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August 17, 1992. Waukegan, Illinois. While babysitting two children, 11-year old Holly Staker is sexually assaulted and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Two months later, a suspect named Juan Rivera is brought in for questioning and confesses to the murder after four straight days of interrogation. He is subsequently convicted and receives a life sentence, but no physical evidence links Rivera to the crime and the veracity of his confession is called into question. After Rivera serves 19 years in prison, DNA evidence eventually links Holly's death to another murder… but could another innocent person also be serving time in prison for that particular crime? Additional Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(wrongful_conviction)https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3850https://courts.illinois.gov/opinions/AppellateCourt/2011/2ndDistrict/December/2091060.pdfhttp://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/documents/rivera_brief.pdfhttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-10/news/chi-dna-links-murder-and-rape-of-holly-staker-11-to-second-murder-8-years-later-20140610_1_holly-staker-dna-evidence-dna-match
In March, 2023, the Department of Justice says Jawad H. Hakeem used a handgun to rob a Chase Bank in the River North neighborhood and a Fifth Third Bank in the Loop. In the second robbery, the DOJ says Hakeem fired shots at a security guard, who was not wounded. Hakeem was arrested that same month and has been in custody since. This year, the 51-year-old Hakeem pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery and firearm charges. The DOJ says last week a judge sentenced Hakeem to 19 years in federal prison.
August 17, 1992. Waukegan, Illinois. While babysitting two children, 11-year old Holly Staker is sexually assaulted and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Two months later, a suspect named Juan Rivera is brought in for questioning and confesses to the murder after four straight days of interrogation. He is subsequently convicted and receives a life sentence, but no physical evidence links Rivera to the crime and the veracity of his confession is called into question. After Rivera serves 19 years in prison, DNA evidence eventually links Holly's death to another murder… but could another innocent person also be serving time in prison for that particular crime? Additional Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(wrongful_conviction)https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3850https://courts.illinois.gov/opinions/AppellateCourt/2011/2ndDistrict/December/2091060.pdfhttp://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/documents/rivera_brief.pdfhttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-10/news/chi-dna-links-murder-and-rape-of-holly-staker-11-to-second-murder-8-years-later-20140610_1_holly-staker-dna-evidence-dna-match
On August 4th, the Lake County Audubon Society says it banded three new piping plover chicks in Waukegan. and named them Pebbles, Drifter and Dune. Now, the Audubon Society says the chicks have died, and likely were the victims of predators, though it's impossible to know for sure without locating the bodies. Volunteers knew where to watch for the new chicks, and they all disappeared sequentially. The first day, monitors only found two plovers. The next, there was only one. The day after that, no chicks were around. The piping plover chicks' father Pepper now is flying alone in Waukegan, and soon may start his journey south to his wintering grounds in Florida.
On August 4th, the Lake County Audubon Society says it banded three new piping plover chicks in Waukegan. and named them Pebbles, Drifter and Dune. Now, the Audubon Society says the chicks have died, and likely were the victims of predators, though it's impossible to know for sure without locating the bodies. Volunteers knew where to watch for the new chicks, and they all disappeared sequentially. The first day, monitors only found two plovers. The next, there was only one. The day after that, no chicks were around. The piping plover chicks' father Pepper now is flying alone in Waukegan, and soon may start his journey south to his wintering grounds in Florida.
On August 4th, the Lake County Audubon Society says it banded three new piping plover chicks in Waukegan. and named them Pebbles, Drifter and Dune. Now, the Audubon Society says the chicks have died, and likely were the victims of predators, though it's impossible to know for sure without locating the bodies. Volunteers knew where to watch for the new chicks, and they all disappeared sequentially. The first day, monitors only found two plovers. The next, there was only one. The day after that, no chicks were around. The piping plover chicks' father Pepper now is flying alone in Waukegan, and soon may start his journey south to his wintering grounds in Florida.
Our High School TUXIS group ministered to foster families in Waukegan, MI - Highlights of their journey.
S13 Ep 1 | I Love People, Pastoring, Training, Understanding : Ralph Warren Season 13 launches with the warm, grandfatherly advice of Pastor Ralph Warren as he and host Dr. Matt Davis examine life transitions and practical ways parents can prepare their children. As a history buff, Pastor Warren briefly sketches highlights from six generations of his lineage. The conversation includes analysis of his multicultural church—its development, the quest for the “common good,” the biggest detriment, and strategies for grooming a spiritually mature congregation. The episode concludes with actionable steps and diagnostic questions to help young people discern God's will. About our guest Ralph Warren, pastor of Lake County Baptist Church in Waukegan, Illinois, and our 2026 Spring Opening Meetings speaker, is passionate about learning. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he pursued degrees in laboratory medicine. Surrendering to be a pastor, he began studies in pastoral theology and earned master's degrees in education and exegetical theology. He enjoys training young people in his church's Christian school and in Bible colleges abroad. He and his wife, Tiffany, have two grown children.
This week on the Business of Good presented by BCU: Drip and Culture. Wendy Snyder, in for Jon Hansen, shares how their “socially minded coffee” helps create a warm community feel for the people of Waukegan. To learn more about how BCU can help you with your banking, visit www.bcu.org.
Earlier this nesting season, piping plovers Blaze and Pippin had their nest washed away in a storm. The DAILY HERALD reports the four eggs were recovered and sent to a piping plover captive-rearing program in Michigan where the eggs later hatched. Now, the Lake County Audubon Society says Blaze---and a new partner Pepper---gave birth to a pair of piping plover chicks on July 19th at Waukegan Beach, and the parents are incubating the two remaining eggs in the nest. Waukegan's new chicks follow the birth of four piping plovers at Chicago's Montrose Beach in June.
This week on the Business of Good, presented by BCU: Waukegan to College. Jon Hansen shares how Waukegan to College helps more and more children be best prepared for college and future careers. To learn more about how BCU can help you with your banking, visit www.bcu.org.
Earlier this nesting season, piping plovers Blaze and Pippin had their nest washed away in a storm. The DAILY HERALD reports the four eggs were recovered and sent to a piping plover captive-rearing program in Michigan where the eggs later hatched. Now, the Lake County Audubon Society says Blaze---and a new partner Pepper---gave birth to a pair of piping plover chicks on July 19th at Waukegan Beach, and the parents are incubating the two remaining eggs in the nest. Waukegan's new chicks follow the birth of four piping plovers at Chicago's Montrose Beach in June.
Earlier this nesting season, piping plovers Blaze and Pippin had their nest washed away in a storm. The DAILY HERALD reports the four eggs were recovered and sent to a piping plover captive-rearing program in Michigan where the eggs later hatched. Now, the Lake County Audubon Society says Blaze---and a new partner Pepper---gave birth to a pair of piping plover chicks on July 19th at Waukegan Beach, and the parents are incubating the two remaining eggs in the nest. Waukegan's new chicks follow the birth of four piping plovers at Chicago's Montrose Beach in June.
In 1975, Clinton, Iowa sheriff's deputies responded to a report and found a dead teenager in the Mississippi River, but she could not be identified. After an autopsy, the death was ruled a homicide. The Clinton Sheriff's Office now says Cheryl Lynn Edwards of Waukegan was positively identified through forensic genealogy. Iowa officials says the new technology means the homicide investigation can proceed. Cheryl Lynn Edwards' family has been notified. The Waukegan Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations are asking for any information regarding her disappearance and death 51 years ago.
In 1975, Clinton, Iowa sheriff's deputies responded to a report and found a dead teenager in the Mississippi River, but she could not be identified. After an autopsy, the death was ruled a homicide. The Clinton Sheriff's Office now says Cheryl Lynn Edwards of Waukegan was positively identified through forensic genealogy. Iowa officials says the new technology means the homicide investigation can proceed. Cheryl Lynn Edwards' family has been notified. The Waukegan Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations are asking for any information regarding her disappearance and death 51 years ago.
In 1975, Clinton, Iowa sheriff's deputies responded to a report and found a dead teenager in the Mississippi River, but she could not be identified. After an autopsy, the death was ruled a homicide. The Clinton Sheriff's Office now says Cheryl Lynn Edwards of Waukegan was positively identified through forensic genealogy. Iowa officials says the new technology means the homicide investigation can proceed. Cheryl Lynn Edwards' family has been notified. The Waukegan Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations are asking for any information regarding her disappearance and death 51 years ago.
The OTRNow Radio Program Father's Day 01The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. June 18, 1939. Red net. Jell-O. The cast does down to the railroad station to leave for Waukegan. Carmichael the bear is going along too! The last program on which Kenny Baker appears. Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Bill Morrow (writer), Cliff Nazarro, Frank Nelson, Blanche Stewart.The Quiz Kids. June 20, 1948. NBC net. Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day. The first question is, "Why would Pennsylvania and protactinium remind you of the third Sunday in June?" The Quiz Kids vs. The Quiz Kids' fathers. Joe Kelly (host), Bob Murphy (announcer), Joel Kupperman, Joe Kelly Jr. (temporary host), Patrick Owen Conlon, Naomi Cooks, Mark Mullin, Joel Kupperman Sr., Joe Mullin, Patrick Conlon, Julius Cook.Hollywood Star Playhouse. April 23, 1951. CBS net. "Father's Day". Bromo Seltzer. The start of the program's second year on the air. Jeff Alexander and His Orchestra (composer, conductor), Maurice Zim (writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Norman Brokenshire (commercial spokesman), Johnny Schneller (engineer), Gus Bayes (sound effects), Ross Murray (sound effects), Carleton Young, Theodore Von Eltz, Jeanette Nolan, Robert Griffin, Bea Benaderet, Anne Whitfield, David Brian (recorded preview of next week's program), Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Rawlinson (host)This Is Your FBI. June 08, 1951. ABC net. "The Return of Father Crime".The Black Museum. 1952. Syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Chain". Participating sponsors. A woman has been hearing ghosts, dragging a chain. The date is approximate. Syndicated rebroadcast date: October 30, 1974. Harry Alan Towers (producer), Orson Welles (narrator), Ira Marion (writer), Sidney Torch (composer, conductor). Baby Snooks Clip 1944-06-14 Worlds Most Patient FatherSOURCES:Radiogoldindex.com; Wikipedia
Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books.
