the preseason and even regular season would be in jeopardy at a news conference at halas hall this morning bayer s chairman george metcalf ski mccaskey and kicker robbie gould said they were happy with the new contract and weighed in. the bears will hold their first training camp practice this saturday olivet nazarene university at 3:00 it will be open to the public . the end of a lockout is a victory for the town of bourbonnnais julian crews reports live . this is the summer home for the bourbonnnais bears as the locals like to call them but it s much more than football fans everyone s happy to see the beginning of training camp . crews are unloading equipment for the chicago bears and feverish preparation for friday a day that many in the far south suburban community feared never would come . is the talk of the town the tug of the entire kankakee river valley region the bears are coming back which is more than an opportunity to see alive and a phil trent camp for merchan