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not be missed. Another signature event in our community returns this month. Hosted by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce, the “Then & Now” auto show features hand-se lected vintage legends alongside luxury superstars of today. Learn all about one of this year’s vintage sportscar collectors, Edmond and Tena Russ, in “HotAfterWheels.”ahiatus due to the pandemic, the Lake Bluff History Museum makes a triumphant re turn with the annual Ghost Walk. Read the spooky history of this fun event in “Ghost Sto ries.” And if you’re looking for the perfectly warming cocktail to enjoy while handing out candy to the adorable trick or treaters, make it Fletcher & Fork’s Sidecar—the world’s most popular cognac cocktail. Set the Table also cre ates the atmosphere for the Halloween that bridges chic with chilling.
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On a more musi cal note, “A Com munity Classic,” the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra is back with a program featuring solo musi cians from surrounding high schools that can
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HHHH, October! Hello again ... I feel like we were just here yesterday.Because yes, it’s that time of the year when a distinct autumnal chill is in the air and the haphazard rush of summer gives way to fall’s introspection. With that in mind, this issue takes a look at some changes in the world of mental health in our own community.Inourcover story, “Change Maker,” Melissa Pas Blake of Lake Forest speaks about building an inspiring mental health practice that helps cli ents heal through hypnotherapy and realigning the way they see themselves, and the world. An other incredibly heartwarming feature, “Positiv ity Personified,” tells the story of tetraplegic and Lake Forest resident Chris Brennan, who started Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation (BRN) to spread hope to others. One of this year’s three BRN Socrates Award grantees is 8-year-old Cooper Roberts, a victim in the July 4 shooting in Highland Park. It gives me chills to watch the efforts of our locals reach into other suburbs with giving love and empathy. It’s the true meaning of community.Continuing the mental health theme, Lauren Schifferdecker, MA, LCPC, brings a team of counselors equipped to address today’s most pressing issues to a beautiful new center in downtown Lake Forest. “To Inspire” makes its presence known by helping to keep us living in the present. Speaking of inspira tion, Lake Forest’s Mothers Trust Founda tion will be one step closer to helping chil dren realize their dreams after its Fairytale Ball in late Octo ber, truly “Making Fai rytales Come True.”
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To celebrate 35 years of Chicago’s Meals on Wheels program, dozens of Chicago’s top chefs and mixologists will come together to create a special evening of fine dining (black tie optional). Guests will experience an intimate six-course dining experience at a table featuring three award-winning chefs, a personal mixologist, decadent pas tries and a live auction. Proceeds benefit Chicago’s homebound seniors and people with disabilities struggling with food in security. chef-ball-2022/mealsonwheelschicago.org/celebrity-
THE ANTIQUES AND MODERNISM SHOW
Following the success of Starry Night Soi ree 2021(with more than 100 guests in at tendance and $90,000 raised in its first year) the nonprofit, Under the Same Starry Night (UTSS), continues its mission to raise cru cial funds and awareness for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Heal ing Conversations program. utsscharity.org
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OCTOBER 29
MORNING CHAT WITH MARIE BENEDICT and ROSALIND FRANKLIN’S NIECE
WHERE: Winnetka Community House
One of the area’s most anticipated style and design events returns to the Community House. Celebrating 50 fabulous years, A+M is the ultimate destination for interior de signers, shoppers, and collectors alike. thewinnetkashow.com
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STARRY NIGHT SOIREE
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WHERE: The Geraghty
AGENDA
SCIENCE & ART CONNECT
MEALS ON WHEELS CELEBRITY CHEF BALL
WHERE: Architectual Artifacts, Chicago
WHERE: Lake Forest Library
SIR GEORGE SOLTI FOUNDATION AWARDS DINNER
OCTOBER 14
WHERE: Cuneo Gardens, Vernon Hills Mother’s Trust Foundation’s annual fund
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WHERE: Chicago’s Casino Club The Solti Foundation U.S. will hold its year ly Solti Conducting Awards Benefit dinner at Chicago’s Casino Club. soltifoundation.us/ solti-night-2022-rsvp/
NOVEMBER 4 TO 6
WHERE: Lake Forest Recreation Center
“CELEBRATE WITH FRIENDS” ANNUAL GALA
OCTOBER 13
Celebrate the spirit of the season as the Women’s Board of Northwestern Hospital celebrates its Holiday Boutique’s 42nd an niversary. Enjoy holiday festivities while shopping for unique gifts from dozens of vendors, whose specialties include jewelry, handbags, and items for the home. wbnorthwestern.org
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OCTOBER 6
“LAKE FOREST READS” AUTHOR MARIE BENEDICT
WHERE: Lake Forest Library Be a part of an intimate, continued con versation between the author of Her Hid den Genius,” Marie Bennett, and Rosalind Franklin, trustee of nearby Rosalind Frank lin University and the unofficial tender of the life and legacy of her aunt and the novel’s heroine, Dr. Rosalind Franklin. Their discussion will bridge themes of women in science, leadership, and bringing stories to life that transcend time and place. A Q&A and book signing will follow. dict-rosalind-franklins-niecebrary.org/event/morning-chat-marie-benelakeforestli-
WHERE: Lake Forest Library
Enjoy a thoughtful and compelling conver sation between Her Hidden Genius author Marie Benedict and Davis Schneiderman, Krebs Provost and Dean of Faculty at Lake Forest College. A Q&A and book signing will follow. versation-author-marie-benedictlakeforestlibrary.org/event/con-
WHERE: Lake Bluff History Museum Ghouls are rattling their chains and adjust ing their feather boas in preparation for Lake Bluff History Museum’s signature event, which the Museum is known for throughout Chicago and “beyond.” lakebluffhistory.org
WHERE: Theater on the Lake Friends of Prentice’s “Celebrate With Friends” gala at Theater on the Lake in Chicago will include interactive food and cocktail stations, live music, and dancing against the backdrop of Lake Michigan and the beautiful city skyline. friendsofprentice. org/events
Explore the relationship between art and science with art educator Debra Levie. Ad mission is free. where-science-art-connectlakeforestlibrary.org/event/
A FAIRYTALE BALL
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raiser helps the nonprofit organization pro vide immediate assistance to low-income children living in Lake County. Motherstrustfoundation.org
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To make sure each guest receives the most excellent experi ence, Schifferdecker is committed to making sure each thera pist loves their job. She invests in the staff with an abundance of support, beautiful space, connection, generous compensa tion, and fun. These things have allowed her to create a team of the highest caliber of counselors for the community.
AUREN SCHIFFERDECKER has always loved Lake Forest. And she’s still having a hard time believing that she has founded a counseling center right in the heart of its downtown.“Wehad so many clients coming to us from Lake Forest,” Schifferdecker says. “I fi nally said, ‘we should be going to them.’”
you are a guest at Inspire, Schifferdecker wants you to feel safe, cared for, and valued—from your first call to your last appointment. From the spa-like music and decor to the warmth and excellent care from each therapist—t is all de signed to create a healing place to thrive.
