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Thursday<br />
Movies at Lake Bluff<br />
Library<br />
1:30-3:15 p.m. Aug. 31,<br />
Lake Bluff Library, 123<br />
E. Scranton Ave., Lake<br />
Bluff. Join the library for<br />
popcorn and a movie. Collateral<br />
Beauty, rated PG-<br />
13 will be on screen. For<br />
more information, call<br />
(847) 234-2540.<br />
Friday<br />
Once-A-Month Petei Santa<br />
Needlepoint Class<br />
1-3 p.m. Sept. 1, The<br />
Forest Needle, 1341 Western<br />
Ave., Lake Forest.<br />
Choose from Bell Santa<br />
and/or Farmer Santa.<br />
Learn a different beard for<br />
each one. Can finish as an<br />
ornament or a stand-up.<br />
Class is $100 per Santa.<br />
$50 deposit required. Register<br />
at (847) 235-2407.<br />
Canvas Embellishment<br />
Class<br />
10 a.m. - noon Sept. 1,<br />
The Forest Needle, 1341<br />
Western Ave., Lake Forest.<br />
Choose a project to<br />
work on or bring one with<br />
you to receive expert advice.<br />
Taught by nationallyrecognized<br />
teacher Linda<br />
Corirossi. She can give<br />
you stitch ideas, and help<br />
choose threads to personalize<br />
your design. This<br />
event costs $25. To sign<br />
up, call (847) 235-2407.<br />
Sunday<br />
Fall Fair ‘off the Square’<br />
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sept. 3-4,<br />
Lake Forest Bank and Trust<br />
parking lots, Westminster<br />
and Bank Lane, Lake Forest.<br />
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff<br />
Artisan Guild will hold its’<br />
annual Fall Fair ‘off the<br />
Square’ with more than 40<br />
Artists bringing unique creations<br />
for sale. Daily Grind<br />
cookout, live Jazz, Sweet<br />
Pete’s ice cream, Reprise<br />
Roaster coffee. Balloons,<br />
children’s activities, henna<br />
painting and more. For<br />
more information, visit<br />
www.<strong>LF</strong>LBArtisanGuild.<br />
com<br />
Tuesday<br />
Scout Aquatics Youth Swim<br />
Team Placement Swim<br />
6:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 5,<br />
Lake Forest High School,<br />
1285 McKinley Road,<br />
Lake Forest. Scout aquatics<br />
will hold an open<br />
placement swim for all<br />
swimmers ages 6-18 to<br />
make sure swimmers are<br />
placed in the correct practice<br />
group. Just bring<br />
yourself, a towel and goggles.<br />
Please contact Head<br />
Coach Carolyn Grevers at<br />
cgrevers@yahoo.com for<br />
more information or are<br />
unable to make the placement<br />
swim.<br />
Bubbles Academy – Fall<br />
Session<br />
Classes being Sept. 5<br />
10:15 – 11 a.m. (Music<br />
+ Movement for Walkers<br />
12-36 months), 11:15<br />
a.m. – noon (Bubble Music:<br />
Babies & Crawlers for<br />
1 – 15 months), Gorton<br />
Community Center, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road. Bubble Music<br />
Classes explore your<br />
child’s motor skills and engages<br />
his or her eardrums.<br />
Your teacher, accompanied<br />
by a live instrument,<br />
introduces new songs,<br />
initiates dance and silly<br />
behavior, and encourages<br />
interaction between fellow<br />
children and parents. $200<br />
for the full 8 week session.<br />
Enrollment is ongoing and<br />
tuition prorated. There is<br />
an option to purchase single<br />
class drop ins for $27<br />
per class. Signup at www.<br />
gortoncenter.org.<br />
Wednesday<br />
Book Club: Between the<br />
Covers with Alice Moody<br />
7 p.m. Sept. 6, Gorton<br />
Community Center, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Interested in discussing<br />
new books and meeting<br />
new people? If so, join<br />
Alice Moody as she leads<br />
a lively and engaging<br />
book discussion exploring<br />
contemporary fiction and<br />
non-fiction. Explore notions<br />
of theme, style, tone<br />
and perspective. Connect<br />
the reading with your own<br />
personal experiences and<br />
explore the author’s intent.<br />
For those 21 and older.Fee<br />
is $35 per single month or<br />
$130 for the entire series.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(847) 234-5253.<br />
Thursday<br />
Common Core: Parents,<br />
What You Need to Know<br />
1-2 p.m. Sept. 7, Lake<br />
Bluff Library, 123 E.<br />
Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff.<br />
Parents, get the lowdown<br />
on Common Core Standards<br />
in terms you can<br />
understand. Parents attend<br />
parent-teacher conferences<br />
and have no idea what<br />
questions to ask. Find out<br />
what to ask your child’s<br />
teacher for your upcoming<br />
parent-teacher conference.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(847) 234-2540.<br />
Upcoming<br />
10th Annual Twilight 5k<br />
Run, Walk, Roll<br />
5:15 p.m. Sept. 9, Gorton<br />
Community Center,<br />
400 E. Illinois Road, Lake<br />
Forest. The 10th annual<br />
Twilight 5K Run, Walk,<br />
Roll and Post Party will<br />
support athletes with physical<br />
disabilities. To register<br />
and for more information,<br />
visit www.GLASATwilight.org.<br />
Local Legends 2017: Ryne<br />
Sandberg’<br />
3 p.m. Sept. 23, Lake<br />
Forest Academy, 1500 W<br />
.Kennedy Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Baseball Hall of Famer<br />
Ryne Sandberg, 1984 National<br />
League MVP, is the<br />
2017 Local Legend. Come<br />
for a captivating conversation<br />
with Ryne Sandberg<br />
and radio host Barry Rozner.<br />
Don’t miss this oncein-a-lifetime<br />
opportunity<br />
for an up-close and personal<br />
look at former Chicago<br />
Cubs second baseman and<br />
current Cubs Ambassador.<br />
Tickets are $50 for adults,<br />
$25 children under 12.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(847) 234-5253.<br />
Ongoing<br />
Eyeglass Recycling<br />
Through Aug. 31, Lake<br />
Forest Library, 360 E.<br />
Deerpath Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Donate glasses as a<br />
part of the library’s campaign,<br />
Changing Lives,<br />
One Pair at a Time. Donated<br />
eyeglasses are recycled<br />
and reused to help children,<br />
adults and seniors<br />
read. For more information,<br />
visit www.lakeforestlibrary.com.<br />
Wildlife Discovery Center<br />
Activities<br />
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays,<br />
1401 Middlefork<br />
Drive, Lake Forest. To<br />
honor the 20th anniversary<br />
of the Wildlife Discovery<br />
center, the WDC is offering<br />
family-friendly activities<br />
every Saturday. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
Rob Carmichael at (847)<br />
810-3663.<br />
Elawa Farm Garden<br />
Market<br />
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays<br />
and Saturdays, Elawa<br />
Farm, 1401 Middlefork<br />
Drive, Lake Forest. Head<br />
to Elawa Farm’s weekly<br />
garden market to buy farm<br />
grown produced, seedlings<br />
from the greenhouse and<br />
home and garden gifts. For<br />
more information, visit<br />
www.elawafarm.org.<br />
Monthly Blood Pressure<br />
Checks<br />
10-11 a.m. on the second<br />
Monday of every month,<br />
Dickinson Hall, 100 E.<br />
Old Mill Road. Nurse Patti<br />
Mikes will visit Dickinson<br />
Hall to give free blood<br />
pressure checks to anyone<br />
50 years old and older. No<br />
appointment needed. For<br />
more information, call<br />
(847) 234-2209.<br />
Pickle Ball<br />
9:30-11:30 a.m.<br />
Wednesdays, Lake Forest<br />
Recreation Center, 400<br />
Hastings Road. Come on<br />
out and play America’s<br />
fastest growing sport. Purchase<br />
four days of play for<br />
$15 or pay a $5 drop-in<br />
fee.<br />
Toastmasters Club<br />
Noon-1 p.m. first<br />
and third Tuesdays of<br />
the month, Lake Forest<br />
Graduate School of Management,<br />
1905 W. Field<br />
Drive, Lake Forest. Toastmasters<br />
is an international<br />
organization that aims to<br />
help communication and<br />
leadership skills for professional<br />
and personal<br />
growth with unlimited potential.<br />
This club is open<br />
to all. Visit lfgsm.toastmastersclubs.org<br />
for more<br />
information.<br />
Wildlife Discovery Center<br />
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday,<br />
Friday, Saturday and<br />
Sunday, Wildlife Discovery<br />
Center, 1401 Middlefork<br />
Drive, Lake Forest.<br />
The Wildlife Discovery<br />
Center is a living natural<br />
history museum. The<br />
learning journey brings<br />
visitors face-to-face with<br />
a variety of reptiles, amphibians,<br />
birds and mammals.<br />
Admission is free.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(847) 810-3663.<br />
To submit an item for the<br />
community calendar, contact<br />
Editor Alyssa Groh at<br />
alyssa@lakeforestleader.com<br />
or (847) 272-4565 ext. 21.<br />
Entries are due by noon on<br />
the Thursday prior to publication<br />
date.
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“There’s not too many<br />
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For the 2017-18 fiscal<br />
year, Kahn said the District<br />
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“Luckily, we did not see<br />
any significant changes<br />
with the state budget,”<br />
Kahn said. “The money’s<br />
still held up, so what I’m<br />
able to show you may<br />
change.”<br />
However, given the state<br />
school funding model,<br />
he expects that even if<br />
the money is delayed in<br />
coming to the District,<br />
the amount allotted will<br />
remain the same. That’s<br />
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“The budget is still balanced,”<br />
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plan to spend exactly what<br />
we take in.”<br />
While the budget is balanced<br />
for this year and the<br />
ending fund balance remains<br />
in line with District<br />
policy, officials warned of<br />
potential damage to the<br />
District’s revenues if property<br />
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in Springfield.<br />
Since District 65 receives<br />
most of its funding<br />
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“We’re not out of the<br />
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The board will hold a<br />
public hearing on the budget<br />
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Also during the meeting,<br />
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looking at what exists<br />
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Deer Path Middle School completes renovations to Haskins 2.0<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
On the first day of<br />
school, students at Deer<br />
Path Middle School waited<br />
anxiously to check out the<br />
newly renovated Hasinks<br />
2.0, formerly known as<br />
the Haskins Center, or<br />
the library. Students and<br />
staff came together to celebrate<br />
the completion of<br />
the $2 million renovation<br />
of Haskins 2.0 during the<br />
ribbon cutting ceremony<br />
on the first day of school<br />
on Aug. 23.<br />
When Haskins 2.0<br />
opened its doors, students<br />
fled in with wide eyes,<br />
taking in all of the bright<br />
colors and unique designs<br />
of the 11,000-square-foot<br />
reimagined learning center.<br />
Haskins 2.0 was renovated<br />
to help achieve District<br />
67’s new vision and<br />
because it has not been<br />
updated for 20 years.<br />
A few years ago, the<br />
Board of Education, with a<br />
lot of help from the community,<br />
defined a new vision<br />
for the district, said<br />
Mike Borkowski, president<br />
of the Board.<br />
“The vision is markedly<br />
different than a lot of other<br />
school districts and different<br />
from where we have<br />
been,” Borkowski said.<br />
With the new vision, one<br />
of the things the District is<br />
now focusing on is the environment<br />
of its physical<br />
facilities.<br />
“[With a focus on environment]<br />
we reimagined<br />
learning spaces,”<br />
Borkowski said. “That<br />
means we take what<br />
we consider traditional<br />
learning spaces and reimagine<br />
them to enhance<br />
the learning experience<br />
for 21st century learning<br />
for every student.”<br />
During the past year,<br />
students and staff worked<br />
with the designers to help<br />
reimagine the learning<br />
space. They pitched their<br />
ideas for the space and the<br />
designer took it all into<br />
consideration when renovating<br />
the space.<br />
The first thing students<br />
and staff see when walking<br />
into Haskins 2.0 is the<br />
gallery stairs, which came<br />
from the idea of the Spanish<br />
steps in Rome where<br />
people go to collaborate<br />
with one another. Underneath<br />
the stairs is a large<br />
opening, which is called<br />
the nook, where students<br />
can sit down comfortably<br />
and work with one another<br />
on projects.<br />
As you walk farther into<br />
Haskins 2.0, there is the<br />
campfire, which is a circular<br />
area with chairs where<br />
students can work in small<br />
groups. For students looking<br />
to read a book in a<br />
quite area, they can go to<br />
the reading tree house,<br />
which is a place for one to<br />
two people.<br />
Throughout Haskins<br />
2.0 there are also three<br />
glass studios which can be<br />
thought of as classrooms.<br />
There is also a Spark<br />
Lab and Stem Lab where<br />
students can go to make<br />
things and be creative using<br />
graphic design skills,<br />
3-D printers and more.<br />
“Haskins 2.0 is so much<br />
more than a traditional library,<br />
it is a reimagined<br />
learning space,” Borkowski<br />
said. “We have turned<br />
Haskins 2.0 in to this collaborative<br />
space where every<br />
single student can go<br />
and thrive.”<br />
Renee DeVore, the principal<br />
at Deer Path Middle<br />
School, is impressed<br />
with how the renovations<br />
turned out and is eager for<br />
students and staff to be<br />
Grace Lutrey (left to right), Olivia Adams, Olivia Moore and Emma Lutrey visit with one another in the reading tree<br />
house in the newly renovated Haskins 2.0 on Aug. 23. PHOTOS BY ALYSSA GROH/22nd Century Media<br />
The gallery stairs is a gathering place for students to collaborate in Haskins 2.0.<br />
back and school and start<br />
using it.<br />
“I don’t think I could<br />
have imagined the space<br />
to look the way it has,”<br />
Devore said. “I am really<br />
excited to see how the staff<br />
and students use the space.<br />
There is just so much freedom<br />
to get out into a space<br />
that is filled with a different<br />
type of energy than being<br />
in a classroom. I think<br />
that opens up so much in<br />
the realm of creativity, for<br />
both teachers and students.<br />
I think when you are in a<br />
space like this, you can’t<br />
help but want to be creative.”<br />
The renovations could<br />
not have been completed<br />
without the help of the<br />
Spirt of 67 Foundation,<br />
which donated $250,000<br />
for the project.<br />
“The purpose of the<br />
foundation is to partner<br />
with our schools to award<br />
grants that have a positive<br />
and lasting impact on<br />
every student,” said Martha<br />
Zeeman, who was the<br />
president of the Spirit of 67<br />
from 2013-15. “The foundation<br />
previously worked<br />
with the District to update<br />
the library on the 5/6 side<br />
of the middle school. The<br />
Haskins Center was last<br />
updated 20 years ago. We<br />
were thrilled to have the<br />
opportunity to partner with<br />
the District to update the<br />
library on the 7/8 side.”<br />
As students spent<br />
the morning exploring<br />
Haskins 2.0, they were excited<br />
about the new space<br />
and eager to start using it.<br />
As Borkowski was walking<br />
into Haskins 2.0 for the<br />
ribbon cutting ceremony,<br />
he walked next to a student<br />
who could not contain his<br />
excitement.<br />
“It is so great for students<br />
to be excited to go into a<br />
learning space and want to<br />
be there,” Borkowski said.
