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No to tar 

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Closer to home 

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HP woman creates bars to help with fertility, Page 3 

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THURSDAY 

Consider the Source: All 

Information is Not Created 

Equal 

7–8 p.m. Jan. 19, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. Distortion is a powerful 

tactic used by websites 

to mislead the public. Images, 

videos and text can 

be chopped, twisted, and 

stuffed into a new headline 

to fit an inflammatory 

new narrative. Learn more 

about the recent proliferation 

of fake news and walk 

away with fact-checking 

tools you can use to identify 

misinformation. For 

more information, call 

(847) 432-0216. 

FRIDAY 

Magic Class 

6:45–7:40 p.m. Jan. 20, 

West Ridge Center, 636 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Amaze family and 

friends with tricks that involve 

cards, ropes, coins, 

mind reading and more. 

The tricks may appear 

difficult, but are quick to 

learn and easy to perform. 

All materials are provided 

and each child receives a 

magic kit to take home. 

$21-$29. For more information, 

call (847) 831- 

3810 

Brushes and Bordeaux 

6–8 p.m. Jan. 20, Rosewood 

Beach Interpretive 

Center, 883 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park. Enjoy 

the atmosphere and 

camaraderie of others in a 

relaxing inspirational setting. 

Art experience is not 

required though a desire to 

dabble in something new 

is. Wine, snacks and art 

supplies are included. $35- 

$40. For more information, 

call (847) 433-6901. 

SATURDAY 

Instrument Petting Zoo 

2–3 p.m. Jan. 21, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave. Let the 

instructors from the Music 

Institute of Chicago 

demonstrate instruments 

for you and then try them 

out. There will be strings, 

percussion, guitar/bass, 

keyboard, and wind instruments. 

For ages 0-3. 

For more information, call 

(847) 681-7030. 

SUNDAY 

Decluttering All That Stuff 

1–4 p.m. Jan. 22, Infinity 

Foundation, 1280 Old 

Skokie Road. Find out why 

you have the connection to 

certain items, how to release 

them, and allow the 

space to open so that you 

can receive. Join Laurie 

Pawli, Feng Shui consultant, 

and gain a new sense 

of freedom as you remove 

the stagnation holding you 

back. $50-$60. For more 

information, visit infinityfoundation.org. 

MONDAY 

Lake Shore Men’s Club 

Meeting 

8:15 a.m. Jan. 23, Lakeside 

Congregation, 1221 

Lake Cook Road, Highland 

Park. Meet the Men’s 

Club for breakfast and 

a speaker. This week’s 

speaker is Jack Brown, 

Ph.D, on the topic “The 

Immune System and You.” 

Breakfast begins at 8:15 

a.m., speakers present at 

9:30 a.m. $15. For more 

information, call Irv at 

(847) 997-1511. 

WEDNESDAY 

Handmade at HP Library 

With Workshop 

7–8:45 p.m. Jan. 25, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave. 

Workshop, Highland 

Park’s studio for handmade 

crafts, comes to the 

Library to teach a jewelry 

making class for adults! 

Make a wrap bracelet to 

wear home or give as a 

gift. For ages 18+. For 


(847) 432-0216. 

UPCOMING 

Healthy Highland Park 

Health Fair 

10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, 

Jan. 28, The Art 

Center, 1957 Sheridan 

Road. Visitors will find a 

Wealth of Health available 

in Highland Park and 

experience educational 

presentations on numerous 

topics of health and wellness, 

stop by health booths 

to learn about different 

healthy products and services, 

gather information 

and register to win a multitude 

of raffle prizes. For 

more information, visit 

downtownhp.com. 

Reptiles at Risk: A Close 

Encounter 

7–8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 

2, Heller Nature Center, 

2821 Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Lake Forest’s 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

will bring species like 

fox snake, Blanding’s 

turtle, gopher tortoise and 

American alligator in a 

“show and tell” program 

co-sponsored by Lake/ 

Cook Audubon. For more 

information, call (847) 

433-6901. 

Highland Park Woman’s 

Club: Mark Dvorak 

1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 

Highland Park Community 

House, 1991 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park. The 

Highland Park Woman’s 

Club presents musician, 

teacher and songwriter 

Mark Dvorak. He plays 

authentic country blues 

guitar and picks great oldtime 

banjo and invites the 

audience to sing along. 

Tea will follow the program. 

For membership 

information, call Joyce Arlington 

at (847) 681-0249. 

Highland Park Strings 

Annual Benefit 

3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 

Bennett-Gordon Hall, 201 

St. Johns Ave., Highland 

Park. Join Highland Park 

Strings for a winter annual 

benefit concert, including 

more than 50 local musicians 

who will perform, 

conducted by Maestro 

Robert Hasty. $40. For 


(847) 831-3622. 

ONGOING 

Fencing Lessons 

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8 and 

15, Infinity Foundation, 

1280 Old Skokie Road, 

Highland Park. Join fencing 

instructor, Diana Unger, 

for this five-week session. 

Rules and history of 

fencing are covered as the 

class progresses. Bring a 

work or gardening glove 

and the rest of the equipment 

is provided. $120. 

For more information, visit 

infinityfoundation.org. 

Piano Recital with 

Commentaries 

6-7 p.m., first Saturday 

of every month, Madame 

ZuZu’s Tea House, 

582 Roger Williams Ave., 

Highland Park. Please join 

us for an evening of live 

classical piano music with 

commentaries about the 

composers and the pieces 

being played, presented by 

Zina Katsman of “Piano 

for Everyone”, rare teas 

and smoothies and great 

company. For more information, 

call (847) 926- 

7434. 

Women’s Care Group 

Trinity Episcopal 

Church, 425 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. A Safe 

Place invites you to a 

women’s care group, 

where participates will 

receive support by learning 

about unhealthy relationships 

and behaviors, 

recognize the impact this 

can have on you and your 

children, and explore new 

coping skills for a happy, 

healthier life. If you are in 

immediate need of help, 

please call our 24-hour 

Help Line at (847) 249- 

4450. For meeting times 

and more information, call 

(847) 731-7165. 

Tai Chi Sessions 

12:30-1:30 p.m. 

Wednesdays, Recreation 

Center of Highland Park, 

1207 Park Ave. Work 

on balance and serenity 

through this Chinese tradition 

of gentle, flowing 

movements performed in 

a slow, focused manner 

with deep breathing. For 


Lisa Hamilton at (847) 

579-4048. 

Cardio Tone Light 

11:30-12:30 p.m. 

Wednesdays, Recreation 

Center of Highland Park, 

1207 Park Ave. W. Improve 

your flexibility and 

overall daily function! The 

class combines low impact 

cardio, core and stretching 

(no seated exercises). For 

more information call Lisa 

Hamilton at (847) 579- 

4048. 

Balance & Tone 

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Tuesdays, Recreation Center 

of Highland Park, 1207 

Park Ave. W. Increase 

muscular strength, joint 

stability, range of motion 

and functional skills 

through a variety of standing 

exercises and barre 

work. For more information, 

call Lisa Hamilton at 

(847) 579-4048. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Courtney Jacquin at 


or (847) 272-4565 ext. 34. 

Entries are due by noon on 

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the highland park landmark | January 19, 2017 | 3 

Making fertility easier, one bar at a time 

Courtney Jacquin, Editor 

Trying to get pregnant 

can be incredibly difficult 

and stressful for some. 

When going through fertility 

treatments, not only 

can the process be lengthy 

and expensive, trying to 

get your body in the best 

physical condition is another 

hurdle to jump. 

Fertility doctors often 

recommend an intense regimen 

of vitamins that can 

cost upward of $200 per 

month, for both men and 

women, to be in the best 

health possible for fertility. 

But Highland Park resident 

Jill Spatz wondered, 

isn’t there a better way? 

Spatz, a mom of three 

and a fertility clinic nurse, 

combined her “obsession” 

with protein and granola 

bars with the necessary vitamins 

and nutrients needed 

for fertility in Barology, 

a line of bars for men 

and women with a blend 

of vitamins and antioxidants 

found to increase the 

chance of successful pregnancy. 

According to the Centers 

for Disease Control, 

the inability to have a 

child affects approximately 

6.7 million women in 

the United States annually, 

or 11 percent of the reproductive-age 

population. 

Infertility affects men and 

women almost equally — 

in 40 percent of infertile 

couples, the male partner 

is a contributing cause of 

the difficulty getting pregnant. 

Often, these couples 

seek assisted reproductive 

techniques, such as medication, 

surgery, or in-vitro 

fertilization. 

Spatz, who has worked 

as a nurse at the Fertility 

Centers of Illinois in 

Chicago for the last four 

Barology bar in dark chocolate cherry flavor for women. 

The bars come in multiple flavors for women and men. 

years, has helped treat 

countless couples over the 

years who struggled with 

starting a family, as well 

as struggled herself to become 

a mother. 

Dr. Brian Kaplan, who 

runs the center, began 

recommending a slew of 

supplements for men and 

women over the past few 

years to increase the couple’s 

likelihood of pregnancy. 

After handing out pagelong 

lists of vitamins with 

different dosages and frequencies, 

the clinic became 

inundated with questions 

about the regimen. 

“We were spending so 

much of our time talking 

about vitamins, which is 

great, but there’s so much 

else going on,” Spatz 

said. “This was becoming 

stressful when it shouldn’t 

be.” 

Enter: Barology. 

Spatz always wanted to 

become an entrepreneur 

and create something of 

her own, and Barology became 

just that for her. 

The bars, which are currently 

only sold online atbarologybar.com, 

come in 

blueberry almond and dark 

chocolate cherry flavors 

for women and dark chocolate 

cherry and blueberry 

key lime for men. The bars 

have a blend of vitamins 

and nutrients such as Co- 

Q10, Omega-3, pine bark 

extract, L-Arginine, Vitamin 

C, Vitamin E and 

more. 

By eating just one bar 

per day, patients are now 

able to easily get their necessary 

nutrients, without 

the headache of finding 

dozens of different supplements 

and spending hundreds 

of dollars per month. 

The bars are currently 

only sold by the dozen 

at $47.40/box, which 

amounts to a little more 

than $3 per day, a bargain 

compared to standard vitamin 

regimen. 

No, eating the bars won’t 

make you pregnant, they’ll 

just give you a line-up of 

vitamins and nutrients. 

After seeing success 

already in the first few 

months of the bars being 

sold — Barology launched 

in June — Spatz is planning 

to expand to a line of 

bars for anti-aging and for 

teens. 

“We eventually want to 

have a whole line like Vitamin 

Water of six to eight 

bars,” Spatz said. “The 

concept is cradle to grave, 

hitting something for everyone, 

all different ages.” 

