GA_081717

Release of records No evidence of sexual 

abuse in ex-teacher’s files, Page 3 

Awarded excellence Loyola grads 

earn Fulbright scholarships, Page 10 

Fighting epilepsy New Trier grad hosts Seize the 

Stage benefit concert, Page 12 

Glencoe’s Hometown Newspaper GlencoeAnchor.com • August 17, 2017 • Vol. 3 No. 50 • $1 A Publication 

The Ponce Family (left to right) Amy, 

4-year-old Maya, Dan and Lupita the 

Miniature Daschund pose for a photo 

in front of their new home in Glencoe. 

Dan, a New Trier graduate, anchors for 

the WGN-TV Morning News from 4-6 a.m. 

Rhonda Holcomb/22nd Century Media 

WGN’s Ponce and family 

return to North Shore 

roots in Glencoe, Page 4 

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THURSDAY 

Build Stuff Drop-In 

4:15-5:15 p.m. Aug. 17, 

Glencoe Public Library, 

320 Park Ave. Spend the 

afternoon building with 

friends as you test your 

creativity and explore new 

techniques using various 

building materials from 

Legos to craft sticks to 

wooden tracks. 

Free Park-N-Play 

6-7 p.m. Aug. 17, Shelton 

Park, 251 Harbor St. 

The Glencoe Park District 

is bringing fun events 

to Glencoe Parks every 

month. Explore nature at 

Shelton Park with friends 

from the Glencoe Community 

Garden and enjoy 

a storywalk with the Glencoe 

Public Library. 

Supply Drive 

1-2 p.m. Aug. 17, Central 

School, 620 Greenwood 

Ave., Glencoe. A 

locally supported charity, 

Families Helping Families 

Chicagoland, invites 

the Glencoe community 

to bring donations of new 

school supplies to Central 

School. 

FRIDAY 

Stories at the Garden 

10-11 a.m. Aug. 18, 

Glencoe Community Garden, 

385 Old Green Bay 

Road. Join the Glencoe 

Public Library outside at 

the Glencoe Community 

Garden by Shelton Park 

for a special Tales for Tots 

event. In the event of rain, 

storytime will be held at 

the library. 

SATURDAY 

Device Advice 

10-11 a.m. Aug. 19, 


320 Park Ave. Got a new 

device and need help setting 

it up? Questions regarding 

technology features 

or a new app? Visit 

Glencoe Public Library’s 

all new drop-in Device 

Advice sessions. Feel free 

to bring in your laptop, 

tablet or mobile device so 

they can help you learn the 

ins and outs. 

MONDAY 

Monday Night at the 

Movies: Barbara 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 21, Glencoe 

Public Library, 320 

Park Ave. Fans of The 

Lives of Others should 

find Barbara an equallycompelling 

story about life 

in German in the 1980s 

under the controlling and 

ever-watchful eyes of 

the Stasi. A young doctor 

transferred from a prestigious 

Berlin hospital to 

a small country pediatric 

center must weigh her loyalty 

to her patients against 

her plan to secretly flee the 

country. 

TUESDAY 

Writing the College Essay 

7:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 22, 


320 Park Ave. The essay 

is the only part of a college 

application that’s 

completely in the student’s 

control. Learn how to 

make the most of it from 

returning presenter Hanna 

Stotland, a college admissions 

consultant with a 

national clientele. She will 

cover getting started, subjects 

to avoid and how to 

stand out from the crowd. 

Students and parents welcome. 

WEDNESDAY 

Kindergarten Kickoff 

10:30-11:15 a.m. Aug. 

23, Glencoe Public Library, 

320 Park Ave. Children 

who will begin Kindergarten 

in the fall are 

invited to the library for a 

special class with stories, 

a craft and a treat to celebrate 

the start of the school 

year. Register at glencoelibrary.org. 

THURSDAY 

Munchy Movie: ‘The 

Smurfs: Lost Village’ 

1:30-3 p.m. Aug. 24, 


320 Park Ave. Take a break 

from the summer heat 

and drop by the library 

for a movie, popcorn and 

snacks. Children under 

eight must be accompanied 

by an adult. 

UPCOMING 

Document Destruction 

9 a.m.-noon, Aug. 26, 

Southeast Metra Commuter 

Parking lot, Glencoe. 

Come shred and recycle 

sensitive documents free 

of charge. Paper documents 

must be brought to 

the event in either paper 

shopping bags or boxes. 

No plastic bags. Limit of 

six boxes or bags per vehicle. 

End of Summer Fire Party 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 26, Glencoe 

Beach, 55 Hazel Ave. 

Join in at Glencoe Beach 

for a fire dancing show, 

s’mores and glow-in-thedark 

fun. Bring a picnic to 

enjoy or purchase dinner 

from the beach concession 

stand. Children must be 

accompanied by an adult. 

Lifeguards will not be on 

duty; swimming is prohibited. 

Register at glencoeparkdistrict.com. 

Frank Lloyd Wright at 150 

7-8:30 p.m. Sep. 7, 


320 Park Ave. Join Glencoe 

Public Library for 

a talk on Frank Lloyd 

Wright’s architectural legacy 

with art historian Jeff 

Mishur. 

The Great Mud Run 

9-11 a.m. Sep. 16, Watts 

Park, 305 Randolph Ave. 

The inaugural Great Mud 

Run is a 1.25 mile (2k) 

race through Watts Park. 

The race will take adventurous 

youths throughout 

the parkland of Glencoe. 

There will be 12 natural 

and manmade obstacles 

throughout the course, 

challenging participants’ 

drive and physical stamina. 

Participants will receive 

a t-shirt, a finisher 

medal and bragging rights! 

Advance registration is required 

at glencoeparkdistrict.com. 

ONGOING 

Lisa Ridgers Exhibition 

Now through Aug. 31, 

Anne Loucks Gallery, 309 

Park Ave., Glencoe. Stop 

in to see the new exhibition 

of work by Lisa Ridgers. 

The show includes 15 

of her most recent landscape 

paintings, as well as 

a new series of color saturated 

abstract works. 

Memoir Writing Classes 

1-3 p.m. Wednesdays 

Aug. 9-30, Glencoe Study 

Center, 706 Green Bay 

Road. Do you have a life 

story or experience that 

you’ve been wanting to 

write about? My Story 

Workshop is a four-week 

workshop that gives anyone 

with a story (and that’s 

you) a nurturing learning 

environment to breathe 

life into stories. Contact 

fjsanders2005@sbcglobal. 

net or call Bob Boone at 

(847) 835-5430 for more 

information and to register. 

North Shore Croquet Club 

Wednesdays, Thursdays 

and Saturdays; 11 a.m., 1 

p.m. and 3 p.m., 

Glencoe Golf Club, 621 

Westley Road. The North 

Shore Croquet club is offering 

free coaching sessions 

and practice to learn 

Six Wicket American Croquet. 

Games are played 

on Wednesday, Thursdays 

and Saturdays at the Glencoe 

Golf Club. Call or text 

(847) 409-5526 to schedule 

a game. 

North Shore Chess Club 

7-9 p.m. Thursdays, 

Starbucks, 347 Park 

Ave., Glencoe. The North 

Shore Chess Club meets 

with players at all levels 

of chess skill, beginner, 

intermediate, advanced. 

Very friendly, casual atmosphere. 

No fees. Open 

to teens and adults. Bring 

your chess set if you have 

one. For more information, 

email guntherrice@gmail. 

com. 

French Market 

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

Wyman Green, Downtown 

Glencoe. Shop local this 

summer at the Glencoe 

French Market. The new 

Glencoe French Market is 

a place for farmers, artisans, 

small business owners 

and food vendors to 

come together in an openair 

market setting. It will 

offer a variety of goods 

with a blend of upscale, 

urban markets and rural, 

local street fairs providing 

an environment that is 

welcoming to all. 

Sit N’ Sip 

6:30 p.m. last Thursday 

of every month, Guildhall, 

694 Vernon Ave. All are 

welcome to this event to 

get out and socialize with 

other Glencoe residents. 

Historic Preservation 

Commission 

7:30 p.m. first Tuesday 

of every month, Village 

Hall, 675 Village Court. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m., third Thursday 

every month, Glencoe 

Village Hall, 675 Village 

Court. Come out to Village 

Hall for the Glencoe Village 

Board meeting. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Megan Bernard at megan@glencoeanchor.com.

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the glencoe anchor | August 17, 2017 | 3 

Files: No molestation, but history of anger, lewd writing 

Glencoe District 35 

releases records of 

former teacher 

Megan Bernard, Editor 

joe coughlin, Publisher 

Within the Glencoe 

Public Schools District 35 

public release of records 

involving a retired teacher 

who has been recently 

accused of child molestation, 

The Glencoe Anchor 

found no allegations 

or mentions of sexual 

abuse. 

The retired teacher, 

Marvin Martin, taught for 

40 years at the district and 

came under fire when an 

alleged sexual abuse victim 

came forward. After 

former Glencoe resident 

and student Dave Stroud 

shared his story on social 

media, it made its way 

to a School Board meeting 

on July 27, where 

the district addressed the 

claims. 

Since The Anchor has 

heard from another alleged 

victim who wished 

to remain anonymous and 

who did not file a full report 

with Glencoe police. 

In a letter responding to 

a request for Martin’s files 

from The Anchor, D35 

Superintendent Catherine 

Wang stated independent 

of the request, the district 

has decided to voluntarily 

release to the public files 

related to Martin. 

While The Anchor 

found no reports of sexual 

abuse by Martin, there 

was evidence of history of 

anger issues. 

In a 1991 incident, 

when a student was allegedly 

being disciplined, 

Martin, in his own words, 

“took [the student] by the 

upper arm and hustled him 

back into my office. He 

seemed to panic. … When 

he wouldn’t stop talking, 

I put my hand over 

his mouth. He screamed 

out. ... He said his lip was 

cut.” 

The boy, who reportedly 

was sneaking a look 

at report card grades, had 

a different account when 

he told the principal. 

To Martin, then-principal 

Nelson Armour wrote: 

“You expressed that those 

couple of minutes were 

a blank to you. ... This 

would suggest the intensity 

of the emotions of the 

teacher during the heat of 

the moment. [The student] 

said that he was called a 

‘sick, sick child,’ and was 

told by you, ‘no one can 

do this to me.’ He also recalls 

being shook at some 

time during the episode.” 

Armour then asked 

Martin “not to confer with 

students on disciplinary 

issues in your office.” 

After the alleged incident, 

Armour also wrote to 

Martin, “There have been 

occasions in the past years 

in which Tom [Amos] has 

discussed with you times 

in which your anger was 

noted by students or parents.” 

In the document release, 

there are no records 

of those conversations between 

Amos and Martin 

or of the “anger” incidents 

reported by parents. 

Aside from the alleged 

anger issues, Martin’s file 

holds salary forms, lunchtime 

detention supervision 

reimbursements and 

glowing reviews from 

parents. 

“I do not believe I have 

ever seen him turned 

on so much by all of his 

school activities,” one 

parent — whose named 

was redacted — wrote to 

Martin about her child. 

Another parent wrote, 

“In just 20 hours of summer 

school, you managed 

to widen horizons for 

our son ... by introducing 

him to and helping him 

appreciate the fine arts. 

… Now that he has had 

a four-week preview of 

the ‘Martin mystique’ he 

hopes, as we do, that he 

will be fortunate enough 

to have the whole show in 

sixth grade.” 

The file also included 

some of Martin’s personal 

writings, which he sent to 

unknown colleagues in 

1983. His writing was inspired, 

he wrote, from the 

time Martin spent at the 

Taylor Children’s Home 

in Kenosha, Wis. 

