Mike Ramsey, race director of the annual Race to the Flag 5k Run/Walk, checks out the race banner he just received. The 5k, which will benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital is on Sunday morning, May 27, 2012, and starts and finishes in Ty Warner Park in Westmont.
5/17/2012
Album ID: 1471537
Photos by Bill Ackerman
Alan Larsen: Bugles Across America
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Alan Larsen, of Darien, a member of Bugles Across America, will be traveling to Arlington National Cemetery as part of a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of taps.
5/16/2012
Album ID: 1471163
Photos by Bill Ackerman
Jefferson Family Wellness Walk
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Jefferson Family Wellness Walk
5/16/2012
Album ID: 1471151
Photos by Sarah Minor
Chit Chat: Donald Gallagher
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Donald "Taps" Gallagher, of Clarendon Hills, is an attorney who wrote the book, "Stolen Glory," about the 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Gold Medal Game between the United States and the Soviet Union in Munich, Germany. In the book, Gallagher interviews players, coaches and announcers recounting the controversial ending to the game, eventually won by the Soviet Union, 51-50.
5/16/2012
Album ID: 1471111
Photos by Matt Piechalak
Richmond School 5th grade gardeners
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Fifth graders at Richmond Intermediate School do some digging in the community garden being created at the school.
5/16/2012
Album ID: 1471078
Photos by Bill Ackerman
A place to be heard
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A place to be heard
5/16/2012
Album ID: 1470951
Photos by Tyler Angelo
Xtreme BUGS @ Brookfield Zoo
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Xtreme BUGS, the interactive summer exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo, 8400 31st St. in Brookfield, will open to the public on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The exhibit features giant animatronic insects, as well real bugs--from hissing cockroaches to the poisonous centipede and Chilean tarantula. The exhibit will run through September 7. The roughly two dozen oversized, animatronic insects are highlighed by the 16-foot-high by 33-foot-long Japanese hornet, on display in the zoo's Roosevelt Fountain. In Harry's Big Adventure: My Bug World! guests can view living critters.
5/16/2012
Album ID: 1470915
Photos by Matt Piechalak
Jessie Moravek awarded $500 scholarship for recycling efforts
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Jessie Moravek awarded $500 scholarship for recycling efforts
