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THURSDAY 

All Ages Storytime 

10:30-11 a.m., Dec. 8, 

Winnetka Public Library, 

768 Oak St., Winnetka. 

Toddlers and young children 

are invited to come 

to the library with a parent 

or caregiver for singing, 

dancing and stories. For 

information, visit winnetkalibrary.org. 

Lego Mania Club 

6:30-7:30 p.m., Dec. 8, 

Winnetka Public Library, 

768 Oak St., Winnetka. 

Kids are invited to come 

join others in this fun club 

building with Lego. For 

required registration, visit 

winnetkalibrary.org. 

FRIDAY 

Bright Beginnings 

10:30-11 a.m., Dec. 

9, Northfield Public Library, 

1785 Orchard Lane, 

Northfield. Parents and 

caregivers of children 

ages 0-17 months are welcome 

to share in simple 

stories, rhymes, music 

and movement. For information, 

visit winnetkalibrary.org. 

Holiday Gift Wrapping 

4-6 p.m., Dec. 9, Glenview’s 

former Village Hall, 

1225 Waukegan Road, 

Glenview. Join the Rotary 

Club of Winnetka-Northfield 

as they help Youth 

Services of Glenview- 

Northbrook wrap holiday 

presents for disadvantaged 

families. For information, 

visit wnrotary.org. 

SATURDAY 

Community Conversations 

10-11 a.m., Dec. 10, 

Peet’s Coffee, 817 Elm 

St., Winnetka. Join Winnetka 

trustees Kristin Ziv 

and Scott Myers for the 

third in a series of monthly 

Community Conversations 

to discuss Village issues 

over a cup of coffee. 

All are welcome. Conversation 

is free, coffee 

is for purchase. Community 

Conversations take 

place the second Saturday 

morning of each month 

at Peet’s. To learn more 

about the Village, visit 

villageofwinnetka.org. 

Candy Cane Lane Tree 

Decorating 

10 a.m.-noon, Dec. 10, 

Hubbard Woods Park, 939 

Green Bay Road, Winnetka. 

Do visions of sugar 

plums dance in your head 

this holiday season? Use 

that creativity and register 

your organization, club, 

troop, neighborhood or 

family to decorate your 

very own tree in Hubbard 

Woods Park. Each group 

is responsible for their 

own decorations. No glass 

decorations will be allowed. 

No electricity will 

be available. The fee is 

$30 per tree for residents 

and $40 for non-residents. 

For information, visit winpark.org. 

Santa’s Visit 

10 a.m.- noon, Dec. 10, 

Hubbard Woods Park, 939 

Green Bay Road, Winnetka. 

Why fight for a 

mall parking spot when 

Santa will be just down the 

street? Warm up with hot 

chocolate and get your free 

picture taken with the big 

guy himself. There will be 

plenty of other activities, 

like a trackless train ride, 

cookie decorating and real 

reindeer to keep kids happy. 

For information, visit 

winpark.org. 

Holiday Fest 

11 a.m.- 1 p.m., Dec. 

10, Northfield Community 

Center, 401 Wagner 

Road, Northfield. Free 

holiday fun for children 

ages 2-8 includes games, 

crafts, inflatable games, a 

visit with Santa Claus and 

more. Children must be 

accompanied by an adult. 

For information, call (847) 

446-4428. 

SUNDAY 

Away in the Manger 

4:30-6:30 p.m., Dec. 

11, Northfield Community 

Church, 400 Wagner Road, 

Northfield. Join friends and 

families at Northfield Community 

Church’s Community 

Christmas, “Away in 

the Manger”. The Christmas 

story will come alive 

at stations where guests 

can make ornaments and 

crafts, decorate cookies, 

sing Christmas carols, listen 

to story time and more. 

A free dinner will be provided. 

Free commemorative 

family photos will be 

taken as well. Guests are 

also invited to bring warm 

mittens, gloves, socks, hats 

and scarves to furnish the 

mitten tree. hese gifts will 

be shared with the Night 

Ministry which serves the 

Chicago area’s homeless 

population. For information, 

call (847) 446-3070 

or email office@northfielducc.org. 

MONDAY 

All-Star Jazzy Christmas 

7:30 p.m., Dec. 12, Cornog 

Auditorium, New Trier 

High School, 385 Winnetka 

Ave., Winnetka. Join 

New Trier Jazz as they 

welcome Tim Warfield and 

his out-of-this-world band 

for an evening of holiday 

music. Warfield is a Philadelphia-based 

saxophone 

star following in the footsteps 

of jazz greats like 

Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King 

Cole and Vince Guaraldi. 

The show caps off an exciting 

day for New Trier 

jazz students, as all four 

of the school’s jazz ensembles 

will work with the 

band in a clinic session at 

the venue before the show. 

Tickets are $20 for adults 

and $10 for students and 

can be purchased at the 

door or at ntjazz.com. 

WEDNESDAY 

Grinch Holiday Party 

4-5 p.m., Dec. 14, The 

Book Stall, 811 Elm St., 

Winnetka. The Book Stall 

is pleased to welcome 

back the Grinch. Don’t 

worry, this is the Grinch 

after his heart has grown 

three sizes. Listen to The 

Book Stall’s Jon Grand 

read the beloved Seuss 

tale, then stay for a meet 

and greet with the reformed 

Grinch. The store 

will have “Grinchly” 

activities and fun giveaways. 

This year, they’re 

partnering with Toys for 

Tots, so #GrowYourHeart 

three sizes by donating a 

new book. For information, 

visit thebookstall. 

com or call (847) 446- 

888. 

Gingerbread House 

Workshop 

5-6 p.m., Dec. 14, Winnetka 

Park District Community 

Room, 540 Hibbard 

Road, Winnetka. 

Using a variety of sweets 

and candies, children can 

use their creativity and 

imaginations to design 

and decorate a one-of-akind 

gingerbread house. 

Parents are strongly encouraged 

to stay and form 

a team with their child 

to build a lasting holiday 

memory. Work on patterns 

or make a mess, it’s all up 

to you. Children may get 

messy, so please dress 

appropriately. The fee is 

$25 for residents and $30 

for non-residents. For information 

and to register, 

visit winpark.org. 

THURSDAY 

Jewelry trunk show 

3-7 p.m., Dec. 15, Oui 

Madame!, 550 Lincoln 

Ave, Winnetka. Oui Madame! 

will be having a 

very special event with 

Jenny Jules of JBug Jewels 

hosting a trunk show 

featuring her one of a 

kind necklaces. All are 

made from vintage jewelry 

pieces and specially 

imported crystals unique 

to her exceptional concept. 

For a preview, see 

the store’s current window 

display featuring her 

ornate necklaces as ornaments. 

For information, 

call (847) 441-0182. 

UPCOMING 

A Christmas Carol in Four 

Staves by Charles Dickens 

7:30p.m., Dec. 16; 2 

p.m., Dec. 17, Winnetka 

Community House, 630 

Lincoln Ave., Winnetka. 

“A Christmas Carol in 

Four Staves” is a one-man 

performance of the historic 

1868 public reading text 

that Dickens used while 

on his extensive public 

reading tours in Europe 

and America. Frank Babbit 

narrates, coming to 

Winnetka with experience 

with many orchestras and 

chamber ensembles as 

narrator, most recently 

at Millennium Park with 

the Grant Park Orchestra 

in the world premiere of 

Christopher Theofanidas’ 

“The Northern Lights.” 

General admission is $10 

with a $1.49 online processing 

fee and tickets can 

be purchased at winnetkacommunityhouse.org. 

Wrap it up 

8 a.m.-5 p.m., Dec. 

20, Winnetka Community 

House, 630 Lincoln 

Ave., Winnetka. Celebrate 

the season and make a 

holiday gift for someone 

special on your list. Each 

child will make and take 

home a wrapped holiday 

gift for someone special 

on their list. Hot chocolate 

and cookies will 

also be served. For information, 

visit winnetkacommunityhouse.org 

or 

call (847) 446-0537. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Jacqueline Glosniak 

at jacqueline@winnetkacurrent.com.

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A forum on tri-city engagement 

Winnetka, 

Northfield, 

Kenilworth leaders 

talk cooperation 

Todd Marver 

Freelance Reporter 

In an effort to update 

neighboring communities 

on one another’s happenings, 

the League of Women 

Voters of Winnetka- 

Northfield-Kenilworth 

sponsored a State of the 

Villages Forum for residents 

of Winnetka, Northfield 

and Kenilworth to 

hear directly from village 

managers and village 

presidents on Thursday, 

Dec. 1, at the Kenilworth 

Union Church, 211 Kenilworth 

Ave. 

At the forum, the biggest 

topic discussed regarded 

the three villages’ 

engagement in intergovernmental 

cooperation 

due to the recent passage 

of state legislation, Public 

Act 99-006, stipulating 

that 911 centers in Cook 

County may serve no fewer 

than 25,000 people as 

of July 1, 2017. 

Because of the new legislation, 

the three communities, 

along with Glencoe, 

will contract with 

Glenview for police dispatch 

services. Glenview 

already handles dispatch 

services for Highland 

Park, Lake Forest and 

Lake Bluff. 

“It actually showed 

something that I think is a 

common theme and that is 

the amazing level of cooperation 

we have between 

these three communities 

and now a new partner 

in the Village of Glencoe,” 

Kenilworth Village 

Manager Patrick Brennan 

said. “[Glenview] has a 

plan in place that’s been 

working very successfully. 

They’ve already done 

this same merger with 

some communities much 

larger than us, so it will be 

working very well for us. 

The village managers and 

police chiefs are all working 

very hard to make sure 

this transition is as seamless 

as possible because 

the absolute last thing we 

want to have is you call 

911 and nobody answers. 

So, that was another advantage 

of selecting Glenview.” 

The police dispatch services 

include 24-hour answering 

of all emergency 

911 phone calls and police 

non-emergency calls, 24- 

hour dispatching of police 

personnel using radio and 

computer aided dispatch, 

answering administrative 

phone calls during 

non-business hours, emergency 

and after hours notification 

of Public Works, 

activating community 

warning sirens and reverse 

notification calls 

and provide passive electronic 

video monitoring of 

video feeds. 

Northfield Village Manager 

Stacy Sigman anticipates 

the after-hours 

services and enhanced 

emergency services Glenview 

will provide will be 

beneficial for all communities. 

“If your dog runs away 

or you need overnight 

parking, all of those 

things are still going to 

be able to be handled 

in that center,” Sigman 

said. “Right now, each of 

our departments has one 

dispatcher at any point in 

time, which is great when 

you have only one call. 

But sometimes, on the 

really bad days and events, 

you’ve got multiple calls 

coming in. By pooling 

our resources and having 

a larger dispatch center, 

we’re able to share the 

economies of all of that 

and I think provide better 

safety for our officers that 

are out on the streets. It 

allows the five towns that 

work so well together 

in mutual aid to stay on 

that same radio network 

and seamlessly integrate 

our staffs together when 

emergencies or backup 

are necessary.” 

