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Consumers to See Changes in the New-and-Improved North Shore SBC Yellow Pages.


CARY, N.C. -- The SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002.  Yellow Pages and SBC White Pages, published by R.H. Donnelley in Illinois Illinois, river, United States
Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway.
 and northwest Indiana Northwest Indiana, also known as The Calumet Region, or just The Region, is comprised of Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton, and Jasper counties in Indiana. This region neighbors Chicago, Illinois and Lake Michigan, and is also the Indiana component of the Chicago , has a new look this year -- "The New Yellow is Blue." With a distinctive blue cover, simplified layout and enhanced features, consumers can now access important information located in the directory even faster.

Cover

The new cover for the North Shore directories features a newly designed look: a blue cover with a blue and yellow spine and professional photography highlighting the uniqueness of the city. The cover for the 2005 North Shore directories features the Ravinia Festival Front Gate and a map that shows the listing base for both Business White Pages and Business Yellow Pages listings.

Additional Features

The North Shore directories also contain enhanced features including a dining guide and enhancements to the front of the book such as: a shopping mall guide, mall maps, CTA/Metra maps and Chicago attractions.

Dining Guide

The Restaurant heading in the North Shore directories features a new dining guide. This guide, which is located at the front of the Restaurant heading, lists approximately 800 restaurants in the North Shore area. These restaurants are listed alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal   also al·pha·bet·ic
adj.
1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.

2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.
 by cuisine Cuisine (from French cuisine, "cooking; culinary art; kitchen"; ultimately from Latin coquere, "to cook") is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture.  to provide consumers the ability to find their favorite restaurants without difficulty.

Shopping Mall Guide & Mall Maps

The shopping mall guide -- a new addition to the North Shore directories -- can be found at the front of the book. This guide features four major malls, including Old Orchard orchard, generally an area on which fruit or nut trees are planted and cultivated. The words grove and plantation are often used when the fruits are tropical, e.g., a "citrus grove" or a "banana plantation. , Northbrook Court, Woodfield Mall Woodfield Mall is a shopping mall located in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois at the intersection of Golf Road and Illinois Route 53. Woodfield opened on September 9, 1971 with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.  and Hawthorn hawthorn, any species of the genus Crataegus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), shrubs and trees widely distributed in north temperate climates and especially common in E North America.  Center, and includes maps, locations, store lists and contact information.

CTA/Metra Maps

Another new addition to the 2005 North Shore directories includes the CTA/Metra Maps. These maps, located at the front of the book, make transportation, both public and commuter, throughout the Chicagoland area easier. Consumers can find all the information they need to help them get from one place to another by using the SBC Yellow Pages, published by R.H. Donnelley.

Ravinia Schedule

The 2005 North Shore directories feature the Ravinia Schedule for 2005-2006. Loyal audiences can use this new enhancement to learn what is going on all summer long at Ravinia -- from summer concerts to picnics to festivals.

Internet Yellow Pages

The 2005 North Shore directories are now located online at www.chicagolandyp.com. With this new feature, consumers and advertisers alike can access the SBC Yellow Pages, published by R.H. Donnelley, with the click of a mouse. Visitors to the Internet Yellow Pages can search for and find local business information for the Chicagoland area. Chicagolandyp.com also provides local news, weather, sports updates, TV & movie listings, concert listings and horoscopes. Visitors to the Web site also have the ability to locate golf courses in the Chicagoland area and book tee times while sitting at their computer.

R.H. Donnelley (RHD Noun 1. RHD - a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder ) is a leading Yellow Pages and directional In one direction. Contrast with omnidirectional.  media company. RHD publishes directories with total distribution of approximately 28 million serving approximately 260,000 local and national advertisers in 19 states. RHD publishes directories under the Sprint Yellow Pages(R) brand in 18 states with total distribution of approximately 18 million serving approximately 160,000 local and national advertisers, with major markets including Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Orlando and Ft. Myers, Fla. In addition, RHD publishes directories under the SBC Yellow Pages brand in Illinois and Northwest Indiana with total distribution of approximately 10 million serving approximately 100,000 local and national advertisers. RHD also offers online city guides and search Web sites in its major Sprint Yellow Pages markets under the Best Red Yellow Pages(R) brand at www.bestredyp.com and in the Chicago area at www.chicagolandyp.com. RHD also sells local advertising in Illinois and Northwest Indiana onto SBC's www.SMARTpages.com. For more information, please visit R.H. Donnelley at www.rhd.com.
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