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Youngsters tend organic garden, sell produce at 

Northbrook Junior High, Page 4 

Students (left to right) Mike Eichstadt, Lily Thompson, Alli Kushner and Ella 

Glazer show off the cilantro for sale at their farmers market on Thursday, July 7, at 

Northbrook Junior High. Matt Yan/22nd Century Media 

Mosquito 

alert 

West Nile found 

in Northbrook, 

Page 3 

Eastern ways 

Northbrook woman 

helps bring alternative 

medicine to North 

Shore, Page 10 

Days of 

old Historical 

Society looks back 

at summer in 

Northbrook, Page 18

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Pet of the Week16 

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Faith26 

Dining Out28 

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THURSDAY 

Physician’s Lecture Series: 

The Beat Goes On 

1-2:30 p.m. July 14, 

Northbrook Public Library, 

1201 Cedar Lane. 

Dr. Jason Robin will present 

a lecture on cardiac 

health, focusing on the 

common problem of atrial 

fibrillation, followed by a 

question and answer period. 

For more information 

go to northbrook.info. 

Chicago YIVO - Yiddish 

and Laughter 

7-8:30 p.m. July 14, 



Humorist and raconteur 

Rabbi Barry Schechter of 

Congregation Kol Emeth, 

is well-known in the Chicago 

Jewish community 

for his lectures on many 

subjects of Jewish interest. 

For more information go 

to northbrook.info. 

FRIDAY 

Jazz/Blues Salon Concert - 

Andy Brown 

7:30-8:30 p.m. July 15, 



Come for an evening of 

jazz and blues music. For 

more information visit 

northbrook.info.com. 

SATURDAY 

Heartland Animal Shelter 

Walk of Love 

9:30 a.m. July 16, Blue 

Star Memorial Forest 

Preserve, 701 E. Lake 

Ave., Glenview. Heartland 

Animal Shelter’s 10th 

Annual Walk of Love. The 

Walk of Love is a leisurely 

2K stroll, followed by 

breakfast, prizes, puppy 

pools, vendors, photos 

and more. Proceeds from 

the Walk of Love allow 

Heartland Animal Shelter 

to rescue hundreds of 

homeless dogs and cats. 

For more information, visit 

heartlandanimalshelter.net. 

Youth Football Clinic 

9 a.m. July 16, North 

Suburban YMCA, 2705 

Techny Road. Kids can 

learn new skills at a Punt, 

Pass & Kick Clinic presented 

by the North Shore 

Griffins Youth Football 

Club. For details, visit 

www.nsymca.org or call 

847 272 7250. 

Writing Workshop 

2-3:30 p.m. July 16, 



Join Kathleen Anne Fleming 

as she presents a workshop 

on the business of 

writing. For more information 

visit northbrook. 

info.com. 

Butterfly Festival 

10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 16; 

9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. July 17, 

Reds Garden Center, 3460 

Dundee Road. Join Reds 

for a celebration of the 

butterfly and a butterfly 

releasing ceremony. For 

more information, call 

(847) 272-1209. 

Art In The Park 

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. July 16 

and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. July 

17, Village Green Park. 

The event will feature a 

variety of artists and will 

also have live music. For 

more information visit 

www.northbrookarts.org/ 

art-in-the-park. 

SUNDAY 

Meet the Author: Kathleen 

Anne Fleming 

2-4 p.m. July 17, Northbrook 

Public Library, 1201 

Cedar Lane. Local area 

author Kathleen Anne 

Fleming will read from her 

newest book, Canary in 

the Coal Chute, followed 

by a book signing. Join her 

for an optional workshop 

on getting started with the 

writing process. For more 

information visit northbrook.info.com. 

Globe Trotters 

2-3 p.m. July 17, Northbrook 

Public Library, 1201 

Cedar Lane. Explore the 

world through stories, 

games, crafts and maps. 

Each session visit a different 

country. For more 

information visit Northbrook.info.com. 

MONDAY 

Monday Night Rider 

Development/Structured 

Training 

6:30-9:30 p.m. July 18, 

Ed Rudolph Velodrome, 

1479 Maple Avenue. The 

Rider Development Program 

is designed to introduce 

new riders to track 

racing and provide an effective 

and focused training 

session to experienced 

track racers. The cost is 

$5. For more information 

contact Kevin Perez with 

questions at sprinter001@ 

comcast.net. 

TUESDAY 

Park Fest 

Food service begins at 6, 

p.m. and music beings at 7 

p.m. July 19 Village Green. 

Bring friends and family to 

listen to Second Hand Soul 

Band which will play Motown, 

Soul and Rock and 

Roll music. Bring lawn 

chairs or blankets to sit on. 

For more information go to 

nbparks.org. 

WEDNESDAY 

Amy Koehler National 

Artist Event 

10 a.m.-5p.m. July 20, 

Neiman Marcus, 2171 

Northbrook Court. Meet 

Dior national make-up 

artist, Amy Koehler. To 

schedule your appointment 

call 847.564.0300 ext 2113. 

THURSDAY 

5 Fabulous Tips to Help 

Your Child Succeed in 

Sports & In Life 

7-7:45 p.m. July 21, 

Five Seasons Northbrook, 

1300 Techny Road. Come 

learn about “5 Fabulous 

Tips to Help Your Child 

Succeed in Sports & In 

Life.” Among other results, 

Holly Katz, a sports 

psychology expert/performance 

coach, guides parents 

on how to help children 

gain confidence. For 

more information, contact 

Chris Johnson at (847) 

897-5039, or Katz at 224- 

300-0031 or hollybkatz@ 

gmail.com. 

Women’s Networking 

Lunch with DBR Chamber 

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. July 

21, Marriott Suites Deerfield, 

2 Parkway North. 

The DBR and Northbrook 

Chamber invite professional 

women to attend 

this structure networking 

luncheon. The fee is $19 

for members before July 20 

$25 for guests and members 

after July 20. For more 

information email tami@ 

northbrookchamber.org. 

UPCOMING 

Business Expo 

Exhibit at a Multi-Chamber 

Business Expo and 

After Hours5 p.m. July 

25, Hilton Chicago Northbrook, 

2855 N. Milwaukee 

Ave. Showcase your products 

and services and meet 

one-on-one with potential 

new customers as an exhibitor. 

For more information, 

call (847) 513-6361. 

The Talk: Important 

Discussions about Your 

Aging Loved One 

5-7 p.m. July 26, Our 

Lady of the Brook, 3700 

Dundee Road. A presentation 

about aging issues, 

housing options, navigating 

the process and making 

the decision. To RSVP call 

Dolly at (224) 571-1155 or 

email NorthbrookDCR2@ 

koelschsenior.com. 

Tour De Dailey 

8:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 

11 a.m. July 26, the Dailey 

Method, 984 Willow Road. 

The Dailey Method will be 

hosting and outdoor cycle 

class for one day only. 

Walk-in prices are $22 or 

special discounted packages 

may be applied. For 

more information go to 

thedaileymethod.com or 

call (847) 724-9910. 

ONGOING 

Northbrook Community 

Choir 

7:30-9 p.m. Mondays, 

Leisure Center, 3323 Walters 

Ave., Northbrook. The 

choir sings at area venues 

and has performed at 

Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy 

Center for the Performing 

Arts and Techny 

Towers. Auditions aren’t 

required, but registration is 

underway. For more information 

or to register, call 

(847) 291-2995. 

Skateboard Instructions 

10-11 a.m. Saturday 

mornings this summer at 

the Techny Prairie Park 

and Fields. Skateboard 

classes for ages 6-13. All 

levels of skill and ability 

are welcome. Skaters 

must wear a helmet. Sign 

up at nbparks.org or a 

Registration Office. For 


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Northbrook Plan Commission 

Commissioners favor revisions to proposed State Farm building 

Lauren Frias 

Freelance Reporter 

The operator of State 

Farm Insurance at 2990 

Dundee Road returned 

to the Plan Commission 

on Tuesday, July 5, with 

revised plans for the construction 

of a new building 

on the property. 

Applicant William Apostolakis 

wants to turn his 

State Farm building into a 

6,700-square-foot single 

story, multi-tenant office 

building. 

The plan was originally 

proposed on May 17, 

and after taking the 

commission’s comments 

into consideration, 

Apostolakis designed 

three other building plans 

to accommodate the 

recommended changes. The 

new plans shift the positions 

of the parking spaces and the 

building, with adjustments 

being made to the entrance 

of the property. 

According to Village 

staff, the applicant didn’t 

provide option two, 

though it was already 

“I think that [the revised plan] is 

a much better use of the space.” 

Muriel Collison — Northbrook Plan Commission 

member on the new proposal for 2990 

Dundee Road, which includes reduced parking. 

designed. Apostolakis 

said he ultimately found 

it unnecessary to present 

the idea once it was reevaluated 

and did not meet 

the recommended changes. 

Option three consisted of 

the additional zoning relief 

on the property and reducing 

parking stalls from 28 

spaces to 26. The building, 

originally placed on the 

western side of the property, 

was reoriented closer 

to the northern end of the 

lot, with parking spaces being 

positioned just south of 

the facility. 

Option four switched 

the position of the building 

and parking lot, putting 

the parking spaces near 

the northern end and the 

building on the southern. 

Option three, however, 

ended up being a 

popular design among 

commissioners. With all 

members in favor, few 

changes were suggested to 

improve the plan, one of 

which included addressing 

the building’s proximity 

to the northern residents, 

which was determined to 

be 15-23 feet, according to 

the applicant. 

Northbrook resident 

David O’Malley initially 

stood in opposition of the 

project but found favor in 

the design of option three. 

He said one of the items on 

his list of major concerns 

was the large size of the 

property compared to the 

other smaller tenants in 

the area. Another item he 

addressed was the need 

for open space in the 

property for run-off, since 

the the cement or asphalt 

parking lot wouldn’t 

allow for much water 

retention in the case of a 

storm. 

“We’re talking about 

way over 80 percent coverage 

of building and land, 

and there’s no green space 

to absorb water,” O’Malley 

said. 

Commissioner Steven 

Elisco was in favor of 

option three as well, but 

recommended a few 

changes that could be made 

to better the plan. Elisco 

said he thinks the setback in 

the property was necessary 

for drainage, and suggested 

eliminating the loading 

dock and various islands of 

land scattered throughout 

the parking lot to allow 

CrossFit affiliate owner says he’ll update building 

Lauren Frias 


On July 5, the 

Northbrook Plan 

Commission met to 

discuss the rezoning of the 

properties located on 1852- 

1908 Janke Drive to the 

Industrial and Commercial 

Services District from the 

I-1 Restricted Industrial 

District. The project, 

proposed by applicant 

Frank Castori, received 

its first public hearing at 

this meeting, though it 

was previously discussed 

before the Northbrook 

Village Board on 

May 24. 

The two-acre property 

is planned to be a CrossFit 

facility, an expansion of 

CrossFit Illumine in Niles. 

Other CrossFit affiliates 

easier access for fire trucks 

and ambulances. All in all, 

he approved of the project 

in its revised state. 

