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Nomad No More

by Bill McLean • September 22, 2021

Ever met a man who was born in India, attended Lake Forest Academy, met his future wife in Russia, taught English in Eastern Europe, studied linguistics at the University of…
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The Spirit of 67

by Bill McLean • September 15, 2021

Traci Franksen was 8, maybe 9, when she started walking around her house in tiny Waterloo, Wisconsin, with a book in one hand and a classroom globe in the other….
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Had Tom Gullen not attended Winnetka Hockey Club’s inaugural WarriorFest in late August, it would have been akin to Lollapalooza without music. Or an auto show without autos. The 63-year-old…
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All Smiles

by Bill McLean • September 2, 2021

Nobody should be surprised to learn that dentist Doug Campbell has set the bar high in terms of complete dental care since returning to his hometown of Lake Forest to…
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Grand Gand

by Bill McLean • August 25, 2021

Decorated pastry chef and longtime Riverwoods resident Gale Gand could tell you stories about the time she made Carol Burnett laugh, about the time Aretha Franklin raved about her peach…
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Fresh Success

by Bill McLean • August 18, 2021

There’s Pat Fitzgerald, the former Northwestern University linebacker and current NU football coach, and there’s Patrick Fitzgerald, the creator and a co-owner of the online grocery delivery service Fresh Midwest….
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Hunger Game

by Bill McLean • August 11, 2021

Some nights, when a young Alice Moody was supposed to be sleeping at home in St. Louis but was reading a book under the covers instead, she’d have to release…
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Today’s Jon Sawyer

by Bill McLean • July 28, 2021

The compliment that changed Jonathon Sawyer’s life was as ringing as a dull thud. Sawyer was an engineering major at the University of Dayton, midway through his junior year, and…
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Post Perfect

by Bill McLean • July 21, 2021

A teenager with disabilities gets invited to hit up the mall with her new friends for the first time. The teen and her mother arrive at the mall. The new…
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Trev Forever

by Bill McLean • July 14, 2021

The coach who guided New Trier Township High School’s boys tennis team to another state championship last month—32 years after he won the state singles title as a Trevians junior…
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