IN SIGHT, IT MUST BE RIGHT. That's the slogan if you're Chief Takhomasak or Lord Faxasak, and that's also the objective for students participating in the middle school history fair. There are a few topics one comes to expect. Then come the surprises. This is the first time I've seen Steak 'n Shake (it originated at Normal, Illinois and it's a source of road food for ferroequinologists) as topic of a project.


Two Illinois icons make an appearance.


There were several entries featuring Al Capone, with the obligatory mention of the 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre. These entries were in preparation before ours happened.


I thought this display was particularly well-done.



It refers to one of the more notorious cases of corporate malfeasance. To this day the former watch factory is a Superfund site, and there is a cemetery in Ottawa that registers on radiation detectors.