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In this week’s 

LEADER 

Pet of the Week8 

Police Reports6 

Editorial11 

Puzzles14 

Faith Briefs18 

Dining Out22 

Home of the Week23 

Athlete of the Week26 

The Lake Forest 

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Editor 

Alyssa Groh x21 

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SPORTS editor 

Derek Wolff x24 

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Sales director 

Teresa Lippert, x22 

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real estate agent 

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Classified sales, 

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Legal Notices 

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THURSDAY 

Open House Tour 

9:30 a.m. Feb. 9, East 

Lake Academy, 13911 W. 

Laurel Drive, Lake Forest. 

Come to the Open 

House Tour to experience 

the East Lake difference. 

Prospective parents are invited 

to learn more about 

classical curriculum, visit 

classrooms, and meet the 

teachers. East Lake Academy 

is a Roman Catholic 

school of academic excellence 

serving students 

in PreK-3 through eighth 

grade. Register at (847) 

247-0035, or visit www. 

eastlakeacademy.org. 

FRIDAY 

Brand You 

10-noon Feb. 10, Career 

Resource Center, 40 E. Old 

Mill Road, Suite 105, Lake 

Forest. How do you stand 

out in today’s competitive 

job market? In this interactive 

discussion, you will 

work in small groups developing 

your own brands 

based on a four step process. 

Learn exactly how to 

define, design and deliver 

a powerful personal brand 

that gets you results. This 

event is free for members 

and $20 for non members. 

For more information, call 

(847) 295-5626. 

SATURDAY 

Daddy Daughter Winter 

Ball 

5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 11, 

Recreation center gymnasium, 

400 Hastings Road, 

Lake Forest. Fathers and 

their young princess (or 

princesses) are invited to 

a magical night of dinner, 

dancing and crafts as the 

gymnasium of the Recreation 

Center is transformed 

into a beautiful castle. 

Daughters are encouraged 

to come dressed as their 

favorite Disney princess. 

This event is for ages 5-12 

and costs $50 for residents 

and $60 for non residents, 

and for additional princess 

who are residents the cost 

is $35 while non residents 

is $42. Register at www. 

LFRec.com 

Woodlands Academy Hosts 

Top Chef Event 

9 a.m.-noon Feb. 11, 

Woodlands Academy of 

the Sacred Heart, 760 E. 

Westleigh Road, Lake Forest. 

Top Chef International, 

an event allowing sixth 

and seventh grade girls to 

experience other cultures 

through food and fellowship. 

Participants will join 

Mr. Steve, Woodlands 

Academy’s chef, and exchange 

students representing 

a few of the 41 nations 

comprising the Network 

of Sacred Heart Schools 

to cook dishes from Mexico, 

Chile and France. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-4300. 

Pancake Breakfast 

7:30-10 a.m. Feb. 11, 

Faith Lutheran Church, 

680 W. Deerpath Road, 

Lake Forest. This pancake 

breakfast is for Lake Forest 

Baseball 12U team. 

The LFBA fundraiser is 

being held to raise funds 

to cover the cost of the 12u 

trip to Cooperstown, N.Y. 

to play at Dreams Park. 

The pancake breakfast is 

$6 per person. Raffle tickets 

are $10 each or three 

tickets for $25. Raffle prizes 

include a 55” Samsung 

Flat Screen TV, a Go Pro 

Camera and Bose speaker 

system. Other door prizes 

will be raffled off as well. 

MONDAY 

Watercolor Workshop with 

Mary Ann Phelan 

10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 13, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old 

Mill Road. This class is 

perfect for any level, from 

beginner to advanced. 

Mary Ann gives demonstrations 

and encourages 

participants to work at 

their own pace. Her goal is 

to have the students enjoy 

the experience of watercolor 

and to find beauty 

in ordinary subjects. Registration 

is required one 

week in advanced. The 

cost for this event is $120 

for members and $130 for 

guests per 4-part series. 

For more information, call 

(847) 234-2209. 

TUESDAY 

Home Alone Group 

2-3:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road. Here is a 

monthly opportunity for 

those living alone to share 

the triumphs and challenges 

of life with a group of 

friendly fellow travelers. 

In today’s world, many 

are somewhat isolated and 

have few chances to discuss 

day-today events, 

or significant choices. For 


(847) 234-2209. 

WEDNESDAY 

The Play’s the Thing! — 

Play Reading for Seniors 

10 a.m. Feb. 15, Dickinson 

Hall, 100 E. Old Mill 

Road. Whether you love to 

read or perform, this series 

will inspire the actor, artists, 

and intellect in all of 

us. Members will get an 

opportunity to learn about 

the playwright and discuss 

the play. The real fun begins 

when characters are 

assigned and the play is 

read aloud by participants 

who get to bring the words 

on the page to life. Registration 

for this event is due 

one week in advance and 

costs $50 for members and 

$60 for guests per 4-part 

series. For more information, 

call (847) 234-2209. 

UPCOMING 

Seuss-A-Bration 

1-3 p.m. Feb. 18, Recreation 

Annex, Everett 

Park, 1191 Everett School 

Road. Come and discover 

the magical world of Dr. 

Seuss. There will be stories, 

crafts, snacks and 

games. The brave will get 

a chance to try real green 

eggs and ham. This event 

is for ages 3-7 and costs $8 

for residents and $58 for 

non residents. For more 

information, visit www. 

LFRec.com. 

Hand tied Bouquets 

7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 

Lake Forest Flowers, 546 

N. Western Ave. Lake Forest. 

A perfect night out 

with friends. Join Eileen 

Weber, AAF as she explores 

hand tied bouquets 

and teaches the mechanics 

in creating these masterpieces. 

Seasonal assorted 

flowers will be used. Each 

participant will take home 

their design. All materials 

and professional instruction 

included in the class 

fee of $65. Please register 

in advance online at www. 

lakeforestflowers.com or 

by calling (847) 234-0017. 

North Shore Camp Expo 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 25, 

Sunset Ridge School, 525 

Sunset Ridge Road, Northfield. 

Join 22nd Century 

Media, publisher of The 

Lake Forest Leader, for 

this third annual free event 

that will feature information 

and personnel from 

more than 40 camps and 

businesses. There will also 

be a balloon artist, face 

painting, cotton candy, a 

make-your-own-trail-mix 

bar station and more. For 


(847) 272-4565 or visit 

www.22ndcenturymedia. 

com/camp. 

ONGOING 

Monthly blood pressure 

checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road. Nurse Patti 

Mikes will visit Dickinson 

Hall to give free blood 

pressure checks to anyone 

50 years old and older. No 

appointment needed. For 


(847) 234-2209. 

Lake Forest Open Lands: 

Little Trekkers 

1-3 p.m. Mondays 

through March 12 (no 

class Feb. 20), Mellody 

Farm Nature Preserve, 350 

N. Waukegan Road, Lake 

Forest. Set out on an outdoor 

adventure to discover 

the wonders of the winter 

world. Become a nature 

detective and search for 

signs of the elusive flying 

squirrel, winter birds 

and animal tracks left in 

the snow. Warm up inside 

to enjoy a story and create 

a nature craft. This fun 

program is for the curious 

child who likes to explore 

and make discoveries. This 

event is for children aged 

4 and 5 and costs $150 

for members and $215 for 

non members. For more 


LFOLA.org. 

Read a Latte: Adult Winter 

Reading Club 

Through March 31, 

Lake Bluff Library, 123 E. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

Cozy up this winter with 

cool books and library 

programs and earn a hot 

beverage. Join the Adult 

Winter Reading Club and 

win prizes: It’s as easy as 

tic-tac- toe. Turn in completed 

reading log and receive 

two free pre-publication 

books and a coupon 

for a free coffee, tea, or 

cocoa generously donated 

by Hansa Coffee Roasters. 

For more information, 

visit www.lakeblufflibrary. 

org. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Alyssa Groh at 


or (847) 272-4565 ext. 21. 

Entries are due by noon on 

the Thursday prior to publication 

date.

LakeForestLeader.com news 

the lake forest leader | February 9, 2017 | 3 

Community comes together to support adaptive sports 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

The score of the game 

was not why the stands 

were packed — athletes 

and community members 

came out to support adaptive 

sports and help raise 

money for sled hockey at 

Lake Forest College’s 

Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse 

on Jan. 29. 

Lake Forest College 

students and staff, high 

school students and community 

members packed 

the stands to cheer on 

the Great Lakes Adaptive 

Sports Association’s 

Falcons sled hockey team 

at the seventh annual The 

Sleds Are Coming event. 

The GLASA Falcons 

scrimmage game between 

the White and Black teams 

consisted of three 12-minute 

periods of 5-on-5 with 

the White team beating the 

Black team 5-4. 

Sled hockey is a paralympic 

sport with all of 

the same rules as stand up 

hockey. Instead of skating 

on feet the players sit 

in sleds or bucket seats 

with blades under their 

seats. The players also use 

two sticks instead of one, 

which have little picks at 

the end of them and are 

used to help propel players 

around the ice. 

GLASA’s sled hockey 

team has 45 players on the 

roster ranging from 7 years 

old to 56. 

“Our kids love it,” said 

Tom Daily, the program director 

and equipment manager 

for GLASA. “Being 

able to play the sport and 

be active is very rewarding. 

For those individuals 

who think they can’t, now 

they can.” 

Jason Handler joined 

the black team about a 

month ago and has quickly 

Goalie Dean Melchiorre blocks a shot during The Sleds Are Coming event at Lake 

Forest College on Jan. 29. PHOTOS BY ALYSSA GROH/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

learned to love the sport 

of sled hockey. Handler 

began playing because he 

recently got injured and 

was looking for a way to 

get active again (he also 

played hockey growing 

up). 

“[Sled hockey] is really 

similar [to stand up hockey],” 

Handler said. “I forget 

I am injured when I am 

out there.” 

This year was Handler’s 

first time playing at The 

Sleds Are Coming event 

and experiencing what it 

is like to play for a large 

crowd again. 

“It is always fun playing 

when we have parents 

hanging out, but you go 

into a place and the stands 

are full, it makes it a little 

more fun to play,” Handler 

said. “It was definitely 

cool to see that and it gave 

it a feel of a real big time 

game.” 

Chance Wollbrink 

joined the team four years 

ago after he was in a motorcycle 

accident. Wollbrink 

spent a lot of his life 

playing sports and also 

walked on to the football 

team at Western University 

but got injured his first 

year. 

Wollbrink said he enjoys 

playing sled hockey 

because it brings you back 

to high school and brings 

back that family feeling 

you get from being a part 

of a team. 

At the beginning of the 

event The J.J. O’Connor 

Achievement Award was 

presented, given each year 

to someone who demonstrates 

good character, 

leadership and sportsmanship 

and is devoted to 

serving as an ambassador 

in the community and perseveres 

regardless of obstacles. 

J.J. O’Connor was a 

student at Lake Forest 

High School and a hockey 

player at Loyola Academy. 

During a game at Loyola, 

O’Connor fell into the 

boards and broke his neck 

and now he is paralyzed 

from the neck down. 

“J.J. has made a tremendous 

life out of his disability,” 

said Tony Fritz, the 

sled hockey head coach. 

Today he is in charge 

of disabled hockey and is 

still heavily involved in 

GLASA. 

This year’s recipient was 

Julie Davis, of Lake Forest, 

who has helped the program 

evolve over the years. 

Davis helped form the 

sled hockey team in 2007. 

She has taken the program 

from the beginning, when 

it only had three players, 

to now with more than 40 

players. 

“It is an honor to be 

recognized but it is really 

more for the community, 

for the coaches, for the 

volunteers, it is really for 

all of us,” Davis said. “I 

am accepting it on behalf 

of the community.” 

During the event community 

members also 

helped raise money for 

sled hockey. The team has 

a lot of costs when it comes 

to purchasing equipment 

and traveling to compete 

in tournaments. 

Community members 

participated in a silent auction, 

bought raffle tickets 

and bought pucks to chuck 

across the ice, all in efforts 

to give the players the 

Chuck Wyder (left) and Ana Kohout battle for the 

puck. 

Liz Davis (left) shoots the puck away from her 

opponent, Jackson Kasamis. 

funds they need to keep 

playing a game they love. 

The Sleds Are Coming 

event helped raise more 

than $4,000 for the team, 

but it wasn’t just about the 

money. 

The event showcased the 

players’ talent, gave them 

the opportunity to play in 

front of a large crowd and 

for the community to learn 

more about adaptive sports 

and to support it. 

“If we didn’t raise a 

penny it would be worth 

a million dollars to the 

players,” Fritz said. “To 

play in a venue like that 

with the place packed 

and fans cheering, they 

will never have another 

experience like it in their 

lives. [The event] is primarily 

a fundraiser but 

what it has turned into is 

much greater than a fundraiser.” 

First-time player Handler 

got a feel for what it 

was like to play at such a 

big event. 

“The hour or two of 

your time that was spent 

at that hockey game meant 

more to the people on the 

ice than you can imagine,” 

Handler said. “The 

atmosphere that was created 

was unlike anything 

else.”

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Fill a Heart 4 Kids seeks community help 


Fill a Heart 4 Kids, a organization 

that started in Lake Forest 

is looking for the communities 

help to fill 880 “We Care” packages 

to be delivered to children’s 

homes on Valentine’s day. 

