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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
Age of Wilmette Boy Scout
Sean Crawford, who did
work at Thornwood Prairie
Preserve, Page 3
from the editor
Veterans Day gives us a
chance to thank heroes
Eric DeGrechie
eric@wilmettebeacon.com
My grandfather
was one of four
brothers to serve
in World War II. Though
he passed away 20 years
ago, I still think of him
all the time, especially
around Veterans Day.
The holiday lands on
Saturday, Nov. 11, this
year.
Doing the quick
math, Wilmette veteran
Myron Eberle, 94,
was roughly the same
Letters to the Editor
Distressed over youth
behavior in North Shore
I was walking my dogs
on Sheridan Road last
week and came upon an
80-year-old female friend
who had just celebrated
her birthday. I had not seen
her at the health club for a
while and asked if she had
been traveling. What she
told me seems to be a recurring
theme in the North
Shore.
She was walking along
Sheridan Road when a
group of New Trier male
athletes were running toward
her along the sidewalk.
In the past, she
would stop on the grassy
age as my grandfather
during WWII. While my
grandfather was stationed
in the Pacific, Eberle was
in Belgium for the Battle
of the Bulge. Hearing
Eberle’s war stories, as
told to reporter Hilary
Anderson in this week’s
edition, was riveting to
say the least.
“It was a killing zone,”
Eberle said. “We were
in straight combat from
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24,
to about Jan. 21.”
As someone who never
served in the military,
I can only speculate
about the effect such an
experience can have on
a solider’s mind not just
in the days and years
immediately following
the battle, but also all of
these years later.
Eberle was among a
group of WWII veterans
side of the sidewalk and
allow the athletes to run
past, only to be clipped on
the shoulder by one of the
athletes. They were running
straight at her and she
didn’t have enough time to
get off the sidewalk. She
tripped and fell, injuring
her shoulder. Two of the
athletes stopped to help
her get up.
I too have experienced
this behavior from New
Trier students. I am an athletically
fit female in my
early 60s. I walk my dogs
along Sheridan Road and
have been nearly obliterated
by speeding bicycles
traveling on the sidewalk
honored by the Chicago
Blackhawks Nov. 5 at
the United Center. In
a special ceremony,
Eberle and a group of
more than 30 veterans
received recognition
during the playing of the
national anthem with an
on-ice military salute.
The Blackhawks have
always done a nice job of
celebrating local heroes
and this was the case
again here.
While it’s important
to say thanks to veterans
year-round, let’s all make
a point to especially do so
at this time of year with
Veterans Day coming up.
The number of surviving
WWII veterans gets
smaller and smaller every
day. Make sure to thank
them because you might
not get another chance to
do so.
in the mornings or trampled
by male and female
athletes in the afternoon.
I have experienced too
many close calls. What
happened to pedestrians
having the right of way?
New Trier students need
a class on civility and respect.
It is apparent to me
they lack these values.
Something needs to be
done before it’s too late
and someone dies from
hitting their head on the
pavement. There is not
more demoralizing than
being marginalized.
Janice Kahn
Kenilworth resident
jacoby
From Page 14
being redeveloped. Housing
Opportunity Development
Corp. has applied for
a PUD to develop affordable
housing at that site.
Both PUD applications
are now undergoing Plan
Commission review.
While Artis and HODC
have talked, they haven’t
gotten together, even
though coordinated planning
would undoubtedly
improve both projects
-- placement and design
of buildings, exterior and
interior traffic flow, curb
cut locations, parking,
open space, and landscaping.
A coordinated plan
might provide “a public
benefit to the Village”
that would justify the significant
zoning exceptions
that both Artis and HODC
want. So Plan Commission,
just tell Artis and
HODC, in the words of
the Hayley Mills hit song,
“Let’s get together, yeah,
yeah, yeah!”
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