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Gardening Tips, River Cleanup and More: Local Voices

A little bit of New Orleans in Oak Park: Apartment gardening can be so challenging. Sadly we have almost no gardening space. Happily, we do have a small front terrace and a balcony in the back of our second story apartment perfect for my little New Orleans fix up!

Vehicle sticker sales begin in May: Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a vehicle is required to purchase and display a Village sticker annually by July 15. Anyone who misses the deadline must pay a $20 late fee in addition to the cost of the sticker.

Grow Your Garden, Not Your Pain: When people think of strenuous physical activity, they likely think of hitting the gym, running a few miles, playing a pickup game of their favorite sport. They likely don’t think of landscaping, planting, weeding and all other parts of the gardening world. And although gardening may be no half marathon or championship game, it can certainly take a physical toll on your body.

BHG/Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza!: Shamar Lott Milos Kaplarevic are the winners of the April 17th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza Open House. They visited 3 of the 9 condos open.

Broker Associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, Saluted for 2012 Success: Broker associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill., recently received special recognition from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region for their sales success in 2012. They have been named to membership in one of five honorary clubs, each recognizing an important level of achievement in sales production.

2013 Des Plaines River Clean Up: We had another successful Des Plaines River Clean Up this year. Thanks to our 60 volunteers we cleaned up 180 pounds of trash!

Oak Park Resident To Be Honored By Voices Against Brain Cancer: This year’s honorees have been chosen for their continued efforts to help raise brain cancer and brain tumor awareness – among them is Oak Park resident Dr. William Barrows. He and his wife Donna are long standing members of the suburban Illinois community. They have three adult sons. Now at age 59, Bill has practiced pediatrics in Chicago for 30 years. Bill was diagnosed with brain cancer in August, 2011.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge, community news, organization updates accomplishments, advice, photo galleries, or anything else with our Patch readers? It’s free and simple to post in Patch Local Voices here: Forest Park / Oak Park-River Forest. (Posts can also be cross-published to both sites.)

Gardening Tips, River Cleanup and More: Local Voices

A little bit of New Orleans in Oak Park: Apartment gardening can be so challenging. Sadly we have almost no gardening space. Happily, we do have a small front terrace and a balcony in the back of our second story apartment perfect for my little New Orleans fix up!

Vehicle sticker sales begin in May: Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a vehicle is required to purchase and display a Village sticker annually by July 15. Anyone who misses the deadline must pay a $20 late fee in addition to the cost of the sticker.

Grow Your Garden, Not Your Pain: When people think of strenuous physical activity, they likely think of hitting the gym, running a few miles, playing a pickup game of their favorite sport. They likely don’t think of landscaping, planting, weeding and all other parts of the gardening world. And although gardening may be no half marathon or championship game, it can certainly take a physical toll on your body.

BHG/Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza!: Shamar Lott Milos Kaplarevic are the winners of the April 17th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza Open House. They visited 3 of the 9 condos open.

Broker Associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, Saluted for 2012 Success: Broker associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill., recently received special recognition from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region for their sales success in 2012. They have been named to membership in one of five honorary clubs, each recognizing an important level of achievement in sales production.

2013 Des Plaines River Clean Up: We had another successful Des Plaines River Clean Up this year. Thanks to our 60 volunteers we cleaned up 180 pounds of trash!

Oak Park Resident To Be Honored By Voices Against Brain Cancer: This year’s honorees have been chosen for their continued efforts to help raise brain cancer and brain tumor awareness – among them is Oak Park resident Dr. William Barrows. He and his wife Donna are long standing members of the suburban Illinois community. They have three adult sons. Now at age 59, Bill has practiced pediatrics in Chicago for 30 years. Bill was diagnosed with brain cancer in August, 2011.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge, community news, organization updates accomplishments, advice, photo galleries, or anything else with our Patch readers? It’s free and simple to post in Patch Local Voices here: Forest Park / Oak Park-River Forest. (Posts can also be cross-published to both sites.)

Gardening Tips, River Cleanup and More: Local Voices

A little bit of New Orleans in Oak Park: Apartment gardening can be so challenging. Sadly we have almost no gardening space. Happily, we do have a small front terrace and a balcony in the back of our second story apartment perfect for my little New Orleans fix up!

Vehicle sticker sales begin in May: Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a vehicle is required to purchase and display a Village sticker annually by July 15. Anyone who misses the deadline must pay a $20 late fee in addition to the cost of the sticker.

Grow Your Garden, Not Your Pain: When people think of strenuous physical activity, they likely think of hitting the gym, running a few miles, playing a pickup game of their favorite sport. They likely don’t think of landscaping, planting, weeding and all other parts of the gardening world. And although gardening may be no half marathon or championship game, it can certainly take a physical toll on your body.

