 Gold v. Wilmette Grey, (Everett/Malin Field)
  • 12 Blue v. winner of Lake Bluff/Glenview game, Saturday, 1:00 pm, (tba)
  • 13 Gold v. New Trier White, (Townline #1)
  • 13 Blue v. Northbrook Black, (South Park #2)
  • 14 Gold v. Northbrook White, Wednesday, 5:30 pm (away)
  • 14 Blue v. New Trier Blue, (South Park #1)

Winners from Thursday’s playoff games will advance to the semi final round played on Saturday, July 30. The higher seed in each division will host the game at their field.

LSFBL is a summer travel baseball league that was formed to further the development of baseball players and community based travel baseball programs. The league has over 100 teams participating across the 9U-14U age groups. For more information on the LSFBL Playoff Tournament, league standings and playoff brackets, please visit: www.lsfbl.com. For more information on LFBA Scouts baseball, please visit: www.lfba.net.

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Lake Bluff Baseball Feeder Team Heads To Playoffs

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Submitted by Lake Bluff Youth Baseball Association

Wednesday is the start of play-offs for our Lake Shore Feeder League teams. First games for each team are listed below. Come out and support the boys. While baseball has seemed endless since April snow and cold, this is the last chance to see the hometown kids in red, white and blue in action.

  • 10 year olds: Wednesday 5:30PM vs. Kennilworth-Winnetka @ Weshinskey Field
  • 11 year olds: Thursday 5:30PM vs. Northbrook Black @ Troyer Field
  • 12 year olds: Thursday 5:30PM vs. Glenview @ Glenview
  • 13 Year olds: Thursday 5:30PM vs. Park Ridge @ Park Ridge
  • 14 Year olds: Thursday 5:30PM vs. New Trier @ Rosenthal Field

We know the players would truly appreciate some home town fans–particularly our 14 year olds who are wrapping up their youth baseball careers this weekend. If seedings hold, our 14s will play Lake Forest in a semi-final game on Saturday in Lake Forest. Stay tuned for more details as the tournament progresses.

For more info on LBYBA, send an email to lakebluffbaseball@gmail.com or visit www.lakebluffbaseball.com

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What Is This Thing On My Grass?

July 26, 2011 By 6 Comments

Can you id this thing that's growing on the grass in my backyard in Lake Bluff?

By Adrienne Fawcett

Can someone out there in GazeboNewsland help identify the thing that’s growing on the grass in my backyard? I think it’s a fungus…but given that we were in drought conditions for some time, can a fungus grow among us? Here’s the deal:

The thing starts out black and oily-looking and appears to be spiriling up individual blades to form a dark, scary-looking splotch of grass that’s smaller than a pizza and bigger than a cereal bowl. So far we’ve got about four clusters of the stuff, all in a shady area of the backyard near a bunch of trees (one of which is a Maple whose leaves are covered in yellow-ish spots, which is probably unrelated to the gross possibly fungal thing on the grass, but maybe not).

So it starts out black and oily looking, but several hours later, it’s grey, dry and powdery–still in clumps adhered to individual blades of grass. When you kick the affected area, a plume of grey dust flies into the air.

Not that you want to be breathing in the stuff, necessarily. My neighbor–an avid gardener–has it in her garden. She said she’s never seen it before in 18 years of gardening here, and that she’s avoiding it because she doesn’t want to inhale it, and that she’s hoping nature takes care of itself, which nature sometimes does.

But sometimes nature doesn’t … so should I do anything to help rid my yard of this thing? A worker at Pasquesi gave me a fungal treatment to attach to the hose and spray on the entire lawn…but I’m concerned about what else the fungicide might kill. I’m also concerned about what will happen if I don’t treat the black oily/grey powdery thing–will it take over my entire yard? Is it safe for my dogs to walk on and/or roll in and/or breathe? Should I keep my kids away from it?

Please comment on this story if you have any information on what this thing is! The photos above and below were taken on Tuesday evening. A few hours earlier, the stuff was black, bubblesome and shiny–kind of like the texture of a burnt marshmallow. If I find a fresh batch on Wednesday, I’ll take new a picture.

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Pat King: Teacher And Artist

July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Editor’s note. This is the first in a series of short profiles of local artists who will be showcasing their work at the the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Artisan Guild’s Fall Fair on Sept. 4-5.

Painting by Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Artisan Guild member Pat King

By Alison Tompkins of the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Artisan Guild

What happens when your father is a commercial artist and your mother is a teacher? You become a teacher and an artist!

Pat King, who has been painting for 37 years and has taught art in Waukegan for many years, will display her beautiful paintings at the upcoming Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Artisan Guild show on September 4 and 5 in downtown Lake Forest.

Pat’s paintings are strikingly vivid and bold, not always characteristic of watercolor paintings. With her close connection to nature, its color and beauty, Pat uses fine details accentuated with lights and darks to capture nature’s landscapes.

Pat’s unique approach to watercolors recently landed her an opportunity to show her work in a local art gallery as well as in a gallery in Door County Wisconsin.

Since a percentage of the Guild’s sales for the upcoming show are donated to CROYA, Pat will be helping young people follow their dreams … just as she did in her classroom, teaching art all those years!

Don’t miss Pat’s paintings at the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Artisan Guild Fall Show, September 4 and 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Lake Forest Bank & Trust parking lot.

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Betty Bash On The Books

July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Submitted by Friends of Mothers Trust Foundation

The Friends of Mothers Trust Foundation will hold its largest annual fundraiser on Friday September 16th, 2011. Traditionally called “The Betty Bash”, this ladies-only event seeks to raise over $100,000 this year for children in need in Lake County.

