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HPHS takes on challenging ‘Evita’ for 

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Highland Park High School students Jackson Gruber (front left) and Samantha 

Berger (right) as Juan and Eva Perón during a dress rehearsal of “Evita,” 

Wednesday, Feb. 8, at HPHS. Photo by Courtney Jacquin/22nd Century Media 

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HP Library hosts author of 

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Love is in 

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How We Met 

contest winners 

announced, 

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THURSDAY 

Introduction to Virtual and 

Augmented Reality 

7–8 p.m. Feb. 16, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. Learn how virtual 

and augmented reality 

technologies are changing 

how we learn, live, and 

interact with each other. 

Test two virtual reality experiences 

with the library’s 

Google Cardboard viewer 

and Microsoft Hololens. 

Space is hands-on and 

limited to 10 participants. 

For more information, call 

(847) 432-0216. 

SATURDAY 

Jazzed Up Dining 

and Classical Cocktail 

Fundraiser 

6:30 p.m. Feb. 18, Midwest 

Young Artists Conservatory, 

878 Lyster Road, 

Highwood. Join Celebrate 

Highwood for a fundraiser 

benefitting Midwest 

Young Artists Conservatory 

with live jazz, classical 

and big band musical 

performances by Midwest 

Young Artists Conservatory 

students, dinner, open 

bar and silent auction. $75. 

For tickets and more information, 

visit celebratehighwood.com. 

Past Life Regression 

Intensive 

10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Feb. 

18, Infinity Foundation, 

1280 Old Skokie Road, 

Highland Park. Christine 

Sonnen, ATP, will explore 

fundamentals of hypnotherapy 

and past life regression 

through lecture, 

practice, Q & A, group 

sharing and application. 

For more information, visit 

infinityfoundation.org. 

SUNDAY 

High Tea with Alexander 

Hamilton’s Women 

1 p.m. Feb. 19, Highland 

Park Community House, 

1911 Sheridan Road, 

Highland Park, Greater 

Midwest Foodways Alliance 

is presents the fourcourse 

tea, catered by High 

Tea by Gerri. In this new 

living-history portrayal, 

meet the real Schuyler 

sisters who captivated Alexander 

Hamilton. Actress 

and scholar Leslie Goddard, 

Ph.D. brings these 

smart, beautiful women to 

life as they discuss their 

complicated relationships 

with Hamilton and the other 

men in their lives. $60. 


(312) 380-1665. 

Film Showing and 

Discussion: Magical 

Realism in Film 

2–4 p.m. Feb. 19, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. A viewing of 

the 2003 film “Big Fish” 

followed by a discussion 

lead by Bob Coscarelli. 


(847) 681-7033. 

MONDAY 

Mom’s Day Out 

9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Feb. 

20, Deer Creek Racquet 

Club, 701 Deer Creek 

Parkway, Highland Park. 

Moms need a break too. 

Kids will have a great time 

swinging into action as 

they learn the art of playing 

tennis, racquetball, 

wallyball and ping-pong, 

while Mom takes the day 

off. $60. For more information, 

visit pdhp.org. 

Lake Shore Men’s Club 

Meeting 

8:15 a.m. Feb. 20, 

Lakeside Congregation, 

1221 Lake Cook Road, 

Highland Park. Meet the 

Men’s Club for breakfast 

and a speaker. This week’s 

speaker is professor Robert 

Burton on the topic of 

movie memories and Oscar 

results. Breakfast begins 

at 8:15 a.m., speakers 

present at 9:30 a.m. $15. 


Irv at (847) 997-1511. 

Snow Day 

Noon–4 p.m. Feb. 20, 

Heller Nature Center, 2821 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Bundle up for an 

afternoon of exploring everything 

that makes winter 

great this President’s Day. 


pdhp.org. 

TUESDAY 

Bird Molt: Weathered 

Feathers and Other 

Phenomena 

7 p.m. Feb. 21, Heller 

Nature Center, 2821 Ridge 

Road, Highland Park. 

The Field Museum’s Associate 

Curator of Birds 

John Bates will explain 

the basics of bird molt, 

seeing it in the field, and 

new discoveries about the 

molting process. For more 

information, call (847) 

831-0331. 

THURSDAY 

A Night at The Oscars 

7–8:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Chicago 

Tribune film critic Michael 

Phillips shares his picks 

for this year’s Academy 

Awards and will show film 

clips of the nominated 

movies and stars. Lucky 

winners will take home 

their own (chocolate) Oscars. 

For more information, 

call (847) 432-0216. 

UPCOMING 

North Shore Camp Expo 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 

Feb. 25, Sunset Ridge 

School, 525 Sunset Ridge 

Road, Northfield. Join 

22nd Century Media, publisher 

of The Landmark, 

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-trailmix 

bar station and more. 


(847) 272-4565 or visit 

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Emotional Freedom 

Technique Certification 

Training 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday- 

Sunday, Feb. 25-26, Infinity 

Foundation, 1280 Old 

Skokie Road, Highland 

Park. EFT is a noninvasive 

self-healing technique 

designed to enable 

the body to heal physical 

and emotional issues. Join 

Tom Masbaum, a Guarantee 

TM practitioner, for 

this two-day training that 

includes the manual and 

training DVDs. For more 

information or to register, 

visit infinityfoundation. 

org. 

“The Changeling”: 

Shakespeare Project of 

Chicago Theatrical Reading 

2–4:30 p.m. Sunday, 

Feb. 26, Highland Park 

Public Library, 494 Laurel 

Ave., Highland Park. 

Equity actors from The 

Shakespeare Project of 

Chicago perform a theatrical 

reading. The price for 

murder is never cheap, and 

never higher than what is 

revealed in this Jacobean 

classic from Thomas Middleton 

and William Rowley. 


call (847) 432-0216. 

Yahtzee Tournament 

6–8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 

28, Highland Park Public 

Library, 494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Think you 

are the greatest Yahtzee 

player in town? Now’s 

your chance to prove it. 

Perhaps you will be the 

one to take home the coveted 

fuzzy dice. 14+. For 

more information, call 

(847) 432-0216. 

Ceramic Flower Workshop 

4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, 

March 14, West Ridge 

Center, 636 Ridge Road, 

Highland Park. Create a 

custom ceramic flower for 

your yard or garden that 

will be the first to bloom 

in the spring and stay fresh 

and colorful all summer 

long. The first day you’ll 

build your flower with clay 

and the second day you 

will glaze the flower. Come 

to the workshop with a few 

sketches or photographs of 

a flower you’d like to create. 


call (847) 831-3810. 

ONGOING 

Fencing Lessons 

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

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

15, Infinity Foundation, 

1280 Old Skokie Road, 

Highland Park. Join fencing 

instructor, Diana Unger, 

for this five-week session. 

Rules and history of 

fencing are covered as the 

class progresses. Bring a 

work or gardening glove 

and the rest of the equipment 

is provided. $120. 


infinityfoundation.org. 

Piano Recital with 

Commentaries 

6-7 p.m., first Saturday 

of every month, Madame 

ZuZu’s Tea House, 

582 Roger Williams Ave., 

Highland Park. Please join 

us for an evening of live 

classical piano music with 

commentaries about the 

composers and the pieces 

being played, presented by 

Zina Katsman of “Piano 

for Everyone”. For more 

information, call (847) 

926-7434. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Courtney Jacquin at 


or (847) 272-4565 ext. 34. 

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HPHS tackles ambitious ‘Evita’ 

Courtney Jacquin, Editor 

“Evita” is not a show 

taken on by your average 

high school theater program. 

Then again, Highland 

Park High School Theatre 

is far from average. 

“Evita” tells the story 

of actress and Argentine 

political figure Eva Perón, 

the second wife of Argentine 

president Juan Perón. 

The story follows Evita’s 

early life, rise to power, 

charity work, and eventual 

death. The show opened 

Feb. 10 at Highland Park 

High School, with performances 

this upcoming 

weekend, Feb. 17-18. 

Even for HPHS, a theater 

program that typically 

chooses demanding 

shows for students to take 

on, “Evita” was a new and 

unique challenge. 

“We did ‘Les Mis’ and 

then ‘Mary Poppins,’ so 

we wanted something 

from a different musical 

genre,” director and HPHS 

theater teacher Scott Shallenbarger 

said. “ ‘Evita’ is 

a rock musical, so that was 

a fun shift for the kids to 

experience. And we love 

that the score, both vocally 

and instrumentally, is incredibly 

challenging.” 

The musical is told entirely 

through song, so 

there’s no dialogue for the 

actors. And though there 

are only a few featured 

roles, “Evita” gives many 

students a chance to take 

on interesting and unique 

characters. 

“One thing I love about 

the show is it gives all 

cast members a lot to do, 

a lot of numbers, a lot of 

characterization,” Shallenbarger 

said. 

This is the first time 

Shallenbarger has directed 

“Evita” at HPHS, a show 

Josh Max performs a song as Che during a dress 

rehearsal of “Evita” Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Highland 

Park High School. Photos by Courtney Jacquin/22nd 

Century Media 

“Evita” ensemble members hold signs reading “Viva 

Perón” during the song “A New Argentina.” 

he fell in love with 30 

years ago. 

“Patti LuPone and Mandy 

Patinkin were my best 

frinds for a while,” Shallenbarger 

said of the actor 

and actress who originated 

the roles of Eva and Che 

on Broadway in 1979. 

Senior Samantha Berger 

plays Eva Perón, and she 

takes the difficult role in 

stride. 

“This show is probably 

the … biggest show we’ve 

ever done, especially from 

my standpoint because I’m 

playing Eva, it’s one of the 

biggest roles for women 

to play in theater,” she 

said. “It’s super hard and 

super complicated but it’s 

“Evita” 

7:30 p.m. Feb. 17-18 

Highland Park High 

School Auditorium 

433 Vine Ave. 

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also amazing, and I’m so 

blessed to be able to play 

this role, because it really, 

it allows me to show all of 

my different sides of my 

voice and as an actress.” 

Berger, who plans to 

continue studying musical 

theater in college, said 

getting the chance to play 

Eva Perón has been the 

perfect end to her time at 

HPHS, which included 

roles in “Spring Awaken- 

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aggravated driving under 

the influence, driving 

while license suspended, 

illegal transportation of 

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possession of a controlled 

substance after police responded 

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Feb. 6 

• Luis A. Sosa, 28, of 

Beach Park was arrested 

and charged with driving 

under the influence, speeding 

35+ MPH over the 

limit, obstructing a peace 

officer and endangering 

the health of a child after 

police conducted a traffic 

stop at 6:16 a.m. in the 

1400 block of Park Avenue 

West. 

Feb. 5 

• Tyrone H. Price, 22, of 

Kenosha, Wis., was arrested 



operating an uninsured 

motor vehicle and speeding 

after being stopped by 

police at 4:03 a.m. in the 

100 block of the Edens 

Expressway. 

Feb. 4 

• Jaaneil L. Thaxton, 31, 

of Waukegan was arrested 




motor vehicle and speeding 

26–34 miles per hour 

over the limit after being 

stopped by police at 5:06 

a.m. in the 100 block of the 

Edens Expressway. 

