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Winnetka’s T.L. Fritts to Close BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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esidents are mourning the pending closure of T.L. Fritts Sporting Goods, which has been a fixture in the community for more than three decades. Started by Tom Fritts in 1979, the store has been the go-to place for all things sports related. Fritts told Daily North Shore on October 6 that he decided to close the store and retire after selling the building to Kelly Golden, owner of Neapolitan, the Winnetka clothing store located on Elm Street. “I’ve worked hard since I was 16 years old, so this is wonderful,” he said.Fritts plans to have fun in his retirement, dedicating his time to his seven grand children and volunteer work. He said he is looking forward to the next chapter of his life. “I appreciate [the community’s] support. It’s been a great run. It’s been a great community,” he said. Fritts said Neapolitan has plans to relocate to the building at 560 Chestnut Street and will spend six months renovating the storefront. After clearing out all of its merchandise, T.L. Fritts plans to officially close by mid-December.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMES TO HIGHLAND PARK Meet the couple that was inspired to open a marijuana dispensary on the North Shore
was a qualifying condition in a state that issues medical marijuana cards to nonresidents. She ndy and Veronica Hunt, a ingested, in pill form, cannabis. couple living in Lake She got her life back, for a Forest, had a friend. The while. Cancer eventually claimed friend was a grandmother. She her. “The last three months of her had cancer. The simple act of eating eventually became a chore, life,” Andy Hunt recalls, “were an ordeal. good ones, better ones. She got Cancer consumed and con- to enjoy Thanksgiving, her grandtrolled her. children, her life. She was no “She wanted to get her life longer loopy from her pain back,” Veronica says. medication.” The ailing woman, an Illinois Andy Hunt, a retired trader for resident, flew to Oregon last year Citigroup at the Chicago Board to obtain medical marijuana from of Trade, and Veronica Hunt, a a dispensary. Her form of cancer former restaurateur, threw themBY BILL MCLEAN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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Andy and Veronica Hunt of Lake Forest are opening a medical cannabis dispensary in Highland Park. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.
selves into researching the medical marijuana business after learning the plight and brief relief of their friend. Illinois’ Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Pilot Program Act, under former Gov. Pat Quinn, was enacted in 2013. The number of conditions and diseases that can qualify a patient
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