Counseling is a full-service counseling center. Its certified therapists are trained to provide services across a wide range of topics for all members of a family. When one calls Inspire, a client navigator points you in the right direc tion of the therapist who has the most expertise in the sub jects you’d like to cover. Inspire accepts most insurance.
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really standing of the shoulders of the people who came before and helped knock down many of the stigmas surrounding mental health,” she says. “There is a much better understanding today that taking care of your mental wellbeing is just as important as taking care of your physical well being.”Inspire
To learn more about Inspire or to find out how you can make an appointment, visit inspirecounselingcenter.com.
Her belief in what Inspire is doing was validated when she decided to open her Kenilworth office during the height of the pandemic. “We decided to take a risk and open a new space when others mostly chose to provide services online,” she says. “We opened Kenilworth in June 2020. We were
“I’d love to add a psychiatrist to our team,” she says. “Can you imagine the even bigger difference we could make if we had our very own in-house?”
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Lauren Schifferdecker, MA, LCPC, brings a team of counselors equipped to address today’s most pressing mental health issues to a beautiful new center in downtown Lake Forest.
Last spring, Schifferdecker—a married mother of two and a former public relations executive—opened the third In spire Counseling Center, her newest offering after successful launches in Northfield and Kenilworth. Schifferdecker, who knows the power of therapy, wanted to bring its benefits to others.“We’re
Inspire office
When asked if she can see opening another office in the future, Schifferdecker knows better than to say never. But for now, her plate feels full and she’s committed to delivering the highest quality services through her current locations. But she does have one dream she’d like to see come true later this year.
Schifferdecker chose the name for her counseling center intentionally. “I still have the list of names I was considering on my phone,” she says. “But there is something positive and hopeful about the word ‘inspire’ and that’s exactly how I want our clients to feel.”
There is more to come from Inspire Counseling Centers for sure.
In addition to overseeing Inspire, Schifferdecker is a pro fessional speaker, including giving a TEDx talk. She has been invited to several businesses, leadership, networking, moms’ groups, and churches to share clinical tools and research and inspire change in the communities she loves.
TO INSPIRE
“I see Inspire as a nest,” she says. “Whatever bird flies in first is often the first one we take care of. But that bird rarely comes alone—it might have a mama or grandma, or a sib ling with them. Inspire is prepared to take care of whomever comes to our nest, whenever they’re ready. You can stay as long as you want and return for visits even after you fly away.”
careful and invited our clients to see us in person if they were comfortable. And you know what? They came. Especially the kids. They appreciated the privacy our offices pro vided and they preferred to be off of their screens. This really motivated me to keep going and try to reach as many as we could.”When
Mother’s Trust Foundation’s Director, Paula Turelli, Event chair Loan Riedel, Executive and Board Member Lori Dann
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On October 29, Mothers Trust Foundation (MTF) will host “A Fairytale Ball” at the Cuneo Mansion & Gardens. Lake Forest’s Loan Riedel—the organization’s own fairy godmother—is co-chairing the event that promises a seated dinner, dancing, and a live auction.
“A Fairytale Ball” will be the primary fundraiser for Moth ers Trust Foundation this year. Mothers Trust also hosts their Pop-Up Prom Shoppe dress collection and giveaway in March, and the MTF Teens have a coat drive and giveaway everyWhileNovember.guests can wear whatever they would like to this first-time MTF gala, the hosts hope that those who attend channel their inner fairytale dreams and dress the part.
To learn more about Mothers Trust Foundation or to purchase a table or ticket for the event, visit motherstrustfoundation.org.
“Making dreams come true is at the very heart of Moth ers Trust Foundation,” Riedel explains, who is co-chairing the event with Libertyville’s Lori Dann. “We see every day how the money we raise makes a difference in the lives of the fami lies we serve. I want to help others see this mission and want to be a part of making this happen for our MTF families.”
to Mothers Trust Foundation’s reports, of the families served:
Since its inception, Mothers Trust Foundation has assisted more than 43,000 children with nearly $4.4 million in grants.
“We would love for more people to join our meetings—it’s just one hour each week and Zoom has made it very easy for people to come in and out of those calls as they have time. We discuss each and every grant request we receive to make sure that what we’re doing is within our guidelines and sustainable goingWhenforward.”agrant is approved, the check is cut within 24-48 hours. Grant requests range from something as small as the fee to go on a school field trip to something as significant as money to cover rent and utilities. MTF also has special rules in their bylaws so that they can issue grants in emergency
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At its core, Mothers Trust Foundation fills in financial gaps for children from birth to age 21, in turn providing hope, building confidence, and making a positive difference in young people’s lives. “We are very good stewards of the money we receive,” says Turelli. “We take the trust people have in us veryToseriously.”thisend, each Wednesday morning at 9:30, a group of Mothers Trust Foundation volunteers and staff gather on a Zoom call and in person in their office at Gorton Commu nity Center to review grant requests and vote on whether or not a grant should be made. Grant requests are submitted to MTF by social workers and school counselors throughout Lake County on behalf of the children they’re representing. “It’s very important for Mothers Trust Foundation to stick to our guidelines when evaluating grant requests,” Turelli says.
OTHERS Trust Foundation Execu tive Director Paula Turelli is many wonderful things, but a gala goer she is not.“Having a gala as our fundraiser this year definitely pushes me out of my comfort zone,” says Turelli. “But we have such a special committee planning the event and doing this for the families we serve. I’m really looking forward to it!”
• 21 percent have a child or parent who is disabled
“Our Fairytale Ball idea grew out of the joy we saw during our Pop-Up Prom Shoppe dress giveaway. It was a fairytale ending to see everyone’s smiles in their beautiful dresses,” Turelli says. “We hope to see many new faces and friends at this fun event for a wonderful cause.”
• Nearly all of the families live at or below the poverty level
Monsor was once asked why she decided to call the orga nization she founded “Mothers Trust.” “There is a notion of mothering at the heart of what Mothers Trust tries to accom plish,” she once said, herself a mother of six and grandmother to eight. “The name sends a message of affection, responsibil ity, and accountability. A big part of this in my mind is that you’re always accountable to your mother.”
Lake Forest’s Mothers Trust Foundation will be one step closer to helping children realize their dreams after its Fairytale Ball on October 29.
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Riedel has been serving behind-the-scenes as an unofficial ambassador of MTF for more than 20 years and involved with many other local philanthropic organizations like Ragdale and Citadel. She knows from experience the awareness and funding a gala like this can bring.
• 77 percent are single mother or grandparent head of household
This first-time gala will be a fitting tribute to the founda tion’s beloved founder Barbara Monsor who died earlier this year at the age of 99. Monsor founded MTF in 1998 after witnessing firsthand how a seemingly small amount of help can change a child’s life. Her idea was simple—to connect people in desperate situations with those who want to provide assistance where it will truly make a difference.