BHG/Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza!: Shamar Lott Milos Kaplarevic are the winners of the April 17th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza Open House. They visited 3 of the 9 condos open.

Broker Associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, Saluted for 2012 Success: Broker associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill., recently received special recognition from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region for their sales success in 2012. They have been named to membership in one of five honorary clubs, each recognizing an important level of achievement in sales production.

2013 Des Plaines River Clean Up: We had another successful Des Plaines River Clean Up this year. Thanks to our 60 volunteers we cleaned up 180 pounds of trash!

Oak Park Resident To Be Honored By Voices Against Brain Cancer: This year’s honorees have been chosen for their continued efforts to help raise brain cancer and brain tumor awareness – among them is Oak Park resident Dr. William Barrows. He and his wife Donna are long standing members of the suburban Illinois community. They have three adult sons. Now at age 59, Bill has practiced pediatrics in Chicago for 30 years. Bill was diagnosed with brain cancer in August, 2011.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge, community news, organization updates accomplishments, advice, photo galleries, or anything else with our Patch readers? It’s free and simple to post in Patch Local Voices here: Forest Park / Oak Park-River Forest. (Posts can also be cross-published to both sites.)

Gardening Tips, River Cleanup and More: Local Voices

A little bit of New Orleans in Oak Park: Apartment gardening can be so challenging. Sadly we have almost no gardening space. Happily, we do have a small front terrace and a balcony in the back of our second story apartment perfect for my little New Orleans fix up!

Vehicle sticker sales begin in May: Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a vehicle is required to purchase and display a Village sticker annually by July 15. Anyone who misses the deadline must pay a $20 late fee in addition to the cost of the sticker.

Grow Your Garden, Not Your Pain: When people think of strenuous physical activity, they likely think of hitting the gym, running a few miles, playing a pickup game of their favorite sport. They likely don’t think of landscaping, planting, weeding and all other parts of the gardening world. And although gardening may be no half marathon or championship game, it can certainly take a physical toll on your body.

BHG/Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza!: Shamar Lott Milos Kaplarevic are the winners of the April 17th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza Open House. They visited 3 of the 9 condos open.

Broker Associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, Saluted for 2012 Success: Broker associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill., recently received special recognition from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region for their sales success in 2012. They have been named to membership in one of five honorary clubs, each recognizing an important level of achievement in sales production.

2013 Des Plaines River Clean Up: We had another successful Des Plaines River Clean Up this year. Thanks to our 60 volunteers we cleaned up 180 pounds of trash!

Oak Park Resident To Be Honored By Voices Against Brain Cancer: This year’s honorees have been chosen for their continued efforts to help raise brain cancer and brain tumor awareness – among them is Oak Park resident Dr. William Barrows. He and his wife Donna are long standing members of the suburban Illinois community. They have three adult sons. Now at age 59, Bill has practiced pediatrics in Chicago for 30 years. Bill was diagnosed with brain cancer in August, 2011.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge, community news, organization updates accomplishments, advice, photo galleries, or anything else with our Patch readers? It’s free and simple to post in Patch Local Voices here: Forest Park / Oak Park-River Forest. (Posts can also be cross-published to both sites.)

Gardening Tips, River Cleanup and More: Local Voices

A little bit of New Orleans in Oak Park: Apartment gardening can be so challenging. Sadly we have almost no gardening space. Happily, we do have a small front terrace and a balcony in the back of our second story apartment perfect for my little New Orleans fix up!

Vehicle sticker sales begin in May: Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a vehicle is required to purchase and display a Village sticker annually by July 15. Anyone who misses the deadline must pay a $20 late fee in addition to the cost of the sticker.

Grow Your Garden, Not Your Pain: When people think of strenuous physical activity, they likely think of hitting the gym, running a few miles, playing a pickup game of their favorite sport. They likely don’t think of landscaping, planting, weeding and all other parts of the gardening world. And although gardening may be no half marathon or championship game, it can certainly take a physical toll on your body.

BHG/Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza!: Shamar Lott Milos Kaplarevic are the winners of the April 17th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza Open House. They visited 3 of the 9 condos open.

Broker Associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, Saluted for 2012 Success: Broker associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill., recently received special recognition from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region for their sales success in 2012. They have been named to membership in one of five honorary clubs, each recognizing an important level of achievement in sales production.

2013 Des Plaines River Clean Up: We had another successful Des Plaines River Clean Up this year. Thanks to our 60 volunteers we cleaned up 180 pounds of trash!

