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THURSDAY 

Grace Deetjen at the 

Rotary Club of Winnetka- 

Northfield 

12:15-1:30 p.m., July 

28, Winnetka Community 

House, 620 Lincoln Ave., 

Winnetka. Grace Deetjen 

will be presenting a Bolivian 

Prosthetics Clinic 

Update. Deetjen is a recent 

graduate of the University 

of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

with a degree in bioengineering. 

This summer, 

she worked as a volunteer 

workshop assistant at the 

Bolivian Prosthetics Foundation, 

a project the Rotary 

sponsored as apart of a 

Rotary Global Grant. New 

members are welcome and 

the first lunch is on the 

club. For information, visit 

wnrotary.org. 

FRIDAY 

Par 3 Family Nights 

5-8 p.m., July 29, Winnetka 

Golf Club, 1300 Oak 

St., Winnetka. On selected 

Friday nights throughout 

the summer, the Winnetka 

Golf Club encourages 

families to come out 

for a night of family golf 

on the Par 3. Juniors play 

free with a paid adult. Find 

more information at winnetkagolfclub.org 

or call 

(847) 501-2050. 

SATURDAY 

Family Camp Out 

7 p.m. July 30- 8 a.m. 

July 31, Tower Road 

Beach, Winnetka. Sleep 

under the stars with the 

Winnetka Park District. 

Families can set up camp 

sites, bring food to prepare 

on grills, watch Walt Disney’s 

“Aladdin” and start 

a bonfire for marshmallow 

roasting and s’mores. In 

the morning, a continental 

breakfast will be provided 

for all. This is a family-only 

event and only families 

registered with tents will 

be allowed to spend the 

night. For costs and information, 

visit winpark.org 

or call Kevin Rutherford at 

(847) 716-1299. 

SUNDAY 

Coffee & Classics, Fuelfed 

Car Show 

9- 11 a.m., July 31, Intersection 

of Elm Street and 

Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka. 

The private North Shore 

European classic car club 

is again hosting its popular 

monthly gathering. The 

event is open to the public 

to mingle among classic 

European cars rarely seen 

outside of museums. For 

information, visit winnetkanorthfieldchamber.com 

or call (847) 446-4451. 

TUESDAY 

Knitting Circle and Class 

11 a.m.- 12 p.m., Aug. 

2, Winnetka Library, 768 

Oak St., Winnetka. Do 

you like to knit or crochet? 

Meet fellow yarn enthusiasts 

every first and third 

Tuesday of the month. 

Don’t know how to knit? 

Join instructor Suzy Phelps 

as she teaches you how to 

start knitting a scarf and 

provide you with a starter 

kit of yarn and needles for 

your first project. Register 

only if you are a beginner. 

For information, visit winnetkalibrary.org 

WEDNESDAY 

Mrs. Green’s Wellness 

Wednesday 

11- 6 p.m., Aug. 3, Mrs. 

Green’s Neighborhood 

Market, 925 Green Bay 

Road, Winnetka. Have a 

nutrition question? We 

have a personalized answer. 

Meet with Courtney 

Mayszak, a registered dietician 

and nutrition and 

wellness advisor. For more 

information, contact Mayszak 

at cmayszak@nmfg. 

com or (312) 848-1202. 

THURSDAY 

Learn & Play Chess 

6:30- 8:30 p.m., Aug. 4, 

Northfield Library, 1785 

Orchard Lane, Northfield. 

Expert chess player Ivan 

Figueredo provides a lesson 

and supervises play for 

children. Registration is 

required. For information, 

visit winnetkalibrary.org. 

UPCOMING 

Beer Tasting in the Woods 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 5, Hubbard 

Woods Park, 939 

Green Bay Road, Winnetka. 

Enjoy an evening 

of food, friends and of 

course, beer. Sample a variety 

of craft beers from 

Half Acre, Two Brothers 

and more with the Winnetka 

Park District. For 

more information and to 

register, visit www.winpark.org. 

Wine Tasting in the Woods 

6-8 p.m. Aug. 6, Hubbard 

Woods Park, 939 

Green Bay Road, Winnetka. 

Food pairings will 

be served along with wine 

from around the world. 

For more information and 

to register, visit www.winpark.org. 

WHS Museum & Log 

House Open 

1-4 p.m. Aug. 7, Winnetka 

Historical Society 

Museum, 411 Linden St., 

Winnetka. Explore the 

permanent exhibit at 411 

Linden St. and visit the 

Log House at 1040 Willow 

Road in Crow Island 

Woods to learn more about 

Winnetka’s earliest settlers 

from costumed docents. 

Find more information at 

www.winnetkahistory.org. 


House Open 

1-4 p.m. Aug. 21, 

Winnetka Historical 

Society Museum, 411 

Linden St., Winnetka. 

Explore the permanent 

exhibit at 411 Linden St. 

and visit the Log House 

at 1040 Willow Road 

in Crow Island Woods 

to learn more about 

Winnetka’s earliest settlers 

from costumed docents. 

Find more information at 

www.winnetkahistory.org. 

North Shore Triathlon 

6:45 a.m. Sept. 18, 

Gillson Park, Sheridan 

Road and Michigan Avenue, 

Wilmette. Athletes 

cruise along a stunning 

sprint-distance course 

with a 500M swim, 20K 

bike and 5K run through 

Wilmette, Kenilworth 

and Winnetka before 

crossing the finish line 

in Gillson Park. Find detailed 

race information at 

www.trinorthshore.com. 


House Open 

1-4 p.m. Oct. 9, 

Winnetka Historical 

Society Museum, 411 

Linden St., Winnetka. 

Explore the permanent 

exhibit at 411 Linden 

St. and visit the Log 

House at 1040 Willow 

Road in Crow Island 

Woods to learn more 

about Winnetka’s earliest 

settlers from costumed 

docents. Find more 

information at www. 

winnetkahistory.org. 

ONGOING 

Hoops4Health Build the 

Skills Summer Basketball 

Camp 

Mornings and afternoons, 

June through 

mid-August, Winnetka 

Community House, 620 

Lincoln Ave. The Build 

the Skills Summer Camp 

features fundamental basketball 

skills training, 5 

on 5 Tournament, prizes, 

awards and more. Groups 

are broken down by age 

and there are full- and 

half- day options. For 

more information, visit 

www.hoops4health.com. 

Farmers Market 

7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Saturdays, across from 

New Trier High School in 

Northfield, 6 Happ Road. 

The 2016 Northfield Farmers’ 

Market will run on 

Saturdays through Oct. 15. 

Wednesdays in the Woods 

7 p.m. Wednesdays 

through July 27, Hubbard 

Woods Park, 939 Green 

Bay Road. Come out to 

Hubbard Woods Park on 

Wednesdays starting June 

15 for concerts and activities. 

The Grand Food Center 

will be on-site selling 

hot dogs, brats, burgers, 

chips and beverages. Visit 

www.winpark.org for concert 

details. 

Society of Active Single 

Seniors Meeting 

7 p.m., third Tuesday 

of the month, Lutheran 

Church of the Ascension, 

460 Sunset Ridge Road, 

Northfield. This nondenominational 

club offers a 

variety of social events for 

single seniors, including 

live music events, theater, 

dining and mild sports activities. 

New members are 

welcome and refreshments 

will be served. For more 

information, call (847) 

498-5231. 

National Able Network 

Orientation Session 

10 a.m. second Tuesday 

of each month, New 

Trier Township, 739 Elm 

Street, Winnetka. New 

Trier Township will host 

orientation sessions presented 

by National Able 

Network to benefit the 

unemployed. The sessions 

are free and open to the 

public. Information on 

job placement assistance 

through the National Able 

Network will be provided. 

For more information, call 

(855) 994-8300. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Jacqueline Glosniak 

at jacqueline@winnetkacurrent.com.

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the winnetka current | July 28, 2016 | 3 

Northfield moves along with needed road construction 

Todd Marver 

Freelance Reporter 

In an effort to improve 

Northfield streets at a reduced 

cost, village officials 

unanimously awarded 

a nearly $600,000 road 

improvement contract to 

Lake Bluff construction 

company Peter Baker & 

Son at the July 19 Village 

Board meeting. 

The contract, which will 

establish Phase One of village 

roadway work, was 

approved in an amount not 

to exceed $596,230 plus 

a contingency of up to 10 

percent to cover any unforeseen 

conditions. Phase 

One projects are those not 

requiring special coordination 

or infrastructure 

improvements, including 

resurfacing, patching and 

reconstruction. Streets 

designated for upcoming 

construction work include 

Avon Avenue, Brandon 

Road, Chapel Hill Court, 

Grove Drive, Harding 

Road, Mount Pleasant 

Street, Pine Street, Somerset 

Lane, Stockton Drive, 

Wagner Road and Woodland 

Lane North. 

Village Manager Stacy 

Sigman said the Village 

typically looks at infrastructure 

projects and puts 

them into one of three phases 

based on the amount of 

coordination and engineering 

work necessary. 

“Anything in Phase One 

is in our immediate control 

and we can get out on the 

street very quickly and undertake 

it,” Sigman said. 

The Board also approved 

waiving the formal 

bidding process to have 

the roadwork added to 

an existing municipallybid 

contract since other 

communities are receiving 

bids for their roadway 

“Anything in 

Phase One is in 

our immediate 

control and we 

can get out on 

the street very 

quickly and 

undertake it.” 

Stacy Sigman — 

Northfield village 

manager, who is 

looking forward to 

needed roadway 

work in town 

work with prices at a 10- 

year low from the lack of 

a State budget and State 

roadway work. 

The lowest-unit pricing 

was awarded to Baker by 

Round Lake Beach, and 

Baker extended Round 

Lake Beach’s pricing to 

Northfield. The contract 

allows Northfield to save 

40 percent on construction 

costs. The Village estimated 

that under normal 

bid conditions, the work 

would have cost $989,434, 

resulting in Northfield saving 

nearly $400,000 with 

its $596,230 contract. 

Sigman said village officials 

approached the 

Board in June to talk about 

options to get construction 

work done while pricing 

was historically low. 

“One of the options we 

came up with was to see if 

we could couple our projects 

onto one of the projects 

that had been bid in 

another municipality,” she 

said. 

The Village’s contract 

also expedites project 

completion, eliminates 

further pavement deterioration 

and minimizes 

bidding and engineering 

costs. Sigman said otherwise, 

the Village would 

not have been able to undertake 

a full bid process 

and get work completed 

this season. 

“If we had to go through 

a formal bidding process, 

unfortunately it’s going to 

take a couple of months,” 

she said. “With board 

schedules and asphalt 

plants closing in November, 

we really didn’t think 

there was sufficient time to 

get those bids in, have them 

approved and get the work 

done this year.” 

Sigman added this year’s 

budget didn’t provide for 

any roadway work since 

the outcome of the March 

referendum was not yet 

known. 

“As we initially budgeted, 

we did not know 

if the referendum would 

pass and we didn’t know if 

we would be able to move 

forward with any of these 

projects. So, we didn’t 

budget anything for this 

because we wanted to see 

what happened with the 

referendum.” 

Trustee Allan Kaplan 

hopes Northfield can work 

with Baker again next year 

at the reduced cost for 

Phase Two of the project. 

“There’s no way we 

can invest money any better 

than the discount that’s 

sitting here, so it seems to 

me at the very least it could 

be explored to talk Baker 

into cutting a deal for next 

year,” Kaplan said. 

Village Project Engineer 

Pat Glenn said he is willing 

to work with Baker but 

noted the price is not likely 

to be as low. 

