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Train Heist History NORTH SHORE DISTILLERY EVENT ON JUNE 4 REVISITS LEGENDARY ROBBERY NEAR LAKE BLUFF. BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
North Shore residents pride themselves on knowing their local history. But did you know that on the evening of June 12, 1924, a gang of Texas outlaws stopped a train just north of Lake Bluff and pulled off one of the biggest heists in the nation? Sure, there is a historical marker on Route 176 near Roundout that marks the spot where the notorious Newton Brothers and their accomplices got away with more than $2 million in cash and other valuables. However, the story has been more well-known nationally than here locally (Matthew McConaughey even starred in The Newton Boys, a 1998 comedy-drama about their outlaw escapades). Next week, that’s about to change. On Tuesday, June 4, the Lake Bluff History Museum will present “The Great Roundout Train Robbery” at North Shore Distillery in Libertyville. The 7 p.m. event is the first in the museum’s new Distilling History Series—an ongoing program held in partnership with North Shore Distillery. The presentation will revisit the Rondout train robbery story in detail and get to the bottom of Continued on PG 10
SWEET SUCCESS POPULAR HIGHLAND PARK CANDY SHOP CELEBRATES THREE DECADES. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Meeting at Goodies candy shop on a sunny afternoon to talk through details of their upcoming 30th anniversary celebration June 7 and June 8, co-owners Lisa Meitus, Robin Roth, and Carrie Goodman look like a spring bouquet. Wearing pink, yellow, and lavender sweaters, the trio move about the busy Highland Park store like tulips in the wind. Roth answers customer questions about chocolate options, Meitus shows a woman where the various flavors of licorice are shelved, and Goodman is up on a ladder adjusting a gift basket display. “It’s so funny,” says Goodman. “We didn’t discuss what we were wearing before we got here, and then we all showed up, looking like a matching set.” After years of running the business as a threesome, good coordination—planned and unspoken—is a gift the women don’t take lightly. “We are really lucky that we work together so well. Our skills fit well with each other and we have a shared vision for where we want Goodies to go,” says Roth. A local women-owned business since sisters Lois Morrison and Karen Ross teamed with their friend, Louise Lapping, to found the sweets and gift basket emporium in 1989, Goodies has steadily grown, now delivering baskets of sweet Goodie-ness all over the country. Meitus, who grew up here, was introduced to one of the founding three sisters by her father-in-law. When Karen Ross was ready to sell her share in the business, Meitus stepped into the partnership. Her friend Carrie Goodman, who had a culinary degree, four boys at home and interest in a place she could work part-time, started working at the store eight years ago. When Goodies’ remaining founding partners retired in 2017, Continued on PG 10
Carrie Goodman, Lisa Meitus, and Robin Roth gear up to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Goodie’s in Highland Park. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS
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