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2 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader calendar 

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Thursday 

Movies at Lake Bluff 

Library 

1:30-3:15 p.m. Aug. 31, 

Lake Bluff Library, 123 

E. Scranton Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Join the library for 

popcorn and a movie. Collateral 

Beauty, rated PG- 

13 will be on screen. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-2540. 

Friday 

Once-A-Month Petei Santa 

Needlepoint Class 

1-3 p.m. Sept. 1, The 

Forest Needle, 1341 Western 

Ave., Lake Forest. 

Choose from Bell Santa 

and/or Farmer Santa. 

Learn a different beard for 

each one. Can finish as an 

ornament or a stand-up. 

Class is $100 per Santa. 

$50 deposit required. Register 

at (847) 235-2407. 

Canvas Embellishment 

Class 

10 a.m. - noon Sept. 1, 

The Forest Needle, 1341 

Western Ave., Lake Forest. 

Choose a project to 

work on or bring one with 

you to receive expert advice. 

Taught by nationallyrecognized 

teacher Linda 

Corirossi. She can give 

you stitch ideas, and help 

choose threads to personalize 

your design. This 

event costs $25. To sign 

up, call (847) 235-2407. 

Sunday 

Fall Fair ‘off the Square’ 

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sept. 3-4, 

Lake Forest Bank and Trust 

parking lots, Westminster 

and Bank Lane, Lake Forest. 

Lake Forest-Lake Bluff 

Artisan Guild will hold its’ 

annual Fall Fair ‘off the 

Square’ with more than 40 

Artists bringing unique creations 

for sale. Daily Grind 

cookout, live Jazz, Sweet 

Pete’s ice cream, Reprise 

Roaster coffee. Balloons, 

children’s activities, henna 

painting and more. For 

more information, visit 

www.LFLBArtisanGuild. 

com 

Tuesday 

Scout Aquatics Youth Swim 

Team Placement Swim 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 5, 

Lake Forest High School, 

1285 McKinley Road, 

Lake Forest. Scout aquatics 

will hold an open 

placement swim for all 

swimmers ages 6-18 to 

make sure swimmers are 

placed in the correct practice 

group. Just bring 

yourself, a towel and goggles. 

Please contact Head 

Coach Carolyn Grevers at 

cgrevers@yahoo.com for 

more information or are 

unable to make the placement 

swim. 

Bubbles Academy – Fall 

Session 

Classes being Sept. 5 

10:15 – 11 a.m. (Music 

+ Movement for Walkers 

12-36 months), 11:15 

a.m. – noon (Bubble Music: 

Babies & Crawlers for 

1 – 15 months), Gorton 

Community Center, 400 E. 

Illinois Road. Bubble Music 

Classes explore your 

child’s motor skills and engages 

his or her eardrums. 

Your teacher, accompanied 

by a live instrument, 

introduces new songs, 

initiates dance and silly 

behavior, and encourages 

interaction between fellow 

children and parents. $200 

for the full 8 week session. 

Enrollment is ongoing and 

tuition prorated. There is 

an option to purchase single 

class drop ins for $27 

per class. Signup at www. 

gortoncenter.org. 

Wednesday 

Book Club: Between the 

Covers with Alice Moody 

7 p.m. Sept. 6, Gorton 

Community Center, 400 E. 

Illinois Road, Lake Forest. 

Interested in discussing 

new books and meeting 

new people? If so, join 

Alice Moody as she leads 

a lively and engaging 

book discussion exploring 

contemporary fiction and 

non-fiction. Explore notions 

of theme, style, tone 

and perspective. Connect 

the reading with your own 

personal experiences and 

explore the author’s intent. 

For those 21 and older.Fee 

is $35 per single month or 

$130 for the entire series. 

For more information, call 

(847) 234-5253. 

Thursday 

Common Core: Parents, 

What You Need to Know 

1-2 p.m. Sept. 7, Lake 

Bluff Library, 123 E. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

Parents, get the lowdown 

on Common Core Standards 

in terms you can 

understand. Parents attend 

parent-teacher conferences 

and have no idea what 

questions to ask. Find out 

what to ask your child’s 

teacher for your upcoming 

parent-teacher conference. 


(847) 234-2540. 

Upcoming 

10th Annual Twilight 5k 

Run, Walk, Roll 

5:15 p.m. Sept. 9, Gorton 

Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest. The 10th annual 

Twilight 5K Run, Walk, 

Roll and Post Party will 

support athletes with physical 

disabilities. To register 

and for more information, 

visit www.GLASATwilight.org. 

Local Legends 2017: Ryne 

Sandberg’ 

3 p.m. Sept. 23, Lake 

Forest Academy, 1500 W 

.Kennedy Road, Lake Forest. 

Baseball Hall of Famer 

Ryne Sandberg, 1984 National 

League MVP, is the 

2017 Local Legend. Come 

for a captivating conversation 

with Ryne Sandberg 

and radio host Barry Rozner. 

Don’t miss this oncein-a-lifetime 

opportunity 

for an up-close and personal 

look at former Chicago 

Cubs second baseman and 

current Cubs Ambassador. 

Tickets are $50 for adults, 

$25 children under 12. 


(847) 234-5253. 

Ongoing 

Eyeglass Recycling 

Through Aug. 31, Lake 

Forest Library, 360 E. 

Deerpath Road, Lake Forest. 

Donate glasses as a 

part of the library’s campaign, 

Changing Lives, 

One Pair at a Time. Donated 

eyeglasses are recycled 

and reused to help children, 

adults and seniors 

read. For more information, 

visit www.lakeforestlibrary.com. 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

Activities 

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

1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. To 

honor the 20th anniversary 

of the Wildlife Discovery 

center, the WDC is offering 

family-friendly activities 

every Saturday. For 

more information, contact 

Rob Carmichael at (847) 

810-3663. 

Elawa Farm Garden 

Market 

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

and Saturdays, Elawa 

Farm, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. Head 

to Elawa Farm’s weekly 

garden market to buy farm 

grown produced, seedlings 

from the greenhouse and 

home and garden gifts. For 

more information, visit 

www.elawafarm.org. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road. Nurse Patti 

Mikes will visit Dickinson 

Hall to give free blood 

pressure checks to anyone 

50 years old and older. No 

appointment needed. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-2209. 

Pickle Ball 

9:30-11:30 a.m. 

Wednesdays, Lake Forest 

Recreation Center, 400 

Hastings Road. Come on 

out and play America’s 

fastest growing sport. Purchase 

four days of play for 

$15 or pay a $5 drop-in 

fee. 

Toastmasters Club 

Noon-1 p.m. first 

and third Tuesdays of 

the month, Lake Forest 

Graduate School of Management, 

1905 W. Field 

Drive, Lake Forest. Toastmasters 

is an international 

organization that aims to 

help communication and 

leadership skills for professional 

and personal 

growth with unlimited potential. 

This club is open 

to all. Visit lfgsm.toastmastersclubs.org 

for more 

information. 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, 

Friday, Saturday and 

Sunday, Wildlife Discovery 

Center, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. 

The Wildlife Discovery 

Center is a living natural 

history museum. The 

learning journey brings 

visitors face-to-face with 

a variety of reptiles, amphibians, 

birds and mammals. 

Admission is free. 


(847) 810-3663. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

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Entries are due by noon on 

the Thursday prior to publication 

date.

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The Lake Bluff School 

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finalizing its 2017-18 

budget during its meeting 

on Tuesday, Aug. 22. During 

the meeting, Director 

of Finance and Operations 

Jay Kahn presented the 

budget to board members 

after reviewing the previous 

version in June. 

“There’s not too many 

changes from what we saw 

before,” said Board President 

Mark Barry. 

For the 2017-18 fiscal 

year, Kahn said the District 

plans on spending 

$18,230,100 and receiving 

$18,230,100, with a projected 

ending fund balance 

of $6,579,793, which also 

includes the District’s $2.1 

million in debt service 

payments. 

These numbers vary just 

slightly from projected 

numbers seen earlier in the 

year, changing as school 

officials get a clearer picture 

of state funding and 

other revenue and expenditure 

sources. 

“Luckily, we did not see 

any significant changes 

with the state budget,” 

Kahn said. “The money’s 

still held up, so what I’m 

able to show you may 

change.” 

However, given the state 

school funding model, 

he expects that even if 

the money is delayed in 

coming to the District, 

the amount allotted will 

remain the same. That’s 

because the new spending 

bill maintains base amount 

received by districts before 

funneling additional money 

to districts with fewer 

resources. 

“The budget is still balanced,” 

said Kahn. “We 

plan to spend exactly what 

we take in.” 

While the budget is balanced 

for this year and the 

ending fund balance remains 

in line with District 

policy, officials warned of 

potential damage to the 

District’s revenues if property 

tax freezes are approved 

in Springfield. 

Since District 65 receives 

most of its funding 

through property taxes, 

any change in property tax 

policy could significantly 

impact the district’s funding. 

“We’re not out of the 

woods,” said District 65 

Superintendent Jean Sophie. 

“We’ll continue to 

update our budget based 

on what we know.” 

The board will hold a 

public hearing on the budget 

on Sept. 26 before voting 

on its approval. 

Also during the meeting, 

the board discussed next 

steps on reviewing and revising 

a District Strategic 

Plan created during the 

2012-13 school year. 

“We’re not going to reinvent 

the wheel,” Sophie 

said. “This gives us a good 

basis.” 

The board is focusing 

on the District’s mission, 

vision and guiding principles, 

looking at what exists 

in the plan and altering to 

better fit the needs of the 

district. 

The District is working 

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4 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader NEWS 


Deer Path Middle School completes renovations to Haskins 2.0 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

On the first day of 

school, students at Deer 

Path Middle School waited 

anxiously to check out the 

newly renovated Hasinks 

2.0, formerly known as 

the Haskins Center, or 

the library. Students and 

staff came together to celebrate 

the completion of 

the $2 million renovation 

of Haskins 2.0 during the 

ribbon cutting ceremony 

on the first day of school 

on Aug. 23. 

When Haskins 2.0 

opened its doors, students 

fled in with wide eyes, 

taking in all of the bright 

colors and unique designs 

of the 11,000-square-foot 

reimagined learning center. 

Haskins 2.0 was renovated 

to help achieve District 

67’s new vision and 

because it has not been 

updated for 20 years. 

A few years ago, the 

Board of Education, with a 

lot of help from the community, 

defined a new vision 

for the district, said 

Mike Borkowski, president 

of the Board. 

“The vision is markedly 

different than a lot of other 

school districts and different 

from where we have 

been,” Borkowski said. 

With the new vision, one 

of the things the District is 

now focusing on is the environment 

of its physical 

facilities. 

“[With a focus on environment] 

we reimagined 

learning spaces,” 

Borkowski said. “That 

means we take what 

we consider traditional 

learning spaces and reimagine 

them to enhance 

the learning experience 

for 21st century learning 

for every student.” 

During the past year, 

students and staff worked 

with the designers to help 

reimagine the learning 

space. They pitched their 

ideas for the space and the 

designer took it all into 

consideration when renovating 

the space. 

The first thing students 

and staff see when walking 

into Haskins 2.0 is the 

gallery stairs, which came 

from the idea of the Spanish 

steps in Rome where 

people go to collaborate 

with one another. Underneath 

the stairs is a large 

opening, which is called 

the nook, where students 

can sit down comfortably 

and work with one another 

on projects. 

As you walk farther into 

Haskins 2.0, there is the 

campfire, which is a circular 

area with chairs where 

students can work in small 

groups. For students looking 

to read a book in a 

quite area, they can go to 

the reading tree house, 

which is a place for one to 

two people. 

Throughout Haskins 

2.0 there are also three 

glass studios which can be 

thought of as classrooms. 

There is also a Spark 

Lab and Stem Lab where 

students can go to make 

things and be creative using 

graphic design skills, 

3-D printers and more. 

“Haskins 2.0 is so much 

more than a traditional library, 

it is a reimagined 

learning space,” Borkowski 

said. “We have turned 

Haskins 2.0 in to this collaborative 

space where every 

single student can go 

and thrive.” 

Renee DeVore, the principal 

at Deer Path Middle 

School, is impressed 

with how the renovations 

turned out and is eager for 

students and staff to be 

Grace Lutrey (left to right), Olivia Adams, Olivia Moore and Emma Lutrey visit with one another in the reading tree 

house in the newly renovated Haskins 2.0 on Aug. 23. PHOTOS BY ALYSSA GROH/22nd Century Media 

The gallery stairs is a gathering place for students to collaborate in Haskins 2.0. 

back and school and start 

using it. 

“I don’t think I could 

have imagined the space 

to look the way it has,” 

Devore said. “I am really 

excited to see how the staff 

and students use the space. 

There is just so much freedom 

to get out into a space 

that is filled with a different 

type of energy than being 

in a classroom. I think 

that opens up so much in 

the realm of creativity, for 

both teachers and students. 

I think when you are in a 

space like this, you can’t 

help but want to be creative.” 

The renovations could 

not have been completed 

without the help of the 

Spirt of 67 Foundation, 

which donated $250,000 

for the project. 

“The purpose of the 

foundation is to partner 

with our schools to award 

grants that have a positive 

and lasting impact on 

every student,” said Martha 

Zeeman, who was the 

president of the Spirit of 67 

from 2013-15. “The foundation 

previously worked 

with the District to update 

the library on the 5/6 side 

of the middle school. The 

Haskins Center was last 

updated 20 years ago. We 

were thrilled to have the 

opportunity to partner with 

the District to update the 

library on the 7/8 side.” 

