All you ever wanted to know about Skokie, Illinois


Hello from the ether!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about a pair of interesting websites.

The first is called Skokietalk (http://www.skokietalk.info/). It's a website to give an Internet voice to the people of Skokie, Illinois. People can post their stories, memories, or similar things, about Skokie or things going on (or have gone on) there. Pretty much, it's a meeting place for all ages to have thier voices heard by a large audience.

The Second website is Skokienet (http://www.skokienet.org/). Skokienet can be considered a sister site (or parent site, depending on how you split your hairs). It's a site for the people & buisnesses of Skokie to get a presence on the Web without paying the arm & leg that some Internet providers demand. Skokienet works in conjunction with Northstarnet (http://www.northstarnet.org/), which is an agency that provides a similar service to Skokienet, but for the northern suburbs of Chicago.

A wonderful librarian named Frances Roehm runs both Skokietalk & Skokienet. She and a bevy of volunteers put in untold hours to make both websites function smoothly. They also make sure that the content is interesting, timely, and accurate. They all deserve so much more recognition than they sometimes get for the hard work they do. Thank to the Skokienet crew for all you do. :)

-Wookie Boy

P.S. Hi Fran!!!! :)