• Ernest W. Hughes, 42, 

of Milwaukee, Wis., was 

arrested and charged with 

driving while license suspended, 


motor vehicle and 

speeding 26–34 miles per 

hour over the limit after 

being stopped by police at 

2:31 a.m. in the 100 block 

of the Edens Expressway. 

Johnson was released on a 

recognizance bond with a 

court date of February 22, 

2017 in Park City. 

• Nathan M. Johnson, 35, 

of Cicero, was arrested 


while license suspended 

and speeding after being 


a.m. in the 100 block of the 

Edens Expressway. 

• A pair of boots was reported 

stolen from an unsecured 

area at 7:14 a.m. 

in the 700 block of Park 

Avenue West. 

• Items were reported 

stolen from a parked vehicle 

after a window was 

smashed at 3:09 p.m. in 

the 700 block of Central 

Avenue. The incident occurred 

between 10 a.m. 

and 3 p.m. 

• Items were reported 

stolen from a parked vehicle 

after a window was 

smashed at 4:08 p.m. in 

the 1700 block of First 

Street. The incident occurred 

between 10:30 a.m. 

and 4 p.m. 

Feb. 3 

• Darren A. Williams, 23, 

of Palatine, was arrested 


while license suspended 

and speeding after being 


p.m. in the 700 block of 

Park Avenue West. 

Feb. 2 

• Mesut Murati, 49, of Des 

Plaines, was arrested and 

charged with minimum 

speed regulation, possession 

of a controlled substance 

and driving under 

the influence after police 

conducted a traffic stop at 

9:22 p.m. near the intersection 

of Skokie Valley 

and Half Day roads. 

Feb. 1 

• Katherine E. Anderson, 

32, of Knollwood, was arrested 

and charged with 

criminal trespass after police 

responded to a complaint 

at 7:02 a.m. in the 

1700 block of St. Johns 

Avenue. 

Jan. 31 

• Sean Alan Covello, 26, 

of Harwood Heights, was 

arrested and charged with 

burglary and retail theft 

over $300 after police responded 

to a complaint 

at 8:21 p.m. in the 1600 

block of Deerfield Road. 

• Sandy S. Hall, 20, of 

Chicago, was arrested and 

charged with possession 

of a stolen vehicle and 

leaving the scene of an accident 

after police apprehended 

the subject at 4:24 

p.m. in the 2900 block of 

Summit Avenue. 

• Dariyon Dangelo Pope, 

18, of t North Chicago, 

was arrested and charged 

with speeding 26–34 miles 

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Evita 

From Page 3 

ing,” “Mary Poppins” and 

the role of Éponine in “Les 

Miserables.” 

“It feels amazing, just 

to know that I can give all 

I have for my last hurrah 

here,” she said. “I get to 

be myself and I get to have 

fun, and that’s what the 

theater department is about 

here — having fun and doing 

what you love to do.” 

Another senior, Josh 

Max, is also ending his 

HPHS theater career on 

a high note, taking on the 

role of Che. 

Max was a bit of an unsuspecting 

star in the theater 

program after a football 

injury his sophomore 

year led him to “Les Miserables” 

auditions, his first 

theater experience save for 

an acting class freshman 

year. Since then, he never 

looked back and has become 

one of the veterans 

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of the program, like those 

before him he used to look 

up to. 

Coming off the success 

of the fall play “Equus” 

and its Illinois High School 

Theatre Fest performance, 

Max and his fellow performers 

were confident 

going into “Evita.” 

“Because of how successful 

[‘Equus’] was, 

everyone went into this 

performance realizing how 

good our program really 

was and wanting to meet 

the expectations of what 

our community knows that 

we’re truly able to do, and 

not wanting to let people 

down has been the difference-maker,” 

he said. 

While Max didn’t know 

much about “Evita” when 

it was announced as this 

year’s musical, he quickly 

dove in and fell in love 

with the show and the role 

of Che. 

“The role of Che is just 

such a fun role to play,” 

he said. “In the past, people 

that have played it — 

Ricky Martin, Antonio 

Banderas — who wouldn’t 

want to be those guys?” 

Quinn Coretti, junior, 

the assistant director for 

“Evita,” was much more 

familiar with the show 

when it was announced, 

and was nothing short of 

ecstatic to be a part of it. 

police 

From Page 4 

per hour over the limit, no 

valid driver’s license, possession 

of cannabis, illegal 

transportation of alcohol 

and illegal possession of 

alcohol by a minor after 

police conducted a traffic 

stop at 12:31 a.m. in the 

1900 block of Skokie Valley 

Road. 

Jan. 30 

• Juan A. Zelaya, 27, of 

Chicago, was arrested and 

charged with improper 

Samantha Berger plays the role of Eva Perón in “Evita.” 

Photos by Courtney Jacquin/22nd Century Media 

Samantha Berger as Eva Perón (left) and Etai 

Schnitman as Magaldi perform a song during a dress 

rehearsal for “Evita.” 

“I ran up to Shall (director 

Scott Shallenbarger) 

after they announced it 

and told him I was going 

to be the assistant 

director for it,” he said. 

“I was so excited for it, 

I couldn’t wait.” 

After months of hard 

work for the roughly 135 

cast and crew members involved, 

“Evita” is ready to 

live up to its high expectations. 

lane usage, operating an 

uninsured motor vehicle, 

illegal transportation of 

alcohol, driving while license 

suspended and driving 

under the influence 

after police conducted a 

traffic stop at 2:48 p.m. 

near the intersection of 

Skokie Valley Road and 

Park Avenue West. 

• Jesus Ortega-Pimental, 

25, of Highland Park, was 

arrested for an in-state 

warrant for failure to appear 

for driving under 

the influence after police 

responded to a residence 

at 8:01 p.m. in the 

1600 block of McGovern 

Street. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Highland 

Park Landmark’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports emailed from 

the Highland Park Police 

Department headquarters in 

Highland Park and found on 

file at the Highwood Police 

Department. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law.

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Ray Kroc built a business 

empire based on fast 

food but few are aware his 

wife, Joan, became known 

as a world-class philanthropist. 

It was Joan Kroc’s donation 

of $225 million to 

NPR that moved veteran 

reporter and author Lisa 

Napoli to research her 

background and write a 

book, “Ray and Joan,” 

published late in 2016. 

Napoli discussed her 

book and related many 

of the secrets of the Mc- 

Donald’s story — from 

how Ray’s billions were 

acquired to why Joan 

gave the money away — 

at the Highland Park Library 

Wednesday, Feb. 

8, at one of its Rise and 

Shine sessions presented 

by the Highland Park Senior 

Center and sponsored 

by the Sheridan at Green 

Oaks. 

Napoli’s insights and 

research highlight Joan 

Kroc’s concern for others. 

“I loved hearing about 

Joan Kroc,” Highland 

Park resident Fran Bloom 

said. “It was absolutely 

inspirational. I wish there 

were more people like 

her.” 

“She was a entertainer 

— an organist and piano 

player — working at three 

jobs when Ray Kroc met 

her at a St. Paul, Minnesota 

restaurant,” Napoli 

said. “Her then-husband 

was a local railroad fireman. 

Their family was 

struggling.” 

Her first husband was 

hired to manage a Mc- 

Donald’s restaurant near 

St. Paul. He did well, received 

a bonus and moved 

his family to open the first 

location in South Dakota. 

Joan and Ray Kroc had 

Author Lisa Napoli discusses her book “Ray and Joan” on the life of Joan Kroc 

Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Highland Park Public LIbrary. Hilary Anderson/22nd 

Century Media 

an affair there, eventually 

divorced their respective 

spouses and married in 

1969. They lived in Chicago 

until Ray bought the 

San Diego Padres in 1974, 

which prompted their 

move to California. 

Napoli said that Ray 

then became an alcoholic. 

“Joan realized alcoholism 

was a disease and 

began a movement to educate 

the public about it,” 

Napoli said. She formed 

Operation Cork, an organization 

that promoted 

and funded movies and 

public service announcements 

about addiction and 

recovery and built facilities 

to treat the addiction 

long before Betty Ford 

came along. She knew the 

impact the disease had on 

the family. Ray’s daughter 

died from cirrhosis of the 

liver.” 

When Ray Kroc passed 

away in 1984, Joan inherited 

half a billion dollars. 

“Joan was a very compassionate 

individual and 

hands-on philanthropist,” 

Napoli said. “She also 

was a news junkie.” 

There was a massacre 

that same year in a San 

Ysidro McDonalds, according 

to Napoli. Joan 

saw it on the TV, called a 

news conference and donated 

$100,000 to a victims 

memorial fund. 

Napoli said Joan came 

into her own after that and 

began her radical and ecstatic 

giving. 

“She was a world class 

philanthropist although 

most people don’t know 

that about her,” Napoli 

said. “Joan Kroc dissolved 

the Kroc Foundation 

in 1991 but continued 

to give money to causes 

she thought important and 

over which she had more 

control. One of them was 

a homeless shelter. Another 

was the first freestanding 

hospice in San 

Diego.” 

Near the end of her life, 

Joan Kroc and friends 

drove through a poor San 

Diego neighborhood and 

began talking with people 

there. She felt as though 

she hadn’t done enough 

according to Napoli. 

“I am going to build a 

center for kids where they 

can go,” Napoli quoted 

her. “It was an $80 million 

facility. When she found 

she was dying, Joan surveyed 

her money, found 

she had around $3 billion 

and donated about $2 billion 

dollars to the Salvation 

Army so they could 

be replicated around the 

country. Twenty-six of 

them have been built 

since. One of them is on 

Chicago’s South Side.” 

Joan Kroc did not want 

to leave her money to her 

family. She enjoyed NPR 

and PBS. Joan offered 

$225 million to both, but 

PBS never returned her 

calls, so she gave it all to 

NPR. 

“I listen to NPR and 

wondered why they always 

mention her,” Jeff 

Miller, of Highland Park, 

said. “Now I know it 

went to an endowment for 

them.”



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How We Met Contest 

Finding ‘amor’ in Spanish class 

Courtney Jacquin, Editor 

I’m a sucker for a good 

love story. 

At it appears that you, 

lovely readers of The Highland 

Park Landmark, are 

too. 

Last year, our How We 

Met contest winner wasn’t 

just one of the most popular 

stories on HPLandmark. 

com, it was the No. 1 mostread 

story of the year on our 

website. Not too shabby. 

Last year’s love story 

was great, but I think this 

year we had a few that 

might just be able to top it. 

Of all of our contests we 

run around here, this contest 

I think is the most difficult. 

All of the love stories 

submitted this year were incredible, 

and any one could 

have been the winner. 

But alas, Marjie and 

Barry’s story stood out to 

me. The Highland Park 

couple will be celebrating 

their 42nd wedding anniversary 

this summer, and 

that’s something special. 

For a little late Valentine’s 

Day present, as the winners 

of the contest they will be 

receiving a Ravinia basket 

from Posh Essentials of 

Highland Park, as well as 

a gift card to Longitud315 

restaurant in Highwood. 

