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The Shawnee National Forest is famed for its awesome Garden of the Gods, and is home to the Rim Rock Recreational Trail (the forest has a system of 403 miles of equestrian/hiking trails). Hikers are greeted by magnificent jutting walls of rock covered with emerald-green moss, and paths that meander through canyons under the forest canopy. Nestled between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the stunning Shawnee National Forest landscape features rolling hills, lakes, creeks and rugged bluffs. If you're into climbing than a must-see is Jackson Falls, located near the town of Ozark in the Hidden Springs Ranger District in Shawnee National Forest. The climb takes place on 60 feet of sandstone cliffs and boulders that include numerous freestanding towers.
Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort
Discover a magical family getaway just beyond the glow of Chicago at Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort. Nestled in the Starved Rock area of Illinois, Grizzly Jack's is an oasis of relaxation and adventure - a destination where water park fun meets natural wonder. Escape from the big city and enjoy a vacation in the scenic Northwoods at Grizzly Jack's - an unforgettable place to unwind, play, meet, dine and explore with family and friends.
KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort
KeyLime Cove offers a year-round tropical resort experience. The massive indoor water park features a wave pool, body and tube slides, a lazy river, waterfalls and whirlpools. Besides the splashy fun, KeyLime Cove offers a variety of restaurants and entertainment options geared to both kids and parents. The family will enjoy the Riptide Reef Arcade and Dude's Black Light Tropi-Golf. Grab a little "me" time and indulge in the luxurious Paradise Mist Spa, or pamper your princess at The Enchanted Lagoon Kids Spa.
Scuba dive at this unique spring-fed stone quarry and marvel at underwater treasures such as a submerged airplane (actually used in the movie U.S. Marshals) and a cement petting zoo. Mermet Springs offers on-site instruction and equipment rental.
Chicago's 26 miles of lakefront and beaches are free and open to residents and visitors alike. In fact, they were foremost in Daniel Burham's plan to make Chicago's lakefront and beaches always open and unobstructed for the public to enjoy. And to this day, you can see that his vision is still alive and well, from the joggers and volleyball players to the swimmers and sail boaters who take to the lakefront every day. Of course, admission is free.
Central Illinois lake with over 11,000 water acres and 172 miles of shoreline. Lake Shelbyville has 5 federal campgrounds, and 2 state campgrounds with over 1,000 campsites from tent camping up to full hookup. There are several recreational areas with picnic areas and pavilions and 2 wildlife management areas. Three public beaches are available for swimming on the lake. The lake also hosts many launching ramps that are available for boats, and 3 marinas on the lake. Many hiking trails also encompass the lake such as the General Dacey which also includes fitness stations, the Chief Illini trail and others.
At Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa go golfing on one of four championship courses, horseback riding along hilly wooded trails, boating on the sapphire waters of Lake Galena, or soaring over the countryside in a hot air balloon with Galena on the Fly. Relax in the luxury of the resort's Stonedrift Spa with a pampering massage. Eagle Ridge offers a wide variety of lodging that ranges from traditional inn rooms to golf villas and distinctive homes.
The wettest and wildest family water park in Central Illinois. Play in Splashtower Island or ride the lazy river. There's even a splash and play area for the young ones in your family. www.fondulacpark.com
CITY:East Peoria
It's all about the water at Rend Lake, where you can swim, boat, water ski and fish. Relax at Rend Lake Resort, tee off at the 27-hole Rend Lake Golf Course or do some target practice at the Rend Lake Shooting Complex. Also located at Rend Lake is the Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, featuring more than 800 artists.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Check out the Lombard Park District's award-winning aquatic facility! State-of-the-art amenities are endless and include a 140,000-gallon leisure pool, bowl slide, zero-depth pool, bubble bench, lap pool, drop slide and much, much more!
Aquatic Zoo Waterpark - Mt. Vernon
The Aquatic Zoo Waterpark is fun for all ages. The facility features two 30-ft. tall slides; one 112-ft. body slide; one 266-ft. dual rider tube slide; two diving boards; a children's splash pad; interactive voice and light features; lazy river; zero depth entry leisure pool and concessions.
CITY:Mount Vernon
Pelican Harbor Indoor/Outdoor Aquatic Park
Illinois' only indoor/outdoor aquatic park features seven water slides, a lazy river, two zero-depth entry pools, a spray play area, diving well, sand playground and two concession stands.
This beautiful 715-acre state park with a 40-acre lake derives its name from a combination of the town of Lena and the Latin work for water, aqua. Lake Le-Aqua-Na offers a variety of outdoor recreational activities including more than 10 miles of mult-use trails. The large tracts of wooded land include oak, hickory, walnut and pine trees. Woodland flowers are on display, especially in the spring and early summer, and wildlife is abundant. There is boating, fishing, a children's fishing pond, swimming, picnic and playground areas, shelters, trails for mountain biking, hiking and cross-country skiing, equestrian trails, sledding, hunting and camping.
Surfing in Illinois? Yes! The FlowRider creates a perfect wave for surfing and body boarding. Water slides, a lap pool, the lazy river, a sandy play area and "Monsoon Mountain" make for a family adventure.
This deluxe water park features tube slides, the second largest lazy river in Illinois, zero-depth pools, sand activity areas and concessions.
Pyramid Acres Campground & Marina
Offers gas, bait, tackle, ice, beer, groceries, contour maps and camping with water and electricity. Open all year. Located at the northeastern edge of the lake.
Lakeview Family Aquatic Center
This outdoor aquatic center has a swimming pool, a zero depth pool with play equipment, 2 giant water slides, 1 small slide, diving boards, a video arcard and wet sand play area.An arcade, lockers, showers, concessions and souvenirs are also available! Children seven years and under must be accompanied by an adult 17 years or older.
Kids will love this railroad themed aquatic center featuring a spiral slide, tube slide, water geysers and playful water features. Open during the summer months 7 days a week, Whitewater Junction is located inside the lovely Longview Park in Rock Island, Illinois.
CITY:Rock Island
Beautiful sandy waterfront on Cedar Lake. State certified Lifeguards on duty during beach hours, lap lane, restrooms, picnic tables and a concession area.
Aussie-themed Raging Waves is Illinois' largest outdoor waterpark! Sitting on more than 40 acres, this family-friendly waterpark features 20 water slides, a separate kiddie pool area, wave pool, lazy river, 24 private cabanas, a giant sandbox and more. Open Memorial Day to Labor Day.
A quiet cove at dawn, where the only sound is the whir of a casting reel and the gentle splash of the fly hitting the water's surface...that's Lake Sara. A sunny afternoon slalom skiing behind a powerboat or running along the beach...that's Lake Sara. A family picnic in the grass at water's edge or a family reunion, with fried chicken and the works, under one of the pavilions...that's Lake Sara. Lake Sara is an 800-acre recreational lake nestled into a wooded shoreline, encircled by a winding road. Spend a day, a week, or a season on the shores of Lake Sara. Lake Sara has something for everyone, in every season of the year.
Lake of Egypt is a privately owned reservoir located six miles south of Marion, Illinois and covers 2,300 acres with 90 miles of shoreline. The lake has an average depth of 18 feet. The lake is owned by the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative (SIPC), who created the impoundment in 1962, by damming the South fork of the Saline River, to supply cooling water for a coal-burning electric power plant.
