Lake Forest Podcast

Cara Garrison joins us from the Forest Bootery in Lake forest. 

The hot topic of the show is..... where is the B? what are we talking about? Listen, there could be a cash prize for the right answer.

Other questions Cara answers:

· When did you move to Lake Forest?

· Tell us about your family?

· Besides The Forest Bootery, where do you and your family like to hang out in Lake Forest.

· Tell us about the Forest Bootery, we have a lot of listeners who are new to Lake Forest. it’s a family business how did it start? What’s your clientel like?

·  How has COVID affected your business what did you have to do to adapt taking orders and health-wise

· How has the State and Local Government helped you stay open?

· What other challenges do you anticipate in 2021?

This show has been sponsored by the Letter B

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Big thanks to Dave Burns for stopping by taking the time to meet all of us. Dave is from Lake Bluff and is running for a seat on District 115 School Board. Here are some of the questions he answered.

· When did you move to Lake Forest/Lake Bluff area?

· Tell us about your family. Where here do you guys like to “hang out” in Lake Forest/Lake Bluff area what are some of your favorite spots/locations

· What made you decide to run for a seat on school board 115?

· How did you learn about running for the school board? What was the process like?

· Lake Bluff has 2 seats on the #115 school board correct? That’s a bit different because we share Lake Forest High School?

· What are the challenges you think board 115 will face in 2021

· Having had a background as an engineer, how will that life experience help you on the 115 School Board?

· What should the mom’s and dad’s of lake forest know about you.

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Get to know "The" Sally Davis (yes she went to The Ohio State) a very cool person from Lake Bluff running for District 115 School Board Sally took the time to answer questions like:

· When did you move to Lake Forest/Lake Bluff area?

· Tell us about your family. Where here do you guys like to “hang out” in Lake Forest/Lake Bluff area what are some of your favorite spots/locations

· What made you decide to run for a seat on school board 115?

· How did you learn about running for the school board? What was the process like?

· Lake Bluff has 2 seats on the #115 school board correct? That’s a bit different because we share Lake Forest High School?

· What are the challenges you think board 115 will face in 2021

· Being an attorney, how will that life experience help you on the 115 School Board?

· What should the mom’s and dad’s of lake forest know about you.

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Annie Helms who is running for a seat on District 67 School Board of Lake forest stopped by and answered the questions:

· When did you move to Lake Forest?

· Tell us about your family. Where here do you guys like to “hang out” in Lake Forest what are some of your favorite spots/locations

· How did you learn about running for the school board? What was the process like?

· What made you decide to run for a seat on school board 115 vs 67?

· What are the challenges you think board 67 will face in 2021

· Tell us how experience as an attorney can help you on school board 67

· What should the mom’s and dad’s of lake forest know about you.

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Today on Tier 1 Day (where Chiefs can operate at 25% of capacity) Joe Knesley the owner of Chief's Pub shares his story of how he got to where he is today. 

He also shares how he got through 2020 and Covid with a little help from his friends, customers, and local government. Joe gives special shout outs to Jeff Urso from Donati's and Cathy Czerniak from the City of Lake Forest.

Questions asked

· You grew up in Lake Forest? How was that. Any memories growing up in Lake Forest youd like to share

· Besides Chiefs, where do you and your family like to hang out in Lake Forest.

· Tell us about Chiefs, we have a lot of listeners who are new to Lake Forest. it’s a family business how did it start?

· IMO you’ve been one of the beacons of business during COVID  how did you adapt so quickly to getting everything online so fast?

· Today is Tier 1 25% capacity what does that mean. How has the State and Local Government helped you stay open? Barstool Fund

· How about Le Colonial taking over at Market Square

· Do any of the Bears come in?

· What other challenges do you anticipate in 2021?

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Dr. Schabacker answered the following questions

· When did you move to Lake Forest?

· Tell us about your family. Where here do you guys like to “hang out” in Lake Forest what are some of your favorite spots/locations

· How did you learn about running for the school board? What was the process like?

· What made you decide to run for a seat on school board 115 vs 67?

· What are the challenges you think board 115 will face in 2021

· Tell us about your company ECRI, your position there and how that experience can help you on board 115

· Have you always been an early adopter?

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As we were watching Tom Brady go to another Super Bowl Alice LeVert took the time to meet with us to answer questions to help the voters of Lake Forest

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Get to know Dr. Venson as he answers questions like:

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What a great chat! Thank you again for your service Carl!

Questions covered:

When did you move to Lake Forest?

Tell us about your family

What does your job as Director of Facilities and Construction Services at Lake County entail and how can it help the board?

You were in the Navy 20 years!  How did you pick the Navy?(Thank You for your service) what was that like

What made you decide to run for a seat on school board 67?

How did you learn about running for the school board? What was the process like?

What are you most passionate about helping with the school board?

Where do you and your family "Hang out in Lake Forest?"

Get to know Emily Bernahl owner of BERNAHL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES  Emily is running for District 67 School Board in April.

Emily answers questions like:

When did you move to Lake Forest?

Tell us about your family

Your Business BERNAHL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES  what does it do?  how long has it been around?

What made you decide to run for a seat on school board 67?

What was the process like? How did you learn about running for the school board?

What are you most passionate about helping with the school board?

If you are interested in learning more about Emily’s company check out her company’s  website Bernahlds.com