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115 school board comments

Campus Pastor Ben Dockery Christ Church Lake Forest came on to give the latest goings-on at Christ Church "Come here if your broken"

Notes:

October Calendar 

https://christchurchil.org/lake-forest-campus/

https://christchurchil.org/christ-church-calendar/

https://christchurchil.org/about-us/

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Pete Jansons first heard about Joe Severino when Joe spoke up at the last #115 School Board Meeting.

Let's learn about Lake Forest's own Joe Severino for Congress

Joseph (Joe) Severino, a resident of Lake Forest and Greek Orthodox Christian, is happily married to wife Nichole for 18 years. Together they have raised five children (Carmen, Joey, Alexa, Isabella, Arianna). Joe recently celebrated his 26th year in business as a hospitality service leader and is proud to have employed thousands of individuals over his career. The call to service is natural for Joe. In fact, while running his business, Joe went to law school and passed the California “Baby” bar exam for first year law students. Still looking to accomplish more, Joe applied and was accepted to Harvard Business School’s prestigious OPM program. There he studied and graduated with 177 global leaders representing 38 countries. His greatest passion is giving back to the community. Joe started his company with a $1,000 loan from his father and has expertly navigated opportunities. Joe’s mission is to take that experience and create similar opportunities in the district. Joe understands the American dream and his grandparents were immigrants from Greece and Italy, and his father was a Teamster union business organizer for 30 years.

ISSUES:

PRO-LIFE

2ND AMENDMENT

FREE SPEECH

POLICE REFORM

EQUAL RIGHTS

IMMIGRATION

https://severinoforcongress.com/

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Taylor Cottam was a District 67 School Board Candidate in the last election. He came on the show with Skoo and Pete to talk: School Board #67 and #115 Meetings Masks Home Schooling Education Supplemental Options Socialization/Club Sports Lake Forest Caucus and Caucus Committee Do you have an idea for a topic or a guest? [email protected] We thank our Patreon Supporters Church of The Holy Spirit Rev. Luke Back and Matt A.

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Dad's Got a New Girlfriend! podcast stars Phil and Meghan Gayter come on the show to talk about their podcast as well as their thoughts on Lake Forest and Lake Bluff

DGANG! Is a fun, insightful podcast from Father/Daughter team Phil and Meghan Gayter. Each week they explore a subject from the sublime to the ridiculous, all shared from the unique perspective of this wacky team. Sample subjects: Dad's girlfriends! ... discuss ... Ratatouille - the much-maligned dish of choice for Dad ... HATED by Meghan. Has Phil been to Iceland!? ... the number one debated topic ... has he actually been to Iceland if he just stopped at the airport? Divorce ... how tough is divorce and what affects did it have on the family pets ... The Gayters: Where pets go to die ... At what age did you drop your first "F-bomb" And so on ...

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Joanna Rolek Executive Director Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on their 100th show!!!

During Covid Joanna and her team worked tirelessly to do what they could to help out all the 402 businesses that are a member of the LF/LB Chamber. Joe Knesley from Chiefs Pub and Jeff Urso from Donatis' Pizza and Pucks Wings were among the many business owners singing their praises.

Show notes:

Lake Forest "Then & Now" Auto Show Sun Oct 10, 12-3pm at the West Lake Forest Train Station includes “Food & Libation Station”, great raffle, & entertainment

The Chamber helped process 22k in gift cards for local business during COVID

402 businesses are in the Chamber (one of the largest around)

The next event is the Cocoa Crawl during tree lighting day (after thanksgiving) which is among the 50+ events the Chamber hosts each year

They do welcome boxes for all new residents with contents from 40+ businesses

Business Consultant Kathleen Wood, co-owner of Suzy’s Swirl was one of the many people that rallied to help businesses

Staff:

Joanna made sure to give shouts to....

Amy Taylor, Marketing & Communications

Sarah Lockhart, Social Media

Sue Kocanda, Member Services

Kirsten Caspersen, Office Manager

The ways we can help Joanna and her team to support businesses:

1. Join the Chamber – all businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofits are welcome to join the Chamber family and take advantage of many benefits

2. Patronize Local Businesses and “Think Local First”

3. Have patience as a customer

https://business.lflbchamber.com/events/details/lake-forest-then-now-auto-show-10-10-2021-20614

https://www.lflbchamber.com/

https://www.lflbchamber.com/2020/11/16/joanna-rolek-lf-lb-chamber-of-commerce/

https://business.lflbchamber.com/events/details/lake-forest-then-now-auto-show-10-10-2021-20614

https://www.lflbchamber.com/

https://www.lflbchamber.com/2020/11/16/joanna-rolek-lf-lb-chamber-of-commerce/

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Lake Bluff resident Scott Spires novel "Abandon All Hope" is coming out soon and he came on the show to tell us all about it. We will update the links as the book hits the market.

HerHere''s some info to "wet your whistle" 

Biography

Scott Spires is a writer, a translator, and a nomad at heart. Born in India, he has since enjoyed a transatlantic life, living in the United States, Argentina, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, and Russia. He studied linguistics and Slavic languages at the universities of Chicago, St. Andrews, and Oxford, and works as a translator from Russian and German into English. Currently he lives just north of Chicago in charming and bucolic Lake Bluff, a few minutes walk from Lake Michigan.

As a writer, he has an extensive publication record, which includes academic articles on linguistics, as well as articles on such diverse subjects as the Czech beer industry, the New Urbanist movement in America, minority languages in Russia, and many others. His literary side is manifested in numerous book reviews and short stories. Abandon All Hope is his first novel.

Set in Chicago in 1998 when Clinton was in office, the story evokes such 1990s classics as High Fidelity and Fight Club, our two antiheroes struggle against unsympathetic employers, uncomprehending relatives, meaningless jobs, romantic frustration, and social isolation, all while searching for a life of meaning and purpose, each in his own way. Abandon All Hope is a comic novel of ideas that asks the questions: How do you make your way in a world where stability is illusory, fraud and lies are ubiquitous, and happiness is always elusive? Should you be a realist or an idealist? And how’s life working out for you, anyway?

Hot off the presses!!! The book is out!!!

https://swspires.weebly.com/blog/behind-abandon-all-hope

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandon-all-hope-scott-spires/1140194144?ean=9781736827826

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736827820/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Scott+Spires&qid=1632395171&s=books&sr=1-3

https://swspires.weebly.com/

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Matt Nielsen stopped by to clue in Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons about the 20th Lake Bluff Rib Fest going on Oct 2 12:30 pm at the Lake Bluff Gazebo grounds! 

"Follow the Smoke"

Notes:

Christian Erzinger was founded with some buddies in a back yard of Lake Bluff

20-25 Teams competing

Peoples Choice award goes to the Team that receives the most votes and $ goes to Beef4Hunger.org

http://www.beef4hunger.org/

https://www.facebook.com/lakebluffribfest/?notif_id=1631755846883421¬if_t=page_fan&ref=notif

https://lakebluffbarbecuesociety.com/

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