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Community spreads thankful messages after car accident at Northbrook Dairy Queen, Page 3 

Jennifer Spencer (left), who has been battling stage 3 breast cancer since March, smiles with her husband, Brent, in front of a wall of thankful 

messages in their Dairy Queen store located in Northbrook. (INSETS) The Spencers wrote their own messages of thanks on the board used to cover 

damage done by a car accident at the store on Nov. 30. Photos by Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media 

A notable hike 

Village Board approves increase in property tax levy, Page 8 

May the force 

be with you 

Northbrook Library 

hosts second Star 

Wars day, Page 10 

And the winner is... 

The Tower selects this year’s choice for Holiday Card Contest, Page 12

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Pet of the Week6 

Editorial13 

Puzzles16 

Faith18 

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THURSDAY 

Crafternoon 

2:30-4 p.m., Dec. 28, 

Northbrook Public Library, 

1201 Cedar Lane. 

Drop-in during break to 

make something fun and 

new. Activities will be 

held in the Youth Services 

Activities Room. For more 

information, call (847) 

272-6224 or visit northbrook.info 

FRIDAY 

Public Skating 

12:20-1:40 p.m., Dec. 

29, Northbrook Sports 

Center, 1730 Pfingsten 

Road. Public skate sessions 

are great for family 

and friends to come have 

a good time on the ice 

together, and it may just 

get you excited enough 

to take part in our skating 

and hockey programs. For 

more information, visit 

nbparks.org or call (847) 

291-2993. 

Chief Torres Ceremony 

2 p.m., Dec. 29, Northbrook 

Fire Station 11, 740 

Dundee Road. Join in celebrating 

Northbrook fire 

chief Jose Torres with a 

walk out ceremony presented 

by the Northbrook 

Fire Department. Refreshments 

will be served. For 

more information, please 

call (847) 664-4494. 

SATURDAY 

Yoga classes for beginners 

9 and 11 a.m., Dec. 30, 

Body and Brain Yoga Tai 

Chi Northbrook, 1947 Cherry 

Lane. Body and Brain 

Yoga is delighted and excited 

to show you yoga that is 

designed to heal, relax and 

restore your natural health 

and healing. The classes are 

the perfect 70-minute break 

from the holiday hustle 

and bustle to simply slow 

down, breathe and focus inside. 

For more information, 

please call (847) 562-9642 

or visit bodynbrain.com/ 

northbrook. 

Saturday Youth Film - Leap 

2-4 p.m., Dec. 30, 



An orphan girl dreams of 

becoming a ballerina and 

flees her rural Brittany for 

Paris, where she passes for 

someone else and accedes 

to the position of pupil at 

the Grand Opera house. 


call 847-272-6224 or visit 

northbrook.info. 

SUNDAY 

Sticks and pucks 

11 a.m.-noon, Dec. 31, 

Northbrook Sports Center, 

1730 Pfingsten Road. 

Practice hockey skills 

with your friends. Parents/ 

guardians are welcome to 

join. Coaches can teach 

private lessons after submitting 

Certificate of Insurance 

and Coaching 

Agreement form. For more 

information, call 847-272- 

6224 or visit northbrook. 

info. 

TUESDAY 

Games outside the box 

2:30-4 p.m., Jan. 2, 


1201 Cedar Lane. Calling 

all gamers, techies, engineers, 

builders, strategists, 

creators, geeks and out-ofthe-box 

thinkers – it’s time 

to play! Stop by and let’s 

see what you can do. Event 

will be held in the Youth 

Services Activity Room. 

For more information, call 

(847) 272-6224 or visit 

northbrook.info 

WEDNESDAY 

Intro to Dungeoneering 

4-5:30 p.m., Dec. 27, 


1201 Cedar Lane. Learn 

how to play Dungeons & 

Dragons, one of the most 

popular tabletop role-playing 

games in the world. We 

will learn the game mechanics, 

create characters, 

and go on an adventure. 

Participants sign up for 

the first session and will 

attend all three meetings. 

