Jeffrey Werner needed a running buddy. The Lake Forest resident was about to train for a Chicago triathlon about five years ago when he decided having company for jogs would…
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Sunday Breakfast: Paula Danoff
Never underestimate the lasting influence of a summer camp experience on a teenager. Paula Danoff, 64, won’t. The longtime Winnetkan was a young camp counselor at Camp Echo in Long…
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Dream Realized
Mike Mangan could not believe what he had just heard. It was during the University of Rochester men’s basketball season in 2015-16, when his roommate and freshman teammate, Ryan Clamage,…
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Icons Chatter
Remember “The Ryne Sandberg Game” at Wrigley Field in 1984? A 59-year-old Lake Bluff resident certainly does, and there’s a good chance he’ll revisit it September 12 for an audience…
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“Sam” She Is
The woman in the senior assisted living facility in Evanston reached into a jar filled with pieces of paper. A question had been written on each piece. The woman grabbed…
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Sweet Tells Bitter Tale
A book and Nancy Sweet were never far apart. Her husband, Phil Sweet, read three newspapers every day. Their son David, during his formative years in Lake Forest, often welcomed…
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Sunday Breakfast: Susan Resko
Toting a cake she had baked at home for a despondent youngster, Linda Burner enters the juvenile detention center in St. Charles. The volunteer from Naperville clears her throat. Soon…
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Driven
On the car ride home from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio last summer, Lake Forest High School golfer Danny Fisher stared out the window from the back seat for most…
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‘Schu’ All In
It’s a school night inside the Schumacher house in Winnetka. Courtney Schumacher—who might hold the world record for most sports and physi- cal activities tried before the age of 15—is…
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Sunday Breakfast: Wendy Serrino
A vacationing Wendy Serrino answers the phone call in Park City, Utah. The Glencoe resident had just completed a morning hike with the family dog, Zoe, in late July. The…
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