Oak Park Resident To Be Honored By Voices Against Brain Cancer: This year’s honorees have been chosen for their continued efforts to help raise brain cancer and brain tumor awareness – among them is Oak Park resident Dr. William Barrows. He and his wife Donna are long standing members of the suburban Illinois community. They have three adult sons. Now at age 59, Bill has practiced pediatrics in Chicago for 30 years. Bill was diagnosed with brain cancer in August, 2011.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge, community news, organization updates accomplishments, advice, photo galleries, or anything else with our Patch readers? It’s free and simple to post in Patch Local Voices here: Forest Park / Oak Park-River Forest. (Posts can also be cross-published to both sites.)

Gardening Tips, River Cleanup and More: Local Voices

A little bit of New Orleans in Oak Park: Apartment gardening can be so challenging. Sadly we have almost no gardening space. Happily, we do have a small front terrace and a balcony in the back of our second story apartment perfect for my little New Orleans fix up!

Vehicle sticker sales begin in May: Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a vehicle is required to purchase and display a Village sticker annually by July 15. Anyone who misses the deadline must pay a $20 late fee in addition to the cost of the sticker.

Grow Your Garden, Not Your Pain: When people think of strenuous physical activity, they likely think of hitting the gym, running a few miles, playing a pickup game of their favorite sport. They likely don’t think of landscaping, planting, weeding and all other parts of the gardening world. And although gardening may be no half marathon or championship game, it can certainly take a physical toll on your body.

BHG/Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza!: Shamar Lott Milos Kaplarevic are the winners of the April 17th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gloor Realty Condo Extravaganza Open House. They visited 3 of the 9 condos open.

Broker Associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, Saluted for 2012 Success: Broker associates at RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill., recently received special recognition from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region for their sales success in 2012. They have been named to membership in one of five honorary clubs, each recognizing an important level of achievement in sales production.

2013 Des Plaines River Clean Up: We had another successful Des Plaines River Clean Up this year. Thanks to our 60 volunteers we cleaned up 180 pounds of trash!

Oak Park Resident To Be Honored By Voices Against Brain Cancer: This year’s honorees have been chosen for their continued efforts to help raise brain cancer and brain tumor awareness – among them is Oak Park resident Dr. William Barrows. He and his wife Donna are long standing members of the suburban Illinois community. They have three adult sons. Now at age 59, Bill has practiced pediatrics in Chicago for 30 years. Bill was diagnosed with brain cancer in August, 2011.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge, community news, organization updates accomplishments, advice, photo galleries, or anything else with our Patch readers? It’s free and simple to post in Patch Local Voices here: Forest Park / Oak Park-River Forest. (Posts can also be cross-published to both sites.)

Trading garden tips

From the ground up

A successful garden starts with good soil. Blogger and author Shawna Coronado (shawnacoronado.com) says her formula is one-third your soil, one-third rotted manure and one-third kitchen or leaf compost. The result, she promises, is “fantabulous gardens.”

Easiest indoor garden

The Aerogarden has so much to recommend it. This amazing contraption lets the garden-deprived grow herbs — and lots more (cherry tomatoes, flowers, lettuces) in a small space. Its streamlined operation keeps the process so manageable — the mechanically challenged won’t be intimidated.

What’s more, those living in climes that aren’t conducive to year-round growing will get their gardening fix no matter what is happening outside.

Aerogarden has continued to offer additional options, including a seed starting tray. It’s not cheap (grow lights need to be replaced on occasion, etc.) A variety of sizes and prices are available. Go to aerogarden.com.

Try strawberries

Alpine strawberries are, again, easy to grow — they make a great ground cover in a sunny spot, they’re very pretty, they flower and, if you keep your expectations simple (think topping your cereal, not making jars of jam), they’ll reward you with an amazing-tasting treat. They’re also perfect for kids.

Watch your hands

Sue Markgraf, founder of GreenMark Public Relations, which focuses on green issues, needed a new pair of gloves before tackling a long weekend of gardening. She says it was a bit like looking at the cereal aisle in the grocery store, with myriad styles in the garden centers.

How to choose? Markgraf says, “My takeaway tip: The right glove for the right project is just as important as the right tool. Consider both comfort and safety to protect those precious hands. Many gloves have Velcro closures and are made of breathable fabrics for comfort, while leather palms and fingers cushion against branches, stones and even insects.

“Choose light gloves for simple tasks like planting annuals and containers. Select gloves with leather palms and fingers for pruning, deadheading and working mulch into soil. Heavier-duty gloves like these also are a must for more intense projects, such as light landscaping work, planting trees and dividing perennials. For roses, heavyweight gloves with cuffs protect against thorns.”

Think young

Get kids involved in growing vegetables and fruits as soon

as possible, suggests longtime gardening writer Lynn Petrak. “My two youngest were amazed to see blackberries growing from what we had planted the year before. Between those and the lettuce and pumpkins, they

Lawn and garden tips from Home Depot – WLUK Fox 11

TOWN OF HARRISON – The birds are chirping, the grass is green and many people are thinking of lawn and garden care!