For more information, visit 

northbrook.info or call 

(847) 272-6224. 

Teen Volunteering 

6-8 p.m., Dec. 27, Northbrook 

Public Library, 

1201 Cedar Lane. Every 

Wednesday in January and 

February, the library is offering 

volunteer hours for 

high school students in 

need of just a few more service 

hours. Register for one 

of the 3 spots. Heads up — 

these won’t be glamorous 

jobs, think dusting miles 

of bookshelves, cleaning 

thousands of legos and 

alphabetizing millions 

books. For more information, 

visit northbrook.info 

or call (847) 272-6224. 

UPCOMING 

Rep. Schneider’s 

Neighborhood Office Hours 

9-11 a.m., Thursday, 

Jan. 4, Northbrook Public 

Library, 1201 Cedar Lane. 

Meet with staff from Rep. 

Brad Schneider’s office to 

discuss any federal issues 

such as medicare, social 

security, the Veterans Administration, 

immigration 

and more. The event will 

be held in the Reference 

Department. 

Stuffed Animal Sleepover 

4-5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 

5, Northbrook Public Library, 


It’s a night out for the 

stuffies. Your furry pal 

will have a blast playing 

games, eating pizza and 

making friends. At pick up, 

we’ll watch a slideshow of 

the fun your stuffie had before 

heading down to the 

Auditorium for a special 

family concert. For more 

information, visit northbrook.info 

or call (847) 

272-6224. 

Northbrook Garden Club 

Session 

10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 

United Methodist Church, 

1190 Western Ave. If you 

love to grow orchids come 

learn about their care and 

feeding from Synda Nelson 

of the Illinois Orchard 

Society. No registration or 

fee required. The public 

is always welcome. For 

more information, contact 

SUSAN.LEVINSON@ 

cbexchange.com. 

Winter Carnival 

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

Jan. 13, Meadowhill 

Park, 1479 Maple 

Ave. Come join for this 

winter event, which is free 

for all ages. Celebrate the 

season with your family 

and friends. Events include: 

Horse-Drawn trolley 

rides, sled dogs, ice 

sculpting, family games, 

snowshoeing, holiday 

bingo, golf games, bonfire 

and s’mores, winter demonstrations, 

ice Skating 

(bring your skates). For 

more information, please 

call (847) 291-2993 or 

visit nbparks.org 

Stellaluna 

10-11 a.m., Saturday, 

Jan. 20, Northbrook Theatre, 

3223 Walters Ave. 

Based on the popular book 

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, 

Stellaluna tells the 

tale of a baby bat. Stellaluna’s 

life is flitting along 

right on schedule–until 

an owl attacks her mother 

one night, knocking the 

bewildered batlet out of 

her mother’s loving grasp. 

This production features 

puppetry and live piano. 


please call (847) 291-2993 

or visit nbparks.org 

Winter Bingo 

11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday, 

Jan. 26, Northbrook 

Leisure Center, 3323 

Walters Ave. Warm up 

inside the Senior Center 

and enjoy an afternoon of 

bingo, along with hot soup 

for lunch and a yummy 

dessert. Sign up for your 

chance to win fabulous 

prizes. Please register by 

Jan. 19. For more information, 

please call (847) 291- 

2993 or visit nbparks.org 

ONGOING 

Northbrook Action 

Baseball 

Register for Northbrook 

Action Baseball where everyone 

is an all star. Registration 

is now underway 

for spring 2018. The program 

is for boys preschool 

though second grade and 

girls preschool through 

third grade who are looking 

to play t-ball, baseball 

or softball in a fun, no 

pressure situation that is a 

chance to play in an organized 

league, wear a uniform 

and play with friends. 

The goal is to have fun 

while learning the game. 

The season runs from 

mid-April through June. 

For more informtaion or 

registration package, visit 

northbrookactionbaseball. 

org, check your school 

electronic backpack or call 

(847) 564-9849. 

Take Off Pounds Sensibly 

Want to lose weight? 