“I think a one-story residential 

building fits [the] 

description [of the property], 

and I’d like to see 

this project move forward,” 

Elisco said. 

Commissioner Muriel 

Collison said she appreciated 

the changes that were 

are located in Highland 

Park, Glenview and Deerfield. 

Commissioner Steven 

Elisco suggested additional 

industrial-type lighting 

in the space, as well 

as making the handicap 

space in the parking lot 

more accessible to the entrance 

of the building. He 

also recommended updating 

the current entrance in 

terms of lock systems and 

handles. Elisco brought up 

concerns that the amount 

of parking shared between 

the two buildings would 

be insufficient in accommodating 

patrons. 

Castori responded saying 

there would be ample 

parking since one of the 

buildings in the lot is primarily 

used for storage, 

leaving enough parking 

made, and while she is in 

favor, she was in agreement 

with Elisco on the elimination 

of the loading dock. 

“I think that [the revised 

plan] is a much better use 

of the space, and I think it 

goes along really well with 

some of the development 

that’s already there,” 

Collison said. “It doesn’t 

really sound like the 

tenants that are going to be 

for CrossFit patrons. He 

also said he will be motivated 

to update the facilities 

in general anyway 

because it will attract more 

customers to the facility. 

“This [project] is not 

only going to be good for 

the area; it’s going to be 

good for me, too, because 

this building [was built] in 

1970, so ... I’ll be forced 

to upgrade the building,” 

Castori said. “I’ll have 

to go up to code on 

everything, so for instance, 

we’re building showers 

and upgrading everything 

to be accessible. ... It 

makes the building more 

attractive.” 

The docket will be presented 

again as a resolution 

to the Northbrook 

Village Board for further 

discussion. 

there will be really using a 

loading dock, and we have 

made exceptions in the 

past, [but] that removal can 

put some more green space 

and some buffering into 

[the design].” 

With all commissioners 

in favor, the 2990 Dundee 

Road project will be presented 

as a resolution to the 

Northbrook Village Board 

on Aug. 2. 

West Nile virus positive mosquitoes found in Northbrook 

SUBMITTED BY THE 

NORTH SHORE MOSQUITO 

ABATEMENT DISTRICT 

The North Shore 

Mosquito Abatement 

District has found the first 

West Nile virus positive 

mosquitoes to occur in its 

traps in Northbrook this 

year. 

Two batches of 

mosquitoes, collected on 

July 5 from a NSMAD 

trap in Northbrook, tested 

positive for West Nile 

virus in the lab on July 6. 

This year, West Nile 

positive batches of mosquitoes 

have also been 

found in traps located in 

Evanston, Glenview, Kenilworth, 

Morton Grove, 

Skokie, Wilmette and 

Winnetka. 

With the recent increase 

in West Nile virus activity 

in mosquitoes, the risk 

of human infection is 

increasing. The NSMAD 

recommends that 

residents take personal 

protection measures 

to minimize mosquito 

bites including: using 

insect repellent, wearing 

loose-fitting clothing and 

avoiding peak mosquito 

feeding times during 

the hours around dawn 

and dusk. Residents are 

urged to examine their 

property and eliminate 

any items that can hold 

water, particularly smaller 

items that may be easily 

overlooked. 

If it can hold water, it 

can breed mosquitoes.

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Laboring and learning, with sweet rewards 

Matt Yan, Editor 

Mike Eichstadt first got 

bit by the gardening bug 

when he visited his friend’s 

farm. The family grew corn 

and raised livestock, and 

Eichstadt, 8, liked helping 

out with the physical labor. 

After getting a taste 

of that lifestyle, he was 

hooked. 

So when he heard about 

a summer school organic 

farming class at Northbrook 

Junior High, he 

jumped at the opportunity 

to get back to work. The 

rising third-grader is one of 

45 students taking the class, 

learning about the plants, 

tending to them and pulling 

them when ripe. They sell 

their produce to District 

28 parents at a miniature 

farmers market adjacent to 

the garden, netting 25 cents 

per carrot and $2 per bag of 

lettuce. Proceeds go to the 

Northfield Township Food 

Pantry. 

Eichstadt doesn’t deal 

with behind-the-counter 

work as much as his classmates, 

opting instead to be 

a tour guide. 

On a recent tour Thursday, 

July 7, he pointed out 

various vegetables, naming 

them and rattling off characteristics 

about each one: 

The Swiss chards planted 

three weeks ago; the raspberry 

bushes whose fruits 

aren’t yet ripe; pea plants 

whose tendrils he calls 

“tentacles.” 

“This sunflower is one of 

the newest bloomers,” he 

said, pointing to a plant at 

least 7 feet tall. “We [didn’t 

Mike Eichstadt, 8, demonstrates deadheading — pinching 

off flowers — from a basil plant on Thursday, July 7, at 

the Northbrook Junior High organic garden. Matt Yan/22nd 

Century Media 

see] it bloom yesterday and 

now it is today.” 

Later, he demonstrated 

deadheading, or removing 

flower heads from plants to 

encourage growth. 

“It’s most important to 

do deadheading when you 

see flowers on the basil,” he 

said as he squeezed a small 

flower. “You want to pinch 

it off.” 

Eichstadt holds a wealth 

of knowledge about most 

plants in the garden thanks 

to teacher Emily Dischinger 

and garden manager 

Lauren Levinson’s curriculum. 

Dischinger, a seventhgrade 

special education 

teacher at the school, teaches 

two classes, “From Farm 

to Fork” and “Plant it. Eat 

it. Love it!” 

Three groups, two 

elementary and one 

middle-school, are 

enrolled in “Plant it” and 

take part in the planting and 

harvesting process, and 

learn about nutrition and 

ecology. The fourth group, 

all middle-schoolers, is 

enrolled in “From Farm 

to Fork” and investigates 

soil types, planting season 

and how local farmers 

markets — like the one 

in Northbrook — help 

sustain the environment 

and economy. 

Actually running the 

market is a responsibility 

deeded to all classes. 

Picking up customer service 

skills in the process 

has been a big undertaking 

for the children. 

“It’s pretty nerve-wracking 

at times ... because you 

don’t want to be embarrassed,” 

Eichstadt said. 

“Let’s say they want peas 

and you’re all out of peas. 

That’s not so embarrassing 

but it can upset the customers 

... which is pretty likely.” 

Most worries have been 

unfounded. This is the biggest 

customer turnout Ella 

Glazer, 11, has seen in her 

three seasons of working 

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Police Reports 

Northbrook Lowe’s one of several locations hit by theft 

Some Lowe’s locations 

have had customers attempt 

to return items they 

never bought. 

A store loss prevention 

agent reported three subjects 

entered the Northbrook 

store on July 3 and 

removed $1,021.75 worth 

of merchandise from the 

shelf. They then went to return 

the merchandise without 

a receipt and receive 

store credit at 11:05 a.m. at 

Lowe’s in the 1000 block 

of Willow Road. 

The agent reported other 

Lowe’s stores are experiencing 

the same thing. 

July 7 

• Federico Ramirez- 

Vazquez, 29, of Wheeling, 

was charged with a DUI 

over .08 BAC and improper 

lane usage at 1:56 a.m. in 

the 2600 block of Dundee 

Road. 

July 6 

• Playground equipment 

was damaged on July 3 in 


Road. Security video 

showed three offenders 

enter the playground at 

approximately 11:30 p.m. 

and damage the equipment. 

• A 5-foot bronze statue 

worth $1,000 was removed 

from an area near a driveway 

between July 1-3 in the 

1400 block of Linden Road. 

The homeowner reported it 

stolen at 10:04 a.m. 

• Several drums of scrap 

aluminum and copper were 

stolen from a business 

overnight June 26 in the 

3600 block of Commercial 

Avenue. The scrap material 

is valued at $1,620. 

• Occupants of a silver 

vehicle were observed 

stealing an $800 Stihl 

gas-powered hedge trimmer 

from a landscaping 

truck in the 1500 block 

of Lake Cook Road. The 

landscaping crew was 

working when they saw 

the silver vehicle drive up 

with three men inside the 

truck and take the hedge 

trimmer before fleeing 

eastbound onto Lake 

Cook Road. 

July 5 

• After shopping on July 

2, a woman discovered 

her wallet was stolen 

at 10:56 p.m. at Whole 

Foods in the 800 block 

of Willow Road. She remembers 

being bumped 

into several times while 

shopping and shortly after 

received fraud alerts from 

credit card companies reporting 

attempts to make 

large transactions on three 

of her credit cards. 

• A man entered a fitting 

room to try on shorts and 

when he exited he was 

wearing the shorts and 

left without paying at 

5:30 p.m. at Goodwill in 


Road. The reported loss is 

less than $5. 

• Vladimir A. Lossitch, 

19, of Glenview, was 

charged with possession 

of cannabis and possession 

of drug paraphernalia 

at 10:14 p.m. at the 

intersection of Founders 

Drive and Willow Road. 

July 4 

• Victor Rodriguez Barrios, 

27, of Wheeling, 

was charged with battery 

at 12:30 p.m. at Butterfields 

in the 4100 block of 

Dundee Road. There was 

a fight at the restaurant 

between two employees. 

When officers arrived they 

determined Rodriguez 

Barrios hit the victim in 

the head with his fist after 

exchanging some words. 

July 3 

• Gretchen L. Curth, 26, 

of the 1000 block of Cedar 

Lane, was charged 

with speeding and a DUI 

at 2:42 a.m. in the 3000 

block of Dundee Road. 

• Shawn S. Stoelting, 59, 

of the 2100 block of Techny 

Road, was charged with 

suspended registration and 

a suspended Illinois driver’s 

license at 6:08 p.m. at 

the intersection of Cherry 

Lane and Meadow Road. 

July 1 

• Jeremiah A. McMullen, 

30, of Lake Villa, 

was charged with aggravated 

domestic battery on 

an outstanding warrant 

at 10:07 p.m. in the 1000 

block of Sunset Ridge. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on 

file at police headquarters 

in Northbrook. Individuals 

named are considered 

innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of 

law. 

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Resident brings healing touch to Winnetka 

Liz Miller practices 

Chinese medicine 

at new alternative 

health studio 

Debbie Newmark 

Editorial Intern 

Liz Miller is an expert 

in Chinese medicine, yet 

has not ventured much further 

than her hometown of 

Northbrook. 

It all started when she 

herself was an ideal patient 

for alternative medicine. 

“I started a love affair 

with Chinese medicine and 

alternative healing in high 

school when I was getting 

a lot of headaches and not 

getting a lot of relief from 

Western medicine,” said 

Miller, who graduated 

from Glenbrook North. 

This prompted Miller 

to pursue a graduate degree 

from Pacific College 

of Oriental Medicine in 

the Loop where she studied 

under Christie Hwang 

Jordan, the founding director 

of Source Healing 

where Miller is now an 

acupuncture and alternative 

medicine practitioner. 

“Source Healing’s 

mission basically is to 

connect people to their 

source, their spark,” 

Miller said. “We really 

use Oriental medicine to 

inspire people’s health, 

healing, bodies and their 

entire way of looking at 

their bodies and life. … 

It’s Chinese medicine, it’s 

alternative medicine, but 

it’s more than that.” 