• 8 percent are homeless
Theories are tossed about to this day that it could
Lake Bluff”s Lawrence Interiors gets in on the act by ghoulishly decorating its storefront windows with a wickedly clever Ghost Walk theme.
Knaack’s ghost story is just one of several tales in cluded in the Lake Bluff History Museum’s upcoming Ghost Walk, which will take place on October 21 and 22. The walk is returning after a few years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is the brainchild of Cath erine McKechney, a scary story enthusiast who started the tradition in 1997.
have been a Lake Bluff police officer (back then Village Hall doubled as a police station at night), but a perpe trator was never identified. As a result, there are those who believe Lake Bluff Village Hall is haunted with the ghost of the unfortunate Ms. Knaack.
words by Mitch Hurst photography provided by The Lake Bluff History Museum
GHOST STORIES
N THE EVENING of October 30, 1928, Elf rieda Knaack was found severely burned in the fur nace of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She would die in the hospital three days later. The rest of the story is a
mystery. Knaack, a local schoolteacher, refused to tell authorities how she might have ended up in the furnace, and who might have put her there.
After a hiatus due to the pandemic, the Lake Bluff History Museum makes a triumphant return this month.
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“Our local businesses are always so generous. Often
“As you know, our world is pretty upside down these days, especially following the pandemic, and we just thought it would be interesting to do a parody of some of the pieces of that show,” McKechney says.
The cast from a speakeasy scene, including Walt Sloane as gangster Al Capone, does a Ghost Walk-themed rendition of “Sit down you’re rocking the boat” from Guys and Dolls
And a show it is. Each stop on the walk includes a full-on production, sometimes a parody, of ghost stories that walkers may or may not be familiar with. Local talent participates in the production, including Regis Chalot, President of the Village of Lake Bluff.
The Lake Bluff History Museum Ghost Walk will be held on October 21 and 22. Walks commence ever 15 minutes between 6 and 9 p.m., and tickets are $25. For more infor mation or to purchase tickets, visit lakebluffhistory.org.
“One of the things I love is that people will be in a scene together and they start off as strangers and after they’ve done this 13 times over two nights they become really good friends,” she says.
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“I’m a ghost story fan and I love Halloween and I live in a scary, Victorian house,” says McKechney, a Lake Bluff resident. “I was on the History Museum board, and I went to York, Maine, with my children and saw this sign up for a ghost walk. We went on this walk, and they told random stories you might hear at a Girl ScoutMcKechneycamp.”
says what she really wanted to know was more about the history of the town and ghost stories about real people. When she got back to Lake Bluff the idea for a local Ghost Walk took hold.
Lake Bluff’s oldest commercial property is the setting for horrifying acts of Ghost Walk butchery. Tom Beck, left, and Eric Grenier play the butchers, Rosenthalghostly&Helming,inthispopularskit.
In past years, the Ghost Walk has been based on a theme, including “The Twilight Zone” and “Alien Inva sion”, and this year’s theme will be “Stranger Things” and the upside-down village that featured in one season.
“I thought, ‘Why don’t we do a ghost walk but we will tell the real stories that happened in town. Some of them are very scary and I think people will be interested and they’ll learn history at the same time.’”
“It’s more Saturday Night Live than real theatrical performance, just because we have to be very flexible,” she says. “We use some very good actors and non-actors and there’s a hundred of them and sometimes things change.”Mostof all, the event brings the community together.
The walk starts at the Lake Bluff History Museum and then makes nine stops in different locations in town, including the Lake Bluff Library and local businesses.
times they just give us the keys to their building; it’s that kind of a community,” McKechney says. “They let us use their space for the weekend for the show.”
words by Timothy Long photography by James Gustin of Fig Media styling by Theresa DeMaria Discovering the power of fashion with Hindman Auctions’ Timothy Long.
Timothy Long, Hindman Auctions Director, Senior Specialist, Couture & Luxury Accessories, with couture from the Collection of Countess Anita von Galen, offered in Spring 2022
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Fashion choices are, therefore, of paramount importance. People with an interest in fashion span all sections of society, from muse ums seeking items of historical significance to collectors passionate about designers and styles to the wearers who like to be draped in beautiful and functional garments. Savvy buyers know that the auc tion market is a place to find unique finds. In recent years, investors are also placing their bets on the secondary market for fashion, with Forbes contributor Lela London reporting that “Designer Hand bags Are Now A Better Investment Than Art.” Forbes quotes the annual review by Art Market Research, which “has been measuring price movements in the fine art market since 1976,” stating that luxury handbags “now outperform art, classic cars, and rare whis kies in terms of investment potential. Some bags, from the likes of Hermès, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton, have even experienced a valu ation spike of an average of 83 percent in the last ten years. To put that into context, coins have increased by 21 percent, first-edition books by 42 percent, and watches—the assumed king of fashionable investments—by just 72 percent.”
In addition, buying clothes with a history behind them is a choice that helps the planet by avoiding “fast fashion.” In an article by contributor Catherine Erdly, Forbes reported that the “secondhand clothing market is growing 11 times faster than traditional retail and is estimated to be worth more than double that of fast fashion, at $84 billion by 2030 (while fast fashion is projected to be worth around $40 billion at the same time).” And who doesn’t have a fa vorite piece of clothing they would like to wear forever? Perhaps you can find another one at auction.
As Hindman Auctions’ Director and Senior Specialist of Cou ture and Luxury Accessories, I have been able to dive into the past and learn more about a range of individuals’ experiences with fash ion. Having worked in the field of fashion for decades, I have no shortage of intriguing anecdotes and have also seen how the market for luxury goods has rapidly developed. From contemporary fashion to vintage and antique articles of clothing, there is always some thing new to discover.
Fashion is not just a utilitarian commodity. Fashion is an art—a “soft sculpture”—designed to please the eye and perform a function, making it one of the most complex artistic forms. Design, engi neering, science, and artistry are all required to make a garment or accessory. In addition, fashion responds to and influences societal changes, making it a powerful transversal tool to study history and the diversity of people who wear it.
The Couture & Luxury Accessories Department will present an online auction on September 16 with bidding beginning at 10 a.m., hindmanauctions.com/auctions/1076-fall-fashion- accessories. Bidding is available via Hindman’s Digital Bid Room, bid.hindmanauctions.com or the Hindman app. The couture and accessories will be available for preview from September 13 to 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Timothy Long at 312-280-1212 or timothylong@ hindmanauctions.com.
At Hindman, we carefully select fashion items from all over the United States and present them in four annual auctions. For each item, we perform careful research to ensure authenticity, quality, and condition. This process is why our clients include first-class muse ums, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. In a world that ap pears to encourage an eternal revival of forms and styles—think how styles come in and out of fashion over the years—garments and accessories sold at Hindman are historically significant, expanding the notion of fashionable from something ephemeral to something eternally wearable.
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HEN WE PRESENT ourselves to the world, we choose clothes that show who we are. The choice of the clothing we wear is an intimate one, defin ing our days and nights. Fashion is one of the first things we think about in the morning, to ensure that we feel com fortable, protected, and confident.
