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February Sales in Southwest Lake County Subdivision
List Price
Sold Price
SP:LP
LMT
Beds/Baths
Subdivision
List Price
Sold Price
SP:LP
LMT
Beds/Baths
Wynstone
$795,000
$938,800
118%
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8/5.2
Meadows
$975,000
$1,000,000
103%
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4/4.1
Farmington
$489,900
$536,500
110%
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Flint Creek
$609,000
$610,000
100%
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4/3.1
Conservatory of Indian Creek
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$625,000
108%
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$699,900
100%
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$732,500
105%
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5/4.2
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$729,084
100%
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5/3.1
Sherman Pine Valley
$584,000
$610,000
104%
5
4/2.1
Stirling Manor
$869,900
$865,000
99%
2
4+1 bsmt/4.1
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LIFESTYLE LETTER
It’s Spring. Explore... Everything! Spring is always my favorite season. Full of life and new growth, it inspires me to try new things, visit new places, plant new seeds, and go boldly where no me has gone before. In short: It's time to explore! As a photographer I’ve enjoyed capturing special moments of my family’s travels in the past. In this issue I’m overjoyed to share some spectacular images and stories by others in the SW Lake family in expanded form, allowing their beautiful images to beckon you onward to your own personal adventures. This issue afforded SWL Publisher Michael Beightol the perfect opportunity to share the first-person story of his recent, chance-of-a-lifetime trip with longtime friends to explore some legendary golf courses in Ireland, vividly illustrated with his own photography. Also featured this month is talented young photographer Nora Logue, who grew up in Barrington Hills with her four siblings, graduated from Barrington High School, started her photography career here and moved to Denver a few years back… but whose heart hears the siren song of Scotland calling, and who shares her repeated explorations from Edinburgh to the Highlands with outstanding images that each tell their own striking story. Our Local Experiences section offers several local staycation-worthy opportunities to get out and explore nearby. The more adventurous our explorations, the better off we and our families can be when we’ve thought through providing for our future adventures and contingencies. Attorney Tom Winkler has been selected by the American Institute of Legal Counsel as one of the 10 best attorneys in Illinois in the Estate Planning Division, and we share in this issue details of his firm’s expertise in partnering with clients to lower local tax burdens, develop trusts and retirement plans, and facilitate real estate transactions as well as other personalized legal services. To cap off our explorations for you looking to voyage further afield, we’ve included a feature on the great Music City—Nashville—whose sirensong-with-a-twang beckons us to a great getaway experience. Spring forth!
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Lifestyle Letter
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Local Experiences
Experience Irish Golf
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Outdoor Adventures
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Travel Journal
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Money Matters
22 Scotland: Raw Beauty
“Where a man feels at home, outside of where he’s born, is where he’s meant to go.” (Ernest Hemingway)
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local experiences The best places and things to do in our area.
Stay close to home for a weekend staycation full of adventure and relaxation. Enjoy many hidden gems without the need to travel too far. Unwind and relax within a two-tothree hour drive of Lake County whether heading south to Starved Rock, west to Galena, north to Lake Geneva or Milwaukee or east to the terrific Chicago Botanical Garden.
Staycations STAR VED R OCK STATE PAR K: With 13 miles of trails, 18 canyons and impressive waterfalls it’s one of the most beautiful places in the state of Illinois. 2668 E. 875th Road, Oglesby LAKE GENEVA VISITOR S BUR EAU: There’s something for everyone here from golf to shopping, beach fun to ziplines, museums to hiking, good eats, and hiking around the lake. 201 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin CHICAGO BOTANIC GAR DEN: The garden changes with every season and also offers a variety of classes on horticulture, photography, gardening, cooking and yoga. 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe GALENA COUNTR Y VISITOR CENTER : It’s a little like stepping back in time to a small village on the edge of the Driftless Area near the hilly IllinoisWisconsin border. 101 Bouthillier Street, Galena MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MAR KET: All visits here should start at the Public Market crammed full of purveyors of good food, drink and the occasional musician. 400 N. Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Memories A Covid-Delayed Trip Was the Chance of a Lifetime for Longtime Friends to Experience Irish Golf
A plan was hatched five years earlier; four friends would travel to Ireland for golf and good times. The worst days of the pandemic delayed the trip a year and heightened our anticipation. Departure from O’Hare meant we had to meet the myriad of Covid-travel requirements of the moment. Arriving six hours later in Dublin was all about getting acclimated to the six-hour time difference from Chicago. The multi-cultural capital city is great to explore by foot, soaking up history and enjoying the pubs. Let’s just say the Guinness never tasted better. CONTINUED >
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Old Head Golf Links (County Cork)
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Sunset in Killarney
Intrepid crew of David Lydy (Birmingham, MI), Michael Beightol (North Barrington), John Plescia (Lake Barrington) & Chris Nolan (North Barrington).