Winnetka Village Manager 

Rob Bahan, Northfield 

Village President 

Fred Gougler, Winnetka 

Village Trustee Bill 

Krucks and Kenilworth 

Village Trustee Scott 

Lien also shared input 

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Police Reports 

Man arrested on drug, weapon charges in Northfield 

On Nov. 25, Terrance 

T. Jackson, 32, of Round 

Lake Beach, was arrested 

at 12:29 a.m. at Tower 

Road near I-94 for excessive 

speeding, 98 mph in 

a 55 mph zone, felony 

unlawful possession of 15 

grams of cocaine, misdemeanor 

unlawful possession 

of drug paraphernalia 

for a scale and felony 

unlawful use of a weapon 

for having an uncased and 

loaded pistol in the car. 

In other police news: 

NORTHFIELD 

Nov. 22 

• At 2:51 a.m., a security 

guard at Fields Volvo, 77 

Frontage Road, saw three 

white males enter a vehicle 

and then head north 

onto Frontage Road. Police 

responded and found 

a 2005 pickup truck from 

the Land Rover dealership, 

670 Frontage Road, 

hot wired in an attempt to 

steal a plow. The owner of 

the car was notified and 

the vehicle was turned 

over to the owner. 

Nov. 23 

• Michael J. Schietinger, 

38, of Highland Park, was 

arrested at 8:13 a.m. at 

the intersection of Sunset 

Ridge Road and Birchwood 

Lane for driving 

with an expired license 

plate registration sticker 

and no driver’s license. 

• At 1:21 p.m., a resident 

of the 2300 block of Burr 

Oak Road alerted police 

that the burglar alarm for 

their home was activated 

and observed subjects going 

up to the door of the 

home and people fleeing 

in cars on the home’s camera 

system. The burglars 

forced entry into the home 

and items in excess of 

$500 were taken, including 

a safe from a closet. 

Nov. 24 

• At 12:45 a.m., someone 

called police to report 

three male subjects fighting 

in the parking lot of 

the plaza at 305 S. Happ 

Road. The fight originally 

started at Stormy’s Tavern 

and Grille, 1735 Orchard 

Lane. The case has been 

turned over to investigations. 


of the 0 block of Winfield 

Drive reported seeing 

a black male wearing 

a green hat and dark gray 

or green sweatshirt and 

walking with a limp walking 

suspiciously around 

homes in the area. The 

suspect was gone upon 

police arrival. 

Nov. 25 

• Jose A. Herrera, 21, of 

Des Plaines, was arrested 

in the 500 block of Sunset 

Ridge Road at 3:17 p.m. 

for driving without a valid 

driver’s license, running 

a red light and suspended 

vehicle registration. 


of the 1700 block 

of Northfield Square required 

police assistance 

with a bird stuck inside 

a vent in the residence. 

Police provided humane 

wildlife control to release 

the bird. 


of the 0 block of Longmeadow 

Road reported 

that unknown offenders 

egged the residence several 

times between 9:30- 

10:30 p.m. They said the 

vandalism could possibly 

be related to New Trier’s 

hockey team defeating 

Loyola’s hockey team. 

Nov. 26 


of the 300 block of Linder 

Avenue reported they received 

a call from the Target 

store in Norridge that 

someone tried purchasing 

$2,000 worth of items by 

opening a credit card account 

in the Northfield 

resident’s name. Target 

told the resident that the 

account and purchases 

were denied. The case has 

been turned over to police 

detectives. 

• At 11:33 p.m., someone 

reported a suspicious 

white male of medium 

build and a dark hooded 

sweatshirt coming from 

the back of the Shell gas 

station, 469 Sunset Ridge 

Road, which was closed 

for the evening. A bicycle 

and backpack were 

found by the building. 

The subject was found to 

be homeless and hearing 

impaired. Police offered 

the man food at the police 

station and he was sent on 

his way. 

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Despite a belief that 

Catholic 

elementary 

schools 

have inadequate 

resources 

for modern 

learning and 

cannot cater 

Carden 

to children with special 

learning needs, the School 

of Saints Faith, Hope and 

Charity in Winnetka is 

just one of several parochial 

schools across the 

country working hard to 

change that stereotype. 

Due to strong efforts 

from FHC to serve as 

a local role model for 

inclusion in education for 

students of all abilities, 

FHC Principal Katie 

Carden received the 

Dandy Award from the 

National Catholic Board 

on Full Inclusion this past 

November. 

Katie Carden (left), principal of Saints Faith, Hope 

and Charity School in Winnetka, stops for a photo 

with student Deidre Baine (center) and student aide 

Francesca Maddock after receiving the Dandy Award 

from the National Catholic Board on Full Inclusion 

on Nov. 22 at the school. Carden, who has served as 

FHC’s principal for the past five years, has led efforts to 

include students with learning disabilities at the school. 

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The national 

organization, which gives 

the award twice a year 

to a teacher, leader or 

administrator who has 

proven to be an inclusive 

staff member, presented 

the award to Carden 

at an all-school award 

ceremony on Nov. 22 

for her spearheading the 

school opening its doors 

to their first student with 

Down syndrome. 

As principal at FHC 

for the last five years, 

Carden said she has been 

interested in making the 

school more accomodating 

to children of various 

different learning needs, 

especially so after watching 

her youngest of six 

children, Ryan, who has 

Down syndrome, have 

such a positive impact on 

his siblings and others. 

“Watching the gifts that 

he brought to [my other 

children] in terms of patience, 

tolerance, empathy 

[and] compassion, I 

really started to realize 

that our Catholic school 

system was short changing 

our kids because they 

didn’t have that exposure 

to kids with those needs 

who could really bring 

out the best in them and 

teach them those skills 

that are needed in life,” 

Carden said. “I looked at 

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village 

From Page 3 

at the meeting. Bahan 

thanked Brennan, Sigman 

and their staffs for “their 

countless hours of work” 

in contracting with Glenview 

for police dispatch 

services. 

“It was a significant 

amount of work over the 

past year,” Bahan said. 

“I’m very grateful for 

their partnership and, 

most importantly, their 

trust. When you go into 

something like this, if you 

don’t trust your partner, 

it’s not going to work. 

We developed that trust a 

long time ago, so we just 

built upon that and I think 

it went about as well as it 

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Brennan noted that police 

services are not going 

to change in any way for 

Kenilworth, Northfield 

and Winnetka residents 

and the main change they 

will see is how often the 

Village offices are open 

in the public safety windows. 

“The policemen are still 

coming from your local 

community,” he said. “It’s 

just that when the phone 

rings and someone picks 

it up and says, ‘Village 

of Winnetka’ or ‘Village 

of Glencoe,’ they’ll actually 

be sitting in a seat in 

Glenview. But, they know 

based on the phone line 

where it came from and 

what community is calling.” 

Sigman expects Northfield 

to save somewhere 

between $1.4 and $1.5 

million over the sevenyear 

contract. 

“It’s a big savings,” she 

said. “But, more importantly, 

it’s something that 

we think works. We believe 

the Glenview option 

will be seamless for the 

callers on 911.” 

Krucks hopes Kenilworth, 

Winnetka and 

Northfield continue their 

intergovernmental cooperation 

efforts. 

“Intergovernmental 

cooperation is something 

that is very important 

and is something that 

means a lot to me as a 

trustee because it allows 

our Village Council to do 

something that not only 

benefits the residents of 

Winnetka, but also with 

respect to the 911 center, 

benefits our neighbors 

to the north in Glencoe 

and Northfield and 

our neighbor to the 

south in Kenilworth,” 

Krucks said. “We’re all 

in this together, and the 

way to go, at least in the 

short term, I believe is, 

‘Let’s find more ways 

for intergovernmental 

cooperation and let’s find 

more ways to solve our 

problems that are common 

to us all collectively.’” 

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carden 

From Page 6 

my Ryan like a curriculum 

beyond what any textbook 

could give to my own 

children.” 

Carden, who had previously 

worked as a first 

and second grade teacher 

at Harper School in Wilmette, 

also has years of 

experience working with 

special needs student 

populations. While her 

children were attending 

Immaculate Conception 

school on the North Side 

of Chicago, she helped the 

school develop and implement 

a resource lab for 

students with various different 

learning challenges. 

When coming to FHC in 

2012 to interview for the 

open principal position, 

Carden talked about her 

dream to make Catholic 

schools more inclusive. 

“My dream is to make 

FHC a model and help 

other Catholics schools 

do the same thing,” 

she said. 

Previously, Carden was 

selected to attended a certificate 

program at Loyola 

University Chicago called 

“Leading Inclusive Catholic 

Schools”, where administrators 

from around the 

country spend 18 months 

learning how to take resources 

they have in their 

schools, examine where 

students have interferences 

in learning and work on 

solutions to get past those 

obstacles. 

Carden says luckily, a 

lot of Catholic schools are 

improving on looking past 

obstacles like aging facilities 

and lack of funding to 

better incorporate special 

needs students. 

“One of the things Beth 

Foraker of the Natioanl 

Catholic Board on Full 

Inclusion said was, ‘How 

Catholic are we? Are we 

only Catholic until it gets 

expensive?’” she said. 

“I think that sticks in my 

mind a lot because that is 

what stops people. One 

is the money involved in 

the resources, and two is 

letting go of that old fashioned 

idea that if you have 

a special need, you have 

to go to a public school 

because they have the resources 

to fit your needs. 

I think you have to change 

an old philosophy and get 

your teachers to really understand 

that they are really 

so capable of doing it.” 

On a recent trip with 

eighth graders to Washington, 

D.C., Carden said 

she took a trip on her own 

to see for herself how 

some Catholic schools in 

the D.C./Baltimore area 

worked to include students 

with special needs, 

from Down syndrome to 

autism. 

“These old fashioned 

Catholic schools and 

teachers were teaching 

with heart,” she said, explaining 

most buildings 

did not have state-of-theart 

facilities or curriculums 

to engage with students. 

This October, Carden 

and FHC welcomed a 

young girl from Chicago 

with Down syndrome 

to their school after the 

girl’s mother said they 

yearned for a Catholic 

education for their 

daughter but their local 

school did not have an 

inclusion program. 

“She has been a gift to 

us,” Carden said of the student. 

“We are giving her 

our all and she is giving us 

and our students so much 

more in return.” 

This year, FHC has three 

full-time support staffers, 

a social worker, a school 

counselor and a speech 

teacher to help students 

with various Individualized 

Educational Programs 

(IEPs). 

Carden says this fall is 

the first time a child with 

a “visible disability” is 

learning in an all-inclusive 

environment with other 

children. While the child 

has a teachers aide, she 

is not participating in a 

pullout or separate special 

education program. 

She says what makes 

FHC so unique is that 

along with a Catholic 

identity, teachers and 

parents have continually 

created a welcoming 

environment. 

“Parents have opened 

their hearts to kids who are 

different as well,” she said. 

“We don’t have a lot of 

diversity here in Winnetka 

at all, so if we can have 

diversity of ability in our 

building and allow kids 

to learn from each other, 

I think that’s huge and a 

game changer. [And], I 

think our teachers are what 

make us really unique. 