Without further ado, I 

present Marjie and Barry’s 

love story: 

She wore a brown poncho 

and had a great smile. 

Those were the first things 

he noticed the first time he 

saw her as she walked into 

class. He was a high school 

senior and she was a sophomore 

and they didn’t know 

that the alphabet would 

play a starring role in their 

now 47-year love story. In 

Señora Hanson’s Spanish 

class, seating was strictly 

alphabetical. And so Barry 

Marjie Sandlow and Barry Rosen of Highland Park, who 

have now been married for 42 years, are the winners of 

The Landmark’s How We Met contest. Photo submitted 

Rosen was seated next to 

Marjie Sandlow. 

Luckily, Spanish lasted a 

whole year because Barry 

and Marjie didn’t talk much 

during the fall semester. 

When Spring arrived, winter 

coats came off and Marjie’s 

poncho returned (her 

great smile had never left). 

And just about then, Barry 

started forgetting to bring 

his book to class. What to 

do? Move the desks together 

and share with the girl 

next to you. 

The semester was ending, 

and Barry hadn’t gotten 

up the nerve to ask 

Marjie out for a date. Then, 

one day, Barry saw Marjie 

walking toward him in an 

otherwise empty school 

hallway. They stopped and 

talked. He asked her if he 

could have her phone number. 

She said yes, and that 

Barry should call her. 

He did. He asked her out 

that Saturday night. She 

said, “no, I’m busy, but try 

me another time.” OK, Barry 

thought, good things are 

worth waiting for. The next 

week, he got up the nerve to 

call a second time and asked 

her out for Friday night. 

“No,” she said, “I’m busy, 

but try me again.” 

Barry didn’t know it, but 

Marjie had a boyfriend. 

She liked Barry, but didn’t 

know what to do. Barry 

didn’t know what to do 

either. Should he keep calling 

or give up? Marjie told 

a mutual friend that Barry 

should, indeed, try again. 

So, he tried. Again and 

again. “Marjie’s not home, 

but try again,” her Mom 

said one time. “Marjie’s 

not feeling well,” said her 

Dad, “but try again.” What 

was going on? After six 

tries (and failures), he was 

ready to give up. But he 

saw her at a summer event 

and pointed her out to his 

parents. “That’s the girl 

I’ve been trying to date,” 

he said. “Try again,” said 

his parents. 

He did. And the rest, 47 

years later, is history. A 

love story begun because 

they tried again and because 

“R” comes before 

“S” in Spanish as well as in 

English. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Sober-living facility moves 

forward with neutral 

recommendation 

Dozens of attendees 

wore green ribbons in support 

of Providence Farm, a 

sober-living facility, during 

the Northbrook Plan 

Commission meeting on 

Feb. 7. 

The facility, that if approved 

will be located at 

1620 Sunset Ridge Road, 

would provide a transitional 

home for men, ages 18- 

30, from Northbrook and 

the surrounding areas after 

they have completed shortterm 

intensive rehabilitation 

programs. In order for 

the project to go forward 

with development, the Village 

must approve two text 

amendments regarding 

zoning codes and a special 

permit. 

The request modified 

definitions of “community 

residence” and “transitional 

service facilities,” 

as well as regulations for 

such facilities in single 

family and multi-family 

residential districts. The 

special permit would allow 

a group home with up 

to 11 residents in the R-2 

Single-Family Residential 

District. 

The commission gave 

four votes in support and 

three votes against the facility. 

“Four-three does not 

constitute as a positive 

recommendation, because 

you need five (which is a 

majority),” chairwoman 

Marcia Franklin said. “So 

it is going up to the trustees 

with a four-three vote, 

period.” 

The review moves forward 

to the Village Board, 

with the neutral count due 

to the absence of two commissioners. 

No further 

public comment was accepted 

about this issue at 

the meeting. 

Reporting by Sarah Haider, 

Assistant Editor. Full story at 

NorthbrookTower.com. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Winnetka stormwater 

improvement project plans 

in limbo 

Following months at 

the drawing board with 

Strand Associates and the 

Cook County Forest Preserve, 

the Winnetka Village 

Council explained 

that they still do not have 

an action plan for the 

stormwater management 

and improvement project 

facing western and southwestern 

Winnetka. 

Trustee Chris Rintz, 

who led the discussion at 

the Village’s Feb. 7 meeting, 

stressed that although 

the team has not reached 

a consensus, it eliminated 

a handful of drafts that 

would not meet the community’s 

needs. 

“I really think we’re 

on a track now to a project 

that will be supported 

by all of the factions in 

the community, at least 

I think from an overall 

philosophical perspective,” 

Rintz said. “Obviously, 

there’s money 

involved and the design 

still has to be vetted, but I 

think if we could conceptually 

all get to the place 

where we don’t have to 

adversely impact Crow 

Island Woods, we don’t 

have to adversely impact 

New Trier’s sports fields 

to a great extent.” 

Strand’s initial plan, presented 

in early 2016, targeted 

Cook County’s Hibbard 

Road Preserve, Duke 

Childs Field and Crow 

Island Woods Park as potential 

water storage locations. 

However, the project 

was met with strong 

opposition by Winnetka 

residents and was later 

dismissed by the Village. 

Still, Strand and the Village 

Council are hopeful 

they can use Duke Childs 

Field for underground water 

storage in their next 

recommendation. 

Reporting by Lauren Kiggins, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

com. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

‘Ray and Joan’ author 

visits library, shares Kroc’s 

inspirational story 

Ray Kroc built a business 

empire based on fast 

food, but few are aware his 

wife, Joan, became known 

as a world-class philanthropist. 

It was Joan Kroc’s donation 

of $225 million to 

NPR that moved veteran 

reporter and author Lisa 

Napoli to research her 

background and write a 

book, “Ray and Joan,” 

published late in 2016. 

Napoli discussed her 

book and related many of 

the secrets of the McDonald’s 

story — from how 

Ray’s billions were acquired 

to why Joan gave 

the money away — at the 

Highland Park Library 

Feb. 8 at one of its Rise 

and Shine sessions presented 

by the Highland 

Park Senior Center and 

sponsored by the Sheridan 

at Green Oaks. 

Napoli’s insights and 

research highlight Joan 

Kroc’s concern for others. 

“I loved hearing about 

Joan Kroc,” Highland Park 

resident Fran Bloom said. 

“It was absolutely inspirational. 

I wish there were 

more people like her.” 

“She was a entertainer 

— an organist and piano 

player — working at three 

jobs when Ray Kroc met 

her at a St. Paul, Minnesota 

restaurant,” Napoli said. 

“Her then-husband was 

a local railroad fireman. 

Please see nfyn, 14

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Calling all adventure seekers 

22nd Century 

Media prepares for 

annual camp expo 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

Contributing Editor 

While temperatures are 

still hovering around the 

freezing mark and the sunny, 

dog days of summer 

seem like eons away, those 

final school projects and 

long vacation times will be 

coming up just around the 

corner before we know it. 

To help prepare North 

Shore families to find the 

best summer camps for 

their children, 22nd Century 

Media, the parent 

company of The Highland 

Park Landmark, is proud 

to host its third annual free 

Camp Expo on Saturday, 

Feb. 25, at Sunset Ridge 

School, 525 Sunset Ridge 

Road in Northfield. 

The Camp Expo, sponsored 

by Lake Forest’s 

Banner Day Camp, gives 

various camps, from day 

camps to overnight camps 

across the Midwest, the 

opportunity to meet with 

potential campers and 

their families to meet with 

an array of area businesses 

catering to the needs of 

10-year-old Talah Goldfarb sits at a mock camp fire at Uncle Dan’s Outdoor Supply 

Store booth at last year’s Camp Expo. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

young adventurists. 

From 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., 

eventgoers will have the 

chance to visit more than 

40 vendor booths and 

participate in interactive 

activities designed for 

children of all ages. Fun 

activities include face 

painting, a balloon artist, 

camp games and prizes, 

and light refreshments. 

Additionally, popular 

Glencoe and Winnetka 

grocer The Grand Food 

Center will be sponsoring 

a free “make your own 

trail mix” station for kids 

to practice making their 

own hearty camp snacks. 

Heather Warthen, chief 

operating officer for 22nd 

Please see camp, 15 

visit us online at 

www.hplandmark.com 

School News 

HPHS counselor recognized 

as one of the 2017 

Counselors that Change 

Lives 

Aliza Gilbert has been 

chosen by the Colleges that 

Change Lives membership 

and Board of Directors as 

one of the 2017 Counselors 

That Change Lives. 

This honor was given in 

recognition of her dedication 

to the college counseling 

profession as it reflects 

the mission of the Colleges 

That Change Lives organization: 

to promote and 

support a student-centered 

college search process. 

HPHS concerto/aria 

competition winners 

named 

Every year, Highland 

Park High School orchestra 

hosts a concerto/aria 

audition for all students 

currently enrolled in a 

music class. Winners of 

the competition perform 

their solos with HPHS’s 

symphony and chamber 

orchestras. This year’s performance 

will take place 7 

p.m. May 18. 

The winners of the competition 

and this year’s soloists 

are: 

• Shahar Dahari, Rachmaninoff 

Piano Concerto 

No. 2, Op. 18 

• Hannah Nussbaum, 

Haydn Trumpet Concerto 

in Eb (Hob.: VIIe/1) 

• Isabel Tannenbaum, 

Beethoven Violin Concerto, 

Op. 61

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Writing Life 

A quiet evening at home. You? 

Wendy S. Anderson 

Contributing Columnist 

I 

don’t know how other 

people entertain themselves, 

but we have 

some exciting moments at 

my house. 

Take the other night, 

when my husband, Steve, 

somehow hit the bake 

button on the top portion 

of our built-in double 

oven, which came with 

our house 23 years ago. 

The top part has not 

worked for years. The last 

electrical guy who looked 

at it said not to touch it 

and just use the lower 

oven. And so we have 

done. 

Hitting the bake button 

seemed to do nothing, 

except the oven began 

to hum. Even when we 

hit the “cancel” button a 

hundred times, the oven 

still hummed. 

We checked inside 

incessantly over the 

course of a few hours, to 

make sure the oven was 

not heating. It wasn’t. I 

speculated whatever the 

noise was would stop on 

its own, or the electrical 

part making the hum 

would burn out. I really 

wanted to read and relax. 

My husband meanwhile 

decided he had to 

unplug the oven/s to see 

if the humming would 

stop when he plugged it 

back in. He looked inside 

the oven and decided the 

plug might be behind the 

refrigerator next to the 

oven. He decided to move 

the refrigerator out of its 

narrow space, so that he 

could unplug the oven he 

decided was plugged in 

behind it. 

Oh Lord. 

He began yanking, 

grunting, and groaning 

and practically breaking 

his back trying to move 

that refrigerator. The 

fridge would slide out 

easily for about a foot and 

would not budge beyond 

that. I listened in the next 

room and tried to read. 