“My guess is they would 

Announcing! 

come back and ask for 

some sort of increase on 

those prices,” he said. “We 

didn’t go through the normal 

process. If they aren’t 

willing to do something, I 

would go to other contractors 

now and see if we can 

negotiate next year’s prices 

with them because there’s a 

delayed effect generally.” 

Glenn praised Baker’s 

work. 

“I’m perfectly happy to 

ask Baker anything to keep 

them working in town,” 

Glenn said. “They’re a very 

reputable firm ... If we can 

keep this going and it’s to 

everyone’s benefit, I think 

I’m very happy to do that.” 

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Stacked & Folded works with Village Council, neighbors to expand outdoor dining 

Lauren Kiggins 


The Winnetka Village 

Council unanimously 

approved an outdoor 

seating permit to expand 

the capacity at Stacked 

& Folded at its July 19 

regular meeting. 

While an outdoor 

seating permit proposal 

is routine, this particular 

request was not. The 

application was filed by 

Orrington Jewelers, the 

business adjacent to the 

new restaurant. 

Stacked & Folded coowner 

Josh Keating explained 

that in an effort to 

serve more customers, he 

teamed up with Orrington 

Jewelers to expand their tables 

onto Orrington’s patio. 

“Our main goal right 

now is to try to get more 

business to Lincoln and 

Elm and create a more 

productive, vibrant and vital 

part of this area of town 

that has really become 

quite quiet,” Keating said. 

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“Our neighbors have 

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getting more street recognition 

and bringing more customers 

into their business, 

versus taking away business,” 

Keating said. “We 

are part of a team right now. 

Working with Orrington 

Jewelers has been a really 

nice relationship and it’s 

extending that neighborly 

kindness to everybody that 

Winnetka has always had.” 

Nevertheless, some 

community members 

raised concerns about the 

set-up of the expansion. 

Mitra Ryndak, owner 

of Cafe Aroma, suggested 

barriers should be erected 

to protect customers from 

parking lot traffic. 

“It’s the safety of the 

public more so than more 

money in my pocket,” Ryndak 

said. “It’s something 

you should think about before 

placing the tables.” 

Ryndak, whose restaurant 

is located in the same 

plaza as Stacked & Folded 

and Orrington, also asked 

the Council to re-evaluate 

potential outdoor seating 

options at her restaurant. 

“If [expanded outdoor 

dining] is allowed for 

some people and businesses, 

it should be allowed for 

everybody,” she said. 

The Village Council 

promised to reconsider 

Cafe Aroma’s outdoor 

seating permit for possible 

expansion, noting that 

ROUND IT UP 

A brief recap of July 19 

Village Council action 

• The board sanctioned 

a $139,025.94 

request to repair 

diesel generators at 

the Winnetka Electric 

Plant. 

• Council members 

approved two 

variation requests for 

renovations on two 

single-family homes. 

the developing, thriving 

businesses are an asset to 

Winnetka. 

“I would just like to say 

these are all good problems 

to have,” Council 

Member Penny Lanphier 

said. “I’m so excited that 

your businesses are successful 

and people want to 

sit outside and have bikers. 

This is great, and thank 

you for the collaboration.” 

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President Gougler fills 

trustee vacancy 

At Northfield’s July Village 

Board meeting, Village 

President Fred Gougler 

recommended Joan Frazier 

to fill the eight-month 

vacancy left when Trustee 

George Warga moved from 

Northfield in May. 

After careful consideration, 

the Village Board 

agreed with President 

Gougler’s recommendation 

and Frazier was sworn 

in as trustee. 

Frazier, who previously 

served as a village trustee 

from 2007-2015, participated 

on the Personnel 

Compensation and Benefits 

Committee, Home Rule 

Task Force and Capital Improvement 

Study Group. 

The Village Board was 

satisfied with Frazier’s 

previous work and looks 

forward to her commitment 

to enhancing the 

beauty of Northfield and 

developing the infrastructure 

plan that Northfield is 

now implementing. 

“Given the short length 

of the term, Joan was a 

logical choice,” Gougler 

said. “The Village is at 

an important implementation 

point on a number 

of projects, including the 

recently approved referendum. 

Joan is a great choice 

to fill the vacancy because 

as a former trustee, she 

can easily transition into 

the position and is familiar 

with the projects.” 

Frazier’s term as trusee 

will expire in May of 2017. 

Northfield residents who 

are interested in filling 

the positions of trustee or 

president are encouraged 

to complete an application 

questionnaire that can be 

found at northfieldcaucus. 

com. Applications are due 

before August 26. 

Compiled by Editor Jacqueline 

Glosniak, jacqueline@ 

winnetkacurrent.com

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Winnetka teen selected for Senate page program 

New Trier junior to 

work in D.C. 

Jacqueline Glosniak, Editor 

While 

most high 

school students 

spend 

their summers 

relaxing 

by 

the pool or Sweet 

working a 

local part-time job, one 

Winnetka teen is spending 

her break preparing for the 

most exciting fall of her 

life. 

Elli Sweet, a New Trier 

High School junior, was 

recently selected for the 

U.S. Senate Page Program, 

a prestigious opportunity 

giving high school juniors 

nationwide the chance 

to learn about legislative 

processes while working 

alongside congressional 

leaders. During the internship, 

pages are considered 

federal employees and 

complete administrative 

tasks such as delivering information 

from the Senate 

floor to committee hearings, 

helping prepare the 

Senate chamber through 

distributing agenda items 

and providing assistance 

to senators in the Senate 

Cloakroom. 

Senate pages live in the 

Daniel Webster Senate 

Page Residence located a 

few blocks away from the 

Capitol and attend classes 

at the Page School weekday 

mornings before attending 

to regular page duties. 

Each semester, only 30 

students nationwide are selected 

to serve as pages and 

are appointed by senators 

based on seniority. To apply 

for the program, students 

must demonstrate exceptional 

grades, participation 

in extracurricular activities, 

letters of recommendation 

and a personal essay. 

Sweet originally became 

interested in the page program 

after hearing about it 

from a family friend years 

back. 

Sweet says the application 

process differs by 

senator but applicants initially 

apply through one 

individual senator’s office 

who then appoints students 

to the program. 

“Senator Kirk is not 

sponsoring a page this 

term and Senator Durbin 

appoints a boy in the fall 

and a girl in the spring, and 

I wanted to get to D.C. as 

soon as I could,” Sweet 

said. 

While some senators 

limit their selections to 

residents of their states, she 

stumbled upon Senator Jim 

Inhofe of Oklahoma and 

applied to work for him after 

seeing he selected outside 

students and supported 

Florida Senator Marco Rubio 

in the presidential campaign 

she volunteered for 

earlier this year. 

After submitting all necessary 

applications, Sweet 

was selected by the senator 

to serve as his fall page. She 

with work alongside Inhofe 

from Sept. 5 through Jan. 

27, 2017. 

“I am looking forward to 

meeting kids from all over 

the nation with similar interests 

and interacting with 

the senators on the Senate 

floor,” she said. “I believe 

this program will give me 

a taste of the policy issues 

facing our country and 

what it’s like to be involved 

in those discussions.” 

During her time at New 

Trier, Sweet has been very 

politically active, from 

canvassing for Governor 

Bruce Rauner’s 2014 gubernatorial 

campaign with 

the New Trier Republican 

Club to volunteering for the 

2016 Marco Rubio presidential 

campaign. 

Additionally, Sweet has 

participated in many extracurriculars, 

including New 

Trier’s policy debate team, 

New Trier’s varsity dance 

team, the Northfield Dance 

Ensemble and volunteering 

within the local Jewish 

community. 

While Sweet is not sure 

about a political career, she 

hopes to relay the message 

to teens the importance of 

political understanding and 

government participation. 

“The government is not 

a separate entity; it’s a system 

based on consent of the 

governed so we want to be 

a part of it,” she said. “The 

views of young people need 

to be heard since we are the 

next generation. There is 

no better way to be heard 

than to be involved and 

participate in the system.” 

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Photo Op 

Reader Stephanie Van Winkle of 

Wilmette sent in this photo from 

July 19 of the ongoing construction 

at New Trier’s Winnetka campus 

with the description, “Just for fun, 

I thought I would send you a copy 

of a really cool moment I captured 

while picking up my daughter last 

Friday. My favorite part of this 

construction photo is that if you 

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Police Reports 

Lawn ornaments, signs, plants damaged in Winnetka 

Between 6 p.m. July 

12- 8:15 a.m. July 13, a 

resident of the 500 block of 

Orchard Lane discovered 

damages to a concrete lawn 

ornament. Repair costs for 

the ornament were $150. 

On July 13, a resident of 

the 300 block of Fairview 

Avenue reported between 

midnight-6 a.m. that an unknown 

offender damaged 

a security sign and two 

plants. Repair costs for the 

damages was $100. 

In other police news 

WINNETKA 

July 13 

• A resident of the 300 

block of Poplar Street 

discovered between midnight-8 

a.m. on July 13 an 

offender(s) damaged two 

ceramic planters. Damages 

were in the amount of $20. 

NORTHFIELD 

July 12 

• Mohammed S. Jadrawi, 

26, of Oak Lawn, was arrested 

at 7:55 p.m. for 

excessive speeding, 75 

mph in a 40 mph, at the 

intersection of Waukegan 

and Willow roads. He was 

processed and released on 

bond. 

July 13 

• Ebony T. Remied, 24, of 

Chicago, was arrested at 

12:41 a.m. for excessive 

speeding, 96 mph in a 

55 mph zone, at the I-94 

northbound exit ramp. She 

was processed and released 

on bond. 

•A resident of the 500 

block of Woodland Lane 

called police at 11:43 a.m. 

to report an unknown man 

crusing the area in a gray 

Nissan Sentra. The resident 

reported that upon asking 

the man what he was 

doing, the man acted rudely 

towards her. When police 

spoke to the driver, he 

explained he was playing 

Pokemon Go. The police 

then advised the man to 

leave the area. 

July 14 

• Ashim K. Singh, 29, 

of Greendale, Wis., was 

arrested for excessive 

speeding, 92 mph in a 55 

mph zone, at 12:20 a.m. at 

the I-94 northbound exit 

ramp. 

July 16 

• An employee at Walgreens, 

1825 Willow Road, 

called police at 12:21 p.m. 

to report a man attempting 

to use fraudulent credit 

cards. Police found the suspect, 

Ronald Lee Johnson, 

36, of Chicago, at the store 

and took him into custody. 

The man had made several 

past attempts to use fraudulent 

credit cards. His bond 

court date is July 27. 

July 17 

• Khaled A. Seweequi, 27, 

of Chicago, was arrested 

at 4:13 a.m. for excessive 

speeding, 60 mph in a 30 

mph zone, at the intersection 

of Willow and Wagner 

roads. He was processed 

and released on bond. 

July 18 

• A resident called police 

at 1:22 p.m. to report three 

unknown Hispanic men on 

her property near the intersection 

of Country Lane 

and Sunset Ridge Road. 

The men told the resident 

they were on the property 

looking for honey bees. Police 

responded to the home 

and advised the men to 

leave the area. 