They do everything that 

is asked of them and 

more. They don’t give up 

on any child and they’re 

constantly educating 

themselves on how each 

child learns best.” 

When Carden received 

the Dandy Award, she 

said she was lucky to have 

not just the entire school, 

but the Down syndrome 

student’s family and her 

own family in attendance. 

She used the award as the 

time to remind students 

that while the recognition 

was a wonderful thing, that 

students should continue 

working towards being 

inclusive of others always. 

“I told the boys and girls 

at mass [on Wednesday], 

Father Marty tells us all 

the time that we need to do 

the right thing just because 

it’s the right thing, not because 

anybody’s looking,” 

she explained. “We don’t 

need a reward, we just 

have to do the right thing. 

I said I never knew this 

award existed. I said this 

is your award — my name 

might be on it, but this belongs 

to all of you. You’re 

including people and we 

didn’t do it for any recognition.” 

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THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

District 31 hires new 

Winkelman principal 

West Northfield District 

31 has hired a DePaul 

and University of Illinois 

graduate as its new principal 

at Winkelman Elementary 

School. 

Dana Tamez, a Northbrook 

resident, has been 

hired on to replace Michael 

Kahn, who resigned 

June 30. Tamez spent the 

last four years as assistant 

principal of Hawthorn 

Middle School South in 

Vernon Hills. 

“It’s been wonderful so 

far — the staff, the students 

and the community 

are so welcoming,” Tamez 

said. “It’s really nice to be 

a part of the school and 

giving back to my own 

community as well.” 

Tamez has a Master of 

Education degree in administration 

and supervision 

from the University 

of Illinois and a Master 

of Education degree in 

teaching and learning 

from DePaul. She also 

has a bachelor’s in Spanish 

from the University of 

Texas. 

Prior to working at 

Hawthorn, Tamez spent 

10 years at Jones College 

Prep in the South 

Loop, teaching Spanish 

and leading the world languages 

department. She is 

also a native of the North 

Shore, having graduated 

from Deerfield High 

School. 

The number one factor 

that attracted Tamez to 

Winkelman was its diversity, 

she said. 

“Winkelman is unlike 

a lot of schools on the 

North Shore,” Tamez 

said, “in that it has 

such a high diversity, 

socioeconomically as 

well as ethnically. It’s 

really, really nice to be 

working in a school where 

we’re teaching children 

about the real world and 

working with others, 

having tolerance for 

others.” 

Reporting by Matt Yan, Contributing 

Editor. Full story 

at NorthbrookTower.com. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

FY17 budget approved, 

property tax levy 

proposed 

The Highland Park City 

Council held a public 

hearing on a proposed 

property tax levy 

and approved the budget 

for the 2017 fiscal year at 

its meeting Monday, Nov. 

28. 

The budget of 

approximately $84 

million was unanimously 

approved by the city 

council, and includes $14.4 

million in infrastructure 

improvements, $3.4 

million in street 

improvements, $3.4 

million in sewer upgrades, 

$2.7 million in water 

upgrades, $1.1 million 

in bridge improvements 

and $1.2 million in other 

infrastructure updates. 

The budget will also include 

a tax levy increase 

of $524,000, which would 

impact a $500,000 household 

by approximately 

$10 per month. The tax 

levy will help provide 

funding for police and fire 

pensions. 

State law requires police 

and fire pensions to be 90 

percent funded by 2040, so 

the City has been making 

“annual state-mandated 

contributions,” according 

to Highland Park Finance 

Director Julie Logan. 

The city council and 

Logan discussed how to 

efficiently raise funds for 

city pensions, while also 

minimizing the impact 

that it has on the taxpayers 

of the city. 

Instead of solely relying 

on the property tax 

levy, Highland Park also 

funds its pension contributions 

from partial state 

income tax receipts and 

partial proceeds from the 

sale of assets, when available. 

In 2017, the City is responsible 

for a $6.4 million 

contribution to pension 

funds, which is $1.8 

million lower than the estimated 

contribution due 

to budgeting by the city 

council. 

Reporting by Erin Yarnall, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at HPLandmark.com. 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

Board approves tax levy 

request 

After holding the required 

public hearing 

earlier in the meeting, the 

Glencoe School District 

35 Board of Education 

unanimously approved its 

annual tax levy request 

at its meeting Thursday, 

Dec. 1, with no changes 

from the tentative levy approved 

in October. 

The tax levy amounts 

to $26,763,482, with an 

increase of 8.56 percent 

over the 2015 tax extension. 

The increase was 

recommended in light of 

the tax cap limitation of 

0.7 percent. The levy increase 

also incorporates 

the possibility of $40 million 

of new growth for 

the district, Director of 

Finance and Operations 

Jason Edelheit said. New 

growth in 2015 amounted 

to $8.1 million, up from 

$6.9 million in 2014. 

The operating tax extension, 

then, will increase 

by 0.7 percent, or 

$172,565. 

“[The levy] only increases 

existing property 

taxes for operational purposes 

by that tax cap level 

of 0.7 percent,” Edelheit 

said. “At the end of the 

day, that’s going to be the 

number we’re looking at 

for what the actual levy 

increase will wind up being.” 

The levy is the statutory 

basis by which the 

school district obtains the 

local property tax dollars 

in order to operate the 

schools. The levy is simply 

a request for dollars, 

however, as Cook County 

sets the property tax rates. 

In Cook County, tax rates 

are assessed on a triannual 

basis. 

The levy process officially 

began when the 

board approved its Fiscal 

Year 2016-17 budget at its 

September meeting. 

Story by Fouad Egbaria, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at GlencoeAnchor.com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Village breaks down 

water meter charges 

The Village of Glenview 

addressed residents’ 

concerns regarding water 

bill increases during a 

Water and Sanitary Sewers 

Workshop on Wednesday, 

Nov. 30, at Village 

Hall. 

Joining Deputy Village 

Manager Don Owen in 

providing answers were 

Amy Ahner, director of 

administrative services; 

Sarah Kuechler, the Village’s 

strategic services 

manager; Nick Santoro, 

deputy director of administrative 

services; Judy 

Ruiz, resolutions center 

supervisor; and Jerry 

Burke, director of public 

works. 

Ahner began the workshop 

with an overview. 

“There is no profit in 

these funds,” she said. 

“Ongoing revenue has to 

match ongoing expenses. 

We want correct data. 

What we don’t want is 

rate spikes.” 

She explained that the 

decision to install and upgrade 

water meters in all 

of Glenview’s residences, 

commercial buildings 

and apartments between 

September 2015 and June 

2016 was because water 

meters across the village 

were approaching or had 

exceeded the manufacturer’s 

recommended lifecycle 

of 20 years. An estimated 

8,300 meters were 

more than 20 years old. 

The old mechanical meters 

had internal moving 

parts that became worn 

over time, decreasing 

their effectiveness in registering 

water consumption. 

Reporting by Neil Milbert, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern. 

com. 

police 

From Page 4 

WINNETKA 

Nov. 21 

• At 12:46 p.m., a customer 

at Citibank, 

814 Elm St., reported 

that between 11:30 a.m.- 

8:42 p.m., she was given 

a counterfeit bill while 

making a bank transaction. 

• A resident of the 900 

block of Pine Tree Lane 

discovered that between 

1:40 p.m.- 4:30 p.m., 

an unknown offender 

attempted to enter and 

burglarize the secured 

residence by damaging 

the west doors of of the 

home. Repair costs were 

$300. 

• Someone from New 

Trier High School, 385 

Winnetka Ave., reported 

that between 12:48 p.m.- 

12:58 p.m. on Nov. 18, 

an unknown offender removed 

a secured bicycle 

from the bike rack on the 

east side of the school. 

The amount of loss was 

$660. 

Nov. 22 

• Kenneth Robertson, 37, 

of Chicago, was arrested 

for theft and possession 

of burglary tools at 2:24 

p.m. at the Winnetka 

Police Station, 410 Green 

Bay Road. The arrest 

was made subsequent to 

an investigation for an 

incident that occurred on 

Sept. 13. 

Nov. 23 


block of Westmoor Road 

discovered that at 9:04 

pm., an unknown person 

used an unknown object 

to damage the front storm 

window. Repair costs 

were $300. 

Nov. 26 


block of Ash Street 

discovered that between 9 

a.m. on Nov. 14- 11 a.m. 

on Nov. 26, an unknown 

offender cashed their 

check for a fraudulent 

property listing on 

Craigslist. The amount of 

loss was $1,300. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Winnetka Current Police 

Reports are compiled 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 

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Sleuths take the stage 

NT presents a 

holiday murder 

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After weeks of 

preparation, students at 

New Trier High School 

presented the school’s 

annual fall play, “The 

Game’s Afoot”, to local 

audiences from Dec. 1 

— Dec. 3 in the Cornog 

Auditorium at the school’s 

Northfield campus. 

The play, first published 

by American playwright 

Ken Ludwig in 2012, 

features an actor, William 

Gillette, who is best 

known for his portrayal of 

Sherlock Holmes, inviting 

his fellow cast members 

to his home to celebrate 

the Christmas weekend. 

However, as soon as one 

of the guests is found murdered, 

Gillette turns from 

mystery actor to actually 

helping determine who is 

behind the murder. 

“The Game’s Afoot” 

features suspense, mystery 

and comedy all wrapped 

up into one entertaining 

holiday show. 

(Left to right) New Trier students Abby Merrill, Alexia Raucci, Winston Levin and Matthew Thompson perform on 

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NT student Sofia McGrath (left) jokes with newspaper 

critic Daria Chase, who becomes the murder victim in 

the play. 

Student Winston Levin’s character tries to protect his 

mother, Martha, portrayed by student Emma Davis, as 

she is falsely accused of murder. 

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himself a detective in “The Game’s Afoot.” He is trying to read a secret code surrounded by (left to right) student 

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Holiday spirit unleashed at Winter Market 

22CM’s debut 

event welcomes 

reindeer, carolers, 

local vendors 

Joe Coughlin, Publisher 

The magic of the holiday 

season can be hard 

to contain, but for three 

hours, that magic was 

flowing from room to 

room and person to person 

inside the Five Seasons 

Sports Complex in 

Northbrook. 

22nd Century Media’s 

inaugural Winter Market 

on Thursday, Dec. 1, 

pulled out all the stops 

in an effort to release the 

holiday spirit. 

“We love creating lasting 

impressions for people 

and giving them quality 

yet fun experiences,” said 

Heather Warthen, chief 

events officer for 22nd 

Century Media, publisher 

of The Winnetka Current. 

“It fits with what we do 

with community journalism. 

We are your hometown 

newspaper, so why 

not do a hometown event 

around the holidays?” 

The magic was real 

enough to touch as soon 

as you guests neared the 

front entrance, where 

they were greeted by 

a pair of live reindeer 

named Peppermint and 

Snowflake. 

No one — not guests, 

vendors or employees of 

22nd Century Media — 

could contain their joy 

upon seeing the majestic 

creatures. The reindeer 

obliged to dozens of photos 

with young and old. 

