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A Local Physician’s Perspective on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2020 Gazette by Holly Marihugh Q: How has your practice changed since the influx of COVID-19 cases? A: First, patients just stayed away. When patients are fearful about their health, availing themselves of their primary care doctor or the healthcare system is an automatic response. In this totally unusual situation, […]
Winnetkans Show Support for Wiping Out Systemic Racism
Originally appeared in the Fall 2020 Gazette by Holly Marihugh Last June 6th on the Village Green in Winnetka, the same ground where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke 55 years ago, an estimated 2,000 Winnetkans gathered to denounce racism. This year marked an explosion of protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd […]
Pivoting in a Pandemic
Originally appeared in the Fall 2020 Gazette By Executive Director, Mary Trieschmann In the spring of 2020 we experienced historic events, reminding us that Winnetka is part of a global community and compelling us all to “pivot.” As soon as news of the coronavirus hit the press, we pivoted to continue our mission to honor […]
Peter Butler, WHS Board President Using History to Make Connections
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 To help share stories this year, we are thrilled to bring Mike Leonard to the Community House stage. Due to coronavirus precautions about large meetings, we had to postpone this event, but will announce a new date soon. Mike is an Emmy Award winning television journalist, New York Times […]
Deep Family Roots in Winnetka Inspire Service to Country and Community
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 by Holly Marihugh Piloting a Thunderbird Huey helicopter over the Mekong Delta in Vietnam took Phil Hoza a long way from the North Shore. But through a twist of fate, sudden fire from Viet Cong forces changed the outcome of Hoza’s life and eventually returned him safely to his […]
Naughty but Nice: Commercial Illustrator Gillette Elvgren
Appeared in The Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 by Helen Weaver For 15 years from the early 1940s until the late 1950s, Winnetka was the home base of Gillette (Gil) Elvgren, a highly successful commercial artist, best known for his paintings of scantily clad women published in advertising calendars for the Brown & Bigelow Company. Elvgren, his […]
Back in the Day: Abandoned art in college classroom tied to Winnetka publisher
Categories: Learn, News, Winnetka Current
This article originally appeared in the December 24, 2019 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Abandoned art in college classroom tied to Winnetka publisher By Holly Marihugh Tucked away on a top shelf of a storage cabinet in a Barat College art classroom sat the cache of art. Workers hired to clear […]
Back in the Day: Historic Preservation — Why do we care?
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This article originally appeared in the December 26, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Historic preservation — Why do we care? By Holly Marihugh Mount Vernon, George and Martha Washington’s home in northern Virginia, stood dilapidated in 1853. “South Carolina socialite, Louise Dalton Bird Cunningham, saw Mt. Vernon as she rode […]
Back in the Day: Winnetka’s Own Maverick
Categories: Learn, News, Winnetka Current
This article originally appeared in the April 25, 2019 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Winnetka’s own maverick By Holly Marihugh Most of us know that a maverick is person who wants to mark her own unique path. But did you know Winnetka had its own maverick? Lola Maverick Lloyd, granddaughter of […]