In this episode of Deacons' Round Table, the Deacons interview staff and students from Christo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan, IL. Jim Dippold and Iris Sanchez from Campus Ministry are interviewed, as well as students Allison and Vincent.
Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books.
Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos Podcast is a platform for ordinary law abiding citizens from Emmanuel Barbee friends list and from his social groups who are Black Artists, African Artists, Allied Healthcare professionals, Church Leaders, and Black Entrepreneurs, African Entrepreneurs who want to promote their products and services to our listeners from the global community. This no holds-barred talk show focuses on promoting Grassroots Community Advocacy, Business, Finance, Health, Community-Based Solutions, Employment, Social Issues, Political Issues, Black Issues, African Issues and Christianity which speaks to the interests of our listeners. Broadcasting on multiple social networks throughout the United States and around the globe. This show will provide insight on how our creative abilities can be used to create economic tangibles in our communities, neighborhoods and in Black countries. The Grass Roots Community Activist Movement is about uniting the African American community and the African Immigrant community in Chicago and eventually throughout the Diaspora. I'm not just online trying to sell my book, selling items from my virtual store or just trying to get donations for my film project but rather to recruit like minded Black Americans, like minded African Immigrants within America to help me build the best African American business within the United States of America called the Grass Roots Community Activist Institute of Chicago. Our objective is for us to build our own network so that we can support each other in business. #NotAnother34Years #M1 #DAS-FM
Welcome to another episode of the HOZ Comedy Podcast with Joey where comedian Brener BeWee Weaver joins the podcast for a hilarious and honest conversation about his long journey in stand-up. From growing up with the hosts to building a 12-year comedy career, BeWee shares stories from the road, including the infamous dead cat story, memorable stages from Waukegan to Louisiana, and the ups and downs of life as a working comic.The conversation dives into Chicago culture, the controversial taste of Malört, navigating open mics, thoughts on Kill Tony, and the Mount Rushmore of comedy. BeWee also opens up about early struggles in comedy, including getting fired from Riddles Comedy Club, and how those experiences shaped him as a performer.A funny and real episode about perseverance, bombing, growing as a comic, and chasing the craft. Remember to listen laugh and share.
John Oates is at the Genesee this weekend, and the guys have some more unreleased gems that he may be bringing to Waukegan!!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Paul Dimon v. City of Waukegan
My guest on this episode comes from a place outside of Chicago called Waukegan. MPLIED comes from a musical background that includes, Reggae, Blues and Jazz. His early beginnings in Hip-Hop were introduced to him through a family member; from listening to WU-TANG, NAS, OUTKAST and BIGGIE to newer artist like JID, J.COLE, DRAKE; to no where he makes his own music. Let's dive in and get to no more about this rising star in the Hip-Hop genre.
In Episode 143 of The Chicagoland Guide, Aaron Masliansky visits Youth Conservation Corps in Waukegan to explore a critical but often overlooked part of the housing conversation: workforce development. As Lake County and the broader Chicagoland region face a persistent housing shortage, rising construction costs, and a shrinking skilled trades workforce, solutions must go beyond zoning reform and financing tools. This episode examines how YouthBuild Waukegan is training the next generation of construction professionals while building affordable housing for local families. If we want more housing supply, stronger neighborhoods, and sustainable economic growth in Lake County and across the Chicagoland area, we need people who know how to build—and that's exactly what this program is doing. Aaron sits down with Executive Director Jennifer Yonan to discuss how their programming serves 16–24 year olds who are disconnected from education and employment, helping them earn their GED or diploma, gain hands-on construction experience, and prepare for registered apprenticeships and careers in the trades. The conversation covers: -How workforce training directly impacts housing supply -Building affordable homes from the ground up in Zion -Why the skilled trades are increasingly valuable in an AI-driven economy -The role of regional housing policy and zoning reform in Lake County -Supporting the “whole person” through education, mentorship, and life skills Youth Conservation Corps is not only training future electricians, plumbers, and carpenters—it's strengthening neighborhoods and expanding opportunity from within the community. Learn more or get involved at: youthconservationcorps.org Thank you for listening to The Chicagoland Guide.For thoughtful, data-driven insights on living, working, and investing in Chicagoland, visit thechicagolandguide.com.Connect with Aaron Masliansky on LinkedIn for market updates and new episodes.If you have questions, ideas, or topics you'd like covered, feel free to reach out.If you found this episode valuable, consider subscribing and sharing it with someone who cares about Chicago and its future.
As a new year begins, leaders are often faced with uncertainty, change, and challenges that cannot be solved with a predetermined plan. In this episode of The Leader's Journey Podcast, Trisha Taylor welcomes Megan Mills for a thoughtful and practical conversation about improvisation and its surprising relevance to leadership and everyday life. Together, they explore how the principles of improv such as trust, listening, shared agreements, and adaptability offer a powerful framework for navigating complexity, collaborating well, and showing up fully when the path forward is unclear. Megan Mills is originally from Waukegan, IL (north of Chicago), went to Hope College in Holland, MI and shortly after graduation, moved to New York City. Her early years in NYC were spent in stage management and personal assistant roles as well as performing, creating, teaching and directing improvisational theatre. Now daily life includes driving her son back and forth to numerous games and practices throughout Queens, NY and the tri-state area. Megan has a passion for organization, The Container Store, and Chicago Cubs. She has also been an advocate, public speaker, and volunteer for the American Heart and Stroke Association for the past 20+ years. Conversation Overview Beginning the year without a script Improv as a tool for adaptive leadership The importance of shared agreements and trust "Yes, and" as a mindset for collaboration Listening, presence, and patience in real time Supporting others instead of competing Improv games as practice for real life skills Applying improv principles to teams and leadership Creating safety and inclusion for all voices Meeting uncertainty with openness and curiosity Resources and References Mentioned Megan Mills at The Leader's Journey Truth in Comedy by Del Close and Charna Halpern Harvard Business Review - Three Improv Exercises That Can Change the Way Your Team Works TED Talks on improv, adaptability, and leadership Improv exercises including Three Headed Expert and listening games
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Jello again. Jack's boyhood friend, who is now mayor of his hometown, visits Jack and the gang.Episode 250 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on on March 21, 1937.Please email questions and comments to host@classiccomedyotr.com.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.
Watch the Devotion Based on Philippians 1:3-6 Thank You Since this is Thanksgiving weekend, I want to pause and reflect on the past year. The mission of WELS Ministry to the Military is to make Word and sacrament available to our actively serving military members and their families. To carry out this mission, the Wisconsin Synod provides financial support for 25 percent of our operating expenses. The other 75 percent comes from generous gifts from you. This past year WELS Ministry to the Military received $154,000 in gifts. Thank you! Your generosity and the work we do together as a synod reminds me of the apostle Paul's words to the Christians in Philippi: “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:3-6). Because of your generosity this past year, I was able to travel to 10 duty stations (including one aircraft carrier and 3 duty stations overseas), 16 congregations, 3 high schools, and 2 grade schools. This included a trip to Okinawa this past January where we led a retreat for service members who came from Guam, Japan, South Korea, and Okinawa. Because of your generosity, our office mailed 130 Spiritual Deployment Kits to service members around the world, not to mention a number of hymnals, catechisms, and devotion books. Thanks to you, 135 new referrals came in through our website. We were able to train seven Distinctive Religious Group Leaders to lead Bible study and worship in places we can't be. Five more are being trained right now. I want to say thank you to our European chaplain, Rob Weiss, and his wife, Rachel, for their faithful, dedicated service all over Europe: Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Poland. Thank you to the WELS pastors, teachers, and staff ministers who encourage and support our military service members, who show compassion and care to the family members when their service member is away from home. Thank you to all the grade schools, pastors' and teachers' conferences, and churches who adopted our ministry for their mission offering designation. Thank you to the WELS pastors and lay leaders who serve as contacts at numerous duty stations around the country, especially those who take extra time to visit our young people during basic training. I'd like to highlight Hope in Irmo, S.C., for serving Fort Jackson; Immanuel in Waukegan, Ill., for serving Great Lakes; Our Savior in San Antonio, Texas, for serving Lackland Air Force Base; and Risen Savior in Chula Vista, Calif., for serving Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD). At MCRD Pastor Paul Schulz leads the Lutheran service on Sunday mornings. This past year the Holy Spirit blessed Pastor Schulz' efforts with an average Sunday worship attendance of 47 recruits, and he was privileged to baptize 25 Marine Corps recruits. Thank you to the congregations in the Colorado Springs area for adopting Air Force cadets at the Academy and being their home away from home. Thank you to the Lutheran Military Support Group (LMSG) for their partnership. Because of their generosity, we led a Military Contact Pastor workshop near Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, this past May. The LMSG also provided professional Christian counseling for active duty service members, veterans, and their dependents. I am grateful for our working relationship with WELS Campus Ministry. They have been helpful in identifying high school graduates pursuing ROTC or the National Guard and referring them to our ministry. Thank you to Michigan Lutheran Seminary who reached out to us, wanting to partner and provide a stable high school experience for high school-age students of our service members. I am grateful to the members and staff at Reformation Lutheran Church and School here in San Diego, where my wife teaches and we are members. You have been a huge support for our family. I want to say thank to the team that works behind the scenes to publish these devotions, for posting on our social media and website. You are so patient with me! I want to thank my Military Services Committee family: Paul, Joel, Holly, Josh, Dave, Ryan, Rob, Rachel, and Dale. It is a joy working with you. From me personally, I want to thank you for your small tokens of appreciation. The challenge coins, squadron caps and patches, letters, e-mails, and text messages—this is all so humbling and encouraging. And I am grateful for all of you every day for this partnership in the gospel. I ask that you continue to keep WELS Ministry to the Military in your prayers so that together we might reach more of our nation's service members with Word and sacrament. Have a happy Thanksgiving. Written and recorded by Rev. Paul Horn, WELS National Civilian Chaplain to the Military, San Diego, California. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Note: Scripture reading footnotes are clickable only in the web version.
