CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - LAKE VIEW, ROGERS PARK, UPTOWN, EDISON PARK, OAK PARK
LAKEVIEW
It's summertime and the Weiss beers go down easy. Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse, (literally "cloudy wheat beer") was developed in Bavaria and brought to Germany in the early 1500s. This is one of the first and one of the best classic banana-clove aromas that its special yeast imparts. The Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse is made with a high portion of wheat and virtually no hops, giving it a creamy smooth, soft texture. It's a perfect summertime sipper. Why not make it part of your Labor Day holiday plans and toast summer's end in style.
Find this beer at West Lakeview Liquors, 2156 W. Addison Ave. Get additional information on this fabulous beer by clicking here.
ROGERS PARK
According to CTA officials, a likely extension of the Yellow Line north from Skokie's Dempster Station would either be rail or bus along an existing right-of-way or a bus along Gross Point Road and Skokie Boulevard.
A crowd of about 50 in Skokie were told that the options were narrowed from 11 possibilities and the extension would go no further north than Old Orchard Road.
The Yellow Line currently consists of two stops: the Dempster Station in Skokie and the Howard Station in Chicago's Rogers Park, connecting to the Red and Purple lines. A new Yellow stop has been approved for Oakton Street in downtown Skokie with construction set to begin in 2009. Click here for the entire article.
UPTOWN
Borders Uptown located at 4718 N. Broadway has listed their top five selling books.
You May Have Heard About Her, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown,) series and in order of popularity are the top four books:
Breaking Dawn - The fourth and final book in the young-adult "Twilight" series about a teenager and her vampire boyfriend.
Twilight - The first book in the young adult series featuring vampires and romance.
Eclipse - Book No. 3 in the vampire love saga for young adults.
New Moon - The sequel to "Twilight" continues the story of Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen.
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC Comics,): A graphic novel first published in 1986 touches on Cold War and nuclear arms race themes.
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EDISON PARK
Graduates of Oriole Park School's Class of June 1958 had a chance to come back and discover what's new about their old school during their reunion.
"When I walked in the door, I realized how linked this community is, and how it supports the school," said Assistant Principal Kenneth Fitzner. "Having community groups to partner with the school is unusual. The achievement at the school is phenomenal -- we're the number two neighborhood school in the city. We get tremendous families moving into this area."
Among some of the enhancements made were the following:
- A revamped music program now offering students hands-on exposure to guitars and keyboards, and expand fine arts and drama.
- Oriole Park was one of the first schools in the city to add a Chinese language curriculum.
- With the regional gifted center move out of the Edison (Park) school building this year, Oriole Park School has inherited equipment from one of the former science labs and converted two classrooms into a new science lab where the curriculum can add more hands-on experiments.
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OAK PARK
With almost every new discovery of the emerald ash borer comes a swift extermination: infected ash trees are removed, tossed in a wood chipper and used for mulch.
The pesky insect turned up for the first time in Chicago in June, and recently has been discovered in River Forest, Burr Ridge, Oak Park and Sugar Grove.
But even as the metallic green pest has broken the hearts of tree lovers, its victims are being recycled and used in everything from Little League baseball bats to renewable energy.
This weekend, the Morton Arboretum in Lisle will present an exhibition featuring furniture made from infected ash trees across the Chicago area.
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JENNIFER ARCAND & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
