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the lake forest leader | January 26, 2017 | 11
THE WINNETKA CURRENT
Council proposes villagewide
phosphorus ban
The Winnetka Village
Council introduced
a pending ordinance that
would prohibit the bulk of
phosphorous-containing
fertilizer use throughout
the community on Jan. 17
at their bimonthly meeting.
The proposal is a product
of the Willow Road
Stormwater Tunnel and
Area Drainage Improvement
project’s stormwater
sampling in 2014,
revealing phosphorus in
the village’s stormwater
discharges to Lake Michigan
and the Skokie River.
Director of Public Works
and Village Engineer
Steve Saunders explained
that excess phosphorus
is an issue because it decreases
water quality by
reducing biodiversity and
depleting dissolved oxygen.
“Armed with that information,
we looked to see
how other communities
had handled phosphorous
runoff both locally
and nationally,” Saunders
said. “There are at least a
dozen Illinois municipalities
— mostly Chicago
suburbs — that have enacted
phosphorous bans.”
Saunders explained
that Winnetka is using
local and national phosphorous-prohibiting
ordinances
for their blueprint,
as they have “important
exceptions that seem to
make sense to the [Environmental
and Forestry
Commission].”
Winnetka’s ordinance
is set to restrict individual
and commercial use of
phosphorous-containing
fertilizers. However, use
will likely be permitted
in areas of phosphorus
deficiency such as
new lawns and vegetable
gardens.
“There are some locations
where natural
phosphorous concentrations
in the soil are deficient,”
Saunders said. “In
most cases, to encourage
growth of plants and
lawns and things like that,
phosphorous is permitted.”
Reporting by Lauren Kiggins,
Freelance Reporter.
Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Hair salon celebrates
service on MLK Jr. Day
Ordinarily, Art and
Science Salon in Evanston
is closed Mondays,
but on Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, it was the
scene of what the salon’s
goodwill ambassador
Kelley Menighan,
of Glenview, called a “
cut-a-thon.”
In keeping with the designation
of the holiday
in honor of the late civil
rights leader as a national
day of service to others,
a dozen of the salon’s
barbers and stylists gave
free haircuts to more than
30 people from Interfaith
Action of Evanston, a refuge
for homeless men and
women that shares space
with St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church. Those with
mustaches and beards
also received a trim while
ladies had their hair
styled.
When the guests stepped
outside, they looked like
walking advertisements
for the salon.
“I just got a $100 haircut
for free,” said Deerick,
a 19-year-old who has
been homeless and without
work for “three or four
months.”
“I would go by this
place all the time. It
looked so cool, like something
out of Hollywood,”
he added. “The people
here were very friendly.
They made it a fun experience.
I really appreciate
it.”
In addition to the haircuts
and facial grooming,
the guests were treated to
a lunch buffet with pasta,
macaroni and cheese,
chicken salad, bread,
cookies, homemade
brownies, ice cream and
lemonade.
Reporting by Neil Milbert,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlenviewLantern.
com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Approved policies address
responsibilities to
transgender employees,
park district patrons
The Glencoe Park Board
unanimously passed two
policies outlining the
rights of transgender staff
and park patrons and the
Glencoe Park District’s
responsibilities to those
individuals at its meeting
Tuesday evening, Jan. 17.
These policies — compiled
by staff, commissioners,
and the park
district’s attorney at
Ancel Glink — were reviewed
at the Glencoe
Park District Personnel
and Policy Committee
meeting Jan. 3. Glencoe
Park District Executive
Director Lisa Sheppard
said that there was no
incident that caused the
district to create the new
policy.
“We were reading our
policies and wanted to
make sure that any staff
or public felt safe in our
park district,” Sheppard
said.
The two policies separately
outline the rights
and protections of staff
and park patrons who are
transgender or gendernonconforming.
These
terms refer to people who
identify with a gender
other than the one assigned
to them based on
their anatomy or otherwise
do not conform to
societal expectations of
gender expression.
Policy documents distributed
with the board’s
meeting packet state that
employees undergoing
gender transition, a period
in which a transgender
person may begin to publicly
express their gender
identity — by changing
their name and gendered
pronouns, wearing different
clothing, adopting
new grooming habits, or
undergoing surgery or
hormone therapy — will
be treated with respect
and support from their
supervisors and co-workers.
These employees are
asked to notify their employer
60 days prior to
their transition so that a
plan for handling workplace-related
details can
be made.
Reporting by Alexandra
Greenwald, Freelance
Reporter. Full story at GlencoeAnchor.com.
THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
New appointments join
school board, discuss
district future post-BDR3
The North Shore School
District 112 Board of Education
held its first regular
meeting with newly
appointed board members
Lauren Klayman and
Adam Kornblatt Jan. 17.
Klayman is serving the
remainder of Jacqueline
Denham’s term after Denham
resigned from the
board in December. She
is serving four months
until the election on April
4, where she is not running
for reelection to the
school board. Kornblatt,
who is a member of Reconfiguration
2.0, is serving
the remaining two
years of Michael Cohn’s
term after his resignation
earlier this month.
In addition to welcoming
the two new members
to the board, they also
held an election for officers,
and appointed board
member Eric Ephraim as
the vice president of the
board and board member
Yumi Ross as the secretary.
During the meeting,
the board heard an update
from Reconfiguration 2.0
representatives on next
steps for BDR3 now that
it has been repealed.
Reconfiguration 2.0 has
partnered with a community
strategy firm, Reingold
Link, to help engage
with the community.
“(Reingold) Link has
been hired as a community
outreach consultant for
us to help develop a strategy
for bringing the community
into the process in
a meaningful way,” Reconfiguration
2.0 member
Michael Tobin said.
Reingold Link is currently
on a monthly contract
with the district,
which can be ended at
any time, and is advising
2.0 on how to best
engage the community to
find a solution to the district’s
problems that will
have more community
support.
Reporting by Erin Yarnall,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at HPLandmark.com.
THE WILMETTE BEACON
Chamber recognizes
difference makers at
installation celebration
Wilmette and Kenilworth
are unique places
to live, made even more
special by the people who
work tirelessly every day
to ensure that these villages
remain desirable
places to eat, play, work
and shop.
Many of these individuals
were recognized
during the Wilmette/
Kenilworth Chamber of
Commerce’s Annual Recognition
and Installation
Celebration on Thursday,
Jan. 19, held at the Kenilworth
Assembly Hall
and sponsored by North-
Shore Community Bank.
Julie Yusim, executive
director of the chamber,
said the evening was a
wonderful way thank all
those who go above and
beyond without expecting
a thing in return.
“There are so many
people who volunteer
their time, talent and expertise
to make the Village
of Wilmette the best it can
be,” Yusim said. “They
don’t do it for recognition;
they do it because
they simply want to give
back to their community
and I couldn’t be more appreciative.”
Recipients of the Corporate
Citizen of the
Year award were Heather
Hehman, of Wilmette, for
her leadership in the newly
created Village marketing
task force, and Ron
Witt Jr. of Witt Bros., who
Yusim described as, “the
guy with the megaphone
at the holiday parade who
gets it done.”
Beth Drucker, founder
of Go Green Wilmette,
Inc., was recognized as
Community Volunteer of
the Year for her efforts to
make Wilmette a greener
place to live.
Being named Exceptional
Municipal Partners
were The Kenilworth Park
District, Village of Wilmette
and Wilmette Park
District.
Reporting by Alexa Burnell,
Freelance Reporter. Full story
at WilmetteBeacon.com.