This week, we're excited to welcome Cole Schambari to the Dirt Bags Studio! A huge thanks to one of our great sponsors, Charlie Huff, for connecting us with Cole—the owner of WEBS Excavating Inc., based in Waukegan, Illinois. Tune in for a long, in-depth, and awesome conversation!Cole's Email: cole@websexcavatinginc.comBook a free strategy call with Phaser Marketing:https://calendly.com/d/cm59-rf4-hgq/investing-in-a-new-construction-website?month=2025-05Huge Thanks to our sponsors:Charlie Huff - Need a certificate of insurance? Done. Adding a new piece of equipment to the fleet? Consider it handled. Got an audit breathing down your neck? Charlie's already on it. This is full-service insurance from people who care and understand—and it shows. Whether you're a one-crew start-up or managing a multi-state operation, Charlie makes sure you're covered right the first time so you can focus on growing, hiring, and hauling. Call (435) 764-4833 or visit https://trupointco.com/Eljen - Revolutionizing Onsite Wastewater ManagementBacked by decades of engineering expertise, the Eljen GSF® A42 system uses a layered approach combining geotextile fabric and a plastic core to optimize effluent treatment. This modular leachfield design increases filtration efficiency, reduces the required installation footprint, and protects soil absorption capacity for the long term. Especially effective in space-constrained or environmentally sensitive areas, it offers a reliable, sustainable upgrade to traditional septic systems.Learn more at: eljen.comSludgeHammer - Enhancing Septic System Performance with Advanced MicrobiologyBy introducing a proprietary blend of live bacteria into existing septic tanks, SludgeHammer systems biologically transform waste processing. This method restores failing leach fields, reduces sludge buildup, and supports environmentally friendly water recycling without the need for major system overhauls. Certified for performance and scalability, the solution is ideal for homes, businesses, and larger-scale applications.Discover the details at: sludgehammer.netThanks for listening!
On this episode of Coaching Call, Sifu Rafael welcomes Leanne Linsky, a comedian turned entrepreneur whose journey proves that laughter truly is powerful medicine. As the founder and CEO of Plauzzable, an innovative online comedy club, Leanne is redefining how people connect through humor.Originally from Waukegan, Illinois, Leanne's path has been fueled by curiosity and creativity. She earned her B.S. in Business Management from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of California, Irvine. A certified professional coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, Leanne bridges business insight with human connection.Her comedy roots run deep—she studied at Upright Citizens Brigade, The Second City, IO Chicago, and Magnet Theater, and went on to write, perform, and produce her own critically acclaimed one-woman show. From producing open mics to hosting weekly stand-up events in New York City and California, Leanne has built a legacy of laughter.Now, through Plauzzable, she's on a mission to unite people worldwide—proving that comedy doesn't just entertain, it connects and heals.Sifu Rafael is a master instructor and the founder of Speaking Prowess, where he combines expertise in communication and leadership to help individuals unlock their full potential. As a professional speaker, solutions expert, and executive coach, Sifu Rafael leverages years of experience to guide clients toward their goals with clarity, purpose, and strategic insight. His mission is to make the art of effective communication accessible to all, empowering personal and professional growth. Sifu Rafael's unwavering dedication to improving communication skills has earned him a reputation as a trusted mentor and coach. His vision is clear: to enhance communication worldwide, one individual at a time.This episode is brought to you by Sifu's Mind Body Method, a 90-day lifestyle transformation that blends movement, mindset, nutrition, hydration, fasting, journaling, and faith. Learn more at www.sifurafael.com/smbmWatch this and every episode on YouTube and subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/@sifurafaeltv?sub_confirmation=1
John Oates is coming to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan so the guys dig into our extensive Oates collection in the Drive library. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Step behind the mic on this episode of the HoZ Comedy Podcast with Joey! The crew welcomes Chris Chagoya, a Chicago-area comic once known as Hurricane Chris. He shares the unforgettable story of his very first comedy show — and how he completely bombed. Chris also opens up about life on the streets of Waukegan and the hustle of traveling miles just to make it to open mics. It's raw, real, and hilarious. Listen, laugh, and share the ride.
Live old-time radio theater show at Joplin's Java coffeehouse, Waukegan, IL on June 11, 2010. Original commercial written and performed for live show featuring re-creations of Pete Kelly's Blues and The Jack Benny Show. George Burns: David Drazin. Gracie Allen: Carol Seymour. Music by David Drazin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discovering Grayslake: Unveiling the Stories and People That Make Our Town Unique
Ryan shares his inspiring journey from his Waukegan and Vernon Hills roots to flipping houses and building a thriving business. Listeners hear about his family's influence, lessons learned from early setbacks, and the importance of authenticity, community, and hard work. The conversation blends personal stories, business insights, and local pride, highlighting Ryan's commitment to Grayslake, his passion for giving back, and his vision for the future—all with a friendly, hometown touch.
Live radio theater re-creation of the classic Jack Benny Show parody of the famous western movie "High Noon." The play was performed by an Evanston, Illinois-based group of actors and musicians at Joplin's Java Coffeehouse in Jack Benny's hometown of Waukegan, Illinois in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Discovering Grayslake: Unveiling the Stories and People That Make Our Town Unique
In this episode of "Discovering Grayslake," host Dave sits down with Alan, a local lawyer, to discuss life, law, and community in Grayslake. Alan shares heartfelt stories from his legal career, insights into family and criminal law, and his passion for giving back through local organizations. The conversation is filled with humor, personal anecdotes, and reflections on Grayslake's vibrant spirit—from favorite pizza spots to community events. With a warm, hometown feel, this episode highlights the importance of connection, kindness, and supporting one another in the Grayslake community. Automatically Transcribed With Podsqueeze Speaker 1 00:00:03 Looking for a car dealer that actually feels like your hometown. Welcome to City Chevrolet of Grayslake, where the vibe is friendly, the pressure is off and you'll always be treated like family. Meet Anthony Scala. He's just not the owner. He's a guy that grew up in the car business, worked his way from porter to owner. Anthony believes in people first. That's why City Chevy sponsors your kids teams, your town events. And matter of fact, this show, they give back every chance they get. Anthony thinks that the experience of buying a car should be fun. No pressure, just honest people who care whether you need a new Chevy, a quality used car, or just service you can trust. City Chevy is here for you. Come visit City Chevrolet of Grayslake right off of 120. And thank you for sponsoring Our town. Our stories, our voice. Let's get after it. Grayslake. Grayslake Rehabilitation Center is a community based private practice physical therapy provider. Do you know they have 13 clinical providers with various levels of specialties including orthopedics, sports, neurology, vestibular geriatrics, pelvic floor and aquatic. Speaker 1 00:01:05 What did I just say? They have a pool. Well they do. And it's the largest indoor warm water pool in Lake County. Featuring two underwater treadmills and swim currents and recently added clinical treatment specialties. In layman's terms. Shockwave. They have both radial and focus units that are the newest tool in regenerative medicine available to everyone. They pride themselves on the most current and up to date specialized care to keep you moving. If you're looking for physical therapy, make sure to see our friends at Grayslake Rehabilitation. All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Discovering Grayslake. I'm so happy to be here recording again at Agora Co-working. Agora. As you know, if you've listened to any of these shows, Agora is on the corner of Centre Street and Atkinson. It's a co-working place, so if you guys are looking for a place to get your, your business out of the house for a day, for an hour, for a week or a lifetime home, Luke over here is a great dude, and I'll be happy to help you out. Speaker 1 00:01:58 So shout out to Agora for having us here. so I'm not going to mess up your name because you help me. So I'm here with Alan and Ziggy today. That's right buddy. Speaker 2 00:02:07 Hi, Dave. Nice to see you. And, Hello, internet. Speaker 1 00:02:09 Yes. So, actually, it's funny that we, Just as we sat down, we went over just a short thing of all the people from Grayslake that we just from just the Grayslake people that we know we have in common. Speaker 2 00:02:20 Right? I was living in Grayslake for the last 15, 20 years, and, my family lives in Grayslake. My mom does still, even though my dad passed away and I've been active in the Grayslake Exchange Club for a long time. So that's how I kind of got to know the people in that business community, stuff like that. Speaker 1 00:02:35 Right. Okay, so when I got arrested for the third time when I called you and then I called you, and I've not been arrested. Speaker 2 00:02:42 I would not be able to disclose the details unless you told me it was okay. Speaker 2 00:02:45 So just let me know, and I'm happy to. But we have attorney client confidentiality, which prohibits me from talking about it. Speaker 1 00:02:51 Which means all the fun stories that I want to ask you about to tell me today. You can't. Speaker 2 00:02:54 I can tell you stories, but I can't say like, hey, you know my client, Sergio. Guess what happened, right? I can't say that, but I can say I had this one guy and this one thing. I could do that, right? Speaker 1 00:03:03 He looked a lot like Mike Steiner, but. Speaker 2 00:03:06 Nobody looks like Mike Steiner. No, Mike Steiner is like Mike Steiner. Speaker 1 00:03:10 Doesn't even look like Mike Steiner. Speaker 2 00:03:12 He's like a ten. I mean, he's like, maybe mistaken for George Clooney from time to time. Speaker 1 00:03:17 He gets that a lot. I am. Speaker 2 00:03:18 Sure. Speaker 1 00:03:19 Shout out. Shout out to right at home. By the way, one of the sponsors of. Speaker 2 00:03:21 The show is an okay. Speaker 1 00:03:22 Dude. He's great. okay, so, Grayslake has changed, but what is your job? Speaker 2 00:03:27 Okay. Speaker 2 00:03:28 I am a lawyer. Speaker 1 00:03:29 Okay. What kind of a lawyer? Speaker 2 00:03:30 Okay, so my background is as a prosecutor. And when I was a prosecutor