Fill a Heart 4 Kids started 10 

years ago when Lake Forest resident 

Lilly Mcaveeney, who was 

13 at the time, invited her friends 

to her home to make care packages 

and write personalized notes 

for 48 orphans living in a children’s 

home for Valentine’s Day. 

After seeing the difference Lilly 

made in these children’s lives, her 

sister Ellorie asked who is going 

to make the kids feel special 

on other holidays? From there a 

tradition was born to bring joy 

to children’s homes for all occasions, 

not just Valentine’s day. 

Since the inception of the origination, 

Fill a Heart has grown and 

now serves 880 children. Unfortunately 

due to budget cuts the 

children’s homes are limited on 

what they can provide for children 

on special occasions which 

is where Fill a Heart comes in. 

With the growing number of 

children in children’s homes, Fill 

a Heart needs help to continue to 

provide special “We Care” packages. 

“We want to make sure they 

feel loved,” Annie Mcaveeney, 

the founder and president of Fill 

a Heart 4 Kids said. “On Valentine’s 

day we decorate the home 

and give them cards. The kids 

love it. It warms their heart.” 

Fill a Heart is asking community 

members for donations. 

They will accept monetary donations 

or personalized cards, crayons, 

snacks, sports items, water 

bottles and more. 

“We Care” packages will be 

hand delivered with personalized 

cards to hundreds of orphans and 

children living in group homes 

within a 6-40 mile radius. 

“Fill a Heart 4 kids is not 

just about the care package,” 

Mcaveeney said. “It is the fact 

that someone remembers a child. 

It warms their heart and it gives 

them hope. It lets them know that 

they are communities out there 

that care about them so deeply.” 

To view the wish list, visit 

www.fillaheart4kids.org/wishlist. 

Donations can be dropped 

off at Gorton Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 

KoenigRubloff Realty 

Group, 778 N. Western Ave., 

Lake Forest, or April’s Linen’s, 

208 Waukegan Road, Lake Bluff. 

Zoe Floriani, of Lake Forest, 

attended a Fill a Heart 4 Kids 

Project Valentine card-making 

party and donated all of her 

birthday presents to the 

organization. 

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Police Reports 

Man assaulted by group at train station 

A man was walking in 

the middle of the roadway 

at 1:33 p.m. on Jan. 

21 at the intersection of 

Sheridan Road and Arbor 

Drive in Lake Forest, 

attempting to flag an 

officer down. The officer 

met with the man who 

stated he came from the 

North Chicago train depot 

and he took the train 

from Chicago to meet a 

women he met on Facebook 

in North Chicago. 

When he got off the train 

to meet her, he was met 

by a group of men who 

assaulted him and stole 

his cell phone. 

The subject had fresh 

scratches on his neck and 

refused to make a police 

report with the North Chicago 

Police Department 

because he did not know 

who had stolen his phone. 

The subject did not want 

medial treatment for the 

scratches, but was given 

alcohol swabs and bandages. 

North Chicago Police 

Department was advised 

of the incident, dispatch 

stated they had no pending 

incidents of that nature 

but did record his 

information. The subject 

was transported to the 

Lake Bluff train depot and 

dropped off for the next 

train to Chicago. 

In other police news: 

Lake Bluff 

Jan. 27 

• A driver was charged 

with driving on a revoked 

driver’s license at 

3:47 p.m. on northbound 

Route 41. 

• A delayed report of 

theft that occurred on 

Jan. 25 was reported 

at 5:14 p.m. in the 900 

block of Rockland Road. 

The reported loss is less 

than $300. 

Jan. 25 

• A hit and run was reported 

at 9:25 a.m. in the 

intersection of Route 176 

and Waukegan Road. Officers 

arrived on scene and 

observed both vehicles involved 

in the traffic crash. 

One citation for improper 

lane usage was issued. 

• Identity theft was reported 

at 9:47 a.m. at the Public 

Safety Building. 

Jan. 23 

• A hit and run was reported 

at 8:07 a.m. in the 

intersection of Sheridan 

Road and E. Witchwood 

Lane. Upon arrival the 

officer met with the complainant 

who stated she 

was rear-ended by a large 

tan sedan on Sheridan 

Road at West Scranton 

Avenue. The complainant 

stated that the offender 

pulled over briefly then 

continued southbound on 

Sheridan Road. Police located 

the vehicle unoccupied 

at Lake Forest High 

School with front end 

damage. The parent of the 

offender arrived on scene, 

stating that she had picked 

her son up from LFHS and 

dropped him off at home. 

Both parties exchanged 

information and stated 

they wished to resolve the 

matter privately. 

• A delayed hit and run 

was reported at 9:17 a.m. 

in the 0-100 block of E. 

Scranton Ave. Upon arrival 

the officer met with 

the complainant who 

stated her vehicle was 

struck while parked and 

unattended, on Jan. 20 between 

1-5 p.m. in the rear 

parking lot. Officer made 

contact with the offender 

who left a note on the vehicle 

and advised her of 

the report. 

Jan. 22 

• A missing 3-year-old 

child was reported missing 

at 2:38 p.m. in Heathrow 

Court. While en route, 

officers were advised the 

child was found and reunited 

with her mother. 

Jan. 20 

• A traffic incident involving 

a delivery truck and 

a passenger car, with no 

injuries, was reported at 

10:43 a.m. in the intersection 

of Sheridan Road and 

E. Hawthorn Court. 

• A delayed hit and run 

vehicle accident was reported 

at 4:03 p.m. in the 

intersection of Route 176 

and Skokie Valley Road. 

The offending vehicle is 

a blue older model Honda 

Civic with slight front 

end damage with unknown 

registration. The 

driver is a light skinned 

female with dark hair. 

The area was checked 

and the vehicle was gone 

upon arrival. The officer 

met with the complainant 

who stated his vehicle 

was stopped on Route 

176 and the vehicle behind 

him rolled into the 

rear of his vehicle. He 

pulled off into the shoulder 

and the over vehicle 

continued westbound on 

Route 176. 

Jan. 18 

• Two residents reported 

their information was used 

to have their home phone 

number changed and replacement 

credit cards sent 

to another person’s address 

at 1:33 p.m. at the Public 

Service Building. 

• A hit and run property 

damage accident was reported 


300 block of S. Waukegan 

Road. Officers arrived on 

the scene and met with the 

vehicle owner and witness. 

Officers conducted follow 

up at a local business in 

an attempt to gain surveillance 

footage from the 

parking lot which yielding 

to negative results. 

Jan. 17 

• A suspicious vehicle was 

reported at 3:07 a.m. in the 

Shore Acres Road east of 

Sheridan Road. Upon arrival, 

the officer made contact 

with the subject who 

stated he had a one vehicle 

accident without injury. The 

officer noted minor damage 

to the tree line and no further 

irregularities. The subject 

stated he had a tow en 

route and was able to move 

the vehicle off the roadway 

to prevent further hazard. 

• A resident reported her 

son, who lives in China on 

a work visa, was the victim 

of identity theft at 11:19 

a.m. at the Public Service 

Building. 

• Telephone harassment 

was reported at 3:52 p.m. 

at the Public Service 

Building. 

Jan. 16 

• A two vehicle private 

property damage crash 

was reported at 8:23 a.m. 

in the 300 block of Rockland 

Road. 

• A fraudulent case was reported 

at a business on E. 

Center Ave. 

Jan. 15 


with speeding, operating a 

vehicle with no valid registration, 

operating an uninsured 

vehicle and driving 

with a suspended driver’s 

license at 9:39 p.m. in the 

intersection of Eva Terrace 

and Route 176. 

Jan. 14 


with speeding and no valid 

driver’s license after a traffic 

stop at 12:39 a.m. on 

northbound Route 41. 

• Attempted identity theft 

was reported at 11:41 

a.m. at the Public Services 

Building. An unknown 

person had attempted to 

purchase a phone through 

a cell phone company utilizing 

the complainant’s 

personal information. The 

complainant placed an 

alert on her personal information 

and the transaction 

did not process. 

• A possible deceased female 

was reported at 12:38 

p.m. in Wimbledon Court. 

The officer confirmed the 

resident had passed and 

Lake County Coroner’s 

office was notified. The 

cause was not suspicious 

in nature. 

• A two vehicle property 

damage accident was reported 


intersection of Bradford 

Court and Brierfield Court. 

Both vehicles were towed 

due to damage. 

• A delayed report of a burglary 

that occurred sometime 

since November was 

reported at 3:43 p.m. in the 

100 block of Green Bay 

Road. 

Jan. 13 

• Retail theft was reported 

at 4:30 p.m. on Rockland 

Road. Officers met with 

the loss prevention and 

took the offender into custody. 

The reported loss us 

less than $300. 

Lake Forest 

Jan. 27 

• Laura L. Cotton, 42, of 

Gurnee, was charged with 

no valid driver’s license 

at 9:40 p.m. in the intersection 

of Route 41 and 

Westleigh Road. 

Jan. 25 

• Davarrius Wilson, 24, of 

Waukegan, was charged 

with driving with a suspended 

driver’s license 

and no valid car insurance 

at 1:42 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 41 and 

Deerpath Road. 

Jan. 23 

• Joshua J. Castellanos, 

22, of Waukegan, was 

charged with driving 

under the influence of 

drugs and unlawful possession 

of cannabis in 

the intersection of Route 

41 and Deerpath Road. 

Police on routine patrol 

observed a vehicle driven 

by Castellanos weaving 

and crossing lanes 

multiple times. When 

stopped and questioned 

by the police, Castellanos 

stated he had recently 

smoked marijuana and 

it may affect his driving. 

Police could smell the 

odor of marijuana coming 

from the vehicle. 

Castellanos admitted to 

having half an ounce of 

marijuana in his pocket. 

He was removed from 

the vehicle, requested to 

perform standard field 

sobriety test to which he 

subsequently failed. 

EDITORS NOTE: The 

Lake Forest Leader’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on file 

at the Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff Police Department 

headquarters. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charged until proven guilty in 

the court of law.

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THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Winnetka welcomes 

economic development 

coordinator to enhance 

Village business 

This January, to help the 

Village of Winnetka grow 

its economic development 

and business related programs, 

the Village welcomed 

its first full-time 

economic development 

coordinator with the hiring 

of Michael Martella. 

Martella, who hails from 

Chicago’s River North 

neighborhood, comes to 

Winnetka after seven years 

spent working for the Village 

of Bensenville as its 

marketing and business 

development administrator. 

Winnetka began recruiting 

for the new full-time 

job in October, with the 

main objective for someone 

to serve as a liaison 

to Winnetka’s three main 

business communities and 

implement Winnetka’s 

Downtown Master Plan. 

Martella says he was 

drawn to Winnetka because 

of its esteemed reputation 

in the Chicagoland 

area. 

“When you think of 

Winnetka as an outsider, 

it’s a very well-known 

and sought after respected 

community,” he said. “It 

has a really great reputation 

and I was excited 

about the opportunity to 

help expand that.” 

In Bensenville, Martella 

helped spearhead multiple 

Village business growth 

initiatives, including the 

redevelopment of a restaurant 

site that sat vacant for 

a few years in a downtown 

area and overseeing a large 

village-owned parcel of 

land turn into a expanded 

hotel, restaurant and recreational 

use space. 

For now, Martella’s biggest 

focus will be working 

to ensure the Downtown 

Master Plan is completed 

smoothly. 

Reporting by Jacqueline 

Glosniak, Contributing Editor. 

Full story at Winnetka- 

Current.com. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Holocaust survivors 

condemn refugee ban 

President Trump’s recent 

immigration ban has 

been met with angry protests, 

opposition from five 

state attorneys general and 

now, a formal rebuke from 

the Illinois Holocaust Museum 

and Education Center 

in Skokie. 

The museum held a 

press conference Thursday, 

Feb. 2 denouncing 

the temporary ban, which 

bars people from seven 

Muslim-majority countries 

for 90 days, and all refugees 

for 120 days. Syrian 

refugees are banned indefinitely. 

Museum President Fritzie 

Fritzshall was 13 when 

she, her mother and two 

brothers were taken to the 

Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration 

camp in Poland. 

She said hearing 

Trump’s order on television 

brought her back to 

her horrific years spent living 

under the Nazi regime. 

“I had tears in my eyes,” 

she said. “I remembered 

my family, who was supposed 

to immigrate to this 

country. My dad was here 

(in the United States), we 

had papers to immigrate 

and we got caught in its 

craziness. They would not 

allow us to immigrate.” 

Northbrook resident 

Ralph Rehbock recalled 

the frightful night of Nov. 

9, 1938, when thousands 

of Jewish businesses were 

trashed and hundreds of 

synagogues burned in 

what became known as 

Kristallnacht, the Night of 

Broken Glass. Luckily, his 

parents had already taken 

steps to obtain visas for 

the family. 

“I certainly was not in 

favor of what I heard and 

saw” regarding the ban, 

he said. “I reflect back on 

the parallel situation that I 

had lived through with my 

parents and grandparents. 

I hope that this is not repeated.” 

Reporting by Matt Yan, Contributing 

Editor. Full story at 

NorthbrookTower.com. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

Stolen vehicle used in hit 

and run, three schools put 

on lockdown 

A stolen vehicle was 

used in a hit-and-run accident 

noon Tuesday, Jan. 31 

causing a soft lockdown 

for three area schools, according 

to police. 

