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SALES FALL SHORT BUT
RESIDENTS CHEER NEW
The new Flick and
The menu includes
traditional favorites – hot dogs, hamburgers and grilled
cheese, but there’s also “mom” food: grilled fish or chicken
sandwiches and Caesar salad.
Sunday’s festivities
were at Roosevelt Pool where workmen put finishing touches on
one aquatic play space at around
Speaking to a crowd of about 100, Park Board President Doug Kaiser praised planners for retaining the charm of the old Roosevelt Pool, opened in 1946. Among other things, they designed a center island reminiscent of the original, created a new concessions building that matches the old bath house, erected a giant photograph of the old pool to screen the concessions’ entrance, and used animal statues from the original pool to decorate the grounds.
Commissioner Judy Beck,
who has served on the park board for more than 25 years, was
delighted. Recalling her early days in
Director of Leisure Services Bob Quill also expressed satisfaction with the outcome. He noted sales of season passes were well below early projections. At one point, the district thought it might attract 12,000 regulars but has only sold 7,000 passes so far. Quill and others believe that number will rise with summer temperatures and as word of the new ties spreads.
Editor’s note:
Those most likely to be disappointed by the new facilities are
adults who voted for a tax hike after reading promises of lap
pools at both locations. As with the pool at
BULL FANS MOURN
BART’S PASSING
Bart the Bull, who put
BAKER EYES
RENNECKAR’S SITE IN
A man who worked in the research
kitchens of Kraft Foods and spent time on the job at
Bennison's bakery in
HISTORIC MOMENT FOR
HISTORIC BUILDING
The Glenview Park
District’s at
LIBRARY LORE
You can also sign up for the Bus
Tour of the Riches of Racine, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 9
with popular tour guide Bill Hinchliff. The day includes stops
at the beautiful new
And mark your calendar for
POLITICAL PATTER
The Democrats of
Northfield Township will be making the most of those long
summer nights with a series of Thursday night lectures on
current issues and events. Here’s the schedule for those
conversation – Thursdays from
June 30th –
School Funding & Property Taxes: The Glen Park Center, 2400
Chestnut Ave. Ralph Matire, Executive Director for Center for
Tax & Budget Accountability, and Donna Baiocchi, Executive
Director for EDRED: The Voice of Suburban Schools will speak
about proposed changes to the way public schools are funded and
the ongoing legislative effort. We’ve heard Martire speak, and
he’s excellent.
July 14th –
Local Democrats and You: Values, Ideas & the Future.
READERS WRITE
HS offers this analysis
of a scary crash on
intersection I have seen many accidents. Most of them are
similar: one car going eastbound and another car facing
westbound about to turn southbound on Landwehr.
My theory on this is that often the cars on eastbound
eastbound Palatine road which is just like an expressway for
speed and they also are used to going fast. The cars that are
going westbound on Willow have only been going 35 or 45 mph and
are not expecting highway traffic coming at them. Thus you have
two different mindsets of drivers on a collision course.”
The Watch replies:
“Your analysis is terrific, and it begs the question of why IDOT
doesn't use signs and flashing lights to slow that eastbound
traffic down. The village really should stop pretending
And Laura writes about
another traffic concern: “I
can't believe the village has put up a ‘No Right On Red’ sign
from Lehigh turning east onto Chestnut! There are at least a
dozen cars that now sit through each light sequence, almost
backing into the center lane of traffic, waiting to make that
turn. The intersection has been so frustrating since the
installation of the turn only arrows, and now this! The light
sequences are too long, the arrows don't always get activated,
or they do and are too short! I frequently drive this way, and
it's making me crazy! So much for efficiency! Can you find out
why they have done this?”
The Watch replies:
The “no right on red” rule was approved after a resident
wrote to village officials to describe three incidents in which
vehicles had turned right onto Chestnut, only to become trapped
between the railroad crossing gates and the tracks. After
consulting with state traffic experts, staff recommended and the
trustees approved a change. Assistant Village Manager Joe Wade
says the village will have its traffic engineer review the
crossing to see if the lights and train sensors could be
sequenced to determine if a green right turn arrow is possible.
On a related note, drivers who want to go west on Chestnut from
northbound Lehigh are obliged to wait for a left turn arrow.
“[We] have received several phone calls and letters from
residents expressing their dissatisfaction with ‘Left Turn on
Green Arrow Only’ at Lehigh and Chestnut,” Wade wrote to the
village board. “These motorists are particularly displeased with
the time it takes to turn westbound on Chestnut Avenue from
northbound Lehigh Avenue, and have asked the village to alter
the sequencing or eliminate the ‘Left on Green Arrow Only’
regulation. . .Staff does not recommend [either option] for the
following reasons: [State experts] believe that current left
turn movement controls are ‘one of the safest measures’ to
accommodate vehicle flow at railroad intersections. Staff has
measured the delay time for this turn movement, and found that
in most cases, motorists are waiting less than two minutes to
turn westbound on
CF shares another
reader’s concern about chemicals used to treat lawns and gardens
in
Fritz doubts District
34 will change attendance boundaries to ease overcrowding:
“Whatever official said that District 34 would be willing to
move boundaries and change clusters must have just popped out
from under a very big rock. Nothing has been more difficult for
District 34 officials than changing boundaries to achieve
balance in student populations. I would also like to challenge
the contention that the new style of teaching with open
classrooms and group settings requires more space than a
traditional classroom. Anybody want to determine if the new
style works? If these career educators were interested more in
outputs from our school system and less about having more and
higher paid teachers we might find lots of solutions to a
balloon in student population.”