• At 4:28 p.m., police received 

a call from the office 

building at 161 Northfield 

Road reporting two suspicious 

male teens in the rear 

lot of the building. Upon 

seeing the caller, the boys 

ran, leaving behind two bicycles 

and a small amount 

of marijuana. The offenders 

were not discovered but police 

came to the property to 

take the items into custody. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Winnetka 

Current Police Reports 

are compiled from official reports 

provided by the Winnetka 

Police Department and found 

on file at the Northfield Police 

Department. They are ordered 

by the date the incident was 

reported. Individuals named 

in these reports are considered 

innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

Samaritan Counseling Center welcomes 

executive director from Kenilworth 

SUBMITTED BY SAMARITAN 

COUNSELING CENTER 

The Samaritan Counseling 

Center, 

which has 

been serving 

Northern 

Cook 

County and 

Southern 

Lake County Mitchell 

for 47 years, 

welcomes Tammy Mitchell 

of Kenilworth as its new 

executive director. 

Mitchell comes to the 

center with 25 years of 

experience leading corporate 

product development 

and marketing and strategy 

teams from industries 

including high technology, 

financial services and 

digital marketing. Alongside 

Mitchell’s corporate 

life, she has served on 

nonprofit boards for many 

years in several suburban 

communities. 

Mitchell says she looks 

forward to leading the center, 

which offers hope, healing 

and restorative therapy 

services for by therapists 

who work with a variety of 

wellness and mental health 

issues. 

“I am energized, excited 

and humbled by the task 

ahead of me,” Mitchell 

said. “I look forward to 

helping Samaritan tell our 

story, engage those in need 

of our services and connect 

with partners in the community 

who can help further 

our mission.” 

Gary Holland, board copresident 

for Samaritan 

Counseling Center, says 

Mitchell was the center’s 

best candidate to help move 

the center forward. 

“As part of the search 

committee, I found Tammy 

to be insightful, energetic 

and thorough,” he said. 

“She has exhibited focus 

and a high level of achievement 

in her career prior to 

joining our organization. 

She comes ready for the 

challenge of expanding Samaritan’s 

offerings in all of 

the communities we serve.” 

Mitchell holds a bachelor’s 

degree in business administration 

marketing from 

Kansas State University and 

an MBA from Edgewood 

College in Madison, Wis. 

The Samaritan Counseling 

Center has 12 offices 

serving Chicago and the 

northern suburbs with administrative 

offices located 

in Winnetka. 

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10 | July 28, 2016 | The winnetka Current news 


Area native returns to talk at The Book Stall 

Author Jennifer 

Close to share 

insight on D.C. 

Libby Elliott 


During a 

multi-city 

book tour 

promoting 

her new 

novel “The 

Hopefuls,” 

Glencoe Close 

native and 

Loyola Academy graduate 

Jennifer Close will present 

and sign copies of her 

book at The Book Stall in 

Winnetka on Thursday, 

July 28. 

Close, the best-selling 

author of “Girls in White 

Dresses” and “The Smart 

One,” wrote her newest 

book based on her own 

experiences of living in 

Washington, D.C. after 

relocating from New 

York City in 2008 for her 

husband’s work on Obama’s 

presidential campaign. 

“The Hopefuls” tells 

the story of a young wife 

named Beth who follows 

her ambitious husband 

Matt and his political 

dreams to the nation’s 

capital and her reflections 

on the city’s gossip and 

opportunistic friendships 

among the young, aspiring 

elite. 

When Beth arrives in 

D.C., she hates everything 

about the city until she 

and Matt befriend a 

charismatic White House 

staffer named Jimmy and 

his wife, Ashleigh. As 

Jimmy’s political career 

takes off, the couple’s 

friendship, as well as Beth 

and Matt’s marriage, is 

threatened by jealousy, 

competition and rumors. 

Close, who still lives 

in D.C. and teaches creative 

writing at George 

Washington University, 

recently spoke with The 

Current on a range of 

topics, including the autobiographical 

nature of 

her new book, the recent 

Republican National Convention 

and her creative 

writing process. 

The Winnetka Current: 

There are obviously pieces 

of your life included in 

“The Hopefuls,” but to 

what extent is the protagonist, 

Beth, actually you? 

Jennifer Close: When I 

first got to D.C., I really 

didn’t like it. It was my 

attitude towards D.C. that 

served as inspiration for 

the book. The only thing 

I really share with Beth 

is how we got to D.C. My 

husband’s job was different 

from the character 

Matt, but he did work on 

the Obama campaign and 

now works in his administration. 

People assume 

the story is really my life, 

but my characters are copied 

from friends we’ve 

met and the career paths 

they’ve chosen. 

WC: Is “The Hopefuls” 

political? 

JC: My book is about 

politics, but the narrator 

Beth is non-political. 

My husband and all our 

friends admire President 

Obama and agree that 

he’s been a nice person 

to work for, but my book 

is more about the general 

weirdness of politics and 

the political theater that is 

Washington, D.C. 

WC: Was the July 19 release 

of your book timed to 

coincide with the Republican 

National Convention? 

JC: No, but it worked out 

well. The release date was 

due to my lateness. I sold 

the story to Knopf Doubleday 

Publishing Group 

two years ago thinking I’d 

complete it within four 

months, but it took me 

[another] year. My publishers 

wanted it to come 

out close to the election, 

but the RNC was a happy 

surprise. 

WC: As a writer, what are 

your thoughts on Melania 

Trump’s RNC speech and 

the ensuing allegations of 

plagiarism? 

JC: When you hear things 

you like, they naturally 

influence you. They seep 

into your subconscious 

[and] you have to be very 

careful. But, I can see how 

it would be an accident 

not done on purpose. 

WC: Your books seem to 

be chronological in nature. 

All three novels highlight 

various rites of passage 

into adulthood: First job, 

marriage, career. What’s 

next? 

JC: My characters do 

grow up as I get older [so] 

maybe that’s what I’m interested 

in writing about at 

the time. Currently, I’m in 

the super early stages of a 

novel that takes place in a 

family owned restaurant in 

Oak Park, Ill. 

WC: How have you 

grown as a writer since the 

success of your first novel, 

“Girls in White Dresses”? 

JC: I’m more comfortable 

with my process. I used 

to go through moments 

where I would think, 

“It’s not worth it.” Now, I 

know there are highs and 

lows to writing a book. I 

know now when to put my 

writing away for the day. 

I’m more aware of how 

my mind works. 

WC: How did growing up 

on the North Shore shape 

your life and career choices? 

JC: After high school, 

I ended up at Boston 

College, and a lot 

of kids from Loyola 

wound up there too. But, 

most importantly, my 

parents have been very 

supportive. A master’s of 

fine arts in fiction is not 

always perceived as the 

best career path in life, but 

they always encouraged 

me. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

Reconfiguration committee 

completes training, moving 

toward progress 

Three members of the 

community reconfiguration 

team’s steering committee, 

Rafael Labrador, 

Julie Campbell and Art 

Kessler, delivered their 

first progress report to the 

North School District 112 

Board of Education at its 

Tuesday, July 19 meeting. 

“We’ve completed our 

two-day boot camp,” Labrador 

said. “There’s a lot of 

diversity of experience on 

the 31-member team. It’s 

truly representative of the 

community perspective. 

“We reviewed the 

District 112 Strategic Plan, 

historical background 

material, the June 2016 

community survey and 

evaluated the past process 

and decisions.” 

In the aftermath of the 

failed referendum, a community 

reconfiguration 

team was formed. The 

team is made up of an equal 

number of the referendum’s 

opponents and supporters. 

The team’s mission is to 

come up with a new proposal 

for consideration by 

the board to put on the ballot 

at next March’s election. 

The boot camp consisted 

of 12-hour retreats on both 

June 21 and 22, and attendance 

was mandatory for 

all members of the team. 

In addition to Labrador, 

Campbell and Kessler, 

Adam Kornblatt and David 

Schneiderman were selected 

to serve on the steering 

committee. Superintendent 

of Schools Dr. Michael Bregy 

is serving as the sixth 

member of the committee. 

Four subcommittees 

were formed: communications, 

chaired by Rocki 

Hunter and Ken Henry; 

education, chaired by Roni 

Ben-Yoseph and Melissa 

Itkin; facilities, chaired 

by Michael Tobin and 

Helen Singer; and finance, 

chaired by Dan Jenks and 

Marc Lawrence. 

A member of the steering 

committee is on each 

of the subcommittees. 

Reporting by Neil Milbert, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at HPLandmark.com 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

CrossFit project takes next 

step in approval process 

On July 19, the Northbrook 

plan commission 

met to approve two items 

pertaining to the rezoning 

of the properties located 

on 1852-1908 Janke Drive. 

The first resolution primarily 

focused on the rezoning 

of the properties 

to the ICS Industrial and 

Commercial Services District 

from the I-1 Restricted 

Industrial District. 

The second resolution, 

proposed by the contractual 

lessee of the 1852 

Janke Drive tenant space, 

Illumine North, LLC, concerned 

the request for a 

special permit to allow a 

physical fitness facility be 

in excess of 2,500 square 

feet, as well as a request 

to be rezoned to the ICS 

Industrial and Commercial 

Services District. 

The two-acre property is 

intended to be the location 

of a CrossFit expansion 

from the original sports 

facility in Niles, CrossFit 

Illumine. The Northbrook 

CrossFit facility will be 

one of several gyms in the 

Chicagoland area, with locations 

in Highland Park, 

Glenview and Deerfield. 

Both resolutions were 

previously discussed in an 

open public hearing during 

the July 5 plan commission 

meeting. At the meeting, 

the plan commission 

recommended changes 

ranging from adding industrial-type 

lighting on 

the property to making the 

entrance of the building 

more handicap-accessible. 

Commissioners unanimously 

recommended the 

second resolution to rezone 

the 1852-1908 Janke 

Drive properties. Most 

members were in favor of 

the first resolution to approve 

the special permit 

and rezoning, with commissioner 

Muriel Collison 

abstaining. The resolutions 

will be presented again before 

the Village Board. 

Reporting by Lauren Frias, 

Freelance Reporter. Full story 

at NorthbrookTower.com. 

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Chalk Talk 

Catching up with Principal Melanie Mitra 

Name: Melanie Mitra 

School: Hyde Park Day School- 

Northfield Campus 

Years as principal: 5 

What inspired your career in 

education? 

I love children and I love being 

part of a team that helps them 

develop into curious, confident 

learners. 

What do you enjoy most about being 

a principal? 

Our students are very intelligent 

and they benefit from specialized 

instruction to help them learn how 

to manage having a learning disability. 

What I love most is when our 

students realize just how smart they 

are and that they can persevere, do 

hard things and be successful. 

what’s this? 

Chalk Talk is a weekly questionand-answer 

series featuring 

local school principals that 

will run this summer in The 

Winnetka Current. 

What’s something memorable from 

the 2015-16 school year? 

Playing life-sized “Hungry Hungry 

Hippos” at our Field Day. I lost 

to the 8th-grade girls! 

Do you have special plans for 

summer break? 

Travel to Ithaca, N.Y., and South 

Haven, Mich. 

What are you looking forward to 

next school year? 

How much our students will grow 

and learn! 

Melanie Mitra, principal of Hyde 

Park Day School-Northfield 

Campus. Photo Submitted 

“I know I forgot something. 

What was it?” 

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From Page 10 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Ordinance allows alcohol 

at Kenilworth Assembly 

Hall 

As ownership of the 

Kenilworth Assembly 

Hall switches from the 

Kenilworth Club to the 

Kenilworth Park District 

in August, Kenilworth’s 

Village Board of Trustees 

has voted to amend 

village code to allow alcohol 

to be served at the 

hall during special events 

without requiring village 

approval. 

