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LakeForestLeader.com SOUND OFF<br />
the lake forest leader | August 17, 2017 | 15<br />
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From LakeForestLeader.com as of<br />
Aug. 14<br />
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2. Field Hockey: Scouts’ coach retires after 22<br />
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3. 10 Questions with Emma Patlovich, <strong>LF</strong>HS<br />
volleyball<br />
4. Police Reports: Full keg of beer left in street<br />
5. <strong>LF</strong> Plan Commission: Closure of McDonald’s<br />
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showing of creative projects at the Art Showcase<br />
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On Aug. 11, The Lake Bluff Farmers Market,<br />
tweeted about a successful corn roast.<br />
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go figure<br />
60K<br />
An intriguing number from this week’s edition<br />
The Deerpath Golf<br />
Course experienced<br />
$60,000 lost in revenue<br />
following the July 12<br />
storms, Page 3<br />
From the Editor<br />
Always root for community newspapers<br />
Alyssa Groh<br />
alyssa@lakeforestleader.com<br />
Before I even decided<br />
to pursue a career<br />
in journalism,<br />
I always loved reading<br />
community newspapers.<br />
Growing up, I watched as<br />
my parents read our local<br />
newspaper, The Northwest<br />
Herald, every morning.<br />
As I got older and became<br />
more interested in the<br />
community and started<br />
recognizing some of the<br />
people in the newspaper, I<br />
began reading it myself.<br />
I also grew up in a<br />
family that listened to the<br />
early morning and late<br />
night news. Every morning<br />
while getting ready<br />
for school, the news was<br />
on, and before my family<br />
went to bed, we watched<br />
the news. I remember<br />
news stations being a<br />
majority of bad, violent<br />
and scary stories. I can<br />
even remember asking my<br />
mom when I was a kid<br />
why the news only talked<br />
about the bad things.<br />
The other day while<br />
sitting in the waiting room<br />
<strong>LF</strong>CC<br />
From Page 9<br />
concerned. ... I think we<br />
deserve to see an ROI.”<br />
Alderman Tim Newman<br />
argued that golf course<br />
conditions travel by word<br />
of mouth. When people talk<br />
at the car dealership while<br />
getting an oil change, a<br />
few other customers and<br />
myself sat in the room<br />
watching the news. And<br />
guess what, it was reporting<br />
on more shootings in<br />
Chicago, kids and pets<br />
being left in hot cars, and<br />
political updates. A man<br />
sitting next to me struck<br />
up a conversation with<br />
me, talking about how<br />
much he hates the news.<br />
He expressed how he<br />
hates only hearing about<br />
the bad and there are not<br />
enough stories about the<br />
good things happening in<br />
the world.<br />
This man did not know<br />
that I am an editor of a paper,<br />
and I never told him.<br />
I just let him vent to me<br />
and tell me how poor of a<br />
job journalists do. Every<br />
time someone asks me<br />
what I do for a living and<br />
I tell them I am an editor<br />
of a newspaper, people<br />
typically respond the same<br />
way.<br />
“Oh. That’s a tough industry.<br />
Aren’t newspapers<br />
dying?”<br />
I am proud of the work<br />
I do and proud to be in<br />
this industry and every<br />
time someone tells me<br />
newspapers are dying, I<br />
want to lose it on them.<br />
But, I chose to smile and<br />
walk away.<br />
While I will agree<br />
people are not reading<br />
hand-held newspapers as<br />
up Deerpath Golf Course,<br />
more people want to play<br />
there, so a better course<br />
results in an ROI. Furthermore,<br />
he said recovering<br />
quicker from rain events<br />
and allowing the full course<br />
to be open and accessible to<br />
carts more frequently provides<br />
ROI, as well.<br />
much as they used to, they<br />
are still reading newspapers<br />
online and people are<br />
still interested in hearing<br />
about news, especially in<br />
their communities.<br />
When I chose to pursue<br />
a career in journalism, I<br />
never had the intention of<br />
moving up and becoming<br />
an editor of a large national<br />
paper. I always wanted<br />
to become an editor of a<br />
community newspaper. I<br />
have a passion for writing<br />
local stories, being able to<br />
get out into the community<br />
and meet the people<br />
who are reading my stories<br />
and who I am writing<br />
stories about. I want to be<br />
able to share with community<br />
members all of the<br />
good things going on in<br />
their community. I want to<br />
be able to share the stories<br />
of residents who are<br />
accomplishing amazing<br />
feats, rasing money for<br />
good causes, or starting a<br />
new, local business.<br />
Every week when I<br />
compile stories to put in<br />
The Lake Forest Leader,<br />
I keep residents and their<br />
interests in mind. I look<br />
for stories you can relate<br />
to and I look for those<br />
feel-good stories everyone<br />
loves to read.<br />
Listening and reading<br />
national news is a<br />
great thing to do to stay<br />
informed on what is going<br />
on in the world. I hope<br />
everyone continues to<br />
The project is scheduled<br />
to begin Sept. 18, with the<br />
majority of the work completed<br />
by Nov. 22. Additional<br />
projects included in<br />
the Master Enhancement<br />
Plan for the course will be<br />
funded through fundraising<br />
efforts.<br />
pay attention to national<br />
news, but while doing so<br />
don’t forget to support<br />
your local news outlets. It<br />
is just as important to stay<br />
up to date with your local<br />
news and get to know the<br />
amazing things people in<br />
your community are accomplishing.<br />
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is able to deliver a free<br />
copy to all the homes in<br />
Lake Forest and Lake<br />
Bluff. We also work hard<br />
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