Grayslake News

When a trio of siblings learns a farmer's plans for them, "The Three Little Pigs" run away.

In anticipation of applying for federal stimulus funding assistance, village trustees have approved preparation for a $206,500 engineering study to resurface Lake Street and reconstruct Atkinson Road.

Grayslake Elementary District 46 administrators and other non-union employees will receive a 1 percent raise for the 2009-2010 academic year, despite some public feedback against such a move.

The Chapel has purchased a church building in Lake Zurich, making it their sixth campus in Lake County.

All of the files on former Avon Township supervisor Shirley Christian's government computer were erased by her daughter and a friend before she departed office, according to a recently released report.

Lake County's unemployment rate rose 2.6 percent from May 2008 to May 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Isolated Senior Citizens in Antioch, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, the Round Lake area and Grayslake are the focus of a new outreach program to improve their access to health services called Access to Care.

Sale: The Antioch Arts Foundation will hold a yard art sale from 9 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Gallery, 983 Main St.

Need a fireworks fix now? Grayslake will kick-off its Fourth of July celebration a week early with the annual family picnic and fireworks, featuring the Taste of Grayslake, from 3-11 p.m. June 27 in Central Park.

About 70 entrants signed up for the Miss, Junior Miss and Little Miss Lake County Fair pageants by Tuesday's deadline.

Some complaints received by Gurnee village board members and a desire to update local laws led to a discussion Wednesday night on whether tighter regulations should be placed on recreational vehicle parking in residential neighborhoods.

The 70-member Mount Prospect Community Band presents a concert of patriotic favorites, including "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "America The Beautiful." Concertgoers should bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Tired of not getting paid by the state of Illinois for about six months, contractors have stopped working on a $2.5 million remodeling project at College of Lake County's Grayslake campus.

Faire: Antioch's Summer Arts and Crafts Faire will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday on Toft Street and in the adjoining parking lot.

Planting and tour: The Friends of the Grayslake Farmers Market will gather to plant native plants at 9 a.m. Saturday in Centennial Park, 149 Center St.

What's a little dirt and mud to volunteer gardeners? The Friends of the Grayslake Farmers Market sent out a team of seven Saturday to embed 1,500 native plants at Centennial Park.

It's close to last call for entering the Miss, Junior Miss and Little Miss Lake County Fair pageant.

"The Force Among Us," a documentary film about Star Wars fans that was partially shot on the College of Lake County Grayslake campus and includes an interview with CLC sociology professor and Star Wars/Star Trek expert John Tenuto, will be shown on June 12 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, located at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 164 N.

Events already have been held at the centerpiece expo building, but not all facilities will be ready for the annual Lake County Fair, which begins July 28 at a new site at Peterson and Midlothian roads in Grayslake.

For the second time in the last four years, Grayslake/Grayslake Central High has captured an IHSA sectional baseball title.