A Spirited Collaboration
Between the ages of 10 and 18, Jenny Solberg often climbed trees in her neighbors’ yards in the fall months and shook, shook, shook the limbs. The now 34-year-old Jenny…
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Perseverance Personified
Nigeria native Tamuriat Olabode spent her first night in America shivering in a cousin’s Chicago basement that doubled as her bedroom. The Muslim immigrant was 15, owned only the clothes…
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How Did He Get To Carnegie Hall?
Four years ago, it was challenging for young Davin Lee to adapt to his new environment on the North Shore when his family moved here from New Jersey. In 4th…
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The Two Jakes
Stephen King, Wes Craven … Jake Jarvi. I can hear a giggling Jarvi, humble and stunned, now: My name, next to those names? Please. You’re kidding! Why? Because it’s warranted….
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Tandem Travels
Eighteen years ago, Diane Deemer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Deemer had been a marathoner and triathlete, and while she’s had to give up some of those pursuits since her…
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Lady Lieutenant
Brigitte Nettesheim was just the third student from her high school—in Warsaw, a small West Central Illinois town—to be accepted to West Point, the United States Military Academy. Her guidance…
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The Greatest Gift
Brandon Myers was 6 when his family had to cut short a vacation in Hawaii. His maternal grandfather had died of a heart attack in Tennessee some 30 years ago….
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Gorton Reels In A Wolff
Josh Wolff and his big brother, Ben, found themselves transfixed by Saturday Night Live sketches as youngsters growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. Especially any that starred either Dana…
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For The Love Of Charlie
It’s something of a coincidence that both Rebecca Halpern and Charlie Trotter grew up on the North Shore—Halpern in Winnetka, and Trotter in Wilmette. While decades apart in age (Halpern…
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