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Saturday, Partly sunny, 30% chance of showers in the afternoon, high 54 Saturday night, Showers likely, low 45 Sunday, Mostly cloudy, 40% chance of showers, high 57
GREEN SCENE WHETHER YOU WANT TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES OR JUST SOAK UP THE RAINWATER, GO GREEN WILMETTE’S NATIVE PLANT SALE THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING YOUR BACK YARD TO LIFE. EDITED BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
If you’re ready to spring into a garden or backyard makeover and want to find plants and flowers that will thrive in our Midwest climate, plan to make a stop at Gillson Park in Wilmette Saturday, May 8, for Go Green Wilmette’s (GGW ) native plant sale. The in-person, socially distant sale, which goes from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., will offer more than 70 varieties of plants, shrubs, and trees that are native to the Chicago area. Want to attract more butterflies and birds? They have a plant for you. Even if your goal is to just make your yard more beautiful, you are likely to Continued on PG 12
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CHICAGO APPRENTICE NETWORK NORTH SHORE RESIDENT JIM COLEMAN OF ACCENTURE LEADS THE WAY BY JUDITH R. BAUMANN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
“I’m a city kid,” says Jim Coleman, Accenture’s Senior Managing Director for Chicago. He grew up on Chicago’s North Side and spent his summers working as a lifeguard for the Chicago Park District. “My parents taught me about the value of education, hard work, and family,” he recalls, explaining that his mother taught nursing at North Park College and his father was a special agent for the IRS. He attended St. Hilary School, then, following in his dad’s footsteps, he went to Loyola Academy in Wilmette. In 1988, after four intense years at Purdue under his belt, he graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering. “I had a number of interesting opportunities after graduation. But coming home to Chicago felt right. Joining Arthur Andersen (ultimately, Accenture) a firm founded here, was the icing on the cake.” Coleman rose through the ranks as a consultant, working in the Strategic Services practice area before starting to lead various segments of the consulting company’s business. He prides himself on being a “client guy” and consulting practitioner. But it wasn’t all work. He met his future wife Cari at Purdue; they married in 1992 and lived in Wrigleyville, renovating a greystone into a single-family home, not far from “The Friendly Confines.” Their son Griffin was born in 1997 and their daughter Kaelyn in 2000. Shortly after that, the family headed out of the city to the suburbs. Being more of a “city kid,” he and his wife headed to the Continued on PG 10
North Shore resident Jim Coleman, Senior Managing Director of Accenture Chicago, helps lead the company's Apprentice Network.
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