with the state's attorney's office. I guess I'll answer this in a long winded way. The easy question is, I tell people at Christmas parties. Like, what kind of lawyer are you? Divorces and DUIs. Okay. Okay. Because that's an easy way to break down family and criminal law. Those are my two specialties. I'm in a law firm called Johnston, Tommy Lansky and Goldberg. I'm one of the founding partners of that law firm, and we do everything collectively. I have a partner that does real estate. I have a partner that does business formation. I have a partner that does wills and trusts. We do probate litigation, foreclosures. We do all kinds of stuff. But my particular role at that law firm is family. So your divorces, child custody, child support type cases sometimes, and then also criminal cases. And, like, I have a murder right now. Speaker 2 00:04:20 So everything from murders down to traffic tickets and suspended licenses. Speaker 1 00:04:24 Is that normal for me? Because this shows how much I know. Is it normal for an attorney to have such a broad range of things like that? Speaker 2 00:04:30 So for me, I want two things, you know, so two things is pretty normal. If you're a guy that only, let's say only does criminal, it's I don't know you people do that, but I like to have a second sort of, type of case because sometimes it ebbs and flows in what you're getting. You know, the family law cases are hourly. The, criminal cases are a flat fee. Usually both are great. The family law cases are more, I guess intellectually and emotionally challenging sometimes. Which which maybe surprises some people. My criminal cases are usually a joy. Like family law cases can be tough. Speaker 1 00:05:08 Yeah, and that's one thing, because, it's no secret that I've been divorced twice. And, you know, for the for the people. And many people listen to the show, I mean, just from the, from the age demographics that I know that if people gone through these, like, heart wrenching, terrible parts of their life where they need someone like you to help guide them through and and hopefully make it as easy as possible. Speaker 2 00:05:29 Divorces are hard. I mean, a lot of you that are listening, have experienced it or your parents did or whatever. So, divorces are very difficult for people, and the plan with me would be just to get them done on time and under budget with a handshake at the end. Speaker 1 00:05:44 Okay. And I've never heard that before because I, I unfortunately, you know, I was spending a lot of time in courtrooms and seeing stuff like that, that it seems like, you know, the guys maybe that aren't doing well, or maybe they need to pay off their boat or something, string things along as long as they can. Speaker 2 00:05:58 They okay. I would never cast aspersions. I tell you, you might be surprised. The family law bar in Lake County is mostly fantastic people. Yeah. most of those lawyers I really like, I get along with the strength of our bench, you know, which means the judges in Lake County is good. Our bench is good. Our bar is good. there are a couple of lawyers that I'm like, oh, I got a case with her again. Speaker 2 00:06:21 Oh, I got a case with that guy. Right? because sometimes the law, just like any maybe more than some other, professions, can attract people with, like, a type of personality. That's annoying. I don't know, I don't want to. I'm not a psychiatrist or psychologist, so I can't say, like, all my clients come in and they say, oh, my husband, he's a narcissist. Or like, he's gaslighting me. People like those psychological sort of terms from today. Like the now times. Like we didn't know what narcissism and gaslighting was in 1997, right? Or I didn't, but now I do for sure, because all my clients are like, he's gaslighting me, he's a narcissist, he's a blah, blah. Speaker 1 00:07:01 One minute your world is normal, the next it's gone. A flood, a fire, a crime scene. Your home shattered, your business shut down, your life on pause. But in the darkest hour, when chaos knocks at your door, that's when Servpro of Northwest Lake County shows up. Speaker 1 00:07:20 Not just a company, not just a cleanup crew, but neighbors, parents, coaches, locals who care. Drake and his team aren't just restoring properties. They're restoring peace, restoring dignity, restoring lives. So when your worst day arrives, call the oh no guy who becomes your, thank God guy. Servpro of Northwest Lake County, locally owned, nationally known, unshakable and trusted from devastation to restoration. Duration. Servpro, northwest Lake County. Speaker 3 00:07:50 Hey, neighbors, this is Bill Mack with the Grayslake Chamber of Commerce. And if you're looking for a network of hardworking, customer focused and generally friendly local businesses who are dedicated to helping each other succeed, then I'd like to invite you to check out and consider joining our Grayslake chamber. We offer our members so many ways to advance their businesses through social networking events, special events, sponsorships, informative lunch and learns, and the ever popular after hours mixers. Come see why we say we're the new wave of business here in Lake County. Speaker 1 00:08:22 Well, at this time of day, everything needs a label, right? Speaker 2 00:08:24 They throw those labels around. Speaker 2 00:08:26 Which, I mean, there's there's nothing wrong with it. it helps me to identify, at least. Now, I don't know if the person saying he's a narcissist means that. Really, she's right and he is a narcissist. Or if it just is helping me to flag this case is going to be a little bit tougher than maybe some other ones. Truth, right? I could see that. It's like one. Okay. Like in internet. Now, I'm sure people are, like, watching TikTok. Like red flag. Red flag. Like I see, yes, red flags when those kind of cases walk in. Speaker 1 00:08:56 Absolutely. Yeah. And I'm sure things changed like that too. Okay. So I want to go back a little bit because you have a it's a very interesting that for me, if I was doing your job I would love it that you could do one day like you have a murderer thing. Totally. But but then you can have a family law case or maybe help a dad get, you know, custody of his child. Speaker 1 00:09:13 Like, yeah, at least there's a little variety for fun, right? Speaker 2 00:09:15 It's interesting. I mean, today I had a couple of DUIs up, you know? And DUIs are like a bread and butter type case for a criminal defense attorney. Because most people, especially in Grayslake, especially in Lake County, they're not murderers. They're not gang members, but otherwise good dude or an otherwise good lady who is not necessarily manifesting a criminal intent. Like I'm going to go shoplift. It's a guy saying, I've had too much to drink, I'm gonna drive. He's making a dumb choice to drive home, but he's not having the criminal intent. Like I want to endanger somebody tonight. Right. Right. And so a DUI is usually the first time that somebody that's a good person is in hot trouble. Speaker 1 00:09:55 Okay. Gotcha. And, you know, it's got to be nice to, some of these, I'm sure, having satisfaction to be able to to help people out and help them navigate through things they have no idea what they're getting into. Speaker 1 00:10:05 Right. Speaker 2 00:10:05 So. Okay, I used to work for a really fantastic attorney in Round Lake Beach, and I want to make sure to give a shout out to Round Lake Beach. That is an awesome town full of super awesome people. And this lawyer I used to work with, named Bruce Scotland. He taught me a lot. And he's still out in Round Lake. He's a competitor of mine, but I really respect him. And when I started working for him, he. He said, Alan, we love helping people for money. And I'm like, yeah, I love helping people for money. Right. Speaker 1 00:10:34 Well put. Right. It wouldn't be as fun as if you didn't get. Speaker 2 00:10:37 Paid for it. No, but I mean, and that, you know, it's a business. You want to help people? Yes. For money. Right. Right. So. And I'm not trying to sound cold, I do some pro bono. I know it's me, but I don't do pro bono divorces. Speaker 2 00:10:47 No way. They're too hot. They take too long. I'll do a pro bono traffic ticket. I'll give people. I used to volunteer at a safe place, and they have a, a battered women's shelter in Zion. And I used to go there, and I used to talk to the ladies about free legal advice. How can I help you? What do you. They have questions about everything, and I would just volunteer and talk to them. I love that, but, a really hot case to do pro bono is is a big mistake for attorney, in my opinion. Yeah. Attorney in my position, I'd say right. Speaker 1 00:11:16 Okay, so the one thing that really, that I found appealing when I was looking through, when we got connected and I went through your website and I was looking at things like places, like a safe place, like, those are people that really need help, right? Yeah. It's tough. I tip my hat to you for going in there and helping out, because I know there's a list of different things that that you do to give back, which is which is extremely generous of you. Speaker 2 00:11:39 Thanks. I just I just signed up to do the mock interviews at Libertyville High School. That's a cool program. Yeah. Cool. That high school has a really good program where they have these kids that are in the business class, and you give them mock interviews to, you know, improve their skills, to hone their hone their interviewing abilities. And I was blown away by how great the kids were. Really? I was like, you're really smart. You're really smart. Wow. You're what an active, wonderful person. And I was like a bump on the log. When I was in high school, I wasn't active like. Speaker 1 00:12:10 I would have loved to seen what my interview would have been like in high school. Speaker 2 00:12:14 I don't know, they were fantastic, but. So some of the stuff I do, yeah. In Libertyville, I was been active in Grayslake because I lived in Grayslake for many years. over there on West Trail. my mom lives in Harrison Farms and, yeah, that's we were living in Grayslake ever since about the turn of the millennium. Speaker 2 00:12:32 So that that wave of people that like third wave of of immigrants to Grayslake that began in the 90s when the, you know, when they started building the subdivision. Speaker 1 00:12:42 Farms, right? Yes. I think that I was one of the first off the Mayflower to when I landed at Avon on the Prairie, one of the first ones off of Atkinson. That was like one of the first things that wasn't in, you know, Grayslake proper. Right. So to say. Right. Right. That's what we showed up. But but so then how long ago is that? Speaker 2 00:13:01 So we moved here in like 2001. Okay. So my mom and dad bought a place in Grayslake on West Trail North in Harrison Farms. And I remember the first day we came to graze. Like, I'm from Florence, Illinois. Speaker 1 00:13:12 Okay. I was just gonna say. Where did you originally come from? Speaker 2 00:13:14 I'm from philosopher. I went to Homewood Philosopher High School. I was born in Harvey, at Ingalls. and, But that's why sometimes I get, like, a Chicago accent. Speaker 2 00:13:22 I don't know, whatever. It's like, it's a but but floss more is is a nice town in the 90s. I mean, it's like the lake bluff of