Sentences with phrase «of lake»

To separate from the Huntley Park District, 51 percent of the Lake in the Hills residents being served by the district would have to sign petitions by Dec. 1.

The plan includes recommendations for restoring native species, replacing trails and the playground, enhancing the water quality of Lake Ellyn and restoring its shoreline, as well as renovating the boathouse.

They ate the bark off two groves of crabapple trees in the Cancer Survivors Plaza, just west of Lake Shore Drive, killing them.

The private school had completed more than half of the artificial field north of LaSalle Drive and west of Lake Shore Drive when an Illinois appellate court ruled this week that the school must cease construction.

GLENVIEW ART LEAGUE OUTDOOR ART FAIR: July 24 - 25; Lyon School grounds, corner of Lake Avenue and Waukegan Road, Glenview.

The shoreline and water quality of Lake Ellyn will be under scrutiny later this summer.

In Chicago, the Park District will use a new high - tech system that uses computer software to give real - time predictions of bacteria counts based on such factors as water temperature, modeling of the lake bottom and wave action monitored by buoys.

Members of the Lake in the Hills Village Board, which has been in a dispute with Cary over the land, declined to comment Tuesday night after meeting in executive session to discuss legal strategies in the aftermath of the news about the contract.

The club, situated on the shore of Lake Michigan, has a long history of environmental violations: the worst is direct discharge of more than 400 tons of lead into the lake throughout its 70 - plus - year history.

The community center would be built in Springfield Park on Springfield Drive, south of Lake Street.

But Speer said the program, part of the Lake County Coalition on Teen Pregnancy, represents «a drop in the bucket «and estimated there are about 1,200 teenage mothers in Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion alone.

Museum officials hope to replace an existing subterranean fieldhouse at Randolph Street, just west of Lake Shore Drive, with a new $ 100 million museum, which will also be built mostly underground.

-- «Serious questions «about the benefit to the city of moving the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive to the west side of Soldier Field, especially if the $ 40 million project diverts state and federal road funds that could have been used elsewhere in the city;

Good news from the agency is that the amount of suspended solids, or small bits of pulverized vegetation, seems to be decreasing from Lippold Park and Crystal Cove Pond, north of the lake.

Despite the threat of a Lake in the Hills condemnation lawsuit to buy the Hoffman Farm on Illinois Highway 31, the Cary Park District voted Thursday night to issue $ 12 million in general obligation bonds to finance the acquisition of the farmland.

But Bears fans were inconvenienced, too, during the relocation of Lake Shore Drive lanes and building of the campus in the mid - to late - 1990s, so the museums can't gripe too much.

Fred Schein walked briskly through the play lot and then to the edge of the sand, where a lone willow tree was silhouetted against the darkening blue of the lake and sky.

Members of the Lake in the Hills Village Board, which has been in a dispute with Cary over the land, declined to comment after meeting in executive session to discuss legal strategies in the aftermath of the news...

One of the most expensive projects this year would be work on reconstructing the system of walls that protects the city from the waters of Lake Michigan.

The Glen Ellyn Park District board is considering a new renovation of the lake, Atwell said.

-- The park district drops its objection to the relocation of the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive to the west of Soldier Field, so long as the change does not reduce stadium parking.

GLEN ELLYN — About 10 people attended a Park District meeting Tuesday evening to review and discuss plans for the restoration of Lake Ellyn.

Such privileges are his because Conley has volunteered to oversee the water quality and fish life of Lake Ellyn.

On Saturday, Giordani joined dozens of children and teens at Burnham Park to compete in the Chicago Park District's Cross Country Championship, a 1 - mile race on the shores of Lake Michigan.

«That's why I volunteered to be the gatekeeper of the lake.»

When shooting resumed, so did lead pollution of the lake.

In addition, if the district is determined to be the owner of the lake, the district may be eligible for grant funds through the federal Conservation 2000 program, which could be used to assist in lake cleanup efforts, she added.

The story begins nearly two years ago, when the Chicago Park District cut a deal allowing the private Latin School to build a soccer field on a parcel of land north of LaSalle Drive, and west of Lake Shore Drive.

The district filed the suit in 1995, in which it laid claim to 90 percent of the lake bed.

For a plan that's intended to increase the tranquility of Chicago's lakefront, the proposed relocation of Lake Shore Drive west of Soldier Field got off to a turbulent start Wednesday.

Edward Uhlir, a landscape architect for the park district, said the employees also have discovered a volume of lithographs of parks in Paris believed to have been compiled between 1880 and 1890 and newspaper accounts of the era «s big events, including a bad storm that hit in 1921 and the construction of Lake Shore Drive.

In cooperation with the Gurnee Park District and the village, District 56 has bought the property next to Viking School that the Special Education District of Lake County vacated when it moved into new quarters in Gages Lake last year.

The issue is complicated further by the fact that the middle of the lake is the border between Lakewood and Crystal Lake, and the two municipalities could not agree on lake safety regulations.

Protect Our Parks said it would have a news conference Tuesday at Montrose Harbor to propose an alternate site north of Montrose and east of Lake Shore Drive.

Barrington Park District officials have unveiled plans to alter the course of Lake Zurich Road through Jewel Tea Co. property along Northwest Highway and Lake Zurich Road.

Latin School has begun construction of a $ 2 million soccer field that runs next to softball fields north of La Salle Drive and just west of Lake Shore Drive.

The Village Board also supported Park District plans to move the entrance of Lake Zurich Road farther from the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad tracks.

The head - on crash happened shortly after 8 a.m. on Hicks Road about one - quarter mile north of Lake Cook Road, according to a press release from the Long Grove Fire Protection District.

Offering seasonal fresh produce from local farms on a salad bar - photo courtesy of Lake Stevens School District

Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, the picturesque views are enough to settle any frazzled, holiday nerves, but festive lights make it especially cozy during this time of year.

Camp under the stars or go for a swim on the far side of the lake for a new perspective.

Aside from the Forest Preserves of Lake County is full of picturesque playgrounds that offer the best of both a forest preserve and a playground.

We swam out to the island in the middle of the lake, covered our bodies with mineral mud and just basked there topless, looking like blue - grey sea creatures, until we made our way back to the rocks.

The reward: Enjoy the shimmering beauty of Lake Shermerville, a man - made lake that offers catch - and - release fishing (and a really pretty view).

Cross off a national park and summer fun all at the same time with a visit to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which runs along 15 miles of the southern shore of Lake Michigan, just an hour from Chicago.

Jordan Lake is also a mecca for bird watchers because it supports the largest concentration of bald eagles in the eastern U.S.. For the best viewing, seek out areas that afford a wide view of the lake, including Vista Point, Ebenezer and Seaforth recreation areas.

The decision, made Wednesday by the 2nd District Appellate Court in Elgin, settles a 1995 suit filed by the park board, in which it laid claim to 90 percent of the lake bed.

Residents voiced concern about reducing green space, as reconfiguring Lenox Road could involve 25 feet of right of way now part of Lake Ellyn Park.

Dana Kite, Director of Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods Camps, an overnight camp in Michigan shares:

A Lake County judge ruled Tuesday that most of the 230 - acre lake bed belongs to the Crystal Lake Park District, settling a 1995 suit filed by the park board in which it laid claim to about 90 percent of the lake bed.