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Thursday 

Young Professionals 

Group Meet-up 

6-8:30 p.m., June 22, 

Location to be decided, 

Lake Forest/Lake Bluff. 

Young professionals, ages 

40 and younger, are invited 

to connect with likeminded 

businesspeople in 

the community. Chamber 

membership is not necessary 

to attend. For more 

information, call (847) 

234-4282. 

Advanced LinkedIn: A 

Seismic Shift 

1:30-3:30 p.m. June 22, 

Career Resource Center, 

40 E. Old Mill Road, Lake 

Forest. Join LinkedIn expert 

Michael Yublosky to 

learn about the new changes 

to LinkedIn and how to 

take advantage of them. 

For more information, 

contact Jacqueline Lanscioni 

at (847) 295-5626. 

Friday 

B4Work 

7:15-8:30 a.m. June 23, 

LifeWorking Coworking, 

717 Forest Ave., Lake 

Forest. Join B4work for a 

morning networking session. 

Bring business cards 

and an introduction to 

your business. For more 

information, contact (847) 

234-4282. 

Petei Santa Stitching 

Classes 

1-3 p.m. June 23, The 

Forest Needle, 1341 Western 

Ave., Lake Forest. Join 

us for Once-A-Month Petei 

Santa Classes. Each month 

will feature two different 

Santa’s to choose from. 

June is the Baking Santa 

and/or The Flower Pot Santa. 

Please call (847) 235- 

2407 for more information. 

All supplies included. 

Saturday 

Foodstock 2017 

4-7 p.m. June 24, Gazebo 

Park in downtown 

Lake Bluff, Oak and E. 

Center avenues. Foodstock 

2017 will performances 

from local bands 

to benefit COOL food 

pantries of Lake County. 


visit www.foodstockonline.org. 

Sunday 

Dinner on the Bluff 

June 25, Shoreacres, 

1601 Shore Acres Road, 

Lake Bluff. Nearly 500 

corporate and civic leaders, 

golfers, hospital 

leadership, physicians, 

and Founders’ Board 

members will gather at 

the Dinner on the Bluff, 

which serves as the official 

tee-off event for the 

Pro Amateur Golf Championship. 

This event 

costs $300. For more information, 

please contact 

Whitney Dawson at (312) 

227-7297. 

Monday 

57th Pro Amateur Golf 

Championship 

June 26, Onwentisa 

Club, 300 N. Green Bay 

Road, Lake Forest. The 

Lurie Children’s Pro 

Amateur Golf Championship 

is the longest-running 

and most successful 

event of the Founders’ 

Board of Ann & Robert 

H. Lurie Children’s Hospital 

of Chicago. Net proceeds 

from this special 

celebration will support 

the Founders’ Board’s $2 

million commitment to 

Matthew M. Davis, MD, 

MAPP. For more information, 

please contact Whitney 

Dawson at (312) 227- 

7297. 

Tuesday 

Wild Bots with Robothink 

4 p.m. June 27, Lake 

Bluff Public Library, 123 

E. Scranton Ave., Lake 

Bluff. What’s better than 

building robots? Coding 

robots. It’s never been 

easier and more fun to 

learn code. Space is limited. 

Call (847) 234-2540 

to register for this program. 

Wednesday 

A Tea Party with 

Hamilton’s Women 

Noon June 28, Dickingson 

Hall, 100 East Old 

Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

Join us for a delectable 

luncheon of scones, finger 

sandwiches, sweets 

and a variety of tea selections. 

After tea we welcome 

actress and scholar 

Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., 

as she brings to life the 

real women in Alexander 

Hamilton’s life. You 

don’t need to have seen 

the musical to enjoy this, 

but if you have, it’ll bring 

the history behind this hit 

show to life. Registration 

is due by June 23. This 

event is $20 for members 

and $25 for guests. To 

register, call (847) 234- 

2209. 

Upcoming 

Tell Your Stores; Prove 

Your Impact 

10:15 a.m. June 30, Career 

Resource Center, 40 

E. Old Mill Road, Lake 

Forest. Learn how to 

balance building a rapport 

with an interviewer, 

answering questions and 

promoting qualifications 

during an interview. The 

session will focus on creating 

engaging stories 

to showcase talents. For 

more information, contact 

Jacqueline Lanscioni 

at (847) 295-5626. 

Meet the Fleet 

Noon-2 p.m. June 30, 

Municipal Services Center, 

800 N. Field Drive, 

Lake Forest. This is a 

free event where kids and 

adults alike can climb 

aboard and explore a variety 

of trucks, other vehicles 

and construction 

equipment. Come see the 

fleet and meet the Public 

Works employees that 

help make Lake Forest 

run.For more information, 

contact Jim Lockefeer or 

call (847) 810-3542. 

Ongoing 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

Activities 

11 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays, 

1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. To 

honor the 20th anniversary 

of the Wildlife Discovery 

center, the WDC 

is offering family-friendly 

activities every Saturday. 


contact Rob Carmichael 

at (847) 810-3663. 

Line Dancing 

10 a.m., Tuesdays, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

Experienced dancers 

and newbies alike can attend 

weekly line dancing 

classes at Dickinson Hall. 

Classes end July 11. The 

cost is $56 for members 

and $66 for non-members. 


contact (847)234- 

2209. 

Elawa Farm Garden 

Market 

8 a.m.-1 p.m., Fridays 

and Saturdays, Elawa 

Farm, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. Head 

to Elawa Farm’s weekly 

garden market to buy 

farm grown produced, 

seedlings from the greenhouse 

and home and 

garden gifts. For more 

information, visit www. 

elawafarm.org. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every 

month, Dickinson Hall, 

100 E. Old Mill Road. 

Nurse Patti Mikes will 

Correction 

The June 15 story on 

Jar Bar incorrectly 

stated the price of 

butter coffee. It is $6 

for 16 ounces, not $2. 

Cake Jars are also 

made by Northbrookbased 

bakery Dream 

Cakes. 

The Leader recognizes 

and regrets these 

errors. 

visit Dickinson Hall to 

give free blood pressure 

checks to anyone 50 years 

old and older. No appointment 

needed. For more 

information, call (847) 

234-2209. 

Pickle Ball 

9:30-11:30 a.m. 

Wednesdays, Lake Forest 

Recreation Center, 400 

Hastings Road. Come on 

out and play America’s 

fastest growing sport. 

Purchase four days of play 

for $15 or pay a $5 dropin 

fee. 

CROYA Weekly Meetings 

4-5 p.m. or 7-8 p.m. 

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 

CROYA, 400 Hastings 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Take a mid-week break to 

make friends, learn about 

volunteer opportunities, 

vote on community 

events, join a CROYA 

subcommittee, take on 

leadership roles and have 

fun. The middle school 

meetings are 4-5 p.m. on 

Tuesdays at CROYA. The 

high school meetings are 

7-8 p.m. on Wednesdays 

at CROYA. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Alyssa Groh at 

alyssa@lakeforestleader. 

com or (847) 272-4565 ext. 

21. Entries are due by noon 

on the Thursday prior to 

publication date.

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the lake forest leader | June 22, 2017 | 3 

Lake Bluff Village Board 

LB restaurants look to 

improve outdoor seating 

Miriam Finder Annenberg 

Freelance Reporter 

Changes are coming to 

two Lake Bluff businesses 

after receiving approval 

for outdoor alterations at 

the Village of Lake Bluff 

Board Meeting on Monday, 

June 12. 

Inovasi Restaurant, located 

at 28 E. Center Ave., 

requested the addition of 

string lighting outside the 

front of the restaurant. The 

string of lights will hang 8 

feet above the ground and 

will be removed during the 

winter months. 

Although Inovasi initially 

requested just one string of 

lights, the board approved 

additional lights, as well, as 

recommended by the Lake 

Bluff Architectural Review 

Board after meeting with 

Inovasi chef and proprietor 

John des Rosiers on June 6. 

“[The ABR] encouraged 

him to try to add more to 

it,” said Drew Irvin, the village 

administrator. “[They 

wanted] to give him the 

flexibility.” 

In a letter to Lake Bluff 

officials, des Rosiers said 

they plan to use Edisonstyle, 

LED light bulbs and 

black cable. 

“Our intention is to create 

a warmer environment 

at night, while adding much 

needed light for patrons to 

dine under,” he said in the 

letter. 

The board also approved 

additional outdoor seating 

for Prairie Espresso, a 

restaurant operating in the 

Scranton Alley pedestrian 

walkway. 

While Prairie Espresso 

already has outdoor seating, 

they requested two additional 

tables. 

“This is just an extension 

out into the existing alley,” 

said Eric Grenier, a board 

memeber. 

The new tables will not 

block neighboring businesses, 

rather continue 

along the alley between 

the alley entrance and 

Scranton Avenue. 

Police chief and board 

members warn residents 

about car burglaries 

Also during the meeting, 

Police Chief David 

Belmonte discussed an increase 

of car burglaries in 

the area — discussing items 

stolen from within cars and 

the vehicles themselves. He 

said the entire North Shore 

community is experiencing 

a rash of car burglaries. 

He reminded residents 

they should not leave luxury 

items such as money, 

purses and electronics in 

their cars. If they must, 

they should hide the items 

from view and make sure 

to lock their cars and take 

their keys with them. 

“It’s great that we live 

in a safe community, but 

we’re not immune to anything 

happening here,” he 

said. “Don’t leave your 

keys in the car ... it’s just an 

invitation for somebody to 

do it, and they’re looking 

for that opportunity.” 

Board President Kathleen 

O’Hara said that in all 

the recent cases of car burglaries, 

the car doors were 

unlocked. 

“You become a sitting 

target if you continue not 

to do what is common 

sense,” she said. “We’re 

having a continuous problem 

and that invites dangerous 

elements into our 

community.” 

Drury declares run for governor 

Courtney Jacquin 

Contributing Editor 

Illinois 

State Rep. 

Scott Drury 

(D-Highwood) 

officially 

announced 

June 6 he Drury 

will be joining 

the packed race for Illinois 

governor. 

