Friends (from left) Roberta Rubin, 85; Dorothy Harza, 94; and JoAnn Wilkin, 96, swim in the lake most days in the late summer. They start in June and swim until early November, but “September is the best month,” said Harza, because the lake is warm. Lake swimming is an almost spiritual experience, they all say. They live at The Mather senior residence in Evanston. Photographer Richard Cahan caught up with them one morning at the Dempster Street sailing beach.
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An Evanston Minute: Shofar Walk
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, marks the return to roots and community. Members of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation marked the holiday with an original and unique service Friday night […]
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An Evanston Minute: March Through the Arch
Northwestern’s March Through the Arch is a rite of passage for the university’s new students, their parents and loved ones. On Tuesday morning, members of Northwestern’s Class of ’27 took […]
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An Evanston Minute: Gone so quickly
Swimmers at Lee Street Beach leave the water during the final minutes of the official beach season on Monday. Labor Day was the last official day of the Evanston beach […]
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An Evanston Minute: The beachcomber
Monday will be the last day this year that Evanston’s beaches are raked and cleaned. The beach season closes on Labor Day, which also puts an end to the ritual […]
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An Evanston Minute: The garage concert
More than 200 people filled the alley behind 1135 Cleveland St. on Tuesday night to see who was going to play with Donovan Mixon. Mixon is a composer, teacher and […]
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A Near-Evanston Minute: Emmett Till lives on
It was a simple chalk drawing near Howard Street, a block east of the Evanston border (hence the “Near-Evanston” headline). A drawing of Emmett Till, whose brutal death almost exactly […]
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An Evanston Minute: Searching for the perfect melon
August and September are ripe months for melons. The Nichols Farm & Orchard in Marengo has been selling melons – as well as dozens of other fruits and vegetables – […]
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An Evanston Minute: The forest we live in
If you ever get a look at Evanston from the air, much of the city seems like a vast green land just west of Lake Michigan. Sometimes at ground level […]
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An Evanston Minute: A prayer for ETHS
Sixteen people prayed outside Evanston Township High School on the first day of the new school year. “We pray for the administrators, the teachers, the students,” said Minister Patricia McPherson, […]