Source Healing attracts 

a wide variety of clients. 

People come in seeking 

anything from pain or 

stress relief to assistance 

with fertility. Often times, 

Westernized doctors will 

refer their patients to 

Source Healing for alternative 

medicine solutions. 

Sometimes, clients 

come in with nothing 

wrong in particular. “People 

come in just for a tuneup 

or a general balancing; 

preventative medicine is 

all about taking care of 

yourself before something 

happens,” Miller said. 

Source Healing offers acupuncture and alternative 

medicine. 

What distinguishes 

Miller from many other 

practitioners is that she 

tries all supplements and 

treatments on herself before 

administering them 

to patients. This way, she 

can empathize with how 

clients’ bodies react once 

they receive the healing. 

“The biggest thing I 

have learned is just to 

trust the medicine,” Miller 

said. 

In Chinese medicine, 

diet, sleep and exercise 

change with the seasons 

so that the body can adapt 

with what is happening in 

its environment. 

Miller believes that acupuncture 

and Source Healing 

can be beneficial for 

“anybody and everybody.” 

Clients begin with a 

90-minute consultation, 

which consists of a practitioner 

asking patients 

about why they are in for 

treatment as well as other 

aspects of their life so that 

the healer has a holistic 

view of their client. 

The patient will then 

receive treatment and will 

usually be recommended 

Liz Miller, a Northbrook native, works at the new Source 

Healing in Winnetka. Photos by Debbie Newmark/22nd 

Century Media 

to come back for four 

more that same month. 

Treatments usually consist 

of acupuncture but 

breath work, crystals and 

flower essences may also 

be involved. In addition, 

Source Healing provides 

each one of their clients 

with an initial written report, 

which provides tools 

that they can use at home. 

Source Healing’s newest 

location is in Winnetka 

and has been up 

and running for about two 

months. 

Although Miller has already 

had an established 

career thus far, her success 

has in no way stopped her 

from setting goals for her 

future as a practitioner. 

She would like to incorporate 

pediatrics into Source 

Healing’s practices. 

More than anything, 

however, Miller says, “I 

hope to become a better 

practitioner, a better acupuncturist 

and more in 

line with myself so I can 

inspire that in other people, 

too.” 

farmer 

From Page 4 

the farmers market. She, 

Alli Kushner, Lily Thompson 

and other classmates 

proudly showed off the market’s 

goods, including basil, 

carrots and three heads of 

cabbage that will be raffled 

off due to short supply. 

Dischinger said aside 

from kids getting to donate 

proceeds to charity 

and learning interpersonal 

skills through selling food, 

they also learn how to 

spend time outdoors. 

“There’s such a disconnect 

(now),” she said. 

“Kids don’t get outside, 

they don’t get to engage in 

nature that much. It’s really 

fun to have this right here 

that they can experience it.” 

“Most of our food comes 

from the supermarket,” she 

added. “We don’t really see 

that process. [The kids are] 

naturally fascinated, I love 

the curiosity that kids have. 

They’re literally clamoring 

for more vegetables.” 

Dischinger said the class 

helps address nature deficit 

disorder, an idea coined by 

the writer Richard Louv. 

The non-medical diagnosis 

describes the condition 

that happens when children 

don’t spend enough time 

outside. 

Here in Northbrook, 

these summer school students 

aren’t staring at 

chalkboards. They have to 

Students designed the signs for the market. Matt 

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water plants, pull weeds 

and almost everything 

adult gardeners have to do. 

Oh, and there are perks. 

“At this point they’ve 

tried probably 15 new veggies 

throughout the class,” 

said Levinson, listing the 

produce: zucchini, peppers, 

raspberries, carrots. 

Students aren’t forced 

to eat the vegetables. But 

many have embraced the 

new and varying tastes. 

“I may like [food] a 

little more because when 

they put herbs in the salad 

it had a strong taste to me, 

but when it was herb day 

— because in our class we 

taste a certain type of food 

— my tongue got used to 

it and it didn’t have that 

strong flavor anymore,” 

Eichstadt said. 

“Just seeing everything 

and how it grows gives it a 

better look before you eat 

it,” rising seventh-grader 

Kyra Schafer added. 

A 1990 study published in 

the journal Developmental 

Psychology showed that 

children repeatedly tasting 

unfamiliar foods increase 

their preference for that 

food. Other studies have 

come up with similar 

conclusions. 

There aren’t any studies 

going on at NBJH. 

Nevertheless, the students’ 

teacher is pleased with her 

class’s results. 

“I’m probably one of the 

few adults that gets to say 

to kids, ‘No, you’re going 

to have to wait to eat more 

vegetables,’ because they 

just love it,” Dischinger 

said. 

After taking this class, 

Schafer is toying with the 

idea of starting a new garden 

at home. 

“I’ve grown tomatoes 

and basil, rosemary and 

other things like that,” 

she said. “I think it’s cool 

to watch how each plant 

changes each day and how 

tall they get, like the sunflowers, 

or watching the 

tomatoes bloom.”

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THE LAKE FOREST LEADER 

City preps to sell property 

of LF-LB Historical Society 

The City of Lake Forest 

acknowledged its intent to 

sell the current property 

of the Lake Forest-Lake 

Bluff Historical Society 

at the Lake Forest City 

Council meeting on Tuesday, 

July 5. 

With an 8-0 vote, the 

council designated the 1/2- 

acre plot on 361 E. Westminster 

Ave. as surplus 

property, the first step in offering 

the property for sale. 

The plot, purchased 

by the City in 1994 for 

$230,000, has been leased 

to the historical society 

since 1998. An 18-month 

lease extension approved in 

2015 expires in September. 

The sale of the plot is 

part of a larger plan to 

redevelop the “cultural 

corridor,” an area east 

of McKinley Road and 

bounded by Westminster 

Avenue on the north and 

Illinois Road on the south. 

Adjacent properties have 

already been purchased by 

developers, said Alderman 

Jack Reisenberg. 

“Declaring the property 

as a surplus parcel will 

send a clear signal ... of the 

council’s intention to make 

this property available to 

support a high quality and 

cohesive redevelopment of 

the area,” Reisenberg said 

at the meeting. 

In January, the council, 

backed by its Property and 

Public Lands Committee, 

approved a resolution to 

have the Historic Preservation 

and Plan commissions 

study the cultural 

corridor and consider the 

361 E. Westminster Ave. 

property for redevelopment 

potential. 

Reporting by Kirsten Keller, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at LakeForestLeader. 

com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Glenview resident’s book 

highlights 1983 Chicago 

election 

Although Peter Nolan 

has lived on the North 

Shore for almost half a 

century, one year stands 

out among all others. 

Nolan was enthralled 

by the atmosphere in 1983 

Chicago as the election, 

according to Nolan, was 

full of “angst, anger and 

nastiness ... [and] like any 

campaign there was a lot 

of excitement and craziness 

and madness.” 

In 1983, Nolan was very 

interested by the mayoral 

election but didn’t have 

time in his busy schedule 

to research it beyond his 

duties as a reporter. 

“I covered [the campaigns] 

and I said ‘this is 

a great story and someday 

I would like to write about 

it,” Nolan said. “I didn’t 

get around to it for a couple 

of more years, but then 

I wrote it.” 

Nolan’s analysis of the 

1983 mayoral election in 

Chicago manifested in his 

book, “Campaign!: The 

1983 Election that Rocked 

Chicago,” published in 

2012. 

In order to conduct research 

for his book as a selfemployed 

and stay-at-home 

dad, Nolan used resources 

from his days at NBC. 

“I drew on a lot of my 

written work that I did [as 

a reporter] at the time,” Nolan 

said. “[I] kept all of the 

scripts that I wrote when I 

was covering the news.” 

Reporting by Debbie Newmark, 

Editorial Intern. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern.com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Little Garden Club 

encourages gardeners to 

plant native perennials 

For the past three years, 

the Little Garden Club of 

Wilmette has focused on 

reintroducing Midwestern 

plants into home gardens 

on the North Shore to 

compensate for native 

insects’ and birds’ recent 

loss of habitat. Due to 

housing, agricultural and 

industrial construction, 

the host and food plants 

of monarch butterflies, 

bees and birds have been 

depleted, causing all their 

populations to decline. 

But with the Little Garden 

Club of Wilmette’s 

creation of Pocket Prairie 

Gardens, homeowners are 

given an opportunity to 

restore the balance among 

wildlife within their own 

gardens. 

“We want to encourage 

neighbors to plant these 

native perennial plants, 

and we figured people 

will do it if it’s easy and 

if it’s attractive,” said 

Edie Rowell, Little Garden 

Club of Wilmette presenter 

at a June gardening 

event at Chalet Nursery in 

Wilmette. 

The Pocket Prairie 

has six simple steps, 

starting with gardeners 

determining the amount of 

sun their gardens receive 

so they can select the 

appropriate plants, set up 

the layout, and then prep 

their garden. The Little 

Garden Club of Wilmette 

cleverly named the four 

prairie options based on 

sun exposure Sunnyside 

Up, Half & Half, Shady 

Lady, and Sun Loving 

Prairie Container. 

Each different prairie 

offers seven to eight plants 

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a blue-crowned conure. I was 

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North Shore. 

I tend to be a bit cage aggressive 

and will put on a big show if you 

open my cage to clean it. However, I will step up 

nicely onto a towel and once away from my cage, I 

am a fun guy. When I get excited, the feathers on 

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After remodel, 

Eve’s Hallmark 

opens with new 

displays 

RIGHT: Business owners 

Evelin Antar (second 

from left) and George 

Antar (second from right) 

stand with Bob Caldwell 

and Village President 

Sandy Frum in the 

newly remodeled Eve’s 

Hallmark. Photo Submitted 

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From Page 12 

host and food plants and 

disprove gardeners’ usual 

fears of native plants. 

Reporting by Jeni Siegel, 

Editorial Intern. Full story at 

WilmetteBeacon.com. 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

Downtown TuneUp plan 

inches closer to Village 

Board review 

The Glencoe Plan Commission 

held open houses 

on May 21 and May 25 

to discuss the Downtown 

TuneUp draft plan with the 

public and the commission 

discussed the community 

input at its July 6 meeting. 

Discussion focused on signage 

and Wyman Green. 

The commission plans to 

vote at its next meeting on 

July 27 to send the plan to 

the Village Board for further 

discussion. The board 

would first hold a workshop 

and then a public hearing at 

a subsequent meeting. 

“That does not mean 

it will never change 

again, but it means that 

it’s in a version that we 

are comfortable talking 

about in a workshop 

and beginning that 

open discussion at 

the board level,” Plan 

Commission Chairman 

Caren Thomas said 

during the commission’s 

Wednesday, July 6 

meeting. “The workshop 

will be an opportunity for 

the board to give us input 

and if they have tweaks 

they would like.” 

Village Planner Lee 

Brown indicated that residents 

felt signage isn’t as 

necessary as it used to be 

with the technology available 

today. 

