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Board member receives public scolding at Gurnee’s Warren-Newport library Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Warren-Newport Public Library District board member Ron Friedman has been given a public scolding by a majority of his colleagues who claim his conduct is unbecoming as an elected official. Friedman said last week's formal censure during a meeting of the Gurnee-based board was more like a "grown-up version of being bullied by a group of kids on the playground."
Andrea Farr Capizzi: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Andrea Farr Capizzi, running for Warren-Newport Library Board (6-year Terms)
Ravisankar Kondin: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Ravisankar Kondin, running for Warren-Newport Library Board (6-year Terms)
Socrates Rivers: Candidate ProfileFeb 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Socrates Rivers:, running for Warren-Newport Library Board (2-year Terms)
Warren-Newport library celebrates 40th anniversary Jan 20, 2013 12:00 AM
In the midst of the Warren-Newport Public Library District’s 40th anniversary celebration Sunday, the library’s first director, Joan Wilts, remembered the library’s humble beginnings, before the district was formed. In 1973, the library began operating in the building that would become Gurnee National Bank, at Milwaukee and Grand avenues. “That was a new building, and the bank hadn’t even moved in yet. We moved in before they did,” Wilts said.
Gurnee library candidate drawing Wednesday Jan 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Warren-Newport Public Library District in Gurnee on Wednesday will settle the ballot positioning for candidates in the April election. A lottery for simultaneous filers for library trustee candidates will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the library's McCullough board room.
Ancient Egyptians used pulley system to build pyramids Dec 18, 2012 12:00 AM
A student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee asked, "How did the Ancient Egyptians carry blocks that were 1,000 times their weight to build pyramids?" The answer is a complex pulley and sled system that was created to move the blocks hundreds of miles.
Keeping track of time started 4,000 years ago Nov 23, 2012 12:00 AM
"Who decided to have a 12-hour clock? How did they choose 12?,"asked a student in Karen Bromley's third grade class at Prairie Trail School in Gurnee.
Library district says no to videotaping meetings Nov 20, 2012 12:00 AM
Warren-Newport Public Library District board member Ron Friedman fell short in trying to convince his elected colleagues that videotaping meetings would lead to greater transparency. Board members at the Gurnee-based library district Tuesday night voted 5-2 against video recording meetings and running them on local public-access cable television or on the agency's website. Friedman, elected to a six-year library term in 2009, caused a stir among his colleagues earlier this year when he set up his equipment to video record a meeting in April.
The story behind folk tales, fairy tales, legends, myths and fables Sep 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Students in Elise Diaz's fifth grade class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, "What is the difference between a folk tale, fairy tale, legend, myth, and a fable?" “Myths often have superhuman or divine characters. Although every culture has its own myths, some of the best known come from ancient Greece,” said Nathan Breen, professor of English at the College of Lake County.
Experts say gravity in space causes satellites, other space jump to fall Aug 7, 2012 12:00 AM
"How do satellites and stuff like that fall out of space if there isn't any gravity in space?" asked a student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. Experts say there is just enough gravity in space to keep satellites orbiting Earth. But once they go lower in orbit, they slow down and fall.
Intergenerational penpals meet through Bartlett library Jul 16, 2012 12:00 AM
After months of reading the same books and exchanging letters, more than a dozen pairs of Bartlett children and residents at Clare Oaks Retirement Community met in person as part of "Pages Across Ages: An Intergenerational Reading and Writing Exchange." "Anything that promotes reading, I'm all for it," said Ella McColl, 85.
Deer tick bites can cause Lyme disease in dogs as well as people Jul 11, 2012 12:00 AM
A sixth-grader in Gregg Thompson's social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee asks about how pets can contract Lyme disease. "My dog has it," she said. Kids Ink says the answer lies with deer ticks in wooded areas. But there is a cure for the disease.
Lunch and Learn in Gurnee Jun 19, 2012 12:00 AM
Gurnee's Warren-Newport Public Library has a Lunch and Learn program set for Wednesday, June 27.
Warren-Newport library board trustee at odds with colleaguesJun 10, 2012 12:00 AM
A Warren-Newport Public Library District trustee, who considers himself an activist and frequently questions another local government agency, is being publicly scrutinized by fellow board members for his in-meeting conduct. Trustee Ron Friedman has been questioned by his peers on whether he still lives within district boundaries and criticized for videotaping a board meeting, among other issues.
Author visit at Warren-Newport library Jun 3, 2012 12:00 AM
Gurnee's Warren-Newport Public Library will host the author of best-seller "Must Love Dogs" at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 7. Claire Cook, is a former physical education teacher who wrote her first novel at age 45 in a parking lot waiting for her daughter.
An array of brain operations is at work to trigger your memory Mar 20, 2012 12:00 AM
Students in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodlands Middle School in Gurnee asked, "Why do people forget things and then remember them when they're not thinking about them?" and "How and why do our brains perceive color the way they do?"
Kids want to know: What causes gravity?Jan 24, 2012 12:00 AM
We know gravity exists because of what doesn’t happen. When we wake up we’re still in our beds, not floating near the bedroom ceiling. Gravity is the force that gives weight to objects and causes every particle to be attracted toward every particle. “Gravity is a force that acts between any two objects, no matter how far apart or how small,” said Geza Gyuk, director of astronomy at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium.
Crowd turns out for Gurnee library reopening celebration Jan 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Warren-Newport Public Library officials say a new era of service has begun for the 67,000 Lake County residents living within the district. Many turned out Sunday at the Gurnee facility's grand reopening celebration, which marked the completion of the 14-month, $8.7 million project. “It’s truly a functional and attractive building," spokeswoman Jan Marsh said.
Book sale at Gurnee library: Dec 5, 2011 12:00 AM
Friends of the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee will host a special book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.