“My favorite part about 

doing something like that 

is you see everyone, from 

4 to 104, have the same 

reaction,” Warthen said. 

“They feel like a kid again 

seeing one of Santa’s reindeer. 

It really puts you in 

the holiday mood.” 

The good feelings 

weren’t allowed to subside 

after the initial greeting. 

Just inside the front 

doors, members of the 

Glenbrook North Express 

holiday choir, dressed in 

their holiday best, belted 

out classic carols. 

Flanking the choir, festive 

vendors lined the 

halls off the foyer, selling 

everything from cookies 

and breads to scarves and 

knits. 

Giveback Kitchen personified 

the season with 

its chocolate sauces, offering 

a sweet holiday 

treat with a side of good 

will, as a portion of all 

proceeds are donated to 

Make-A-Wish Illinois. 

Drew Barkley, who 

owns Giveback Kitchen 

out of Highwood with his 

wife, Jan, said the venture 

is only 18 months old, 

but after an “amazing” 

summer at local markets, 

Giveback Kitchen is on 

the rise, showing at holiday 

fairs and gift shows 

all season. 

Down the other hallway, 

the Tower Princess 

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in Winnetka patiently await customers at 22nd Century Media’s debut Winter Market 

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was busy warming children’s 

hearts. 

The Tower Princess, 

from Northbrook’s Royal 

Princess Parties, said she 

loves to be out and about 

during the holiday season. 

It’s a particularly special 

time of year for young 

kids, she said, and that 

makes her job all the more 

important. 

As she smiled at gawking 

children walking by, 

the princess said she loves 

to bring joy, but there is 

a particular circumstance 

that is most gratifying. 

“The best part of events 

is with the kids who are 

scared, who are incredibly 

shy,” she said. “But, 

by the end, they are giving 

you a necklace or hug. 

There are the little boys 

who pretend that they 

don’t like you, but ask 

for a hug when dad’s not 

looking. 

“Today, a little girl was 

really shy when she met 

me. It wasn’t until meeting 

Snowflake (the reindeer) 

that she tugged on 

my skirt. Those are the 

moments.” 

More spirit was around 

the corner near the building’s 

cafe, where children 

could write holiday cards 

to soldiers overseas amid 

more holiday songs from 

the Glenbrook Express. 

Nearly 40 vendors in all 

packed the main floor of 

the Five Seasons Sports 

Complex. Local vendors 

included Lois Bernstein 

Photography from Northfield 

and Get Dwell from 

Winnetka. 

The positive vibes and 

response may only be a 

sign of things to come for 

the debut event from 22nd 

Century Events, which also 

puts on other community 

events and major expos, 

like the North Shore Camp 

Expo set for February. 

“For a first time out, we 

thought it was a great experience; 

people seemed 

excited to be there,” 

Katie Gutierrez and 

Snowflake the reindeer 

from Summerfield Farm 

and Zoo in Belvidere, Ill., 

stopped by the event to 

help ring in the holidays 

with locals. 

Warthen said. “We had 

a really great variety of 

vendors and hopefully 

this is something we can 

repeat next year.”

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An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

number of years Dandy 

Award-winning Principal Katie 

Carden has worked at the School 

of Saints Faith, Hope and Charity. 

See the story on Page 6. 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

jacqueline@winnetkacurrent.com 

Last week, I had the 

pleasure of visiting 

The School of 

Saints Faith, Hope and 

Charity in Winnetka to 

interview Principal Katie 

Carden regarding her winning 

of an inclusion award 

from a national Catholic 

school review board. 

The award, called The 

Dandy Award, is something 

awarded twice a year 

by the National Catholic 

Board on Full Inclusion 

as a way to recognize a 

faculty member who has 

done great things to ensure 

inclusion on campus. 

Walking into the school 

to meet with Carden, I 

grew curious to learn about 

what exactly she did to win 

such an award. 

Obviously, I know 

what the word “inclusion” 

means, but I didn’t 

understand how a principal 

could win an award for 

inclusion. I thought, “Isn’t 

the very idea of inclusion 

the main goal for any 

educator to do as their 

job working in a school? 

Inclusion of various educational 

topics, and ensuring 

fairness for all?” 

While sitting outside 

Carden’s office, I reviewed 

my basic interview questions 

for her, not even able 

to guess what made her 

acts of inclusion better 

than those of any other 

educator who should be 

incorporating inclusion as 

a regular part of their job. 

However, from the moment 

Carden greeted me 

and personally walked me 

into her office, I could tell 

right away there was something 

special here. Instead 

of having her administrative 

personnel coldly invite 

me into the principal’s 

office, everything about 

Carden’s office had a very 

warm feel. Carden’s reception 

staff greeted me with a 

smile and kindly asked me 

to wait in the reception area 

as she tended to the needs 

of a parent and a few young 

students. Then, as Carden 

brought me into her office, 

she also greeted me with a 

smile and a firm handshake. 

Now, I have a parent 

who is an educator in a 

Catholic school and have 

visited several school offices 

for stories, but never 

have I felt so welcomed in 

an administrator’s office 

and enjoyed a conversation 

about school policies and 

administrative goals like 

with Carden. 

During the interview, 

I learned Carden was 

surprised with The Dandy 

Award for her inclusion of 

a young girl with Down 

syndrome to be completely 

immersed in otherwise 

“regular” classrooms 

throughout the regular 

school day, something 

that had never been done 

before at FHC. 

At first, I thought, 

“Okay, but my high school 

often incorporated special 

needs students in regular 

classes, so what makes this 

situation so different?” 

As Carden explained 

what made FHC’s situation 

so unique, I was truly enlightened 

on an issue with 

Catholic schools that I had 

never considered. 

Carden discussed from 

the moment she interviewed 

for principal at 

FHC, she expressed her 

goal to strive for inclusion 

of students from all 

educational backgrounds, 

whether they were learning 

at rates normal or had 

a list of special needs or 

Individualized Educational 

Programs (IEPs). And, as 

the mother of a child with 

Down syndrome, the idea 

of inclusion had a special 

place in her heart. 

She explained her passion 

for student inclusion 

because, historically, Catholic 

schools have not offered 

accommodations for 

students with special needs. 

She attributes the fact to 

anything from Catholic 

schools not having as many 

resources as their public 

counterparts, whether it be 

funding or great numbers in 

specialized staff. 

After our interview, I 

walked away with a sense 

that FHC is a warm school 

that any parent of a child 

there should feel blessed 

they are able to have their 

children attend and that 

Carden is really onto a 

wonderful idea. 

I myself attended a 

Catholic school up until 

a few years before they 

closed due to lack of 

resources for a learning 

disability and dwindling 

enrollment. It’s a shame, 

because while I do have 

fond memories of that 

school, the public school I 

transferred to had far better 

programs and resources 

than the Catholic school, 

providing for a better education. 

And, as someone 

who attended a Catholic 

university, I am familiar 

with the concept of Catholic 

social teaching and the 

Church’s overall mission 

of love and kindness toward 

fellow humans. 

I realized how unfortunate 

it is that Catholic 

schools often close the 

door on children and families 

with special needs, 

when all families want is a 

faith-based and loving environment 

for their child. 

Carden and FHC’s 

model for inclusion of all 

is something both Catholic 

and public schools should 

turn to to understand that 

you don’t always need 

high numbers in specialized 

staff or thousands 

of dollars in cutting-edge 

resources to be able to 

give any child a chance at 

a quality education. Read 

the story on Page 6 about 

Carden, and learn that really, 

all an educator needs 

to give to their students 

is heart, dedication, and a 

creative curriculum to engage 

and include students 

from across the board. 

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about the true meaning of Christmas, Page 25 

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Winnetka resident Elinor Miller celebrated her 101st birthday on Nov. 26. Miller has lived in the same home on Lincoln Avenue for 70 years. She shares insight into 

decades of life in Winnetka and reflects on living through a century of changes. JACQUELINE GLOSNIAK/22ND CENTURY MEDIA

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Winnetkan Elinor Miller (left), who just celebrated her 101st birthday on Nov. 26, has 

lived in town for 70 years. She often shares memories of life and enjoys friendship 

with several locals of the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue, including with neighbor Betsy 

Hammond. JACQUELINE GLOSNIAK/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

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In 1915, the world was 

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The world was in the 

midst of World War I (or 

the Great War as it was 

known then), the U.S. 

House of Representatives 

rejected a proposal to give 

women the right to vote 

and Babe Ruth hit the first 

home run of his career for 

the Boston Red Sox. 

And, on Nov. 26, 1915, 

just one day after Albert 

Einstein drafted his theory 

of general relativity, Winnetka’s 

oldest resident, 

a woman named Elinor 

Miller, was born. 

The 70-year resident of 

Winnetka, who has seen the 

world around her change 

drastically over the course 

of 101 years, remains as 

sharp, vibrant and joyous 

about life as ever. 

Miller’s life began in 

1915, where she was born 

on the North Side of Chicago 

and spent her childhood 

playing with family 

and friends in her neighborhood. 

After graduating 

from Senn High School 

in Chicago’s Edgewater 

neighborhood, she attended 

a teacher’s college 

sponsored by the City of 

Chicago and later graduated 

from Northwestern 

University. 

Soon after, she and her 

future husband, Herman 

Miller, had their first date 

the evening of a close 

friend’s unique birthday 

party. 

“A friend of mine [had] 

her 21st birthday [and] her 

parents organized a hayride 

party,” Miller said. “I 

was told to invite someone 

to go with and invited 

someone I knew. We became 

very good friends 

and then got married.” 

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Miller and her husband, 

a certified public accountant, 

decided to purchase 

their home in the 600 

block of Lincoln Avenue 

after learning about the 

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years her senior moved to 

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“I was a teacher, and the 

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Christmas charm with lessons of love 

Bestseller shares 

book in Winnetka 

about PTSD, 

inspirations 

Libby Elliott 


In a recent trip to Winnetka 

on 

Nov. 23, 

New York 

Times bestselling 

author 

Mary 

Alice Monroe 

brought Monroe 

a touch of 

southern hospitality to The 

Book Stall, where she met 

local fans and signed copies 

of her newest book, “A 

Lowcountry Christmas.” 

Monroe’s South Carolina 

charm arrived in 

the form of apple cider, 

donuts and her favorite 

moonshine to share 

with customers. Over the 

course of an hour, Monroe 

warmly greeted guests 

and spoke informally with 

The Winnetka Current 

about her passion for conservation, 

her success as 

a writer and the source of 

inspiration for her latest 

novel. 

Although Monroe has 

been actively promoting 

“A Lowcountry Christmas” 

on a national book 

tour, her visit to The Book 

Stall happily coincided 

with a trip to Chicago to 

celebrate Thanksgiving 

with her grandchildren and 

daughter’s family through 

marriage — the Dwyer 

clan, who resides in Winnetka. 

Monroe’s newest novel 

tells the story of a wounded 

Marine suffering from 

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 

whose illness puts a 

tremendous strain on his 

family when he returns 

home to South Carolina 

for Christmas. With the 

help of a loyal service 

dog, the splintered family 

comes together to rediscover 

their strengths and 

the joy of Christmas. 

