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Jake Pech, Grayslake's International Curling Star
The stories of Jake Pech and other Grayslake athletes are brought to life in the sports exhibit "Leave Nothing On the Field" at the Grayslake Heritage Center.
Long before the team sport of curling became an international sensation during the televising of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, Jake Pech of Grayslake was sliding a granite stone down the ice or vigorously sweeping the ice in front of the stone to make it go faster. Pech's story of his national and international adventures with the Chicago Curling Club of Northbrook is being told, along with stories of other Grayslake athletes in the sports exhibit "Leave Nothing On the Field" at the Grayslake Heritage Center. Pech was born in Feb. 28, 1901, in Rockefeller (now known as Mundelein). He was a bachelor and lived in Grayslake for more than 70 years. He died May 16, 1981, and is buried in Grayslake Cemetery on Lake Street. He …
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