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News at 6 on WNUR News – October 11, 2021 Chicago Marathon, A&O Blowout, and Grosse Point Lighthouse. WNUR News broadcasts live at 6 pm CST on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on WNUR 89.3 FM
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Speaker 1 00:00:12 Live from w N U R news. I'm Allison Ralph. You're listening to the six o'clock news on w N U R 89.3, FM H D one, Evanston Chicago. It's Monday, October 11th, tonight. A recap of this year's Chicago marathon catching a vibe at a and O's blowout. The haunted lighthouse lurking, just north of campus, and a look at this week's weather. Those stories coming up on w N R news, The 43rd annual Chicago marathon took place yesterday. After being canceled in 2020, due to the pandemic, runners were excited to be out in the streets. Again, here's reporter Angelina Campanile with the look at the race,
Speaker 3 00:01:02 The a long run through central park with her best friend this past Sunday, though, the two traveled over 700 miles for a change of scenery, Cowbells cheering and gasping for air
Speaker 4 00:01:16 Our ears keep popping so that we can't catch our breath. It's weird.
Speaker 3 00:01:20 Curly was one of 33,000 people who ran the Chicago Mari Sunday.
Speaker 4 00:01:24 It was rough and nothing went according to plan, but got through it.
Speaker 3 00:01:29 The race returns after the coronavirus forced runners to postpone their 26.2 mile circuit through the windy city. Curly's best friend, Christina Gill Martin says having
Speaker 4 00:01:39 Done New York. It's a nice break from the Hills
Speaker 5 00:01:43 We got
Speaker 3 00:01:46 After a year of virtual racing, spectators came back with double the excitement,
Speaker 4 00:01:50 The crowds, the neighborhoods were really fun and exciting. There wasn't really a, a lull throughout the race, which was really nice as a runner.
Speaker 3 00:01:59 The marathon was canceled last year for just the second time in its history participants to, for their entries to 20 21, 20 22 or 2023 curly says another year of training was good news
Speaker 6 00:02:12 With COVID still being in existence and working from home. It was easier than past training because my schedules a little bit more flexible. So if I didn't get up at the first thing in the morning, I could sometimes squeeze in a run during the day. Do
Speaker 3 00:02:28 You have a specific racing strategy at all?
Speaker 6 00:02:31 Uh, finish my strategy is to finish whatever it takes
Speaker 3 00:02:36 This year. Runners had to provide either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to participate. But one hurdle marathoners didn't expect to run into was the,
Speaker 4 00:02:46 It was super hot and humid, and I just like couldn't get into a groove, but I just was like, just take it one step at a time and get through it mile by mile.
Speaker 3 00:02:59 The events alert level turned red during the race after temperatures reached 80 degrees. Well above the average for October in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune, just about a dozen runners, experienced heat related health issues, including heat stroke, the high temperatures didn't stop. 12 year old Juliana Gill Martin from making the most out of her. First up to Chicago, she took 10 subways and walked seven miles to cheer on Katie and her mother, Christina throughout the race,
Speaker 7 00:03:26 Probably the best thing I've seen or like the funniest thing I've seen was the drag queen cheerleaders.
Speaker 3 00:03:34 Gil Martin says it was rewarding to see her mom and Katie finish the race. After watching them train together the past year, they
Speaker 7 00:03:41 Would either wake up about like six in the morning. Maybe probably about like three or four times a week and run from maybe three miles to like 10 miles. And then at some points like on the weekends, like they would run together for probably like 15 herself,
Speaker 3 00:04:00 Chicago marked Curly's seventh completed marathon. It's
Speaker 6 00:04:04 Really good for me to like help get rid of my anxiety, to run and to like, get that outta your system and clear your head and then, um, face whatever it is you have to face.
Speaker 3 00:04:13 She faced the heat and crossed the finish line. Her first thought,
Speaker 6 00:04:17 Oh my God, I did it.
Speaker 3 00:04:19 Curly says all she wants now is to
Speaker 4 00:04:21 Sit, stretch, shower and drinks. Lots of fluids
Speaker 3 00:04:29 In Chicago for w N U R news. I'm Angelina camp.
Speaker 1 00:04:39 After the break a look back at a blowout and Evanston's own haunted lighthouse, w N news will return after these messages stay tuned.
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Speaker 1 00:07:02 Welcome back to w N U R news on 89.3, FM H D one, Evanston Chicago. It's 6 0 8 central I'm Allison RA A O's live concerts returned Saturday night with singers Rava and Willow the stage at Welsh Ryan arena, reporters, Maria Jima, Aragon and Helen Bradshaw. Take a two pronged. Look at the night, a POV for those who had tickets and those who didn't On Saturday night, students gathered for Northwestern's live a and O productions concert since the start of the pandemic, the headliners, the angelic Rava and genre bending Willow, understandably students were eager to go back to in-person campus concerts and the finite number of free tickets went fast so fast. In fact that neither I nor executive producer Sarah Kora were able get them in time. But our local campus editor, Maria Jima Aragon was
Speaker 15 00:08:05 So Helen, Sarah and I decided to document the concert from both inside and out. We're loving the arena with our, any editor, miss Maman. Hello? How are we feeling? How are you feeling good tonight? You're feeling
Speaker 16 00:08:22 Great. Very excited.