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6 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader NEWS<br />
LakeForestLeader.com<br />
Lake Forest Historic Preservation Commission<br />
<strong>LF</strong> home receives landmark designation<br />
Apollo and Jupiter<br />
The doppenberg/frantz/<br />
krakora family, Lake<br />
Bluff<br />
Apollo is a rescue<br />
boxer mix and Jupiter<br />
is a lagotto Romagnolo.<br />
Aka (Italian water dog)<br />
Apollo is 5 months and<br />
Jupiter is 7 months.<br />
Apollo is a quiet, nice<br />
boy and Jupiter loves<br />
the water and chasing tennis balls. They both love<br />
visiting the Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market to meet<br />
new people and furry friends. They also love the<br />
beach.<br />
HELP! The Lake Forest Leader is in search of more pets.<br />
To see your pet featured as Pet of the Week, send a photo<br />
and information to alyssa@lakeforestleader.com or 60<br />
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Freelance Reporter<br />
The Lake Forest Preservation<br />
Commission unanimously<br />
approved a request<br />
for a local landmark designation<br />
at the residence at<br />
1579 Conway Road during<br />
its meeting on Wednesday,<br />
Aug. 23.<br />
Scott Verschoor, a resident<br />
of Lake Forest and<br />
the homeowner of the<br />
property, requested the<br />
nomination. The house<br />
was nominated under the<br />
historic name “Balfour<br />
Ames Lanza House,” recognizing<br />
the home’s original<br />
architect and owner.<br />
Work was completed<br />
on the home prior to the<br />
nomination including a garage<br />
addition, an addition<br />
to the side of the home and<br />
modifications to the driveway.<br />
While alterations to a<br />
home generally occur after<br />
an owner’s request to become<br />
a local landmark is<br />
approved, at the time of<br />
renovation, Verschoor had<br />
not thought to nominate<br />
his property.<br />
Despite these changes<br />
the foundation approved<br />
the motion, stating that the<br />
original design and integrity<br />
of the home was not<br />
compromised after modifications.<br />
“I had an opportunity to<br />
get introduced to Lanza’s<br />
second wife and spent the<br />
day with her,” Verschoor<br />
said. “She gave me drawings<br />
of the plans and said,<br />
‘Please make sure, whatever<br />
you do, that you’re<br />
building within the style<br />
and architecture that Mr.<br />
Lanza had originally laid<br />
out.’”<br />
The property at Conway<br />
Road is just one of<br />
20 significant architectural<br />
works within Lake Forest<br />
and Illinois built by Balfour<br />
Ames Lanza.<br />
“When we were going<br />
about bringing changes to<br />
the board for our property,<br />
we had an opportunity<br />
to visit at least 15 [of the<br />
homes],” Verschoor said.<br />
“[We captured] pictures of<br />
them to make sure what we<br />
were doing was consistent<br />
with the rest of the style.”<br />
Kate McManus, the assistant<br />
planner, said the<br />
nomination was thoroughly<br />
researched by Verschoor.<br />
Her staff was in<br />
support of the nomination,<br />
as well as the Preservation<br />
Foundation.<br />
“The additions that were<br />
recently completed were<br />
approved by the Building<br />
Review Board in 2016,”<br />
she said.<br />
As the board began<br />
commenting and asking<br />
questions, it became apparent<br />
many of the members<br />
felt a certain passion<br />
toward this particular case.<br />
Commissioner Carol Gale<br />
mentioned she had passed<br />
by the home earlier to observe<br />
the changes.<br />
“I thought the house appeared<br />
seamless. The addition<br />
and the older material,<br />
I was impressed with that,”<br />
she said. “[The house]<br />
seems like it’s a small<br />
jewel. It’s relatively small<br />
compared to Lake Forest,<br />
and yet very appealing.”<br />
Commissioner Elizabeth<br />
Sperry asked Verschoor<br />
why he sought 1579 Conway<br />
Road as a historic<br />
designation. Among other<br />
reasons, Verschoor said after<br />
learning about Lanza’s<br />
body of work, he felt the<br />
home should display some<br />
form of recognition.<br />
“[Lanza’s wife] has<br />
a room dedicated with<br />
blueprints of every single<br />
house he built in<br />
Lake Forest,” he said.<br />
“There were pictures and<br />
stories behind it. I felt<br />
like it was something I<br />
should do.”<br />
Chairman Bruce Grieve<br />
made it clear that along<br />
with the recognition the<br />
home will gain, there is<br />
responsibility Verschoor<br />
must take on as homeowner.<br />
“There are standards<br />
that have been established<br />
for this, and they are rigorous<br />
standards,” he said.<br />
“While we may not have<br />
articulated our view on<br />
every one of our feelings<br />
about those, these comments<br />
suggest that we<br />
feel very comfortable that<br />
those standards have been<br />
met.”<br />
Verschoor said he fully<br />
understood the standards,<br />
and expects the board to<br />
“hold him to them.”<br />
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THE WINNETKA CURRENT<br />
Winnetka unveils<br />
remodeled Dwyer Park<br />
for patrons young and old<br />
Following months of<br />
local anticipation, families<br />
gathered at the newly<br />
designed Dwyer Park on<br />
Aug. 24, celebrating the<br />
changes that now make<br />
the park a haven for everyone<br />
from tiny tots to<br />
teens and anyone in between.<br />
According to Winnetka<br />
Park District Board<br />
Commissioner Teresa<br />
Claybrook, Dwyer Park<br />
hadn’t received a makeover<br />
since 1999, and the<br />
time had come to bring it<br />
up to code while making<br />
improvements to attract a<br />
variety of parkgoers.<br />
With Dwyer Park located<br />
so close to District<br />
36’s middle school, The<br />
Skokie School, students<br />
often walk right by. Those<br />
behind the park’s renovation<br />
wanted to give middle-schoolers<br />
a reason to<br />
stop instead, making for a<br />
local hangout.<br />
“We gathered at least<br />
25 preteens to come test<br />
equipment and give us<br />
their thoughts and opinions,”<br />
Claybrook explained.<br />
“This information<br />
was invaluable. I’m<br />
proud to say we were able<br />
to accommodate many of<br />
their requests.”<br />
Reporting by Alexa Burnell,<br />
Freelance Reporter. Full<br />
story at WinnetkaCurrent.<br />
com.<br />
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN<br />
Glenview residents<br />
continue two-year fight<br />
for school district change<br />
Homeowners in the<br />
“forgotten corner” of<br />
Glenview have banded together<br />
in hopes of switching<br />
from East Maine<br />
School District 63 and<br />
Maine Township High<br />
School District 207 to<br />
Glenview Public School<br />
District 34 and Northfield<br />
Township High School<br />
District 225.<br />
Please see NFYN, 7
LakeForestLeader.com NEWS<br />
the lake forest leader | August 31, 2017 | 7<br />
Police Reports<br />
More than 5 vehicles in Lake Bluff broken into in one night<br />
More than 5 vehicles<br />
were entered on the night<br />
on Aug. 15 in Lake Bluff.<br />
A officer observed a<br />
Toyota Prius leave the<br />
area of E. Scranton and<br />
Oak avenues at a high rate<br />
of speed at 1:57 a.m. The<br />
officer located the vehicle<br />
at Evanston and Prospect<br />
avenues and the driver had<br />
already fled on foot. It was<br />
later determined the vehicle<br />
was stolen. Officers<br />
from Lake Bluff and Lake<br />
Forest conducted a search<br />
of the area, along with a<br />
K-9 from Bannockburn<br />
Police Department, and<br />
met with negative results.<br />
The vehicle was returned<br />
to the owner.<br />
Burglaries to two motor<br />
vehicles were reported at<br />
3:56 a.m. in the 200 block<br />
of E. Scranton Avenue.<br />
Criminal trespass to a<br />
motor vehicle was reported<br />
at 4:05 a.m. in the 200<br />
block of E. Scranton Avenue.<br />
Criminal trespass to a<br />
motor vehicle was reported<br />
at 4:06 a.m. in the 200 block<br />
of E. Scranton Avenue.<br />
A homeowner reported<br />
an unknown person illegally<br />
entered her vehicle<br />
overnight while it was<br />
parked unlocked in the<br />
driveway at 7:52 a.m. in<br />
the 500 block of E. North<br />
Avenue.<br />
A homeowner reported<br />
an unknown person illegally<br />
entered a vehicle<br />
overnight while it was<br />
parked unlocked in the<br />
driveway at 8:23 a.m. in<br />
the 200 block of E. Washington<br />
Avenue.<br />
Burglary to a motor vehicle<br />
was reported at 9:44<br />
a.m. in the 0-100 block of<br />
E. Woodland Road.<br />
A homeowner reported<br />
an unknown person illegally<br />
entered her vehicle overnight<br />
while it was parked<br />
unlocked in the driveway at<br />
1:08 a.m. in the 500 block<br />
of E. Scranton Avenue.<br />
Delayed burglary to a<br />
motor vehicle was reported<br />
at 8:03 p.m. in the 300<br />
block of E. Washington<br />
Avenue.<br />
In other police news:<br />
Lake Bluff<br />
Aug. 19<br />
• A possible road rage incident<br />
that occurred in the<br />
front parking lot of Lake<br />
Bluff Police Department<br />
was reported at 6:11 a.m.<br />
The complainants passenger<br />
side rear window was<br />
broken out and she fled the<br />
scene trying to get away<br />
from the driver. A officer<br />
made contact with the<br />
victim who did not want a<br />
report.<br />
• Retail theft was reported<br />
at 4:47 p.m. in the 900<br />
block of Rockland Road.<br />
The reported loss is less<br />
than $300.<br />
Aug. 18<br />
• A two vehicle accident<br />
was reported at 4:04 p.m. at<br />
the Public Safety Building.<br />
A man reported he collided<br />
with another vehicle while<br />
pulling onto Route 176 from<br />
Rockland Road. Unit No. 2<br />
did not stop to file a report<br />
and Unit No. 1 did not want<br />
to file a complete report.<br />
• A driver was arrested for<br />
driving with one headlight<br />
out and driving with no<br />
valid driver’s license at<br />
9:25 p.m. on Route 41.<br />
Aug. 17<br />
• A driver was charged<br />
with speeding and driving<br />
with a suspended driver’s<br />
license at 9:51 a.m. in the<br />
area of Route 41 and Gage<br />
Lane.<br />
• A wallet was reported<br />
taken from an unlocked<br />
vehicle at 12:11 p.m. in the<br />
600 block of Evanston Avenue.<br />
The theft occurred<br />
on Aug. 15.<br />
• A report of accidental<br />
damage occurring with<br />
another vehicle was reported<br />
at 1:30 p.m. in the<br />
900 block of Rockland<br />
Road. A officer arrived on<br />
scene and took both parties<br />
information for a miscellaneous<br />
traffic report.<br />
The officer gave both parties<br />
a business card with<br />
the case number written<br />
on the back. Both parties<br />
exchanged insurance information.<br />
No other assistance<br />
was needed and the<br />
officer cleared.<br />
• A driver was arrested for<br />
operating a vehicle with<br />
suspended registration,<br />
driving with a suspended<br />
driver’s license and no insurance<br />
at 7:14 p.m. in the<br />
800 block of Smith Avenue.<br />
• A officer located a vehicle<br />
from a driving complaint<br />
out of Lake Forest<br />
at 11:32 p.m. at Waukegan<br />
Road and Sherwood Road.<br />
The officer conducted a<br />
traffic stop on the vehicle.<br />
The driver was ultimately<br />
arrested for failure to signal<br />
when required, no<br />
valid driver’s license, operating<br />
an uninsured motor<br />
vehicle, illegal transportation<br />
of alcohol, DUI and a<br />
DUI with a BAC of more<br />
than .08.<br />
Aug. 15<br />
• A two vehicle property<br />
damage accident was reported<br />
at 8:03 a.m. in the<br />
area of W. Scranton Avenue<br />
and Green Bay Road.<br />
• Delayed retail theft was<br />
reported at 5:25 p.m. on<br />
Rockland Road. The reported<br />
loss is less than<br />
$300.<br />
Aug. 14<br />
• A two vehicle accident in<br />
a parking lot was reported<br />
at 5:08 p.m. in the 400<br />
block of Skokie Highway.<br />
Aug. 13<br />
• A driver was arrested for<br />
a DUI and was stopped for<br />
speeding at 12:30 a.m. in<br />
the intersection of Route<br />
176 and Green Bay Road.<br />
Aug. 12<br />
• A vehicle was reported<br />
stolen at a dealership at<br />
11:20 a.m. on Skokie<br />
Highway. A officer arrived<br />
on scene and spoke with<br />
the complainant who started<br />
the vehicle has been<br />
missing for approximately<br />
six days. The vehicle is<br />
described as a S550 black<br />
four door Mercedes-Benz.<br />
Aug. 11<br />
• A wallet was reported<br />
lost, missing or stolen<br />
from the Artesian Park<br />
picnic tables at 11:27 a.m.<br />
The complainant stated<br />
she was playing in the<br />
park with friends and laid<br />
the wallet along with assorted<br />
balloons down on<br />
the picnic table. When<br />
the group was done playing<br />
she noticed that her<br />
wallet, along with the balloons,<br />
had been taken. The<br />
incident occurred around<br />
10:20 a.m. The complainant<br />
stated once she called<br />
her parents, they responded<br />
to the Lake Bluff Police<br />
Department to report the<br />
incident.<br />
Aug. 10<br />
• A single vehicle accident<br />
with minor damage to the<br />
windshield by roadway debris<br />
was reported at 12:23<br />
a.m. in the intersection of<br />
Route 41 and EJ&E Bridge.<br />
• A officer discovered a<br />
two vehicle accident with<br />
minor damage and no injuries<br />
at 2:07 p.m. on Route<br />
176. The two parties involved<br />
wanted to handle<br />
the situation on their own.<br />
• A three vehicle property<br />
damage accident was<br />
reported at 3:14 p.m. on<br />
Route 176.<br />
Aug. 9<br />
• A two vehicle private<br />
property accident was reported<br />
at 3:38 p.m. at the<br />
Park District.<br />
• A driver was charged<br />
with speeding and driving<br />
with a suspended driver’s<br />
license at Green Bay Road<br />
and W. Washington Ave.<br />
Aug. 8<br />
• A two vehicle accident<br />
on private property involving<br />
two tractor trailers was<br />
reported at 1:19 p.m. in the<br />
0-100 block of Albrecht<br />
Drive.<br />
Aug. 6<br />
•A driver was charged with<br />
improper lane usage, texting<br />
while driving and DUI<br />
of alcohol with a BAC of<br />
more than .08 at 12:54<br />
a.m. in the intersection of<br />
Route 43 and Foster Ave.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The<br />
Lake Forest Leader’s Police<br />
Reports are compiled from<br />
official reports found on file<br />
at the Lake Forest and Lake<br />
Bluff Police Department<br />
headquarters. Individuals<br />
named in these reports are<br />
considered innocent of all<br />
charged until proven guilty in<br />
the court of law.<br />
NFYN<br />
From Page 6<br />
The initiative, which<br />
began nearly two years<br />
ago in October 2015, argues<br />
that the 62 Glenview<br />
homes assigned to<br />
D63 and D207 would be<br />
better served in the Glenview<br />
school system. The<br />
respective homeowners<br />
filed a joint petition for<br />
detachment from Maine<br />
Township schools and annexation<br />
into Glenview<br />
and Northfield schools,<br />
arguing child safety, social<br />
implications and<br />
quality of education.<br />
The petition was denied<br />
in a unanimous 6-0 vote<br />
on May 31 by the Joint<br />
Boards of School Trustees<br />
of Maine Township<br />
and Northfield Township.<br />
The six township trustees<br />
reviewing the case did not<br />
find just cause; D207 Director<br />
of Communications<br />
David Beery explained<br />
that the board could not<br />
justify a district boundaries<br />
change unless there<br />
was “a significant direct<br />
educational benefit to the<br />
children,” per a recent<br />
change in Section 7-6 of<br />
the school code.<br />
Nonetheless, the coalition<br />
is not backing down<br />
and is working to appeal<br />
the ruling. The case returns<br />
to court on Sept. 20,<br />
where the denial could be<br />
dismissed and the petition<br />
could be reviewed again<br />
at a later date.<br />
Reporting by Lauren Kiggins,<br />
Freelance Reporter. Full story<br />
at GlenviewLantern.com.