Within the manuscript, 

he wrote about the children 

of the home and their 

stories, including recounts 

of toweling off adolescent 

boys, of knowing when 

the boys masturbated, 

and of a graphic sex education 

lesson he gave the 

boys. 

“If I ever seek to publish 

this, I will work harder 

to disguise identities,” 

Martin said in an attached 

memo to his colleagues. 

There is no record of 

any response to Martin 

from his colleagues or 

administration about the 

writings. 

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‘Glencoe has its own little niche in itself ’ 

WGN’s Ponce and 

family return to 

North Shore, move 

to Glencoe 

Alan P. Henry 

Freelance Reporter 

“You can’t go home 

again,” the novelist Thomas 

Wolfe famously opined. 

Well, he was wrong, as 

generations of North Shore 

natives have been proving 

for years by eventually 

moving back as adults to 

the familiar neighborhoods, 

school districts and 

feel-good landmarks of 

their youth. 

That well traveled 

circle-back journey was 

recently taken by Dan 

Ponce, a Wilmette native 

and New Trier graduate 

who moved from Chicago 

in June with his wife Amy, 

young daughter and miniature 

dachshund into a vintage 

Tudor-style home in 

Glencoe. 

“It is different enough 

that I don’t feel like I’m 

living exactly where I grew 

up, but I still feel like I am 

coming home,” said the 

40-year-old Ponce, whose 

name and face are familiar 

to many as an anchor 

for the WGN-TV Morning 

News from 4-6 a.m. alongside 

Lourdes Duarte. 

“There seems to be 

a clear progression for 

many people who grow 

up on the North Shore of 

finishing college, working 

and living in the city, 

The Ponce Family (left to right) Dan, 4-year-old Maya 

and Amy recently moved to Glencoe. Dan broadcasts 

on WGN’s Morning News and is a New Trier graduate. 

Photos by Rhonda Holcomb/22nd Century Media 

and you eventually want 

to come back,” he said. 

“The reason is you really 

can’t find a more beautiful 

area of Chicago or Illinois. 

You sort of get used 

to how beautiful the North 

Shore is growing up. You 

just take it for granted. But 

then coming back here as 

a young adult, it really has 

gotten so much prettier.” 

Dan with his daughter Maya in their new backyard. 

Though he’s only been 

back a few months, it is 

already starting to feel a 

little bit like old times. 

“I am so surprised at 

how many people I have 

seen that I grew up with 

who live either in Glencoe 

or Winnetka or very close 

by. Every time we go out 

to dinner at Guildhall or 

stop over in the Starbucks 

for coffee or walk around 

the park or go to the beach, 

I see someone I went to 

high school with.” 

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police reports 

Chicagoan arrested for possession 

of cannabis, drug paraphernalia 

Edward J. Rodriguez, 

21, of Chicago, was arrested 

for possession of 

cannabis, possession of 

drug paraphernalia and 

driving an uninsured motor 

vehicle at 2:54 a.m. 

Aug. 7 at the intersection 

of Forestway Drive and 

Elder Road. 

His court date is Sept. 9. 

In other police news: 

Aug. 7 

• Two license plate registration 

stickers were reported 

stolen 12:54 p.m. in 

the 1600 block of Frontage 

Road. 

Aug. 4 

• Unknown offenders used 

a victim’s airline miles 

advantage account to purchase 

airline tickets. 

Aug. 3 

• An unknown offender 

stole a package from a victim’s 

front porch at 8:34 

a.m. in the 900 block of 

Oak Drive. 

Aug. 2 

• Matthew L. Melson, 18, 

of Northbrook, was cited 

for consumption of alcohol 

by a minor at 11:56 p.m. in 

the 300 block of Randolph 

Street. The suspect was 

found stumbling along the 

walkway and when he observed 

the patrol vehicle, 

he jumped in the bushes in 

an attempt to hide from the 

officer. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Glencoe 

Anchor’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found on file at the 

Glencoe Police Department 

headquarters in Glencoe. Individuals 

named in these reports 

are considered innocent 

of all charges until proven 

guilty in a court of law. 

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From Page 3 

Also within the records, 

is the reported reason 

Martin left the district. 

The documents reference 

Martin’s declining health 

and financial trouble — 

though specific details are 

redacted — toward the 

end of his career. Much 

of his problems, he says, 

were a result of his demanding 

position, including 

the long hours he spent 

at the school, the trips he 

took with students and the 

commute from Wisconsin, 

where he moved to in 

1995. 

In result, Martin took a 

much-debated sabbatical 

for the 1995-1996 school 

year and then retired later 

in 1996. 

In his retirement letter 

to superintendent Dr. Phillip 

Price, Martin writes: 

“I have spent evenings, 

weekends and vacation 

times with my students. I 

have taken 205 Glencoe 

children on 30 trips to 

47 of the United States, 

Canada and the British 

Isles. The longest trip 

lasted 53 days and took 

us 12,500 miles through 

15 states and two Canadian 

provinces. I have led 

thirteen New York theater 

and sightseeing tours. I 

have taken children on 

scores of weekend outings 

all over the Midwest 

from Hannibal, Missouri, 

to Holland, Michigan, 

and from northern Indiana 

to the Wisconsin 

Dells.” 

Preceding the file release 

was Stroud’s abuse 

allegations. Not a student 

of Martin’s, Stroud reported 

that Martin babysat 

him and his brothers 

while the family’s parents 

were out of town in the 

early 1970s. One evening, 

Martin allegedly came in 

Stroud’s room and sexually 

abused him. He was 

a fourth-grader at the 

time. 

The second anonymous 

alleged abuse victim said 

Martin inappropriately 

touched him during a trip 

with Martin and other students 

to New York City. 

D35 stated it is not 

aware of any ongoing police 

investigation regarding 

Martin. The School 

Board is still doing its due 

diligence, like searching 

through records, D35 attorney 

Mike Loizzi said. 

For more info regarding 

the records, call (847) 

835-7800. 

To obtain Martin’s personnel 

file records, there 

is a form available on the 

district’s website, www. 

glencoeschools.org. 

According to the site, 

materials will be sent via 

the mail only. Requests 

will be fulfilled within 

five business days of receipt. 

Due to the sensitivity 

of this information, any 

requests must come from 

those 18 years of age and 

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THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

District chugs along with 

enrollment balancing 

phases, studies 

At the District’s regular 

school board meeting 

on Aug. 8, Winnetka residents 

and school officials 

were updated on the status 

of District 36’s Future 

Ready D36 plan, which 

was presented by awardwinning 

educational facilities 

company DLR Group 

and broken down into five 

key phases. 

Jason Lembke, representing 

DLR Group, explained 

how the group 

ponce 

From Page 4 

Ponce, the son of “Chicago 

Tonight” (WTTW) 

host Phil Ponce, graduated 

from New Trier in 1995, 

shortly before his father 

took a job in Washington 

D.C. with the national PBS 

show, “The News Hour 

with Jim Lehrer.” 

At New Trier, he played 

violin in the orchestra, sang 

in the swing and concert 

choirs, performed in the 

musicals and plays, and ran 

track and cross country all 

four years. Glencoe was on 

his radar only to the extent 

that a high school girlfriend 

lived there, four blocks 

from his home now. 

After graduating from 

New Trier, Ponce earned 

his bachelor’s degree from 

Indiana University and 

master’s degree from the 

Medill School of Journalism 

at Northwestern University. 

His TV career began in 

2005 when he was hired 

at WILX-TV in Lansing, 

Mich., as a reporter and 

weekend anchor. In 2006, 

he joined ABC-owned 

WLS-TV in Chicago as 

a general assignment reporter. 

began its work with the 

District in July. The hiring 

came in response to 

the District’s Enrollment 

Balancing Project, which 

started last year with discussions 

on how to alleviate 

overcrowding in some 

district schools. The fix 

for the current year is that 

the incoming kindergarten 

class will be split between 

Greeley School and Hubbard 

Woods School while 

Crow Island School will 

start at first grade. 

Lembke explained that 

the District is in Phase 1: 

Deeper Understanding, 

Before joining WGN-TV 

in 2010 as a general assignment 

reporter, there was a 

two-year professional detour. 

In 1996, while at Indiana, 

Ponce founded the a 

cappella group Straight No 

Chaser. After the group’s 

videos went viral on the 

internet, Atlantic Records 

gave them a record deal. 

In 2009, after Straight No 

Chaser’s album “Holiday 

Spirits” went to No. 1 on 

iTunes and Amazon, Ponce 

decided to leave ABC and 

join the group full-time. 

SNC went on to perform 

hundreds of concerts 

throughout the country and 

record three more albums 

for Atlantic. The group’s 

televised concert series 

“Live in New York” (produced 

by WTTW) aired on 

PBS stations coast to coast. 

Though he no longer 

sings with the group, Ponce 

does occasionally write for 

them, and when they perform 

in the Civic Opera 

House in December, he 

plans to be in the audience 

cheering them on. 

Ponce and Amy, who 

works for an addiction 

treatment center, have been 

married for six years and 

lived in Chicago until the 

which began with a facilities 

engineering analysis 

and will continue through 

October. During this 

phase, it will be gathering 

input from the primary 

users, including students, 

teachers, administrators 

and support staff. Student 

ideation, teacher activity 

logs, indoor environmental 

quality and sustainability 

will be among the factors 

it considers. 

Phase 1 will conclude 

with community presentations 

at each school during 

the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 

3. Following that, Phase 2: 

move to Glencoe. Once he 

was settled back in television 

news at WGN-TV, the 

focus of their life rarely 

shifted north. 

“In the news business, 

we don’t come up to the 

North Shore very often,” 

he said. “There are not a lot 

of stories here that are going 

to lead the 10 o’clock 

news, so I didn’t spend a 

whole lot of time up here 

even when I lived in Chicago.” 

Nor did he come back to 

the North Shore to “hang 

out,” except to occasionally 

pop into Walker’s Pancake 

House in Wilmette “to 

relive my childhood a little 

bit and get the 49er’s flapjacks,” 

or to grab a burger 

at the Chuckwagon in Wilmette. 

But as friends began 

moving back to the North 

Shore, so did the gravitational 

pull for him to do the 

same. 

“I wouldn’t say I necessarily 

missed the North 

Shore but eventually our 

friends start moving here 

and we spent a little bit 

more time here and we 

knew it was probably time 

to make the move,” he said. 

“We were in this house for 

about two minutes and we 

Discover and Explore will 

begin with a district-wide 

preview on global perspectives, 

scheduled for 

Oct. 24. 

During Phase 2, DLR 

will do comparisons with 

other school districts in Illinois, 

around the United 

States and in other nations 

to find models of educational 

facilities that are 

worth following or adapting. 

Reporting by Katie Copenhaver, 

Freelance Reporter. 

Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com. 

knew it was the right house 

and we decided to make it 

happen.” 

Glencoe was on his radar 

from the beginning of his 

house hunt. 

“The North Shore is obviously 

a fantastic area, but 

Glencoe has its own little 

niche in itself,” he said. 

“Everyone has really 

been welcoming here, especially 

our neighbors. It 

feels like you live in a small 

town here so you get a little 

bit of that small town magic 

and it is still nice to be so 

close to the city.” 

In his spare time, Ponce 

enjoys tending to his yard 

and garden, which features 

plenty of hostas, hydrangeas 

and potted plants. 

“I love landscaping. I 

love to water it. I mow my 

own lawn. Everyone else 

around here outsources 

their yard work. I do my 

own. People who are driving 

around town will likely 

see me working in the yard 

or walking the dog,” he 

said. 

“We are off to a great 

start here,” Ponce added. 

“I think we are pretty 

much here to stay, and to 

be part of what I know is a 

really special community.” 

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Lesniak Family, of Glencoe 

Seven-year-old CoCo is 

an incredible shelter 

dog. She has an amazing 

brown brindle soft 

fur coat. Her favorite 

activities are going for 

a walk/run and playing 

with all the kids who are 

usually around our home 

due to our older children. 