After a while his efforts 

were worrying me. 

“Maybe you could slide 

something, like a big 

piece of cardboard, under 

it, and it would move?” I 

asked. 

Steve removed his 

flannel shirt, flung it on 

a chair, and went back to 

his task. 

He tugged, cursed 

and pulled. He’d get the 

fridge to move a foot, 

then he’d slide it back 

and do it all again. For 

about 40 minutes, he 

repeated this procedure, 

getting more riled and determined 

— and demented 

— while I got agitated 

in a different way. 

I said repeatedly from 

the dining room: “Just 

leave it!” “You’re going 

to kill your back!” 

I started to think he 

would succeed in toppling 

that big chunk 

of metal onto himself. 

I started to think we 

needed a therapist more 

than anything else. 

So I went into the 

kitchen to better make my 

sentiments known. 

“Hey, !&%#! Leave 

that !&%# thing alone 

RIGHT NOW before you 

break your !&%# back 

and I have to take you to 

the !&%# hospital in the 

!&%# coldl!!!” 

He stopped struggling. 

Sweat literally ran down 

his red face. Even his 

T-shirt was wet. I realized 

the fridge was far enough 

from the wall that I could 

look behind it if I climbed 

on top. I set a stool next 

to the fridge and heaved 

myself as far as I could 

and said to my now-quiet 

husband, “You have to 

boost me.” He took the 

bottoms of my feet and 

pushed me the rest of the 

way. 

You haven’t lived till 

you’ve surveyed your 

kitchen from the grimy, 

greasy top of your refrigerator 

(which contained a 

dead, skeletal cricket, if 

you must know). 

I stretched my top half 

over the refrigerator’s 

width and peered behind 

it. The only plug down 

there was the fridge 

plug. The oven had to 

be plugged in behind its 

many impenetrable metal 

parts. 

Steve guided my feet 

back down to the stool. 

Then he went into the 

basement to turn off the 

electrical fuses till he 

hit the one connected to 

the oven, to make the 

humming stop. When he 

flipped the fuse to life 

again, the humming did 

not return. 

Thank God. 

He went to take a 

shower. As for me, I 

never did get further in 

that book. 

Wendy is a writer living in 

Highland Park. 

nfyn 

From Page 10 

Their family was struggling.” 

Her first husband was 

hired to manage a Mc- 

Donald’s restaurant near 

St. Paul. He did well, received 

a bonus and moved 

his family to open the first 

location in South Dakota. 

Joan and Ray Kroc had 

an affair there, eventually 

divorced their respective 

spouses and married in 

1969. 

Reporting by Hilary Anderson, 


story at HPLandmark.com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Adolescent Health Summit 

addresses issues facing 

North Shore teens 

There are many reasons 

why the North Shore is an 

idyllic place for a young 

person to grow up, but that 

doesn’t mean they won’t 

encounter some struggles 

on their path to adulthood. 

The pressure to succeed, 

the fear of revealing inadequacies 

and the temptation 

to experiment with alcohol 

or drugs, can become overwhelming 

for some, motivating 

school officials and 

the New Trier Township to 

explore the causes, understand 

the complexities and 

strive to find solutions. 

Dr. Tim Hayes, assistant 

superintendent for student 

services at New Trier, explained 

that throughout his 

career, he is often asked 

by parents, teachers and 

youth services professionals 

how to best help kids 

who are struggling. For 

this reason, he partnered 

with Lauren Bonner, assistant 

dean at Loyola Academy, 

and Jeanne Winsted 

Rosser, a licensed clinical 

social worker and the social 

service administrator 

at New Trier Township, 

establishing the first Adolescent 

Health Summit on 

Feb. 8. The event brought 

together like-minded professionals 

who are part of 

the Township’s crisis response 

network to discuss 

the trends they see as it 

relates to anxiety and depression, 

substance abuse, 

school refusal and LG- 

BTQ+ related topic. 

Among the organizations 

in attendance were 

the Wilmette Police Department, 

bringing insight 

into alcohol and substance 

abuse among teens; Erika’s 

Lighthouse, addressing 

teen depression and 

anxiety; Angles of Northfield, 

discussing sexual 

health, identity and education; 

and Compass, a psychiatric 

care center located 

in Northbrook. 

Reporting by Alexa Burnell, 


story at WilmetteBeacon. 

com. 

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Neighbors, please visit hplandmark.com. 

Suspect in Highland Park shooting taken into custody 

Staff Report 

From Feb. 11 

A suspect in a car jacking 

involving a firearm 

was taken into custody 

without incident on Friday, 

Feb. 10, in Highland Park. 

The Highland Park Police 

Department was notified 

of a shooting that had 

just taken place at approximately 

4:05 p.m. in the 

1800 block of Deerfield 

Road. According to police 

in a press release on the incident, 

the adult victim of 

the incident drove himself 

to the police station after 

the suspect fired shots at 

the victim who was seated 

in his car. Damage was 

observed on the victim’s 

vehicle that was consistent 

with being struck by ammunition 

discharged from 

a firearm. The victim was 

not injured during the incident 

and was the sole occupant 

of the vehicle. 

Officers immediately responded 

to the 1800 block 

of Deerfield Road to search 

for the suspect where a 

witness was located. The 

witness provided officers 

with a description of the 

offender and the vehicle 

they left the scene in. A local 

lookout was broadcasted 

to local officers and the 

vehicle, was occupied with 

two people, was quickly 

located and stopped by officers 

from the Deerfield 

Police Department. The 

offender was taken into 

custody without incident 

and the two firearms were 

recovered. 

Investigators determined 

that after discharging 

the firearm at the initial 

victim, the armed suspect 

then displayed a firearm 

at the driver of a delivery 

truck and ordered him to 

drive away. 

It was determined that 

the victim of the shooting 

was known by the offender 

and that the incident was 

not a random act. 

Police will be reviewing 

the incident to determine 

appropriate charges. The 

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We all know the 

importance 

teachers can 

have on the lives of children. 

And then there are 

the truly, truly special ones 

who go above and beyond 

and stay with you forever. 

I’ve had many teachers 

from middle school 

through college who have 

greatly impacted my life. I 

wouldn’t be in this current 

From the Editor 

Touching young lives 

job had it not been for one 

of my college professors. 

And I wouldn’t have made 

it to college without some 

of the amazing work of 

my high school teachers, 

especially my English 

teachers. 

But there’s one teacher I 

always fall back on. While 

middle school can be some 

of the most awful years for 

kids (hello, ages 11-14), 

there was one teacher who, 

to this day, still makes an 

impact on my life. 

His name is Mr. (Jerry) 

Shea, and he was a seventh-grade 

language arts/ 

reading teacher at Lundahl 

Middle School in Crystal 

Lake. 

Up until seventh grade, 

English classes were fairly 

basic — you learned how 

to write five-paragraph 

essays, you read and wrote 

book reports and learned 

grammar. Of course, yes, 

those things are important, 

but seventh-grade English 

with Mr. Shea changed 

everything. 

There’s a teacher at 

Highland Park High 

School I’ve gotten to 

know over the past few 

months in writing stories 

about his program, and 

his impact on his students 

feels like the impact I had 

from Mr. Shea. 

That’s Scott Shallenbarger. 

You probably 

don’t need me to sing his 

praises, but I’m going to 

for a moment. Every time 

I interview his students for 

a story, like this week for 

HPHS’s “Evita,” there is a 

constant throughout every 

interview I do, how great 

“Shall” is. 

All of his students talk 

about not only how he 

pushes them to be better, 

but how he makes them 

feel welcomed and supported. 

“He’ll always make you 

feel like you’re his favorite,” 

one student said. 

I finally met Shall after 

our many phone interviews 

over the past few 

months last week, and 

I understand how those 

students feel — I feel like 

I’ve known him a lifetime. 

Highland Park is filled 

with amazing educators, 

and Highland Park and 

Highwood students every 

day are touched by these 

individuals, but sometimes, 

there’s a little bit of 

extra magic, too. 

Highland Park Public Library posted this 

photo Feb. 8 on author Lisa Napoli’s visit. 

Napoli discussed her book on Ray and Joan 

Kroc. 

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out last night to listen to the Zacharias 

Center’s message of teen sexual assault 

prevention. Great info. 

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Feb. 8. 

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125 

The 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

number of students 

involved in the Highland 

Park High School 

production of “Evita.” 

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years ago, we decided that 

we should try it out as an 

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The Camp Expo offers 

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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. Dirty dog 

4. Smart guys? 

9. Edict of the czar 

14. Roth or traditional 

15. Dugout 

16. Kathmandu 

country 

17. Carry on 

19. Really pushed 

20. Percolate slowly 

21. Creamy middled 

cookie 

23. Loyola Academy 

field hockey 

player, Malley 

27. Tidbit 

32. Groupie 

33. Superman’s love 

34. Country club 

next to Glencoe 

35. Fur capitalist 

36. Old money from 

Milan 

37. Night breathing 

problem 

39. Drop 

42. Flair 

43. Weekly payments 

44. Caviar source 

47. Liquorish flavor 

48. Swear words? 

51. Southern ____ 

(lovely ladies) 

52. Paper clip, e.g. 

54. Lord of the 

kitchen 

56. Hebrew month 

57. Smug look 

61. Regular customers 

65. Jonas Salk’s 

vaccine 

66. Back in? 

67. Suffix with 

auction 

68. Itsy-bitsy bits 

69. Milk dispenser 

70. Moistureless 

Down 

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2. Part of the iris bordering 

the pupil 

3. Ape-man of fiction 

4. Get a perfect score 

5. Bathroom 

6. Directional letters 

7. Inquest official 

8. Prophet 

9. Release 

10. E or G, e.g. 

11. PC program 

12. Return envelope, 

abbr. 

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22. Ambulance abbr. 

24. Besides 

25. Golden in San 

Francisco 

26. Bovid 

28. Acting parts 

29. Burlesque bit 

30. Ireland, once 

31. Grazing ground 

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37. Direction at sea 

38. Gloomy atmosphere 

39. Carvey or Delany 

40. Protection: var. 

41. Out of concern that 

42. Subside 

43. Got uncertain 

45. Sticky-toed lizards 

46. Bat wood 

48. Truly 

49. Vegas employee 

50. Kind of planetarium 

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55. Cream 

57. Upscale hotel amenity 

58. Wisecrack 

59. Union labor grp. 

60. Canyon feature 

62. “___ be great if ...” 

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■7 ■ p.m. Thursday, Feb. 

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■9 ■ p.m. Friday, Feb. 17: 

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■9 ■ p.m. Saturday, Feb. 

18: Mike Zabrins’ 

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■6 ■ p.m. Sunday, Feb. 

19: Kelly Sill Duo 

Humble Pub 

(336 Green Bay Road, 

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■6 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Feb. 16: Adam Yarger 

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Nashville 

■7 ■ p.m. Friday, Feb. 17: 

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■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday 

and Saturday: Live 

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The Rock House 

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18: Owen Stevenson 

■10 ■ a.m. Sunday, Feb. 

