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Could it still be summer? We can hope, can’t we? An inexhaustible blue sky signals summer. But the fuzzy cattails tell us it must be spring or fall. And Elizabeth Clarke, who sent us the picture, tells us this intrepid crew was sailing on Lake Michigan just two days before Thanksgiving.
But in reality, we are walking away from summer and looking straight at winter temperatures, even thought the season has not officially begun. The holidays lights reflected in the veterans memorial are a reminder of the season, which gives us a bit of warmth despite the cold temperatures.
You will be seeing this friendly face around Evanston a lot as Manan Bhavnani is now a reporter on staff at the RoundTable. Welcome Manan!
The photo below got temporarily lost in our inbox, but it’s certainly still timely. The enthusiastic crowd was gathered at Farmhouse Evanston in early November to hear Wild Onion Market board President Jillian Jason announce the latest step toward opening a community-owned food co-op by hiring John Calhoun as its general manager.
With more than 1,300 owners, Wild Onion Market is undertaking a capital campaign to raise the remaining $633,000 needed to complete the build out of its store so it can open in spring 2023. Pictured below in the foreground, from left, are Cam Davis, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner; Chicago Alderman Maria Hadden, 49th Ward (speaking); and just to her left U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
Alan Riggs caught these two pictures of the last gasps of fall colors before the freezing temperatures hit. Just hold on to the brightness of those reds to help combat a gray January winter day.
Josina Morita was inaugurated Sunday as Cook County Commissioner for the 13th District, making her the first Asian American woman to sit on the board. At a ceremony held at the Evanston Township High School auditorium, Morita was sworn in to fill the remainder of Larry Suffredin’s term following his retirement on Nov. 18. Morita was elected to a full four-year term, which begins in December. The event included her family, friends, local politicians, including Suffredin and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (yes, you just saw another picture of her on this page) as well as performances by NaKapuno Hula Ukulele, Ho Etsu Taiko and the Chinese Mutual Aid Association Lion Dancers.
It was a celebration of great writing and reporting as well as amazing journalism at the Chicago Journalists Association earlier this November. Evanston was in the house!
Pictured above from left are Susy Schultz, RoundTable editor; Chicago Sun-Times columnist Maudlyne Ihejirika, Evanstonian and member of the RoundTable’s Advisory Board; and Rummana Hussain, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board member and columnist. Credit: Maudlyne Ihejirika 
From left are Evanstonian Suzanne Cosgrove, Olivia Obineme of Public Narrative; Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Evanstonian Maudlyne Ihejirika; Michele Weldon, emeritus faculty at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism; Jhmira Alexander, president of Public Narrative; Jen Kho, executive editor of the Sun-Times and the evening’s keynote speaker; and RoundTable Editor Susy Schultz. Credit: Maudlyne Ihejirika
And just like that, it feels like winter is here. It’s not official yet, but you can almost feel this tree shiver as it stands leafless outside the Morton Civic Center.