Hap Parker Family Aquatic Center
Fun for the whole family! Highlights include two amazing water slides that splash down into 350,000 gallons of crystal clear water. The zero-depth entry pool also features water toys for children, lanes for swimmers, and diving boards. The 14,000 square foot facility also has a full bath house with accessible restrooms and changing rooms, along with a full-service concession stand, shaded and open lounge areas, picnic tables and much more.
Vaughn Athletic Center and Indoor Water Park
The Vaughan Athletic Center is dedicated to fitness excellence with quality equipment and programs designed to offer members the best value for their fitness dollar. The newest facility in the Fox Valley Park District is the Vaughan Athletic Center located on Indian Trail near Orchard Road on the far west side of Aurora. The Vaughan Athletic Center features 225,000 square feet of athletic, fitness, and aquatic fun. The Vaughan Athletic Center is home to an aquatic center with three indoor pools. The aquatic center offers lap swimming, diving boards, warm water therapy, swim lessons, and aquatic fitness classes. In addition, there is an indoor water park featuring two water slides, a lazy river, and spray and play areas. In the Vaughan Athletic Center's 10,000-square-foot, full-service fitness center, members can use a wide variety of equipment, attend the Fox Valley area's best group exercise classes, and receive personalized, one-on-one help from certified trainers. This year-round indoor water park has tube slides, zero-depth entry and interactive water play.
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is located primarily in Williamson County, with small extensions into eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois. At almost 44,000 acres and with three lakes (Crab Orchard, Little Grassy, and Devils Kitchen,) endless opportunities abound for watching wildlife, hiking nature trails, photography, swimming, fishing from the bank or by boat, and hunting. Four seasonally operational campgrounds are open from April-October and offer full hook-up, water, electric, or non-electric sites. Refuge staff and volunteers at the visitor center welcome visitors and sightseers 7 days a week from 8am-4:30pm. Visitor activities such as guided hikes, bald eagle tours, and monthly F.U.N. programs help connect families with the diversity of flora and fauna that Southern Illinois has to offer. The Refuge provides many opportunities for wildlife-dependent outdoor recreation for the nature lover in us all.
Central Illinois' premier family water park is located at the Eastside Centre Sports Complex. Play in Splash Tower Island, ride the lazy river, or spend time in the splash and play area designed for little ones.
CITY:East Peoria
Itasca Caribbean Theme Waterpark
Features a new zero-depth entry main pool with 6-lanes attached, new separate diving well with drop slide, and high and low diving boards, 185-foot waterslide, separate zero-depth interactive play pools, and more. Call today for birthday party package information.
Riverplex Recreation and Wellness Center
State-of-the-art fitness center, indoor family aquatic center, pro shop, smoothie bar, classrooms, gymnasium, multipurpose recreation area with sports, classes, programs and other activities. Daily user fees or memberships available. Don't forget to also check out our indoor two-story water-slide, lazy river, zero depth pool and splash equipment!
Take in the lake as you soak in one of Chicago's most beautiful treasures. The Lakefront Trail is a runner's paradise, spanning an impressive 17-miles of natural beauty and man-made inspirations. It runs north from downtown to Foster Avenue and south to 31st beach. The trail's smooth terrain makes it easy to traverse, while its hidden secrets make it fun to explore. And when you're done with your run, bike, hike or whatever, you can cool down with spectacular lake views or breathtaking cityscapes.
Anthony Acres Resort has picturesque views of Lake Sara. The resort is only five minutes from Effingham, so you can come into town and enjoy some food or shop.
Zero-depth sand beach, two islands, youth water slide, drop slide and diving tower with two-and four-meter platforms. Kid tested and family approved. This beach features a sand bottom swimming area covering 60,000 sq. ft. that includes: slides, an island diving area, playground, sand volleyball courts, a large sandy area for building castles, picnic area and concessions. Open May 23 through August 16. Hours 12 - 6 pm (Hours extended to 7 pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays).
Lions Park, at over 20 acres, features Splash Land Family Aquatic Center with a 180' water slide, zero depth entry, many shade shelters, wet sand play area, water features and drop slide. The Splash Land Mini-Golf offers one of the nicest 18 hole miniature golf courses in the Midwest. It has over 275 plant varieties, 4000+ square feet of water areas, three waterfalls and challenges that the entire family will enjoy. The course is ADA compliant. Added in 2014 is a 9 hole frisbee gof course. Quench your thirst and your appetite at the Splashland Snack Shop. Full restaurant offering sandwiches to soft serve and smoothies to salads - a true family food court. The park also offers picnic and playground areas, flower gardens, shelter house, a concession stand, volleyball and basketball courts, lighted ball diamond, batting cages and restrooms. A 110x110' ice rink is available in season.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Jump in to summer fun at Centennial Beach! Featuring four acres of grass and trees, a sand beach, water play features, an NCAA/U.S.S.-approved diving complex, this historic beach is a place the whole family can enjoy! With water depths ranging from zero to 15 feet, the facility caters to swimmers of all skill levels. Combined with a playground, Frisbee® Area, shallow end slide, concessions stand and Beach store, Centennial Beach is the perfect way to beat the summer heat. Named "best public place to swim" in 2008 by Fox News Chicago viewers in an online poll!
With over 3,000 acres of rolling plains and two lakes, Rock Cut State Park is a hiker's paradise. It's also home to some of the best mountain biking in northeastern Illinois, offering 10 miles of dirt and sand terrain, doubletrack and singletrack trails. One of the loops is 4.25-miles, the Main Trail, which runs around Pierce Lake. Another loop snakes around the northeast corner of the park and leads through dense trees and hills.
CITY:Loves Park
All new tropical-themed water park with water slides, wading pool, unique circular drop slide, children's spray ground, locker rooms, concession stands, and more!
This aquatic center has a frog slide, water slide, wet playground area, a sand playground, concessions, a shaded picnic area and a bath house.
Dixon Springs State Park is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. Park visitors may enjoy the varied wildlife, take a swim in the outdoor pool or simply soak up the relaxing atmosphere of the moss-covered boulders, craggy overhangs, and rushing brook.
Visit this "Key West" of the Midwest located where the Illinois River and Mississippi River meet. In addition to harbor faciltiies, a floating swimming pool and the Big Kahuna Bar and Grill, Grafton Harbor features a gift shop where boaters and landlubbers alike can find unique trinkets and treasures. Snacks, beer and wine, boating accessories and parts, clothing for all ages, navigational maps and gifts for that special child are all available.
A tropical paradise waterpark. Three giant water slides, tot pool, vortex pool, drop slide, three-story funhouse with plunge pool. concessions, picnic areas, locker rooms with family changing areas. Daily admission and season passes. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Come out to Camp Lakewood and enjoy the views of Lake Pauline plus all the creature comforts. Camp Lakewood is an RV campground. The sites include cable, WiFi, 30/50 AMP. They also offer a one and two bedroom cabin that is fully furnished and self contained. The newest cabin sleeps five and includes Cable TV. They do offer tent sites as well for those who want to be a little closer to nature.
Dive into this beach-themed water park with 2 tall tube slides, drop-slide, diving well, walk-in swimming pool, splash 'n spray playground, sand play area and café. Locker rooms, showers & family restrooms. Available for group rentals for 50-1500 people.
