Ross Werland

The racks of grilling pork chops behind St. Peter's Social Center in Antioch sent the message on the wind last weekend, with the aroma reaching at least to Main Street...

Conquering Niagara: Gail Svendsen of Gurnee has never hesitated to plunge into her job as president of the Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau, but while at work in a...

Ravinia rowdies: As jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin came to the poignant final bars of the ballad "Tenderly" last Sunday at the Ravinia Festival, a screaming roar from the surrounding lawn...

Job comfort: This just in from psychologists Jotham Friedland and Sander Marcus, who have an office in Highland Park and who study such things. Downsizing companies look for those who...

Nurses on call: The St. Therese Medical Center`s Ask-A-Nurse program has proved to be quite popular, logging 8,600 calls since beginning the dial-a-disease service March 11. Sixteen registered nurses answer...

Go ahead, get charitable: If you`ve just cleaned out the attic and found an old Renoir or Van Gogh, you could do the selfish thing and auction it off for...

Get happy: While we`re on the subject of hospitals, St. Therese Medical Center in Waukegan is offering a chance for true happiness. It`s aimed at people who can`t even trick...

Getting away from goofballs: The Gurnee Park District has two spots left for people who want to get away from it all and commune with the great fish that inhabit...

In case of flood: If last weekend is still moist in your mind, you`ll be glad to know that the Cook Memorial Library in Libertyville has laid in a supply...

They`ve got your number: The Waukegan Recycling Center will begin accepting phone books for recycling beginning Wednesday. In addition to eating all those words and numbers, the center already takes...