| Wolves offer hockey experience for women
The Wolves, whose charitable work and fan-friendly efforts make it one of the most popular franchises in the city, are offering a behind-the-scenes hockey experience for women. It's the second annual Hockey For Her,'' sponsored by Rush North Shore Medical Center and proceeds benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and various Chicagoland charities. The event, held at the Hoffman Estates Park District Community Center and Ice Arena, is for women 18 and older. For $50, women can get a sneak peek at the Wolves' state-of-the-art practice facility, get strength-and-conditioning advice from assistant coach Wendell Young, talk strategy with head coach John Anderson as well as several Wolves players. Participants also will take home gift bags, enjoy refreshments courtesy of Ginos East in Rolling Meadows and Pepsi, and have the chance to bid on items including lunch with players, spa visits and special game packages at a silent auction throughout the evening.
Mount Vernon gentry
With the restoration of so many of Baltimore's once grand homes, many are becoming gracious again.
Among them: Marianne Githens' magnificent Greek Revival style home in Mount Vernon.
She and her now deceased husband, Stanley Z. Mazer, purchased the circa 1840 freestanding home of Maryland stone and brick nearly 14 years ago. The attraction for the couple was immediate. It featured a large front garden enclosed by an original G. Krug & Son wrought-iron fence with the original finials. Beyond the gate, a cast-iron rose arbor welcomed them.
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Anti-Nuclear Renaissance: A Powerful but Partial and Tentative Victory ...
As the presidential primary season heats up, an "anti-nuclear renaissance" against loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants will escalate, with the future of American energy policy and global warming hanging in the balance. In the last days of 2007, grassroots activism ran up a stunning and improbably victory. But the triumph is both partial and tentative, and will be fiercely contested throughout 2008, with the basic direction of US energy policy hanging in the balance. This latest chapter in the half-century saga of atomic energy began last summer, with an industry attempt to grab a blank taxpayer check for underwriting new reactor construction. The charge was been led by six-term Senator Pete Domenici (D-NM), atomic power's prime Congressional pusher. Domenici inserted into the Senate version of the national Energy Bill a complex provision meant to allow the Department of Energy to underwrite up to 80% of new reactor construction costs.
Local business briefs
March spring wheat at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange became the first wheat contract to crack $13 per bushel at any U.S. futures exchange. The contract settled at its daily, exchange-imposed trading limit of 30 cents higher, to $13.27, after closing limit up in the previous three day sessions. Solid demand for U.S. spring wheat should continue to support Minneapolis wheat futures in the near term, even though prices are already at record levels, analysts said. Minneapolis wheat has the potential to climb as high as $15, and "perhaps it could go higher than that," said Brian Henry, broker at Archer Financial Services. WALL STREET JOURNAL Buffets seeks OK to sell four restaurants Buffets Inc. is asking a bankruptcy court for permission to sell four of its restaurants for a total of nearly $5 million to several purchasers.
Crescent seeks buyer for Five Post Oak Park
The company said the property has had a surge in occupancy and rental rates over the past year. The majority of its tenants are in the financial services industry. "In addition to solid real estate fundamentals, the strength of the Houston economy continues to be a major draw attracting real estate investors to the city," HFF's Robert Williamson said in a statement announcing the offer. The building is owned by a joint venture between Crescent Real Estate Equities and General Electric Pension Trust. nancy.sarnoff@chron.com .
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