As students spent 

the morning exploring 

Haskins 2.0, they were excited 

about the new space 

and eager to start using it. 

As Borkowski was walking 

into Haskins 2.0 for the 

ribbon cutting ceremony, 

he walked next to a student 

who could not contain his 

excitement. 

“It is so great for students 

to be excited to go into a 

learning space and want to 

be there,” Borkowski said.

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Lake Forest Historic Preservation Commission 

LF home receives landmark designation 

Apollo and Jupiter 

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The Lake Forest Preservation 

Commission unanimously 

approved a request 

for a local landmark designation 

at the residence at 

1579 Conway Road during 

its meeting on Wednesday, 

Aug. 23. 

Scott Verschoor, a resident 

of Lake Forest and 

the homeowner of the 

property, requested the 

nomination. The house 

was nominated under the 

historic name “Balfour 

Ames Lanza House,” recognizing 

the home’s original 

architect and owner. 

Work was completed 

on the home prior to the 

nomination including a garage 

addition, an addition 

to the side of the home and 

modifications to the driveway. 

While alterations to a 

home generally occur after 

an owner’s request to become 

a local landmark is 

approved, at the time of 

renovation, Verschoor had 

not thought to nominate 

his property. 

Despite these changes 

the foundation approved 

the motion, stating that the 

original design and integrity 

of the home was not 

compromised after modifications. 

“I had an opportunity to 

get introduced to Lanza’s 

second wife and spent the 

day with her,” Verschoor 

said. “She gave me drawings 

of the plans and said, 

‘Please make sure, whatever 

you do, that you’re 

building within the style 

and architecture that Mr. 

Lanza had originally laid 

out.’” 

The property at Conway 

Road is just one of 

20 significant architectural 

works within Lake Forest 

and Illinois built by Balfour 

Ames Lanza. 

“When we were going 

about bringing changes to 

the board for our property, 

we had an opportunity 

to visit at least 15 [of the 

homes],” Verschoor said. 

“[We captured] pictures of 

them to make sure what we 

were doing was consistent 

with the rest of the style.” 

Kate McManus, the assistant 

planner, said the 

nomination was thoroughly 

researched by Verschoor. 

Her staff was in 

support of the nomination, 

as well as the Preservation 

Foundation. 

“The additions that were 

recently completed were 

approved by the Building 

Review Board in 2016,” 

she said. 

As the board began 

commenting and asking 

questions, it became apparent 

many of the members 

felt a certain passion 

toward this particular case. 

Commissioner Carol Gale 

mentioned she had passed 

by the home earlier to observe 

the changes. 

“I thought the house appeared 

seamless. The addition 

and the older material, 

I was impressed with that,” 

she said. “[The house] 

seems like it’s a small 

jewel. It’s relatively small 

compared to Lake Forest, 

and yet very appealing.” 

Commissioner Elizabeth 

Sperry asked Verschoor 

why he sought 1579 Conway 

Road as a historic 

designation. Among other 

reasons, Verschoor said after 

learning about Lanza’s 

body of work, he felt the 

home should display some 

form of recognition. 

“[Lanza’s wife] has 

a room dedicated with 

blueprints of every single 

house he built in 

Lake Forest,” he said. 

“There were pictures and 

stories behind it. I felt 

like it was something I 

should do.” 

Chairman Bruce Grieve 

made it clear that along 

with the recognition the 

home will gain, there is 

responsibility Verschoor 

must take on as homeowner. 

“There are standards 

that have been established 

for this, and they are rigorous 

standards,” he said. 

“While we may not have 

articulated our view on 

every one of our feelings 

about those, these comments 

suggest that we 

feel very comfortable that 

those standards have been 

met.” 

Verschoor said he fully 

understood the standards, 

and expects the board to 

“hold him to them.” 

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THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Winnetka unveils 

remodeled Dwyer Park 

for patrons young and old 

Following months of 

local anticipation, families 

gathered at the newly 

designed Dwyer Park on 

Aug. 24, celebrating the 

changes that now make 

the park a haven for everyone 

from tiny tots to 

teens and anyone in between. 

According to Winnetka 

Park District Board 

Commissioner Teresa 

Claybrook, Dwyer Park 

hadn’t received a makeover 

since 1999, and the 

time had come to bring it 

up to code while making 

improvements to attract a 

variety of parkgoers. 

With Dwyer Park located 

so close to District 

36’s middle school, The 

Skokie School, students 

often walk right by. Those 

behind the park’s renovation 

wanted to give middle-schoolers 

a reason to 

stop instead, making for a 

local hangout. 

“We gathered at least 

25 preteens to come test 

equipment and give us 

their thoughts and opinions,” 

Claybrook explained. 

“This information 

was invaluable. I’m 

proud to say we were able 

to accommodate many of 

their requests.” 

Reporting by Alexa Burnell, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Glenview residents 

continue two-year fight 

for school district change 

Homeowners in the 

“forgotten corner” of 

Glenview have banded together 

in hopes of switching 

from East Maine 

School District 63 and 

Maine Township High 

School District 207 to 

Glenview Public School 

District 34 and Northfield 

Township High School 

District 225. 

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Police Reports 

More than 5 vehicles in Lake Bluff broken into in one night 

More than 5 vehicles 

were entered on the night 

on Aug. 15 in Lake Bluff. 

A officer observed a 

Toyota Prius leave the 

area of E. Scranton and 

Oak avenues at a high rate 

of speed at 1:57 a.m. The 

officer located the vehicle 

at Evanston and Prospect 

avenues and the driver had 

already fled on foot. It was 

later determined the vehicle 

was stolen. Officers 

from Lake Bluff and Lake 

Forest conducted a search 

of the area, along with a 

K-9 from Bannockburn 

Police Department, and 

met with negative results. 

The vehicle was returned 

to the owner. 

Burglaries to two motor 

vehicles were reported at 

3:56 a.m. in the 200 block 

of E. Scranton Avenue. 

Criminal trespass to a 

motor vehicle was reported 

at 4:05 a.m. in the 200 

block of E. Scranton Avenue. 

Criminal trespass to a 


at 4:06 a.m. in the 200 block 


A homeowner reported 

an unknown person illegally 

entered her vehicle 

overnight while it was 

parked unlocked in the 

driveway at 7:52 a.m. in 

the 500 block of E. North 

Avenue. 



entered a vehicle 

overnight while it was 

parked unlocked in the 

driveway at 8:23 a.m. in 

the 200 block of E. Washington 

Avenue. 

Burglary to a motor vehicle 

was reported at 9:44 

a.m. in the 0-100 block of 

E. Woodland Road. 



entered her vehicle overnight 

while it was parked 

unlocked in the driveway at 

1:08 a.m. in the 500 block 


Delayed burglary to a 


at 8:03 p.m. in the 300 

block of E. Washington 

Avenue. 

In other police news: 

Lake Bluff 

Aug. 19 

• A possible road rage incident 

that occurred in the 

front parking lot of Lake 

Bluff Police Department 

was reported at 6:11 a.m. 

The complainants passenger 

side rear window was 

broken out and she fled the 

scene trying to get away 

from the driver. A officer 

made contact with the 

victim who did not want a 

report. 

• Retail theft was reported 

at 4:47 p.m. in the 900 

block of Rockland Road. 

The reported loss is less 

than $300. 

Aug. 18 

• A two vehicle accident 

was reported at 4:04 p.m. at 

the Public Safety Building. 

A man reported he collided 

with another vehicle while 

pulling onto Route 176 from 

Rockland Road. Unit No. 2 

did not stop to file a report 

and Unit No. 1 did not want 

to file a complete report. 

• A driver was arrested for 

driving with one headlight 

out and driving with no 

valid driver’s license at 

9:25 p.m. on Route 41. 

Aug. 17 

• A driver was charged 

with speeding and driving 

with a suspended driver’s 

license at 9:51 a.m. in the 

area of Route 41 and Gage 

Lane. 

• A wallet was reported 

taken from an unlocked 

vehicle at 12:11 p.m. in the 

600 block of Evanston Avenue. 

The theft occurred 

on Aug. 15. 

• A report of accidental 

damage occurring with 

another vehicle was reported 

at 1:30 p.m. in the 

900 block of Rockland 

Road. A officer arrived on 

scene and took both parties 

information for a miscellaneous 

traffic report. 

The officer gave both parties 

a business card with 

the case number written 

on the back. Both parties 

exchanged insurance information. 

No other assistance 

was needed and the 

officer cleared. 


operating a vehicle with 

suspended registration, 

driving with a suspended 

driver’s license and no insurance 

at 7:14 p.m. in the 

800 block of Smith Avenue. 

• A officer located a vehicle 

from a driving complaint 

out of Lake Forest 

at 11:32 p.m. at Waukegan 

Road and Sherwood Road. 

The officer conducted a 

traffic stop on the vehicle. 

The driver was ultimately 

arrested for failure to signal 

when required, no 

valid driver’s license, operating 

an uninsured motor 

vehicle, illegal transportation 

of alcohol, DUI and a 

DUI with a BAC of more 

than .08. 

Aug. 15 

• A two vehicle property 

damage accident was reported 

at 8:03 a.m. in the 

area of W. Scranton Avenue 

and Green Bay Road. 

• Delayed retail theft was 

reported at 5:25 p.m. on 

Rockland Road. The reported 

loss is less than 

$300. 

Aug. 14 

• A two vehicle accident in 

a parking lot was reported 

at 5:08 p.m. in the 400 

block of Skokie Highway. 

Aug. 13 


a DUI and was stopped for 

speeding at 12:30 a.m. in 

the intersection of Route 

176 and Green Bay Road. 

Aug. 12 

• A vehicle was reported 

stolen at a dealership at 

11:20 a.m. on Skokie 

Highway. A officer arrived 

on scene and spoke with 

the complainant who started 

the vehicle has been 

missing for approximately 

six days. The vehicle is 

described as a S550 black 

four door Mercedes-Benz. 

Aug. 11 

• A wallet was reported 

lost, missing or stolen 

from the Artesian Park 

picnic tables at 11:27 a.m. 

The complainant stated 

she was playing in the 

park with friends and laid 

the wallet along with assorted 

balloons down on 

the picnic table. When 

the group was done playing 

she noticed that her 

wallet, along with the balloons, 

had been taken. The 

incident occurred around 

10:20 a.m. The complainant 

stated once she called 

her parents, they responded 

to the Lake Bluff Police 

Department to report the 

incident. 

Aug. 10 

• A single vehicle accident 

with minor damage to the 

windshield by roadway debris 

was reported at 12:23 

a.m. in the intersection of 

Route 41 and EJ&E Bridge. 

• A officer discovered a 

two vehicle accident with 

minor damage and no injuries 

at 2:07 p.m. on Route 

176. The two parties involved 

wanted to handle 

the situation on their own. 

• A three vehicle property 

damage accident was 

reported at 3:14 p.m. on 

Route 176. 

Aug. 9 

• A two vehicle private 

property accident was reported 

at 3:38 p.m. at the 

Park District. 

• A driver was charged 

with speeding and driving 

with a suspended driver’s 

license at Green Bay Road 

and W. Washington Ave. 

Aug. 8 

• A two vehicle accident 

on private property involving 

two tractor trailers was 

reported at 1:19 p.m. in the 

0-100 block of Albrecht 

Drive. 

Aug. 6 

•A driver was charged with 

improper lane usage, texting 

while driving and DUI 

of alcohol with a BAC of 

more than .08 at 12:54 

a.m. in the intersection of 

Route 43 and Foster Ave. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Lake Forest Leader’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on file 

at the Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff Police Department 

headquarters. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charged until proven guilty in 

the court of law. 

NFYN 

From Page 6 

The initiative, which 

began nearly two years 

ago in October 2015, argues 

that the 62 Glenview 

homes assigned to 

D63 and D207 would be 

better served in the Glenview 

school system. The 

respective homeowners 

filed a joint petition for 

detachment from Maine 

Township schools and annexation 

into Glenview 

and Northfield schools, 

arguing child safety, social 

implications and 

quality of education. 

The petition was denied 

in a unanimous 6-0 vote 

on May 31 by the Joint 

Boards of School Trustees 

of Maine Township 

and Northfield Township. 

The six township trustees 

reviewing the case did not 

find just cause; D207 Director 

of Communications 

David Beery explained 

that the board could not 

justify a district boundaries 

change unless there 

was “a significant direct 

educational benefit to the 

children,” per a recent 

change in Section 7-6 of 

the school code. 

Nonetheless, the coalition 

is not backing down 

and is working to appeal 

the ruling. The case returns 

to court on Sept. 20, 

where the denial could be 

dismissed and the petition 

could be reviewed again 

at a later date. 

Reporting by Lauren Kiggins, 

Freelance Reporter. Full story 

at GlenviewLantern.com.



Dickinson Hall welcomes dog show to end summer 


Sailor, a 3-year-old 

black Standard Poodle, 

has been working hard 

to break records for his 

whole life, with the help of 

his owner and dog trainer, 

Alex Rothacker. Sailor 

and Rothacker put on a 

show during Dickinson 

Halls Dog Days of Summer 

event on Thursday, 

Aug. 24. 

Since Rothacker was in 

high school he has been 

working on training dogs 

and has now owned three 

dogs who hold records in 

the “Guinness World Records” 

book. Among his 

dogs who hold records is 

his current dog, sailor, who 

holds the record for walking 

forwards and backwards 

between poles on 

his hind legs and walking 

backwards and forwards 

Sailor demonstrates how he can walk forwards and 

backwards on a large ball, which he also hold a record 

in the “Guinness World Records” book for. 

while standing on top of a 

large ball. 