CITY:Carol Stream
Railroad-themed, outdoor water park featuring a 6 person racing slide, body slides, tube slides, lazy river and zero depth pool.
Whitewater Junction - Aquatic Park
Whitewater Junction is a railroad-themed aquatic facility. Two water slides, spray toys, zero depth edge and shallow water play area.
CITY:Rock Island
Two different locations on Lake Sara. The pavilions offer a chance to host a meeting on the lake. The two outdoor facilities are perfect for receptions and parties with plenty of outdoor space. It also features a large open room, kitchen area, boat dock and outdoor decks.
The Indoor Aquatic Center has a recreational and competition pool, a beach-like entry and a water playground.
Our Mississippi River Lodge is located right on the banks on the Mighty Mississippi River between Savanna and Thomson Illinois and offers awe-inspiring views from every angle. We offer 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, living room with fireplace & big screen TV, deck with grill, a fully stocked kitchen and much more! If you are a river lover, this is the place for you. Fishing, water skiing, tubing, or cruising up the river, it's all here for your enjoyment. Since we are located on Big Slough, off of the main channel of the river, you can have fun without having to deal with a lot of river traffic. Access to the main channel is easy if you want to cruise the river. Only five miles up the river is Lower Sabula Lake which offers a great new sand beach. There is a public boat launch only a quarter mile from the house and a dock is provided to moor your boat at the house. If you do not have a boat, you can fish off the dock or the bank.
Fairview Family Aquatic Center
Fun for the whole family! Zero depth activity pool, six lap swim lanes, separate pool for drop slides and diving boards, as well as a sand/water play area for children and two competition sand volleyball courts.
Splash around at the Aquatic Center. Climb up four stories and launch down your choice of two water slides with more than 320 feet of winding turns and diving wells, or take a dip in the pool.
CITY:Wood River
Little Grassy Lake Campground and Marina is located on Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and is a destination stop for returning campers, boaters, and sportsmen. They offer full service camping, primitive camping, boat rentals, concessions, and a bait shop. Reservations accepted to reserve boats and campsites. Pontoon boats, fishing boats, and kayaks can be rented. You don't want to pass up the opportunities to explore the thirty miles of shoreline and embrace the solitude you will find on the lake. The 1200 acre lake is stocked with catfish, crappie, and bass, and offers plentiful oppourtunities for fishing, paddling, boating, and wildlife observation. Amenities include waterfront camping sites, remodeled bathrooms with hot showers, dump station, swimming, pets allowed, monthly educational programs and a renovated concession/bait shop which is stocked with minnows, crickets, camping supplies, cold beverages, food items, ice cream, firewood and ice.
This 810 acre lake with a maximum depth of 90 feet and a 24-mile shoreline is part of the Crab Orchard Refuge. It is stocked with rainbow and brown trout and provides largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, channel catfish, bullheads, and carp. Boat ramps are available. Boats have a 10-horsepower limit. Camping is available.
Lake Vermilion County Park includes a boat ramp, dock complex, concession building, playground, and an open shelter. The park is open year round and considered 'high-use' during summer weekends with power boating (unlimited HP), jet skiing, water skiing, and fishing tournaments. Wildlife observation includes herons, river otters, and eagles. Lake Vermilion, 1,000 acres in size, is one of Illinois' most heavily stocked fishing lakes with bass, tiger muskies, catfish, crappie, and walleye being frequently fished.
Independence Grove Forest Preserve
This scenic 1,114-acre preserve offers a wide range of outdoor recreation and education opportunities centered around a 115-acre lake reclaimed from a gravel quarry. Visitors can enjoy swimming, fishing and boating, a Marina with boat rentals, a native garden and nearly seven miles of trails. The 19,000-square-foot Visitor Center features exhibits and a cafe. It can be rented for weddings and other private functions.
The Aquatic Center features a zero depth pool with play equipment, a water play structure, drop slide and diving board. You'll also find lockers/showers and a concession stand.
Gillson Park offers 60 acres of beautiful lakefront property, including a harbor and beach. It is ideal for picnics, bicycling, volleyball, tennis and other outdoor sports.
Whether it's by offering wholesome programs, activities and special events, by providing enjoyable facilities or by preserving the aesthetic beauty of the community, the sole purpose of Zion Park District is the enrichment of lives.
DragonLand has something for everyone, all on three-plus acres of immaculately kept park land with ample room to stretch out and soak up the rays! DragonLand is handicapped accessible and has an award winning lifeguard staff ready to make your visit a safe one. Zero depth, play / entry area and two water slides that twist and turn you "Dude" the dragon slide with mushroom waterfall geyser play features Sand beach play area with water equipment and extended deck / patio with lounge chairs "Adults only" patio with large turf for sunbathing Reasonably priced cafeteria style concessions Sand beach volleyball courts with changing, shower and locker facilities Heated pool with lighting for night activities Fully handicapped accessible
Read Park offers many recreational opportunities and is highlighted by the Read Park Family Aquatic Center, which includes a zero depth pool, water slides and play area, and by a state of the art 11,000 square foot skate park, SK8 Park. This scenic park also features baseball and softball diamonds, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, an outdoor lighted hockey and ice staking rink, concession stand, picnic areas, shelters, and playgrounds. The Morgan Memorial, a charming statue of two children surrounded by fountains, is a serene spot to enjoy. Park attractions are open seasonally; please call ahead to confirm availability of specific attractions and costs.
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Pine Lakes
A beautiful 105-acre campground, with a 45-acre stocked lake. Enjoy free fishing, beach swimming, hiking, boat rentals, hayrides and more. Cottages and cabins are also available.
Rice Pool and Water Park facilities include a zero-depth pool, thrilling slides, sand play area for children, adult lounge deck and sand volleyball courts.
Lake Lou Yaeger, this 1400+ acre lake offers 45 miles of beautiful shoreline and several recreational opportunities. Visitors can enjoy boating, skiing, swimming, fishing, and camping. The 300 acre park has five picnic areas, two playgrounds, pavilions, grills, restrooms, and hiking trails. With miles of horse trails and a new equestrian campground with full hook-ups and shower house, Lake Lou is a great destination for horse enthusiasts. Milnot Beach has two diving platforms, showers, snack bar, and lifeguards on duty.
Oswegoland Civic Center Aquatic Park
This community water park features colorful slides, tubes, a zero-depth pool and concession booth.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Ten minutes from O'Hare, Bensenville Park District offers everything for your leisure, fitness & banquet needs. From the outstanding White Pines Golf Club to the award-winning Deer Grove Water Park, come and enjoy a variety of activities, parks & events.
If you want to spend a day on Lake Sara but don't have a boat, don't worry The Marina at Lake Sara offers boat rentals, tackle, gas, food and drinks.
Scuba dive the spring-fed quarry of 12 acres in a park-like setting. Call for reservations.
Middle Fork Forest Preserve, 1600 acres in northeast Champaign County, offers visitors a campground (53 of 65 campsites have electricty), brand new playground, swimming beach, fishing, hiking, boat rentals, cross-country skiing, picnicking, a Waterfowl Management Area, renovated meeting facility and programs. The campground now accepts online reservations.
