GYMNASTICS Date: Jan. 31  The Final Score: 1. Lake Forest 144.425; 2. Mundelein, 141.5; 3. Glenbrook South 133.2; 4. Glenbrook North, 129.675  Scouts Top Performer: Kat McKeon placed first in the all-around with 37.325 while teammates Brittany Moccia took fourth at 36.3 and Kylie Carlson fifth with 36.175. McKeon Placed first on the uneven parallel bars (9.475), second on balance beam (9.325), fourth on floor exercise (9.25) and fifth in vault (9.275).  Other Notable Scout Performances: Moccia captured first in vault (9.575), fourth on uneven parallel bars (9.125) and fifth on balance beam…

  I knew I should have used an earlier photo. Just kidding. Thanks for your participation. I didn't realize Richard Widmark's roots included four years at Lake Forest College. He graduated from LFC in 1936, and his first movie role came in 1947 in Kiss of Death. His last role was in 1991 in True Colors. He passed away on March 28, 2004. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback. We'll post another photo next weekend.

I'm glad we were able to spotlight Ted's neigbor, Mike Dau, who has built a national championship caliber handball team at Lake Forest College during his long tenure at the school. Read a profile on Mike and his team we did last year. Thanks for your comments and guesses. Sorry for the delay - going out of town on holiday weekends can play havoc with your schedule. We'll be back next weekend with another posting. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback.

You're right. It was too easy. But then you have to sneak a couple of those in there just to make sure you're paying attention. The photo of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest appeared in a 1965 publication at Lake Forest College, but the roots of this building date back to the 1800s as Lake Forest came into being. The church was founded in 1859, and te first building was erected in 1862. Here is a link to the church's history from their website. We'll be back with another posting next week. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback.

Thanks again to reader Gail Hodges for submitting this photo for posting. You can do the same if you wish. Just contact the editor, Jim Powers, with your photo submission. My e-mail is james.powers@patch.com Great job by everyone who responded with a name or some historical background on George Alexander McKinlock Jr. There is a brief synopsis of McKinlock on the Lake Forest American Legion Post 264 website, and a much better photo of his face. In addition, McKinlock's parents donated the proceeds to build a dorimitory at Harvard in the memory of their son. Work began in 1925 and the …

Thanks for all of your guesses. And we had a couple that were right on. Thanks to Art Miller and James Anderson. This photo was taken in 1915 looking east on Noble Avenue. Quite a contrast to today, isn't it. But it's interesting to see the width of the street to handle horse traffic, carts, and other modes of transportation. We will be back next Sunday with another posting. If you have a photo you wish to submit for posting, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback.

Westmoreland, the A. B. Dick estate, was designed by James Gamble Rogers in 1902. The estate was torn down in the 1940s when the Dick family donated 23 acres for the building of Lake Forest Hospital. The gates are extant. Thanks for the comments on the gates, and for filling the rest of us in on the great history behind these properties. Your continued participation and feedback is greatly appreciated. We'll be back next Sunday with another posting. If you have a historical photo to submit for posting, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com.

Sorry for the delay in getting the answer back up. Several of you recognized the building right off. Central School served as the first public school in Lake Forest when it was built in 1894 for grades Kindergarten through high school. The Central School building is now the Gorton Community Center. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback.

Our two history gurus, Gail Hodges and Art Miller, correctly guessed the house was owned by Robert Thorne, who was president of Montgomery Ward. Please read their comments for more information on Thorne. Great stuff as usual. Thorne served as a civilian in the U.S. Army during WWI. He trained Brigadier General Robert E. Wood, who would later become chairman of  Sears, Roebuck and Co. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback. We'll be back next week with another historical photo posting. If you have a historical photo to submit, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.…

No, she's not from Lake Forest. But Diana Nyad did attend Lake Forest College, and graduated Phi Betta Kappa in the early 1970s. You might have heard about her recently. Nyad, 62, tried to swim the 104 miles between Cuba and Florida, but had to give up after 82 miles due to jellyfish stings. According to her website, Nyad swam 102. 5 miles or the longest swim in history from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hours, 57 minutes. Reader Chris Kirn did …

Green Bay Road, as reader Gail Hodges noted, was also known as the Green Bay Military Trail and the Chicago and Milwaukee Road back in the 1800s. The original road roughly followed a Potawatomi Native American trail and may have been located further to the west than its present site. Construction began on a road through the area in 1833. According to the Arbor Day booklet from the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society: In its first incarnation, Green Bay Road was little more than a blazed trail through the forest with simple log bridges over streams. It was used to transport military …