Jill Spatz, of Highland Park, creator of Barology bars, displays two of her fertility 

bars for women in her Highland Park home. Photos by Courtney Jacquin/22nd Century 

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Highland Park City Council 

City says no more to coal tar products 

Erin Yarnall 

Freelance Reporter 

A ban on coal tar products 

throughout the City 

of Highland Park was approved 

by the Highland 

Park City Council in a 5-1 

vote at its regular meeting 

Jan. 9. 

David Kanter, an attorney 

for Pavement Coatings 

Technology Council spoke 

and argued for a tabling of 

the vote until the council 

could hear from coal tar 

product experts and tests 

could be done to prove 

whether or not coal tar 

products are harmful. 

“There’s no need to 

rush to ban this product,” 

Kanter said. “At this point, 

there’s no evidence that 

the City of Highland Park 

has a problem (with coal 

tar products).” 

Despite Kanter’s arguments 

against it, the 

council felt as if they had 

enough information to 

make a decision. 

“Coal tar pitch is a 

known carcinogen, and 

it’s a component in these 

sealants,” Councilwoman 

Kim Stone said. “These 

sealants are used specifically 

for aesthetic purposes. 

They don’t actually do 

anything structurally to 

seal the pavement. When 

this is an aesthetic product, 

and a product that’s 

a known carcinogen, to 

me, with our proximity to 

Lake Michigan, we have 

a responsibility to protect 

Lake Michigan. We have 

a responsibility to protect 

the Great Lakes Basin.” 

“We don’t have to test 

our water to know that we 

don’t want to be putting a 

carcinogen in our watershed,” 

Stone said. 

Councilwoman Alyssa 

Knobel added that hearing 

about other retailers and 

cities that have banned the 

product helped lead to her 

decision to ban it in Highland 

Park. 

“To find out our major 

retailers have banned these 

products is enough for 

me,” Knobel said. “There 

are alternatives. If there 

were no alternatives, and 

this was for some other 

purpose, I’d be okay with 

it maybe. But when we 

found out that our major 

retailers and local guys 

have alternative products, 

we know we’re headed in 

this direction. This is the 

right thing for our health 

and safety.” 

The council also discussed 

the potential implementation 

of permit parking 

on Moseley Road. The 

City Transportation Commission 

recommended the 

City approve an ordinance 

mandating permit parking 

between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

on the street because the 

cars created a “sightline 

issue” according to Public 

Works Director Ramesh 

Kanapareddy. 

Highland Park resident 

Philip Robins, who would 

be impacted by the permit 

parking, spoke to the council 

about how he thinks 

the cars actually make the 

street safer, as they help to 

prevent speeding. 

“When there are cars on 

the street, cars aren’t going 

as fast down the street,” 

Robins said. 

Robins also discussed 

the limited amount of 

traffic the street receives, 

mostly from residents, 

guests of residents and 

members of the Northmoor 

Country Club — and 

how because of that he 

feels the need for permit 

parking unnecessary. 

“This is just a little 

street, it doesn’t need to 

have restrictions on both 

sides,” Robins said. “It 

just doesn’t have the traffic 

to warrant restrictions 

on both sides.” 

“We have a new director 

starting in the beginning 

of February and I 

think he perhaps would 

take over this problem,” 

“The problem is the cars 

from Northmoor, only in 

the summer,” Highland 

Park resident Carol Honigberg 

said. “We have a 

new director starting in the 

beginning of February and 

I think he perhaps would 

take over this problem.” 

The council decided to 

table the vote until they 

could meet with the incoming 

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Police Reports 

Three arrested for DUI in Highland Park 

Three people were arrested 

for driving under 

the influence in Highland 

Park Jan. 7-8, according to 

Highland Park police. 

John P. Marcucci, 21, of 

Vernon Hills, was arrested 

and charged with driving 

under the influence, improper 

lighting, operating 

an uninsured motor vehicle 

and speeding 26–34 miles 

per hour over the limit after 

police conducted a traffic 

stop at 3:38 a.m. Jan. 7 

in the 1900 block of Skokie 

Valley Road. Marcucci 

was released on a personal 

recognizance bond with 

a court date of Feb. 10 in 

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Stephanie C. Lauder, 

30, of Libertyville, was 

arrested and charged with 

driving under the influence, 

improper lane usage 

and operating an uninsured 

motor vehicle after police 

conducted a traffic stop 

at 2:48 a.m. Jan. 8 in the 

200 block of the Edens 

Expressway. Lauder was 

released on a recognizance 

bond with a court date of 

Feb. 10 in Waukegan. 

Casey Quinn Burke, 26, 

of Lake Forest, was arrested 

and charged with 

driving under the influence, 

improper lane usage, 

speeding more than 

35 miles per hour over the 

limit, no valid driver’s license 

and disobeying a 

traffic control device after 

police conducted a traffic 

stop at 5:04 a.m. near the 

intersection of Old Elm 

and Skokie Valley roads. 

Burke was released on 

a personal recognizance 


Feb. 3 in Waukegan. 

In other police news: 

Jan. 9 

• Roberto Sebastian Alvarez, 

25, of Highland Park, 

was arrested and charged 

with driving while license 

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suspended and disobeying 

a stop sign after police 

conducted a traffic stop at 

7:32 a.m. near the intersection 

of Half Day Road 

and Greenwood Avenue. 

Alvarez was released on a 

recognizance bond with a 

court date of February 22, 

2017 in Park City. 

Jan. 8 

• Bruce R. Cohen, 55, of 

Chicago, was arrested 

and charged with speeding 

more than 35 miles per 

hour over the limit after police 

conducted a traffic stop 

at 7:58 a.m. in the 1900 

block of Skokie Valley 

Road. Cohen was released 

on a personal recognizance 


Jan. 25 in Park City. 

• Aryk S. Crowder, 37, 

of Chicago, was arrested 

and charged with speeding 

more than 35 miles 

per hour over the limit 

after police conducted a 

traffic stop at 9:19 a.m. 

in the 2700 block of Half 

Day Road. Crowder was 

released on a personal 

recognizance bond with 

a court date of Jan. 25 in 

Park City. 

Jan. 7 

• Items were reported stolen 

from a business at the 

11:50 a.m. in the 1200 

block of Old Skokie Road. 

The incident occurred between 

November 2016 and 

Jan. 7. 

• Six unknown subjects 

broke into a business in 

the overnight hours of 

Jan. 7 in the 2300 block 

of Skokie Valley Road and 

stole five vehicles. 

Jan. 6 

• A female subject stealing 

items from a business 

was reported at 12:19 p.m. 

in the 1600 block of Deerfield 

Road. The incident 

occurred Jan. 1. 

Jan. 4 

• A fence was reported 

damaged and a garage 

door was pushed in at 9:59 

a.m. in the 800 block of 

Driscoll Court. The incident 

occurred in the overnight 

hours of Jan. 3. 

• Two male subjects were 

involved in a physical altercation 

at 6:29 p.m. in 

the 2700 block of Skokie 

Valley Road. 

Jan. 3 

• Matthew F. Gormly, 24, 

of Lake Forest, was arrested 

and charged with driving 

while license suspended 

after police responded 

to a traffic accident at 

12:31 p.m. in the 1300 

block of Half Day Road. 

Gormly was released on a 

recognizance bond with a 

court date of Feb. 8 in Park 

City. 

• Multiple items were reported 

stolen from a closet 

within a facility at 12:22 

p.m. in the 1300 block 

of Clavey Road. The incident 

occurred between 

5:18 Dec. 21 and 7:30 a.m. 

Jan. 3. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Highland 

Park Landmark’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports emailed from 

the Highland Park Police 

Department headquarters in 

Highland Park and found on 

file at the Highwood Police 

Department. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law. 

From The City 

Highland Park welcomes 

class of 2018 student 

commissioners 

The City Council approved 

the appointment 

of 16 high school juniors 

to serve as representatives 

on the City’s various 

boards and commissions 

at the Jan. 9 City Council 

meeting. Students are 

appointed by the Mayor 

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Council. 

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“The Highland Park 

Student Commissioner 

Program offers a unique 

experiential learning that 

engages students in critical 

thinking, problem solving 

and decision making,” 

Highland Park Mayor 

Nancy Rotering said. “Our 

community benefits from 

student participation and 

the unique perspective 

each student provides as 

they work on policy related 

matters. We greatly 

appreciate their time and 

interest in serving their 

community.” 

For more information, 

please contact the City 

Manager’s Office at (847) 

926-1000 or visit cityhpil. 

com/studentcommission. 

From The City is compiled 

from Highland Park’s e-News



Alleviating a local nightmare 

Local Park District 

loans vehicle to 

nonprofit following 

vandalism 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

Contributing Editor 

While there are many 

people out there who question 

whether there is any 

good left in the world, the 

generosity of a Northfield 

organization to an area 

nonprofit during a time 

of need demonstrates that 

there are still kind locals 

helping others for the 

greater good of a community. 

Over this past Thanksgiving 

weekend, the transportation 

van for Have 

Dreams, an area nonprofit 

helping children and 

young adults living with 

an autism spectrum disorder 

through activities and 

work training programs, 

was vandalized in the 

parking lot of the organization’s 

Evanston location 

for scrap metal. 

When workers with 

Have Dreams loaded up 

the van with program participants 

the Monday after 

the holiday, they discovered 

something was wrong 

with the van as soon as it 

would not start. Upon review 

by a neighboring auto 

mechanic, Have Dreams 

was told that damages to 

the van included theft of 

the catalytic converter and 

other metal parts necessary 

for operation. 

According to Have 

Dreams’ Executive Director 

Kris Johnsen, the cost 

needed to repair the damages 

to the 14-year-old 

van were more than the 

value of the van itself. So, 

the organization decided 

instead, they would fundraise 

and try to receive 

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the transportation van photographed here 

belonging to Have Dreams, a nonprofit servicing youth and young adults with autism 

across the North Shore, was vandalized for scrap parts while parked in the lot of the 

organization’s Evanston location. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

grants to assist in the costs 

needed to purchase a newer, 

working vehicle. 

Since 1996, Have 

Dreams, which has offices 

in Park Ridge and 

Evanston, services individuals 

with autism from 

local communities including 

Winnetka, Northfield, 

Northbrook, Wilmette, 

Glenview, Glencoe, Highland 

Park and Lake Forest 

through after school 

programs, workplace 

training and adult day programs. 

Additionally, Have 

Dreams uses its van and 

employees to assist transition 

students from New 

Trier and Glenbrook high 

schools with work placement 

programs and other 

activities. 

Following the news 

that Have Dreams would 

be out of reliable group 

transportation until further 

notice, Johnsen said 

the organization set up a 

GoFundMe page to assist 

with the purchasing costs 

of a new vehicle. 

