The puck was supposed to drop at the start of a men’s hockey playoff game at Lake Forest College in mid-March. It never left a referee’s hand. Foresters junior runner,…
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Sweet Tale
Nancy Sweet had never been far from a book. Her husband, Phil Sweet, read three newspapers every day. Their son David, during his formative years in Lake Forest, often welcomed…
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Crusader Jack
Only kids and the milk man knocked on the back door at the Schuler house in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. So when Paul Humke—Whitefish Bay High School freshman algebra teacher “Mr….
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Seasons Cycle
Growing up in a household where design, building, and gardening were a part of everyday life, Kathy Dietz’s desire to make a home a beautiful place to live was a…
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So Happy Together
Ella Joy Won can’t stop laughing in the video. Eight years old at the time and playing Heads Up!—the game that Ellen DeGeneres plays on her TV show—Ella Joy had…
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Engendering Respect
Zoe Crecos enters the room. She sees boys everywhere, more than two dozen. She also sees a male coach here, a male coach there. Not one other girl in sight….
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Moving Mountains
One of Zuzanna Janusz’s shoes was untied in music class one day. Janusz was 11. The concerned teacher at Holy Cross School in Deerfield practically ordered Janusz—a highly competitive COHO…
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Hear Their Names
Boys & Girls Club of Lake County CEO Cesilie Price has been a “second mother” to a girl for nearly a decade. Price receives a “Happy Mother’s Day!” text message…
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Jet Set
One of interior designer Frank Ponterio’s clients is an avid golf fan. The client bought a used private jet, a Cessna Citation CJ2+, earlier this year, with the hope of…
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The Good News Bears
Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller and his wife, Kristen, share a chair in their living room in Lincolnshire. They are cuddling for a camera during a photo shoot, a…
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