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Pet of the Week8 

Editorial15 

Puzzles18 

Faith Briefs20 

Dining Out21 

Home of the Week22 

Athlete of the Week25 

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real estate agent 

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Thursday 

The Essential Great 

Chicago Fire 

Noon Oct. 12, Dickinson 

Hall 100 E. Old Mill 

Road, Lake Forest. In The 

Essential Great Chicago 

Fire, William Pack weaves 

together technical details of 

the fire with vivid firsthand 

accounts from those who 

lived through the conflagration 

of 1871, bringing 

alive all the excitement 

and terror in a multi-media 

storytelling event that will 

not soon be forgotten. This 

event costs $15. Register 

by Oct. 9 by calling (847) 

234-2209. 

Montessori from the Start: 

Morning Lecture Series 

8:45 - 9:45 a.m., Oct. 12, 

Forest Bluff School, 8 W. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

Come to the morning lecture 

series, an excellent 

introduction to Montessori 

education. Attendees will 

gain a deeper understanding 

of children’s development 

and have an opportunity to 

meet other parents with children 

of similar ages. Please 

RSVP to Lynn Lillard Jessen 

at (847) 295-8338. 

Friday 

Tombstone Tales: Tour of 

Lake Forest Cemetery 

10 a.m. Oct. 13, Historical 

Society, 509 E. Deerpath 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Join the LF-LB Historical 

Society on an historical 

and architectural walking 

tour of Lake Forest Cemetery 

led by popular docent 

Tina Strauss. The cemetery, 

on 25 acres of idyllic 

scenery, was established in 

1882. The tours will take 

place rain or shine and will 

depart from the Historical 

Society. For more information, 

call (847) 234-5253. 

Barry Bradford Lectures 

10 a.m. Oct. 13, Dickinson 

Hall, 100 E. Old 

Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

This presentation traces 

the history of the Chicago 

Cubs. Today we look 

at the Cubs from their 

inception in the 1870s 

through their glory years 

of championships and 

pennants. Once before, 

there was a time when the 

Cubs were a consistently 

outstanding team. This 

event is free for members 

and $10 for guests. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-2209. 

Saturday 

Active Aging - An Expo for 

Ages 50+ 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 14, 

Hilton Chicago Northbrook, 

2855 N. Milwaukee 

Ave. Join 22nd Century 

Media, publisher of 

The Lake Forest Leader, 

at its fourth annual event, 

complete with vendor 

booths, entertainment, 

bingo and more. Free admission 

and free parking. 

For more information, call 

(847) 272-4565 or visit 

www.22ndcenturymedia. 

com/active. 

Oktoberfest 

5-10 p.m. Oct. 14, Deerpath 

Community Park, 95 

W. Deerpath Road, Lake 

Forest. Featuring Sixteen 

Candles with opening 

band 97Nine! Food, beer, 

games, music and fun for 

all. Online ticket sales are 

open at www.friendslfpr. 

org or buy tickets at the 

gate. There is a $10 admission 

fee. For more information, 

visit www.cityoflakeforest.com. 

Sunday 

Swinging Bridge 8K Trail 

Race 

8 a.m.-noon, Oct. 15, 

Derwen Mawr and Skokie 

River Nature Preserves. 

Enjoy a scenic run sponsored 

by the Lake Forest- 

Lake Bluff Running Club 

in partnership with Lake 

Forest Open Lands. This 

will be a green race managed 

to minimize its environmental 

impact. Runners 

and walkers of all 

ages are welcome. Please 

note that registration for 

this event is through the 

running club at www.runningguru.com. 

This event 

costs $35/runner ($2.50 

CARA discount, $3.10 

registration fee). 

Music at Grace 

3 p.m., Oct. 15, Grace 

United Methodist Church, 

244 E. Center Ave., Lake 

Bluff. The last concert of 

the Music at Grace 2017 

season will be a family 

friendly endeavor. Joseph 

Agnew, music director at 

Grace United Methodist 

Church and professional 

tuba player, shares the 

stage with musicians of 

all ages as they celebrate 

everything tuba. For more 

information, call (847) 

234-9163. 

Wednesday 

Author Rene Denfeld 

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Oct. 18, The Deer Path 

Inn, 255 East Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. Rene 

Denfeld will discuss her 

new book “The Child 

Finder”. Register at (847) 

234-4420. For information, 

visit www.lakeforestbookstore.com. 

Ask a real estate broker: 

FAQ about selling or 

buying a home 

3 p.m. Oct. 18, Dickinson 

Hall, 100 E. Old Mill 

Road, Lake Forest. Mary 

Kay Brunner-Dasse, real 

estate broker with Coldwell 

Banker, Lake Forest, 

has been in real estate 

since 1989 selling on the 

North Shore with a focus 

on Lake Forest/Lake 

Bluff. She will provide answers 

to frequently asked 

questions about selling and 

buying houses. For more 


234-2209. 

Upcoming 

Trunk-or-Treat 

5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 20, 

Lake Bluff Park District’s 

Blair Park, 355 W. Washington 

Ave., Lake Bluff. 

Families can get together 

at Lake Bluff Park District’s 

Blair Park, park 

their cars in the lot, open 

up their decorated trunks 

and watch the kids come 

around to Trunk-or-Treat. 

There is a contest for the 

best decorated trunks and 

the best costumes. Enjoy 

popcorn and apple cider 

under the pavilion too. 

This event is free but both 

trunks and children must 

pre-register by Oct. 16. 


(847) 234-4150. 

Betty Bash 

7-11 p.m. Oct. 20, Gorton 

Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest. Girls Night Out - 

Food, drinks, music, dancing 

and more. Join the fun 

at the 19th annual Betty 

Bash. This is an opportunity 

to support Mothers 

Trust Foundation. Every 

‘Betty’ is a woman who 

wants to make a difference 

in the life of a child. For 

additional information and 

to purchase tickets, visit 

www.motherstrustfoundation.org 

or call (847) 482- 

9189. 

Rags to Witches 

3-6 p.m. Oct. 22, Ragdale, 

1260 N. Green Bay 

Road, Lake Forest. Ragdale 

presents its second 

annual Rags to Witches, a 

Halloween spookfest for 

all ages. In addition to the 

Cider Cauldron and Sweet 

Shoppe, families will enjoy 

a multitude of creative 

activities ranging from 

Monster music-making 

and Thriller dancing to 

Ghostly storytelling and 

Haunted hayrides. Advance 

tickets are $20 for 

adults, $15 for children, 

$60 per household (limit 

4). Individual tickets are 

also available at the door: 

$25 for adults and $20 for 

children. Buy tickets at 

www.ragdale.org. 

Ongoing 

Lake Bluff Women’s Club 

Noon- 2 p.m., the second 

Tuesday of every month, 

Grace Methodist Church, 

244 E. Center Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Join this philanthropic 

club for a catered 

luncheon and entertainment. 

For membership information, 

contact Donna 

Beer, (847) 295-7108. 

Lake Forest Open Lands: 

Little Trekkers 

1-3 p.m. Mondays, 

through Oct. 23, Mellody 

Farm Nature Preserves, 350 

N. Waukegan Road, Lake 

Forest. Set out each week on 

a new adventure searching 

for insects, following deer 

trails and learning about the 

natural world. This program 

is for the child, ages 4 and 

5, that likes to explore, get 

muddy and make discoveries. 

This event costs $150 

for members and $215 for 

non members. Register at 

www.LFOLA.org. 

Active Improv’s Junior 

Showcase Class 

6-8 p.m. Mondays, Gorton 

Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest. Join fellow classmates 

as Active Improv’s 

Ben and David take you on 

an eight week short-form 

improv training course, 

culminating in a live 

showcase at the John and 

Nancy Hughes Theater. 


(847) 234-6060. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Alyssa Groh at 


or (847) 272-4565 ext. 21. 

Entries are due by noon on 

the Thursday prior to publication 

date.

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Lake Forest City Council 

Lake Forest approves renewal of 

affordable housing agreement 

Gianna Annunzio 

Freelance Reporter 

The Lake Forest City 

Council received an update 

on the changes to the Housing 

Trust Fund Board and 

approved an extension for 

a affordable housing agreement 

during its meeting on 

Monday, Oct. 2. 

Donald Schoenheider, 

chairman of the Housing 

Trust Fund Board, gave a 

report on its reconstitution. 

The trust fund board is a 

standalone board, but is a 

recommending board of the 

City Council. 

“The board went from 

seven members to three, 

and we began meeting on 

a monthly basis in June,” 

Schoenheider said. “We’ve 

had three meetings, and I 

think we’ve had some terrific 

progress.” 

He also presented the 

consideration of a motion 

to renew the Housing Trust 

Fund Board’s partnership 

with Community Partners 

for Affordable Housing 

(CPAH) and an extension 

of agreement. 

“[Community Partners 

has] been very successful 

in the activities they’ve 

done,” Schoenheider 

said. “They’ve been a really 

great partner for us. 

They’ve been really helpful 

to staff.” 

The motion would direct 

the city manager to update 

and extend the agreement 

with Community Partners 

for Affordable Housing, 

who authorize the purchase 

and improvement of single 

family homes in Lake Forest. 

They would support 

CPAH by offering adverse 

housing stock in an amount 

not to exceed $335,000 

over a period of 25 months 

from the day of the agreement. 

The board voted in 

favor of the renewal. 

Board members disagree of 

minimum age to purchase 

tobacco 

The board discussed the 

City Council role in matters 

before the boards and commissions, 

and the minimum 

legal sales age for tobacco 

products. The discussion 

about the minimum age 

to purchase tobacco came 

about after Lake County 

became the first county 

in Illinois to ban the sale 

of tobacco and electronic 

cigarettes to individuals 

younger than 21 years old 

in unincorporated areas 

of the county. The Lake 

County Board voted for the 

measure 19-2 at its meeting 

on Sept. 12. The ordinance 

will take effect in unincorporated 

areas of Lake 

County beginning Jan. 1, 

2018. 

Alderman Melanie Rummel 

proposed the legal age 

for buying tobacco products 

in Lake Forest should 

be over 19 years old. 

Alderman Jack Reisenberg 

disagreed with this 

proposal, stating that he 

did not believe it was the 

board’s job to regulate human 

behavior unless it involved 

the community at 

large. He said if 19-yearolds 

can vote and serve 

in the armed forces, they 

should be able to buy cigarettes. 

“I quite frankly think 

that’s ridiculous,” Reisenberg 

said. “I think that this 

is a triumph of ideology 

over common sense, and is 

nothing more than a good 

excuse for 19-year-olds to 

attempt to break the law.” 

Alderman Melaine Rummel 

offered an alternative 

perspective saying, 

“Governments do regulate 

these matters, just like they 

regulate the age in which 

you can purchase alcohol. 

I think it is a public health 

issue, and I think anything 

we can do to keep smoking 

out of high schools is a step 

in the right direction.” 

Lake Forest College 

celebrates homecoming 

Stephen Schutt, president 

of Lake Forest College, 

also presented a community 

spotlight. He began 

by telling the board and 

meeting attendees that this 

weekend is the school’s 

homecoming weekend, and 

their 160th anniversary. 

