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Rick Sweitzer

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

New Trier Alums Turn Summer Painting Job into 40 Years of Business

Wilmette’s Mellow Brothers Painting Company has painted places like Evanston High School, Lake Forest High School and New Trier High School.

  Back in 1970, when brothers Rick and Dave Sweitzer and their best friend Randy Sorenson were painting Randy’s father’s house, people would stop and ask for quotes, so they decided it was time to start a business; now more than 40 years later, Wilmette’s Mellow Brothers Painting Company is still going strong, Wilmette Life reported.  The company has done paint jobs for places like Evanston High School, Lake Forest High School, New Trier High School, Wilmette and Evanston police stations, and New Trier Township, where Supervisor Pat Cantor praises the company as clean and cooperative, Wilmette Life reported.  Rick also owns The Northwest Passage and Polar Explorers.  Related Coverage

Monday, January 28, 2013

Wilmette Teen Scales Highest Mountain in Antarctica

Taylor Sweitzer, 18, skied to the South Pole and reached Mt. Vinson.

A Wilmette teen made the journey to the highest mountain in Antarctica on Jan. 19, skiing to the South Pole and then scaling the summit of Mt. Vinson, which is 16,040 above sea level, Chicago Tribune reported.  Adventure seems to run in Taylor Sweitzer’s blood, the 18-year-old made the trip with a group from Polar Explorers, a Wilmette adventure company run by his father, and three years ago, the Wilmette teen became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole, according to the Chicago Tribune.  In 2011, Polar Explorers led a trip to South Pole to commemorate the 100th anniversary of man’s arrival at the South Pole. Related Coverage    

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