“With this book, I wanted 

to show that PTSD 

doesn’t just happen to a 

single individual,” Monroe 

said. “It affects the whole 

family. Christmas is often 

a time when depression 

and mental illness is most 

pronounced.” 

A native of Evanston 

but longtime resident of a 

smaller barrier island off 

the coast of South Carolina, 

Monroe burst onto 

the writing scene in 2002 

with the novel “The Beach 

House”, which quickly became 

a New York Times 

bestseller. Monroe says 

the book “catapulted” her 

career and “green lit” future 

projects. 

“For me, this early success 

brought freedom,” 

she says. “It gave me the 

power to choose the stories 

I want to write, without 

being restricted by an 

editor.” 

Since then, Monroe has 

penned more than a dozen 

novels, many of which are 

set in her beloved adopted 

home, the South Carolina 

Lowcountry. Utilizing a 

literary genre known as 

“environmental fiction,” 

Monroe draws themes for 

her novels from the natural 

world. Often weaving stories 

around strong women 

and animals indigenous 

to her South Carolina 

home, Monroe has written 

about the interpersonal 

relationships of family and 

friends, but also the plight 

of dolphins, injured sea 

turtles and the back breaking 

Carolina shrimping industry. 

“I never start my books 

Author Mary Alice Monroe visited The Book Stall in Winnetka on Nov. 23, sharing a 

message of creative processes, Christmas spirit and mental health. photo submitted 

with a story...I choose my 

species first,” she said. “I 

generally have a strong 

intuition about when it’s 

time to tell a story.” 

After choosing a species 

for her novels, Monroe 

spends months doing academic 

research, speaking 

to experts and volunteering 

for local conservation 

groups before sitting down 

to craft her characters and 

plotline. With her large 

readership, Monroe has 

been extremely effective 

in drawing attention to endangered 

species and urgent 

environmental issues, 

earning her serious respect 

within the scientific community. 

“I can reach an audience 

with my novels that they 

can’t,” she said. 

Monroe’s newest book 

marks a distinct departure 

from her previous 

books. Rather than using 

a first person female 

voice typical in her novels, 

this newest book is written 

from three points of 

view: Taylor McClellan, 

an ex-Marine; his 10-yearold 

brother, Miller; and 

Taylor’s mother, Jenny. 

However, the real hero of 

the story is Thor, the large 

black lab/Great Dane mix, 

who lavishes unconditional 

love on the McClellan 

family and helps heal their 

emotional wounds. 

As the mother of a Marine 

who served in Japan 

and Korea, Monroe is a vocal 

advocate for veterans 

affairs. After volunteering 

with the national organization, 

Wounded Warriors, 

she felt compelled to tell 

their story. 

“I was inspired by the 

courage of the veterans I 

met with PTSD,” she said. 

“I knew intellectually what 

PTSD was, but my experience 

as a volunteer really 

opened my eyes to the 

challenges these soldiers 

face.” 

Monroe is determined to 

raise awareness of PTSD, 

an illness responsible for 

an average of 22 suicides 

a day in the United States. 

Although many different 

therapies have been used 

to treat PTSD, Monroe 

says service dogs have 

been proven highly effective, 

particularly dogs 

rescued from shelters and 

retrained as therapy dogs 

by non-profit veterans 

groups. 

“I’ve had wounded soldiers 

tell me these dogs 

saved their lives,” she said. 

“They feel like these dogs 

have their back.” 

Whether its dolphins or 

veterans, Monroe is committed 

to using her talent 

for writing and her deep 

love of nature, to champion 

the underdog and lend 

a voice to causes that are 

near and dear to her heart. 

“The difference between 

activism through storytelling 

is it’s not preaching,” 

she said. “I speak through 

emotion. People respond.”

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across the street,” she said. 

“They had different things 

kids could go to on Saturday 

morning. They would 

have movies on Friday 

night and Saturday afternoon, 

and bowling, and 

that was a very important 

part of the community 

here.” 

She remarks about how 

in those early years of living 

in Winnetka, the town 

seemed a lot smaller and 

residents had fewer vehicles. 

“That was the time when 

people had one car in the 

family,” she said. “You’ll 

notice all the garages are 

for one car.” 

Aside from witnessing 

the changes of life in Winnetka, 

Miller has also lived 

through several pinnacle 

historical experiences 

of modern history, from 

women’s suffrage and the 

civil rights movement to 

advents in technology. In 

fact, Miller says the first 

president she voted for 

was Franklin Roosevelt in 

1932. 

Miller says she never 

imagined technology to 

become so advanced in her 

lifetime as it has become. 

“As a little girl, I would 

go to camp, and my parents 

would give me a 

camera so I could take pictures,” 

she said. “That was 

very special and it was on 

a roll of films that had to 

be processed. That was the 

beginning of it, and I saw 

that and that was what I 

got used to.” 

Miller got the chance 

to experience being in 

the presence of England’s 

royal family when the 

then-33-year-old Queen 

Elizabeth II came to Chicago 

on June 26, 1959, 

to help open the St. Lawrence 

Seaway, opening 

the shipping canals of the 

Great Lakes to the Atlantic 

Ocean. The Queen and 

her husband, Prince Philip, 

made a 14-hour stop in 

Chicago and Miller made 

her way over to the lake to 

see the Queen sail by. 

On July 25, 1965, she 

saw Martin Luther King Jr. 

deliver a profound speech 

to over 8,000 people on 

Winnetka’s Village Green 

where he urged people to 

help in the fight for desegregation 

and housing 

equality. 

“That was a moment in 

my life that I will not forget,” 

Miller said of the experience. 

Years later, Miller witnessed 

Winnetka’s claim 

to fame on the big screen 

when Hollywood producers 

and actors came to 

shoot the popular Christmas 

film “Home Alone” 

two doors down from her 

home. During filming, 

Miller said producers put 

fake snow on her lawn and 

invited her to come outside 

and watch the filming of 

the movie. 

Also, throughout the 

years, Miller has served 

as an honorary matriarch 

of the neighborhood, especially 

for a group of women 

who call themselves the 

unofficial “Ladies on Lincoln.” 

“This particular block 

is unique because there’s 

11 houses and it kind of 

encloses us in a way,” she 

said, “This is a local neighborhood 

and the people are 

close with one another.” 

For years, Miller and 

her fellow neighbors have 

hosted dinner parties in 

one anothers’ homes and 

truly became members of 

each others’ families. 

After spending seven 

decades in Winnetka, Miller 

says she would not have 

wanted living any other 

way. 

“We bought this home 

70 years ago and it was 

very nice, it was comfortable 

and I’ve been here 

ever since,” she said. I 

have no complaints. This 

was a convenient location 

for me for everything I 

wanted to do and it was a 

lovely place to be.” 

Regarding her health, 

Miller still tries to go outside 

as much as she can, 

going to the North Shore 

Senior Center, Winnetka 

Public Library and the 

lakefront. In fact, Miller 

lived on her own until she 

was 96. Her first caregiver 

was brought in only after 

she broke her hip. 

Also, every week, Miller’s 

dedicated neighbors 

continue to stop in for a 

visit or call her up on the 

phone. 

“This is a nice street because 

there’s activity all 

the time,” she said. “In the 

summer, there’s always a 

wedding going on by the 

Community House. I see 

the life go by so that’s really 

good.” 

While Miller is now the 

oldest living person in her 

family, one can assume 

her family has the gene for 

longevity, as he recently 

lost a cousin at age 95 and 

still has one cousin living 

in downtown Chicago who 

is 97. 

One of Miller’s sons 

has passed away, but she 

is still survived by another 

son and her daughter, who 

lives in Arlington Heights. 

She also has three grandchildren 

and four greatgrandchildren. 

Overall, Miller says she 

has been blessed with a 

wonderful life. 

“First of all, I’m very 

fortunate. I had a wonderful 

husband and three children, 

and that makes it a 

very good life. I am very 

happy. I’ve had happiness 

and sorrows, but you have 

to take it all in life.” 

As for some helpful life 

advice, Miller offers one 

thing — to cherish every 

day. 

“Enjoy what you have 

because you just don’t 

know how life will turn 

out,” she said.

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St. Louis native puts fresh spin on Chicago-style pizza 

Sauced Pizza latest 

option in Lake 

Forest 

Courtney Jacquin 

Contributing Editor 

Craig Grimes has been 

in the restaurant business 

his entire life. 

From starting in an Italian 

restaurant bussing tables 

and washing dishes as 

a teenager in St. Louis to 

becoming the regional vice 

president of operations 

at Levy Restaurants and, 

most recently, the CEO at 

Native Foods in Chicago, 

Grimes has been training 

all his life to own his own 

restaurant. 

His dreams and hard 

work have finally come to 

fruition with Sauced Pizza 

in Lake Forest. 

“I’ve always loved pizza, 

it’s probably our family’s 

favorite go-to item,” 

Grimes said. “It’s no secret 

that everyone loves pizza.” 

After leaving Native 

Foods a little more than 

a year ago, Grimes immersed 

himself into the 

pizza industry, learning 

everything he could from 

friends and colleagues he’s 

made in his more than 30 

years in the industry. 

“Essentially, I became a 

student of the pizza business,” 

he said. 

Grimes first went back 

to St. Louis to study from 

Imo’s Pizza, a popular local 

chain in the area. 

“I learned a lot about the 

core values of operating a 

business, consistency and 

commitment to quality and 

exceeding guests’ expectations,” 

he said. 

He then went to Austin, 

Texas, to learn consistency 

and quality control from a 

friend who runs more than 

100 Pizza Hut restaurants 

in the area. 

Sauced’s chicken alfredo pasta ($10.58 for an individual 

serving, $38.98 for a family serving) includes penne 

pasta complete with owner Craig Grimes’ signature 

creamy alfredo sauce. 

From there, Sauced, 

which opened in late October, 

was born. 

Located in Prosciutto 

Italian Kitchen’s former 

location, the space is 

small, with only one table 

and two chairs. For now, 

the restaurant is focusing 

solely on carry-out and 

delivery, and perfecting 

the menu and brand before 

branching out further. 

“Restaurants are not 

simple,” Grimes said. 

“[This location] can serve 

a foundation, to build upon 

a brand, to really define 

who we want to be.” 

The menu is small, but 

not limiting, featuring 

pizzas in a thin crust or 

hand-tossed style, three 

pastas, wings and two salads. 

Grimes developed all 

of the recipes himself, and 

continues to tweak and 

perfect the menu as feedback 

from the community 

rolls in. 

“It’s not what I like, it’s 

not what we like as a family, 

it’s what the guests 

like,” he said. 

At Sauced, pizza is the 

cornerstone of the menu. 

The margherita pizza 

($17.58 for a 12-inch pizza) 

features large sliced 

tomatoes, fresh basil and 

Sauced Pizza 

508 N. Western Ave., 

Lake Forest 

(224) 544-5035 

www.saucedpizza.com 

11 a.m.–9 p.m. 