Residents who were at 

the Dog Days of Summer 

event witnessed some of 

Sailors tricks, including 

his world record tricks. 

Sailor and Rothacker 

have been working together 

for years, and Rothacker 

says it can take 

years to learn a single 

trick. They work together 

every day on new tricks, 

maintaining his health and 

gaining muscle. Each day 

Sailor walks and runs on 

a treadmill and works on 

Sailor impresses his audience by walking forwards and backwards between poles 

during the Dog Days of Summer event at Dickinson Hall on Thursday, Aug. 24. PHOTOS 

BY ALYSSA GROH/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

perfecting a new trick. Rothacker 

says he never asks 

Sailor to perform a trick in 

a show until he is 110 percent 

at it. 

To begin the show Rothacker 

showed guests 

basic obedience tricks 

such as sitting, healing and 

playing dead. But it wasn’t 

before long the duo raised 

the bar and performed 

much harder tasks. 

Sailor jump roped, 

walked on his hind legs 


around poles, walked 


on top of a large ball and 

jumped over hurdles and 

through hula hoops. 

Rothacker explained to 

the audience Sailor enjoys 

performing and practicing 

his tricks every day, but it 

comes with a lot of praise 

and training. 

“We put on the show to 

gives people something fun 

to watch,” Rothacker said. 

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Lake Forest resident opens art studio in Lake Bluff 


Julie Whitehead Holdsworth, 

a resident of Lake 

Forest, says art has always 

been a part of her for as 

long as she can remember. 

The first time she remembers 

being fascinated with 

art was when she was a 

little girl sitting at her 

grandma’s house reaching 

into a big bag of buttons 

and feeling the textiles of 

the buttons. Since then 

Holdsworth has been using 

a variety of textiles to 

create artwork. 

Holdsworth has been 

creating a variety of artistic 

pieces ranging from 

paintings, pillows, Christmas 

ornaments and more 

for decades. With a masters 

in art from the Art Institute 

of Chicago, Holdsworth, 

knows a lot about 

art and took her talents 

to Highwood where she 

opened her own studio, 

Whitehead Studios, four 

years ago. 

This year a space came 

available in Lake Bluff 

and on a mission to do 

more each year, Holdsworth 

decided to open a 

second location. 

“I am very fortunate 

to have a good following,” 

Holdsworth said of 

her ability to open two 

art studios. “What keeps 

my small and little business 

alive is being unique 

and one of a kind. And I 

know that phrase is used 

too much but I truly feel 

that the public has a good 

trained eye and they like 

to shop and look around.” 

Inside her art studio in 

Lake Bluff, which is set to 

open 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 16, 

Julie Whitehead Holdworth (left to right), her dog 

Brulee, and her daughter Kristen Holdsworth, sit inside 

Whitehead Studios in Lake Bluff, which is set to open 

on Sept. 16. Alyssa Groh/22nd Century Media 

guests can find a variety of 

art made by Holdsworth, 

or art purchased by Holdsworth 

and then she adds 

a bit of her own flair to it. 

She creates artwork using 

a variety of colors, fabrics, 

textiles and shapes. 

“I am always looking 

at different materials and 

thinking about using them 

in different ways,” Holdsworth 

said. 

Among the many things 

in her studio are her famous 

Christmas ornaments, 

which can be displayed 

year round. When 

she first began making the 

ornaments years ago she 

used 3 to 4 inch glass balls 

and painted them. Eventually 

they grew bigger and 

are now up to the size of a 

beach ball and the designs 

are made out of fabric. 

“I was doing some fine 

art shows and being a 

mom and I had this ‘What 

if’ idea,” Holdsworth said. 

“What if I found a way to 

apply beautiful fabric to a 

ball so I figured out a way 

to apply fabric onto these 

spheres.” 

Now she says the ornaments 

are typically displayed 

as artwork on candlesticks 

instead of actual 

Christmas ornaments on a 

tree. 

In her new studio guests 

will be able to view both 

her fine art line and commercial 

line. She will 

also be holding galleries 

throughout the year. 

When people walk into 

Whitehead Studios, Holdworth 

said she wants them 

to feel the “wow” factor 

and “feel good to be in 

this place.” 

Whitehead Studios is set 

to open on Sept. 16 and its 

hours will be Wednesday 

through Saturday from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. 

For more information, 

and to view some pieces 

from her fine art line and 

commercial line, visit 

www.whitehead-studios. 

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Learning about safety 

staff report 

LEFT: Gus Benes 

explored the inside of a 

firetruck during Safety 

Town Jr. on Aug. 22 

at Gorton Community 

Center. 

Students at Gorton 

Community Center’s 

Drop-In Learning Center 

learned about safety 

during a two day Safety 

Town Jr. event on Aug. 

21 and 22. On the first 

day students met with a 

police officer to go over 

parking lot safety and 

then got to see what the 

inside of a cop car looks 

like. On day two students 

learned what to do in case 

of a fire and what to do if 

they need help and need to 

call an ambulance. They 

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architecture. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE ESKER/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Late Summer Garden Walk shows 

off landscape of historic property 

A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PUBLICATION 

Katie Copenhaver 


One of Lake Forest’s 

most well-known landscape 

architects opened 

his own gardens to the 

Lake Forest Preservation 

Foundation (LFPF) 

on Friday, Aug. 25. Cliff 

Miller and his wife Ann 

were the hosts for the 

LFPF’s second summer 

garden stroll, attended by 

more than 150 people. 

The Millers’ home was 

originally the gardener’s 

cottage for the estate 

of Byron Laflin Smith, 

which stretched from 

Lake Michigan to Sheridan 

Road when it was 

built in the 1880s. The 

current gardens occupy 

just under an acre on their 

lot, which was part of the 

subdivision of the property 

in the 1950s or 1960s. 

Miller has designed and 

constructed many private 

and public gardens in the 

north suburbs, including 

the formal garden of David 

Adler’s Italian villa 

on Lake Road, the reforestation 

of Lake Forest 

College, the restoration at 

Forest Park, which overlooks 

the Lake Forest 

Beach, and the restoration 

of Sunrise Park in Lake 

Bluff. He is presently a 

design director for Mariani 

Landscape in Lake 

Forest. 

Residents from the area 

who know of Miller’s 

work and reputation were 

excited for the chance to 

see what he has done with 

his own property, where 

he and his wife have lived 

for 10 years. 

“I do large-scale nature 

restoration,” Miller said. 

“In reality, I’m a gardener.” 

He has divided their 

backyard into five gardens: 

a rose garden, shade 

garden, rain garden, wild 

garden and the main garden, 

inspired by landscape 

architect Beatrix Farrand. 

“Beatrix taught me that 

an area can look a lot bigger 

by chopping it up into 

many different spaces or 

rooms, using hedges to 

delineate and define certain 

spaces,” Miller explained. 

Landscape architect Cliff 

Miller, the owner of the 

former Smith gardener’s 

cottage and the designer 

of the current gardens, 

describes his creative 

process at the Lake 

Summer Garden Walk on 

Friday, Aug. 25 

He had the opportunity 

to learn from Farrand’s 

work at the Dumbarton 

Oaks estate in Washington 

D.C., which was built 

in 1920 and now operates 

as a museum. 

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Library opens first escape room 


There was a mystery to 

be solved at Lake Bluff 

Public Library and the library 

needed the communities 

help to solve it. The 

library opened its doors 

to its first escape room on 

Aug. 18 and 19 welcoming 

brave guests who tried to 

solve the mystery. 

With the ever growing 

popularity of escape rooms 

the library thought it would 

try making its own escape 

room, according to Liliana 

LaValle, the head of circulation 

and reference at the 

library. 

The mystery to be 

solved was someone stole 

a rare book from the library 

and community 

These escape room attendees were able to beat the 

clock and solve the mystery at Lake Bluff Public 

Library’s first Escape Room on Aug. 19. PHOTO 

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From Page 12 

Miller’s main garden is 

an open grassy area bordered 

by a pond with fountain, 

numerous trees and 

hedges and pathways leading 

to the other gardens. 

“The wild garden is 

called ‘My Ode to Jensen 

and Johnson’ because of 

their impact on my career 

and on the North Shore,” 

Miller said, referring to 

the Chicago-based landscape 

architects Jens Jensen 

and Marshall Johnson, 

whose work was known 

for its prairie-style design. 

The focal point of the 

wild gardens are cypress 

knees, which are taken 

from the roots of cypress 

trees that grow in swamps 

in southern regions. Miller 

has placed them like 

wood sculptures in the 

center, with paths and live 

trees encircling them. 

The rose garden, with 

its geometric design of 

hedges, was created for 

Miller’s wife while the 

shade garden features a 

bird bath built on a stonework 

design known as 

a compass rose, which 

comes from English garden 

design, Miller said. 

The rain garden uses civil 

engineering techniques to 

slow, filter and store storm 

water beneath numerous 

container plants. 

The Millers’ gardens 

are not only beautiful, but 

they are also a tribute to 

the previous gardens on the 

property. The Smith family 

employed O.C. Simonds, a 

preeminent landscape designer 

of the 1900s, to create 

a number of gardens, including 

an English walled 

garden for Mrs. Smith, who 

was of Scottish descent, 

said Art Miller, an historian 

with the LFPF. 

Like Cliff Miller, Simonds 

believed that the 

best design is inspired by 

the natural landforms on a 

site and then executed using 

indigenous plants. 

The garden stroll was 

managed by Lake Forest 

Preservation Foundation 

Executive Director Marcy 

Kerr, who explained, “It’s 

a more casual way for us 

to get together with fellow 

preservationists and 

educate them.” 

Jim Opsitnik, who has 

been the LFPF president 

since May, was also in 

attendance at the garden 

stroll. He has worked as 

a restoration contractor in 

Lake Forest, and is proud 

of the foundation’s largest 

current project of renovating 

the city’s Metra station. 

He said the exterior 

of the station is complete 

while the interior work 

continues. 

“The thing that makes 

Lake Forest so special is 

the people. They really care 

about preserving the visual 

integrity of this city.” 

Next up for the Lake 

Forest Preservation Foundation 

is the Annual Benefit 

Architectural House 

and Garden Tour on Sept. 

30. For more information 

and to purchase tickets, go 

to www.lfpf.org. 

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Woodlands Academy blesses freshmen, celebrates seniors on first day 

Submitted by Woodlands 

Academy 

The start of the 2017-18 

school year at Woodlands 

Academy of the Sacred 

Heart Aug. 23, combined 

a traditional candlelight 

service blessing its newest 

students with the fun 

of “Seniors Rule Day” celebrations 

both inside and 

outside the Lake Forest 

school. 

Head of School Meg 

Steele officially welcomed 

freshmen – members of 

the Class of 2021 – to their 

new home at Woodlands. 

“You are becoming part 

of a school that was founded 

near downtown Chicago 

on Taylor Street in 1858 

and then moved to Lake 

Forest in 1904. In addition, 

you are joining a tradition 

of Sacred Heart education 

that traces its roots back to 

France in 1800,” she said. 

“We have 24 Sacred Heart 

schools in the United States 

and Canada and more than 

150 schools around the 

world. As a member of this 

Sacred Heart community, 

you are personally welcome 

to visit in every one 

of these schools. On behalf 

of the thousands of members 

of the International 

Sacred Heart Community, I 

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Deer Path Middle School garden receives awards 

Submitted by Deer Path 

Middle School 

Deer Path Middle School 

students who took care of 

the schools’ garden over 

the summer participated in 

the Gardeners of the North 

Shore Annual Flower and 

Garden Show at the Chicago 

Botanic Garden on 

Aug. 5. The week before 

the show, students chose 

the flowers and vegetables 

they wanted to enter and 

did some research on how 

to best present their entries. 

Teachers transported the 

entries early that morning 

for the 10:15 a.m. judging. 

Gerry Palmer, President 

of the Gardeners of 

the North Shore, emailed 

to inform Deer Path that 

the entries had won nine 

blue ribbons, six second 

place ribbons, Junior Best 

in Show for a watermelon 

entry and the John Dusold 

Trophy for the Best Children’s 

Entry. 

The mood was festive as members of the senior class celebrated their newfound 

status on the first day of classes, Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Woodlands Academy of the 

Sacred Heart. Photo Submitted 

am deeply honored to welcome 

you to Woodlands 

Academy.” 

During the service in 

the Chapel of the Sacred 

Heart each freshman – and 

transfer student – was given 

a candle, which she lit 

from a candle burning on 

the altar. This year’s new 

students then positioned 

themselves behind the altar 

prior to exiting the chapel 

in pairs as “This Little 

Light of Mine” was sung. 

Woodlands Academy is a 

Catholic day-and-boarding 

college-preparatory high 

school for young women 

in grades nine through 12 

that promotes academic, 

artistic and athletic excellence 

along with global 

awareness, social responsibility 

and strong faith. 

Deer Path Middle 

School’s name will be engraved 

on the trophy and 

the school will get to keep 

it until next year’s show. 

A committed group of 

about seven middle school 

and National Honor Society 

Lake Forest High 

School volunteers tended 

the garden every Tuesday 

morning during the summer. 

The students enjoyed 

seeing what had bloomed 

or ripened each week. 

Students took home kale, 

cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, 

chives, basil and 

several pieces of watermelon. 

In the coming weeks, 

they are looking forward 

to harvesting cantaloupe, 

decorative pumpkin gourds 

and more tomatoes and cucumbers. 

