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Investing in Experiences: Totality Awesome Eclipse Coming Up
Preparing for the Total Solar Eclipse with Help from the Lake County Astronomical Society. Article by Christina Sikorski | Photography by Stephen Neilson, Christina Sikorski, Dave Wagner Mark your calendars: Monday, April 8 is the next total solar eclipse. (Note: it's the last one viewable in the US until 2044.) As defined by the National and Aeronautic Space Agency (NASA), a total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, thus completely blocking the sun and...
March 2024
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Can You Benefit from a 529 Plan?
The Costs to Send a Child to College Continue to Escalate. It’s Never Too Early to Start a Savings Plan. Article by Mark Hornok | Photography by Carrianne Hornok Another school year is ending soon. If you have young children, they’re now a year closer to heading off to college or some other type of post-secondary education. If you haven’t already done so, you may want to start preparing for these costs (which can be considerable). During the 2022-23 school year, the average estimated annual...
March 2024
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65 Years of Care
Since 1958 Caring Women’s Connection Has Invested in Lake County By Helping Others. Article by Chris Geimer and Danielle Boreczky | Photography by Provided Life in the 1950s was a lot different when a collection of Hawthorn Woods’ women came together to form a social group. What started purely as a social endeavor over time morphed into something else as the members realized they had a shared passion for helping others. Through simple acts of kindness, strong bonds were formed among the...
March 2024
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Shawn Nelson's Investment of a Lifetime
"Let Me Save You 25 Years: Mistakes, Miracles, and Lessons from the Lovesac Story." Article by Stephen Neilson | Photography by Provided Shawn Nelson is the founder and CEO of The Lovesac Company which he founded in 1998 originally in Salt Lake City, Utah. He holds a BA from the University of Utah in Mandarin Chinese and a Master’s in Strategic Design and Management from Parsons, The New School for Design, in New York City, where he later became an instructor in the graduate program. He is an...
March 2024
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