| Landscape Structures Introduces the Evos Playsystem
MINNEAPOLIS, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Landscape Structures Inc., the nation's leading designer and manufacturer of playground equipment for elementary schools and city parks, has introduced Evos(TM), a new generation of playsystems that are designed to provide greater challenges to children and keep them playing longer and more energetically. Unlike traditional playsystems that feature prescribed entry and exit points that channel the flow of play, Evos has a three-dimensional spherical design that offers each kid an infinite number of ways to enter, exit and move through the playsystem. With Evos, play is possible in every direction, and no two play experiences are ever the same. This free-style unscripted form of play allows kids to continually challenge themselves, which keeps them playing longer and more energetically.
Oak Lawn Referendum Update
Residents in two school districts, 122 and 229, will vote on referendums Tuesday, Apri1 17. If they don't pass cuts will be made in the local schools. Ridgeland School District 122 is $2.3 million below the annual budget, and officials have stated if the referendum does not pass teachers and school programs will be cut. The referendum will ask for a 70 cents tax increase to $3.01 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation. The school district includes Columbus Manor, 9700 S. Mayfield Ave., Oak Lawn; Harnew, 9101 S. Meade Ave., Oak Lawn; Kolb, 9620 S. Normandy Ave., Oak Lawn; Lieb, 9101 S. Pembroke Ave., Bridgeview; and Simmons Middle School, 6450 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn. Oak Lawn Community High School, District 229, will have a similar referendum, calling for a 22 cent per $100 of the equalized assessed value of a home in the district.
Elizabeth Reilley, gardening expert, dies
NEW YORK, April 7 (UPI) — Elizabeth Kals Reilley, who donated her large collection of horticultural books and art to the New York Botanical Garden, has died at age 99. Her death was announced by the organization, The New York Times reported. Born in an upper-class family in Vienna, Reilley was first exposed to gardens on walks with her governess. She later studied painting in Paris and archaeology in Vienna. She was invited to leave Austria in 1939 after helping her Jewish first husband and Jewish friends get out of the country. In New York, Reilley worked as a librarian and photographer. In 1969, she began work on a library at the Planting Fields Arboretum near her home in Muttontown, and served as its librarian from its opening in 1975 to her retirement at age 93 in 2001.
Berkeley This Week
Impeachment Banner Fridays at 6:45 to 8 a.m. on the Berkeley Pedestrian bridge between Seabreeze Market and the Berkeley Aquatic Park, ongoing on Fridays until impeachment is realized. www. Impeachbush-cheney.com City Commons Club Noon Luncheon with Dr. Fred Nachtwey on “Sleep" Luncheon at 11:45 a.m. for $14, speech at 12:30 p.m., at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant St. For information and reservations call 526-2925. “Tales of Western Ornithologists" with Harry Fuller at 7 p.m. at the Live Oak Recreation Center. Sponsored by Golden Gate Auddubon Society. Cost is $10-$15. 843-2222. Oceans Awareness to bring awareness of the problem of plastic in our oceans at 5 p.m. at Lower Sproul Plaza, UC Campus. Sponsored by CALPIRG. Alcohol Free Weekend Can You Do It? Take the sober weekend challenge sponsored by UC Berkeley Health Serives.
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