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NO. 258 | A JWC MEDIA PUBLICATION
NEWS
Finding closure at the Lake Forest McDonaldâs closing BY MARIA MALIN
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n nearly 15 years, I had not walked through those doors. Those doors. On the last day before the Lake Forest McDonaldâs would close, I entered the very doors my 11-year-old son Steven exited after enjoying a quick Chicken McNugget Happy Meal with his buddy, turning to cut through the west Lake Forest train station, where he was struck and killed by a freight train crossing a commuter train. That sunny, windy Saturday afternoon in April of 2003, Steven never returned home, and my family fell off the cliff of our lives. Revisiting any place that represents the last moments before a loved oneâs death can not only be a trigger to nightmarish visuals, but sort of like opening a time capsule that Continued on PG 10
REMEMBERING Glencoeâs Am Shalom honors police, firefighters in somber 9/11 ceremony BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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abbi Steven Stark Lowenstein of Glencoeâs Congregation Am Shalom made a promise to a congregant 16 years ago on September 11 to always remember that personâs brother and thousands of others who died in the terrorist attacks that day. Lowenstein renewed that promise in front of a crowd of more than 100 people including police representatives, who gathered for a memorial observance at 7:46 a.m. September 11 at the synagogueâs flagpole in Glencoe. The first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Glencoe Firefighter/Paramedic Dylan Mahoney-Muno and Public Service officer Jon Boersema fold the lowered American Flag at Am Continued on PG 10 Shalomâs remembrance service for the September 11, 2001 attacks. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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2017 Annual Special Speaker Series
ECRWSS
DR. MARC BRACKETT
For a lecture on âEducating the Whole Child: A Community Conversation on Emotional Intelligenceâ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 10:00 a.m.
Free and Open to the Public
DR. LISA DAMOUR
For a lecture on âUntangled: Guiding Young People Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthoodâ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 | 10:00 a.m.
A co-educational independent school for students age 2 through Grade 8. Graduating students of strong character with a passion for learning since 1888.
Please RSVP to (847) 234-2350 or www.lfcds.org/speakerseries | 145 S. Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 | www.lfcds.org
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