Sandy Hall, 20, of Chicago, 

was charged Feb. 1 

with possession of a stolen 

vehicle and leaving the 

scene of an accident. Hall 

was sent to Lake County 

Bond Court and remanded 

with a bond set at $20,000. 

A juvenile was also taken 

into custody and referred 

to Lake County Juvenile 

Court. 

The incident occurred 

near the intersection of 

Skokie Valley Road and 

Park Avenue, and the vehicle 

was later found abandoned 

near the intersection 

of Arlington and Auburn 

avenues. The vehicle was 

reported stolen Tuesday 

to the Zion Police Department. 

Wayne Thomas, Oak 

Terrace and Northwood 

Junior High schools were 

placed on a soft lockdown 

around noon Jan. 31 due to 

the schools’ proximity to 

the vehicle recovery location. 

Officers searching the 

area, along with a K9 team 

from the Lake County 

Sheriff’s office, located 

both suspects in the 2900 

block of Summit Avenue. 

Schools remained on 

a soft lockdown for approximately 

two hours according 

to Deputy Chief of 

Police Tim Wilinski, and 

officers remained at each 

school during dismissal 

times to ensure the safety 

of the students and staff. 

Reporting by Courtney 

Jacquin, Contributing Editor. 

Full story at HPLandmark. 

com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Community gathers 

to honor Karowski’s 

generosity, spirit 

By the hundreds, a lifetime’s 

collection of friends 

and regulars poured into 

Potato Creek Johnny’s on 

Jan. 15 to raise a glass, 

remember the good times 

and get a little bit misty 

in memory of their old pal 

Marty Karowski. 

A charismatic fixture at 

the Glenview bar for much 

of the past three decades 

and its owner since 1997, 

Karowsky died Nov. 11, 

2016, at age 66. 

“His generosity and 

his good spirit brought 

people in here. He had a 

lot of friends and many of 

them are here today. It is 

a lovely thing,” longtime 

employee Ann Miles said. 

“He would have wanted 

this. He loved a party.” 

Karowsky grew up in 

McHenry, and St.Mary’s 

classmate Jerry Dold recalled 

how they were often 

assigned to stay after 

school and clean floors and 

clap the erasers. 

At Potato Creek Johnny’s, 

he worked as a doorman 

and then became a 

bartender and manager. 

After a stint owning a bar 

elsewhere, he returned to 

the bar in 1997 and purchased 

it. Until recently, 

he was working the night 

shift, sometimes putting 

his special spin on tuna, 

sausage, lasagna and other 

specialties, and every now 

and then enjoying his favorite 

drink — a Grand 

Marnier. 

A lifelong bachelor, 

Karowsky loved to fish, 

particularly in Canada, 

and to regale patrons with 

his fishing stories, said Bill 

Franklin, who has worked 

at the bar since 1978. 

Reporting by Alan P. Henry, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern. 

com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Cupich preaches community 

spirit at Regina for 

Catholic Schools Week 

Leave fear at the door. 

That was the centerpiece 

of Cardinal Blase Cupich’s 

message to the students 

and guests who filled the 

800-seat auditorium at 

Regina Dominican High 

School in Wilmette where 

he visited and celebrated 

Mass on Monday, Jan. 30, 

for the opening of Catholic 

Schools Week. 

Cupich, the ninth archbishop 

of the Archdiocese 

of Chicago, likened the 

school to a community, 

reaching out to others and 

how the feeling of fear can 

affect behavior. 

“It is not just an institution 

for worship, math and 

science or where arts will 

be performed and honors 

conferred, sports played, 

but a reminder that it’s 

a place where you learn 

teamwork and can gather 

together as a community,” 

he said. “It is good for us 

to remember this is a place 

where you learn to deal 

with your fears, where 

calmness is part of your 

lives and you have serenity. 

It is a place that is free 

from the slavery of fear.” 

Cupich continued that 

fear will be in any community 

where people live 

in isolation. 

“A community should 

never allow people to be 

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From the Village 

Watch out for ComEd scam 

The Village would like 

to make residents aware of 

the ComEd scams that have 

been reported throughout 

various communities. The 

scam artists are contacting 

customers by phone and 

0Crosby 

Warren Family, 

Lake Bluff 

in-person claiming to be 

ComEd representatives and 

telling customers their service 

will be disconnected 

unless payment is made. 

They instruct the individual 

to wire funds, or buy a prepaid 

credit card, and call 

them back with the personal 

identification number (PIN). 

Reminder to residents that 

representatives from ComEd 

always carry proper identification 

and never ask customers 

for cash or personal 

financial information. 

To report any suspicious 

activity please contact the 

Lake Bluff Police Department 

at 847-234-2153. 

From the Village is compiled 

from the Village of Lake Bluff 

email newsletter. 

Crosby is a 1-year-old 

Nova Scotia Duck 

Tolling Retriever, a 

breed originally from 

Canada. He is named 

for Sydney Crosby 

the hockey player 

who is also from 

Nova Scotia. Crosby 

loves anything which 

involves being outdoors but his favorite place is 

the Lake Bluff Dog Beach where he loves retrieving 

sticks and playing in the water. 

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left alone or feel alone without 

support,” Cupich said. 

“There should always be a 

community spirit that reaches 

out to people who have 

fear, anxiety and struggles 

in their lives. They need to 

know they belong, count 

and have support.” 

He talked about some of 

the effects of living in isolation 

and being fearful. 

Reporting by Hilary Anderson, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at WilmetteBeacon. 

com. 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

New concussion policy 

lays out protocol for 

students who suffer head 

injuries 

The Glencoe School 

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The policy was developed 

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in response to Public Act 

099-245, or the Youth 

Sports Concussion Safety 

Act signed into law by 

Governor Bruce Rauner 

in 2015. The act required 

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and sports. 

District 35 school nurses 

Fay Kovar, Olivia Hoyt, 

and Susan Ross presented 

information on the causes 

and symptoms of concussions 

and the policy for 

students who sustain them. 

Ross said concussions are 

a brain injury caused by 

the brain making forceful 

contact with the skull. 

Concussed individuals 

may feel dizzy, sensitive 

to light, nauseated, or confused, 

among other symptoms. 

Most adolescents recover 

within three weeks, 

but some can feel symptoms 

for more than three 

months, Ross said. 

Ross told the board that 

per the new policy, students 

with a suspected 

head injury must be pulled 

from sports practice or 

competition for evaluation. 

These students must 

be cleared by a physician 

or athletic trainer before 

they can return to their 

team. Students with concussions 

must be cleared 

by a doctor or trainer before 

they can return to 

class or practice. 

When students with 

concussions do return to 

school, they are entitled 

to accommodations such 

as reduced screen or classroom 

time and to be excused 

from testing until 

they are fully recovered, 

Ross said. 

Reporting by Alexandra Greenwald, 

Freelance Reporter. 

Full story at GlencoeAnchor. 

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School News 

Cornell college 

Lake forest and lake bluff 

students admitted to 

college 

Peter Allen, of Lake Forest, 

and Linnea Sampson, 

of Lake Bluff, were admitted 

to Cornell College for 

the Fall 2017 semester. 

Miami university 

Bowman named to 

president’s 

Abby Bowman, of Lake 

Forest, was named to the 

Miami University fall 

2016 president’s list. Bowman 

is earning a bachelor 

of science and is majoring 

in speech path and audiology. 

Miami University students 

who are ranked in the 

top 3 percent of undergraduate 

students within each 

division for semester 2016- 

17 have been named to the 

president’s list recognizing 

academic excellence. 

Students names to the 

dean’s list 

Gretta Ebert and Katherine 

Wickman, both of Lake 

Bluff, and Julia Dempsey, 

Genevieve Foster, Daniel 

Kuperman, Emily Poth, Nicole 

Karkazis, and Nicole 

Pollard, all of Lake Forest, 

were named to the dean’s 

list at Miami University. 

Miami University students 

who achieved a 3.5 

or better grade point average 

for first semester 2016- 

2017 have been named to 

the dean’s list recognizing 

academic performance. 

University of dayton 

Students named to dean’s 

list 

Chantal Varco, Madison 

Dembinski, both of Lake 

Bluff, and Mary Cleveland, 

Briana Lapetina, Michaela 

Marshall, Sara Ransom, 

Claire Schneider, Sachin 

Nagarajan, Madeline Martin, 

Jessica Burnham, John 

Canning, Matthew Clifford 

all of Lake Forest, were 

named to the University of 

Dayton fall 2016 dean’s list. 

Undergraduate students 

named to the dean’s list 

must earn a minimum GPA 

of 3.5 for the semester. 

Valentine’s Day story wins The Leader’s How We Met Contest 


With Valentine’s Day 

around the corner couples 

remember how they fell in 

love. Every couple has a 

unique story to tell about 

how they met and fell in 

love. 

The Lake Forest Leader 

asked its readers to share 

those stories as part of its 

annual How We Met contest. 

We received three entries 

this year. 

Mary Schmidt shared 

the story of how she got 

injured running track and 

field at Indiana University. 

When she was injured 

she was sent to the trainers 

room where she spent 

months recovering and 

falling in love with her 

trainer. 23 years later they 

are still married and have 

four children. 

We also heard the love 

story of Jeremy and Bob 

Celarec. The couple met 

in high school and began 

dating after doing a school 

project together, went off 

to two different colleges 

until Jeremy transferred to 

Bob’s school. Soon after 

they broke up and didn’t 

speak for 37 years until 

Bob found Jeremy on 

Facebook. Jeremy was divorced 

and Bob was happily 

married but the two 

connected and became 

good friends. A few years 

later after a battle with 

cancer, Bob’s wife passed 

away and he moved back 

to Lake Bluff. In 2016 Jeremy 

and Bob tied the knot. 

Each entry was compelling 

and tour at our heart 

string but only one can 

win. We chose the story of 

how Ashley and John Corsten 

met on Valentines day 

more than a decade ago. 

Ashley and John will 

receive a gift basket from 

Sweet Pete’s in Lake Forest. 

The winning entry is 

below: 

My best friend Chris 

was bartending at Socca 

Restaurant in Wrigleyville 

(2005). 

On Feb. 13 he was approached 

at the bar by a 

mutual friend who was 

having a Valentine’s Day 

dinner at Socca with 14 

single girls and she wanted 

to set him up. He immediately 

called me and insisted 

that I clear my schedule 

for Valentine’s Day night. 

This was an obvious no 

brainer and I accepted. 

On Valentine’s Day 

night we decided to go to 

the bar at Socca a couple 

hours early to have some 

early cocktails (liquid 

courage). And of course 

we wanted a prime viewing 

area for when the girls 

Ashley and John Corsten, of Lake Forest, won The Leader’s How We Met Contest. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

would begin to roll in the 

door. Easy to spot single 

women on Valentine’s 

Day. 

We proceeded to the 

large family style table 

and there were indeed 14 

single women and two 

lucky guys. I’m liking my 

chances. 

The only downside is 

that the table was so large 

that I couldn’t work my 

magic on about 1/3 of the 

table and there were some 

attractive women on that 

end. 

My only play was to 

drop some subtle eye 

bombs. 

As dinner moved on, the 

drinks kept flowing. 

My buddy Chris wasn’t 

into his “blind date”. She 

was coming off way too 

desperate. 

As it turned out neither 

of us were having much 

luck with our section of 

the table. 

I’m now getting frustrated 

and annoyed. How 

can I get the opportunity to 

chat with a couple of those 

hotties on the other end of 

the table? 

Dinner ends and it’s 

time to belly up to the bar 

for some shots. 

At that moment the two 

hotties from the other end 

of the table sit next to us. 

I immediately start talking 

to Ashley (so cute and 

bubbly). I quickly ordered 

her a drink and we start 

talking about our careers 

and other flirtatious chit 

chat. She was not only 

sexy but managed a local 

spa. Something came over 

me and I asked for her digits 

(not something I normally 

did). We exchanged 

business cards, had another 

drink and then went our 

separate ways. 

The next morning I was 

sitting in my home office 

staring at my fax machine 

and thinking about Ashley. 

I decided to send a flirty 

FAX. Yes, I said FAX. 

My goal was to be different 

and make her laugh. 

It worked. The White Sox 

won the World Series that 

fall and the Bears went to 

the Super Bowl the next 

year. My two favorite 

teams. This was my good 

luck charm. I proposed on 

April Fool’s Day 2007. We 

are coming up on 10 years 

of marriage and are still in 

love.

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2. Police Reports: LF residents at home 

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4. Cherokee celebrates the Chinese New 

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Lake Forest Kennel Club posted this 

photo on Feb. 3. Lake Forest Kennel Club 

posted this photo to wish Bishop, a dog at 

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take a picture in our photo booth in the 

Lobby this February and post your pics 

with the hashtag #WithLoveFromLFL” @ 

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about a photo booth they will have available 

throughout the month of February. 

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4,000 

Community 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

members came together 

and helped raise approximately 

$4,000 at the seventh annual The 

Sleds Are Coming Event, Page 3 

From the Editor 

Remembering to be thankful for the lives we are given 

Alyssa Groh 


Sometimes life gets 

busy and we forget 

to be thankful for the 

life we are given. We get 

caught up in work, running 

errands, cleaning the 

house and having kids that 

we forget to take a break 

and be thankful for all we 

have and all we are able to 

accomplish in life. 

Every single day people 

overcome major obstacles 

in life like paying off 

debt, recovering from a 

major surgery or injury or 

moving on after a divorce. 

