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EDGAR GOES TO WASHINGTON

Imagine living with a certain medical condition and making 180 more decisions each day about your health than someone without that condition. Diabetes research conducted at Stanford University reported that startling finding. Thirteen-year-old Lake Bluff resident Edgar Kelley doesn’t have to envision such an arduous day. He was 11 when he was diagnosed with type

#HASHTAG: TARA MAHER

After a career of teaching others that the sky’s not the limit, but a place for achieving dreams, former flight attendant trainer TARA MAHER of Winnetka plays a new role. Maher channels her energy into elevating and connecting fellow writers as the Director of Community Outreach & Engagement for the Off Campus Writers’ Workshop of

#HASHTAG: MINDY TURITZ

Winnetka’s MINDY TURITZ spent her childhood cutting up fashion magazines to make collages for her room in Kansas. Post college, she set her sights on New York City where she spent the next ten years building a career in marketing and brand strategy for brands like Polo Ralph Lauren and Chanel. “I loved seeing new

MARKET MAVEN

Movies and popcorn. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Wimbledon and strawberries and cream. Fantastic tandems, for sure. Then there’s the pairing of the Lake Bluff Farmers Market and Kathleen “Gridley” Swanton. This one takes the halo in any match-made-in-heaven contest. “I’m the lady you’ll see under the flowered tent at our Lake Bluff Farmers Market,”

SHOW TIME

Don’t miss Tony and Grammy award winner—and longtime Chicagoan—Heather Headley as she takes center stage for the July 16 Ravinia Festival Gala hosted by the festival’s women’s board. With Ravinia Festival’s Chief Conductor Marin Alsop and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra also headlining, the performance marks Headley’s return to Ravinia featuring a showcase of her versatility,

FOCUSING ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT

When Barrington residents’ eyes are opened to the problems of the world, they step up with solutions. This is literally true for the members of FOCUS, a nonprofit, 100 percent volunteer-based organization that seeks to address worldwide challenges in eye care. “FOCUS, The Foundation for Ophthalmological Care, has been changing people’s lives and preserving their

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