by Laura Richards Twelve years ago as a sophomore at Oak Park River Forest high school, John Gass was on the hunt for a part-time job to provide him with some spending money and give him an opportunity to save for his dream of going to culinary arts school. So he applied to be a […]
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Letter from Zagora
(Ed. Note: This file was emailed with a date of April 1, 2050. At first it seemed to be an elaborate April Fools joke, complete with somehow messing with my gmail dateline, but it was so interesting I thought we would share it ) April 1, 2050 Greetings from the future. Some of my young friends […]
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Another Year, Another Story, Reservoir Becomes A Park
by Adam J. Lovinus Earth movers sit in the bottom of the old reservoir in early January of this year. By now all the superstructure of the old reservoir at North Avenue between Bremen Street and Booth Street should be down. Top right is the cover of the first Riverwest Currents in February of 2002, […]
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Reslem Mike Salem
by John Gerlach, photograph by Vince Bushell Ed. Note: Mike Salem is well known in Riverwest as the owneroperator of Sunrise Foods at the corner of Locust and Weil Streets. Recently, reporter John Gerlach had a long conversation with him. Here is Mikes story, in his own words. I like to hear different opinions, or […]
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Ask the Ecologist:
by Belle Bergner Q: Is ethanol really an environmentally sound alternative to regular car fuel? A: There are four main ecological issues with ethanol: the energy, water consumption, and land required to produce ethanol are the three major impacts on the production side, and the greenhouse gas emissions coming out of the tailpipe is the […]
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