She loves our family, 

friends and one of her favorite foods is carrots. 

She is an incredible part of our family and wakes 

us with a contagious smile every morning wanting 

to go for a run with Mom, (no matter what the 

weather has in store). Folks on the Green Bay Trail 

know her well. She’s simply amazing and we’re 

grateful to have her in our family. 

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Three LA grads earn Fulbright scholarships 

Submitted by Loyola Academy 

Loyola graduates Bridget 

Galassini, Madeline Hahn 

and Mary Kate Vanecko have 

recently been awarded Fulbright 

Scholarships and the opportunity 

to teach English abroad. The Fulbright 

Program was established 

in 1946 and operates in more 

than 160 countries worldwide. 

Galassini, a Class of 2012 

graduate, was awarded a Fulbright 

English Teaching Assistantship 

Grant for the 2016–17 

academic year and is currently 

living and working in Alcala de 

Henares, a suburb east of Madrid, 

as an English teacher at a 

bilingual high school. 

“I’ve made many international 

friends and adapted to the lifestyle 

here,” she said. “I’ve come 

to truly love everything from the 

late dinner times — 9-11 p.m. — 

to the relaxed ‘no pasa nada’ attitude.” 

Galassini is most proud of 

teaching Global Classrooms, 

or Model UN, as it’s called in 

the United States. The program 

has an educational component 

wherein students are exposed 

to global issues and academic 

skills, such as speech writing, 

and debate vocabulary in preparation 

for local and international 

debate competitions. 

“For months, we learned 

about the UN debate structure 

and world issues, like gender 

equality and juvenile violence,” 

she said. “I think it’s an invaluable 

experience for children.” 

Galassini has also lived in 

Washington, D.C.; Santiago, 

Chile; and Dublin, Ireland, 

where she is also a citizen. 

Even before she was living 

and working in cities around the 

world, Galassini went on a summer 

service trip to Guatemala 

through Loyola’s Campus Ministry 

Department. 

“That service experience is 

the reason I started asking questions 

about justice, that I became 

interested in economics, that I 

started falling in love with people’s 

stories,” she said. “Baier 

Galassini Hahn Vanecko 

chaperoned the Guatemala trip, 

and I learned from him about 

service philosophies, reflection, 

justice and so much more. Justice 

Seminar with Hooker built 

further on these roots. Honestly, 

it changed my entire life perspective 

from being inwardly 

focused to being outwardly focused.” 

Galassini pursued these interests 

at the University of Notre 

Dame, where she studied international 

economics and took on 

a minor in peace studies, journalism, 

ethics and democracy. 

Galassini and fellow Fulbright 

awardee Madeline Hahn, another 

Class of 2012 graduate, attended 

Notre Dame together and 

remain close friends today. 

When she returned from Madrid 

in July, Galassini began a 

government consulting job in 

Washington, D.C. She hopes to 

pursue a career in government, 

public policy or journalism. 

Hahn first started thinking 

about issues of inequality, society 

and politics in Hooker’s 

social justice class during her 

senior year at Loyola Academy. 

“The course made me question 

everything about our society, 

and how its systems and 

institutions continue to create 

inequalities,” she said. “The 

more I learned, the more I felt 

inspired to work toward changing 

these systems so that we can 

build a better society. To me, 

being a woman or man for others 

means putting the needs of 

others before your own and using 

your talents and resources to 

contribute to a better world for 

all.” 

This led Hahn to pursue a degree 

in sociology and Spanish, 

as well as a minor in education, 

schooling and society, at the University 

of Notre Dame, where 

she was classmates with Galassini 

and developed a passion for 

education and its power to foster 

equality. 

“I hope that by pursuing a career 

in education, I can contribute 

in a small way to the fight for 

social justice,” she said. 

Hahn was awarded a Fulbright 

English Teaching Assistantship 

Grant to Madrid, Spain, for the 

2017-18 academic year, where 

she will work as an English 

teacher at a local high school. In 

addition to teaching courses like 

history, geography and science 

in English, Hahn also will prepare 

students for local and international 

debate competitions 

through the Global Classrooms 

Program. 

Mary Kate Vanecko, a Class 

of 2013 graduate, also earned a 

Fulbright Scholarship. 

Vanecko is preparing to set 

out for South Africa in the fall, 

where she will assist students 

with English and give presentations 

on American culture. She 

intends to dedicate part of her 

time to coaching through Box- 

Girls South Africa, an organization 

that uses the sport of boxing 

as a catalyst for social change. 

Having studied political science 

with a concentration in 

women’s gender and sexuality 

at the College of the Holy Cross, 

where she was also a Division I 

lacrosse player, Vanecko is suited 

to teaching girls in the classroom 

and coach them in the ring. 

At Loyola, Vanecko spent 

three years on the varsity girls 

lacrosse team and was involved 

in student council, ministry and 

the Pax Christi program — experiences 

she calls formative in 

her passion for social justice, 

her interest in politics and government, 

and her competitive 

nature. 

“An important lesson I learned 

at Loyola is to stay awake and 

passionately motivated to make 

a difference in a world in which 

it is easy to be numb to the struggle 

of others,” she said. “Life is 

not meant to be lived passively.” 

After her Fulbright, Vanecko 

plans to start a career in public 

service. 

school news 

Depaul University 

Deveny named to dean’s list 

for winter, spring quarters 

Glencoe resident Colin Deveny’s 

academic record for 

winter and spring quarters 

2016-2017 earned him spots on 

the dean’s list. 

Knox College 

Glencoe students on spring 

dean’s list 

High-achieving students 

were named to the Knox College 

dean’s list for the 2017 

spring term. To be named to 

the dean’s list, a student must 

have earned at least 2.5 credits 

in the term, with a grade point 

average of 3.6 or better (on a 

4.0 scale). Students named to 

the spring 2017 dean’s list at 

Knox College include: Glencoe’s 

Claire Cody and William 

Parkinson. 

North Shore Country Day School 

Deveny selected to study in 

New York 

Kamryn Deveny, of Glencoe, 

has been selected to study 

in New York for the fall semester. 

The program, CITYterm, is 

a school within a school at the 

Masters School in Dobbs Ferry 

New York. Deveny will be one 

of 30 students from across the 

United States to be participating 

in this form of learning. 

Rochester Institute of Technology 

Hill makes the dean’s list 

Brian Hill, of Glencoe, who 

is studying software engineering, 

made the dean’s list for the 

2017 spring semester at Rochester 

Institute of Technology. 

Union College 

Harrison named to dean’s list 

Thomas Harrison, of Glencoe, 

was named to the 2017 

dean’s list at Union College. 

Harrison is a member of the 

Class of 2020, majoring in liberal 

arts. 

School News is compiled by Editor 

Megan Bernard at megan@ 

glencoeanchor.com.



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New Trier grad helps fight epilepsy with benefit concert 

‘Seize the Stage’ 

raises money for 

Camp Blackhawk 

Emma Palatnik 

Editorial Intern 

Sammi Gassel, a New 

Trier graduate and Wilmette 

native, was diagnosed 

with epilepsy at age 

13. 

She was able to get her 

seizures under control 

right awayand has only 

had a few since her diagnosis. 

In college at Emerson 

University, Gassel volunteered 

with the Epilepsy 

Foundation. 

“I just realized how 

many people had it so 

much worse than me,” 

Gassel said. “I’ve kind of 

always taken it for granted.” 

Gassel mentioned to a 

friend that she was interested 

in having a fundraiser 

to help kids with epilepsy. 

To go along with Gassel’s 

musical background, her 

friend suggested a benefit 

concert. 

At this year’s sold-out 

July 25 concert at the 

Greenhouse Theater in 

Chicago’s Lincoln Park, 

there were about 20 musical 

acts of mostly Broadway 

songs from local performers. 

Some performers 

were originally from the 

Chicago area and came 

from out-of-town. There 

was also a raffle with 10 

basket prizes. 

A special act was a 

video performance from 

Miguel Cervantes, who 

plays Alexander Hamilton 

in the Chicago “Hamilton” 

production. 

“His daughter has epilepsy 

and he couldn’t 

make the benefit because 

obviously he’s Hamilton, 

but he has this song that he 

The producers of “Seize the Stage” (left to right) Jacob Cohen, Scott Spctor and 

Samantha Gassel meet up on the night of the show. Photos submitted 

“The Kids” were part of the cast. 

wrote for her,” Gassel said. 

All proceeds from Cervantes’ 

song go to epilepsy 

research. 

Ticket sales from “Seize 

the Stage” benefitted the 

Epilepsy Foundation of 

Greater Chicago, which 

sends kids to Camp Blackhawk 

— an overnight 

camp for children with 

epilepsy. 

One of the things Gassel 

did while volunteering 

was spend a day at Camp 

Blackhawk. 

The overnight camp 

lasts a full week and any 

kid with epilepsy can attend. 

“It can be kids who are 

like me where they have 

seizures under control and 

you would never know by 

looking at them,” Gassel 

said. “And there’s kids that 

are having hundreds of 

seizures a day and are in 

wheelchairs and wearing 

helmets and can’t talk.” 

The children participate 

in activities that anyone at 

an overnight camp would. 

They go swimming, ziplining, 

do arts and crafts and 

have a talent show. The 

staff adapts the activities 

so they are safe for kids 

with epilepsy. 

Camp Blackhawk is 

medically monitored with 

one-on-one aides and 

counselors who know the 

proper medical procedures 

if someone has a seizure. 

“If you’re there, you’re 

not that kid with epilepsy, 

you’re not the different 

kid,” Gassel said. “Everyone 

there has it so everyone 

knows what it’s like to 

live with it and you’re in a 

community.” 

It costs $1,000 to send 

The entire cast of “Seize the Stage.” 

each child to camp for a 

week, but parents do not 

pay for it. Camp tuition is 

supported by the Epilepsy 

Foundation of Greater 

Chicago. If they can, some 

parents do make a donation. 

The benefit raised over 

$7,200, which is the most 

Gassel said they raised for 

one event, and donations 

are still coming in. This year 

was the sixth benefit concert. 

At the concert, a camper 

from Camp Blackhawk 

spoke about his experience 

there. 

“One of our donors said 

that his speech encouraged 

her to donate an extra 

$200,” Gassel said. 

Gassel said it has grown 

from the first year where 

there were a few performers, 

no raffle tickets, $5 

admission and it was on a 

community theater stage. 

Instead of a Wilmette 

community theater, where 

the past five concerts were 

held, the benefit was in the 

Greenhouse Theater Center 

in Chicago. 

“Some of the performers 

have done this every single 

year or five of the six years 

and it’s really heartwarming 

to see so many people 

want to continuously come 

back and come back,” Gassel 

said. “The performers 

aren’t getting paid for this, 

they’re completely donating 

their time and it’s just 

amazing to see everyone 

from the community put so 

much support into this.” 

Gassel puts on the benefit 

concert with the help 

of two of her friends in the 

theater community, Jacob 

Cohen, who is originally 

from Northbrook, and 

Scott Spector, who is originally 

from Buffalo Grove. 

“It’s also been a really 

fun opportunity for myself, 

personally, being able to do 

this benefit with two of my 

best friends,” Cohen said. 

The concert created a 

community that Gassel and 

her friends did not expect. 

“Every time we talk 

about this [concert] with 

someone new or ask for a 

donation, there’s always 

someone that’s like ‘oh, 

my sister has epilepsy, my 

so and so has seizures’ and 

they build these connections,” 

Gassel said. 

The three friends said 

the concert would not have 

been possible without their 

family, friends and other 

performers who helped the 

event run smoothly. 

“We weren’t sure when 

we were doing this if we 

we’re going to do it year 

after year,” Spector said. 

