Nurse of the Year, Roosevelt Track Goes to State: Local Voices

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: The annual celebration highlighted the inspirational achievements by Seguin participants and the generous contributions of community volunteers and donors. Seguin was fortunate to hear from Governor Pat Quinn.  

"Careless Whisper" Crooner Crashes: So many celebrities crashing their cars; so little time to wag a self-righteous finger at all of them.  I picked one after culling through the source of all things celebrity: TMZ.com.  This week’s most interesting car crasher is George Michael.  Alternate title for my blog - Wham! singer goes Bam!

Oak Park Resident Named Loyola's Nurse of the Year: Joyce Despe, RN, was named Loyola University Health System’s Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on May 8. Despe is a nurse on a surgical services floor at Loyola University Medical Center.

Frank Lloyd Wright Tour Bonus!: The W.E. Martin House built in 1903 is also offered for sale. This flowing Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie sited on double lot has rich oak trim, art glass, 3 fireplaces, 5 bedrooms, 2.2 bathrooms, central air and private porches. Call 708-524-1100 for a private showing. 

Roosevelt Middle School Girls' Track Team Headed to State: Fourteen River Forest Roosevelt Middle School girls' track team athletes qualified for the State AA Track meet May 18 in Peoria. At Saturday's Illinois Elementary School Association Class AA sectional track meet, Roosevelt's 7th grade girls' team won first place, led by the 400m run. 

The Seven Habits of De-Stressed People: Treating ‘de-stress’ as a learned art, Rabbi Dr Wolf nominates four primary ‘artist tools’: the paint-brush of Mindfulness, the canvas of Spiritual Dexterity, the chisel of Meditation, and the eye of Conscious Positivity. He draws freely from ancient wisdoms alongside cutting edge scientific inquiry.

Choosing the Perfect Wedding Photographer: It’s your honeymoon, and you get notified that your wedding pictures have finally been prepared. Instead of gazing into the moments of love captured between you and your new spouse, you see blurry screenshots of the back of your wedding cake—which you spent months deciding on—and the wooden panels of your venue dance floor. You have regrettably chosen the wrong photographer.