Safety First
Five years ago, Lake Forest’s Kristin Wildman was brainstorming with Gorton Community Center’s former executive director Brenda Dick about how to keep the young children, who visited the beloved Drop-In…
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People
When In Thailand
Mattison Boveri of Lake Bluff likes to joke that she was reborn in Thailand. “I was a baby at 17 years old,” she says, explaining how during her recent youth…
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Space Odyssey
The year was 1952. A young James A. Lovell Jr. graduated from the United States Naval Academy at 11 a.m., and then married his high school sweetheart Marilyn Gerlach at…
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A Great American Life, Remembered
Charles H. Walsh, a Lake Forest businessman who experienced a childhood in orphanages and went on to become a successful owner and partner in the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White…
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Steve Foley: A Man of Faith, Family and Friends
Lake Forest resident Steve Foley, Sr., known for his eponymous car dealership in Northbrook, passed away on Friday, March 23. But there was so much more to this kind and…
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Grand Slam
Owen Schuler has very blue eyes and such a direct, clear gaze, it’s tempting to imagine he can see right through the bright orange deck of SLAM playing cards I…
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Monsoon Muse
Robert Redford and his wife, Sibylle Szaggars Redford, are bound by their passion for the environment and their work as creative performance artists. While many know Robert Redford for his…
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In Their Honor
Former Navy Seal Robert O’Neill, the man who shot Osama bin Laden during Operation Neptune Spear, took the stage on May 13 at “A Hero’s Salute,” a Heal Team 6…
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One To Watch
It’s been a banner year for Lake Forest resident and chef Addie Gundry: New marriage, new house, and under her top? An adorable baby bump. “It’s a boy!” she beams,…
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If You Build It…
When something has been around as long as Gorton Community Center (116 years to be precise), it’s tempting to take it for granted. Yet, the original grade-school-turned-community center is continually…
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