Monday-Saturday 

Noon–8 p.m. Sunday 

fresh buffalo mozzarella. 

All pizzas can be ordered 

as thin crusts or a thicker 

hand-tossed crust for the 

same price. 

The margherita was 

served on the thin crust, 

which had a great crunch 

to it. The sauce, the restaurant’s 

namesake, has 

a slightly sweet finish, 

giving the pizza a unique 

taste. 

The Sauced deluxe pizza 

features Italian sausage, 

pepperoni, mushrooms, 

red onions and green pepper 

atop the restaurant’s 

five-cheese blend — aged 

Asiago, Romano, Parmesan, 

provolone and mozzarella. 

Served on the handtossed 

crust, the hearty 

ingredients are supported 

by the doughier base. The 

hand-tossed crust, not 

quite as thick as Chicagostyle 

deep dish, gives slices 

a nice chew, without being 

overly bread-like. 

The Sauced Deluxe pizza includes the restaurant’s five-cheese blend served with 

toppings galore, including Italian sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, red onions and 

green pepper. Photos by Jacqueline Glosniak/22nd Century Media 

Starting this month, 

Sauced is expanding from 

its five specialty pizzas 

and adding monthly artisan 

pizzas, adding even 

more of a foodie touch to 

the menu. 

The chicken Florentine 

pizza features baby 

spinach, sliced tomatoes, 

grilled chicken, 

feta cheese as well as the 

restaurant’s five-cheese 

blend atop an alfredo 

sauce base, finished with 

a basil pesto drizzle. The 

flavors are complex but 

not overwhelming, and 

The Northfield 

Restaurant 

Celebrating 40 Years! 

10% OFF 

Lunch & Dinner 

391 Central Rd. ✦ Northfield, IL 60093 

847-446-3808 

Family Operated Since 1976 

while it’s not a pizza to 

share with the whole family, 

it’s great for parents 

looking for an elevated 

food experience while 

still ordering a basic pizza 

for the kids. 

Beyond pizza, the wings 

and the chicken alfredo 

pasta are standouts. 

The wings ($6.99 for 

six, $12.99 for 12, $19.99 

for 24) are available traditional 

style or boneless, 

and with a variety 

of sauces such as honey 

barbecue; smoky barbecue; 

mild, medium and 

hot Buffalo; garlic Parmesan; 

sweet chili; and 

Asian teriyaki. The Buffalo 

wings provide a great 

flavor and heat without 

being too overwhelming. 

The chicken alfredo 

($10.58 for individual, 

$38.98 for family serving) 

has penne pasta 

tossed in Grimes’ alfredo 

sauce, which is creamy 

and cheesy in all the best 

ways. 

Sauced Pizza may be 

starting small, but there’s 

no doubt it’s doing big 

things.

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Faith Briefs 

Christ Church (784 Sheridan Road, 

Winnetka (847) 446-2850) 

Music Program 

Christ Church offers 

excellent and fun choirs 

for both youth and adults. 

Details about the music 

program can be found 

on the church’s website, 

with information about 

the Winchester Cathedral 

tour next summer. Contact 

Richard Clemmitt for 

more information at (847) 

446-2850. 

Sunday Worship 

Join the church every 

Sunday at 8 a.m. for the 

Holy Eucharist and 9:30 

a.m. for the choral Holy 

Eucharist. The nursery 

will be open during both 

services. Also, join the 

church at 6 p.m. for Sung 

Compline, a 40-minute 

candlelight service. 

Winnetka Presbyterian Church (1255 

Willow Road (847) 446-7777) 


Join the church every 

Sunday for worship at 9:45 

a.m. 

Faith, Hope and Recovery 

Faith, Hope and Recovery 

meets the third Tuesday 

of the month at WPC 

in conference room C from 

7-8:30 p.m. Faith, Hope 

and Recovery supports 

people affected by mental 

health conditions, their 

family and friends. They 

offer experiences of hope 

which can turn into faith 

and create a caring community 

to develop new 

habits of the heart. All are 

welcome. For information, 

contact Rev. Kathy Dale 

McNair at (847) 989-1989. 

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. 

Winnetka Congregational Church (725 

Pine St. (847) 441-3400) 


Worship is at 10 a.m. 

Sundays in the sanctuary. 

Child care is available for 

infants through preschool 

during the service. Children 

in kindergarten and 

over can come to worship 

with their families and 

are dismissed for Sunday 

school after the children’s 

message. 

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 templejeremiah.org/worship 

for more 

information. 

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. 

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In Memoriam 

Fentress Scammon Barry 

Fentress Scammon Barry 

of Glenview, passed 

away on Nov. 16 at the 

age of 78. He was born 

Sept. 30, 1938 in Evanston 

to F. Scammon Barry 

and Louise Fentress 

Barry. He graduated from 

the North Shore Country 

Day School in Winnetka 

in 1956 and he received 

his Bachelor of Arts from 

Roosevelt University 

in Chicago in 1963. He 

was united in marriage 

to Patricia Lea Barry on 

April 10, 1976. Fen, as he 

was known, worked as a 

stockbroker and financial 

advisor building and retaining 

wealth for his clients 

across the country for 

over three decades until 

his retirement in 1998. 

Fen was a member of 

the Larimer County Republican 

Party. The primary 

political cause of 

his life was to reform the 

byzantine American tax 

code in order to grow the 

economy to reduce poverty 

and increase opportunity 

for all Americans. 

Even early on, Fen had 

a penchant for gardening. 

Indeed, he holds a patent 

for The Barry Bench, a 

workbench be designed 

with his father specifically 

for potting plants. He enjoyed 

tending his robust 

gardens, which included 

a varied assortment of 

roses, specializing in hybrid 

tea roses. His largest 

garden held over 50 

rose bushes at his home 

in Deerfield, IL. When he 

moved to Colorado, he 

brought his green thumb 

with him growing roses 

in Estes Park, Steamboat, 

Fort Collins, and Windsor. 

In fact, he created the 

first rose garden at his final 

residence at the Good 

Samaritan Society Water 

Valley Senior Living Resort. 

Above all else, Fen was 

a man who cared deeply 

about his family, those 

both near and far. To each, 

he was endlessly generous 

with his time and attention. 

Fen was preceded in 

death by his parents, 

Scammon and Louise. Fen 

is survived by his wife Patricia; 

his sons Michael 

Richard Cho and daughter-in-law 

Cheryl Cho, 

David James Cho and 

daughter-in-law Karen 

Cho, and James Fentress 

Barry; his grandchildren 

Trevor Cho, Ryan Cho, 

Abby Cho, and Brianna 

Cho; his sister Anne Barry 

Hudson; his nephews David 

Hudson and Theodore 

Hudson; and his many 

cousins. 

A private memorial service 

will be held. 

In lieu of flowers, gifts 

may be sent in memory of 

Fen to “Front Range Hospice”, 

3770 Puritan Way, 

Frederick, CO, 80516. 

Friends may leave condolence 

messages for the 

family at adamsoncares. 

com. 

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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Do you have any 

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I’ve loved it since I 

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Winning is always good, 

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is the best. Nobody else 

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If you could play any 

other sport, what 

would it be? 

Football. I used to 

play when I was in grade 

school. I love the physicality 

of it, hitting people 

and the adrenaline it brings 

you. 

What’s the best part 

about being a Loyola 

athlete? 

The community around 

the school. Everyone there 

cares, will support you 

and wants you to succeed. 

They’re there for you to 

help lead you. 

Favorite memory as a 

Loyola athlete? 

Playing New Trier in 

the playoffs last season. 

It meant more because the 

winner would move on 

in the playoffs. It was at 

home too, so that made it 

an even better atmosphere, 

just one that you’ll never 

forget. 

Best advice you’ve 

ever gotten? 

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that everything happens 

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mistake, you’ve just got to 

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Working at a job I truly 

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THIS WEEK IN 

Trevians varsity 

athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Dec. ■ 9 - at Niles North, 

7:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 13 - host Evanston, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 15 - vs. North 

Canyon at Holiday Hoops 

Invitational (at Horizon HS 

(Ariz.), 6:30 p.m. 

Boys Bowling 

■Dec. ■ 8 - at Vernon 

Hills (at Brunswick Zone 

Hawthorn), 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 12 - at Niles West (at 

Classic Lanes), 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 13 - host Deerfield (at 


BOYS FENCING 

■Dec. ■ 10 - at Culver 

Academy Invite, 9 a.m. 

BOYS SWIMMING 

■Dec. ■ 9 - host Naperville 

Central, 5:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 - host Hinsdale 

Central, 1:30 p.m. 

Girls Basketball 

■Dec. ■ 8 - host Niles North, 

7 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 - at Hersey, 2:30 

■Dec. ■ 13 - at Maine West, 

7:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 8 - host La (at 


■Dec. ■ 12 - at Hinsdale 

Central (at Suburbanite 

Bowl), 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 14 - at Vernon 

Hills (at Brunswick Zone 

Hawthorn), 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS FENCING 

■Dec. ■ 10 - at Culver 

Academy Invite, 9 a.m. 

GIRLS GYMNASTICS 

■Dec. ■ 8 - host Evanston, 

5:30 p.m. 

Wrestling 

■Dec. ■ 9 - host Niles North, 

7 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 - at Prospect 

Invite, 9 a.m. 

Ramblers varsity 

athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Dec. ■ 9 - at DePaul Prep, 7 

■Dec. ■ 13 - host St. Viator, 7 

Boys Bowling 

■Dec. ■ 10 - TBD (at Stardust 

Bowl - Addison), 10 a.m. 

and 1 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 13 - at Notre Dame 

(at Habetler Bowl), 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS SWIMMING 

■Dec. ■ 8 - host St. Patrick, 

5 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 - at St. Charles 

North, 11 a.m. 

Girls basketball 

■Dec. ■ 13 - at Trinity, 

6:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 8 - at NT (at Classic 

Bowl), 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 12 - at GBN (at 

Brunswick Zone Deerfield), 

4:30 p.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Dec. ■ 8 - at St. Ignatius 

with Providence, 5 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 - at Prospect 

Invite, 9 a.m. 

PANTHERS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 8 - host Queen of 

Peace, 7 p.m. 

Athlete of the Month 

New Trier’s Urbanowicz takes home title 


Sports Editor 

For the third time this 

year, a Trevian tallied the 

most votes in 22nd Century 

Media’s Athlete of the 

Month contest. 

New Trier senior girls 

volleyball player Nicole 

Urbanowicz finished with 

74 votes for the contest in 

the month of November. 

Urbanowicz was a key 

member of the Trevians 

volleyball squad the past 

two seasons. After missing 

some time early in the year 

with an injury, Urbanowicz 

came back to help lead 

the Trevians to the Glenbrook 

North tournament 

title. 

Finishing second in the 

voting was Highland Park 

sophomore golfer Julia 

Shafir. Glenbrook South 

volleyball player Julia Rytel 

was third. 