19: Owen Hemming 

■Noon, ■ Sunday, Feb. 

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New musical offers take on classic tales 

Erin Yarnall 


Magic and adventure 

are arriving at Edgewood 

Middle School in the form 

of “A Fairy Tale Adventure,” 

the newest musical 

produced by the Highland 

Park Players Theater for 

Young Audiences. 

The musical follows 

Hansel, Gretel and Paddy 

the Gingerbread Man as 

they try to save happy 

endings for numerous 

fairy tale characters that 

were stolen by the Wicked 

Witch. 

The musical features 

all original music written 

by JAM — Justin Kono, 

Aaron Kaplan and Michael 

Goldman — a trio of 

musicians who have been 

working with the Highland 

Park Players since 2014. 

“We’ve worked in different 

capacities with each 

other for different shows,” 

Kaplan, a Northbrook resident, 

said. “This one was 

different because we got 

to work collaboratively, 

all contributing to both the 

music and the lyrics.” 

The trio had previously 

worked on “Winnie the 

Pooh” for the Highland 

Park Players, in which 

they were able to write two 

original songs, but to have 

creative musical control 

with “A Fairy Tale Adventure” 

was one of Kaplan’s 

favorite parts of working 

on the show. 

“It’s really cool to create 

something from scratch, 

“A Fairy Tale 

Adventure” 

11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

Feb. 18-19 

Edgewood Middle 

School, 929 Edgewood 

Road, Highland Park 

something that hasn’t been 

done before and something 

that is continually evolving,” 

Kaplan said. 

Producer Jamie Davidson 

also agreed that seeing 

the creativity the show 

afforded to everyone involved 

has been one of the 

most rewarding parts. 

“It has given an ensemble 

of 14 actors, three 

composers, our director 

and our choreographer a 

Please see tale, 25 

Heidi Hansfield (left) plays Gretel and Molly Jacobson, of Highland Park, is 

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22 | February 16, 2017 | The highland park landmark faith 


SAVE THE DATE 

10am - 2pm 

Saturday, Feb. 25th 

Sunset Ridge School 

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 

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Faith Briefs 

Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road, 

Highland Park) 

Weeknight Service 

A new service has started 

on Thursday Nights in 

the church’s new coffee 

bar. It is not your traditional 

church service, instead 

it provides space for you 

to bring your thoughts and 

questions. Coffee Bar is 

open 6:30-9 p.m., service 

is 7-8 p.m. Email Dan at 

dsyvertsen@cclf.org 

MOPS at Highland Park 

Campus 

MOPS stands for Mothers 

of Preschoolers, and by 

preschoolers we mean kiddos 

from birth through kindergarten. 

We know it’s a 

In Memoriam 

John A. Kisel 

John A. Kisel, 69, died 

Feb. 7. Kisel was born on 

Aug. 9, 1947. He was a 

resident of Highland Park, 

Illinois. A visitation was 

held on Feb. 11 2017 at 

Immaculate Conception 

Church, 770 Deerfield 

Road, Highland Park. Entombment 

Vernon Township 

Cemetery in Lincolnshire. 

Mary Linenthal 

Mary Linenthal, 99, of 

Centerville, Ohio, formerly 

of Highland Park, 

passed away Jan. 19. 

She was born Mary 

Elizabeth Annerl on Aug. 

14, 1917 in Philadelphia 

to Mary Boland and Joseph 

Annerl. She had one 

sister, Betty. In 1938 Mary 

married Elmer “Bob” 

Whitman. They had four 

children, Robert, Mary 

Jo, Craig and Clyde. The 

Whitmans lived in Milwaukee, 

Wis. for more 

than 15 years where Linenthal 

was very active in the 

Boy Scouts. Through this 

affiliation, she made many 

little confusing so let’s just 

stick with “MOPS.” We 

are moms, and we believe 

that better moms make a 

better world. MOPS meets 

9-11 a.m. on the first and 

third Friday of the month. 

Email mopscchp@gmail. 

com for more info. 

dear, lifelong friends. 

After her husband 

“Bob” died, she met and 

married Jack Linenthal. 

They had one daughter, 

Jackie. Mary and Jack 

lived in Highland Park for 

more than 20 years where 

she was actively involved 

in the PTA, scouting and 

other organizations. She 

was also a successful realtor. 

It was not uncommon 

for Linenthal’s clients to 

become her friends. 

When Linenthal retired 

from real estate, she 

and her husband moved 

to Woodstock, where she 

resided for 20 years. She 

became very involved in 

the community including 

the Friends of the Opera 

House and Friends of the 

Library as well as other organizations. 

She also made 

changes to her 100-yearold 

Woodstock home to 

qualify it as a historical 

“plaque house.” 

Linenthal has resided 

in Centerville, Ohio since 

2002. She had a big heart 

and was always willing to 

help anyone who needed 

Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road, 

Highland Park) 

Torah Study 

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

every Saturday morning 

there will be a Torah study 

at Congregation Solel. You 

can come in the morning 

to kick off your weekend 

with a Torah study and 

then stay throughout the 

morning at Solel for subsequent 

activities and fun. 

For more information, go 

to www.solel.org, or call 

(847) 433-3555. 

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 

(1175 Sheridan Road, Highland Park) 

Job Network Meeting 

Beth El Job Network 

is in business. The Network 

meets every Friday 

morning at 9 a.m. in the 

library. If you are unemployed, 

under-employed, 

changing jobs, entering or 

re-entering the work force 

please join us. Call (847) 

432-6994 or email JoAnne 

Blumberg at JoAnneB1729@gmail.com. 

Two Faiths, One Roof 

assistance. She was full 

of energy and was very 

creative. She loved history, 

reading and antiques. 

She also enjoyed sewing, 

quilting, home decorating, 

cooking and baking. 

Her pies and cakes 

were legendary. Linenthal 

made quilts for all of her 

children and grandchildren. 

She loved her family 

dearly and did everything 

in her power to support 

them. Mary was preceded 

in death by her parents; 

her sister, Betty; her husband, 

Bob; her husband 

Jack; and two sons, Robert 

and Craig. She is survived 

by her children, Mary Jo 

(Eric) Padderud, Clyde 

Whitman, Jackie (Rob) 

Tambone. She is also survived 

by six grandchildren, 

Jennifer (Brian) Adams, 

Amy (Scott) Weger, Daniel 

(Christine) Padderud, 

Michelle Whitman, Nicholas 

Tambone, Vincent 

Tambone; and seven greatgrandchildren. 

Linenthal 

will be missed by her family 

and all who knew her. 

A private memorial service 

Two-FOR is a group for 

Jewish-Christian families 

for learning and fellowship. 

Childcare is provided 

so parents can engage in 

their own learning and 

conversation, while children 

can hear a story and 

make a craft for their own 

experience. For more information, 

contact Rabbi 

Ari at arim@interfaithfamily.com. 

Submit information for The 

Landmark’s Faith page to 

Courtney Jacquin at courtney@hplandmark.com. 

The 

deadline is noon on Thursday. 

Questions? Call (847) 

272-4565 ext. 34. 

will be held at a later date. 

The family would like to 

thank the staff of St. Leonard 

Health Care Center 

and Hospice of Dayton for 

their compassionate care. 

If desired, contributions 

in Mary’s memory may 

be made to the Hospice of 

Dayton, 324 Wilmington 

Ave. Dayton, OH 45420. 

Thomas Loughlin 

Thomas Loughlin, of 

Highland Park, passed 

away in February 2017. 

A visitation will be held 

5-9 p.m. Feb. 17 at Kelley 

Spalding Funeral Home, 

1787 Deerfield Road. A 

funeral service will be 

held on 10 a.m. Feb. 18 at 

Kelley Spalding Funeral 

Home. Interment Northshore 

Garden of Memories, 

North Chicago. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email courtney@hplandmark.com 

with 

information about a loved 

one who was part of the 

Highland Park/Highwood 

community.



One-man show brings civil rights movement 

to life for Highland Park students 

Katie Copenhaver 


Black history took 

center stage in the play, 

“Breach of Peace”, on Feb. 

9 at Elm Place School to 

teach students about segregation. 

Eighth-graders 

from all three of Highland 

Park’s middle schools 

watched playwright and 

actor Mike Wiley’s multimedia 

performance about 

the Civil Rights Freedom 

Riders of 1961. Wiley portrayed 

all of the characters 

in the play, accompanied 

by a motion and still picture 

montage of the actual 

activists, with occasional 

audio of them speaking. 

The appearance of one 

character, John Lewis, 

offered a connection between 

history and the present. 

Lewis was 21 when 

he became one of the 

original 13 Freedom Riders 

who planned to travel 

from Washington D.C 

to New Orleans in May 

1961. The Freedom Riders 

planned to challenge the 

non-enforcement of two 

Supreme Court decisions 

that banned segregated interstate 

bus travel. 

He described how he 

and his fellow travelers 

were almost burned 

to death on a bus in one 

town and beaten in several 

other towns. They were 

also arrested and jailed a 

few times in Alabama and 

Mississippi, on charges 

ranging from trespassing, 

unlawful assembly, violating 

local and state Jim 

Crow laws (which stood 

in defiance of the U.S. Supreme 

Court rulings), and 

“breach of peace.” 

Now a U.S. representative 

from Georgia, Lewis 

recently made headlines 

by boycotting the presidential 

inauguration of 

Donald Trump. 

“This assembly will 

bring up some interesting 

class discussions,” said 

Social Studies Teacher 

Michael Buss, in regard to 

Lewis’ story and the play’s 

other historical accounts. 

The activists grew to approximately 

300 as their 

trip on Greyhound and 

Trailways buses continued 

through the south. As they 

stopped in various towns, 

they were often met with 

mob violence, organized 

by the Ku Klux Klan and 

other white supremacist 

groups and supported by 

local law enforcement. 

One of their most notorious 

opponents was Birmingham’s 

police commissioner, 

Bull Connor, 

who was first shown on 

film and then portrayed by 

Wiley, as he rallied white 

citizens to keep the color 

lines in place and attack 

the Freedom Riders when 

they came to town. 

Wiley based the play on 

true accounts from the surviving 

participants, who 

included young men and 

women, both black and 

white. Their mug shots 

from various Southern cities 

were part of the montage 

behind Wiley as he 

told their stories of bravery 

and determination in 

the face of violence most 

of the young audience has 

not experienced. 

Activists James Farmer, 

who initiated the freedom 

rides, and James Lawson, 

an advocate of nonviolent 

resistance to racism, were 

also among the characters 

in the play. Martin Luther 

King Jr. met with the Freedom 

Riders in Montgomery, 

Ala., but would not go 

with them into Mississippi 

for fear of being killed, yet 

his directive stayed with 

them: “Our conscience 

tells us that the law is 

wrong.” 

“Breach of Peace” is 

a condensed version of 

his longer ensemble play, 

“The Parchman Hour,” 

Wiley explained during his 

question and answer session 

with the students following 

the performance. 

They asked Wiley a 

number of thoughtful 

questions, including what 

in his background led him 

to write and perform plays 

about the Civil Rights 

Movement. 