A Garden Club is 

planned for the upcoming 

school year to continue the 

success, and to possibly expand 

the garden. 

In 2018 it will join with 

network schools across 

the continent to celebrate 

the 200th anniversary of 

Sacred Heart education in 

North America. 

This watermelon won first place at the annual Flower 

and Garden Show on Aug. 5. Photo submitted

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From LakeForestLeader.com as of 

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key roles 

5. CenterStage takes Shakespeare outdoors 

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From the Editor 

Another summer has come to an end 

Alyssa Groh 


Anyone else feel 

like this summer 

flew by? It is hard 

to believe almost all of the 

schools are back in session 

already. 

I spent this past week 

heading to a few schools 

to cover events and meet 

with new staff members. 

One of the highlights 

was being able to see 

the new Haskins 2.0 at 

Deer Path Middle School, 

which can be seen on 

Page 4. I was in pure awe 

of the amazing new space. 

I also really enjoyed 

having the opportunity to 

watch the kids rush in to 

see the newly renovated 

space. The students were 

so excited about it and 

could not wait to touch 

everything and check it 

all out. 

But with the new year 

comes some changes in 

routines and we need 

to stick together to help 

make the transition back 

to school go smoothly. 

While students are getting 

back into the swing 

of the school year, it is 

important for parents to 

prepare for the new year 

as well. 

When you are driving to 

work, please pay attention 

to school zone speed 

limits and put your phones 

down. Every single day, I 

see cars driving above the 

speed limit while passing 

schools. These speed 

zones are in place for a 

reason. It is important to 

obey them to keep the 

children safe. As we all 

know, children can sometimes 

be unpredictable, 

so you never know when 

they are going to run out 

into the street, which is 

why it is important to 

slow down and pay attention 

around schools. 

As kids get older and 

become more independent 

,is it also important to 

continue talking to your 

kids. Ask them about their 

days and find out what is 

going on at school. 

I remember when I was 

a kid I loved when my parents 

asked me how my day 

was and what I was learning 

in class. Some days I 

had more to say than others 

but my parents always 

made sure to ask how 

school was going, which 

made me feel important. 

Letter to the Editor 

Controversy on shortterm 

Airbnb in Lake Bluff 

The controversial shortterm 

Airbnb type rentals 

continue to be the buzz in 

Lake Bluff as it is in cities 

across the nation, because 

it is disruptive. The particular 

conflict that plagues 

Lake Bluff is the intrusion 

of obvious commercial 

activity in what is otherwise 

a totally residential 

environment, the Village 

areas so designated. 

There is enough passion 

to go around, but not 

enough reality. For the past 

many decades the residential 

parts of the Village 

have been designated residential. 

Proponents of the 

Airbnb are quick to point 

out, history of the late 19 

century shows Lake Bluff 

as a tourist destination, 

and while interesting, is a 

completely irrelevant fact 

in today’s discussion and 

zoning considerations. 

Those against the Airbnb 

concept invading our 

Lake Forest Fire Department posted this 

photo on Aug. 21. Lake Fire Department 

posted this photo to welcome Firefighter 

Chrissy Stelter to the department. 

Like The Lake Forest Leader: facebook.com/ 

TheLakeForestLeader 

Check out Laura Jackson “Our new 

fourth grade Cherokee Cheetahs! What 

a beautiful group! #cherokeeinspires 

#bestyearever #findingjoy67” @ 

LJacksonClass. 

On Aug. 24, Laura Jackson, tweeted about 

her new fourth grade class at Cherokee 

Elementary School. 

Follow The Lake Forest Leader: @TheLFLeader 

go figure 

2.0 

Deer 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Path Middle School 

opened Hasinks 2.0, a re 

imagined learning space 

for students, Page 4 

village have raised many 

legitimate concerns, not 

the least of which is the 

slippery slope that ultimately 

emasculates the 

legal and moral authority 

of the rule of law. If an 

Airbnb is ok, what else 

then becomes ok? 

Perhaps in an abundance 

of passion the antishort 

term rental group 

has put forward a rational 

series of concerns and 

risks associated with the 

Airbnb concept, among 

them; erosion of property 

values and marketability, 

safety, limited enforcement 

resources of existing 

laws, loss of sense of 

community. 

The pro short term rental 

crowd, largely anonymous 

or silent, except for 

Village Trustee or PCZB 

meetings, have yet to 

bring forward compelling 

reasons for, or desirability 

of Airbnb’s. Aside from 

claims of hardship and 

victimization from high 

taxes and personal tragedies 

which to be sure require 

sympathy and compassion, 

have no place in 

the conversation. Playing 

the “free to do what I want 

in my own home” card is 

not exactly a winner because 

we can all think 

of what you are not free 

to do in your own home, 

be illegal, immoral, and 

impactful to your neighbors. 

Free speech does not 

include shouting fire in a 

crowded theatre. 

I believe most of us 

love Lake Bluff as it is 

without Airbnb’s and no 

reasonable case has been 

advanced to suggest otherwise. 

If we need to 

change some rules and 

laws to ensure we do not 

have this matter to contend 

with, then do so unambiguously; 

no rental 

less than 90 days and no 

special use permits. 

So in the end we must 

ask, what is the benefit? 

We have yet to hear 

that answer. 

Al Boese, a resident of 

Lake Bluff 


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Community raises money to help 10-year-old 

boy fight rare form of brain cancer, Page 19 

Better with age 

Frank and Betsie’s celebrates 

20th anniversary in Glencoe, Page 21 

From the top: Landon 

Dragicevich, 10, sits 

on a motorcycle at a 

fundraising event on 

Aug. 24 at Lake Forest 

Sportscars to help 

raise money for his 

treatments to fight a rare 

form of brain cancer. 

Melinda Dragicevich 

(left), embraces her son 

Landon. Becky Marsh, 

Landon’s step-mom (left 

to right), step-brother 

Chase, Landon, and his 

dad Travis Dragicevich 

pose for a photo at 

the Love For Landon 

fundraising event. 

PHOTOS BY CLAIRE 

ESKER/22nd Century Media

18 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader PUZZLES 


north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

THE NORTH SHORE: Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Wails 

5. Estimator’s phrase 

9. Boys lacrosse goalkeeer 

for Glenview 

South, Cameron ____ 

14. Halo, e.g. 

15. No-no in some 

apartments 

16. Stage direction 

17. Pack away 

18. Gray’s subj. 

19. Reagan’s first 

Treasury secretary 

20. Military rank, abbr. 

21. Often misused 

word in grammar 

23. Cry of excitement 

25. T.S Eliot or Robert 

Frost 

26. Codgers’ replies 

29. Delete 

32. Small bird 

34. Gwyneth Paltrow 

film which had scenes 

from Glencoe 

39. “Yipes!” 

40. It can be gray 

41. Troy lady 

43. “Shave ___ haircut” 

44. New York’s Carnegie 

___ 

45. Conclude 

47. “The Lord of the 

Rings” creature 

50. Home to many 

John Constable works, 

with “the” 

51. Twisty curve 

52. Goodbye from a 

Brit. 

55. Cut down, as in a 

budget 

58. Meets 

61. Court do-over 

63. Remove a latch 

66. Middle Eastern 

chief 

67. Give up 

68. Rimes of country 

music 

69. Actress Russo 

70. City west of Tulsa 

71. Cheesy sandwiches 

72. Badlands Natl. 

Park locale 

73. Chest muscles, 

briefly 

Down 

1. Audacity 

2. Expenditure 

3. Gravy ingredient 

4. Proverb 

5. Sunfish 

6. City near Sparks 

7. Philatelic prize 

8. Bony prefix 

9. __ dream: optimist’s 

philosophy 

10. Manual reader, say 

11. Worthless amount 

12. Med. regulators 

13. It’s tender to the 

Japanese 

21. “Slow down!” 

22. Scrutinize 

24. Kind of soup 

26. Cultural, in combinations 

27. Gandhi, e.g. 

28. Type of weasel 

30. “Gross!” 

31. Stage 

33. Complainer 

34. Mooch 

35. Round, sweet 

sandwiches 

36. Carter and Gwyn 

37. Córdoba cry 

38. Like some drinks 

42. Government security 

agency, abbr. 

46. “Laura” director 

Preminger 

48. 180s 

49. Word before and 

after “oh” 

53. Rulers 

54. Intended 

56. Soap opera actress 

Kristen 

57. “M*A*S*H” extra 

58. Go wild and crazy 

59. American artist, 

___ Kuriloff 

60. Taxing trip 

62. “Bill & ___ Excellent 

Adventure” (1989 

comedy) 

63. German city on 

the Danube 

64. Once called, in 

wedding notices 

65. Account amt. 

67. Mushroom 

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(16 E. Scranton Ave. 

(224) 544-5179) 

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Sept. 23: Oktoberfest 

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(724 N. Western Ave. 

(847) 234-6700) 

■6:30-8:30 ■ p.m. 

Thursday, Aug. 31: 

Concerts in the 

Square 

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Johnny’s Kitchen 

(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

(847) 699-9999) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday 

and Saturday: Live 

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WINNETKA 

Good Grapes 

(821 Chestnut Court, 

(847) 242-9800) 

■Every ■ Saturday: 50 

percent off a glass 

of wine with glass of 

wine at regular price 

and same day Writers 

Theatre Saturday 

matinee tickets. 

NORTHBROOK 

Pinstripes 

(1150 Willow Road, 

(847) 480-2323) 

■From ■ open until close 

all week: bowling 

and bocce 

GLENCOE 

Writers Theatre 

(325 Tudor Court, (847) 

242-6000) 

■Through ■ Sept. 17: 

‘Trevor’ 

WILMETTE 

The Rock House 

(1150 Central Ave. 

(847) 256-7625) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. Friday, 

Sept. 1: Family Night 

+ Karaoke 

Wilmette Theatre 

(1122 Central Ave. 

(847) 251-7424) 

■7 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Sept. 7: Scole — The 

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answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column 

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

LakeForestLeader.com LIFE & ARTS 


Bringing in the forces to beat cancer 

Community raises 

money to support 

10-year-old boy 

with cancer 

Daniel I. Dorfman 


As Highland Park police 

officer Travis Dragicevich 

sized up the crowd that 

came to support his son, 

who has a rare form of 

brain cancer, at Lake Forest 

Sportscars Thursday, 

Aug. 24, he found himself 

practically speechless. 

“You know you have 

a lot of extended family, 

but it is amazing to see 

this many people that I 

don’t frankly know,” Travis 

Dragicevich said. “It’s 

extremely overwhelming.” 

What drew an estimated 

1,100 people to Lake Forest 

Sportscars was a fundraiser 

to support Glenview 

Public Safety Dispatcher, 

Melinda Dragicevich, and 

Travis’ son, Landon, a 

10-year-old who was diagnosed 

with anaplastic 

astrocytoma in late June. 

Anaplastic astrocytoma is 

a rare type of brain cancer 

and not only is the family 

facing the difficult medical 

situation, but also the 

medical costs that come 

with treatment. 

With Landon’s dad being 

a Highland Park police officer, 

his mother a Glenview 

public safety dispatcher 

and his step-grandfather 

a Lake Bluff fire deputy 

chief, law enforcement 

personnel from all over the 

area joined forces to support 

the family. 

“Public safety is a unique 

situation where you are 

working with these people 

at all times, and sometimes 

you spend more waking 

hours with them [than your 

family], so they become 

your family,” said Kasey 

Dunn Morgan, the chairwoman 

of the Lake Forest 

Police Foundation and one 

of the event’s organizers. 

“We all decided to get together 

to raise funds to alleviate 

some medical costs 

and help them create some 

incredible memories.” 

What had been originally 

envisioned as a pancake 

breakfast drew so much 

interest that a larger event 

was planned. With social 

media serving as the catalyst, 

Morgan said in just 

three weeks, 1,300 tickets 

sold which would help 

meet the $150,000 target. 

“[The fundraiser] was so 

overwhelming,” Melinda 

Dragicevich said. “It was 

humbling to see so many 

people come together to 

support Landon and our 

family. People we didn’t 

even know were showing 

up. This event was planned 

in such a short amount of 

time, yet it exceeded all of 

my expectations. Overall, 

I am just so thankful and 

grateful for everything.” 

During the event, Fool 

House, a Chicago-based 

band, played live music 

while attendees ate food 

and participated in a raffle 

where 143 items were given 

away. The highest valued 

prizes were awarded 

at the end of the evening 

in the form of a series of 

high-priced firearms then 

followed by a Harley Davidson 

motorcycle. 

Amid the celebratory atmosphere, 

there were many 

thoughts about Landon, 

who made an appearance 

and then received a special 

send-off, where law enforcement 

dotted a portion 

of Waukegan Road as he 

Landon Dragicevich, 10, arrives at the fundraiser at 

Lake Forest Sportscars on Thursday, Aug. 24, helmet 

in hand and ready to examine a Harley Davidson up for 

auction. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE ESKER/22nd Century Media 

made his way back to his 

father’s home in Lake Bluff. 

“I’m just happy that everyone 

can come and my 

family is going to be there 

and hopefully some of my 

friends can come,” Landon 

said before the event. 

His mother said Landon 

is thankful to have support 

from the community. 

“Landon is happy and 

excited to do things and 

see everyone,” she said. 

“He is overwhelmed with 

the outpouring of love and 

support and he is thankful 

for everyone.” 