“Our student body is 

now over 1500 students, 

and we’re very proud of 

that. One of the aspects of 

the student body that I think 

sometimes is surprising, is 

where our students come 

from,” Schutt said. “And 

the short answer is they 

really come from all over, 

so we have students at the 

college now from 44 different 

states, and more than 70 

different countries.” 

Schutt explained that 

one consequence of that 

enrollment is that anytime 

something happens in the 

world, Lake Forest College 

has students from where it 

happened. 

“This morning I was in 

touch with seven or eight 

students from Las Vegas,” 

he said. “Following 

last night, a week ago, we 

spent about a day making 

arrangements to evacuate 

a student from Puerto 

Rico after the hurricane hit 

there.” 

Betty Bash 

at Gorton 

Friday, October 20 

400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest 

The 19 th Annual Betty Bash 

Join us for the most fun all-women’s 

dance party in Lake County! 

Not Just Any 

Girl’s Night Out! 

Come enjoy delicious food donated by local 

venues, signature drinks, lively music, dancing, 

a wine pull and the opportunity to win a 

framed print of “Audette” and raffle baskets 

valued at over $500 each. 

Visit Mothers Trust Foundation at 

www.motherstrustfoundation.org to purchase tickets 

or for sponsorship opportunities. 

We are grateful to those already sponsoring this year’s event: The Garrett Family Foundation, BMO Harris Bank, 

Francesca and Liam Connell, Julian Grace Foundation, Lake Forest Bank & Trust, Libertyville Bank & Trust, 

Trude S. Roselle, The Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, Classic Toyota/Kia of Waukegan, Knauz 

Automotive Group, and Lawrence P. Neal, CPA & Associates.

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Rib Fest crowns winner of the best ribs in Lake Bluff 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Despite a rainy fall day, 

Lake Bluff residents enjoyed 

some friendly competition 

to see who makes 

the best ribs in town at 

Lake Bluff Barbeque Society’s 

annual Rib Fest Saturday, 

Oct. 7 on the village 

green. With approximately 

100 teams competing and 

more than 500 spectators, 

the race was on to see who 

would be crowned winner 

of the best ribs. 

The annual Rib Fest, 

which is held on the first 

Sunday of October every 

year, was started in 

2001. It all began when 

five neighbors decided to 

pull their smokers onto the 

Lake Bluff Village Green, 

to earn bragging rights 

and decide who made the 

best ribs, according to Eric 

Welles, president of Lake 

Bluff Barbeque Society. 

Since then, the event has 

been highly anticipated by 

both spectators and rib enthusiasts. 

Welles said the Rib Fest 

brings the community 

together and is an event 

many look forward to. 

“The [Rib Fest] promotes 

the community of 

Lake Bluff as a neighborhood 

through the interaction 

at the event, and the 

friendly competition the 

event stimulates,” Welles 

said. 

To enter the contest, 

groups must have a captain 

who resides in Lake Bluff, 

while the other members 

can be from outside of 

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team receives 12 racks of 

ribs to cook to perfection 

and are also asked to cook 

another barbecue dish of 

their choosing, such as 

barbecue macaroni and 

cheese, pulled pork, barbecue 

baked beans and more. 

Teams are judged on 

visual appeal, taste and 

People’s Choice. To vote 

for People’s Choice, spectators 

donating money to 

a charity chosen by Lake 

Bluff Barbeque Society 

and are then able to cast 

their vote for the best ribs. 

This year, more than 

$4,000 was raised for 

Beef4Hunger, which provides 

fresh beef for the 

hungry in America. 

The winner of the Rib 

Fest takes home a large 

trophy, gets to fly the Lake 

Bluff Barbeque Society 

flag for the year and receives 

bragging rights for 

the year. 

This year the winner 

was “Swine Time,” while 

“Tongue-n-Cheek” won 

the People’s Choice award 

and “Smoke ‘Em If You 

Got ‘Em” won the best 

decorated booth. 

Welles said the event 

went well, despite the poor 

weather. 

“Spirits were never 

dampened, despite the rain, 

and the first time winner 

‘Swine Time’ was crowned 

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Police Reports 

Multiple vehicles burglarized in Lake Forest 

Lake Forest police took 

multiple reports of vehicles 

burglarized and items 

stolen on Sept. 30 in the 

Wedgewood Drive/Littlefield 

Court areas in Lake 

Forest. 

Victims report wallets, 

credit cards and currency 

was stolen. Vehicles were 

parked in driveways and left 

unlocked. No suspects have 

been identified at this time. 

The Lake Forest Police 

Department would 

like to remind residents 

to remove purses, wallets, 

keys/FOB’s and other 

valuables from their cars 

and lock the cars. These 

small steps will deter current 

and future criminal 

activity in the neighborhoods. 

In other police news: 

Lake Forest: 

Oct. 1 

• Sergio A. Vargas, 18, 

of Beach Park, Ill., was 

charged with possession of 

cannabis and possession of 

drug paraphernalia at 1:21 

a.m. in the 500 block of 

N. Sheridan Road. Police 

were called to Lake Forest 

College to assist Lake Forest 

College security after 

they encountered a subject 

on campus who was not 

a student, but was in possession 

of cannabis and 

drug paraphernalia. Police 

spoke with Vargas, who 

was found to be in possession 

of a small bag containing 

a glass pipe and a 

small amount of cannabis. 

Sept. 29 

•Anibel G. Dominguez, 

22, of Beach Park, Ill., was 

charged with speeding 83 

mph in a posted 55 mph 

speed zone, driving with a 

suspended driver’s license 

and possession of cannabis 

at the intersection of 

Route 41 and Gage Lane. 

Police on routine patrol 

conducted a traffic stop on 

Dominguez’s vehicle after 

observing the vehicle being 

operated at a high rate 

of speed. When officers 

spoke to Dominguez, they 

determined his driver’s license 

was suspended, and 

they could smell the odor 

of marijuana coming from 

inside the car. A small 

amount of marijuana and 

a pipe were located in the 

vehicle. 

Sept. 24 

•Sean O’Connell, 22, of 

Long Grove, was charged 

with a DUI of alcohol 

and possession of a controlled 

substance at 10:17 

a.m. in the 500 block of 

N. Sheridan Road. Police 

responded to a report of 

an accident at Lake Forest 

College. Police conducted 

an investigation of the accident 

and O’Connell’s 

impairment. Subsequently 

O’Connell was found to 

be in possession of a controlled 

substance and was 

taken into custody. 

Sept. 22 

•Alejandro Guzman, 24, 

of Waukegan, was charged 

for a DUI of alcohol at 

2:42 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 41 and Deerpath 

Road. An officer on 

routine patrol observed a 

white Toyota make several 

driving violations and 

conducted a traffic stop 

on the vehicle. Officers 

identified Guzman as the 

driver of the vehicle and 

while speaking to Guzman, 

officers determined 

he may have been drinking 

alcohol prior to driving. 

When asked, Guzman 

stated he had consumed 

seven beers. Officers conducted 

a field sobriety test 

on Guzman and based on 

all observations, Guzman 

was arrested. 

Sept. 19 

• A vehicle was reported 

stolen in the 1400 block 

of N. McKinley Road. A 

2002 black Acura had been 

left unlocked in the driveway 

overnight with keys in 

the vehicle. Police have no 

suspects at this time and 

continue to remind all residents 

to lock their cars and 

take their keys and other 

valuables out of their cars. 

Sept. 18 

• Wesley A. Caouette, 26, 

of Chattanooga, Tenn., was 

charged with theft of 2017 

BMW Golf Championship 

tickets at 12:03 p.m. 

at Conway Farms Golf 

Club. Lake Forest Police, 

in conjunction with Gurnee 

Police, investigated the 

selling of stolen tickets 

from the 2017 BMW Golf 

Championships. Through 

interviews and investigative 

resources, police were 

able to identify Caouette 

as the suspect and were 

able to elicit a confession 

that he stole the tickets and 

aided in their illegal sale. 

Lake Bluff 

Sept. 29 

• Planters were reported 

taken from the front of a 

residence more than two 

weeks ago at 11:06 a.m. 

in the 500 block of Cambridge 

Lane. A officer met 

with the complainant who 

stated the planters have 

not been seen in more 

then two weeks according 

to the housekeeper. The 

complainant stated she had 

been on vacation for the 

last week. The reported 

loss is less than $300. 

• A single car accident involving 

the gate at Lake 

Bluff Public Works was 

reported at 4:36 p.m. at the 

Public Safety Building. 

Sept. 28 

• A delayed hit and run private 

property accident was 

reported at 9:08 p.m. on 

Rockland Road. 

Sept. 27 

• A two vehicle accident 

was reported at 6:02 p.m. 

in the intersection of Glen 

Avenue and E. Scranton 

Avenue. Upon arrival a officer 

met with both drivers, 

neither reported injury. 

Sept. 25 

• Accident damage to property 

was reported at 3:40 

p.m. at the Public Safety 

Building. The complainant 

advised at approximately 

6:30 p.m., while traveling 

on W. Scranton Avenue 

under the bridge for the 

train tacks, a rock fell and 

cracked her windshield. 


with no injuries was reported 

at 3:49 p.m. in the 

intersection of Sheridan 

Road and Sheridan Place. 

• A Driver was charged 

with failure to yield at an 

intersection at 6:09 p.m. at 

W. Sanctuary Lane. 

Sept. 24 

• A driver was charged 

with an aggravated DUI 

after being stopped for 

improper lane usage at 

2:09 a.m. in the intersection 

of Moffett Road 

and E. Sheridan Road. 


with no injuries was reported 

at 7:16 p.m. in the 

area of Sheridan Road 

and E. Sheridan Place. 

Upon arrival the officer 

met with the complainant 

who stated he let the other 

driver leave the scene after 

exchanging information. 

Officer advised the 

complaint that he will 

speak to the other party 

and complete a formal 

traffic crash report. 

Sept. 16 

• A sign that read “No Hotels 

Next Door” was reported 

stolen at 9:47 a.m. 

in the 500 block of Maple 

Avenue. The complainant 

stated he did not want the 

incident to be investigated 

but he just wanted documentation. 

Sept. 13 

• A district store manager 

reported bank deposits 

were stolen and perpetrated 

by the stores ex-manager 

at 2:04 p.m. in the 900 

block of Rockland Road. 

The suspect was taken into 

custody but no charges 

were made. The reported 

loss is less than $300. 

Sept. 12 

• Fraudulent bank transactions 

were reported 

at 10:24 p.m. in the 900 

block of North Shore 

Drive. The officer spoke 

with he assistant controller 

who stated fraudulent 

checks were created and 

some were cashed against 

the business account. 

EDITORS NOTE: The 

Lake Forest Leader’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on file 

at the Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff Police Department 

headquarters. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charged until proven guilty in 

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Max’s Deli to sever ties 

with co-owner after tweet 

Joey Morelli, one of the 

three owners of Max’s Deli 

in Highland Park, said the 

business plans to continue 

to operate without Greg 

Morelli, one of the three 

current owners. 