Prophetstown Park District Pool & Recreational Center
Indoor/outdoor pool with aerobic classes and open swims. Rec Center has volleyball and basketball courts.
Ray Fosse Park is centrally located and offers playground equipment, four lighted picnic shelters, picnic tables, tennis courts, seven baseball fields, Goofy Golf, batting cages & three concession stands and the Park District's Aquatic Center. The Aquatic Center traditionally opens the last weekend in May. The facility includes swimming pool, diving boards, water slide and separate baby pool with a mushroom sprinkler fountain. You can contact the Aquatic Center, during open season, at (618) 997-1115. Goofy Golf and Batting Cages open in April.
155 sites available April 1 - October 31, recreation building, swimming pool, lake fishing, boat rentals, tent camping, handicap access.
CITY:New Douglas
Open May 1 thru October 15. This campground offers 46 sites with electrical and water hookups in additions to 70 permanent sites, as well as tent sites. Sewer hookups are offered when available. Also offered are two bath houses with flush toilets, showers, beach swimming, a restaurant, and playground area. Pets on a leash and campfires are allowed. Special amenities include fishing, and activities on holiday weekends. Visitors are invited to enjoy the summer at this special place. Camper Sites: $28; Tent Sites: $15; rates are for 2 adults and 4 children 17 and under; additional day visitor is $3 per person; additional overnight visitor is $5 per person.
CITY:Pearl City
This is an outdoor facility that includes a zero depth pool with play equipment, water slide, diving well and wet sand play area. Children seven years and under must be accompanied by an adult 17 years or older.
Round Lake Area Park District offers visitors a wide range of activities and facilities to enjoy. They include the Renwood Golf Course, the new sports center, the Prairie Grass Nature Museum, community theatre, outdoor pool/aquatic center, fitness center, child development center, teen center, senior center and acres of picturesque parklands. Private parties/outings at any of the facilities can be accommodated.
CITY:Round Lake
Large mature trees covering 50 acres surrounds a 5 acre lake for you to unwind in nature's glory. Activities for all ages - swim, fish, play horseshoes, volleyball or swing at the playground. 30 and 50 amp sites all with water and electric hookup. Pull through and tent sites are available.
Bring your dog to Evanston's Dog Beach! Admission restricted to dogs with a "dog beach season token".
Lakeview Family Aquatic Center
Zero depth entry pool, 2 huge water slides, one smaller slide, 2 diving boards, children's sand play area, sand volleyball, arcade, lockers, showers, concessions and souvenirs!
Picnic and playground areas, shelters, tennis courts, ball diamonds, plus a recreation building.
CITY:Pearl City
Located among the rolling hills of Southwestern Illinois, this park has a beach and offers boating, camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, and other activities. 140 camp sites open year round for outdoor lovers
The Bureau County Metro Center is a 50,000 square-foot recreation center with full size gymnasium; 25-yard indoor swimming pool with wading pool and observation balcony; racquetball courts; weight room; cardio-vascular room, elevated running/walking track above the gym; and locker rooms. A 40' x 80' multi-purpose room with adjacent kitchen provides the perfect setting for conventions, expositions, meetings, or wedding receptions.
Includes picnic and playground areas, a shelter, tennis court and basketball court.
Historic park offers swimming pools, picnic areas, shelters, playgrounds, sand volleyball court, seasonal canoe and pedal boat rentals. Nine-hole golf course, 18 hole miniature golf course. Multi-use community center, paddlewheel riverboat cruises, tennis courts, native plant demonstration garden, paved bike trails, fishing. Located only the Fox River Trail.
CITY:St. Charles
Located in downtown Centralia, this 60,000-sq.-ft. building features an Olympic-size, six-lane competition pool with spectator seating. The main gymnasium has room for two full-size basketball or three volleyball courts with seating for 400.
Frankfort Community Aquatics & Activities Center
Located at the West Frankfort City Park, this newly built indoor 25-meter six lane pool is open to the public; classes and activities available, handicap accessible, lifeguard on site, open every day.
CITY:West Frankfort
Offers picnic & playground areas, sand volleyball courts, soccer field, basketball court.
Multipurpose health, racquet & fitness facility featuring 12 indoor and 8 outdoor tennis courts, indoor & outdoor pools, yoga, pilates, spinning, body pump, basketball, volleyball, cardiovascular & weight equipment, and youth fitness center are all available. IHRSA passport members welcome!
This 15-mile-long lake has 250 miles of shoreline, offering camping, fishing, boating, marinas and more.
A campground that has something for everyone with basketball, volleyball and other activities.
Splash park features interactive children's water play area with safety surface.Lazy River, tube and body slides, lap pool, zero-depth entry pool, toddler pool, diving boards, concessions, sand play area.
CITY:St. Charles
Great River Road in Illinois National Scenic Byway
Explore the heart of America! Follow the Mississippi River as it winds its way along Illinois' western border from Galena to Cairo. Experience over 550 miles of small towns, big cities, historic sites, recreational areas, cultural attractions and museums. Follow the green and white paddle wheel signs as they guide your next adventure!
Eight miles northwest of Windsor, Wolf Creek State Park encompass 11,100 acres of water, 250 miles of shoreline and large tracts of carefully maintained indigenous woodlands ideal for camping, horseback riding, snowmobiling, boat fishing, water skiing, pontoon boating, windsurfing or just plain bobbing and drifting on the glittering expanse of the lake itself. In addition to visiting the small, friendly wooded campgrounds or taking part in the action on the lake, swimming is available from the beach. You can also take a leisurely stroll through nearby forests. An abundance of deer, pheasant, rabbits, wild turkey and songbirds are almost always visible.
Forest Park is a municipal park with the Chautauqua Auditorium, Vietnam Memorial, Family Aquatic Center, picnic areas, pavilions, baseball & softball diamonds, fishing lagoon (Crystal Lake), skateboard park, soccer fields, a youth athletic center, and more. There is an entrance to the General Dacey trail at the back of the park and the Memorial Sunken Gardens have been revitalized. The park is also home to the Festival of Lights.
The Huntley Park District has been providing Recreation for Generations since 1965. Facilities include the REC Center which features a fitness center, Seedlings Preschool and theater, Stingray Bay Family Outdoor Aquatic Center, Tomaso Sports Park, Pinecrest Golf Club and Restaurant.
Vernon Hills Family Aquatic Center
The Family Aquatic Center offers something for everyone, including grassy areas to relax and catch some sun! Some of the amenities include: zero-depth leisure pool with six lap lanes; a zero-depth leisure pool with waterfalls, sprays & jets; 700-foot lazy river, body slide; body & innertube slides, a fully enclosed body flume, sand play area, 20 foot shade umbrellas, lounge chairs, and more.
CITY:Vernon Hills
The HUB Recreation Center is a 64,000 sq. ft. building where activities such as swimming, exercising, and playing sports radiate throughout the facility. The first floor includes the following: Lounge area, snack bar, gymnasium, first aid, competition pool, therapy pool, recreation pool featuring a water slide, lazy river, wading pool, party rooms, conference room, youth center, men's locker room, women's locker room, and family locker room, pool viewing area and on-site child watch for members. The second floor includes the following: Three lane running/walking track, cycling room, two group exercise rooms, free weights, elliptical, machine training, treadmills and more. We encourage members and guests to explore the state-of-the-art amenities we offer Southern Illinois and beyond.