Come join TOPS (Take 

Off Pounds Sensibly) in 

Northbrook. This organization 

offers a healthy, 

caring, supportive approach 

to weight control at 

an affordable price. Chapter 

IL 847 Northbrook 

meets every Wednesday 

for a weigh-in (6:15-6:45 

p.m.) and meeting (6:45- 

7:30 p.m.) in the back 

lower level of the North 

Northfield United Methodist 

Church at 797 Sanders 

Road in Northbrook. For 

more information, call 

(847) 564-3147 or visit 

www.tops.org. 

To submit an item for the 

calendar, contact martin@ 

northbrooktower.com or 

(847) 272-4565. Entries are 

due by noon Thursday the 

week before the publication 

date.

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Dairy Queen owner smiles even in adversity 

Richard Bodee 

Freelance Reporter 

Shortly before 11 a.m. on 

Nov. 30, Jennifer Schubert 

Spencer received an unwelcome 

visitor in the front 

dining room area of her 

Dairy Queen. That visitor 

came in the form of a 

Lexus SUV, which plowed 

through the storefront of 

the family-owned and -operated 

spot located at 2720 

Dundee Road. 

“It literally sounded like 

a bomb went off in the front 

of my store,” Spencer said. 

Spencer and her husband, 

Brent, were in the back 

room of the restaurant when 

the accident occurred. 

“No one was hurt, and 

thankfully so, because it 

was right before the lunch 

hour,” Spencer said. “And 

luckily, no one was walking 

by because it’s always 

pretty busy in our shopping 

mall. I was so grateful.” 

Spencer, a naturally positive 

person, even in the face 

of adversity, has been battling 

stage 3 breast cancer 

since March. 

“When I look at everything 

now, I may have been 

given cancer, which is unfortunate, 

but it opens your 

eyes to so many things,” 

Spencer said. “By being 

grateful, you can see the 

positives in everything.” 

Spencer’s middle sister 

was also diagnosed with 

stage 1 breast cancer a 

month after her. Her sister 

is now cancer-free. Spencer’s 

mother is at Mayo 

Clinic awaiting hip surgery, 

while her uncle was also recently 

diagnosed with stage 

4 cancer. 

“It’s been a very trying 

year,” Spencer said. 

Throughout all her hardships, 

Spencer said that 

since her diagnosis in 

March, she has only missed 

around 20 days of work at 

Dairy Queen. 

“It gave me a reason to 

get out of bed,” Spencer 

said. “I had just taken it 

over from my parents in 

January and I was excited 

about the opportunity of 

being in charge.” 

Prior to Spencer taking 

over the Dairy Queen location, 

her parents had owned 

it for 43 years. Spencer 

grew up working there and 

she says it holds “so much 

history” to her. 

In fact, on Sunday, 

March 24, 2002, Spencer 

and her husband were married 

there. 

“We were friends with 

a judge in Skokie and we 

had our immediate family 

in attendance,” Spencer 

said. “The front entrance 

became the aisle. 

For me, this has always 

been the family business 

and it was just somewhere 

special.” 

Following the accident, 

Spencer’s Dairy Queen location 

incorporated a new, 

special touch to the restaurant. 

The board used to 

cover the damage done by 

the car has now been decorated 

by the community. 

“One of my friends said I 

should get markers and get 

kids to draw on it,” Spencer 

said. “So, I went to OfficeMax, 

bought a whole 

bunch of markers and wrote 

on the board suggesting 

people either draw a picture 

or write what they are 

thankful for.” 

Spencer led the way by 

writing: “I am so thankful 

no one was injured in this 

accident.” 

On the evening of Dec. 

6, David Schwalb and his 

kids were visiting the store 

when they first saw the 

wall. 

“At first, we thought they 

were just remodeling,” 

Schwalb said. “When we 

went inside and sat down, 

I noticed the writing on the 

wall.” 

Schwalb and his kids all 

wrote something on the 

wall and almost a month 

after the incident happened, 

the board is now filled with 

admissions of gratitude. 

