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Pat
Sajak (game
show host)
born in Chicago started as TV weatherman and
became host of Wheel of Fortune. Richard
Mellon Scaife (newspaper owner) Owns
Pittsburgh's
Tribune-Review.
Second-largest donor to the Nixon-Agnew campaign
in 1972. Has donated to the Heritage
Foundation,
American
Enterprise
Institute,
Stanford
University's Hoover
Institution,
Cato
Institute,
and Citizens
for a Sound
Economy.
Accused by many Bill Clinton allies that he is
the main man behind a right-wing anti-Clinton
conspiracy. Michael Schroeder (dentist,
government leader) Arlington
Heights
Village Trustee in 1989. Appointed
Arlington
Heights
Village President in 1992 to fill a
vacancy. Elected Supervisor of
Wheeling
Township
in 2001. Michael Sheehan (law officer)
Y!
top Cook County Sheriff. William Sianis (restaurant owner) brought his pet goat to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field – he had two tickets – but was escorted out of the stadium because of the goat's foul odor. Sianis owned the Billy Goat Tavern, and supposedly placed a curse on the team. When the Cubs lost Game 7 to the Detroit Tigers, Sianis sent a telegram to owner P.K. Wrigley stating, "Who smells now?" Billy Goat Tavern is also famous from the Saturday Night Live skit: "Cheezborger! Cheezborger No fries, cheeps! No Pepsi, Coke!"?

Jane Skinner & father Sam Skinner
Jane Skinner television journalist and anchor who has worked for FOXNEWS and is married to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Sam Skinner American politician, lawyer and businessman, served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush, President of Commonwealth Edison, CEO of US Freightways.
George Soros official
personal site
(international investment fund manager) a
philanthropist since 1979, provided funds to
help black students attend the University of
Cape Town in apartheid South Africa. Today he is
chairman of the Open
Society
Institute
(OSI) and the founder of a network of
philanthropic organizations that are active in
more than 50 countries. Based primarily in
Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union&emdash;but also in Africa, Latin America,
Asia, and the United States. The organizations
work closely with OSI to develop and implement a
range of programs focusing on civil society,
education, media, public health, and human
rights as well as social, legal, and economic
reform. Strong opponent of the George W. Bush
candidacy for re-election as president.
Financial backer of Moveon.org.
Gary Sinise (actor)
born in Blue Island, Illinois and grew up in
Highland Park, Illinois. First big fame came as
Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump. August Spies
Haymarket Martyr famous for quote: "The day will
come when our silence will be more powerful than
the voices you are throttling today." Lesley
Stahl (Co-editor, 60 Minutes and CBS News
Correspondent) graduated cum laude in 1963 from
Wheaton College ... Author Reporting Live.
Mattie J.T. Stepanek (poet, muscular
dystrophy advocate) born with a rare
neuromuscular disease called dysautonomic
mitochondrial myopathy. Author of
Heartsongs.
Favorite of Oprah
for his strength in overcoming his disease and
his creativity and messages of hope and
peace.
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