8 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader NEWS<br />
LakeForestLeader.com<br />
Dickinson Hall welcomes dog show to end summer<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
Sailor, a 3-year-old<br />
black Standard Poodle,<br />
has been working hard<br />
to break records for his<br />
whole life, with the help of<br />
his owner and dog trainer,<br />
Alex Rothacker. Sailor<br />
and Rothacker put on a<br />
show during Dickinson<br />
Halls Dog Days of Summer<br />
event on Thursday,<br />
Aug. 24.<br />
Since Rothacker was in<br />
high school he has been<br />
working on training dogs<br />
and has now owned three<br />
dogs who hold records in<br />
the “Guinness World Records”<br />
book. Among his<br />
dogs who hold records is<br />
his current dog, sailor, who<br />
holds the record for walking<br />
forwards and backwards<br />
between poles on<br />
his hind legs and walking<br />
backwards and forwards<br />
Sailor demonstrates how he can walk forwards and<br />
backwards on a large ball, which he also hold a record<br />
in the “Guinness World Records” book for.<br />
while standing on top of a<br />
large ball.<br />
Residents who were at<br />
the Dog Days of Summer<br />
event witnessed some of<br />
Sailors tricks, including<br />
his world record tricks.<br />
Sailor and Rothacker<br />
have been working together<br />
for years, and Rothacker<br />
says it can take<br />
years to learn a single<br />
trick. They work together<br />
every day on new tricks,<br />
maintaining his health and<br />
gaining muscle. Each day<br />
Sailor walks and runs on<br />
a treadmill and works on<br />
Sailor impresses his audience by walking forwards and backwards between poles<br />
during the Dog Days of Summer event at Dickinson Hall on Thursday, Aug. 24. PHOTOS<br />
BY ALYSSA GROH/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />
perfecting a new trick. Rothacker<br />
says he never asks<br />
Sailor to perform a trick in<br />
a show until he is 110 percent<br />
at it.<br />
To begin the show Rothacker<br />
showed guests<br />
basic obedience tricks<br />
such as sitting, healing and<br />
playing dead. But it wasn’t<br />
before long the duo raised<br />
the bar and performed<br />
much harder tasks.<br />
Sailor jump roped,<br />
walked on his hind legs<br />
backwards and forwards<br />
around poles, walked<br />
backwards and forwards<br />
on top of a large ball and<br />
jumped over hurdles and<br />
through hula hoops.<br />
Rothacker explained to<br />
the audience Sailor enjoys<br />
performing and practicing<br />
his tricks every day, but it<br />
comes with a lot of praise<br />
and training.<br />
“We put on the show to<br />
gives people something fun<br />
to watch,” Rothacker said.<br />
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the lake forest leader | August 31, 2017 | 9<br />
Lake Forest resident opens art studio in Lake Bluff<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
Julie Whitehead Holdsworth,<br />
a resident of Lake<br />
Forest, says art has always<br />
been a part of her for as<br />
long as she can remember.<br />
The first time she remembers<br />
being fascinated with<br />
art was when she was a<br />
little girl sitting at her<br />
grandma’s house reaching<br />
into a big bag of buttons<br />
and feeling the textiles of<br />
the buttons. Since then<br />
Holdsworth has been using<br />
a variety of textiles to<br />
create artwork.<br />
Holdsworth has been<br />
creating a variety of artistic<br />
pieces ranging from<br />
paintings, pillows, Christmas<br />
ornaments and more<br />
for decades. With a masters<br />
in art from the Art Institute<br />
of Chicago, Holdsworth,<br />
knows a lot about<br />
art and took her talents<br />
to Highwood where she<br />
opened her own studio,<br />
Whitehead Studios, four<br />
years ago.<br />
This year a space came<br />
available in Lake Bluff<br />
and on a mission to do<br />
more each year, Holdsworth<br />
decided to open a<br />
second location.<br />
“I am very fortunate<br />
to have a good following,”<br />
Holdsworth said of<br />
her ability to open two<br />
art studios. “What keeps<br />
my small and little business<br />
alive is being unique<br />
and one of a kind. And I<br />
know that phrase is used<br />
too much but I truly feel<br />
that the public has a good<br />
trained eye and they like<br />
to shop and look around.”<br />
Inside her art studio in<br />
Lake Bluff, which is set to<br />
open 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 16,<br />
Julie Whitehead Holdworth (left to right), her dog<br />
Brulee, and her daughter Kristen Holdsworth, sit inside<br />
Whitehead Studios in Lake Bluff, which is set to open<br />
on Sept. 16. Alyssa Groh/22nd Century Media<br />
guests can find a variety of<br />
art made by Holdsworth,<br />
or art purchased by Holdsworth<br />
and then she adds<br />
a bit of her own flair to it.<br />
She creates artwork using<br />
a variety of colors, fabrics,<br />
textiles and shapes.<br />
“I am always looking<br />
at different materials and<br />
thinking about using them<br />
in different ways,” Holdsworth<br />
said.<br />
Among the many things<br />
in her studio are her famous<br />
Christmas ornaments,<br />
which can be displayed<br />
year round. When<br />
she first began making the<br />
ornaments years ago she<br />
used 3 to 4 inch glass balls<br />
and painted them. Eventually<br />
they grew bigger and<br />
are now up to the size of a<br />
beach ball and the designs<br />
are made out of fabric.<br />
“I was doing some fine<br />
art shows and being a<br />
mom and I had this ‘What<br />
if’ idea,” Holdsworth said.<br />
“What if I found a way to<br />
apply beautiful fabric to a<br />
ball so I figured out a way<br />
to apply fabric onto these<br />
spheres.”<br />
Now she says the ornaments<br />
are typically displayed<br />
as artwork on candlesticks<br />
instead of actual<br />
Christmas ornaments on a<br />
tree.<br />
In her new studio guests<br />
will be able to view both<br />
her fine art line and commercial<br />
line. She will<br />
also be holding galleries<br />
throughout the year.<br />
When people walk into<br />
Whitehead Studios, Holdworth<br />
said she wants them<br />
to feel the “wow” factor<br />
and “feel good to be in<br />
this place.”<br />
Whitehead Studios is set<br />
to open on Sept. 16 and its<br />
hours will be Wednesday<br />
through Saturday from 10<br />
a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
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ABOVE: Charlotte<br />
Marciniak (left to right),<br />
Kendall Kelley and<br />
Lainey Zimmerman sit<br />
inside an ambulance<br />
during Safety Town Jr. on<br />
Aug. 22. PHOTOS BY Alyssa<br />
groh/22nd Century media<br />
Learning about safety<br />
staff report<br />
LEFT: Gus Benes<br />
explored the inside of a<br />
firetruck during Safety<br />
Town Jr. on Aug. 22<br />
at Gorton Community<br />
Center.<br />
Students at Gorton<br />
Community Center’s<br />
Drop-In Learning Center<br />
learned about safety<br />
during a two day Safety<br />
Town Jr. event on Aug.<br />
21 and 22. On the first<br />
day students met with a<br />
police officer to go over<br />
parking lot safety and<br />
then got to see what the<br />
inside of a cop car looks<br />
like. On day two students<br />
learned what to do in case<br />
of a fire and what to do if<br />
they need help and need to<br />
call an ambulance. They<br />
ended the day by going<br />
inside a fire truck and ambulance.<br />
Gigi Froelich (left) and Reagan Klug (center) sit inside a<br />
cop car on Aug. 21. Dale Jessen/22nd Century Media
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A pond on the periphery of the lawn and an example of Cliff Miller’s landscape<br />
architecture. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE ESKER/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />
Late Summer Garden Walk shows<br />
off landscape of historic property<br />
A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PUBLICATION<br />
Katie Copenhaver<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
One of Lake Forest’s<br />
most well-known landscape<br />
architects opened<br />
his own gardens to the<br />
Lake Forest Preservation<br />
Foundation (<strong>LF</strong>PF)<br />
on Friday, Aug. 25. Cliff<br />
Miller and his wife Ann<br />
were the hosts for the<br />
<strong>LF</strong>PF’s second summer<br />
garden stroll, attended by<br />
more than 150 people.<br />
The Millers’ home was<br />
originally the gardener’s<br />
cottage for the estate<br />
of Byron Laflin Smith,<br />
which stretched from<br />
Lake Michigan to Sheridan<br />
Road when it was<br />
built in the 1880s. The<br />
current gardens occupy<br />
just under an acre on their<br />
lot, which was part of the<br />
subdivision of the property<br />
in the 1950s or 1960s.<br />
Miller has designed and<br />
constructed many private<br />
and public gardens in the<br />
north suburbs, including<br />
the formal garden of David<br />
Adler’s Italian villa<br />
on Lake Road, the reforestation<br />
of Lake Forest<br />
College, the restoration at<br />
Forest Park, which overlooks<br />
the Lake Forest<br />
Beach, and the restoration<br />
of Sunrise Park in Lake<br />
Bluff. He is presently a<br />
design director for Mariani<br />
Landscape in Lake<br />
Forest.<br />
Residents from the area<br />
who know of Miller’s<br />
work and reputation were<br />
excited for the chance to<br />
see what he has done with<br />
his own property, where<br />
he and his wife have lived<br />
for 10 years.<br />
“I do large-scale nature<br />
restoration,” Miller said.<br />
“In reality, I’m a gardener.”<br />
He has divided their<br />
backyard into five gardens:<br />
a rose garden, shade<br />
garden, rain garden, wild<br />
garden and the main garden,<br />
inspired by landscape<br />
architect Beatrix Farrand.<br />
“Beatrix taught me that<br />
an area can look a lot bigger<br />
by chopping it up into<br />
many different spaces or<br />
rooms, using hedges to<br />
delineate and define certain<br />
spaces,” Miller explained.<br />
Landscape architect Cliff<br />
Miller, the owner of the<br />
former Smith gardener’s<br />
cottage and the designer<br />
of the current gardens,<br />
describes his creative<br />
process at the Lake<br />
Summer Garden Walk on<br />
Friday, Aug. 25<br />
He had the opportunity<br />
to learn from Farrand’s<br />
work at the Dumbarton<br />
Oaks estate in Washington<br />
D.C., which was built<br />
in 1920 and now operates<br />
as a museum.<br />
Please see GARDEN, 13
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Library opens first escape room<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
There was a mystery to<br />
be solved at Lake Bluff<br />
Public Library and the library<br />
needed the communities<br />
help to solve it. The<br />
library opened its doors<br />
to its first escape room on<br />
Aug. 18 and 19 welcoming<br />
brave guests who tried to<br />
solve the mystery.<br />
With the ever growing<br />
popularity of escape rooms<br />
the library thought it would<br />
try making its own escape<br />
room, according to Liliana<br />
LaValle, the head of circulation<br />
and reference at the<br />
library.<br />
The mystery to be<br />
solved was someone stole<br />
a rare book from the library<br />
and community<br />
These escape room attendees were able to beat the<br />
clock and solve the mystery at Lake Bluff Public<br />
Library’s first Escape Room on Aug. 19. PHOTO<br />
SUBMITTED<br />
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and solve clues to solve<br />
the mystery.<br />
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GARDEN<br />
From Page 12<br />
Miller’s main garden is<br />
an open grassy area bordered<br />
by a pond with fountain,<br />
numerous trees and<br />
hedges and pathways leading<br />
to the other gardens.<br />
“The wild garden is<br />
called ‘My Ode to Jensen<br />
and Johnson’ because of<br />
their impact on my career<br />
and on the North Shore,”<br />
Miller said, referring to<br />
the Chicago-based landscape<br />
architects Jens Jensen<br />
and Marshall Johnson,<br />
whose work was known<br />
for its prairie-style design.<br />
The focal point of the<br />
wild gardens are cypress<br />
knees, which are taken<br />
from the roots of cypress<br />
trees that grow in swamps<br />
in southern regions. Miller<br />
has placed them like<br />
wood sculptures in the<br />
center, with paths and live<br />
trees encircling them.<br />
The rose garden, with<br />
its geometric design of<br />
hedges, was created for<br />
Miller’s wife while the<br />
shade garden features a<br />
bird bath built on a stonework<br />
design known as<br />
a compass rose, which<br />
comes from English garden<br />
design, Miller said.<br />
The rain garden uses civil<br />
engineering techniques to<br />
slow, filter and store storm<br />
water beneath numerous<br />
container plants.<br />
The Millers’ gardens<br />
are not only beautiful, but<br />
they are also a tribute to<br />
the previous gardens on the<br />
property. The Smith family<br />
employed O.C. Simonds, a<br />
preeminent landscape designer<br />
of the 1900s, to create<br />
a number of gardens, including<br />
an English walled<br />
garden for Mrs. Smith, who<br />
was of Scottish descent,<br />
said Art Miller, an historian<br />
with the <strong>LF</strong>PF.<br />
Like Cliff Miller, Simonds<br />
believed that the<br />
best design is inspired by<br />
the natural landforms on a<br />
site and then executed using<br />
indigenous plants.<br />
The garden stroll was<br />
managed by Lake Forest<br />
Preservation Foundation<br />
Executive Director Marcy<br />
Kerr, who explained, “It’s<br />
a more casual way for us<br />
to get together with fellow<br />
preservationists and<br />
educate them.”<br />
Jim Opsitnik, who has<br />
been the <strong>LF</strong>PF president<br />
since May, was also in<br />
attendance at the garden<br />
stroll. He has worked as<br />
a restoration contractor in<br />
Lake Forest, and is proud<br />
of the foundation’s largest<br />
current project of renovating<br />
the city’s Metra station.<br />
He said the exterior<br />
of the station is complete<br />
while the interior work<br />
continues.<br />
“The thing that makes<br />
Lake Forest so special is<br />
the people. They really care<br />
about preserving the visual<br />
integrity of this city.”<br />
Next up for the Lake<br />
Forest Preservation Foundation<br />
is the Annual Benefit<br />
Architectural House<br />
and Garden Tour on Sept.<br />
30. For more information<br />
and to purchase tickets, go<br />
to www.lfpf.org.<br />
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Woodlands Academy blesses freshmen, celebrates seniors on first day<br />
Submitted by Woodlands<br />
Academy<br />
The start of the 2017-18<br />
school year at Woodlands<br />
Academy of the Sacred<br />
Heart Aug. 23, combined<br />
a traditional candlelight<br />
service blessing its newest<br />
students with the fun<br />
of “Seniors Rule Day” celebrations<br />
both inside and<br />
outside the Lake Forest<br />
school.<br />
Head of School Meg<br />
Steele officially welcomed<br />
freshmen – members of<br />
the Class of 2021 – to their<br />
new home at Woodlands.<br />
“You are becoming part<br />
of a school that was founded<br />
near downtown Chicago<br />
on Taylor Street in 1858<br />
and then moved to Lake<br />
Forest in 1904. In addition,<br />
you are joining a tradition<br />
of Sacred Heart education<br />
that traces its roots back to<br />
France in 1800,” she said.<br />
“We have 24 Sacred Heart<br />
schools in the United States<br />
and Canada and more than<br />
150 schools around the<br />
world. As a member of this<br />
Sacred Heart community,<br />
you are personally welcome<br />
to visit in every one<br />
of these schools. On behalf<br />
of the thousands of members<br />
of the International<br />
Sacred Heart Community, I<br />
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DATE:<br />
Saturday, October 14<br />
TIME:<br />
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PLACE:<br />
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Space is limited — DEADLINE: Sept. 27<br />
For More Information<br />
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Deer Path Middle School garden receives awards<br />
Submitted by Deer Path<br />
Middle School<br />
Deer Path Middle School<br />
students who took care of<br />
the schools’ garden over<br />
the summer participated in<br />
the Gardeners of the North<br />
Shore Annual Flower and<br />
Garden Show at the Chicago<br />
Botanic Garden on<br />
Aug. 5. The week before<br />
the show, students chose<br />
the flowers and vegetables<br />
they wanted to enter and<br />
did some research on how<br />
to best present their entries.<br />
Teachers transported the<br />
entries early that morning<br />
for the 10:15 a.m. judging.<br />
Gerry Palmer, President<br />
of the Gardeners of<br />
the North Shore, emailed<br />
to inform Deer Path that<br />
the entries had won nine<br />
blue ribbons, six second<br />
place ribbons, Junior Best<br />
in Show for a watermelon<br />
entry and the John Dusold<br />
Trophy for the Best Children’s<br />
Entry.<br />
The mood was festive as members of the senior class celebrated their newfound<br />
status on the first day of classes, Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Woodlands Academy of the<br />
Sacred Heart. Photo Submitted<br />
am deeply honored to welcome<br />
you to Woodlands<br />
Academy.”<br />
During the service in<br />
the Chapel of the Sacred<br />
Heart each freshman – and<br />
transfer student – was given<br />
a candle, which she lit<br />
from a candle burning on<br />
the altar. This year’s new<br />
students then positioned<br />
themselves behind the altar<br />
prior to exiting the chapel<br />
in pairs as “This Little<br />
Light of Mine” was sung.<br />
Woodlands Academy is a<br />
Catholic day-and-boarding<br />
college-preparatory high<br />
school for young women<br />
in grades nine through 12<br />
that promotes academic,<br />
artistic and athletic excellence<br />
along with global<br />
awareness, social responsibility<br />
and strong faith.<br />
Deer Path Middle<br />
School’s name will be engraved<br />
on the trophy and<br />
the school will get to keep<br />
it until next year’s show.<br />
A committed group of<br />
about seven middle school<br />
and National Honor Society<br />
Lake Forest High<br />
School volunteers tended<br />
the garden every Tuesday<br />
morning during the summer.<br />
The students enjoyed<br />
seeing what had bloomed<br />
or ripened each week.<br />
Students took home kale,<br />
cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes,<br />
chives, basil and<br />
several pieces of watermelon.<br />
In the coming weeks,<br />
they are looking forward<br />
to harvesting cantaloupe,<br />
decorative pumpkin gourds<br />