On the group’s GoFund- 

Me page, they write: “By 

donating, you [are] giving 

our students the ability to 

not only do their jobs, but 

to feel a sense of pride and 

accomplishment that has 

been stripped away by the 

people who destroyed our 

van.” 

Soon after, the Northfield 

Park District caught 

wind of Have Dreams’ 

story from a Northfield 

man reaching out to ask 

if there was any way the 

park district could help the 

local agency, specifically 

loaning one of its large vehicles 

to Have Dreams. 

“I first heard about it 

through a Northfield resident 

who is a vocal parent,” 

said Jim Reuter, recreation 

supervisor at Northfield 

Park District. “Ever since 

I started here two years 

ago, he and I have been in 

touch about a lot of things, 

from his son doing different 

activities to chatting 

during special events. One 

of his children is involved 

with Have Dreams in some 

way, shape or form, and he 

was the one who reached 

out to me asking if there 

was anything we could 

do.” 

While the Northfield 

Park District had never 

worked directly with Have 

Dreams before, Reuter 

said loaning one of its buses 

was “a no-brainer.” 

“In my mind, that’s why 

we’re here,” he said. “If 

there’s anything that we 

can ever do to assist in 

anything like that, that is 

part of what we do. They 

could have never seen 

this coming, they had no 

backup plan if something 

like that ever happens, and 

if the least I can do is give 

them the bus for a couple 

Thanks to the generosity of the Northfield Park District, 

Have Dreams is temporarily using the park district’s 

bus to transport participants and volunteers to 

activities and work study programs across the North 

Shore. 

of months or whatever it 

may be, then that’s what 

we’re going to do.” 

Since late December, the 

Northfield Park District 

has loaned its vehicle to 

Have Dreams until the organization 

is able to obtain 

a suitable one of its own. 

Johnsen says the organization 

has been very grateful 

to the generosity of the 

Northfield Park District 

in allowing Have Dreams 

to continue to carry out 

its unique work to both 

Northfield residents and 

those of surrounding communities 

and schools. 

“For people with autism, 

whose parents fought 

for decades to break down 

barriers for their kids, 

these parents want to give 

their kids opportunties in 

the community, and that’s 

what we provide,” Johnsen 

said. “That’s what the 

van allows us to do — take 

them out into the community 

and be part of neighborhoods.” 

Johnsen says since Have 

Dreams’ inception, the organization 

has been a pillar 

of the North Shore in 

providing numerous opportunities 

to otherwise 

struggling youths and their 

families. 

“This program is a lifeline 

for them and it offers 

them different opportunities 

in adulthood than they 

wouldn’t have had without 

Have Dreams,” she 

said. “From the beginning, 

we’ve tried to make our 

kids for the last 21 years 

part of every community 

that they come from. We 

take pride in that, because 

autism was little understood 

two decades ago, 

and even now, there are 

more barriers to continue 

to break down.” 

Reuter, who personally 

knows a number of 

families with children who 

have an autism disorder, 

said he truly understands 

the significance of what 

Have Dreams does for 

families. 

“Just from personal 

experience, close family 

friends of ours have a 

child who is on the autism 

spectrum, and I’ve seen 

him basically grow up,” he 

added. 

Those interested in 

donating any amount of 

money to Have Dreams for 

the purchase of a new van 

can visit its GoFundMe 

page, GoFundMe.com/anew-van-for-have-dreams. 

To learn more about Have 

Dreams, visit its website, 

HaveDreams.org, or call 

at the Park Ridge location, 

(847) 685-0250, or Evanston 

location, (847) 905- 

0702.



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Submitted by Park 

District of Highland Park 

The Certificate of 

Achievement for Excellence 

in Financial Reporting 

has been awarded to 

the Park District of Highland 

Park by the Government 

Finance Officers 

Association for its comprehensive 

annual financial 

report for the fiscal 

year ending 2015. 

This is the 27th year in 

a row that the district has 

received this recognition. 

The Certificate of 

Achievement Award is the 

highest form of recognition 

in the area of governmental 

accounting and 

financial reporting, and 

its attainment represents 

a significant accomplishment 

by a government and 

its management. 

“This award demonstrates 

the Park District 

of Highland Park’s continued 

commitment to ensure 

our (comprehensive 

annual financial report) is 

thorough and provides the 

information required for a 

full assessment of the district’s 

financial strength. It 

shows we have done what 

is required by the (Government 


Association) and have 

met their high standards 

as well as the community’s 

confidence,” Park 

District of Highland Park 

Executive Director Liza 

McElroy said. 

The Park District of 

Highland Park comprehensive 

annual financial 

report was judged by an 

impartial panel and meets 

the high standards of the 

program including demonstrating 

a constructive 

“spirit of full disclosure” 

to clearly communicate 

its financial story and 

motivate potential users 

and user groups to read 

the comprehensive annual 

financial report. The 

Certificate Program was 

established by the Government 


Association in 1945. It 

was instituted to encourage 

all governments to 

prepare and publish an 

easily readable and understandable 

financial 

report. 

The Government Finance 

Officers Association 

is a nonprofit professional 

association 

serving approximately 

17,800 government finance 

professionals with 

offices in Chicago and 

Washington, D.C. 

The Art Center Highland Park names new director 

Submitted by The Art 

Center 

The Art Center Highland 

Park, a nonprofit community 

art center serving the 

North Shore and Chicago 

area since 1960, announces 

the appointment of Michele 

Cohen as its new 

Executive Director. Cohen 

will continue The Art Center’s 

commitment to education 

in the contemporary 

visual arts through classes, 

outreach programs, exhibits, 

and events. 

Cohen’s resume includes 

more than 15 years 

of executive planning, 

administration, communications 

and marketing 

experience. Cohen brings 

leadership and creativity 

to The Art Center’s programming 

along with a 

deep sense of commitment 

to the nonprofit. Her passion 

lies in connecting and 

translating strategic vision 

to align an organization 

and for its success. 

“We are very pleased 

to announce this appointment,” 

The Art Center 

board president Debbie 

Hall said. “Michele brings 

a successful track record 

of executive management 

in both non-for-profit and 

corporate organizations 

to The Art Center. Her vision 

for long-term growth 

for our organization made 

her the ideal choice to lead 

The Art Center to a strong 

and secure future.” 

Prior to her role as Executive 

Director of The 

Art Center, Cohen was the 

Chief Executive Officer/ 

Executive Vice President 

of a nonprofit organization 

affiliated with the National 

Association of Realtors. 

During her tenure, Cohen 

worked with local and 

state businesses, schools, 

government officials and 

community members to 

increase awareness of the 

organization. She developed 

membership benefits, 

a marquis annual conference, 

and best-in-class 

education programming. 

Cohen has a master’s degree 

and a bachelor’s degree 

with honors from The 

Ohio State University. 

“I am honored to have 

been selected as the Executive 

Director of The 

Art Center — Highland 

Park,” said Cohen. This 

is an organization led by 

a purpose. I will serve by 

working in alignment with 

the Board of Directors to 

reach strategic goals, increase 

opportunities, ensure 

high-quality knowledge 

and programming, 

promote awareness and 

advocacy, and position for 

the future.” 

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the organization’s Board 

of Trustees. Tiersky, a 

Highland Park resident, 

holds degrees in dentistry 

and law, and was recently 

sworn in as vice president 

of the Chicago Dental Society. 

She had the overwhelming 

support of the 

current board to become 

part of this all-volunteer 

nonprofit group that yearly 

grants significant funds 

to improve the health and 

quality of life of individuals 

in the geographic area 

served by Highland Park 

Hospital. 

“We are delighted to 

have Terri join the Board,” 

Jim Styer, Chairman of the 

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THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Northbrook Holocaust 

survivor releases memoir 

For many years, Holocaust 

survivor Irene Rogers 

dreamed of finding her 

parents’ and little sister’s 

burial place in Andijan, 

Uzbekistan. Both had died 

from disease after escaping 

the Nazis. 

Finally, in 1998, she and 

her husband, Gerald, realized 

that dream, traveling 

challenging roads and absorbing 

cultures in regions 

rarely explored by Westerners. 

Now, the Northbrook 

resident has written a 

memoir about that remarkable 

journey. But “Finding 

Peace Is My Revenge” 

(Balboa Press, 2016) is 

far more than just a travelogue. 

Rather, it takes on 

multiple missions. 

On the one hand, the 

book “shares a true story 

of the indomitable human 

spirit, teaches lessons of 

acceptance and respect, 

and offers hope through 

hardships.” 

But it speaks in somber 

tones, as well. 

“By writing this book, I 

wanted to bring attention 

to the injustices perpetrated 

on six and a half million 

Jews and our families. 

This experience brought 

us hunger, diseases as 

child and a loss of almost a 

hundred relatives that died 

in ghettos, concentration 

camps and diaspora,” she 

said. 

In addition, Rogers expressed 

remorse about the 

past and concerns about the 

future. 

“I do not believe World 

War II taught the lesson 

of how to reach out and 

achieve peace,” she wrote. 

Reporting by Alan P. Henry, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at NorthbrookTower. 

com. 

THE LAKE FOREST LEADER 

Survey reveals increase 

in alcohol use by LFHS 

students 

The Lake Forest High 

School District 115 Board 

of Education reviewed the 

results of the Illinois Youth 

Survey at its regular meeting 

Monday, Jan. 9. The 

survey revealed Lake Forest 

High School students 

have more occurrences 

of alcohol use and binge 

drinking than state averages. 

The survey, which was 

taken in April 2016 and 

has been taken every other 

year since 2006, measures 

the use of drugs and alcohol 

among students, as 

well as factors like participation 

in activities, the 

views of peers and parents 

regarding drug and alcohol 

use and mental health as it 

applies to using drugs and 

alcohol. 

The results of the most 

recent survey showed that 

41 percent of sophomores 

had consumed alcohol in 

the past 30 days, up from 

32 percent in 2014. Results 

among seniors showed 60 

percent had consumed alcohol 

in the past 30 days, 

up from 55 percent in 

2014. Binge drinking had 

also increased 7 percent 

among sophomores and 6 

percent among seniors. 

“What we are seeing is 

that we as a high school 

seem to not be making a 

large enough impact when 

it comes to alcohol use,” 

said John Maher, a dean 

and department chairman 

of student services. 

The survey also showed 

that participation in sports 

or extracurricular activities 

did not have the impact it 

once did to deter students 

from drinking alcohol. 

