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Swim school prepares for fall opening Best of Serbian culture on display for weekend festival By Megann Horstead | FOR THE ENTERPRISE Homemade ethnic cuisine and the musical stylings of eastern european entertainers were some of the favorites featured sunday at serbfest. st. George serbian Orthodox Church hosted the event, which offered the city of Joliet and surrounding communities the opportunity to experience the best of serbian culture. The festival
took place between noon and 9 p.m. at st. Joseph’s Park, 700 Theodore st. The church’s decision to host the celebration was a result of the community’s attendance at past events, such as fish fries and folklore festivals. Vicki Petrich-dorsey, co-chair for serbfest, said the enthusiasm leading up to the event was fabulous. see ‘serbfest’ PAge 4
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A group of volunteers from st. George serbian Orthodox Church man the grills at serbfest.
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Goldfish Swim School to open newest location in Plainfield By AndreA eArnesT enterprise staff
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Goldfish Swim School chose Plainfield as the site for its newest facility, after co-owner and CEO Randall Barba said area families expressed a desire for additional swim-instruction options in the community. “As Goldfish Swim School is approaching its second full year in Naperville, we saw that there were people coming to this location from many of the surrounding cities,” Barba said, noting that many of them were from Plainfield. The new location, which is currently under construction, will be located on Rhea Drive and is expected to open in September or October. Barba said the company has six swim schools in Illinois and two more on the way. Goldfish was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan. “We would expand there to this great, growing community which is so familyoriented and make sure that they have a great choice for a swim school available, so we could serve all the additional families looking for high quality swim lessons for their children,” Barba said. The school offers swim lessons for infants and children ages 4 months to 12 years. According to Barba, Goldfish is unique because of its highly trained instructors, small class sizes (a maximum of four students to one teacher), 90 degree pools and a state-of-the-art water purification system. The swim school will also offer
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