and more tomatoes and cucumbers.<br />
A Garden Club is<br />
planned for the upcoming<br />
school year to continue the<br />
success, and to possibly expand<br />
the garden.<br />
In 2018 it will join with<br />
network schools across<br />
the continent to celebrate<br />
the 200th anniversary of<br />
Sacred Heart education in<br />
North America.<br />
This watermelon won first place at the annual Flower<br />
and Garden Show on Aug. 5. Photo submitted
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From the Editor<br />
Another summer has come to an end<br />
Alyssa Groh<br />
alyssa@lakeforestleader.com<br />
Anyone else feel<br />
like this summer<br />
flew by? It is hard<br />
to believe almost all of the<br />
schools are back in session<br />
already.<br />
I spent this past week<br />
heading to a few schools<br />
to cover events and meet<br />
with new staff members.<br />
One of the highlights<br />
was being able to see<br />
the new Haskins 2.0 at<br />
Deer Path Middle School,<br />
which can be seen on<br />
Page 4. I was in pure awe<br />
of the amazing new space.<br />
I also really enjoyed<br />
having the opportunity to<br />
watch the kids rush in to<br />
see the newly renovated<br />
space. The students were<br />
so excited about it and<br />
could not wait to touch<br />
everything and check it<br />
all out.<br />
But with the new year<br />
comes some changes in<br />
routines and we need<br />
to stick together to help<br />
make the transition back<br />
to school go smoothly.<br />
While students are getting<br />
back into the swing<br />
of the school year, it is<br />
important for parents to<br />
prepare for the new year<br />
as well.<br />
When you are driving to<br />
work, please pay attention<br />
to school zone speed<br />
limits and put your phones<br />
down. Every single day, I<br />
see cars driving above the<br />
speed limit while passing<br />
schools. These speed<br />
zones are in place for a<br />
reason. It is important to<br />
obey them to keep the<br />
children safe. As we all<br />
know, children can sometimes<br />
be unpredictable,<br />
so you never know when<br />
they are going to run out<br />
into the street, which is<br />
why it is important to<br />
slow down and pay attention<br />
around schools.<br />
As kids get older and<br />
become more independent<br />
,is it also important to<br />
continue talking to your<br />
kids. Ask them about their<br />
days and find out what is<br />
going on at school.<br />
I remember when I was<br />
a kid I loved when my parents<br />
asked me how my day<br />
was and what I was learning<br />
in class. Some days I<br />
had more to say than others<br />
but my parents always<br />
made sure to ask how<br />
school was going, which<br />
made me feel important.<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
Controversy on shortterm<br />
Airbnb in Lake Bluff<br />
The controversial shortterm<br />
Airbnb type rentals<br />
continue to be the buzz in<br />
Lake Bluff as it is in cities<br />
across the nation, because<br />
it is disruptive. The particular<br />
conflict that plagues<br />
Lake Bluff is the intrusion<br />
of obvious commercial<br />
activity in what is otherwise<br />
a totally residential<br />
environment, the Village<br />
areas so designated.<br />
There is enough passion<br />
to go around, but not<br />
enough reality. For the past<br />
many decades the residential<br />
parts of the Village<br />
have been designated residential.<br />
Proponents of the<br />
Airbnb are quick to point<br />
out, history of the late 19<br />
century shows Lake Bluff<br />
as a tourist destination,<br />
and while interesting, is a<br />
completely irrelevant fact<br />
in today’s discussion and<br />
zoning considerations.<br />
Those against the Airbnb<br />
concept invading our<br />
Lake Forest Fire Department posted this<br />
photo on Aug. 21. Lake Fire Department<br />
posted this photo to welcome Firefighter<br />
Chrissy Stelter to the department.<br />
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Check out Laura Jackson “Our new<br />
fourth grade Cherokee Cheetahs! What<br />
a beautiful group! #cherokeeinspires<br />
#bestyearever #findingjoy67” @<br />
LJacksonClass.<br />
On Aug. 24, Laura Jackson, tweeted about<br />
her new fourth grade class at Cherokee<br />
Elementary School.<br />
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2.0<br />
Deer<br />
An intriguing number from this week’s edition<br />
Path Middle School<br />
opened Hasinks 2.0, a re<br />
imagined learning space<br />
for students, Page 4<br />
village have raised many<br />
legitimate concerns, not<br />
the least of which is the<br />
slippery slope that ultimately<br />
emasculates the<br />
legal and moral authority<br />
of the rule of law. If an<br />
Airbnb is ok, what else<br />
then becomes ok?<br />
Perhaps in an abundance<br />
of passion the antishort<br />
term rental group<br />
has put forward a rational<br />
series of concerns and<br />
risks associated with the<br />
Airbnb concept, among<br />
them; erosion of property<br />
values and marketability,<br />
safety, limited enforcement<br />
resources of existing<br />
laws, loss of sense of<br />
community.<br />
The pro short term rental<br />
crowd, largely anonymous<br />
or silent, except for<br />
Village Trustee or PCZB<br />
meetings, have yet to<br />
bring forward compelling<br />
reasons for, or desirability<br />
of Airbnb’s. Aside from<br />
claims of hardship and<br />
victimization from high<br />
taxes and personal tragedies<br />
which to be sure require<br />
sympathy and compassion,<br />
have no place in<br />
the conversation. Playing<br />
the “free to do what I want<br />
in my own home” card is<br />
not exactly a winner because<br />
we can all think<br />
of what you are not free<br />
to do in your own home,<br />
be illegal, immoral, and<br />
impactful to your neighbors.<br />
Free speech does not<br />
include shouting fire in a<br />
crowded theatre.<br />
I believe most of us<br />
love Lake Bluff as it is<br />
without Airbnb’s and no<br />
reasonable case has been<br />
advanced to suggest otherwise.<br />
If we need to<br />
change some rules and<br />
laws to ensure we do not<br />
have this matter to contend<br />
with, then do so unambiguously;<br />
no rental<br />
less than 90 days and no<br />
special use permits.<br />
So in the end we must<br />
ask, what is the benefit?<br />
We have yet to hear<br />
that answer.<br />
Al Boese, a resident of<br />
Lake Bluff<br />
The Lake Forest<br />
Leader<br />
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Community raises money to help 10-year-old<br />
boy fight rare form of brain cancer, Page 19<br />
Better with age<br />
Frank and Betsie’s celebrates<br />
20th anniversary in Glencoe, Page 21<br />
From the top: Landon<br />
Dragicevich, 10, sits<br />
on a motorcycle at a<br />
fundraising event on<br />
Aug. 24 at Lake Forest<br />
Sportscars to help<br />
raise money for his<br />
treatments to fight a rare<br />
form of brain cancer.<br />
Melinda Dragicevich<br />
(left), embraces her son<br />
Landon. Becky Marsh,<br />
Landon’s step-mom (left<br />
to right), step-brother<br />
Chase, Landon, and his<br />
dad Travis Dragicevich<br />
pose for a photo at<br />
the Love For Landon<br />
fundraising event.<br />
PHOTOS BY CLAIRE<br />
ESKER/22nd Century Media
18 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader PUZZLES<br />
LakeForestLeader.com<br />
north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />
THE NORTH SHORE: Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />
Across<br />
1. Wails<br />
5. Estimator’s phrase<br />
9. Boys lacrosse goalkeeer<br />
for Glenview<br />
South, Cameron ____<br />
14. Halo, e.g.<br />
15. No-no in some<br />
apartments<br />
16. Stage direction<br />
17. Pack away<br />
18. Gray’s subj.<br />
19. Reagan’s first<br />
Treasury secretary<br />
20. Military rank, abbr.<br />
21. Often misused<br />
word in grammar<br />
23. Cry of excitement<br />
25. T.S Eliot or Robert<br />
Frost<br />
26. Codgers’ replies<br />
29. Delete<br />
32. Small bird<br />
34. Gwyneth Paltrow<br />
film which had scenes<br />
from Glencoe<br />
39. “Yipes!”<br />
40. It can be gray<br />
41. Troy lady<br />
43. “Shave ___ haircut”<br />
44. New York’s Carnegie<br />
___<br />
45. Conclude<br />
47. “The Lord of the<br />
Rings” creature<br />
50. Home to many<br />
John Constable works,<br />
with “the”<br />
51. Twisty curve<br />
52. Goodbye from a<br />
Brit.<br />
55. Cut down, as in a<br />
budget<br />
58. Meets<br />
61. Court do-over<br />
63. Remove a latch<br />
66. Middle Eastern<br />
chief<br />
67. Give up<br />
68. Rimes of country<br />
music<br />
69. Actress Russo<br />
70. City west of Tulsa<br />
71. Cheesy sandwiches<br />
72. Badlands Natl.<br />
Park locale<br />
73. Chest muscles,<br />
briefly<br />
Down<br />
1. Audacity<br />
2. Expenditure<br />
3. Gravy ingredient<br />
4. Proverb<br />
5. Sunfish<br />
6. City near Sparks<br />
7. Philatelic prize<br />
8. Bony prefix<br />
9. __ dream: optimist’s<br />
philosophy<br />
10. Manual reader, say<br />
11. Worthless amount<br />
12. Med. regulators<br />
13. It’s tender to the<br />
Japanese<br />
21. “Slow down!”<br />
22. Scrutinize<br />
24. Kind of soup<br />
26. Cultural, in combinations<br />
27. Gandhi, e.g.<br />
28. Type of weasel<br />
30. “Gross!”<br />
31. Stage<br />
33. Complainer<br />
34. Mooch<br />
35. Round, sweet<br />
sandwiches<br />
36. Carter and Gwyn<br />
37. Córdoba cry<br />
38. Like some drinks<br />
42. Government security<br />
agency, abbr.<br />
46. “Laura” director<br />
Preminger<br />
48. 180s<br />
49. Word before and<br />
after “oh”<br />
53. Rulers<br />
54. Intended<br />
56. Soap opera actress<br />
Kristen<br />
57. “M*A*S*H” extra<br />
58. Go wild and crazy<br />
59. American artist,<br />
___ Kuriloff<br />
60. Taxing trip<br />
62. “Bill & ___ Excellent<br />
Adventure” (1989<br />
comedy)<br />
63. German city on<br />
the Danube<br />
64. Once called, in<br />
wedding notices<br />
65. Account amt.<br />
67. Mushroom<br />
LAKE BLUFF<br />
Lake Bluff Brewing<br />
Company<br />
(16 E. Scranton Ave.<br />
(224) 544-5179)<br />
■2 ■ p.m. Saturday,<br />
Sept. 23: Oktoberfest<br />
Lake Bluff<br />
LAKE FOREST<br />
Market Square<br />
(724 N. Western Ave.<br />
(847) 234-6700)<br />
■6:30-8:30 ■ p.m.<br />
Thursday, Aug. 31:<br />
Concerts in the<br />
Square<br />
GLENVIEW<br />
Johnny’s Kitchen<br />
(1740 Milwaukee Ave.<br />
(847) 699-9999)<br />
■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday<br />
and Saturday: Live<br />
Music<br />
WINNETKA<br />
Good Grapes<br />
(821 Chestnut Court,<br />
(847) 242-9800)<br />
■Every ■ Saturday: 50<br />
percent off a glass<br />
of wine with glass of<br />
wine at regular price<br />
and same day Writers<br />
Theatre Saturday<br />
matinee tickets.<br />
NORTHBROOK<br />
Pinstripes<br />
(1150 Willow Road,<br />
(847) 480-2323)<br />
■From ■ open until close<br />
all week: bowling<br />
and bocce<br />
GLENCOE<br />
Writers Theatre<br />
(325 Tudor Court, (847)<br />
242-6000)<br />
■Through ■ Sept. 17:<br />
‘Trevor’<br />
WILMETTE<br />
The Rock House<br />
(1150 Central Ave.<br />
(847) 256-7625)<br />
■6:30 ■ p.m. Friday,<br />
Sept. 1: Family Night<br />
+ Karaoke<br />
Wilmette Theatre<br />
(1122 Central Ave.<br />
(847) 251-7424)<br />
■7 ■ p.m. Thursday,<br />
Sept. 7: Scole — The<br />
Afterlife Experiment<br />
To place an event in The<br />
Scene, email chris@GlenviewLantern.com<br />
answers<br />
How to play Sudoku<br />
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of<br />
3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column<br />
and box must contain each of the numbers<br />
1 to 9.<br />
LEVEL: Medium<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
LakeForestLeader.com LIFE & ARTS<br />
the lake forest leader | August 31, 2017 | 19<br />
Bringing in the forces to beat cancer<br />
Community raises<br />
money to support<br />
10-year-old boy<br />
with cancer<br />
Daniel I. Dorfman<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
As Highland Park police<br />
officer Travis Dragicevich<br />
sized up the crowd that<br />
came to support his son,<br />
who has a rare form of<br />
brain cancer, at Lake Forest<br />
Sportscars Thursday,<br />
Aug. 24, he found himself<br />
practically speechless.<br />
“You know you have<br />
a lot of extended family,<br />
but it is amazing to see<br />
this many people that I<br />
don’t frankly know,” Travis<br />
Dragicevich said. “It’s<br />
extremely overwhelming.”<br />
What drew an estimated<br />
1,100 people to Lake Forest<br />
Sportscars was a fundraiser<br />
to support Glenview<br />
Public Safety Dispatcher,<br />
Melinda Dragicevich, and<br />
Travis’ son, Landon, a<br />
10-year-old who was diagnosed<br />
with anaplastic<br />
astrocytoma in late June.<br />
Anaplastic astrocytoma is<br />
a rare type of brain cancer<br />
and not only is the family<br />
facing the difficult medical<br />
situation, but also the<br />
medical costs that come<br />
with treatment.<br />
With Landon’s dad being<br />
a Highland Park police officer,<br />
his mother a Glenview<br />
public safety dispatcher<br />
and his step-grandfather<br />
a Lake Bluff fire deputy<br />
chief, law enforcement<br />
personnel from all over the<br />
area joined forces to support<br />
the family.<br />
“Public safety is a unique<br />
situation where you are<br />
working with these people<br />
at all times, and sometimes<br />
you spend more waking<br />
hours with them [than your<br />
family], so they become<br />
your family,” said Kasey<br />
Dunn Morgan, the chairwoman<br />
of the Lake Forest<br />
Police Foundation and one<br />
of the event’s organizers.<br />
“We all decided to get together<br />
to raise funds to alleviate<br />
some medical costs<br />
and help them create some<br />
incredible memories.”<br />
What had been originally<br />
envisioned as a pancake<br />
breakfast drew so much<br />
interest that a larger event<br />
was planned. With social<br />
media serving as the catalyst,<br />
Morgan said in just<br />
three weeks, 1,300 tickets<br />
sold which would help<br />
meet the $150,000 target.<br />
“[The fundraiser] was so<br />
overwhelming,” Melinda<br />
Dragicevich said. “It was<br />
humbling to see so many<br />
people come together to<br />
support Landon and our<br />
family. People we didn’t<br />
even know were showing<br />
up. This event was planned<br />
in such a short amount of<br />
time, yet it exceeded all of<br />
my expectations. Overall,<br />
I am just so thankful and<br />
grateful for everything.”<br />
During the event, Fool<br />
House, a Chicago-based<br />
band, played live music<br />
while attendees ate food<br />
and participated in a raffle<br />
where 143 items were given<br />
away. The highest valued<br />
prizes were awarded<br />
at the end of the evening<br />
in the form of a series of<br />
high-priced firearms then<br />
followed by a Harley Davidson<br />
motorcycle.<br />
Amid the celebratory atmosphere,<br />
there were many<br />
thoughts about Landon,<br />
who made an appearance<br />
and then received a special<br />
send-off, where law enforcement<br />
dotted a portion<br />
of Waukegan Road as he<br />
Landon Dragicevich, 10, arrives at the fundraiser at<br />
Lake Forest Sportscars on Thursday, Aug. 24, helmet<br />
in hand and ready to examine a Harley Davidson up for<br />
auction. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE ESKER/22nd Century Media<br />
made his way back to his<br />
father’s home in Lake Bluff.<br />
“I’m just happy that everyone<br />
can come and my<br />
family is going to be there<br />
and hopefully some of my<br />
friends can come,” Landon<br />
said before the event.<br />
His mother said Landon<br />
is thankful to have support<br />
from the community.<br />
“Landon is happy and<br />
excited to do things and<br />
see everyone,” she said.<br />
“He is overwhelmed with<br />
the outpouring of love and<br />
support and he is thankful<br />
for everyone.”<br />
The benefit capped what<br />
has been a difficult few<br />
months for Landon, who<br />
seemingly was living the<br />
normal life of a child until<br />
March, when he started<br />
The Guitarist of Fool House plays music to entertain<br />
the crowd of more than 1,000 people to raise money for<br />
10-year-old boy fighting rare form of brain cancer.<br />
experiencing seizures out<br />
of nowhere.<br />
His family reported he<br />
was treated for the seizures,<br />
and for nearly three<br />
months, there were no<br />
subsequent problems until<br />
the morning of Memorial<br />
Day, when his stepmother,<br />
Becky Marsh, found him<br />
in his room unable to talk.<br />
After being admitted to<br />
a local hospital, Landon<br />
came home only to be<br />
struck by a third set of<br />
seizures in June. He was<br />
airlifted to the Cleveland<br />
Clinic in Cleveland, which<br />
known for its pediatric<br />
neurology department. In<br />
late June at the Cleveland<br />
Clinic, Landon and his<br />
family received the diagnosis<br />
of anaplastic astrocytoma,<br />
which is described<br />
as a grade III tumor according<br />
to the American<br />
Brain Tumor Association.<br />
Marsh said the tumor<br />
has spread to the entire left<br />
side of his brain, rendering<br />
surgery impossible.<br />
To fight the tumors,<br />
Landon is taking oral chemotherapy<br />
by taking five<br />
pills every day and radiation<br />
sessions took place<br />
over the summer. He returned<br />
to school and is on a<br />
two week break from oral<br />
chemotherapy.<br />
The family senses a positive<br />
attitude from Landon,<br />
despite the overwhelming<br />
situation.<br />
“He is handling everything<br />
very well,” Travis<br />
Dragicevich said.<br />
He acknowledged some<br />
tough days these past few<br />
weeks, but is not downtrodden.<br />
“Everybody is very hopeful,<br />
but with the rarity of<br />
the type of brain cancer, the<br />
prognosis is not great, but<br />
with the way he has been<br />
responding the doctors are<br />
very hopeful,” he said.<br />
While the circumstances<br />
that brought everyone to<br />
the event were difficult,<br />
there was a sense of determination<br />
among many<br />
at the benefit to support<br />
Landon and their fellow<br />
public safety colleagues.<br />
“It is an amazing cause<br />
to support a young boy<br />
who has struggled quite a<br />
bit,” said Aaron Towle, a<br />
Lake Bluff Village Board<br />
trustee, who is also a volunteer<br />
member of the community’s<br />
fire department.<br />
“It is a very eclectic group<br />
of people. Of course, a<br />
cause like this generates so<br />
much support and I am so<br />
glad to see it.”<br />
During a difficult time,<br />
the Dragicevich family<br />
was thankful for the support<br />
of the community.<br />
“If this did not restore<br />
your faith in humanity, I<br />
am not sure what will,”<br />
Melinda Dragicevich said.