Every single day someone 

else in the world is experiencing 

something much 

worse than you are and yet 

they find the courage and 

strength to smile and find 

the energy to make things 

better or find a different 

way to be happy. 

Last week I was able 

to attend The Sleds Are 

Coming event at Lake 

Forest College, which 

also happens to be our 

news cover this week on 

Page 3. Prior to the event 

I had never heard of sled 

hockey before and was 

unsure of what to expect. 

When I arrived to the 

area with my camera bag 

in hand, the stadium was 

packed with cheering fans 

and the game had not even 

started yet. Community 

members were cheering 

and the energy in the arena 

was unlike anything I had 

ever experienced before. 

As I looked on the ice I 

noticed the players sitting 

on their sleds waiting for 

the game to start. Some 

players had limited movement 

in their arms and 

needed the help to propel 

them on the ice, some had 

no legs at all but it didn’t 

stop them from getting out 

on the ice to play a game 

they loved. 

Soon the game started 

and I watched as the 

athletes played a version 

of hockey much like the 

Chicago Blackhawks play. 

There was excitement, 

competition, goals scored 

and pure joy for being 

able to play the game. 

Most of all, though, I 

watched as players, who 

have overcome major 

injuries, played hockey in 

a different way and still 

found a way to smile and 

cheer one another on. 

These players have 

gone through so much and 

are probably still going 

through so much with 

their injuries, yet they 

don’t let it stop them from 

living and enjoying their 

life. They have accepted 

their injuries and found 

alternative ways to be 

active. 

I sat in the arena and 

watched as the fans 

cheered the players on 

and as the players and 

coaches cheered one 

another on. After the game 

ended, all of the players 

took off their helmets and 

were greeted on the ice 

by friends and family. I 

watched as their kids or 

nieces and nephews sat on 

their laps for a ride around 

the ice. I saw the smiles of 

both athletes and family 

members who were truly 

enjoying themselves. 

I was so thankful that 

I was able to attend such 

an inspiring and amazing 

event that it made me 

think about my life and 

experiences of when I was 

able to participate in event 

like this. 

During the time I 

spend a lot of time doing 

competitive waterskiing. 

Our team puts in countless 

hours perfecting tricks to 

compete in tournament all 

over the Midwest. 

As a team we also take 

the time to give back to 

the community and are 

thankful for the opportunity 

we are given to be able 

to ski every single day. 

In the winter we host 

a food drive to donate 

to food pantries in the 

area, and in the summer 

we host a program called 

Learn to Ski. 

At Learn to Ski we 

spend one day a week 

throughout the whole 

summer teaching young 

adults from the Northern 

Illinois Special Recreation 

Association how to 

waterski. These young 

adults face challenges 

every single day as many 

of them have Down 

syndrome, autism and 

physical disabilities. Despite 

what they have, they 

work hard every week to 

learn how to waterski for 

just a few short second 

and those short seconds 

are some of the happiest 

seconds of their lives. 

Every summer it is an 

honor to be able to help 

them learn to ski and 

every summer they bring 

such joy to our team. 

Each week they show 

up to practice eager and 

ready to learn, knowing 

that some of them 

may only make it up for 

a second or two. While 

they wait for their turn 

they play games and tell 

stories about their life. 

Their fun-loving personalities 

are infectious and it 

is impossible not to smile 

the whole time you are 

around them. 

Participating in the 

Learn to Ski program and 

attending the Sleds Are 

Coming event, I learned 

to take a step back and 

be thankful for the life I 

am given. No matter how 

hard life gets it is important 

to be positive and 

remain happy. 

I think every one of us 

can learn a little something 

from the athletes at 

The Sleds Are Coming 

event. They have taught 

me to be thankful for my 

life and to enjoy it no matter 

what happens. 

I encourage everyone 

to attend a sled hockey 

game. 

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The lake forest leader | February 9, 2017 | LakeForestLeader.com 

Lake Forest resident 

launches website with 

a variety of recipes, 

Page 15 

Whats for 

breakfast? 

Donati’s Pizza 

reveals new breakfast 

menu, Page 21 

Elegance 

redefined 

Gerhard’s brings 

European 

delicacies to Lake 

Forest, Page 22 

Lori Hartnett, of 

Lake Forest, has 

spent her lifetime 

perfecting recipes 

to share on her new 

website, Cooking 

Fresh Today. 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. Dash abbr. 

4. Con 

7. Feathered neckwear 

10. Creme-filled 

cookie 

12. Prefix with legal 

14. They’re tops at 

Victoria’s Secret 

15. Lake Forest 

Scouts’ tight end 

18. President’s 

pledge 

19. On land 

20. Slender, elegant 

woman 

22. Ogler 

23. Sail line 

27. Spread 

28. Bad weather for 

driving 

30. Prized mushroom 

31. Conservative 

leader 

32. A dessert 

35. Darjeeling drink 

37. Red head, once 

38. Mason’s brick 

carrier 

39. Empire 

44. Tennis club 

instructor 

45. “George of the 

Jungle” creature 

46. Out of the rain 

47. Buy for an 

iPhone 

50. Not on the level 

52. Gyroscope ring 

54. Bay sound 

57. Not equipped 

58. Stairway to the 

Ganges 

61. Lake Forest 

golfer 

63. Christmas travelers 

64. Mad as a hornet 

65. Dermatologist’s 

removal 

66. Indigo Girls 

“Power of ___” 

67. Sleeping spot 

68. Major mess 

Down 

1. Troubling situation 

2. Immediately 

3. Act like an ass 

4. Mail abbr. 

5. Versatile tubers 

6. Talk in the service, 

perhaps 

7. Word after training or 

sports 

8. Morsel for Dobbin 

9. Stuff from the hearth 

11. Quality 

13. Nodding 

14. Physics Nobelist 

Niels 

16. Not conforming to 

diet laws (Jewish) 

17. Marsh wader 

21. Hemingway’s nickname 

24. Digging, so to speak 

25. Unpopular sort 

26. Airfarce’s Luba 

29. Crude request 

30. Group of notes 

32. U’s United Nations 

predecessor 

33. Oil can abbr. 

34. Talking Heads: “And 

___ Was” 

35. Rocky crags 

36. Organic compound 

containing a hydroxyl 

group 

39. One concerned with 

checks and balances, 

briefly 

40. Runner’s assignment 

41. High-tech subject 

42. Engage in polemics 

43. Fastening 

47. Centers of learning 

in the Dark Ages 

48. Most washed out 

49. More than enough 

51. Climactic intro? 

53. Antony who eulogized 

Caesar 

55. Semi-liquid lump 

56. Tortoise foe 

58. Clock standard, 

briefly 

59. Half a bray 

60. “It was twenty years 

___ today ...” (The 

Beatles) 

62. Word with flag or 

alert 

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Lady 

LAKE BLUFF 

Lake Bluff Brewing 

Company 

(16 E. Scranton Ave. 

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■7 ■ p.m. Monday, Feb. 

27: Trivia Night 

Maevery Public House 

(20 East Scranton Ave. 

(847) 604-3952) 

■■7:30 p.m. every 

third Thursday of 

the month: Warren 

Beck 

GLENVIEW 

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(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

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Music 

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answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

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

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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LF resident inspires others to cook at home through her new website 


Lake Forest resident 

Lori Hartnett helps inspire 

people to cook at home 

through her new website, 

Cooking Fresh Today, 

which was launched in October 

of 2016. 

When Hartnett was 

growing up her mom was 

a teacher, and sometimes 

when she and her three 

siblings would come home 

from school there weren’t 

very many snack options. 

Hartnett’s solution? Create 

some recipes of her own. 

Once she started creating 

simple recipes, she realized 

she enjoyed it and 

wanted to turn it into a 

career. 

“[Creating recipes as a 

kid] created a passion for 

me in the early days and it 

continued on when I went 

to college,” Hartnett said. 

Hartnett went to college 

at the University of Illinois 

and received a degree in 

foods and business. Since 

graduating college she has 

spent her time working 

with food companies. During 

her work with those 

companies she has done a 

lot of recipe development 

for both Fortune 100 and 

500 companies. She has 

also spent a lot of time doing 

food styling and product 

testing. 

While she worked for 

food companies she always 

had to follow recipes 

and directions exactly and 

could never do things her 

own way, which led to her 

idea to launch a website. 

“I have always loved 

wholesome recipes and 

pure ingredients,” Hartnett 

said. “I know there are a 

lot of consumers today that 

have never learned how to 

cook. So I think there is a 

real need out there to do 

simple education for basic 

how-to recipes and show 

people that it is really not 

difficult to cook.” 

The title of the website, 

Cooking Fresh Today, is 

very important for Hartnett 

as it sets the goal and 

meaning of the website. 

“It was really important 

to capture cooking 

and fresh because it is not 

processed food,” Hartnett 

said. “[The website] is 

[about] how to cook with 

fresh ingredients, healthy, 

pure and natural foods. 

And I added the word ‘today’ 

because it is not your 

grandmother’s cooking. It 

is very practical.” 

When users go onto her 

website, they will find 

a variety of tabs to help 

them navigate the website 

and find exactly what they 

are looking for. 

Under the “About” tab 

users can learn about Hartnett’s 

background and 

learn what to expect from 

the website. 

“[In the ‘About’ tab] I 

wanted people to realize I 

am a food professional and 

I am not dissing anyone 

else who has a food website,” 

Hartnett said. “But 

I wanted to differentiate 

myself in that I have professional 

training.” 

The next tab on the website 

is “Recipes,” where 

users can click on different 

tags to help find 

what they want and narrow 

down their search. 

The different tags users 

can find are “Appetizers 

& Snacks,” “Beverages,” 

“Breakfast,” “Cooking for 

1 or 2,” “Desserts,” “Entrees,” 

“Salads & Sides,” 

“Soups & Sandwiches,” 

and “Meatless Mondays.” 

The different tabs are 

there for the users’ accessibility. 

“People can look to find 

Lori Hartnett, of Lake Forest, mixes together ingredients from a recipe in her kitchen. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

what they can eat and I 

add fresh tips at the end to 

explain how to make some 

easy changes to make it so it 

can be gluten free or whatever 

[the user may need],” 

Hartnett said. “I make it 

adaptable to all people.“ 

The next tab, “How-To 

Videos” can be useful to 

everyone, especially beginning 

cooks. Under this 

tab users can find a variety 

of helpful videos to learn 

how to chop an onion, how 

to purchase and handle 

knives, or how to prepare 

asparagus. 

For users looking for 

even more guidance, they 

can look to the next tab, 

“Culinary Coaching,” 

where Hartnett offers a 

variety of coaching. These 

culinary coaching sessions 

will take place one-on-one 

over a Skype conference. 

Another tab available is 

“Consulting” if you would 

like Hartnett to help with 

product development or 

testing. 

Finally users can contact 

her through the last tab, 

“Contact,” if they have 

any questions, suggestions 

for recipes or want to contact 

her for other reasons. 

Hartnett adds two to 

three new recipes each 

week to provide new 

recipes and ideas to users 

looking to try something 

new. Cooking Fresh Today 

is also user-friendly 

on mobile phone browsers, 

something Hartnett 

did intentionally since she 

knows many people use 

their cellphones now. 

To view her website for 

cooking instructions and 

new recipes, visit www. 

cookingfreshtoday.com. 

Lori Hartnett launched her new website, Cooking Fresh 

Today, in October, and offers new recipes and culinary 

education weekly.

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Faith Briefs 

The Church of the Holy Spirt (400 E. 

Westminster Road, Lake Forest) 

Exploring Grief Group 

Every other Wednesday 

through March 22 at 4:30 

p.m. Samaritan Counseling 

Center is pleased to 

announce the Winter Session 

of the Lake Forest 

Exploring Grief Group. 

This series provides a confidential, 

supportive and 

educational environment 

to cope with grief. Meetings 

will be led by Erin 

Sharp, MDiv, MS who has 

extensive experience with 

grief and loss through her 

work with clients and as 

a Pastor. Erin will design 

a unique presentation for 

each meeting tailored to 

the needs of the group. 

There is no charge for this 

program and it is open to 

the public. Drop-ins are 

welcome. For more information, 

please contact 

Erin at (847) 446-6955, 

ext. 22 or esharp@northshoresamaritan.org. 

Holy Eucharist 

On Saturdays, the 

Church offers a holy eucharist 

service at 5 p.m. 

On Sundays, the Church 

offers holy eucharist at 

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

5 p.m. Morning prayer is 

available during the week 

on Tuesdays through Fridays 

at 8:30 a.m. A holy 

eucharist and healing is 

available at 6:30 p.m. on 

the first Thursday of each 

month. 

Embracing the Martha and 

Mary Within Us 

The CHS Women’s 

Spirituality Group offers 

“Embracing the Martha 

and Mary Within Us.” 

We are excited to offer all 

women of CHS not one, 

but two different kinds 

of experiences for spiritual 

growth. On the first 

Monday of every month, 

we will meet and explore 

through conversation the 

things in our lives that really 

matter. On the third 

Monday of the month, we 

will offer a contemplative 

guided meditation experience, 

allowing us to go 

deep within to discover the 

Holy One. For more information, 

contact the Rev. 

Judith Doran at (847) 235- 

1111, or jdoran@chslf.org. 

Bring a friend! 