“My grandmother was 

a maid for white people 

in the 1940s and ‘50s, 

and partly into the ‘60s, 

and then became a school 

teacher,” Wiley said. But, 

even more than that, his 

great-grandfather had been 

one of the first African- 

American landowners in 

Virginia after the Civil 

War, but the land was 

taken away from him by a 

court ruling, which gave it 

to a white man, a practice 

that was fairly common. 

“I feel like what I’m doing 

in some way makes up 

for his loss,” Wiley said. 

Students also wondered 

how Wiley chooses which 

stories to tell, to which 

he explained that several 

ideas have come from audience 

suggestions. He 

added that his audiences 

vary, depending on whether 

they are in schools or 

professional theaters and 

in urban or rural communities. 

At some schools he 

visits, he realizes the students 

are unaware of the 

segregation that took place 

in the south and the ensuing 

Civil Rights Movement 

and that his performance 

might be their only 

lesson on that subject. 

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Celebrate Highwood hosts Jazzed Up 

Dining and Classical Cocktail fundraiser 

Submitted by Ripple Public 

Relations 

In its ongoing effort to 

support arts, music and 

culture, Celebrate Highwood 

is hosting its next 

philanthropic fundraiser, 

Jazzed Up Dining and 

Classical Cocktails 6:30 

p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 to 

benefit Midwest Young 

Artists Conservatory, the 

Midwest’s most comprehensive 

youth music 

school and ensemble program. 

In addition to live jazz, 

classical and big band 

musical performances by 

Midwest Young Artists 

Conservatory students 

throughout the evening, 

guests will enjoy appetizers, 

dinner and dessert 

from the North Shore’s 

finest restaurants, as well 

as an open bar and a silent 

auction. Guests will also 

have the unique opportunity 

to tour Midwest Young 

Artists Conservatory’s 

rehearsal facility at 878 

Lyster Road in Highwood, 

a beautifully transformed 

army stockade building 

at Fort Sheridan, to learn 

about history of the building 

and explore the old 

prison cells from 1890. 

“Celebrate Highwood 

is looking forward to 

promoting the arts and 

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lot of free reign to create 

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music and incorporate it 

all together with their own 

take and their own nuances,” 

Davidson said. “It’s 

an evolving process where 

everybody got to put in 

their own creativity in creating 

this unique show.” 

Davidson described the 

musical as a mix of “The 

Wizard of Oz,” “Shrek” 

and “Into the Woods,” because 

of its positive message 

and its appeal to both 

adults and children. 

“All the fairy tale characters 

have to work together to 

stop the witch, who has put 

an end to all of the happy 

endings,” Davidson said. 

“The message, to children 

especially, is to be compassionate 

and understanding, 

especially when someone 

is different. All these fairy 

tale characters that are in the 

show are very different, but 

they work together.” 

Like the stories it takes 

after, Davidson said the 

musical is great entertainment 

for children and adults 

because of the subtle humor 

written into the music. 

“Because they could 

write their own lyrics and 

their own tunes, a lot of 

the lyrics have references 

to pop culture, musical 

theater, and for the adults 

who are there, there’s a lot 

of clever lyrics and funny 

bits that they’ll be totally 

entertained by, along with 

the children,” Davidson 

said. “When you’re an 

adult watching the show, 

you’re getting all this extra 

humor that probably goes 

over the kids’ heads.” 

Molly Jacobson, who 

plays Goldilocks, agrees 

with Davidson and believes 

it why residents 

should attend the show. 

“It’s good for all ages, 

even though it’s made for 

little kids,” Jacobson said. 

“There’s some really funny 

parts in it.” 

Jacobson, a Highland 

Park High School student, 

has been acting for 

10 years, and said she 

“couldn’t believe” she was 

cast in “A Fairy Tale Adventure.” 

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get cast as anything in the 

show because of my age 

and my height, and there 

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out there,” she said. “I 

was really surprised. I was 

in complete disbelief the 

whole time. I was so excited, 

though.” 

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after the show 

for all the children in attendance, 

which is one of 

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of the entire experience. 

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“After the show finishes, 

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High-end cuisine in a snap 

Mirani’s At Home 

offers restaurant 

quality food for 

busy eaters 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

Contributing Editor 

Another busy day at the 

office. Hours spent chauffeuring 

the kids back and 

forth. Laundry, errands and 

doctor appointments. 

Let’s face it, we all find 

ourselves in these dilemmas 

— never having 

enough time in the day to 

finish a day’s work and 

then relax, let alone worry 

about what’s for dinner. 

For North Shore residents 

who find themselves 

in a jam when it comes to 

preparing a delicious and 

unique menu for dinner, 

Winnetka couple Kaveh 

and Madeleine Mirani have 

just the perfect solution — 

a dining concept that concocts 

fine restaurant quality 

food for either deliver or 

pickup. 

The Miranis, who have 

owned and operated eateries 

in Winnetka for the past 

three decades, recently introduced 

their newest venture, 

Mirani’s At Home, in 

an effort to tap into a dining 

market they say exists too 

far and few between. Kaveh 

Mirani hopes the concept 

will quickly become 

a fan favorite in the North 

Shore. 

“We noticed that many 

times, in this area — generally, 

this is a trend that 

is happening everywhere 

in the country — people 

don’t go out as much because 

people have children, 

they come home during the 

week and are tired, so we 

thought that right now, they 

don’t really have that much 

of a choice in take out 

food,” he said. “You either 

get pizzas or maybe some 

Asian food or you can order 

from a regular restaurant, 

but those restaurants 

are not really designed for 

take out and the prices are 

too high.” 

To understand the Miranis’ 

passion, one must get 

to know the couple’s background. 

Kaveh, who was born in 

Tehran, Iran, has a doctorate 

in economics and began 

his career as a university 

professor, and Madeleine, 

who hails from the Netherlands, 

originally worked in 

the field of foreign affairs 

as a diplomat. More than 

30 years ago, when Madeleine’s 

parents came to 

visit the couple in the U.S., 

Madeleine says her parents 

remarked about how shocking 

it was that there was a 

vast lack of European-style 

coffee shops, eateries and 

overall places of old-fashioned 

European hospitality. 

It was at that point the 

Miranis decided to change 

the course of their careers 

and venture into the world 

of being restaurateurs. 

“So, we did research in 

New York and Europe, and 

started making the gourmet 

deli,” Madeleine said. 

“[We] felt there was a void 

in the market.” 

While Madeleine acknowledges 

that the hospitality 

scene has vastly 

changed since then, she 

believes they are still venturing 

into a market where 

there is a clear need. 

Originally, the Miranis 

opened their first establishment, 

aptly named Mirani’s, 

24 years ago on Green 

Bay Road as a gourmet delicatessen, 

French brasserietype 

restaurant. 

“Gradually, customers 

that would come and take 

out food would say, ‘The 

food is so good, why not 

open for lunch?’” Madeleine 

said. 

Eventually, Mirani’s became 

more of a lunch restaurant, 

later expanding to 

a location on Elm Street 

in 2006. There, the Miranis 

were able to focus on a 

full-fledged French bistro 

menu. 

After closing Mirani’s 

last year to focus on their 

new concept, Mirani’s At 

Home officially opened on 

Jan. 16, offering a combination 

of French, Italian 

and other Mediterranean 

cuisines. Additionally, the 

Miranis ensure hints of 

their Persian and Dutch 

ethnic foods are also present 

on the menu. 

Diners can choose from a 

variety of a la carte chicken, 

seafood, pasta, rice and 

salad dishes and then stop 

by the business in person or 

place orders online or over 

the phone, with speedy delivery 

ensured within 20 

minutes of ordering thanks 

to a collaboration with 

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www.miranisathome. 

com 

(847) 446-4646 

4-8 p.m. seven days a 

week 

Pre-ordered meal 

deliveries begin at 

3:30 p.m. 

UberRUSH. Deliveries 

have a $7 flat fee. 

With food from Mirani’s 

At Home, Madeleine ensures 

the quality of the food 

is just as stellar as the old 

Mirani’s, but with the perk 

of prices being drastically 

slashed because of less 

overhead. 

“It’s wonderful, healthy 

food. It’s elegant and also 

unavailable basically, so 

we decided [to] try and 

see how people respond,” 

Madeleine said. “We want 

people to feel that there is 

that comfort of staying at 

home [and] don’t need to 

go anywhere.” 

During a recent visit to 

Mirani’s At Home, 22nd 

Century Media editors 

gladly chatted with the 

Miranis while sampling savory 

menu items. 

The chicken Parmigiano 

($12), which includes 

breaded chicken breast and 

spaghetti with marinara 

sauce, is a staple Italian 

dish that’s good for adults 

and kids alike. The spaghetti 

is lightly sauced and 

the thin chicken slices are 

not heavily breaded, lending 

to both great noodle 

texture and appropriate 

meat portion. 

The mustard crusted 

salmon ($15), one of the 

restaurant’s staple dishes, 

features a breaded salmon 

with mustard sauce served 

over French lentils and 

fresh vegetables. The outside 

of the fish is crunchy 

but lends a soft and firm inside, 

and the dish undoubtedly 

stands out for it’s mustard 

flavoring that’s not too 

strong or overwhelming for 

the natural flavoring of a 

well-cooked salmon. 

The Northbrook Tower 

Editor Matt Yan’s favorite 

dish was the Mediterranean 

chicken kebab ($11), which 

includes diced chicken 

marinated in olive oil and 

signature Mirani’s spices 

and served with grilled 

vegetables. Sour cherry 

saffron rice can also be 

added to the plate for $6. 

The chicken’s light grilling 

lends great balance to the 

uniquely cooked grains. 

For $17, the steak classique 

features thick, 

8-ounce cuts of prime 

sirloin simmered in a red 

wine sauce. Our portion 

Mirani’s At Home’s chicken Parmigiano ($14) features 

breaded chicken breast atop a bed of spaghetti in 

marinara sauce. Photos by Chris Pullam/22nd Century 

Media 

The fettucine alfredo ($12 naked, $16 with shrimp) is 

topped with a creamy sauce, Parmigiano-Reggiano and 

peas. 

was served with a side of 

bistro frites ($4), or french 

fries, which were not overly 

greasy and not salty. 

The fettuccine alfredo 

($11) was much tastier than 

your average alfredo dish, 

since the noodles were perfectly 

cooked al dente and 

unlike many alfredo sauces, 

was not a heavy cream 

leaving you feeling overly 

stuffed. For an additional 

$4, shrimp can be tossed in, 

offering a nice balance between 

a seafood and pasta 

comfort favorite. 

The beet salad ($7), including 

greens, walnuts, 

blue cheese and vinaigrette 

dressing, made for a great 

option for vegetarian and 

The Glenview Lantern Editor 

Chris Pullam. For an additional 

$6, shrimp or salmon 

can be tossed in the mix. 

Finally, the Kurdish 

red lentil soup ($5 for a 

small,$11 for a large) offers 

a hearty and warm complement 

to be served alongside 

any of the Mirani’s At 

Home dishes. 