“Now I think this is going 

to be a staple in the foundation’s 

programming 

for their years as well as 

something that is always 

on our radar to make happen 

as much as we can.”


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good day glencoe 

Living the simple life is refreshing and fulfilling 

Jennifer Bennett 

Contributing Columnist 

Glencoe resident 

Did you know that 

the first week in 

August was National 

Simplify Your Life 

Week? 

Now, while it seems that 

living a rather simple lifestyle 

could be very appealing 

and beneficial, putting 

those ideas in motion to 

get to that lifestyle is often 

easier said than done. 

So, I decided to challenge 

myself to simplify 

my life. 

First, I decided to pull 

my kids onboard with this 

idea and put them to work. 

I figure less clutter means 

more simple. So, I had 

my boys go through their 

rooms, toys, clothes, books 

and see what they wanted 

to donate to charity. 

Although I was a bit 

skeptical as to what they 

would come up with, to 

my surprise they were 

very generous, almost too 

generous. I felt so proud 

of them until my 5-yearold 

blurted out that giving 

away his old toys meant 

that Santa was going to 

give us a lot of really big 

gifts this year. 

Still, getting rid of some 

old and making room for 

some new felt refreshing 

and me feel lighter and 

brighter. 

Moving along, I decided 

there was a need to 

simplify meal time in our 

house. Family dinners are 

a big thing to me. Sitting 

down together minus the 

electronics and taking 

some time to connect with 

each other is something 

we try to do often. However, 

with six different 

palates to appeal to, often 

the idea of what to serve 

can be a daunting one. 

In the past, I have spent 

countless hours cooking 

a variety of meals and 

feeling like a short order 

cook. However, ring in 

August and simplification 

has hit our kitchen big 

time. 

For the past couple 

weeks, I have been 

preparing one meal for 

everyone and if you don’t 

like it, then please feel 

free to design your own 

sandwich of choice. So 

far, so good as no one has 

wanted to take on the role 

of chef. Therefore, we are 

spending less time running 

around the kitchen 

and more time connecting 

as a family. 

Now, the next thing on 

my simplify list might be 

a bit of a challenge for 

me. I have decided to try 

to stop saying “yes” so 

often to everything and 

everyone. Personally, I am 

a people-pleaser and like 

to help out when I can. 

However, saying “yes” 

too often leaves me with 

an overflowing plate of 

responsibilities, which is 

far from my goal here of 

simplifying. 

Therefore, I have 

decided to really think 

before I speak and make 

sure that I am not feeling 

overwhelmed with what 

I’m agreeing to. After 

all, if mom ain’t happy, 

nobody is happy. 

Finally, I am going to 

spend less time online. 

Now, I’m not one to 

spend a huge amount of 

time on screens. However, 

I do find that when I hope 

online and start surfing 

the web that hours can fly 

by and 10 p.m. quickly 

turns into midnight. And 

things that I would have 

never even thought about 

searching make their way 

onto my phone screen 

and before I know it I 

have spent hours looking 

up vegetable casseroles 

or fidget spinners for my 

kids. Yes, my time has 

come to simplify! 

So, in conclusion, as I 

continue my path to simplification, 

I have found 

myself feeling a little 

lighter, patient, content 

and more relaxed. 

So, as we make our way 

through August, why not 

simplify and refocus your 

energies on living your 

best and most fulfilling 

life ever. Go simplify! 

Jennifer Bennett is a Glencoe 

mom who lives with her three 

sweet boys and her loving 

husband. She enjoys walking, 

writing, biking, baking 

and spending time with her 

family. 

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From the editor 

Explore more before you settle 

Megan Bernard 


For all those rising 

high school juniors 

and seniors and even 

the graduates out there, I 

understand what you’re 

feeling. 

When I was a junior in 

high school, I was torn 

between picking college 

majors. 

I was interested in both 

journalism and education, 

and I was unsure which 

career path to choose going 

into Illinois State University. 

Luckily, there was both a 

high school newspaper and 

an elementary education 

internship course offered at 

my high school in Naperville. 

I enrolled in both 

hoping to narrow down my 

interests. After a month into 

each, I knew what was for 

me. ... And (obviously), it 

was journalism. 

Although I chose my 

major, throughout my years 

at ISU, I still explored different 

routes to take within 

the journalism boundaries. 

I wrote for my college 

paper, launched an online 

magazine, worked for the 

TV station and took several 

radio classes. 

Throughout it all, I enjoyed 

print editorial journalism 

the most and pursued a 

summer reporter internship 

at The Naperville Sun. 

Once in the professional 

newsroom, I learned 

first-hand from editors 

who were in the industry 

for many years. I went to 

the police station with the 

crime reporter. I interviewed 

Naperville residents on the 

street. I wrote a features. 

I completed a two-page 

spread about other student 

internships in the area. And, 

to wrap my time there up, I 

wrote my first editorial ever. 

Without these experiences, 

I feel like I wouldn’t 

have known I loved community 

journalism as much 

as I do now. 

We hosted a large group 

of interns here this summer 

that reminded me a 

lot of my previous self. 

They ranged from freshmen 

to seniors in college. 

Specially, Ben Weinstein 

and Emma Palintak were 

assigned to the Glencoe, 

Wilmette and Winnetka 

papers. I enjoyed working 

with them both and I’m 

proud to have publish their 

stories within The Anchor. 

You’ll be hearing from 

both Ben and Emma on 

this page in the following 

weeks. 

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go figure 

Glencoe Golf Club posted this photo on 

Aug. 6 with the caption: “Congratulations 

to the 2017 Men’s Club Champion, Brad 

Gillman, who shot a final round 76.” 

“Did you see a freight train on the tracks 

near Glencoe? You saw a Positive Train 

Control (PTC) signal system test.” 

@VGlencoe, Village of Glencoe, posted 

on Aug. 7 

.424 

Loyola 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

graduate 

Thomas Smart’s 

batting average at 

Oakton Community 

college this season. 

(See Page 28) 

letter to the editor 

Defend the renowned 

teacher Martin 

As a District 35 School 

Board Member (1995- 

1999), I must defend the 

renowned teacher who has 

been viciously attacked 

on Facebook in order to 

get the recent coverage in 

The Glencoe Anchor and 

other local press. Apparently, 

one — and only one 

— named (versus anonymous) 

man has made firsthand 

claims of being inappropriately 

touched by this 

teacher 45 years ago. 

However, “There is little 

evidence to support the 

sudden perfect recollection 

of long-repressed events” 

and imagined ideas — especially 

in childhood — are 

notoriously unreliable; they 

can result in false memories. 

See The Washington 

Post’s “Man who accused 

cardinal Bernardin of sexual 

abuse drops lawsuit.” 

This Facebook crusade 

led to several vague second- 

or third-hand rumors 

from women cited in your 

article, but they had no 

first-hand knowledge. A 

second anonymous report 

by a man to authorities cited 

in The Glencoe Anchor 

claimed touches on the 

back but admitted that the 

teacher was “not touching 

in my private area.” 

I have three sons who 

were students of this 

teacher with whom they 

traveled extensively (one 

trip was 52 days). All of 

them are shocked and dismayed 

at what they regard 

as a “witch hunt.” This 

is because none of them 

experienced any inappropriate 

behavior from this 

teacher nor did they witness 

it with others. They 

didn’t even hear rumors of 

such behavior. Years later, 

they invited this “favorite” 

teacher to their weddings. 

The reaction of one of 

my sons to this allegation 

is contained in his e-mail to 

me: “I believe that the news 

of Dennis Hastert paying 

$3 million in under-the-table 

payments to an Illinois 

wrestling student might 

be motivating this unemployed 

Colorado accuser. I 

think it is not a coincidence 

that these accusations 

ramped up after that news.” 

While it is impossible 

to prove a negative, my 

observations of, and reverence 

for, this teacher have 

spanned 38 years. (I also 

chaperoned the girls on a 

New York trip.) At Wellesley, 

I majored in psychology 

and after my master’s 

degree, I taught psychology 

at several colleges. I 

know this teacher’s character 

and find these allegations 

inconceivable. They 

are based on speculative 

hearsay and an accuser 

from almost a half century 

ago with no opportunity 

for cross examination. It is 

a miscarriage of justice to 

assign guilt via social media 

without due process. 

How cruel to humiliate 

and smear the reputation 

of this superlative teacher. 

One of my sons was 

awarded 12 college credit 

hours via tests at the University 

of Iowa and ascribes 

it to all he learned 

from this teacher in elementary 

school. 

Norene W. Stucka 

Glencoe resident 

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History comes alive 

“Glencoe and The Great War” 

debuts Sept. 16, Page 21 

dishes to love a waffle lot 

A sampling of waffles across the North 

Shore, Page 22 

Brazil in the Garden runs till Oct. 15 at Chicago Botanic Garden, Page 19 

The Assistant Director of the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Director of Plant Collections Andrew Bunting (left) created the new exhibition Brazil in the Garden with 

Outdoor Floriculturist Tim Pollak. The exhibition will run until Oct. 15 at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

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for short 

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Scientist 

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weather 

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nickname 

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York Philharmonic 

leader 

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Down 

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for, in a way 

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type, abbr. 

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We’re not in Glencoe anymore 

Garden’s Brazilinspired 

exhibition 

has plantings, chef 

series and music 

Megan Bernard, Editor 

Leave the North Shore 

and step into Brazil when 

you visit the Chicago Botanic 

Garden in Glencoe 

this season. 

The garden became 

more bold, vibrant and 

biodiverse on June 15 

when its new exhibit “Brazil 

in the Garden” opened. 

The exhibition includes 

native plants from Brazil, 

music nights and garden 

chef series, among other 

exhibitions. 

The tribute to the tropics 

runs from now until Oct. 

15, thanks to two CBG 

staff members Andrew 

Bunting, assistant director 

of the garden and director 

of plant collections, and 

Tim Pollak, outdoor floriculturist. 

Bunting and Pollak were 

the masterminds behind 

the new garden, which was 

the result of a trip to Florida 

in 2015. 

“Andrew and I made the 

trip to Florida to look for 

new sources and plants,” 

Pollak said. “The Brazil 

idea just exploded when 

we were down there. 

When we got back, we just 

thought we were going to 

do a couple (flower) beds 

of Brazil, but we presented 

the idea and it was received 

very well.” 

The Brazil theme was 

inspired by Burle Marx, 

the Brazilian landscape 

architect whose bold, 

modernist style made him 

world-famous. 

With Marx influence, 

Bunting and Pollak sat 

down together to design 

The Assistant Director of the Chicago Botanic Garden 

and the Director of Plant Collections Andrew Bunting 

created the new exhibition Brazil in the Garden with 

Tim Pollak, outdoor floriculturist. Photos by Megan 

Bernard/22nd Century Media 

The yellow berries base plant is a part of the exhibition 

in the Heritage Garden. 

Bromeliads fill in the foliage in the Crescent Garden. 

a Brazil garden on paper 

first. But before planting, 

they consulted with Consulate 

General of Brazil 

in Chicago to make sure 

CBG’s version of a Brazil 

garden was not “Americanized,” 

Bunting said. 

“Then it was the fun part 

of my job: to look at the 

plan on paper and decide 

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In Memoriam 

Gail Holmes 

Long-time Glencoe Public 

Safety police and fire dispatcher 

police Gail Forman Holmes, 63, 

a resident of Gurnee, died July 

30. She was born Dec. 31, 1953 

in Melrose Park and is survived 

by her beloved husband, Lyle A. 

Holmes; father, William C. Forman; 

brother, James (Laure Ann) 

Steel and Garry (Sheila) Forman. 

