Editor’s note

Included with this week’s Illinois Times is the handsome Spring edition of our quarterly publication, Capital City Parent. This issue focuses on parents taking care of their elderly parents, with helpful advice for caregivers and an exploration of the plentiful senior housing options in the Springfi eld area. Our local writers also cover a new style of baby parenting and how to help teens develop a healthy body image. We’ve printed extra copies, so if your business or organization would like some to distribute, please contact James Bengfort, IT advertising director, at [email protected] or 753-2226 ext. 137. Our next CCParent comes out May 9. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. –Fletcher Farrar, editor and publisher

On the cover: Trisha Malott, executive director of SIU Community Support Network, at Hope Springs Apartments. Photo by David Hine.