“Our community is so 

awesome,” Spencer said. 

Spencer’s Dairy Queen 

location will remain open 

throughout the holiday 

Following a car accident on Nov. 30, Jennifer Spencer, 

owner of the Dairy Queen in Northbrook, asked 

the community to write messages of thanks on a 

board used to cover the damage. Photos by Martin 

Carlino/22nd Century Media 

season and she expects the 

storefront to be completed 

sometime after Christmas. 

As for the board, Spencer 

said she plans to take it to 

her family cabin in northern 

Wisconsin. 

“It will always remind 

me of my tough year and 

how I got through it and 

how much the community 

loves us,” Spencer said. 

Spencer has a few more 

treatments for her cancer, 

but she is determined to be 

done before the holidays. 

The Birndorf family shares what they are thankful for.

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Lanie is an extremely 

sweet rescue dog. She is 

a mix and is about 5 years 

old. Lanie can be very 

timid but once you get to 

know her, she is very playful 

and loving. Lanie’s favorite food is bread. She 

recognizes the sound of a bread bag being opened 

from the other room and always tries to get you to 

give her some. Sometimes if you don’t, she’ll steal 

it off the counter. Lanie is scared of the two cats 

that live with her but will sometimes lick their ears 

if they let her. She is a wonderful dog! 

PLEASE HELP! The Tower needs Pet of the Week submissions! 

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Northbrook resident fatally struck by vehicle in Glenview 

Martin Carlino, Editor 

Tasha Franklin, of 

Northbrook, was fatally 

struck by a vehicle late in 

the afternoon on Friday, 

Dec. 22, in Glenview. 

According to a release 

from the Glenview Police 

Police Reports 

Diversion plot used in home burglary 

A resident of the 600 

block of Helen Drive witnessed 

two vehicles driving 

slowly past their house 

while they were outside 

cleaning gutters at 3:15 

p.m. Dec. 17. 

Shortly after noticing 

the vehicles, a subject, believed 

to be in his 30s, with 

dark hair, approached the 

resident stating he was the 

new neighbor behind their 

house. 

The subject then asked 

about the trees in the 

backyard, which led to a 

20-minute conversation. 

When the subject left the 

area, the home owner returned 

inside and noticed 

someone had gone through 

a closet and two bedrooms 

in the house. 

Three jars of change and 

an unknown amount of 

jewelry was taken. 

In other police news: 

Dec. 21 

• Three female subjects 

took three pairs of Ugg 

boots from the Nordstrom 

Rack store located in the 

100 block of Skokie Boulevard 

at 2:20 p.m. The 

subjects left the area in a 

vehicle. 

• Christina Kim Mann, 

40, of Highland Park, was 

charged with retail theft, 

From DEC. 23 

Department, Franklin, 

43, was standing behind 

a stopped vehicle in the 

roadway at 4:18 p.m. in the 

intersection of Milwaukee 

Avenue and Sanders Road 

when she was struck by a 

vehicle traveling north on 

Sanders Road. 

possession of a controlled 

substance and outstanding 

Northbrook warrant at 8:39 

p.m.. Mann was observed 

removing several items 

from the Nieman Marcus 

store located in the 1400 

block of Lake Cook Road. 

When stopped, officers located 

approximately $70 

worth of stolen product. 

While Mann was being 

processed, officers learned 

that she had an outstanding 

arrest warrant and located a 

white powdery substance. 

She was taken to court for 

a bond hearing. 

•A resident of the 1100 

block of Jeffrey Court had 

several packages, which 

had been delivered, removed 

from their porch at 

6:52 p.m. 

Dec. 20 

• James R. Baker, 54, of 

Florida, was charged with 

driving while under the 

influence BAC over .08, 

failure to signal and illegal 

transportation of alcohol at 

1:01 a.m. in the intersection 

of Landwehr Road and 

Cherry Lane. 