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Round One was a warm-up on Howth Island northeast of Dublin at Deer Park, a municipal course distinguished by views of the city, the sea, a crumbling castle, and a very long uphill 18th fairway. It was a good place to shake off the rust and prepare ourselves for walking the golf courses; in Ireland golf carts are reserved for the old or injured, and everybody else hoofs it. For Round Two (at Grange Golf Club, the home course of Irish golf legend Paul McGinley) we enjoyed full member privileges and terrific hospitality. A post-round lunch of fish-and-chips (and Guinness, of course) was perfect on a balcony with views of the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin. On the fourth day we drove cross-country to Killarney, a more central location for golfing in western Ireland. The interstate highways were speedy, but the last few kilometers on two-lane roads were a bit unsettling when encountering lorries or tourist buses. Yikes! On the day for Round Three we started with a long drive past the small fishing village of Kinsale in County Cork. To call Old Head a seaside course is not entirely accurate since it’s “sea surrounded” on a narrow peninsula where the North Atlantic meets the Irish Sea 300 feet below. A gorgeous sunny day with just the puff of a breeze meant none of our shots sent balls to a watery grave. Like here in the States, golf courses felt the pinch of labor shortages. Fergus, our solo caddie, carried two of our golf bags while two of us used trollies. Fergus made the round enjoyable with a stream of stories and useful knowledge about the course. Round Four was in County Kerry at the cathedral of golf—Ballybunion—founded in 1893 and a top links course in the world. Club selection, straight tee shots and accurate approaches were rewarded with difficult but fair putts; our caddies dissuaded us from guessing how a putt might break. When we used their insights, two-putting resulted regularly. Round Five was at Lahinch in County Clare, another links course hard by the Atlantic where we found a beach crowded with surfers on a sunny day. To call Lahinch rugged doesn’t do justice to how cleverly the course, opened in 1892, is laid out amidst grassy dunes. Some fairways are impossibly narrow; a few approaches are completely blind, up-and-over dunes. After a while scoring wasn’t as important as enjoying a final round in Ireland with long-time friends on a world-class golf course that sits snugly between a picturesque village and the ocean.
Ballybunion Golf Club
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W here We Playe d Deer Park Golf: Seaside views, lots of elevation changes at a venerable Dublin municipal course (DeerParkGolf.ie).
Grange Golf Club: Private Dublin course with lots of up-and-down. Meticulously maintained and a very long walk (GrangeGolfClub.ie).
Old Head Golf Links: In County Cork with surreal views atop cliffs with crashing surf below. Great patio for post-match drinks (OldHead.com).
Ballybunion Golf Club:
Caddie Don shows the way at Lahinch Golf Club
Ranked 24th in the world by Golf.com, a must-play County Kerry course by the sea (BallybunionGolfClub.ie).
Curling in the putt at Ballybunion
Lahinch Golf Club (Old Course): Original design by Old Tom Morris, a punishing test that is just plain fun in County Clare (LahinchGolf.com).
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Scotland: Raw Beauty “Where a man feels at home, outside of where he’s born, is where he’s meant to go.” (Ernest Hemingway)
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Dean Village, Edinburgh
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Trailing away
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Rugged hills and wilderness
Home can be more than the place you rest your head. It can be a bookshop or a book. Home can be a boggy trail through the hills or a beach at sunrise or the taste of wild strawberries in June. Perhaps home can be a place you visited on a whim when you were young, a place that sang to you and offered up comfort and joy and vibrancy, like the taste of wild strawberries in June. A decade ago, I fell in love with a place— Scotland—that has beckoned me home half a dozen times. Each visit cements in my heart that this is a land of magic, joy and raw beauty, and that there’s no other place in the world that feels quite as right to me as Scotland. There’s Edinburgh, with its Old Town of narrow closes and medieval buildings, a city teeming with history, culture and hidden gems like Dean Village, a little sanctuary along the Water of Leith. Each time I step foot on its cobbled lanes, I’m transported to another time. But an exploration of Scotland isn’t complete until one leaves the city. Coast-to-coast, it’s a country of rugged hills and wildness. Hear the stags cry out in autumn in the Highlands. See the crash of sea waves against northern cliffs in spring. Follow the River Dee as it winds through fields and villages in the east. Swim the many lochs and hunt for castle ruins. While it’s a small country, Scotland offers up big and wonderful beauty wherever you look. And so, I go to Scotland.
As the fog rolls in
Nora Logue, Photographer & Writer
About the Author: Nora Logue grew up in Barrington Hills but now practices the art of photography in Denver. See her work at RowanandBirch.com and on Instagram (@rowanandbirch).
