Vicki and Jed Taufer didn't train for the second annual Tri for Kids Sake triathlon. Nor did they have all proper equipment for a triathlon, like swim goggles and road bicycles.

Zumba on Wednesdays. Academy Award-winning film showings are held Thursdays. Health screenings occur every Tuesday and Friday. Though that sounds like an extracurricular schedule of an indebted university student, these programs are just a few of the services offered to older adults in Morton Grove by North Shore Senior Center. Since taking over the programmatic activities from the village two ...

Schenectady man shot in Albany Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:28 a.m., Saturday, May 26, 2012 Morton received a single gunshot wound to his abdomen, police said in a statement Saturday morning. Medical personnel treated Morton at the scene before taking him to Albany Medical ...

Jerry Weaver says he isn’t really looking for any kind of special recognition on Memorial Day, though it makes him feel good when it comes. “We’re big on inviting children to the ceremony on Memorial Day,” said Weaver, a member of Morton Grove American Legion Post 134. “I like the number of little kids that will come up and grab your hand or your leg and they’ll say ‘thank you for your service ...

It's not what I do -- the item on the list -- that ultimately matters. What matters is why I put the task on the list in the first place. That's the energy that drives intention.

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Round three goes to the Potters. After splitting two regular season meetings, Morton and Limestone locked up for a third time with much bigger stakes on the line. The Potters came away with a 5-1 victory to claim the Class 3A Washington Regional at Brian Wisher Field.

Meg Schmitz has no trouble figuring out what she’d do if she won the lottery. “I’d fill a garage with six really nice cars. I’d put in a bar and a studio apartment and invite my friends out to play,” she said. When Schmitz says play, what she means is driving really, really fast around a race course. Not one of those sissy oval tracks, but something challenging, like Road America in Wisconsin ...

The family of 19-year-old Amanda Morton, murdered in 2000, is still awaiting David Zink's death. Eleven years ago, 19-year-old Amanda Morton was driving on Interstate 44 near Strafford when her car was hit. The other driver, David Zink -- a convicted felon -- kidnapped Morton, raped and killed her.

Evanston’s five public swimming beaches are open seven days a week during the beach season. The 2012 beach season will begin on Saturday, May 26. The last day of the season will be Monday, Sept. 3, which is Labor Day. A daily pass or season token must be presented for beach admission. Season beach tokens are on sale now at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., and all Evanston ...