LF_101316

LakeForestLeader.com sound off
the lake forest leader | October 13, 2016 | 13
Social snapshot
Top Stories
From LakeForestLeader.com as of Oct.
10
1. 10 Questions with Lena Ansari, Lake
Forest Academy girls field hockey
2. LF resident uses hemp oil for pain relief
post-chemo, shingles
3. Football: Ground and pound Bears best
Scouts
4. Rain can’t keep spirits down at
Oktoberfest
5. In Memoriam: Grabowski
Become a member: LakeForestLeader.com/plus
Lake Forest Academy posted this picture on
Oct. 7 with the caption: “We had a fantastic
evening with our alumni in St. Charles tonight.
Thanks, everyone, for joining us! Go, LFA!”
Like The Lake Forest Leader: facebook.com/
TheLakeForestLeader
“Lake Forest College students get access to
@DrTempleGrandin for a private discussion
before her lecture. #animalwelfare
#collegelife”
@LFCollege, Lake Forest College, posted
on Oct. 7.
Follow The Lake Forest Leader: @TheLFLeader
go figure
10
The
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
number of dollars that Lake
Forest residents would need to
pay per quarter for a water bill
that could help the city deal with
rising costs to fire department
pensions, Page 6.
From the Sports Editor
The changing of the guard
Derek Wolff
d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.com
“That time of year thou
mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or
none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs
which shake against
the cold,
Bare ruin’d choirs,
where late the sweet
birds sang”
-William Skakespeare,
Sonnet 73
Old Bill Shakespeare
describes
the change from
summer to fall much
more eloquently than I
can. Without fault—no
matter the political scene
or who is in the Major
League Baseball playoffs
or which National Football
League team is under
performing, or who will
make the final roster on
the Chicago Blackhawks
this season—the one
constant about the month
of October is that summer
is certainly over and the
days grow ever shorter
and colder.
Yet there is still
splendor to be found in
this wonderful time of
year before the snows
come and the temperatures
dip below freezing.
Last week I spent a good
amount of my Wednesday,
Oct. 5, hanging out
under a tree at the clubhouse
at Deerpath Golf
Course in Lake Forest,
waiting for the Highland
Park and Lake Forest
High School girls golf
teams to come in from
their rounds during an
IHSA Regional.
As fate would have it,
the teams tied for third
place in the contest,
meaning that a tiebreaker
would determine which
team advanced to the sectional,
played earlier this
week. In the end, Lake
Forest advanced due to a
better fifth-score finish,
bringing at once anguish
and elation to the two
sides I’ve gotten accustomed
to throughout my
coverage of the teams this
season. There was some
solace to be taken in the
fact that Highland Park
did qualify three individuals
on to the sectional,
though it would have
been nice for the entire
team to have made it.
As the fall sports
seasons wind down and
we make our transition
to winter, the sonnets of
various athletes at both
high schools will be written,
perhaps for the last
time.
On a personal note and
within that vein, the last
sonnet for Lake Forest
Leader editor Kirsten
Keller has been written
at 22nd Century Media.
Kirsten has moved on to a
tremendous new position
in Champaign. As a University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
graduate,
I have no doubts that she
will succeed in her new
role and will enjoy being
so close to a place she
certainly loves.
When past Lake Forest
Leader Editor Nicki
Koetting left it enabled
Kirsten to shine within
the community and I have
no doubts the next editor
will do the same, for just
like the changes within
the seasons, the changing
of the guard merely
alters the landscape from
one picturesque shot to
another.
In the meantime,
there’s much to celebrate
here at the Leader. We’re
in the middle of our first
requester campaign (if
you haven’t already,
check out the story on
Page 8 or our advertisement
on Page 7). We’re
also having a pumpkin
carving contest, where
we’d like you to see your
submitted best designs
(There’s a big jack-o’-
lantern in my neighbor’s
apartment that would
probably take the cake,
but I’m partial to anything
featuring designs
about sports teams at
LFHS).
Fall always brings out
some of the best days of
the year, particulalry in
a place as creative as the
North Shore. Later on this
month The Leader will be
scouting out Halloween
decorations, looking for
the most festive houses
and the best spots for
trick-or-treaters in Lake
Forest and Lake Bluff.
Finding those houses was
one of my first assignments
when I began writing
for the Leader a little
over a year ago.
As the leaves fell down
from the tree I was sitting
under at Deerpath—the
gorgeous golden brown
color of the season—the
changing landscape before
me was completely
abundant, but that’s a
good thing. There was
plenty to look back upon
over this past year, and
still plenty more to look
forward to.
So I issue this following
challenge to our readers;
what do you fall for
this time of year? Let me
know by emailing me at
d.wolff@22ndcentury
media.com. Have a fall
project you’re passionate
about? Send a letter to
the editor and we’ll get
the word out. If there’s
one constant about the
Leader, it’s that we fall
for the stories that you
provide us and are always
looking for more.
The Lake Forest
Leader
Sound Off Policy
Editorials and columns are the
opinions of the author. Pieces
from 22nd Century Media are
the thoughts of the company as
a whole. The Lake Forest Leader
encourages readers to write
letters to Sound Off. All letters
must be signed, and names and
hometowns will be published.
We also ask that writers include
their address and phone number
for verification, not publication.
Letters should be limited to 400
words. The Lake Forest Leader
reserves the right to edit letters.
Letters become property of The
Lake Forest Leader. Letters that
are published do not reflect
the thoughts and views of The
Lake Forest Leader. Letters can
be mailed to: The Lake Forest
Leader, 60 Revere Drive ST
888, Northbrook, IL, 60062.
Fax letters to (847) 272-4648 or
email to nicki@lakeforestleader.
com.
www.lakeforestleader.com