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No. 184 | A JWC Media publication
NEWS
North Chicago School Woes Ripple South
Betts: Still Fashionable After 40 Years By JULIE KEMP PICK dailynorthshore.com
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IGHLAND PARK—Bett Barnett always has had an eye for fashion, and this became apparent at a very young age. “It started with my paper dolls and cutouts,” said Barnett, whose eponymous women’s clothing store turns 40 this year. “I didn’t like the outfits shown in the books, so I made my own patterns and learned how to sew.” That take charge attitude helped Barnett launch Bett’s Boutique right after she graduated from the University of Illinois. While visiting her college roommate in Highland Park, Barnett was offered a job as a designer for a clothing boutique. The deal fell through, so she decided to open a business herself. “Highland Park was amazingly supportive at the beginning,” said Barnett. “I had only optimism and no fear.” Her first store, originally named Bett’s Leather, was located in a courtyard near the Highland Park Theater in 1976. From there she moved to Sheridan Road in the early ’80s, and then Bett’s moved to its current address at 678 Central Avenue in the mid-’80s. Barnett often advises young people
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AKE FOREST/LAKE BLUFF — The financial crisis in North Chicago School District 187 is years away from a direct impact on neighboring communities, but conversations are starting to occur about what to do. One thing is certain: District 187 will run out of money by 2020 if the state stops providing special aid, which it has committed to doing only up through the 2015-16 school year, according to District 187 CEO Ben Martindale. After that, no one knows what will happen. “This is uncharted territory,” said Lake Bluff Village President Kathleen O’Hara, who spent 36 years at Lake Bluff Middle Continued on PG 12
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