If you are a collector with an interest in history or a wearer with a passion for fashion, we can advise you on what is valuable and important in your search for clothing and accessories to cherish and enjoy for a Hindmanlifetime.isexcited to offer an opportunity to acquire a piece of fashion history in our September 16 Fall Fashion & Accessories auction. From an Oscar de la Renta ball gown and a Valentino dress to Gucci, Chanel, and Hermès handbags and more, we’ve got you covered.
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F YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED in a lawsuit or legal pro ceeding, you know how stressful it is to worry about the out come. However, it is beneficial to understand that the legal system is set up with checks and balances. For example, if you are involved in a divorce proceeding and the court makes a ruling that you feel is inconsistent with the statutory guide lines or case law, you may appeal that decision to the appel late court. If the appellate court does not change the ruling to your liking, you may ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review the lower court’s ruling. The Illinois Supreme Court is the state’s highest court, which also supervises and administers the state’s judicial sys tem. As part of its duties, the supreme court supervises more than 1,000 circuit court judges and more than 50 appellate court judges to ensure decisions are consistent with Illinois statutes and case law.
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petency, especially for the Supreme Court as it is the court of last resort for issues regarding Illinois state law.
Elizabeth Rochford is a Lake County associate judge who has been “highly recommended” by the Illinois Bar Association for the 2nd District Supreme Court vacancy. judgerochfordforsupremecourt.com/about. Nicholas A. Riewer is an attorney with Strategic Divorce in Lake Bluff, 847-234-4445, strategicdivorce.com.
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Strategic Divorce attorney Nicholas A. Riewer and the Honorable Elizabeth Rochford explain the importance of understanding the qualifications of candidates for Illinois courts.
With respect to the Illinois Supreme Court, the court consists of seven justices who are chosen by popular vote in partisan elections and serve a ten-year term. After the initial ten-year term, they are on the ballot in an uncontested, nonpartisan election to continue serv ing. The Illinois Supreme Court justices are elected from five differ ent judicial districts. Three of the Supreme Court justices are elected from the 1st District (Cook County), and one Supreme Court jus tice is elected from each of the other four districts.
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Judges at all three levels, the circuit court, the appellate court, and the supreme court, are appointed or elected in partisan elections.
Nobody wants to be involved in the legal process; however, if you are, you will realize how important it is to have qualified and com petent individuals serving as judges. Many people, even practicing attorneys, are not fully informed about the candidates running for judge. As the 2022 election approaches, it is vital that voters know as much as possible about each candidate’s qualifications and com
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The 2nd Judicial District includes Lake County, McHenry County, DeKalb County, Kane County, and Kendall County. On November 8, the voters of the 2nd District will be asked to elect a new supreme court justice because of the retirement of former Justice Robert R. Thomas. The two candidates for the 2nd District vacancy are Elizabeth M. Rochford (D) and Mark Curran (R).
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words, recipe, and photography by Wendy Franzen of Fletcher & Fork SIDECAR
3. Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until icy cold, then strain through a fine mesh cocktail sieve into glass.
• W hite sugar and a lemon wedge, for rimming glass
Makes one
• Strip of lemon or orange peel, for garnish
• ¾ ounce f reshly squeezed lemon juice
REATED OVER A century ago, the Sidecar is perhaps the world’s most popular cognac cocktail—and un derstandably so. Elegant cognac is shaken with freshly squeezed lemon juice and orange liqueur, resulting in cozy, tart-sweet-dry perfection. The sugared rim is op tional but strongly recommended as it lends a touch of balanced sweetness to each sip.
• 1 ounce best-quality orange liqueur (such as Coin treau or Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao)
INGREDIENTS
1. Thoroughly chill a coupe glass.
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• 2 ounces cognac
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4. Garnish with a twist of lemon or orange.
2. Sugar the rim: Add sugar to a saucer or small plate, then lightly run a lemon wedge around the rim of glass. Turn glass upside down and dip rim directly into sugar—no twisting necessary.
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SPOOKY CHIC
tablescaping and photography by Aimee Sahlas, Distinct Artists
HE IMMINENT arrival of crunchy leaves, scented candles, and hot spiced cider can only mean one thing—Halloween is almost upon us. If you love the season but are looking to keep the plastic at bay, fear not, this tablescape will spice it up. Using moody, dark accessories to add a bit of ee
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riness paired with a few kitschy elements with more subtle and sophisticated nods to the holiday. You’ll also be able to reuse these ideas year after year since they’re more grounded and subtle than the usual knick-knacks. Take your traditional charcuterie board a creepy step further this holiday by adding skeleton themed glass wear and elegant spiders, pumpkins, and other blood curdling accessories.
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THE DISH HOUSE & GARDEN
52 FOREST & BLUFF PEANUT BUTTER BANANA MUFFINS
• ¾ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
Make frosting:
there a recipe you’re dying to have?
HEN I WAS 5, my best friend’s mom—a prima ballerina from Australia, took it upon herself to teach the girls in our class ballet. We may have been her biggest challenge yet! But I loved leaping across the dark wooden floorboards in my pink leotard, my tights forever bagging at the knee and ankle, doing my utmost to transform into a swan. Af terward, Yvonne’s mom would make us peanut butter and banana sandwiches on toast. Those flavors together still bring me back. Here, they are combined in a deli cious muffin recipe adapted from baker Jessica Gross man’s original, with swirls of peanut butter cream cheese frosting on top.
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
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• 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
Spoon frosting into a piping bag with decorative tip of your choice. Pipe frosting onto cooled muffin tops. Gar nish each with a banana chip. Serve.
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• ½ tsp salt
For the frosting:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Tuck paper muffin lin ers into two 12-cup muffin tins. In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat eggs with the white and brown sugars at medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl with spatula as needed. Add oil in a slow steady stream. Beat in va nilla, mashed bananas, and peanut butter. In a medium bowl, sift flour, salt, and baking powder together. Alter nating with drizzles of the milk, add flour to batter in three parts. Mix only until no flour streaks show. Do not overmix. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full of batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes until tops of muffins spring back when touched. Muffins will have crackled tops. Set on a cooling rack while you make frosting.
• Sweetened dried banana chips for garnish
• ¾ cup peanut butter (Note: Don’t choose a brand with oil and nut butter separated; smooth and creamy works best0
Decorate muffins:
• ½ cup canola or sunflower oil
ForINGREDIENTSthemuffins:
• ¾ cup smooth and creamy peanut butter
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• ½ cup cream cheese, at room temperature
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• 2 ripe bananas, mashed to make 1 cup
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• 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
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MakeMETHOD:muffins:
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 stick top-quality unsalted butter, softened
Makes two dozen muffins
In bowl of stand mixer on medium speed, beat butter, peanut butter and cream cheese until very smooth with no bits of cream cheese remaining. Beat in vanilla and salt. Add powdered sugar. Note: You can add a bit more or less sugar, to suit your taste.