Gail was an aunt to many 

nieces and nephews and good 

friend to many. She is preceded 

in death by her mother, Joan Forman; 

and her biological father, 

Robert E. Gross. A memorial 

visitation and service was held 

Aug. 6 at Strang Funeral Chapel 

& Crematorium, 410 E. Belvidere 

Road, Grayslake, IL 60030. 

Burial will be held privately. In 

lieu of flowers, memorials may 

be made to the American Diabetes 

Association, 2451 Crystal 

Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 

22260; or diabetes.org/donate/; 

(800) 342-2383. For funeral information, 

please call (847) 223- 

8122. 

Faith briefs 

Lennard (Lenny) Jelinek 

Lennard (Lenny) Jelinek, 99, 

of Delray Beach, Fla. formerly 

of Glencoe, died on Aug. 7. Beloved 

husband of the late Irma 

née Victor for 70 years, wonderful 

father of Andrea (Norman) 

Fisher and Lester (Shari) Jelinek; 

adored grandfather of Michael 

(Tracy), Jamie (Cary) Pfeffer, 

Daniel Jelinek, Julie (Jason) 

Rosenthal, Tracy (Joshua) Silverman, 

Fisher Stevens (Alexis 

Bloom), Joie (Brad) DeGraff, 

Michelle (Alice) Malquist; 

“Papa Lenny” of great grandchildren 

Jack, Bethany, Haley, 

Charli, Max, Parker, Miles, 

Meyer, Lindsay, Chloe, Otis, 

Paloma, and Jessica. Graveside 

services were held Aug. 11 at 

Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, 

Ill. Visitation was Aug. 11 at the 

Rosenthal residence, 1127 Forest, 

Evanston and Aug. 12 at the 

Fisher residence, 1440 North 

State Parkway, Chicago. Donations 

may be made to the charity 

of your choice. 

Jean Osborn 

New Trier graduate Jean W. 

Osborn died July 1 in San Diego, 

just one month prior to her 97th 

birthday. Jean was born on Aug. 

23, 1920 in Evanston to Marjorie 

Baxter Wiltberger and Alfred 

S. Wiltberger. She was raised 

on the North Shore of Chicago. 

Jean often shared stories with 

her family and friends of summer 

nights with her neighborhood 

friends playing kick-thecan 

and swimming in Lake 

Michigan. Jean attended New 

Trier High School, Bradford 

Jr. College in Massachusetts 

and Northwestern University in 

Evanston. At Northwestern, Jean 

was a member of the Alpha Phi 

Sorority and was voted the Most 

Typical Co-ed in the USA. Jean 

met her husband, Robert “Bob” 

Osborn at Northwestern and after 

college Jean moved to South 

Bend, Ind., where she and Bob 

were married. They both worked 

to support the World War II war 

effort. Bob worked for Bendix 

Corporation and Jean worked 

at the Studebaker Automotive 

plant. Jean gave birth to their 

first son David in 1942. The family 

then moved to Fort Collins in 

1946, after Bob had read an advertisement 

for a hardware store 

for sale. Shortly thereafter, he 

and his good friend from South 

Bend, Emil Michaels opened 

Michaels & Osborn Hardware. 

Two years after arriving in Fort 

Collins, their second son, William 

“Bill” Osborn was born at 

Poudre Valley Hospital. Jean always 

had great stories and memories 

of moving to Fort Collins, 

which at the time was a growing 

agricultural community of 

less than 15,000 people. In these 

early years, Jean created many 

friendships that lasted a lifetime 

in organizations, like various 

bridge clubs, as well as helping 

to form groups such as The Culture 

Club and a book club that 

still exists today. Jean was actively 

involved in the Fort Collins 

community, was a booster of 

Colorado State University and a 

donor to Poudre Valley Hospital, 

also volunteering there as a Pink 

Lady. Jean enjoyed being close 

to her boys and felt very fortunate 

to watch her grandchildren 

grow up. Jean watched for the 

school bus arrival every morning 

where her grandchildren can 

still remember seeing her standing 

at the window with a big 

wave send-off to school. After 

her boys graduated from Fort 

Collins High School, Jean with 

a female friend, started the Edgerton 

Travel Company, which 

was quite novel for the times 

being a solely owned and operated 

female business. Jean and 

Bob loved to travel and were 

fortunate to visit many parts of 

the USA and the world, spending 

winter months per year in 

Maui and San Diego and eventually 

retiring and living in San 

Diego for the last 10 years. Jean 

and her younger sister Margaret 

“Peg” Wiltberger remained 

close during their lives and after 

Bob’s death in 2009 lived in 

adjacent apartments in the same 

Casa Manana retirement community 

in La Jolla, California. 

Jean was very active and loved 

to spend time outdoors. Jean had 

a particular affinity for dolphins, 

and was confident she would 

come back as one. Jean will be 

remembered as a beloved mother, 

cherished grandmother and 

loyal friend to many. Also, she 

never turned down a hot fudge 

sundae with “extra pecan nuts 

please.” Jean had a beautiful and 

contagious smile. She was a joy 

to be around and continues to be 

celebrated in the hearts of those 

she touched. Jean is preceded 

in death by her husband Robert 

Osborn, her son William Osborn 

and her sister Margaret Wiltberger. 

Jean is survived by her 

son David Osborn (Gretchen), 

daughter-in-law Connie Osborn, 

her grandchildren, D. Christian 

Osborn (Holly), Mathew Osborn 

(Anne), Amanda Hood (Ryan), 

Michael Osborn (Pricila) and 

six great grandchildren. A celebration 

of life was held in Fort 

Collins, Aug. 11 at Fort Collins 

Country Club. 

Have someone’s life you’d like to 

honor? Email Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia. 

com with information about a loved 

one who was part of the Glencoe 

community. 

Am Shalom (840 Vernon Ave.) 

Torah Study 

Join for a Torah Study Minyan 

from 9-10:15 a.m. every Saturday. 

Torah Chanting Class 

Crash course in Torah trope: 

Prerequisite: must be able to read 

Hebrew. Taught by Cantor Andrea 

Rae Markowicz. Registration 

is requested. For questions, 

contact Cantor Andrea Rae Markowicz. 

Fanchon Simons’ Feeding the 

Hungry 

On the third Sunday of every 

month, volunteer members of 

Am Shalom gather to help at the 

temple’s kitchen. It just takes 

about an hour and is rewarding 

for people of any age. Questions? 

Call Nina Schroeder at (847) 

835-7025. 

Outdoor Shabbat Service 

Join for a Shabbat service from 

6:30-8 p.m. every Friday until 

the end of August. Weather permitting, 

the service will be held 

in the Perlmutter Courtyard. 

North Shore Congregation Israel (1185 Sheridan 

Road) 

Shabbat Enrichment for 

Preschoolers 

Celebrate Shabbat and Jewish 

holidays as each week students 

will enjoy games, stories, songs, 

crafts, and challah. Four-yearolds 

meet at 10-11:30 a.m. on 

Fridays. The enrichment is fee 

based and advance registration 

required. If you have questions 

or would like to register, contact 

Susan, 847-835-0724 or susane@nsci.org. 

Glencoe Union Church (263 Park Ave.) 

Gentle Yoga 

Every Monday and Wednesday 

from 9-10 a.m., GUC offers 

a gentle yoga class. All are welcome; 

walk-ins are great. There 

is a $10 suggested donation. 

North Shore United Methodist Church (213 Hazel 

Ave.) 

Serve dinner to the hungry 

Members and friends of North 

Shore United Methodist Church 

volunteer to serve dinner in the 

community kitchen of A Just 

Harvest, 7649 N. Paulina St., 

Chicago. To learn about scheduled 

service dates or volunteer, 

contact the church office at (847) 

835-1227 or nsumcglencoe@sbcglobal.net. 

Family Promise Chicago North 

Shore 

North Shore United Methodist 

Church regularly provides overnight 

accommodations, meals, 

and companionship to families 

with young children who are 

homeless, or at risk for becoming 

homeless. Volunteers are needed 

to provide food, dine and spend 

the evening with our guests, or 

serve as overnight hosts. Community 

members interested in 

volunteering to serve during 

scheduled stays may contact the 

church office. 

St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church (556 Vernon 

Ave.) 

Sunday Flowers 

At St. Elisabeth’s, one of the 

traditions is for parishioners to 

donate flowers for the weekly 

church service. It is a lovely way 

to both enhance the church service 

and also celebrate a birthday 

or an anniversary or memorialize 

a loved one. The donation 

amount is $75 for a single arrangement 

and you can indicate 

preference on type of flower, or 

you can do more if you wish. 

There is still an open Sunday on 

August 27. 

Lectionary Study Hour 

Meet for reflections on lessons 

planed for Sundays. Meetings 

take place every Tuesday from 

8:30-9:30 a.m. at Glencoe Roast. 

St. Paul AME Church (336 Washington Ave.) 

Bible Study 

Join St. Paul for Bible Study 

at 7 p.m. every Wednesday. For 

more information, call (847) 

835-4421. 

Sunday School 

Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. 

every Sunday morning. 

Choir Rehearsal 

Choir rehearsal is every Thursday 

at 7:30 p.m. 

Submit information for The Anchor’s 

Faith page to m.wojtychiw@ 

22ndcenturymedia.com.

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WWI history readied at Glencoe Historical Society 

Staff works on 

exhibit for a year, 

debuts it Sept. 16 

Ben Weinstein 

Editorial Intern 

In the spring of 1917, 

President Woodrow Wilson 

and the United States 

entered World War I. 

Americans from coast to 

coast heard the call to action 

and did their part in 

the war efforts. 

Glencoe, at the time a 

community of only 2,500, 

was no different. 

The Glencoe Historical 

Society is now opening 

their most ambitious exhibition 

to date, “Glencoe 

and The Great War,” to 

highlight the village’s involvement 

in the war. 

“What it aims to do is 

give an overview of what 

Glencoe did to support the 

war effort and the troops,” 

GHS Vice-President Karen 

Ettelson said. 

The exhibit opens on 

Peter Van Vechten (left) and Edward Olinger prepare 

one of the exhibition’s many touchscreen monitors 

at the Glencoe Historical Society. Photos by Ben 

Weinstein/22nd Century Media 

Sept. 16 at the Glencoe 

Historical Society Annual 

Gala. Proceeds raised at 

the event help fund the activities 

of the GHS. 

Despite Glencoe’s small 

size at the time, the town’s 

residents provided significant 

help in several ways. 

Two hundred and fiftythree 

men volunteered, got 

drafted or were enlisted to 

serve, and though a little 

less than half ended up going 

overseas, many more 

were preparing to had the 

war not ended. Men that 

weren’t enlisted formed 

a reserve militia. Women 

worked tirelessly for the 

Red Cross Workshop, and 

children contributed by 

planting gardens and selling 

thrift stamps. 

“Just about every man, 

woman and child was involved 

somehow,” Ettelson 

said. 

GHS aims to honor 

Glencoe’s contributions 

to the war with the largest 

and most innovative 

exhibition they’ve put together. 

This is immediately 

evident by the fact that, 

for the first time ever, the 

exhibit is spread across the 

entire museum campus. 

“Glencoe and The Great 

War” is divided primarily 

between the front building, 

375 Park Ave., and the back 

building. The front building 

focuses on war activities 

in Glencoe, including 

displays about The Glencoe 

War Emergency Union, 

cartoonist and Glencoe resident 

Frank King, the village’s 

historic train station 

and more. 

The back building explores 

the Glencoe men who 

served overseas. In addition 

to checking out a model 

Sopwith Camel plane, visitors 

can learn about the five 

Glencoe soldiers who lost 

their lives overseas, observe 

a smaller scale recreation 

of a war ambulance and get 

to know Illinois National 

Guard General Abel Davis. 

The exhibition features a 

model war ambulance, of 

which Glencoe sponsored 

two. 