Under current village 

code, selling and consuming 

alcohol is prohibited 

on public park district 

property. While owned 

by the Kenilworth Club 

(a private group), the Kenilworth 

Assembly Hall, 

410 Kenilworth Ave., 

hosted special events 

where licensed caterers 

served alcohol. However, 

the club was required to 

get prior Village Board 

approval. 

In a letter from July 6, 

Park District President 

Heidi Higgins told Village 

Manager Patrick Brennan, 

“The Park District would 

like to continue to make 

this option available ... 

but to do so will necessitate 

a few changes to the 

Kenilworth Municipal 

Code which currently either 

bans such an option 

or, at a minimum, would 

require official corporate 

action by the Village to 

approve every rental.” 

The board voted to approve 

a draft ordinance 

amending sections 95 and 

116 of the village code at 

its meeting on July 18. 

Reporting by Danielle Gensburg, 

Freelance Reporter. 

Full story at WilmetteBeacon.com. 

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FROM THE EDITOR 

Stand up for your rights 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

jacqueline@winnetkacurrent.com 

This week, The Current 

features a story 

about Winnetka 

teen Elli Sweet and her 

accomplishment of landing 

a position as a senate 

page in Washington, D.C., 

this fall. 

I must admit, when I 

first read about Sweet, 

I figured the New Trier 

student was just going to 

be an intern doing nothing 

more than busy work 

for career politicians in 

Washington. 

However, upon researching 

the program and 

asking Sweet questions on 

what the program means 

to her, I gained a new 

perspective on political internships 

and more respect 

for the fact that a young 

adult has the ability help 

make a dent in the crazy 

game that is American 

government and politics. 

With arguably one of 

the hottest presidential 

campaigns in U.S. history 

happening now, stories 

about people like Sweet 

serve as good reminders 

that no matter who we are 

or where we come from, 

every person in America 

has the chance to play 

some sort of role, big or 

small, in governing entities 

across the country. 

It worries me that so 

many in my generation and 

older generations do nothing 

about America’s political 

climate besides ranting 

their agitations on social 

media. While social media, 

and the media as a whole, 

can serve as productive 

platforms to disseminate 

ideas, more people need 

to be like this local citizen 

and start standing up for 

their political ideologies 

in real life, not just in the 

virtual world. 

Modern life is busy 

enough, and while most 

people won’t have a 

six-month internship in 

Washington, D.C., we can 

all do our best to become 

more productive and active 

citizens in our political 

spheres. 

Go out and attend 

municipal meetings, volunteer 

for a political campaign, 

share your ideas 

with a local politician or 

take a little time to educate 

yourself on American 

history and policies. 

Understand the American 

system cannot work without 

the people, so do your 

best to take whatever size 

part you can in a political 

process of your choosing. 

Most importantly, vote. 

You may discover that 

“We the people” actually 

means more than just the 

beginning of a sentence 

to an old document. 

The Northfield Park District posted this 

photo on July 22 with the caption: “2016 

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execute your role with all you have.” 

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Dollar amount awarded 

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letters to the editor 

Superintendents thank 

state for PARCC decision 

Dr. Tony Smith, state superintendent 

of education, 

Thank you for dropping 

the Partnership for Assessment 

of Readiness for College 

and Careers (PARCC) 

at the high school level. 

In light of recent news regarding 

significant problems 

with PARCC, this decision 

was a good one. The 

fact that the SAT aligns to 

the Illinois Learning Standards 

and is recognized by 

colleges makes it a better 

measure of achievement 

and allows schools to more 

accurately gauge progress. 

We respectfully ask you 

discontinue use of PARCC 

for elementary school 

districts as well. 

As the new state superintendent, 

you inherited 

PARCC and witnessed 

many of the empty 

“PARCC promises.” For 

example, districts were assured 

PARCC would provide 

the ability to measure 

student growth. However, 

PARCC simply assigns an 

end-of-year score to each 

student. 

Another empty PARCC 

promise was a streamlined 

administration process 

to save time. In reality, 

PARCC takes significantly 

more time away from core 

instruction than any other 

assessment in state history. 

When you consider 

the time to administer the 

exam, students lose hours 

of instruction. Educators 

were told data gleaned 

from PARCC would allow 

teachers to set goals for 

their students. However, 

we have yet to see meaningful 

data. 

We want to make ourselves 

available to answer 

any questions you may 

have. Any of us would be 

happy to meet with you to 

discuss the merits of this 

change. 

Thank you, 

Dr. Linda Yonke, superintendent, 

New Trier 

High School District 203 

Ms. Trisha Kocanda, superintendent, 

Winnetka 

School District 36 

Dr. Ed Stange, superintendent, 

Sunset Ridge 


Dr. Raymond Lechner, 

superintendent, Wilmette 

Public Schools District 

39 

Dr. Kevin Jauch, superintendent, 

Avoca School 

District 37 

Dr. Crystal LeRoy, superintendent, 

Kenilworth 


Dr. Catherine Wang, superintendent, 

Glencoe 


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Old-fashoned 

fun Pinstripes offers 

bowling, bocce, Page 16 

The ripe time Area 

restaurants feature unique fruit 

dishes, Page 21 

Winnetka man discusses conquering 

Mount Everest, Page 17 

James Lumberg, a Winnetka resident and chairman of the North Shore Country 

Day School Board of Trustees, is shown with a team of climbers making their way 

up Mount Everest earlier this year. Photo submitted

16 | July 28, 2016 | The winnetka Current PUZZLES 


north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Across 

Down 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

1. Hemmed, maybe 

5. Barbecue gadget 

9. Glencoe’s Ice 

Arena 

14. Lotion ingredient, 

perhaps 

15. One letting off 

steam 

16. Goodbye in 

Gascony 

17. Krakatoan outpouring 

18. Blanc, e.g. 

19. Emblematic object 

20. On edge 

22. The Shamrock Isle 

23. Judgment Day, 

e.g. 

24. Like old tires 

26. Like an impish kid 

30. Result of labor? 

31. Flexible blackjack 

card 

34. This makes sense 

35. Unaccompanied 

efforts 

36. Wrapped up 

37. Momentous 

40. Hero aviators 

41. Skating jump 

42. Long-necked birds 

43. Article in common 

use 

44. Word preceding 

souci or serif 

45. Real estate employees 

46. Hardly a Westminster 

contender 

47. Lack of modesty 

48. Substandard 

50. Scottish valley, 

North Shore village 

54. Formal objection, 

in court 

55. Word after jelly or 

jumping 

56. Itch 

58. Opposite of tape 

59. Pensioned (Abbr.) 

60. It’s often controlling 

61. Like cheese with a 

hint of pinot 

62. With the fleet 

63. Sling 

1. ‘My gal’ of song 

2. ___ vital (life force) 

3. Spun 

4. About to arrive 

5. Traffic in holy 

things 

6. __ as a peacock 

7. Minute particles 

8. Wrecking ball 

alternative 

9. Obviously diluted 

10. Hang trimmings 

on 

11. Mini monkey 

12. Freshman, probably 

13. Totality 

21. Herb used as a 

cover crop 

24. 1-2-3 dance 

25. Last words, so to 

speak 

26. Feeble complaint 

27. Domestic pest 

28. Find common 

ground 

29. Chickadees’ kin 

30. Fishing vessels 

31. “Men in Black” 

creature 

32. Is able to, to 

Shakespeare 

33. Does some yard 

work 

35. Turn aside 

36. Algonquian 

38. Narrow board 

39. Goad 

44. County bordering 

London 

45. Plan of action 

46. Little rodent 

47. Make cheery 

48. “Scope” starter 

49. Land in the 

Middle East 

50. Giggly trio? 

51. Laconic to a fault 

52. Sundae topper, 

perhaps 

53. Support 

54. Natural condensation 

55. Victoria’s Secret 

staple 

57. Type units 

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

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Winnetka man conquers 

the famous Mount Everest 

Hilary Anderson 


James Lumberg enjoyed 

reading Ernest Hemingway’s, 

“The Snows of 

Kilimanjaro,” so much so 

that he became fascinated 

with the idea of being on 

big mountains. 

Dreams have their 

way of becoming 

true sometimes as the 

Winnetka resident recently 

climbed Mount Everest, 

the highest mountain on 

Earth. When Lumberg 

reached its summit on 

May 19, it marked the 

fifth summit climb on his 

fifth mountain. 

“After reading Hemingway’s 

stories, I fell in love 

with the idea of climbing a 

mountain,” said Lumberg, 

who serves as chairman 

of the North Country Day 

School Board of Trustees. 

Lumberg’s adventure 

first took him to Liberia 

after graduate school. 

“I spent a couple years 

teaching school in Liberia,” 

he said during a 

talk at Redefined Fitness 

on July 13. “A civil war 

there cut my time short so 

I went instead to Tanzania 

to teach.” 

While in Tanzania, 

Mount Kilimanjaro, the 

tallest mountain in Africa, 

beckoned Lumberg to 

climb it. 

“It was on Mount Kilimanjaro 

that I fell in love 

with big mountains,” he 

said. “The opportunity 

to work with a team, the 

realization that reaching 

a summit was achievable 

and seeing the curvature 

of the earth was an extraordinary 

experience. At 

that point, I set my mind 

James Lumberg places a North Shore Country Day 

School flag into the ground of the summit at Mount 

Everest on May 19 after completing a climb of the 

famous mountain. He trained for the climb at Redefined 

Fitness in Wilmette. Photo submitted 

to climb big mountains.” 

He next climbed Mount 

Rainier in Washington 

state and decided to 

climb to the summits of 

the tallest mountains on 

each of the remaining six 

continents. 

In 2008, Lumberg 

climbed Alaska’s Mount 

McKinley, now known 

as Denali, which is the 

tallest mountain in North 

America. 

In 2010, he climbed Argentina’s 

Aconcagua, the 

tallest mountain in South 

America. 

Next was climbing Russia’s 

Mount Elbrus, the 

tallest mountain in Europe. 

“I wanted to climb it 

for more than one reason. 

Vern Teas, an accomplished 

climber and 

someone for whom I have 

much respect, was part of 

the group,” Lumberg said. 

“I wanted to climb Mount 

Everest and get his opinion 

whether he thought I 

could do it. We had a successful 

climb and I felt 

very self-confident. Next 

was Mount Everest.” 

Lumberg returned home 

and trained with Bruce 

Brio, a trainer and movement 

specialist from Redefined 

Fitness upon advice 

from his wife, Tracey. 

In 2015, there was an 

avalanche in the area 

close to a base camp 

where several Sherpa, the 

ethnic people who live in 

the mountainous regions 

of the Himalayas, died. 

“I wanted the mountain 

to settle,” Lumberg said. 

This spring, Lumberg 

arrived in Nepal’s capital 

Kathmandu. 

“I checked in with the 

local ministry, got a climbing 

permit and looked at 

the Hindu and Buddhist 

temples,” he said. 

He came with a team, 

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Faith Briefs 

Christ Church (784 Sheridan Road, 

Winnetka (847) 446-2850) 

Sunday Worship 

On Sundays throughout 

the summer, enjoy a 9:30 

a.m. Holy Eucharist at 

Maple Street Park. 

Willow Creek North Shore (315 

Waukegan Road, Northfield (847) 

765-5000) 

Cancer Ministry of Hope 

If you or a loved one 

has been touched by cancer, 

join the church for a 

cup of coffee, sharing and 

support from 11:15 a.m.- 

12:15 p.m. on the third 

Sunday of the month. 

Sunday Service 

Sunday services are held 

at 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. 

