Type 1 Diabetes

Researcher & Surgeon Dr. Jose Oberholzer By Larry Atseff In our discussions with Dick Portillo and the success of his restaurant chain, we learned how important it was for Sharon, his childhood sweetheart and wife of 62 years, to be constantly by his side. We also learned that in 1997, it was discovered that she…

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Gopal Lalmalani

Oak Brook’s Village President By Chuck Fieldman Gopal Lalmalani has enjoyed practicing cardiology for more than 40 years. But the 72-year-old Oak Brook Village President has put much of his heart into serving the people of Oak Brook over the past 15 years. Lalmalani served five years on the village’s Plan Commission, before successfully running…

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Greg Summers

Oak Brook’s New Village Manager By Chuck Fieldman Kathy Maher, up until June 2021, was the President of the Oak Brook Historical Society. She has been a volunteer since 1978, shortly after the group began in 1975. Since being elected President in 2006, she has served as primary curator of the history of Oak Brook.…

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A History of the Oak Brook Historical Society

By Larry Atseff Kathy Maher, up until June 2021, was the President of the Oak Brook Historical Society. She has been a volunteer since 1978, shortly after the group began in 1975. Since being elected President in 2006, she has served as primary curator of the history of Oak Brook. Eventually, she is moving away,…

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Mistletoe Medley 2021 Raises $200.000+

By Larry Atseff On November 30, 2021, the Oak Brook Chapter of the Auxiliary of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago welcomed everyone once again, in person, to Mistletoe Medley, at Drury Lane. In 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the event had to be remote, but fundraising efforts met the challenge through a…

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Merry and Richard Cheng

The Couple Behind Merry Richards Jewelers By Larry Atseff If your wife’s first name was Merry, and your first name was Richard, and you wanted to open a jewelry store, would you consider naming it Merry Richards Jewelers? Well, that’s exactly what Merry and Richard Cheng did in 1985. It just seemed obvious and natural.…

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Serving the Community

Oak Brook Women’s Club Over 80 Years By Marcia J. Spingola / President OBWC In the early 1960’s the Oak Brook Women’s Club was more of a welcoming committee to people moving to this particular suburb from the Chicagoland area. In 1967, it was formally founded as the Oak Brook Women’s Club. At that time,…

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Oak Brook Women’s Club

Hears about 19th Century “The Social Graces” By Larry Atseff On November 23, at Maggiano’s in Oak Brook, nearly 50 members of the Oak Brook Women’s Club got a real sense of what the “Gilded Age” was like in the late nineteenth century, thanks to Chicagoan Renee Rosen, and her new best seller, “The Social…

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Faust Has Arrived At Lizzadro Museum

Complete with intricate stone carvings and collaborative music performances By Larry Atseff Recently, Lizzadro Museum Director Dorothy Asher arranged for the first United States exhibit of fourteen beautifully carved agate cameos from Germany’s Roth-Cameo Studio, portraying Faust’s adventures. Agate is a variety of quartz and is naturally banded in color. Agate along with shell is…

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Unbreakable Bond

The love between Humans and Pets By Emma Wolf You know that feeling you get when you make eye contact with a dog and you can almost feel the dog smiling at you as you pet this loving and loyal animal? The dog locks eyes with you and in that moment, all your other thoughts…

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