• Juan M. Ortega, 19, of 

Waukegan, was charged 

with cell phone violation 

and driving with a suspended 

license at 12:25 p.m. at 

the intersection of Dundee 

The 43-year-old female 

and Northbrook resident 

was then transported to 

Lutheran General Hospital 

with substantial injuries. 

Franklin was later pronounced 

dead at the hospital, 

according to the release. 

As of the morning of 

and Anthony roads. 

Dec. 18 

• An unknown person entered 

a parked trailer in 

the 3100 block of Doolittle 

Drive between the hours of 

4:30 p.m. and 8 a.m. and 

removed various items. 

Dec. 17 

• An unknown person took 

a yellow “slow” sign, valued 

at $40, from the front 

yard of a residency in the 

2500 block of Cobblewood 

Drive between the hours of 

9 p.m. and 11 a.m. 

Dec. 15 

• Kimberly A. Ross, 53, 

of Northfield, was charged 

with unlawful possession 

of a controlled substance 

and improper lane usage 

at 9:42 p.m. in the intersection 

of Waukegan Road 

and Kamp Drive. Officers 

stopped the vehicle after 

noticing a traffic offense 

and observed what they 

believed was contraband 

in plain view. Officers conducted 

a further search and 

located several controlled 

substances. She was processed 

after charges were 

approved and transported 

to court for a bond hearing. 

• Nawaf A. Bimsalman, 19, 

of Chicago, was charged 

Dec. 26, no charges have 

been filed in relation to 

the fatal incident and the 

cause of the crash is still 

under investigation. 

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with operating a vehicle 

with suspended registration 

at 9:31 p.m. in the 

900 block of Sunset Ridge 

Road. 

• A guest at Stir Crazy, located 

in the 1500 block of 

Lake Cook Road, hung a 

purse on the back of their 

chair during dinner at 5:59 

p.m. When they went to 

pay the check, they realized 

that their wallet was 

missing. 

Dec. 14 

• Cesar Del Angel Jr., 35, of 

Chicago, was charged with 

aggravated driving with a 

suspended license, no insurance 

and improper display 

of plates at 8:20 p.m. 

in the 2300 block of Capital 

Drive. Officers noticed the 

vehicle with no registration 

and learned the driver was 

driving with a revoked license 

after stopping it. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Northbrook Tower’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on file 

at the Northbrook Police 

Department headquarters 

in Northbrook. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law.



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Northbrook Village Board 

Trustees approve 17.3 percent increase in property tax levy 

Fouad Egbaria, Freelance Reporter 

The Northbrook Village 

Board unanimously voted to approve 

a 17.3 percent increase in 

the Village’s property tax levy 

at its Tuesday, Dec. 19 meeting. 

According to a finance department 

memo presented in the 

meeting’s agenda packet, the 

Village will receive $18,222,514 

for the fiscal year 2018-19 compared 

to $15,526,527 from last 

year. 

Per the memo, the Village 

transferred $1,508,428 from 

the general fund excess surplus 

to the police and fire pension 

funds in order to reduce the required 

levy last year. Since that 

was a “one-time infusion,” that 

amount needed to be recaptured 

in 2017, according to the memo. 

Along with the payback, an increase 

of $620,968 brought the 

total required increase for the 

pension funds to $2,129,396. 

The annual increase to the average 

home in Northbrook will 

be approximately $145.02, according 

to the memo. 

The Village also honored a 

longtime public servant and 

welcomed a new police chief 

during the meeting. 

Longtime State Rep. Elaine 

Nekritz honored 

The Village Board passed a 

resolution honoring longtime 

State Rep. Elaine Nekritz (D- 

57th), who represented Northbrook 

in Springfield for 14 

years. The 57th District includes 

all or part of Buffalo Grove, Arlington 

Heights, Northbrook, 

Wheeling, Palatine, Mount 

Prospect and Prospect Heights. 

President Frum read a resolution 

honoring Nekritz, who 

announced her decision to step 

down in June. 