Reporting by Christa Rooks, 

Freelance Reporter. Full story 

at LakeForestLeader.com. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Recess supervision 

reassessed amidst parent 

concern 

The Sunset Ridge 

School District 29 Board 

of Education presented its 

analysis of the indoor recess 

procedures Tuesday, 

Jan. 10, following a parent’s 

concern questioning 

supervision practices of 

indoor recess at Middlefork 

School. 

While parent-raised 

issues are not typically 

board agenda items, Superintendent 

Edward 

Stange explained that the 

nature of this request warranted 

board investigation 

and review. 

“It’s a little unusual that 

a parent concern would be 

brought as an agenda item 

to the board of education 

is strange for our district,” 

Stange said. “I can’t think 

of in my three years that 

I’ve ever brought a parent 

concern to the board for a 

discussion. This one, I felt 

like, talks about and references 

some aspects of our 

philosophy — how many 

recesses we offer – and it’s 

so unusual in our building 

compared to anyone else.” 

Currently, Middlefork 

School offers up to three 

recesses per day for students 

depending on grade 

level, schedules and time 

of year. 

Middlefork’s indoor recesses 

are structured by a 

supervision schedule per 

classroom. Roughly half 

of the classrooms have 

one adult administrator per 

room, while the remaining 

are allotted one adult supervisor 

per two adjacent 

classrooms, according 

to Middlefork Principal 

Mary Frances Greene. She 

explained that there are a 

couple outliers where one 

adult is assigned to supervise 

three classrooms. 

However, the rooms in 

those situations are able 

to be monitored simultaneously 

due to classroom 

layout. 

Reporting by Lauren Kiggins, 


story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Park board approves tree, 

water plant contracts 

A pair of contracts were 

approved on the consent 

agenda at the Tuesday, 

Jan. 10 Wilmette Village 

Board meeting including 

a contract in the amount 

of $574,282 with CDM 

Smith of Chicago for 

engineering design and 

bidding services associated 

with the water plant 

electrical improvements 

project. Based on a water 

system assessment study 

performed by the Village 

in 2015, the water plant 

electrical improvements 

project was identified as a 

top priority in the capital 

improvements program of 

the water plant. A followup 

conceptual study completed 

in 2016 identified 

the best options for the 

placement of new backup 

generators and modifications 

to the electrical room. 

Based on the findings 

of these studies, this project 

has been identified as 

the highest priority capital 

improvement at the water 

plant due to the very 

high-risk nature of a potential 

electrical failure. 

This project is estimated 

to cost $7.7 million. It is 

anticipated that the project 

including the engineering 

design will be funded 

through an Illinois Environmental 

Protection 

Agency low interest loan. 

The selected engineering 

firm will assist the Village 

in filing its application to 

the IEPA. Failure to obtain 

the loan would require 

the Village to issue debt 

to finance the project at a 

higher interest rate. 

Additionally, a two-year 

contract at an estimated 

cost of $86,350 distributed 

between Mike Greco 

Landscaping of Gurnee, 

Arthur Weiler Nursery of 

Zion and Acres Group of 

Wauconda for tree planting 

services was approved. 

This contract provides for 

parkway tree planting services, 

which includes replacement 

and cooperative 

plantings for regular and 

Emerald Ash Borer tree 

removals. 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 


story at WilmetteBeacon. 

com. 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

New Trier Township to 

host property tax town 

hall 

New Trier Township Assessor 

Jan Churchwell and 

Deputy Assessor Leonard 

Shifflett will host an informational 

seminar and town 

hall meeting for residents 

who have experienced difficulty 

obtaining property 

assessment information 

from the Cook County 

Clerk’s office at 7:30 p.m. 

on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 

the Township Offices, 739 

Elm St. in Winnetka. 

Churchwell says she 

hopes locals come to the 

event to both learn more 

about property tax assessment 

issues as well as 

work on improving the assessment 

process itself. 

“If you have had difficulties 

getting information 

from the Cook County 

Assessor Joseph Berrios’ 

office, or complications 

getting inaccuracies in the 

assessment information 

for your property corrected, 

then this meeting is for 

you,” Churchwell said. 

Staff Reporting. Full story at 

GlencoeAnchor.com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Special service area could 

support curb, gutter 

improvements 

The Glenview Village 

Board hosted a public 

hearing regarding the 

adoption of a special service 

area to fund the installation 

of curbs and gutters 

in The Circles neighborhood 

during its Tuesday, 

Jan. 10 meeting. 

Residents of the neighborhood 

— which includes 

80 households located 

along Raleigh, Baffin, 

Drake, York and Hudson 

roads — voted 61-19 in 

support of the project in 

June 2016 after successfully 

petitioning the Village 

for improvements in 

October 2015. 

Establishing the special 

service area, a taxing 

mechanism that charges 

residents within a specific 

geographic area to fund 

their own improvements, 

will cover the entire residents’ 

share ($418,000), 

which totals 50 percent of 

the overall cost. 

While the public hearing 

gave residents a platform 

to oppose the project, no 

one used the opportunity 

to address the board with 

concerns or objections. 

Per State law, the date of 

the public hearing initiated 

a 60-day mandatory waiting 

period during which 51 

percent of property owners 

or electors may submit a 

petition to stop the proceedings. 

The item will appear 

on the consent agenda for 

final approval during the 

next Village Board meeting 

on Tuesday, Jan. 7. 

Reporting by Chris Pullam, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern. 

com.

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D34 hires Delli as next superintendent 

Neil Milbert 


After receiving 

applications 

from 52 

people since 

beginning 

the search 

process Delli 

last spring, 

the Glenview District 34 

Board of Education has 

hired Dane Delli as its new 

superintendent of schools. 

The hiring of Delli, who 

has served as superintendent 

of Mount Prospect’s 

River Trails School District 

26 since July 2007, to 

oversee the six District 34 

schools was unanimously 

approved at a special meeting 

of the board on Thursday, 

Jan. 12. 

The Highland Park resident 

has a three-year contract 

with an annual base 

salary of $245,000 that 

extends from July 1, 2017, 

through June 30, 2020. 

“Our meeting is absolutely 

a celebration because 

we bring our search for a 

new superintendent to a 

successful conclusion,” 

said Board President Cathe 

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Russe. “He has all the right 

qualities and characteristics 

to best meet the needs of 

our school community. 

“This was an extremely 

detailed process. We could 

not have done it without the 

support and collaboration 

of people in this community. 

We hired an outside 

search firm, School Exec 

Connect, we had an extensive 

on-line survey and we 

had 16 focus groups in the 

community.” 

The 52 applicants were 

narrowed down to a group 

of six finalists. After these 

six were interviewed, the 

list of candidates was shortened 

to three for a second 

interview. Then the board 

recruited a confidential select 

group of stake-holders 

in the community that met 

three times to weigh the 

merits of the candidates 

and provide the board with 

further input. 

“It was through the input 

of parents, staff and 

members of the community, 

as well as the work of 

the confidential committee, 

that we feel confident 

in our decision to hire Dr. 

Delli,” Russe said. “Dr. 

Delli was the clear choice 

to the Board of Education 

because of his proven track 

record of success, strong 

leadership qualities, effective 

communication skills 

and clear understanding of 

instruction and the qualities 

of state-of-the-art curriculum. 

He comes with a 

wealth of experience. He 

places a strong importance 

on collaboration and team 

building in order to effectively 

work with the board, 

administrative team, staff 

and community.” 

Prior to officially going 

on the job on July 1, Delli 

will work closely with the 

interim superintendents, 

Griff Powell and Patricia 

Wernet, to ensure a smooth 

transition. The interim superintendents 

were hired 

after Mike Nicholson announced 

his resignation in 

May with one year remaining 

on his contract to become 

the district’s executive 

director of assessment, 

analytics and instructional 

support. 

“The first and most fundamental 

step in this transitional 

process is getting 

to know me,” Delli told the 

board. “I feel very honored 

that you have chosen me 

and entrusted me in this 

very important position at 

this very important time. 

We’ve met at just the right 

time. I feel fortunate to 

serve a district with such 

passionate dedicated teachers 

and an involved and 

supportive parent community. 

I look forward to this 

relationship for many years 

to come. I will not disappoint 

you.” 

Delli has worked at all 

levels of education — 

pre-school through college 

— for more than 25 

years. Prior to becoming 

superintendent of the River 

Trails, he spent time as a 

high school teacher, middle 

school principal, high 

school principal, assistant 

superintendent and university 

professor. 

A native of the Cleveland 

metropolitan area, he 

earned a Ph.D and M.A. 

in educational leadership 

from Ohio State University 

after receiving a M.S. 

degree in education from 

John Carroll and a B.S. 

degree in English education 

from Bowling Green. 

He has published research 

in human resource administration 

and has been 

a speaker and presented 

research findings at more 

than 20 national and state 

level conferences. 

During his 10 years at 

River Trails, Delli formulated 

two multi-year strategic 

plans and negotiated 

three contract bargaining 

agreements. 

Although Glenview District 

34 is significantly larger 

than River Trails District 

26, Delli doesn’t anticipate 

any adjustment problems 

in overseeing Attea, Henking, 

Glen Grove, Hoffman, 

Lyon and Pleasant Ridge 

schools. 

“My approach to leadership 

is independent of the 

size of the district,” he said. 

“At River Trails, I wore 

many hats. I won’t have 

to do that here. I’ll have 

resources here that I don’t 

have there.” 

Accompanying Delli 

to the special meeting at 

which his hiring was approved 

by the board were 

his wife, Leeann, a kindergarten 

teacher in Lincolnshire; 

their son, Gabe, 

a sophomore at Highland 

Park High School; and 

their daughters, Elizabeth, 

a seventh grader at Edgewood 

School, and Emma, 

a fourth grader at Ravinia 

School. 

In addition to receiving 

his base salary the new superintendent 

will be compensated 

for transitional 

days at District 34 between 

Jan. 13 and June 30. The 

compensation will be in the 

form of up to nine additional 

personal days to be used 

throughout the three-year 

contract. 

The board will pay the 

superintendent’s required 

contributions to the Teachers’ 

Retirement System at 

an amount not to exceed 

9 percent of his creditable 

earnings and to the Teacher 

Health Security Fund at 

an amount not to exceed 

1.12 percent of his creditable 

earnings. Full family 

medical benefits also will 

be paid by the board and a 

$10,000 annual contribution 

will be made to a taxsheltered 

annuity account. 

No automobile allowance 

will be provided. For 

out of district travel, Delli 

will be reimbursed at the 

federal government rate. 

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Board of Trustees, said. 