Still, the community 

felt that wayfinding signs 

should be present at Sheridan 

Road and Park Avenue, 

as well as Hazel Avenue 

and Sheridan Road, 

to highlight the central 

business district. 

The community also 

suggested that Wyman 

Green should have concerts, 

more movies, a 

green canopy, an outdoor 

theater with seating, free 

WiFi, a campus quad-like 

environment with a mix 

of active and casual uses, 

holiday celebrations, and 

formal gardens. 

Brown added that the 

public desired Wyman 

Green to be lush but not 

urban, more family-friendly, 

not paved and for the 

name of the facility to be 

changed because it conveys 

formality. 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at GlencoeAnchor.com. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Residents propose to 

divide lot into two 

“What we’ve got here is 

a failure to communicate,” 

as said in the 1967 film 

“Cool Hand Luke” applies 

to Dan and Debra Gill of 5 

Indian Hill Road. The Village 

Council unanimously 

agreed to have the Gills return 

to its Sept. 6 meeting 

with a revised plan after 

communicating with their 

neighbors. 

The Gills proposed 

to divide their existing 

85,290-square-foot lot 

into two lots, including a 

41,500-square-foot west 

lot and a 43,789-squarefoot 

east lot at the Village 

Council’s meeting on 

Tuesday, July 5. 

“Certainly one thing 

I’m disappointed about 

in this process is the fact 

that there hasn’t been any 

outreach or communication 

with the neighbors,” 

Trustee Chris Rintz said. 

“I’m a big proponent for 

us to table this and for you 

to take the time to reach 

out to your neighbors.” 

The proposal did not 

comply with the subdivision 

ordinance standard 

that side yard lot lines 

are not to abut rear yard 

lot lines, and the Gills requested 

relief from that requirement. 

“I don’t think that the 

side yard and back yard 

issue would affect anyone 

more than us and our 

next-door neighbors,” said 

Baird Smart, of the 100 

block of Church Road. 

“That’s not even the full 

size of this room, so we 

would be sitting on our patio 

with a brand new Mc- 

Mansion right there. This 

would be a hardship on us 

both in terms of construction, 

noise and the change 

on our whole back view.” 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. Full story 

at WinnetkaCurrent.com.

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Timelines 

Swim in the creek? Long-ago summers not quite the same 

Dan Kaye 

Contributing Columnist 

Northbrook Historical Society 

Ah, summertime. 

In early 

Shermerville/ 

Northbrook, living seldom 

was easy for most residents. 

However, summer 

usually provided some 

breaks from work and 

chances to enjoy at least a 

little leisure time. 

With fewer organized 

sports and activities a 

century ago, youngsters 

seemed especially attracted 

to the two creeks 

that ran through parts of 

the Village. According to 

“Northbrook, Illinois: The 

Fabric of Our History”, the 

water in both the west and 

middle forks of the North 

Branch of the Chicago 

River was much deeper in 

the early 1900s and served 

as a cooling-off spot for 

children when their farm 

chores were finished. 

Jean Bohannon recalled 

that “before the Village 

rerouted the creek [it ran 

farther west than it does 

now], there was a wooden 

bridge over Shermer Avenue. 

In the summertime, 

the boys would dive off the 

bridge and go swimming.” 

Sandlot baseball games 

were a popular summer 

pastime, but there also 

were some organized 

teams for older players. As 

early as 1907, a Shermerville 

team backed by tavern 

owner Henry Schilling 

played teams from other 

villages in Barrenscheen’s 

Grove, which later became 

Village Green Park. 

(Thirty-eight years later, 

in 1945, Northbrook’s first 

night softball game was 

played in Village Green 

Park.) 

It wasn’t until 1952 

that Little League baseball 

came to Northbrook 

largely through the efforts 

of Walter “Doc” O’Neill, 

who owned a store on 

Shermer across from the 

Village Green. Called at 

the time “the biggest sports 

program ever undertaken 

by the people of our 

town,” Little League in 

Northbrook started with 

four teams. Some might 

recall when the current Village 

Green diamond was 

positioned exactly opposite 

of how it is today, with 

home plate near where 

center field is now. That 

layout caused a problem: 

Foul balls often drifted 

onto Shermer and landed 

on parked cars. 

Many organizations for 

children either expanded or 

got their starts in Northbrook 

during this time — 

groups such as Boy Scouts, 

Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts 

and Brownies, along with 

Blue Bird, Camp Fire and 

4-H troops as well as the 

Horizon Club. The emphasis 

on more organized 

activities for young people 

came not long after the 

park district acquired Barrenscheen’s 

Grove in 1944. 

Thanks mainly to donations, 

the Youth Center 

(the building next to the 

History Museum across 

from St. Norbert) opened 

in August 1947. 

Meanwhile, all ages 

looked forward to summer 

parades and festivals. For 

many years the Memorial 

Day parade was the largest 

in Northbrook. Eventually 

the “Mile Long Parade” 

and other activities gave the 

Fourth of July that honor. 

Northbrook Days began 

modestly as Northbrook 

Day on Aug. 29, 1925. 

This year’s festival (now 

five days) will be the 92nd. 

Down through the years, 

Northbrook Days has 

featured many different 

activities such as firefighter 

water fights; contests for 

dance, costumes, flower 

growing, watermelon eating 

and pie eating; beauty 

pageants and bachelor auctions; 

parades, and a wide 

variety of concerts. The 

festival remains a highlight 

of summer in Northbrook. 

From the 1950s into 

the 1980s, Northbrook 

also had another popular 

summer festival: Round- 

Up Days, sponsored by 

George W. Benjamin 

American Legion Post 

791. For several years 

beginning in 1959, the 

Northbrook Lions Club 

sponsored a one-day stop 

by a big-top, three-ring 

circus. 

As Northbrook’s population 

exploded, so did recreational 

opportunities. The 

North Suburban YMCA 

provided many programs 

when its new building 

opened on Techny Road 

in early 1969. Northbrook 

Park District expansion 

followed the growth of the 

Village, with one of the 

biggest projects being the 

acquisition and development 

of Meadowhill Park 

in the late 1950s. The 

Meadowhill Velodrome 

became a popular facility, 

and the Meadowhill pool 

— a T-shaped, Olympicsized 

pool that was the 

only one of its kind on the 

North Shore — opened in 

August 1961. 

From the 1950s into the 1980s, George W. Benjamin American Legion Post 791 

hosted Round-Up Days, a popular July festival, on the Legion grounds at the corner 

of Walters Avenue and Pfingsten Road. photo Submitted 

The Northbrook Sports 

Club — “dedicated to the 

conservation of wild game 

life, the promotion of all 

clean sports and good fellowship” 

— was organized 

in 1947. The club eventually 

acquired 37 acres at 

the southwest corner of 

Pfingsten and Lake Cook 

roads, where pheasant 

hunts were held along with 

trapshooting. 

No mention of summertime 

recreation in Northbrook 

would be complete 

without including the 

many local golf courses. 

In the 1920s and ‘30s, 

there were at least six golf 

courses in Northbrook and 

unincorporated Northbrook. 

Of all the summertime 

activities for early 

Shermerville/Northbrook 

residents, the most popular 

might have been one of 

the simplest: a picnic in 

the park. Bartelme’s Grove 

at the northeast corner of 

Waukegan and Shermer 

roads featured a pond and 

was one enjoyable spot, 

but the favorite location 

was Barrenscheen’s Grove 

in the center of town. 

It was the popularity 

of Barrenscheen’s Grove, 

however, that led to one of 

the milestones in Village 

history. As Edgar Wessling 

explained in “The Fabric 

of Our History”: 

“People came out on the 

train and picnicked all day 

in Barrenscheen’s Grove. 

The townspeople were 

afraid to go out on the 

streets, there was so much 

commotion.” 

Drunkenness and disorderly 

conduct by out-oftowners 

became a growing 

problem for the quiet Village 

of 500, and by 1920 

Shermerville had acquired 

an unsavory reputation. 

The result: On Jan. 8, 

1923, the Shermerville 

Village Board voted 6-1 

to change the name of the 

town to Northbrook. 

And the rest is history. 

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Shermerville/Northbrook 

in “The Fabric of Our 

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A 

garden is the perfect 

classroom. 

It has no chairs, 

nor tables. No chalkboards 

grace its walls, no computers 

dot its landscape. Pencils 

aren’t part of a garden, 

and there is no paper. 

A garden is the classroom 

without a room. It’s a 

gateway to learning, where 

the only gates are meant to 

keep out hungry wildlife. 

Here, children and adults 

alike can learn about the 

pieces of our world that 

sustain us: Food, insects, 

plant life. 

While you can resist all 

knowledge forced on you 

in a classroom, you cannot 

spend any extended period 

of time in a garden without 

learning. You can fold 

your arms, put a frown on 

your face and harumph 

like Scrooge. The garden, 

oblivious, will change 

around you with or without 

your consent. The classroom 

is different every 

time you walk in. And 

thus you will learn about 

change and growth. 

A garden class like the 

one at Northbrook Junior 

High (story on Page 4) isn’t 

about forcing children to 

like vegetables, or do hard 

labor. Many kids voluntarily 

took this class out 

of curiosity. They want to 

learn. They’re naturally curious 

— everything is new 

to them — so a garden is 

Cabbage plants at the Northbrook Junior High organic garden are nearly ripe for 

picking. Matt Yan/22nd Century Media 

the perfect venue to explore 

and expand their world. 

Being surrounded by 

plant life allows them to 

reconnect with nature in a 

safe environment. Urban 

living has, unfortunately, 

deposited us in sterile, 

nonliving spaces: office 

buildings, fieldhouses, 

movie theaters. Each of 

these has their time and 

place, but natural spaces 

also have theirs. 

A garden is an ideal spot 

since it’s a space where you 

can learn to fail. Kids don’t 

get the chance to confront 

failure anymore. Too much 

coddling and hand-holding, 

I think. Not enough letting 

go and letting them figure it 

out on their own. They can 

fail, learn their mistakes 

and do it better next time. 

Humans have been failing 

for thousands of years, and 

getting back up and trying, 

trying again. 

In this case the topic is 

nurturing plants, ‘cause if 

they aren’t cared for they 

will certainly wither away 

and die. And what if the 

garden begins to die? Kids, 

and adults, for that matter, 

cannot run away from their 

own backyard gardens. 

The garden isn’t dangerous. 

Having plants die 

won’t destroy your social 

standing, which in the kid 

world is everything. People 

won’t get angry at you if 

you don’t take care of your 

own plants. That’s on you. 

Gardening is forging a 

relationship with the earth 

that continues to give you 

life. It’s a direct connection 

to the food chain you are a 

part of. 

Engaging with a garden 

means you accept it for 

everything it is at all times: 

seed, dirt, life, death. 

It helps us understand 

our place here, who we 

are. And if we can get 

some fresh zucchini out 

of it, that’s not too shabby 

either. 