This decision comes 

three days after Greg Morelli’s 

unpopular tweet 

posted Monday morning, 

which read: “Soon as I 

heard it was country music, 

I felt relief. White people 

shooting white people 

isn’t terror ... it’s community 

outreach. #LasVegas” 

The tweet came the 

morning after a gunman 

killed 58 concertgoers and 

himself at the Las Vegas 

Route 91 Harvest music 

festival. 

Soon after the tweet was 

deleted, Greg Morelli issued 

an apology via the 

deli’s Facebook page, 

citing feeling politically 

“lost” as his reason for 

posting it. 

“I have no interest in 

politics in my restaurant,” 

he said. “It’s not okay and 

it never was.” 

Shortly after the post 

was made, it began to 

circulate within the community, 

and eventually to 

different national publications. 

Joey Morelli said he 

regrets not separating the 

business from his brother 

sooner, because Greg Morelli 

has had similar social 

media outbursts in the past. 

After this incident, Joey 

Morelli said separating his 

brother from the business 

was the best thing. 

“It should have happened 

a long time ago,” he 

said. 

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LakeForestLeader.com NEWS 


House Tour celebrates famed 

architect Howard Van Doren Shaw 

Katie Copenhaver 


The Lake Forest Preservation 

Foundation held 

its annual benefit House 

and Garden Tour on Sept. 

30, raising around $20,000 

to support its mission to 

protect the historic visual 

character of the city. Titled 

“The Uniqueness of the 

Shaw Tradition in Lake 

Forest Architecture,” this 

year’s tour featured five 

homes designed or influenced 

by Howard Van 

Doren Shaw. A sell-out 

crowd of around 150 people 

turned out to see and 

learn about the houses and 

accompanying gardens, 

which are on or near Green 

Bay Road. 

“Of all the great architects 

who designed residences 

in Lake Forest in 

the Country Place Era 

(1893-1942) Howard Van 

Doren Shaw (1869-1926) 

had the greatest impact,” 

LFPF Board Secretary Art 

Miller wrote in the tour 

catalog. 

Miller pointed out that, 

“Shaw’s best-known and 

significant creation in Lake 

Forest was not a house, but 

Market Square. ... It was his 

many local paying country 

house clients who built his 

reputation so he could secure 

financial backing for 

Market Square.” 

And, finally, Miller noted 

in the catalog that, “Shaw’s 

legacy is alive today, as six 

of the twelve preservation 

awards given by the Lake 

Forest Preservation Foundation 

in the spring of this 

year were for Shaw’s work 

or work by an associate or 

associate’s associate, all part 

of the Shaw professional 

‘architectural family tree.’” 

Event Chair Laura Luce 

concurred with Miller in 

Community members who attended the Lake Forest 

Preservation Foundation annual House and Garden 

Tour on Sept. 30 stopped by newly renovated Ragdale, 

which is decorated on the outside for Halloween. Katie 

Copenhaver/22nd Century Media 

saying they chose Shaw 

because, “He is indelibly 

connected to Lake Forest, 

its architecture and its history.” 

The most well-known 

home on the tour was Ragdale, 

originally the country 

place of Shaw and his 

wife Frances and now an 

artists’ colony, founded by 

the Shaw’s granddaughter 

Alice Judson Hayes. It is a 

prime example of the English 

Arts & Crafts tradition 

that was the chief influence 

on Shaw’s designs. 

According to Miller, the 

Ragdale Foundation raised 

between $3 and $4 million 

to renovate the home, 

and this tour was the first 

chance many Lake Forest 

residents got to see it since 

the remodeling. 

Another of Shaw’s Arts 

& Crafts style homes on 

the tour was the House of 

the Four Winds. The new 

owners Linda and Jim Estes, 

with their daughter 

Katharine and the previous 

owner Bill Redfield, were 

all on hand to talk about the 

house. 

The Estes family bought 

it a year ago from Redfield, 

who bought it with his wife 

Lyn in 1974. The original 

owners of the home, Mary 

Campbell McBirney and 

Hugh Johnston McBirney, 

moved there in 1909 and 

named it after a house in 

China that was built on a 

similar axis to maximize 

wind flow. 

“Shaw was a master of 

blending styles,” said house 

docent captain Ingrid Bryzinski 

of Four Winds. The 

story goes that Shaw incorporated 

Ibero-Moorish 

elements in this home after 

he visited the Alhambra 

palace/fortress in Granada, 

Spain. He also created a 

sequence of rooms in the 

French BeauxArts style. 

By the time the Redfields 

bought the house in 

the ‘70s, it had fallen into 

disrepair because decades 

of high property taxes 

had meant various owners 

could not afford to keep 

it up. The Redfields spent 

years restoring it, consulting 

with architects and 

looking at historic records, 

including using drawings 

from the Smithsonian. 

It has since won several 

awards, including the 

Driehaus Foundation 2012 

Preservation Award. 

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Lake Forest Open Lands founding members’ families continue annual Bagpipes & Bonfire 

Submitted by Lake Forest 

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On a bluebird day, more 

than 1,800 people attended 

the 30th annual Bagpipes 

& Bonfire on Sept. 24, at 

Middlefork Farm Nature 

Preserve. Many attendees 

donned traditional Scottish 

tartan shorts, pants and 

summer dresses. 

Lake Forest Open 

Lands’ founding members 

and first two president’s 

children, Mark Ahern and 

Ellen Foster Stirling served 

as this year’s co-chairs. 

This one-of-a-kind family 

event included an all 

you can eat picnic dinner, 

spirits, Scottish bagpipes, 

Belgian pony rides, Highland 

Dancers, Fly Casting, 

Frisbee Dog Presentation, 

Pipe Bands March, 

five Sky Divers in Kilts, 

a beautiful solo bagpipe 

performance of Amazing 

Grace at dusk followed by 

a massive bonfire. 

In its 30 years, this annual 

fundraiser has netted 

more than $3.4 million. 

Tributes were made to 

board members and presidents 

who have passed 

away over the organization’s 

50 years, and included 

a special mention 

for past-president, Ken 

Campia. The Falbe family, 

of Lake Bluff, lit the 

bonfire and board member, 

John Dick served as Field 

Marshal. 

Proceeds from Bagpipes 

& Bonfire support 

Lake Forest Open Lands’ 

land conservation efforts 

encompassing more than 

800 acres and the important 

environmental education 

programming offered 

for children, students and 

adults. 

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Camp out at the beach brings families together for night of fun 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Summer months can 

get hectic with vacations, 

weddings, graduation 

parties, children’s summer 

camps and work. It 

is easy to get caught up in 

life and spend less quality 

time with family. The 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

helped families spend 

quality time together and 

say goodbye to summer 

during the Family Fun 

Camp out at Forest Park 

Beach on Sept. 30. 

The event was started 

by Rob Carmichael, curator 

at The Wildlife Discovery 

Center at Elawa 

Farm, who has since carried 

on the tradition for 

years. 

“I started it because I 

was looking for something 

new and programs 

that promote family time 

and things like that,” 

Carmichael said. “[The 

Wildlife Discovery Center] 

started thinking ‘since 

we are on the west side of 

town, what can we do that 

is nature based, that people 

will appreciate what 

we have here in Lake Forest?.’” 

To instill family bonding 

and enjoying nature 

Carmichael helped come 

up with the Family Fun 

Camp out. Each year the 

event brings in 110 participants. 

Families pack 

up tents and set them up 

on the beach for a night 

on bonding and fun. 

During the event residents 

enjoyed story time 

put on by the Lake Forest 

Library, movie on 

the beach, astronomy 

with Skokie Valley Astronomers, 

s’mores at 

the campfire and catered 

food. The Wildlife Discover 

Center also put an 

animal show for children 

and families. Carmichael 

said many families also 

bring additional entertainment 

such as beach volleyball 

and bags. 

This event is held at the 

end of September each 

year and is the only weekend 

camping is allowed at 

the beach. 

According to Carmichael 

the annual event 

has become a tradition for 

many families. 

“A lot of families come 

back year after year and 

now we have multiple 

generations coming out, 

which is really cool,” he 

said. 

Ruby Gifford (left to right), 3, and her 4-year-old twin sisters Blair and MacKenzie, 

enjoy some food at the Family Fun Camp Out on Sept. 29 at Forest Park Beach. Carlos 

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‘Fun things in store’ for 

annual Active Aging Expo 

22CM event will 

feature 25 vendors 

Eric DeGrechie 

Managing Editor 

A popular fall destination 

in the North Shore 

for the past few years has 

been 22nd Century Media’s 

Active Aging — An 

Expo for Ages 50+ event. 

“We love planning this 

event for the senior population 

in the North Shore,” 

said Heather Warthen, 

chief events officer of 

22nd Century Media. “We 

have a lot of fun things in 

store for this event.” 

The fourth annual expo 

is scheduled for 9 a.m.-1 

p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at 

the Hilton Chicago Northbrook, 

2855 N. Milwaukee 

Ave. in Northbrook. 

The free admission event 

features more than 25 

vendor booths, as well as 

speaker sessions and free 

gift bags to the first 300 

attendees. 

“Bingo has been popular 

for the past two years, 

so we’ll be bringing that 

back again for a third 

year with an assortment 

of prizes,” Warthen said. 

“We also have book dramatist 

Barbara Rinella at 

11:30 a.m. to present ‘A 

Visit with Prince Charles 

and Royal Ladies!’ We 

will also be taking attendees 

to Hawaii with a hula 

performance by Halau 

Hula O Puanani at 11 a.m. 

Add in a few speaker sessions 

and we have a very 

active expo.” 

The expo award-winning 

author Patricia M. 

McClure will speak at 10 

a.m. and a presentation by 

Remodel Direct will take 

Attendees enjoy the festivities at last year’s 22nd 

Century Media’s Active Aging — An Expo for Ages 50+ 

event. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

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for Ages 50+ Vendors 

22nd Century Media 

A Place For Mom 

Baird & Warner - Shaun 

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Chicagoly Magazine 

CISA Insurance 

City of Highland Park - 

Highland Park Senior 

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Dee-Signed Programs 

East End Dentistry 

Elements Massage 

Emerald Place 

Freedom Home Care/ 

Spyrl 

Harmony Home 

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Just Be Fit Inc. Physical 

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place at 9:30 a.m. 

“In addition to all the 

fun activities, we do have 

plenty of vendors ready 

with important information 

for the later stages in 

life,” Warthen said. “We 

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Mitzvah Memorial 

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North Shore University 

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Pain Relief Institute 

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Disability Services 

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Financial, LLC 

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Rubloff Realty Group 

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For more information, 

visit www.22ndcentury 

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All Lake Forest Residents Invited to Our 

Annual Meeting 

November 7, 2017 

7:00 to 8:00pm 

Gorton Center Auditorium 

Present the Caucus Presidents Report 

Introduce the Caucus Recommended Slate of Candidates 

Open Call Meeting 

October 24, 2017 

7:00 to 8:00pm 

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Audit Committee - 1 position 

City Council Ward 3 - 1 position 

Parks & Recreation Board - 2 positions 

Plan Commission - 2 positions 

Meet and Vote on the Committee's Recommended Candidates 

For more information, please visit 

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From the Editor 

Seeking creativity for jack-o-lantern contest 

Alyssa Groh 


October has always 

been one of my 

favorite months. 