The benefit capped what 

has been a difficult few 

months for Landon, who 

seemingly was living the 

normal life of a child until 

March, when he started 

The Guitarist of Fool House plays music to entertain 

the crowd of more than 1,000 people to raise money for 

10-year-old boy fighting rare form of brain cancer. 

experiencing seizures out 

of nowhere. 

His family reported he 

was treated for the seizures, 

and for nearly three 

months, there were no 

subsequent problems until 

the morning of Memorial 

Day, when his stepmother, 

Becky Marsh, found him 

in his room unable to talk. 

After being admitted to 

a local hospital, Landon 

came home only to be 

struck by a third set of 

seizures in June. He was 

airlifted to the Cleveland 

Clinic in Cleveland, which 

known for its pediatric 

neurology department. In 

late June at the Cleveland 

Clinic, Landon and his 

family received the diagnosis 

of anaplastic astrocytoma, 

which is described 

as a grade III tumor according 

to the American 

Brain Tumor Association. 

Marsh said the tumor 

has spread to the entire left 

side of his brain, rendering 

surgery impossible. 

To fight the tumors, 

Landon is taking oral chemotherapy 

by taking five 

pills every day and radiation 

sessions took place 

over the summer. He returned 

to school and is on a 

two week break from oral 

chemotherapy. 

The family senses a positive 

attitude from Landon, 

despite the overwhelming 

situation. 

“He is handling everything 

very well,” Travis 

Dragicevich said. 

He acknowledged some 

tough days these past few 

weeks, but is not downtrodden. 

“Everybody is very hopeful, 

but with the rarity of 

the type of brain cancer, the 

prognosis is not great, but 

with the way he has been 

responding the doctors are 

very hopeful,” he said. 

While the circumstances 

that brought everyone to 

the event were difficult, 

there was a sense of determination 

among many 

at the benefit to support 

Landon and their fellow 

public safety colleagues. 

“It is an amazing cause 

to support a young boy 

who has struggled quite a 

bit,” said Aaron Towle, a 

Lake Bluff Village Board 

trustee, who is also a volunteer 

member of the community’s 

fire department. 

“It is a very eclectic group 

of people. Of course, a 

cause like this generates so 

much support and I am so 

glad to see it.” 

During a difficult time, 

the Dragicevich family 

was thankful for the support 

of the community. 

“If this did not restore 

your faith in humanity, I 

am not sure what will,” 

Melinda Dragicevich said.

20 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader FAITH 


Faith Briefs 

Christian Science Society (Gorton Center, 400 E. 

Illinois Road, Lake Forest) 

Testimony Meeting 

Come to Gorton Center the 

first Wednesday of each month 

at 7:30 p.m. There will be prayer, 

hymns, and readings from the 

Bible, with related passages 

from the “Christian Science” 

textbook, “Science and Health 

with Key to the Scriptures” by 

Mary Baker Eddy. Then participants 

share their own healings 

and inspiration. For more information, 

call (847) 234-0820 

or email cssocietylakeforest@ 

gmail.com. 

The Church of the Holy Spirit (400 E. 

Westminster Road, Lake Forest) 

Camp Out-Getting S’more Out 

Of Jesus 

Held Sundays 10-11 a.m. 

through Sept. 10 for children 

ages 3 through third grade. This 

is a VBS-style Children’s Chapel 

program are going where attendees 

will pitch a tent and discover 

that Jesus is the light of the world 

though this outdoor-themed 

camping adventure. For more information, 

please contact Debbie 

Stockert at dstockert@chslf.org 

C.H.I.C.K.s 

The church will host “Craft 

Hour in the Church Kitchen,” 

also known as C.H.I.C.K.s, on 

the third Wednesday of every 

month. The even is held from 

7-9 p.m. and includes crafts, fellowship 

and refreshments. For 

more information, contact nancyconover@mac.com 

or dstockert@chslf.org. 

Welcome Cafe 

On Sundays between the 9 and 

11 a.m. service, you are invited 

to the “Welcome Café” in the 

Parish Hall. All are welcome: 

newcomers and long-timers, 

young and the young at heart, 

rich, poor and in-between. The 

Welcome Café is a safe space 

to connect with old friends and 

make new ones, and where we 

can share our stories. 

Grace United Methodist Church (244 East Center 

Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Boy Scouts 

Boy Scout Troop 42 will meet 

in Fellowship Hall from 7-9 p.m. 

Monday nights. 

Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

Each Wednesday, the Church 

of St. Mary offers Eucharistic 

Adoration following the 8 a.m. 

Mass. A rosary will be prayed 

each week at 6:40 p.m. with 

Benediction following at 7 

p.m. 

Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. Prospect 

Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Kickoff Sunday 

UCLB will host its Kickoff 

Sunday picnic in the side yard 

after church on Sunday, Sept, 10. 

There will be food and fun, music 

and dancing as it celebrates 

the groundbreaking of the new 

manse. 

Live Wires 

Live Wires is the Union 

Church youth group for fourththrough 

sixth-graders. The group 

meets on Wednesdays in Fellowship 

Hall at the church from 4 to 

5 p.m. for lively discussion and 

fun activities. 

Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N. Waukegan 

Road) 

The Bridge Young Adults Group 

Every Wednesday from 7-9 

p.m. If you think you’re a young 

adult, you are welcome to join. 

Contact TheBridgeCCLF@ 

gmail.com for more information. 

Bible Blast 

Sunday evenings, 5-6 p.m. Bible 

Blast is a family program for 

children 4 years old through fifth 

grade. Guide your child’s spiritual 

growth and biblical literacy 

to a new level through Bible 

Blast. There is a one-time registration 

fee of $45. Free childcare 

is provided for 3 years old and 

younger. 

Submit information for 

The Leader’s Faith page to 

e.redmond@22ndcentury 

media.com. The deadline is noon 

on Thursday. Questions? Call (847) 

272-4565 ext. 35. 

In Memoriam 

Albert Pawlick 

Albert Pawlick, 

93, of Lake Bluff, 

died on Aug. 16. He 

was born to Otto Albert Pawlick 

and Marie Edna Mauss on 

August 31, 1923 in New York 

City. He and his younger brother, 

Edward, were raised in a loving 

family in South Orange, NJ. 

He joined the Boy Scouts in his 

early years and earned the rank of 

Eagle Scout. He entered Williams 

College in the fall of 1941 after 

graduating from Columbia High 

School in Maplewood, NJ. When 

Pearl Harbor was attacked three 

months later, he joined the V-12 

Naval Reserve Training Program 

at Williams and was later admitted 

to the Midshipman’s School 

at Columbia University. Upon 

his commission as an Ensign in 

1945, he was assigned to an amphibious 

assault ship, USS LSM- 

129, in the South Pacific. He was 

awarded two battle stars for amphibious 

landings in the Philippines 

and New Guinea. Upon his 

discharge in 1946 as Lieutenant 

(jg), he returned to Williams and 

graduated with a Bachelors of 

Arts in economics. Pawlick spent 

the next seven years at J. Walter 

Thompson, an advertising firm in 

New York City. He met Margaret 

“Peggy” Bingham Lockwood in 

1953 while playing baseball on a 

beach on Long Island. After their 

wedding in Indianapolis, the couple 

moved to Cambridge, Mass., 

where Al attended the Harvard 

Business School. He graduated 

in 1955, and with two young 

children, Peggy and Al moved 

to Lake Forest and later Lake 

Bluff, IL, where they had a third 

child. Al worked as a marketing 

executive for many years at 

the Gillette Company, including 

VP of Marketing for Gillette of 

Canada. He later worked in similar 

capacities for Helene Curtis, 

the John O. Butler Company and 

others. He retired as President of 

the Lawyer’s Weekly Publication, 

a chain of newspapers for 

the legal profession, which he 

expanded into six states. Al was 

active at the Winter Club and 

the Republican Committee and 

was an avid player of golf, tennis, 

paddle tennis and squash in 

Lake Forest and Leland, Mich., 

where he and Peggy maintained 

a summer home for many years. 

Al was predeceased in 1995 by 

his first wife of 41 years, and he 

later married Marian (Phelps) 

Douglass Tyler. Together, they 

traveled extensively, occasionally 

with their combined family 

of more than 40 people. He 

is survived by his second wife, 

three children, Lock (Ann), Rob 

(Katherine) and Peter (Mary), 

and six grandchildren, along with 

five step-children, Louise, Scott 

(Susan), Tim (Joanne), Rob (Sue) 

and Kathy, 11 step grand-children 

and four step great grand-children. 

A service was held Aug. 25 

at the Church of the Holy Spirit 

in Lake Forest. Contributions in 

lieu of flowers may be made to 

the Leelanau Conservancy or 

Fishtown Preservation, both in 

Leland, Mich. 

Theodore Andrew 

Theodore Andrew, 

78, of Lake Forest, 

died Aug. 15 with his 

wife, Kay, of 55 years, and his 

daughers Kristin Jaman and Kimberly 

Healy (Greg) at his side. He 

is also survived by his grandchildren 

Erik Jaman, Maya Healy 

and Ryan Healy as well as his 

sisters Pam Wheeler (Rick) and 

Paula Ellwein (Jack) and many 

friends. He was born January 

28, 1939 to Ruth and Theodore 

Ellwein in Mitchell, SD. Andy 

graduated from Carleton College 

and attended Harvard Business 

School. He served as an officer 

in the US Navy during the Cuban 

Missile Crisis and spent his professional 

career at Inland Steel. 

Services will be private. In lieu 

of flowers, donations to the On- 

Belay.org charity are appreciated. 

Barbara Nelson Mortimer 

Barbara Nelson Mortimer, 

66, of Lake Bluff, died Aug. 7 

at JourneyCare Hospice Center 

in Glenview. She was born in 

Concord, NH on June 29, 1951 

to Arthur and Edythe (Fredeen) 

Nelson. After graduating from 

Glenbrook South High School 

in 1969, she attended Arizona 

State University and received 

her Bachelor of Education in 

1973. In 1974, Mortimer married 

her high school sweetheart, 

Steven Mortimer, at Glenview 

Community Church in Glenview 

and a reception followed at 

the Deerpath Inn of Lake Forest. 

Steven and Barbara celebrated 

their 43rd wedding anniversary 

this past March. They have three 

children. 

Upon college graduation, Barbara 

was a teacher at Cherokee 

Elementary School in Lake Forest. 

She resigned from teaching 

to focus on raising her first child 

and expanding their family in 

1979. In 1985, Steven and Barbara 

moved to Lake Bluff and 

Barbara quickly became an active 

member of the community 

in many capacities. She volunteered 

on countless committees 

and boards such as the Lake 

Bluff Farmer’s Market Committee, 

Lake Bluff PTO, Lake Bluff 

Village Board and was a proud 

and active member of the congregation 

at the Union Church 

of Lake Bluff. 

Barbara is survived by her 

husband Steven; children Katharine 

(Michael) Kreissl, Christine 

(Michael) Cwienkala and James 

Mortimer as well as grandsons 

Maxwell and Bennett Kreissl; 

siblings Lenore Nelson of 

Easton, Mass., and her brother 

Daniel Nelson of Easton, Mass. 

She is also survived by her niece 

Kari Valcourt of Columbus, 

Ohio and her nephew Matthew 

Zimmerman of Boulder, Colo. 

as well as Robert and Pauline 

Nelson (paternal aunt and uncle) 

of Northbrook and Phyllis 

Hjerpe (maternal aunt) of Kensington, 

Conn., as well as several 

cousins. A celebration of her life 

was held Aug. 26, at the Union 

Church of Lake Bluff with Barbara’s 

dear friend, Pastor Mark 

Hindman, presiding. In lieu of 

flowers, memorial gifts can be 

made in Barbara’s memory to 

the Union Church of Lake Bluff. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

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Fine dining, artisinal pastries mix at Frank and Betsie’s 

Chris Pullam 

Contributing Editor 

Frank and Betsie Zadeh 

have spent the past 33 

years refining their craft on 

the North Shore — and it 

shows. 

The couple opened Maison 

de Patisserie, a “ladieswho-lunch-type 

place,” in 

Highland Park in 1984, but 

made the move to Glencoe 

in 1997 to accommodate an 

ever-expanding list of ardent 

customers. But Frank, 

a Hiat-trained chef, and 

Betsie, a New Trier graduate 

and Winnetka native, 

didn’t sacrifice quality for 

quantity. The Glencoe location 

seats only about 90 

diners between the main 

dining room and the outdoor 

patio, and the low 

lighting, white tablecloths 

and floral centerpieces all 

add to the restaurant’s intimacy. 

But they did make a few 

changes, including, surprisingly, 

to the restaurant’s 

name. 

“Well, no one could pronounce 

Maison de Patisserie,” 

Betsie said. “They 

always called it Frank and 

Frank and Betsie’s 

51 Green Bay Road, 

Glencoe 

(847) 446-0404 

www.frankandbetsies. 

com 

Monday-Thursday: lunch 

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dinner 5-9 p.m. 

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a.m.-3 p.m. and dinner 

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Sunday: private parties 

only 

Betsie’s anyway, so we 

went with it. It’s a lot easier.” 

Frank and Betsie’s will 

celebrate its 20th anniversary 

on Green Bay Road 

over the Labor Day weekend. 

In order to survive so 

many years in such a tough 

business, the couple had 

to embrace and overcome 

multiple changes to the industry. 

According to Betsie, the 

restaurant has embraced 

the latest trends toward 

healthy eating. 

Some diners have even 

contributed to the menu. 