“For too long, Illinois 

has been defined by public 

corruption and a lack 

of honesty,” Drury said 

in a statement. “I am 

running for governor to 

bring honest change to Illinois 

and return Illinois 

government to its rightful 

owner — the public.” 

Drury currently represents 

the 58th District in 

the Illinois House of Representatives, 

which covers 

From the Village 

Storm update 

A significant storm affected 

Lake Bluff on June 

14. The National Weather 

Service received reports 

of straight-line winds exceeding 

60 miles per hour 

as well as hail damage. 

After the storm Lake Bluff 

public works and public 

safety employees immediately 

began their clean 

up-efforts. The Village 

thanks these members for 

their prompt and effective 

response to the storm. 

Upcoming SEC Public 

Hearing 

Please join the Sustainability 

and Community 

Enhancement Committee 

Highland Park, Highwood, 

Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, 

Deerfield, Bannockburn 

and portions of Glencoe 

and Northbrook. 

In the statement released 

by his campaign, Drury 

says he hopes to “rebuild 

the foundation of trust between 

government and the 

public that has crumbled in 

the Madigan era and, more 

recently, under Bruce 

Rauner.” 

In January, Drury 

voted “present” for the 

re-election of Speaker 

of the House Mike Madigan 

to his 17th term, 

rather than voting for the 

Democrat. 

Drury joins a packed 

field of Democrats looking 

to oust first-term Gov. 

Bruce Rauner (R-Kenilworth). 

Declared Democrat 

candidates currently 

(SEC) at one of its upcoming 

public hearings regarding 

two pilot programs: 

backyard chicken-keeping 

and beekeeping. The SEC 

will hold a public hearing 

from 2-4 p.m. on July 15 at 

the Public Safety Building 

Community Room, 45 E. 

Center Ave. to discuss the 

two pilot programs. In addition, 

the SEC welcomes 

the public to attend its regular 

scheduled meetings 

visit us online at www.LAKEFORESTLEADER.com 

include businessman J.B. 

Pritzker, State Sen. Daniel 

Biss (D-Evanston), Chris 

Kennedy, son of Robert 

F. Kennedy, Chicago Ald. 

Ameya Pawar, Madison 

County schools Superintendent 

Bob Daiber and 

community organizer Tio 

Hardiman. 

In his statement, Drury 

said though the field is 

packed, he sees this as a 

“two-way race — those 

with demonstrated loyalties 

to the Madigan Machine 

versus him – the 

only candidate with a 

proven record of standing 

up to Illinois’ most powerful 

politicians and giving a 

voice to the people.” 

The Nov. 6, 2018 gubernatorial 

election is already 

shaping up to be one of the 

most expensive governor’s 

election in U.S. history. According 

to the Illinois Campaign 

for Political Reform, 

candidates have already 

raised more than $81 million 

for the election that’s a 

year and a half away. 

“While my colleagues 

at the U.S. Attorney’s Office 

and I were fighting 

to rid Illinois of public 

corruption, the current 

presumptive frontrunner 

was cozying up to corrupt 

Gov. Blagojevich for an 

appointment,” Drury said 

in the statement, referring 

to Pritzker. “That type of 

small thinking is the polar 

opposite of what Illinois 

needs right now.” 

Drury was re-elected to 

his third term in the Illinois 

House in November. 

Previously, he served as 

the Assistant U.S. Attorney, 

Northern District of 

Illinois, from 2003-11. 

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From the Village is compiled 

by Editor Alyssa Groh from 

the Lake Bluff e-newsletter.

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Lake Bluff Farmers Market focuses on sense of community 

Jake Markowitz 

Editorial Intern 

Anna Freeman, from RCJuggle Entertainment, blows up 

balloons for children at the Lake Bluff Farmers Market 

on June 16. Alyssa groh/22nd Century Media. 

If you happen to be out 

on a Friday morning jog 

by the Village Green, don’t 

expect to be the only one 

up bright and early. 

Every Friday morning 

at 7 a.m., a group of 6-12 

women join one another 

to walk around while enjoying 

a cup of coffee and 

cookies. The occasion: 

The Lake Bluff Farmers 

Market. 

Back for a 24th year, the 

Lake Bluff Farmers Market 

will provide the local 

community with an assortment 

of fresh produce, 

bakery products and organic 

foods amongst other 

products. 

“It’s a wonderful place,” 

said Gridley Swanton, the 

market manager. “It’s a 

place for people to get together, 

join their friends 

and share good food and 

stories.” 

With more than 30 vendors, 

the Market will give 

market-goers access to 

some of the top products 

from the Lake Michigan 

region every Friday from 

7 a.m. to noon, said Glen 

Cole, the assistant to the 

village administrator, . 

To ensure the quality of 

it’s vendors, a selection 

committee of seven volunteers 

was compiled to 

research applicants as well 

as searching the Lake Bluff 

area for suitable vendors. 

“We are always trying 

to bring in new vendors,” 

Swanton said. “We see 

what they’ve done in other 

markets. We ask them for 

their product line.” 

The market does not just 

focus on food, however. 

It also provides entertainment 

for children. 

From 9-9:30 a.m. the 

Lake Bluff library hosts a 

story time. After the story 

time, the library will walk 

the children over to the 

farmers market. Additionally, 

a few years ago a balloon 

person was added to 

make balloon animals for 

the children at the market. 

“Story time is wildly 

received,” Swanton said. 

“The number of little kids 

that come and listen to 

someone read to them is 

phenomenal.” 

A longtime resident of 

Lake Bluff, Swanton has 

always been intrigued by 

the market. The endless 

assortment of foods is 

what grabbed her attention 

and led to her passion for 

working the market, she 

said. 

“I always liked the fresh 

food and the availability 

of cookies and all that 

stuff,” Swanton said. “As a 

resident of Lake Bluff, I’m 

very adamant about the 

positive vibes of the community.” 

Those positive vibes are 

the sentiment the market is 

attempting to have the locals 

share in attempt to get 

the community out of their 

house and over to the market. 

Increased foot traffic 

and notoriety are two 

of the main goals of the 

Farmers’ Market, Swanton 

said. 

Above all else, however, 

the market wants to distinguish 

itself from other 

markets by successfully 

reflecting its community. 

“Our farmers market is 

different from other towns 

and successful for the 

same reasons Lake Bluff 

is: it’s a casual, comfortable 

place that reflects the 

strong community of Lake 

Bluff,” Cole said. 

Carrying out a sense of 

community is something 

the market feels it has been 

able to achieve for the past 

quarter-century. While the 

market may not be able 

to expand much further 

due to the unavailability 

of land, organizers of the 

market are not concerned. 

“I think we run a really 

fine structured market of 

food related products,” 

Swanton said. “It’s a wonderful 

market and a place 

that provides a community 

for people to gather and 

enjoy an endless assortment 

of food.” 

LF Open Air Market helps local businesses shine 

Sarah Verschoor 

Editorial Intern 

Chicago’s North Shore 

is inundated with farmers 

markets that boast fresh 

produce in a community 

setting. Lake Forest’s 

Open Air Market stands 

out from the pack as it features 

fewer produce vendors 

and more specialty 

sellers including cracker 

makers, dog jerky producers 

and topiary trimmers. 

“Most farmers market 

specialize on produce,” said 

Matthew Musacchio, market 

manager. “We like to expand 

what we offer. It’s really 

a communal effort. We 

involved the community to 

sell what they like.” 

This year’s Lake Forest 

Open Air Market season 

started Saturday, June 17 

and is open every Saturday 

of the month from 8 a.m. 

to 1 p.m. in the east Lake 

Forest train station parking 

lot. Many residents, their 

children and dogs were 

out Saturday morning listening 

to the Sipos and 

Young Band who played 

live while residents bought 

strawberries, red onions 

and other produce. 

Connor L’Heureux’s 

stand, The Plant Kid, stood 

to the right of the band behind 

white tablecloth lined 

tables. On the tables, more 

than 20 plants housed in 

earthy, terracotta pots were 

available for purchase. Sixteen-year-old 

L’Heureux 

said he got his start in plant 

tending and selling because 

his aunts in Michigan sold 

plants at their local farmers 

markets. 

“I thought it looked really 

cool,” he said. 

With his family’s inspiration 

in mind, L’Heureux 

began his plant based business. 

L’Heureux trims and 

grooms the plants to make 

sure they maintain their 

shape. After plants leave 

greenhouses, L’Heureux 

said they “die a little,” so 

his care insures they are in 

good condition. 

His favorite plant he was 

selling is the angel vine, a 

wispy green vine with thin 

brown branches that grows 

in different directions. On 

top of the soil in its pot, a 

stone shaped and colored 

white like a rabbit adorns 

the swirly green plant. 

Most of L’Heureux’s 

plants range from $6 to 

$30. L’Heureux said while 

he’s not interested in ecology 

or farming, he wants 

to study business and maybe 

stick with plant sales. 

The open air market is 

designed to provide a community 

and sense of family, 

Musacchio said. 

Next to L’Heureux’s and 

his plentiful plants was 

Cooper’s Way, a gourmet 

dog jerky vendor. Owner 

Vicki Price was selling 

three types of USA made 

Taste of Paris, out of Mundelein, sells smiley face and 

chocolate chip cookies along with other baked goods 

and breads. Sarah Verschoor/ 22nd century media. 

and sourced jerky including 

sweet potato, pork and 

chicken. 

Price started Cooper’s 

Way after her former dog, 

Coco, died from eating 

tainted jerky produced in 

China. 

“I was devastated,” 

Price said. 

Shortly after Coco’s 

death, Price rescued her 

new pup, Cooper, and 

named the company after 

him. It takes her 30 hours 

to create the jerky treats 

and she uses fresh ingredients, 

Price said. 

With 11 to 12 different 

vendors each week like 

The Plant Kid and Cooper’s 

Way, there are no 

major changes planned 

for the market’s upcoming 

season, Musacchio said. 

“What isn’t broke, don’t 

fix it,” Musacchio said. “Everybody 

has a great time.”