20 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader FAITH<br />
LakeForestLeader.com<br />
Faith Briefs<br />
Christian Science Society (Gorton Center, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road, Lake Forest)<br />
Testimony Meeting<br />
Come to Gorton Center the<br />
first Wednesday of each month<br />
at 7:30 p.m. There will be prayer,<br />
hymns, and readings from the<br />
Bible, with related passages<br />
from the “Christian Science”<br />
textbook, “Science and Health<br />
with Key to the Scriptures” by<br />
Mary Baker Eddy. Then participants<br />
share their own healings<br />
and inspiration. For more information,<br />
call (847) 234-0820<br />
or email cssocietylakeforest@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
The Church of the Holy Spirit (400 E.<br />
Westminster Road, Lake Forest)<br />
Camp Out-Getting S’more Out<br />
Of Jesus<br />
Held Sundays 10-11 a.m.<br />
through Sept. 10 for children<br />
ages 3 through third grade. This<br />
is a VBS-style Children’s Chapel<br />
program are going where attendees<br />
will pitch a tent and discover<br />
that Jesus is the light of the world<br />
though this outdoor-themed<br />
camping adventure. For more information,<br />
please contact Debbie<br />
Stockert at dstockert@chslf.org<br />
C.H.I.C.K.s<br />
The church will host “Craft<br />
Hour in the Church Kitchen,”<br />
also known as C.H.I.C.K.s, on<br />
the third Wednesday of every<br />
month. The even is held from<br />
7-9 p.m. and includes crafts, fellowship<br />
and refreshments. For<br />
more information, contact nancyconover@mac.com<br />
or dstockert@chslf.org.<br />
Welcome Cafe<br />
On Sundays between the 9 and<br />
11 a.m. service, you are invited<br />
to the “Welcome Café” in the<br />
Parish Hall. All are welcome:<br />
newcomers and long-timers,<br />
young and the young at heart,<br />
rich, poor and in-between. The<br />
Welcome Café is a safe space<br />
to connect with old friends and<br />
make new ones, and where we<br />
can share our stories.<br />
Grace United Methodist Church (244 East Center<br />
Ave., Lake Bluff)<br />
Boy Scouts<br />
Boy Scout Troop 42 will meet<br />
in Fellowship Hall from 7-9 p.m.<br />
Monday nights.<br />
Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois Road, Lake<br />
Forest)<br />
Eucharistic Adoration<br />
Each Wednesday, the Church<br />
of St. Mary offers Eucharistic<br />
Adoration following the 8 a.m.<br />
Mass. A rosary will be prayed<br />
each week at 6:40 p.m. with<br />
Benediction following at 7<br />
p.m.<br />
Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. Prospect<br />
Ave., Lake Bluff)<br />
Kickoff Sunday<br />
UCLB will host its Kickoff<br />
Sunday picnic in the side yard<br />
after church on Sunday, Sept, 10.<br />
There will be food and fun, music<br />
and dancing as it celebrates<br />
the groundbreaking of the new<br />
manse.<br />
Live Wires<br />
Live Wires is the Union<br />
Church youth group for fourththrough<br />
sixth-graders. The group<br />
meets on Wednesdays in Fellowship<br />
Hall at the church from 4 to<br />
5 p.m. for lively discussion and<br />
fun activities.<br />
Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N. Waukegan<br />
Road)<br />
The Bridge Young Adults Group<br />
Every Wednesday from 7-9<br />
p.m. If you think you’re a young<br />
adult, you are welcome to join.<br />
Contact TheBridgeCC<strong>LF</strong>@<br />
gmail.com for more information.<br />
Bible Blast<br />
Sunday evenings, 5-6 p.m. Bible<br />
Blast is a family program for<br />
children 4 years old through fifth<br />
grade. Guide your child’s spiritual<br />
growth and biblical literacy<br />
to a new level through Bible<br />
Blast. There is a one-time registration<br />
fee of $45. Free childcare<br />
is provided for 3 years old and<br />
younger.<br />
Submit information for<br />
The Leader’s Faith page to<br />
e.redmond@22ndcentury<br />
media.com. The deadline is noon<br />
on Thursday. Questions? Call (847)<br />
272-4565 ext. 35.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Albert Pawlick<br />
Albert Pawlick,<br />
93, of Lake Bluff,<br />
died on Aug. 16. He<br />
was born to Otto Albert Pawlick<br />
and Marie Edna Mauss on<br />
August 31, 1923 in New York<br />
City. He and his younger brother,<br />
Edward, were raised in a loving<br />
family in South Orange, NJ.<br />
He joined the Boy Scouts in his<br />
early years and earned the rank of<br />
Eagle Scout. He entered Williams<br />
College in the fall of 1941 after<br />
graduating from Columbia High<br />
School in Maplewood, NJ. When<br />
Pearl Harbor was attacked three<br />
months later, he joined the V-12<br />
Naval Reserve Training Program<br />
at Williams and was later admitted<br />
to the Midshipman’s School<br />
at Columbia University. Upon<br />
his commission as an Ensign in<br />
1945, he was assigned to an amphibious<br />
assault ship, USS LSM-<br />
129, in the South Pacific. He was<br />
awarded two battle stars for amphibious<br />
landings in the Philippines<br />
and New Guinea. Upon his<br />
discharge in 1946 as Lieutenant<br />
(jg), he returned to Williams and<br />
graduated with a Bachelors of<br />
Arts in economics. Pawlick spent<br />
the next seven years at J. Walter<br />
Thompson, an advertising firm in<br />
New York City. He met Margaret<br />
“Peggy” Bingham Lockwood in<br />
1953 while playing baseball on a<br />
beach on Long Island. After their<br />
wedding in Indianapolis, the couple<br />
moved to Cambridge, Mass.,<br />
where Al attended the Harvard<br />
Business School. He graduated<br />
in 1955, and with two young<br />
children, Peggy and Al moved<br />
to Lake Forest and later Lake<br />
Bluff, IL, where they had a third<br />
child. Al worked as a marketing<br />
executive for many years at<br />
the Gillette Company, including<br />
VP of Marketing for Gillette of<br />
Canada. He later worked in similar<br />
capacities for Helene Curtis,<br />
the John O. Butler Company and<br />
others. He retired as President of<br />
the Lawyer’s Weekly Publication,<br />
a chain of newspapers for<br />
the legal profession, which he<br />
expanded into six states. Al was<br />
active at the Winter Club and<br />
the Republican Committee and<br />
was an avid player of golf, tennis,<br />
paddle tennis and squash in<br />
Lake Forest and Leland, Mich.,<br />
where he and Peggy maintained<br />
a summer home for many years.<br />
Al was predeceased in 1995 by<br />
his first wife of 41 years, and he<br />
later married Marian (Phelps)<br />
Douglass Tyler. Together, they<br />
traveled extensively, occasionally<br />
with their combined family<br />
of more than 40 people. He<br />
is survived by his second wife,<br />
three children, Lock (Ann), Rob<br />
(Katherine) and Peter (Mary),<br />
and six grandchildren, along with<br />
five step-children, Louise, Scott<br />
(Susan), Tim (Joanne), Rob (Sue)<br />
and Kathy, 11 step grand-children<br />
and four step great grand-children.<br />
A service was held Aug. 25<br />
at the Church of the Holy Spirit<br />
in Lake Forest. Contributions in<br />
lieu of flowers may be made to<br />
the Leelanau Conservancy or<br />
Fishtown Preservation, both in<br />
Leland, Mich.<br />
Theodore Andrew<br />
Theodore Andrew,<br />
78, of Lake Forest,<br />
died Aug. 15 with his<br />
wife, Kay, of 55 years, and his<br />
daughers Kristin Jaman and Kimberly<br />
Healy (Greg) at his side. He<br />
is also survived by his grandchildren<br />
Erik Jaman, Maya Healy<br />
and Ryan Healy as well as his<br />
sisters Pam Wheeler (Rick) and<br />
Paula Ellwein (Jack) and many<br />
friends. He was born January<br />
28, 1939 to Ruth and Theodore<br />
Ellwein in Mitchell, SD. Andy<br />
graduated from Carleton College<br />
and attended Harvard Business<br />
School. He served as an officer<br />
in the US Navy during the Cuban<br />
Missile Crisis and spent his professional<br />
career at Inland Steel.<br />
Services will be private. In lieu<br />
of flowers, donations to the On-<br />
Belay.org charity are appreciated.<br />
Barbara Nelson Mortimer<br />
Barbara Nelson Mortimer,<br />
66, of Lake Bluff, died Aug. 7<br />
at JourneyCare Hospice Center<br />
in Glenview. She was born in<br />
Concord, NH on June 29, 1951<br />
to Arthur and Edythe (Fredeen)<br />
Nelson. After graduating from<br />
Glenbrook South High School<br />
in 1969, she attended Arizona<br />
State University and received<br />
her Bachelor of Education in<br />
1973. In 1974, Mortimer married<br />
her high school sweetheart,<br />
Steven Mortimer, at Glenview<br />
Community Church in Glenview<br />
and a reception followed at<br />
the Deerpath Inn of Lake Forest.<br />
Steven and Barbara celebrated<br />
their 43rd wedding anniversary<br />
this past March. They have three<br />
children.<br />
Upon college graduation, Barbara<br />
was a teacher at Cherokee<br />
Elementary School in Lake Forest.<br />
She resigned from teaching<br />
to focus on raising her first child<br />
and expanding their family in<br />
1979. In 1985, Steven and Barbara<br />
moved to Lake Bluff and<br />
Barbara quickly became an active<br />
member of the community<br />
in many capacities. She volunteered<br />
on countless committees<br />
and boards such as the Lake<br />
Bluff Farmer’s Market Committee,<br />
Lake Bluff PTO, Lake Bluff<br />
Village Board and was a proud<br />
and active member of the congregation<br />
at the Union Church<br />
of Lake Bluff.<br />
Barbara is survived by her<br />
husband Steven; children Katharine<br />
(Michael) Kreissl, Christine<br />
(Michael) Cwienkala and James<br />
Mortimer as well as grandsons<br />
Maxwell and Bennett Kreissl;<br />
siblings Lenore Nelson of<br />
Easton, Mass., and her brother<br />
Daniel Nelson of Easton, Mass.<br />
She is also survived by her niece<br />
Kari Valcourt of Columbus,<br />
Ohio and her nephew Matthew<br />
Zimmerman of Boulder, Colo.<br />
as well as Robert and Pauline<br />
Nelson (paternal aunt and uncle)<br />
of Northbrook and Phyllis<br />
Hjerpe (maternal aunt) of Kensington,<br />
Conn., as well as several<br />
cousins. A celebration of her life<br />
was held Aug. 26, at the Union<br />
Church of Lake Bluff with Barbara’s<br />
dear friend, Pastor Mark<br />
Hindman, presiding. In lieu of<br />
flowers, memorial gifts can be<br />
made in Barbara’s memory to<br />
the Union Church of Lake Bluff.<br />
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Lake Bluff community.