For example, the Richie 

B’s Salad ($10 for entree 

salad, $6 for appetizer) — 

lettuce with ripe tomatoes, 

English cucumbers, grated 

carrots, homemade croutons 

and Romano cheese 

tossed with homemade balsamic 

vinaigrette — originated 

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named Richie, made 

a special request for his favorite 

type of salad. 

“Why don’t you call 

it Richie B’s Salad?” he 

asked. “You’d have a line 

out the door.” 

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grilled lemon chicken, 

sliced tomato wedges, 

red bell peppers, English 

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hearts, chopped pecans and 

crumbled Feta cheese with 

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on the side. 

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and flaky, and the breading 

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qualities of the fish. 

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shank ($28), slow-roasted 

with rosemary and fresh 

garlic. According to the 

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Athlete of the Week 

Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media 

10 Questions 

with Christophe Wettermann 

This Week In... 

Caxys varsity 

athletics 

Boys Soccer 

■Sept. ■ 2 - at Evanston 

Soccer Invite, 11:30 a.m. 

■Sept. ■ 5 - host Round Lake, 

4:45 p.m. 

Cross Country 

■Sept. ■ 5 - host home meet, 

4:30 p.m. 

Field Hockey 

■Sept. ■ 2 - at Parkway West, 

SportPort Athletic Complex, 

9:30 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 3 - at Barat Academy, 


12:15 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 3 - at Brentwood, 


2:15 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 6 - at Glenbard West, 

6 p.m. 

Football 

■Sept. ■ 1 - at Alden Hebron, 

7 p.m. 

Girls Swimming 

■Sept. ■ 2 - at Highland Park 

Invitational, 11:30 a.m. 

■Sept. ■ 6 - host King - 

Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. 

Girls Tennis 

■Sept. ■ 6 - at Trinity, 

Keystone Park, 4:30 p.m. 

Golf 

■Sept. ■ 6 - at Wauconda, 

Country Side GC, 4 p.m. 

Scouts varsity 

athletics 

Boys Golf 

■Sept. ■ 5 - at Libertyville, 4 

p.m. 

Boys Soccer 

■Sept. ■ 5 - host Mundelein, 

6: 15 p.m. 

Field Hockey 

■Sept. ■ 1 - at Gateway 

Tournament, SportPort 

Athletic Complex, 4 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 2 - at Gateway 

Tournament, SportPort 

Athletic Complex, 8:45 a.m. 

■Sept. ■ 5 - at GBS, 6:15 p.m. 

Football 

■Sept. ■ 1 - at St. Viator, 7:30 

p.m. 

Girls Cross Country 

■Sept. ■ 2 - at Hinsdale 

Central, Katherine Legge 

Park, 9 a.m. 

Girls Golf 

■Sept. ■ 5 - host Libertyville, 

4 p.m. 

Girls Tennis 

■Sept. ■ 5 - host Stevenson, 

4:30 p.m. 

Girls Volleyball 

■Aug. ■ 29 - host GBS, 6 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 2 - at Champaign 

Centennial, 8 a.m. 

Christophe Wettermann 

is a senior at Lake Forest 

High School and midfielder 

on the Scouts varsity 

soccer team. 

How did you start 

playing soccer? 

Soccer has just been in 

my family forever. My dad 

and oldest brother played 

soccer in college, so when I 

was 3 or 4, I started playing 

and I’ve been doing it ever 

since. 

What do you like 

about it? 

I like the team aspect, 

the whole team chemistry 

and the good social aspect. 

What’s the toughest 

part about soccer? 

The toughest part is 

probably the cardio when 

you’ve been off for awhile. 

After summer, you’ve 

been off just hanging out 

and you have to come back 

and play immediately. 

What are your goals 

this year? 

I feel like our team 

should be able to get some 

good wins — maybe seven 

or eight — compared 

to last season [when] we 

were pretty weak. 

Do you have any 

pregame rituals? 

I listen to music with my 

friend Jake Danneker; electronic 

dance music as people 

call it. We just jam out. 

If you had a ticket to 

go anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go and why? 

Fiji because it’s super 

nice there and I love tropical 

weather. 

If you could have any 

superpower, what 

would you want it to 

be? 

Probably teleporting, 

so I could just teleport to 

wherever I want real quick. 

If you could hang out 

with any celebrity for 

a day, who would you 

choose? 

Jennifer Aniston because 

she’s attractive. 

What is the one thing 

you couldn’t live 

without? 

Friends. Friends always 

help me whenever. 

What are your plans 

for after graduation? 

I want to go to college, 

hopefully in California, 

hopefully USC. 

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Field Hockey 

Lake Forest 4, Loyola 0 

Cat Nicholson found the 

back of the net twice as the 

Scouts cruised to their third 

shutout win of the season, 

blanking Loyola 4-0 Saturday, 

Aug. 26. 

Sarah Considine and Eleanor 

Vanantwerp scored 

the other two goals for LF. 

Gracie McGowan, Maggie 

Mick and Sydney Steinberg 

all tallied assists. 

In net, Barbara Canty recorded 

the shutout win. 

Lake Forest 6, Oak Park- 

River Forest 0 

Barbara Canty was stellar 

in net as the Scouts recorded 

their second straight 

shutout, beating Oak Park- 

River Forest 6-0 Thursday, 

Aug. 24, on the road. 

Casey Slingerland struck 

for two goals, while Sarah 

Considine, Julia Hender, 

Maggie Mick and Maden 

Plante each had one a 

piece. Considine also had 

two assists. Mick and Cat 

Nicholson also assisted on 

goals in the game for Lake 

Forest (2-0). 

Lake Forest 6, Evanston 0 

Charlotte Domittner 

struck twice in Scouts season 

opener and helped lift 

them to a 6-0 shutout over 

Evanston Tuesday, Aug. 

22, at Northwestern University. 

Lake Forest also saw 

goals from Sarah Considine, 

Olivia Douglass, 

Maggie Mick and Eleanor 

VanAntwerp. Considine, 

Mick, Julia Hender and Cat 

Nicholson all notched assists 

in the game, too. 

Girls Golf 

New Trier 149, Lake Forest 

176 

Isabella Martino led 

Lake Forest with a 41 in the 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

The Scouts varsity field hockey team poses for a picture following its 6-0 win over 

Evanston Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Northwestern University. Photo submitted 

Scouts’ best outing of the 

year, but it wasn’t enough 

to get them past New Trier. 

The Trevians beat LF 149- 

176 Thursday, Aug. 24, at 

Deerpath Golf Course. 

Erin Shalala and Sydney 

Mullady each shot a 

solid round of 43 for Lake 

Forest. Kendall Kisselle 

rounded out the scoring 

with a 49. 

Lake County Invite 

Isabella Martino carded 

a 86 and led Lake Forest 

to a tie for fifth place at the 

Lake County Invitational 

Monday, Aug. 21, at the 

Bonnie Dundee Golf Club 

in Carpentersville. 

The Scouts tied with Vernon 

Hills for fifth as both 

teams combined for a 347. 

Deerfield won the invite by 

a stroke (316) followed by 

Stevenson (317), Highland 

Park (322) and Barrington 

(337). 

Girls Tennis 

Lake Forest 8, Loyola 2 

Kiley Rabjohns swept 

her Loyola counterpart 6-0, 

6-0 and led the Scouts to an 

8-2 victory over the Ramblers 

in their season opener 

Aug. 18 at home. 

Rabjohns, playing as the 

No. 1, helped the Scouts 

sweep singles play. No. 2 

singles Alex Slomba also 

won her match in a dominant 

6-0, 6-1 performance, 

as did No. 3 Juliete Prindle, 

who won 6-0, 6-2. 

Emily Asmussen and 

Gabby Jakubowski, the No. 

3 doubles pair, had a strong 

showing, winning 6-0, 6-1. 

No. 4s Emily Gorczynski 

and Kelly Kunz also won 

6-2, 6-0 as did the No. 2 

doubles team of Nika Belova 

and Salma Alsikafi with 

a 6-4, 6-1 final. 

The No. 1 team of Julianna 

Roman and Cody 

Avis kept things close, but 

couldn’t come away with a 

win, faling 6-4, 7-6 (3) to 

Loyola. 

Girls Volleyball 

Niles West 2, Lake Forest 0 

Alyssa Thrash led the 

Scouts with three kills, 

but they couldn’t get past 

a tough Niles West team, 

falling 2-0 (7-25, 21-25) 

Thursday, Aug. 24, on the 

road. 

Cassidy Shaul recorded 

10 digs in the match. Jill 

Fontana contributed three 

aces for the Scouts. 

Wheeling 2, Lake Forest 0 

Cassidy Shaul led the 

Scouts with five kills, but 

it wasn’t enough to get 

past Wheeling in the season 

opener. Lake Forest 

22-25, 17-25 Aug. 22. 

Rank and file 

Top teams in 22nd Century Media’s 

coverage area 

1. Loyola Academy 

The Ramblers 

dropped a heartbreaker 

to Phillips, the 

Chicago Public League’s 

top team, Aug. 26. Loyola 

drove all the way to the 

1-yard line but was stuffed 

at the goal line on fourth 

down as the clock hit zero. 

Quinn Boyle looked sharp 

in his debut but LA will 

need some of its players to 

heal before Friday’s game 

against Bishop Amat of 

California. 

2. New Trier 

New Trier 

started its season 

off with a bang, 

shutting out York 31-0. 

The Trevians got stellar 

debuts from Brian Sitzer 

and Reid Bianucci as they 

helped earn coach Brian 

Doll’s first shutout as 

coach of his alma mater. 

The Trevs go on the road 

on game 2. 

3. Glenbrook 

North 

The Spartans 

opener was a little 

closer than they had 

hoped, beating Wheeling 

by five. Looks like they 

might have a nice one-two 

punch in running back 

Jimmy Karfis and wide 

receiver Chris Heywood. 

Heywood, a transfer from 

Loyola, played well in his 

first game for GBN, accounted 

for all 13 of the 

Spartans points with a 

27-yard touchdown grab 

from senior quarterback 

Burke Morley and a pair 

of field goals. 

4. Lake Forest 

The Scouts’ 

quarterback Jack 

Mislinski earned his starting 

role and led the Lake 

Forest charge, hammering 

Glenbard East and leading 

his team to 28 unanswered 

points, turning a 16-10 

deficit to a 38-16 lead, en 

route to a win in the season 

opener. Mislinski had 

139 passing yards, 124 

rushing yards and scored 

three times for the Scouts. 

5. Glenbrook 

South 

The Titans started 

the season off on the 

right foot, beating Urban 

Prep-Englewood 42-0. 

GBS’ the three-man running 

crew of Ben Hides, 

Jack Jerfita and sophomore 

Andrew Gall led the 

Titans to such a fast lead 

that they were able to rest 

all their starters in the second 

half. The Scouts did 

have some miscues, however, 

including a fumble 

Glenbard East captialized 

on to jump out to a 16-10 

lead late in the first half. 

6. Highland Park 

The Giants 

dropped a close 

one of the state’s better 

programs, Libertyville. 

HP may have found its 

star this season in tight 

end Tom Motzko, who had 

three catches for 82 yards 

and two touchdowns. 

John Sakos was dynamic, 

too, going 13-for-19 for 

198 yards and two touchdowns 

His only blemish 

came in the final seconds 

when he was intercepted. 

The Giants go on the road 

and seek their first win in 

their first contest away 

from the friendly confines 

of Wolters Field when 

they travel to Lakes.



Boys Soccer 

Lake Forest Academy aims 

for team unity over record 

22ND CENTURY MEDIA is looking 

for local FREELANCE REPORTERS 

and PHOTOGRAPHERS to cover events, 

meetings and sports in the area. 

Erin Redmond, Sports Editor 

Last season, Lake Forest 

Academy graduated 13 

seniors. 

That’s a large hole for 

any team to fill, but it’s especially 

tough for the Caxys 

as most of those seniors 

had been four-year varsity 

players. And while they 

had success in the record 

books, the thing that stood 

out most about last year’s 

squad was its chemistry. 

In their absence, coach 

Paul Makovec is looking 

for his team to not only 

looking come together on 

the field, but off it as well. 

As non-league members, 

LFA can pick and choose 

it’s own schedule, he said, 

and could easily craft one 

in its favor. 

But that’s not what he 

is trying to teach his team 

that soccer is about. 

“First and foremost is 

I think these guys need 

to realize that they’re a 

team now,” Makovec said. 

“We’ve had such great 

leadership over the last 

few years ... and we actually 

carried a much bigger 

roster. We had a really, really 

strong class last year 

and most of those kids 

were on varsity for four 

years. They brought an energy 

and excitement to the 

team ... We’re just kind of 

assuming [the chemistry] 

is going to be there because 

it’s going to be there, 

so some of these boys need 

to step up and fill those 

roles.” 

The Caxys have proven 

they can play — and win 

— starting the season with 

a 2-1 victory over Deerfield 

Aug. 22 in the North 

Shore Shootout at Lake 

Forest. And that was on 

just one day’s practice. 

With the campus’ dorms 

not officially opening until 

Aug. 20, the Caxys had 

just one official practice 

together before starting 

play. So to see his team 

come together so quickly, 

was a positive sign for the 

LFA coach that the chemistry 

he is hoping for was 

building. 

The squad is looking to 

three players in particular 

to carry over what they 

learned and pass it on to 

the newcomers. Players the 

likes of Dieter Villegas, a 

Mexican-born athlete and 

All-School president, is a 

“great leader,” Makovec 

said, with a talented leg. In 

fact, Villegas will also be 

kicking for the LFA football 

team this season. 

