Profusion of Inclusion
Three-year-old Chloe Stolman asked the question in the presence of her siblings, 9-year-old Ari and 6-year-old Brooke. “Why can’t Uncle Ira talk?” Chloe queried. The older children each jumped at…
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People
Mr. Wilmette
Did you hear the one about the Civil War veteran from Wilmette who headed to work one day, lunch pail in hand, and went missing for more than 20 years?…
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Fire Starter
There’s a reason journalists often go on to have successful careers as fiction writers. Both require curiosity, attention to detail, and a desire to spin a good yarn. It helps…
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Simply Watkins
Julia Watkins was hungry, circa 2000. A Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa at the time, she couldn’t exactly order an entrée at a steakhouse or motor to a drive-thru…
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Learning In
Fourteen years ago, Nancy and Scott Santi were invited by a Winnetka neighbor to explore an organization they had never heard of—LEARN Charter School Network. The years following that meeting…
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Gorton’s Go-To
Garrison Keillor got lost in Lake Forest in February 2020. The author, singer, humorist, radio personality, and engaging storyteller couldn’t find his way—on foot—from the Deer Path Inn to the…
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One Hour With Harold Ramis
With this month’s passing of Ivan Reitman, the director of Ghostbusters, and the recent release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on the afternoon I got…
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Beaming With Pride
Avid fisherman Eudell Watts IV has quite a tale for you—but it’s a true one. And it has nothing to do with the length and weight of a largemouth bass….
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A Lofty Goal For Good
Among the important skills teens gain while in school, learning how to ask is a big one. Not for the car on Saturday night, or a new dress or video…
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Upscale Rummage
Renee Baldwin sits in a squishy, comfortable couch at Libertyville-based Upscale Rummage, the nonprofit re-sale shop she launched at the Montessori School of Lake Forest in 1999. The white couch…
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