The blossoms on the Bradford pears have opened up.
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On the National Register of Historic Places. "The building, designed by architect David E. Anderson, was constructed in 1931 at the site of the Iron County Fair, which began in 1899. The building has a central, two-story octagonal section with single-story wings radiating outward. The building is perhaps the last of a series of polygonal county fair exhibition buildings built in Michigan, the first being built as early as 1860. The octagonal section of the Iron County Fair Exhibition Hall has a low pitched roof, clerestory windows, and a gable with a porthole window over the round-arched main entrance." It was pretty cool.
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The "Roaring 57s" unit of the West Suburban Medinah Shriners gets ready for the Forest Park St. Patrick's Day parade. This unit alone raises $10,000 each year for the Shrine Hospitals, thanks to the "honoraria--nothing as crass as payment" they receive for the 40-60 parades they participate in annually. This year they already have eight parades scheduled on July 4th!
As someone who has been known to do some fundraising in my time, let me tell you that every organization should be fortunate enough to have ambassadors as enthusiastic and knowledgeable as these men are.
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A giant Dalmation from the dog park group, my "roaring 57s" Shriner friends, an ornament on a lawn rangers lawnmower, a green-haired dog with the dogpark group, a Shriner's plane.
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A Jackie Kennedy pillbox, a snood, a cape fit for a druid, and even a sideways baseball cap at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park.
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