The event will be held at the beautiful, newly renovated, Greenbelt Cultural Center on Greenbay Road, just 4 miles North of Lake Bluff, IL. Local restaurants from Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and surrounding communities will provide tastes of their signature dishes, and an open bar will feature wine, beer and a signature “Betty” beverage. There will also be a live band for music and dancing “Betty” style!

Mothers Trust Foundation has provided emergency help to children in Lake County, Illinois since 1998. We collaborate with social service providers who identify Lake County children and families in crisis and desperate need. We work to assure that the benefits and emergency assistance we provide will meet a critical need and make a significant difference in the life of a child. In 2010 more than 2,500 children were assisted with grants totaling nearly $175,000. For more information, to become a Betty Bash sponsor or to volunteer, please visit our website www.motherstrustfoundation.org, or call the Mothers Trust office at (847) 482-9189.

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Inovasi/Wisma Loss = Food Pantry Gain

July 25, 2011 By 4 Comments

By Jake Schiller, GazeboNews intern

If you happened to walk past a cooler outside of Wisma recently, you should have peeked inside. It was filled with ice cream from Best Wishes, and it was unlocked.

“It sat on the side of the building for five days, and no one touched the ice cream,” said Anne Jacobs, Wisma manager. “I kept thinking if some kid walked by and realized what was in there. She had tons of ice cream in there and it all stayed frozen.”

The Wisma/Inovasi team hooked up the cooler to Wisma after July’s big power outage because it had partial power (which is called a brownout) while most of the other stores in town lost full power. But keeping the ice cream cold wasn’t the only helping hand that Wisma and Inovosi lent during the outage. When the power went out, owner/Executive Chef John des Rosiers decided to donate food rather than save it.

“Between the two stores, we ended up donating about 500 pounds of fresh beef, fresh Amish chickens, fresh produce, fresh homemade pasta, that kind of stuff,” Jacobs said.

And completely by chance, the food found the perfect home. Business Manager Laura Martin contacted the Northern Illinois Food Bank, and when Jacobs arrived at the facility, a white van pulled up behind her.

“These guys jumped out and I was talking to them and they run a soup kitchen in Zion,” she said. “It happened to be a Tuesday morning and every Wednesday the soup kitchen feeds between 250 and 350 people.”

The random meeting was mutually perfect as Jacobs was on her way to donate the food and the men were on their way to receive donated food.

“Between that soup kitchen and one other soup kitchen in Zion, they were able to take all 500 pounds of food and feed about 700 people the next day,” Jacobs said. With a smile, she remembered, “I probably got ‘God Blessed’ about 20 times in a row.”

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Local Teens Finish Fast At Track Classic

July 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hargitt, Click, Giordano and Biondo win 4x400 relay over highly favored Thornwood

Lake Forest and Lake Bluff were well represented in the 2011 Paul Wallace Memorial Track & Field Classic held on July 23rd at Thornwood High School. Joe Hargitt (LFHS 2011), Taylor Click (LFA 2012), Nick Giordano (LFHS 2013) and Micheal Biondo (Warren 2013) all posted personal bests for the Waukegan Invaders Track team to run a 3:26 and defeat the home team Thornwood relay team that had earlier finished in 3rd in the IHSA meet and more recently 2nd in a national event. Earlier in the day, Giordano (53.45) finished third in the open 400 intermediate boys division. Click (50.8) finished third and Hargitt (52.2) finished sixth in the open 400 young men divisions.

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It’s OK To Swim At Beach And Water The Lawn

July 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It’s now OK to swim at the beaches in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff and to also water your lawns and gardens. Lake Forest lifted its “watering restrictions” on Monday, July 25, and Lake Bluff did as well. Scroll down for LB’s press release.

Also on Monday, the Lake County Health Department lifted the no-swim advisory at Sunrise, Forest Park and most other local beaches. Over this past weekend, the Health Department shut down the waterfront due to the high rains. The department never actually tested the water after the storm to see if the bacteria levels were high–but it’s normal to ban swimming after rains of two inches or more, said Lake Forest Director of Parks & Recreation Mary Van Arsdale, because runoff from debris from the streets or ravines are deposited into the water potentially causing unsafe conditions.

Lake Forest has its own water-monitoring system called SwimCast, and it tests the water at Forest Park beach at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily. You can get status updates at Lake Forest’s beach hotline: 847-234-6702, Press 8. Or search “Forest Park Beach” on the city’s website, which provides the hotline number as well as the link to the Lake County Health Department’s beach reports. You can get Lake County Beach Advisory“>Lake Bluff beach status at the Lake County website as well.

Here’s the press release from Lake Bluff regarding the watering ban that was lifted on Monday.

WATERING RESTRICTIONS LIFTED FOR LAKE BLUFF

On July 25, 2011, Lake Bluff lifted its five day sprinkler ban that was put into place on July 20th as the drought conditions experienced last week have improved. Throughout the re-painting of the Village’s 1 million gallon elevated water tank the Village has and continues to rely on the City of Lake Forest’s water system to supply Lake Bluff residents with potable water.

Lake Bluff’s sprinkler ban was implemented following the City of Lake Forest’s ban, which was a requirement of the Village’s agreement with Lake Forest to provide water for emergencies and system maintenance purposes.
The Village appreciates your cooperation with this matter and encourages you to contact Village Engineer George Russell at 847-234-0774 for questions or additional information.

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