It’s “showtime” for track and soccer this week.

"The Polo Lions Club would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to the many local businesses and community members who helped make this year’s Candy Day a tremendous success."

Halfway through May is a fine time to revisit some of the legislation covered earlier in the session, among more than 11,800 bills and resolutions filed since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

Betty Obendorf of the Polo Historical Society talks about plans for Polo's Town and Country Days in June.

Megaprojects developers would negotiate with local governments what “special payments” they’ll pay on top of property taxes based on frozen assessments.

We also hope to sow seeds for those who can someday take our places, wherever they land, continuing the cycle of finding a little corner of life in which to make a difference.

Even if the math isn’t perfect, it helps to understand promises and projections versus the likely reality.

Remember: the Bears have a stadium. No one forced the team to spend almost $300 million to buy an old horse track without any concrete development plans.

As I type this, it is Mother’s Day and my thoughts are more on family than sports. However, there is an intersection between the two.