FOX 11’s Emily Deem spent Sunday morning outside doing some yard work!

Mike Hesler with The Home Depot joined Emily on Good Day Wisconsin to share some great lawn and garden tips.

To find a Home Depot store near you click here.

Click on the video to the left for Emily’s Good Day Wisconsin lives.

Dog narrowly escapes death after ingesting deadly palm

A young Jack Russell terrier mix nearly died in San Marcos, Calif., after ingesting a toxic plant, and now, her concerned guardian wants to warn other pet owners of the danger, reported Thursday’s ABC 10 News.

Recently, Mitchell Woolsey’s 14-month-old pup named “Lily,” ate part of a Sago Palm, a plant commonly used for landscaping in southern states.

The toxic effect of the deadly plant quickly took effect on the young dog, who began to display symptoms of lethargy.

Her alert guardians recognized that there was a problem and she was rushed to a veterinary clinic where she fought to recover for three days.

Lily managed to pull through, thanks to the prompt veterinary attention, but things could have ended much differently if the Woolseys would have waited.

Woolsey stated:

“They basically told us this is deadly,”

Every guardian should be aware that all portions of this plant are toxic to dogs, and if they fail to vomit what they consume back up, the risk of dying is high. In fact, dogs who have consumed a portion of this toxic plant have only a 50 percent chance of survival, even with treatment.

According to Pet Poison Hotline, the following are symptoms which dogs may exhibit if they ingest the Sago Palm:

Diarrhea or vomiting
Lethargy
Inappetance
Abnormal fluid accumulation in the abdomen
Abdominal pain
Jaundice
Black-tarry stool

If you suspect that your dog has ingested any portion of the Sago Palm, please seek immediate veterinary care.

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New $40 Million Center for Science and Business Ushers in Cutting-Edge …

Monmouth College’s Center for Science and Business was designed to integrate the science and business disciplines for innovative teaching and learning opportunities. A $40 million project, the building will be formally dedicated on Friday, May 10.

Monmouth, Illinois (PRWEB) May 03, 2013

At the heart of the picturesque, 106-year-old campus of Monmouth College is the new $40 million Center for Science and Business, a 138,000-sq.-ft. building that integrates science and business in a way that will provide unique learning and teaching opportunities for students and faculty.

The Center will be formally dedicated with a ceremony on May 10 at 3 p.m. with veteran WGN Radio agribusiness reporter Orion Samuelson providing the keynote address.

“Monmouth College has audacious goals,” said President Mauri Ditzler. “We expect that the Center for Science and Business is going to produce graduates who will change the world. It seems entirely appropriate that our keynote speaker Orion Samuelson’s recent autobiography is titled ‘You Can’t Dream Big Enough,’ and that he has also happened to spend his career at the intersection of science and business.”

The Center for Science and Business is the first new building totally dedicated to academics to be built on campus in four decades and is now the College’s largest structure. Students will begin taking classes in the Center at the start of the fall semester in August.

The design of the building was driven by the belief that an education for the 21st century must highlight the integration of knowledge, and that excellent colleges go beyond offering good courses by helping students understand how all their courses fit together.

“When we designed our building, we didn’t want to focus on intersections, such as having biology next to chemistry, and where the two departments touch, that’s biochemistry,” Ditzler said. “We wanted to get all the students and faculty in the building to mix – not just a few. That’s why we put in the Great Room, which will provide what I like to call ‘serendipitous learning spaces’ – places where students and faculty will casually and accidentally interact.”

Under development for more than seven years, the project began to take shape in 2007 with a major gift from the Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, which funded the development of building plans by the award-winning international architectural firm Burt Hill, a specialist in scientific and academic facilities. Ground was broken in the summer of 2011 and construction has continued steadily over the ensuing months.

In December, a time capsule was placed in a wall near the building’s main entrance. Inside the capsule were items from each of the nine majors that will be housed inside the new building – accounting, biology, biochemistry, biopsychology, business, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, physics and psychology – as well as other official college documents.

At the May 10 dedication, students representing each of the disciplines that will be housed in the Center will deposit soil samples into containers, to be used in the landscaping of the grounds. The samples were collected in 2011 from the hometowns of members of the current sophomore class, who presented them on the day of the building’s cornerstone dedication that year.

The opening of the Center for Science and Business symbolizes the central nature of science and business in Monmouth College’s curriculum and reflects the College’s vision to provide a space that will produce graduates who are well prepared for success in a global economy.

“We want our business students to leave here with a real knowledge of what’s happening on the cutting edge of science,” Ditzler said. “We want them to be comfortable talking to science students. We want them to form contacts they will use later in life. And the reverse – we want our science students to be comfortable with ideas of business.”

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