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Check Out Our Ken Schroeder, Mate!

September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Zion’s Ken Schroeder and His Son Bike the Australian Perimeter For Charity Ken and Sam Schroeder are biking around Australia to raise money for the newly established Chicago chapter of the Boys to Men, a worldwide mentoring organization dedicated supporting young men to become strong, accountable, and compassionate. Ken, a substance abuse counselor for the Lake County Health Department, is not new to distance cycling. Nor is he new to trekking through Australia. In 1982, Ken logged 9000 miles there. And in 1984, he biked from Cairo to Cape Town in Africa to raise money for Milwaukee Children’s... [Read the full story]

Zion Bizz

Farewell to Summer: Who Makes the Best Dog

September 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Summer is vacating the premises, and before it is a distant memory, we’d like to give Da-Chief one last fling with his very favorite food: the hot dog. About now, those fine local hot dog artists should have just about perfected their technique, so we are touring around Zion-Benton to find out who makes the best hot dog. Our judge will be Da-Chief. He is the ultimate hot dog conniosseur. The hot dog has been his favorite food for 43 years now. He has eaten an estimated 4.472 hot dogs in his lifetime. He is a meticulous critic. So here’s how we are approaching this: I go to the hot dog... [Read the full story]

Sportzz

Remember!! ZEE-BEES VS LibertyVille Friday!!

September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Just a Reminder, our Fighting ZeeBee’s will be playing at ZBTHS Friday night!! 7:30 PM Kick off for Varsity!! Come root on our Fighting ZeeBee Team!! D/C Read More →

Town Hive

Celebrating the Market Square Groundbreaking

September 4, 2009 · 1 Comment

A ceremonial groundbreaking took place yesterday at the northeast corner of Sheridan Road and 28th Street at the site of phase one of Zion Market Square. Phase one of the square will be a three story construction to include an 84-room Best Western Inn and Suites, a banquet hall, first floor retail, a 24-hour fitness facility, and a restaurant. This structure, which will stand at the site of the historical Zion Hotel, has been designed to reflect–if not downright resemble–the architecture of the old hotel. Rick Delisle, the developer of Market Square, described how, when complete, Market... [Read the full story]

Family Bees

Chasing my tail!!

September 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Life has us by the tails right now!! Kids going in every direction, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Swim team, etc etc etc.. All that with Dad in School for a teaching degree and mom a RN.. Fun Times!! We will have more Zion News soon! Da-Chief Read More →