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In a highly anticipated conference matchup, the two football rivals were locked in a standoff—neither team able to hold the advantage for more than a moment. As the seconds wound down, the offense brought on their seasoned kicker. With five seconds on the clock and the crowd giving him their full attention and voices, the

Heidi Clifton remembers when Meals on Wheels provided food for her grandfather. “None of my family lived close enough to him where we could make sure he was getting the food he needed,” says Clifton, a Lake Forest married mother of two and owner of Cecily George Photography. “When my mom made the connection for

Before portraying Marilyn Lillie Lovell in the 1995 movie Apollo 13, Kathleen Quinlan visited the wife of the mission’s commander, Jim Lovell, twice in Texas. Quinlan sought to discover the essence of the strong, loving matriarch and then capture it vividly for moviegoers. But their relationship did not end there. “Kathleen and my mother kept

For vocalist and Kenilworth-native Jeff Harnar, life truly is a cabaret. Since the late 1980s, Harnar has received multiple accolades for work as a performer, including awards from the Mabel Mercer Foundation, the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC), and Broadway Cabaret World, to mention a few. Following a 17-year break from recording,

Raised by her Ukrainian immigrant family to value hard work and humility, ADRIANNA STASIUK of Aaron Wealth Advisors has devoted her life to helping families of all backgrounds. Even as a full-time student athlete at the University of Notre Dame, she leveraged her disciplined time management skills to afford time in her schedule to provide