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Glenview Chamber of Commerce 

Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce 

Business 

expo 

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Nightlife on the 

North Shore Where to 

be this weekend, Page 25 

Sweet and simple 

Disotto brings its high-end cuisine 

to Highwood, Page 28 

Explorers Club educates children on 

healthful food options, Page 23 

Sabrina Strasser, 9, tries the 

vegetable of the day, kohlrabi, 

with her grandma, Carole 

Vitaterna, of Northbrook, 

on July 6 at the Northbrook 

Farmers Market. Alyssa 

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

THE NORTH SHORE: Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Ride the breeze 

5. U or I 

10. Alliance agreement 

14. Away from the 

gusts 

15. High-strength 

adhesive 

16. Babylon’s continent 

17. Goes off 

18. Illinois, e.g. 

19. Drive-___ (fastfood 

franchise feature) 

20. In the continental 

U.S. 

22. Put up 

23. Trade org. formed 

in 1958 

24. Wilmette elementary 

school 

26. New Trier boys 

wrestler, Jake ____ 

30. Revoke 

31. Smooths 

32. “Fond du” finish 

33. Onetime Hemingway 

home 

37. Commanded right 

38. Early U.S. coin 

40. Summit position 

41. In the neighborhood 

of 

42. Chicken/king connector 

43. Slope 

44. Unnecessary cost 

46. One of Santa’s 

reindeer 

47. Restrain 

49. Grand -- (wine 

type) 

50. Spartan girls basketball 

star, Miranda 

____ 

51. Old-style theater 

guide 

57. Life 

58. Eye lashes 

59. Sand bunker 

60. Pick up 

61. Poem in the Bible 

62. Succeed, with 

“through” 

63. Quite a few 

64. To an abundant 

degree 

65. Ballyhoo 

Down 

1. History class topics 

2. ‘’. . . ___ like 

Christmas’’ 

3. Greek salad cheese 

4. Tryout 

5. Frigate or ferry 

6. Vision-related 

7. Herb or blue dye 

8. On the surface 

9. “Fight Club” 

chemical 

10. Line outside a 

police station? 

11. Ghostly in appearance 

12. About, date-wise 

13. Strained 

21. Snaky fishes 

22. Large Australian 

fowl 

25. “Going ___, going 

...” 

26. Plastic block 

maker 

27. Upside down 

28. ‘’Pee-___ Big Adventure’’ 

(1985 film) 

29. Gifts to a university 

30. Pool problem 

34. Rocky Mountain 

state 

35. Miller on skis 

36. Little or Short 

38. Smooth the way 

39. Do-gooder’s 

quality 

43. Huge wild ox 

45. Follower of Mar. 

46. Really, really 

handsome 

47. Prefix meaning 

sun 

48. Behind, on the 

briny 

49. Penetrating cold 

50. It holds water 

52. Three Stooges 

blow 

53. Decorate, as a 

sword blade 

54. Paris’s city 

55. Drive down 

56. Fencing sport 

58. Returns pro 

Let’s see what’s on 

Tune in all month in July to Northbrook Community Television, 

cable Channel 17 

7 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Glenview Northbrook Coalition for 

Youth — Raising Resilient Youth 

1 and 9 p.m. 

Parent University — Deborah Heitner 

“Social Media” 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column 

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Northbrook Fourth of July Parade 

10 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

North Shore Senior Center — “Crime 

Prevention In The Northern Suburbs” 

11 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

Earth and Arbor Day 2016 

Noon, 8 p.m. and midnight 

Talk Around Town with Jack & Susan - 

Glenkirk 

10 p.m. 

Northbrook An American Tapestry 

Northbrook Community Television — NCTV 

Cable Channel 17 is a Government Access 

Channel with programming specifically geared 

for Northbrook residents and businesses. 

Northbrook residents and businesses can tune 

to NCTV for Village Board and Plan Commission 

meetings, as well as Village information 

and current news during times of emergencies. 

(AT&T U-verse subscribers-Tune to AT&T 

channel 99 and search Northbrook to view 

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answers 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Northbrook Farmers Market 

finds ways to involve kids 

Alyssa Groh, Assistant Editor 

It is Wednesday morning 

and the hot summer sun is 

beginning to rise while local 

vendors and volunteers 

arrive in Northbrook to set 

up for the weekly farmers 

market. Dedicated vendors 

and volunteers arrive at the 

Meadow Shopping Center 

parking lot at the intersection 

of Cherry Lane and 

Meadow Road well before 

7 a.m. to showcase their 

produce or specialty items 

they have to offer. 

The Northbrook Farmers 

Market operates from 

June to October every 

Wednesday from 7 a.m.-1 

p.m., rain or shine. More 

than 2,000 people attend 

this event every Wednesday. 

The market is celebrating 

its eighth year 

bringing more vendors, 

activities and programs to 

the community. 

“We focus on high-quality 

artisan-type foods,” 

said Dale Duda, the farmers 

market manager. “Not 

all farmers markets have 

artisan foods, but we do.” 

Duda and her staff take 

pride in the quality of the 

market’s vendors and artisan 

foods as they have 

fresh, locally grown, organic 

produce that doesn’t 

contain any chemicals or 

pesticides. “Our mission 

is to be good stewards of 

the environment, which is 

why our vendors don’t do 

a lot of spraying or use any 

chemicals or pesticides,” 

she said. 

Another unique thing 

about the Northbrook 

Farmers Market is it’s 

much smaller than most 

— compact so visitors can 

see every vendor on the 

same street, minimizing 

The farmers market has a robust array of offerings like 

these vegetables from Sunny Harvest Farm. photos by 

Alyssa Groh/22nd Century Media 

These turnips were being sold by Tom’s Backyard 

Garden at the market. 

the walking distance to 

each vendor. This also allows 

community members 

to interact with the vendors 

and get to know their 

background. 

One way visitors interact 

with vendors is through 

the Explorers Club, which 

is new this year. 

“The Explorers Club 

is a kids educational program 

to help children learn 

about fruits and vegetables 

and to help them learn 

about farmers markets,” 

said Junie Brame, the coordinator 

of the Explorers 

Club. 

The club is for children 

ages 4-12 and takes place 

once a month. Each month 

children are invited to 

participate in different 

activities, this month’s 

being a scavenger hunt. 

The scavenger hunt asks 

children to walk around 

to each vendor finding 

different-sized and colored 

fruits and vegetables. 

Once completed, they turn 

in the scavenger hunt to 

receive $3 in market bucks 

that can be used as real 

money to purchase fruits 

and vegetables from the 

vendors. 

The Explorers Club also 

features a vegetable of the 

month in efforts to help 

kids try new vegetables 

and learn about all of the 

different vegetables available. 

Last Wednesday, children 

who were willing tried 

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Faith Briefs 

St. Giles Episcopal Church (3025 

Walters Ave.) 

Noonday Prayer 

12:10-12:40 p.m. Tuesdays. 

A new service of 

Noonday Prayer has begun. 

Come each Tuesday 

in the Prayer Room at the 

south end of the education 

building. All are welcome. 

For more information visit 

saint-giles.org. 

Christian Formation 

9-10 a.m. on the second 

Sunday of each month. 

Enjoy a free community 

breakfast. For more information 

visit saint-giles. 

org. 

Islamic Cultural Center of Greater 

Chicago (1810 Pfingsten Road) 

Jum’ah Prayer 

1-2 p.m. Fridays, this 

prayer includes a khutba 

(sermon) by Imam, followed 

by the prayer. For 


(847) 272-0319 or visit 

www.icc-greaterchicago. 

com. 

Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook (2095 

Landwehr Road) 

Weekly Monday Night 

Talmud 

Join Rabbi Shua 

Greenspan at 7 p.m. on 

Mondays for Talmud. The 

Talmud is a repository 

of thousands of years of 

Jewish wisdom consisting 

of a law, legend and 

philosophy. Call (847) 

564-8770 for more 

information. 

Tuesday Women to Women 

Class 

Weekly women’s 

class hosted by Mrs. 

Chaya Epstein at 2:15 

p.m. Women to Women 

is a Jewish women’s 

organization run by 

women for women. The 

class currently is a study 

of prayer connecting to the 

inner essence and to the 

Creator. Call (847) 564- 

8770 for more information. 

Northbrook Evangelical Covenant 

Church (2737 Techny Road) 

Mothers of Preschoolers 

The MOPS group will 

connect moms in the community 

with one another to 

share the journey of motherhood. 

Meetings will be 

every other Friday, from 

9:15-10:45 a.m. For more 

information, visit northbrookcovenant.org/ministries/mops. 

Nanoom Worship 

The Nanoom Korean 

congregation worships 

Christ at 12:30 p.m. every 

Sunday in Fellowship 

Hall. Nanoom Church is 

a community of faith that 

consoles immigrants who 

received pain and suffering 

in their lives and provide 

spiritual renewal through 

worship. As a church that 

practice the Lord’s command 

to love neighbors, 

more than 50 percent of 

offerings go towards missions 

and relief. Presently, 

the church cooperating 

with 13 overseas and regional 

mission fields. 

Northbrook Community Synagogue 

(2548 Jasper Court) 

Morning Minyan 

Join this morning minyan 

followed by breakfast 

on weekdays at 7:15 a.m. 

and on Sundays and federal 

holidays at 9 a.m. For 

more information, please 

call (847) 509-9204. 

Northbrook United Methodist Church 

(1190 Western Ave.) 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

Every Thursday from 

7:30-9 p.m. the church 

hosts an AA meeting in the 

basement. 

Temple Beth-El (3610 W. Dundee Road) 

Shabbat Under the Stars 

Enjoy a Shabbat dinner 

starting at 6 p.m. and an 

outdoor musical family 

service at 7 p.m. at Wood 

Oaks Park on Friday, July 

22. Bring a “Ravinia” 

style picnic and a blanket 

or lawn chair. If there is 

inclement weather, meet 

at Temple Beth-El, 3610 

Dundee Road for “Shabbat 

Under the Stairs.” 

For more information, 

contact Janice Hadesman 

at Temple Beth-El at 847- 

205-9982 or jhadesman@ 

templebeth-el.org. 

Early Oneg 

Spend Friday evenings 

with this informal early 

evening participatory service, 

led by the clergy 

in the Mishkan (chapel). 

Dress casually for this 

one-hour service, which 

begins with an early oneg 

at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 

6 p.m. service, which will 

provide an opportunity 

to return home and enjoy 

a lovely Shabbat dinner 

with family or friends afterwards. 

Light appetizers 

(cheese, crackers, fruit, 

vegetables and cookies) 

will be served. 

Casual Morning Minyan 

On Saturdays at 9:30 

a.m., join for a Shabbat, 

lay-led, participatory service 

held in the Mishkan 

(chapel). The one-hour 

service is informal and 

open to young and old 

alike. After worship, many 

participants remain for a 

lively discussion about the 

Torah portion over a bagel 

and coffee. 

Village Presbyterian Church (1300 

Shermer Road) 

Prayer Shawl Ministry 

Every first and third 

Monday from 12:30-2 

p.m. members gather at 

the church to knit prayer 

shawls for various members 

who are in need of 

comfort and healing, as 

well as those celebrating 

blessings such as new 

births. 

Young Israel of Northbrook (3545 

Walters Ave.) 