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6 | June 22, 2017 | The lake forest leader NEWS 


Lake Forest High School District 115 

New position requires new hires to help improve student absenteeism 

Katie Copenhaver 


Lake Forest High 

School District 115 Board 

of Education approved 

new hire contracts for the 

new educational services 

which will help improve 

the student absenteeism 

and substance abuse during 

its meeting on Monday, 

June 12. 

Patrick Sassen was hired 

as director of educational 

services for a multi-year 

contract and John Maher 

(currently a dean at Lake 

Forest High School) was 

appointed to a one-year 

contract as assistant director 

of educational services. 

The vote for Sassen was 

six to one and the vote for 

Maher was unanimous, 

following an extended discussion 

among Principal 

Dr. Chala Holland and the 

board members. 

The one “no” vote for 

Sassen came from Board 

President Reese Marcusson. 

“I didn’t learn about this 

hire until last week, Marcusson 

said. “It’s unfortunate. 

It’s not the way we’re 

supposed to do business. 

The board needs to be involved 

in key hires, so 

we’re not blind sided.” 

Board member Lise Eliot 

also felt blind sided by 

the new hire. 

“I had the same reaction 

as Reese, but I see [the 

new position] was on the 

organizational chart,” Eliot 

said. 

Vice President David 

Lane said he remembered 

talking about the position a 

few months ago. 

Board Secretary Ted 

Moorman questioned 

whether this is a new position, 

to which Holland 

explained it is a retitled 

position with a new description. 

Holland further explained 

that educational 

services has been known 

as student services, and 

the director and assistant 

director oversee the high 

school’s counselors, social 

workers and psychologists. 

In making the case for 

Sassen, Holland said that 

she and her committee are 

very impressed with him 

and his extensive experience 

handling substance 

abuse and student absenteeism. 

“He has a level of expertise 

that will greatly benefit 

the district,” she said. 

Holland also detailed the 

concern about absenteeism 

among students. 

“We are currently not 

following school code,” 

Holland said. “We do not 

follow proper procedures. 

I think it’s a safety issue. It 

boils down to being responsible 

and accountable [to 

parents]. It’s our responsibility 

to know who’s in the 

building and who’s not.” 

While Holland feels 

Sassen will help them get 

absenteeism under control 

she believes it is all of the 

staff’s responsibility. 

“Our attendance does 

not rest on one person,” 

she said. 

Before casting his opposition 

vote, Marcusson 

stated, “Ted [Moorman] 

and I sign the contract, not 

Mike [the superintendent 

of the district] or anyone 

else. I would have liked to 

have had more knowledge 

of the candidates.” 

2018-19 final exam 

schedule change approved 

The 2018-19 school 

year has been changed 

to schedule fall semester 

final exams before winter 

break, rather than following 

it as has been the 

practice for many years, 

in order to give students a 

stress-free holiday. 

The board had discussed 

this change at previous 

board meetings and members 

approved it unanimously. 

Marcusson raised one 

point, “I’m asking this 

because I will get questions 

from people who see 

me at Sunset or elsewhere 

around town. Why wait 

until 2018-19?” 

“We have to honor 

our theater program and 

athletics,” said Holland, 

explaining that many of 

those events are scheduled 

a year in advance. 

Director of communications 

contract passes despite 

objections 

A new contract for Anne 

Whipple’s services as the 

District’s director of communications 

was discussed 

by the board at a previous 

closed meeting and passed 

at the June 12 public meeting 

by a four to three vote. 

The “no” votes came 

from members Eliot, Lane 

and Moorman, who acknowledged 

that Whipple 

is invaluable to the district, 

but said they objected 

to some of the contract’s 

terms. 

In support of Whipple’s 

retention, member Diana 

Kreiling said she supports 

the contract, which 

increases Whipple’s compensation, 

because Whipple 

has not had a raise 

in the five years she has 

been employed by the district. 

Member Sally Davis 

noted that they have 

moved the contract from 

10 months to 12 months, 

which also makes the case 

for the increased compensation. 

Davis said that 

Whipple’s hard work in 

creating and launching the 

school’s new website was 

one of her most significant 

contributions. 

Lake Bluff Historic Preservation Commission 

Commission continues to review village regulations 

Christa Rooks 


The Lake Bluff Historic 

Preservation Commission 

continued its 

discussion of historic 

preservation regulations 

and historic districts at its 

regular meeting Wednesday, 

June 14. 

This discussion was 

the third of six planned 

discussions following 

the Lake Bluff Village 

Board’s request that the 

commission suggest ways 

to strengthen the Historic 

Preservation Ordinance. 

The commission held 

two meetings during the 

month of May, during 

which they discussed various 

changes they would 

like to see, including requiring 

the homeowner 

or a qualified representative 

to appear personally 

before the Commission 

for Advisory Review and 

increasing barriers to demolishing 

a home. They 

also discussed reducing 

the work necessary to 

landmark a home, implementing 

a new outreach 

program to homes that 

potentially qualified for 

landmark status, and establishing 

“heritage lots,” 

which would allow nonconforming 

zoning lots 

that are too small under 

current regulations to remain 

buildable after a 

home is demolished. 

At Wednesday’s meeting, 

the board kicked off 

the discussion by weighing 

whether they should 

participate in design review, 

particularly if a historic 

district were to be 

established or if a historic 

home was demolished and 

a new home rebuilt in its 

place. 

After debating the idea, 

the commission decided 

that it was out of their purview. 

“I have a very strong 

feeling about this,” Commissioner 

Cheri Richardson 

said. “I think that we 

should not. I think we can 

say, we hope you’ll put 

something in there... that 

fits with the neighborhood 

... [but] if we were all architects, 

we’d be on the 

[Architectural Board of 

Review].” 

Chairwoman Janet Nelson 

agreed, saying she 

didn’t have the expertise 

to do design review. 

The commission then 

moved on to discuss 

whether they should continue 

to review all demolitions 

of buildings in the 

village that are more than 

50 years old. This led them 

to consider having the 

various areas of the village 

mapped and surveyed to 

have a fuller picture of the 

homes in the village. This 

would reduce the number 

of homes that would have 

to receive consideration 

from the HPC before being 

demolished because the 

village would have previously 

identified homes that 

were historically or architecturally 

significant. Currently 

only a small portion 

of the village has been surveyed. 

While the commission 

agreed that they would 

like to do more surveying, 

they voted not to request to 

change the 50-year rule. 

“I feel like we’re a 

small enough community, 

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Police Reports 

Vehicle struck motorcyclist’s wrist, refused to stop 

A motorcyclist reported 

this his wrist was hit by a 

vehicle at 11:38 p.m. on 

June 3 in the intersection 

of Route 176 and Shagbark 

Road in Lake Bluff. 

After hitting the motorcyclist 

the vehicle made an 

illegal right turn on red. The 

complainant attempted to 

stop the vehicle and spoke 

to the female driver who refused 

to stop and stated she 

was calling the police. 

The vehicle was last seen 

south on Route 41. The 

complainant requested an 

informational report and no 

injuries were reported. 

LAKE BLUFF 

June 10 

• A officer responded to 

a report of an adult who 

threatened her child at 9:30 

a.m. in the 12500 block of 

Meadow Circle. 

June 8 

• A officer responded to a 

complaint of a vehicle having 

difficulties staying in 

the lane in Highland Park 

at 4:04 a.m. on Route 41. 

The officer located the vehicle 

on Route 41 at Knauz 

which was in the northern 

limits of Lake Bluff. The 

driver was charged with 

driving with a suspended 

driver’s license, improper 

lane usage, operating an 

uninsured motor vehicle 

and a DUI. The passenger 

was cited for failure to 

wear a seat belt. 

• A property damage accident 

was reported at 11:26 

a.m. on Route 176. The 

driver was charged for a 

DUI. 

• A three car accident was 

reported at 12:16 p.m. on 

S. Waukegan Road. One 

driver was issued a citation 

for failure to reduce speed 

to avoid an accident. 

• A resident stated that 

approximately $500 was 

taken by a family member 

who has access to their 

home. The complainant 

thinks the money was taken 

sometime on June 7. 

• A bicycle was reported 

stolen at 4:35 p.m. 

• A mountain bike an bike 

trailer was reported stolen 

from the backyard of a 

residence at 7:14 p.m. in 

the 600 block of Garfield 

Avenue. The reported loss 

is less than $300. 

• A one vehicle accident 

with no injuries was reported 

at 7:56 p.m. in the intersection 

of Sheridan Road 

and E. Sheridan Road. 

June 7 

• A hit and run occurred 

in the parking lot at 11:59 

a.m. on Albrecht Drive. 

The vehicle of the at fault 

driver was located and it 

was determined the at fault 

driver was unaware he hit 

a vehicle. 

• A property damage accident 

was reported at 12:42 

p.m. in the intersection of 

Route 176 and Route 43. 

One driver was issued a 

citation for failure to reduce 

speed. 

• A two vehicle accident 

was reported at 2:23 p.m. 

in the intersection of Armour 

Drive and Weatherford 

Court. The driver of 

unit No. 2 complained of 

back pain and was transported 

to the hospital. 

• A three car accident with 

no injuries was reported at 

5:39 p.m. in the intersection 

of Route 43 and Route 176. 

June 6 

• Documents were reported 

taken from a residence 

at 12:05 p.m. in the 1800 

block of Shoreacres Road. 

The complainant stated 

she had some documents 

taken from a folder and she 

stated that it was a family 

member who had taken the 

documents. The complainant 

stated she just wanted 

the documents back. 

• A driver was charged for 

driving on a suspended 

driver’s license at 3:41 p.m. 

on W. Washington Street. 

• A two vehicle property 

damage accident was reported 

at 3:58 p.m. in the 

intersection of Waukegan 

Road and Sherwood Drive. 

June 5 

• A cellphone account 

was reported opened in 

a residents name without 

authorization at 6:44 p.m. 

in the 0-100 block of E. 

Center Avenue. 

June 4 



driver’s license, driving 

with revoked registration 

and operating an uninsured 

motor vehicle at 5:07 p.m. 

on Route 41. 

June 3 


operating a vehicle with 

suspended registration, 


driver’s license and operating 

an uninsured motor vehicle 

at 12:30 a.m. in the intersection 

of Sheridan Road 

and Shore Acres Road. 




intersection of Route 176 

and Route 43. 