the south side. Yeah. So we we had a good time growing up. Speaker 1 00:13:31 They should put that on their sign. Speaker 2 00:13:32 By the way. Yeah. Right. The lake bluff off. Speaker 1 00:13:35 The. Speaker 2 00:13:35 South side. I need the. Speaker 1 00:13:36 T. Speaker 2 00:13:36 Shirt. I mean, it is. I mean, it's kind of like being the tallest midget, you know? I mean, but no offense to people that are little people. I love them, too. but, you know, I don't know where I was going at that. Speaker 1 00:13:51 Time of growing up in Hollywood or more. Speaker 2 00:13:54 Grew up there. So then I came to, I lived in Champaign because I went to school down at U of I and Champaign, and it was fantastic. And my parents moved up to to Grayslake. So I come up to Grayslake, and on our first day, the restaurant they took me to was Bill's Pub North. Speaker 2 00:14:08 Yeah, right. Engages like and I just thought in my mind I'm like, I'm in the woods. My parents moved to Wisconsin, you know, where am I? I'm like, this is the woods. I mean, here in Wisconsin, there's a polar bear hanging there and there's fish every on, on the wall. And I thought, this is this is great. And it turned out Lake County's not quite Wisconsin, but it's close. It's an interesting. Speaker 1 00:14:29 Perception, I guess if you've never been here. And that's the place they took, I had to. Speaker 2 00:14:33 The only thing I had done with Grayslake before that when my parents moved here, Let's go to Prairie Crossing. Okay. Because my aunt and uncle lived in Prairie Crossing, which is a interesting. I wouldn't say the word weird, but it's an anomalous little part of the world. Prairie crossing is. Speaker 1 00:14:51 Absolutely. Speaker 2 00:14:51 I had never seen anything like that before, because I think that community at the time was novel and maybe still is. so I thought that all Lake County was like that. Speaker 2 00:15:00 And then I saw Bill's Pub and I went, oh my gosh, I'm in Wisconsin. Speaker 1 00:15:03 What's going on? You have no idea. Speaker 2 00:15:04 Where you're at. Am I at the U.P.? I mean, how is ten feet of snow? You know, this is I came from 708. You know, the land of good pizza and terrible baseball. Now, here I am. Speaker 1 00:15:15 The lake bluff on the south side. Speaker 2 00:15:17 Right, right. Yes. Speaker 1 00:15:18 That's awesome. okay, so, when you're studying law. So when you went to, you went to U of, I, law school? Speaker 2 00:15:25 No. So I went to I was an undergrad at u of I. Okay. and then I went to law school at DePaul. Speaker 1 00:15:30 We're taking a quick break just to say hello, because everybody knows Nano and Nano knows real estate. And actually I believe that's the name of her Instagram page. So if you're looking to buy a home, sell a home, or know somebody in the market for a home, contact nano from Baird and Warner. Speaker 1 00:15:44 She's a Grayslake girl helping out Grayslake people. And when you when you went to law school, did you know what you wanted to practice? Speaker 2 00:15:52 Yeah. So I don't mean to be, like, whatever, a little bit, emotional or emo in the, in the interview, but it was September 11th of 2001. Right. And you probably remember that day, but I could remember that day. I wanted a date with the girl. I looked in the sky and I saw there was no jet contrails. What a what a crazy day. And after that day, I thought to myself, I would like to be in law enforcement because I'd like to help our country for, I don't know, because America, I like America. Amen. And I was mad. Oh, I'm nine over 11, right? I mean, come on. Speaker 1 00:16:27 Everybody was. Yes. Speaker 2 00:16:28 So. But after that, I thought I'd go into criminal law. I thought I wanted to be a prosecutor, So then I got a job with Mike Waller, at the State's Attorney's office. Speaker 2 00:16:39 And I tell you, you know Mike Waller, I owe him everything. I love the guy. I know some people don't, but he's a politician. There's people that hate his guts, people that love and support him. He always was a gentleman to me, and I never. I just thought that, the decision making he made was good, and he gave me a job saving my bacon. You know, and so I got to begin my career as a prosecutor. And I was a line assistant state's attorney in Waukegan. They start you off as a DUI assistant. So, you know, brand new 25 year old kid. I was prosecuting DUIs. Misdemeanor DUIs. Right? Misdemeanor traffic cases out in the branch courts. And that was very good. Fulfilling. Fun work, I liked it. Okay. You know, you did. and then, they switched me to just misdemeanor stuff. And I was prosecuting your retail thefts. And back when weed was illegal, I was prosecuting your weed cases and your trespassing. Speaker 2 00:17:31 And here's your fights. And then they stuck me in the domestic violence division for a long time. Speaker 1 00:17:35 Okay, so how was that? Speaker 2 00:17:38 Okay. You know Lew Frank. Of course. Okay. Lew Frank is a fantastic Grayslake. And he would say felt like five minutes underwater, you know, to to be a line assistant in the domestic violence courtroom is hard. Speaker 1 00:17:55 I. Speaker 2 00:17:55 Bet. Because you have to look at the cases. And so, like, are you familiar with the cycle of violence? This is this theory. Speaker 1 00:18:02 I am not. Speaker 2 00:18:03 Okay. So it's a theory that's a big part of criminal prosecutions of domestic violence. And the cycle of violence goes like this. Right now we're having a fight, and I'm going to use the gender of he and she, you know, whatever. But sometimes women can be the victim of domestic violence. Sometimes guys can. But in a classic situation, let's say he slaps her. Okay. Then she calls the police. He's arrested. But then in a few days she's like, maybe he's not that bad or I need him out of jail so he can, like, work and pick up our kid from school. Speaker 2 00:18:35 Like you've been a parent, you know? And so maybe she takes them back and then they have a honeymoon period where it's, like, passionate, like we love each other, and then it can happen again, you know? And that cycle of violence. The State's Attorney's office was really keen to interrupt it. Right. But then that meant that lots of times you'd have the victims, I guess recanting, they'd say, hey, that didn't happen like that, or I'm not coming to court, you know? And so that was frustrating. And then sometimes you had cases, not all, sometimes you had cases where it was a situation where the family's going through a domestic violence thing. Maybe. But maybe what it really is, is a child custody thing. And somebody ringing the bell of domestic violence to get a leg up on somebody in a child custody type proceeding. Right. Like, like I'm going to get an order of protection against him. So I get our kid, which, I mean, I get that, but you need to really be careful about abuses of the system. Speaker 2 00:19:32 So as a line assistant with the State Attorney's office, as back then, I mean, things have changed a little bit now. They have had two different, changeovers between the state's attorney. but anyway, long story short, you still have to use your discretion to decide what really happened. And at least at the time I was a state's attorney, we were empowered with a good amount of discretion. It was awesome. Speaker 1 00:19:53 Really. Speaker 2 00:19:54 So. Speaker 1 00:19:54 Yeah. And and I'm sure with that, too, like, you probably get to be a really good read of people. but then sometimes you probably think you are and then people bamboozle whatever. And you probably don't even know. Speaker 2 00:20:06 I mean, you ever been lied to about your own kid, right? Speaker 1 00:20:09 I mean, you believe. Speaker 2 00:20:09 Him, and then you believe him, and you're like, I have egg on my face. I was lied to in kind. You know, so sometimes, you know, you just you don't have a, a lie detector that buzzes when she lies or he lies, you don't know. Speaker 2 00:20:25 So you have to do your best with what the facts are. But there was a good team at the time. But yeah, I did. Two and a half years as a as a domestic violence prosecutor. And then so when I left the State's Attorney's office, I thought to myself, well, I've been doing family law cases basically already. I may as well do them as a business. Sure. You know, so that's what I did. So now my practice is a hybrid. That's why I say divorces and DUIs. It's family law cases. And then it's criminal law cases too, because I've done all that. Speaker 1 00:20:52 Wow. So your resume is quite deep for all kinds of different things, right? Speaker 2 00:20:58 I guess. Speaker 1 00:20:59 Right. Speaker 2 00:20:59 You know, it's just like, I don't know how other people get through life. This is just what I did. Right. Speaker 1 00:21:05 Well, and everybody, you know, people look at different people, whether you're a doctor, whether you're a lawyer, whether you're a podcaster, where whatever you do that, everybody does something for a line of work that, you know, people are. Speaker 1 00:21:16 You deal with very delicate situations, people going through stuff. And especially the one thing about the family law stuff, it it must be hard for you to stay. You have to almost train yourself to not get emotionally involved in some of those things, right? Speaker 2 00:21:28 I sometimes. Speaker 1 00:21:28 Do. Speaker 2 00:21:29 I remember my first adoption. You know, we had a case that was a very ugly family law case, and it went on a long time. And then at the end of it, the dad, he agreed to put the child up for adoption. To the mom and her new husband. Okay. So the dad was making a very hard choice. Because, I mean, to give up your child, you know, and to look in the mirror and say, all right, I wasn't doing that good of a job. This new dude who's married my ex girl, he'll do better in the best interest of my child. It takes kind of like a man to do that. Speaker 1 00:22:06 Oh, that's a big decision, right? It's a big leap of faith. Speaker 2 00:22:08 But on the other hand, too, you know, maybe people are judging him about. You walked away from your kid, you didn't fight harder. So it's very tough, you know. And that's the type of case I remember I had, like, one manly tear going down my. Speaker 1 00:22:18 Face. Speaker 2 00:22:19 Looking into my steely eyed gaze. No it wasn't. I was bawling like a baby. I was so happy for them, you know? But also that's that's. Those are big moments. Yeah. Speaker 1 00:22:30 So you cool stuff too? Yeah, right. And to see people come through stuff that they deserve that the, the law can either work in your favor or against you. And it's nice when it actually works, right. Speaker 2 00:22:40 It's hard. I will say, okay. I was worried as a kid that I would come into the law and see a lot of weird stuff, like judges tossing cases in exchange for Cubs tickets. I have never seen any of that in Lake County. Really? I have never seen anything crooked or weird. Speaker 2 00:22:58 Everybody's been really professional. I mean, and I'm like, me that right? It's not just because I want to keep on working with these people. Most of them are fantastic. Speaker 1 00:23:06 Well, well, the Cubs have been doing that. Speaker 2 00:23:08 Well, no better than the White Sox, sadly. Speaker 1 00:23:11 Now, if somebody did something