Weekly Monday Night 

Torah Study 

Study Torah with Rabbi 

Herschel Berger, spiritual 

leader of Young Israel of 

Northbrook, at 7 p.m. on 

Mondays. Discussions 

will correlate the study 

topic to modern daily life. 

No charge. For further information, 

contact Rabbi 

Berger at (847) 205-1910 

or hbglobemet@aol.com. 

St. Norbert Catholic Church (1809 

Walters Ave.) 

Totus Tuus 

Totus Tuus is a Catholic 

summer youth program for 

grades 1-6 Monday, July 

18 through Friday, July 22 

from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 

for grades 7-12 Sunday, 

July 17 through Thursday, 

July 21 from 7-9 p.m.. This 

program is dedicated to 

sharing the gospel through 

catechesis, Christian witness, 

Eucharistic worship 

and Marian devotion. For 

more information go to 

www.stnorbertparish.org. 

Submit information 

for The Tower’s Faith 

page to Alyssa Groh at 


com. Deadline is noon on 

Thursday. Questions? Call 

(847) 272-4565. 

In Memoriam 

Solis Dudnick 

Solis Dudnick, 

93, of 

Northbrook, passed 

away. He was the beloved 

husband of Danna 

(née Levy); loving father 

of Andrew, Donna (Ron) 

Harris and the late Michael; 

cherished grandfather 

of Robert and Laura 

June Dudnick, Joshua 

(Anna) Harris and Lara, 

James, Sarah and Noah 

Winkler; dear brother of 

Herbert (Renee) and the 

late Robert; stepfather of 

Scott (Frida), Bruce (Carol) 

and Steven Winkler. 

He was a World War II 

Navy veteran and former 

president of Continental 

Paper Grading Co. Solis 

was known and loved for 

his sense of humor, generosity 

and artistic skill, 

and for helping people. In 

lieu of flowers, memorials 

may be made to the charity 

of your choice. 

Cornelius J. Snelten 

Cornelius J. Snelten, 82, 

formerly of Northbrook, 

passed away peacefully 

at his home on June 22, 

surrounded by his loving 

family. He is survived 

by his wife Margien (née 

Campbell) of 61 years. 

He was a devoted father 

to Cory (Debbie), Lezlie 

(Tom) Geraci and Chris 

(Jenny); cherished grandfather 

to Brian (Kirstin) 

Snelten, Michelle (Jason) 

Dobler, Jennifer (Tony) 

Marquardt, Adam Petry, 

James Mangum, Shannon 

Petry, Kyle Snelten 

and Jessica Mangum 

and great-grandfather to 

Ayden and Gavin Dobler, 

Avery and Cameron 

Snelten, and Daniel and 

Michael Marquardt. 

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kohlrabi, a vegetable many 

of them had never heard of. 

“It is really good for kids 

to come and try fruits and 

vegetables and it is important 

for them to be having it 

as part of their diet,” Brame 

said. The program, which 

was started because education 

is part of the farmers 

market’s mission, also 

helps children understand 

the connection between 

farms and the foods we eat. 

Julie Gidaspow and her 

son Zach, 5, of Northbrook, 

attended the farmers market 

this past Wednesday and enjoy 

eating all different kinds 

of fruits and vegetables. 

“Zach loves trying new 

food and loves getting 

fruits and tomatoes from 

here, they are his favorite,” 

Julie said. 

Programs at the Northbrook 

Farmers Market 

don’t stop there. Visitors 

are also asked to donate 

reusable bags as part of the 

tote donation program. The 

donated totes are handed 

out to visitors that forget 

to bring bags for the items 

they buy or need a reusable 

bag. This program helps 

the community stay environmentally 

friendly. 

Another program the 

farmers market offers is 

a Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program. This 

program allows Link card 

users to swipe their card 

and earn double the money 

up to $25 at the farmers 

market, thanks to sponsors. 

“When people hear about 

the SNAP double value 

program they don’t think 

there is a need for it in 

Northbrook but you would 

be surprised,” Duda said. 

“When I heard about this 

program at a conference it 

didn’t take much convincing, 

to me it was a no-brainer 

that we were doing it.” 

The market also gives 

back to the community by 

donating the leftover food 

to the Northfield Township 

Food Pantry. 

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Disotto isn’t your grandma’s Italian restaurant 

Courtney Jacquin 

Contributing Editor 

As you walk into Disotto, 

Highwood’s newest 

dining destination, there’s 

a warm, homey feeling as 

soon as you walk in the 

door. It’s a sort of “grandma’s 

Tuscan wine basement” 

feel, with layered 

bricks, a host stand that 

looks like a wine barrel and 

matching and mismatched 

antique plates. But unless 

grandma was an all-star 

chef, this is nothing like 

Sunday supper. 

Disotto takes the former 

location of PM Prime and 

Gabriel’s restaurant, but 

the feel is entirely new. 

The team took nearly a 

year gutting and rehabbing 

the space before opening 

two-and-a-half months 

ago. The main dining 

room has that wine cellar 

feel without being too 

dark — large windows by 

the bar look out onto the 

patio and Green Bay Road, 

and the open kitchen keeps 

the dining room lively and 

fun. Downstairs is a bit 

quieter with two dining 

rooms that can be closed 

off for private events. 

Disotto, part of 

Francesca’s Restaurants 

group, is no stranger to 

the North Shore, with 

Francesca’s Intimo in Lake 

Forest and Francesca’s in 

Northbrook. 

But with Disotto, the 

team tried to move away 

from the classic Francesca’s 

feel and try something 

a little different and 

unique. 

“When you don’t have to 

do very much to it, you’re 

just letting the food speak 

for itself, and I think when 

it’s that unadulterated 

experience, you just 

let people relax in their 

chairs and just give them 

a really awesome service 

Disotto 

310 Green Bay Road, 

Highwood 

(224) 765-9490 

disottoitalian.com 

5-9 p.m. Monday- 

Thursday 

11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday 

11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; 

5-10 p.m. Saturday 

10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; 4-8 

p.m. Sunday 

experience,” general 

manager Edgar Lincoln 

said. “That, to me, is the 

ultimate dinner party.” 

Our meal started with 

appetizers, including the 

egg toast ($11) covered 

in fontina cheese on a bed 

of asparagus. The bread is 

hollowed and has two egg 

yolks on top and is covered 

in truffle oil. The truffle oil 

is rich and decadent, and 

its potent and wonderful 

smell announced the dish’s 

presence before it even 

made it to the table. Bread, 

egg and truffle oil sounds 

incredibly heavy, but 

somehow Disotto’s chefs 

manage to make this dish 

somewhat light, making 

it an ideal start to a meal 

or even a potential brunch 

item. 

Beef tartare followed, a 

rich Wagu sirloin mixed 

with Worcestershire sauce, 

sherry vinegar and seasonings 

and topped with 

homemade salt and vinegar 

chips. 

Disotto’s pizza is unique 

— the pizza dough is 

stretched like traditional 

dough, but then it’s placed 

on the grill. The technique 

results in a smoky flavor 

and a great chew. The margherita 

pizza ($13) is simple 

with mozzarella, San 

Marzano tomato, olive oil 

and basil, but the flavors 

are complex. 

It’s a reoccurring theme 

Disotto’s beef tartare ($13) comes with chopped egg, 

capers, and house-made salt and vinegar chips. Photos 

by Matt Yan/22nd Century Media 

The half-roasted chicken ($19) is served with potatoes 

alla grec, natural jus, roasted garlic and salsa verde. 

in the menu: few, but quality 

ingredients. 

“Of the dishes you had 

today, none of them had 

more than about five or 

six ingredients,” executive 

chef Daniel Harris said. 

“Our goal is to keep it as 

simple as possible and let 

the ingredients shine for 

themselves.” 

Disotto’s pasta are primarily 

made in-house 

from scratch. 

One of Lincoln’s 

favorite menu item is the 

pappardelle ($17): long, 

flat noodles wrapped 

around a Bolognese 

sauce, herbs and shaved 

Parmesan cheese. The 

noodles are al dente with 

just the right amount of 

chew, and the sauce isn’t 

overly heavy, like many 

meat sauces. 

The sauce is credited 

on the menu as “Sal’s Bolognese.” 

Sal isn’t a chef 

at Disotto, but rather an 

insistent Italian man Harris 

met while traveling in 

Italy who believed no one 

outside of Bologna could 

make a quality Bolognese. 

“I’m sitting in this little 

osteria in Bologna and 

I’m blown away, I’m like, 

‘This is the best pasta I’ve 

ever had’ and this guy sitting 

next to me says, ‘No 

it’s not,’” Harris said. “So 

we’re just sitting there, 

we’re drinking Lambrusco, 

we’re hanging 

out, and we get to know 

each other and he says, 

‘You’re a chef? I’ll teach 

The pappardelle ($17) is topped with Sal’s Bolognese 

sauce, herbs and parmesan. 

The egg toast ($11) is covered in fontina cheese on a 

bed of asparagus and topped with truffle oil. 

you how to make Bolognese.’ 

So we get to know 

Sal, go over there — he’s 

a stranger, but these are 

the nicest people in the 

world — it was an all day 

experience, and it’s this 

whole process, and his 

Bolognese is what we try 

to emulate here.” 

The orecchiette ($15) is 

another standout, a slightly-spicy 

pasta dish with 

fennel sausage, Calabrian 

chiles, rapini, pecorino 

cheese, garlic and lemon. 

The orecchiette, which 

means “little ears” in Italian, 

is bell-shaped, allowing 

the pasta to hold the 

sauce well. Much like the 

pappardelle, the pasta is 

cooked to al dente perfection. 

For larger dinner dishes, 

the salmon ($24) and 

the half roasted chicken 

($19) are musts. The 

salmon, according to Lincoln, 

is currently the restaurant’s 

best seller, and 

it’s no surprise why: The 

filet is charred on the top, 

giving the skin a deep flavor 

and crunch, accented 

well with the bed of fresh 

asparagus, cucumber, radish 

and avocado. 

Everyone we met at Disotto 

was incredibly passionate 

about their work 

and the restaurant, and 

that passion is so clearly 

evident in the food. Highwood 

is already a North 

Shore destination for dining, 

but Disotto is making 

the case even stronger.

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Tommy Gertner 

Tommy Gertner is a rising senior 

receiver and kicker on the football team 

at Glenbrook North. 

Do you have any pregame rituals 

or superstitions? 

Usually I go home right after school and 

I lift and listen to my favorite music. Then 

I start heading back to school and I always 

watch the game before mine. And then 

usually I just chill with my teammates and 

try to keep my mind off the game. 

Of all the sports you play — 

baseball, basketball and football 

— what sport is your favorite? 

Baseball is my favorite because I am 

probably better at it and I have been playing 

it since I was about 3 years old. I also 

loved playing it when I was little with my 

dad out in the front yard or playing whiffle 

ball with my friends. 

What made you stick with being 

a three-sport athlete instead of 

focusing on one sport? 

I just enjoy playing all three and making 

new friends, I love playing with my 

friends. That is probably the main reason 

I keep on doing it every day. 

