By Mary Fairchild At the CASKA gathering last night, held at Chicago’s Jackson Park Yacht Club, I had a chance to catch up with Gary Steinbauer. Gary and I attended some of our first kayaking with the club together in 201l. We’ve both paddled not only Lake Michigan, but the whitewater park in Yorkville which had just opened in 2011. Taking…
Kayaking With Team River Runner on Armed Forces Day
By Mary Fairchild (Craig Esposito [upside down] teaching the bow rescue to a veteran at Menomonee Park, Menomonee Falls, Wi.) I needed to fill out the questionnaire for this event last week when I first saw it on Facebook on the CASKA page which read, “Please help us get two more RSVPs for this event…Adaptive paddling–kayakers wanted.” For…
Nancy Ortberg Speaks at Willow Creek: Bill Hybels’ Women Unveil Deep Ecumenism
By Mary Fairchild Update: Summer Notes: Dave Dummitt Picks Up Bill Hybels’ Mantle at Willow Creek Community Church to Promote Peter Drucker’s “Next Society” (July 2022) Mother’s Day at Willow Creek Church, South Barrington, Illinois. 2013. Willow Creek/Faith/Politics Mystical writings and spiritual exercises from the fourth to fifteenth century were listed in the womens’ ministries…
Who Do You Think You Are: The Ellevens Band
By Mary Fairchild “The Wanted” (original)Youtube, Otto’s Halloween Smash, DeKalb, IL. The Ellevens are a jive blend of blues, rock , beach vibrations, and other good things. Formerly known as Daven Masulis and Company. Photo Credit Dan Dusing Productions: Dan Orlowski, Echo Kaelin, Dan Orlowski, David Fairchild, B.Joeseph Dzwonnik, Daven Masulis, Ryan Kaplan, Aaron Dingess.
Forest Service and Public/Private Partnerships: Selling us Access to Our Own Investments
By Mary Fairchild (Mt. Lemmon, Tuscon, Arizona. Flickr Pictures.) Our country has beautiful national forests and parks to explore. Many of us enjoy exploring them. At one time, the undeveloped areas required no money to enter, and developed facilities were basic but affordable. “The Forest Service will be allowing private companies to sell us access to our…
Willow Creek Community Church 2013: Cool Global Engagement Strategy
By Mary Fairchild Willow Creek/Politics Update: Summer Notes: Dave Dummitt Picks Up Bill Hybels’ Mantle at Willow Creek Community Church to Promote Peter Drucker’s “Next Society” (July 2022) Bill Hybels preaching at Willow Creek Community Church; 5/5/13. (Flickr Pictures; Globalism Post.) “The beauty, the power, and potential in the local church is head-popping to me. There’s no…