And WM thinks The Watch
gave too little credit to those who worried about giving the
Kohl Children’s Museum blanket license to hang banners: “Those
banners may appear to be a minor matter, but they are not.
Check with the Greater
The Democrats of
Northfield Township will be making the most of those long
summer nights with a series of Thursday night lectures on
current issues and events. Here’s the schedule for those
conversation – Thursdays from
June 30th –
School Funding & Property Taxes: The Glen Park Center, 2400
Chestnut Ave. Ralph Matire, Executive Director for Center for
Tax & Budget Accountability, and Donna Baiocchi, Executive
Director for EDRED: The Voice of Suburban Schools will speak
about proposed changes to the way public schools are funded and
the ongoing legislative effort. We’ve heard Martire speak, and
he’s excellent.
July 14th –
Local Democrats and You: Values, Ideas & the Future.
READERS WRITE
HS offers this analysis
of a scary crash on
intersection I have seen many accidents. Most of them are
similar: one car going eastbound and another car facing
westbound about to turn southbound on Landwehr.
My theory on this is that often the cars on eastbound
eastbound Palatine road which is just like an expressway for
speed and they also are used to going fast. The cars that are
going westbound on Willow have only been going 35 or 45 mph and
are not expecting highway traffic coming at them. Thus you have
two different mindsets of drivers on a collision course.”
The Watch replies:
“Your analysis is terrific, and it begs the question of why IDOT
doesn't use signs and flashing lights to slow that eastbound
traffic down. The village really should stop pretending
And Laura writes about
another traffic concern: “I
can't believe the village has put up a ‘No Right On Red’ sign
from Lehigh turning east onto Chestnut! There are at least a
dozen cars that now sit through each light sequence, almost
backing into the center lane of traffic, waiting to make that
turn. The intersection has been so frustrating since the
installation of the turn only arrows, and now this! The light
sequences are too long, the arrows don't always get activated,
or they do and are too short! I frequently drive this way, and
it's making me crazy! So much for efficiency! Can you find out
why they have done this?”
The Watch replies:
The “no right on red” rule was approved after a resident
wrote to village officials to describe three incidents in which
vehicles had turned right onto Chestnut, only to become trapped
between the railroad crossing gates and the tracks. After
consulting with state traffic experts, staff recommended and the
trustees approved a change. Assistant Village Manager Joe Wade
says the village will have its traffic engineer review the
crossing to see if the lights and train sensors could be
sequenced to determine if a green right turn arrow is possible.
On a related note, drivers who want to go west on Chestnut from
northbound Lehigh are obliged to wait for a left turn arrow.
“[We] have received several phone calls and letters from
residents expressing their dissatisfaction with ‘Left Turn on
Green Arrow Only’ at Lehigh and Chestnut,” Wade wrote to the
village board. “These motorists are particularly displeased with
the time it takes to turn westbound on Chestnut Avenue from
northbound Lehigh Avenue, and have asked the village to alter
the sequencing or eliminate the ‘Left on Green Arrow Only’
regulation. . .Staff does not recommend [either option] for the
following reasons: [State experts] believe that current left
turn movement controls are ‘one of the safest measures’ to
accommodate vehicle flow at railroad intersections. Staff has
measured the delay time for this turn movement, and found that
in most cases, motorists are waiting less than two minutes to
turn westbound on
CF shares another
reader’s concern about chemicals used to treat lawns and gardens
in
Fritz doubts District
34 will change attendance boundaries to ease overcrowding:
“Whatever official said that District 34 would be willing to
move boundaries and change clusters must have just popped out
from under a very big rock. Nothing has been more difficult for
District 34 officials than changing boundaries to achieve
balance in student populations. I would also like to challenge
the contention that the new style of teaching with open
classrooms and group settings requires more space than a
traditional classroom. Anybody want to determine if the new
style works? If these career educators were interested more in
outputs from our school system and less about having more and
higher paid teachers we might find lots of solutions to a
balloon in student population.”
And WM thinks The Watch
gave too little credit to those who worried about giving the
Kohl Children’s Museum blanket license to hang banners: “Those
banners may appear to be a minor matter, but they are not.
Check with the Greater
YOUR TURN: Write to glenviewwatch@aol.com or 3537 Maple Leaf Drive, Glenview, IL 60026. If you haven’t already done so, please consider making a contribution to support The Watch. Non-deductible checks should be payable to Glenview Watch. Thanks for your support and for reading. Dean Schott and Sandy Hausman, Co-Editors.