Senior Ian Strudwick 

will school his teammates 

on scoring, having broken 

the Caxys’ program record 

last season. He along with 

Jack Mahon and Villegas 

will be Makovec’s go-to 

players at each level on the 

field. 

“[Strudwick is] kind 

of the fire power up front 

for us. Dieter plays in the 

middle. Jack Mahon, he’s 

our centerback, so we kind 

of have a guy at each level 

that’s coming back and 

being leaders,” the LFA 

coach said. “We haven’t 

done captains yet even 

those we’ve played games, 

but there’s a good chance 

they’ll be in the mix.” 

Having lost such a large 

number of seniors, Makovec 

said he knows other 

teams will see the Caxys 

as weakened. But he is 

hoping some of the players 

who have moved up 

display the “hungry and 

gritty” attitude they gained 

waiting for their shot on 

varsity and that it translates 

on the field — in 

more ways than one. 

“For us, it isn’t and it’s 

never been about records,” 

the LFA coach said. “... 

We don’t ever have our 

record be a factor in our 

goal. These are fairly subjective 

goals that are hard 

to measure because we 

want our kids to fill those 

holes, become a team. 

There’s a higher mountain 

to climb this year because 

of the gaps from last year 

in terms of getting back to 

that level. One of them is 

we want these kids to love 

[soccer], to come out everyday 

and want to work 

hard for each other. We 

want to have success and 

play soccer the right way.” 

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28 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader sports 


Girls tennis 

Scouts top Glenbrook South, finish fifth at NT Invite 

Todd Marver 


New Trier and Highland 

Park are no strangers to 

playing one another. 

After the Trevians and 

Giants finished in a sixthplace 

tie at the Class 2A 

state tournament last year, 

the teams placed second 

and third, respectively, at 

the New Trier Tennis Invite 

Saturday, Aug. 26. 

The Trevians fell 4-1 to 

Stevenson in the championship 

match. 

“All the girls played 

well, which was the most 

important thing,” New 

Trier coach Jerry Morse- 

Karzen said. “This was 

our first match of the year. 

There was good competition. 

We knew Stevenson 

was the favorite to win 

state this year. We went 

toe to toe with them. 

“We played well and all 

the matches were really 

very close. We were right 

in there. As much as I’d 

always like to win, I was 

very pleased with how the 

team played.” 

Lake Forest defeated 

Glenbrook South 4-1 in 

the fifth place match. The 

team went 3-1 over the 

course of the two-day 

tournament. 

Scouts’ No. 1 Kiley 

Rabjohns breezed past 

GBS’s Vanessa Uaisaner 

(GBS) 6-0, 6-1. Emily 

Gorczynski, the Scouts’ 

No. 2, also had an easy 

going in her match, winning 

6-0, 6-0 over her Titans’ 

counterpart Rachel 

Schwartz. 

In doubles, the No. 2 

team of Kelly Kunz and 

Gabby Jakubowski picked 

up a win, but needed 

three sets to do it. After 

winning the first set 6-2, 

GBS rebounded with a 

6-4 win of its own. Kunz 

and Jakubowski sealed 

the deal in Set 3, however, 

winning 11-9. 

Teresa Fawcett and 

Grace Gesheidle played 

as the No. 3 duo for LF 

and notched a 7-5, 2-6, 

10-2 win over Glenbrook 

South. 

The Scouts’ only blemish 

came in the No. 1 

doubles spot. Salma Alsikaki 

and Olivia Wheldon 

won Set 1 for Lake Forest 

6-2, but dropped the second 

1-6. GBS proved too 

much for them, however, 

as they fell 10-7 in Set 3. 

The Scouts opened the 

tournament with a 5-0 

shutout over New Trier’s 

green squad on Friday, 

Aug. 25. 

Lake Forest ran into 

some trouble in its second 

match, however, as Fremd 

blanked the Scouts 5-0. 

They rebounded with 

a 3-2 victory over Glenbrook 

North to land themselves 

in the fifth place 

match. Rabjohns picked 

up the lone win on singles, 

winning in straight 

sets 6-0, 6-0. 

Nika Belova and Cody 

Avis played as the No. 1 

doubles duo against GBN 

and won easily 6-1, 6-2. 

Julianna Roman and 

Emily Asmussen played at 

No. 2 and notched a 6-1, 

6-4 win for the Scouts’ 

squad. 

Alex Slomba, playing 

in the No. 2 singles position, 

dropped her match 

6-1, 6-0 to GBN’s Grace 

Chatas. 

In doubles, the No.3 duo 

of Lucy Rubenstein and 

Keaton Wilhelm forced a 

third set with Glenbrook 

North. After winning the 

first set 6-3, the Scouts’ 

duo was blanked in the 

second 6-0. Set 3 turned 

out to be a battle, but Lake 

Forest eventually fell 10-5 

to round out the matches. 

Stevenson’s Zoe Taylor 

defeated New Trier senior 

Amia Ross 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 

in the No. 1 singles match. 

In the No. 1 doubles 

match, Stevenson’s Kate 

Harvey and Elizabeth Ferdman 

topped the Trevians 

duo of Ali Benedetto and 

Emily Dale, 6-4, 6-4. 

“Amia played Zoe Taylor, 

who is certainly one 

of the top kids statewide,” 

Morse-Korzen said. “She 

went to a super breaker 

with her and was knocking 

at the door for a possible 

win. So for Amia, 

that was good stuff. Amia 

has been very solid. [Ali 

and Emily] played a good 

doubles team. Kate Harvey 

is a former state doubles 

champ [in 2014]. [Ali 

and Emily] lost a close 

doubles match. If a few 

points had been different, 

maybe Ali and Emily 

could’ve ended up winning 

that match.” 

Although Ross played 

singles against Stevenson, 

she typically plays doubles. 

Ross and Michelle 

Capone took fifth place at 

state last year. 

“It just shows how talented 

Amia is,” Morse- 

Karzen said. “She’s been 

so successful playing doubles 

at state. She got fifth 

last year in the state and 

was All-State first team. 

She’s very good in singles. 

It’s nice to have the 

ability to be able to play 

Amia either in singles or 

doubles and know she’s 

going to be able to be successful. 

It’s a nice option 

to have as a coach.” 

Like Ross, Benedetto 

competed against Stevenson 

in a different position 

than she found herself at 

state last year. Despite 

playing doubles against 

Stevenson, Benedetto 

competed in singles at 

state last year, bowing out 

of the tournament in the 

second round of the consolation 

bracket. 

“Ali had a great season 

last season at state,” 

Morse-Karzen said. “She 

had a tough draw. She 

had two good players in 

the first round and the 

second round in the back 

draw and she was out. It’s 

always good to have done 

something once. You get a 

feel for it and you’re more 

comfortable the next time 

you come to it.” 

Morse-Karzen has seen 

Benedetto’s game improve 

since last year’s 

freshman season. 

“She’s always been very 

poised,” Morse-Karzen 

said. “She still has that 

same poise and she’s got 

a little more power. She’s 

bigger and she’s grown 

three, four or five inches 

or so. She’s got a little 

more power. Her game 

is very complete. She’s 

not one dimensional. She 

can pop, drive a top spin, 

slice, drop shot and volley. 

She’s got a nice overall 

game, which is great to 

have and gives you lots of 

options also. Ali is getting 

better. She was good last 

year and I think she’s gotten 

better since last year.” 

The Giants defeated 

Fremd for third place, 

3-2. Highland Park junior 

Lily Tiemeyer and sophomore 

Halle Michael were 

doubles partners for the 

first time against Fremd 

and won the No. 1 doubles 

match against the Vikings, 

7-5, 6-0. 

“I thought it went really 

well,” Tiemeyer said. 

“It was a lot of fun. We 

tried really hard. I’m really 

happy. We all worked 

really hard to get the win 

against the other school. 

I’m really happy that we 

really helped in getting 

that win too. I just feel really 

happy to get third.” 

And her partner agreed. 

“It was our first time 

playing together and I 

think we did a good job 

communicating and just 

doing what we need to 

do,” Michael said. 

Tiemeyer and Michael 

both competed at state last 

year. Tiemeyer played singles 

and Michael played 

doubles with senior Devin 

Davidson. Tiemeyer went 

0-2 at state, while Michael 

and Davidson bowed out 

of the tournament in the 

fourth round of the consolation 

bracket. Although 

Tiemeyer played singles 

at state in 2016, she is 

no stranger to playing 

doubles. Tiemeyer played 

with junior Monique 

Brual in doubles at state 

in 2015 where the duo 

bowed out of the tournament 

in the fifth round of 

the consolation bracket. 

“It was my second time 

going to state [in 2016],” 

Tiemeyer said. “It was different. 

My first year I was 

playing doubles and my 

second year I was playing 

singles. It was a really 

good experience to see 

who’s out there and who’s 

playing. It made me want 

to work even harder in the 

offseason and work on a 

bunch of a different things 

with my mental game and 

my strokes and stuff.” 

Michael feels the opportunity 

to compete at 

state last year as a freshman 

was beneficial and 

she improved her mental 

game in the offseason. 

“It was my first time going 

to state and I think it 

was a really cool experience 

because there were a 

lot of good players,” Michael 

said. “It shows me 

what’s out there and what 

the competition is and it 

just makes you want to 

work harder and be the 

best player I can be. My 

mental game has probably 

gotten a little stronger because 

that hasn’t been my 

best game. But working 

on that during the offseason 

has definitely helped 

for this season so far. Even 

at state, it’s hard to have 

a strong mental game the 

whole entire time, so that 

was something I definitely 

wanted to work on and I 

think I improved.” 

It’s nearly two months 

until Highland Park has 

the opportunity to compete 

at state again from 

Oct. 19-21. Even so, the 

Giants are looking to improve 

upon last year’s 

sixth place finish and are 

aiming for Top 3 this year. 

“[Coach Steve] Rudman 

says the goal for the 

team is to get around third 

place,” Tiemeyer said. 

“My goal would be helping 

and winning and getting 

really good and playing 

good people and being 

competitive with them.” 

“My goal is just playing 

the best that I can so that 

when it comes to the time 

for sectionals or state I’m 

ready all-around mentally 

and physically just to do 

what I need to do,” Michael 

said. 

Glenbrook North was 

eighth, falling 3-2 to Barrington 

in the seventh 

place match. Loyola also 

competed, winning the 

13th place match 4-1. 

Additional reporting by 

Sports Editor Erin Redmond.



Girls Swimming and Diving 

Lake Forest relays provide early, fun test for local swimmers 

Host Scouts take 

ninth place at meet 

David Jaffe 


The many swimmers 

and teams competing in 

the Lake Forest Scout Relays 

Saturday, Aug. 26, 

believe it’s a very fun way 

to begin the season with 

several different relay 

events they won’t otherwise 

compete in during 

the season. 

Lake Forest coach Carolyn 

Grevers believes this is 

the perfect way to start the 

season. 

The Scouts took ninth 

as a team and tallied 185 

points. And while they 

didn’t win, the event was a 

fun learning experience for 

the young squad. 

“This is a fun meet but 

it’s also meant to be challenging,” 

Grevers said. 

“It helps bring the team 

together and it’s been a 

great way to get the season 

going since we started 

it four years ago. Kendra 

Joachim won the [sophomore] 

100 (55.67) and she 

was outstanding. Our IM 

relay got third [Ashley Updike, 

Joachim, Miki Boveri, 

Catherine Terkildsen, 

4:26.77].” 

Ashley Updike was also 

second in the sophomore 

50 (25.46). 

Although the Scouts are 

young, they are about as 

ready to begin a season as 

Grevers has seen from her 

teams. 

“I haven’t had a team 

with this type of energy 

in my 15 years of coaching 

here,” Grevers said. 

“They’re a young team but 

they’re pushing and doing 

everything for each other.” 

Glenbrook South swimmer 

Kate Solem has now 

participated in the Scout 

Relays three years and 

continues to enjoy it. 

“It’s a really nice way 

to start the season,” Solem 

said. “There’s a lot of energy 

among everyone here 

and the crowd is cheering 

really loud. It’s always 

one of my favorite meets 

because there are a lot of 

unique events.” 

One was the 800-yard 

freestyle combo relay 

where someone from each 

class swims a leg of the 

relay. Although Solem is 

a distance swimmer, it’s 

still not an easy event. But 

she, along with Emsela 

Orucevic, Alexis Kachkin 

and Bella Del Muro, finished 

second in 8 minutes, 

17.16 seconds. 

“The 800 is definitely 

one of the more challenging 

events,” Solem said. 

“It’s a hard event physically 

and an even harder 

one mentally. But we were 

all in it together and did 

a good job pushing ourselves. 

That’s what helped 

us do well.” 

The Titans were fourth at 

the 13 team meet with 342 

points. Kachkin won the 

sophomore 50 free (24.59), 

while Orucevic (26.51) and 

Catherine Devine (25.15) 

were second in the freshman 

and junior 50. 

Glenbrook South took 

third in the 500 free crescendo 

relay with Catherine 

Devine, Kachkin, 

Orucevic and Solem 

(4:51.74) and the 200 

free relay with Erin Nitahara, 

Nikki Dontcheva, 

Chloe Konrad and Devine 

(1:45.78). 

Highland Park was seventh 

with several strong 

performances and was well 

suited for the 400 individual 

medley where everyone 

swims every medley 

event. The Giants relay of 

Sarah Fishbein, Selin Sonmez, 

Hannah Wander and 

Abby Smith was second 

(4:25.25). 

