PHOTO COURTESY SANGAMON VALLEY COLLECTION It was the lodestone of my childhood summers. The Illinois State Fair was something I looked forward to almost as soon as the previous year’s fair ended. But after our annual Fourth of July picnic, I could think of little else, planning for it carefully as the fair inched closer […]
Sacred Heart Griffin
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Where would Jesus park?
Eric Reiss knows the cars by heart, right down to the license plate numbers. Where, he wonders, is the gold Toyota today? “A wonderful little girl drives it,” says Reiss, who lives at the intersection of Monroe and Adelia streets, a stone’s throw from Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, which is both a blessing and a […]
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Pumpkins on parade
More than 2,000 jack-o-lanterns fill the night with light and character on two popular, illuminating nights at Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon and Washington Park Botanical Garden Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15. District 186 students, artists and the general public carved the crowd of pumpkins for the annual carillon fundraiser. Also visit the Pumpkin […]