LakeForestLeader.com DINING OUT<br />
the lake forest leader | August 31, 2017 | 21<br />
Fine dining, artisinal pastries mix at Frank and Betsie’s<br />
Chris Pullam<br />
Contributing Editor<br />
Frank and Betsie Zadeh<br />
have spent the past 33<br />
years refining their craft on<br />
the North Shore — and it<br />
shows.<br />
The couple opened Maison<br />
de Patisserie, a “ladieswho-lunch-type<br />
place,” in<br />
Highland Park in 1984, but<br />
made the move to Glencoe<br />
in 1997 to accommodate an<br />
ever-expanding list of ardent<br />
customers. But Frank,<br />
a Hiat-trained chef, and<br />
Betsie, a New Trier graduate<br />
and Winnetka native,<br />
didn’t sacrifice quality for<br />
quantity. The Glencoe location<br />
seats only about 90<br />
diners between the main<br />
dining room and the outdoor<br />
patio, and the low<br />
lighting, white tablecloths<br />
and floral centerpieces all<br />
add to the restaurant’s intimacy.<br />
But they did make a few<br />
changes, including, surprisingly,<br />
to the restaurant’s<br />
name.<br />
“Well, no one could pronounce<br />
Maison de Patisserie,”<br />
Betsie said. “They<br />
always called it Frank and<br />
Frank and Betsie’s<br />
51 Green Bay Road,<br />
Glencoe<br />
(847) 446-0404<br />
www.frankandbetsies.<br />
com<br />
Monday-Thursday: lunch<br />
11 a.m.-3 p.m. and<br />
dinner 5-9 p.m.<br />
Friday-Saturday: lunch 11<br />
a.m.-3 p.m. and dinner<br />
5-10 p.m.<br />
Sunday: private parties<br />
only<br />
Betsie’s anyway, so we<br />
went with it. It’s a lot easier.”<br />
Frank and Betsie’s will<br />
celebrate its 20th anniversary<br />
on Green Bay Road<br />
over the Labor Day weekend.<br />
In order to survive so<br />
many years in such a tough<br />
business, the couple had<br />
to embrace and overcome<br />
multiple changes to the industry.<br />
According to Betsie, the<br />
restaurant has embraced<br />
the latest trends toward<br />
healthy eating.<br />
Some diners have even<br />
contributed to the menu.<br />
For example, the Richie<br />
B’s Salad ($10 for entree<br />
salad, $6 for appetizer) —<br />
lettuce with ripe tomatoes,<br />
English cucumbers, grated<br />
carrots, homemade croutons<br />
and Romano cheese<br />
tossed with homemade balsamic<br />
vinaigrette — originated<br />
when a returning customer,<br />
named Richie, made<br />
a special request for his favorite<br />
type of salad.<br />
“Why don’t you call<br />
it Richie B’s Salad?” he<br />
asked. “You’d have a line<br />
out the door.”<br />
Betsie also added her<br />
own masterpiece, called<br />
My Wife’s Favorite Salad<br />
($15 for entree salad, $11<br />
for appetizer), which includes<br />
lettuce tossed with<br />
grilled lemon chicken,<br />
sliced tomato wedges,<br />
red bell peppers, English<br />
cucumbers, artichoke<br />
hearts, chopped pecans and<br />
crumbled Feta cheese with<br />
homemade balsamic vinaigrette<br />
on the side.<br />
When a group of 22nd<br />
Century Media editors and<br />
I stopped by Frank and Betsie’s<br />
last week, we sampled<br />
several items from both<br />
menus.<br />
We started with the pate,<br />
a mixture of cooked liver<br />
minced into a spreadable<br />
paste with vegetables, herbs<br />
and spices on the side. According<br />
to The Highland<br />
Park Editor Xavier Ward,<br />
the dense and flavorful<br />
spread expertly complemented<br />
the fresh-baked,<br />
homemade French bread.<br />
But before we even<br />
cleared our plates, our entrees<br />
— three of the restaurant’s<br />
signature dishes<br />
— arrived.<br />
The Scottish lemon sole<br />
($26), one of several fresh<br />
fish options in the evening,<br />
took center stage. The fillets<br />
of pan-seared sole,<br />
served with homemade<br />
T H E F A L L<br />
Vesuvio sauce, were light<br />
and flaky, and the breading<br />
and spices accentuated the<br />
qualities of the fish.<br />
Next, we tried the lamb<br />
shank ($28), slow-roasted<br />
with rosemary and fresh<br />
garlic. According to the<br />
menu, it’s a good idea to<br />
order this dish in advance.<br />
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Athlete of the Week<br />
Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Christophe Wettermann<br />
This Week In...<br />
Caxys varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Boys Soccer<br />
■Sept. ■ 2 - at Evanston<br />
Soccer Invite, 11:30 a.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 5 - host Round Lake,<br />
4:45 p.m.<br />
Cross Country<br />
■Sept. ■ 5 - host home meet,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Field Hockey<br />
■Sept. ■ 2 - at Parkway West,<br />
SportPort Athletic Complex,<br />
9:30 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 3 - at Barat Academy,<br />
SportPort Athletic Complex,<br />
12:15 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 3 - at Brentwood,<br />
SportPort Athletic Complex,<br />
2:15 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 6 - at Glenbard West,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Football<br />
■Sept. ■ 1 - at Alden Hebron,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Girls Swimming<br />
■Sept. ■ 2 - at Highland Park<br />
Invitational, 11:30 a.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 6 - host King -<br />
Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Tennis<br />
■Sept. ■ 6 - at Trinity,<br />
Keystone Park, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 6 - at Wauconda,<br />
Country Side GC, 4 p.m.<br />
Scouts varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Boys Golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 5 - at Libertyville, 4<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys Soccer<br />
■Sept. ■ 5 - host Mundelein,<br />
6: 15 p.m.<br />
Field Hockey<br />
■Sept. ■ 1 - at Gateway<br />
Tournament, SportPort<br />
Athletic Complex, 4 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 2 - at Gateway<br />
Tournament, SportPort<br />
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■Sept. ■ 5 - at GBS, 6:15 p.m.<br />
Football<br />
■Sept. ■ 1 - at St. Viator, 7:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls Cross Country<br />
■Sept. ■ 2 - at Hinsdale<br />
Central, Katherine Legge<br />
Park, 9 a.m.<br />
Girls Golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 5 - host Libertyville,<br />
4 p.m.<br />
Girls Tennis<br />
■Sept. ■ 5 - host Stevenson,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Volleyball<br />
■Aug. ■ 29 - host GBS, 6 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 2 - at Champaign<br />
Centennial, 8 a.m.<br />
Christophe Wettermann<br />
is a senior at Lake Forest<br />
High School and midfielder<br />
on the Scouts varsity<br />
soccer team.<br />
How did you start<br />
playing soccer?<br />
Soccer has just been in<br />
my family forever. My dad<br />
and oldest brother played<br />
soccer in college, so when I<br />
was 3 or 4, I started playing<br />
and I’ve been doing it ever<br />
since.<br />
What do you like<br />
about it?<br />
I like the team aspect,<br />
the whole team chemistry<br />
and the good social aspect.<br />
What’s the toughest<br />
part about soccer?<br />
The toughest part is<br />
probably the cardio when<br />
you’ve been off for awhile.<br />
After summer, you’ve<br />
been off just hanging out<br />
and you have to come back<br />
and play immediately.<br />
What are your goals<br />
this year?<br />
I feel like our team<br />
should be able to get some<br />
good wins — maybe seven<br />
or eight — compared<br />
to last season [when] we<br />
were pretty weak.<br />
Do you have any<br />
pregame rituals?<br />
I listen to music with my<br />
friend Jake Danneker; electronic<br />
dance music as people<br />
call it. We just jam out.<br />
If you had a ticket to<br />
go anywhere in the<br />
world, where would<br />
you go and why?<br />
Fiji because it’s super<br />
nice there and I love tropical<br />
weather.<br />
If you could have any<br />
superpower, what<br />
would you want it to<br />
be?<br />
Probably teleporting,<br />
so I could just teleport to<br />
wherever I want real quick.<br />
If you could hang out<br />
with any celebrity for<br />
a day, who would you<br />
choose?<br />
Jennifer Aniston because<br />
she’s attractive.<br />
What is the one thing<br />
you couldn’t live<br />
without?<br />
Friends. Friends always<br />
help me whenever.<br />
What are your plans<br />
for after graduation?<br />
I want to go to college,<br />
hopefully in California,<br />
hopefully USC.<br />
Interview conducted by<br />
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Field Hockey<br />
Lake Forest 4, Loyola 0<br />
Cat Nicholson found the<br />
back of the net twice as the<br />
Scouts cruised to their third<br />
shutout win of the season,<br />
blanking Loyola 4-0 Saturday,<br />
Aug. 26.<br />
Sarah Considine and Eleanor<br />
Vanantwerp scored<br />
the other two goals for <strong>LF</strong>.<br />
Gracie McGowan, Maggie<br />
Mick and Sydney Steinberg<br />
all tallied assists.<br />
In net, Barbara Canty recorded<br />
the shutout win.<br />
Lake Forest 6, Oak Park-<br />
River Forest 0<br />
Barbara Canty was stellar<br />
in net as the Scouts recorded<br />
their second straight<br />
shutout, beating Oak Park-<br />
River Forest 6-0 Thursday,<br />
Aug. 24, on the road.<br />
Casey Slingerland struck<br />
for two goals, while Sarah<br />
Considine, Julia Hender,<br />
Maggie Mick and Maden<br />
Plante each had one a<br />
piece. Considine also had<br />
two assists. Mick and Cat<br />
Nicholson also assisted on<br />
goals in the game for Lake<br />
Forest (2-0).<br />
Lake Forest 6, Evanston 0<br />
Charlotte Domittner<br />
struck twice in Scouts season<br />
opener and helped lift<br />
them to a 6-0 shutout over<br />
Evanston Tuesday, Aug.<br />
22, at Northwestern University.<br />
Lake Forest also saw<br />
goals from Sarah Considine,<br />
Olivia Douglass,<br />
Maggie Mick and Eleanor<br />
VanAntwerp. Considine,<br />
Mick, Julia Hender and Cat<br />
Nicholson all notched assists<br />
in the game, too.<br />
Girls Golf<br />
New Trier 149, Lake Forest<br />
176<br />
Isabella Martino led<br />
Lake Forest with a 41 in the<br />
high school highlights<br />
The rest of the week in high school sports<br />
The Scouts varsity field hockey team poses for a picture following its 6-0 win over<br />
Evanston Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Northwestern University. Photo submitted<br />
Scouts’ best outing of the<br />
year, but it wasn’t enough<br />
to get them past New Trier.<br />
The Trevians beat <strong>LF</strong> 149-<br />
176 Thursday, Aug. 24, at<br />
Deerpath Golf Course.<br />
Erin Shalala and Sydney<br />
Mullady each shot a<br />
solid round of 43 for Lake<br />
Forest. Kendall Kisselle<br />
rounded out the scoring<br />
with a 49.<br />
Lake County Invite<br />
Isabella Martino carded<br />
a 86 and led Lake Forest<br />
to a tie for fifth place at the<br />
Lake County Invitational<br />
Monday, Aug. 21, at the<br />
Bonnie Dundee Golf Club<br />
in Carpentersville.<br />
The Scouts tied with Vernon<br />
Hills for fifth as both<br />
teams combined for a 347.<br />
Deerfield won the invite by<br />
a stroke (316) followed by<br />
Stevenson (317), Highland<br />
Park (322) and Barrington<br />
(337).<br />
Girls Tennis<br />
Lake Forest 8, Loyola 2<br />
Kiley Rabjohns swept<br />
her Loyola counterpart 6-0,<br />
6-0 and led the Scouts to an<br />
8-2 victory over the Ramblers<br />
in their season opener<br />
Aug. 18 at home.<br />
Rabjohns, playing as the<br />
No. 1, helped the Scouts<br />
sweep singles play. No. 2<br />
singles Alex Slomba also<br />
won her match in a dominant<br />
6-0, 6-1 performance,<br />
as did No. 3 Juliete Prindle,<br />
who won 6-0, 6-2.<br />
Emily Asmussen and<br />
Gabby Jakubowski, the No.<br />
3 doubles pair, had a strong<br />
showing, winning 6-0, 6-1.<br />
No. 4s Emily Gorczynski<br />
and Kelly Kunz also won<br />
6-2, 6-0 as did the No. 2<br />
doubles team of Nika Belova<br />
and Salma Alsikafi with<br />
a 6-4, 6-1 final.<br />
The No. 1 team of Julianna<br />
Roman and Cody<br />
Avis kept things close, but<br />
couldn’t come away with a<br />
win, faling 6-4, 7-6 (3) to<br />
Loyola.<br />
Girls Volleyball<br />
Niles West 2, Lake Forest 0<br />
Alyssa Thrash led the<br />
Scouts with three kills,<br />
but they couldn’t get past<br />
a tough Niles West team,<br />
falling 2-0 (7-25, 21-25)<br />
Thursday, Aug. 24, on the<br />
road.<br />
Cassidy Shaul recorded<br />
10 digs in the match. Jill<br />
Fontana contributed three<br />
aces for the Scouts.<br />
Wheeling 2, Lake Forest 0<br />
Cassidy Shaul led the<br />
Scouts with five kills, but<br />
it wasn’t enough to get<br />
past Wheeling in the season<br />
opener. Lake Forest<br />
22-25, 17-25 Aug. 22.<br />
Rank and file<br />
Top teams in 22nd Century Media’s<br />
coverage area<br />
1. Loyola Academy<br />
The Ramblers<br />
dropped a heartbreaker<br />
to Phillips, the<br />
Chicago Public League’s<br />
top team, Aug. 26. Loyola<br />
drove all the way to the<br />
1-yard line but was stuffed<br />
at the goal line on fourth<br />
down as the clock hit zero.<br />
Quinn Boyle looked sharp<br />
in his debut but LA will<br />
need some of its players to<br />
heal before Friday’s game<br />
against Bishop Amat of<br />
California.<br />
2. New Trier<br />
New Trier<br />
started its season<br />
off with a bang,<br />
shutting out York 31-0.<br />
The Trevians got stellar<br />
debuts from Brian Sitzer<br />
and Reid Bianucci as they<br />
helped earn coach Brian<br />
Doll’s first shutout as<br />
coach of his alma mater.<br />
The Trevs go on the road<br />
on game 2.<br />
3. Glenbrook<br />
North<br />
The Spartans<br />
opener was a little<br />
closer than they had<br />
hoped, beating Wheeling<br />
by five. Looks like they<br />
might have a nice one-two<br />
punch in running back<br />
Jimmy Karfis and wide<br />
receiver Chris Heywood.<br />
Heywood, a transfer from<br />
Loyola, played well in his<br />
first game for GBN, accounted<br />
for all 13 of the<br />
Spartans points with a<br />
27-yard touchdown grab<br />
from senior quarterback<br />
Burke Morley and a pair<br />
of field goals.<br />
4. Lake Forest<br />
The Scouts’<br />
quarterback Jack<br />
Mislinski earned his starting<br />
role and led the Lake<br />
Forest charge, hammering<br />
Glenbard East and leading<br />
his team to 28 unanswered<br />
points, turning a 16-10<br />
deficit to a 38-16 lead, en<br />
route to a win in the season<br />
opener. Mislinski had<br />
139 passing yards, 124<br />
rushing yards and scored<br />
three times for the Scouts.<br />
5. Glenbrook<br />
South<br />
The Titans started<br />
the season off on the<br />
right foot, beating Urban<br />
Prep-Englewood 42-0.<br />
GBS’ the three-man running<br />
crew of Ben Hides,<br />
Jack Jerfita and sophomore<br />
Andrew Gall led the<br />
Titans to such a fast lead<br />
that they were able to rest<br />
all their starters in the second<br />
half. The Scouts did<br />
have some miscues, however,<br />
including a fumble<br />
Glenbard East captialized<br />
on to jump out to a 16-10<br />
lead late in the first half.<br />
6. Highland Park<br />
The Giants<br />
dropped a close<br />
one of the state’s better<br />
programs, Libertyville.<br />
HP may have found its<br />
star this season in tight<br />
end Tom Motzko, who had<br />
three catches for 82 yards<br />
and two touchdowns.<br />
John Sakos was dynamic,<br />
too, going 13-for-19 for<br />
198 yards and two touchdowns<br />
His only blemish<br />
came in the final seconds<br />
when he was intercepted.<br />
The Giants go on the road<br />
and seek their first win in<br />
their first contest away<br />
from the friendly confines<br />
of Wolters Field when<br />
they travel to Lakes.
