In that band, I play a completely homemade, recycled drum kit with an old genuine Naugahyde suitcase for a bass drum, a Danish butter cookie tin and the lid for cymbals, and a couple of wooden boxes I ...

The 10-stop Grit Racing Series of cycling races gets underway Friday with the West Dundee River Challenge, and then returns to the area a week later with the Elgin Classic on July 25.