Take It On

By David A. F. Sweet Lake Forest boasts an illustrious golf past. Charles Blair Macdonald, who became an esteemed architect nationwide, created the first golf course in the United States beyond New York – featuring seven holes with tomato cans buried in the ground – by Lake Road in 1892. Both the U.S. Open and BMW Championship have been held in Lake Forest. And now, the Deerpath Golf Course is making history; the venerable public course is about to celebrate its 100th anniv

By Laurie Stein Historians estimate that, by the end of the 1920s, three-quarters of the American population visited a movie theater every week. Locally, at the beginning of the decade, movies were shown at the DeLuxe Theatre at Westminster and Bank Lane. Joseph O'Neill opened Lake Forest’s first motion picture house on Westminster in 1912, next to the new location of his hardware store. The Lake Forest City Council spent the next six years regulating this new-fangled oper

By Spencer Trees The Lake Forest High School Boys Varsity golf team is no stranger to success. In their time in the North Suburban Conference (NSC), the Scouts have won three state championships in the past 20 years and captured numerous NSC titles. “Our goal is to win state,” said senior golf captain Michael Hahn. Added senior captain Raunak Whadera, “We came in fourth last year, but five out of our six starters have returned, and we think we have a really good chance to