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14 | November 14, 2019 | The lake forest leader SOUND OFF LakeForestLeaderDaily.com Lake Bluff History Museum Christmas Home Tour is fast approaching Adrienne Fawcett Lake Bluff History Museum The holiday season doesn’t begin in October when Target says so, at least not in Lake Bluff. Here the kickoff is the Lake Bluff History Museum Christmas Home Tour, which includes homes that span 110 years. The Dec. 8 tour is the museum’s biggest fundraiser, supporting efforts to digitize the collection and mount exhibits. Museum board member Penny Marsh has co-chaired the tour since it began in 2010. “People tell me the Christmas Home Tour puts them in the holiday spirit,” said Marsh. “It’s a good way to see how others are decorating, and it’s fun to see people you haven’t seen in a while.” The tour is also a great resource for interior design, as the work of several local decorators will be featured, including Soledad Zitzewitz Interiors, Vicki Lidstrom of Leggy Bird Designs, and Jory Cathlina of Hazel James Home. The tour includes a Victorian from the early 20th century, a stone gatehouse from just before the Great Depression, a mid-century farmhouse, and new construction from the 20teens. The 1955 home is a three-story farmhouse that was renovated in a totally unexpected way. Its exterior is typical of a beautiful farmhouse, with white board-andbatten siding, shutters and an intense blue entrance door. Inside, rooms radiate from a circular atrium of double height in the heart of the home. White, black and different shades of wood are the basics of this home, with other colors such as grass green, teal and blue. The circa-1905 Victorian looks like it could be the setting of a Hollywood Christmas movie, with its wrap-around porch, original oak paneling, cutglass windows and crown molding – not to mention the old-fashioned Santa in the turret window. The connection to Hollywood has merit: The home was built by a major player in the vaudeville circuit who went on to start one of the Big Five movie studios in Hollywood’s Golden Age. The 1925 stone gatehouse feels very British— because it is; it even has a stone-walled courtyard that feels like a secret garden. It was built on the grounds of a Tudor-style English summer estate and is now a modernized single-family home with steeply pitched roofs; rough-cut stone walls and chimneys; recessed windows with stone surrounds and mullions; and a center two-story front gable. Another home on the tour is sometimes referred to as Lake Bluff’s Barbie Dream House due to its light pink color. Built in 2014, the sun-filled beach house was on the tour a few years ago and returns this year to showcase the next phase of its evolution: a lower-level decorated at one end as a speak-easy with black lacquered walls and at the other end as a teen-age rec room with a sport court for practicing hockey. One thing the homes on the tour have in common: all will be dressed up in their holiday finery. The Lake Bluff History Museum Christmas Home Tour takes place on Dec. 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. – purchase tickets at lakebluffhistory.org/events. Adrienne Fawcett is marketing manager of the Lake Bluff History Museum. With her husband, Don, she raised three children (now in their teens and 20s), who love coming home to Lake Bluff. BOOK From Page 11 online instead of going out to their locally-owned businesses, Thorn said the book store has had to adapt. When she took over as owner in October 2013, Thorn realized that she could make some changes to help improve the products the book store offered. One of the additions she made to the book store was offering stationary. That filled a void that was left when Helanders Stationers closed in 2016 after more than 90 years in business. Thorn also went a step further. After the local toy store closed, she decided to offer a selection of toys in the book store for the children that shopped with their families. The Lake Forest Book Store sells small gifts as well. “That is the only way independent stores right now could survive, by diversification of what they sell,” Thorn said. But she’s quick to add that the book store will never forget its roots, and continues to offer a wide selection of books in a variety of genres. “Of course, my primary responsibility is to have the books that people want,” she said. “And I don’t think I’ve compromised that at all.” In 2016, three years after Thorn took over ownership of the book store, it moved to its current location at 662 N. Western Ave., No. 1951. The book store has had three locations overall in Lake Forest, but all three of them have been on Western Avenue. “I loved the opportunity for growing the size of the store,” she said. “And the windows were absolutely beautiful and we can showcase things better.” The move also made it possible to more clearly divide the children and adult sections of the store. One side of the store is entirely dedicated to children and young adult books. Thorn likes to think of the Lake Forest Book Store as a “one-stop shop,” especially during the holiday season when people are doing their shopping. She also hopes that the book store continues to grow with the help of the community. “We’re lucky that we have such good community support,” she said. “And I pray that Amazon doesn’t take over the world and that the younger generation continues with the actual physicality of touching things and being in a store and having an experience and talking to people about what books they like instead of just ordering online.” Thorn also thanked the book store’s customers for all their support over the years. “I want to thank the community and the support of everyone who shops here,” she said. “And I hope we’re here for another 70 years. I can’t do it without them.” GALA From Page 13 school, and worked “various blue collar jobs” to able to afford his sons’ education. “It was just something he wanted to do,” Murphy said. Throughout its history, the organization has awarded scholarships to more than 2,600 students. The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund currently services 460 students in 80 different schools, according to Murphy. He said each year the organization receives between 1200-1400 applications, which are whittled down through a lengthy interview process. “We try to put [these kids] in the best places,” Murphy said. The organization receives donations from “thousands” of donors, according to Murphy, which helps to sustain the fund and continue to put students through private high schools. “We quickly found out we have an interesting model that people liked,” Murphy said. “We raised money from thousands of donors all year.” At the organization’s annual gala, held Sept. 28 at the Revel Fulton Market in Chicago’s West Loop, more than $1.5 million was raised. The event was chaired by donors Mike and Lindy Keiser, and honored donors Loretta and Bob Cooney. “I’m proud of what a great job that the people who are running it today are doing,” Murphy said. He served as president for the first nine years of the organization, and now Jim and Robert Murphy have left the organization in other hands while Jim is employed in Chicago and Robert is employed in Northbrook. But they’re still proud of the connection that the organization has with their father. “My father was a wonderful man that understood the value of hard work and education,” Murphy said. “I felt it was the right thing to do, to start it and put it in his name. Sure enough, it’s grown beyond our wildest expectations, and I think it will be around for a long, long time.”
