Monthly Archives: May 2011

CTA to DuPage… kind of like how it used to be

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I was watching WGN’s morning news program which recently had a story about public hearings to discuss changing the Eisenhower Expressway corridor to relieve traffic. They mentioned the CTA’s 2008 plan to extend the blue line into DuPage county to … Read the rest of this entry

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Youth Baseball Safety

baseball bats in a fence

Spring Baseball in Chicago is defined by cold, tough weather but this week’s conditions nearly made for our son’s last ever game in the Schaumburg Athletic Association (SAA). Baseball safety, like safety in any youth sport, can’t be an afterthought. … Read the rest of this entry

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