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10 | June 22, 2017 | The lake forest leader news
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Oskar
The Gajda family,
Lake Bluff
This is Oskar.
He is an
8-year-old
Schnauzer that
is known by
everyone in the
neighborhood.
He is friendly,
though a bit
yelpy. We
think he is a
Swiss variety
because he yodels when greeting people.
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THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Lifeguards rescue 7-yearold
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
NorthbrookTower.com.
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
GlenviewLantern.com.
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.
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WilmetteBeacon.
com.