• Officers responded to a 

report of two dogs being 

detained at 2:33 p.m. in 

the area of E. North Avenue 

and Maple Avenue. 

Upon arrival, the officer 

was able to detain a toy 

breed tan and white dog 

but the second dog, a toy 

breed brown shaggy dog 

would not respond to commands. 

The officer and a 

resident on E. Washington 

Avenue attempted to 

capture the brown shaggy 

dog several times but were 

unsuccessful. The resident 

was able to grab the dog 

at one point but was bitten 

on the hand. The bite 

broke through the skin and 

there was some bleeding. 

The officers and the resident 

were able to capture 

the dog on the property 

on Maple Avenue by using 

a capture stick. Both 

dogs were taken to Knollwood 

Animal Hospital and 

turned over to hospital 

staff. Staff was advised the 

brown dog was aggressive 

and did bite a person. Staff 

advised the dog would be 

placed under observation 

for rabies. An Animal Bite 

Report was completed and 

faxed to Lake County Animal 

Control. The officer 

was unable to determine 

the owners of the dog. The 

dogs were also entered in 

the found animal log. 

• A bicycle was reported 

stolen at 5:28 p.m. in the 

300 block of Circle Drive. 

June 2 




intersection of Route 43 

and Sherwood Drive. 

LAKE FOREST 

June 6 

• Lidoine Catalan-Diaz, 42, 

of Chicago, was charged 

with driving with a suspended 

driver’s license and 

failure to appear in the intersection 

of Deerpath Square 

and Kennington Terrace. 

June 4 

• Anastasia L. Brown, 19, 

of Johnsburg, was charged 

with driving with a suspended 

driver’s license at 

1:03 a.m. in the intersection 

of Sheridan and Westminister 

roads. 

June 3 

• Jimmy O. Muniz-Alarcon, 

30, of North Chicago, 

was charged with a DUI 

and driving with a suspended 



of Route 41 and Westmoreland 

Road. Police 

responded to a report of 

a accident and when they 

arrived and spoke to those 

involved in the crash, it 

was determined Muniz- 

Alarcon was driving under 

the influence. 

June 2 

• Ivan Uriosteguri, 37, of 

Waukegan, was charged 

with speeding 91 mph in a 

posted 55 mph speed zone 

and driving with a suspended 



of Route 41 and Old 

Elm Road. 

• Takilah R. Hasan-Martin, 

24, of Mount Prospect, 

was charged with driving 

with a suspended driver’s 

license at 1 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 41 and 

Old Elm Road. 

EDITORS NOTE: The 

Lake Forest Leader’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on file 

at the Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff Police Department 

headquarters. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charged until proven guilty in 

the court of law. 

LBHPc 

From Page 6 

I don’t see any reason to 

change the 50 year or older 

rule, personally,” Commissioner 

Janie Jerch said. 

“If we were a larger community, 

it might become 

an onerous task to review 

everyone that comes 

along, but I personally 

would like to know about 

what’s coming, what’s being 

asked about.” 

After a brief discussion 

regarding terminology 

and protections 

given to historic districts 

and an agreement to do 

more research into it, the 

commission moved on 

to discussing the incentives 

currently provided 

to those with landmarked 

homes. 

Currently, those with 

landmarked homes receive 

various benefits, such as 

a discount on building 

permits and a state property 

tax assessment freeze, 

among other things. 

“It’s a pretty wide ranging 

set of incentives, all 

things considered,” said- 

Glen Cole, the assistant to 

the village administrator. 

“[But] it’s never going to 

be enough to make people 

see dollar signs.” 

Nelson stressed the need 

for the village to look further 

into which homes in 

the village were certified, 

and Cole agreed to do 

more research into it. 

The discussion regarding 

the historic preservation 

regulations will continue 

at the commission’s 

next regular meeting 

July 12.

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boy from pool 

Northbrook fire officials 

are praising Park District 

lifeguards after the latter 

saved a 7-year-old boy 

from the bottom of the 

pool at Meadowhill Aquatic 

Center, 1501 Maple 

Ave., Northbrook. 

On the afternoon of June 

13, a male lifeguard noticed 

a child at the bottom 

of the main pool. 

“He was right in the 

middle of the pool, which 

is probably about 3.6 feet 

deep,” Park District Marketing 

Coordinator Ann 

Ziolkowski said. “The 

guard saw him on the pool 

floor and blew his whistle, 

which then all the other 

guards blew their whistles. 

He jumped in the pool, 

pulled the child up and 

started performing mouth 

to mouth.” 

Another lifeguard called 

911. A Northbrook police 

officer happened to 

be nearby and quickly arrived 

to assist with CPR. 

A bystander at the scene 

identified himself as a doctor, 

Ziolkowski said, and 

helped with response efforts. 

Paramedics took the 

boy to a nearby hospital. 

Firefighters on the scene 

said the lifeguards’ actions 

were “incredibly heroic,” 

according to the Park District, 

and reported that the 

boy was conscious and 

responsive en route to the 

hospital. 

Reporting by Matt Yan, Contributing 

Editor. Full story at 

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THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Streetfest to battle hunger 

on North Shore 

Food insecurity is not a 

problem that many people 

associate with the North 

Shore, but the Northfield 

Township Food Pantry 

hopes to change that with 

Pantry Palooza Friday, 

June 24. 

The event will take 

place from 6-10 p.m. at 

the downtown Glenview 

Metra parking lot. Admission 

for the event will 

cost $15 and the night 

will feature food and 

drinks from local vendors 

and live music by 97 

Nine, Rock House favorite 

Van Houten and the 

Evanston School of Rock 

House Band. 

“We’re hoping to get 

a nice attendance,” said 

Gayle Curcio, a Northfield 

Township Food Pantry 

volunteer. “It would be 

nice to see a couple hundred 

people there to come 

out and support the pantry 

and support the families 

that use the food pantry. 

It’s just a night to have 

fun, listen to some good 

music, have some great 

local food and support the 

pantry.” 

The food pantry hopes to 

raise $20,000 by the end of 

the night, a slight increase 

from its last annual fundraiser. 

The funds earned 

will go toward monthly 

food distribution programs 

and pantry operations. 

Reporting by Bojana Galic, 

Editorial Intern. Full story at 

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THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

City looking for input on 

library expansion 

The Highland Park Public 

Library may be undergoing 

an expansion, and 

the City, together with the 

library, is planning on hosting 

six upcoming meetings 

“to gather public input,” 

according to Mayor Nancy 

Rotering. She discussed 

the upcoming meetings at 

the regular meeting of the 

Highland Park City Council 

on Monday, June 12. 

“Public engagement 

and feedback are a critical 

component of this potential 

project,” Rotering said. 

The meetings are some 

of the first steps in a plan 

that has been worked on 

for at least two years. 

“We’ve been talking 

about this since 2015,” 

Rotering said. 

In April, the city council 

approved a resolution hiring 

an architectural firm to 

conduct a $52,500 study 

to develop options for the 

potential expansion. The 

library has purchased two 

single-family homes east 

of its current location for 

$1.5 million to expand on 

that area. 

The first public input 

meeting is June 21. 

The city council also approved 

a consideration of a 

recommendation for a development 

plan. 

The plan is for a nineunit 

multifamily development 

at 1637-1645 Mc- 

Govern St., and members 

of the city council supported 

the development and its 

location. 

“(This development) fits 

beautifully into the location, 

it’s going to complete 

the neighborhood,” Councilman 

Anthony Blumberg 

said. 

As part of the public 

benefit requirement for 

new developments, the 

developers, Carlisle Place, 

LLC, are contributing 

$5,000 toward the city’s 

wayfinding sign program. 

Reporting by Erin Yarnall, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at HPLandmark.com 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Village to vote on 

minimum wage, paid sick 

leave ordinances 

The Wilmette Village 

Board introduced an ordinance 

at its Tuesday, June 

13 meeting that, if adopted, 

would opt out of Cook 

County ordinances creating 

a separate minimum 

wage and minimum paid 

sick leave benefits for private 

sector employees in 

Cook County. 

Cook County passed 

the minimum wage and 

minimum paid sick leave 

benefits ordinances in 

October. The ordinance 

set the minimum wage at 

$10 an hour starting July 

1, with the wage going up 

one dollar each year until 

2020. In terms of the 

sick leave ordinance, an 

employer would be obligated 

to provide an hour 

of paid sick leave for every 

40 hours of work to 

any employee who works 

at least 80 hours within 

a 120-day period, up to 

a maximum of 40 hours 

per year. More than 40 

Cook County communities 

have already opted 

out, including the nearby 

North Shore communities 

of Glenview and Northbrook. 

The board didn’t discuss 

the matter at the 

meeting because the ordinance 

was simply being 

introduced. The board 

will discuss the ordinance 

at the June 27 meeting, 

and the ordinance will 

be up for adoption at that 

time. Although the board 

didn’t discuss the matter, 

members of the community 

spoke up about it during 

the meeting, including 

Wilmette-Kenilworth 

Chamber of Commerce 

Executive Director Julie 

Yusim and co-president 

of the League of Women 

Voters of Wilmette Allyson 

Haut. 

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Freelance Reporter. Full 

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College of 

Lake County 

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Griffin 

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Davis Ethical Leadership 

Award from the Illinois 

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an honor to be recognized 

at the state level and I’m 

proud to serve a college 

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to implement ethical 

standards.” 

Richard A. Anderson, 

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award said Griffin has 

been a major part of stu- 

Announcements 

Happy couple celebrates 

golden anniversary 

Mary and Jim Connelly, of 

Lake Forest, celebrated 

their 50th wedding 

anniversary on June 17 

with family and friends 

at Saint Mary’s Basilica 

where they tied the knot 

at some fifty years to the 

day. 

May you have many 

more years of happiness 

together. 

From your loving 

daughter. 

dents success at the college. 

“Dr. Griffin’s dedication, 

commitment and accomplishments 

as an ethical 

leader have contributed 

to the college’s obligation 

to ensuring student success, 

creating a campus 

recognized at the state 

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our diversity initiatives 

and establishing a strong 

institutional culture built 

on ethical leadership and 

standards.” 