During the month of October, 

the weather starts to 

cool down and the leaves 

start to change, creating 

some beautiful sights. I 

love driving around and 

seeing the trees covered in 

bright red, orange, yellow 

and green. 

Not only does October 

bring pretty colors, it offers 

prime apple picking. 

I have said many times I 

think I could live off of 

fruit alone, and apples are 

one of my favorite fruits. I 

favor red apples, but also 

love a nice caramel apple 

in the fall. I always make 

time to take a trip out to a 

apple farm and go apple 

picking. 

But, above all, I most 

look forward to Halloween. 

Halloween is exactly 

a week after my birthday, 

so by default, it is one 

of my favorite holidays. 

When I was a kid, we 

always picked out pumpkins 

and carved them as a 

family. 

When I was too young 

to carve a pumpkin on my 

own, I enjoyed carving 

one with my mom or getting 

help from my older 

brother. But, my favorite 

thing about carving pumpkins 

is the wide variety 

of designs you can carve. 

Each year, I choose a new 

design, and try to increase 

the challenge each year. 

Not only is carving 

pumpkins fun, but it is a 

great opportunity to get 

the whole family together. 

Life can get crazy, especially 

as we begin preparing 

for the holidays. Take 

a moment to slow down 

and take the family to pick 

out pumpkins and carve 

them. When you are done, 

you will have creative designs 

to admire for a few 

weeks and memories you 

will hopefully remember 

forever. 

After you carve your 

pumpkins, take a picture 

and send it to The Leader 

as part of our Great Pumpkin 

Contest. 

There is no limit to 

what your pumpkin can 

be. The only restriction 

is that the pumpkin must 

reside in Lake Forest or 

Lake Bluff and must be 

decorated this year. 

The deadline for the 

photos is noon Tuesday, 

Nov. 1. The winner will 

receive a spooky surprise 

from a local retailer. 

Include your first and last 

name, as well as a phone 

number and address. Send 

entries to Editor Alyssa 

Groh at alyssa@lakeforestleader.com 

or mail them 

to The Lake Forest Leader, 

60 Revere Drive, Suite 888, 

Northbrook, IL 60062. 

Lake Bluff Elementary District 65 posted 

this photo on Oct. 3. Lake Bluff Elementary 

District 65 posted this photo of firstgraders 

using SeeSaw to record what they 

know about plants. 

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An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Forest City Council discuss 

minimum age to purchase 

tobacco, some believe it should 

be at least 19 years old, Page 3 

HOUSE 

From Page 9 

“I’ve wanted to live 

in an Arts & Crafts style 

home since we lived in 

England in the ‘90s,” said 

Linda Estes, explaining 

what sparked her interest 

in that type of architecture. 

A neighbor to Four 

Winds, Applegate, was 

the only house on the tour 

not designed by Shaw and 

done in a Queen Anne 

style. However, it was 

built in 1911 on the same 

Cole-Swanton-Atteridge 

farmland as Four Winds, 

and the original owner was 

Hugh McBirney Johnston, 

a cousin of Hugh Johnston 

McBirney and his wife. 

Current owner Arthur 

Wood Jr. grew up in the 

house, and together with 

his wife Peggy, bought it 

after his father’s death in 

2006. Wood credited his 

wife and the LFPF with doing 

most of the work for the 

tour. 

“The homeowners were 

very gracious,” said LFPF 

President Jim Opsitnik. 

“We staggered the starting 

points, so as not to overwhelm 

the docents and 

homeowners.” 

The house at 904 N. 

Green Bay Rd. is another 

of Shaw’s designs, but it’s 

an Italian villa that blends 

French style, rather than an 

Arts & Crafts design. The 

house had a unique feature 

that the entrance in front 

was originally on the right 

side rather than being centered. 

However, that changed 

when the second owner 

hired Shaw’s firm to build 

an addition onto the northeast 

side of it, which then 

balanced the home with a 

centered front entrance. 

Apparently unhappy with 

the request, Shaw assigned 

one of his associates, the 

young David Adler, to design 

the addition. 

The tour culminated with 

a reception at 776 N. Green 

Bay Rd., currently owned 

by Barbara and Karl Nagel. 

Shaw also designed 

the house, and it was built 

on the same Cole-Swanton-Atteridge 

farmland as 

the others on the tour. It 

was originally a gatehouse 

for the Brewster family’s 

Covin Tree country place 

built in 1907. The matching 

garage, a former stable, 

features a separate upstairs 

apartment. 

All of Shaw’s homes 

have a common link in 

that they were designed to 

give the occupants generous 

views of the landscapes 

that surrounded them, 

which connects them to 

Chicago’s Prairie School of 

Architecture. 

Opsitnik said at the end 

of the tour, “It’s gratifying 

to work with people who 

are energetic and passionate 

and do their jobs well.” 

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The lake forest leader | October 12, 2017 | LakeForestLeader.com 

A friendly face 

Merlo’s Italian Restaurant welcomes regulars, offers 

consistency for past five years, Page 21 

Citadel Theatre’s production of “Light Up The Sky” shows actors lives outside of the show, Page 19 

The beleaguered producer, Sidney Black (center), makes an angry phone call after the opening night performance seems to have failed during Citadel Theatre’s 

production of “Light Up The Sky,” on Sept. 29. Photo by North Shore Camera Club.

18 | October 12, 2017 | The lake forest leader PUZZLES 


north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Part of a stable 

diet? 

4. The Ragdale 

Foundation was 

his former summer 

retreat, Howard 

8. “Monty Python” 

airer 

11. Downturn in 

stocks 

13. Compel 

14. Butter alternative 

15. Kosher ___ 

16. Not shiny 

18. Pool scum 

20. Fine 

21. Nordic native 

24. Mount Olympus 

dwellers 

25. Burst of gunfire 

29. Like many a 

prime rib serving 

32. Vast expanse 

33. Trial run 

34. Relaxation destination 

37. In the midst of 

38. Last in a series, 

abbr. 

39. Type of falcon 

41. Plastic man 

42. Precipitation type 

43. Put out 

44. Ringworm 

45. Like Dennis the 

Menace 

46. Coordinate 

49. Citrus fruit similar 

to a grapefruit 

51. Director and 

producer who went 

to Glenbrook North 

53. Caulking material 

57. Stingy 

61. Chipping choice 

63. Stepped heavily 

64. Biscotti flavoring 

65. Dry run 

66. Junior, e.g. 

67. Samoan money 

68. Bonfire fallout 

Down 

1. Anomalous 

2. “Code” lead-in 

3. Booth payment 

4. Former French coin 

5. Day segments 

(abbr.) 

6. Facade 

7. Garden intruder 

8. Go well together 

9. Triumphs over 

10. Warm and snug 

12. Swine 

13. Beagle biter 

14. Potpourri 

17. Scott Joplin tunes 

19. Beside 

22. New Guinea native 

23. Confines 

25. Wash 

26. Crest 

27. Kings of ___ (rock 

band) 

28. Front 

30. Trans-Atlantic air 

traveler’s woe 

31. Movie with a 

balloon-borne house 

34. Winter sports gear 

35. Eat like a bird 

36. Avant-garde 

39. Old photo 

40. Madison or Park 

(abbr.) 

42. Howdy! 

44. Next 

46. 2009 Man Booker 

International Prize 

winner Alice 

47. Encourage 

48. Cast off 

50. Ditch 

51. Shacks 

52. Lawn chair 

54. Do-it-yourself ___ 

55. Chemical compound 

in fertilizers 

and plastics 

56. Velvety forest 

growth 

58. Biology class abbr. 

59. Salad topper 

60. “Born in the ___” 

Springsteen song 

62. The ___ degree 

LAKE BLUFF 

Lake Bluff Brewing 

Company 

(16 E. Scranton Ave. 

(224) 544-5179) 

■8:30 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Oct. 26: Spooky 

Movie Night 

GLENVIEW 

Oil Lamp Theater 

(1723 Glenview Road, 

(847) 834-0738) 

■Through ■ Nov. 19: ‘Par 

for the Corpse’ 

NORTHBROOK 

Pinstripes 

(1150 Willow Road, 

(847) 480-2323) 

■From ■ open until close 

all week: bowling and 

bocce 

GLENCOE 

Writers Theatre 

(325 Tudor Court, (847) 

242-6000) 

■Through ■ Dec. 17: 

‘Quixote: On the Conquest 

of Self’ 

WILMETTE 

The Rock House 

(1150 Central Ave. 

(847) 256-7625) 

■8 ■ p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

14: The Sweet Maries 

Wilmette Theatre 

(1122 Central Ave. 

(847) 251-7424) 

■2 ■ p.m. Sunday, Oct. 

15: Writers Theatre 

Series — For Quixote: 

On The Conquest of 

Self 

HIGHLAND PARK 

The Panda Bar 

(596 Elm Place, (847) 

433-0589) 

■Every ■ Friday: Live 

Music 

HIGHWOOD 

210 

(210 Green Bay Road, 

(847) 433-0304) 

■9 ■ p.m. Friday, Oct. 13: 

Mr. Blotto 

■6:30 ■ p.m. Sunday, 

Oct. 15: Judy Night 

Pedal Steel Jazz 

Quintet 

To place an event in The 

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answers 

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LEVEL: Medium 

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LakeForestLeader.com LIFE & ARTS 


‘Light Up The Sky’ showcases reallife 

friendships behind the scenes 

Gianna Annunzio 


Theater enthusiasts took 

a peak behind the curtain 

of raw show business during 

Citadel Theatre’s performance 

of “Light Up the 

Sky,” on Sept. 29, showcasing 

elements of wit, drama 

and undeniable passion for 

theater. 

The play — originally 

written by Moss Hart — is 

set in 1940s Boston, and 

takes place entirely within 

the confines of a hotel 

suite at the Ritz-Carlton. 

In the first act, the show’s 

producer, playwright, lead 

actress and their husbands 

and wives get together for 

a congratulatory toast to the 

evening of the opening. 

Pat Murphy, “Light Up 

the Sky’s” director, has 

been working with the Citadel 

on different plays for 

several years. He described 

act two of the play, where 

things go slightly awry. 

“[Act two] starts right off 

after the show. Apparently 

it was confusing and people 

are now disappointed,” 

he said. “They’re all upset 

and end up blaming each 

other for the problems in 

the show, and they really 

just tear into each other.” 

After hurdling negative 

remarks back and forth for 

most of the evening, characters 

discover that the 

play’s reviews have come 

in — and they’re positive. 

“So now, they have to go 

back after tearing each other 

apart, and now it’s like, 

‘Oh I love you, I’ll never do 

another play without you,’” 

Murphy said. “They have 

to convince the playwright 

to stick with the project after 

they sort of beat him up. 

So its kind of fun to watch 

that happen, people do a total 

flip flop.” 

