• Some workers dream of retirement in their 40s. Others make plans to slow down in their 50s or 60s. A few will push on into their 70s. Meanwhile, Mardelle Gerard of Danforth has passed her 84th birthday and still isn’t thinking about calling it quits.

• Illini West High School football coach Jim Unruh took the sheet of plays he intended to run in Saturday’s game out of his pocket and showed it to the crowd of reporters.
His team had just emerged with a stunning 43-41 overtime victory over Wilmington in the Class 3A state quarterfinals, and the play that saved the game — and his team’s season — wasn’t on it.

• You are who you eat with. In the Frey household, the family eats well, but perhaps not properly. Weekly columnist chimes in on the poll that shows that the majority of families eat dinner together. Find out more in Mike Frey’s column today.