More than 85 area golfers hit the links at Steeple Chase Golf Club in Mundelein Sept. 25 in support of the Green Oaks – Libertyville – Mundelein – Vernon Hills Chamber of Commerce.

Dozens of kites were taken up into the air by the wind Aug. 9 at the Chicago Botanic Garden two day Kite Festival.

Shoppers converged on Grace Lutheran Church in Libertyville August 8 for the opening day of the Aimee Rick Memorial Rummage Sale.

The barns are full, the food is cooking, the midway lights are flashing and the gates to the 2008 Lake County Fair are open.

Taking a page from the "Harry Potter" series, the Cook Memorial Public Library had families step into the positions of pawns, rooks and knights.