"We need to get him on the next jury, " Blagojevich said of Scheuch, a 31-year-old event planner from Humboldt Park.

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Normally, the coast of Peru is washed by the Humboldt current, which carries cool waters from Antarctica almost as far north as the equator.

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From there the crew plotted a course west, riding the Humboldt Current across the Pacific -- it would be more than three months before they saw land again.

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The specifics of each project are dreamed up by local groups, so they tend to highlight the diversity of the city, from the Grecian pillars in Greek Town to the Puerto Rican flags in Humboldt Park.

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