The eight floral arrangements on the Ford family’s kitchen island in Lake Forest make Tom Ford stop on an August morning in 2017. The beauty had stunned Katie Ford’s husband….
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Legend in Our Midst
Marian Phelps Pawlick, sitting in her magnificent Lake Bluff home near Crab Tree Farm on an August afternoon, glances at a list of past Local Legends honorees. It had been…
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State Golfers Rise After Snowfall
Entering last weekend’s Class 3A boys state golf tournament in Bloomington, Lake Forest High School’s Scouts had won a sectional, a regional, the North Suburban Conference Meet, the New Trier…
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‘Channel’-ing Her Endurance
Marcia Cleveland’s parents, Bob and Carolyn, had a watertight reason for teaching a nearly 2-year-old Marcia how to swim. They got tired of retrieving their curious, fearless tot at the…
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‘Kos’ and Effect
The tucked white towel hangs from the back of Carson Kosanovich’s football pants. The New Trier High School senior cornerback/wideout wears white gloves on Game Days, too. Before most snaps,…
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Dishing and Scoring
Collin Leider was 12 years old when he first attempted to bake at home. He made cheesecake on that day. It didn’t turn out very well. “Horrible, horrible, horrible,” Leider,…
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TM Spree
The last thing that Highland Park High School’s varsity football coaches wanted to see in the second half of a game in Schaumburg last month was a severely injured Tommy…
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Kaestle Finds Home on Golf Courses
New Trier senior golfer Abbie Kaestle owns furry wolf and ram club head covers. The Winnetkan’s family has three cats and two dogs. And one of her signature reactions to…
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Coach has a BH factor
Brad Hokin was a junior safety/running back/punt and kick returner on the varsity football team at Highland Park High School in 1980. Only two seasons earlier, he weighed a little…
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Doug Roth 2.0 Rates a 10
Third-generation restaurateur Doug Roth has a college-aged stepdaughter named Hunter. But he has never been a fan of the word “stepdaughter.” “I call her my bonus daughter or daughter 2.0,”…
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