What does Facebook smell like? Stop into the Amin Restaurant on 531 East La Salle Ave. to find out. A colorful array of items lay behind the cashier counter: deep red, emerald green and royal blue Muslim prayer rugs; bottles of Hebolene, Vatika, Amila and Tresemmé hair care products; and plastic-protected khimars of various colors […]
Working, Praying, Racing: John Mayala’s Life as a Barron Resident
At 83, John Mayala is a man of few words and many seasons, who remembers being a 12-year-old boy on his parents’ farm when Wallace Jerome, the founder of Barron’s Jennie-O Turkey factory, rolled into town. “The guy had turkey eggs and was driving a ’41 Pontiac,” he said, smiling. Now Mayala is retired, the […]