Mirani’s At Home is also 

happy to accommodate orders 

for small or large catering 

events and is currently 

building a larger menu 

for corporate fine dining. 

Additionally, the restaurant 

caters to gluten-free, allergy 

requests and dietary 

restrictions as requested by 

diners. 

With the masterpiece 

menu served by head chef 

Alvaro Chavez, the Miranis 

offer fine food for a reasonable 

price. 

“We’ve had comments 

from our customers already 

that said, ‘I might as well 

have been in a restaurant, it 

was so amazing,’ and that’s 

exactly what we want,” 

Madeleine said.

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hockey 

From Page 33 

the 30 shots he saw, while 

the Giants were outshot 

30-20 in the contest. 

The series traveled back 

to Centennial Ice Arena in 

Highland Park for Game 

2 but a slow start doomed 

the Giants in a 6-3 loss. 

Abt scored twice, adding 

to his team-leading 

27 goals and 49 points on 

the season, while Zach 

Chamberlain added another 

goal for the Giants, 

who trailed 3-2 after the 

second period. Mandel 

added two assists, while 

Ryan Genender and Tommy 

Quirk each added one. 

Goaltender Chase McKellar 

saw the majority of the 

action for Highland Park, 

giving up five goals on 

22 shots, while Robertson 

gave up a goal on six 

shots against. 

The Giants were outshot 

once more, 28-25 

and while they limited 

their penalties to just two 

allowed in the contest, 

Latin’s power play struck 

for another goal. The Giants 

scored twice with the 

man advantage in four attempts. 

Highland Park will 

now turn its attention to 

its first round AHAI Red 

Varsity bracket matchup 

with Fenwick in the state 

playoffs. Fenwick, the 

No. 12 seed, will host the 

contest on Feb. 26 at 7:20 

p.m. from the Edge West 

in Bensenville. 

The state playoffs function 

as a surive-and-advance 

tournament. A win 

over Fenwick would see 

the Giants take on either 

No. 5 Benet Academy or 

No. 28 Naperville North 

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6:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 23 - at Schurz, 4:30 

p.m. 

Boys Swimming and 

Diving 

■Feb. ■ 18 - at IHSA 

Sectional, 1 p.m. 

HPHS Athletes 

Hugh Laedline, boys 

swimming and diving 

Sydney Ignoffo, girls 

basketball 

Casey Eisenberg, boys ice 

hockey 

Casey Eisenberg was one of The Landmark’s Athletes of the Week in January. 22nd 

Century Media File Photos 

Boys swimmer Hugh Laedline. 

Girls Track and Field 

■Feb. ■ 16 - Traingular vs. 

Maine West, Glenbrook 

North at Glenbrook North, 

4:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 22 - at Niles West, 

4:30 p.m. 

Athlete of the Year 

Fast start propels NT’s Kalis to award 

Michael Wojtychiw 

Sports Editor 

New Trier is known for 

having a lot of success in 

most sports with many of 

its athletes winning various 

awards. 

The Trevians added 

yet another local award 

as girls basketball player 

Kristie Kalis won the sixth 

annual 22nd Century Media 

Athlete of the Year 

contest racking up 2,428 

votes to defeat fellow New 

Trier athlete Eden Rane, a 

coxswain on the Trevians 

crew team, who tallied 

1,415 votes. The contest, 

which ended Thursday, 

Feb. 9, included athletes 

from six schools in the 

22CM coverage area and 

14 sports, ranging from 

basketball to soccer to water 

polo. 

Kalis, who finished fifth 

in last year’s Athlete of 

the Year voting with 600 

votes, led the competition 

from day one and cruised 

to the easy win behind the 

support of the New Trier 

community. 

“It’s a good feeling because 

it shows people 

care,” Kalis said. “You 

don’t really realize it while 

you’re playing, but after 

you get the recognition, 

you realize ‘wow people 

do watch New Trier girls 

basketball and know who I 

am,’ stuff like that.” 

Glenbrook North boys 

soccer player Seth Grossman 

finished third with 

864 votes, Loyola track/ 

cross country’s Kathryn 

House fourth with 748 and 

Bridget McConnell fifth 

with 429. 

With the majority of last 

year’s team having graduated, 

Kalis has seen her 

role on this year’s squad 

expand, forcing her to become 

more of a leader. 

VARSITY VIEWS 

New Trier’s Kristie Kalis is the winner of the 22CM 

Athlete of the Year contest. Varsity Views 

“The mindset we seniors 

had going into the season 

was to be unselfish and 

we’re not above everyone 

else, so I think us making 

that a big deal, saying 

we’re all the same, made a 

difference,” Kalis said. 

The other nominees included 

Ryan Gattari (Lake 

Forest hockey), Jake Mandel 

(Highland Park baseball), 

Sam Iida (Glenbrook 

South boys swimming and 

diving), Claire Sullivan 

(Loyola girls gymnastics), 

Tom Condon (Lake Forest 

boys water polo), Kiley 

Sullivan (Glenbrook North 

girls soccer), David Adelstein 

(Highland Park baseball), 

Caroline Witkowski 

(Loyola girls tennis), Nicole 

Urbanowicz (New 

Trier girls volleyball), 

VARSITY VIEWS 

Olivia Peters (Glenbrook 

South girls soccer), Kelly 

Maday (New Trier girls 

soccer) and Chris Canning 

(Loyola boys diving). 

Kalis joins past winners 

Olivia Van Zelst, Loyola 

girls volleyball (2015); 

Jeanie Boehm, New Trier 

girls basketball (2014); 

Kara Lucenti, New Trier 

girls swimming (2013); 

Kerry Scafidi, New Trier 

gymnastics (2012) and 

Bo Murray, Loyola Academy 

hockey and baseball 

(2012). 

For her victory, Kalis 

will receive a prize package 

including a personalized 

sweatshirt.



Boys Basketball 

Bears slip past Giants in fourth quarter 

Staff Report 

After outscoring Lake 

Zurich at a two-to-one 

clip in the third quarter, 

Highland Park had itself 

poised to pick up an important 

win late in the 

regular season. 

But the Bears stormed 

back and outscored the 

Giants by five in the 

fourth quarter to win, 

51-48, when the teams 

met on Saturday, Jan. 11, 

in the Horseshoe Shootout 

at Deerfield High 

School. 

Highland Park’s top 

scorers in junior guard 

Ziv Tal (19) and senior 

forward Jack Zeidler (18) 

combined for more than 

75 percent of the team’s 

offense in the loss, where 

the Giants struggled to 

find another secondary 

scorer. Daniel Michelon 

added four points while 

Sam Goshen, Tyler Gussis 

and Luke Zemelis all contributed 

to the score sheet 

as well. 

After heading to the 

second quarter tied at 14- 

14, Lake Zurich guard 

Peter DiCerbo took over 

in the second, scoring 12 

of the Bears’ 14 points en 

route to a 28-22 halftime 

lead. 

DiCerbo finished with a 

team-high 23 points in the 

win. 

Lake Zurich was coming 

off a loss to Lake Forest 

the previous night. 

Tal scored seven of 

Giants remaining 

regular season games 

Feb. 17 - vs. Maine 

East, 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 21 - at New Trier 

(Winnetka Campus), 

6:30 p.m. 

Feb. 23 - vs. Schurz, 

4:30 p.m. 

his 19 points in the third 

quarter, where a Michelon 

3-pointer and baskets 

from Zeidler and Gussis 

helped the Giants to 

a 38-36 lead, but that 

quickly evaporated in 

the fourth, where Bears 

senior guard Ben Chimel 

sank a pair of 3-pointers. 

Junior guard Kenny 

Haynes added a bucket. 

Highland Park’s Ziv Tal led the Giants in scoring with 19 points in the loss. 22nd 

Century Media File Photo 

DiCerbo knocked down 

three-of-four opportunities 

from the free throw 

line to ice the game. 

The Giants will return 

to action with a home contest 

against Maine East on 

Friday night in Highland 

Park. 

wrestling 

From Page 34 

takedown gave Weingart a 

4-1 and he held on for the 

one-point victory. 

“Everything I had went 

into that match,” Weingart 

said. 

In the third place match, 

Weingart was pitted 

against Auburn’s Jordan 

Williams and lost on a fall 

at 2:35. 

“Jason has a lot of 

heart,” said GBN Coach 

Jason Erwinski. “I work 

out with him every practice. 

He’s in great shape.” 

In the consolation 

semi-finals, the Spartans’ 

220-pound senior, Brandon 

Friedman (28-11), 

lost a 13-7 decision to 

Josh Dyer (29-6) of Lake 

Zurich. 

“Brandon didn’t 

achieve his goal (of going 

to the State Tournament) 

but he put together a good 

tournament,” Erwinski 

said. “He beat some very 

good guys.” 

Friedman also lost 

to some very good opponents—the 

eventual 

champion, Blake Zalapai 

(10-0) of Hononegah in 

the quarter-finals and the 

eventual third place finisher 

Dyer in his second 

consolation match. 

The other two GBN 

contestants in the Sectional, 

106-pound freshman 

Kazden Orshoski (17-17) 

and 182-pound sophomore 

Cam Casey (15-18), 

lost both of their matches. 

Lake Forest’s three 

wrestlers—132-pound 

junior Quinn Dailey (32- 

10), 160-pound senior 

Mark Tupanjac (28-8) and 

195-pound senior Cory 

Barth (29-9)—all made it 

to the consolation semifinals 

before being eliminated. 

Dailey, who moved up 

from the 126-pound class 

to finish third in the Libertyville 

Regional, won his 

first match on a decision 

and then lost his quarterfinal 

match on a decision 

to drop to the consolation 

bracket. There 

it was the same story—a 

victory by decision followed 

by a defeat on a 

decision. 

“I’ve made significant 

improvement since last 

year,” said Dailey. “Last 

year I got double eliminated. 

I want to take what 

I learned this year and 

build on that in (off-season) 

national tournaments 

and invitationals.” 

Tupanjac and Barth, 

both of whom were Regional 

runnersup, had 

identical Sectional story 

lines—a victory on a fall, 

then a loss on a fall, followed 

by a second victory 

on a fall and a second loss 

on a fall.



Boys Ice Hockey 

Giants bow out of 

division playoffs 

Staff Report 

Highland Park won six 

of its final regular season 

games but limped into 

its best-of-three IHSHL 

Champions Division series 

with Latin following 

back-to-back losses. 

The Giants weren’t able 

to outskate those losses, 

dropping the first two 

games of the Latin series 

on Feb. 6 and Feb. 8 

to bow out of the league 

playoffs. 

Highland Park fell victim 

to Latin’s power play 

in Game 1 of the division 

series on Feb. 6 at 

Johnny’s Ice House East 

in Chicago. The Romans 

scored all three of their 

goals on the man advantage 

(3-for-7) in the 3-2 

win over the Giants. 

After a scoreless first 

period, Latin took a 2-0 

lead heading into the final 

intermission. 