bad. Speaker 2 00:23:12 For White Sox. Speaker 1 00:23:13 Tickets, we really question what. Speaker 2 00:23:15 I heard. You could buy some chili at Wendy's and you get free season tickets to the White Sox, right? A cup of chili at Wendy's. Speaker 1 00:23:22 So well. In all seriousness, it is really good to hear you say that because, you know, everybody watches all these TV show, every law TV show and court TV show that people have this fantasy of things, how how they how they go along. Speaker 2 00:23:34 I don't ever watch any legal TV at all. Ever. I just don't. That's probably a good idea. The last legal movie was probably Liar Liar with Jim Carrey, which is a fantastic movie. Speaker 1 00:23:46 Very serious movie about the law. Speaker 2 00:23:48 I don't because I like do it for a living. And then honestly, at 502 when I'm at home, I'm like, I'll see you tomorrow. That sounds like a a modern day problem, al. Speaker 1 00:23:58 Right. Right. Speaker 2 00:24:00 So no, because otherwise you go insane. Speaker 1 00:24:02 No. Yeah, well, everybody needs a break from their job. Nobody wants to go home and do it. And that's why, you know, I've been self-employed for a very long time. That's why most self-employed people end up getting in office in hopes that when you go to the office, you can leave and leave your work there and go home. And if they can make that work. Speaker 2 00:24:20 That's why I don't work from home. Ever. Speaker 1 00:24:22 Yeah, well, good for you. Speaker 2 00:24:23 I mean, I guess ever is a word, I mean. I, I don't. Never say never. I don't like to work from home. And I very, very, very seldom. Speaker 1 00:24:30 Do. Speaker 2 00:24:30 It. Speaker 1 00:24:30 Right. Okay. That's good. Speaker 1 00:24:32 let's do something, because I have a couple other questions to ask you, but, you've said you've listened to a couple of podcasts. Sure. so we do something about halfway through. I call the Grayslake hot seat, where we have some rapid fire questions to get to know you just a little bit better. Speaker 2 00:24:45 I ain't scared enough. 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I'm looking around for the mirror with the guy behind it. Speaker 1 00:25:42 It's just. It is behind there. We just have the, newer ones, so to say. okay. So, Grayslake. Casey, did you play a, a sport in high school in the lake bluff of the the swimming. Speaker 2 00:25:58 I was on my country club swim team. The floss. More flyers. Yeah. Wow. Speaker 1 00:26:03 Yeah, that sounds bougie as all good. Speaker 2 00:26:05 It was kind of bougie, but, I mean, at the time, I didn't think it was. And at the time, I thought I looked fat in that Speedo. But now I look at those pictures, I'm like, you looked awesome, right? Speaker 1 00:26:13 Well, you got to look back. Speaker 2 00:26:14 Were you wearing a Speedo and everything? It was the 90s. Speaker 1 00:26:17 Were you good? Speaker 2 00:26:18 I mean, okay. Okay. I didn't come in last place because I'm kind of tall, right? And they made me swim a lot. I mean, in the morning, they would say it's 7:00 in the morning, do a bunch of laps. And when you're 14, 15, 16, you do that a lot. You get to be fit. Speaker 1 00:26:32 Oh, absolutely. It's the best. Speaker 2 00:26:34 That was nice. I like that I played T-ball as a little kid. but no, swimming was my jam. And then I became a lifeguard. I was a lifeguard for the H.F. Park district. That was fantastic. Speaker 1 00:26:43 Yeah, that's not a bad gig to have. Awesome gig. Yeah. Nice. First car. Speaker 2 00:26:48 Well, Volvo 740, a blue baby blue Volvo 740. Speaker 1 00:26:52 Nice. I'm a Volvo. Speaker 2 00:26:54 It helped me get one of my first girlfriends who was, honest to God, a Swedish foreign exchange student at my high school. No way. Anne-Marie. Honest to God. Speaker 2 00:27:04 And she. Speaker 1 00:27:04 Got her with a Volvo. Speaker 2 00:27:06 Because they make them in Sweden. And she. She sees it and she goes, oh, she goes, what an awesome car. But I wish it was a Saab. Speaker 1 00:27:14 You did? Speaker 2 00:27:15 She did. Totally. Speaker 1 00:27:16 That's so great. And, folks, I want you to listen closely. Maybe. Hit the rewind button there, because that is the first and last time you'll ever hear on the show about how a guy got a girl because of a Volvo. Speaker 2 00:27:25 That was unlikely. Speaker 1 00:27:27 The only reason that it will happen, totally. Speaker 2 00:27:29 But it was it was. That was my Volvo. It was my in with the Swedish girl. I was fine by me. Speaker 1 00:27:34 That was hilarious. Yeah, and they don't make many blue ones like that either. So it. Speaker 2 00:27:38 Was cool. It was a baby blue Volvo. I mean, whatever, I don't think it was. No, it wasn't cool, but it got me from A to B and. Right. Speaker 1 00:27:45 Whatever, man. Speaker 1 00:27:46 Hey, I got 200,000 on mine sitting in the parking lot. Speaker 2 00:27:48 I had a Dodge Neon for a while. I love that Dodge Neon. Right. I can talk about cars. Speaker 1 00:27:51 Yeah. You were, Yes. The the, two of the hottest cars. I could think of. Hot stuff in my head. speaking of that. So this is what? Oh, maybe this would be a fun one for you. What's the fastest you've ever gone in a in a vehicle? Speaker 2 00:28:06 Well, I got, like, an airplane, like. Speaker 1 00:28:07 No, no, no, we'll leave that out. Speaker 2 00:28:09 Like in. Speaker 1 00:28:10 A car. In a car. Speaker 2 00:28:10 I don't know, a hundred. Speaker 1 00:28:12 Just a. Speaker 2 00:28:12 Hundred, you know. Yeah. Because, I mean, I was a kid and stepping on it. Right. And nowadays, if you do that, like, I never do that anymore. I don't speed anymore. I don't, because the consequences. And I don't mean like death and dismemberment. Yeah. Speaker 2 00:28:24 That happens. Speaker 1 00:28:25 That's all legal consequences. Speaker 2 00:28:26 Yeah. The cops light you up, you know, and the the cases are class A misdemeanors. and they're punishable by up to a year in jail and or a fine of $2,500. Speaker 1 00:28:36 Wow. Speaker 2 00:28:37 Back when I was a prosecutor, I became friends with some police. And maybe they don't say this anymore, but I used to hear nine year fine, 11 year mine. Okay. All right. Which is consistent with my lived experience. Speaker 1 00:28:49 Of going nine miles over. Speaker 2 00:28:50 Nine year fine 11 year. Mine is what the police would say. And and that bears with what I've seen during the time that I've, I've done lots and lots of traffic tickets as a, as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney. And you never see somebody getting pulled over for five over. Right? You know, they are looking at you for 11 to 15 starting at 11, maybe 15 now 20. They want you right? You know, but like I said, nine. You're fine. Speaker 2 00:29:15 11. Your mind. I think that's pretty good. That's the advice I give a lot of the kids that I represent. This is. Speaker 4 00:29:20 Bob Churchill. 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I won't tell you how fast I've gone then, because I would not have been fine. Tell me something. Do you like to travel? You have not been. Speaker 2 00:30:25 So I've been like Johnny Cash. I've been everywhere, you know. I have been to lots of different places in this country because my wife is a maniac for travel. She loves it. And we have little kids and we take road trips. But we had little kids. Now they're getting old. my oldest is a sophomore in high school. Speaker 1 00:30:40 Oh, my gosh, it goes fast. It does it really. It just moves. It moves moves, moves so fast. And then I think I heard you have a ten year old too, right? Speaker 2 00:30:46 He's he's a wonderful guy. Awesome guy. but yeah, I have a of a 16 to 12 and a ten, and we've always done road trips around the country. you know, I don't know, early ones where? Tennessee and Kentucky, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, all through Wisconsin. Speaker 2 00:31:00 Indiana. Out to Maine. East coast, Florida. A lot of times we've flown out to California, Utah and Nevada. so around the country And then, like I used to, I lived in Europe briefly. I lived in London for a few years. Speaker 1 00:31:14 Did she really? How cool is that? Speaker 2 00:31:16 My mom, she was a lawyer at, Amoco. Right. The the gasoline company, you know, Amoco. They used to have that big white tower in downtown Chicago. The Amoco building, right? Absolutely. Formerly Standard Oil of Indiana. John Rockefeller's thing. And then they trust. Busted it. Whatever. Monopoly busted it. Right. So. But Amoco, if you remember, in the 90s, merged with BP, British Petroleum. So they moved my mom's job from Chicago to London. So we lived there for a while, and I was kind of in school in champagne and going to London in the summertime. That was awesome. Speaker 1 00:31:47 Oh yeah, especially at that age. But it was really cool. Speaker 2 00:31:50 I worked at a bar. I worked at a pub called the Prince Albert Stafford. That is the guy. It was awesome. Speaker 1 00:31:58 Folks, this isn't a real interview. Just so you know, I just brought one of my buddies in. Speaker 2 00:32:02 I worked at a at a pub called the Prince Albert, and it was in, Notting Hill. Right. You remember Notting Hill with the Hugh Grant movie? You've probably never seen that movie. Speaker 1 00:32:11 I've seen the movie poster. Speaker 2 00:32:12 I saw the poster. Yeah. So Hugh Grant, I thought he was good in the dad movie. But I never saw Notting Hill. But I worked in Notting Hill. so. Yeah, I don't know. Travel places. Speaker 1 00:32:23 There's nothing that you have, like a bucket list. Like I gotta. Speaker 2 00:32:26 Go. Like I don't need to go to Thailand. I don't know. I guess if I had infinite money, I'd travel Europe again, I like it. Sure. Speaker 1 00:32:32 You know, when the. The age of your kid. It sounds like you did your traveling and you did what you wanted to. Speaker 1 00:32:36 And your kids have got, like, some of the best education that kids can get is traveling all over the United States because the United States is cool. Speaker 2 00:32:43 It's fantastic. And like when you travel the United States, like the other day I was coming back from Florida on I-65. We stopped at the Bucky's in Athens, Alabama, which is, you know, a Bucky's is like a like a, you know, if you, you know, a Bucky's, of course. Yeah. It's a giant gas station in front of a giant Walmart, basically. You know, or maybe more like a Kmart. Speaker 1 00:33:03 But one of my favorite places, one of my favorite things, if anybody goes on TikTok right now, there's a woman that explains what Buc-ees is and is the most brilliant thing I've ever seen in my whole life. I love it. Like, if you want to feel like your true, true white trash, she explains exactly what it is. And because we all get excited to go to a Bucky's right. Speaker 2 00:33:22 My kids were stupid excited. They were. And I'm like, guys, it's a gas station that's in front of a K-Mart. What are you talking about? You know. Speaker 1 00:33:29 Exactly what. Speaker 2 00:33:30 It is. I mean, whatever. Back in the old days, Kmart used to have barbecue sandwiches, too. True. Speaker 1 00:33:35 You just couldn't get a puzzle. A sweatshirt and a, you know, corned beef sandwich? No. All at the same time. Speaker 2 00:33:40 It's a fancy dress