Officials from ICCTA 

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Ill. 

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and initiatives. These 

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the annual appointment of 

an ethics officer and transitioned 

Freedom of Information 

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Act requests directly 

to the president’s Office. 

The board also endorsed a 

new college accountability 

report that measures how 

well CLC has advanced 

student success, served as 

a steward of resources, engaged 

the community and 

fostered innovation. 

“As a CLC board member 

and alumnus, Dr. Griffin 

has helped to ensure 

that CLC remains a premier 

community college, 

with state-of-the-art learning 

facilities,” Anderson 

wrote. “He has provided 

guidance and leadership in 

developing a nearly $100 

million operating budget 

and set policies for strategic 

direction and fiscal accountability.” 

Founded in 1970, the 

ICCTA is an organization 

whose constituents are the 

individual members of the 

local boards of trustees of 

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Local Girl Scouts design anti-idle signs to decrease air pollution 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Last year the fourth grade Girl Scout 

Troop No. 40312 at Sheridan Elementary 

School set out on a year-long journey to 

create cleaner air for children at school. 

The idea came when the Girl Scout troop 

attended a field trip at Tesla in Highland 

Park where they learned about the harmful 

impact of car emissions. 

At Tesla the girls learned about how vehicle 

emissions pollutes the air and how 

bad it is for people to breath in the polluted 

air. After returning from the field 

trip the girls came together and realized 

how much pollution is in the air when the 

busses and cars sit in the school parking 

lot waiting to pick students up at the end 

of the day. They decided to put a stop to 

it by starting an anti-idling pledge, asking 

all drivers to turn off their cars while they 

wait for students to get out of school. 

Ellie Houston, a member of the Girl 

Scout troop, said when they asked drivers 

to turn off their cars they were more than 

willing and were interested in their mission 

to help reduce air pollution. 

Once they saw how accepting the drivers 

were of their mission, the girls decided 

to take it a step farther and design signs to 

remind drivers to turn their cars off, which 

helped them earn their energy badges. 

In order to get these signs placed at the 

schools the girls needed to find funding. 

When Megan Eatherton, a teacher for 

District 67, heard what the girls were doing 

she suggested they apply for the Disney 

Summer of Service Youth Grant. 

The girls worked hard and applied for 

the grant and were one of 340 young leaders 

across the country awarded a $500 grant 

which would be enough to fund the signs. 

Designing the signs took a lot of planning 

and creativity from the Girl Scout troop. 

“We designed these signs so they would 

catch the eye of the drivers,” said Sadie 

Strong, a member of the Girl Scout troop. 

“[We wanted the signs to] remind [drivers] 

how harmful [emissions are] to the 

environment and people, and how they 

can save money and help people and the 

environment just by turning off their car 

when they are not moving.” 

Today there are three signs posted at 

Deer Path Middle School and the girls say 

they have noticed more drivers turning 

Girl Scout Troop No. 40312 designed anti-idle signs, which are now posted at Deer 

Path Middle School, to help remind drivers to turn off their cars while they wait for 

students to get out of school to decrease air pollution. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 

their cars off since the signs went up. 

The girls said they did not work hard 

to get these sign posted just so they could 

receive their energy badge, but because 

they wanted to help the environment and 

the community. 

“[Making the signs] was really fun and 

we like helping the community and this 

is how we got part of our bronze award,” 

Houston said. 

School News 

University of Illinois 

Gallagher named Second 

Lieutenant in the United 

States Marine Corps 

Charles Gallagher 

(pictured right), graduate 

of Lake Forest Academy 

and resident of Lake 

Bluff, recently graduated 

with a degree in engineering 

from the University of 

Illinois Champaign. Following 

graduation, he was 

commissioned as Second 

Lieutenant in the United 

States Marine Corps. 

On Honors Day, Charles 

received the American 

Legion Scholastic Excellence 

Gold Medal, the 

American Legion Auxiliary 

Military Excellence 

Medal, The Veterans of 

Foreign Wars Award, the 

USAA Scholar Excellence 

Award, The Zumwalt 

Leadership Award, 

and the University Gold 

Medal. He was also 

awarded the National Defense 

Service Medal when 

he commissioned. 

John Carroll University 

Looby named to dean’s list 

Catherine Looby, of 

Lake Forest, has been 

named to the dean’s list 

at John Carroll University 

for the Spring 2017 semester. 

Looby is a member 

of the JCU Class of 

2017. 

Students eligible for the 

dean’s list must have completed 

a minimum of 12 

semester hours within one 

semester and have a quality 

grade point average of 

at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. 

Bucknell University 

Lochiatto graduates from 

college 

Jenna Lochiatto, of 

Lake Forest, graduated 

from Bucknell University 

during the spring 2017 

commencement ceremony. 

Colgate University 

Sullivan earns degree 

Katherine Sullivan, of 

Lake Forest, is now a graduate 

of Colgate University 

as a member of the Class 

of 2017. Sullivan majored 

in Biology. 

Sullivan, a graduate 

of Lake Forest High 

School, received a Bachelor 

of Arts degree Magna 

Cum Laude at Colgate’s 

196th Commencement on 

May 21. 

University of Vermont 

Bellino named to dean’s 

list 

Kate Bellino, of Lake 

Bluff, was named to the 

dean’s list for the spring 

2017 semester at the University 

of Vermont. 

To be named to the 

dean’s list, students must 

have a grade-point average 

of 3.0 or better and 

rank in the top 20 percent 

of their class in their 

respective college or 

school. 

Colby College 

Two local residents 

graduated from college 

Spencer F. Johnson, of 

Lake Forest, a graduate of 

Lake Forest High School, 

received a degree in government 

from Colby College. 

Palmer I. Taylor, of 

Lake Forest, a graduate 

of Lake Forest Academy, 

received a degree in English 

with a concentration in 

creative writing. 

School news is compiled by 

Editorial Intern Jake Markowitz. 

Charles Gallagher, of Lake Bluff, was named the 

Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. 

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Get out and support local farmers markets 

Alyssa Groh 

alyssa@lakeforestleader.com 

The first time I ever 

attended a farmers 

market I was not 

too excited about going. I 

was out visiting my brother 

in the Quad Cities and 

he dragged me along early 

on a Sunday morning. 

For some reason I 

thought farmers markets 

were boring and something 

people my age 

should never be caught 

going to. When we arrived 

I was shocked to see more 

than 50 tents set up with 

hundreds of people roaming 

the streets supporting 

local businesses. 

As we walked around 

I saw people of all ages attended 

this farmers market 

and they seemed to really 

enjoy it. Kids ran around 

from booth to booth trying 

free samples, while parents 

followed behind with 

money to buy the things 

they liked. 

Within seconds I was 

hooked on this whole 

farmers market thing. I 

found some incredible 

little crafts and delicious 

food you have never even 

heard of, as such as mac 

and cheese bratwurst, 

which are to die for. 

Now every time I visit 

my brother I make a request 

to go to the farmers 

market to visit some of 

my favorite vendors and 

see what is new. 

I haven’t been to many 

other farmers markets 

so when heard about the 

opening of the Lake Forest 

Open Air Market and 

the Lake Bluff Farmers 

Market I jumped on the 

first chance I got to attend 

them. 

This past week I attended 

both markets and 

found incredible foods 

and entertainment for all 

ages. If you are looking 

for an excuse to spend a 

few hours outside I encourage 

you to attend the 

local farmers markets. 

My favorite thing about 

farmers markets is not 

only finding the unique 

items vendors are selling 

but supporting small and 

local businesses. 

As mentioned in this 

week’s news cover’s, 

on Page 4, Lake Forest 

and Lake Bluff farmers 

markets have worked hard 

to incorporate the community 

into the markets. 

There is something at each 

market everyone will enjoy 

and who doesn’t love 

spending time outside? 

When you attend the 

farmers markets let me 

know about some good 

finds and things you 

enjoyed most by e-mailing 

me at alyssa@lakeforestleader.com 

so I can 

check it out as well. 

Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society 

posted this photo on June 16. The Historical 

Society posted this photo of Lois Durand Hall 

when it was first built. 

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a great luncheon today... A big thank you to 

Brian McCaskey with the @ChicagoBears for a 

wonderful presentation!” @LFLBChamber. 

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50 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Lake Forest couple 

celebrates 50 years of 

marriage, Page 12 

Letter to the Editor 

Les Turner ALS Foundation 

thanks community for 

support 

Every 90 minutes someone 

in the United States is 

diagnosed with ALS and 

every 90 minutes someone 

in the U.S. dies from ALS. 

At the Les Turner ALS 

Foundation, we’re committed 

to changing that. 

In May, in honor of 

National ALS Awareness 

Month, hundreds of Les 

Turner ALS Foundation 

volunteers lined the streets 

from Barrington to Flossmoor 

and Elgin to Lake 

Forest collecting donations 

and distributing education 

material as part of our annual 

Tag Days drives. 

Nearly $34,000 was 

raised collectively 

through this grassroots 

effort. In Lake Forest, 

Chris McCormick led this 

successful effort, which 

raised nearly $1,700 from 

generous donors. 

These funds will help 

support groundbreaking 

ALS research and clinical 

care at the Les Turner ALS 

Research and Patient Center 

at Northwestern Medicine. 

ALS is a rapidly progressive 

neuromuscular 

disease that attacks a 

person’s muscles, gradually 

robbing them of their 

ability to walk, speak, eat 

and breathe, yet generally 

keeping their mind intact. 

While some symptoms are 

treatable, there is currently 

no prevention or cure. 

The month of May also 

brought momentum to 

ALS news: a new ALS 

gene discovery from the 

lab of Drs. Teepu Siddique 

and Han-Xiang Deng at 

the Les Turner ALS Research 

and Patient Center 

at Northwestern Medicine, 

as well as the FDA approval 

of Radicava TM, 

the first drug approved for 

ALS in 22 years. 

For 40 years, the Les 

Turner ALS Foundation 

has been Chicagoland’s 

leader in research, patient 

services and education 

about ALS, serving the 

vast majority of people 

with ALS in the area, offering 

hope and help when 

it’s needed most. 

