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Bent Fork owner Liz Bearwald shares sweet stories. P18
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Giants football team delivers OT triumph for new coach. P16
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Can-do sisters create ’cane relief fund
Rise Up: Kick off the autumnal equinox in downtown Winnetka for the 4th Annual East Elm Wine Walk BY ELAINE DOREMUS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
The 4th annual Winnetka East Elm Wine Walk on Sunday, September 22 is a win-win for everyone involved. Attendees get the opportunity to stroll from shop to shop in downtown Winnetka, taste wines, sample food from local restaurants, and listen to musicians from the North Shore’s Music Institute of Chicago perform. Meanwhile, all the proceeds benefit a very worthy cause. One hundred percent of ticket sales, and a percentage of wine sales, benefit Boys Hope Girls Hope of Chicago (BHGH). For nearly 40 years, this Illinois affiliate of the international organization (based in Wilmette) has offered scholarships to Chicago-area children who are academically capable—many who come from families impacted by poverty, homelessness, gang or domestic violence, drug use and other life challenges. BHGH is a privately funded, nonprofit, multi-denominational organization that provides at-risk children with a stable home, high quality education and the support they need to reach their full potential. “This is the third year we will direct proceeds to Boys Hope Girls Hope,” says co-chair and founder of the Wine Walk, Debbie McMahon. “We team up with Tom Boyle of the Wilmette Wine Cellar each fall to produce the event. In addition to soliciting the wine merchants, he curates a wine for each stop that pairs with food
Sofia Perez Westmeyer and Astrid Perez Piccolo PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
BY JULE KEMP PICK THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
An uncle of Lake Forest sisters Sofia Perez Westmeyer and Astrid Perez Piccolo had to
climb onto his roof in Puerto Rico last year — to make a phone call. And deliver good news to the nieces. The uncle, a civil engineer, his wife and other relatives had survived Hurricane Maria, considered the worst storm to hit the sisters’
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2018 The Barn, Oil on Linen, 2012 Lars-Birger Sponberg, 1919-2018
Market Square Lake Forest, Illinois deerpathartleague.org FREE Admission Open to the Public
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