By Mary Fairchild The “Welcome to Chicago” sign at the Indiana border on Chicago’s South Side is within POD surveillance. PODs are surveillance cameras with zoom and 360 degree rotation capabilities for high-crime areas. They are mounted on city light poles to help reduce violent crime and drug dealing. In a recent Chicago Magazine article titled “Why is…
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Boat Registration in Illinois: Chicago Style
By Mary Fairchild At the CASKA gathering last night, held at Chicago’s Jackson Park Yacht Club, I had a chance to catch up with Gary Steinbauer. Gary and I attended some of our first kayaking with the club together in 201l. We’ve both paddled not only Lake Michigan, but the whitewater park in Yorkville which had just opened in 2011. Taking…
Who Do You Think You Are: The Ellevens Band
By Mary Fairchild “The Wanted” (original)Youtube, Otto’s Halloween Smash, DeKalb, IL. The Ellevens are a jive blend of blues, rock , beach vibrations, and other good things. Formerly known as Daven Masulis and Company. Photo Credit Dan Dusing Productions: Dan Orlowski, Echo Kaelin, Dan Orlowski, David Fairchild, B.Joeseph Dzwonnik, Daven Masulis, Ryan Kaplan, Aaron Dingess.
Forest Service and Public/Private Partnerships: Selling us Access to Our Own Investments
By Mary Fairchild (Mt. Lemmon, Tuscon, Arizona. Flickr Pictures.) Our country has beautiful national forests and parks to explore. Many of us enjoy exploring them. At one time, the undeveloped areas required no money to enter, and developed facilities were basic but affordable. “The Forest Service will be allowing private companies to sell us access to our…
Redeveloping Chicago
Mayor Emanuel calls Lake Michigan “our Grand Canyon” and he has big plans to “make it a recreational frontier.” Governor Quinn added, “Nature-based tourism is a popular new trend.” NBC News In a joint initiative between the Chicago Park District, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, and the city of Chicago, plans are in the works for the “redevelopment…
Kayaking Chicago’s Shores: Look at Me, What I do is Fun
By Mary Fairchild (Hether Hoffmann posing for photography students at Montrose Beach) Instead of top paddlers saying, look at me, I am the future, I am cool, pay me. They’ll be saying, Look at me, what I do is fun, and I will share my experiences with you and help you learn to do what I…