“Terri is not a stranger to 

philanthropy. For many 

years she has dedicated 

herself to work with organizations 

that include the 

Chicago Dental Society 

Foundation, Mission of 

Mercy, the Dental Lifeline 

Network, the Illinois 

Foundation of Dentistry for 

the Handicapped and the 

Holocaust Survivors Oral 

Health Program, to name 

a few. She will certainly be 

a strong asset to our Board 

and we are all looking forward 

to working with her.” 


of Highland Park is 

an independent charitable 

organization that funds 

healthcare programs and 

services in the geographic 

area served by NorthShore 

Highland Park Hospital, 

formerly Highland Park 

Hospital. Established in 

2000 to support the healthcare 

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has granted more 

than $92 million dollars to 

community-based health 

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Letters to the Editor 

Time for Ross to resign 

from D112 board 

“Politicians and diapers 

must be changed often, 

and for the same reasons.” 

— Mark Twain 

2017 is off to a great 

start here in Highland 

Park. The days are getting 

longer, the sun feels 

a little warmer and the 

contentious North Shore 

School District 112 

school board is going to 

be “almost” fully replaced 

shortly. Notice I said, 

“almost.” 

Let’s review the school 

board math. There were 

three school board members 

that voted for the 

referendum, but wisely 

opposed BDR3 (Karla 

Livney, Samantha Stolberg 

and Eric Ephraim). 

Both Livney and Stolberg 

have decided not to run 

again and Ephraim’s term 

expires in 2019. I believe 

they should be thanked 

for their service, applauded 

for trying to slow 

down the process and for 

arguing to develop a better 

solution to our school 

problems. Additionally, 

Ephraim deserves a special 

dispensation since 

he appears to have been 

the “voice of reason” 

throughout the entire 

process and will provide 

important continuity for 

the new school board 

members. 

Conversely, there were 

four board members that 

supported the ill-fated referendum 

and steadfastly 

defended BDR3 at almost 

any cost to the community. 

Two of these board 

members have already 

resigned. A third member, 

Jane Solmor-Mordini, is 

running for re-election. 

She will face the voters in 

April. I’m not much of a 

handicapper, but I don’t 

like her chances for reelection. 

Then there is a fourth 

board member, Yumi 

Ross, (whose term ends 

in 2019) that quietly supported 

the referendum, 

supported BDR3, until the 

horse had left the barn, 

and now wants to continue 

to sit on the school 

board for two more years. 

Huh?? She has been on 

the wrong side of major 

issues on the school board 

and taken no responsibility 

or ownership for her 

bad decisions. Ross had 

the extraordinary power, 

with her vote, to end 

much of the acrimony 

over BDR3 and she chose 

to consistently punt. 

(What were you possibly 

thinking?) She showed 

no independence and no 

leadership. Voting “present” 

and warming a chair 

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I 

f you’re in a 

relationship, you 

know one of the most 

common questions you 

get is “how did you two 

meet?” 

Sometimes, it’s an 

amazing meet-cute, or 

sometimes it’s a little less 

exciting. But we always 

want our story to be 

wonderful. 

I’ve been with my 

boyfriend for about 

three-and-a-half years 

now and truthfully, we 

don’t have the most 

exciting story. We met 

as editors on our college 

newspaper at DePaul 

University — he was the 

sports editor and I was 

the arts and life editor. 

We were friends first 

(well not really, I’m 

still convinced he hated 

me for a while because 

he hated all the new 

people on our staff that 

year), and started dating 

about eight months after 

we met. This May will 

be our four-year 

anniversary. 

It’s a pretty run-of-themill 

college relationship 

story. Sometimes I 

wish there was a grander 

narrative to it, but it’s 

ours and I love it for 

what it is. 

More and more, for 

people in my generation 

and beyond, relationships 

are started through online 

dating. Maybe it’s Match. 

com, maybe it’s Tinder, 

but more and more that’s 

how relationships are 

started. 

I have plenty of friends 

who have met, and are 

even married now, after 

meeting through online 

dating, yet for some 

reason there’s still a 

stigma around it. Is it 

really better to have met 

in a bar than to have met 

through your phone? 

For some reason 

people are still 

judgmental, or couples 

think others are, about 

finding a mate through 

a website or an app. 

But is a relationship 

really better because it 

was started through a 

serendipitous, romantic 

comedy-like meeting or 

because 

both parties swiped 

right? 

I personally don’t think 

so, and I think everyone 

should own their story, 

no matter what it is. 

Maybe you’re not the 

next “When Harry Met 

Sally,” but everyone’s 

story is special in its own 

way. 

With that being said, 

with Valentine’s Day just 

around the corner 

(crazy, right?), I can’t 

wait to hear all of your 

“how we met” stories. 

But I don’t want you 

to hold back, I want to 

hear all of your meeting 

stories. 

Right now, The 

Highland Park Landmark 

is holding its fifth annual 

How We Met Contest, 

and we want you to enter. 

Just write up the tale of 

how you met your 

significant other in 

400 words or less, 

and email your entry 

to me at courtney@ 

hplandmark.com, or mail 

it to The Highland Park 

Landmark, 

60 Revere Drive, Suite 

888, Northbrook IL, 

60062. 

The deadline for 

submissions is Feb. 2, 

which gives you two 

more weeks to craft 

your story and send it 

in. Please also send us a 

photo so we can see the 

happy couple. Remember 

to include names along 

with a phone number so 

we can reach you. 

The contest winner 

will receive a prize from 

a local business, and the 

winning story will be 

printed in the Feb. 9 issue 

of The Landmark along 

with the photo right 

before Valentine’s 

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New scoreboard in new gym has been 

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From Page 14 

cannot be misconstrued 

as good governance. It 

is, time for Ross to resign 

now as well. What are you 

waiting for? 

As we have learned, 

the school board seats 

are too important to be 

left for just ceremonial 

placeholders. We need 

the best seven minds in 

the community, that are 

willing to make the effort 

and commitment, to 

solve our future school 

issues. 

Peter Henry 

Highland Park resident 

President, O’Keefe Henry 

Direct, Inc. 

Sore losers 

So the sore losers in the 

recent election have decided 

to travel to D.C. to 

do their whining. 

Trump is not even in office 

and the women think 

the sky is falling. 

I find the reaction of the 

Democrats to their loss 

pathetic and disgusting. 

William Stern 

Highland Park 

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Registration open for MYAC’s chamber 

music competition, Page 21 

Take trois Restaurant owners give 

Vernon Avenue space a third shot with 

French-centric Valor, Page 22 

HPHS theater students 

perform fall play 

‘Equus’ at Theatre 

Fest, Page 19 

The cast of “Equus” takes a bow after a 

performance at Illinois High School Theatre Fest 

Friday, Jan. 6. Photo submitted

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Atty.’s org. 

4. In a mess 

9. Printer’s amount 

13. Part of a birch 

15. Hank of baseball 

16. Halftime lead, e.g. 

17. Negotiation tactic 

18. Landowner, Scottish 

19. Cheese type 

20. Scenic walkway 

22. Harp cousin 

23. A hand 

24. Between Pi and 

sigma 

26. Sudden flurry 

29. Word processing 

decision 

34. Actor who graduated 

from New Trier 

and became a star in 

“The Office”, Rainn 

____ 

36. Glenview restaurant 

37. Portray 

38. “Gladiator” setting 

40. Calendar abbr. 

41. One way to slug 

it out 

44. Sana’a native 

47. Marked by grooves 

48. Hindu garment 

49. Word with bum or 

bunny 

50. Be decisive 

51. Embryos 

54. They don’t shell 

out 

60. Biblical pronoun 

61. Middle East titles 

62. High time for gunslingers 

64. Abdicate 

65. Tablet mountain 

66. Check record 

67. Dame Myra ___, 

English pianist 

68. Nautical ropes 

69. Abbr. after a 

comma 

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2. Ill temper 

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book 

4. Type of bar 

5. Bread of India 

6. Cantatrice’s offering 

7. Crossing point 

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stage 

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HIGHLAND PARK 

The Panda Bar 

(596 Elm Place, (847) 

433-0589) 

■Every ■ Friday: Live 

Music 

HIGHWOOD 

210 

(210 Green Bay Road, 

(847) 433-0304) 

■7 ■ p.m. Thursday, Jan. 

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Johnny’s Kitchen 

(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

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■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday 

and Saturday: Live 

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■7:30 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

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■6 ■ p.m. Friday, Jan. 

20: Family night and 

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(1800 Tower Drive, 

(847) 998-1100) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. every 

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‘Equus’ takes on new life at Theatre Fest 

courtney jacquin, Editor 

When “Equus”, Highland 

Park High School’s 

fall play, closed Nov. 19 

at the school, the journey 

for the young actors was 

far from over. 

The play was selected 

in November as one of the 

23 productions from Illinois 

high school students 

to be performed at the 

42nd annual Illinois High 

School Theatre Festival 

Jan. 5-7 at University of 

Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

The festival brings 

together more than 4,000 

students, teachers, university 

representatives, exhibitors 

and volunteers for 

a weekend of productions, 

workshops and more for 

high school theater students. 

Scott Shallenbarger, 

HPHS teacher and 

“Equus” director has 

brought many plays over 

the years to the festival, 

and he’s incredibly proud 

of his cast and crew of the 

show. 

“The teacher in me first 

has to say how proud I 

am, Shallenbarger said. 

“I’m so proud of the actors 

who just, in front of 

hundreds of people they 

never met, courageously 

and with as much vulnerability 

performed.” 

“Equus” is a particularly 

intense play for high 

school students and isn’t 

typically performed in 

high school theater programs. 

It tells the story 

of a psychiatrist who attempts 

to treat a young 

man with a pathological 

fascination of horses. 

Alan is obsessed with 

horses, to the point of 

worshipping them religiously. 

Alan’s father, an 

atheist, blames religion 

Frank Strang (left), played by Gabe Delli recounts a bizarre experience with Alan to Dysart, played by Gabe 

Newman (right); Seth Humerick (center), as Alan, acts out the scene during a dress rehearsal of “Equus” 

November 2016 at Highland Park High School. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

Humerick, as Alan, confronts Dysart, played by 

Newman. 

for his son’s problems, 

while his mother says that 

Alan is his own person, 

and is to blame himself. 

Dysart, a psychiatrist assigned 

to help Alan, finds 

that Alan’s obsession with 

horses is rooted in a childhood 

experience with a 

horse, and has to navigate 

the actions, thoughts and 

emotions that led Alan to 

attack and blind six horses. 

Because of the subject 

matter and rarity in high 

school performance spaces, 

the play, which was 

performed twice on Jan. 

6, was a hot ticket for festival 

participants. 

“There was a buzz 

about the show before 

we even got there,” Shallenbarger 

said. “We got 

there Thursday night, and 

Friday morning everyone 

was clamoring to get and 

exchange tickets. It was 

really exciting from the 

get-go for the kids to feel 

that buzz.” 