I've traveled around. It's great. I like. Speaker 1 00:33:43 The train. I like the Bucky's. Was one of the highlights on your trip. Kept coming back. It kind of was. It's kind of. It's kind of fun. And we're getting one close to here now. I keep seeing the signs. God love. Yeah. Speaker 2 00:33:53 God love them. I hope that they take over. I'm ready for Bucky's to be the only employer in the United States. Speaker 1 00:34:00 Did we talk? What was your first job when you were. So you lifeguard was a lifeguard? Speaker 2 00:34:05 Yeah, I was a lifeguard. Speaker 1 00:34:05 Did we call that a job? Is that a job? Speaker 2 00:34:07 Oh, really? Man. Lifeguard. It could be my career. That is a fantastic job. Speaker 1 00:34:12 Maybe when you want to retire, you can go back and be a lifeguard. Speaker 2 00:34:14 My uncle, actually, he was like a car salesman and stuff. And then when he retired, he used to be a lifeguard at his, you know, apartment complex. Like, that's a great job, dude. Come on. Speaker 1 00:34:24 Wow. Maybe when I grow up, I'll look into that. Speaker 2 00:34:26 Be a lifeguard. Speaker 1 00:34:27 It's cool. I'm gonna. Speaker 2 00:34:28 It's cool. Speaker 1 00:34:29 I think it could be a. Speaker 2 00:34:30 Tad creepy. Speaker 1 00:34:31 If I applied at the Grayslake pool right now. Speaker 2 00:34:33 No, I mean, they need people that with with with maturity and experience. Yes. You know. Speaker 1 00:34:39 I have a shirt that says that that's for my requirements. Speaker 2 00:34:42 And it was nice. And I worked at Jewel. I worked at the library in summer. I mean, it was great. Speaker 1 00:34:47 So you had a lot of different jobs? Yeah. Speaker 1 00:34:48 So you actually were taught some work ethic as a as a child from your parents as well? Speaker 2 00:34:53 Well, they worked hard. My parents, they loved each other. They stayed together the whole time. They were both lawyers. They worked. And I just wanted to work. Right. Speaker 1 00:35:01 I don't know. They said very good examples, right? That's awesome. first concert you ever attended? Speaker 2 00:35:07 Man, I don't know. okay. It was, the World Music Center, right? Yeah. Q101 had one of those concerts that's like, not it wasn't, not not, Twisted Christmas. It's the one they did in the summertime. And I remember that garbage. Jamiroquai. Mighty, mighty. Speaker 1 00:35:27 Boston's nice. Speaker 2 00:35:29 Were there. I mean, that's, like, awesome. And I went with a Swedish girl. Really? So. Yeah. Speaker 1 00:35:34 Did you drive the Volvo. Speaker 2 00:35:35 There, though? Maybe I might have got dropped off by my parents, so. Speaker 1 00:35:39 Good, good. Good concert. Speaker 2 00:35:41 I saw the Smashing Pumpkins down there, but that was a different day. Speaker 2 00:35:44 Oh, nice. Billy Corgan, love that guy. Speaker 1 00:35:46 Yeah. He, Billy was at that because I had forever. I forget that where they're from, around North Shore. Yeah, right. And I was hanging out, and I was doing a daddy daughter dance, and a guy came up that looked a lot like Billy Corgan and asked for a song. And I had told him no. Yeah, because it wasn't really. It wasn't really appropriate. Yeah, right. And then somebody came back and one of the people said, well, Mr. Corgan asked for a song, and I guess you told him that you weren't going to play it. And I'm like, okay, well, it just didn't fit with what we were going to do, because I like to think that I do the right thing, right? You do the wood, you work music, you do the right thing for the party. You got to know your audience, unless it's Billy Corgan. And then you just say. Speaker 2 00:36:23 Do what he says. Speaker 1 00:36:24 Right? Speaker 5 00:36:24 Despite all my rage, he's awesome. Speaker 2 00:36:27 It was the best. Speaker 1 00:36:28 And it wasn't a pumpkin song, though. Speaker 2 00:36:29 Oh, that's too bad. Speaker 1 00:36:30 I wish I knew what the song was, though, to look back. Speaker 2 00:36:32 I would think that Billy loves putting on pumpkin songs. I would think that he lists the pumpkins all the time. Speaker 1 00:36:38 He's driving around right now listening. Speaker 2 00:36:40 To all these new stuff because his old stuff is for posers. He's like that old stuff. I'm over it. Only my new stuff. Only Billy and Machines have got to listen to right now. Speaker 1 00:36:48 Yeah. That's hilarious. if you had to have a superpower, what would it be? Speaker 2 00:36:54 Being the greatest golfer ever. Speaker 1 00:36:57 Really? Speaker 2 00:36:57 Yeah. Speaker 1 00:36:58 Come on. That would be good. But then you wouldn't have. Would it be any fun? Because then you beat everybody all the time. But yeah, you could play with people though. Speaker 2 00:37:05 Then you'd be good at golf. And that's what my dream would be. I would love to. Speaker 2 00:37:08 I'm not that good at golf. I wish I were okay. I practice and practice and the people that are naturally gifted, I look at them with such envy, you know? Speaker 1 00:37:17 Now, being a being an attorney makes you a better golfer, though. Doesn't like doctors and attorneys and like. Speaker 2 00:37:22 Yeah, yeah. And some of the attorneys really suck, which is great because I can just stuff them. You know, these old guys especially that that don't play that much. Oh, I'm way better than them. That makes me feel so good about myself just to stuff them. Yeah. Hey. Nice chat counsel. Oh. Speaker 1 00:37:38 That's fantastic. what do you wish you learned sooner in life? Speaker 2 00:37:43 Spanish. Really? Totally, dude. Speaker 1 00:37:45 It's a great answer. Speaker 2 00:37:46 Spanish. Speaker 1 00:37:47 Wow. Okay. So, you know, young people, people in high school, people go in and they're like. I have to tell them. It's probably one of the best things you can do. Right. As an education level, Just. Speaker 2 00:38:00 Your friends, your coworkers, your clients. You know, I mean, learning Spanish is awesome. I personally have a super awesome, legal assistant, and, she is bilingual and she helps me do so much. So I shout out to Crystal. Crystal, you're fantastic. But, like I said, if only I had paid more attention in school and I was better at Spanish, I wish. Right? Speaker 1 00:38:21 Yeah. No. And it's really. That's a great answer. I'm going to. Maybe I'll start learning a different language. have you ever eaten a roller dog from a gas station? No, really? With all the all the road trips you've taken. Speaker 2 00:38:34 I don't do that. Speaker 1 00:38:35 Maybe I'm smarter than me. Speaker 2 00:38:36 Because I'm worried about, like, dying from bacteria. Like it's. Guys, it's only ten more hours to Chicago. Stop 11. Speaker 5 00:38:43 Times. Speaker 2 00:38:43 Or having. Speaker 1 00:38:44 Explosive diarrhea on a. Speaker 2 00:38:45 On a road trip. You know, I don't either. I never eaten, I mean, I've bought stuff at gas stations, beer, I've bought smokes, I've bought lots of things. Speaker 2 00:38:53 if I'm gonna shop for food at gas stations, it's probably beef jerky. Speaker 1 00:38:57 They do have some coffee. Speaker 2 00:38:58 Beef jerky. Maybe some candy. Speaker 1 00:39:00 Okay, nice. what's the chance that, Bigfoot exists? Speaker 2 00:39:04 0%. Speaker 1 00:39:05 Really? Speaker 2 00:39:05 It's a hoax. Speaker 1 00:39:06 Really? Speaker 2 00:39:07 Yeah, I don't believe. I don't think so. Cryptids. Speaker 1 00:39:09 Really? Speaker 2 00:39:10 I'm not aliens. I'm not sure. Ghosts I don't believe in. Okay, okay. Speaker 1 00:39:15 All right. Okay. We were friends right up until. Let's see, what's the mark on there? 3605. Speaker 2 00:39:21 It's okay. You think that Bigfoot exists? Speaker 1 00:39:23 I. I think that the best, the best answer I ever got from it was from Doctor Terry Silky. our wonderful big. One of the biggest philanthropists in town. who's a orthodontic specialist for Lake County. Big shout out, Terry. he said that we think about all the things that we've gone through, like from history, from dinosaurs, to, like, all this thing. He's like, if you don't think it's a distinct possibility that we have a Bigfoot, maybe. Speaker 1 00:39:48 Maybe not today. Right. But maybe in the past. Like with all the things that we've had, he said. But, you know, this guy's been on 20 safaris and you've seen the whole thing. Speaker 2 00:39:58 You would think that there would be, like, Bigfoot heads mounted in the Smithsonian, you know. Speaker 1 00:40:03 Or at Bill's Pub. Speaker 2 00:40:04 Or Bill's Pub. Definitely. You know. I mean, there would be that. And I mean, the fact is, like, I know people lie and they sometimes lie for attention. So ergo, could it have been a hoax, too? Oh. Speaker 1 00:40:15 Maybe. Speaker 2 00:40:16 Right. Speaker 1 00:40:16 And actually, if anybody's watching, I just got this shirt as a gift. It's come from. It's from Logan, Ohio. And they have a, in the summertime. They have a Bigfoot festival there. Yeah. So my only thing is, if he doesn't exist, because this is this podcast is really about Bigfoot. It's not about you. Just so you know. Speaker 2 00:40:35 But I. Speaker 1 00:40:35 Hear you. But why or why is it such a big hoax everywhere? Then why do they have festivals for these? Speaker 2 00:40:40 Cute. I mean, like, people, you know? I mean, people, like, they think he's adorable. He's funny. He's like a meme. I think before memes. Speaker 1 00:40:47 Kill people, I think that might be. Speaker 2 00:40:49 What about Harry and the Hendersons? He was nice. Speaker 1 00:40:51 Yeah, that was just a. That's fiction. Like, he was nice, like Notting Hill. Speaker 2 00:40:54 He would always be like. He would always, like, hide bashfully in the closet. He's cool. Speaker 1 00:40:59 And John Lithgow, isn't that too? Speaker 2 00:41:00 He's nice. Right? He's always frustrated here. He does something. Speaker 1 00:41:04 Well, when I have evidence, I'm calling you. Speaker 2 00:41:06 Call me. I would love to be proven wrong about this, and I will. I would be happy to to to shake Bigfoot's hand. Speaker 1 00:41:12 Okay, good. Because now that we have these new phones that have better, you know, they focus better. Speaker 1 00:41:16 Now we'll get a clear picture of them, not just the fuzzy ones. Speaker 2 00:41:19 I only wish that Nessie was existing. The Loch Ness monster, that's my favorite cryptid. And I have never seen any good proof of that. That's a darn shame. Speaker 1 00:41:28 Yeah, well, hey, you never know. We're finding out all kinds of fun things these days. You never know. All right, so I think it's time we switch off of our hotseat. Questions that we've covered the really important stuff. Thank you. one thing I want to thank you for, because I know that you are a part of an organization, here, which is the Exchange Club. Yeah. so I know that, let's talk for people that aren't familiar with the Exchange Club. What is it? What is it based upon? Speaker 2 00:41:53 Okay, so the Exchange Club is cool. It's really an old organization. It's from, I don't know, 1913. And it is a group that I like in Grayslake because I just get together with my friends and have lunch. Speaker 2 00:42:05 Right. You know, so it's a bunch of business and community leaders. or not even, I mean, not at all. Some of them are just regular people. We have a, you know, like, I don't know, I want to say a retired