Friday, May 11, 2012
The Winnetka Community House hosted the rummage bazaar on Thursday.
Come one, come all to the annual Spring Rummage Sale, underwritten by the Women's Society of the Winnetka Congregational Church. In its 80th year, the rummage sale boasted more than 30 departments of shopping items. Proceeds from the sale, which took place at the Winnetka Community House, benefit Chicago-area service agencies. Related: An Editor's Day at the Christ Church Rummage Sale Have a favorite rummage sale find? Share it in the comments!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Fans came from far and wide to greet one of the Cubs' all-time stars, whom they have loved since his 1987 Most Valuable Player season.
“There’s nothing like Chicago fans,” baseball Hall of Famer Andre Dawson said with a heartfelt smile. “The luster of this evening – it will not diminish. It’s your evening. I’m not an author. I’m a retired baseball player.” At 6-foot-3-inches, Dawson, 57, stood ramrod tall and was still cut in a charcoal grey suit Wednesday, compared to the powerful upper body bulging out of his white-and-blue double-knit Cubs pinstriped uniform of a generation ago. He was buoyed walking in by the huge ovation from the overflow crowd in the special events section at The Book Stall in downtown Winnetka. Here was the umpteenth example of the fans’ love affair that hasn’t diminished 25 years after he won the National League’s Most Valuable Player award as a …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
One of the few independent pharmacies in the area uses personal touch to maintain customers and deal with complications, such as federal healthcare policy.
It could be a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting, a vestige of an earlier era, seemingly stamped out of modern society by chain pharmacies. A person stops by his neighborhood pharmacist, who knows the patient by name and who can suggest a specific medication tailored to the customer. For Judith Shaw of Winnetka such a scenario has occurred for her at Conney’s Pharmacy for half a century. “One time I had a sick child on a Sunday,” Shaw recalled Wednesday morning while browsing greeting cards. “I called an emergency number and the owner came down just for me. He gave me what I needed. They have never failed me one single time.” Stay connected with local news when you join our free daily newsletter. Conney’s Pharmacy, with a lineage in …
Ever heard of the play "Find Hakamadare!"? It's time to find out.
This week marks New Trier High School's annual Spring Play, which takes a Japanese twist to the western Robin Hood tale in Find Hakamadare! The play will be performed on May 9-10 at 7:30 p.m. and March 11 at 4:30 p.m. in the McGee Theatre at the Winnetka Campus of New Trier. The play examines the effects of bravery after a cohort of villagers set out to find their hero, Hakamadare. Related: New Trier Alumnus Hosts Improv Show at Second City “Expectations of gender roles have been completely challenged for the students," said George Keating, guest director and Chicago actor. "For example, the female students are enacting warriors and leaders, and the male students are playing the ingénues and clowns." New Trier Performing Arts Coordinator …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Nearby Deerfield High School and Highland Park High School rang in at No. 7 and No. 12 respectively.
New Trier High School comes in 13th place for top Illinois high schools, according to U.S. News & World Report. The rankings were released as part of the Best High School rankings, now in its fourth edition according to the Huffington Post. The rankings were drawn from a pool of 22,000 public high schools in 49 states as well as the District of Columbia, and methodology included test scores, state assessments and college-level coursework, such as AP or IB programs. For student/teacher ratio, New Trier scored 13:1. For college readiness, the report noted that New Trier is above the Illinois average, with 53 percent of students taking AP tests and 50 percent passing AP tests. Related: New Trier Ranks 139th On Newsweek's Best High School List…
A study by Bundle concluded that about 16 percent of Glencoe residents and about 14 percent of Winnetka residents have made at least four high-end clothing purchases in the last 30 months.
Glencoe is the second most fashionable town in the U.S. according to a study by Bundle, a business and consumer rating website, and Winnetka is the fourth most fashionable town. (See the full Bundle ratings here.) The Bundle study, which was first done with major American cities like Chicago and New York, pitted small towns across the country against one another based on the number of households who made "at least four transactions at top-end designer merchants over the past 30 months." According to the study, 15.95 percent of Glencoe households fell into that "fashion-conscious" category. Newport Coast, Calif., topped the rankings with 16.15 percent. Winnetka households came in at 13.74 percent. Bundle's study said 1.5 percent of …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Organizers say they still need about $5,000 to pay for school desks and supplies.
Bring on the bake sales, pizza sales and online donations, as a three-year volunteer project at New Trier High School nears its finish line. After raising $150,000 for a new school in Haiti, students and teachers need about $5,000 more before a May 24 celebration assembly in Northfield. Donate here. The Haitian school, St. Joseph Elementary School in Petit-Goave, shares a special bond with New Trier, where two Haitian security officers have worked for nearly two decades combined. Since moving to Chicago, childhood friends Jean Cayemitte and Maurice Bonhomme spent any extra resources and time trying to rebuild a school in Haiti, originally opened by Bonhomme's father. A few years ago, they asked Carolyn Muir, the service learning …
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