Temple Jeremiah (937 Happ Road, 

Northfield (847) 765-5000) 

Worship 

Shabbat services are 

held every Friday evening 

and Saturday morning. 

Temple Jeremiah 

greets Shabbat through 

sermons, lectures, music, 

discussions, family 

worship and dinners in the 

sanctuary or chapel. Visit 

www.templejeremiah. 

org/worship for more 

information. 

In Memoriam 

JoAnne (Withrow) Eaton- 

Morriss 

JoAnne (Withrow) Eaton-Morriss, 

82, died on 

July 15 at her home in Port 

Orange, Florida. Eaton- 

Morriss was born on July 

28, 1933 in Chevy Chase, 

Md. to Marion and Edgar 

Withrow and grew up in 

Chevy Chase and Wilmette. 

She graduated from 

New Trier High School in 

1951 and received a Bachelor 

of Arts in education 

from Duke University in 

1955. Before having children, 

she taught elementary 

school in Pittsburgh. After 

her children were older, 

she returned to teaching 

in Franklin, Pa., where 

she taught remedial reading. 

After moving to Port 

Orange in 1983, Eaton- 

Morriss was an insurance 

agent with Mass Mutual 

Insurance Company. She 

had four children with her 

first husband, James Whittit 

Eaton II: Murray Elizabeth 

(Eaton) Petrikis, Scott 

Withrow Eaton, James 

Whittit Eaton III and Bonnie 

Jones (Eaton) Thomas. 

On July 27, 2002, she married 

Robert Morriss in Port 

Orange. She loved tennis, 

golf, bridge, Mah Jong and 

was always working on a 

crossword puzzle. She was 

preceded in death by her 

parents, Marion and Edgar 

Withrow, her husband 

Robert Morriss and her 

son James. She is survived 

by three children and their 

spouses, seven grandchildren 

and four greatgrandchildren. 

A memorial 

service was held on Friday, 

July 22 at the Port Orange 

Presbyterian Church. In 

lieu of flowers, the family 

requests donations be 

made in her memory to the 

Port Orange Presbyterian 

Church. 

Rudolph Herbert Gebner 

Rudolph “Rudy” Herbert 

Gebner, 77, passed away at 

his home in Westmont on 

June 22 after a long battle 

with Parkinson’s disease. 

He was born to Herbert and 

Rose Gebner and raised in 

Northfield, where he attended 

New Trier High 

School. After high school, 

he enlisted in the United 

States Air Force, serving 

Sacred Heart Catholic Church (1095 

Gage St., Winnetka (847) 446-0856) 

Sunday Mass 

Sunday Mass is held at 

7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. 

St. Philip the Apostle (1970 Old Willow 

Road, Northfield (847) 446-8390) 

Sunday Mass 

Sunday Mass is held at 

7:30, 9:30 and 11:45 a.m. 

Submit information for 

The Current’s Faith page 

to Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

media.com. 

for four years in the role 

of radar specialist. He was 

married to Karen for 54 

years. Gebner was a longtime 

employee of Argonne 

National Laboratory. He 

had many interests including 

boating, fishing and 

photography. However, his 

greatest joy was spending 

time with his family including 

four children and 

nine grandchildren. He is 

survived by his wife, sons 

Kevin and Keith Gebner, 

daughters Renee Gebner 

and Robin Piraino 

and grandchildren Justin, 

Adam, Kailyn, Michael, 

Aaron, Jenna and Benjamin 

Gebner, and Nicholas and 

Ashley Piraino. The family 

held a private celebration 

of life. Memorials can be 

made to American Parkinson 

Disease Association at 

www.apdamidwest.org. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

about a loved one who was 

part of the Winnetka/Northfield 

community. 

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everest 

From Page 17 

one of whom was Billy 

Nugent, who grew up in 

Lake Forest and attended 

Lake Forest High School. 

Lumberg said Nugent literally 

saved two lives of 

individuals from another 

team on the descent from 

their May summit. 

There also were professional 

guides and Sherpa 

who pitched tents for 

the group, cooked, fixed 

ropes, set ladders and carried 

oxygen. 

“We wanted to get there 

feeling good and healthy 

and focus on climbing and 

bonding with our team,” 

Lumberg said. 

After flying into Lukla, 

they had a 40 mile journey 

to their base camp. 

They stayed in teahouses, 

each with a stove to keep 

it warm and small sleeping 

rooms. 

One constant was working 

with animals. Lower 

down the mountains, 

donkeys carried supplies 

needed. Higher up, Lumberg 

said they worked 

with an animal that was a 

cross between a cow and 

a yak. 

“All of the animals had 

bells on them,” Lumberg 

said. “It was comforting 

to hear them.” 

Another comfort was 

being in the Buddhist environment. 

“The Buddhist tradition 

is always with you,” 

he said. “As you walked 

through the villages, there 

are prayers carved into 

rocks. Almost every day 

we stopped at the monastery 

and had tea. The 

monks would be chanting 

or praying. It puts you 

into the mindset of climbing 

the mountain.” 

One of his highlights 

was the blessing of the 

Lama Geshi and receiving 

a Buddhist shawl. 

“You look at the mountains 

and it seems impossibly 

high, a little overwhelming 

but you think 

‘One day, one step at a 

time,’” he said. “For the 

next few days you are 

walking through the Himalayas. 

You continue 

going up. 

Base camp stands about 

a mile long and takes 

about an hour to walk 

from one end to the other. 

This was their home for 

weeks. with Sherpa tents, 

a cook tent, common dining 

tent, communications 

tent with Wi-Fi and their 

own personal tents. 

First up was the Puja 

Ceremony in which the 

Sherpa asked their mother 

god for safety on the 

mountain, forgiveness for 

whatever damage they 

may cause and permission 

to climb safely. Sherpas 

put their equipment on an 

altar. Climbers are welcome 

to do the same for 

a blessing. Finally, prayer 

flags are raised across the 

camp, signifying the official 

start of the climb. 

Pimba Sherpa was Lumberg’s 

personal Sherpa. 

“He was my protector, 

every step of the way,” 

he said. “I couldn’t have 

done it without him.” 

There are four segments 

to climbing the mountain 

from their base camp. 

The first is climbing 

through Khumbu Icefall, 

the most dangerous and 

foreboding section of 

the mountain. It involves 

crossing the large crevices 

on a ladder stretched 

laterally from one side to 

the other. Some of the ice 

blocks are as big as a car 

or small apartment. 

“The ice fall looks like 

a frozen waterfall,” Lumberg 

said. “You have to 

climb vertically to get out 

of an icefall. You cannot 

let your guard down.” 

The climb is on a fixed 

rope the Sherpa installed 

from the bottom of the 

mountain almost to the 

top. There is another tether 

connected to the mountain 

and an anchor point 

about every 30 feet. The 

climber is always connected 

to it via a harness. 

They climbed as much as 

possible at night with a 

headlight. 

The climb to the top 

is not linear. It consists 

of four rotations that are 

necessary for the climitization 

process, whereby 

the body builds more red 

blood cells to hold more 

oxygen for the climber. 

They start at base camp, 

go to camp one, stay a 

couple days, go up to 

camp two through the 

Icefall and back down to 

base camp. Next is base 

camp to camp two, spend 

a couple nights, go up to 

camp three briefly and 

back down to base camp. 

The expedition rests and 

hydrates then up to camp 

two and camp three where 

supplemental oxygen is 

needed, then back down 

to base camp. The process 

is repeated for camps 

three and four, then the 

final climb to the summit. 

On May 19, the team 

reached the summit of 

29,035 feet. It was extremely 

cold — 35 to 40 

degrees below zero — with 

strong winds. Lumberg 

placed a flag there from 

the North Shore Country 

Day School, which his 

children attended, but 

took it home so it wouldn’t 

litter the summit. He and 

his team could only stay 

for about 20 minutes because 

they needed oxygen 

and weren’t sure they 

would have enough for the 

descent. 

The whole process 

took eight weeks from his 

house to Mount Everest 

and back again. 

“I wanted this adventure 

to be an example 

to my family and others 

that if you have big goals 

and aspirations, you can 

achieve them,” Lumberg 

said.

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NSCDS launches food education program 

Teaches students 

about food 

production, 

sustainability 

Submitted by North Shore 

Country Day School 

To enable the community 

to understand food from 

many angles, North Shore 

Country Day School has 

embarked on a food transformation 

program. 

NSCDS has established 

a Food Education 

Committee, which 

according to committee 

member Drea Gallaga, 

helps teach students about 

the importance of food 

production processes and 

food sustainability. 

“Just as we strive to see 

our students as ‘whole 

children,’ the school is 

committed to understanding 

food holistically,” said 

Gallaga, who is a NSCDS 

English teacher and director 

of service learning. 

To achieve this vision, 

the committee proposed a 

three-year plan that began 

by examining how best 

to meet the needs of local, 

sustainable sourcing 

through its cafeteria food 

service provider that would 

be eager to partner with 

NSCDS educationally. Ultimately, 

the school selected 

HandCut Foods, whose 

operational focus and 

core philosophy regarding 

school food service was in 

alignment with school. 

During the 2015-16 

school year, the food 

education program came 

to life. A glance around 

campus reveals rain barrels 

to catch water from the 

gutters, garlic shoots by the 

cafeteria, kale seedlings in 

the greenhouse, compost 

and worm bins in the Lower 

School science room and 

garden beds clustered 

around campus. Students 

in all grades have already 

gotten to work planting 

seeds and seedlings. 

NSCDS took its traditional 

hands-on approach 

to learning and began transforming 

the way students 

and faculty interact with 

food — not just the food 

the community eats, but 

how the food is procured 

and grown, how the school 

deals with waste and how 

students learn about food. 

The program follows 

educational principles of a 

21st century independent 

school, promotes hands-on 

and experiential learning 

at all levels and focuses on 

NSCDS students made and painted rain barrels, which 

sit on campus and serve to collect rainwater. Photo 

Submitted 

five core areas of nutrition, 

food sourcing and procurement, 

menu planning, food 

preparation and distribution 

and waste management. 

Students, faculty and 

staff are developing a 

deeper understanding of 

nutrition, food sourcing 

and community-building 

through food. Food 

education is becoming a 

core curricular element 

in many grades. The 

food program is sustainable 

environmentally, 

financially and institutionally. 

Sourcing from 

local farms, composting 

and on-campus gardens 

promote environmental 

sustainability and a 

more accessible cafeteria 

and kitchen space fosters 

community engagement 

in the program. 

“Through learning about 

and practicing farm-totable 

principles, the school 

community is collaborative 

and more compassionate, 

and students are developing 

a global, local and 

personal understanding 

of food, food systems and 

food justice,” Drea said. 

A portion of the proceeds 

from the school’s 2015 annual 

auction and party were 

directed toward the 2015 

emotional appeal to refine 

and revamp the school food 

service operation and establish 

a comprehensive K-12 

food education program. 

The event raised $107,000 

for new kitchen equipment 

as the school committed to 

a made-from-scratch program, 

and an updated and 

streamlined serving area. 

Your summer 

reading starts here. 

• The Taste of Chicago isn’t dead just yet 

• Shel Silverstein was much more than you remember 

• One man’s quest for Chicago’s greatest 

sports memorabilia 

• Plus Lauren Lapkus, Ron Kittle, Richard Melman, 

our Railroad Fairs and more! 

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Summer 2016. Available now. 

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Summer reaches its sweet peak 

Staff Report 

We’ve entered that 

sweet spot of summer 

when most fruit is not 

only in season, but reliably 

delicious as well.. 

