Stars And Stripes Forever
Never give up. This has long been the mantra of the American Legion McKinlock Post No. 264 in Lake Forest when it came to building a monument honoring the thousands…
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Lake Forest & Lake Bluff
‘Tis The Season
There are those of us who, like Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, like to light up the night sky with our holiday lights and displays to celebrate the…
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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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Local Legend
For the man who built the Wintrust Bank empire, Ed Wehmer is remarkably unassuming. For sure, the former rugby player knows how to compete in the dog-eat-dog world of banking,…
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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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Privacy Protection
This fall, Lake Forest College for the first time is offering students a Minor in Public Policy, and to kick it off the college is hosting a series of lectures…
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Hot Wheels
Americans have been obsessed with automobiles for over a century now, each decade ushering in one nifty innovation after another. And while there are always those people (you know who…
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Transition Game
At the age of 12, Will Nowesnick fell in love with lacrosse when his heart resembled a slew of disconnected jigsaw puzzle pieces. His father, Greg, a whip-smart architect with…
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All Revved Up
Rob Rourke would spray perfume and deliver immediate compliments to his suddenly aromatic customers as a fragrance counter salesman in his college summer days along the East Coast. Rourke—now 54…
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