The Athlete of the 

Month contest for athletes 

selected in the month of 

November gets underway 

Saturday, Dec. 10. Vote at 

WinnetkaCurrent.com. 

NOVEMBER Athlete of the Month Candidates 

New Trier 

Al-ameen Salako, boys soccer 

Tommy Cahill, boys hockey 

Loyola Academy 

Ella Tierney, girls swimming and diving 

Margaret Petersen, girls bowling 

Highland Park 

Aaron Hope, boys hockey 

Matthew Casey, boys cross-country 

Evan Robertson, boys hockey 

Zach Chamberlain, boys hockey 

New Trier senior girls 

volleyball player Nicole 

Urbanowicz is the winner 

of 22nd Century Media’s 

Athlete of the Month 

competition for the 

month of November. 22nd 

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Lake Forest 

Liam Pooler, football 

Brett Chody, girls cross-country 

Maren Douglas, girls volleyball 

Bryan Ooms, football 

Glenbrook North 

Nicole Knudson, Glenbrook girls hockey 

Chloe Carroll, Glenbrook girls hockey 

Jack Ulrich, boys bowling 

Mike Lee, boys cross-country 

Glenbrook South 

Lizzy Shaw, girls basketball 

Max Klemm, boys soccer 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

Loyola 47, Sandburg 37 

Clare Nelson scored 12 

points as Loyola (5-1) defeated 

the Eagles Saturday, 

Dec. 3, in Orland Park. 

New Trier 70, Maine East 

32 

Megan Murdock scored 

10 points to lead the Trevians 

(4-2) to a win over the 

Blue Demons Nov. 29 in 

Winnetka. New Trier had 

six others score at least six 

points each. 

Providence 51, Regina 32 

Kelly French scored 10 

points to lead the Panthers 

(2-4, 0-1 GCAC), who 

dropped their conference 

opener Thursday, Dec. 1, 

in Wilmette. 

GIRLS GYMNASTICS 

New Trier 139.4, 

Glenbrook North 130.8 

Avery Faulkner (vault, 

floor), Emma Jane Rohrer 

(uneven bars, balance beam) 

and Maeve Murdock (allaround) 

each won events 

during the meet Thursday, 

Dec. 1, in Northfield. 

BOYS ICE HOCKEY 

New Trier Green 7, 

Fenwick 1 

Carter Heisinger scored 

what proved to be the 

game-winning goal in the 

second period, as Green 

cruised to a victory Nov. 

29 in Wilmette. Michael 

Graham and Charlie Burton 

scored two goals 

apiece for Green, and Matthew 

Mulhern and John 

Huber each added a goal. 

Goalie Hayden Wieczorek 

tallied 17 saves.



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Notre Dame 

hands LA OT loss 


Sports Editor 

Five years ago, Tyrone 

Slaughter and Robert 

Smith, the boys basketball 

coaches at Whitney 

Young and Simeon, came 

together to form a basketball 

shootout featuring 

both national powers, 

as well local teams that 

would help feature some 

of the area’s biggest rivalries. 

That event, the Chicago 

Elite Classic, now 

features an 11-game high 

school schedule that extends 

over two days. 

For the past two years, 

Loyola Academy has been 

invited to participate in 

the tournament and for the 

second consecutive year, 

the Ramblers have lost 

in heartbreaking fashion. 

Last year, Loyola lost to 

Maine South on a buzzerbeater 

and Friday, Dec. 2, 

the Ramblers dropped a 

44-42 overtime decision to 

Notre Dame. 

“We’re so thankful 

for coach Slaughter and 

coach Smith to invite us 

back for a second year in 

a row,” Loyola coach Tom 

Livatino said. “Unfortunately 

for us, we had an 

overtime loss to a really 

good Notre Dame team, 

a rival and a last-second 

loss to Maine South last 

year, but none the less 

this is a great experience 

for our guys. This is really 

valuable for us and we’re 

lucky to play in this environment.” 

Like last season, Friday’s 

contest came down 

to the last possession, but 

this time Loyola had the 

chance to tie and send it to 

another overtime or win. 

But Notre Dame’s Matt 

Stritzel stole the ball with 

two seconds remaining, 

ending any hope Loyola 

had of pulling off the 

comeback. 

“I felt that at both those 

instances (the last shots of 

regulation and overtime), I 

just have to do a better job 

of preparing them for situations 

like that,” Livatino 

said. “Our players did a 

great job, they battled all 

game long but I need to 

prepare them better to execute 

in those type of situations.” 

Both teams had trouble 

getting into an offensive 

rhythm in the first half, one 

that saw the squads having 

trouble making baskets 

and had the Dons leading 

19-15 at the half. 

But then it seemed as if 

a switch flipped on at the 

start of the second half for 

the Ramblers. The team 

scored nearly as many 

points as it did in the first 

half (13) and used its defense 

to hold Notre Dame 

to only five points in the 

quarter, giving them a 28- 

24 lead after three periods. 

Loyola forced nine turnovers 

in the third quarter 

alone. 

“We started to get easy 

buckets, started to lock 

up on defense, got a tipin 

and a layup and that 

brought the energy for us,” 

Loyola’s Ramar Evans 

said about the Ramblers’ 

third quarter output. 

“I felt like our mindset 

is where it needed to be,” 

Evans said. “We may have 

come out a little nervous, 

but as we played three, 

four minutes into the 

game, that all went away.” 

Then it was Loyola’s 

turn to go cold from the 

floor. The Dons (5-0) held 

the Ramblers to a mere 

two field goals in the 

fourth period, outscoring 

the Ramblers 13-9 to send 

the game into overtime. 

Not before some drama 

though. 

With the game tied at 

37 and under 30 seconds, 

Loyola held for the final 

shot of the game. Senior 

guard Matt Lynch (10 

points, 8 rebounds) missed 

a shot but left enough time 

for Notre Dame to get 

back and attempt a long 

game-winning shot, one 

that would bounce off the 

rim. 

A game that featured 

10 ties and 13 score 

changes would go backand-forth, 

with no team 

leading by more than six 

points all game. A Loyola 

turnover led to the Dons 

extending its 43-42 lead 

with under 30 seconds to 

44-42 on a free throw by 

Malik Jenkins (13 points). 

Unfortunately for the 

Ramblers, they weren’t 

able to pull the game out 

at the end. 

“It’s a neighborhood 

game for us, so we knew 

that you can throw out 

the records, it is always a 

tough, competitive game 

when Notre Dame plays 

Loyola,” Notre Dame 

coach Tom Les said.



Girls volleyball 

Walker sisters lead by example 

Michael Wojtychiw, Sports Editor 

Some people say that when 

having a sibling, you have someone 

that knows what you’re going 

to do or what you’re thinking. 

Whether it be in athletics, 

with family or in a classroom, 

having that person there can be 

comforting. 

For Loyola Academy’s Caroline 

and Elizabeth Walker, two 

of the Ramblers’ top girls volleyball 

players this past season, 

it was as if they were on the 

same wavelength. 

“Me and my sister are really 

close and we do everything together 

and are practically the 

same person, so when she’s 

out there it adds a new comfort 

level and makes the game easier 

and helps the game flow easier,” 

Caroline Walker said. 

“I know where she’s going 

to pass the ball, I know where 

she’s going to hit, we’re almost 

always thinking the same way.” 

With Elizabeth Walker being 

a sophomore and on her first 

year on varsity, playing with 

her sister, a senior, was a special 

moment for her that she’ll 

always remember. 

“When I found out I was going 

to be playing with Caroline, 

it was really exciting because 

we’re so close and it’s really 

great that we were able to share 

her last year on varsity and my 

first year together,” Elizabeth 

Walker said. 

The elder Walker knew that 

having her sister on the same 

team for the first time in their 

playing careers was going to be 

something special and she had 

some advice for her younger 

sister. 

“I taught her how to be a role 

model for other people, to lead 

on the court because she plays 

all the way around,“ Caroline 

Walker, who had been on varsity 

the past three seasons, said. 

“I told her if she’s going to 

do that she’s got to step up, be 

vocal and take charge of the 

team.” 

Both sisters started playing 

competitive volleyball at 

around the same age, while 

they were in fifth grade at Our 

Lady of Perpetual Help school 

in Glenview. After not playing 

much, even last year as a junior, 

thanks to Loyola’s great depth 

at the outside hitter position, 

Caroline Walker was thrust 

into a leading role this season. 

Her 160 kills and 36.4% hitting 

percentage were both second on 

the team. 

“This year has been so phenomenal,” 

Caroline Walker 

said. “Last year I watched 

some of our older members and 

learned from them and tried to 

use what I learned from them 

this year.” 

Elizabeth Walker had quite 

the debut for the Ramblers in 

her first year on the varsity 

squad. She finished just behind 

her sister in kills with 166, 

racked up 24 aces and proved 

she was a six-rotation player by 

VARSITY VIEWS 

Caroline Walker hits against Lake Park in the regional semifinal. 

VARSITY VIEWS 

finishing second on the team in 

digs with 255, 22 behind libero 

Autumn Bascon-O’Connell. 

“It helped knowing several 

of the players through club 

and having an older sister on 

the team,” Loyola coach Mark 

Chang said. “Lizzie also had a 

ton of confidence and was not 

eager to display her talents and 

aggressiveness. She’s a go-getter. 

I attribute much of her ability 

to adjust so quickly to her 

self confidence, mindset, and 

positive self-talk.” 

Chang was happy to see the 

younger Walker’s development 

as the year went along. 

“Lizzie, unlike other players 

on the team, had the opportunity 

to receive feedback and 

discuss team affairs. I think 

it’s always nice to someone as 

a sounding board that lives in 

the same house as you. And by 

all appearances, they truly look 

Loyola’s Lizzie Walker during the Ramblers’ regional final win over 

Maine South, Oct. 27, in Rolling Meadows. Photos From Varsity Views 

like they enjoy each other’s 

company and have fun playing 

together.” 

With her sister off to college 

next season, Elizabeth Walker 

knows she will be looked upon 

to have an even bigger role for 

the Ramblers in 2017. She is 

part of a big sophomore class, 

along with Mary Kate Lopez 

and Elizabeth Ford, that Chang 

and the Ramblers will be looking 

at to make an even bigger 

impact next season. 

“With her gone next season, I 

feel like I have to have an even 

bigger impact than this season 

and try to fill her shoes so I feel 

like I need to work even harder 

next season.”



NT gymnasts edge GBS 

NEIL MILBERT 


The youthful Trevians had 

to overcome an outstanding 

all-around performance by 

Glenbrook South’s Hannah 

Hartley to edge the Titans 

143.20-142.70 in their Saturday, 

Dec. 3 dual meet at 

New Trier. 

Hartley recorded an allaround 

score of 38.2, winning 

the vault (9.75), floor 

exercise (9.55) and balance 

beam (9.60), as well as 

finishing third in the uneven 

bars (9.30), an event 

in which NT’s Emma Jane 

Rohrer (9.55) and Avery 

Faulkner (9.35) took first 

and second. 

