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Gurnee business owner Layne Pollard and his daughter, Jorie, scaled the 19,341-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in the past week and celebrated Laynes 60th birthday on the way down. Their epic adventure, which began last Sunday, ended this weekend just in time for Pollard to be back home for Fathers Day.

In Good News Sunday, we recap stories about a Des Plaines resident who formed a nonprofit to bring encouragement to hospitalized kids, a Gurnee father and daughter climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, and a Western Springs cook featured on "The Great American Recipe."

Gurnee business owner Layne Pollard and his daughter, Jorie, scaled the 19,341-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in the past week and celebrated Laynes 60th birthday on the way down. Their epic adventure, which began last Sunday, ended this weekend just in time for Pollard to be back home for Fathers Day.

Layne Pollard, of Gurnee, has a trifecta of milestones hitting around the same time. His doggy day care and grooming business, Central Bark, celebrated its 10-year anniversary this month, and he’ll be turning 60 on June 16, just two days before celebrating Father’s Day with his family stateside after having hiked Mount Kilimanjaro’s 19,341 feet in Tanzania. With his youngest daughter, Jorie ...

Layne Pollard, owner of Central Bark, will summit the dormant volcano with his daughter Jorie for his 60th birthday and Father's Day.

Gurnee business owner Layne Pollard and his daughter, Jorie, are on an epic adventure to celebrate his 60th birthday by hiking to the 19,341-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.