No more bitter blueberries 

and blackberries, no 

more mealy peaches and 

no more faded-red strawberries. 

Since it’s possible to 

import fruit in the dead of 

winter, it can be easy to 

overlook this peak time. 

But, we don’t want to let 

that happen to you, and 

that’s why 22nd Century 

Media took a tour over the 

North Shore last week to 

look for dishes that incorporate 

fruit. 

Some of those dishes 

are the classics you’d expect: 

berry-filled crepes 

and apple pastries. 

And others are more 

unique, like ice cream 

made with Alphonso mangoes, 

which were banned 

from import until 2007. 

So go ahead, read on 

and taste the sweetness of 

summer. 

Apple cinnamon kugel 

— Once Upon A Bagel, 

Winnetka 

While no dessert may 

seem more American than 

a good old fashioned slice 

of apple pie, one Winnetka 

bakery and restaurant 

serves up a sweet treat 

that comes mighty close. 

At Once Upon A Bagel, 

1052 Gage St., patrons 

can walk through the door 

and place an order from a 

variety of foods from bagels 

and New York-style 

pretzels to taco salads and 

gyros. However, one item 

definitely worth adding 

to the order is their apple 

cinnamon kugel. 

For those unfamiliar 

with the treat, a kugel is 

basically a baked casserole 

with a pudding-like 

texture made from egg 

noodles or potato, eggs 

and milk. A traditional 

Ashkenazi Jewish dish, 

kugels can be made anytime 

but are typically 

served during special 

events and Jewish holidays. 

Javier Gonzalez, a deli 

worker at Once Upon A 

Bagel, says the apple cinnamon 

kugel is made from 

egg noodles, milk, vanilla 

extract, sour cream, milk, 

cinnamon and apple slices. 

The apple cinnamon 

kugel comes served as 

a lasagna-like square 

with creamy noodle layers 

throughout and crisp, 

bite-sized apple pieces 

smack dab in the middle. 

What’s awesome about 

this kugel is that upon 

request, the treat can be 

served either warm or 

cold, depending on your 

preference. 

When cold, the apple 

cinnamon kugel tastes 

like a firm cake or apple 

turnover and when served 

warm, the dessert has the 

texture of a molten lava 

cake. 

Once Upon A Bagel 

also sells plain, raisin and 

chale bread pudding kugels. 

“The apple cinnamon 

kugel is popular, but our 

main seller is the raisin 

kugel,” Gonzalez said. 

Overall, the apple cinnamon 

variety is scrumptious 

without being too 

sweet and makes either 

the perfect cold treat for a 

hot summer day or warm 

and filling pastry for a 

blustery winter day. 

The dessert can be purchased 

for $2.25 a slice or 

$22.98 for a whole pan if 

you’d like to share with 

friends and family. 

Once Upon A Bagel, is 

open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.- 

530 p.m. Saturday and 6 

a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. For 

more information, visit 

www.onceuponabagel. 

com. 

Story by Jacqueline Glosniak, 

Contributing Editor 

Waffle berry crepes — 

Egg Harbor, Lake Forest 

What’s the toughest 

aspect of eating at Egg 

Harbor in Lake Forest? 

Choosing. 

The menu is ripe with 

options: skillets, scramblers, 

waffles, crepes and 

more. Now that Egg Harbor 

has combined two 

popular breakfast dishes, 

it may be a little easier to 

make a decision. 

The addition of the 

waffle berry crepe ($9.99) 

to Egg Harbor’s summer 

menu is nothing short of 

rich and absolutely delicious. 

“It’s our waffle batter 

that we use for our waffles. 

We thin it out a little 

bit and put it on the grill 

and make a crepe out of 

it,” manager Bruce Jackson 

said. 

The creation includes 

Nutella in the recipe, as it 

is filled and topped with 

the hazelnut spread. 

“Whenever we put 

Nutella in something, 

people goes crazy over 

it,” Jackson said. 

The dish also includes 

freshly sliced bananas and 

strawberries. A raspberry 

drizzle across the exterior 

of the crepe tops off 

the flavor-filled collaboration. 

The waffle crepe is 

served with a toasted English 

muffin and jam made 

from blueberries, blackberries 

and strawberries. 

Egg Harbor, located at 

512 N. Western Ave., is 

open from 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m 

daily. For more information, 

call (847) 295-3449. 

Story by Eddie Herz, Editorial 

Intern 

The apple cinnamon kugel ($2.25/slice) is a tasty spin 

on apple desserts at Once Upon A Bagel in Winnetka. 

Jacqueline Glosniak/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Alphonso mango ice cream 

— Prairie Grass Cafe, 

Northbrook 

Prairie Grass Cafe in 

Northbrook is putting 

an exotic spin on a cool 

summertime classic. Ice 

cream is always appealing 

to diners in the warmer 

months, but the Alphonso 

mango variety on the restaurant’s 

dessert menu has 

become a very hot commodity. 

The ice cream ($7.50) 

is prepared using a purée 

made from Indian-imported 

mangoes and mint 

grown in-house. Prairie 

Grass may be one of the 

few restaurants in the 

United States to feature 

Alphonso mangoes on 

their menu, given the difficulties 

associated with 

acquiring the rare fruit. 

A ban on the importation 

of Alphonso mangoes 

to the United States was 

lifted in 2007. Once the 

mangoes became available, 

co-chef Sarah Stegner 

knew she had to include 

the sweet fruits on 

her menu. 

“My husband [co-chef] 

Rohit Nambiar, is from 

India, and he loves the 

Alphonso mangoes,” 

Stegner said. “When we 

heard about the lifting of 

the ban, we knew we had 

to have these here. Prairie 

Grass Cafe is very much 

an American restaurant, 

but we have a little splash 

of India for him.” 

After my conversation 

with Stegner, I had the 

opportunity to try the ice 

cream for myself. Served 

over a bowl of ice, the 

dessert tastes like a mango 

lassi — a popular Indian 

drink — in the form 

of traditional ice cream. 

The fresh mint leaves only 

added more flavor to the 

already powerful taste of 

the dessert. 

The ice cream is gluten-free 

and made from 

sustainably-sourced ingredients. 

Prairie Grass 

features the prominent 

dessert on its menu yearround. 

Prairie Grass Cafe is 

open every day of the 

week with varying hours. 

For more information,visit 

www.prairiegrasscafe.com 

or call (847) 205-4433. 

Story by Jeremy Turley, 

Editorial Intern. 

Strawberry and Blueberry 

Crepes — Eggsperience 

Café, Glenview 

Contrary to what its 

name suggests, Eggsperience 

Café in The Glen 

serves up plenty of sweet 

breakfast dishes in addition 

to its signature, more 

savory egg entrées. 

The decade-old Glenview 

breakfast joint serves 

up dishes with seasonal 

ingredients in the summertime. 

Currently, customers 

are flying through the doors 

asking for the café’s fruity 

crepes. 

The “Eggceptional 

Crepes” are made to order 

and can feature any fruit 

that the customer fancies. 

However, during the summer 

months when berries 

are in season, the most 

popular choice is the strawberry 

and blueberry crepes 

sold for $9.99. 

On top of the three thin 

French pancakes are an 

abundance of fresh strawberries 

and blueberries. 

The dish looks different depending 

on the season and 

what produce is freshest, 

and summertime produces 

an especially vibrant plate. 

Garnished with an orange 

wedge and three 

flower-shaped strawberries, 

these particular crepes 

are even sweeter given 

the powdered sugar that is 

sprinkled on top. 

When you order the 

crepes, make sure to ask 

for an extra fork or two 

because the portion is definitely 

generous enough to 

share. Either that, or come 

extra hungry. 

Can’t make it in time for 

breakfast? No problem. Although 

the café has plenty 

of lunchtime options like 

salads, paninis and burgers, 

breakfast fare – including 

the strawberry and blueberry 

crepes – is served all day. 

For more information, 

call (847) 998-5111. 

Story by Debbie Newmark, 

Editorial Intern

22 | July 28, 2016 | The winnetka Current real estate 


The Winnetka Current’s 

of the 

WEEK 

What: A 5 bedroom, 5 bath home 

Where: 594 Spruce St., Winnetka 

June 3 

• 894 Burr Ave., Winnetka, 

60093- Chicago Title 

Land Trust Co. to John 

D. O’Malley, Felicia D. 

O’Malley, $730,000 

June 17 

• 505 Sunset Road, 

Winnetka, 60093- Eugene 

R. Kovalsky to William Scott 

Johnson, Nadia Lisbeth 

Johnson, $900,000 

• 805 Sumac Lane, 

Winnetka, 60093- Thomas 

Holt to Robert S. Wellstein, 

Berkley W. Wellstein, 

$1,762,000 

• 322 Chestnut St., 

Winnetka, 60093- Craig 

Niemann to Andrew 

Razeghi, Cindy Razeghi, 

$3,000,000 

June 20 

• 208 W. Frontage Road, 

Northfield, 60093- Federal 

National Mortgage 

Association to Peter Lee, 

Ashley Kim, $240,000 

• 390 Hawthorn Lane, 

Winnetka, 60093- Steven 

J. Fapka to Heidi B. 

Capozzi, Brian J. Capozzi, 

$1,850,000 

June 22 

• 630 Blackthorn Road, 

Winnetka, 60093- Paula 

M. Horn to William T. 

Adkerson, Heather 

Adkerson, $1,569,000 

June 23 

• 1099 Merril St. K1, 

Winnetka, 60093- Mary W. 

Wangler to Luca Marinelli, 

Roberta Schieppat 

Marinelli, $175,000 

• 1027 Spruce St., 

Winnetka, 60093- 

Hurley Trust to Clement 

Pimor, Emilie Cappella, 

$1,350,000 

June 24 

• 1728 Mount Pleasant 

St., Northfield, 60093- 

Muriusz Monte Christo to 

David Barack, Revy Brill, 

$166,500 

• 2031 Old Wilow Road, 

Northfield, 60093- 

Neylan Trust to August D. 

Hernandez, $532,000 

• 556 Hawthorn Lane, 

Winnetka, 60093- Meritus 

Homes Inc. to Jeremy Van 

Beek, Alexandra Van Beek, 

$1,570,000 

June 27 

• 1325 Hackberry Lane, 

Winnetka, 60093- James 

F. Mitchel to Robin Doerge, 

$1,575,000 

• 1 Golf Lane, Winnetka, 

60093- John O. Doerge, Jr. 

to John E. Dwyer IV, Claire 

D. Dwyer $2,135,500 

June 28 

• 147 Avon Ave., 

Northfield, 60093- John J. 

Miller to Patrick Senerehia, 

Danielle Senerehia, 

$610,000 

• 1198 Chatfield Road, 

Winnetka, 60093- U2 

Properties LLC to Laura C. 

Roche, $997,000 

June 29 

• 621 Woodland Lane 

N, Northfield, 60093- 

Karen E. McCormick to 

Grant Hendricks, Anne 

Hendricks, $756,000 

June 30 

• 308A W. Frontage Road, 

Northfield, 60093- Keats 

Trust to Daniel A. Willy 

Frenzel, Elizabeth H. 

Frenzel, $190,000 

• 475 Linden St., 

Winnetka, 60093- 

Woloshin Lerman Trust to 

Michael Sturm, Erica L. 

Sturm, $375,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information 

Services Inc. For more 

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(630) 557—1000 

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serve as the perfect retreat for adults and kids alike. The home has an attached 

oversized garage which is reached by a circular driveway. This home is steps to 

Lake Michigan and Spruce Street Beach, the train, town and the Village Green. 