“Someone even called 

us the ‘Hamilton’ of Theatre 

Fest, which was really, 

really funny,” Jed Rutstein, 

assistant director 

of “Equus” and Highland 

Park High School senior, 

said. 

Rutstein said the feedback 

he and the other 

students involved in the 

show received was like 

something they had never 

felt before, which was incredibly 

exciting, saying 

students from other high 

schools throughout the 

weekend were approaching 

members of the cast 

and crew and they received 

many emails about 

how inspiring the show 

was for others. 

“It shows us how thankful 

we are to have the opportunity 

to do something 

like this,” Rutstein said, 

crediting the dedication of 

Shallenbarger and David 

Solotke, HPHS’ other theater 

director. 

Seth Humerick, who 

played the lead role of 

Alan, said this experience 

Please see Equus, 20 

Seth Humerick (left), as Alan Strang, embraces one of 

the horses, played by Drew Swanson.

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Faith Briefs 

Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road, Highland 

Park) 

Marriage Enrichment Date Night 

6–8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. Join 

other couples for a date night enjoying 

dessert, coffee and a marriage 

refresher. You will receive 

practical, positive teaching and 

have time as a couple to connect 

and talk through the material. The 

cost is $10 per couple. Register at 

christchurchil.org/marriage/ 

Weeknight Service 

A new service has started on 

Thursday Nights in the church’s 

new coffee bar. It is not your traditional 

church service, instead 

it provides space for you to bring 

your thoughts and questions. Every 

week there is a sermon for 20 minutes 

followed by group discussion. 

Coffee Bar is open 6:30-9 p.m., 

service is 7-8 p.m. Email Dan at 

dsyvertsen@cclf.org 

MOPS at Highland Park Campus 

MOPS stands for Mothers of 

Preschoolers, and by preschoolers 

we mean kiddos from birth through 

kindergarten. We know it’s a little 

confusing so let’s just stick with 

“MOPS.” We are moms, and we believe 

that better moms make a better 

world. At every meeting there 

will be a speaker or video that gives 

practical tools and insight into the 

specific things that are important to 

Equus 

From Page 19 

you. MOPS meets 9-11 a.m. on the 

first and third Friday of the month. 

Email mopscchp@gmail.com for 

more info. 

Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road, Highland 

Park) 

Torah Study 

From 9:15-10:15 a.m. every Saturday 

morning there will be a Torah 

study at Congregation Solel. You 

can come in the morning to kick off 

your weekend with a Torah study 

and then stay throughout the morning 

at Solel for subsequent activities 

and fun. For more information, 

go to www.solel.org, or call (847) 

433-3555. 

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El (1175 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park) 

Perfect Pitch 2 

North Suburban Synagogue Beth 

El will present Perfect Pitch 2, celebrating 

the multi-faceted talents of 

Jewish Collegiate a cappella groups 

with Hebrew, Israeli and American 

top 40 songs. The concert will be 

held on 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28. General 

admission tickets to the concert are 

$18, while student prices (through 

college age) are just $10. To purchase 

tickets for the concert or consider 

a sponsorship, visit the concert 

website at perfectpitch2.bpt. 

me or call the synagogue at (847) 

432-8900. 

Job Network Meeting 

Beth El Job Network is in business. 

The Network meets every Friday 

morning at 9 a.m. in the library. 

If you are unemployed, under-employed, 

changing jobs, entering or 

re-entering the work force please 

join us. For more information, call 

Dr. Eli Krumbein at (847) 432- 

6994 or email JoAnne Blumberg at 

JoAnneB1729@gmail.com. 

Two Faiths, One Roof 

Two-FOR is a group for Jewish- 

Christian families for learning and 

fellowship. Childcare is provided 

so parents can engage in their own 

learning and conversation, while 

children can hear a story and make 

a craft for their own experience. For 

more information, contact Rabbi 

Ari at arim@interfaithfamily.com. 

St. James Catholic Church (134 North Ave., 

Highwood) 

Catholic Charities’ Supper 

Join for a Catholic Charities’ dinner 

on the first and second Thursday 

of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the 

Parish Hall. 2017 dates include Jan. 

5, Jan. 12, Feb. 2, Feb. 9, March 2 

and March 9. 

Submit information for The Landmark’s 

Faith page to Courtney Jacquin 

at courtney@hplandmark.com. The 

deadline is noon on Thursday. Questions? 

Call (847) 272-4565 ext. 34. 

was “one of the most amazing 

things I’ve ever gotten to do.” 

Humerick and other members 

of the cast had little time together 

to rehearse before taking the show 

to Theatre Fest, and he credits the 

performance’s success on the actors’ 

willingness to review their 

scripts over winter break to get 

back into character. 

Though the cast performed to 

full audiences with much different 

crowds than they’re used to at 

HPHS, crowds who don’t know 

the cast and aren’t familiar necessarily 

with the work of the school’s 

theater department, Humerick said 

performing the show wasn’t much 

different than performing it in 

Highland Park. 

“During the show it wasn’t really 

changing because it’s such a 

complicated show, because you 

have a duty to the characters and 

you have to focus 100 percent,” he 

said. 

Humerick was also taken aback 

by the amount of praise received 

from other students. 

“One girl walked up to me and 

said, ‘thank you so much for putting 

on a show like that, I’ve never 

seen a high school more committed 

and more professional’,” he 

said. 

Though their time with “Equus” 

is now over, the students couldn’t 

be more proud about what they 

achieved with the play, and what 

they brought to their peers across 

the state. 

“What Highland Park is known 

for is bringing something to Theatre 

Fest that is inspiring, something 

that is heart-wrenching, 

something that you’ll leave the 

theater feeling amazing,” Rutstein 

said. “I think that’s what theater is, 

it’s something there you leave the 

theater and you feel that the show 

has changed you.” 

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In Memoriam 

Jane H. Wadley 

Jane H. Wadley, 91, of 

Highland Park, passed away 

on Jan. 10. 

Beloved wife of Howard 

Wadley; loving mother of 

Joan (Doug) Jagunich; cherished 

grandmother of two 

and great grandmother of 

six; dear sister of D.H. 

Services are private. 

For more funeral info or 

directions please call Kelley 

& Spalding Funeral Home at 

(847) 831-4260. 

Shirley A. Basco 

Shirley A. Basco, 90, 

passed away Jan. 9. 

Basco was born on Aug. 3, 

1926. She was a resident of 

Highland Parkat the time of 

her passing. 

Bernice H. Levin 

Bernice H. Levin, 89, 

passed away Jan. 10. in the 

Silverado of Highland Park 

where she lived for three 

years. 

She was the beloved wife 

of the late Gerald; loving 

mother of Teri Sandler, Alan 

(Cindy) Levin, and Barry 

(Brulia) Levin; devoted 

grandmother of Lori Sandler, 

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on Lyndon Johnson’s 

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Highland Park City Council. 

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Valor brings je ne sais quoi to Glencoe 

Chef Fliou serves 

up French flavors 

at former District 

restaurant 

Fouad Egbaria 

Contributing Editor 

On a downtown avenue 

in Glencoe, diners can get 

a taste of France. 

Valor, 667 Vernon Ave., 

opened Dec. 31, 2016, 

with new Executive Chef 

Benoit Fliou, a native of 

Paris with three decades of 

culinary experience under 

his chef’s hat. The restaurant 

originally opened as 

Cibo Trattoria, then rebranded 

under the same 

owners last June, going by 

District until it closed in 

August 2016. 

In terms of atmosphere, 

General Manager Rick 

Raschillo hopes Valor will 

land somewhere in between 

the upscale Cibo and 

the more family-friendly 

District. They offer more 

moderately-priced items, 

while also serving as a 

place for adults to enjoy a 

night out, he said. 

“It’s also a nice specialoccasion 

restaurant,” he 

added. “It fits both needs.” 

Raschillo said he and 

fellow co-owner Steven 

Santiccioli said they wanted 

to give it another shot 

and strive to bring a successful 

eatery to a town 

with good options but 

lacking in quantity. 

“We’re hoping that the 

Glencoe community embraces 

it and loves it,” Raschillo 

said. 

This time, the restaurant 

is opening with a Frenchinspired 

menu and a selection 

of 28 wines (not including 

rotating additions), 

assembled with help from 

Richard Salberg, a Glencoe 

resident and wine collector. 

Raschillo said they 

interviewed five chefs, but 

Fliou — who previously 

served as chef at Abigail’s 

American Bistro in Highland 

Park — was “hands 

down” their pick. 

While the menu won’t be 

limited strictly to French 

flavors, Raschillo called 

the restaurant’s newest 

iteration an “American- 

French bistro.” Fliou’s 

dishes also have touches 

of Italian, Japanese and 

Spanish influences, among 

others, a product of his 

three decades of culinary 

experience, predominantly 

in France. 

“I’ve been through different 

kinds of restaurants 

in France,” Fliou said, “in 

different regions, close 

to the Basque region in 

Spain, so I learned to cook 

with Spanish and Basque 

influences.” 

In France alone, Fliou 

said he experienced a 

world of cuisines, with 

each region boasting its 

own vibrant culinary 

identity. Beginning in the 

1980s, he said he, like 

many others, was influenced 

by Japanese cuisine 

and nouvelle (“new”) cuisine. 

When we visited Valor, 

we got a chance to experience 

its diverse flavors 

for ourselves. We started 

out with a salmon tartare 

($12), featuring salmon, 

oysters, shallots, lemon 

juice and mayonnaise, 

served on sourdough toast. 

That served as a nice appetizer 

for the beef tenderloin 

($38), one of Fliou’s 

favorites, which my colleague 

Courtney Jacquin 

said lived up to its name — 

it is definitely tender. The 

cut of beef is served with 

Bordelaise sauce, confit 

shallots, gratin dauphinois 

and shaved black truffles. 

Valor’s red snapper plancha features red snapper, crab 

meat, roasted potatoes and red pepper sauce. Photos 

by Courtney Jacquin/22nd Century Media 

“[The beef tenderloin] 

talks to my memory when 

I was in France,” Fliou 

said. 

He added that when he 

eats at a Paris restaurant 

carrying his name, Benoit, 

owned by restaurateur 

Alain Ducasse, he has the 

beef tenderloin. 

“I’m really happy to 

have that kind of traditional 

French food,” Fliou 

said. “We don’t have that 

much exposure in Chicago. 

... [French food] is 

more exposed in Las Vegas, 

Los Angeles and New 

York.” 

Next up was the red 

snapper plancha ($28), a 

savory piece of fish topped 

with crab meat and served 

with flavorful wedges of 

roasted potatoes and a ring 

of red pepper sauce for 

added flavor and heat. The 

snapper boasts a crisp outer 

layer and offers a nice 

hot-cold contrast with the 

colder crab meat. 