What is your mindset going into a 

football game? 

I just try to do my best, and do the best 

that I can do. Just doing my part and hopefully 

the other 10 guys will do their part 

and we will get the best result that we can. 

If you could have dinner with 

anyone who would it be? 

I would say Chris Sale, the pitcher for 

the White Sox. He is my role model and 

my favorite baseball player and I’ve been 

watching him for a while. 

If you were stranded on an island, 

what is the one thing you couldn’t 

live without? 

I would say my phone. I am always on 

my phone checking my texts, Snapchat, 

Instagram. I am a big social media guy. 

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If you could travel anywhere in the 

world where would you go? 

I have always wanted to go to the Bahamas. 

We have always talked about going as 

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I am very afraid of heights, like deathly 

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out. I remember as a kid we went to the 

Sears Tower as a family, and I just couldn’t 

do it. I was always the only one to not go up 

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What is your favorite memory 

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My favorite memory was last year in the 

playoff game it was our second drive on 

offense and I caught a pass on fourth-andthree 

to give us a lead. And then the rest of 

the playoff game it was a great experience, 

it was just a fun thing to be a part of. 

What is the best advice you have 

ever received? 

Strive for greatness and never give up 

on your dreams. I have always been told to 

give up on a sport instead of doing all three. 

A lot of coaches want me to focus on their 

sport and quit one sport or quit two sports. 

But I have stuck with all three and I have 

to say that is something that I am probably 

happy I didn’t give up on. The quote partially 

came from my mom because she always 

wanted me to do all three sports. 

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Alumni Spotlight 

Washelesky excels in first year at Carthage 

Under Glenview 

native Meyer, GBN 

alum led Lady Reds 

in goals 

Hunter Tickel 


Less than 50 miles 

north of Glenbrook North 

and South, two alums of 

these rivaling schools are 

teaming up as a playerand-coach 

combo at Carthage 

College. 

Fresh off a team-leading 

12 goals in her rookie 

campaign with the Lady 

Reds soccer team, Maggie 

Washelesky heads into her 

second collegiate season 

with plenty of confidence. 

“I couldn’t have asked 

for a better freshman season,” 

said Washelesky, 

a 2015 GBN graduate. 

“I couldn’t believe how 

much I was playing. I got 

a lot of experience. Playing 

with the older girls 

and already getting team 

chemistry with them. I 

can’t wait for what the future 

holds for us.” 

The former Spartan, 

who started all 19 

matches, added three 

assists for a total of 27 

points, the fourth-highest 

points output in the 

College Conference of 

Illinois and Wisconsin. 

The forward’s connection 

to her coach, Sara 

Meyer, a Glenview native 

and Glenbrook South 

alum, stemmed from club 

and prep soccer in the 

north suburbs. 

“I think it’s really 

good,” Meyer said of the 

current level of soccer in 

the North Shore. “I think 

the opportunity to play 

at a high level with great 

coaches is there. The 

Washelesky ranks second all-time in career goals 

(56) at GBN, including 21 goals her senior year. 22nd 

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showcases, too. The Pepsi 

Showdown is a great thing 

for high schools and college 

coaches to see. That’s 

where I saw Maggie the 

first time, when she was a 

junior.” 

Washelesky continues 

to benefit from the North 

Shore bond they share. 

“It was a bonus,” 

Washelesky said of her 

college coach and her 

both being from North 

Shore. “She knew my 

club coach, they had connections 

there. She was 

able to see me play more. 

Being close to me, we are 

able to get coffee sometimes. 

Sometimes if I need 

a ride home, she can drive 

me home for holidays.” 

Meyer is above .500 in 

her six years of coaching, 

five at Carthage. In 2013, 

she guided the team to 

a third-place finish in 

the regular season and a 

conference championship 

game appearance, the 

program’s first in six 

years. 

She enjoyed even more 

success as a player at 

Wheaton College. 

As the captain of that 

team in 2004, she led the 

squad to a 25-1 record and 

a national title. She earned 

all-region accolades in 

back-to-back seasons, in 

addition to CCIW Player 

of the Year in 2003. 

As a coach, she is having 

a different impact on 

young women. Washelesky 

felt the recruiting 

process was personal 

rather than Meyer trying 

to sell her on the program. 

“Sara Meyer made me 

feel really welcome,” 

Washelesky said. “She 

made me feel like a person 

rather than just a player 

for her. I wanted to stay 

relatively close to home.” 

As an underclassman, 

Meyer said Washelesky is 

contributing in ways often 

characteristic of a seasoned 

veteran. 

“If she has free time, 

she is on the field,” Meyer 

said. “Until they kick her 

off, getting touches on the 

ball and motivated to continue 

to be better. She has 

a contagious attitude with 

her teammates. She makes 

them better.” 

Before Washelesky’s 

sophomore season begins 

Maggie Washelesky, a 2015 Glenbrook North graduate, was the Carthage College 

scoring leader as a freshman. Carthage College Sports Information 

on Sept. 1, in Claremont, 

Calif., she is working 

on a couple of things. 

She’s getting in touches 

everyday, completing the 

fitness, weight and skills 

team packet, working 

youth soccer camps and 

possibly getting girls from 

Naperville and Park Ridge, 

among other suburbs, 

together for open field.



Local swimmers win 10 golds at Special Olympics Summer Games 

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SUBURBAN YMCA 

The North Suburban 

YMCA’s Flying Turtles 

swim team rose to the occasion 

for their first statewide 

meet, earning 10 

gold medals and two silvers 

in the Illinois Special 

Olympics Summer Games. 

Coached by Tom March, 

nine swimmers from the 

team qualified as contenders 

at the state-level 

games, which were held at 

Normal Community West 

High School in Normal. 

Several of the NSYMCA 

swimmers earned gold 

medals for their first-place 

finishes by age group, 

including Sean Phelan, 

Melanie Martinez, Kevin 

Dinga and Joseph Erie in 

the 25-meter freestyle; Joe 

King in the 50 free and 50 

fly; Andrew Massari in the 

100 free; Kai Miller in the 

50 breaststroke and 50 free; 

and Sean Phelan in the 25 

breaststroke. Sam Kasallis 

earned a silver in his 25 

free race, as did Nate Freeman 

in the 50 free. 

The Summer Games is 

a premier sports competition 

for Illinois Special 

Olympians with more than 

4,000 athletes and Unified 

Partners competing in six 

different sports. Nearly 

11,000 people attend the 

games each year. 

“All nine swimmers 

dropped amazing amounts 

of time off of their swims,” 

March said. “Our relay 

came in 22 seconds faster 

than their time at the district 

meet.” 

Perhaps more importantly 

though, the swimmers 

developed socially, 

making new friends and 

learning to interact, play 

and work as a team. 

“You could just see the 

pride in how they performed 

and interacted with 

each other as a true team. 

When they were not swimming, 

they were in the 

stands cheering on their 

teammates,” March said. 

The Flying Turtles swim 

team is just one of the 

many special needs programs 

and services offered 

by the North Suburban 

YMCA. 

For more information 

on the Flying Turtles, 

contact Tom March, 

Tmarch@nsymca.org. For 

additional details on other 

special needs programs 

the Y offers, contact Liz 

Frusti, Special Services 

Coordinator, at efrusti@ 

nsymca.org. 

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Olympian Elena Delle Donne hosts clinic at Bernard Weinger JCC 

The YMCA Flying Turtles swim team won 10 gold and two silver medals at the Illinois 

Special Olympics Summer Games this year. photo Submitted 

Basketball players pose with WNBA player Elena Delle Donne June 27 at the Bernard 

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Youth Highlights 

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Eight runs in the first 

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O’Regan racked up 

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The Spartans 11U got 

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Pro tennis tourney benefits NSSRA athletes 

Derek Wolff, Sports Editor 

Stefan Xidas knew he’d 

be heading out onto the 

court before the round of 

16 matches of the 24th 

annual Nielsen USTA Pro 

Tennis Championship at 

his home court in Winnetka 

to sing the national 

anthem. 

The Winnetka native 

and Northern Suburban 

Special Recreation Association 

athlete had no clue 

he’d also get to play an exhibition 

match. 

The tournament, which 

has selected NSSRA to 

be the charitable recipient 

of its proceeds for 

more than a decade now, 

ran from July 4-9 at the 

A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center, 

hosting a large field of 

challengers. 

Northbrook-based NS- 

SRA, the first special recreation 

association in the 

country, features athletes 

from Deerfield, Glencoe, 

Glenview, Highland Park, 

Highwood, Kenilworth, 

Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, 

Northbrook, Northfield, 

Riverwoods, Wilmette and 

Winnetka. 

With July 4 falling on 

a Monday this year, the 

matches were a little behind 

schedule and an annual 

demonstration from 

some of the NSSRA athletes 

that usually kicks 

off the tournament had 

to be canceled. However, 

Xidas was able to play an 

exhibition match with NS- 

SRA staff member Daniel 

Freres prior to Thursday 

night’s competition. 

Along with fellow NS- 

SRA Gators tennis player 

Sam Green, Xidas then delivered 

a powerful anthem 

for the crowd on hand. 

“Stefan is great at it, 

plain and simple,” said 

NSSRA’s Executive Director 

Craig Culp, on the 

Stefan Xidas and fellow Gator athlete Sam Green of 

Winnetka sing the National Anthem to open the evening 

session. 

anthem. “It’s really something 

to see. You can see 

the level of talent and it’s 

not the easiest thing in the 

world to sing the national 

anthem well.” 

Xidas has been singing 

the anthem during the 

championship for longer 

than Culp can remember, 

while Green’s addition has 

been welcomed. 

“Sam joined him as a 

duo and this is the second 

year they’re doing it 

together,” Culp said. “We 

have to credit our participants 

for volunteering to 

do this for us and knocking 

it out of the park. They 

get a standing ovation because 

it’s moving, it’s really 

good. It’s just something 

to see and is a great 

tradition that we have to 

credit Stefan for starting 

because of his talent behind 

a microphone and 

with a tennis racket in his 

hand, too.” 

The championship 

has welcomed NSSRA’s 

athletes over the years, 

typically having them 

participate in opening day 

festivities. The proceeds 

from the tournament also 

do a world of good for NS- 

SRA’s foundation. 

“It’s an amazing partnership 

but we’re the ones 

winning out the most because 

we’re the charitable 

recipient for this tournament,” 

Culp said. “It provides 

us with additional 

exposure to the community 

and that exposure is in 

many fashions.” 

NSSRA uses the proceeds 

from the tournament 

in two major avenues : 

transportation and scholarships. 

The organization 

has a fleet of 10 vehicles 

to transport its athletes, 

coaches and staff members 

to various competitions. 

Six of those vehicles are 

wheelchair-accessible and 

cost between $65,000- 

$70,000 apiece. 

The proceeds also benefit 

NSSRA’s scholarship 

fund, which awarded 

around $47,000 to its athletes 

last year alone. 