Speaker 15 00:08:23 This is awesome. I'm so excited. Feeling good, feeling good. You ready to see Willow perform so, so excited. Thank you guys. Hey,
Speaker 1 00:08:34 It's 8 33 plus Sarah and I are driving there now ticket list, but we will have a good time. We are approaching the arena. Now there's some buses out front of people getting out. Honestly, it's not that busy also. Why did they do it indoors?
Speaker 15 00:08:49 As we waited for Vina to come out on stage to perform Helen and Sarah were making the most of their outside.
Speaker 1 00:08:56 So what we're looking at is airport style secure
Speaker 17 00:09:01 That too huge skunk. Oh my
Speaker 1 00:09:04 God. Can we go follow it? Yeah, <laugh>
Speaker 0 00:09:07 What
Speaker 1 00:09:08 We're doing. Okay. So there's a giant skunk over here. Just ran into the bushes. It was huge. It was like really big. Why am I so scared? I feel like it's gonna be a jump scare. <laugh> okay. So anyway, what we're looking at is some airport style security, not in like the body scan situation, but like, if you have precheck, I feel like <laugh> so some TSA precheck going in scanning tickets. And I don't think we will make it in, but in a few minutes, maybe we can hear music while we were still reeling from our giant skunk siding. RNA was beginning her set inside.
Speaker 0 00:09:58 You sound like ages two. I wish I give
Speaker 15 00:10:12 A hug.
Speaker 0 00:10:13 So
Speaker 15 00:10:19 Everyone has their lights up right now. And we're just all my
Speaker 0 00:10:22 Big
Speaker 15 00:10:24 In the crowd having a good time thinking about anything, but cool. And she sounds heavenly.
Speaker 1 00:10:35 Rav's thinking right now. I can't hear her.
Speaker 18 00:10:37 I can't hear about don't. I wonder if you just like walked inside.
Speaker 1 00:10:41 If we walked around the building, maybe
Speaker 18 00:10:43 Just like in the vestibule. Yeah. You wanna walk around?
Speaker 1 00:10:46 What if skunk sees us? Well, apparently Ravina singing and we can't hear a darn thing in the vest. You wanna just walk in?
Speaker 0 00:10:53 Yeah, just,
Speaker 1 00:10:57 It sounds pretty angelic. It makes me cry a little bit. <laugh>
Speaker 18 00:11:04 Please. I don't have a ticket. I'm sorry. <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:11:07 Let's see be here's here's a large group.
Speaker 18 00:11:11 Hey, what are you doing? We left it's over. Why? How do you feel about that?
Speaker 1 00:11:16 Those listeners who didn't hear that? They just said it already ended. It's over. Can vary fights. Not cuz I was about to cry. Listening to that music
Speaker 15 00:11:24 Right now. We're wait for Willow perform. I am so excited. Not even gonna lie. They're setting up, they're putting some water. The crowd is excited, energetic, ready to wait for and scene work.
Speaker 0 00:11:39 Yeah.
Speaker 15 00:11:41 So why are you guys here? Why are you excited for,
Speaker 0 00:11:45 Because
Speaker 19 00:11:45 We love Willow. We've been lining up since like four. So
Speaker 20 00:11:48 She is my life. I would love her. Marry me.
Speaker 21 00:11:51 She's amazing. She is a revolution. She's an inspiration. She is the moment I love her.
Speaker 15 00:11:56 I love all her music. I'm so excited to see her. What song are you most excited to see her for
Speaker 21 00:12:00 Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow transparent soul. Meet me at our spot, my hair back and forth. It's over.
Speaker 15 00:12:10 Thank you guys.
Speaker 1 00:12:12 Oh, she said now she thought she's performing now.
Speaker 22 00:12:18 I love you.
Speaker 15 00:12:22 She's letting the, which she wants brother, but to us a minute We're
Speaker 0 00:12:36 Oh,
Speaker 1 00:12:48 You wanna watch some Willow performance videos? So it feels like we're inside. Yeah. Maybe whip my hair.
Speaker 18 00:12:56 Iconic.
Speaker 1 00:13:21 I think morals. The story is, yeah. You might know people to get tickets to a concert, but sitting outside can be really entertaining in other ways. And you might see Aku.
Speaker 18 00:13:31 I don't think you could have put a better Helen. Yeah. Um, I, I just like to say that I had a, a really good evening. Is it different than if we had been inside? Absolutely <laugh> but in my humble opinion, I wouldn't have won it any other way.
Speaker 1 00:13:47 I agree. Well, I would've wanted to see Willow <laugh> but then in one last ditch effort, I decided to test my luck getting through security.
Speaker 23 00:13:58 Thank you.
