This last Saturday, I went to the Fox Lake, Illinois, Business Expo at Grant High School. It was free and quite a few local businesses were represented. This is one great aspect of small town America. A day where local businesses get to show you what they're about and plenty of freebies.
I was impressed with the great job done on the Roxanna, an old resort hotel and one of the few ones left in the Chain of Lakes. It is now a bed and breakfast on Mineola Bay on Fox Lake.
The local small town newspapers have been rolled into the Lake County Journal and struggling to survive in these bad, bad days for the newspaper industry. A friend of mine who used to work part time at the Puppet Bar when i deejayed there back in the 80s, Sherry has been with them for over 30 years, back when it was Lakeland Press.
At the Grant Township government booth, I found out that Marty, a good friend had died. I knew he was in bad shape, but no one told me. I wasn't too happy about that.
The gymnasium had four local restaurants offering their wares, including one of the few remaining Dog 'N Suds restaurants. I got the El Puerto Mexican restaurant's $5 buffet. Now that was good. Ate at a table with the Dancing Grannies and saw a group of young girls from a dance studio go through their routines as proud family members watched on.
To me, this is a life you can't get in a big city like Chicago.
I Always Wondered Why the Former Illinois Governor Would Want to Continue Living in Chicago When He Had a Perfectly Nice Governor's Mansion to Live in Down in Springfield. OK, It Has 100,000 People, But Still Has That Small Town Feel. --RoadDog
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