Fairs, festivals and more
Your online guide to summer fun
Time to plan for summer fun. From local community celebrations to county fairs and Illinois getaway locations, the Herald News provides this online guide to affordable family fun. And remember to send us your snapshots from the local festivals in jpeg format to
fvpreaders@gmail.com.Include names and brief description with photo.
• Google Map: Local fairs and festivals
• Google Map: Kendall Co. fairs and fests
• Online: Heritage Corridor
• Google map: Find a pool
• Online: Visit Joliet
• Online: Illinois county fairs
• Online: Illinois state parks
• Online: Illinois State Fair
• Online: Illinois getaways
I scream, you scream ...
... we all scream for ice cream!
Our GO section is planning a story on the area's best ice cream shops and we'd like your input. Tell us about your favorite spot for frosty treats and why you think it licks the competition.
GREEN HOUSE BLOG
My veggies are plenty green
I love local farmers markets, because I can get produce I don't normally get. I pay less than I'd pay at a specialty store and I know it didn't take tons of carbon to come to me. This week, I'm tackling the Sputnik of veggies: kohlrabi. What are you buying/growing/getting locally? Is it from your garden, a farmers market or a CSA box?
• More Herald News blogs
PATRIOTIC PETS GALLERY
Photos of pets in red, white and blue
What better way to celebrate America's independence than dressing
up your pet? Send us pictures of your pet donned in red, white and blue to
jphoto@scn1.com for our photo gallery. Be sure to include the name of the pet and the name and hometown of the owner. Deadline for submitting photos is June 26.
• Photos: Patriotic Pets
For East, it's baptism under fire
For the new kid on the area high school football block, varsity-level
competition arrived without so much as the sounding of a full-speed
ahead whistle. Rather, there was some brief stretching. A little game of catch. Then, Plainfield East met Naperville North. The two hooked up in Round One of 7-on-7 play Tuesday night.
Correll's heroics lift JackHammers
The Joliet JackHammers scheduled fireworks for after Thursday's night series finale with the Kansas City T-Bones.But JackHammer manager Wally Backman didn't want to make the crowd of
3,892 wait until after the game, which ended with Brad Correll's
two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning that snapped
the Hammers' six-game losing streak and gave them a 6-4 win.
• Avlas keeps Hammers' pitching staff on even keel
Crisp whites, cool reds for summer
Wine isn't like your wardrobe. No need to wait until Memorial Day to bring out the whites or save that sparkly red for a holiday party. Still, there is some reason to sip with the season — as the temperature climbs think crisp, light, tangy.
• Two Buck Chuck maker sets sights on Australia
• Cool down this summer with creamy shakes
• Have a dog-gone good Fourth
• Astro-graph
• Chroncling Independence Day traditions
