Results tagged with 'new year's day'

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One more polar bear plunge

Published Jan. 1, 2012

I said I would never do it again. But this year, I did it again, this time to be with my dear friend and the mother of three beautiful daughters who suffered a serious brain injury

The wishing wall

Published Jan. 5, 2010

On New Year's Day, we invited friends, family and neighbors to write a wish on a scrap of cloth and tie it to the fence to create public art, gather as a community and to send positive energy into the wind.

Polar Plunging into 2010

Published Jan. 1, 2010

Though I'm not sure taking the Polar Bear Plunge was really on any of my lifelong lists of things to do, I nonetheless checked it off today. Five hours later, I'm still cold.

Interview with a "Polar Bear"

Published Dec. 31, 2009

Since 1916, the tradition of jumping into Lake Michigan's icy water has taken place every Jan. 1 at high noon. For the past three years, Glendale's Christal Korfhage spent a portion of her New Year's Day at Bradford Beach to take part in the annual Polar Bear Plunge.

A fan's guide to New Year's Day bowl-a-palooza

Published Jan. 1, 2009

Although the Bowl Championship Series has conspired to push back several bowl games, there is a full slate of pigskin on parade today. Here is a look at the games. Remember to pace yourself -- the NFL playofs start on Saturday.