Both buildings, for the first 

time in GHS history, are 

lined with interactive touchscreen 

monitors. 

“It’s relying on the technology 

of today to tell the 

story of 100 years ago,” 

GHS President Peter Van 

Vechten said. 

“We will have a total of 

seven touchscreens and 

six looping monitors,” Ettelson 

added. “Prior to this 

time, we had one.” 

Despite pursuing such 

an adventurous project, 

the historical society is still 

operated on a volunteeronly 

basis. All of the work 

that has gone into creating 

“Glencoe and The Great 

War” has been undertaken 

by passionate, unpaid community 

members. 

“We did a lot of research,” 

Ettelson said. 

“We’ve been working on it 

for over a year probably.” 

This research has uncovered 

lots of information 

about Glencoe’s war efforts 

previously unavailable. 

“We’re quite proud of 

some of the things we have 

rediscovered, and we look 

forward to sharing it all 

with the community,” Van 

Vechten said. 

In looking back to Glencoe’s 

past, the Glencoe 

Historical Society has succeeded 

in putting together 

one of the most forwardthinking 

exhibitions in 

their existence. The Great 

War might have happened 

one century ago, but Glencoe’s 

participation in it has 

never felt so alive. 

brazil 

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how we are going to do it,” 

Pollak said. 

The plants are featured 

in several areas of 

the larger CBG, including 

the Visitor Center, 

which has 20-foot-high 

coconut palms and modern 

containers or colored 

foliage. The Brazil plants 

then seep into the Crescent 

Garden, where there 

is bromeliad, Bismarck 

palms and more colorful 

foliage. 

Bromeliad continues 

to be featured in 11-foot 

towers in the Heritage 

Garden. There are also 

showy bromeliads in reds 

and burgundys surrounded 

by giant planters brimming 

with tropical plants. 

The secret here, Pollak 

said, in that the planters 

are actually fire pits 

turned containers. 

“We really wanted that 

wow factor in the Heritage 

Garden,” Bunting 

said. 

Other Brazil plants, like 

elephant ears and 12-foot 

tall red Abyssinian banana 

plants, are featured in the 

peaceful circle garden and 

the greenhouses. 

With a wet summer, 

most of the Brazilian 

plants are far exceeding 

what Bunting and Pollak 

planned for. 

“There is so much 

growth and color,” Bunting 

said. “Those few certain 

plants that aren’t doing 

well is because there 

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To be fully immersed in 

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Dill Costa Quartet and 

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and the Lenhardt Library’s 

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Quick Bites 

Nothing square about these choices 

Staff Report 

Among one of breakfast’s 

most popular — and 

heartiest — menu items is 

the waffle. However you 

like yours — Belgianstyle, 

with a helping of 

fried chicken or drizzled 

with chocolate chips — 

waffles are a fun batter alternative 

to ordinary flapjacks. 

With National Waffle 

Day on Aug. 24, our 22nd 

Century Media editorial 

staff decided to visit restaurants 

across our suburbs 

to see which places 

had the most unique spins 

on the waffle. 

Read our suggestions, 

let your mouths water and 

then head on over to grab 

one of these waffles near 

you. 

Chicken and Waffles — 

Guildhall, Glencoe 

Guildhall’s executive 

chef once made so 

many waffles for brunch, 

his waffle maker broke. 

Luckily — for him and 

his customers — he has a 

back-up now. 

In any given brunch on 

Saturday and Sunday, chef 

Fernando Angelina makes 

30-40 chicken and waffle 

dishes. The American 

soul food is so popular at 

the Glencoe establishment 

that people specifically 

come there for it. 

“When we came up 

with our own recipe a year 

or two ago, I tried to make 

it different and have our 

own spin on it,” Angelina 

said. “When you see it, it 

looks simple. But when 

you taste it, it bursts with 

a great flavor combination.” 

I stopped by the downtown 

spot last week after 

days of dreaming of the 

dish and walked out completely 

satisfied and full. 

The waffle, the base 

of the dish, is made from 

cornmeal and it’s pressed 

thin. Atop of the waffle, 

there is a dollop of crystal 

butter, which is made 

from the same spice as 

buffalo sauce. The crispy 

fried chicken tenders 

rest on top with breading 

made from scratch with a 

hint of chipotle powder. 

The crystal butter and 

maple syrup tied in with 

the tenders completed 

the dish for me. The flavors 

— sweet, savory 

and spicy — were so deliciously 

powerful that I 

packed up the second half 

of the dish and brought it 

back to the newsroom for 

others editors to try. 

The dish, described as 

“trendy” by the restaurant’s 

general manager 

Gerry Muldoon, is only 

available on weekends. 

That means you have to 

get it while it’s hot. 

Guildhall is located at 

694 Vernon Ave., Glencoe. 

For hours and more 

information, visit guildhallrestaurant.com. 

Story by Megan Bernard, 

Contributing Editor 

Bacon chocolate chip 

waffle — Country 

Kitchen, Highland Park 

You may recognize the 

name Country Kitchen, 

but this one isn’t the chain 

restaurant found in 16 

U.S. states (and one Canadian 

province). This 

Country Kitchen is homegrown 

right in Highland 

Park, and it’s been there 

for the past 40 years. 

Ruby Iliopoulos, daughter 

of Country Kitchen 

founder Peter, manages 

the restaurant. 

Iliopoulos said the restaurant 

has a lot of loyal 

patrons that come in on a 

daily basis. 

And the waffles? 

“They’re pretty popular, 

I mean we sell a lot of 

them.” 

Waffles from Country 

Kitchen come plain, with 

fruit, chocolate chips or 

even with bacon cooked 

right into the middle of it. 

If you ask for it, the restaurant 

will do its best to 

make it happen. 

In terms of ingredients, 

there’s no crazy twists or 

secret flavors, Iliopoulos 

said. 

“They’re just pretty 

simple, we keep things 

simple. There’s nothing 

fancy on them,” she said. 

“They’re good, so you 

don’t have to do a lot of 

stuff when it’s good.” 

A lot of people come 

in looking for healthier 

options, and that’s available 

too, Iliopoulos said. If 

you’re looking for a bacon 

and chocolate chip waffle 

with whipped cream on the 

side, however, you can get 

that for just shy of $8. 

Country Kitchen is located 

at 446 Central Ave. 

For hours, call (847) 432- 

7500. 

Story by Xavier Ward, Contributing 

Editor 

Alaskan waffle a la mode 

— Northfield Restaurant, 

Northfield 

If you’re a true Chicagoan, 

then you know and 

appreciate the goodness 

in food and service that 

comes with a Greek family 

restaurant. 

Whether you’re craving 

breakfast at night, a homemade 

meatloaf or simply 

engaging in friendly conversation 

with locals, restaurants 

like North Shore 

staple Northfield Restaurant 

always hit the spot. 

Since 1976, the restaurant 

has featured an expansive 

menu with everything 

from gyros and patty melts 

to spaghetti and Spanish 

omelets. However, with 

Aug. 24 marking National 

Waffle Day, an article on 

the North Shore’s can’tmiss 

waffles would not be 

complete without featuring 

one of this restaurant’s 

favorite breakfast options 

for kids and adults alike 

— the Alaskan waffle a la 

mode. 

The fluffy, hot and fresh 

out of the iron goldenbrown 

Belgian waffle 

comes simply topped with 

a swirl of whipped cream 

and finished with two 

small scoops of vanilla ice 

cream. Butter and syrup 

can be added on the side, 

but after the first bite, you 

know that nothing else is 

needed to complete this 

sweet breakfast treat. 

Kathy Alexiades, who 

has been a server at the 

restaurant for seven years, 

said the Alaskan waffle 

will surely add a smile 

to the face of patrons, at 

a restaurant that already 

prides itself on service 

with a smile. 

“It’s very rare these days 

that you have a small restaurant 

like this,” she said. 

“The owners are great, the 

crew is great [and] the customers, 

we know them by 

name, really.” 

Northfield Restaurant 

is located at 391 Central 

Road. For hours, visit 

www.northfieldrestaurant. 

com. 

Story by Jacqueline Glosniak, 

Contributing Editor 

The chicken and waffles dish is completed with crystal 

butter and maple syrup for $15 at Guildhall in Glencoe. 

Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media 

Northfield Restaurant’s Alaskan waffle a la mode ($8.25) 

has a concoction of a waffle topped with a generous 

helping of whipped cream and two scoops of vanilla ice 

cream. Jacqueline glosniak/22nd Century Media 

Waffle a la mode — Full 

Moon Family Restaurant, 

Lake Bluff 

If you are looking for a 

filling and sweet breakfast 

to start your day, look no 

further than Full Moon 

Family Restaurant. 

Full Moon not only 

offers breakfast, lunch 

and dinner, but they offer 

a variety of waffles 

ranging from plain to its 

Belgian-style waffle ala 

mode ($9.95). The waffle 

a la mode comes with one 

large Belgian-style waffle 

topped with vanilla ice 

cream, chocolate syrup, 

whip cream, a cherry and 

your choice of bananas or 

strawberries. 

When I stopped into the 

family-owned restaurant 

and was served the waffle 

a la mode, I could not believe 

how big the portion 

was. The one waffle with 

all of its toppings is more 

than enough to fill you up, 

but the soft waffle paired 

with ice cream, fruit and 

sweets is a great combination 

making you want 

more. I tried my waffle 

with fresh bananas, which 

paired well with the chocolate 

and ice cream. 

Next time you are looking 

for a place to eat breakfast, 

stop by Full Moon 

Family Restaurant and 

give one of their many 

waffle options a try. 

Full Moon Family Restaurant 

is located at 1300 

Skokie Highway, Lake 

Bluff, and is open 24 

hours, seven days a week. 

For more information, call 

(847) 689-0733. 

Story by Alyssa Groh, Contributing 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Peter Murray 

The New Trier senior is a 

running back on the 2017 

Trevian football team. 

Do you have a 

favorite restaurant on 

the North Shore? 

Right now, it’d probably 

be Jersey Mike’s to go 

to with the football team 

because we go there a lot 

after doubles. The club 

sub is my favorite one. 

Do you have any 

superstitions before, 

during or after a 

game? 

I’m a really superstitious 

guy. I feel like 

whenever I make a move 

during the day of a game, 

I always wonder “Will 

they affect the game?” but 

in the back of my head 

I’m thinking “No, I’m just 

gonna do what I need to 

do during the game and 

everything will be fine.” 

I’m always thinking about 

whether some superstitions 

will affect how I 

play. 

If you were going on 

a deserted island and 

could bring something 

or someone, what 

would it be? 

I’d bring water and 

some seeds so I could 

plant a tree to cultivate the 

land and survive out there. 

I would also signal for 

help somehow, someway. 

What is the best piece 

of advice you’ve 

gotten? 

To be competitive 

because you know there 

are always going to be 

people striving to get to 

where you’re at. There are 

always going to be people 

above you, so you have to 

be competitive and work 

hard because that mindset 

will get you to where you 

need to be. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would it 

be and why? 

Japan and Shanghai. 

I’ve always been so 

intrigued with how many 

people there are and how 

densely populated it is, 

how many skyscrapers 

there are in one area. I’ve 

always wondered what it’s 

like to be in that place. 

What’s the best part 

about being a New 

Trier athlete? 

Everyone is just as committed 

as you, everyone is 

in it with you, and you’re 

also getting your academics 

solved because it’s such 

a good academic school. 

When and why did 

you start playing 

football? 

My dad played football 

for Michigan and I used 

to hear stories about that. 

It was always my favorite 

sport, I loved watching the 

contact and I was always 

a bigger kid. I started in 

fifth grade because my 

parents wouldn’t let me 

play in fourth grade because 

they thought I was 

too young. 

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If you could play 

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it be? 