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Boys Soccer<br />
Lake Forest Academy aims<br />
for team unity over record<br />
22ND CENTURY MEDIA is looking<br />
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and PHOTOGRAPHERS to cover events,<br />
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Erin Redmond, Sports Editor<br />
Last season, Lake Forest<br />
Academy graduated 13<br />
seniors.<br />
That’s a large hole for<br />
any team to fill, but it’s especially<br />
tough for the Caxys<br />
as most of those seniors<br />
had been four-year varsity<br />
players. And while they<br />
had success in the record<br />
books, the thing that stood<br />
out most about last year’s<br />
squad was its chemistry.<br />
In their absence, coach<br />
Paul Makovec is looking<br />
for his team to not only<br />
looking come together on<br />
the field, but off it as well.<br />
As non-league members,<br />
<strong>LF</strong>A can pick and choose<br />
it’s own schedule, he said,<br />
and could easily craft one<br />
in its favor.<br />
But that’s not what he<br />
is trying to teach his team<br />
that soccer is about.<br />
“First and foremost is<br />
I think these guys need<br />
to realize that they’re a<br />
team now,” Makovec said.<br />
“We’ve had such great<br />
leadership over the last<br />
few years ... and we actually<br />
carried a much bigger<br />
roster. We had a really, really<br />
strong class last year<br />
and most of those kids<br />
were on varsity for four<br />
years. They brought an energy<br />
and excitement to the<br />
team ... We’re just kind of<br />
assuming [the chemistry]<br />
is going to be there because<br />
it’s going to be there,<br />
so some of these boys need<br />
to step up and fill those<br />
roles.”<br />
The Caxys have proven<br />
they can play — and win<br />
— starting the season with<br />
a 2-1 victory over Deerfield<br />
Aug. 22 in the North<br />
Shore Shootout at Lake<br />
Forest. And that was on<br />
just one day’s practice.<br />
With the campus’ dorms<br />
not officially opening until<br />
Aug. 20, the Caxys had<br />
just one official practice<br />
together before starting<br />
play. So to see his team<br />
come together so quickly,<br />
was a positive sign for the<br />
<strong>LF</strong>A coach that the chemistry<br />
he is hoping for was<br />
building.<br />
The squad is looking to<br />
three players in particular<br />
to carry over what they<br />
learned and pass it on to<br />
the newcomers. Players the<br />
likes of Dieter Villegas, a<br />
Mexican-born athlete and<br />
All-School president, is a<br />
“great leader,” Makovec<br />
said, with a talented leg. In<br />
fact, Villegas will also be<br />
kicking for the <strong>LF</strong>A football<br />
team this season.<br />
Senior Ian Strudwick<br />
will school his teammates<br />
on scoring, having broken<br />
the Caxys’ program record<br />
last season. He along with<br />
Jack Mahon and Villegas<br />
will be Makovec’s go-to<br />
players at each level on the<br />
field.<br />
“[Strudwick is] kind<br />
of the fire power up front<br />
for us. Dieter plays in the<br />
middle. Jack Mahon, he’s<br />
our centerback, so we kind<br />
of have a guy at each level<br />
that’s coming back and<br />
being leaders,” the <strong>LF</strong>A<br />
coach said. “We haven’t<br />
done captains yet even<br />
those we’ve played games,<br />
but there’s a good chance<br />
they’ll be in the mix.”<br />
Having lost such a large<br />
number of seniors, Makovec<br />
said he knows other<br />
teams will see the Caxys<br />
as weakened. But he is<br />
hoping some of the players<br />
who have moved up<br />
display the “hungry and<br />
gritty” attitude they gained<br />
waiting for their shot on<br />
varsity and that it translates<br />
on the field — in<br />
more ways than one.<br />
“For us, it isn’t and it’s<br />
never been about records,”<br />
the <strong>LF</strong>A coach said. “...<br />
We don’t ever have our<br />
record be a factor in our<br />
goal. These are fairly subjective<br />
goals that are hard<br />
to measure because we<br />
want our kids to fill those<br />
holes, become a team.<br />
There’s a higher mountain<br />
to climb this year because<br />
of the gaps from last year<br />
in terms of getting back to<br />
that level. One of them is<br />
we want these kids to love<br />
[soccer], to come out everyday<br />
and want to work<br />
hard for each other. We<br />
want to have success and<br />
play soccer the right way.”<br />
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Girls tennis<br />
Scouts top Glenbrook South, finish fifth at NT Invite<br />
Todd Marver<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
New Trier and Highland<br />
Park are no strangers to<br />
playing one another.<br />
After the Trevians and<br />
Giants finished in a sixthplace<br />
tie at the Class 2A<br />
state tournament last year,<br />
the teams placed second<br />
and third, respectively, at<br />
the New Trier Tennis Invite<br />
Saturday, Aug. 26.<br />
The Trevians fell 4-1 to<br />
Stevenson in the championship<br />
match.<br />
“All the girls played<br />
well, which was the most<br />
important thing,” New<br />
Trier coach Jerry Morse-<br />
Karzen said. “This was<br />
our first match of the year.<br />
There was good competition.<br />
We knew Stevenson<br />
was the favorite to win<br />
state this year. We went<br />
toe to toe with them.<br />
“We played well and all<br />
the matches were really<br />
very close. We were right<br />
in there. As much as I’d<br />
always like to win, I was<br />
very pleased with how the<br />
team played.”<br />
Lake Forest defeated<br />
Glenbrook South 4-1 in<br />
the fifth place match. The<br />
team went 3-1 over the<br />
course of the two-day<br />
tournament.<br />
Scouts’ No. 1 Kiley<br />
Rabjohns breezed past<br />
GBS’s Vanessa Uaisaner<br />
(GBS) 6-0, 6-1. Emily<br />
Gorczynski, the Scouts’<br />
No. 2, also had an easy<br />
going in her match, winning<br />
6-0, 6-0 over her Titans’<br />
counterpart Rachel<br />
Schwartz.<br />
In doubles, the No. 2<br />
team of Kelly Kunz and<br />
Gabby Jakubowski picked<br />
up a win, but needed<br />
three sets to do it. After<br />
winning the first set 6-2,<br />
GBS rebounded with a<br />
6-4 win of its own. Kunz<br />
and Jakubowski sealed<br />
the deal in Set 3, however,<br />
winning 11-9.<br />
Teresa Fawcett and<br />
Grace Gesheidle played<br />
as the No. 3 duo for <strong>LF</strong><br />
and notched a 7-5, 2-6,<br />
10-2 win over Glenbrook<br />
South.<br />
The Scouts’ only blemish<br />
came in the No. 1<br />
doubles spot. Salma Alsikaki<br />
and Olivia Wheldon<br />
won Set 1 for Lake Forest<br />
6-2, but dropped the second<br />
1-6. GBS proved too<br />
much for them, however,<br />
as they fell 10-7 in Set 3.<br />
The Scouts opened the<br />
tournament with a 5-0<br />
shutout over New Trier’s<br />
green squad on Friday,<br />
Aug. 25.<br />
Lake Forest ran into<br />
some trouble in its second<br />
match, however, as Fremd<br />
blanked the Scouts 5-0.<br />
They rebounded with<br />
a 3-2 victory over Glenbrook<br />
North to land themselves<br />
in the fifth place<br />
match. Rabjohns picked<br />
up the lone win on singles,<br />
winning in straight<br />
sets 6-0, 6-0.<br />
Nika Belova and Cody<br />
Avis played as the No. 1<br />
doubles duo against GBN<br />
and won easily 6-1, 6-2.<br />
Julianna Roman and<br />
Emily Asmussen played at<br />
No. 2 and notched a 6-1,<br />
6-4 win for the Scouts’<br />
squad.<br />
Alex Slomba, playing<br />
in the No. 2 singles position,<br />
dropped her match<br />
6-1, 6-0 to GBN’s Grace<br />
Chatas.<br />
In doubles, the No.3 duo<br />
of Lucy Rubenstein and<br />
Keaton Wilhelm forced a<br />
third set with Glenbrook<br />
North. After winning the<br />
first set 6-3, the Scouts’<br />
duo was blanked in the<br />
second 6-0. Set 3 turned<br />
out to be a battle, but Lake<br />
Forest eventually fell 10-5<br />
to round out the matches.<br />
Stevenson’s Zoe Taylor<br />
defeated New Trier senior<br />
Amia Ross 6-4, 5-7, 10-6<br />
in the No. 1 singles match.<br />
In the No. 1 doubles<br />
match, Stevenson’s Kate<br />
Harvey and Elizabeth Ferdman<br />
topped the Trevians<br />
duo of Ali Benedetto and<br />
Emily Dale, 6-4, 6-4.<br />
“Amia played Zoe Taylor,<br />
who is certainly one<br />
of the top kids statewide,”<br />
Morse-Korzen said. “She<br />
went to a super breaker<br />
with her and was knocking<br />
at the door for a possible<br />
win. So for Amia,<br />
that was good stuff. Amia<br />
has been very solid. [Ali<br />
and Emily] played a good<br />
doubles team. Kate Harvey<br />
is a former state doubles<br />
champ [in 2014]. [Ali<br />
and Emily] lost a close<br />
doubles match. If a few<br />
points had been different,<br />
maybe Ali and Emily<br />
could’ve ended up winning<br />
that match.”<br />
Although Ross played<br />
singles against Stevenson,<br />
she typically plays doubles.<br />
Ross and Michelle<br />
Capone took fifth place at<br />
state last year.<br />
“It just shows how talented<br />
Amia is,” Morse-<br />
Karzen said. “She’s been<br />
so successful playing doubles<br />
at state. She got fifth<br />
last year in the state and<br />
was All-State first team.<br />
She’s very good in singles.<br />
It’s nice to have the<br />
ability to be able to play<br />
Amia either in singles or<br />
doubles and know she’s<br />
going to be able to be successful.<br />
It’s a nice option<br />
to have as a coach.”<br />
Like Ross, Benedetto<br />
competed against Stevenson<br />
in a different position<br />
than she found herself at<br />
state last year. Despite<br />
playing doubles against<br />
Stevenson, Benedetto<br />
competed in singles at<br />
state last year, bowing out<br />
of the tournament in the<br />
second round of the consolation<br />
bracket.<br />
“Ali had a great season<br />
last season at state,”<br />
Morse-Karzen said. “She<br />
had a tough draw. She<br />
had two good players in<br />
the first round and the<br />
second round in the back<br />
draw and she was out. It’s<br />
always good to have done<br />
something once. You get a<br />
feel for it and you’re more<br />
comfortable the next time<br />
you come to it.”<br />
Morse-Karzen has seen<br />
Benedetto’s game improve<br />
since last year’s<br />
freshman season.<br />
“She’s always been very<br />
poised,” Morse-Karzen<br />
said. “She still has that<br />
same poise and she’s got<br />
a little more power. She’s<br />
bigger and she’s grown<br />
three, four or five inches<br />
or so. She’s got a little<br />
more power. Her game<br />
is very complete. She’s<br />
not one dimensional. She<br />
can pop, drive a top spin,<br />
slice, drop shot and volley.<br />
She’s got a nice overall<br />
game, which is great to<br />
have and gives you lots of<br />
options also. Ali is getting<br />
better. She was good last<br />
year and I think she’s gotten<br />
better since last year.”<br />
The Giants defeated<br />
Fremd for third place,<br />
3-2. Highland Park junior<br />
Lily Tiemeyer and sophomore<br />
Halle Michael were<br />
doubles partners for the<br />
first time against Fremd<br />
and won the No. 1 doubles<br />
match against the Vikings,<br />
7-5, 6-0.<br />
“I thought it went really<br />
well,” Tiemeyer said.<br />
“It was a lot of fun. We<br />
tried really hard. I’m really<br />
happy. We all worked<br />
really hard to get the win<br />
against the other school.<br />
I’m really happy that we<br />
really helped in getting<br />
that win too. I just feel really<br />
happy to get third.”<br />
And her partner agreed.<br />
“It was our first time<br />
playing together and I<br />
think we did a good job<br />
communicating and just<br />
doing what we need to<br />
do,” Michael said.<br />
Tiemeyer and Michael<br />
both competed at state last<br />
year. Tiemeyer played singles<br />
and Michael played<br />
doubles with senior Devin<br />
Davidson. Tiemeyer went<br />
0-2 at state, while Michael<br />
and Davidson bowed out<br />
of the tournament in the<br />
fourth round of the consolation<br />
bracket. Although<br />
Tiemeyer played singles<br />
at state in 2016, she is<br />
no stranger to playing<br />
doubles. Tiemeyer played<br />
with junior Monique<br />
Brual in doubles at state<br />
in 2015 where the duo<br />
bowed out of the tournament<br />
in the fifth round of<br />
the consolation bracket.<br />
“It was my second time<br />
going to state [in 2016],”<br />
Tiemeyer said. “It was different.<br />
My first year I was<br />
playing doubles and my<br />
second year I was playing<br />
singles. It was a really<br />
good experience to see<br />
who’s out there and who’s<br />
playing. It made me want<br />
to work even harder in the<br />
offseason and work on a<br />
bunch of a different things<br />
with my mental game and<br />
my strokes and stuff.”<br />
Michael feels the opportunity<br />
to compete at<br />
state last year as a freshman<br />
was beneficial and<br />
she improved her mental<br />
game in the offseason.<br />
“It was my first time going<br />
to state and I think it<br />
was a really cool experience<br />
because there were a<br />
lot of good players,” Michael<br />
said. “It shows me<br />
what’s out there and what<br />
the competition is and it<br />
just makes you want to<br />
work harder and be the<br />
best player I can be. My<br />
mental game has probably<br />
gotten a little stronger because<br />
that hasn’t been my<br />
best game. But working<br />
on that during the offseason<br />
has definitely helped<br />
for this season so far. Even<br />
at state, it’s hard to have<br />
a strong mental game the<br />
whole entire time, so that<br />
was something I definitely<br />
wanted to work on and I<br />
think I improved.”<br />
It’s nearly two months<br />
until Highland Park has<br />
the opportunity to compete<br />
at state again from<br />
Oct. 19-21. Even so, the<br />
Giants are looking to improve<br />
upon last year’s<br />
sixth place finish and are<br />
aiming for Top 3 this year.<br />
“[Coach Steve] Rudman<br />
says the goal for the<br />
team is to get around third<br />
place,” Tiemeyer said.<br />
“My goal would be helping<br />
and winning and getting<br />
really good and playing<br />
good people and being<br />
competitive with them.”<br />
“My goal is just playing<br />
the best that I can so that<br />
when it comes to the time<br />
for sectionals or state I’m<br />
ready all-around mentally<br />
and physically just to do<br />
what I need to do,” Michael<br />
said.<br />
Glenbrook North was<br />
eighth, falling 3-2 to Barrington<br />
in the seventh<br />
place match. Loyola also<br />
competed, winning the<br />
13th place match 4-1.<br />
Additional reporting by<br />
Sports Editor Erin Redmond.