Since “Light Up the 

Sky” has three acts rather 

than two, Murphy was 

concerned that modern audiences 

wouldn’t be used 

to the length of the performance. 

“Their attention span is 

shorter. It’s also not a show 

that has a lot of one-liner 

jokes,” he said. “But the 

language [in this play] is 

important, and the characters 

are important. It’s just 

sort of fascinating and interesting 

to look behind the 

scenes of theater people.” 

Murphy says one of his 

favorite parts of directing 

“Light Up the Sky,” 

is working with the actors 

and people involved in production, 

“You never know what 

you’re going to get when 

you go out there and cast a 

show. You put on an audition 

call and you kind of get 

what shows up,” he said. 

“We lived through couple 

permeations of it. I was very 

happy that I had this particular 

group of people try out, 

because I think they fit their 

characters beautifully.” 

Since the show itself 

doesn’t fall automatically 

into the audience’s lap, 

“Light Up the Sky” needed 

to have a strong cast. 

“The characters are 

slightly bigger than life. 

Most of them, not all 

of them,” Murphy said. 

“[Moss] wrote these characters 

as conglomerates of 

people that he knew.” 

Actress Laurie Carter 

Rose plays Irene Livingston, 

the play’s leading actress. 

She says that being 

an actress herself, she can 

relate to both Irene’s exuberance 

and fragility. 

“It doesn’t take much to 

put [Irene] off kilter, or to 

put me off kilter,” she said. 

“Even in your most confident 

moments, you’re sort 

of reliant as an artist on getting 

your message across 

and having it be received 

favorably because if it’s 

not, what are you doing this 

for? Although you can’t be 

pleasing everybody all the 

time, you need to honor the 

art.” 

The pivot from an opening 

night celebration to 

friends turning on each 

other is one of the most exciting 

elements of the play 

for Rose. 

“Everyone starts out happy 

and gay, and it’s so wonderful, 

the excitement of 

opening night. Then things 

go poorly, and they all turn 

on each other,” she said. 

“Then they once again turn 

back north where, ‘Oh, the 

reviews are good, oh isn’t 

this a joy. You’re all my 

favorite friends ever, forget 

all the stuff I said.’” 

Rose says she enjoys the 

facets of the play’s fully 

fleshed-out characters, and 

hopes the audience understands 

that “at our best and 

our worst, we’re all just 

mixed up people.” 

“All these people [in the 

play] turn on each other, 

and then turn back and are 

friends — it’s not that surprising.” 

she said. “Maybe 

we can all be a little understanding 

and tolerant 

of people around us, in the 

workplace, whatever passionate 

project we’re doing. 

We all just want it to 

be the best it could be in the 

end, and sometimes that 

comes at the cost of harsh 

words and high emotions. 

But at the end of the day, 

we’re all just trying.” 

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LEFT: The mother of 

the star, Lauren Miller 

(left), and the wife of 

the producer, Sarah- 

Lucy Hill (right), try 

to get a star-struck 

Shriner, Jim Heatherly 

(center), to invest in 

their show during 

Citadel Theatre’s 

production of “Light 

Up The Sky,” on 

Sept. 29. North Shore 

Camera Club

20 | October 12, 2017 | The lake forest leader FAITH 


Faith Briefs 

Faith Lutheran Church (680 West 

Deerpath, Lake Forest) 

2017: 500th Anniversary 

of the Reformation 

Bring family and friends 

and join the congregation 

of Faith for a very special 

sermon series to celebrate 

The Reformation Sept. 9 

through Oct. 29. Services 

are 5 p.m. Saturdays and 8 

a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

St. Martin of Tours Award 

The St. Martin of Tours 

Award will be presented 

to Pastor Buckman during 

church services on 

October 21 and 22. The 

Silver St. Martin of Tours 

Medal is awarded for 

exceptionally meritorious 

service in support of the 

program of the LCMS 

Ministry to the Armed 

Forces. The service 

for which the medal is 

awarded must normally 

have been performed over 

a considerable span of 

time. No more than one 

medal is awarded each 

year. There will be a 

guest speaker for the services 

and other military 

guests will be invited. 

Christian Science Society (Gorton 

Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest) 

Testimony Meeting 

Come to Gorton Center 

the first Wednesday of each 

month at 7:30 p.m. There 

will be prayer, hymns, and 

readings from the Bible, 

with related passages from 

the “Christian Science” 

textbook, “Science and 

Health with Key to the 

Scriptures” by Mary Baker 

Eddy. Then participants 

share their own healings 

and inspiration. For more 


234-0820 or email cssocietylakeforest@gmail.com. 

The Church of the Holy Spirit (400 E. 

Westminster Road, Lake Forest) 

Making Disciples 

Join the church on 

Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. 

in the parish library as we 

deepen our understanding 

of the themes presented in 

scripture. This is a yearlong 

journey that will be 

done over 34 weeks. Student 

guides are now available 

in Missions Possible 

bookstore at a 15 percent 

discount. Come to Eucharist 

at 9:30, and then grab a 

cup of coffee in the kitchen 

on your way to the library. 

Welcome Cafe 

On Sundays between the 

9 and 11 a.m. service, you 

are invited to the “Welcome 

Café” in the Parish 

Hall. All are welcome. 

The Brotherhood of St. 

Bernard 

The “Old Dogs” are retired 

men who meet for 

reading and frank conversation 

at 10:30 a.m. 

Wednesdays in the Armour 

Room. Recognizing 

a personal spiritual need, 

the participants study and 

share their opinions, questions 

and fears about their 

own lives. For more information, 

visit www.chslf. 

org/old-dogs. 

Men’s Bible Breakfast 

Men in the parish meet 

at 6:15 a.m. every Thursday 

for relaxed Bible study 

and fellowship. For more 

information, visit www. 

chslf.org/young-pups. 

Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

Each Wednesday, the 

Church of St. Mary offers 

Eucharistic Adoration following 

the 8 a.m. Mass. A 

rosary will be prayed each 

week at 6:40 p.m. with 

Benediction following at 

7 p.m. 

Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. 

Prospect Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Live Wires 

Live Wires is the Union 

Church youth group for 

fourth- through sixth-graders. 

The group meets on 

Wednesdays in Fellowship 

Hall at the church from 4 

to 5 p.m. for lively discussion 

and fun activities. 

Birthday Party Bag 

Outreach 

The youth of the church 

will be collecting items, 

decorating bags, and 

packaging them from 10- 

11 a.m. Oct. 15 to create 

“birthday party in a bag” 

packages to take to local 

food pantries. Items 

needed include: cake 

mixes, frosting, sprinkles, 

birthday candles, birthday 

cards, decorative napkins, 

plates and balloons. 

Look for bins at the front 

and rear entrances to the 

church beginning mid- 

September. 

Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N. 

Waukegan Road) 

The Bridge Young Adults 

Group 

Every Wednesday from 

7-9 p.m. If you think 

you’re a young adult, you 

are welcome to join. Contact 

TheBridgeCCLF@ 

gmail.com for more information. 

Bible Blast 

Sunday evenings, 5-6 

p.m. Bible Blast is a family 

program for children 

4 years old through fifth 

grade. Guide your child’s 

spiritual growth and biblical 

literacy to a new level 

through Bible Blast. There 

is a one-time registration 

fee of $45. Free childcare 

is provided for 3 years old 

and younger. 

Submit information for 

The Leader’s Faith page to 

e.redmond@22ndcentur 

ymedia.com. The deadline is 

noon on Thursday. Questions? 

Call (847) 272-4565 

ext. 35. 

In Memoriam 

John P. Regan 

John P. Regan, 

88, of 

Lake Forest, died Sept. 

30. He was the father of 

Michael J. Regan, grandfather 

of Caitlin (Tim) 

Mueller, Maggie Regan 

and Michael P. Regan and 

brother of Bernard (Judy) 

Regan. John was raised in 

Negaunee, Mich.,and he 

served in the Army Air 

Corps and then earned a 

Bachelor of Arts degree 

from Northern Michigan 

University, where he was 

National Debate Champion, 

and a Master’s in Business 

Administration from 

the University of Chicago. 

John worked for 35 years 

for the Inland Steel Company 

and was President 

of Inland’s subsidiary, the 

Inland-Ryerson Company. 

After retiring from Inland, 

John founded JPR & Associates 

business consulting 

firm. John was a 60-year 

resident of Lake Forest, 

who moved to Lake Forest 

in 1957 with his wife, Colleen, 

and their son Mike. 

John was an avid golfer 

and a long-time member 

at Knollwood Country 

Club in Lake Forest and 

La Quinta Country Club in 

La Quinta, Calif. Services 

were held Oct. 7. 

Edward Funk “Ted” 

Ted Funk, 72, of Highland 

Park, died Sept. 28 

after a long illness. He 

was born Sept. 3, 1945, 

Baltimore, Md., and he is 

survived by his spouse of 

50 years, Nancy Schuster 

Funk, his beloved son Alexander 

(Federica Emiliani) 

and treasured grandsons 

Lorenzo, Marcello 

and Tancredi. Dr. Funk was 

a research scientist with 

Exxon-Mobil and UOP, 

and a professor at the University 

of Illinois. He frequently 

attended Friday 

Morning Men’s Meetings 

held at the Church of the 

Holy Spirit, in Lake Forest. 

A memorial service will be 

October 14, 2017, at 2 p.m. 

at the North Shore Unitarian 

Church, 2100 Half Day 

Road, Deerfield. Instead of 

flowers, contributions may 

be made to Waukegan to 

College, www.waukegantocollege.org/donate, 

North 

Shore Unitarian Church 

Trust Fund, or the charity 

of your choice. 

Patricia Ingersoll 

Patricia Ingersoll, 85, of 

Lake Forest, died Sept. 25. 

She is survived by her husband, 

John S. “Jack”, and 

children John, Jr., S. Reid 

and Gaylord K. Visitation 

was held Oct. 3. Memorials 

to the Church of the Holy 

Spirit appreciated. 

Lois Kathleen Cedarquist 

Lois Kathleen Cedarquist 

(nee: O’Brien), 94, of 

Lake Forest, died Sept. 18 

surrounded by family. She 

was born in River Forest on 

Sept. 5, 1923. She is survived 

by her children Kris 

McKinnon (Terry), Karen 

Fraioli (Edward) and Kay 

Rossiter (Peter), grandchildren 

Stephanie, Amy, 

Heather, Mark, Ann, Elizabeth 

and John, great-grandchildren 

of Sam, Caroline, 

Elinor, William, Charlie, 

Alex, Meghan, Theo, Eliana 

and Nicolas as well as 

nieces Linda and Julie. 

Lois was an active volunteer 

for the Annual Book 

Sale at the Lake Forest Library. 

She was also a 42 

volunteer at Lake Forest 

Hospital and a member 

of the Women’s Auxiliary 

Board. She was a member 

of the Episcopal Church of 

the Holy Spirit for 70 years. 

Lois enjoyed three years as 

a resident at the Lake Forest 

Place community. 

Services have been held. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

may be made to The 

Church of the Holy Spirit. 

