When not looking at our awesome 10 Things You Should Know About the Air and Water Show, here's what we're reading:
Midwest is a Supermodel Haven: The Midwest is the perfect place for scouts to scope out future supermodels, according to an Atlantic story being read by reporter Kelly Bauer. Scouts Mary and Jeff Clarke say the Midwest is perfect for their work because girls and boys in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin haven't already found or considered finding work as a model (unlike those who grew up in Los Angeles or New York). The Midwest also has a lot of tall people because so many people have lanky German, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ancestry, according to the report (those genes must have skipped this reporter).
You need look no further than DeKalb, home of Bauer's alma mater Northern Illinois University, to find an example of this: Cindy Crawford was one of the world's biggest models for years, and she grew up among the cornstalks of northern Illinois.
O'Hare Disaster: That huge storm that blew through the north side Aug. 2 caused a shelter to collapse at O'Hare Airport, paralyzing a 24-year-old dancer, her lawyer says. Senior editor Andrew Herrmann is reading a CBS2 report describing how Tierney Darden of Mundelein was standing outside of Terminal 2 with her family when the shelter collapsed. They've filed suit. CBS2 reporter Dave Savini, after the accident, inspected shelters at O'Hare and found a number didn't appear to be fastened properly, including one that was missing 22 bolts. No word from the city on the suit.
Tierney Darden
Everybody's Zooin' It: While Chicago zoos are decent, few can hold a light to the Toledo Zoo, claims Glass City native Ariel Cheung. That's partially why she was relieved to hear that the two cubs of a grizzly bear that killed a hiker in Yellowstone would be moved to the Toledo Zoo as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' program for orphaned wild animals who can't survive on their own. While the story has sad origins in the death of the hiker and the female grizzly, it's good to know the cubs' new home is a great one.
Riverwalk an 'obstacle course' for the visually impaired: The Chicago Riverwalk was promised to be fully accessible "from day one," but so far it has proven somewhat perilous for the visually impaired, reporter David Matthews is reading in Loop North News. The website profiled blind street performer Vincent Falk, who details many of the new Riverwalk's pitfalls, including stairs without handrails and some steps that lead straight into the river. The Riverwalk — a $100-million project — debuted this spring with work continuing into next year.
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