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Girls Swimming and Diving<br />
Lake Forest relays provide early, fun test for local swimmers<br />
Host Scouts take<br />
ninth place at meet<br />
David Jaffe<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The many swimmers<br />
and teams competing in<br />
the Lake Forest Scout Relays<br />
Saturday, Aug. 26,<br />
believe it’s a very fun way<br />
to begin the season with<br />
several different relay<br />
events they won’t otherwise<br />
compete in during<br />
the season.<br />
Lake Forest coach Carolyn<br />
Grevers believes this is<br />
the perfect way to start the<br />
season.<br />
The Scouts took ninth<br />
as a team and tallied 185<br />
points. And while they<br />
didn’t win, the event was a<br />
fun learning experience for<br />
the young squad.<br />
“This is a fun meet but<br />
it’s also meant to be challenging,”<br />
Grevers said.<br />
“It helps bring the team<br />
together and it’s been a<br />
great way to get the season<br />
going since we started<br />
it four years ago. Kendra<br />
Joachim won the [sophomore]<br />
100 (55.67) and she<br />
was outstanding. Our IM<br />
relay got third [Ashley Updike,<br />
Joachim, Miki Boveri,<br />
Catherine Terkildsen,<br />
4:26.77].”<br />
Ashley Updike was also<br />
second in the sophomore<br />
50 (25.46).<br />
Although the Scouts are<br />
young, they are about as<br />
ready to begin a season as<br />
Grevers has seen from her<br />
teams.<br />
“I haven’t had a team<br />
with this type of energy<br />
in my 15 years of coaching<br />
here,” Grevers said.<br />
“They’re a young team but<br />
they’re pushing and doing<br />
everything for each other.”<br />
Glenbrook South swimmer<br />
Kate Solem has now<br />
participated in the Scout<br />
Relays three years and<br />
continues to enjoy it.<br />
“It’s a really nice way<br />
to start the season,” Solem<br />
said. “There’s a lot of energy<br />
among everyone here<br />
and the crowd is cheering<br />
really loud. It’s always<br />
one of my favorite meets<br />
because there are a lot of<br />
unique events.”<br />
One was the 800-yard<br />
freestyle combo relay<br />
where someone from each<br />
class swims a leg of the<br />
relay. Although Solem is<br />
a distance swimmer, it’s<br />
still not an easy event. But<br />
she, along with Emsela<br />
Orucevic, Alexis Kachkin<br />
and Bella Del Muro, finished<br />
second in 8 minutes,<br />
17.16 seconds.<br />
“The 800 is definitely<br />
one of the more challenging<br />
events,” Solem said.<br />
“It’s a hard event physically<br />
and an even harder<br />
one mentally. But we were<br />
all in it together and did<br />
a good job pushing ourselves.<br />
That’s what helped<br />
us do well.”<br />
The Titans were fourth at<br />
the 13 team meet with 342<br />
points. Kachkin won the<br />
sophomore 50 free (24.59),<br />
while Orucevic (26.51) and<br />
Catherine Devine (25.15)<br />
were second in the freshman<br />
and junior 50.<br />
Glenbrook South took<br />
third in the 500 free crescendo<br />
relay with Catherine<br />
Devine, Kachkin,<br />
Orucevic and Solem<br />
(4:51.74) and the 200<br />
free relay with Erin Nitahara,<br />
Nikki Dontcheva,<br />
Chloe Konrad and Devine<br />
(1:45.78).<br />
Highland Park was seventh<br />
with several strong<br />
performances and was well<br />
suited for the 400 individual<br />
medley where everyone<br />
swims every medley<br />
event. The Giants relay of<br />
Sarah Fishbein, Selin Sonmez,<br />
Hannah Wander and<br />
Abby Smith was second<br />
(4:25.25).<br />
“We have a lot of good<br />
IM’ers and that showed<br />
in this event,” Smith said.<br />
“All four of us did a good<br />
job at being effective on every<br />
stroke. I’ve been training<br />
every day in the offseason.<br />
I feel more prepared<br />
and I think everyone on<br />
our team is ready to have a<br />
strong season.”<br />
Hannah Wander was<br />
also part of the winning<br />
200 breaststroke relay with<br />
Sonmez, Fishbein and Rachel<br />
Wander (2:13.50). The<br />
Scout Relays are exactly<br />
the type of meet she enjoys.<br />
“I love relays and the<br />
breaststroke is my event<br />
which I get to do in a few<br />
relays here,” Hannah Wander<br />
said. “It makes it really<br />
fun. I think this also builds<br />
team camaraderie which is<br />
what you want in the first<br />
meet of the season.”<br />
Smith was also second in<br />
the junior 100 free (55.72).<br />
Glenbrook North’s Natalie<br />
Horwitz has been competing<br />
in relays with teammates<br />
Tiffany Qiao and<br />
Ellen Gilbert for the last<br />
few years. And she loves<br />
closing out a meet in the<br />
400 free. These three, along<br />
with Maggie Li, finished<br />
third in 3:46.51.<br />
“The 400 relay is my favorite<br />
event,” Horwitz said.<br />
“The past three years I’ve<br />
competed with Ellen and<br />
Tiffany. We do that every<br />
meet. We don’t have Sabrina<br />
[Baxamusa] anymore<br />
but know we can rely on<br />
each other. And I love the<br />
feeling of beating out the<br />
team in the lane next to<br />
you.”<br />
Qiao took third in the senior<br />
100 free (55.74) as did<br />
the same four in the 200<br />
butterfly relay (1:49.81).<br />
GBN was eighth (224).<br />
SOCCER<br />
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fall apart. It’s not enjoyable.”<br />
Highland Park’s defense<br />
helped deny seven shots<br />
on goal, but a late blunder<br />
put the game out of reach<br />
for good. While Danneker<br />
got one last touch on the<br />
ball, the Giants essentially<br />
knocked his shot into their<br />
own goal to put the Scouts<br />
up 4-1 in the 70th minute.<br />
“Our three seniors in<br />
the midfield — Jake Danneker,<br />
Austin Pinderski and<br />
Christophe Wettermann —<br />
did a good job controlling<br />
the game, kinda dominated<br />
the game,” Scouts coach<br />
Rob Perry said. “Jake has<br />
probably been the best<br />
player in both games and<br />
he was finding people today,<br />
being creative. Those<br />
three guys are leading us<br />
and Joey Williams and Jack<br />
Page, they played well. It’s<br />
a great group of seniors.<br />
They’re leading and they’re<br />
helping out our new guys.”<br />
The Giants (1-3) opened<br />
the season with a win over<br />
Hoffman Estates on Aug.<br />
21. Their struggles from<br />
the <strong>LF</strong> match continued,<br />
however, when they were<br />
shutout 2-0 by Deerfield<br />
in the seventh place match<br />
Saturday, Aug. 26.<br />
“I think our physicality<br />
and our intensity [needs<br />
work],” the HP coach said.<br />
“We let them win every<br />
header in the first 20 minutes,<br />
it was a free win for<br />
them and it just put us on<br />
the defensive. We have<br />
to win some 50/50 balls.<br />
We need to take control<br />
of things instead of letting<br />
things get dictated<br />
to us.”<br />
The win gave the Scouts<br />
(1-2) a new sense of confidence.<br />
Lake Forest wasn’t<br />
able to get past Carmel in<br />
the fifth place match, however,<br />
falling 4-2 on Aug.<br />
26.<br />
Lake Forest Academy<br />
finished fourth after its<br />
shutout loss, 3-0, to Lakes<br />
in the third place game.<br />
“[This tournament is]<br />
great because I think all<br />
eight teams are pretty<br />
even,” Perry said. “… It’s<br />
a real even eight teams,<br />
so it’s a great test to find<br />
out where you’re at. It’s<br />
three games to find your<br />
strengths and expose your<br />
weaknesses. It’s a great<br />
kick-off for the rest of the<br />
season.”<br />
Lake Forest junior Kean O’Connor (back) tries to work the ball away from Highland<br />
Park’s Ronin Moore. Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media
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QB Mislinski shines in Scouts’ debut<br />
Lake Forest downs<br />
Glenbard East in<br />
opener<br />
David Jaffe<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The first game of the<br />
season is an exciting time<br />
for a football team, but<br />
there can also be some<br />
nerves when you go on<br />
the field.<br />
Lake Forest had to deal<br />
with some unanticipated<br />
adversity in its season<br />
opener against Glenbard<br />
East Friday, Aug. 25, and<br />
the host Scouts faced a<br />
six-point deficit late in the<br />
first half.<br />
But they settled down<br />
and, led by quarterback<br />
Jack Mislinski, who had<br />
139 passing yards, 124<br />
rushing yards and three<br />
touchdowns for the Scouts,<br />
and scored 28 unanswered<br />
to take control and beat the<br />
Rams 38-23.<br />
“The first half was certainly<br />
not our best half,”<br />
Lake Forest coach Chuck<br />
Spagnoli said. “We started<br />
great, but they got some<br />
tipped ball catches and<br />
we made some mistakes.<br />
We weren’t sharp. I don’t<br />
know if it was a lack of<br />
experience or not. But we<br />
were able to get momentum<br />
and go into halftime<br />
with the lead. With kids,<br />
doubt can creep in but I<br />
think we did a good job<br />
staying poised.”<br />
The Scouts’ newlyminted<br />
QB agreed.<br />
“There seemed like there<br />
may have been some butterflies<br />
for the first game,”<br />
Mislinksi said. “But after<br />
the first half, we played<br />
more physical and did the<br />
things we had been practicing<br />
all summer. I didn’t<br />
know what to expect in my<br />
first start as quarterback,<br />
but this moment is what I<br />
prepared for. While there<br />
may be some things to<br />
work on, I think the team<br />
handled themselves very<br />
well.”<br />
Trailing 16-10, Mislinski<br />
put the Scouts back on<br />
top for good finding Ryan<br />
Cekay for a 26-yard touchdown<br />
pass making it 17-16<br />
with 1:50 left in the half.<br />
Then Mislinski broke free<br />
for a 57-yard touchdown<br />
run on the opening drive of<br />
the second half to put Lake<br />
Forest ahead 24-16.<br />
“It was a zone read,”<br />
Mislinski said. “I’ve been<br />
working on that all summer<br />
and I’m at the point<br />
now where I’m comfortable<br />
with it. The sea parted<br />
thanks to the o-line and<br />
there was open space the<br />
rest of the way.”<br />
Mislinski’s 17-yard run<br />
with under five minutes<br />
left in the third increased<br />
the advantage to 31-16.<br />
“There may have been<br />
some things [Mislinski]<br />
did early on we may not<br />
have been enamored with<br />
but he did a good job controlling<br />
his emotions,”<br />
Spagnoli said. “I think<br />
he played well within<br />
the means of our offense.<br />
That’s what will be key for<br />
him in the first few games.<br />
Things will come to him<br />
better with more repetition.”<br />
The Scouts added another<br />
score with four minutes<br />
left in the game on Bryan<br />
Ooms’ 3-yard touchdown<br />
run set up by Jacob Thomas’<br />
huge 54-yard run. The<br />
Rams scored with a minute<br />
and a half left on a 33-<br />
yard touchdown pass from<br />
backup quarterback Jared<br />
Scouts’ quarterback Jack Mislinski (center) awaits the snap with Jack VanHyfte during the season opener against<br />
Glenbard East Friday, Aug. 25, at Lake Forest. PHOTOS Aimee Bernardi Messner/22nd Century Media<br />
Rech to Ben Campos.<br />
Lake Forest scored the<br />
first 10 points as Ryan<br />
Marquis recovered a fumble<br />
on the opening kickoff<br />
leading to Jack Brush’s 28-<br />
yard field goal. Jack Van-<br />
Hyfte’s 2-yard touchdown<br />
run increased the lead. But<br />
then the Rams seized momentum<br />
when a 70-yard<br />
pass from Bret Bushka to<br />
Matt Shockey set up Bushka’s<br />
2-yard touchdown<br />
run.<br />
Glenbard East took the<br />
lead on Bushka’s 1-yard<br />
touchdown pass to Kenny<br />
Adam, but the extra point<br />
was blocked. After the<br />
Rams recovered a Scouts’<br />
fumble, Rech’s 27-yard<br />
field goal made it 16-10<br />
with just over three minutes<br />
left in the half.<br />
Lake Forest was glad<br />
to open the season with<br />
a win, especially in a<br />
game where it struggled<br />
in the first half. Now, the<br />
Scouts look to get better<br />
and learn from their mistakes.<br />
“We were happy to be<br />
facing another team because<br />
we had seen a lot<br />
of each other the last few<br />
weeks,” Spagnoli said.<br />
“Right now the win is<br />
what matters. But hopefully<br />
we got this out of<br />
our system. We can’t continue<br />
to put ourselves in a<br />
position where we aren’t<br />
taking advantage of the<br />
opportunities we’re getting.<br />
A lot of guys played<br />
today and we saw plenty<br />
of good things but also<br />
mistakes that can be corrected.”<br />
The Scouts (1-0) hit<br />
the road to play St. Viator<br />
(1-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday,<br />
Sept. 1, in Arlington<br />
Heights.<br />
Spencer Yauch (51) chases down Glenbard East<br />
quarterback Bret Bushka.
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1st-and-3<br />
Three Stars<br />
1. Jack Mislinski<br />
(above). The<br />
Scouts senior won<br />
the quarterback<br />
competition<br />
and proved he<br />
earned it in the<br />
Scouts’ season<br />
opening win over<br />
Glenbard East. He<br />
accounted for 139<br />
passing yards, 124<br />
rushing yards and<br />
three touchdowns.<br />
2. Sarah Considine.<br />
The Lake Forest<br />
field hockey player<br />
combined for three<br />
goals and two<br />
assists through<br />
three games last<br />
week for <strong>LF</strong>. Her<br />
efforts helped the<br />
Scouts start 3-0.<br />
3. Christophe<br />
Wettermann The<br />
Scouts’ senior<br />
midfielder struck<br />
for two goals in<br />
Lake Forest’s 4-1<br />
win over Highland<br />
Park Aug. 24.<br />
Boys Soccer<br />
Scouts’ offense ignites against HP<br />
Erin Redmond, Sports Editor<br />
Lake Forest struck early<br />
and often in its 4-1 win<br />
over Highland Park Thursday,<br />
Aug. 24, at home.<br />
The victory was imperative<br />
for the Scouts, who<br />
opened their tournament<br />
— the North Shore Shootout<br />
— with a 3-1 loss to<br />
Dundee-Crown on Aug.<br />
22.<br />
And Lake Forest wasted<br />
no time getting to work.<br />
Senior midfielder Christophe<br />
Wettermann struck<br />
twice within the first eight<br />
minutes. His first was an<br />
easy tap in from in front of<br />
the net in the fourth minute.<br />
Wettermann found the<br />
net again just moments<br />
later on the second of two<br />
early penalty kicks the<br />
Scouts were awarded.<br />
“I thought we played<br />
PRESSBOX PICKS<br />
Game of the Week:<br />
• Loyola Academy (0-1) vs. Bishop Amat<br />
(Calif.) (0-1) at New Trier<br />
Other matchups:<br />
• New Trier (1-0) at Warren (0-1)<br />
• Highland Park (0-1) at Lakes (1-0)<br />
• Glenbrook South (1-0) hosts St. Patrick (0-1)<br />
• Glenbrook North (1-0) at Grant (0-1)<br />
• Lake Forest (1-0) at St. Viator (1-0)<br />
• Lake Forest Academy (1-0) at Alden-Hebron<br />
(0-1)<br />
• Maine South (1-0) hosts Lincoln-Way East<br />
(1-0)<br />
Listen Up<br />
“For us, it isn’t and it’s never been about records. ... We<br />
don’t ever have our record be a factor in our goal.”<br />
Paul Makovec — Lake Forest Academy boy’s soccer coach on his<br />
team’s objectives for the season.<br />
well through the middle,”<br />
Wettermann said. “It<br />
helped build up on the<br />
wings and that’s how our<br />
first goal came. … We did<br />
well, our big guys used<br />
their bodies like Alan [Cecherz],<br />
he used his body to<br />
score a goal as well. I just<br />
feel like we used our bodies<br />
and played well.”<br />
Wettermann and fellow<br />
senior mids, Jake Danneker<br />
and Austin Pinderski,<br />
helped control the tempo<br />
of the game and maintain<br />
the 2-0 lead at the half.<br />
The Scouts had chances<br />
to pad the lead before the<br />
break, however, when<br />
Alex White fed Alan Cecherz<br />
a pass right in front<br />
of the Giants’ net, but it<br />
was scooped up almost<br />
immediately by goalie Roi<br />
Lavi.<br />
6-2<br />
JOE COUGHLIN |<br />
Publisher<br />
• Loyola 24, Bishop Amat 14.<br />
Both powers are 0-1 and in<br />
need of a win. The Ramblers win<br />
one for Illinois.<br />
• New Trier<br />
• Highland Park<br />
• St. Patrick<br />
• Glenbrook North<br />
• Lake Forest<br />
• Lake Forest Academy<br />
• Maine South<br />
6-2<br />
tune in<br />
Cecherz was able to find<br />
the back of the net in the<br />
51st minute off a pass from<br />
Pinderski to put Lake Forest<br />
up 3-0.<br />
The goal seemed to energize<br />
the Giants, who<br />
answered almost immediately.<br />
Senior forward Jeyson<br />
Vasquez sent a rocket<br />
past the hands of John<br />
Walsh — who took over<br />
as netminder in the second<br />
half — to get the Giants on<br />
the board.<br />
That was all Highland<br />
Park could muster up, despite<br />
firing shot after shot<br />
on Walsh as the clock<br />
wound down. Vasquez,<br />
Joey Schwartz, Emmanuel<br />
Guzman Vega and Dario<br />
Castillo all tried to get past<br />
the sophomore goalie in<br />
the final minutes, but were<br />
denied.<br />
ERIN REDMOND |<br />
Sports Editor<br />
• Loyola 21, Bishop Amat 10.<br />
Despite a slew of injuries, LA<br />
kept things close in their Week<br />
1 loss to Philips. Loyola has the<br />
talent to finish 1-1 this week.<br />
• New Trier<br />
• Highland Park<br />
• Glenbrook South<br />
• Grant<br />
• Lake Forest<br />
• Lake Forest Academy<br />
• Lincoln-Way East<br />
6-2<br />
Michal Dwojak |<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
• Loyola 21, Bishop Amat 17. The<br />
Ramblers rebound with a big<br />
win after a tough loss to Phillips<br />
to open the season.<br />
• New Trier<br />
• Lakes<br />
• Glenbrook South<br />
• Glenbrook North<br />
• St. Viator<br />
• Alden-Hebron<br />
• Maine South<br />
FOOTBALL<br />
The Scouts look to start out 2-0 as they hit the<br />
road to take on St. Viator in Arlington Heights.<br />
• Lake Forest at St. Viator, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Justin Illes (left) battles with Lake Forest’s Alan<br />
Cecherz for the ball during the North Shore Shootout<br />
Thursday, Aug. 24, at Lake Forest. Erin Redmond/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
6-2<br />
MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW |<br />
Sports Editor<br />
• Loyola 21, Bishop Amat 20.<br />
Loyola bounces back with<br />
another close game, this one<br />
ending in their favor.<br />
• New Trier<br />
• Highland Park<br />
• Glenbrook South<br />
• Glenbrook North<br />
• Lake Forest<br />
• Lake Forest Academy<br />
• Maine South<br />
Index<br />
“We’ve been struggling,”<br />
Giants coach Blake<br />
Novotny said. “What I’ll<br />
say is [it’s] either heart or<br />
effort this year. My guys<br />
have a nice skill set. Quite<br />
a few of them are younger,<br />
so I don’t know if they’re<br />
quite in tune with the intensity<br />
of the games or the<br />
physicality of the games.<br />
“We’ve just been playing<br />
real timid and some<br />
guys are just not stepping<br />
up. When they get frustrated,<br />
they go away from the<br />
game plan and then things<br />
25 - This Week In<br />
25 - Athlete of the Week<br />
Please see soccer, 29<br />
6-2<br />
MARTIN CARLINO |<br />
Contributing Editor<br />
• Bishop Amat 21, Loyola 20.<br />
Early season injuries plague LA<br />
as Bishop Amat does enough to<br />
hand Loyola a second loss.<br />
• New Trier<br />
• Highland Park<br />
• Glenbrook South<br />
• Glenbrook North<br />
• St. Viator<br />
• Lake Forest Academy<br />
• Maine South<br />
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Erin<br />
Redmond. Send any questions or comments<br />
to e.redmond@22ndcenturymedia.com
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One in the books Scouts’ boys<br />
soccer team gets first win over HP, Page 31<br />
top 5 finish Lake<br />
Forest tennis takes fifth at<br />
New Trier Invite, Page 28<br />
Scouts’ offense ignites in win over Glenbard East in season opener, Page 30<br />
Jacob Thomas prepares to tear up the field for Lake Forest in its game against Glenbard East Friday, Aug. 25, at home. Aimee<br />
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