Speaker 18 00:14:00 I did get it. I didn't,
Speaker 15 00:14:28 I'll be honest. That went from zero to hundred. She came out and performed her iconic song with my hair and then everyone started piling up getting onto the buses. It was pretty hectic, but now we're making our way back to foster Walker Plex. It was a very exciting night, not a typical Saturday night. You see here on earth Western, but a good one nonetheless, signing off. This is Maria Jima Aragon w on your news,
Speaker 1 00:14:55 I'm Sarah and I'm Helen Bradshaw, w N U news. If you've spent any time on north campus, you've probably seen the gross point lighthouse peeking out amongst the trees of the north shore. What you may not know is that the lighthouse is supposedly haunted by shipwreck spirits in a spooky season, rerun Audi's editor. Helen Bradshaw takes a look at gross points, history to do some ghost busting Almost 150 years ago. Gross point lighthouse began its life as a beacon to sailors traversing lake Michigan. If you've ever looked to the north side of Northwestern's campus, you've probably seen it. But what you may not have seen are the lingering apparitions of Victorian tragedy. Although the lighthouse was built to guide ships across lake Michigan, according to light, keep Donald terrace. Its history is truly eerie.
Speaker 24 00:15:58 Well, there was one shipwreck in, in particular, that was the catalyst for, uh, gross point lighthouse being constructed. And that was known as the lady Elgin tragedy. And that occurred September 8th, 1860. And there was a passenger steamer by the name of the lady Elgin that was going from Milwaukee to Chicago, but the weather took a turn and it became more difficult to navigate and low and behold the ship coming down the leg collided with the lady Elgin and it rammed the paddle wheel on the, uh, on the lady Elgin and disabled it. But the lady Elgin had a hole punched in its side and it began to sink.
Speaker 1 00:16:54 Nearly 400 individuals died in the wreck of the lady Elgin, the second largest death toll from a shipwreck that the great lakes has ever seen. Evanston residents and Northwestern students were active in efforts to pull bodies out of the water. But just two decades later, locals had already forgotten where these bodies went according to author and tour guide out Selzer.
Speaker 25 00:17:14 But the thing is, it was, uh, right afterwards, the civil war came up and it just got to be one of those stories that got lost in the shuffle, I suppose. Uh, they put aside like a special cemetery plot in Highland park that people forgot about almost immediately within about 20 years, there are newspaper article saying, Hey, does anybody remember where this was
Speaker 1 00:17:33 Today? The wreck of the lady Elgin isn't widely known either not even in Chicago and according to historian, author and paranormal investigator Ursula Bielski maybe that's why gross point is a noted hotspot for paranormal activity.
Speaker 26 00:17:48 So Amy, the, the first thing is that, uh, according to legend, there's something about lake Michigan that we call the lake Michigan triangle, which, um, you know, it leads to very similar events as occur in the Bermuda triangle, probably the most, you know, the, the most common occurrence in the one that's most famous in this area is the sighting of ships. The lady Elgin though, is one of those ghost ships that people talk about a lot. That was a site where from the night of the wreck, according to legend, there were students from Northwestern that were walking there, who were seeing people fully dressed, you know, in Victorian clothing, walking so wet out of the lake, Michigan waters, asking for help saying that their ship had gone down saying that many people were lost. Uh, and then just vanishing. Most of these experiences are so fleeting.
Speaker 26 00:18:40 And I think that the lady Elgin situation is, um, it's a situation. That's what we call a true haunting. You know, people always talk about ghosts and hauntings. Um, and it's kind of this umbrella thing that encompasses all sorts of visual apparitions. It's really an imprint of something that has happened before. We usually have hauntings occur in these very tragic situations. And I think this is probably a good example of that, where people who actually were coming out of the water at that time and the enormity of the emo, their emotion enabled that event, what they were doing at that time to be imprinted on the landscape there, I really have found that at these locations where there is no commemoration, that's where you have more activity. It's almost like whether it's the ghosts that are trying to get us to remember what happened to them, or if something in our communal subconscious is nagging at us and wants us to bring these memories and bring these experiences into what our shared history is. And not forget about them
Speaker 1 00:19:48 As for lighthouse, keep terrace, his preces, those have warned him that he should be on the lookout for strange things at the lighthouse, but in his tenure, he hasn't noticed anything yet.
Speaker 24 00:19:58 I've had lots of people question me about that. And my standard answer is that I'm the only one that haunts this lighthouse.
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Speaker 1 00:22:36 Welcome back to w N news. It's 6 24 central I'm Allison RA here's the weather tonight expect rainy weather and potential for severe thunderstorms with the temperature in constant around 72 degrees, the national weather service has issued a tornado watch and small craft advisory for cook county until nine central tonight. Tomorrow brings cloudy skies and a high of 70 degrees later in the week. Look out for slight showers with highs in the mid sixties, and now some general news updates breaking news from earlier today, Rebecca M blank has been named the next president of Northwestern university. The board of trustees announced blank is an economist currently serving as chancellor of the university of Wisconsin. Madison. Her term will begin in the summer of 2022. Today is indigenous people's day, which honors indigenous Northwestern's campus sits on the Homeland of the people of the council of three fires, the OJI way PMI and Odawa as well as the nominee Miami and ho chunk nations.
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