teacher, not a community leader, but, you know, retired teachers come. And we had a retired accountant lady for a long time. And, you know, people that are just townies. Right. and, they come on, they have lunch where at first draft it's noon. if anybody wants to come to the Exchange Club, it's free lunch. Call me. (847) 549-0600. You can be my guest, but I like the Exchange club, because the main thing is that they plan big parties for the town. You know, they have the craft beer festival, you know, they do, stuff with, I got a taste of Grayslake downtown summer thing. Yeah. Speaker 1 00:42:46 And what did you change the name of all the time? Summer days. Speaker 1 00:42:48 Summer days, Summerfest. Speaker 2 00:42:50 They. but they they do cool stuff. They raise money and then they give that money away to kids in grades, like to go to school, right? Speaker 1 00:42:56 SIPs for scholarships. That's what the, the the craft beer festival is. Speaker 2 00:42:59 Yes. And then and it's good money. They're like, here's a thousand bucks, kid. And it's a Grayslake student that's a top student to go to college. You know, they do good stuff like that. They promote Americanism. you know, what is that? It is what? It's that Americanism is like liking 911 and being interested in our country and like. Right. You know, so it's a cool organization. Check it out. Speaker 1 00:43:21 Yeah. And I like all the nice things they do and the, the men and women that are involved in that. I happen to be fond of a lot of them. Yeah. I think the one day that I knew I knew nothing about the Exchange Club, and I think it was the day that you guys were doing your, you you had picked a couple of kids for scholarships. Speaker 1 00:43:36 You were giving them. And I saw these kids first. I was walking down to have an afternoon beer at the first draft or something like that. So I saw these two kids, like walking back to school and these big smiles on their faces. right? So I get to the bottom and a bunch of the Exchange Club members are hanging out, and to see these men that were standing there, and they were so blown away and so happy and so just straightforward, just happy about what they did. It was it made me really have a fondness for the organization. Speaker 2 00:44:05 And I just want to shout out to the Grayslake kids from North and Central. They're like really fantastic kids, you know? the some of the kids that are winning these awards, I mean, back when I was a kid, I tried to get good grades. I tried to do well in my tests, but otherwise I just went home. Speaker 1 00:44:22 How did I get so smart? Speaker 2 00:44:23 I don't, and they. And they have the energy, this boundless energy that is really. Speaker 2 00:44:27 It's admirable and kind of scary. So God level, I mean, whatever. Speaker 1 00:44:33 Which is. Speaker 2 00:44:34 Good. Don't you ever nap, you know, don't you ever eat too much pizza and then go to sleep, right, like me. So. Speaker 1 00:44:39 Right. Right. And especially as a high school kid. Right. And these guys are doing really, really well with things. Yeah. Speaker 6 00:44:44 Hey, Lake County, I know you know, a teacher out there that needs to be recognized. I'm Jodi, former educator, now realtor, and I'm here representing Educators Advantage. We want you to nominate a teacher of the month. Click the link in the show notes and nominate your favorite teacher. Make your favorite teacher feel appreciated and give them a shout out. Speaker 1 00:45:09 Cool! So I love to see people that get involved with organizations, especially like when going back, like the Safe Place kind of things. So explain this to me too. Are there more than one location for Safe Place? Because there's one in Zion. Speaker 1 00:45:21 Is there also one in Mundelein? Speaker 2 00:45:23 So okay, that is the family visitation center. Okay. Okay. That I believe has moved. Okay. So you'd want to check with Safe Place about the details for when I was involved in the organization. They had two places. They had a women's shelter. That was like a big apartment building in Zion, and it's tucked away. So you don't know about it, right? God love them. But then they also have a really important role that they play, having to do with, facilitating visitation or exchanges of parties that have, like ops against each other. Orders of protection. Yep. Okay. So you've got to go there. You, like drop off your kid in the front, and then dad comes in the back, and then they have like a meeting and they hang out for an hour and have pizza. And then there's people watching, like little child. Jimmy smiled when you saw dad. Right. And they take notes and they give that to the court and the safe place. Speaker 2 00:46:16 Like, honestly, so many exchanges, so much visitation just couldn't happen because of the acrimony between the parties. But for what a safe place does. So they're cool. They're they're fantastic. Speaker 1 00:46:27 I love them and it's nice. And I like places that are put together that look for the best for the children and to keep them safe to and keep, because sometimes just two people just don't get along. So that's a nice way to then get in there. Speaker 2 00:46:38 It's one of the toughest things about family cases is when you have a tremendous amount of acrimony, even like a good divorce, where it's just. I don't love him anymore. You know, you've got to co-parent the kid. But when it's a situation where it's like he raped me or he beat me up, or he right got 60 Y's or he. Whatever those cases, you know, the judges are very reluctant to totally shut out a parent. So they'll give him or her sometimes. Sometimes it's a her, you know, supervised visitation, wrangled by a safe place or supervised by perhaps somebody else, like a mom or grandma or whatever. Speaker 2 00:47:13 Okay. but those, those organizations that facilitate the, the best interest of the kid and the, the parenting time, the the courts. I don't know how they could function before that. That, safe place started doing that. Speaker 1 00:47:26 Yeah. No, it must be a really, really hard thing to do. well, one of the things that I really enjoy, I have to tell you, because I was having a conversation before we got together today, and a man was, who's potential, guest on another show was asking me my my, my motivations on why he wanted to come on. And the guy clearly, wanted to come out and just advertise his business. Right. And I was trying to explain to him that this these are the conversations you are having. You and I are having right now that I really like that. very soon, hopefully, we're gonna have Chief Myra chief of police on, because I really like humanizing. some people have jobs or positions that people don't really get to know, right? So if I had to hire somebody for a family attorney or a DUI attorney or a criminal attorney, I hope that I get to listen to the show so that they get to know your personality, to know that you're a human being, right? Speaker 2 00:48:16 My personality is is unique, but there are a lot of really good attorneys in Lake County. Speaker 2 00:48:21 I'm happy to help people. Whatever. Speaker 1 00:48:23 Yeah. Well, no. And I think it's nice. Speaker 2 00:48:24 I like to be humble. I'm not trying to. Well, you're very humble out there, right? I'm not. I'm not trying to be like. Oh, yeah. I'm like the only one around because I'm not, you know, and like I said, in Lake County, we're blessed with a strong bench and bar, right. You know, and honestly, I get along with just about all of them. Speaker 1 00:48:40 That's cool. Okay, so let's do this. because of people. So let's, to help our listeners out there listening. So let's talk. first of all, when starting to divorce proceedings like they're they know they're going to get divorced, maybe some advice on how they go about finding an attorney that would be right for them. Is that a hard question? Speaker 2 00:49:00 Yeah. So finding an attorney. I mean, a lot of people want to do word of mouth. They talk to their their cousin. Speaker 2 00:49:06 How you got divorced in Lake County. Tell me who you use and then call that guy. That's probably a good decision. Speaker 1 00:49:12 Not to tell you who not to use. Speaker 2 00:49:13 Right? Speaker 1 00:49:14 In their opinion, though, totally right. maybe the decision didn't go their way so it could be false information, right? Speaker 2 00:49:21 Totally. A lot of people just go to Google and they'll Google like Libertyville divorce attorney or Lake County divorce attorney or whatever. And you can get hits there. And you look at their Google reviews we have I mean, my law firm has fantastic reviews, but that's just because we try to just, I don't know, do a good job and then clear the case. You know, try to Because, like, if you take one guy's divorce case and you're like a vampire on his neck and you drain him till he's totally out of blood. Well, you know, that's one case, okay? I'd rather just, like, help a guy and then get a good review and help another guy and get a good review and help a guy and get a good review, and then just, like, kind of build it up that way. Speaker 2 00:49:56 That's way better, right? Speaker 1 00:49:58 And with integrity, when you're walking away, then you can sleep at night and make sure that you know that you can help people out. Speaker 2 00:50:04 I sleep. Speaker 1 00:50:04 At night. Right. That's good. Yeah. All right, so how about, DUI? Speaker 2 00:50:09 So. Okay. How to find a DUI attorney or. So same. Speaker 1 00:50:13 Thing. I know how to get one. Speaker 2 00:50:14 I know. Speaker 1 00:50:15 It's just not the. Speaker 2 00:50:16 Attorney. So, I mean, man, I use Lyfts now. Yes. You know, I, I really do I. Speaker 1 00:50:21 I cheapest thing to do. Right. Speaker 2 00:50:23 It's 20 bucks here and back and you don't have to worry about. Am I going to get in trouble. Right. You know, and you don't have to worry about. Am I going to hurt somebody or whatever? Speaker 1 00:50:32 So yeah, I heard somebody. Maybe it was another stupid social media thing I saw. But there again, like it was a $20 ride home, right? For, let's say I have to go from Grayslake up to Atkinson, like at the bar. Speaker 1 00:50:42 How many Lyft rides would it take to equal to a two? Would it cost to hire an attorney to go through the DUI process? Speaker 2 00:50:51 So I think it was NHTSA, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, one of those organizations, used to run a billboard campaign here in Lake County. And one of the billboards I remember was a picture of a kid blowing into a portable breath test. And there's the police cars, lights behind him, and it says, you just blew $10,000. Speaker 1 00:51:12 Most people have no idea what to do with their aging loved one who needs help. Well, there is a solution. A company that provides care and assistance to make your loved one feel right at home, at right, at home. Their mission statement is to improve the quality of life for those they serve. They offer extensive services personal and companion care, safety, supervision and transportation, fall prevention, dressing and bathing assistance. Medical reminders, meal prep, hospice support, ambulation support, stroke recovery, Parkinson's support, the list goes on and on and on. 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