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If you use individual switches for your lights, don’t forget to make sure you can eas ily turn lights on and off from all sides of your room. Walking across a dark room to turn on the lights is an unnecessary incon venience.
Keep in mind family and entertaining needs when planning your lighting. Night
Kashian Bros experts remind us that the best lighting is a perfect combination of ambiance, style, and function.
Don’t forget to make a plan for task light ing! Task lighting sometimes gets over looked in favor of the more exciting ambient lighting.Yourtask lighting needs depend on how you most use your kitchen. If you are a baker, make sure you have have task lights where you will decorate your baked goods. If you are a vegetarian, make sure you have good lighting to chop and prep multiple vegetables at once.
LAKE FOREST’S KASHIAN BROS RECOMMENDS A LIGHTING PLAN FOR SUPERIOR FUNCTION AND STYLE IN YOUR NEW KITCHEN
A well-illuminated sink makes washing dishes a bit easier. And under-cabinet light ing makes cleaning up stray crumbs a breeze.
time homework and wintertime cocktail parties will benefit from strategic lighting.
Call Kashian Bros if you want a beautiful new kitchen or bath without the stress and anxiety of a typical home project. We take care of the en tire project from start to finish, including design and all installation, even plumbing, lighting, wallpaper, and paint.
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From celebrity athletes to hometown hopefuls, renowned Lake Forest psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo helps her clients elevate their mindset and rewire their brains to thrive.
“My coaches and I provide the life skills training needed to over come those obstacles and develop habits that enhance emotional intelligence and optimize performance,” says Dr. E, explaining how her patented Neuro-Regenerative Training™ (NRT) uses cutting edge neuroscientific principles to rewire the brain and enhance suc cess. “Today I’m a professional speaker and do a lot of media, but there was a time when I was scared to death to talk to more than three people. When my first book was published, getting the mes sage out there meant being on stages and being on TV. I did a lot of internal work to change my fear-based thinking and get out of my own way.”
The only difference now is, she’s taking that training to a popula tion that needs it most—teens and their parents.
For more information about EleVive, visit elevive.com.
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“Most athletes spend a lot of time focusing on their bodies and yet, it’s our minds that allow our bodies to perform optimally,” she says. “Optimizing mindset and what we are saying to ourselves in side is pivotal to any kind of peak performance, especially in sports. It’s what I would call a secret advantage.”
ful to protect the identity of the student athlete. “So, we did a really cool technique and cre ated a memory of his success in winning the ultimate game at the entire competition ... it was extremely powerful, rewiring his brain.”Asa result, the young man performed better than he ever thought possible. Another one of her clients was a young high school golfer who was having is sues with his putting. He and his parents received Dr. E’s training to overcome a fear of failure on the golf course when all of a sudden, a light bulb went off.
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Young people suffering from anxiety or depression often share one common denominator— their thoughts and internal dialogue are almost always negative self-talk, reinforcing messages about what’s “wrong” with them instead of reimagining all that could be “right.”
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HEN LAKE FOREST psychologist and concierge life coach Dr. Eliza beth Lombardo founded her EleVive business 2019, she was already fa mous. Celebrity testimonials on her company website sing praises of her transformational approach to therapy, including one from none other than NBA great Shaquille O’Neal that dubs Lombardo as his “Head Coach for happiness.”
“I started EleVive right before the pandemic because I began to see a real need to bring adolescents and their parents the same life skills I’d been teaching executives and professional athletes for years,” says Lombardo, who is often referred to in the media as “Dr. E.” “Stress and mental health issues were skyrocketing in our young people. They were getting the medication but not the skills and training necessary to rewire their brain.”
With her third book, Get Out of the Red Zone: Transform Your Stress and Optimize True Success, already garnering rave reviews, Dr. E says she will continue to spread her “secret ingredient” to all who need it. And among her Elevive clients, that includes parents.
“These are not skills we’re teaching in schools but when you look at what predicts success, it’s emotional intelligence, stress manage ment, and grit. We provide our teams with these skills and I work with parents to help them help their children,” she adds. “This is a different generation and there are different approaches for us to be better parents for our children. Once they have these skills and resilience, they’ll have them for life.”
words by Sherry Thomas
One of her fastest growing sub-specialties is in the area of sports psychology and working with young student athletes to do just that.
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Her career as a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and media guest have made her one of the most sought-after experts in the world for those who seek to harness the power of mindset.
“I had a young client looking to go pro and was having a real mind obstacle. He was performing well in practice but during competitions would not play up to his ability,” she explains, care
“They come in for sports, and learn skills to perform better, but they also learn these same skills to help with in all kinds of situations, from academic stress to social stress,” explains Dr. E, who is often enlisted to help “coach” student athletes who are hoping to play their sport in college. “EleVive is for teens and parents of teens and our tagline is to that when you elevate your mindset, you thrive in life.”
Dr. E began working with clients who were injured and doubting whether they’d ever return to peak performance. Teaching them to shift their mindset became her secret weapon.
“He said ‘wait a minute, can I use this when I’m stressed out about a test, too?’” she says. “When you’re focused on fail ure, your subconscious, which controls your body, will impact the performance you’re going to have.”The concept itself is brilliant in its simplicity. If you could stick a microphone in your brain, what do you hear yourself say? Once a client has that breakthrough, Dr. E says it’s like putting broccoli on marinara.
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“The mind is powerful and a person’s mindset is criti cal to creating change,” explains Blake, a clinical hyp notherapist and life coach who utilizes hypnotherapy for her Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) and Hearthealing®. “The only thing we have control over are our thoughts. Our thoughts control our feelings, our feelings control our actions, and our actions control our behavior.”
words by Sherry Thomas photography by Katrina Wittkamp hair and makeup by Frances Tsalas
As a mother of three who has endured her own trau ma and loss, the journey to finding a career in positive healing was a personal one.
Melissa Pas Blake of Lake Forest calls this the “lemon test” and it’s often the first step she takes when helping clients at Pasitive Solutions LLC. This exercise usually elicits a physical response and the purpose is to demonstrate that the pictures we make in our heads and the words that we say to ourselves become real. Blakes’s techniques help people overcome issues including anxi ety, self-sabotage, loss, addiction, trauma, as well as va riety of other issues that prevent them from reaching their true potential.
She says the difference between traditional psychol ogy and what she does with hypnotherapy is—rather than telling someone what’s “wrong” with them, she is able to help the client go deep in their subconscious to uncover the source of their anxiety, self-sabotage, pain, or addiction and find self-love again.
With those principles in mind, she uses hypnother apy techniques to help clients understand the root of whatever may be causing them pain, holding them back, or preventing them from realizing their full potential.
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LOSE YOUR EYES. Imagine you have a wedge of a fresh, juicy, lemon in your hand. Now taste it. The flavor is tart, or maybe slight ly bitter. Then let the juices flow into your imagination.
