Story posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Must Be Summer In Downtown Glenview
Jack Nymark works the Rotary Club tent/booth at Saturday's Glenview Summer Festival. The Club displayed types of tents and survival kits it sends to areas and countries in need.
By TOM ROBB Journal & Topics Reporter
On a bright sunny Saturday last weekend, local residents and visitors from around the area celebrated summer at Glenview's Summer Festival.
Attendance was slightly down this year compared with years past, according to Glenview Chamber of Commerce President Kathy Miles. There were no major incidents or problems at the festival.
The festival is in its 36th year in Glenview. All except one of those years the festival was held at its current location on Glenview Road between Harlem Avenue and Waukegan Road. As in past years kids lined up at the fire station located right in the middle of the festival area on Glenview Road. With the assistance of firefighters, children doused a small wooden house with painted flames with a real fire hose and slid down a portable fire pole.
Street performers including a magician and clown roved the fest entertaining.
Cars and motorcycles were polished to a high shine at the annual car show. Vintage cars ranged from hot rods to sleek, vintage Porsches. Among the entrees at this year's car show was a tiny 1957 BMW Isetta, a 1942 civilian Harley Davidson motorcycle and a 1931 two-door Chevy Roadster.
Miles said she spoke with some vendors whose sales were down and some whose sales were up. She said one of the Boy Scout troops sold more food than it ever had before while one of the jewelers taking part in the street sale complained sales were off.
One minor administrative mishap was avoided when Glenbrook South High School club STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) discovered their application had not been received by the Chamber of Commerce that was coordinating the booths shortly before the event.
Miles worked with STAND faculty advisor Matt Whipple and the club was able to have a booth at this year's event as they have in past years to raise awareness and funds for a school the club is sponsoring in the troubled African nation.
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