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LakeForestLeader.com SOUND OFF<br />

the lake forest leader | November 9, 2017 | 13<br />

Social snapshot<br />

Top Stories<br />

From LakeForestLeader.com as of<br />

Nov. 6.<br />

1. Update: Police release victim’s autopsy<br />

results, more party details<br />

2. Attempted armed robbery suspect sought in<br />

Lake Bluff<br />

3. Police Reports: Six students charged with<br />

minor consumption of alcohol at Lake Forest<br />

College<br />

4. Letter to the Editor: Thoughts go out to<br />

deceased victim’s family, first responders<br />

5. Despite strong start, Scouts cannot control<br />

Hawks, penalties<br />

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From the Editor<br />

Finding the good in a rough month<br />

Alyssa Groh<br />

alyssa@lakeforestleader.com<br />

One of the best<br />

parts about being<br />

a community<br />

journalist is being able to<br />

share all of the good news<br />

happening in the community.<br />

It is one of the<br />

main reasons I decided to<br />

become a journalist.<br />

The past few weeks I<br />

have found myself writing<br />

one breaking news story<br />

after the next.<br />

Two weeks ago I woke<br />

up to an email from the<br />

police about a shooting<br />

in Lake Forest that left a<br />

19-year-old man dead. I<br />

read the information many<br />

times to make sure I was<br />

reading it correctly. I just<br />

could not believe something<br />

like that happened in<br />

Lake Forest. A shooting. I<br />

was shocked.<br />

As a journalist, I expect<br />

to get breaking news<br />

about armed robberies or<br />

fires. But as a journalist<br />

for a community like Lake<br />

Forest, I never expected to<br />

get breaking news about a<br />

fatal shooting.<br />

Just days before that<br />

I was working on news<br />

out of Lake Bluff where<br />

someone spray painted<br />

racial symbols and words<br />

throughout the village.<br />

Once I heard the blunt<br />

details of what exactly<br />

was spray painted I was<br />

speechless.<br />

I understand the people<br />

who have committed<br />

these various acts may<br />

not have been residents<br />

of Lake Forest or Lake<br />

Bluff, and maybe they<br />

were just visiting. But<br />

that does not mean it does<br />

not have a long-lasting<br />

impact on us. These two<br />

stories have weighed<br />

heavily on me. I have<br />

spent a lot of time thinking<br />

about them, and trying<br />

to understand them.<br />

These two instances<br />

do not mean Lake Forest<br />

and Lake Bluff are bad<br />

communities. These two<br />

instances just mean we<br />

are going through a rough<br />

time.<br />

I think our communities<br />

are still filled with the<br />

same good people, who<br />

are doing amazing things.<br />

In these times of sorrow,<br />

anger and hurt I<br />

ask us all to support one<br />

another. Lift one another<br />

up and bring out the good<br />

in the community again.<br />

Lake Forest Academy posted this photo on<br />

Oct. 31. Lake Forest Academy posted this<br />

photo of alumni <strong>LF</strong>A soccer players who<br />

came to campus to play a game against<br />

the current <strong>LF</strong>A soccer team.<br />

Like The Lake Forest Leader: facebook.com/<br />

TheLakeForestLeader<br />

Check out Amy Lamberti “#findingjoy67<br />

Kicking off Institute Day with amazing<br />

PD sessions about to launch. @<br />

RebeccaAJenkins @LakeForestSD67” @<br />

amylamberti.<br />

On Nov. 3, Amy Lamberti, tweeted<br />

about Institute day.<br />

Follow The Lake Forest Leader: @The<strong>LF</strong>Leader<br />

go figure<br />

12<br />

An intriguing number from this week’s edition<br />

More than 12 car were<br />

entered by unwanted<br />

subject in one night, Page<br />

6<br />

Letter to the Editor<br />

Au contraire, Please do<br />

Chicken Out!<br />

The Chicken controversy<br />

appears to be registering<br />

with some people<br />

and even to Green Minds,<br />

<strong>LF</strong>LB, who implied a pilot<br />

program was operating.<br />

To be clear, there is no pilot<br />

program in Lake Bluff<br />

to regulate chickens and<br />

bees, only a draft. What<br />

should interest us is the<br />

intention and motive of<br />

Green Minds <strong>LF</strong>LB as advocates<br />

for chickens in our<br />

village. When I see phrases<br />

like; sustainable, socioeconomic,<br />

and environmental<br />

benefits, my antennae goes<br />

up. Are we running a village<br />

government or are we<br />

engaged in some sort of<br />

social experiment?<br />

Green Minds draws odious<br />

comparisons of our<br />

village to that of other<br />

communities; Chicago,<br />

hardly a model of competent<br />

government and a host<br />

of towns that are among the<br />

most affluent in the nation.<br />

Drawing comparisons<br />

of dogs and cats, to ducks<br />

and chickens strikes me as<br />

a stretch. Dogs and cats<br />

are indoor creatures easily<br />

trained while ducks<br />

and chickens are not. Let<br />

us also address a couple<br />

of other matters referenced<br />

by Green Minds.<br />

• Wild birds are not acquired<br />

property and cannot<br />

be regulated; they are<br />

unfortunately free to do as<br />

they please, think Canadian<br />

Geese.<br />

• The notion of freedom<br />

to do as one pleases on<br />

their own property is valid<br />

until it impacts a neighbor<br />

or the community.<br />

• Chickens are not benign,<br />

they are noisy, undomesticated<br />

creatures<br />

and in spite of the benefit<br />

of their waste as fertilizer,<br />

it smells and creates<br />

an undesirable by product<br />

requiring some sort of<br />

disposal solution from the<br />

village.<br />

• If certain individuals<br />

want or need to provide for<br />

themselves, I suggest they<br />

move to a rural community<br />

where property sizes are<br />

large enough to accommodate<br />

agricultural.<br />

I am not sure how chicken<br />

coops became a good idea,<br />

but what could possibly go<br />

wrong? Plenty, including<br />

neighbor to neighbor relationships,<br />

the cost, and burden<br />

of policing compliance<br />

with control ordinances.<br />

Then consider the slippery<br />

slope of what could be next;<br />

rabbits, a goat or sheep, a<br />

petting zoo. Finally, the decline<br />

in marketability and<br />

value of our homes.<br />

This is a bad idea from<br />

the beginning, has no place<br />

in the village and deserves<br />

a timely and dignified closure.<br />

Al Boese, resident of<br />

Lake Bluff<br />

The Lake Forest Leader<br />

Sound Off Policy<br />

Editorials and columns are the opinions of the author. Pieces<br />

from 22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company<br />

as a whole. The Lake Forest Leader encourages readers to write<br />

letters to Sound Off. All letters must be signed, and names<br />

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do not reflect the thoughts and views of The Lake Forest Leader.<br />

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