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Marty Bredemann, general manager of Bredemann Lexus in Glenview, is looking forward to the Chicago Auto Show.
LUCK BE THREE LADIES IN GLENVIEW C ould number four be out there? Since February of 2014, three Glenview people have won sizable amounts in the Illinois Lottery from tickets purchased at locations in and around town. All are women, and all have won a million or more dollars — two from scratch-off tickets, and one from a special New Year’s Millionaire Raffle sponsored by the Illinois Lottery. First was Athena Korines, a 51-year-old bartender at Glenview’s Potato Creek Johnny’s. The single mom often pooled her money with her friend Rob Devine to buy instant tickets, including the “Fabulous Fortune” game purchased at Chestnut Wine and Spirits last February. The pair won a $1 million prize, which they split.
“I didn’t believe it was real. When it finally sunk in, we signed the back of the ticket, put it in my purse and drove straight to the Prize Center in Des Plaines,” Korines noted. With her earnings, she plans to buy a house and share the money with her children. Devine hopes to use it for retirement. Then in December, Rosalyn Aranda took home one of the top prizes for scratch-off tickets, $4 million, after a friend followed a request to purchase her game piece at the Citgo gas station on Waukegan Road. “I asked him to bring me back a big winner, and he certainly did,” Aranda noted. The 67-year-old former pharmacist Continues on page 13
LARGEST AUTO SHOW IS READY TO ROLL
BY BILL MCLEAN
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roundhog Punxsutawney Phil does his thing every Feb. 2. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training weeks later in Florida and Arizona. In between those two
Northbrook firefighters win chili cook-off
rites of late winter, usually, is the start of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place. Ladies and gentlemen of the North Shore, start your engines — from Feb. 14-22 — and
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orthbrook’s Station 12 firefighters took home the first-place prize during the Chili Cook-Off & Trivia Contest. Now in its third year, the Chili Cook-Off, which benefits Youth Services of Glenview-North-
motor down to Chicago for the largest auto show in North America. Nearly 1,000 different vehicles will be on display, in space covering more than one million square feet. If you are
interested in seeing every car, you are also interested in walking seven miles. The Chicago Auto Show — born in 1901, when a
brook, pits the firefighters of both towns against each other during friendly competitions. This year, supporters of the program were able to raise more than $9,000 for the Youth Services agency, which is devoted to the mental health, character
development and physical well being of children and families in both communities. Rounding out second and third place were Glenview Stations 14 and 13, respectively. Glenview Station 8 took home the People’s Choice award.
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