To those who supported 

Tag Days, thank you. For 

more information about 

ALS and the Les Turner 

ALS Foundation, visit 

www.lesturnerals.org. 

Andrea Pauls Backman, 

executive director of Les 

Turner ALS Foundation. 

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Winnetka’s freshest slice 

New pizzeria debuts in Hubbard Woods, Page 23 

Vince Vaughn returns to Lake Forest to help celebrate 50 years of 

telecom program at Lake Forest High School, Page 21 

Vince Vaughn, a LFHS 

alumni, (left to right), 

Paul Boese, LFHS alumni 

and producer, and recent 

graduate Van Staunton, 

talk on stage at LFHS’s 

50 years of telecom 

celebration on June 10 

at Gorton Community 

Center. Rhonda Holcomb/ 

22nd Century Media.

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Telecom 50th anniversary draws stars, students, alumni 

Katie Copenhaver 


Lake Forest High 

School celebrated the 

50th anniversary of its 

innovative Telecom program 

(now known as New 

Media) at Gorton Community 

Center June 9 and 

10. The culminating event 

on June 10 featured some 

of the program’s most famous 

alumni, current students, 

teachers and their 

supporters. Actor and producer 

Vince Vaughn, who 

has also been inducted 

into LFHS’s Alumni Hall 

of Fame, and his classmate 

producer Paul Boese 

topped the bill with their 

on-stage conversation, 

preceded by a number of 

in-person and videotaped 

messages from alumni. 

Vaughn began by thanking 

Gorton Community 

Center. 

“I did my first play at age 

7 here. I had just moved to 

town. I was in the chorus 

of ‘South Pacific.’ ” 

That was just the beginning 

for Vaughn of several 

performances at Gorton, 

including a role in “Pippin” 

in which he got a 

chance to ad-lib, a skill 

that he has drawn upon 

throughout his career. 

He explained that his 

LFHS Telecom classes 

were the only formal education 

he received in film 

production and editing. 

“Telecom gave us the 

freedom to be ourselves,” 

Vaughn said. “I liked 

watching other students’ 

projects. We went off and 

did projects on our own. 

Then, we came together 

and collaborated.” 

According to Dave 

Miller, founder of the 

Telecom program and a retired 

LFHS teacher, people 

loved having Vaughn in 

class. 

“People loved to have 

Vince in their projects,” 

Miller said. “Then it came 

time for Vince to direct his 

own commercial, and he 

was in control. I knew then 

this guy was going to be 

someone special.” 

Vaughn and Boese had 

advice for the group of 

current and recently graduated 

LFHS New Media 

students, who had frontrow 

seats at the event. 

“Give yourself permission 

to keep doing 

what you’re doing now,” 

Vaughn told them. “I never 

bought into the mythology 

that I had to get a degree or 

apply for jobs that I didn’t 

really want.” 

He explained that he 

went to Hollywood when 

he was 18. 

“I never went to college 

or film school. There’s no 

one right way.” 

Boese, who attended 

Emerson College, told 

students the work he does 

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Christian Science Society (Gorton Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest) 

Testimony Meeting 

Come to Gorton Center the first 

Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. 

There will be prayer, hymns, and readings 

from the Bible, with related passages 

from the “Christian Science” textbook, 

“Science and Health with Key to 

the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy. 

Then participants share their own healings 

and inspiration. For more information, 

call (847) 234-0820 or email cssocietylakeforest@gmail.com. 

The Church of the Holy Spirt (400 E. Westminster Road, 

Lake Forest) 

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and 7:30 and 10 a.m. on Sundays 

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Call (847) 272-4565 ext. 21. 

In Memoriam 

Jeane Schwaba 

Jeane Schwaba, 85, of Lake 

Forest, died June 14. Schwaba 

was born Sept. 7, 1931, to 

John and Lila (Kerr) Downing 

in Chicago. She is survived 

by her husband of 63 years, 

Leroy; children, Leroy (JC) 

Schwaba, Jr., James (Sharon) 

Schwaba, Catherine (Chris) 

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collaborators].” 

As part of the 50th anniversary 

celebration students 

and alumni alike praised Dave 

Miller and Steve Douglass for 

organizing this event and for 

their years of dedication to 

students and the Telecom/New 

Media program. 

Miller co-founded the 

program in the 1960s with 

Joe Lawler and other teachers 

when the school was gifted a 

large playback machine. They 

Clemmer, Ann (Dave) Dingman, 

Virginia (Rich) Prybell, 

and Mary (Doug) Schwaba; 

12 grandchildren and three 

great-grandchildren. Visitation 

will be held from 9-10:30 

a.m. on Saturday, June 17 at 

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 

Vine Ave, Lake Forest. Mass 

of Christian Burial will be 

built a curriculum and class 

around students’ desires to tell 

stories visually with 8-millimeter 

film. One class turned 

into many as other teachers, 

including Wendy Willard 

Antrim, Randy Bell, Bard 

Balonick, Chris Friedman and 

the late Tom Wing, expanded 

the program through technology 

updates and community 

involvement. 

Douglass started at the school 

in 2005 and has overseen the 

transition to using hand-held 

cameras, DSLRs and smartphones 

for filmmaking. 

held at 11:30 am on Saturday, 

June 17 at the Church 

of St. Mary, 175 E Illinois 

Ave, Lake Forest, burial will 

follow at St Mary’s Cemetery 

in Lake Forest. In lieu 

of flowers, contributions in 

Jeanne’s name may be directed 

to: Mission Advancement, 

One Sisters of Providence, 

“The misperception is that 

students are always on their 

phones, so they already know 

how to use them, but they are 

mainly consumers, Douglass 

said. “Taking them from 

consuming to creating is a 

massive jump.” 

During a 2007 renovation 

at the high school, the film 

lab moved out of the basement 

and upstairs next to the 

library. Douglass said that has 

created a “much more collaborative 

environment” among 

the program New Media, the 

library and other programs. He 

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works with instructors from 

other departments on crosscurriculum 

uses for filmmaking 

in student projects. 

Douglass and Miller organized 

the 50th anniversary 

celebration, which included 

an open house on Saturday 

afternoon for alumni to see the 

new space. Current students 

came back after classes were 

finished for the school year 

to lead tours and work on 

the alumni videos that were 

shown at Gorton Community 

Center over the weekend. 

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Simple as pizza pie 

Winnetka’s Pizza 

Shoppe focuses on 

wood-fired, familyfriendly 

eating 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

Contributing Editor 

After 20 years at the 

Chicago Board of Trade 

became uninteresting and 

monotonous, Matt Halack 

knew it was time to trade 

his career for something 

more reflective of his newfound 

culinary talents. 

Now, nearly five years 

after embarking on his 

food business journey, the 

Kenilworth father of five 

is taking the plunge from a 

mobile-only catering concept 

to his first brick and 

mortar restaurant in Winnetka’s 

Hubbard Woods 

business district. 

Halack, who first went 

to culinary school in 2005, 

had not thought about being 

a restaurant owner until 

a large-scale catering opportunity 

fell into his lap 

five years later. 

“I liked to cook and never 

thought I’d do anything 

with [culinary school],” he 

said. 

After being asked by 

his mother-in-law to cater 

food for a family birthday 

party, Halack got a huge 

paella pan to cook in the 

backyard. To his surprise, 

Halack’s cooking proved 

popular, with others asking 

if he could cater food for 

their events as well. 

From there, Halack 

told his wife, Sarah, that 

he should start an actual 

catering business, which 

she helped name Grateful 

Bites. In 2012, Grateful 

Bites was incorporated and 

Halack started catering all 

kinds of foods as requested 

by clients. 

After trying his hand catering 

a plethora of foods, 

Halack decided to specialize 

in wood-fired pizzas. 

“If I ever did anything, it 

was going to be in the pizza 

world,” he said. Halack 

not only continued to focus 

on being a full service 

catering company, but also 

invested in a mobile woodburning 

oven so he could 

travel the area and use his 

unique oven to replicate his 

special pizza recipes anywhere 

for occasions from 

dinner parties to food festivals. 

Halack prides himself 

on cooking from scratch, 

using only fresh and predominantly 

locally sourced 

ingredients, something that 

made his pizza popular for 

the past three years at the 

Wilmette Farmer’s Market 

and the Highwood Evening 

Market. 

And, after wanting a 

permanent location, Halack 

and his wife decided 

now was the right time to 

open in Winnetka, a town 

lacking a restaurant with 

his pizza’s style but with a 

faithful clientele. 

“Winnetka has been really 

good to us as far as catering 

— very welcoming — 

and we’ve had a lot of good 

business here,” he said. “We 

have a lot of friends in the 

area we’re kind of counting 

on to help get us through the 

first few months.” 

With the restaurant’s 

prime downtown location 

and outdoor eating space, 

Halack hopes it will be a 

success. 

“We’re a family-owned 

business, so our focus is on 

providing a family-friendly 

experience to our customers,” 

Halack said. 

Halack is also happy to 

be focusing on a smaller, 

more specialized menu, 

something he says will help 

them concentrate on improving 

the quality of the 

Grateful Bites Pizza 

Shoppe 

899 Green Bay Road 

Winnetka 

(847) 386-9141 

www.gratefulbitespizza 

shoppe.com 

11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily 

food. He is also relieved to 

take a step back from mobile 

catering. 

“The mobile business is 

tough — it’s just very physical,” 

he said. “I wanted to 

hopefully get it to a point 

where I could send it out 

without me, which was a 

big step for us because I was 

pretty hands-on and it was 

hard for me to give that up.” 

While still working on 

decorating the restaurant, 

which opened just this 

month, Halack’s goal was 

for the place to have a bit of 

a rustic look that was simple, 

neat and not something 

that “looked like a 50- or 

60-year-old male chef designed 

the restaurant.” 

“We’re not designers, 

we’re cooks,” Halack said 

about recruiting local help 

for designing Pizza Shoppe’s 

interior. 

On a trip last week, 

our editorial team got the 

chance to try some of the 

restaurant’s salads, appetizers 

and pizzas. 