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Mobile: 847-924-4119, Fax: 847-939-5774 

Office: 847-784-7385, patti.skirving@ 

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coach Matt Ravenscraft. 

Do you have any 

pregame rituals or 

superstitions? 

My pregame ritual is 

I usually get to the shed 

pretty early. We always 

listen to the same song 

before the game, “Heart 

of a Champion” by Nelly. 

Sometimes I’ll tape my 

wrists. 

What’s on your 

pregame playlist? 

We have a lot of Nelly. 

We do “Heart of a Champion” 

and we’ll listen to 

“Here Comes the Boom”, 

also by Nelly. 

Your brother Michael 

is currently getting 

ready to play college 

soccer at Marquette. 

Do you guys have 

any kind of a sibling 

rivalry? 

We get a little bit competitive 

about sports. He’s 

a competitive guy, I’m a 

competitive guy. There’s 

definitely a competitive rivalry. 

But my first varsity 

goal was an assist by him 

and my first varsity assist 

was (on) a goal scored by 

him. We may bicker a little 

bit but at the end of the day 

we’re on the same team. 

If you could travel 

anywhere, where 

would you go? 

I would go to Madrid. 

Coach Ravenscraft spent 

time abroad in Barcelona 

and it seems like a really 

cool skill to have to learn 

another culture and another 

language and be able to 

communicate with people 

that you wouldn’t usually 

meet in normal life here. 

Favorite North Shore 

restaurant, and what 

do you order there? 

I have to go with 

Homer’s. I definitely go 

with a basic cheeseburger, 

with cheddar cheese and 

ketchup, and a strawberry 

milkshake. 

Who were you rooting 

for in the Euro Cup? 

When Iceland started 

playing really well and 

they made it to the quarterfinal, 

I was pulling for 

them as the underdog. 

Who is your favorite 

player? 

I’d have to go with Neymar. 

He plays the same position 

as I do, he plays leftmid. 

He plays it really well 

and he’s a pace-y guy that 

likes to move the ball forward 

and not kill the play. 

What individual goals 

have you set for your 

senior season? 

With 18 returners 

coming back, we’re gonna 

be a very competitive 

team in the state this year. 

My goal, as a captain, is 

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to make a very good team 

environment where we’re 

playing for each other. 

And personally just to 

do my best on the field. 

For me, it’s not about 

statistics, it’s about our 

team winning. 

What’s the best 

coaching advice you’ve 

ever received? 

They can’t take you off 

the field if you’re a hardworker. 

What is your favorite 

part about being an 

athlete at New Trier? 

It’s definitely being able 

to represent the program 

that you play for. Especially 

in season, when 

you’re wearing your jersey 

to school and your friends 

come out and they really 

commit to being loyal and 

fans and just seeing the 

teams play. It’s just such a 

great environment. You’re 

very identifiable with the 

crowd that you play with. 

You’re known as a soccer 

player (or) you’re known 

as a baseball player, and 

it just creates a great community 

among players 

from all sports. 

Interview by Editorial Intern 

Jack Vita

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Inaugural NT Football Shoot Out raises money for veterans 

Michael Wojtychiw 

Sports Editor 

Brian Doll came to his 

alma mater New Trier 

three years ago to be its 

head football coach. 

In those three years, 

Doll has changed the mentality 

of the Trevian program 

and brought an entire 

new way of thinking. One 

of those was on display on 

Thursday, July 21, when 

the New Trier football 

program hosted the First 

Annual New Trier Football 

Shoot Out at the Par- 

3 course at the Winnetka 

Golf Course. 

“The main thing 

was that we wanted 

to get people excited 

about football and the 

upcoming season but also 

reach out to our alumni 

base and the community,” 

Doll said. “We talked 

about doing something 

unique and different 

especially since a lot of 

people run golf outings 

but we thought it’d be 

a good idea to make it a 

par-3, bring the alumni 

back and make it more of 

a social event, have some 

dinner, socialize, not your 

normal golf outing.” 

The event, which featured 

nine teams of five 

players and a couple with 

fewer than five, had the 

nine teams start at different 

holes and rotate from 

hole-to-hole until each 

team had played every 

hole. After the event, everybody 

gathered inside 

the clubhouse to get away 

from the rain for dinner 

and a silent auction. Prizes 

included game experiences 

for a Notre Dame football 

game, a Northwestern 

football game, a New Trier 

football game and a New 

Trier helmet commemorating 

the Sept. 11 attacks on 

New York. 

New Trier’s (left to right) Bob Bollweg, Bob Spagnoli, Tom Hessling, Jack Weiner, Augie Fontanetta and John 

Griffith pose before teeing off on the first hole of the New Trier Football Shoot Out on Thursday, July 21, in 

Winnetka. Photos by Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media 

“It’s a great event for us 

and a great way to kick off 

the year,” Doll said while 

addressing the crowd in 

the clubhouse. 

Attendees of the event 

included older alumni of 

the New Trier program 

and some recent grads. 

One of the attendees, new 

New Trier Athletic Director 

Augie Fontanetta, was 

thrilled that his football 

coach was able to pull off 

such an event. 

“I think what it comes 

down to as far as expectations 

is that Brian is such 

a great leader and you 

can see by the amount of 

people here — alum, parents, 

administrative staff, 

and just friends of the program 

— that he does such 

a great job of reaching everybody. 

I think the turnout 

symbolizes his leadership,” 

Fontanetta said. 

Bob Spagnoli, who has 

One of nine helmet designs New Trier plans to wear this season, a different design 

for each regular-season game. 

been a New Trier assistant 

for 27 years, has seen 

a change in not only the 

program itself, but also the 

culture around the team 

and the school. 

“Brian is a master of 

involving the community, 

the parents, the students, 

uniting everyone as one 

and truly understand the 

community,” Spagnoli 

said. “He understands 

what people value and 

what the kids get excited 

about and this is just another 

example of that.” 

The silent auction, donations 

and entrance fee 

raised money which will 

go to help not only the 

Trevs to wear 

nine different 

helmets in 

2016 season 


Sports Editor 

The New Trier football 

team will wear nine different 

helmets this year, a 

different one every week, 

as it commemorates a different 

idea with each one. 

The helmets include 

the current block NT 

helmet, one for breast 

cancer awareness, and 

one commemorating 

the mascots of when the 

schools were broken into 

two schools and had two 

different mascots. 

“I want to tell the history 

of the school,” New 

Trier coach Brian Doll 

said. “It’s unique that 

we started in 1901 as a 

school but in 1902 we 

had a football team. 

“I want kids to understand 

the history behind 

the school and the tradition. 

We go back to some 

of the old mascots but 

they didn’t have logos 

because they were wearing 

leather helmets, so 

what I tried to do was 

make it sequential and 

go back to Trier, Germany 

where it all started. 

We’re going to tell the 

kids so that they understand 

what our school is 

named after.” 

New Trier football team, 

but also go to a veterans 

charities, Operation Support 

Our Troops and another 

to be named.



Alumni Spotlight 

McGee looking for gold 

LA grad, USRowing 

national coach 

searching for 

success in Rio 


Sports Editor 

Basketball had always 

been Luke McGee’s sport 

of choice. The 36-year-old 

hadn’t even thought about 

joining a rowing team until 

the spring of 1994, his 

freshman year at Loyola 

Academy. The Fairfield, 

Connecticut native moved 

to Chicago a week before 

school started in the fall of 

1993. 

“My dad and brother actually 

recommended that I 

try it out, especially since 

I had some good friends 

that were doing it already,” 

McGee said. “One thing 

that made it even better 

was that at the time the 

team practiced at the Lincoln 

Park Lagoon and, 

with me living in Lincoln 

park, that was right by my 

house. It was a tiny lagonn, 

one that’s 1,000 meters of 

water, or half the distance 

of an Olympic race, but we 

had a place to practice.” 

Rowing, or crew as it’s 

called in many places, including 

Loyola, is a sport 

that, while not as popular 

as many sports, is on the 

upswing in the United 

States. 

“When I started the sport 

was tiny,” he said. “Now 

it’s becoming bigger, especially 

after the book ‘Boys 

in the Boat’ came out. and 

women’s rowing is huge, 

especially at the college 

level. 

The U.S. Women’s team 

is the best unknown dynasty 

in sports. The Women’s 

National team hasn’t lost a 

Women’s 8 in 10 years.” 

After getting involved 

with the sport, and focusing 

solely on it after his 

freshman year, McGee 

saw his rowing career explode 

both nationally and 

internationally. 

After spending a year at 

Yale, McGee transferred 

to Brown, where he finished 

his collegiate career 

by rowing his last three 

years. In 1999, the thencollege 

sophomore won a 

U-23 title and followed it 

up with a third-place finish 

the following year. After 

winning a U.S. title in 

2003, McGee decided to 

hang the oars up and get 

into coaching. 

Three years at Brown, 

followed by a five-year 

stint at Washington and 

coaching the U-23 team 

helped lead McGee to being 

appointed the coach of 

the U.S. National team in 

2013. 

“I don’t know if I 

ever thought I’d be the 

Senior National team 

coach,” McGee said. “It 

was exciting because it 

gave me a chance to cast 

myself against the world’s 

best and it was always a 

dream of mine to be at the 

Olympics.” 

While it seems like 

many U.S. National teams 

easily qualify in their 

sports, McGee and the 

Men’s National team had 

to sweat it out a little. 

“This past year has 

been the most challenging 

as a coach because we 

didn’t qualify at the World 

Championships, so we 

had to go through a final 

Olympic qualifier to get 

in,” he said. “But the guys 

bought in and were on the 

same page and we were 

able to get in.” 

Something that McGee 

Loyola Academy graduate Luke McGee instructs 

members of the U.S. National Rowing Team as it 

prepares for the 2016 Olympics. Photo Submitted by 

USRowing 

says most people don’t realize 

is that being a member 

of the National team is 

like having a full-time job. 

The team trains all-year 

around, 6-7 times a week, 

2-3 practiced a day. It becomes 

a lifestyle that most 

people don’t realize isn’t 

as glamorous as it seems. 

The athletes only get a stipend 

from the U.S. Olympic 

Committee so many of 

them have odd jobs, are 

Uber drivers or have to dip 

into their savings to help 

them out. McGee says it 

can be a serious challenge 

because the transition period 

can be hard. 

Through the 2012 

games, the United States 

has won 87 rowing medals 

in the Olympics, 24 more 

than Great Britain, which 

has the second most. 

“The landscape of the 

sports is different for the 

men than the women because 

it seems like the 

men’s teams focus on certain 

events when they pick 

their squads.” 

Despite the men’s team 

being one that’s young, it 

does have some returning 

players that McGee 

feels are ready to lead the 

squad in Rio. In the Men’s 

8, Glenn Ochal and Steve 

Kasprzyk look to lead the 

squad, while Henrik Rummel 

and Charlie Cole, who 

medaled in 2012, will be 

the leaders of the Men’s 

four. 

One thing that all people 

are worried about in the 

2016 Olympics is the quality 

of the Rio de Janiero 

water. 

Well, everyone but the 

U.S. Men’s National Rowing 

team that is. 

“We can’t really worry 

about it,” McGee said. 

“Plus we’ve already had 

something like this happen 

in France at the World 

Championships but these 

guys are ready and focused 

on rowing. 

“If you’re not setting 

expectations at the highest 

level, you’re setting yourself 

up for less. But obviously...we 

want the gold.” 

