Three-time UCLA men’s basketball champion Larry Farmer sits in a conference room at his new employer—Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest—and recalls the moment he turned down…
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In Memoriam
Ellen Stirling changed rooms when she entered them. “She walked in and was like a breeze of elegance and warmth,” says photojournalist Ellen Warner. “She was, by nature, beautiful, but…
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Marcia On Her Mind
Mary Anne Ehlert still hears her younger sister Marcia’s laugh, more than 27 years after Marcia— born with an umbilical cord wrapped around her tiny neck, and cerebral palsy—died at…
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Root For Nat
Natalie Pelletier and Maddie McCormick were fifth graders and rookie actors when they appeared together on the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka stage in 2001. Pelletier portrayed a cheerleader in the…
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To Preserve And Protect
Arthur Miller’s 1988 Volvo never had a chance. Miller—a resident of Lake Forest since 1972, Lake Forest College’s emeritus Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, and a man whose knowledge…
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Guidance Is Golder
Former New Trier East High School JV wrestler of the year David Golder isn’t a hard man to pin down off the mats. Named the chair of the Jewish United…
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Arch Ally
For Winnetka’s Laurie Petersen, who’s mad about Chicago architecture and thrilled to talk about it with anyone, a sit-down interview would not do. “How about we walk/drive a short stretch…
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Her Pin-erary For Success
For a first date on the 4th of July in Colorado years ago, Annie Pezza watched fireworks from a spot on the roof of a parking garage. Sparks must have…
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The Bold And The Dutiful
Katie Brickman has never sold ice to Eskimos, but she did sell leaves on autumn days to Winnetka neighbors with leaf-strewn lawns decades ago. True story. She was Katie Powell…
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KUTZA-PAH
Wondering what spaghetti sauce had to do with luring Sophia Loren to attend the Chicago International Film Festival in 1990? Bet you are. Or why the silent screen comedienne Colleen…
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