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Camp JRF fills the summer with fun, friendships, and Jewish living.
Our summer camp is a joyful, creative, and inclusive Reconstructionist community. Campers swim, play soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, and other sports. They sing and explore other arts. They learn from visiting artists, scholars, and rabbis, as well from talented specialists and dedicated college-age counselors. Our campers make lasting friendships, experience a safe and fun summer, explore Jewish tradition, forge their own Jewish identity, and participate in creating a Jewish culture in which our values are lived each day.
Reconstructionism is a progressive approach to Jewish life which integrates a deep respect for traditional Judaism with the insights of today. At Camp JRF, we not only teach Jewish living skills, but we also create a warm and caring community where campers can build character and learn a deep respect for Jewish tradition and what it has to offer in everyday life.
Located on the Aaron and Marjorie Ziegelman Campus in the Pocono Mountains, we are within easy driving distance of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Maryland, and a short flight from the rest of the continent. The site is on 120 acres of beautifully wooded land in South Sterling, Pennsylvania, and includes a waterfront with canoes and kayaks; a low and high ropes course and climbing wall; a heated swimming pool; endless hiking trails; a baseball diamond, tennis courts, and volleyball courts, basketball courts, archery and athletic fields; a state-of-the art theater; an arts and crafts center; an indoor athletic facility and a complete wellness center.
Our campers range in age from seven to seventeen and come from communities across North America, Israel and the world, forming a vibrant, unique and exciting Jewish community in the woods. They are supported by mature staff members who believe in Reconstructionist values and in the importance of positive Jewish experiences for youth. The camp community is completed by a core group of faculty members – rabbis, educators, cantors, rabbinical students, and youth workers – who help to incorporate Jewish learning into each part of the camp program. Everyone comes together to form a community like no other, a community which is certainly not to be missed!

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Procter & Gamble has shifted its Tampax creative business from Leo Burnett to Publicis.
Both agencies are owned by holding company Publicis Groupe. The assignment, which P&G characterized as "brand agency leadership," includes oversight of other agencies working on Tampax. The shift takes effect in July.
Media spending on Tampax totaled $35 million last year, up from $26 million in 2011, according to Nielsen. The brand spent about $44 million in 2010. Those totals don't include online advertising.
Tampax's current roster includes Leo Burnett for digital as well as Publicis Groupe agencies StarcomMediavest (media planning), MSL (public relations) and Arc Worldwide (shopper marketing). While none of those responsibilities have shifted—at least for now—any other changes will be determined in the process of transitioning the lead role to Publicis, a P&G representative said.
"As we refresh our strategy for continued growth for the brand, we believe the time is right for a new approach in our communications, including an agency change, and that Publicis can provide a fresh creative approach to help us with our growth plans," the rep added.
Leo Burnett had created ads for Tampax since 1997, even before the agency was acquired by Publicis Groupe. The agency shifted into the brand agency leadership role in the past few years. (P&G instituted that role, which the packaged goods giant now uses across its major brands, in 2009.)
While the assignment is global, Tampax's core markets are North America and Western Europe.
Leo Burnett remains a significant P&G agency, with lead creative responsibilities on brands such as Always, Whisper, Discreet and Natural.
"Leo Burnett continues to be energized by the growth and opportunity across the balance of our FemCare portfolio for P&G," said Tom Bernardin, CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide. "We welcome our Publicis colleagues to the equation and know that together we will help P&G drive further and faster to success and innovation."


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IntroductionWright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis. Wright is widely considered the greatest American architect. After studying civil engineering at the Univ. of Wisconsin, he worked for seven years in the office of Dankmar Adler and Louis H. Sullivan in Chicago.
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Robin Brownlee
August 18 2011 11:23PM
Some hockey fans put a lot of weight in advanced statistics. Other people, not so much. The debate about the value of all the numbers out there, or lack of same, and which ones are useful in evaluating players is fodder for countless websites, including this one.
While the discussion between the math-inclined and the I-know-what-I-saw crowd tends to get tedious -- I find many numbers guys a touch strident in pushing their views about the value of advanced stats -- I do find it interesting when somebody who actually makes a living from the game of hockey, particularly at the NHL level, offers his take.
Edmonton Oilers coach Tom Renney certainly qualifies as somebody gainfully employed in the game of hockey, so I listened with interest when he talked about advanced stats on the Jason Gregor Show today.
While Gregor's interview with Renney was far from an in-depth look at the numbers during a wide-ranging interview, Renney did offer his take in a segment you can find here: http://www.jasongregor.com/radio_shows/tom-renney-john-shannon-nhl-research-and-development-camp/show_clips/tom-renney-august-18
The following are excerpts from questions Gregor asked and how Renney answered.
GREGOR: How much do you study advanced statistics?
RENNEY: "Quite a bit, you know. I do. I look for trends as much as anything. I think we can't rely only on our gut which, for the most part, is pretty accurate and one of those things you can't gauge.
"That's what's interesting with the whole dynamic now of the way statistics are being taken is that, standing behind the bench and having a gut-feel for something or having your finger on the pulse of the game and the dynamic of it and whether or not so-and-so is available to you because he's got a broken skate blade or a bad shoulder or ill or just having one of those nights. You don't always see that type off thing.
"You know, we've got to be very, very careful of that. At the same time as I say that, yeah, I do, I pay attention to a number of statistics, you know, that help me prepare a team, coach a game and prepare for the next one.
"I think that's important. I think what we have to do is make sure we're measuring the right stuff and not get so bogged down with all kinds of information that we, too, as coaches are removed from sort of that spontaneity of coaching. if you can't play it, you want to coach it. That's the best seat in the house and we can be so consumed by those types of things that we lose the flow and the tempo and the pace of the game ourselves and actually hinder its progress."
GREGOR: "Tom, is there any specific one or two of those advanced stats that you do look at that maybe carries a bit more weight in your mind?
RENNEY: "Like everybody else, we all pay attention to chances-plus/minus, you know, and the synergy between yourself and a defence partner or the synergy between a line, the synergy between a group of five guys, and what does that chance total look like at the end of the period, the end of a game, the end of a segment?
"Those types of things. I do pay close attention to that and spend a number of hours after each game sort of reviewing the game and looking at chances for and against and try to identify the synergy that might be taking place. That's important to me.
"Others things, obviously, there's things like your face-off percentage and success and, you know, your shot totals are important, yes, but, you know, more so than that your chance totals. Those are key to me.
"Time on ice and deployment of people, you know, is something I pay attention to and recognize that we can overplay some people, we can underplay others that might have it going that particular night.
"Things like that. There's just so many things available to us. There's a catalogue of things that we pay attention to as a coaching staff that we believe are relevant. I've identified a couple of them for you."
GREGOR: "When you look at those stats after the game, do you ever find that your gut-feel of how you felt a player played was a lot different than the stats or are they normally rather similar?"
RENNEY: "They usually line up pretty good. I have to be honest with you, and that's not to take any credit for that. I think that, by and large, NHL coaching staffs will tell you, 'Yeah, that's sort of what I figured,' you know, where we were in that particular instance under that circumstance for that statistic.