Yvonne V. Dudney 

Yvonne V. Dudney (nee: 

Smith), 87, of Lake Forest, 

formerly of Germantown, 

Tenn. and Chicago, 

died in October. She is 

survived by her children 

Wendy (Anthony) Rusinak, 

Gail (Frank) Hussey; stepchildren 

of Wayne Dudney, 

Deborah (Ty) Watts and 

Susan (Wayne) Moore; 

grandchildren Anthony 

and Joseph (MaryEllen) 

Rusinak, William (Jessica) 

Hohenadel III, Colleen 

Hohenadel and Andrea 

(Daniel) Templeman; stepgrandchildren 

Michael 

Moore, Blonie Wayne (fiancée 

Haylay) Dudney and 

Jennifer (Dow) Davidson; 

great-grandchildren William 

George Hohenadel IV 

and aunt to many nieces 

and nephews. A memorial 

gathering was held Oct. 5. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial 

contributions may be 

made to St. Jude Children’s 

Research Hospital or to 

Faith Lutheran Church 

(faithlakeforest.org). 

John Crowe 

John Crowe, of Lake 

Forest, died in October. No 

service details were available 

at press time. 

Mary Casselberry 

Mary Casselberry, of 

Lake Forest, died in October. 

No service details were 

available at press time. 

Maria Figueiredo 

Maria Figueiredo, of 

Lake Forest, died in October. 

No service details were 

available at press time. 

Joan Daker 

Joan Daker, of Lake Forest, 

died in September. No 

services details were available 

as of press time. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

e.redmond@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

about a loved one who was 

part of the Lake Forest/Lake 

Bluff community

LakeForestLeader.com DINING OUT 


Merlo’s celebrates five years in Highland Park 

Italian restaurant 

finds success 

in serving same 

menu 

Megan Bernard 

Contributing Editor 

Consistency is key at 

Merlo’s Italian Restaurant. 

For the past five years, 

the Highland Park joint 

has been serving up the 

same dishes from its original 

menu — and, there’s 

nothing wrong with that, 

owner John Merlo said, 

because customers know 

what they like and what to 

expect. 

“Our core menu has 

stayed almost 100 percent 

the same,” said Merlo, 

who owns the restaurant 

with his wife, Laura, and 

lives in nearby Glencoe. 

“We have developed our 

good staples, Chicagostyle 

Italian food, so they 

know what they are getting 

when they come.” 

The familiarity at Merlo’s 

doesn’t stop at the 

menu, either. 

The Merlo family has 

been “pleasantly surprised,” 

Merlo said, to see 

so many of the same people 

coming that they saw 

the first days they opened 

at 581 Roger Williams 

Ave. 

No matter what time of 

year it is, though, diners 

can always choose from 

the same classic Chicago- 

Italian dishes, like “chicken 

parms and Milanese,” 

Merlo said. The Italian fare 

also extends to seafood, 

brick oven pizzas, salads, 

piccata, marsala, steak and, 

of course, pasta. 

If customers do have a 

taste for something outside 

of the regular menu, 

there’s a specials board, 

which is changed twice a 

week. 

Merlo’s Italian Restaurant is celebrating its fifth year in 

business in Highland Park. Its signature dish, Nanna’s 

Gravy ($18), has slow-roasted pot roast, red wine and 

crushed tomatoes with rigatoni. Xavier Ward/22nd 

Century Media 


editors got a taste of Merlo’s 

staple dishes when we 

visited the restaurant last 

week. 

We started our meal 

with the fried calamari and 

zucchini half-and-half appetizer 

($16). The flash 

fried baby calamari was 

paired with a spicy marinara 

dipping sauce and the 

zucchini had lemon aioli. 

Next up was the double 

pepperoni pizza ($14) — 

John Merlo’s favorite — 

and the prosciutto and arugula 

pizza ($14). Both the 

brick oven pies where thin 

and crispy, and weren’t 

overloaded with cheese. 

Nanna’s Gravy ($18), 

a house speciality, also 

graced our plates. The dish 

includes slow-roasted pot 

roast, red wine and crushed 

tomatoes tossed with rigatoni. 

The meat was tender 

and provided a savory, 

melt-in-your-mouth taste 

that’s definitely worth the 

slow cook time. 

To complete our meal, 

three entrees came out, including 

Merlo’s half brick 

chicken ($18), eggplant 

Parmesan ($18) and veal 

Milanese ($25). 

The crispy boneless 

brick chicken comes in 

both half and full sizes 

Merlo’s Italian 

Restaurant 

581 Roger Williams 

Ave., Highland Park 

(847) 266-0600 

www.merlosrestaurant. 

com 

Every day open at 4 p.m. 

with rosemary potatoes. 

The meat was lightly seasoned 

and the potatoes 

were roasted and largely 

wedged. 

Merlo’s eggplant Parmesan 

was sliced thin. The 

Parmesan was baked with 

a generous layer of mozzarella 

and sat in sweet marinara 

sauce. The Parmesan 

also comes in chicken and 

veal. 

The veal Milanese was 

quite a large dish to end 

with, but there were no 

complaints there. The veal 

was lightly breaded, baked 

and sautéed with peppers. 

The Milanese also comes 

in chicken and eggplant. 

Afterward, we threw in 

our napkins, fully understanding 

why Merlo’s has 

so many “regulars” — the 

menu itself proves it. Try 

it for yourself whether 

you’re in the area for Ravinia 

or looking for a new 

regular spot. 

Saturday 

Oct. 21 

Meditate-A-Thon 

World Peace through Inner Peace 

Come when you can and stay as long as you would like. Please bring 

a mat or blanket to lie on and a floor cushion if you would prefer to 

use that instead of a chair. No meditation experience is needed. 

Claudia Lubin 

Guided Visualization for Inner Peace 

9:30AM 

Marian McNair 

Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls 

10:30AM 

Therese Evans 

Connecting with Angels 

11:30AM 

Michelle Fiore 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Julia Hender 

Julia Hender is a sophomore 

at Lake Forest High 

School and member of the 

varsity field hockey team. 

How did you start 

playing field hockey? 

I started playing in first 

grade. I first played for 

NVA [New Vision Athletics], 

which was the program 

over at the Country 

Day school on the back 

lawn. So when I was little, 

they used to keep us in the 

boxes. 

What do you like about 

it? 

I originally played soccer 

and the thing that sort 

of drew me to field hockey 

was I liked the hand-eye 

coordination with field 

hockey instead of soccer. 

What is the hardest 

thing about it? 

I’ve always struggled 

with hitting the most, 

probably. It’s just those 

little stick skills that are 

probably the hardest part. 

How does playing at 

the varsity level this 

year compare to the 

freshman squad? 

It’s way different. Last 

year it was just on the 

freshman level; they decided 

to keep us all together, 

all the freshmen. It wasn’t, 

for our team personally, 

a very competitive season 

considering they had 

moved a lot of the other 

girls with experience on the 

JV for the other schools. 

What do you think 

your team needs 

to do in order to 

be successful in the 

playoffs? 

I feel like a lot of teams 

don’t think of us as strong 

on the varsity level. We still 

have a lot of great players, 

so I think we have a chance 

of making it really far and 

potentially winning state. 

If you had a ticket to 

go anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go? 

My grandparents have a 

house in Rhode Island and 

I go there every summer 

and all my extended family 

on my mom’s side lives 

there. I would probably go 

there, it’s just beautiful. 

What’s your favorite 

place to eat at in Lake 

Forest? 

For lunch, my favorite 

place would probably 

be LF Juice. Their bowls 

are really good, the Palm 

Springs bowl I’m a big fan 

of. 

If you could have any 

animal as a pet, what 

would you choose? 

In biology class last 

year, we had a class bunny. 

I asked my mom if we 

could get one and she shut 

it down immediately. If I 

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If could you play 

another sport, what 

would you want to 

play? 

Probably ice hockey because 

I really like to skate. 

My brothers and I skate 

and it’s basically the same 

as field hockey, just on ice. 

What’s your dream 

job? 

Two different things. 

I really like fashion and 

I’m taking fashion class at 

school and I feel like a fashion 

merchandiser would be 

really cool or, my grandpa 

and my uncle are both 

baseball agents, so I think 

that’s really cool. They say 

it’s a hard profession. 

Interview conducted by 

Sports Editor Erin Redmond 

Rank and file 

Top teams in 22nd Century Media’s coverage area 

1. Loyola Academy 

The Ramblers 

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game against Providence. 

2. Glenbrook South 

The Titans struggled 

against Maine 

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47-13 decision at the hands 

of the host Hawks. 

3. New Trier 

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whether they’d have 

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6. Lake Forest 

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Football 

LFHS alum named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week 

Submitted by Dartmouth 

College 

Dartmouth linebacker 

Jack Traynor was named 

the Ivy League Defensive 

Player of the Week for his 

performance in the Big 

Green’s 16-13 victory at 

Penn in a battle of undefeated 

teams on national 

television Friday, Sept. 29. 

A six-foot, 230-pound 

junior from Lake Forest 

High School, Traynor 

spearheaded the defensive 

effort against a Quaker 

team that entered the game 

averaging 587 yards and 

over 50 points a game. 

Traynor led the Big Green 

with nine tackles, eight 

solo with one for a loss, 

along with a pass breakup 

as the defense held Penn to 

a mere 243 yards and 13 

points in the contest. 

With Dartmouth leading 

10-7 late in the third quarter 

and Penn threatening 

to score in the red zone, 

Traynor batted away a pass 

then stuffed a runner at the 

line of scrimmage on third 

down to force the Quakers 

to settle for a gametying 

field goal. He also 

produced his tackle for a 

loss during Penn’s next 

drive, helping keep the 

Ivy League’s co-defending 

champion out of the end 

zone once again to set up 

the game-winning touchdown 

drive in the final 

minutes. 

For the season, Traynor 

leads the Big Green with 

25 tackles, ranking seventh 

in the league on a pergame 

average, plus has 

two tackles for a loss with 

one sack. 

This is the second 

straight week Dartmouth 

has had a player recognized 

by the league office with 

defensive end Jeremiah 

Douchee earning the special 

teams weekly award 

following the Green’s 27- 

26 overtime triumph over 

then-25th-ranked Holy 

Cross on Sept. 23. 

Dartmouth (3-0, 1-0) returned 

home for its homecoming 

against Yale on 

Saturday, Oct. 7. 

Lake Forest High School alum Jack Traynor was named 

the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for his 

efforts in the Big Green’s win over Penn Sept. 29. 

Gregory Fisher/Dartmouth College 

This Week In... 

Caxys varsity 

athletics 

Boys Soccer 

■Oct. ■ 14 - hosts Eric Solorio 

Academy, noon 

Cross-Country 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at Lisle 

Invitational, 10 a.m. 

Field Hockey 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at first round of 

playoffs, TBD 

■Oct. ■ 18 - at second 

round of playoffs, if 

necessary 

Football 

■Oct. ■ 13 - at Oakfield, 7 

p.m. 

Girls Swimming 

■Oct. ■ 12 - at Hamilton 

Invitational, TBD 

■Oct. ■ 14 - hosts Lake 

Forest High School, 10 a.m. 