Junior forward Dylan 

Abt had a goal and added 

an assist on senior defenseman 

Aaron Hope’s goal, 

while captain Jake Mandel 

and forward Gabe Schlussel 

also added assists. But 

Latin’s third power play 

goal made the difference 

in the contest. 

Giants netminder Evan 

Robertson stopped 27 of Dylan Abt lead the Giants in scoring this season and added three goals over the two loses to Latin in Highland 

Park’s IHSHL Champions Division playoff series loss on Feb. 6 and Feb. 8. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

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Pair of Giants advance to state meet 

Neil Milbert 


Highland Park’s threesport 

star DJ Penick is 

going to focus on football 

when he goes to college at 

Murray State but, in the 

meantime, he’s ending his 

high school sports career 

by having a superlative 

wrestling season. 

Penick improved his 

unblemished record to 

35-0 on Feb. 11 when he 

earned another trip to the 

state tournament by defending 

his 182-pound 

championship in the Class 

3A Barrington Sectional. 

The score was 2-2 in the 

title match when Penick 

suddenly ended it by pinning 

his Dundee opponent 

Chase Raap with 59 seconds 

remaining in the second 

period. 

He advanced to the 

match with Raap (40-8) 

via a semifinal 8-0 major 

decision over Jake Leske 

(33-8) of McHenry after 

eliminating Huntley’s Justin 

Henry (22-17) on a fall 

with 59 seconds elapsed in 

their quarterfinal match. 

“It’s something to keep 

me motivated,” Penick 

said of his flawless season. 

“I’ve been trying 

to stay strong, listen to 

my coaches and have 

a perfect match every 

time.” 

In last year’s state 

tournament, Penick finished 

sixth. He then 

went on to compete in 

track and made it to the 

sectionals. 

But this year Penick 

doesn’t plan to join the 

track team when his wrestling 

season ends. He 

wants to use the time to 

get ready for college football. 

Highland Park’s Alex Rosenbloom (blue) grapples with Stevenson’s Eric Carter at 

the Barrington Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 11. photos by carlos alvarez/22nd century 

media 

D.J. Penick (top) gets the best of McHenry’s Jake Leske during their seminfinal 

matchup at 182 pounds during the meet. 

“Football is my passion, 

and I love the place (Murray 

State),” he said. “I’ll 

go and see what I can do 

down there.” 

Penick’s 145-pound 

junior teammate, Alex 

Rosenbloom (26-5), finished 

second in the Sectional 

for the second year 

in a row, losing a 3-0 decision 

to Barrington junior 

Markus Hartman (41-1) in 

the title match. 

Rosenbloom, who competed 

in the 138-pound 

class last year, fell behind 

when Hartman got a twopoint 

takedown at the outset 

and a second period 

ankle sprain hindered his 

attempt to make a comeback. 

During the off-season 

Rosenbloom and Hartman 

work out against one another 

at the Poeta Training 

Center. 

“I tried one of my best 

moves (to start the match) 

but it never works on 

him,” said Rosenbloom. 

“I should have known 

better. Other than that 

one takedown I wrestled 

pretty well, except for 

when I went down in the 

third period. That was a 

bad idea. 

“I want to fix areas 

where I cost myself between 

now and the state 

tournament. Last year at 

state I lost my two matches 

but I wrestled competitively. 

I lost by one 

point in both matches and 

both guys placed in state 

so I knew I was right up 

there.” 

Hartman had a significant 

height advantage in 

the title match and so did 

Rosenbloom’s semifinal 

opponent, Eric Carter (38- 

9) of Stevenson, who’d 

defeated him twice this 

season. 

This time the match was 

deadlocked 2-2 going into 

the final period but then 

Rosenbloom came on 

strong to win a 7-5 decision. 

“My game plan was 

key,” Rosenbloom said. 

“Keep moving and get 

past his elbow. I did a 

great job on that.” 

Seeing Rosenbloom 

avenge his two defeats 

came as no surprise to 

his Highland Park coach, 

Chris Riley. 

“He has a very high 

wrestling IQ,” Riley said. 

“He’s a smart and strategic 

wrestler. He learns and 

learns. I was very pleased 

with his entire tournament. 

In his final match 

we were hoping for an upset 

but he wrestled about 

as well as he could. There 

were a lot of tightly contested 

scrambles.” 

The Giants’ other sectional 

representative, 

152-pound Steve Weathers 

(34-4), won his first 

match on a fall at 1:48 but 

then was defeated in the 

quarterfinals by Huntley 

freshman David Ferrante 

on a 6-5 decision. Ferrante 

(26-2) went on to win 

the championship. 

Weathers went to the 

consolation bracket where 

he took a 13-2 major 

decision before losing 

a semifinal match on a 

decision. 

Glenbrook North had 

four wrestlers in the sectional 

but the only one 

to make it to the state 

tournament was senior 

Jacob Weingardt (30- 

12), the fourth place finisher 

in the 285-pound 

class. 

After winning 2-1 

overtime decisions in 

his opening round and 

quarterfinal matches, the 

workaholic Weingart lost 

on a fall in the semifinals. 

Dropping to consolation 

bracket, he gained his second 

overtime decision at 

the expense of Deerfield’s 

Peter Runac (27-14), this 

time by a 4-2 margin in 

two overtimes. 

At the end of regulation 

time the second match 

with Runac was deadlocked 

1-1. An escape 

followed by a two-point 

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Words From Wolff 

Super Bowl latest reason to never give up 

1st-and-3 

22cm file photo 

3 stars of the 

week 

1. Alex Rosenbloom 

(ABOVE). The 

wrestler fought 

through a 

sprained ankle 

to finish as the 

runner-up in 

the 135 pound 

weight class at 

the Barrington 

Sectional. He 

punched a ticket 

to the state 

tournament in the 

process. 

2. D.J. Penick Penick 

continued to put 

on a clinic on the 

wrestling mat this 

season, keeping 

his perfect season 

alive by winning 

the 185 pound 

weight class at 

sectionals. 

3. Dylan Abt. The 

junior scoring 

threat potted 

three goals in two 

division playoff 

hockey games 

against Latin. 

Derek Wolff 

d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.com 

I 

spent the majority of 

Super Bowl LI at a 

party downtown in 

River North, where I halfwatched 

a listless performance 

from the New 

England Patriots through 

the early goings of the 

fourth quarter. 

When Stephen Gostkowski 

kicked a field goal 

to cut the Atlanta Falcons’ 

lead to 28-12 with less 

than 10 minutes remaining, 

I’d seen enough. I 

didn’t have a dog in the 

fight and the game had 

been, by and large, a 

snoozefest. Like many 

people at the party I said 

my goodbyes, ordered 

a car back to my apartment 

in Wrigleyville and 

watched the latest miraculous 

sports comeback. 

I remember watching 

that kick sail through the 

uprights and saying aloud, 

‘Man, it’s hard to see 

(New England) coming 

back from this.’ I was 

completely wrong, and 

that’s the beauty of sports; 

they’re never really over 

until the final whistle. 

There are so many 

moments in life in which 

we’re faced with adversity, 

yet athletic competition 

consistently, routinely 

offers us chances 

to overcome it and have 

a cathartic reaction to it. 

Both the Chicago Cubs 

and Cleveland Cavaliers 

overcame trailing 3-1 in 

their championship series’ 

in 2016 to capture titles 

within their sports. 

In high school sports, 

come postseason a team 

is dealing with two main 

adversaries at all times; 

the opponent on the other 

side of the court, as well 

as the team’s given seed. 

A few weeks ago I wrote 

about how important it 

was to lock up a higher 

seed in the IHSA postseason 

races, since there’s a 

direct correlation between 

a higher seed and higher 

chance of success (duh). 

But at the same time, 

every year in every sport 

there seems to be a few 

teams that rise up from a 

lackluster regular season 

and woeful seed to make a 

run and challenge some of 

the top teams. 

The Highland Park girls 

basketball team drew the 

No. 20 seed in the IHSA 

Class 3A Libertyville 

Sectional for this year’s 

postseason and will begin 

their playoff quest with 

No. 13 Lakes in a contest 

The Highland Park High School boys soccer team underwent a magical run to a 

regional title despite being heavy underdogs in 2015. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

at Warren. The Giants, 

in my opinion, are better 

than that seed inclines you 

to believe. 

In my tenure working 

for The Lake Forest 

Leader and The Highland 

Park Landmark, one 

of the most memorable 

examples of a team that 

never gave up was the 

HPHS boys soccer team in 

late 2015. 

The Giants drew the 

No. 15 seed and looked 

like they would make an 

early exit, but after winning 

their first round game 

they stunned No. 2 seeded 

Barrington in enemey territory, 

then defeated Stevenson 

to claim a regional 

title in their third match. 

In the fourth game, they 

ran into a buzzsaw in a 

3-1 loss to eventual state 

champions Libertyville 

in the Round of 32, but it 

was a memorable, magical 

run for a team that easily 

defied expectations and 

refused to bow out quietly. 

Getting so close to 

capturing a championship 

only to fall just short of 

expectations is another 

reality of the postseason, 

one the Atlanta Falcons 

must have felt in the 

aftermath of their stunning 

defeat in the big game. 

That feeling was also one 

in which the Lake Forest 

High School girls field 

hockey team was acutely, 

painfully aware of in 

2015. 

The Scouts had title 

aspirations but fell in the 

semi-finals that year. In 

2016, they roared back to 

defeat New Trier —backto-back 

champions in 

2014 and 2015— to crown 

themselves as the best 

team in Illinois. 

Regardless of how 

bright or bleak a team’s 

fate looks heading into the 

postseason, we rejoice all 

the same with each new 

arrival, because that’s 

what sports brings us, a 

chance to shake things up 

and rewrite the script, a 

chance to make a mark on 

history. 

Tom Brady and his New 

England Patriots certainly 

did in Super Bowl LI, 

which should be an inspiring 

performance for any 

athlete across any sport 

this high school postseason. 

In the games to 

come, that vigorous hope 

will drive whoever winds 

up capturing state titles 

across each sport. 

Athletes in this area certainly 

have what it takes. 

Listen Up 

“It’s something to keep me motivated.” 

D.J. Penick- The undefeated wrestler speaks up about 

his 35-0 season and how never losing is a force that 

has driven him this year to be pefect on the mat. Penick 

captured a sectional title in the 182 pound weight class. 

tune in 

What to watch this week 

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: The Giants are off to the 

races in their indoor track and field opener. 

• Highland Park vs. Glenbrook North, Thursday, 

Feb. 16, 4:30 p.m., Northbrook. 

Index 

27 - Athlete of the Year 

26 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Derek Wolff. Send 

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

com.

The highland Park Landmark | February 16, 2017 | HPLandmark.com 

Iced out Hockey 

hits skids in series loss to 

Latin, Page 33 

Close contest 

Boys basketball fights to 

the finish, Page 32 

Penick, Giants battle for spots in state tournament, Page 34 

Highland Park’s D.j. Penick (right) looks to pin McHenry’s Jake Leske during their semifinal bout on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the IHSA Barrington Sectional in Barrington. 

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