Fire and Ice, the Lake Forest High School prom, took place on Saturday. Hundreds of students attended the event, which began with the traditional prom parade. … ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:41:41 -0500 http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12547809-417/students-dance-the-night-away-at-lake-forest-high-school-prom.html http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12547809-417/students-dance-the-night-away-at-lake-forest-high-school-prom.html

Nearly three years after visioning sessions began, the Lake Forest City Council will decide Monday whether it will accept the final master plan for Forest Park, the city’s oldest park whose 30 acres overlook Lake Michigan. “I know the process has been confusing at times and frustrating at times and emotional on both sides,” City Manager Bob Kiely said at a joint meeting between the Historic Preservation Commission and the Parks and Recreation Board at the Gorton Community Center on May 3. Kiely said he feels “the plan is better” for what he termed a “choice piece of property.” The … ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 18:09:39 -0500 http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12427832-418/after-much-debate-forest-park-in-hands-of-lake-forest-city-council.html http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12427832-418/after-much-debate-forest-park-in-hands-of-lake-forest-city-council.html

Running The Grille on Laurel with her husband, Jim, is not what Kathy Govas expected to be doing when she left school to start her career -- but she loves it.“Jim has been a chef and restaurateur for 41 years, and my background is in interior design,” she said. “After marrying in 1989, we fused our backgrounds and talents and opened our first restaurant in 1990.” That was the Noyes Street Cafe in Evanston, open for eight years. They moved north to Highland Park to open the Metropolitan Cafe for seven years in 2000. The Grille on Laurel, 181 E. … ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 11:24:14 -0500 http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12522827-417/husband-and-wife-team-keeps-lake-forest-restaurant-humming.html http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12522827-417/husband-and-wife-team-keeps-lake-forest-restaurant-humming.html

After rebuilding school districts in Texas that were struggling, Harry Griffith was recruited by the Lake Forest Elementary School District 67 board of education in 1994 -- its third superintendent in two years. District 67 was trying to recover from a cheating scandal unearthed in 1991 that led to the eventual departures of Cherokee Principal Linda Chase and District 67 Superintendent Allen Klingenberg. His replacement, Arthur Jones, left for a new job after 18 months. “There was a lot of turmoil at the time,” Griffith said. ‘Lot of controversy’ Within five years Griffith launched Project 2000, a strategic plan that … ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 18:09:39 -0500 http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12427846-418/griffith-reflects-on-tenure-overseeing-lake-forest-schools.html http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/12427846-418/griffith-reflects-on-tenure-overseeing-lake-forest-schools.html