"I think the one thing that's very dangerous is to, at the conclusion of a game, and especially after a loss, is to try to evaluate those things still having a huge emotional connection to the game. I think that, often times, you look at the video that night, you're still kind of attached to it.
"Whereas, maybe the next morning after you've had a night to kind of get over it, come back to work and you might see that you actually performed better than you thought might have. Or, maybe you weren't quite as good as you thought you were.
"At the end of the day, as much as statistics are great, you know, pictures don't lie. Again, we can be so consumed by statistics that we kind of lose sight of the feel for the game. I think doing your video work at the appropriate time is probably as important as anything we do."
Listen to Robin Brownlee Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Jason Gregor Show on TEAM 1260.
August 19 2011, 08:51PM
one of the best posts ever put up on here "hockey related". huge chunk of humble pie to the geeks who want to turn hockey into baseball.
we could only wish hockey was as boring and static - with a sick 37 calorie burn per game (while offsetting it with treats and garbage sports drinks) from the non-pitchers/catchers.
Interesting, I'd say it's actually humble pie for the geeks that think only an eyeball can tell you effect hockey vs ineffective hockey.
I didn't see one mention of chaos or vulters from Renny... maybe that's the irrelavant non-sense?
August 19 2011, 09:08PM
I agree, it's a simple game and it comes down to, as my dad says "they don't ask how, just how many". My point about TV was how thin the line is between superstition and saw him good can be. A few years ago when the Flames traded for Kotalik I was reading a Flames fan's comments on HB (I know, my own fault), and he went on about how well Kotalik had played and said he would be Sutter's next Kiprusoff, book it. His screen name was Stubby in case you want to take him to task on that little prophecy. So with that in mind, yeah, the stats are all trying to look deeper into the story of the game, to try and quantify how one team scored more so that they can replicate it. My point with mentioning the book is that an underlying danger of citing statistical averages and so forth is to create a reality that simply doesn't coincide with what happens on the ice. I think a balance has to be found between the two arguments, or if you're going to use math use it appropriately and completely. Don't cherry-pick stats or try to extrapolate from too small a sample size, which is kind of what you're saying about the sh%. I like what LT does with the math in his RE series every summer. He takes the data, interprets it with an objective eye, and uses comparables that aren't contemporary in order to slot people into a (wait for it) reasonable expectation of what their performance might be. Take Teemu Hartikainen as an example: I love the player and am excited to see him play. Some people I've read on hockey forums talk about him being as good as Tomas Holmstrom. I'd love that and part of me, the part that still cheers like I did when I was a kid, thinks that too. But, some of that comes from his play last year which was 12 games played, 3-2-5. And I have to remind myself that he might not be our Holmstrom, he might just be Hartikainen. The instinct guys say they saw him and it was the way he played. The stat guys might talk about his ZS, or CorsiRel, or linemates, etc. The point is it was only 12 games. Let's give him a year and see what happens, both mathematically and in our own experience of watching him.
At least there's one thing that we can all agree on, regardless of whether you're a stats guy or not: that when Flames fans talk about their prospects it's hard not to laugh so hard you're milk shoots out your nose.


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Rangers' 11-run 3rd in 16-5 win over Astros
ARLINGTON, Texas - Leonys Martin and Elvis Andrus each scored three runs for Texas, including twice each in an 11-run inning that was the biggest in the majors this season, and the Rangers beat the Houston Astros 16-5 on Monday night.
Martin got the Rangers big third inning started with his majors-leading 11th bunt single before a single by Andrus. The top two hitters in the lineup came home on a single by A.J. Pierzynski, and both got on base and scored again before the Astros finally got the third out.
All nine Rangers scored in the third, when they sent 15 batters to the plate and had seven hits - six singles and a double - along with three walks, two Houston errors and a sacrifice bunt. Only five of the 11 runs were earned.


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Some Tri-Cities residents say they support the creation of a new regional aquatics center, and will vote in favor of a sales tax increase to fund the project.
Last night, the Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District unanimously decided to put a proposal to build an aquatic center on a ballot this year.
The district is asking for a one-tenth of 1% sales tax increase to fund that project.
The proposed aquatic center would be built on 28 acres of land off Sandifur Parkway near Road 100.
The new tax would cost voters 10 cents for every $100 they spend in the Tri-Cities.
"I think it'd be an excellent idea as a mother of two young children, I think it'd be excellent to have a safe place for them to go swim" said Sarah Lucero, Kennewick resident..
"I would support it. My daughter is a teenager and I think she would use it" said Karen Mosset, Richland resident.
"We think it's great. Good idea. Voters need to vote for it, because we come down here to do all of our shopping. We'll bring grandkids and nieces and nephews" said Susie Alexander and Vicki Solbrack, Othello residents.
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
Emery County Commission held a public hearing to receive input on an ordinance concerning the development of certain properties in the Mountain Zone. Planning and zoning administrator, Mike McCandless said the revision to section 11-4-5 was put together by the planning and zoning board over the past two years. They have worked hard on it and it clarifies development rules in certain parts of the mountain zone.
McCandless said the existing language has been in place since 1970, and was in response to the subdivisions at Joe's Valley that were already there at that time. There has never been any type of development under this part of the ordinance since it was created. The section wasn't usable and had many conflicts.
The change request for the modification came from the Trail Mountain Resort property manager. McCandless said this is how most changes to zoning ordinances come, at the request of a property owner or manager. The buildings and dwellings at Trail Mountain resort were grandfathered in to the 1970 ordinance because they were there before the ordinance came into effect, but without this change, upgrades to the property are impossible.
SITLA has decided to sell the Trail Mountain resort property. To bring everything there into compliance prior to a sale, a new ordinance was needed. There are a number of new requirements under the new ordinance. One of the new requirements is the development of a lot owners association. There will be some clearance procedures in effect, for example, open space will have to be maintained.
Some land space within the development must be dedicated as open space. Sub-divisions can not be larger than 20 acres. Up to 19 one-acre lots would be the maximum that could be developed on a 20 acre developmnet. The subdivision must have direct frontage onto a class B road or a state highway; not just a forest service road. Only one road would lead into the subdivision, not 19 separate roads into each lot. No facilities or camp sites within 50 feet of water.
All developments must comply with state laws and urban interface fire)codes. Water shares and points of diversion are required the responsibility of the developer. All private roadways will be the responsibility of the land owner association. They will not become part of the county road system. All concerns about water to a development and waste disposal will be the responsibility of the developer. One acre lots may not be big enough to address all concerns so it is expected that typical lots may be two acres or more. It is the hope that the new ordinance will clean-up and address the concerns found there at the Trail Mountain Resort. Properties there are subject to county regulations even if they are located on SITLA land. Following the public hearing, the commission approved the new zoning ordinance language in 11-4-5.


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That was beautiful! We must be close in age ~ totally recognize those clothes and hairstyles! lolReplyDelete
Happy New Year!