“We have a lot of good 

IM’ers and that showed 

in this event,” Smith said. 

“All four of us did a good 

job at being effective on every 

stroke. I’ve been training 

every day in the offseason. 

I feel more prepared 

and I think everyone on 

our team is ready to have a 

strong season.” 

Hannah Wander was 

also part of the winning 

200 breaststroke relay with 

Sonmez, Fishbein and Rachel 

Wander (2:13.50). The 

Scout Relays are exactly 

the type of meet she enjoys. 

“I love relays and the 

breaststroke is my event 

which I get to do in a few 

relays here,” Hannah Wander 

said. “It makes it really 

fun. I think this also builds 

team camaraderie which is 

what you want in the first 

meet of the season.” 

Smith was also second in 

the junior 100 free (55.72). 

Glenbrook North’s Natalie 

Horwitz has been competing 

in relays with teammates 

Tiffany Qiao and 

Ellen Gilbert for the last 

few years. And she loves 

closing out a meet in the 

400 free. These three, along 

with Maggie Li, finished 

third in 3:46.51. 

“The 400 relay is my favorite 

event,” Horwitz said. 

“The past three years I’ve 

competed with Ellen and 

Tiffany. We do that every 

meet. We don’t have Sabrina 

[Baxamusa] anymore 

but know we can rely on 

each other. And I love the 

feeling of beating out the 

team in the lane next to 

you.” 

Qiao took third in the senior 

100 free (55.74) as did 

the same four in the 200 

butterfly relay (1:49.81). 

GBN was eighth (224). 

SOCCER 

From Page 31 

fall apart. It’s not enjoyable.” 

Highland Park’s defense 

helped deny seven shots 

on goal, but a late blunder 

put the game out of reach 

for good. While Danneker 

got one last touch on the 

ball, the Giants essentially 

knocked his shot into their 

own goal to put the Scouts 

up 4-1 in the 70th minute. 

“Our three seniors in 

the midfield — Jake Danneker, 

Austin Pinderski and 

Christophe Wettermann — 

did a good job controlling 

the game, kinda dominated 

the game,” Scouts coach 

Rob Perry said. “Jake has 

probably been the best 

player in both games and 

he was finding people today, 

being creative. Those 

three guys are leading us 

and Joey Williams and Jack 

Page, they played well. It’s 

a great group of seniors. 

They’re leading and they’re 

helping out our new guys.” 

The Giants (1-3) opened 

the season with a win over 

Hoffman Estates on Aug. 

21. Their struggles from 

the LF match continued, 

however, when they were 

shutout 2-0 by Deerfield 

in the seventh place match 

Saturday, Aug. 26. 

“I think our physicality 

and our intensity [needs 

work],” the HP coach said. 

“We let them win every 

header in the first 20 minutes, 

it was a free win for 

them and it just put us on 

the defensive. We have 

to win some 50/50 balls. 

We need to take control 

of things instead of letting 

things get dictated 

to us.” 

The win gave the Scouts 

(1-2) a new sense of confidence. 

Lake Forest wasn’t 

able to get past Carmel in 

the fifth place match, however, 

falling 4-2 on Aug. 

26. 

Lake Forest Academy 

finished fourth after its 

shutout loss, 3-0, to Lakes 

in the third place game. 

“[This tournament is] 

great because I think all 

eight teams are pretty 

even,” Perry said. “… It’s 

a real even eight teams, 

so it’s a great test to find 

out where you’re at. It’s 

three games to find your 

strengths and expose your 

weaknesses. It’s a great 

kick-off for the rest of the 

season.” 

Lake Forest junior Kean O’Connor (back) tries to work the ball away from Highland 

Park’s Ronin Moore. Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media

30 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


QB Mislinski shines in Scouts’ debut 

Lake Forest downs 

Glenbard East in 

opener 

David Jaffe 


The first game of the 

season is an exciting time 

for a football team, but 

there can also be some 

nerves when you go on 

the field. 

Lake Forest had to deal 

with some unanticipated 

adversity in its season 

opener against Glenbard 

East Friday, Aug. 25, and 

the host Scouts faced a 

six-point deficit late in the 

first half. 

But they settled down 

and, led by quarterback 

Jack Mislinski, who had 

139 passing yards, 124 

rushing yards and three 

touchdowns for the Scouts, 

and scored 28 unanswered 

to take control and beat the 

Rams 38-23. 

“The first half was certainly 

not our best half,” 

Lake Forest coach Chuck 

Spagnoli said. “We started 

great, but they got some 

tipped ball catches and 

we made some mistakes. 

We weren’t sharp. I don’t 

know if it was a lack of 

experience or not. But we 

were able to get momentum 

and go into halftime 

with the lead. With kids, 

doubt can creep in but I 

think we did a good job 

staying poised.” 

The Scouts’ newlyminted 

QB agreed. 

“There seemed like there 

may have been some butterflies 

for the first game,” 

Mislinksi said. “But after 

the first half, we played 

more physical and did the 

things we had been practicing 

all summer. I didn’t 

know what to expect in my 

first start as quarterback, 

but this moment is what I 

prepared for. While there 

may be some things to 

work on, I think the team 

handled themselves very 

well.” 

Trailing 16-10, Mislinski 

put the Scouts back on 

top for good finding Ryan 

Cekay for a 26-yard touchdown 

pass making it 17-16 

with 1:50 left in the half. 

Then Mislinski broke free 

for a 57-yard touchdown 

run on the opening drive of 

the second half to put Lake 

Forest ahead 24-16. 

“It was a zone read,” 

Mislinski said. “I’ve been 

working on that all summer 

and I’m at the point 

now where I’m comfortable 

with it. The sea parted 

thanks to the o-line and 

there was open space the 

rest of the way.” 

Mislinski’s 17-yard run 

with under five minutes 

left in the third increased 

the advantage to 31-16. 

“There may have been 

some things [Mislinski] 

did early on we may not 

have been enamored with 

but he did a good job controlling 

his emotions,” 

Spagnoli said. “I think 

he played well within 

the means of our offense. 

That’s what will be key for 

him in the first few games. 

Things will come to him 

better with more repetition.” 

The Scouts added another 

score with four minutes 

left in the game on Bryan 

Ooms’ 3-yard touchdown 

run set up by Jacob Thomas’ 

huge 54-yard run. The 

Rams scored with a minute 

and a half left on a 33- 

yard touchdown pass from 

backup quarterback Jared 

Scouts’ quarterback Jack Mislinski (center) awaits the snap with Jack VanHyfte during the season opener against 

Glenbard East Friday, Aug. 25, at Lake Forest. PHOTOS Aimee Bernardi Messner/22nd Century Media 

Rech to Ben Campos. 

Lake Forest scored the 

first 10 points as Ryan 

Marquis recovered a fumble 

on the opening kickoff 

leading to Jack Brush’s 28- 

yard field goal. Jack Van- 

Hyfte’s 2-yard touchdown 

run increased the lead. But 

then the Rams seized momentum 

when a 70-yard 

pass from Bret Bushka to 

Matt Shockey set up Bushka’s 

2-yard touchdown 

run. 

Glenbard East took the 

lead on Bushka’s 1-yard 

touchdown pass to Kenny 

Adam, but the extra point 

was blocked. After the 

Rams recovered a Scouts’ 

fumble, Rech’s 27-yard 

field goal made it 16-10 

with just over three minutes 

left in the half. 

Lake Forest was glad 

to open the season with 

a win, especially in a 

game where it struggled 

in the first half. Now, the 

Scouts look to get better 

and learn from their mistakes. 

“We were happy to be 

facing another team because 

we had seen a lot 

of each other the last few 

weeks,” Spagnoli said. 

“Right now the win is 

what matters. But hopefully 

we got this out of 

our system. We can’t continue 

to put ourselves in a 

position where we aren’t 

taking advantage of the 

opportunities we’re getting. 

A lot of guys played 

today and we saw plenty 

of good things but also 

mistakes that can be corrected.” 

The Scouts (1-0) hit 

the road to play St. Viator 

(1-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 

Sept. 1, in Arlington 

Heights. 

Spencer Yauch (51) chases down Glenbard East 

quarterback Bret Bushka.



Aimee Bernardi Messner 

1st-and-3 

Three Stars 

1. Jack Mislinski 

(above). The 

Scouts senior won 

the quarterback 

competition 

and proved he 

earned it in the 

Scouts’ season 

opening win over 

Glenbard East. He 

accounted for 139 

passing yards, 124 

rushing yards and 

three touchdowns. 

2. Sarah Considine. 


field hockey player 

combined for three 

goals and two 

assists through 

three games last 

week for LF. Her 

efforts helped the 

Scouts start 3-0. 

3. Christophe 

Wettermann The 

Scouts’ senior 

midfielder struck 

for two goals in 

Lake Forest’s 4-1 

win over Highland 

Park Aug. 24. 

Boys Soccer 

Scouts’ offense ignites against HP 

Erin Redmond, Sports Editor 

Lake Forest struck early 

and often in its 4-1 win 

over Highland Park Thursday, 

Aug. 24, at home. 

The victory was imperative 

for the Scouts, who 

opened their tournament 

— the North Shore Shootout 

— with a 3-1 loss to 

Dundee-Crown on Aug. 

22. 

And Lake Forest wasted 

no time getting to work. 

Senior midfielder Christophe 

Wettermann struck 

twice within the first eight 

minutes. His first was an 

easy tap in from in front of 

the net in the fourth minute. 

Wettermann found the 

net again just moments 

later on the second of two 

early penalty kicks the 

Scouts were awarded. 

“I thought we played 

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“For us, it isn’t and it’s never been about records. ... We 

don’t ever have our record be a factor in our goal.” 

Paul Makovec — Lake Forest Academy boy’s soccer coach on his 

team’s objectives for the season. 

well through the middle,” 

Wettermann said. “It 

helped build up on the 

wings and that’s how our 

first goal came. … We did 

well, our big guys used 

their bodies like Alan [Cecherz], 

he used his body to 

score a goal as well. I just 

feel like we used our bodies 

and played well.” 

Wettermann and fellow 

senior mids, Jake Danneker 

and Austin Pinderski, 

helped control the tempo 

of the game and maintain 

the 2-0 lead at the half. 

The Scouts had chances 

to pad the lead before the 

break, however, when 

Alex White fed Alan Cecherz 

a pass right in front 

of the Giants’ net, but it 

was scooped up almost 

immediately by goalie Roi 

Lavi. 

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• St. Patrick 

• Glenbrook North 

• Lake Forest 

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tune in 

Cecherz was able to find 

the back of the net in the 

51st minute off a pass from 

Pinderski to put Lake Forest 

up 3-0. 

The goal seemed to energize 

the Giants, who 

answered almost immediately. 

Senior forward Jeyson 

Vasquez sent a rocket 

past the hands of John 

Walsh — who took over 

as netminder in the second 

half — to get the Giants on 

the board. 

That was all Highland 

Park could muster up, despite 

firing shot after shot 

on Walsh as the clock 

wound down. Vasquez, 

Joey Schwartz, Emmanuel 

Guzman Vega and Dario 

Castillo all tried to get past 

the sophomore goalie in 

the final minutes, but were 

denied. 

ERIN REDMOND | 

Sports Editor 


Despite a slew of injuries, LA 

kept things close in their Week 

1 loss to Philips. Loyola has the 

talent to finish 1-1 this week. 

• New Trier 


• Glenbrook South 

• Grant 



• Lincoln-Way East 

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• Loyola 21, Bishop Amat 17. The 

Ramblers rebound with a big 

win after a tough loss to Phillips 

to open the season. 

• New Trier 

• Lakes 



• St. Viator 

• Alden-Hebron 


FOOTBALL 

The Scouts look to start out 2-0 as they hit the 

road to take on St. Viator in Arlington Heights. 

• Lake Forest at St. Viator, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m. 

Justin Illes (left) battles with Lake Forest’s Alan 

Cecherz for the ball during the North Shore Shootout 

Thursday, Aug. 24, at Lake Forest. Erin Redmond/22nd 

Century Media 

6-2 

MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW | 

Sports Editor 


Loyola bounces back with 

another close game, this one 

ending in their favor. 

• New Trier 







Index 

“We’ve been struggling,” 

Giants coach Blake 

Novotny said. “What I’ll 

say is [it’s] either heart or 

effort this year. My guys 

have a nice skill set. Quite 

a few of them are younger, 

so I don’t know if they’re 

quite in tune with the intensity 

of the games or the 

physicality of the games. 

“We’ve just been playing 

real timid and some 

guys are just not stepping 

up. When they get frustrated, 

they go away from the 

game plan and then things 

25 - This Week In 

25 - Athlete of the Week 

Please see soccer, 29 

6-2 

MARTIN CARLINO | 

Contributing Editor 

• Bishop Amat 21, Loyola 20. 

Early season injuries plague LA 

as Bishop Amat does enough to 

hand Loyola a second loss. 

• New Trier 




• St. Viator 



Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Erin 

Redmond. Send any questions or comments 

to e.redmond@22ndcenturymedia.com

Lake Forest Leader | August 31, 2017 | LakeForestLeader.com 

One in the books Scouts’ boys 

soccer team gets first win over HP, Page 31 

top 5 finish Lake 

Forest tennis takes fifth at 

New Trier Invite, Page 28 

Scouts’ offense ignites in win over Glenbard East in season opener, Page 30 

Jacob Thomas prepares to tear up the field for Lake Forest in its game against Glenbard East Friday, Aug. 25, at home. Aimee 

Bernardi Messner/22nd Century Media

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