The organization was 

featured prominently 

throughout the tournament, 

stemming from the 

on-court performances 

as well as having a visual 

presence at each ticket 

booth, where guests were 

reminded that proceeds 

benefit the NSSRA. The 

announcers who conducted 

on-court interviews 

with the players following 

matches also spoke about 

NSSRA every night, Culp 

said. The additional exposure 

was a generous touch, 

one borne out of the now 

long-standing partnership 

with the tournament. 

“Not everybody knows 

Pictured are (left to right) Nielsen volunteers Matt Lee and Ricky Mayer, Gator athlete 

Stefan Xidas, NSSRA staff member Daniel Freres, and volunteer Gil Fitzgerald. 

Photos submitted by NSSRA 

Stefan Xidas and Daniel Freres play a few friendly matches prior to the start of the 

evening session at the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship. 

about NSSRA but they get 

to hear about us,” Culp 

said. “People come to 

watch the tournament from 

all around the Chicagoland 

area and we get exposure 

to a pretty vast gathering 

of individuals as a result of 

this tournament.” 

Even though the Gators 

tennis team were not able 

to give the demonstration 

en masse this year, the 

opportunity to be on the 

court before the matches is 

something to look forward 

to. As a seasoned veteran 

of the honor, Xidas’ turn 

on the hard court will 

likely be inspirational for 

other members when the 

tournament returns next 

summer. 

“Newer players that 

aren’t comfortable, or not 

ready to be in that type of 

environment are usually 

out there cheering on their 

teammates,” Culp said. 

“That’s great because they 

see that occur as a new 

athlete and aspire to be out 

there on the court, doing 

the demo, at some point in 

the future.” 

Presently, the Gators 

are training for a regional 

tournament later on this 

summer. By the time 

the championship rolls 

around, they’re already in 

midseason form. 

“It’s so great because 

with this tournament, 

our team is seasoned and 

ready,” Culp said. “So 

when the coaches ask them 

to do the demo they’ve got 

plenty of practice under 

their belt and are going out 

there in their best form.”



Spartans find ways to score in the summer 

GBN splits pair of 

games with GBS 

David Jaffe 


Glenbrook North’s 

Jimmy Karfis is not only 

a strong hitter but also a 

very smart and effective 

baserunner. 

Karfis loves when 

he can help GBN by 

stealing a base or moving 

himself over given the 

opportunity. 

Karfis picked up one of 

GBN’s three hits, a threerun 

double, and also scored 

twice with his heads-up 

base running as GBN defeated 

host Glenbrook 

South 7-4 in the second 

game of a doubleheader 

Wednesday, July 6. GBS 

won the first game 6-5. 

After Kevin Burnside’s 

RBI groundout put GBN 

on the board and moved 

Karfis to third, Karfis 

made it 2-0 scoring on a 

wild pitch in the top of the 

first. 

“I like to be able to run 

when I get the opportunity,” 

Karfis said. “I’m 

always out there trying to 

go. It’s risky sometimes 

but it’s fun and more intense.” 

“Jimmy plays the game 

the right way and I think 

that’s a way he’s able to 

separate himself,” GBN 

coach Dominic Savino 

said. “He drives the ball 

aggressively and makes 

good decisions on the 

bases. He’s competitive 

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and has a great mindset. 

There’s no limit to what he 

can do.” 

Evan Barnes added a run 

on a second inning sacrifice 

fly. Then in the third, 

Karfis drilled a bases-loaded 

double to left making it 

6-0. He then stole third and 

scored when the throw was 

high. 

“I love being up with 

runners already on base,” 

Karfis said. “It’s a perfect 

opportunity for an RBI. 

Again, it’s a lot of fun and 

also a big advantage for a 

hitter.” 

GBN only had three hits 

but found ways to move 

runners over and bring 

them in. 

“We’ve done a good job 

giving ourselves quality 

at-bats over the summer,” 

Savino said. “Our goal is 

to improve as individuals 

and as a result, it will 

allow us to improve as a 

team.” 

The Titans scored in the 

third on an RBI groundout 

by Eric Schmidt. Jack 

Anderson’s fourth-inning 

single made it 7-2. GBS 

added two runs in the final 

inning when John Miskella 

reached on a forceout at 

third and on Jeff Mitchell’s 

RBI groundout. 

GBN only allowed 

two hits and Savino was 

impressed both with his 

pitchers and with GBN’s 

defense. 

“The pitchers were able 

to pitch to contact and stay 

in the zone,” Savino said. 

“They were able to force 

contact and rely on the defense 

to make some plays. 

If we don’t give up walks, 

we can continue to limit 

the amount of runs we give 

up based off the help the 

defense gives us.” 

Overall GBN has 

learned a lot from situational 

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“It gives you a chance 

to play every situation,” 

Karfis said. ‘There’s 

more pressure when there 

are runners on base. But 

pitchers get a chance to 

go through that situation. 

That way they’re prepped. 

If that comes up in the 

seventh inning, they know 

what to expect.” 

GBS faced both sides 

of the coin in the doubleheader. 

In the first game, 

they had big hits scoring 

six runs in the fourth and 

limited the big inning. 

But the Titans were held 

to two hits in the second 

game. 

“The first game, our 

defense did a good job 

preventing them from getting 

that big inning,” GBS 

coach Steve Stanicek said. 

“We had a lot of people 

get big hits. In the second 

game, we saw though that 

Thomas Witty keeps his eyes on the batter while on 

base. 

the pitchers have to be 

able to compete and throw 

strikes with people on 

base. Their double cleared 

the bases. We didn’t give 

up many hits and the result 

isn’t as important in 

these games as how you 

manage the inning. You 

have to be able to work 

around the runners and 

not give up big hits.” 

Still, Stanicek is glad 

the young players got to 

play situational baseball 

because it shows them 

how different varsity is. 

“This allows them to 

see that the varsity level 

is a little faster baserunning 

and kids have better 

arms,” Stanicek said. “So 

you can’t get away with as 

much as you were maybe 

able to at lower levels. 

It’s allowed them to learn 

what to expect and they’ve 

grown as players.”



Going Places 

Kaplan goes from B team to collegiate baseball 

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3 to follow 

1. North Suburban 

YMCA’s Flying 

Turtles (ABOVE). 

Swimmers 

received 10 gold 

medals and two 

silver medals at 

the Illinois Special 

Olympic Summer 

Games at Normal 

Community West 

High School. 

2. Kevin Geake. The 

11U Spartans 

pitcher helped with 

the 13-3 victory 

against Wilmette 

on July 6. He kept 

Wilmette hitless 

over two innings, 

gave no earned 

runs, walked one 

and struck out 

three. 

3. Jimmy Karfis. The 

baseball player 

helped GBN defeat 

Glenbrook South 

7-4 on July 6 with 

one of three of the 

team’s hits, plus a 

three-run double. 

He also scored 

twice. 

Listen Up 

David Jaffe 


Glenbrook North graduate 

and baseball player 

Jordan Kaplan exemplifies 

the adage that hard work 

pays off. 

After not playing much 

during his junior season, 

Kaplan has come a long 

way having a terrific senior 

campaign and now he will 

take the next step playing 

at the college level. 

First baseman Kaplan 

will play for Division III 

Coe College in Cedar Rapids, 

Iowa, part of the Iowa 

Intercollegiate Athletic 

Conference. 

In the offseason leading 

into his senior year, 

Kaplan committed fully to 

the game of baseball and is 

grateful for everything that 

has come since then. 

“When I was a junior 

and watching from the 

bench, I really started 

to value playing time. I 

wanted to play to the best 

of my abilities every time 

I was on the field because 

I know there is always 

someone else who wants 

to play and is capable of 

doing so,” Kaplan said. “I 

stopped playing basketball 

after junior year so I could 

focus solely on baseball. I 

attended every offseason 

workout and really worked 

on my swing and was able 

to develop into more of a 

power hitter.” 

Kaplan finished his 

“He’s competitive and has a great mindset. 

There’s no limit to what he can do.” 

Dominic Savino — GBN coach on baseball player Jimmy 

Karfis. 

season with a .310 batting 

average, 27 hits, 23 RBI, 

18 runs and three home 

runs. He led all Spartans 

starters with a .529 

slugging percentage. 

Kaplan also considered 

Rhodes College in Memphis, 

Cornell College in 

Mount Vernon, Iowa, and 

Knox College. But Kaplan 

was impressed with 

Coe College coach Steve 

Cook who has coached the 

Kohawks for 20 seasons. 

His 414 career wins are 

the most in school history 

and he has gotten them to 

four NCAA Regional appearances. 

“I definitely felt the 

most comfortable at Coe 

out of all the schools I 

considered,” Kaplan said. 

“Their coach knows a lot 

about the game and I feel 

like he can help my career 

and help me continue to 

improve and develop as a 

player.” 

While Kaplan knows 

just how different college 

baseball will be from high 

school, his ability to stay 

calm in almost any situation 

is something many 

players probably wish they 

could have. 

“It’s definitely a faster 

game. The ball is hit much 

harder and you have to 

be on top of your game 

to succeed,” Kaplan said. 

“But I tend to be able to 

stay very relaxed and not 

get stressed out. I think 

that allows me to be able 

tunE in 

to stay within my talents 

and hopefully will be 

what allows me to be successful.” 

Kaplan has continued 

making strides and he’s 

accomplished a lot getting 

to the point of being one of 

the Spartans’ more reliable 

players and now playing in 

college. 

“When I’ve played travel 

ball, I never played on 

the A team,” Kaplan said. 

“I was always on the B 

team. But I’ve continued 

to work as hard as I can to 

become a better player. So 

I think to say that I started 

my senior year on varsity 

and am now playing college 

baseball means a lot 

What to watch this week 

BIKING: The Velodrome hosts night cycling on 

Thursday. 

Night Cycle, 5:30 p.m. July 21, Ed Rudolph Velodrome, 

1479 Maple Ave. 

Jordan Kaplan is headed to Coe College, where he will play for the Kohawks baseball 

team. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

and shows how far I’ve 

come. Now I’m going to 

just continue to try to get 

faster, stronger and bigger 

and use the offseason 

to my advantage and keep 

getting better.” 

He feels that playing for 

GBN coach Dominic Savino 

has benefited him in 

so many ways and is a big 

reason why he is playing at 

Coe. 

“GBN is a great and very 

successful program and 

Coach Savino does a phenomenal 

job of putting everyone 

in the right mindset 

and making sure they’re 

ready for every situation,” 

Kaplan said. “It’s honestly 

like a college team in how 

Index 

the entire team works and 

I think it’s helped give me 

somewhat of an idea of 

what to expect.” 

Kaplan was one of the 

reasons for GBN winning 

another Central Suburban 

League North conference 

title. But one game in particular 

allowed him to live 

a dream. 

“We got to play at U.S. 

Cellular Field,” Kaplan 

said. “I’m a lifelong White 

Sox fan so that was a 

tremendous experience 

for me. And overall I just 

had fun every day playing 

with this team and with 

these coaches and this 

whole season was a great 

experience.” 

34 - Alumni Spotlight 

33 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Assistant Editor Alyssa 

Groh. Send any questions or comments to 

a.groh@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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Kicking off 

Soccer star Maggie Washelesky finding 

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