Our towns: November 2007 Archives

Swami was surprised and heartened by Waukegan Mayor Dick Hyde’s 80th birthday party on Wednesday. He still can sit up and eat all by himself. Better than the Swami on some days. And it got Swami to wondering, as he often does in his pensive ode, about old things. So we went to extremescience.com to see how old Hyde is in comparison to the really old things.

Dear Master Swami: Shame on State Rep. Eddie Washington for his attempts to rename the Amstutz Expressway after former North Chicago Mayor Bobby Thompson … How would he feel if someone attempted to rename Martin Luther King Drive after someone else? I rest my case. Leave the Amstutz Expressway alone. Signed: Peeved in Waukegan