Melissa Pas Blake of Lake Forest is building an inspiring mental health practice that helps clients heal through hypnotherapy and realigning the way they see themselves, and the world.
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“When I discovered hypnotherapy, it helped me so quickly compared to sitting in a psychologist’s office for years. It’s really brilliant and powerful,” explains Blake, who wrote about her experiences and the power of heart healing in the best-selling book, When Women Heal: An Anthology Of The Magical Ripple Effect Of Success When Women Heal And Lead Themselves. “The fact that I over came my fear and pushed ‘send’ on my little chapter, that I went outside my comfort zone ... was life changing for me. I’m not a writer but I had the courage to do it, and that’s really when I healed the most.”
It almost feels real, right? As real as any negative thought, fear, or bad memory might feel when it creeps into your mind and causes you to sabotage your own success, happiness, or mental health.
“Everything is a choice,” says Blake, who works with clients as young as 16 to transform their emotional and mental health. “We can let go of anger, we can let go of shame, and we can let go of resentment.”
“My belief is that if I was able to heal, then healing is possible for everyone,” she says. “I help both men and women let go of negative feelings that have held them back from being their best selves. It often goes back to that hurt child who needs to feel safe and connected. Because when we don’t feel safe and connected, we don’t make good choices and it can turn into an unhealthy behavior pattern.”
Looking ahead to her fifth year in business, the hope is to create more pathways and packages to serve those in need on the North Shore and beyond.
“With heart healing, we can be the change makers in our family,” says Blake, explaining that trauma can be passed down, generation after generation. “When we heal ourselves, there’s a ripple effect to our family, our friends, and everyone we care about.”
For more information about Pasitive Solutions LLC or to schedule an appointment, visit pasitivesolutions.com.
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For example, Blake believes that addiction, regardless of what form it takes, can often be the result of an inner wound that someone has been carrying with them for too“Whateverlong.
The results are often transformational.
“Do I love my job? I do,” she says. “I know I can’t change the world, but if I can change the world for one person, or 100 people, that’s a beautiful thing.”
the issue is, the underlying reason people come see me is most often some version of—they don’t feel ‘enough’ or they don’t feel like they fit in or they don’t feel connected. This causes people to go back to old habits and go back to what is familiar,” she adds.
Blake began her formal training in California with RTT pioneer Marissa Peer. Combining hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and psychothera py, RTT is used to tap into the subconscious mind to identify the root cause of limiting beliefs. The goal is then to transform, reprogram, and dispel the limiting beliefs. She also studied the HeartHealing® Technique with creator Natasha Leigh Bray. Weaving processes from hypnotherapy, shamanism, social work, and energy healing to deliver a holistic healing experience for the body, mind, and soul, HeartHealing® offers an integra tive approach to mental health.
When she launched Pasitive Solutions LLC in Lake Forest in 2018, many of her first clients came to her through referrals or even on Facebook. Today, she helps people from all over the world—from Israel to London to Australia—both in person and on Zoom.
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Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce’s unique “Then & Now” auto showcase returns, bringing with it vintage sportscar collectors like Edmond and Tena Russ.
words by Sherry Thomas photography by Lisa Sciascia hair and makeup by Leanna Ernest
Take the 1953 MG TD/C that the Lake Forest couple brought to this month’s Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce “Then & Now” auto showcase. That limited-edition model came straight from the original family that bought it nearly 70 years ago.
inception. “The frame is ash, still intact, and it’s really in excellent condition. The only major modification is the addition of a roll bar and sway bar and a little tweaking to the engine. That’s why it’s such a special car.”
Ed says he found the vintage gem online in 2017, and quickly learned it was more than just another MG. This particular automobile was one of only 50 specialty cars that had been tweaked for friends of British Mo torcars on the assembly line. Twenty-five of them stayed in England; the other 25 were imported to Norfolk, Virginia.“Allof them were painted Silver Streak Grey, all of them had red wheels, and all of them had a red radia tor and red interior,” says Ed, an auto show committee member who has been participating every year since its
MERICANS have been ob sessed with automobiles for over a century now, each decade ush ering in one nifty innovation af ter another. And while there are always those people (you know who you are) who view vehicles as merely a utilitarian mode of transport, most of us have a romanticized tale (or three) about the cars of our lives and what they mean to us.
Edmond “Ed” Russ and his wife, Tena, have enough of those stories to fill a best-selling novel.
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But that was just one of many magnificent automo biles on display at the October 2 “Then & Now” show case, held at West Lake Forest Train Station.
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Organized by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce, the City of Lake Forest, and an advi sory committee of auto enthusiasts representing a wide range of cars from exotic and classic to pre- and postwar, vintage European, Rolls Royce/Bentley, and mod ern luxury speedsters, this year’s “Then & Now” show rolled though for a display of what Ed calls a century’s worth of “driveable art.”
He served as co-chair of that committee, along with fellow co-chair John Maxson. Committee members in cluded Jim Opsitnik, Shaun Carter, Steve Stitle, Dan Sobczyk, Bruce Grabenkort, Robert Ritholz, David Taylor, Michelle Bries Nichols, Joan Lynch, Max Lynch, and Mike Kalodimos. Signature sponsors included Big Door, Imperial Motors Jaguar, and Northern Trust and participating sponsors and dealerships included Hill & Stone Insurance, Audi/Porsche Exchange, Ferrari Lake Forest, Glenview Luxury Imports, Knauz Auto motive Group, Steve Foley Rolls Royce and Bentley, and Northshore Sportscars, each showcasing signature models.
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Interestingly enough, the friend who convinced him and Tena to move to Lake Forest many years ago is the same fellow car enthusiast who got them involved in the showcase— Jim Opsitnik, past president of the Lake Forest Preservation Society.
Tena, who hasn’t driven an automatic in decades (she “got religion” when she met Ed and went back to driv ing stick), says she loves Road America as much as her husband.“Inever saw as many race cars or Porsches as I saw at Road America. My first trip up there, I came back with a whole lot of photographs, but they weren’t of him or his cars. They were of Mini Coopers,” she laughs. “So, as a result, I’m on my third Mini Cooper now and you can’t pry that out of my hands.”
It didn’t take long before Opsitnik, Maxson, and Ed began rallying people to get involved and the inaugural “Then & Now” showcase was unveiled in 2019.
For more information about next year’s car show or other upcoming events, visit Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce at lflbchamber.com.
“The auto show is a ‘then and now’ showcase so I brought an almost new Porsche as the new one and the MG as the old one,” says Ed, explaining that the whole reason he bought the 1953 MG TD/C was to replace a Porsche 356 he used to race at Road America in Elkhart Lake. “I have been instructing there since the 1970s. The cars are just so magnificent. You see a million-dollar car on the racetrack and it’s like ‘wow’.”
“That’s like the Queen Mary,” Tena chimes in.