Basketball. I love 

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about football is the 

pads get in the way and 

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free flowing and you can 

dribble around the court. 

What’s the best 

part about playing 

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How many people you 

get to know. There are 11 

guys on both sides of the 

football and those are just 

first-stringers. There’s like 

70 people on our team and 

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other sport. Having a team 

like that is so much fun. 

If you could have one 

super power, what 

would it be? 

To have the ability to 

manipulate time because 

you could basically do 

anything. If you go back 

in time, you could solve 

anything. If you think 

something is boring, you 

can just skip it. 

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Trevian varsity 

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Field hockey 

■Aug. ■ 21 - at Antioch, 6:15 

Boys golf 

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■Aug. ■ 19 - at CSL Invite (at 

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■Aug. ■ 19 - at Prospect 

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■Aug. ■ 23 - at Vernon 

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Girls volleyball 

■Aug. ■ 22 - host Libertyville, 

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Girls golf 

■Aug. ■ 19 - at Fenwick (at 

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■Aug. ■ 21 - at Resurrection 

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Alumni Spotlight 

LA grad Smart named NJCAA All-American, set to play at UIC 


Sports Editor 

To be named as one of 

the best in your craft, regardless 

of what it is, is 

always an honor. When 

the list of the best includes 

only 12 members, including 

only one of two from 

your state, the feat becomes 

more impressive. 

Loyola Academy graduate 

Thomas Smart was 

one of only four freshmen 

to be named a National 

Junior College Athletic 

Association Division III 

Baseball First Team All- 

American after a successful 

first season while 

playing for Oakton Community 

College. 

“I wasn’t really expecting 

it but it was a tremendous 

honor,” Smart said. 

“It’s a huge credit to our 

coaches and my teammates.” 

The right-handed hitter 

batted .424 with four 

home runs, eight triples, 

75 hits and 53 runs batted 

in. His slugging percentage 

was .667. His eight 

triples were sixth in the 

country, while his hit total 

was 20th and RBI total 

22nd. 

“My role on the team 

was just to go out and 

win games, bring a positive 

energy to the team,” 

he said. “Right when I got 

there I wasn’t sure what 

they’d need me for or how 

much playing time I’d get 

but as the fall went on, it 

became clear what guys 

were going to play where 

and who’s going to do 

what.” 

Transitioning from high 

school to college baseball 

can be difficult, especially 

with teams traveling all 

across the state, and even 

the country, during the 

middle of the school year. 

Many northern teams will 

play in the south in late 

February and March because 

the weather in the 

northern states weather 

doesn’t always cooperate. 

But that also takes 

the student-athletes out of 

school for long stretches 

of time, sometimes multiple 

weeks in a row. 

“The time management, 

Loyola graduate Thomas Smart looks to make a play 

during Oakton Community College’s 2017 season. 

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balancing school with 

baseball was the hardest 

part,” Smart said. “In high 

school, I played multiple 

sports, so it wasn’t a huge 

adjustment but the long 

drives, the long days, trying 

to stay focused during 

the season and balancing 

both was the hardest part.” 

Smart came to Oakton 

looking for some scholarship 

offers that would allow 

him to play at an even 

higher level. His brother 

had played at Oakton as 

well, and had gotten a 

scholarship, so he knew 

Oakton would allow him 

that opportunity. 

And give the 2016 

Loyola graduate an opportunity 

it has. 

Earlier this summer, 

Smart committed to play 

baseball next season at 

the University of Illinois 

at Chicago, where he will 

be joining 2017 Loyola 

graduate Ryan Lin-Peistrup 

on the baseball team. 

The Flames are coming off 

of an extremely successful 

season that saw them 

win the Horizon League 

and qualify for the NCAA 

Tournament. The 2017 

Flames tied the 2002 and 

2003 teams with a school 

record 39 wins. The group 

lost the fewest amount of 

games, 17, since the 2002 

team (16). 

“I felt it [UIC]’d be the 

best fit for me,” he said. “I 

loved everything about the 

program. The coaches are 

great, I love that it’s close 

to home. I think we have 

a good chance to win and 

I’m just excited.” 

Along with making 

his college commitment, 

Smart has been playing in 

the Northwoods League, a 

summer league made up 

of college baseball players 

playing on teams all 

over the states of Wisconsin, 

Illinois, Michigan and 

Minnesota. Smart has been 

playing on the Madison 

Mallards and through 60 

games, was hitting .257, 

58 hits and 30 RBI. His 

hits total is good enough 

for third on the team and 

the RBI for fifth. He is also 

one of only three junior 

college players on a squad 

of 31. 

“It’s been real eye-opening, 

facing the best of the 

best and competing with 

them,” Smart said. “It’s 

also been a lot of fun playing 

baseball every day for 

the whole summer. I’ve 

learned a lot and been a 

great opportunity for me.” 

Montoya 

From Page 30 

that earned three gold 

medals in the CanAmMex 

regatta. 

“We competed against 

rowers from Canada and 

Mexico, we raced three 

styles of boats and we won 

the gold medal in each,” he 

said. “It was a special experience 

that opened a lot 

of doors for me.” 

Another older brother, 

37-year-old David who 

now does military security 

work in Florida, also distinguished 

himself in athletics. 

He played football 

at the U.S. Naval Academy. 

Carlos went to the University 

of Illinois, where 

he studied economics and 

Spanish. After college, 

he entered the healthcare 

field. 

“We come from a family 

of people who like to take 

care of others,” he said. 

“There are a lot of physicians 

in my family so I 

think that’s why I got into 

health care. I was helping 

physicians manage their 

web-sites and their billings. 

That taught me about 

business. 

“At the same time, I was 

coaching Loyola Academy 

rowing and one of the parents 

told me I should open 

a gym.” 

Carlos liked the idea 

of combining an entrepreneurial 

endeavor with 

physical training. 

“I merged the two passions 

together and started 

my gym in 2007,” he said. 

“I’m now working with 

about 70 adults — the demographic 

is mostly people 

from ages 40-60 and I 

have a few people in their 

70s. There also are about 

25 high school kids I’m 

working with, ranging in 

age from 13-18. 

“There are four daily 

classes of one hour — 

5:30 and 9 in the morning 

and 5:30 and 6:30 

in the afternoon. Each 

class is broken into parts. 

The first portion after 

the warm up is strengthbased 

training; the second 

portion is accessory 

training to isolate muscle 

groups; the third portion 

is conditioning, getting 

the heart rate up; and the 

fourth part is stretching 

movements. 

“They do (essentially) 

the same workouts as my 

brother, but I scale down 

and modify. My 94-yearold 

grandmother [Esperanza 

Galvez] is even doing 

similar things to what 

Al does. She doesn’t do 

weights but I have her 

pulling a sled.” 

In addition to a brother 

who plays in the NHL 

and a 94-year-old grandma, 

Conjugate Fitness 

has other notable clients, 

such as Glenview Village 

President Jim Patterson 

and Denny Hebson of the 

Hackney’s family restaurant 

group who moonlights 

by writing a column for 

The Glenview Lantern. 

Al Montoya comes to 

Conjugate Fitness for his 

private 90-minute workouts 

four or five days a 

week. 

“Sometimes he will 

bring a friend,” Carlos 

said. “He has brought 

Mike Brown [a former 

Glenbrook North player 

who was a Michigan teammate 

and now is a free 

agent who has played for 

six NHL teams]. Other 

times I’ll go to Roscoe Village 

and bring some pieces 

of equipment and he will 

do something light. 

“The relationship my 

brother and I have established 

has grown bigger 

and stronger every year 

and has added to the success 

both of us have enjoyed. 

I don’t think there 

are many relationships that 

rival our relationship.”



Golf 

NT grad Murlick takes second at Illinois Open 

Neil Milbert 


When Patrick Flavin 

won the 68th Illinois Open 

championship on Aug. 9 at 

the Glen Club in Glenview, 

the 21-year-old Highwood 

golfer did something that 

hadn’t been done in 37 

years. 

He became the first 

golfer to win both the Illinois 

Open and the Illinois 

Amateur in the same 

year since David Ogrin of 

the Bloomington Country 

Club accomplished the 

feat in 1980 and he was the 

11th amateur winner in the 

Open’s 68-year history. 

“To win the state Amateur 

and state Open in the 

same year was far beyond 

my expectations for sure,” 

said the Miami University 

of Ohio senior-to-be. 

Flavin, who finished 

with a score of 13-underpar, 

won by one stroke just 

as he did on July 20 when 

he captured the Illinois 

Amateur at the Calumet 

Country Club in Homewood 

but the way he did it 

was completely different. 

In contrast to the Illinois 

Amateur, where he rallied 

on the final day, in the Illinois 

Open he struggled 

on the last day and had 

to hold off the challenges 

of fellow amateurs Matt 

Murlick of Winnetka and 

Nick Hardy of Northbrook 

and a 30-year-old powerhitting 

professional, Brandon 

Holtz of downstate 

Bloomington, who finished 

in a three-way tie for 

second. 

Flavin began the final 

round, flaunting a six 

stroke lead with a 15-under-par 

of 128, thanks to 

back-to-back rounds of 64 

on the first day at his home 

course, Deerfield’s Briarwood 

Country Club and on 

the second day at The Glen 

Club. Holtz and Wilmette 

pro Eric Meierdierks, who 

were Flavin’s playing partners 

for the final 18 holes, 

began the round at 9-under 

par while Hardy was 

8-under and Murlick was 

7-under. 

During the first two 

days, Flavin didn’t record 

any bogeys and had birdies 

galore. But in shooting 

a 74 on the last day to 

finish with a 54-hole score 

of 202, he carded a double 

bogey on the par-3 fourth 

hole and bogeys on the 

par-4 sixth and the par-4 

13th. His only birdies were 

on the par 5 first hole and 

the par 4 eighth. 

“I played my best on 

back-to-back days and put 

myself in great position,” 

said Flavin, who earned 

four letters at Highland 

Park High School and 

earned a spot on the All- 

State team his senior season. 

“Today I was just 

kind of hanging on. 

“I started out with a 

great birdie but I definitely 

had some shaky 

shots. On the fourth hole 

I was fortunate to find 

my ball (after driving 

into the bushes behind 

trees; my dad found it for 

me. It was my first over 

par hole (in the tournament) 

and it threw me for 

a loop.” 

After shooting a 36 

on the front nine, Holtz 

caught fire on the back 

nine. From the 10th 

through the 15th holes the 

scorecard of the former 

shooting guard on the Illinois 

State basketball team 

showed birdie, birdie, 

bogey, birdie, birdie. The 

birdie on the 15th put him 

in a deadlock with Flavin. 

“When I lost the solo 

Eric Meierdierks tries to direct his shot with some body 

language during the Illinois Open Aug. 9 at The Glen Club 

in Glenview. photos by CARLOS ALVAREZ/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

lead it kind gave me a 

sense of urgency,” Flavin 

said. “On the 16th I hit a 

great tee shot and a great 

second shot and an awesome 

putt (in carding a 

par 4). On the 17th, my 

par (coupled with a bogey 

4 by Holtz) gave me the 

lead back.” 

The errant shot on this 

par 3 hole that Holtz was 

unable to overcome was 

his drive that landed in 

deep rough. 

On the par-5 18th hole, 

Flavin put both his drive 

and second shot in the 

fairway. He found the 

green on his third shot but 

left himself with a long 

putt. The putt put him 

within inches of the cup 

and he tapped in for his 

par. 

Holtz, meanwhile, just 

missed the hole on a medium-range 

putt and, like 

Flavin, tapped in for a par. 

If the first putt had gone 

in, for the first time since 

2013 it would have taken 

a playoff to determine the 

champion. 

Murlick replied “I’m 

not sad at all” when asked 

if he had any regrets about 

Matt Murlick knocks in short putt 

finishing in a tie for second 

with Holtz and Hardy. 