Girls Volleyball 

■Oct. ■ 12 - at North Shore 

Country Day, 5:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 14 - hosts Woodlands 

Academy, 1 p.m. 

Scouts varsity 

athletics 

Boys Cross-Country 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at NSC 

Championship, College of 

Lake County, 10 a.m. 

Boys Golf 

■Oct. ■ 13 - at IHSA State 

meet, if necessary, 

TBD 


meet, if necessary, TBD 

Boys Soccer 

■Oct. ■ 14 - hosts regional 

quarterfinal, 12:30 p.m. 

Field Hockey 

■Oct. ■ 17 - at first round of 

playoffs, TBD 

■Oct. ■ 19 - at second round 

of playoffs, if necessary, 

TBD 

Football 

■Oct. ■ 13 - hosts Mundelein, 

7:30 p.m. 

Girls Cross-Country 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at NSC 

Championship, College of 

Lake County, 10 a.m. 

Girls Golf 





Girls Diving 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at Evanston, 

10:30 a.m. 

Girls Swimming 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at New Trier 

Invitational, noon 

Girls Tennis 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at sectional, TBD 


■Oct. ■ 18 - at Waukegan, 6 p.m. 

Wildcats varsity 

athletics 

Tennis 

■Oct. ■ 13 - at sectionals, 

Lakes Community, TBD 

Volleyball 

■Oct. ■ 13 - at Schaumburg 

Christian, 6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 14 - at Lake Forest 

Academy, 1 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 17 - hosts Latin, 5:30 

p.m. 

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BOYS HOCKEY 

Lake Forest 5, Crystal 

Lake South 4 

Will Lincoln scored 

twice, helping the Scouts 

down Crystal Lake South 

5-4 Saturday, Oct. 7. 

Lake Forest also saw 

goals from Jack Kaptrosky, 

Stefan Riedel, and 

Charlie Altounian. 

Hunter Heitman, Hunter 

Dee and Carter Allen all 

had assists for Lake Forest 

in the win. 

Field Hockey 

Lake Forest Academy 2, 

St. Ignatius 1 

Yvie Gerber punched in 

the game winner to help 

the Caxys extend their win 

streak to seven as they beat 

St. Ignatius 2-1 Thursday, 

Oct. 5, at home. 

Gerber scored after taking 

the ball into the circle 

on a pass from Lena Ansari 

and lifted it to the top 

shelf over the goalie’s left 

shoulder. Ansari, along 

with Izzy Moody, also assisted 

on the first score of 

the game. 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

The duo fed the ball to 

Isa Blankers, who capitalized 

on the fifth of 16 total 

offensive corners LFA 

earned in the game. 

Lake Forest 6, Stevenson 

0 

Bridget McGreevy and 

Maggie Mick each struck 

for two goals a piece as 

Lake Forest recorded 

its third shutout in four 

games, beating Stevenson 

6-0 Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 

home. 

Ava Caputo and Logan 

Hanekamp also had a goal 

a piece; Mick had an assist. 

Barbara Canty earned 

the shutout in net. 

The Scouts had a season-high 

13 offensive 

corners while allowing 

zero defensive corners. 

In addition to the high offensive 

output, the Scout 

defense was able to keep 

the ball in the offensive 

end for the majority of 

the game, only allowing 

Stevenson into the circle 

five times during the 

game. 


Zion-Benton 2, Lake 

Forest 1 

Cassidy Shaul led the 

Scouts with 15 digs and 

eight kills, but unfortunately 

for her squad, it 

fell 2-1 to Zion-Benton 

Wednesday, Oct. 4. 

The Scouts dropped the 

first set 17-25, but won 

the second 26-24. Zion- 

Benton came out the victor 

in Set 3, however, taking it 

25-10. 

Sophomore Alyssa 

Thrash contributed two 

aces and seven kills. 

Taft 2, Lake Forest 

Academy 0 

Rosie Alexander, a 

freshman setter, was called 

to step in for the Caxys, 

who are reeling from injuries. 

She racked up four 

kills, but it wasn’t enough 

as Lake Forest Academy 

lost in straight sets 25-13, 

25-14 Friday, Oct. 6, at 

home. 

Senior setter Ashly Frazier 

had seven assists for 

the Caxys.

LakeForestLeader.com sports 


Girls Golf 

Carlson leads Scouts to 

third place at regionals 

Lake Forest 

qualifies as team 

for sectionals 

David Jaffe 


Lake Forest freshman 

golfer Susa Carlson picked 

the right time to have a career 

best 18 holes. 

Carlson carded a 92 

during the Class 2A Warren 

Regional at Bittersweet 

Golf Club Wednesday, 

Oct. 4, and her score 

helped the Scouts qualify 

as a team for the Barrington 

Sectional. 

Lake Forest finished in 

the third and final qualifying 

team spot with a score 

of 377, beating out Warren 

by five strokes. 

“It was perfect timing 

to have my best score and 

play the best 18 holes I’ve 

ever played,” Carlson said. 

“It was a really important 

situation and I’m proud of 

how everyone on the team 

played here.” 

Bittersweet was a very 

difficult course, but Carslon 

didn’t treat it that way. 

“If I had any bad holes, 

I was just shaking it off 

and moving on to the next 

one,” Carlson said. “This 

gOLF 

From Page 31 

getting Top 3. We’d like to 

win by 20 shots. We have 

a four-year varsity player 

and three others that have 

been on varsity since sophomores. 

We know if we get 

was the third time I’ve 

played here and my first 

two, my scores weren’t 

good. But I was trying 

to not focus on what was 

happening, that it was a 

regional and pretend I was 

just playing with friends. 

We played here on Saturday 

and I did really bad on 

Hole 9. So I felt like I was 

able to recover and play a 

lot better on that hole.” 

Carlson was just happy 

to be on varsity at the start 

of the season. Now she’s 

helped the Scouts advance 

to the sectional. 

“I was not expecting to 

be on varsity this year,” 

Carlson said. “I was so 

excited to be able to make 

varsity as a freshman and 

I’m really happy with 

where I’m at and where 

the team is at right now.” 

Erin Shalala led the way 

for the Scouts with an 89. 

She took fourth individually 

and on a very tough 

course was one of only four 

golfers to shoot under a 90. 

“I played really well 

on the front nine,” Shalala 

said. “I only doublebogeyed 

one hole. The 

back nine I started putting 

some pressure on myself 

because of how well I had 

started and didn’t play 

quite as well. My tee shots 

off to a bad start, our teammates 

will have our backs. 

That’s why we feel we can 

have that type of success 

next week.” 

Bittersweet Golf Club 

in Gurnee, the site of the 

Oct. 9 sectional, is not the 

easiest course, but Thomas 

knows it very well. 

were a lot better than Saturday 

and I think that put 

me in better position on 

each hole.” 

Like Carlson, Shalala 

didn’t get hung up on the 

fact that she was trying to 

qualify for a sectional and 

she believed it helped her 

during the front nine. 

“I went in not focusing 

on and not caring what my 

score would be,” Shalala 

said. “I think as a result, 

I was able to play well. I 

think once I realized I was 

playing well, that started 

to get in my head a little 

bit during the back nine.” 

And with the Scouts 

qualifying, Shalala was 

happy with how her team 

was able to bounce back 

from the North Suburban 

Conference meet. 

“I’m proud of the team 

and how we played,” Shalala 

said. “Everyone did very 

well considering the difficulty 

of the course. It wasn’t 

easy to do well here.” 

Isabella Martino had a 

96 and Clare Green finished 

with a 100 to round 

out the scoring for Lake 

Forest. 

The Scouts played in 

the Class 2A Barrington 

Sectional Monday, Oct. 9. 

Results were not available 

by press time. 

“I’ve played there 15 

times,” he said. “To me 

it’s like a second home 

course.” 

Danny Fisher’s 80 and 

Michael Seaman’s 82 

rounded out LFHS’ score. 

Results from sectionals 

were not available by press 

time. 

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Girls Tennis 

Woodlands’ No. 1 team finds unexpected success 

Erin Redmond, Sports Editor 

Woodlands Academy freshman Hailey Denton (left) and senior Kate Morris (right) have paired up to be a pleasant surprise for the Wildcats as 

their No. 1 doubles team this year. PHOTOS BY Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media 

The way Kate Morris 

and Hailey Denton work 

together on the court is 

captivating. 

The Woodlands Academy’s 

No. 1 doubles team 

seems perfectly in sync 

with chemistry that takes 

years to develop. 

Except Morris and Denton 

have only been partners 

for a couple months. 

Morris, a senior, and her 

freshman partner Denton 

have been one of the biggest 

surprises for the Wildcats 

this season. From the 

very start, the pair clicked 

and their relationship has 

translated into wins for 

Woodlands. 

“In tennis, there’s a certain 

something that certain 

doubles teams have. 

You can’t exactly describe 

what it is, but you can see 

it when it works,” Wildcats 

coach Jim Franke said. “... 

It was kind of good luck. I 

put them together and right 

away they seemed to be 

successful and do well together. 

They’ve continued 

to surprise me.” 

Morris is a four-year 

varsity player and has used 

her veteran experience to 

help her new partner. Denton, 

a coachable rookie, 

impressed Morris with her 

skill-set even at tryouts 

and said she has learned a 

lot from playing with her 

senior partner. 

“I think it’s been really 

fun playing with Kate because 

she has such a great 

attitude on the court,” 

Denton said. “If we lose a 

point, she’s always upbeat 

and encouraging us to get 

the next one.” 

Part of Morris’ positive 

on-court demeanor comes 

from her own experiences 

playing with upperclassmen. 

When she found out 

she would be paired with 

a freshman this season, 

she said she embraced the 

opportunity to mentor her 

new partner, just as her 

former teammates had 

done for her. 

“I’ve been in that same 

position,” Morris said. 

“My freshman year, I was 

the only freshman on the 

varsity team. I know what 

it feels like from her perspective 

and I had seen her 

at tryouts, so I knew she 

was good. I was really just 

excited about the pair-up.” 

Both Morris and Denton 

have been playing tennis 

since seventh grade, but 

playing individually versus 

as a doubles team are 

two totally different dynamics. 

While having to 

rely on another person — 

especially a new teammate 

— can be a tricky, but 

Morris said it comes down 

to one thing: trust. 

“I think it’s always important 

to trust your partner, 

especially with calls,” 

she said. “I always trust 

Hailey if she calls it out 

and they question it, I’m 

like ‘nope, my partner 

said it was out. It was out.’ 

We’re always there for 

each other in that way and 

always supporting each 

other on the court. If we 

make a bad shot or something, 

we’re always there 

to support each other.” 

The duo said they have 

enjoyed getting to know one 

another on and off the court 

and while winning is nice, it 

doesn’t compare to the new 

friendship they have with 

one another and their other 

Wildcats teammates. 

And speaking of teammates, 

Morris and Denton’s 

winning ways have 

rubbed off on them, too. 

“Winning breeds more 

confidence. The whole 

team has been more excited,” 

Franke said. 