At home, the Russes have a coach house where among the vehicles you’ll find parked there at any given
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“I love the variety of it,” says Tena, who is coming up on her 40th wedding anniversary with Ed, sharing his passion for cars through the decades. “Everybody comes out and it’s just an incredible parade of cars you just don’t see. It’s very special to have some of them there.”
time (aside from the MG) are a 2022 Porsche Macan GTS, 2019 Boxster Porsche GTS, and a 1964 Porsche 356“EdSC.is a fabulous driver and instructor and people come to him for advice and help all the time,” she con tinues. “We can fit five cars in that coach house so it’s not uncommon to see Ed out there with the hood up and a group of friends.
“Joanna Rolek from the Chamber contacted Elaine and Jim and said ‘we’d like to have an event in West Lake Forest and we were thinking about a different type of car show,” Ed recalls.
To which, Tena had five words for him: “No room at the inn.”
Ed, on the other hand, has no favorites. He just loves them
“There’s no way this show could happen without Joanna,” Ed continues, giving props to Rolek and the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce com mittee. “I like to drive Porsches, race the MG, but so many cars are just fun to look at. Wish I could fit them all in the garage.”
“Although,all. there are some unusual cars I like a lot,” he says, noting Bill Knauz’s World War II Jeep and a 1941 Packard, four-door convertible they once owned.
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Chris and Diane Brennan and their dog Luna in their Lake Forest home.
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Brennan added to his skyscraper-high pile of victories in 2018 when he launched the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation, a 501c3, Lake Forest-based charitable organization committed to helping individuals, who have suffered cervical spinal injuries causing physi cal and cognitive disabilities, and their families and communities, by providing financial resources to help ensure a continuum of re habilitation resources and provide opportunities for individuals to ultimately reach optimal health and independence.
Chris Brennan, also a prostate cancer survivor, has received his Last Rites seven times since turning 57. Seven times. But please re frain from mentioning a cat’s nine lives in his presence.
“I was lucky,” says Brennan, who served as chairman/CEO of TGI Systems, a global visual branding company for stadiums and arenas, from 2012-2017, following an array of impressive posts mostly in the broadcast industry, including founder of One-OnOne Sports, Inc., and Premiere Global Sports President/CEO/ Board Member. “After my accident, I found out I had disability insurance. I had no idea I had signed up for it. My transition from hospital to home was softer, easier, compared to many others with my condition because of my insurance and resources.
Months later, while attending a conference in New York, he awoke at 5 a.m. with sepsis. Brennan had suffered a perforated in testine. He underwent abdominal surgery after writing a moving note to his wife, Diane, six children, and two stepchildren because he had been given a 10 percent chance of survival.
Brennan did more than survive his tumble atop boulders in The Grand Canyon State eight years ago. He threw himself into physi cal therapy from the get-go. Pain was his workout partner, daily. But he dealt with it, probably set a record for winces squeezed in a three-hour segment one day, and persevered, persevered, persevered. It also helped immensely to have been paired with a Rehabilita tion Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) physical trainer named Jennifer Traines—the very same Jennifer who, de cades ago, happened to be a second grade AYSO soccer teammate
words by Bill McLean photography by Lisa Sciascia
Victory? Bigger than that. You could make an airtight case that Brennan has won the equivalent of a few Boston Marathons, a handful of Olympic gold medals, two Heis man Trophies, and an Ironman Triathlon since a 25-foot, freak fall off a patio during a brunch in Arizona damaged his C4 through C7 vertebrae and left him a tetraplegic (one with partial or total loss of movement in all limbs and in the torso) in 2014.
HRIS BRENNAN’S wheelchair sits in a corner of his garage in Lake Forest. It hasn’t rolled an inch in three years.
you’d have to settle for viewing a hard-fought stalemate.
Oh, and the severed spinal cord he’d incurred during neurosur gery, which kept him in an ICU unit for 34 days? Surgical error. The cut left the 1976 Loyola Academy graduate—who grew up “on the mean streets of Kenilworth” and earned Loyola Academy Athletics Hall of Fame enshrinement after rushing for 1,000 yards and averaging 10 yards per tote as a senior tailback and clocking crazy-fast times of 10.2, 22.3, and 38-flat in the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, and 330 low-hurdles, respectively, for the Ramblers’ track and field team—paralyzed from the neck down.
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“You could call that a victory,” a smiling Brennan, 65, says after nodding at the static transport on an August afternoon.
“Don’t want to hear it,” Brennan, stretching another wide smile, says. “That means I have only two lives left.”
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The most indestructible sense in the world has to be Brennan’s sense of humor. But match that against his perpetual positivity and
An estimated 17,000 people in the U.S. survive a spinal cord in jury every year. Medical costs for some victims have been known to reach a stratospheric $500,000—in the first year.
“Paralyzed people,” he adds, “often feel hopeless, in part due to how tough and painful rehab can be and in part due to the costs. I remember telling my wife, ‘If I survive this, I’m going to start a foundation.’ ”
TetraplegicPERSONIFIEDPOSITIVITYandLakeForestresidentChrisBrennanstartedthe Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation (BRN) to spread hope to others. One of this year’s three BRN Socrates Award grantees is 8-year-old Cooper Roberts, a victim in the July 4 shooting in Highland Park.
Brennan walking his dog Luna
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Mr. Chris Brennan, a son of former University of Notre Dame football coach and two-time NCAA champion tailback Terry Brennan.ChrisBrennan will never forget the cheerful, firm message he heard from Traines while staring a hole into a ceiling tile at RIC.
The Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation holds its Casino Night fundraiser on November 5 at Sunset Ridge Country Club in North field. The Foundation’s Double Down on Disabilities Fund aims to raise $250,000 every year in cash and in-kind services to help indi viduals and their families burdened with the physical, emotional, and financial stress of a spinal cord injury causing a permanent disability.
The award spotlights the Socrates Creed: strive for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
But he hasn’t fumbled a thing as head of the Brennan Rehabilita tion
Among this year’s honorees is eight-year-old Cooper Roberts, a victim in the July 4 attack in Highland Park. The others: Chicago Police Officer Daniel Golden, a U.S. Army veteran who became paralyzed from the waist town while trying to break up a fight out side a Chicago bar in July; and Christopher Medak, a writer/pro ducer who was paralyzed in 2017 while body surfing off the coast of Los Angeles.
“ChrisFoundation.continues to turn a negative in his life into a positive,” says Lake Forest resident Janie Walsh, who serves as a Brennan Rehabilitation Nominating Committee Co-chair. “He’s an amazing person, doing fabulous things for the Foundation. He’s a hero to so many. He’s definitely a hero to me.
“My wife was always there to push me, to encourage me, after my accident,” Brennan says. “She’ll always be there for me. She’s been such a great partner and supporter. Special. How fortunate am I that she’s in my life?
“The daily pursuit of a healthy mind and healthy body, in the face of ad versity, is the true testament to one’s character,” Brennan says. “Such a quest is made easier by providing the economic resources to cover a victim’s therapy, equipment, prescriptions, and in-home care.”
“I offered to help her with the dishwasher the other night, but she told me, ‘No, you broke three dishes the last time you helped.’ I sometimes drop things.”