The brother part has me BAWLING!!! Life... there are no do overs, sometimes. Just do betters. We should all be kinder to ourselves. I am glad that you are ok. :)ReplyDelete
Good reminder! You're more than okay. I've followed you for years but never pushed the google button for some reason :) I'm your newest official follower!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful post. I love your pics! Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
Awwww. Don't you wish you started out life with a letter like that? :) Beautiful!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful post Susie! LOVE it!!ReplyDelete
I love this, Susie. I might write one myself. From one Louisiana girl to another, you rock!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year Susie.ReplyDelete
Loved your post today, we all need to step back and look at our life. Thank you for bringing back the memories of growing up.
Wonderful wishes for your New Year.
Suzann ~xoxo~
P.S. I like your name...my mother and my sisters still calls me Susie ;)
Love this! Thanks for the reminder...If we all could have this letter when we are 13, wouldn't it make life so much easier?!?ReplyDelete
Ok, you just made me cry. Great post - love it. Love it all. And I do miss my brother's voice. I miss it so very much.ReplyDelete
such a sweet post! If we only knew then right? Could have save a lot of heartache...well done.ReplyDelete
Wisdom! Such a gift!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year, Susie!
Great post. I'm literally tearing up right now! Happy New Year to you and yours.ReplyDelete
I loved this, Susie! Wonderful retrospective post.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful, heartfelt post! It brought tears to my eyes. Oh, if we could have all had a letter written to us like this when we were young!ReplyDelete
Okay, THAT was fabulous. And, yes, I'm crying! If we only knew now what we knew then - but wait, if we had we wouldn't be who we are today. Wishing you and yours a blessed new year.ReplyDelete
This was really so sweet. Thanks for sharing it; I'm calling my sister right now.ReplyDelete
One of your VERY best posts Susie. Love the look back and could "hear" the love in your voice for your Mom, Dad, Sister and Brother! You were a beautiful kid and look at you now.....still gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!
Ok... This made me want to cry. The part about your brother. Wheeew... This was a really sweet , makes you think kind of post. Thank you. PS I love your blog :)ReplyDelete
Thanks Susie...for sharing your life. We can all relate in some way. Happy New Year and Congrats on your bogging anniversary!ReplyDelete
I love this! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
So awesome! I'm sitting at work reading this and my eyes are full of tears...I LOVE how you added pictures....this is such a great post!ReplyDelete
Susie ~ I copied your idea here for a post on my own blog. Thanks, dear, for the inspiration! xoReplyDelete
absolutely nice, sometimes we need something like this!ReplyDelete
I'm glad Betsy advised us to read your post.....ReplyDelete
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Supernatural Summer
19 comments:
- Raíla said...
GAH! I'm super dying to read Anna and The French Kiss! Okay, let's go read your guest post! :D
- July 28, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Jessica said...
Yay for SCBWI! I'll be there! :-D
- July 28, 2010 at 9:53 AM
That last part had me chuckling. Just in case you didn't know, there's a 'Wikipedia' article for your series now. Have fun at the conference.
- July 28, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Kiersten White said...
Dude, who made that wikipedia article? TOO AWESOME.
- July 28, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Cuppa Jolie said...
Looking forward to meeting you! And good to know about the snacks. My snack purchases thus far are so so sad (but my hubby did get me some Hot Tamales).
- July 28, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- Kathryn said...
Adorable! You ladies are in LA? Welcome and enjoy your stay! :)
- July 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM
"Dude, who made that wikipedia article? TOO AWESOME."
That would be me. Jim. I'm glad you liked it. :) Take care.
- July 28, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Kiersten White said...
Well, JC, thank you for researching and having awesome grammar. : )
Jolie--Hot Tamales? Really? I might not sit by you then.
(Just kidding. But seriously, please don't share.)
Raila--It's one of my all-time favorite books.
Jessica--Be sure and say hi!
- July 28, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Melissa said...
Have fun in SBCWI! I'm a little jealous of you, not only for going and having Steph... but also because you have fresh cookies. I want cookies.
Care to share?
- July 28, 2010 at 1:35 PM
- Kiersten White said...
Melissa--Care to come help clean my apartment? You would get cookies for it...
- July 28, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Amanda J. said...
Umm, JEALOUS. Just a tad. Of you for getting Steph, of Steph for getting you and fresh cookies, and of you both for getting to go to SCBWI LA. But I still think you're made of win so it's all good. :P
- July 28, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- ali said...
Oh Enjoy! Going to read your guest post now .... :)
- July 28, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- storyqueen said...
Lucky, lucky, lucky!
Here I am, sitting in Oceanside....bored out of my mind while kids are in dance camp.....you should totally come up!
(Of course, you probably want Steph all to yourself......what with only seeing her once a year and all.)
So, when you drive up to LA, give a super loud shout out as you pass the 78. Maybe I'll hear you....
(Do I sound whiny enough.....?)
Have fun, girls....don't do anything I wouldn't do!
- July 28, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- A.L. Sonnichsen said...
Save some treats for me! I'll be there!! :)
- July 28, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Natalie Aguirre said...
Have fun! It sounds like an awesome weekend. I know lots of bloggers who are going.
- July 28, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- storyqueen said...
Hey girls...if you go to the Elizabethan Bakery, let me know!
- July 28, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Amy Laurens said...
*rolls up sleeves and gets started on the dishes*
- July 28, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Amie B said...
story of my life...picked last for the team...dumped at prom...missing out on SCBWI....oh well. have fun!
- July 28, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- THE HISTORY CHEF! said...
Have fun at the conference! And looking forward to reading your book! Only a month left...
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Jessie the 6-month-old border collie is recovering nicely from surgery to remove a leg that was badly damaged when she was hit by a light-rail train.
The dog has been under the care of Brian Van Vechten, a veterinary surgeon at the Veterinary Referral Center of Colorado, a specialty and emergency veterinary hospital at 3550 S. Jason St. in Englewood.
"I saw Jessie earlier today and she is doing fine," the veterinarian said May 30. "We want to keep her activity down right now so the incision heals completely. But she is already walking and moving well. Pretty soon, she'll be fully recovered so she can chase and catch a ball."
The week of May 13, Jessie's owner was out of town. The dog ran away near Dartmouth and Broadway when a dog sitter let her off her leash because the leash was tangled in some vines.
The dog's owner, Henry, who declined to give his last name, said in an interview he had only owned Jessie for two months but already loved her. Jessie was being cared for by a friend when she ran off. The owner tried to find her, and she was found by an animal control officer near Broadway and Mississippi Avenue on May 17, the day after she had been hit by the light rail train. .
In a television interview, the owner said even when the animal control officer explained that treatment would be expensive, he just couldn't put Jessie down.
"I saw her the day after she was found," Van Vechten said. "The train severed her left hind leg near the knee. It is believed the pressure and the heat from the train wheels probably cauterized the wound so she didn't bleed to death. However, when we saw her, the wound was infected, so we amputated the leg at the hip because of the danger of further spread of infection."
The doctor said once the amputation is fully healed, the loss of a hind leg won't slow the dog down because dogs carry about 65 percent of their weight on their front legs.
"We do amputations where are there are extreme fractures or because of cancer," he said. "However, amputations in cases of extreme trauma like this are relatively rare."
The owner has established a Facebook page and is asking for help in covering the $6,000 cost of the surgery at https://www.facebook.com/HelpJessieAndHerFamily.


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I'm not talking the growing pains of a season that you see, sore muscles, bruises, cuts, etc. I'm talking like concussions and other major injuries.