New Trier also outpointed 

the Titans in the vault 

— in which Faulkner tied 

for second and teammates 

Maeve Murdock and Ally 

Smith finished fourth and 

fifth, respectively – but 

GBS gymnasts had more 

points in the balance beam 

and free exercise. 

Faulkner, Murdock and 

the Zun twins – Rachel and 

Amy – are all freshmen, 

while Smith is the only senior 

on the varsity. Joining 

them in the lineup against 

GBS were sophomore 

Zoey Spangler, who was 

out all last season because 

of an injured knee, and 

Rohrer, a junior recovering 

from a back injury that has 

curtailed her activity for almost 

two months. 

“We graduated 10 seniors 

but not all of them were 

on the varsity,” New Trier 

coach Jennifer Pistorius 

said. “We have 10 freshmen 

and the four out there today 

are on the varsity.” 

The meet at New Trier’s 

west campus was the second 

for both schools. Earlier 

in the week the Trevians 

downed Glenbrook North, 

while the Titans topped 

Deerfield. 

“It was a good showing 

for us but not a great showing,” 

GBS coach Steve 

Gale said. “We had a number 

of falls. That cost us the 

meet.” 

Gale is counting on Hannah 

Hartley to continue to 

excel for his team during 

her senior season with her 

freshman sister, Jenna, and 

junior Bebe Haramaras 

playing strong supporting 

roles. 

Haramaras tied for second 

in the vault, finished 

third in floor exercise, tied 

for fourth in the balance 

beam and tied for eighth 

in the uneven bars. Jenna 

Hartley is recovering from 

an injury to her right ankle 

and her only event was the 

uneven bars, in which she 

finished in a tie for fifth. 

Hannah Hartley was a 

varsity gymnast as a sophomore 

but didn’t compete 

for the Titans last season. 

Instead, she competed for 

Dreams Gymnastics Club 

in Glenview. 

“I had a lot of injuries 

my sophomore year and I 

wanted to get healthy,” she 

said. “I took a year off and 

focused on club. In May, I 

hurt my left knee in club 

and I’ve been working really 

hard to come back. 

Coming back as a senior 

is the best feeling ever. My 

sister and I never competed 

against one another before. 

We’ve always been in different 

age groups. It’s a fun 

atmosphere being on the 

same team with her. 

“I’m proud of her and 

I’m proud of Sarah Healy. 

Sarah is a sophomore in her 

first year (of competition) 

and she had a really good 

Glenbrook South’s Hannah Hartley dismounts from the 

uneven bars during South’s 143.20-142.70 loss to New 

Trier on Saturday, Dec. 3. Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century 

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meet today (finishing in a 

tie for fourth in floor exercise, 

sixth in the vault and 

balance beam, and 10th in 

uneven bars).” 

Faulkner was the top individual 

performer for the 

Trevians. In addition to finishing 

second in the uneven 

bars, she was second in the 

floor exercise, tied for second 

in the vault and was 

third in the balance beam. 

“This was my first 

time doing all-around in 

high school and I was really 

nervous but the whole 

team calmed me down,” 

Faulkner said. “High 

school is a lot different than 

club. The atmosphere is 

better. I like it when everyone 

is cheering you on.” 

Murdock also made a 

good showing in her second 

varsity meet. She came 

in second in the beam, 

fourth in the vault, tied for 

eighth in uneven bars and 

was 10th in floor exercise. 

Pistorius pointed out that 

Murdock comes from an 

athletic family. 

“Her twin sisters, Cate 

and Maggie, started as 

gymnasts but now they’re 

juniors playing varsity basketball,” 

she said. 

This is Pistorius’ 26th 

year at New Trier and the 

current team is one of her 

youngest. 

“Of the 10 seniors who 

just graduated there were 

three for sure on the varsity 

as freshmen and the 

only other class I can remember 

that had that many 

was the year before when 

Sam Stoddart and Claire 

Egerter were seniors,” 

she recalled. “We’ve gotten 

lucky with the little 

ones. They kind of come 

in clumps, which is nice.” 

Pistorius was pleased 

with the performance of 

Rachel Zun after “a rough 

first meet.” 

“Against GBN it looked 

like she had first meet jitters,” 

Pistorius said. “Rachel 

looked like a different 

girl today.” 

The New Trier coach 

also singled out Smith for 

the leadership she is showing 

in her senior season. 

“Ally is one of our captains,” 

Pistorius said. “She 

is an excellent leader both 

by example and by motivating 

the girls.” 

Emma Jane Rohrer is another 

important upperclassman. 

Against GBS, her only 

events were the bars and 

beam but when the back injury 

heals Pistorius plans to 

use her in the all-around. 

“At first, the doctors 

thought it was a stress fracture, 

but it turned out to be 

a muscular injury and I’ve 

been doing physical therapy,” 

Rohrer said. “Over the 

summer instead of doing 

club I focused on improving 

my skills and I’m looking 

forward to having a better 

year.” 

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Girls bowling 

Practice pays off for New Trier 

CARLOS ALVAREZ/22nd century 

media 

1st-and-3 

Three STARS OF THE 

WEEK 

1. Rohrer brings 

home hardware. 

(ABOVE) 

Emma Jane Rohrer 

won a combined 

three events in 

New Trier girls 

gymnastics’ two 

wins last week 

over GBS and 

GBN. 

2. Wieczorek stellar 

in net. Hayden 

Wieczorek stopped 

a combined 33 of 

35 shots in New 

Trier Green’s two 

wins over Fenwick 

and Glenbrook 

North. 

3. Margaret Petersen 

leads Loyola in 

loss. Petersen 

bowled a matchhigh 

541 to win 

medalist honors, 

but it wasn’t 

enough for the 

Ramblers who 

dropped a 2,229- 

1,971 loss to NT. 

Listen Up 

Trevians roll 

against Loyola 


Sports Editor 

The sport of bowling can 

be a tricky — with all its intricacies, 

details and strategies, 

it’s easy to see how 

more practice and game 

play can be vital in a team’s 

success. The more the team 

plays, the better it becomes. 

The Thursday, Dec. 1 

match between New Trier 

and Loyola Academy at the 

Brunswick Zone in Niles 

offered a prime example of 

that. The Trevians had spent 

more time on the lanes than 

the Ramblers and it helped 

the squad walk away with a 

2,299-1,971 nonconference 

win. 

“I thought we bowled 

very well, especially since 

this was our first away 

match as a varsity team and 

it took some time getting 

used to the lanes, but we 

made some adjustments and 

it ended up being good,” 

New Trier coach David 

Hjelmgren said. “Today, 

most of our girls were hooking 

a little more than usual 

so we had to make some 

adjustments to get more 

toward the pocket better, especially 

Carrie (Roy).” 

“This is our second 

match but we’ve had a little 

more time because we 

practiced a couple more 

“Rachel looked like a different girl today.” 

Jennifer Pistorius — New Trier girls gymnastics coach on 

Rachel Zun’s performance Saturday, Dec. 3 against GBS in 

comparison to their first meet against GBN on Dec. 1 

times than others. We want 

the girls in the lanes, rolling 

the balls as much as they 

can, so those extra practice 

days are really important,” 

the New Trier coach added. 

For Loyola, things were 

a little different. 

“We had three girls missing, 

so this was a little bit 

of a different match for us,” 

Loyola coach Bruce Tes 

said. “We’ve only had two 

practices because of how 

the season has turned out 

for us, so this is almost like 

a practice for us.” 

Both squads’ top three 

bowlers had impressive 

days. Loyola’s Margaret 

Petersen walked away 

with medalist honors after 

bowling a three-game combined 

score of 541, narrowly 

beating New Trier’s 

Carrie Roy, who bowled a 

535. Roy rolled the highest 

game of the day, racking up 

a score of 210, while Petersen 

was right behind her 

with a 206. 

“I bowled really well 

considering I messed up a 

couple frames in my last 

game,” Roy said. “I missed 

my spares at the end, so 

that left a mark. But I didn’t 

let it get to me because I tell 

myself to calm down and 

ask ‘What can I do to improve 

myself?’” 

Other big games by the 

Ramblers included Petersen’s 

sister, Catherine, who 

rolled a 450. Michelle Ellis 

notched the second-highest 

tunE in 

What to watch this week 

BOYS BASKETBALL: New Trier hosts Top 100 player 

Nojel Eastern and conference favorite Evanston. 

New Trier plays Evanston at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 

New Trier’s Winnetka campus. 

Margaret Petersen rolled a 541 against New Trier 

Thursday, Dec. 1, in Niles. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

Index 

34 - This Week In 

33 - Athlete of the Week 

series for the Trevians, rolling 

a combined 488. 

Each bowling alley, and 

more specifically each lane, 

has a different oil pattern, 

something that can affect a 

bowler’s performance. 

“I couldn’t tell the oil 

pattern, but my coach 

could, so he was able to 

help guide me on how to 

work those properly,” Roy 

added. “I usually don’t pay 

attention to the oil patterns 

though. I just bowl.” 

Both Loyola and New 

Trier qualified for last 

year’s sectional after finishing 

third and fourth in 

the Resurrection regional, 

but neither finished high 

enough to qualify for the 

state finals. Both teams will 

be looking to change that, 

but in different ways. 

The Trevians will be 

looking to improve on last 

year’s finish behind some 

new members to the squad, 

including Roy, who is in 

her first year on the varsity 

squad and has already 

worked her way to being 

the team’s top bowler. 

“[Roy], Michelle Ellis, 

Elizabeth McKenna, Emily 

Flynn and Madeleine 

Ruane, are all bowlers we 

expect to have big roles 

for us and improve as the 

year goes on,” Hjelmgren 

said. “This is [Ruane’s] and 

[Roy’s] first years on varsity 

but the others are great 

leaders and help lead the 

team.” 

The Ramblers, however, 

have a bit of a different 

situation. They return numerous 

players from last 

year’s squad, including the 

Petersen sisters, as well as 

Grace Gurda, who rolled a 

409 against the Trevians. 

“I’m expecting a lot 

from Margaret Petersen 

and her sister Catherine, 

[and] Grace Gurda,” Tes 

said. “Angie Peterson and 

Lelah Byron, who is a second-year 

varsity player, is 

someone I’m expecting to 

improve as well.” 

The Loyola coach is simply 

looking for improvement 

as the season rolls 

onward. 

“The whole point of 

the season is to get better 

and be at our best for 

the conference tournament 

and the IHSA series,” Tes 

said. “This is just a growing 

process right now for 

us. We really won’t get 

the improvement we want 

until January because we 

won’t have as much time 

to practice thanks to finals 

in a couple weeks and the 

holidays. But the results 

will come.” 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw, 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

The winnetka current | December 8, 2016 | WinnetkaCurrent.com 

Rolling along 

NT defeats Loyola on the road, Page 39 

Bringing home 

hardware NT’s Nicole Urbanowicz 

is the Athlete of the Month, Page 34 

Trevs gymnasts take 

care of GBS in CSL 

action, Page 38 

New Trier’s Ally Smith does her beam 

routine against GBS on Saturday, Dec. 

3, in Winnetka. Carlos Alvarez/22nd 

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