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of Meadow Road, or a
two-story northern half of
the building and five stories
further away from the
street.
Poupard walked commissioners
through a 3D
rendering of downtown
complete with what the
new zoning amendments
would ask of developers
versus what currently occupies
those spaces.
The Village is considering
zoning amendments to
downtown. The Plan Commission
has been tasked
with generating ideas for a
draft, which trustees would
look over and discuss with
them.
Reporting by Matt Yan, Editor.
Full story at Northbrooktower.com
THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
Hot-button issue of
reconfiguration continues
to dominate D112
discussions
Talk of North Shore
School District 112’s impending
reconfiguration
dominated the District’s
board meeting Tuesday,
Aug. 1, as members expressed
concern time
was running short to attain
necessary community
feedback while sorting
out potential attendance
boundary changes and staff
adjustments.
The topic is not new —
school closures and reconfiguration
have been on the
table for years amid declining
enrollment, uneven
distribution of students
across schools and aging
buildings — but is now
in the hands of the board
after Reconfigure 2.0, the
community group tasked
with finding consolidation
options, identified three
preferred school reorganization
proposals in their
report released last month.
Though the proposals,
three preferred options
plus five other possibilities,
were not discussed in great
detail, the effects of them
were on board members’
and district officials’ minds
as they decide which direction
to go in for the 2018-
19 school year.
“We’re going to do it,
we’re going to have to
close some schools, and
I think it’s important that
we do it well and do it conscientiously,”
said board
member Bennett Lasko.
Despite receiving extensive
community feedback
during the 14-month long
Reconfigure 2.0 process,
board members were eager
to survey the district again
to weigh support for the
different proposals.
“Our ability to take any
action will be significantly
strengthened if we have
a survey result indicating
that there’s community
support for the decision
we’re making,” said board
member Alexander Brunk.
Reporting by Brenden Moore,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at HPLandmark.com
THE WILMETTE BEACON
Mallinckrodt Center
celebrates active adult
programming
When Wilmette’s
Mallinckrodt Center was
built in the early 1900s, it
served as a convent where
nuns from all over the
country lived.
Today, it is home to programming
for adults over
the age of 50 through the
Wilmette Park District.
Julie Mantice, manager
of the center, said the goal
of her department is to
change the face of adult
programming.
“I think when people
think about a senior center,
they think it’s for people
over the age of 80 with
walkers who play bridge
and cards,” Mantice said.
“We’re here to provide
programming for 50-plus
[people]. I’m here to be
that change agent. We
want to convert this place
into one where your mom
wants to come.”
Dorian Merrick serves
as the center’s assistant.
She remembers when the
program got started 20
years ago at the Community
Recreation Center.
“It was called the Mescal
Center at the time because
Dave Mescal, who was a
great community-minded
person here in Wilmette for
many years,” Merrick said.
“He decided the community
needed an active adult
center or a senior center.”
After 12 years, the district
decided to move the
programming to Mallinckrodt.
The center will be celebrating
its 10th anniversary
on Sept. 9 with entertainment,
food from Culver’s
and beverages from The
Bottle Shop.
The center offers a variety
of activities. They
have 11 fitness classes a
week, card games, movies,
discussions and outings
around the Chicago area.
Reporting by Emma Palatnik,
Editorial Intern. Full story at
WilmetteBeacon.com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
D35 ‘not any further
along’ in personal
investigation of alleged
molestation
The Glencoe Public
Schools is not aware of any
ongoing police investigation
regarding the sexual
abuse allegations against a
former District 35 educator.
But, the School Board
is still doing its due diligence.
In an interview with The
Anchor, the district’s attorney
Mike Loizzi said
on Aug. 3, the School
Board has looked through
the alleged abuser Marvin
Martin’s personnel file and
board minutes for any reference
of said abuse.
“We have not come
across anything that suggests
that we have information
in our possession,”
Loizzi said.
The story from an alleged
abuse victim, Dave
Stroud, was addressed at
the last School Board meeting
on July 27. District 35
released a statement at the
meeting regarding the allegations
against Martin,
who taught elementary and
middle school for 40 years
from 1956-1996.
In the statement, School
Board President Gary
Ruben said in part: “The
Glencoe Schools were
previously made aware
of these allegations in
relation to a 2012 investigation
by Glencoe Public
Safety. The Glencoe
Schools cooperated with
all requests from Glencoe
Public Safety, and the case
was closed.”
According to Loizzi, police
reported back to the
District in 2012 that the
case was closed and there
was nothing further. This
year, the District received
more information from the
same 2012 victim, Stroud,
and again alerted Glencoe
Public Safety.
Because it has to do with
sexual abuse, the District
again had to turn it over to
the police. But in the past
several weeks, the School
Board has reviewed their
files.
“We finished [looking
through] the important
and immediate files, like
Martin’s and [Dave’s] student
records,” Loizzi said.
“Now, we are asking administration
to put their
heads together and see
if there are other records
worth reviewing.”
Reporting by Megan Bernard,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at GlencoeAnchor.com.
School News
Elon University
Forlow named to dean’s
list
Liam Patrick Forlow,
of Lake Forest, has been
named to the dean’s list for
the 2017 spring semester
at Elon University.
The dean’s list is composed
of students with no
EMPOWER
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and jewelry cooperative,
teaching them how
to utilize Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets for basic
sales and management
strategies.
“They used to write
everything by hand in a
notebook and then burn
old notebooks,” Kubicek
said of the co-op’s former
business practices. “The
cooperative has great potential,
but the lack of
formal business education
makes managing the cooperative
difficult for the
women.”
Kubicek made strides
to implement an online
system of accounting and
inventory management
and also to expand the
co-op’s product line. In
fact, some of the product
comes right back to
Loyola. The LoyolaWear
Store sells handmade
“LA” keychains for $5,
with all the money going
back to the women in
Nicaragua.
Kubicek shared some
of the challenging realities
of his work, which he
calls an extremely humbling
experience.
“I had a barrel of cold
water to use for my shower
and more than half the
time, I did not have running
water,” he said. “One
week I had to bring my
barrel outside to catch
rain water off of the tin
roof. After fishing out the
bugs and leaves, I used
grade below a B-minus
and a grade point average
of at least 3.50 in a minimum
of 12 semester hours.
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the same water to shower,
do laundry, wash dishes
and even cook.”
In June, at the same time
as Kubicek’s internship
with Fabretto, Loyola students
were experiencing
Nicaragua on their summer
service immersion
trip led by teachers Erin
Hauri, Debbie Henslee
and Chris Howe. Kubicek
spent time with the Rambler
volunteers, serving as
a mentor and guide for the
group.
“He encouraged our
students to jump in — not
only to the hard physical
labor, but to forming
relationships and getting
to know the personal stories
of people in the community,”
said Hauri, who
teaches Spanish in the
foreign language department.
Kubicek knows that
a future in the country
would mean sacrificing
time with family
and friends, his lifestyle
at home and, possibly,
his dream of making
it big in the business
world.
“But the more time I
spend in Nicaragua, the
more I feel drawn toward
giving all that up,” he
said. “Although I don’t
know what lies ahead,
I do see myself coming
back to Nicaragua because
the idea of women
and men [working] for
others that my parents
and Loyola Academy
have instilled in me is
still very much present.”