Word and Table 

The Church of the Holy 

Spirit is pleased to offer a 

new, fresh expression of 

our beloved ancient worship 

tradition. All are welcome 

— people of all ages, 

those who know God and 

those who wonder about 

God, believers and doubters 

and skeptics — to join 

us and experience God’s 

word afresh. It is a “come 

as you are” casual, zero 

anxiety and full participation 

liturgy, with great 

words and songs, both new 

and beloved, and will include 

a soft space for families 

with little ones. For 

more information, contact 

the Rev. Judith Doran at 

jdoran@chslf.org. 

Grace United Methodist Church (244 

East Center Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Lake Bluff Women’s Club 

The club meets at Grace 

United from 12-2 p.m. 

every second Tuesday of 

the month. Membership 

is open to all ladies in the 

community. For membership 

information, contact 

Donna Beer at (847) 295- 

7108. 

Boy Scouts 

Boy Scout Troop 42 will 

meet in Fellowship Hall 

from 7-9 p.m. Monday 

nights. 

Submit information for 

The Leader’s Faith page to 

alyssa@lakeforestleader. 

com. The deadline is noon on 

Thursday. Questions? Call 

(847) 272-4565 ext. 21. 

In Memoriam 

Helen Topping 

Helen Elaine Topping, 

98, of Lake Forest died 

on Dec. 29, just three days 

before her 99th birthday. 

She was born in Chicago 

and was a resident of Lake 

Forest for 45 years. Her 

parents emigrated to Chicago 

from Greece in the 

early 1900’s and she spoke 

Greek and English. Helen 

graduated from Chicago’s 

Hyde Park High School 

where as an outstanding 

student, she was encouraged 

to attend the University 

of Chicago from 

which she earned a degree 

in economics in 1942. Helen 

was always proud to be 

a graduate of the University 

of Chicago. A beloved 

teacher for more than 35 

years, mainly in the Wilmette 

schools, Helen led 

by example and inspired 

her students and all who 

knew her to keep trying 

to achieve their goals. She 

continued to take graduate 

courses in education. 

A trailblazer because of 

her unique approach to 

education, she challenged 

her students to step out 

of their comfort zones 

and thereby develop the 

self-confidence to achieve 

goals they never thought 

were attainable. Her students 

have referred to their 

experiences in her class as 

“life changing” because of 

their new found ability to 

excel at something they 

never thought was possible, 

such as a new found 

mastery of math and the 

ability to speak in front of 

their class. Helen was also 

active in her community 

and her church. She volunteered 

in several hospitals 

and taught Sunday school. 

A strong and capable 

woman, she balanced her 

roles as a wife, a mother 

of three children, a teacher 

and a volunteer so adeptly 

that everyone felt valued. 

Friends remember her 

warmth, her concern for 

their welfare, her integrity, 

her vibrant personality, her 

life-long interest in learning 

and her enthusiasm 

for life. She even traveled 

to Greece when she was 

95 years old. She left this 

world a better place. Helen 

was married to George W. 

Topping until his death in 

1993 and is survived by her 

three children, Thalia (Tallye) 

Maroulis (George), 

Dean Topping, and Francine 

Tague (Philip) and 

four grandchildren, Basile 

and Nicholas Maroulis 

and Nicole (Jerry Wu) and 

Andrew Tague. She is the 

fond aunt of many nieces 

and nephews and sister-inlaw 

to Virginia. Her brother, 

Gus Polos (the late 

Bonnie) lost his life in the 

Battle of the Bulge during 

World War II and Helen 

cared for his daughter 

Karen who is like a sibling 

to her children. Contributions 

to the Ascension of 

Our Lord Greek Orthodox 

Church, Lincolnshire, and 

the National Hellenic Museum 

are welcome. 

Jane Harvey 

Jane Miner Harvey, 94, 

of Lake Forest, died Jan. 

5 after a short illness. She 

was a long time Lake Forest 

resident and the retired 

Vice President of Golf 

Day Products mail order 

firm. She was born in 

Washington, D.C. in 1922. 

A rare native of Washington, 

D.C., she remembered 

ice skating in Rock Creek 

Park as a child and attending 

events at the White 

House where the president 

personally greeted and 

strolled among the guests. 

She moved to Kansas City 

in 1939. She was a 1943 

graduate of the University 

of Kansas with a B.A. in 

English. While attending 

Kansas University she 

roomed with Sarah Harvey 

who tried to fix her 

up with her brother John. 

Jane was willing, but John 

was too busy. Cupid would 

not be deterred. While attending 

a lecture, Jane sat 

down on a chair that collapsed 

and the young man 

that leapt up to assist her 

was John Harvey. After 

graduating from Kansas 

University, she worked in 

Kansas City as the editor 

of the employee newsletter 

at Hallmark Cards. One 

day while at work, young 

Jane, tall, slim and stylishly 

dressed, stepped into 

an elevator with J.C. Hall 

and Norman Rockwell 

and Norman Rockwell remarked 

that it was “just 

like being in New York 

City with the models.” She 

married John Cole Harvey 

in 1947 in Kansas City after 

his return from service 

in the Marine Corps in 

World War II. They relocated 

to the Chicago area 

when her husband joined 

the Leo Burnett Advertising 

Agency. She was 

a resident of Lake Forest 

since 1962 and loved 

to entertain with family 

and friends at her home. 

She was a member of the 

First Presbyterian Church 

of Lake Forest. She took 

pleasure in researching 

the genealogy of her family 

and was a member of 

the Thomas Minor Society. 

She worked as an 

editor in many paid and 

volunteer positions including 

the Lake Forest Girl 

Scouts and PTA and her 

family grew up reading 

a re-edited version of the 

Chicago Tribune as it was 

her habit to read the paper 

with a red pen and mark 

typos and errors in grammar 

that she found. Her 

husband, after leaving the 

advertising business, started 

the mail order business 

Golf Day Products and she 

put her organizational and 

editorial talents to work as 

the Vice President of the 

company helping grow the 

business from a four-page 

black and white flyer to a 

48-page full color catalog 

which they sold upon their 

retirement. She enjoyed 

spending time with her 

family and encouraged all 

to do well in life and once 

said “if there is something 

you always wanted to do, 

you should do it now.” She 

was a devoted and loving 

wife, mother, grandmother 

and sister. She was preceded 

in death by her husband, 

John Cole Harvey. 

She leaves three children, 

Scott Miner Harvey, Gayle 

Harvey Edson and Joan 

Windsor Harvey; grandchildren, 

Braden Harvey, 

Shannon Harvey, Christina 

Edson and step-granddaughter, 

Danielle Edson 

Pierce. Harvey was helped 

in her later years by her 

loving caregivers Esther 

Moreno, Carmen Sanchez, 

and Amalia Guerrero. Donations 

may be made to 

Heller Nature Center, 636 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park, IL 60035. www. 

hellernaturecenter.org. 

Shirley Basco 

Beloved wife and mother, 

Shirley Basco, of Lake 

Forest, died on Jan. 9 surrounded 

by loving family. 

Shirley was born in Chicago 

to Theodore and Anna 

(Kliss) Pijanowski. She 

was the darling wife of 68 

years of Wallace Basco. 

Devoted and cherished 

mother of Michael, David, 

Amy (Kevin Snook), Carolyn, 

and Kristin. Proud 

grandmother of Catharine 

(Christopher Jordan), Lauren, 

Jonathon, Samantha, 

Emily, and Max. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email Editor 

Alyssa Groh at alyssa@ 

lakeforestleader.com with 

information about a loved 

one who was part of the Lake 

Forest/Lake Bluff communities.



The dynamic duo 

Glencoe twins 

launch nationwide 

music career, plan 

trip to Lake Forest 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

Contributing Editor 

At 15 years old, most 

teenagers are concerned 

with finding the latest 

party, engaging in various 

high school activities and 

sleeping in on the weekends. 

However, for Glencoe 

twin sisters and former 

New Trier freshmen Carly 

and Martina Spiro, most of 

their time is dedicated to 

writing songs, composing 

music and playing at some 

of the country’s hippest 

nightclubs, bars and coffee 

houses. In the rare event 

the sisters aren’t up on a 

stage performing, the girls 

can be found jet setting 

with their parents between 

both big and small cities 

from coast to coast. 

While the North Shore 

sisters are growing their 

performances across the 

country, they sill desire to 

hold performances locally 

and cater to their homegrown 

fan base. Late last 

month, Carly and Martina 

played at The Nicholas 

Concert Hall on The Music 

Institute of Chicago’s 

Evanston Campus, drawing 

concert goers from 

North Shore suburbs 

including Lake Forest, 

where the institute has one 

of its flagship locations. 

The Music Institute wanted 

to kick off their new 

song writing program with 

the duo’s performance. 

Linda Remensnyder, a 

Lake Forest resident, took 

her two granddaughters, 

9-year-old Addington, and 

12-year-old Sheridan, to 

Carly and Martina’s performance 

on Jan. 20 and 

was impressed with the 

impression it left on her 

and her granddaughters. 

“As a past season’s 

ticket holder for my grandchildren 

and myself at the 

Joffrey [Ballet], Broadway 

in Chicago, and Marriott 

Children’s Theatre, I know 

that Carly and Martina as 

singers, songwriters and 

performers will have more 

impact than any previous 

theater or dance performance 

that we attended,” 

Remensnyder said. “Carly 

and Martina enlighten and 

empower preteens and 

early teens to successfully 

navigate social relationships. 

Their songs address 

bullying, peer drama, 

positive self-concept and 

young love.” 

The duo, which simply 

performs by the name 

“Carly and Martina,” first 

became interested in music 

at the ripe age of four 

when they began taking 

piano lessons at the Music 

Institute of Chicago in 

Evanston. The girls quickly 

fell in love with music 

and wanted to absorb as 

much music knowledge as 

they could. 

“It was really cool,” 

Carly said of their time at 

the Music Institute. “We 

were learning classical 

music and it helped build 

our foundation with the 

scales and the chords.” 

By the time they were 

9-years-old, Carly and 

Martina yearned to create 

music of their own, and 

at 11, they began writing 

their own music and lyrics, 

hoping to replicate the 

vibe of the jazz songs they 

learned in school. 

“We heard jazz and we 

loved the creativity that 

it gave us but we weren’t 

hearing any jazz on the radio,” 

Martina said. “When 

we would turn on the radio 

every day, we would hear 

our favorite pop songs 

playing and that’s really 

what we just started writing 

because we were listening 

to it every day.” 

After trying their hand 

at original compositions, 

Carly and Martina’s first 

public performance occurred 

when the girls 

were in sixth grade. After 

Martina had the chance to 

appear in a music video 

produced by Chicago actor 

and singer Jess Godwin, 

Godwin invited the girls 

to open for her at Mayne 

Stage in Rogers Park. 

Around the same time, 

Carly and Martina were 

trying to become more 

creative with their lyrics, 

working to incorporate 

elements of their own life 

experiences into songs. In 

junior high, Carly, who 

had experienced several 

instances of bullying from 

peers, came home from 

school one day and with 

Martina, wrote one of 

their first songs, “Make 

Me Happy.” While the 

girls didn’t think much 

about the song when they 

first wrote it, they went to 

a weeklong songwriting 

camp at School of Rock in 

Evanston, where they had 

the chance to work alongside 

professional musicians 

and record the song 

just for fun. 

One week later, Carly 

and Martina heard news 

that would change their 

life — a few of the musicians 

at School of Rock 

liked “Make Me Happy” 

so much, that one of them, 

record producer Steve 

Wagner, signed the girls to 

his label. 

Soon after, news of Carly 

and Martina’s talents 

started to spread through 

Martina (left) and Carly Spiro, Glencoe twin sisters, have risen in the music ranks. 

Photo submitted 

YouTube and radio appearances, 

including on 

WGN Radio and WCCX- 

FM in Waukesha, Wis. In 

Waukesha, Carly and Martina 

were also featured in a 

local anti-bullying event at 

a school and participated 

in a school seminar with 

their song to promote bullying 

awareness and support 

for students. 

From there, musicians 

and clubs in Chicago and 

Wisconsin heard about 

Carly and Martina and invited 

them to play at open 

mic events and intimate 

concerts. 

“That’s where we really 

learned how to perform, 

draw a crowd, how to read 

a crowd and how to adapt,” 

Martina said of their time 

in Wisconsin and Chicago 

venues. After posting You- 

Tube videos of both their 

original work as well as 

covers of popular songs, 

Carly and Martina piqued 

the interest of clubs and 

performers in New York 

City, where they have performed 

at popular venues 

including Feinstein’s/54 

Below, Jim Caruso’s Cast 

Party at Birdland, Django 

Bar at the Roxy Hotel in 

Tribeca and the Gramercy 

Park Hotel Rose Bar. The 

singers have even performed 

with the likes of 

Lady Gaga’s bandleader 

Brian Newman and singer 

Jose Feliciano. 

Since playing in New 

York just for the exposure, 

every place they have performed 

has asked them to 

come back, allowing them 

not only to build contacts 

in New York City but 

also across the country. In 

2016, Carly and Martina 

performed in Nashville, 

Washington, D.C., San 

Francisco, Colorado and 

Virginia. In the next few 

months, they have bookings 

across Los Angeles. 

Their first EP, “Carly 

and Martina,” was recorded 

in New York City and 

released this past fall. The 

girls, who write all of their 

own lyrics and play all of 

their own instruments, say 

the specific image they 

are going for is simply to 

be relatable to other teens 

while showcasing their 

unique harmony. 

