Garrett Joins Lake County Foundation Board

Former state Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest) shifts public service career from elective to community arena.

Former state Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest) was one of three new members appointed to the Board of Directors of the Lake County Community Foundation Friday, according to a release from the organization. Garrett, Marvin Bembry and C. Lawrence Connolly were the three new people joining the board. The Foundation, an affiliate of the Chicago Community Trust, tries to transform the lives of the most vulnerable in the county, according to the release. Earlier: Lake Forest College Elects New Trustees Just over a month ago, Garrett was elected to the Board of Trustees of Lake Forest College. She made it clear when she left the Senate in January she would find ways to continue to be part of the greater community. “These two board positions are …

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Students Spend Spring Break with Habitat for Humanity

Nine Lake Forest College students and one staff member recently spent their spring break near Winona, Minn., helping Habitat for Humanity build a home for community members in need.

Minnesota isn't your typical spring break destination, but for a group of caring Lake Forest College students, it was the best place they could spend their time away from school. On March 10, nine students and one staff member traveled to Minnesota to spend the week working with Habitat for Humanity on a needy family's new home, as well as other projects. In the town of Harmony, Minn., the group primed and painted a four-bedroom ranch home for a single mother and her five children. In Winona, Minn., they painted trim and prepped doors for painting for Habitat homes. "I decided to go on this trip because of the incredible opportunity we have as Lake Forest College students to directly help a family in need," said student Lauren Sanford, who…

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Lake Forest College Elects New Trustees

Three new trustees elected to a 4-year term on the Lake Forest College Board will attend their first meeting Friday, Feb. 22.

Lake Forest College Board has three new trustees, including a former state senator and two financial experts, reported the Chicago Tribune. The new trustees are Lake Forest residents Liam Connell, Sandy Stuart and retired State Senator Susan Garrett, who represented the 29th District for three terms, reported the Chicago Tribune. Garrett is also a 1994 graduate of Lake Forest College.

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Lake Forest College Performs 'All of Orestes'

Experience a Greek tragedy with laughs Feb. 21 through early March at Lake Forest College. All of Orestes is a three-act look at Orestes and his descent into matricidal madness.

Lake Forest College Alum Earns Grammy Nomination

Justin Lansing gets nod for best children’s album.

Justin Lansing, a 2007 graduate of Lake Forest College was nominated for a Grammy Award along with his boyhood friend, Joe Mailander, for best Children’s album, according to the Lake Forest College News. Performing as the Okee Dokee Brothers, Lansing and Mailander received their nomination for the album Can You Canoe. The songs stemmed from a journey they took down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to St. Louis with two video crew members. Every song has the river in it, according to Lansing.  For more news and updates, "like" us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

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Miller's Common Ground Legacy Continues to Inspire

A year and a half after Ron Miller’s death, his spirit keeps touching his students and colleagues. They came together at Bobby’s Deerfield Nov. 2.

Ron Miller founded Common Ground in Deerfield nearly 40 years ago and 18 months after his death he continues to touch people in and around Deerfield. Ten days ago his legacy brought a Deerfield writer, a Chicago vintner and Bobby’s Deerfield together. Common Ground is a center for “inquiry, study and dialogue,” according to its website, started by Miller and Jim Kenney in Deerfield in 1975 to study comparative religion. It has expanded to give offerings to deal with how spiritual, cultural and philosophical ideas impact human experience. One of the people Miller touched is Rosemary Hurwitz of Deerfield. She felt his spirit Nov. 1 when she learned she would be a published author and the next day when she was dining at Bobby’s Deerfield with…

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Freakonomics Author to Speak at Lake Forest College on Thursday

Steven D. Levitt will speak at the Annual Oppenheimer Lecture guest.

Steven D. Levitt, economist and author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics will be speaking at the First Presbyterian Church across the street from North Campus on Thursday, as part of the Lake Forest College Annual Oppenheimer Lecture. Seating is on a first come, first seated basis, with overflow seating available in the basement of Fellowship Hall. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the event beginning at 7:30 p.m. Limited parking is available at the First Presbyterian Church, on Lake Forest streets and in the Metra Parking Lot – overflow parking is available on North and Middle Campus. To pre-register or with any questions, please contact 1-800-LFC-ALUM or email alumni@lakeforest.edu. 

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Some Produce at Farmers’ Market Is Very Local

Lake Forest College grows organic vegetables to sell to the school community and at Lake Forest Farmers’ Market.

Lake Forest grown organic produce is among the variety of edibles and other products offered at the Lake Forest Farmers’ Market between 8 a.m. and noon each Saturday. It comes from Lake Forest College. On the Lake Forest College campus is a nearly 500 square foot plot of land set aside for a student garden where a variety of produce is grown for the school and greater community. “We sell to students and people who work at the college,” Ryan Vlaar, a junior from Vail CO, said Saturday. “We’re also at the Farmers’ Market every Saturday. It’s all local and organic.” The garden is three years old. For more news and updates from Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch, subscribe to our daily e-newsletter, ”Like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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Century Club Adds Three Families, Lake Forest Garden Club

Historical Society will recognize them at May 6 annual meeting.

  The Century Club is about to grow. The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society will add present three Centennial Family awards and recognize the 100th anniversary of the Lake Forest Garden Club at its annual meeting at 2 p.m. May 6 at Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel on the campus of Lake Forest College. Prue Beidler will present a lecture tracing the Lake Forest Garden Club’s history since 1912. The Lake Forest Garden Club is a founding member of the Garden Club of America, and has played a significant role over the past century in shaping the Lake Forest landscape. The three families to be honored include the Atteridge family, nominated by Debi Kiddle; the Dick family, nominated by John H. Dick and Madeleine B. Dugan; and the Kelley …

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