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that we can overcome a 

lot,” Fay said. “More than 

we think we can. When 

we’re physically fatigued 

or out of breath for one play, 

we always know, looking 

back on the Navy SEAL 

experience, we can go a lot 

farther than our body tells 

us we can. ... Knowing that 

we can overcome the worst 

of possibilities, we can really 

make a run for a great 

season.” 

When the morning squatting, 

crawling, arm-linking 

and lifting had ended, the 

players, physically spent, 

opted for a more typical 

morning activity: breakfast. 

“We were done and they 

all went out to breakfast 

at Walker Brothers together,” 

Doll said. “It was 

[great] because they’re all 

bonding and having this 

great experience together 

and they felt like they had 

accomplished something 

together.”



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Getting after it 

NT football goes 

through earlymorning 

Navy 

SEAL-style training 

Fouad Egbaria 

Contributing Editor 

Walking waist deep in 

Lake Michigan, logs held 

over their heads, crawling 

on the sand — by 7 a.m. 

last Monday and Tuesday, 

New Trier football players 

had already had a heck of 

a day. 

On the heels of the the 

summer 7-on-7 schedule, 

the New Trier football team 

hit Tower Road Beach 

in Winnetka in the early 

morning hours of July 18- 

19 for Navy SEAL-style 

training (the first time the 

program has used such 

a training exercise). The 

morning sessions were 

run by Ruck Endure — 

created by a former Navy 

SEAL and Navy Fleet 

Marine Force operator — 

which aims to bring Navy 

SEAL training drills and 

principles to the general 

public. 

Coach Brian Doll, entering 

his third season at New 

Trier, praised the activity’s 

team-building aspect — in 

many of the drills, one person’s 

mistake affects the 

entire unit. 

“By the end of the day, 

when the kids are completely 

exhausted, you can 

see it’s very rewarding for 

them,” Doll said. 

Fifty-five juniors and seniors 

participated in the activities, 

which brought them 

to the beach at 4:45 a.m. on 

Monday and Tuesday. 

“One of my ultimate 

goals as a program was to 

have our juniors and seniors 

paired up and working 

together,” Doll said. “I 

just think that when you 

transition into every new 

seaso, you have to work on 

meshing those groups. This 

was just a unique way to 

get our juniors and seniors 

on the same page.” 

For rising senior 

running back Francis Fay, 

of Glencoe, the training 

exercise was unexpected 

but exciting. 

“When coach announced 

that we had to meet at the 

beach at 4:45 [a.m.], we 

Players get down on the sand to do push-ups. 

“It definitely woke us up.” 

Francis Fay—New Trier rising senior on walking 

into the waters of Lake Michigan for Navy 

SEAL-style training activities in the early morning 

hours of July 18 and 19 

all kind of looked at each 

other like he’s crazy,” Fay 

said. “I was obviously very 

excited, I knew it would 

be something new for the 

team to do. A lot of our 

teammates bought into the 

process and bought into the 

idea.” 

The morning started 

with a cold wake-up, as 

the players waded into the 

waters of Lake Michigan 

after lining up shoulder-toshoulder. 

First, they went 

to about two-feet deep, 

then waist deep. Then, they 

were directed to sit down in 

the water and link arms. 

“It definitely woke us 

up,” Fay said. 

Both Fay and Doll said 

the training offered a chance 

for many rising juniors 

to show their leadership 

abilities — Doll singled out 

Kevin Conaghan, saying 

teammates “gravitated 

toward him,” a wide 

receiver and linebacker 

on last year’s sophomore 

roster — in an intense 

situation. 

“Probably one of the 

New Trier football players work together to lift 

150-pound logs above their heads for Navy SEAL-style 

training at Tower Road Beach in Winnetka, held in two 

sessions in the early morning hours of July 18 and 19. 

Photos Submitted 

most intriguing things of 

this whole [activity] was 

watching juniors become 

leaders and feel comfortable, 

even giving orders to 

seniors,” Doll said. “While 

we are senior-heavy and 

we’ve got a lot of great 

senior leaders, probably 

the best thing that we as a 

coaching staff identified 

was our junior leaders became 

more comfortable.” 

Fay, a senior and a key 

cog in the Trevians ground 

game, agreed. 

“We saw a lot out of our 

juniors coming up, a lot of 

leadership qualities that we 

haven’t seen up until that 

point,” Fay said. “It really 

made sure we all stuck together 

as a team.” 

Naturally, the message 

of the training exercise is 

meant to translate to the 

gridiron, as New Trier’s 

season opener Aug. 26 is 

just around the corner. 

“If we did something 

wrong during the training, 

all of us would have to start 

over again, it wasn’t just 

one person’s fault,” Fay 

said. “I really think that put 

emphasis on the fact that 

we either win together or 

we lose alone.” 

And when the season 

starts and adversity strikes, 

Fay said they can look back 

at this experience as proof 

that they can get through it. 

“[The training] proved 

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Building the Bulldogs 

1st-and-3 

Three new Trier 

GAMES to Watch 

Varsity Views 

1. Can New Trier end 

Maine South’s 

streak? (ABOVE) 

Maine South 

has won 75 

consecutive 

Central Suburban 

League games. 

The Trevs lost 24- 

21 last year but 

will get another 

crack Oct. 7 in 

Park Ridge. 

2. Trevs host state 

semifinalists. 

New Trier hosts 

Palatine Sept. 16. 

The Pirates lost to 

Loyola 24-22 in 

last year’s state 

semifinals. 

3. Evanston visits 

Northfield. Trevs 

host their rivals 

Sept. 23 at 7:30 

p.m. New Trier 

won 14-12 last 

year. 

Listen Up 

Loyola grad Burgess 

helps make Yale a 

lacrosse destination 

Eric DeGrechie, Managing Editor 

With its dominant success in 

the high school athletic arena, it’s 

no surprise that the Loyola Academy 

girls lacrosse program has 

produced countless great athletes 

that have gone on to excel at the 

next level. Former Ramblers have 

played collegiately at universities 

all across the United States. 

One school though that has never 

dipped into coach John Dwyer’s 

player pool is Yale University. 

That’s all about to change this fall 

as recent Loyola graduate Hannah 

Burgess, of Wilmette, joins 

the women’s team. Former player 

Colleen Smith, graduate of Princeton 

University and Loyola class 

of 2011, will also be calling New 

Haven, Conn. home as she was recently 

named an assistant on coach 

Erica LaGrow’s staff. In 2017, rising 

senior Colleen Huffman will 

become a member of the Bulldogs 

as she has verbally committed to 

the university. 

Burgess, a 5-foot-4-inch defender 

on a Loyola team that won 

its eighth-straight Illinois High 

School Women’s Lacrosse Association 

championship in June, had 

narrowed her college choices down 

to Yale and the Naval Academy. 

“It came down to choosing the 

place where I could take academics 

the furthest,” said Burgess, 

who leaves for Yale on Aug. 26. 

“My family is from the East Coast. 

I loved the campus. I loved the 

“We can’t really worry about it.” 

Luke McGee — Loyola Academy grad and current USRowing 

National Team coach on his team preparing for the 

potentially bad and dirty water in Rio de Janeiro during 

next month’s Olympics. 

coaching staff. They were so nice. 

It was one of those things where 

Navy would’ve been good, but 

Yale was the place where I felt like 

it was going to be my new home.” 

Burgess, who admits that she’s 

always put school first, is undecided 

on what she’ll be majoring 

in at Yale, but thinks it could come 

down to international relations 

(global affairs major) or biomedical 

engineering. 

As voted by her teammates, 

Burgess was a team captain for 

the Ramblers this past spring and 

helped propel the squad to three 

state titles during her time at the 

varsity level. 

“She was very well-respected 

by her peers and really earned the 

honor of being co-captain,” Dwyer 

said. “She was highly instrumental 

in our state title run and success.” 

Dwyer noted that Burgess was 

presented with some obstacles during 

the campaign including illness 

early on and shin splints. She demonstrated 

to Dwyer and the other 

players her leadership skills off 

the field during those challenging 

times. 

For the former volleyball player, 

lacrosse became a passion during 

her freshman year when Burgess 

joined the junior-varsity team. 

Though inexperienced in the sport, 

she began showing Dwyer and the 

other Loyola coaches she had the 

tools to be successful right away. 

“She worked very hard to improve 

her skills as a player. She 

was always athletic, always fast 

and understood how to play because 

she had a good background 

in other sports,” Dwyer said. “Her 

stick skills were always there and 

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she was fast on her feet.” 

Originally a midfielder, Dwyer 

found a place in the starting lineup 

for Burgess on defense. 

“Our defense is somewhat 

complex, so you have to be smart 

to play,” Dwyer said. “You have 

to be able to communicate really 

well. She’s gotten very good 

at that and has become a very 

confident player.” 

Though she had no problem 

finding the net as a midfielder, Burgess 

really took her game to the 

next level on defense, a phase of 

the game she embraces. 

“I love defense. When you play 

attack, you get all of your statistics 

and you have your time to shine 

every game, but with defense, you 

have to play as a group,” Burgess 

said. “It’s really good team-building. 

If you trust your teammates, 

they’ll have your back. “ 

LaGrow, in her second year at 

the helm for Yale, will be getting a 

player in Burgess that was an All- 

State honorable mention, an academic 

All-American and an All- 

Conference member. Last season, 

the Bulldogs were 5-10 and Burgess 

believes her new coach is the 

right person to oversee the program 

as it continues to grow. 

“[LaGrow] was looking for an 

athlete. I think her way of coaching 

is that lacrosse has skills, but you 

can refine them. She’s all about 

speed and athleticism,” Burgess 

said. “Her goal is to take the team 

to a new level. She’s so young and 

ambitious.” 

Though Burgess doesn’t know 

assistant coach Smith personally, 

she does know her family and the 

two both went to grade school at 

Index 

27 - New Trier Football 

26 - Athlete of the Week 

Hanna Burgess, a 2016 graduate 

of Loyola Academy, celebrates 

during the Illinois High School 

Women’s Lacrosse Association 

championship game in June 

VARSITY VIEWS 

versus New Trier. Burgess will 

be playing collegiately at Yale 

University. Varsity Views. 

VARSITY VIEWS 

St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette. 

She’s looking forward to playing 

for her and having Huffman come 

aboard next year. 

“It’s really comforting to have 

the local connections and see the 

program grow with Loyola people,” 

Burgess said. 

While Dwyer is of course sad to 

see his captain go off to Connecticut, 

he’s confident Burgess will do 

well and is excited about the new 

relationship Loyola is building on 

with Yale. 

“I think she’ll have an impact 

on the program right away. No. 

1, she’s a very smart kid and very 

athletic. The kids who go through 

our program play at such a high 

level of competition whether in 

Illinois or outside of the state 

during the season,” Dwyer said. 

“Playing in college, the adjustment 

is big. It’s not in terms of 

the intimidation factor of who 

you’re playing with or against, 

but just the speed of the game, 

and our players adjust to that. 

Hannah will as well.” 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw, 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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NT football 

upperclassmen tackle 

Navy SEAL training 

exercises on Tower Road 

Beach, Page 30 

McGee looking towards Rio 

Loyola Academy graduate Luke McGee 

prepares to lead USRowing to the gold medal at 

the 2016 Olympics, Page 28 

Golfing for a cause 

The New Trier football team kicks 

off its season with a charity golf 

event, Page 27 

New Trier junior and senior football players execute a drill during one of two early-morning Navy SEAL-style training sessions, held July 18 and 19, 

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