We started with the arugula 

salad ($7 for a small, 

$12 for a large) which included 

a blend of greens, 

onions, tomatoes, Parmesan 

cheese and olive oil. It 

was a light, healthy starter 

filled with just the right 

amount of flavor for a summer 

favorite. 

Next, we tried the white 

bean hummus starter ($9), 

made with cannellini beans, 

homemade giardiniera, 

roasted cauliflower and 

served alongside Halack’s 

Grateful Bites Pizza Shoppe’s pepperoni with hot honey pizza ($15) features marinara 

sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, hot honey and chives. PHOTOS BY BOJANA 

GALIC/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

The arugula salad ($7 small/$12 large) is made with greens, onions, tomatoes, 

Parmesan cheese and olive oil. 

homemade dough lightly 

sprinkled with olive oil 

and Parmesan cheese. The 

warm, fluffy dough made 

for the perfect dunking into 

the rich, smooth hummus. 

From the red pizza menu, 

we ate the pepperoni with 

hot honey ($15), made with 

red marinara sauce, mozzarella 

cheese, pepperoni, hot 

honey and chives. Halack 

takes locally sourced honey 

and steeps it with habanero 

peppers. The pizza, while 

very tasty, is not spicy and 

instead offers a surprising 

combination and sweet 

complement to an otherwise 

basic pizza. 

From the white pizza 

menu, we tried the elote 

($16), made with olive oil, 

mozzarella, roasted corn, 

mayo, Cotija cheese (a hard 

cow’s milk cheese), cilantro, 

lime and chili powder. 

Halack modeled this pizza 

after elotes, a popular Mexican 

street corn snack eaten 

during the summer in Chicago. 

We were surprised to 

taste such a delicious spin 

on the food served atop a 

very thin pizza crust with 

melted cheese. 

All pizzas are made in 

the restaurant’s special 

Mario Acunto stone oven 

direct from Italy and using 

tomatoes from Bianco Dinapoli, 

100 percent organic 

tomatoes from farms in 

Yolo County, Calif. As the 

months go on, Halack says 

he plans on incorporating 

pizzas with seasonal toppings.

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10 Questions 

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Marquart is a rising sophomore on the 

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team. 

How long have you been playing 

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started with it? 

I’ve been playing soccer since I was 5. 

I got started with it because my twin 

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so I followed in his footsteps. 

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I’d be playing field hockey. I started 

playing that when I was 10. 

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playing soccer? 

I was probably 8. I was still in AYSO 

then and my team wasn’t that into it, so 

I had to play all of the positions because 

no one wanted to play, so I just ran all 

around the field. 

If you could have dinner with one 

person, alive or dead, who would 

you like to eat with? 

Sandra Bullock. When I think about her, 

I think about “The Blind Side” and think 

that was the coolest movie. I feel like she 

probably learned a lot from that so I’d 

like to hear her story on what she thought 

about that. 

What’s your biggest fear? 

My biggest fear in general is swimming 

in the ocean around sharks, that really 

concerns me. 

Do you have a dream job? 

If I could be anything I’d like to be a 

surgeon. I don’t handle gory stuff well 

but I just want to help people that much 

and feel that would be a really cool 

experience. 

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If you could have any superpower, 

what would you choose and why? 

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could get me out of a lot of situations 

faster, especially traffic when I’m going 

to be late to something, which is a huge 

pet peeve of mine. I think that would 

help me a lot. 

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would you want to go and why? 

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seems super cool. I’ve always been interested 

in Greenland. 

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the past or the future, where would 

you go and what would you see? 

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to the ‘80s because I feel like that was a 

really fun time period. 

What advice would you give 

younger soccer players? 

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the most important thing. Some people 

get sidetracked with other coaches who 

are their fans and your team as a whole is 

more important to focus on. 

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Team 22: baseball 

Welcome to 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and 

the eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from six high schools — New 

Trier (NT), Loyola Academy (LA), Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Lake Forest (LF) 

and Highland Park (HP) — in our coverage area. 

FIRST TEAM 

Catcher 

Cam Redding, NT junior 

• Redding hit .422 during 

his junior season, helping 

the Trevians to an extended 

playoff run. He finished the 

year with 26 RBI and an 

on-base percentage that 

hovered a shade below 

.500. 

First Base 

Anthony Calcaro, NT junior 

• The Northwestern University 

commit hit .356 with an 

OPS of 1.091 this season, 

solidified the defense at first 

base and also helped New 

Trier out on the mound. 

Second Base 

Henry Singer, HP senior 

• Singer led the Giants 

in hitting during the 2017 

campaign, batting .418 

with 23 stolen bases and 

an on-base percentage of 

.586. The Central Suburban 

League All-Conference 

selection was also the 

salutatorian for HPHS this 

year. 

SECOND TEAM 

Catcher 

Hikaru Ozone, GBN 

senior 

First Base 

Charlie Reinkemeyer, LF 

senior 

Second Base 

Thomas Witty, GBN 

senior 

Third Base 

Cameron Pauly, GBS senior 

• Team MVP Pauly did it all 

for the Titans in 2017. The 

CSL All-Conference selection 

moved from shortstop to 

third base when needed, 

hit a team-leading .382 and 

scored 20 runs. He became 

the team’s closer during the 

season as well. 

Outfield 

Tyler Gussis, HP junior 

• Gussis hit .353 this 

season with a team-high 

30 RBI and helped the 

Giants to a CSL North 

Championship. He scored 

23 times and his patience 

was on full display with 20 

walks. 

Shortstop 

Caleb Durbin, LF junior 

• Durbin hit a ridiculous .500 

for the Scouts this season in 

100 at-bats and had eight 

doubles, three triples and two 

home runs. He successfully 

stole 29 bases without getting 

thrown out once and was 

named to the North Suburban 

Conference All-Conference 

team. 

Outfield 

Conor Nash, GBS junior 

• Nash’s .341 batting average 

was second best on the team. 

With an on-base percentage 

of over .400 and with a teamhigh 

26 RBI in 2017, he made 

a formidable 1-2 combination 

with Pauly for the Titans. 

Outfield 

Brad Czerniejewski, LF 

senior 

• The speedy outfielder 

with a rocket arm moved 

from right field to center 

field for his senior season. 

Czerniejewski will now 

rejoin former teammate Cal 

Coughlin on the team at 

Texas Christian University. 

Designated Hitter 

Paul Turelli, LF senior 

• Turelli worked on both 

sides of the battery for Lake 

Forest this season, batting 

.304 with 18 RBI and two 

home runs and striking out 

52 as a pitcher over 38 

innings. He’ll play for the 

Redbirds at Illinois State 

next season. 

Third Base 

Brandon Matias, GBS 

sophomore 

Shortstop 

Kevin Donahue, NT 

senior 

Outfield 

Drew Golde, LF junior 

Jimmy Karfis, GBN 

junior 

Kevin Burnside, GBN 

senior 

Designated Hitter 

Noah Shutan, HP junior 

Pitchers 

Ryan Morrison, GBS 

junior 

Tommy Maher, GBS 

senior 

Jack Arnstein, HP senior 

Pitcher 

Tommy Gertner, GBN senior 

• The Spartans had a 

young team this season 

and looked to the talented 

three-pitch southpaw with 

an outstanding split-finger 

fastball to be their ace one 

more. Gertner delivered the 

goods again this season and 

earned a spot on the CSL 

All-Conference team. 

Pitcher 

P.J. McKermitt, LA junior 

• The left-hander had 

an increased role for the 

Ramblers this season and 

helped Loyola to a 22-13 

record. Along with teammate 

and Rambler shortstop Ryan 

Lin-Peistrup, McKermitt 

was voted to the 2017 

Chicago Catholic League All- 

Conference team. 

Pitcher 

Thomas Nugent, NT senior 

• Nugent helped carry 

the Trevians to the state 

semifinals this season. With 

a 12-1 record and miniscule 

0.91 ERA in 69 innings 

pitched, he struck out 50 

while only walking nine and 

earned a spot on the CSL 

All-Conference team. 

HONORABLE 

MENTION 

Ryan Chandler, LF 

senior OF; Evan Barnes, 

GBN junior SS; Jack 

Zeidler, HP senior P; 

Carter de Roeck, GBS 

senior P; Dylan Horvitz, 

NT senior C; Ryan Lin 

Piestrup, LA senior SS

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Team 22: softball 

Welcome to 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and the 

eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from seven high schools — 

New Trier (NT), Loyola Academy (LA), Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland 

Park (HP), Lake Forest (LF) and Regina Dominican (RD) — in our coverage area. 

FIRST TEAM 

Catcher 

Jenny Goldsher, HP 

senior 

• .577 BA, .974 SLG, 

13 2B, 0.63 OBP; 

Goldsher, a fouryear 

starter, was the 

clear-cut hitting leader 

for Highland Park. 

This year she was 

All-Conference for the 

fourth year in a row and 

an All-State selection. 

Shortstop 

Avery Yalowitz, LA 

senior 

• .450 BA, 8 HR, 

45 H, 1.261 OPS; 

Yalowitz completed 

her successful career 

by finishing second 

on the team in home 

runs, batting average 

and RBI. 

First base 

Alicia Bagan, NT senior 

• .533 BA, 49 H, 

29 RBI, 19 2B,: The 

Rochester recruit’s 

19 doubles were tops 

among the schools 

in the 22nd Century 

Media coverage area. 

Second base 

Lauren Murphy, RD 

senior 

• .314 BA, 25 RBI, 8 

2B; Murphy helped turn 

around a Regina that 

struggled last season 

and finished with its 

most wins in over 

10 years. The senior 

will be playing at St. 

Norbert next year. 

Third base 

Kendall Barrett, RD 

junior 

• .484 BA, 26 RBI, 27 

R, .681 SLG; Barrett’s 

26 RBI were a teamhigh 

for the Panthers. 

Outfield 

Jon’nah Williams, LF 

junior 

• .440 BA, .538 OBP, 

23 runs, .613 SLG; 

Using her speed, 

Williams was able to 

cover a large area in 

center field and made 

All-Conference in the 

North Suburban Conference 

Lake Division. 