The menu includes 

tastes of other cuisines as 

well, including the homemade 

fettuccine ($20), 

which comes with shallots, 

tomatoes, garlic, bits 

of eggplant and sprinkled 

Valor 

667 Vernon Ave., 

Glencoe 

www.valorglencoe.com 

(847) 786-4324 

5-11 p.m. Tuesday- 

Thursday 

5 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday- 

Saturday 

Closed, Sunday- 

Monday 

with Parmesan cheese. The 

pasta dish is a callback 

to the restaurant’s Italian 

roots with Cibo Trattoria, 

but with a French spin — 

Fliou called it a combination 

of a ratatouille and caponata 

(a Sicilian eggplant 

dish). 

Last but not least, we 

tried Fliou’s favorite dessert, 

the baba au rhum 

($14), or brioche cakes 

infused with a sweet rum 

syrup and served with 

golden raisins and pineapple 

bits on the side. The 

dessert’s sweet, rummy 

flavors make for a unique 

combination, one worthy 

of trying for those who 

haven’t had the chance. It 

also comes with a healthy 

dollop of Chantilly cream 

The fettuccine pasta comes topped with eggplant, 

tomatoes, shallots, garlic and Parmesan cheese. 

A restaurant staple, the beef tenderloin is served with 

Bordelaise sauce, confit shallots and shaved black 

truffles. 

— the dish is best eaten 

by carving out a piece of 

the cake and diving it into 

the cream, combining for a 

sweet bite. 

The restaurant’s menu 

will feature rotating items 

based on the season, but 

certain dishes, like the beef 

tenderloin, will be menu 

staples. For now, the restaurant 

will only be open 

for dinner, Raschillo said. 

In the summer, he said 

they hope to open up the 

front windows and accommodate 

outdoor dining. 

For Fliou, who will 

work with four chefs in the 

kitchen, the food will be 

about freshness and listening 

to the customers. He 

joked that early on, there 

was almost a “revolution” 

in the streets of Glencoe 

when they planned on removing 

a chicken dish 

from the menu. 

But other than staples 

like salmon, chicken and 

beef, he said they’ll keep 

a pared down permanent 

menu with room for rotating 

items, based on what’s 

fresh at the fish markets, 

for example. 

“We do everything from 

scratch, everything fresh, 

every morning,” he said. 

“The way I cook with my 

team is old-fashioned, 

French, from scratch. Everything 

is done every 

day.”

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Sydney Ignoffo 

Wrestling 

Giants host youth wrestlers, quad meet 

Highland Park High School’s wrestling team took on opponents from Bartlett, 

Lakes and Prairie Ridge during a quad meet on Saturday, Jan. 14, in Highland 

Park. The Giants also hosted youth wrestlers for exhibition matches. 

Ignoffo is a sophomore guard on the 

Highland Park High School girls basketball 

team. 

How long have you been playing 

basketball and how did you get 

started with it? 

I started playing basketball when I was 

four years old by playing with my brother, 

just shooting around in the gym or on 

our driveway with his friends. Really any 

time I could touch a ball I would. 

What’s the most challenging aspect 

of playing basketball? 

The most challenging aspect is definitely 

my height. It’s really hard for me 

to do some things. Outside of basketball, 

it’s definitely balancing homework and 

basketball. Being a student athlete is really 

hard sometimes. 

What do you usually eat before a 

game? 

Before a game I’ll usually eat mac and 

cheese and I have to drink blue Powerade. 

Do you have a favorite NBA or 

WNBA player? 

My favorite NBA player is Steph 

Curry. I like him because he plays both 

ends of the floor and is a really good 

team player who can do it all. 

Do you have any resolutions for 

2017? 

In basketball, it’s to be more of a 

leader toward everyone, especially for 

younger kids. 

What’s one school you really look 

forward to playing each season? 

Why them? 

I look forward to playing GBN every 

year because it’s a really good rivalry and 

the energy in the gym is always intense. 

Varsity Views 

It’s always a really close game, which is 

fun for us. 

If you could have any superpower, 

what would it be and why? 

I’d want to fly because it would make 

basketball way easier and definitely more 

fun. 

If you could travel anywhere, 

where would you want to go and 

why? 

I’d want to go to Italy because they 

have really good food. It’s really beautiful 

and I have family from all around 

there. I’d want to visit Rome, it’s really 

pretty. 

What advice would you give to 

younger basketball players? 

There’s going to be obstacles in the 

way of you playing, people that want to 

bring you down and struggles that you 

reach but you just have to keep playing. 

If you love the game, you just have to go 

for it. 

What’s the best part of being an 

athlete at HPHS? 

The best part of being an athlete is 

definitely the friendships that you make 

because they last so long. 

Interview by Sports Editor Derek Wolff 

Highland Park’s Martin Melvhor (blue/white) looks to pin an opponent from Lakes 

High School during a match at a wrestling quad meet on Saturday, Jan. 14, in 

Highland Park. photos by Miroslaw Pomian/22nd Century Media 

ABOVE: Mirek 

Pomian (blue) 

looks to break 

free from Riley 

Moore’s grip 

during the youth 

wrestling portion 

of the meet. 

LEFT: Highland 

Park’s D.J. Penick 

(right) lifts his 

opponent into 

the air during a 

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This Week In… 

Giants Varsity Athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 20 - at Vernon Hills, 7:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 22 - vs. Von Steuben at Whitney 

Young, 7:30 p.m. 

Girls Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 20 - vs. Vernon Hills, 7:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 21 - at Waukegan, 5:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 26 - at Glenbrook North, 7:30 p.m. 

Gymnastics 

■Jan. ■ 19 - at Deerfield, 5:30 p.m. 

Boys Ice Hockey 

■Jan. ■ 21 - at Kings (Leafs Ice Center, 

West Dundee), 8:40 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 22 - vs. Libertyville/Vernon Hills 

(Centennial Ice Arena), 6:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 24 - vs. Lake Forest, 8:50 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 26 - at Carmel (Glacier Ice 

Arena, Vernon Hills), 7:20 p.m. 

Boys Swimming and Diving 

■Jan. ■ 20 - at Maine East, 5 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 21 - Diving at Buffalo Grove, 

8:30 a.m. 

■Jan. ■ 21 - Swimming at Buffalo Grove, 

1 p.m. 

Wrestling 

■Jan. ■ 21 - CSL Tournament at Maine 

South, 9 a.m. 

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high school 

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The rest of the week in high 

school sports 

Boys ice hockey 

Highland Park 3, Evanston 2 

Dylan Abt had a pair of goals including 

the game winner as Highland 

Park downed Evanston, 3-2, on 

Monday, Jan. 9, at Centennial Ice 

Arena in Highland Park. 

Evanston broke the deadlock late 

in the first period, but Abt’s first 

goal of the night made it 1-1 in the 

second period, assisted by defensemen 

Casey Eisenberg and Charlie 

Levine-Wolf. 

Ryan Genender scored for the Giants 

to make it 2-1 in the third period, 

though Evanston tied it with 

about six minutes left in the contest. 

Abt scored on a slap shot to ice the 

game at 3-2 later in the period. 

Highland Park outshot Evanston, 

39-15 in the contest. 

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Maile Lunardi 

girls basketball 

Ryan Genender 

boys ice hockey 

Lily Kahn 

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Boys Ice Hockey 

Giants match season-long win streak 

Derek Wolff, Sports Editor 

With a myriad of injuries 

that plagued it throughout 

the first half of its season, 

Highland Park must have 

felt like it was consistently 

on the penalty kill. 

Now skating 11 forwards 

and six defensemen, 

the Giants (13-17-6) are 

as close as ever to skating 

at full strength. They tied 

a season-long win streak 

of three games after a 5-1 

victory over the D155 

Predators on Wednesday, 

Jan. 11, at Centennial Ice 

Arena in Highland Park. 

Three opening period 

goals and a barrage of 

shots enabled the Giants 

to have their way with the 

visitors. 

Senior winger Tommy 

Quirk started the scoring 

with an unassisted tally 55 

seconds into the contest. 

He crashed the net and 

then found the back of it 

after a loose puck bounced 

off a defenseman’s skate 

right to him. 

“I couldn’t take credit 

for that,” Quirk said. “It 

hit off that kids skate but 

I’ll take it.” 

The Giants often found 

themselves in the right 

place at the right time 

throughout the game as a 

result of getting to the gritty 

areas, winning battles in 

the corners and putting the 

puck on net. 

“(Coach) Sean (Freeman) 

was preaching all 

night, shoot, put the puck 

on net,” Quirk said. “It 

doesn’t need to be pretty, 

it just needs to go in. We 

needed the goals. We 

haven’t been burying a lot 

of our chances lately.” 

After the Giants killed 

a penalty late in the first 

period, Gabe Schlussel 

and captain Jake Mandel 

scored 13 seconds apart. 

Schlussel corked a wrist 

shot from the high slot that 

beat Predators netminder 

Ren Pretkelis high to the 

stick side, assisted by 

Charlie Levine-Wolf and 

Jack Elbaum. 

Forward Kyle Powers 

drove hard to the net after 

Mandel won the next faceoff 

and earned an assist 

on an easy pass right at 

the net mouth that Mandel 

buried. Defenseman Jeff 

Ransom also earned an assist 

on the play, which gave 

the Giants a commanding 

3-0 lead with 1:21 to play 

in the first period. 

After Highland Park 

killed off D155’s second 

power play of the night, 

Russell Catt scored to get 

the Predators on the board, 

beating Giants goaltender 

Chase McKellar with a 

wrist shot that sent off his 

stick and in about eight 

minutes into the second 

period. 

The Predators earned 

their third and final power 

play of the night directly 

after, but a shorthanded 

goal from Giants’ leading 

scorer Dylan Abt made it 

4-1. 

Abt won a battle along 

the half boards in the offensive 

zone and fired a 

puck toward the net in a 

clearing attempt, but it 

connected with a Predators 

stick to redirect past 

backup goaltender Clint 

Billimack and in. It was 

Abt’s 22 goal and 43 point 

of the season. 

“He’s just got a motor 

on him,” head coach Sean 

Freeman said on Abt, one 

of the team’s assistant 

captains. “He just works 

and elevates the game for 

the rest of the guys around 

him. Him and Zach Chamberlin, 

they go until they 

can’t move; they go until 

their last breath. It’s inspiring 

for the guys. He’s a 

captain but he’s not a captain 

because he talks and 

leads with his mouth, he 

leads by example. That’s 

important.” 

The Giants killed off 

the rest of the power play 

and took a 4-1 lead into 

the second intermission, 

where they held a 20-9 

shots on goal advantage. 

