Looking for a great way to have an inexpensive night out with the family? Maybe want to have a date night, but don’t want to do the movie thing…again? The Vernon Hills Capitals may be your answer. You may not realize it, but Vernon Hills, home of the Glacier Ice Arena, has a hockey team. The Vernon Hills Capitals will play a 26 game Great Lakes Hockey League schedule. Tickets are only $5 for adults, $3 for 55 and over or 16 and under. Children 5 and under are free. If you child plays hockey and wears their team colors, they get in free. And with free parking and reasonable concession stand, it truly makes for a very affordable night out.
According to the Great Lakes Hockey League’s website, “The Great Lakes Hockey League (GLHL) has provided fast-paced, high-energy hockey to players and fans in the Midwest since 1937. The GLHL features teams from Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and – for the first time this season – Illinois. The GLHL features players who have college hockey, junior hockey, and semi-pro experience in other leagues.
The GLHL provides players attending colleges that do not have hockey programs, as well as those beginning their careers, a place to continue playing hockey in a meaningful, competitive environment. The GLHL is governed by USA Hockey and WAHA.” *This is actually the second season for the Vernon Hills Capitals in the GLHL.
Here’s the remaining schedule for the Vernon Hills Capitals:
| January 2010 | |||
| 8th | West Bend Bombers | 8:00 PM | |
| 9th | Eagle River Falcons | 8:00 PM | |
| 15th | at Green Bay Deacons | 7:30 PM | |
| 22nd | at Green Bay Deacons | 7:30 PM | |
| 23rd | at West Bend Bombers | 8:00 PM | |
| 29th | GLHL All-Star Game hosted by Green Bay | 7:30 PM | |
| 30th | Green Bay Deacons | 8:00 PM | |
| February 2010 | |||
| 6th | at Oregon Stampede | 8:00 PM | |
| 13th | at Portage Lake Pioneers | 6:30 PM | |
| 14th | at Calumet Wolverines | 12:00 PM | |
| 19th | at Fond du Lac Bears | 8:00 PM | |
| 20th | West Bend Bombers | 8:00 PM | |
| 21st | Calumet Wolverines | 12:00 PM | |
| 27th | Fond du Lac bears | 8:00 PM | |
| March 2010 | |||
| 6th | Fox Cities Ice Dogs | 8:00 PM | |
| 12th | Fond du Lac bears | 8:00 PM | |
| 19th | Mosinee Papermakers | 8:00 PM | |
| 20th | at Oregon Stampede | 8:00 PM | |
| 26-28 | GLHL League Tournament | ||
Tags: glacier ice arena, hockey, Vernon Hills, vernon hills capitals
Be cautious of your pet frogs, amphibians and reptiles, especially if you have younger children. According to the article in the News Sun, the Lake County Health Department has linked a strain of samonella contracted by a 6 year old Gurnee boy to one carried by these creatures. The CDC has reported 83 cases in 31 states including 5 in Illinois as of December 21.
Tags: Gurnee, Health, Lake County, samonella
Welcome 2010! I’ve seen a lot of optimism that 2010 will be an improvement over 2009 for many people. So that being said, I think it was great that the News Sun put together a Wacky & Tacky of 2009. What better way to focus on some unusual happenings of last year as we welcome in what will hopefully be a very happy, healthy, and prosperous new year for Lake County!
What stories did they miss that you can share? Please comment below, it’s good for your health! (hasn’t been clinically proven, but I’m sure it won’t hurt)
Tags: Lake County, new year
The Nothern portion of the Tri-State Tollway in Lake County is getting new milepost signs. It will begin at 0 starting at the Wisconsin-Illinois border and then continuing thru the Edens Spur and match with the existing numbering system on the Edens Expressway. The other change will be it will now be considered an East-West interstate instead of North-South. When heading North to Wisconsin, you’ll actually be Westbound on the Tri-State. Read more details from full story in the News Sun.
While the signs and numbering will now conform with federal standards, I’m sure most Lake County locals will continue to refer to the directions as North and South. How will you refer to it? Feel free to leave a comment and let us know.