Saturday’s Heritage Day Festival will be an opportunity for all Lake Forest residents to participate in their hometown’s 150th anniversary celebration — at no charge. In addition, the grand-scale event comes at no charge to the city of Lake Forest itself. “We wanted it to be special, but didn’t want the city to pay for it,” explained Debbie Saran, a member of the Lake Forest 150th Committee, adding that Lake Forest, like all other municipalities, is struggling to maintain a balanced budget in the down economy. Also read: Lake Forest Prepares For A"Blowout" Heritage Festival on Saturday So two…

Nearly a year of events marking the 150th anniversary of Lake Forest’s founding will culminate this weekend with a huge bang at Saturday’s highly anticipated Heritage Festival. “This is really the big blowout of the 150th celebration,” said Susan Banks, executive assistant and communications manager for the city of Lake Forest. Excitement has been building about this weekend’s events since Lake Forest officially kicked off its sesquicentennial celebration at the city’s annual holiday tree lighting ceremony in November 2010. However, the planning of the 150th celebration has been in the works …

Thanks to Gail Hodges for providing the photo of this bridge that crossed over, at that time (1909), the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company tracks on Mellody Farm located on the estate of the late J. Ogden Armour in Lake Forest. Remnants of the bridge were still visible several years ago from a path on the east side of Lake Forest Academy. Hodges reports their is also an interesting wall left from the estate. "It's deteriorating, and there have been recent efforts to save some of the tiles falling off the wall," she said. (see the old photos)  Thanks for those of you who added …

Thanks to Lake Forest resident Carol Wolfson for this great photo of Meadowood Farm believed to be taken in the early 1930s. Many of you guessed that correctly, and Gail Hodges was nice enough to forward a little more history on the land from the National Registery. "In the early 1920s, Mr. Leonard purchased several parcels of land, accumulating more than 150 acres west of the intersection of Deerpath and Waukegan Roads (now the corner of Deerpath and Waukegan Roads). He commissioned a noted architect, Ralph W. Varney and an equally well-known landscape architect, Jens Jensen, to design and …

When Howard Van Doren Shaw bought the property now known as Ragdale in 1897, it was originally a working farm, and later divided into three parcels in the 1930s. The photograph was taken from the Witness Tree Book, which has been produced during Lake Forest's 150th anniversary. The book is available online at www.lf150.com, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, the Lake Forest Library, or the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center. According to the book, the Ragdale Foundation was formed in 1976 by Alice Judson Hayes, Shaw’s granddaughter, to preserve this special artist sanctuary for …

Even with not much to go on from the looks of the photo, people correctly guessed the structure is the old Municipal Services building on Laurel Avenue. The photograph was taken from the Witness Tree Book, which has been produced during Lake Forest's 150th anniversary. The book is available online at www.lf150.com, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, the Lake Forest Library, or the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center. According to the Witness Tree Book, the Municipal Services Building construction took place in the early 1960s, replacing the old facility at 1170 Western Avenue. …

Several houses of worship will participate in the sunrise service to be held at 8 a.m. Wednesday (Aug. 3) at Forest Park Beach as a start to Lake Forest Day activities for the day. Participating churches as of Tuesday were: the Community Church, First Presbyterian Church, Church of St. Mary, St. James Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church of Lake Forest, and Christ Church Lake Forest. Participants are asked to bring their own chair. Parking regulations will be waived for the service, which is expected to last until 8:45 a.m.

Everyone got this one. This is Lake Forest Hospital. This building, pictured here in 1947, has served Lake Forest residents since 1942 thanks to the generosity of the A. B Dick family. In 1942, the hospital had 41 beds. Today it has 205. The photograph was taken from the Witness Tree Book, which has been produced during Lake Forest's 150th anniversary. The book is available online at www.lf150.com, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, the Lake Forest Library, or the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center. According to the book, "A.B. Dick Jr. was the first president of the Lake Forest…

Sorry for the delay in getting the answer posted. This is indeed a 1906 photo of Bluff’s Edge Bridge in Lake Forest, which today features a Norway Spruce tree that is one of the largest trees in Lake Forest’s Walden Ravine. Thanks, Gail, for noting the historical reference in your comment. The photograph was taken from the Witness Tree Book, which has been produced during Lake Forest's 150th anniversary. The book is available online at www.lf150.com, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, the Lake Forest Library, or the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center. The bridge was part of a …