Assistant captain Dylan Abt, pictured here in a game 

from earlier this season, scored his team-leading 22nd 

goal of the season. 22nd century media file photo 

Quirk scored his second 

of the night on a wrist shot 

from the right circle that 

beat Billimack’s glove side 

with 7:02 remaining in the 

contest. 

Highland Park outshot 

D155 33-12 in the game, 

making it an easy night 

for McKellar, though the 

Giants penalty kill made 

major strides in the contest 

by killing off all three 

chances against it. 

“The PK is all effort,” 

Levine-Wolf said. “Guys 

are laying down and blocking 

shots. Sean pointed 

out early that they had no 

support on the power play 

so we were able to be aggressive 

in the corners and 

went after 1-on-1 battles 

because he was confident 

in the D that we’d make 

the play and we did.” 

Levine-Wolf missed the 

entirety of the 2016 portion 

of the season due to 

injury but has been a physical 

force for the Giants 

since his return in January, 

where Freeman estimates 

he’s averaging around 

eight hits per game, bringing 

an additional element 

to the Giants’ game. 

“If you lay a body out 

early in the game it sets 

a tone for the rest of it,” 

Levine-Wolf said. “I just 

want to get the guys going.” 

The Giants will be off 

until taking on Kings on 

Saturday, Jan. 21, at Leafs 

Ice Center in West Dundee. 

Looking to stretch their 

winning streak to its longest 

point this season, 

they’ll hope to do it against 

the team that started it after 

Highland Park defeated 

Kings 7-5 on Jan. 8. 

Freeman has the team 

doing bicycle conditioning 

on a program that former 

New York Rangers left 

winger Mike Hartman- 

-who won a Cup with the 

team in 1994--taught him. 

But the biggest key to 

not getting complacent 

and extending the winning 

streak will be continuing 

to get quality reps on the 

ice, Quirk said. 

“We really have to get 

on the ice, stickhandling 

and shooting, just being 

comfortable with your 

equipment and with the 

stick,” he said. “Running 

is a big part of it, but the 

biggest thing is just getting 

on the ice and practicing.”



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Post play, outside range help Giants blow past Blue Demons 

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Highland Park’s pair 

of 6-footers, senior Lily 

Kahn and freshman Addie 

Budnik, immediately established 

their dominance 

down low but it wasn’t 

until 5-foot-5 sophomore 

Sydney Ignoffo started 

sinking shot after shot 

from 3-point land that the 

game with Maine East became 

a blowout. 

Putting on perhaps their 

best performance of the 

season, the Giants put 

down the Blue Demons, 

61-39, on Jan. 13 in Highland 

Park. 

Ignoffo hit the trifecta 

six times in scoring 

a game-high 20 points, 

Kahn piled up 19 points 

and Budnik amassed 14. 

The Giants dominated 

the backboards, scrubbing 

them for 37 rebounds—25 

of which came on the defensive 

end—while all the 

visitors could muster was 

a total of 22 rebounds. 

“It’s something we’ve 

been talking about,” said 

Coach Jolie Bechtel. “We 

lost a game last weekend 

against Round Lake that 

was due to getting outrebounded 

so we talked a 

lot about it.” 

The Giants’ second 

half defense was another 

strong point. Maine East 

was able to score only 15 

points in the final 16 minutes. 

In the first quarter it 

didn’t seem likely that 

the game would turn out 

the way it did. The Blue 

Demons held leads of 6-1 

and 8-3 before Budnik 

and Kahn collaborated to 

send Highland Park into 

the second quarter with a 

17-16 advantage. 

Budnik scored 10 of the 

Giants’ first quarter points 

Senior forward Lily Kahn (white) backs down a defender during Highland Park’s 61-39 win over Maine East on Friday, Jan. 13, in Highland Park. 

Kahn had 19 points for the Giants in the win. photos from Varsity Views 

VARSITY VIEWS 

and Kahn had the other 

VARSITY VIEWS 

seven. The southpaw 

Kahn assisted on two of 

those Budnik baskets and 

the right-hander Budnik 

set up one by Kahn. 

“It’s helpful to have another 

post player,” Kahn 

said. “We try to pass to 

each other, especially 

when we have mismatches 

as we did tonight.” 

After Kahn’s basket to 

start the second quarter 

increased the Giants’ advantage 

to 19-16 a bucket 

and two free throws enabled 

the Blue Demons to 

reclaim the lead. 

Then Ignoffo hit her 

Jenny Goldsher (white) looks to complete a pass. 

first 3-pointer and Kahn 

got a basket on another 

post move to send Highland 

Park back in front 

24-20 but Maine East 

answered with two field 

goals to tie the score. 

The deadlock was shortlived. 

The Giants scored 

the last seven points of 

Kirby Bartelstein eyes up the basket from the free throw 

line. 

the second quarter and the 

first 11 of the third quarter 

for an 18-0 run that 

melted the Blue Demons’ 

resistance. 

Ignoffo was at her 

best in the third quarter, 

collecting for 11 of her 

points. 

The sophomore downplayed 

her derring-do. 

“I’m just a three-point 

shooter,” Ignoffo said. 

“Tonight we played our 

best game because everyone 

was involved the 

entire game—on the court 

and on the bench.” 

The Giants will return 

to action this weekend 

with a pair of back-toback 

games. Highland 

Park will host CSL North 

rivals Vernon Hills on Friday, 

Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m., 

then travel to Waukegan 

the following day for a 

5:30 matchup.

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Words From Wolff 

Global warming is ruining your winter 

1st-and-3 

3 stars of the 

week 

Varsity Views 

1. Sydney Ignoffo 

(ABOVE). The 

sophomore 

shooter dropped 

a team-high 20 

points on Maine 

East to help lead 

the Giants to a 

big 61-39 home 

win over the Blue 

Demons. 

2. Tommy Quirk. 

Quirk scored a 

pair of goals in a 

5-1 victory over 

D155, helping 

the Giants boys 

ice hockey team 

extend its win 

streak to three 

games. 

3. Lily Kahn. The 

senior power 

forward was a big 

presence for the 

Giants in the win 

over Maine East, 

making an impact 

on the boards and 

scoring 19 points. 

Derek Wolff 

d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Growing up in 

northern Illinois, 

there are two outdoor 

delights in the winter 

that take precedent over 

everything else; skating 

and playing hockey on the 

pond and heading to the 

local sledding hill with all 

of your friends. 

At 25 years old, my 

sledding days are on hold 

until I’ve got kids of my 

own, though as a resident 

of Chicago, where 

we have a plethora of 

first-class outdoor skating 

rinks, I haven’t made an 

effort to sharpen by skates 

and get out there yet. 

Why not? Well, simply, 

it hasn’t really felt like 

winter at all yet in 2017. 

In addition to a general 

lack of snowfall, temperatures 

throughout this first 

month of the year have 

been much higher than 

the historical averages, 

according to accuweather. 

com. 12 times in January, 

the temperature has 

reached, eclipsed or is set 

to eclipse 40 degrees. 

Highland Park employs 

a pair of outstanding winter 

outdoor attractions in 

the outdoor skating rink at 

Sunset Woods Park (1801 

Sunset Road) and the 

outdoor sled hill at Danny 

Cunniff Park (2700 Trail 

Way St.). Both the hill and 

the rink are free and open 

to the public, fantastic 

options for kids and adults 

alike in the community. 

The catch to the skating 

rink is that the temperature 

must be at 20 degrees 

Fahrenheit or cooler for 

five consecutive days. 

That hasn’t happened once 

yet this month and doesn’t 

look likely to happen for a 

while—high temperatures 

aren’t even supposed to 

be in the 20s consistently 

until this weekend, where 

we may have a few snow 

showers. 

While I’m sure not everyone 

is a fan of winter, 

part of the resolute nature 

of the people living in 

northern Illinois is a joy in 

the undertaking of winter 

each year. Shoveling your 

driveway is either a chore 

you accept/make your 

significant other do or a 

good source of income for 

your neighbor’s teenager. 

Shoveling your sidewalk 

is always a boon for said 

neighbor, as well as your 

local mailman or woman. 

Throwing on your 

warmest clothes, layers 

of Under Armour and 

snowpants and heading 

The outdoor skating rink at Sunset Woods Park is an excellent source of fun most 

winters, though conditions haven’t been ideal yet. Park District of Highland Park 

to the sledding hill or the 

backyard pond or the skating 

rink is a staple of each 

winter here, and with each 

passing year the window 

in which we have to enjoy 

these simple pleasures of 

the great outdoors lessens. 

Deprived of the natural 

slopes required for skiing 

and snowboarding, Illinois 

is already forced to rely 

on artificial hills for those 

outdoor pleasures (since 

our state is arguably the 

flattest in the Union). 

Global warming is not a 

myth, despite the opinions 

of some people in 

Washington at the top of 

our federal government. 

According to NASA, 97 

percent of climate scientists 

agree that climatewarming 

trends over the 

past century are likely 

due to human activities. 

The agency also claims 

that most of the leading 

scientific organizations 

around the globe endorse 

this position. 

You don’t need to be a 

rocket scientist to understand 

that these guys are 

correct. 

While the effects of 

global warming are slow 

and wide-ranging, you can 

literally see them at home 

in your own back yard. 

Progress and change are 

equally slow, but if you’d 

like to see your children 

grow up to live in a world 

in which their kids can 

access the outdoor pleasures 

Highland Park has 

to offer, you can make a 

difference. 

Writing your local 

elected officials, as well as 

those who represent you 

on the national level can 

help bring about change. 

If you’re unsure of how 

to contact these people, 

please visit http://www. 

cityhpil.com/Index. 

aspx?NID=830. 

Listen Up 

“We lost a game last weekend against 

Round Lake that was due to getting 

outrebounded so we talked about it.” 

Jolie Bechtel- on outrebounding Maine East by 15. 

tune in 

What to watch this week 

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Giants host rivals Vernon 

Hills in a CSL heavyweight bout. 

• Highland Park hosts Vernon Hills, Friday, Jan. 20, 

7:30 p.m., Highland Park High School. 

Index 

27 - Vote for Highland Park 

26 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Derek Wolff. Send 

any questions or comments to d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia. 

com.

The highland Park Landmark | January 19, 2017 | HPLandmark.com 

gone streaking Boys ice 

hockey wins again, Page 28 

Grappling genes Varsity, 

youth wrestlers compete, Page 26 

Maine East can’t keep up in Highland Park blowout, Page 30 

Highland Park 

sophomore guard 

Sydney Ignoffo (left) 

drives past a Maine 

East defender into 

the lane during 

the Giants’ 61-39 

win over the Blue 

Demons Friday, Jan. 

13, in Highland Park. 

Varsity Views

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