“I played as well as I 

could. I had a great tournament. 

It was my first 

time in this tournament 

and I enjoyed it a lot.” 

The former New Trier 

golfer, who will be starting 

his sophomore year 

at Marquette this month, 

was the strongest finisher, 

carding a 67 on the final 

day. 

“I got off to a really 

good start,” Murlick said. 

“I made a bunker shot on 

the first hole and on the 

second hole I holed out 

with a 9-iron from about 

155 yards out on the fairway 

for an eagle. Then, I 

kept making pars. 

“On the back nine, I 

changed my game plan a 

little bit and started to be 

more aggressive. I made 

birdie putts on the 14th 

and 15th to give me some 

last minute hope (of catching 

or overtaking Flavin). 

I kept making pars, which 

normally is a good thing, 

but in this case I needed to 

make a couple more birdies.” 

Hardy, a former Glenbrook 

North star who has 

gone on to become one of 

the nation’s top college 

players at the University 

of Illinois at Urbana- 

Champaign, was the winner 

of the 2016 Illinois 

Amateur with a recordbreaking 

28-under-par 

score and then earned the 

low amateur trophy in the 

2016 Illinois Open when 

he tied for fourth. 

Last year’s Illinois 

Open champion, 31-yearold 

Carlos Sainz, Jr. of Elgin, 

finished in fifth place 

this year, two strokes 

behind the second place 

threesome of Murlick, 

Hardy and Holtz. Sainz 

also was the champion in 

2006. 

After shooting 66 and 

68 the first two days Meierdierks 

slumped to a 

73 in the final round for 

a three-day score of 207 

that put him in a tie for 

seventh. The former New 

Trier golfer, who turned 

pro in 2006, won the 2010 

Illinois Open and finished 

second in 2012 when he 

lost to Max Scodro in 

sudden death on the sixth 

playoff hole. 

Earlier this year the 

long-hitting Meierdierks 

was sidelined with an elbow 

injury. 

“It’s sort of depressing 

when you can’t do something 

you love to do,” he 

said. “I’ve finally got the 

elbow back to 100 percent. 

In the last two months, 

I’ve been progressing with 

no pain. I’ve become a little 

smarter as I’ve gotten a 

little older. I try to manage 

my game—keep the ball 

in the fairway and take advantage 

of my length.” 

Glenview amateur Quinlan 

Prchal tied for 11th 

(69-72-68-209), while 

fellow Glenview amateur 

Kevin Paek finished 41st 

(70-73-75-218). 

Amateur contestants 

were not awarded prize 

money but received $750 

in expenses, while Holtz 

earned $13,886 for being 

the professional with the 

lowest score. 

Among the former 

champions in the field was 

the 1994 winner, 72-yearold 

Gary Groh, a 2017 

Illinois Hall of Fame inductee 

from Lake Bluff. 

Groh had scores of 83 and 

84 to show for the first two 

rounds for a 167 and that 

wasn’t low enough to enable 

him to make the cut.

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Carlos, Al Montoya film workout at Conjugate Fitness 

Neil Mllbert 


What were Tony Bertuca, 

the hockey director 

of Fenwick High School 

in Oak Park, and two of 

his team’s freshmen-tobe, 

Cade Gawley and Ian 

Giles, doing in the parking 

lot of an off-the-beaten 

path industrial area in 

Glenview on a Saturday 

morning in August? 

The young men had 

just completed a strength 

training session in Carlos 

Montoya’s Conjugate Fitness 

facility at 1882 Johns 

Drive, down the hill from 

Loyola Academy’s sports 

complex. 

“He’s awesome,” Bertuca 

said. “I have 15-20 

of our kids train here with 

Carlos.” 

The Conjugate Fitness 

trainee with the highest 

profile is Carlos’ older 

brother, Al Montoya, a 

Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender 

with eight years of 

National Hockey League 

experience. 

Carlos’ success got the 

attention of the Canadiens 

and the team sent a film 

crew to make a video of 

him supervising Al’s training, 

as well as have them 

talk about what it’s like for 

a high-profile big brother 

to have a kid brother acting 

as his teacher. 

“It’s not Al trying to 

do me a favor,” said Carlos, 

a 2004 Loyola Academy 

graduate who lives 

in Glenview, where they 

grew up. “He trusts what 

we’re doing and sees that 

the different challenges 

I’ve put in front of him 

have made him a better 

goalie. 

“He has had some of 

the best seasons he has 

ever had over the last four 

years. It’s cool to watch 

when a Montreal game is 

on TV and he’s in goal, 

knowing we have an impact 

on what he’s doing.” 

Obviously, the 32-yearold 

goalie who spends 

the offseason living in 

Chicago’s Roscoe Village 

neighborhood is doing 

well because after signing 

a $950,000 yearly contract 

with the Canadiens as a 

free agent in July 2016, he 

received a two-year contract 

extension in January. 

“We’re pleased with 

Carlos and Al Montoya’s mom, Irene Silva, and 

grandma, Esperanza Galvez, 94, complete a Conjugate 

Fitness workout. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

his work,” said Montreal 

General Manager Marc 

Bergevin, a Blackhawks’ 

defenseman in the 1980s. 

“He’s a good teammate 

and he’s performed well. 

We’re happy.” 

Al was selected sixth 

overall by the New York 

Islanders in the 2004 NHL 

draft after an outstanding 

collegiate career at the 

Al Montoya (middle), goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, 

trains with his younger brother, Carlos Montoya, who 

owns Conjugate Fitness in Glenview. 

University of Michigan. 

He was playing for the 

Phoenix Coyotes when he 

made history by becoming 

the first Cuban-American 

to play in the NHL on 

April 1, 2009, and he commemorated 

his debut by 

shutting out the Colorado 

Avalanche. Al went on to 

play for the Islanders, the 

Winnipeg Jets and Florida 

Panthers before going to 

Montreal. 

Like their NHL-bound 

older brother, Carlos and 

his identical twin brother, 

Marcos, played youth 

hockey for the Glenview 

Stars and then made the 

team at Loyola Academy. 

But in his sophomore 

year, Marcos decided to 

stop playing hockey and 

focus on competing for 

the Ramblers’ rowing 

team. Both twins had successful 

post-Loyola sports 

careers. Marcos, now a 

Glenview dentist, was the 

goalie on the University 

of Illinois club team that 

took the national championship 

while Carlos 

rowed for the U.S. team 

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Going Places 

Changes await Kane at Butler 

22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

1st-and-3 

THREE FALL TEAMS TO 

WATCH 

1. New Trier boys 

soccer (ABOVE). 

The Trevians 

dropped a 

heartbreaker 

to Evanston in 

penalty kicks 

in last year’s 

sectional 

semifinals. Can 

they get farther 

in the playoffs 

in coach Matt 

Ravenscraft’s 

second year? 

2. Loyola girls 

swimming. 

The Ramblers 

finished second 

at last year’s state 

meet. Hoe does 

LA handle the 

graduations of Ella 

Tierney and Olivia 

Andrew?. 

3. NT girls tennis. 

The Trevs finished 

sixth in the state 

last season. Can 

they do it again? 


Sports Editor 

Choosing a college, 

whether it be for studentathletes 

or regular students, 

is something that 

can affect more than just 

the four or five years one 

is enrolled at the school; it 

can affect everything that 

happens after those years, 

throughout one’s entire 

adulthood. 

“One of the most influential 

things a person on 

these visits told me is that 

‘Going to college is not a 

four-year decision, it’s a 

40-year decision,’” recent 

Loyola graduate Mickey 

Kane said. “After Loyola, 

I had a bunch of schools 

I was choosing from and 

it took me to visiting the 

schools and not looking 

at it from only a football 

standpoint, but also an education 

standpoint. Once 

I came to Butler, I fell in 

love with the atmosphere, 

it had the majors I was 

interested in and it just 

seemed like the right fit 

once you put everything 

together.” 

Kane chose the Bulldogs 

over Western Illinois, 

Valparaiso, Drake 

and a handful of Division 

III schools. 

“Butler was the perfect 

fit because it’d let me play 

Division I football, living 

out my dream since I was 

a little kid, getting a great 

education with a notable 

business school and having 

a nice, fun college environment 

to live in.” 

Kane, who started playing 

competitively in fifth 

grade, stated he knew 

there was a real opportunity 

for him to play at the 

next level after his sophomore 

year at Loyola. During 

that year, Kane was 

brought up to the varsity 

and played primarily on 

special teams, but gained 

that valuable experience 

of playing at the state’s 

top level. Up until that 

time, the Northfield resident 

had primarily been a 

basketball player but going 

through that season 

and just playing football 

in general changed the 

way he viewed the sport. 

“My head coach told 

me ‘You have a great shot 

at playing through high 

school and being a potential 

Division I football 

player,’” Kane added. “It 

was a mix of me showing 

the potential of being able 

to reach that level and the 

new experience that became 

a new goal.” 

Always a defender who 

likes to “sack the quarterback” 

and always “wanted 

to be the one to tackle the 

touchdown scorer,” Kane 

will be going through 

multiple changes during 

his first season at Butler. 

Primarily a linebacker 

at Loyola, Kane will be 

transitioning to the defensive 

line during his collegiate 

career, moving to the 

weakside defensive end 

position. With the move, 

Kane also expects to be 

redshirted this season as 

he prepares for the move. 

“As of now, I plan on 

being redshirted so I can 

gain some weight over 

the offseason, get stronger 

and be prepared to be a big 

contributor next year,” he 

said. “My role is kind of 

like to grow with the team, 

become smarter and learn 

the position and once the 

season starts, really contribute 

to being a scout 

team player, something 

I’ve never had to do. That 

will be a new experience 

for me, but just the fact 

I’ll be able to go against 

[the] offensive [first unit] 

once camp is done is a really 

big opportunity for me 

to increase my skills and 

become a better football 

player. 

“Along with position 

change, I’m going to have 

to learn the proper technique 

so to do a threepoint 

stance as opposed to 

a two-point stance, which I 

have done my entire high 

school career. Learning the 

movement, some pass rush 

moves I never used due to 

my position. It’s not going 

to happen overnight, 

it’s going to take time, 

but that’s what my freshman 

year is for, to develop 

Loyola grad Mickey Kane prepares to make a move 

during the 2016 season. Photo Submitted 

into that type of player and 

learn from the guys that 

are in front of me.” 

Already in Indianapolis 

and practicing with the 

team, Kane is looking forward 

to what the season 

brings and playing with a 

new group of players. 

“I’m on the same field, 

competing against guys 

who are grown men in 

their early 20s and you can 

tell,” he said. “They’re 

big, strong guys that have 

been in this system for 

four, maybe five years. I 

knew I was going to be a 

bit smaller in frame than 

some of the guys in my 

group, but that doesn’t 

discourage me; it acts as 

inspiration for me to want 

to build myself up to what 

I want to be.” 

Butler starts the 2017 

season Sept. 2 at Illinois 

State. 

Listen Up 

tunE in 

Index 

“It’s kind of depressing when you can’t 

something you love to do.” 

Eric Meierdierks — Wilmette golfer on not being able to golf 

earlier in the year due to an injury. 

What to watch this week 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: The 2017 season starts with a 

home match for New Trier against a sectional finalist. 

New Trier hosts Libertyville at 6 p.m. Aug. 22 in Winnetka. 

28 - Alumni Spotlight 

27 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw, 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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Bulldog bite 

LA grad Kane prepares for Butler, Page 31 

Coming up short 

Matt Murlick finishes second at Illinois Open, Page 29 

Loyola graduate Carlos Montoya helps older brother train for the NHL, Page 30 

Al Montoya (middle), goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, trains with his younger brother, Carlos Montoya, who owns Conjugate Fitness in Glenview. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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