Recreational marijuana debate comes to Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village has hosted a marijuana cultivation facility, Illinois Grown Medicine, since 2016. Now, village officials are considering whether to allow recreational pot sales in town. Daily Herald File Photo 2016 Jeff Franke
Posted2/10/2021 5:30 AM
The debate about whether to allow local recreational marijuana sales has finally made it to Elk Grove Village, where elected officials Tuesday held their first spirited back-and-forth on the topic.
Suburban elected officials have been having those debates since June 2019, when Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state legislature legalized recreational pot sales. Elk Grove took a wait-and-see approach until asking voters for their views in a November 2020 advisory referendum.
Jim Petrie and Jenni Case celebrate a centenary of chemical engineering
CHEMICAL engineering at the University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrated its centenary in December 2020 – the first university in Africa to do so, and, by our records, second only to the University of Queensland across the Southern Hemisphere.
The Department showcased this occasion in a Covid-conscious celebration, allowing for a mix of live and virtual attendees. Close to 800 people dialled in from around the world. Invited speakers included representatives of the alumni diaspora down the years, as well as UCT’s executive leadership and industry and research collaborators. The event also launched the book
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But, given that virtual distance has pretty much become the norm, what makes Saturday’s concert notable is not only the music, featuring baroque mainstays such as Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, but that it will be performed by artists actually creating in the same space at the same time.
Yes, as you can in this preview, Musica Angelica’s musicians, actually were able to perform
with each other. Shot at Long Beach studio space, Media 360, they participated in a two-day concert shoot, the first day being a rehearsal, the second the actual performance. That performance will be edited and stitched together with performances from Vienna, including one by musical director Martin Haselbock who has been in Europe throughout the pandemic.