“Our brand right now 

is just staying our age and 

focusing on being relatable 

and genuine,” Carly said. 

“All of our songs come 

from a place of empowerment, 

whether it’s a breakup 

song or love song. It’s 

never like, ‘I’m going to 

change myself for you,’ it’s 

always, ‘Whatever happens 

in my life, I’m still going 

to be who I am. I still have 

to love who I am because 

that’s who I am.” 

Now, following long 

discussions with their parents, 

Carly and Martina 

recently made the decision 

to be homeschooled 

through an online school 

frequently used by Olympic 

athletes, Hollywood 

actors and musicians. 

“It was really sad because 

I love New Trier,” 

Martina said about leaving 

regular high school. “I 

loved the teachers, I loved 

meeting everyone. I met so 

many amazing people and 

some of my closest friends 

are from all over the North 

Shore.” 

Sam Spiro, the girls’ father, 

said while some may 

see the move as risky, if 

online schooling meant 

the girls could fully chase 

their dream of making it 

big, he would be 100 percent 

for it. 

“From my standpoint, 

they really wanted to 

follow their dream and 

they’re smart kids and I 

know they’ll do good in 

Please see music, 20

20 | February 9, 2017 | The lake forest leader life & arts 


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Saturday, Feb. 25th 

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525 Sunset Ridge Road, Northfield 

Activities include: 

• Meet with day camps, overnight camps, 

sports camps, arts camps and more! 

• Free Face Painting and Balloon Artist 

(10:30 am - 1:30 pm) 

• Free cotton candy 

• Games for children 

FREE PARKING! FREE ADMISSION! 

‘Elemeno Pea’ brings comedy to Citadel Theatre 

Erin Yarnall, Freelance Reporter 

February in Lake Forest is dark 

and cold, but Citadel Theatre is 

bringing a bit of sunshine and oceanfront 

warmth to the City with its new 

play, “Elemeno Pea,” which opened 

at the theater on Jan. 31, as part of its 

2016-2017 season. 

The play was originally written by 

Molly Smith Metzler, and centers on 

two sisters trying to spend a weekend 

together at a beach house in Martha’s 

Vineyard. 

“Everything (for the sisters) does 

not go according to plan,” director 

Ellen Phelps said. “As we all know, 

when we have family get-togethers, 

nothing ever does go according to 

your plan.” 

The play also touches on social 

class and sibling rivalry, as older 

sister and blue-collar worker Devon 

tries to come to grips with her 

younger sister Simone’s new upperclass 

life. 

“The characters in the play all 

come from different backgrounds, 

some have money, some have less 

money,” Ellen said. 

The characters in the play all judge 

each other based on their pre-conceived 

notions about wealth and the 

lack of it, and by the end they have to 

come to terms with the fact that there 

is more to people than their original 

judgments would have had them believe. 

Ellen feels this is something 

everyone can relate to. 

“We all have perceptions of people 

by the way they look or what 

kind of jobs they have,” Ellen said. 

“Through this play, we see people 

change from what we think they are 

at the beginning to how they really 

are at the end.” 

Ellen Phelps’ husband, Scott 

Phelps, who is the founder and artistic 

director of Citadel Theatre, first 

came across the play while attending 

the Humana Festival of New American 

Plays, where the play premiered 

in 2011, in Louisville, Ky. “It was 

funny,” Scott said of why he and Ellen 

decided to pick this play to run at 

Citadel. “I laughed. A lot.” 

One of the most challenging aspects 

of putting on the play for Scott, 

was getting the set just right. 

“It was a challenging set,” Scott 

said. “That’s what took us so long to 

produce it. I was waiting for us to be 

ready, to be able to give it the set and 

the lights that it deserved.” 

The finished product captured the 

feeling of Martha’s Vineyard beach 

house, with white and light blue as 

the prominent colors for the walls 

and furniture, and coastal decorations 

like a picture of an anchor 

hanging near the center of the set. 

“Elemeno Pea” is Ellen’s first turn 

at directing on her own at Citadel, 

she has previously done some assistant 

directing work with her husband, 

in addition to acting in a few plays at 

Citadel Theatre. In addition to all her 

work on the productions themselves, 

Ellen also serves as the president of 

the board of directors for the theater. 

One of Ellen’s’ favorite parts of 

directing the play was working with 

everyone who helped contribute to it. 

“We’ve got a very professional 

cast,” Ellen said. “I’ve been surrounded 

with very talented set designers, 

costume designers, stage 

Simone played by Sarah Hecht(left), 

is excited her boyfriend Ethan 

played by Nic Fantl is at the beach 

house during the performance of 

“Elemeno Pea” on Friday, Feb. 3, at 

Citadel Theatre. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

manager — the person who builds 

our set was fabulous. I was very 

fortunate to work with a very great 

team.” 

Scott and Ellen insist that despite 

the limited knowledge attendees 

may have of the play before seeing 

it, it’s as good as the best theater productions. 

“Even though this title isn’t well 

known, I think our subscribers have 

learned through the years to come to 

expect good theater at Citadel,” Scott 

said. “It’s not like ‘South Pacific,’ or 

‘Oklahoma,’ or ‘Hamilton.’” 

“It’s as good as ‘Hamilton,’” Ellen 

said. “But we don’t charge as much 

for a ticket.” 

“Elemeno Pea” runs every Thursday 

through Sunday until it closes 

March 5. 

Tickets can be purchased at www. 

citadeltheatre.org. 

For more info: (847) 272-4565 

www.22ndcenturymedia.com/camp 

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school,” he said. “You know how 

people always do the safe thing? 

Well, this isn’t the safe thing, but at 

least they have a chance to follow 

their dream and that’s why I backed 

it and my wife backed it.” 

Martina agrees that while it is a 

hard decision to work so many hours 

as a teenager, it is the best thing they 

can do right now if they want a shot 

at the big leagues. 

“A lot of people in life say, ‘If 

only I did this,’ and they’ll be really 

close to following their dream, but 

they choose the safe way,” she said. 

“Personally, I think we can make this 

work and even if it doesn’t, we gave 

it our all and I’m not going to regret 

anything.” 

Sam and his wife, Rose Marie, 

serve as the girls’ managers and 

travel with them to all of their performances. 

Their parents ensure that 

creative control remains with the 

family and that the girls learn about 

how to be not just good musicians, 

but strong business partners. 

“We’re also trying to teach them 

the business end of it,” Sam said. 

“It’s the music business.” 

Carly and Martina have an upcoming 

show at 7 p.m. on May 31 at 

Gorton Community Center in Lake 

Forest. 

To purchase Carly and Martina’s 

debut album, find out about future 

performances and join their Facebook, 

Twitter and Instagram pages, 

visit carlyandmartina.com.



Donati’s Pizza reveals new 

breakfast deep dish pizza 


Chicagoan’s love to 

brag about its pizza, especially 

its Chicago style 

deep dish pizza. Pizza 

places all over the country 

have been trying to 

perfect the Chicago style 

deep dish pizza, but Donati’s 

Pizza in Lake Bluff 

just took it a step further. 

The unique thing about 

Donati’s is they are able 

to cook deep dish in eight 

minutes with their oven opposed 

to the typical 20 minute 

cook time. 

Donati’s is known for its 

pizza and they have just 

released a new breakfast 

menu featuring a deep dish 

breakfast pizza. 

The new breakfast pizza 

was released to the public 

the week following the 

new year. But the staff at 

Donati’s has been working 

on perfecting the recipe for 

approximately six months. 

The staff arrives at the 

restaurant at 6 a.m. everyday 

to begin making fresh 

dough and preparing their 

fresh ingredients. Each 

morning the staff began 

making each other breakfast, 

and eventually the 

recipes got really good, 

and that is where the idea 

to start to selling breakfast 

pizza came from. 

“Pizza fusion is a really 

new thing moving across 

the country,” Jeff Urso, of 

Lake Bluff, and the president 

and owner of Donati’s 

pizza said. “It’s not like we 

pioneered breakfast pizza, 

people have been doing it, 

but I thought Chicago style 

deep dish breakfast pizza 

would be something cool, 

unique, and something 

new.” 

The breakfast pizza’s 

are made with a base consisting 

of cheddar cheese, 

Donati’s breakfast deep dish pizza made with hash 

browns, cheddar cheese, two eggs, bacon, Canadian 

bacon and hollandaise sauce. PHOTOS BY ALYSSA 

GROH/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Donati’s 7-inch deep dish breakfast pizza made with 

hash browns, two eggs, cheddar cheese, bacon 

jalapeños and buffalo sauce. 

hash browns and eggs. 

Customers get to choose 

the toppings and type of 

sauce. Breakfast pizza’s 

can be made with hollandaise, 

country gravy, or 

buffalo sauce. 

Breakfast pizza’s can 

be purchased in a 7-inch 

($7.99) personal pizza or 

14-inch ($20) family size 

starting at 8 a.m. every day. 

Donati’s does not fry 

any of its ingredients and 

is able to bake them in the 

oven with the pizza. The 

pizza is cooked two times, 

first without the sauce and 

then with the sauce. 

Since offering the breakfast 

pizza’s to the public, 

Urso has seen a variety of 

combinations, but he likes 

to keep it simple. 

“I think the more you 

add to it sometimes it takes 

away from the actual art of 

it,” Urso said. 

I got to try two 7-inch 

pizza’s with the base of hash 

browns, eggs and cheddar 

cheese. One pizza also had 

bacon, jalapeño and buffalo 

sauce, while the other had 

bacon, Canadian bacon and 

hollandaise sauce. 

The pizza’s are filling, 

warm and oozing with 

breakfast ingredients, sure 

to make anyone’s mouth 

water. 

Donati’s also offers 

breakfast calzones ($8.99 

each plus $1.00 for additional 

toppings), panino’s 

($7.99), and country gravy 

wings. 

To Learn more about Donati’s 

breakfast items, visit 

www.donatispizza.com.

22 | February 9, 2017 | The lake forest leader dining out 


European quality served with a smile 

Gerhard’s provides 

elegant desserts 

with a warm 

welcome 

Sarah Haider 

Assistant Editor 

Twenty-two years ago, 

when Mary Greub decided 

to open Gerhard’s Elegant 

European Desserts with 

her then-fiance, she had 

no idea she would end up 

finding the love of her life. 

It wasn’t a man. It wasn’t 

the money from a longlasting 

business. It was the 

people who would make 

her bakery a second home. 

Mary Greub, a Milwaukee 

native, previously 

sought her passion as an 

accounting controller until 

she met chef Gerhard 

Greub, who earned his 

culinary expertise in his 

homeland of Switzerland 

before opening and cooking 

in Four Seasons hotels 

all over the world. With 

Gerhard Greub’s cooking 

skills and Mary Greub’s 

knowledge of numbers, 

they felt they had the 

right ingredients to open 

a bakery in the North 

Shore, where their clientele 

would appreciate the 

European-style of highquality 

products. 

“We use only real ingredients, 

the same ingredients 

you have in your house to 

bake, [like] eggs, sugar 

and cream,” Mary Greub 

said. “[We don’t use] artificial 

flavorings, artificial 

ingredients or fillers, which 

there are generally a ton of 

in bakeries [because] they 

are very cheap [to] use versus 

the real thing.” 

Mary Greub, who now 

owns the business on her 

own, takes the same care 

in picking the chefs who 

bake the elegant European 

desserts fresh every day. 

The six-person kitchen 

crew is led by chef Sandy 

Sofere, who has been with 

the bakery for more than 

18 years after working at 

the Ritz-Carlton. 

Her passion for selling 

high-quality baked goods 

stems from prioritizing 

relationships with customers. 

Mary Greub’s previous 

boss in accounting often 

invited her to sales meeting 

to speak with clients. 

Two years after opening 

Gerhard’s, she realized her 

old boss had recognized 

the traits that would make 

her restaurant successful. 

“I wrote him a letter and 

said, ‘What you saw in me 

starting at 22-years-old, I 

didn’t see in myself. And 

you were right. I get my 

energy from people, not 

from numbers.’” 

When a group of 22nd 

Century Media editors and 

I visited the sunny bakery, 

Mary Greub regaled us with 

stories about her customers. 

She told us about “the 

breakfast club,” a group 

of couples who met at her 

shop 22 years ago who 

now spend holidays and 

vacations together. She introduced 

us to a customer 

who calls ahead every day 

so her decaf coffee is ready 

when she arrives. 

These connections are 

what she loves most about 

her business. 

“I am happy,” Mary 

Greub said. “I say to my 

daughter when I see the lottery 

signs, ‘Even if I won, 

I would not sell my business.’ 

I love my customers. 

They are like my family and 

friends. I see them everyday. 

I know their children. 

I know their grandchildren. 

It is a community.” 

She showed us that 

sense of community as 

she welcomed us into the 

shop, insisting we have 

a drink to pair with the 

baked delicacies. 

Winnetka Current Editor 

Jacqueline Glosniak tried 

hot chocolate made with 

Swiss chocolate while I 

sampled the bean-roast 

coffee with robust flavors 

that made it an easy beverage 

to drink black. 

Then, we dug into one 

of the bakery’s signature 

dishes and a popular gluten-free 

option — chocolate 

marjolaine ($7.50). 

The marjolaine is 

topped with a crunchy, ruffled 

chocolate garnish that 

melts in your mouth. After 

you conquer the first layer, 

this dish opens to a chocolate 

meringue filled with 

white chocolate. The delicate 

balance of the chocolates 

is complemented by 

the fresh raspberries. 