LakeForestLeaderDaily.com sound off the lake forest leader | November 14, 2019 | 15 Social snapshot Top Stories Top stories from LakeForestLeaderDaily. com as of Monday, Nov. 11 1. Police Reports: Lake Bluff man charged with DUI in Lake Forest 2. Lake Forest City Council: Mayor reads prepared statement on Kiely indictment 3. <strong>LF</strong>HS Flag Football team wins Chicago Bears invite 4. Football: Scouts cruise past Kaneland, advance to Class 6A quarterfinals 5. Hoskins’ mobility steals the show in Scouts win over Kaneland Become a member: LakeForestLeaderDaily.com/plus On Nov. 7, Lake Bluff Elementary School posted, “We had an amazing Veteran’s Day Lake Bluff Crew yesterday. 5th grade was able to share their expedition work with the school, and lift up and honor those that have served our country. We also raised $1400 through Dollar for Honor. We had other veterans chip in at the assembly yesterday that brought our total up to $1500. This allows us to send 3 Veterans on an honor flight! #ShorewoodProud” Like The Lake Forest Leader: facebook.com/ TheLakeForestLeader On Nov. 2, Lake Forest Library tweeted, “We want to thank all the organizations and community members for participating in our inaugural Volunteer Fest. We hope you found your volunteer match! Couldn’t make it? Visit http:// lakeforestlibrary.org/vol-fest to connect to an organization. #volunteerlakecounty #lakeforest #helpinghands” Follow The Lake Forest Leader: @The<strong>LF</strong>Leader FROM THE EDITOR Every town needs a local book store Peter Kaspari peter@lakeforestleader.com There’s something magical about book stores. I don’t know what it is, but every time I go into a book store, I have to look around the entire shop, sometimes multiple times. Most of the time, I don’t even have something specific I’m looking for. I just really enjoy getting lost in the book store and seeing NFYN From Page 6 inside of the structure to create two distinct zones within the building: a publicly accessible zone for retail area and communal activity space; and a private, restricted area for back-of-house business. Reporting by Martin Carlino, Contributing Editor. Full story at NorthbrookTower- Daily.com. THE WILMETTE BEACON Annual Wilmette scout pancake breakfast teaches valuable life skills Pancakes, sausage and coffee may have been the focus of the 73rd Annual Boy Scout/Girl Scout Troop 5/Crew 5 Pancake Breakfast held on Nov. 2, but the real icing on the cake was the valuable what I can find. And while I love all book stores, locallyowned ones have a special charm to them. Maybe it’s the fact that the people working in the book store are usually from the community. Maybe it’s because local book stores seem to have a collection of books that you can’t find anywhere else. Either way, every time I see a locally-owned book store, I have to check it out. I recently stepped foot inside the Lake Forest Book Store for the first time. While my main purpose there was to cover an assignment, I was soon approached by owner Eleanor Thorn and told that this year was the store’s 70th anniversary. life skills troop members gained while feeding almost 1,000 people. Held at First Presbyterian Church, the long-standing event is the troop’s largest fundraiser, meaning yearlong adventures remain possible. Proceeds from the breakfast fund highly anticipated trips to camps including Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and Sea Base Scout Camp near St. Thomas. Along with scouts earning their chance to participate in such adventures, the act of hosting an event of this magnitude, from start to finish, is a learning lesson in and of itself. “Teamwork, leadership skills, organization, preparing and planning are all part of what the breakfast teaches the troop,” Scoutmaster Ray Macika said. “Each member must sell a certain That weekend, I went to the book store to take pictures of people browsing the shelves for their favorite books, but I also did some browsing myself. I ended up buying two books for myself, and the funny thing was, neither book was one that I was specifically looking for – both of them just grabbed my attention. I’ve only been covering Lake Forest for three months, but in that short amount of time, I’ve quickly learned how much the community loves the Lake Forest Book Store. It’s evident in the fact that, during the events I’ve covered at the book store, it’s been filled with people of all ages. It’s evident in the fact that, every week, there is at least one big amount of tickets, so the prep work begins months before the actual event.” go figure 70 An intriguing number from this week’s edition The number of years the Lake Forest Book Store has been in business. Full story on Page 11. The Lake Forest Leader Sound Off Policy Editorials and columns are the opinions of the author. Pieces from 22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. The Lake Forest Leader encourages readers to write letters to Sound Off. All letters must be signed, and names and hometowns will be published. We also ask that writers include their address and phone number for verification, not publication. Letters should be limited to 400 words. The Lake Forest Leader reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become property of The Lake Forest Leader. Letters that are published do not reflect the thoughts and views of The Lake Forest Leader. Letters can be mailed to: The Lake Forest Leader, 60 Revere Drive ST 888, Northbrook, IL, 60062. Fax letters to (847) 272-4648 or email to peter@lakeforestleader.com. www.lakeforestleader.com event going on at the book store, usually an author talk. And it’s especially evident in the fact that it’s been around for 70 years. Seventy years is a long time. And it’s clear that the community continues to support the Lake Forest Book Store. Times change, and Eleanor told me that she’s had to adapt to the changing times in different ways. But people still have a love for it, and one of those people that recently discovered his love for it is yours truly. Congratulations on 70 years on business, Lake Forest Book Store! And I agree with Eleanor; I too hope that, 70 years from now, you’ll still be around selling books to the people of Lake Forest and beyond. Reporting by Alexa Burnell, Freelance Reporter. Full story at WilmetteBeaconDaily.com.
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