Today we saw the first snow fall in Vernon Hills. Although there wasn’t much accumulation, it did leave a dusting of white on some areas. Every December, between Thanksgiving and the New Year, Vernon Hills presents their Holiday Light Show on the grounds of Cuneo Museum and Gardens.It’s a drive thru light festival that provides a true winter wonderland. Living in Greggs Landing and driving by the entrance every year, day after day, I can share some tips for you to consider if you want to see the Vernon Hills Holiday Light Show. First of all, the best time to see the lights (in mine and most people’s opinion) is when there is fresh snow. This is evident by the longer lines, but it’s worth it! Don’t forget, once the snow turns dark and unappealing at the nearby Hawthorn Mall and on the roads, the Cuneo Museum and Gardens grounds are mostly untouched except for the car traffic for the light show. Another suggestion is that prices are higher on Friday, Saturday and Holidays, and so are the lines. Save yourself some money and go on a Sunday-Thursday, which are usually not as crowded. Finally, the light show opens at 6pm. There is usually a line that forms before it opens. So you will sit and wait until it opens and then wait in line. Going later will, most of the time, allow you to forgo the waiting.
And for those of you that don’t know how to get to the Vernon Hills Holiday Light Show, please don’t follow directions to the Cuneo Museum and Gardens. The light show has it’s own entrance off Lakeview Parkway. You can access it off Townline Road (Route 60) about halfway between Milwaukee Ave. and Butterfield Road.
Visit the Lake County Happens Calendar for dates and times plus find other holiday events and much more happenings in Vernon Hills and the surrounding Lake County villages!
Feel free to share you comments, pictures and videos on the Vernon Hills Holiday Lights Show with us.
Tags: christmas, festival, holiday, lights, Vernon Hills
Beginning January 1, 2010, Lake Forest will beginning using the Denver Boot, which is already common in Chicago and several other Lake County villages. Although the outstanding parking tickets don’t compare to what the city of Chicago faces, Lake Forest could recoup as much as $21,000 if the top 16 parking ticket offenders paid up, according to Deputy Police Chief Glenn Burmeister. As villages struggle to make budgets work with a struggling economy, every dollar helps.
The boot clamps onto the wheel of a vehicle and immobilizes it. Lake Forest will require all outstanding parking tickets and fines to be paid, plus a $100 fee in order to remove the boot. Lake Forest is giving those with outstanding parking tickets a grace period of this month to pay their fines. Currently, a typical parking ticket in Lake Forest costs $15. Beginning in the New Year, those that haven’t paid, may be the first to experience the “Lake Forest” Boot.
Nearby Libertyville has been using the boot, but only sparingly and when they do, payment usually follows soon after.
So if you live, work, shop, visit, or commute in Lake Forest, make sure your parking tickets are paid!
Tags: Denver Boot, Lake Forest, Libertyville, parking
I think this will make the 12th Chicago area Taco El Norte restaurant when it opens it doors on Thursday, November 5. The Mexican restaurant is occupying the space of former Grill 21 on Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville, IL. Living in nearby Gregg’s Landing, I’ve passed by the restaurant many times over the last couple months and it appears they have completely renovated the space. What caught my eye today was the sign announcing their Grand Opening on Thursday. I didn’t immediately find any information online about the new location in Libertyville, but the sign was good enough for me to share with you that we’ll be stopping in for some chips, salsa and margaritas one day soon.
If you have any information you’d like to share, or visit yourself, please share you comments!
Tags: Libertyville, restaurant, Tacos El Norte
In downtown Libertyville there is a place that makes you feel like you’re in Texas or the Carolinas. Not by the surroundings, but by the tastes on the menu at Mainstreet Smokehouse. Eddie Moore is passionate about his bbq and it shows in this conversation I had with him recently.
Mainstreet Smokehouse Libertyville
I even got a chance to visit the kitchen and see the two 200lb smokers “where real B.B.Q. is smoked.”
Libertyville Mainstreet Smokehouse Smokers
Mainstreet Smokehouse has eat in, carry out, catering, lunch specials, serves beer and one of my favorite features is and outdoor seating area. Located at 536 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL 60048. You can call them at (847)-247-4330
Tags: bbq, Libertyville, Mainstreet Smokehouse, restaurant
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