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Honor Flight connects vets to memorials, each other BY DONALD LIEBENSON DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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larence “Gene”Myers,76,does not talk about his service in Vietnam, not to an interviewer, not to his family, not even to the other friends and fellow veterans with whom he golfs. “We mostly talk about golf and family,” he says with a laugh. On October 6, Meyers will be among 22 WWII, Korean and Vietnam War vets traveling to Washington D.C. courtesy of Lake County Honor Flight. The all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization raises funds that make these trips possible. In the nation’s capital, the veterans will be escorted and feted over the course of their three-day visit to see military monuments and memorials that honor all veterans’ service and sacrifices. Meyers previously visited Washington,D.C.for one day,he recalled. He visited the Arlington National Continued on PG 6
Suds instead of duds … Macushla Brewing Company opens in Hackney’s former laundry facility BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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here’s a bit of local history in every pint poured at Macushla Brewing Company, a new microbrewery recently opened by husband and wife team Megan and Mike Welch next to Hackney’s on Lake in Glenview. Mike Welch, the grandson of Hackney’s restaurant founders Jim and Marcella “Kitz” Masterson, spent a significant chunk of his childhood bussing tables, washing dishes, and listening to family stories dating back nearly 80 years, to when his newlywed grandparents, aged 21, purchased Hackney’s on Harms from Mike’s great aunt and uncle, Jack and Bebe Hackney, who made a business selling hamburgers and beer off their back porch during Prohibition. “I grew up hearing about that whole era,” said Welch. “Al Capone, hoodlums, gambling…it all happened there.” Hackney’s on Harms was the first acquisition in what would grow to become a chain of four family owned restaurants, including Hackney’s on Lake, Hackney’s in Palos Park, and Hackney’s in Lake Zurich.
Megan and Mike Welch at their new Macushla Brewing Company in Glenview. PHOTOGRAPHYBY JOEL LERNER
Two years ago, after a 15-year stint working at the Chicago Board of Trade, Mike returned to Glenview with wife Megan and pitched his relatives on the idea of opening a small craft brewery inside what had always been the Hackney’s laundry facility: a small outbuilding next to Hackney’s on Lake where every tablecloth, apron and napkin from the Mastersons’ restaurants came to be washed, dried and ironed. “I’d been a home brewer for 10 years, which gave me the idea,” said
Mike. “When I made beer and shared it with friends, it always got good reviews.” After receiving an enthusiastic nod from their family, the Welches set about transforming the cinderblock building into the 34-seat Macushla Brewing Company, officially opened on September 15th with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Now, a 48-seat beer garden featuring long communal tables greets guests as they enter Macushla’s via the Hackney’s on Lake parking lot. Inside, soft pendant lights illumi-
nate the brewery’s rustic wooden tables and plush leather bar stools. Tall silver brewing vats now stand where the old commercial washing machines churned daily for more than six decades, a mere 50 feet from the entrance to Hackney’s kitchen. “It’s a business that’s mutually beneficial,” said Mike, of his arrangement with Hackney’s on Lake to serve their food at the brewery. “We take orders at our bar and call them in, and they feature our beer on the Hackney’s
menu.” At opening time, Macushla’s was brewing eight craft beers, with room to expand to 12 selections in the future. Of that grouping, Welch and his head brewer, Eric Plata, plan to designate four taps for year-round beers, and the remaining eight for seasonal offerings. On the immediate horizon is a Belgian-style Saison as well as a Berliner Weisse, a cloudy, sour beer Welch flavors with strawberContinued on PG 6
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