Brennan’s good fortune and strong desire to buoy the hopes of other spinal cord survivors—locally and nationally—led to the establishment of the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation’s annual Socrates Award lifetime grants. Recipients (usually three per year) receive $1,000 every year for the rest of their lives for having dem onstrated the efforts in working to achieve personal success while pursuing the daily grind of physical rehabilitation.
For more information about the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation, its November 5 Casino Night fundraiser, and the Double Down on Disabilities Fund, visit brennanrehabfoundation.org or call 847-3727429. Chris Brennan is thankful for the Foundation’s corporate spon sors: First Insurance Funding, Hill and Stone Insurance Agency, Inc., McGuireWoods, LLP, Rush University Medical Center, and Wintrust Financial. Chris’s email address is cjb1133@gmail.com.
of Kelley Brennan, one of Chris’s daughters. Their coach?
Mr. Brennan, I’m going to help you walk again.
“Getting physical exercise, and sticking with a regimen, has been critical to my recovery because of the role it plays in establishing new nerves,” says Brennan, who uses a cane or a walker to ambulate and a recumbent bike to build strength and zip past neighbors, also known as rabid Chris Brennan fans.
Brennan sits at a table in his home, content and energetic and eager to talk some more about his Foundation. It’s way up there on his Top 10 List of Subjects To Discuss but not ahead of Diane. They got married in 2012.
“I can’t say enough positive things about him.”
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Chris Ramaekers, Lake Forest Civic Orchestra’s music director, says involving student soloists dovetails with the orchestra’s mission of providing quality, com munity-based music for residents of the North Shore.
by Mitch Hurst photography by Kerri Sherman
IDAN WATTS, a rising junior at Lake Forest High School, already has 14 years under his belt playing the violin. Now 17, the math is pretty easy; he started playing the violin when he was 3. While Watts is cur rently a member of his high school’s symphony orchestra, he’s looking forward to his next Wattsgig.and a number of other area high school stu dents have been selected to play as soloists for the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra’s (LFCO) upcoming 2022-2023 season, its 34th, which kicks off on October 9 at the Gorton Center’s John and Nancy Hughes Theater.
On a more personal note, Watts says one of his pri vate teachers, Charlie Pikler, wrote an addition to the first concerto the orchestra will perform on October 9. Watts says Pichler first wrote the piece for him and he initially played it on piano but this will be the first time the piece will be played with a full orchestra.
“I can definitely relate to the piece. On his gravestone, Bruch had carved, ‘Music is the language of God,’ and I think that’s just such a wonderful phrase,” says Watts. “Music is very powerful and no matter what language you speak, everyone can come and connect through mu sic and that’s something I think is very special.”
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Watts will be a featured soloist at the October 9 con cert and will be playing “Vin Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 1,” by the German Romantic Composer Max Bruch, his most well-known work.
“We’re a community orchestra from the community of Lake Forest and for the community of Lake Forest,” he explains. “The members of the orchestra are from here and the surrounding areas and they really value the orchestra both for the music-making and for camarade rie and community fellowship.”
“I feel very honored to be offered the chance. It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to perform as a soloist with an orchestra and it’s an incredible experi ence,” Watts says. “These programs really benefit young musicians by giving them more ways to share their tal ent and passion for music with the community.”
The reason the orchestra began involving student so loists in its performances was to boost community in volvement. Having local students and up-and-coming
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“We look forward every year to providing rising mu sicians in the community the opportunity to play with us,” Martino says. “We Initially brought four of them in for one concert and I just remember not really being able to see my music because my eyes were tearing up seeing that they were finally able to feel that experience.”
“The first thing for me it’s a really great group of people and it’s great how everybody is really commit ted to this mission of representing and serving the Lake Forest community,” he adds. “Orchestras run the risk of becoming stale and easily falling into set patterns. What I really enjoy about working with LFCO is they’re will ing to go with newer ideas.”
These newer ideas include performing pieces by liv ing composers and premiering pieces by local compos ers, some of whom are not so well known.
“I think it comes back to community and the need to give back to the community. Music in Lake Forest has done a lot for me and so it just made sense for me to come back,” Martino says. “Then, at some point we
“It’s a lovely thing and it’s not easy to make a community orchestra work, and these days we couldn’t do it without community.”the
Howard Martino grew up in Lake Forest and played a few concerts with orchestra in its early days but took an extended hiatus before joining up again about 12 years ago. He’s now President of the organization’s Board of Directors. Like others involved in the organi zation, it’s the community aspect of the orchestra that motivates him.
“People join it for the love of making music and we are truly unique in the sense that we have received so much support from the community and from our mem bers who play for the love of it,” she says. “Over the years we’ve created a space for people in this hectic world, whether you’re an orchestra member or an audience member, to come and find a space where you can escape for a little while into something deeper and beautiful.
Melinda Vajnic is a Principal Flautist with the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, and she says she plays with the orchestra because of her love of making music and be ing able to participate at a community level.
needed a change in direction with a music director and I kind of stepped up to the plate and started working on the Whileboard.”volunteers now pay a fee to participate in the orchestra, there’s a payoff—being able to learn from the professionals hired by the orchestra and enhance their musical skills.
On the spring 2023 calendar is a performance of “D’un matin de Printemps” by Lili Boulanger, a French composer who died quite young in the early 20th Cen tury. Ramaekers says her music isn’t played nearly as of ten as it should be, and alongside side it the orchestra is playing works from more well-known composers such as Tchaikovsky and Mozart.
For more information about the upcoming season of Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, visit lakeforestcivicorchestra.org.
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“For example, the first concert we have this year we’re performing a piece by Stacy Garrop called ‘Becoming Medusa’,” Ramaekers says. “Garrop lives in Evanston and for a long time was a professor in Roosevelt Uni versity’s Music Department.”
“We look forward every year to providing rising musicians in the community the opportunity to play with us.”
“We hire section leaders who are pros to come in and help teach and drive the sections, at least the string sec tions,” he says. “The volunteer players get some benefit because they have the opportunity to become better even though they are talented already.”
“It’s a lovely thing and it’s not easy to make a com munity orchestra work, and these days we couldn’t do it without the community.”
soloists, Ramaekers says, is the best and most effective way to continue to represent the Lake Forest community.
Martino says he gets special satisfaction from the orchestra’s program to bring in guest high school solo ists like Watts. The program is offering opportunities to students who were impacted by the shutdown during the pandemic and weren’t able to play with their high school orchestras.
While most of the players in the orchestra are vol unteers (section leaders and some administrative staff are paid employees), it’s the music it produces and plays reflects its players’ collective passion for the works it undertakes, some audiences might not be familiar with.
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FTER A three-and-a-half-year hiatus, The Chicago Show: Antiques & Art & Modern returns to the Merchandise Mart October 6 to 9. Co-chaired by Lake Forest resident Keevie Silvay, the weekend will include multiple events for shoppers of all ages.
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