The television news anchor in Aimée Eichelberger still pulsates—18 years after she left the broadcast industry. Now a Wilmette resident, mother of three, and public relations maven, Eichelberger, 42, sits…
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Exmoor Ready for Another Golden Moment
At the 1904 Summer Olympics in Normandy, Missouri, 10 Western Golf Association men teed up for Team USA at a St. Louis suburb country club and collected gold. “Five of…
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Strengthen the Youth
Evanston native and former North Shore Country Day School student Lewis Simon was 20 years old when two words uttered by a doctor signaled the sudden end to his lifelong…
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Breaking Good
FIRST. When one reads Marin Alsop’s biographical details, this word predominates. First woman to serve as head of a major orchestra in the United States, South America, Britain, and Austria….
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Fine Results At Refined
Parents have encouraged their kids to do it. Personal trainers often remind their clients to do it. And dogs, desperate to go out for a walk, would bark the same…
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Sweet, Not Sour
Erika Hlavacek was 5 when her eyes tripled in size during an impromptu visit to the cockpit before a flight to Disney World. “I was overwhelmed and thrilled,” recalls Hlavacek,…
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Earnest Abe
Abe “A.J.” Goldsmith has never been a fan of making a New Year’s resolution. His sound thinking for having such an indifference to the annual promise: Why wait until the…
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Hawyard and Upward
Rock star. Wimbledon champion. Lawyer. Transactional lawyer, specifically. Bob Hayward, the youngster, envisioned all kinds of careers while growing up in Barrington Hills and playing three years of varsity tennis…
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Veteran’s Way
Former Army Ranger and private security contractor Kris “Tanto” Paronto had spoken at a 9-11 event in Nebraska this year when an Air Force veteran—blinking teardrops—approached. He had one question…
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Saffro Flair
Ask any female gymnast, past or present: What matters the most in a difficult balance beam routine? “Easy,” she’d likely tell you. “Sticking your routine. It is the event that…
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