The dish is one of the 

restaurant’s many popular 

Valentine’s Day desserts, 

along with the dark chocolate 

mousse ($7.50). 

Before filling up on the 

small but substantial marjolaine, 

we begrudgingly 

pushed it aside and moved 

on to the berry tiramisu 

($7.50). Little to our surprise 

after witnessing the 

carefully crafted presentation 

of the dessert, the flavor 

did not disappoint. 

The tiramisu is made 

with Galbani mascarpone, 

a high-quality cheese direct 

from Italy, with vanilla 

genoise and roulade 

filled with fresh blueberries 

and raspberries. 

Next, we tried the passion 

fruit mousse ($7.50). 

The tartness of the fruit 

was complemented by the 

deeper flavors of the bottom 

of the desert, made 

with dark chocolate mousse 

and a feuilletine base, imported 

from France, mixed 

with pralines. 

Gerhard’s Elegant 

European Desserts 

720 N. Western Ave., 

Lake Forest 

www.gerhardsdesserts. 

com 

(847) 234-0023 

Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m. – 

5:30 p.m. 

Saturdays 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

Closed Sunday-Mondays. 

As I moved on to my 

second cup of coffee, we 

tried one of the bakery’s 

most popular dishes. 

The croissants are made 

fresh daily and sell out fast. 

On this day, we were lucky 

enough to get the last one. 

We understood the hype after 

taking our first bite. 

The light and fluffy 

bread is made by three 

rounds of butter folding, 

which Mary Greub 

stressed is a very delicate 

process. 

“The butter has to be the 

right temperature and you 

have to let it rest,” Mary 

Greub said. “If it’s too hot, 

it mushes. And if it’s too 

hard, it doesn’t blend. It 

has to be just right.” 

Apparently, this batch 

was made “just right.” 

As we marveled over 

how the bread maintained 

its texture instead of crumbling, 

customers Rhoda 

Levine and Robin Plotkin 

stopped by the table to 

compliment Mary Greub 

on her croissants. 

“I just came back from 

Paris and yours is just as 

good,” Plotkin said. 

More bread options will 

be available as St. Patrick’s 

Day approaches. The bakery 

will sell Irish soda 

bread ($7.50) to celebrate 

the holiday and it “will be 

the best soda bread you 

will ever eat,” according to 

Mary Greub. 

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Gerhard’s passion fruit mousse ($7.50) is a sweet and tart 

dessert made with dark chocolate mousse, a feuilletine 

base imported from France and mixed with pralines. 

Photos by Jacqueline Glosniak/22nd Century Media 

Chocolate marjolaine ($7.50) is one of the bakery’s 

most popular desserts, consisting of chocolate 

meringue filled with white chocolate and topped with a 

crunchy chocolate garnish served with raspberries. The 

treat is also gluten-free. 

The berry tiramisu ($7.50) is beautifully crafted with 

Galbarni mascarpone (a high-quality cheese from Italy), 

vanilla genoise and roulade filled with blueberries and 

raspberries. 

trying out new things according 

to produce seasons 

and holiday inspiration, but 

the staples and favorites can 

be found year-round. 

The restaurant delivers 

and can bake large quantities 

for parties and gatherings. 

It also serves as a 

wholesale bakery, catering 

to foreign five-star hotels 

in Chicago and providing 

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10 Questions 

with Jack Kaptrosky 

Kaptrosky is a senior 

forward on the Lake Forest 

High School boys ice 

hockey team. 

How long have you 

been playing hockey 

and how did you get 

started with it? 

I’ve been skating ever 

since I was 5. My parents 

would take me to the city 

rink and I loved it. 

Do you have any 

pregame routines or 

superstitions that you 

need to follow? 

I listen to music and stickhandle 

in my basement 

before I go to the game. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go and why? 

I would probably go to 

South Africa just to see 

how life differs from here 

in America. 

What is your 

dream job? 

I would like to be the 

CEO of a really big company 

and travel the world. 

Who is your favorite 

NHL player? Why 

them? 

Probably Patrick Kane 

because he’s fun to 

watch and has lots of 

fancy moves. 

Since Valentine’s Day 

is coming up, what is 

your favorite kind of 

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I’m not a big candy guy, 

probably Skittles. 

What’s the most 

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playing hockey? 

Working hard when I’m 

tired on a long shift. 

Do you have a 

favorite place to eat in 

the area? 

Chipotle. 

What’s the best part 

of being an athlete 

at Lake Forest High 

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Really it’s playing 

hockey with your friends 

from school. 

What advice would 

you give younger 

hockey players? 

Work hard and practice 

a lot. 

Interview by Sports Editor 

Derek Wolff

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Boys Ice Hockey 

Scouts honor their seniors 

staff report 

The Lake Forest High School boys blue 

and gold hockey teams held their senior 

night last month in honor of the 17 seniors 

that skate for the Scouts across the two 

teams. Among them are Jake Hardy, who 

received a Navy ROTC scholarship to 

Vanderbilt in October and Jeff Kitzerow, 

who was awarded a Chick Evans caddie 

scholarship due to his service at Lake Forest’s 

Knollwood Club. He plans on studying 

finance at either Illinois or Wisconsin. 

2016-17 LFHS Scouts boys hockey 

seniors 

Alex Riedel Ryan Gattari 

Henry Hodge Sam Yauch 

Jack Barbour Teddy Stein 

Jeff Kitzerow 

Thomas Hayes 

Jack Wildman 

Kohlton Perkins 

Jake Hardy 

Luke Abbattista Eddie Jacks 

Patrick Krider Kenny Kazarian 

Mac Pfalzer AJ Carani 

Girls Pom and Dance 

Scouts finish second at nationals 

staff report 

The Lake Forest High 

School girls pom and 

dance team took second 

place in the large varsity 

poms division at the UDA 

National Dance Team 

Championship on Monday, 

Jan. 6, at ESPN’s 

Wide World of Sports 

Complex in Orlando, Fla. 

It was the second straight 

year the Scouts have finished 

as runners-up in the 

contest. Floyd Central 

High School from Floyds 

Knobs, Ind, won the competition, 

while Bearden 

High School (Knoxville, 

Tenn.) took third place. 

Lake Forest High School senior hockey players from the school’s two varsity teams 

line up with their parents during senior night on Jan. 15 at Lake Forest College’s 

Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse in Lake Forest. Photos Submitted by Scouts Hockey/ 

Kathleen Weinstein Photography. 

The Lake Forest High School girls pom and dance team took second place in the 

large varsity poms division at the UDA National Dance Team Championship on 

Monday, Jan. 6, at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. PHOTOS 

BYJennifer Karras/22nd Century Media 

The Scouts 

compete 

during the 

competition. 

The Scouts fielded 17 seniors between their varsity blue and varsity gold teams this 

season. 

The Scouts 

pose with 

their second 

place trophy. 

Coaches from the two teams join the players.



high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Girls Basketball 

Stevenson 36, 

Lake Forest 30 

Halle Douglass had a 

team-high 13 for Lake 

Forest in a 36-30 loss to 

Stevenson on Jan. 24 in 

Lake Forest. 

The Scouts led 10-4 after 

the first quarter, but a 

12-4 run by the Patriots in 

the second gave Stevenson 

a 16-14 lead by halftime. 

Maeve Summerville 

had six points and a teamhigh 

five rebounds for the 

Scouts in the loss. 

Warren 58, 

Lake Forest 40 

Grace Tirzmalis had a 

team-high 11 points for 

Lake Forest in a 58-40 

loss to Warren on Jan. 27 

in Lake Forest. 

Ellie Pearson had 10 

points for the Scouts, 

while Halle Douglass had 

six points, five assists and 

five rebounds. 

The Scouts shot 4-of- 

19 from behind the arc in 

the contest, while Warren 

shot 23-of-51 from the 

field in the win. 

Lake Forest 34, 

Libertyville 33 

Grace Tirzmalis had a 

team-high 13 points while 

Maeve Summerville also 

reached double digits with 

10 in a narrow 34-33 win 

over Libertyville on Jan. 

31 in Lake Forest. 

Summerville added a 

team-high five rebounds, 

while Delaney Williams, 

Halle Douglass and Ellie 

Pearson added points for 

the Scouts in the win. 

This Week In… 

Scouts Varsity 

Athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Feb. ■ 10 - vs. Lake Zurich 

(East Campus), 7 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 11 - vs. Fremd at 

Deerfield, 4:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 14 - at Zion-Benton, 

7 p.m. 


■Feb. ■ 13 - IHSA Regional 

vs. Lakes (at Warren), 6 

Boys Hockey 

Athlete of the Year 

Last day to vote for Athlete of Year 

Derek Wolff, Sports Editor 

Residents of Lake Forest 

and Lake Bluff will 

be able to vote for 22nd 

Century Media’s Athlete 

of the Year through 

Thursday, Feb. 9, where 

■Feb. ■ 11 - Varsity Gold vs. 

Niles (Lake Forest College), 

8:15 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 12 - Varsity Gold 

State Playoff, TBD 

■Feb. ■ 13 - Varsity Gold vs. 

Highland Park (Centennial 

Ice Arena), 9:10 p.m. 

Girls Hockey 

■Feb. ■ 12 - at New Trier 

Silver (North Shore Ice 

Arena), 8:30 p.m. 

Boys Swimming and 

Diving 

■Feb. ■ 11 - Diving at 

voting ends at 5 p.m. 

Lake Forest High 

School’s Tom Condon 

(boys water polo) and 

Ryan Gattari (boys ice 

hockey) are both up for 

nomination in the contest. 

To vote, visit LakeForestLeader.com 

and click 

on the Athlete of the Year 

tab. You are allowed to 

vote once per day. 

To avoid voting spam 

and abuse, we have restricted 

the voteing to one 

vote per day per IP address 

with a special feature 

to ensure votes are 

being made by humans. If 

votes are proven illegitimate, 

they will be discarded 

and the beneficiary of 

the fraudulent votes may 

be disqualified. 

Stevenson, 8:30 a.m. 

■Feb. ■ 11 - NSC 

Championship at 

Stevenson, 1:30 p.m. 

Wrestling 

■Feb. ■ 10 - IHSA Sectional 

at Barrington, TBD 

■Feb. ■ 11 - IHSA Sectional 

at Barrington, TBD 

■Feb. ■ 16 - IHSA State 

Tournament, TBD 

Caxys Varsity 

Athletics 

■BOYS ■ BASKETBALL 

■Feb. ■ 11 - vs. Glenbrook 

South, noon 


■Feb. ■ 10 - at Fenwick, 6 

p.m. 

Girls Ice Hockey 

■Feb. ■ 12 - at Barrington 

(Crystal Lake Icehouse), 

5:20 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 15 - vs. Warren, 6 

p.m. 

Coed Squash 

■Feb. ■ 9 - vs. MetroSquash 

(Lake Forest Recreation 

Center), 4:30 p.m. 

Lake Forest High School’s Ryan Gattari is an at-large 

candidate for the contest. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

Lake Forest High School’s Tom Condon won Athlete of 

the Month for the month of March in 2016. 

Members of the Lake Forest High School wrestling 

team pose with their medals after a successful Lake 

County Invitational meet. Photo Submitted 

Sports Briefs 

Wrestlers earn medals 

Lake Forest High School 

sent five wrestlers to the 

Lake County Invitational in 

late January. All five came 

home with a medal for second 

through fifth place finishes. 

2nd Marco Tupanjac, 160 lbs 

2nd Cory Barth, 195 lbs 

5th Andrew Tuttle, 138 lbs 

4th Quinn Dailey, 126 lbs 

4th Caleb Durbin, 152 lbs



Men’s Basketball 

Foresters stay hot, knock 

off Ripon 

Junior guard Eric Porter 

scored a team-high 24 

points in the Lake Forest 

College men’s basketball 

team’s 75-73 victory at 

Ripon College on Saturday. 

Feb. 4. 

Porter made six 3-pointers 

in the game, the last 

breaking a 52-52 tie with 

9:45 remaining and giving 

the visitors the lead for 

good. The Foresters were 

ahead by as many as 18 

points late in the first half 

but Ripon closed to within 

a dozen (45-33) at halftime 

and eventully took a 

one-point lead with more 

than 12 minutes to play. 

Sophomore guard Jordan 

Moran, who was next 

on the Foresters with 15 

points, followed up Porter’s 

tiebreaking threepointer 

with six straight 

points but the Red Hawks 

closed back to within two 

at 61-59 with four minutes 

left. The margin was three 

before back-to-back layups 

by Moran and a pair 

of free throws by senior 

forward Jim Schick made 

it a nine-point game once 

again with two minutes on 

the clock. After the teams 

traded baskets, a Red 

Hawk 3-pointer trimmed 

the lead to six. The home 

team forced a turnover 

but missed on another 

three-point attempt. Porter 

was fouled with 21 

ticks left and made both 

free throws, extending the 

lead to eight. Two Ripon 

3-pointers in the final 10 

College Corner 

The last week in Lake Forest College sports 

seconds closed out the 

scoring and the Forester 

hung on for the victory. 

Schick also reached 

double figures with 10 

points and led all players 

in the game with 10 

rebounds. Sophomore 

forward Danny Sotos and 

senior guard Mike Rueffer 

each scored seven points 

and led the visitors with 

five assists apiece. 