The duo placed fifth at 

the ISL Conference Tournament 

Saturday, Oct. 7, 

rebounding from a first 

round loss to Morgan 

Park Academy to win two 

straight. 

The No. 2 team of Elise 

Albertson and Catherine 

Kneeland finished fourth, 

while the No. 3s, Mary 

Clare Scalise and Anna 

Sandner, also took fifth. 

In singles, No. 2 Genevieve 

Kerns made it the 

semifinals before her first 

loss and finished fourth. 

The No. 1, Abigail Hurtgen, 

took fifth.

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30 | October 12, 2017 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


Lake Forest snaps fourgame 

losing streak 

Beats Zion-Benton late 

David Jaffe , Freelance Reporter 

The Lake Forest football team 

was less than six minutes away 

from being eliminated from playoff 

contention Friday, Oct. 6, at Zion- 

Benton. 

But the Scouts showed a lot of 

fight in the fourth quarter, breaking 

their four-game losing streak and, 

for the time being, keeping their 

postseason hopes alive. 

Lake Forest (3-4 overall, 1-4 

North Suburban) scored 14 points 

in under six minutes, rallying late 

to defeat the Zee-Bees 14-8. 

Jacob Thomas’ (26 carries, 135 

yards) 28-yard touchdown run gave 

the Scouts the lead for the first time 

in the game and ultimately the win 

with 1:30 remaining. Jack Mislinski 

ran in the two-point conversion. 

“I saw my lineman put a good 

block in front of me and took it the 

rest of the way,” Thomas said. “I 

was glad there were no flags.” 

“Jacob’s a junior and it’s taken 

him some time, but he’s continued 

to progress every week,” Lake Forest 

coach Chuck Spagnoli said. “I 

think you see he’s better than when 

he started the season.” 

For most of the game, it looked 

like once again that things would 

not go the Scouts’ way. They appeared 

to be heading into the end 

zone on their opening drive but 

Mislinski was intercepted by Tyrese 

Crump who took it 70 yards to the 

Scouts’ 18. 

After a flag, the Zee-Bees struck 

on a 22-yard touchdown pass from 

quarterback Jerome Crawford to 

Tyler Geiman. The extra point was 

blocked. 

Zion added to its lead when Lake 

Forest was called for intentional 

grounding in the end zone, resulting 

in a safety and an 8-0 advantage 

with 2:30 left until halftime. 

Lake Forest had a chance to score 

before the half when Mislinski hit 

Ryan Cekay (5 catches, 112 yards) 

on a 50-yard bomb to get to the 

Zion 5. But with two seconds left 

and no timeouts, the Scouts elected 

to go for the touchdown and 

couldn’t get in despite a completion 

to Ryan Durburg. 

But things changed in the fourth 

when Dominick Keating blocked a 

punt at the Zee-Bees’ 25, setting the 

Scouts up for what would be their 

first points of the game. 

“We ended up putting Dominick 

in on that rep and he did a very good 

job,” Spagnoli said. “He produced 

and that changed things around for 

us.” 

On fourth-and-11 Mislinski 

found Cekay for a 15-yard touchdown 

pass getting Lake Forest right 

back in the game with 5:40 to play. 

The two-point try was batted away 

at the last second. 

It seemed a sense of urgency 

kicked in for the Scouts just when 

they were in desperate need of it. 

“We were down 8-0 the whole 

game,” Thomas said. “But we 

showed a lot of hustle and a lot of 

heart. We were ultimately able to 

fix enough of our mental mistakes 

in the fourth quarter and found a 

way to win.” 

“We played with enthusiasm, 

confidence and a sense of urgency,” 

Spagnoli said. “There also was no 

sense of panic. We haven’t won a 

game in over a month so you never 

know if that will factor in.” 

It hasn’t been the easiest thing 

dealing with four straight losses, 

but Lake Forest hopes it has gotten 

better from handling that type 

of adversity. 

“Our coach has been preaching 

a lot of life lessons during this last 

month,” Thomas said. “I think the 

thing we’ve realized is that other 

teams weren’t just beating us. We 

were beating ourselves. So today 

we didn’t care who the opponent 

was. We knew we needed to stop 

beating ourselves. And I think 

eventually we got there.” 

ABOBE: 

Running back, 

Jacob Thomas 

(9), receives the 

hand off from 

Scouts’ QB 

Jack Mislinski 

during their 

Friday, Oct. 

6, game at 

Zion-Benton. 

PHOTS BY Aimee 

Bernardi 

Messner/22nd 

Century Media 

LEFT: Ryan 

Durburg (7) 

punts down 

field for Lake 

Forest.

LakeForestLeader.com SPORTS 


Boys Golf 

Frevert leads Scouts to regional title 

1st-and-3 

22CM File Photo 

three Teams of 

the week 

1. Boys Golf (above) 

The Scouts 

showed their skills 

by battling high 

winds to capture 

the regional crown 

with a score of 

319. Only three 

golfers shot below 

an 80 and two of 

them were from 

LFHS, including 

Scott Frevert, who 

was the match 

medalist with a 78. 

2. Girls Golf 

The Scouts 

punched their 

ticket to sectionals 

as a team, taking 

third place at the 

regional meet. Erin 

Shalala led her 

team with an 89. 

3. Football 

Lake Forest rallied 

late to snap its 

four-game losing 

streak, beating 

Zion-Benton to 

keep their playoff 

hopes alive. 

David Jaffe 


Shepherd’s Crook Golf 

Course, where the Class 

3A Zion-Benton Regional 

was held, has a par of 71. 

But on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 

with the extremely windy 

conditions, that was a par 

that was going to be unattainable 

for any golfer 

competing there. 

So it was all the more 

impressive what Lake Forest 

did as a team as everyone 

on the Scouts shot 84 

or lower as they won the 

regional with a score of 

319, advancing to the Warren 

Sectional as a team. 

Only three people shot 

below an 80 and two of 

them were Lake Forest 

golfers. 

Scott Frevert was the 

low medalist with a 78. 

PRESSBOX PICKS 

Game of the Week: 

• New Trier (5-2) hosts Maine South (6-1) 

Other matchups: 

• Loyola (6-1) at Providence (5-2) 

• Glenbrook South (5-2) at Evanston (4-3) 

• Glenbrook North (4-3) at Deerfield (3-4) 

• Highland Park (4-3) hosts Maine West (6-1) 

• Lake Forest (3-4) hosts Mundelein (2-5) 

• Lake Forest Academy (5-0) at Oakville (7-0) 

• Mount Carmel (4-3) hosts Montini (5-2) 

“I controlled the ball 

well and had some decent 

putts,” Frevert said. 

“It was really windy, like 

almost unfairly windy. To 

me this felt like a par-80. 

The greens were super 

firm. It was basically impossible 

to chip downwind. 

But I had a solid day. 

I double-bogeyed holes 1 

and 15 but those were my 

only two bad holes.” 

Frevert wasn’t just 

pleased with his own 

play. It was a very strong 

overall performance from 

the Scouts and it’s a very 

experienced group which 

helped them overcome the 

tough conditions. 

“We’ve got four seniors. 

We know how to handle 

these situations,” Frevert 

said. “No one was going 

to get their best scores in 

40-12 

JOE COUGHLIN | 

Publisher 

• Maine South 31-21. I badly 

want to pick NT in this one, but 

Hawks’ offense is elite. I hope 

I’m wrong. 

• Loyola 

• Glenbrook South 

• Deerfield 

• Highland Park 

• Lake Forest 

• Lake Forest Academy 

• Mount Carmel 

35-17 

these conditions. So for 

things to still go our way 

speaks highly of everyone 

on the team.” 

But the Scouts are now 

focusing on what it takes 

to do well at the sectional 

and beyond. Last season 

Lake Forest fell short of 

qualifying for state as a 

team and only had two individual 

qualifiers. 

“We have to focus on 

our own scores,” Frevert 

said. “We can’t be worried 

about what other teams 

and golfers are doing. We 

have to play our game. 

And I think we can count 

on each other because 

we’ve been through this 

before.” 

Jed Thomas tied for 

second with a 79. And 

he wasn’t going to let the 

windy conditions get into 

ERIN REDMOND | 

Sports Editor 

• Maine South 28-21. With two 

red-hot teams, this is going 

to be a close one. But, I think 

Maine South will be a little too 

much for the Trevs to handle. 

• Providence 


• Deerfield 




• Montini 

39-13 

Michal Dwojak | 

Assistant Editor 

• Maine South 34, New Trier 17. 

The Trevian offense can’t keep 

up with the Hawks and their 

strong defense. 

• Loyola 


• Glenbrook North 




• Montini 

The Lake Forest boys golf team poses with its plaque 

after winning the Class 3A Zion-Benton Regional 

Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Shepherd’s Crook Golf Course. 

Photo Submitted 

his head. 

“You have to just focus 

on the next shot and the 

next hole,” Thomas said. 

“If you have a bad shot, 

you have to move on to the 

next one. The wind makes 

it tough on everyone. You 

have to be mentally ready. 

You can be a ball striker 

but if you’re hitting it up 

in the wind, it’s not going 

to be good. So you need to 

be able to adjust to that. I 

42-10 

MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW | 

Sports Editor 


NT ‘s defense has been lights 

out, but hasn’t seen an offense 

like the Hawks’. 

• Loyola 



• Maine West 



• Montini 

like this course. It’s challenging 

but very scoreable.” 

With regard to bouncing 

back from last year’s sectionals, 

Thomas believes 

his team can do more than 

just bounce back. 

“Our coach says our 

goal should be to try and 

win by as much as possible,” 

Thomas said. “So we 

don’t want to focus on just 

Please see gOLF, 27 

39-13 

MARTIN CARLINO | 

Contributing Editor 


The Hawks are rolling. NT has 

picked it up lately but Maine 

South will prove to be too much. 

• Loyola 



• Maine West 


• Oakfield 

• Montini 

Listen Up 

“I think the thing we’ve realized is that other teams 

weren’t beating us. We were beating ourselves. So today 

we didn’t care who the opponent was.” 

Jacob Thomas — Lake Forest running back on his team doing what it 

needed to in order to win. 

tune in 

BOYS SOCCER 

The Scouts get home field advantage as they 

host Hersey in the regional quarterfinal. 

• Lake Forest hosts Hersey, regional 

quarterfinal, Oct. 14, 12:30 p.m. 

Index 

26 - This week in 

25 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Assistant Editor 

Derek Wolff. Send any questions or comments 

to d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.com.

Lake Forest Leader | October 12, 2017 | LakeForestLeader.com 

Not so fast 

Lake Forest strikes late to win its 

first game in a month, Page 30 

Spencer Yauch 

(51) charges Zion’s 

quarterback in the 

Scouts’ game against 

the Zee Bee’s Friday, 

Oct. 6, on the road. 

Aimee Bernardi 

Messner/22nd Century 

Media 

Frevert Pitch 

LFHS boys golf wins regional behind 

senior’s medalist performance, Page 31 

Big Green 

Former Scout getting noticed 

in Ivy League, Page 26 

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