Cook Country Forest Preserve Meeting
April 2, 2009
Two excellent speakers presented information on the FIRST Illinois High School Association (“ISHA”) bass fishing tournament to be held in Tampier Lake, Busse Woods and Skokie Lagoon, on April 24, 2009.
Student-athletes from three Chicago area high schools, Oak Park, Regina and Simion Academy were in attendance.
The presentation of the planned statewide tournament was made by the Asst. Executive Director of IHSA, Dave Gannaway and radio personality, Chauncey Niziol of ESPN radio.
Mr. Niziol said that bass fishing, as a high school sport, has been well received nationally, but Chicago will have the first tournament on April 24, 2009..
The commissioners gave Mike Quigley (D-10) a rousing farewell as this meeting would very likely be his last as Chairman of Finance Committee of the Forest Preserve. He is a candidate for Rahm Emanuel’s seat in the 5th Congressional District, April 7th. Positive comments from the Commissioners ran 15 to 2 in Quigley’s favor.
--Submitted by Observer Mary Ann Tate