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APRIL 2022
events A curated selection of the most intriguing upcoming events in our area.
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Easter Egg Hunt
LON G G ROVE, BR OTHER'S FIE L D | 1 2:0 0 P M Join the eggcitement planned in Long Grove just for kids. Make sure that the little ones all have their own baskets for collecting eggs at Brother's Field, 344 Old McHenry Road, beginning at noon. Learn more at LongGrove.org/events-festivals.
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Bunny Trolley Hop
ILLIN OIS R AILWAY MUS EUM | 1 0 :0 0 A M Help the Easter Bunny find everything needed as you ride the streetcars along the Bunny Trail. Starts at 10 a.m. Join an Easter egg hunt at the end of your ride at 7000 Olson Road, Union, IL. Learn more at IRM.org .
Home Energy Savings Workshop
E L A PUBLIC LIBR ARY - ON LIN E | 7 :0 0 P M Learn from the Citizen’s Utility Board how to better understand your utility bills and find out about the free programs available to help cut monthly costs, in addition to tips that can make your home more energy-efficient. This online event starts at 7 p.m. Learn more and sign-up at EAPL.org .
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Restorative Yoga with Silver Lotus at Wauconda Township
WAUCON DA TOW N S HIP | 6:00 P M Enjoy this calm and restorative all-levels yoga session with Silver Lotus Yoga at Wauconda Township, 505 W. Bonner Rd. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or towel. Advance registration required; register at WaucLib.org .
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From Garden to Vase
CHICAG O BOTAN IC GAR DEN | 6 :0 0 P M Spring is Here! Get inspired during a garden walk, then make a lovely creation to bring home, taught by Tim Pollak, CGB's outdoor floriculturist. Find details and register at ChicagoBotanic.org .
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Give Native Plants a New Home
AN CIEN T OAKS FOUN DATIO N | 7 :0 0 P M Join Ancient Oaks Foundation's Alicia Timm and learn how to identify the habitats in your own yard and which native plants will flourish for you. All guests will also receive a discount card to Hawthorn Gardens nursery. Get program details and sign up online by visiting AncientOaksFoundation.org .
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Symphonic Cinco de Mayo
HEMMEN S CULTUR AL CEN TE R | 7 :30 P M Prepare for Cinco de Mayo with conductor Arturo Rodriguez and Mariachi Acero de Las Vegas for a night out with the Elgin Symphony (performing at 45 Symphony Way). Learn more and reserve tickets at ElginSymphony.org.
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Tea Time With Reenactor Leslie Goddard
BAR R IN GTON 'S WHITE HOU S E | 1 :0 0 P M Join Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., as she portrays the Chicago socialite arts patron Bertha Honore Palmer, made famous after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Enjoy special tea and treats using vintage teacups and plates provided by High Tea with Gerri in Long Grove. Learn more and register at BarringtonsWhiteHouse.com.
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Estates and Wills SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES A HALLMARK OF LOCAL LAW FIRM
ARTICLE BY THOMAS WINKLER WITH MICHAEL BEIGHTOL
Tom Winkler, founder of Winkler Law Group, says his firm embraces a simple but fundamental principle: “We provide clients with personalized legal representation that addresses their specific needs and concerns. The priorities of our clients are the priorities of our firm.” The firm was founded in 2008 by Winkler, an attorney and Certified Public Accountant, who has been in practice since 1982. With a collective experience of more than 45 years, Winkler says they emphasize accessibility to clients, knowing that a company is not just a business, but a livelihood. One practice area is commercial and industrial real estate, including owners, homeowner/condominium associations, lenders, sellers, buyers, landlords, tenants, and subcontractors. For local homeowners, the firm helps clients lower local tax burdens. Over the last three decades the firm has developed proficiency representing clients in property tax assessment appeals. They collaborate with accountants, appraisers, and other professionals on behalf of homeowners. For estate planning, Winkler Law creates sophisticated strategies by working closely with clients, their accountants and
advisors to develop and enhance business succession, trusts and retirement plans for medium to high net-worth individuals, including closely held business owners and families. The firm also has considerable experience in representing lenders of commercial loans to small to mid-sized businesses. A comprehensive commercial loan process includes proprietary agreements and forms, which thoroughly document the transaction and protect the lender’s interests.
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In addition to Tom Winkler, the team includes: • Attorney John B. Sprenzel who lives in the northwest suburbs and enjoys hockey and lacrosse with his family. • Attorney Mehreen M. Rajabali who loves spending free time with her husband and son in the northwest suburbs. • Deborah A. Golota, legal assistant, a mother of three who lives in the northwest suburbs. • Maggie Anderson, paralegal, a resident of the northwest suburbs. To learn more, visit Winkler-Law.com.
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