There were no glaring 

statistical advantages for 

either team. Ripon shot 

slightly better from the 

floor, making 49.2 percent 

of field goal attempts and 

12 of 24 3-pointers. Lake 

Forest shot 46.8 percent 

from the field and 10-for- 

24 from beyond the arc. 

The Foresters outscored 

the home team 7-3 from 

the foul line, had a slight 

33-32 edge in rebounds, 

and committed just six 

turnovers to the Red 

Hawks’ 10. 

The victory was the 

11th in the last 13 games 

for Lake Forest, which is 

now 12-7 overall and tied 

with Ripon for second 

place in the Midwest Conference 

standings with a 

league recod of 10-4. The 

Red Hawks fell to 14-5 

overall. 

Women’s Basketball 

Lake Forest falls in second 

half at Ripon 

Sophomore forward 

Bridget Bilek led the visitors 

with 13 points but the 

Forester women’s basketball 

team was defeated 

62-49 at Ripon College on 

Saturday, Feb. 4. 

Bilek also led Lake Forest 

with three steals in the 

contest. Senior forward 

Brie Majkowski was next 

on the squad with seven 

points and junior guard 

Kara Norvet grabbed 

a team-high seven rebounds. 

The Foresters made 

one-third of their field 

goal attempts while Ripon 

shot 37.5 percent. The 

Red Hawks also had a 46- 

36 edge in rebounds and 

committed 19 turnovers to 

Lake Forest’s 23. 

After a free throw by Ripon 

to start the afternoon, 

Majkowski accounted for 

half of the Foresters’ scoring 

as they rattled off 12 

straight points. An 8-2 run 

by the visitors to close out 

the first quarter gave them 

a 20-8 lead after 10 minutes 

of play. 

The lead shrunk to four 

by the end of the second 

quarter, however, and the 

Red Hawks scored the 

first six points of the third 

quarter to take the lead. 

Lake Forest regained the 

lead but an 11-2 run by 

Ripon to finish off the period 

gave the home team 

a 49-43 advantage. The 

margin reached double 

figures in the fourth and 

the Foresters got no closer 

than eight points the rest 

of the way. 

The loss dropped Lake 

Forest’s overall record 

on the season to 5-14 

and Midwest Conference 

mark to 4-10. Ripon improved 

to 13-6 overall and 

11-3 in the league. 

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Caxys sweep basketball season series with Giants 

Todd Marver 

Freelance Reporter 

Lake Forest Academy 

has gotten the better of 

Highland Park on the basketball 

court this season. 

Four weeks after the 

Caxy boys defeated the 

Giants, the girls basketball 

squads faced off on 

the hardwood with similar 

results. After Lake 

Forest Academy defeated 

Highland Park 55-37 in 

the boys matchup on Jan. 

7, the Caxys defeated the 

Giants 43-32 in the girls 

game on Feb. 4. 

“We won the second and 

third quarter,” Highland 

Park coach Jolie Bechtel 

said. “I think that especially 

in the first quarter some 

of our shots weren’t falling. 

We missed a couple 

free throws at important 

times that had we made 

those, it would’ve made 

things a little bit different. 

And then we just kind of 

found ourselves battling 

back a little bit. They’re 

a good team too. Athletically 

and fundamentally 

they’re very good. So I 

thought that for the most 

part, our kids played really 

hard and we held our own 

pretty well. We just didn’t 

get a break when we needed 

it at certain times.” 


broke an early 8-8 tie with 

an 11-0 run to take a 19-8 

lead, but Highland Park responded 

with a 7-2 run to 

cut its deficit to 21-15. The 

Caxys countered with an 

8-0 run to extend their lead 

to 29-15, but Highland 

Park went on a 10-0 run to 

trim its deficit to 29-25. 

“When they started to 

make a run there in the 

third, they hit a couple 

threes and they started to 

cut that lead,” Lake Forest 

Academy coach Erica 

Wood said. “We fell asleep 

a little bit on defense, but 

they got some good looks 

and they worked real hard 

to get open. Offensively 

our opportunities were 

limited and we were forcing 

up shots in a little bit 

of a rush. So we called a 

timeout and settled them 

down and said, ‘The team 

that’s going to win this 

game is the team that’s going 

to battle through the 

excitement with the most 

composure.’” 


outscored the Giants, 

14-7 for the remainder of 

the game to pick up the 

11-point win. LFA sophomore 

Ramatoulaye Keita 

had a game-high 20 points 

for the Caxys. 

“I care about my team 

and I want to win every 

single game we play, but 

only one player cannot win 

the game,” Keita said. “So 

I try my best to do the best 

I can do.” 

“Ramatoulaye is a 

strong athlete,” Wood 

added. “She played hard. 

I wish we could’ve gotten 

the ball inside to her a little 

bit more. She had to force 

up a lot of looks. She’s 

definitely someone who 

we look for offensively 

and she’s got to do a lot.” 

Highland Park sophomore 

guard Sydney Ignoffo 

led the Giants with 

13 points. 

“I think similar to the 

past few games, she’s 

played great at both ends 

of the floor,” Bechtel said. 

“She’s a great shooter and 

we all knew she was a 

great shooter, but this year 

and especially in the last 

seven or eight games she’s 

really picked up her game 

on the defensive end as 

well. I think it just makes 

Lake Forest Academy’s Ramatoulaye Keita takes a free throw shot during LFA’s 43-32 win over Highland Park on 

Saturday, Feb. 4, in Lake Forest. Miroslaw Pomian/22nd Century Media 

her a more complete player 

and helps our team be 

better.” 

After a slow 0-5 start 

to the season, the Caxys 

have gone 8-5 the rest of 

the way to hold an 8-10 record. 

The season finale for 

Lake Forest Academy is at 

Fenwick on Friday in Oak 

Park. 

“We’re a different 

team,” Wood said. “We 

started in the Vernon Hills 

tournament and that’s a 

really tough tournament 

and it had new teams this 

year in it also. So it was 

a rough start. Since then, 

about halfway through the 

season, we lost two of our 

starters with knee injuries. 

So we were a new team at 

that point and a lot of girls 

have had to step up and 

contribute a lot more than 

they maybe expected to. 

“I’m really proud of the 

way my team has been 

playing and I’m really 

proud of the way the players 

coming off the bench 

have been able to come in 

Strong defense against Highland Park post players like Lily Kahn (center) helped the 

Caxys come away with the victory. 

and make stops defensively 

and do specifically what 

we ask them to do.” 

Highland Park (10-14) 

came into its matchup with 

Lake Forest Academy on a 

three-game winning streak 

and victories in four of their 

previous five games. The 

regular-season finale for 

the Giants is against Maine 

West on Friday at home 

and they open the Class 4A 

playoffs as the No. 20 seed 

against No. 13 seed Lakes 

at the Warren Regional on 

Feb. 13 in Gurnee. 

“I think our discipline 

on defense has really come 

together and our energy,” 

Ignoffo said. “We’re really 

working well together as 

a team on offense and not 

just taking any shot, but 

using our posts much more 

and our rebounding has increased 

a lot. I think we’ve 

gotten better over the season 

and going into the 

postseason, we’re going 

to play a really good team. 

But I think especially this 

game, we’ve learned and 

we know how to play and I 

think we could really compete 

and go far.”



Girls Gymnastics 

Scouts miss mark on sectional advancement 

1st-and-3 

Stars of the 

week 

Varsity Views 

1. Ramatoulaye Keita 

(ABOVE). 

The sophomore 

shooter dropped 

an impressive, 

team-high 20 

points on Highland 

Park to help 

the Lake Forest 

Academy girls 

basketball team 

win, 43-32. 

2. Jessica Pasquesi. 

The junior gymnast 

finished in ninth 

in the all-around 

at the Glenbrook 

South regional 

thanks to top-12 

performances 

across each of the 

four events. 

3. Delaney Williams. 

Williams had a 

team-high 12 

points for the Lake 

Forest High School 

girls basketball 

team in a win 

over Lake Zurich 

on Feb. 3 in Lake 

Forest. 

Todd Marver 

Freelance Reporter 

After the Spartans placed 

second at the CSL North 

conference meet two days 

earlier, Glenbrook North 

earned the same result at 

the Glenbrook South Regional 

on Monday, Jan. 30 

in Glenview. 

The Spartans took second 

at the regional with 

a score of 136.325. Only 

the first-place team, Glenbrook 

South (146.4) advanced 

to the Stevenson 

Sectional on Feb. 6 automatically, 

but the Spartans 

were able to send a number 

of competitors through 

to sectionals thanks to a 

number of stellar routines. 

The top five competitors 

in each individual 

event and all-around automatically 

advanced to the 

sectional. Spartans junior 

Kelly Lazar placed fifth 

in all-around with a score 

of 34.45 including 9.15 on 

vault (fourth place), 8.3 on 

bars (eighth place), 8.2 on 

beam (seventh place) and 

8.8 on floor (sixth place). 

“I think the meet overall 

went really well,” Lazar 

said. “I haven’t done gymnastics 

for almost a week, 

so I think I did pretty good. 

Vault was definitely my 

strongest.” 

Senior Katie Brownlee 

automatically qualified for 

sectionals on vault (fifth 

place; 8.775). She also 

placed sixth in all-around 

Listen Up 

“She had to force up a lot of looks. She’s 

definitely someone who we look for 

offensively and she’s got to do a lot.” 

Erica Wood— The Lake Forest Academy girls basketball 

coach on star sophomore Ramatoulaye Keita. 

(34.45), ninth on bars (8.25), 

11th on beam (7.775) and 

eighth on floor (8.6). 

“I was really nervous 

going in because I didn’t 

have great warm-ups and 

I didn’t do amazingly at 

conference,” Brownlee 

said. “But today I think 

I pretty much hit everything 

that I could have so 

I’m really surprised and 

really proud. Sectionals is 

my last meet ever, which 

is really sad. So I’m just 

hoping that I can go out 

there and do my best that I 

can because it’ll be my last 

shot.” 

Senior Alexandra Michalak 

automatically qualified 

for sectionals on bars 

(8.875; third place) and 

beam (8.9; third place). 

“I thought my routines 

were pretty solid,” Michalak 

said. “I stuck both 

of them. I was really confident 

going into the meet 

and I’m happy with how 

I did. I’m excited to continue 

on in the state series. 

I think I’m going to work 

more on small things like 

pointing toes and straight 

legs. Just little things that 

add up for this upcoming 

week for sectionals.” 

Junior Brittany Ullrich 

automatically qualified for 

sectionals on bars (8.775; 

fourth place). 

“I just did bars, but I 

think I had a pretty good 

routine,” Ullrich said. “I 

can improve a little bit, 

but it was one of my better 

tune in 

routines of the season. I’m 

hoping that I can do good 

at sectionals next week.” 

Lake Forest placed 

fourth in the sectional with 

a score of 122, one point 

behind third-place Libertyville. 

None of the Scouts 

placed in the top five to 

automatically advance to 

sectionals. Junior Jessica 

Pasquesi and freshman 

Sophie Prozument were 

hoping to qualify at-large, 

but the Scouts did not earn 

any at-large bids. Pasquesi 

placed ninth in all-around 

with a score of 32.6 including 

8.45 on vault (eighth 

place), 7.575 on bars (12th 

place), 7.95 on beam (10th 

place) and 8.625 on floor 

(seventh place). 

“I thought I had a solid 

meet,” Pasquesi said. “(On 

the) beam I touched at the 

bottom of my dismount, 

which I was a little disappointed 

with because it 

brought my score down 

a little bit. But other than 

that I had some pretty solid 

routines. I was a little 

nervous, but I think when 

I started competing I got 

over that fear. 

“I hope I can make it 

to sectionals because I’ve 

been working hard for that. 

I think I’ll work more on 

my dismounts and jumps 

on beam because I was a 

little wobbly on those. So 

if I make it in all-around or 

beam, I’ll work on those. 

For vault I can definitely 

add another twist to just 

What to watch this week 

BOYS BASKETBALL: The Scouts look to elevate above the 

rim against the high-flying Bears. 

• Lake Forest hosts Lake Zurich, Friday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m., 

Lake Forest High School, East Campus. 

Lake Forest’s Annabelle Capstick twirls on the balance 

beam during an IHSA Regional from Glenbrook South 

on Jan. 30 in Glenview. PHOTOS BY Carlos Alvarez/22nd 

Century Media 

up my score and I guess I 

could just work on perfecting 

everything and making 

better form just so my 

score bumps a little bit.” 

Prozument placed 12th in 

the all-around with a score 

of 30.95 including 8.225 on 

vault (12th place), 6.925 on 

bars (16th place), 7.55 on 

beam (15th place) and 8.25 

on floor (14th place). 

“I’ve had better meets,” 

Prozument said. “I had a 

fall on bars and a fall on 

beam that I don’t usually 

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do. But I just decided for 

floor to just go out there 

and give it my all and just 

try to do my best. It kind 

of paid off. If I make it I 

guess I’m going to work 

on bars a lot and try to 

perfect it and get more 

consistent. For beam I’m 

going to keep working on 

my series and maybe add 

more jumps in I guess. For 

floor I think I’m going to 

try to add some more tumbling 

to make my score increase.” 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Derek 

Wolff. Send any questions or comments to 

d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.com. 

LEFT: Cami 

Bloom 

balances 

after 

executing 

a move 

during 

her floor 

exercise 

perfor 

-mance.

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Caxys tip off with 

Highland Park, 

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