Why isn't the ISU coming down harder on this? In the NFL you don't get to come back out and play until you get a doctors note saying you are safe and healthy to play. And don't you dare try to hide the injury or you face sanctions! They had three major Quarterbacks last week end up with concussions. Only one is even being considered to play - and at this point it's very questionable.
However we've read reports that skaters are ignoring their doctors and going out and playing anyway. Yeah, it makes them come out looking brave, but we've seen the ugly on what some of these injuries - when compounded - can do to a person.
In the case of the NFL they are employing studies to make sure fewer of these injuries happen - it's a violent sport so they see more of them, but still the NFL, not individual teams, is being proactive in this. In skating, we've seen federations talk about and come down on a skater who skated injured and did badly - but they aren't coming down on them for the right reason (IMO). The NFL is working to make equipment and rules to fit the players to make sure they aren't zombies (or worse) by the time they're 40. I don't see this sort of pro-activeness on a federation level, much less from the governing body. Isn't it something in their best interest for their sport?


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The Economic Recovery is Actually a "Bubblecovery"
Most mainstream economists and economic commentators, the same group that didn't foresee the housing & Global Financial Crisis, are now saying that the economy is on the "road to recovery" as the housing market and consumers slowly but surely heal.
What these mainstream economists do not realize is that our bubble problems didn't end with the housing bubble. The very same socio-psychological and monetary factors that caused the last decade's housing bubble and other excesses have created numerous other bubbles that have not popped yet. There are many bubbles that are still expanding and creation an illusion of economic strength, including rising stock prices, while threatening to devastate the global economy upon their inevitable popping.
The Post-2009 Economic Bubbles that I have identified have greatly expanded since the depths of the Great Recession in early 2009 and are largely responsible for creating the illusion of an economic recovery. This "recovery" is mostly artificial as it is based largely on these bubbles (I call it a "bubblecovery") and very little on true economic substance. When the Post-2009 Economic Bubbles pop, the false recovery will violently end and the secular bear market and economic decline that began in the year 2000 will continue.
Introducing the Post-2009 Economic Bubbles:
The Post-2009 Global Housing Bubble or "Housing Bubble 2.0"
(this bubble encompasses all of the country-specific bubbles listed below)
After the cataclysmic mid-2000s housing bubbles in the U.S. and European PIIGS nations, one would think that the world would never allow another housing bubble to rear its ugly head again. Unfortunately, this thinking is completely wrong. Since 2008, the world has openly embraced new housing bubbles with astounding vigor, in complete defiance of all lessons taught by the Global Financial Crisis. A series of new housing bubbles have inflated in practically every country outside of deflation-prone Japan, the U.S. and PIIGS nations. These new housing bubbles are located in China, Canada, Australia, emerging market countries and northern & western Europe.
Read more about the Post-2009 Global Housing Bubble
The Post-2009 Northern & Western European Housing Bubble
(this bubble is a subset of the Post-2009 Global Housing Bubble)
Could Sweden or Finland be the scene of the next European financial crisis? It is actually far likelier than most people realize. While the world has been laser-focused on the woes of the heavily-indebted PIIGS nations for the last couple of years, property markets in Northern and Western European countries have been bubbling up to dizzying new heights in a repeat performance of the very property bubbles that caused the global financial crisis in the first place.
Read more about the Post-2009 Northern & Western European Housing Bubble
Amid the excitement over the rise of China, investors and economic commentators have been eagerly scouring the world for "The Next China" – or at least the next country to supply the raw materials that China needs for its boom (and construction of empty cities!). Global investors, seeking to diversify away from the heavily-indebted post-crash Western world, have inadvertently created a massive "hot-money" bubble in emerging market nations, causing overheated economies and property bubbles everywhere from Brazil to Turkey to the Philippines. Soaring asset prices and easy money is creating "luxury fever" as emerging market nations copy the spendthrift ways that led to the West's downfall just a few years earlier. In its essence, the emerging markets bubble is a derivative of the commodities and China bubbles and is highly vulnerable to their inevitable popping.
Read more about the Emerging Markets Bubble
China's Bubble Economy
China's economic bubble starting out as a boom based on successful economic reforms and modernization that helped to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, while eventually devolving into an orgy of wild real estate speculation, reckless construction of empty cities to create economic growth and materialism mania. Even if China's long-term growth thesis remains intact, the same was also true of the U.S. in 1929; China could conceivably experience a Great Depression of its very own when its massive bubble pops.
Read more about China's Bubble Economy & Housing Bubble
Canada is caught up in a full-blown bubble that is very similar to Australia's bubble. Canada's bubble is based on a commodities boom (which is part of the commodities bubble), a massive housing bubble that is 40% larger than the U.S. housing bubble was at its peak, a household debt bubble and global "hot-money" investment inflows. Canada's precarious bubble is no trivial matter for the already suffering U.S. economy as the two nations have one of the most extensive economic relationships in the world, with Canada being the U.S.'s largest export market. Read more about Canada's Bubble Economy & Housing Bubble
In our age of incessant financial bubbles, it was only a matter of time before commodities experienced a bubble of their very own. Initially rising due the rapid development of China and other emerging markets, the price of nearly every commodity, from wheat to uranium, exploded during the past decade as hundreds of billions of dollars of capital entered commodities as the new "hot" investment destination. Terrorism, war in the Middle East, near-zero interest rates, quantitative easing and growing distrust of conventional investments have only served to bolster commodities' newfound role as an investment. Now in its eleventh year, the fate of the commodities boom (and now bubble) is inextricably tied to China's teetering economic bubble, Western economies on the verge of another financial crisis and the vagaries of speculative capital flows.
Read more about the Commodities Bubble
The U.S. College & Higher Education Bubble
For many of today's college students and recent graduates, obtaining a degree means taking on mortgage-like levels of debt without having the house (or much of a job!) to show for it. Like housing in 2005, the institution of college education is firmly in the throes of a bona-fide bubble that will end just as disastrously. College tuition costs are soaring and forcing our nation's young to bear obscenely high levels of student loan debt, while a ballooning $1 trillion student loan bubble shares a strikingly scary resemblance to the toxic subprime mortgages of six years earlier (and are just as likely to be repaid). As more and more college presidents shamelessly bank $1 million per year and colleges build opulent mega-million dollar stadiums, their graduates struggle to find minimum wage jobs in the worst job market since the Great Depression. You know there's a crisis when even young law school grads are forced to become topless dancers to support themselves and their crushing student loan bills! Read more about the U.S. College Bubble
Abundant hype, wildly overvalued IPOs, overnight millionaires, questionable business models, scores of startups offering gimmicky and frivolous services, the social media bubble has it all – it's a dream come true for Generation Y techies and investors who missed out on the Dot-com bubble or for those folks who simply feel nostalgic for the heady days of the late 90s.
Read more about the Social Media Bubble (aka The Facebook Bubble)
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The Clearinghouse collects, catalogs, and makes available North Carolina agency publications through a statewide depository system for print materials and through the North Carolina State Government Publications Collection for digital materials. This collection currently has +125,000 print volumes and +20,000 digital volumes.
Created by GS 125-11, the Clearinghouse became effective on October 1, 1987. The law designates the Government and Heritage Library as the official permanent depository for all state publications.
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