Carolyn Kuhn, GBS 

senior 

• .424 BA, 6 2B, 19 

R, 2 3B; The Indianabound 

senior showed 

why she was headed to 

the Big Ten, steadying 

the Titans’ offense at 

the top of the lineup. 

Nora Conway, LA junior 

• .500 BA, 52 H, 27 R, 

14 RBI, 13 2B, 1.226 

OPS; Conway moved 

back to the outfield 

after playing first base 

last year and finished 

with the most hits 

in the area, helping 

Loyola to some big 

wins. 

Designated player 

Kylie Sanders, LA 

senior 

• 9 HR, 28 RBI, 14 R, 

.64 SLG; The senior 

completed her Rambler 

career by leading 

her team in multiple 

categories and coming 

up with big hits when it 

needed them. 

Pitcher 

Megan Joyce, RD junior 

• 214 K, 156 IP, 2.33 

ERA; The Regina ace 

averaged more than 

one strikeout per inning 

and fanned more 

batters than anyone 

else in the area. 

SECOND TEAM 

Catcher 

Winnie Tomsheck, GBS junior 

• .400 BA, .480 SLG, 10 RBI; Tomsheck 

lit up opposing pitchers, providing 

leadership for a young GBS squad. 

First base 

Brianna DeFrank, GBS senior 

• .396 BA, 11 RBI, 21 H; DeFrank was 

one of only two seniors who saw a lot of 

playing time and provided leadership for 

a young GBS squad. 

Second base 

Grace Guercio, LA junior 

• .324 BA; The junior led the team in 

sacrifices (7) and hit .400 with runners in 

scoring position. 

Third base 

Keeley Utz, NT sophomore 

• .333 BA, 28 H, 19 RBI; The sophomore 

was third on the team in hits and RBI. 

Shortstop 

Gillian Gossard, NT senior 

• .427 BA, 1.033 OPS, 41 H, 27 R, 22 

RBI; Gossard finished second on the 

team in hits and RBI and led the Trevians 

in runs scored. 

Pitcher 

Lauren Mendelson, GBN junior 

• 2.42 ERA, 137 K, .263 OBA; The 

Spartans’ top pitcher earned all but four 

of her team’s strikeouts and pitched all 

but seven of her squad’s innings. 

Outfield 

Tessa Bojan, HP junior 

• .407 BA, 14 2B; The Giants’ junior 

combined with Goldsher to lead the HP 

offense. 

Caroline Kelly, NT senior 

• .297 BA, .375 OBP; Kelly finished 

second in hits and runs for the Trevians. 

Megan Chin, GBS sophomore 

• .373 BA, .479 OBP; Chin was one of 

many young talented players for the 

Titans. 

HONORABLE MENTION 

Lauren Olson, GBS sophomore UTL; 

Natalie Abreu, HP sophomore SS; Devin 

Davidson, HP junior OF; Marisa Michi, 

LA freshman 3B; Sydney Martens, LF 

sophomore SS; Eloise Trout, NT junior P

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from the publisher 

Leader apologizes for production error 

Joe Coughlin 

Publisher 

Hello, Lake Forest 

Leader readers, 

we wanted 

to notify you of and 

apologize for an error 

you will find in the last 

issue (June 15) of your 

hometown newspaper. 

On the sports cover, 

you will notice inaccurate 

information in the 

headline, sub-headline, 

photo caption and story 

teasers (at the top of the 

page). This text was 

inadvertently pulled from 

a previous issue of The 

Leader during the final 

production stages. 

We, at The Leader, 

take accuracy and credibility 

seriously. We 

recognize and regret this 

error and have already 

taken steps to ensure this 

type of mistake cannot 

happen again. 

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Going Places 

‘I can do anything they ask me to’ 

22nd Century Media PHOTO 

1st-and-3 

Athletes to look 

out for 

1. Brad Czerniejewski 

(ABOVE). The 

outfielder will 

continue his 

baseball career 

at Texas Christian 

University in the 

fall, reuniting with 

former teammate 

Cal Coughlin. 

2. Emma Patlovich 

(ABOVE). 

The prolific 

volleyball setter 

helped the Scouts 

to an outstanding 

2016 season 

and will continue 

her career at the 

University of New 

Hampshire in the 

fall. 

3. Jason Cast. Cast 

will join a number 

of fellow Scouts at 

DePauw University 

in the fall, where 

he’ll continue his 

baseball career. 

Pooler follows his 

heart to Carthage 

Derek Wolff, Sports Editor 

Most kids would jump 

at an offer to play for a 

larger program, even in 

a diminished role. Liam 

Pooler is not most kids. 

The standout running 

back for Lake Forest High 

School during the 2016 

season helped the Scouts 

earn an unexpected trip 

to the state quarterfinals. 

After growing up hearing 

stories about his father, 

an All-Big 10 running 

back at Northwestern, 

the younger Pooler will 

continue to run his course 

slightly further up Lake 

Michigan at Carthage 

College in Kenosha, Wis. 

Pooler wasn’t set on 

football until eighth 

grade. One of his older 

brothers played hockey; 

one didn’t play sports at 

all. Despite their father’s 

pedigree within the game, 

Liam wasn’t pushed toward 

football either. 

“He told me, ‘do what 

you want and excel in 

what you do’”, Pooler 

said. 

Pooler explored baseball 

and wrestling, as 

well as football, in middle 

school. But after his freshman 

season he knew football 

was his game, so he 

joined the track team in an 

effort to get faster. 

Listen Up 

“It was meant to be that I came to 

Carthage.” 

Liam Pooler— The former Lake Forest High School 

running back on his decision to play football at 

Carthage College next season after a campus visit. 

By his junior year at 

LFHS, Pooler had earned 

a starting spot at cornerback 

on the Scouts’ varsity 

team. But when it came 

time for colleges to scout 

him, that was all they saw, 

a 5-foot-8-and-a-half cornerback. 

Pooler wanted 

to be something more and 

in 2016 he wound up being 

the team’s mainstay at 

running back on first and 

second down. 

He’ll begin his career at 

Carthage by playing running 

back, but the versatility 

the Red Men see in 

Pooler could expand his 

options, an idea that appealed 

to him over all other 

interested parties. 

“Any position on the 

field is natural for me 

and that’s how (Carthage) 

sees me, they see me as 

an athlete,” Pooler said. 

“I’ll start at running back 

but if they need me somewhere 

else they can play 

me there. Wherever I’m 

needed I’m going to play. 

Personally, and I think 

they think this too, I can 

play anywhere. I think I 

can do anything on the 

football field that they ask 

me to do.” 

Schools in the Pioneer 

Football League like 

Drake, Butler and Dayton 

took note of Pooler following 

his junior season, 

but he was left cold by 

their approach to see him 

play cornerback only. 

“They all saw me as 

a corner and just a corner 

and I didn’t feel like 

that was really fair to my 

athletic ability,” Pooler 

said. “I felt like that was 

decreasing my ability to 

just one position, whereas 

I saw myself as, and it 

sounds arrogant, but I just 

have the complete confidence 

in myself where 

I can do anything on the 

field. I wanted to be able 

to shine where people 

knew I could shine.” 

Carthage’s belief that 

Pooler could be something 

more ultimately 

set them apart, as similar 

opportunities arose from 

Augustana University and 

North Central College. 

The Red Men heavily recruited 

Pooler in late 2016 

and a trip to the school’s 

campus on the shores of 

Lake Michigan, as well as 

it’s close proximity to his 

home in Lake Forest, did 

the trick. 

“Once I stepped in there 

the campus was beautiful, 

it’s right on the Lake,” he 

said. “I like to live by ‘you 

know when you know’. 

When I was visiting other 

schools I was forcing 

myself to see the good in 

them but with Carthage I 

saw the good right away. 

It was meant to be that I 

came to Carthage.” 

The Red Men went 7-3 

in 2016 and Pooler believes 

they can make a 

tune in 

What to watch this week 

SUMMER GOLF: Check out tee times at courses around 

Highland Park. 

• Onwentsia Club, open Monday-Sunday, 300 Green Bay 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Former Lake Forest High School standout runnng back 

Liam Pooler rushes in a contest during the 2016 season. 

Pooler will continue his career at Carthage College in 

Wisconsin this fall. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

bigger impact on the national 

stage this upcoming 

season. Whether he’s in 

line to be the team’s running 

back, in a supporting 

role or if he’s with the 

special teams unit, he’s 

just excited to be along for 

the ride. 

“For freshman year, it’s 

all about the team.” 

Carthage has him on a 

personalized workout program 

this summer, where 

he hopes to gain five 

pounds to build his frame 

to 185 lbs while still gaining 

speed, the ultimate 

factor at his position. 

“Speed kills,” he said. 

“If you’re the fastest guy 

on the field, it doesn’t 

matter how big you are, 

doesn’t matter how jacked 

you are, it’s going to be 

Index 

28-29 - All-Area teams 

27 - Athlete of the Week 

hard for anyone to tackle 

you.” 

And for someone who 

has always been on the 

smaller side, there’s nothing 

Pooler likes more than 

proving people’s misconceptions 

about him 

wrong, leaving him the 

perfect window of opportunity 

at Carthage. 

“I’ve been one of the 

smaller kids on each of 

my teams every year and 

that’s what’s awesome 

about football. You get to 

display your abilities and 

your team’s abilities without 

having to think about 

the outside world.” 

The Red Men open their 

2017 season on the road 

at Aurora University on 

Sept. 2. 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Derek 

Wolff. Send any questions or comments to 

d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.com.

Lake Forest Leader | June 22, 2017 | LakeForestLeader.com 

Pooler by the lake 

Running back continues career at 

Carthage, Page 31 

Familiar Face 

Lake Forest’s past meets its future, 

Page 27 

Swing and a drive 

Scouts land spots on 22CM’s Team 22 squads, Pages 28-29 

Lake Forest’s Brad Czerniejewski and Jon’nah Williams made 22nd Century Media’s All-Area teams for their efforts during the 2017 baseball and softball seasons. 22nd 

century media file photos

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