“While Elaine’s service to the 

Village, along with her eight 

elected terms as a state representative 

are impressive and too 

numerous to mention, it would 

be remiss not to reference her 

signature crowd-pleasing cartwheels 

performed during the 

Village’s annual Fourth of July 

parades,” Frum said. “We thank 

Elaine for her years of service 

and know she will tackle her 

future endeavors much like her 

cartwheels — with grace and 

style, and thoughtful execution.” 

Nekritz thanked the board 

in brief comments following 

Frum’s reading of the resolution. 

“My first service in government 

was here in the Village of 

Northbrook,” Nekritz told the 

board. “This is home. It means 

a lot to me to be recognized by 

all of you. You have been my 

friends and colleagues, some 

for a few years and some for a 

lot of years. I’m very touched 

that you would do this for 

me tonight.” 

In a letter to 57th District 

Democratic Party leaders in 

June, she explained her reasoning 

for stepping down. 

“It has been an honor to serve 

as State Representative from 

the 57th District since 2003,” 

Nekritz wrote. “I have worked 

diligently from the day I was 

elected to represent the good 

people of this district and this 

state with humility and passion. 

But after careful thought, 

it is time for me to step back 

and create an opportunity for a 

new leader who can take on our 

state’s tremendous problems 

with the same mindset.” 

In a question-and-answer session 

with The Northbrook Tower 

in early July, Nekritz said she 

was ready to pass the torch. 

“For me I’ve been doing this 

15 years, it requires a lot of energy 

and enthusiasm,” she told 

The Tower. “I just felt like my 

time for that is up and it’s ready 

to pass the mantle, I’m ready to 

give it to someone new.” 

Nekritz cited frustration at the 

state’s long-running budget impasse, 

which came to an end after 

two years on July 6 (less than 

Longtime State Rep. Elaine 

Nekrtiz, who represented 

Northbrook in Springfield 

for 14 years, was honored at 

Northbrook’s Village Board 

meeting Dec. 19. 22nd Century 

Media File Photo 

a month after she announced her 

resignation). 

In September, Nekritz mulled 

a run at the state’s attorney 

general job, as current Attorney 

General Lisa Madigan announced 

she would not seek 

re-election in 2018. Ultimately, 

Nekritz decided not to run for 

the position. 

Nekritz began her professional 

career as a real estate attorney, 

becoming partner at the firm Altheimer 

and Gray. In 1997, she 

was appointed chairman of the 

Village’s Community Relations 

Commission. 

As a state representative, she 

served as sub-chairwoman of 

the Campaign Finance Subcommittee 

and served as assistant 

majority leader since 2012. She 

also served as chairwoman of 

the House Personnel and Pensions 

Committee and the Judiciary-Civil 

Committee. 

Meanwhile, the Village swore 

in Roger Adkins as the new 

chief of police. Adkins succeeds 

the retiring Charles Wernick, 

who served as police chief for 

12 years. 

“I thank you so much for your 

support and your confidence 

in naming me as your police 

chief,” Adkins said to the board. 

“I’m fully committed and looking 

forward to serving you and 

the community.” 

Village approves purchase of 

two drones, camera equipment 

for Northbrook police 

Among 13 consent agenda 

items approved by omnibus 

vote at the Tuesday meeting, the 

board approved the purchase of 

drone equipment to be used primarily 

by the Northbrook Police 

Department. 

The board approved the purchase 

of two drones and accompanying 

camera equipment 

from DLSR Pros, of Canoga 

Park, Calif., for an amount not 

to exceed $28,956. 

According to materials included 

in the board packet, the 

Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Annual 

Police Department Budget includes 

$15,000 for the funding 

of an unmanned aerial vehicle 

— or drone — program. Half 

of the funding for the purchase 

will come from the police budget, 

with the remainder coming 

from a General Government department 

utility escrow account. 

“The Police and Fire Departments 

are eager to pilot this 

drone program, in order to increase 

the effectiveness of our 

emergency response and to ascertain 

other potential uses for 

this technology throughout the 

Village,” wrote Jason Batalden, 

internal services administrator, 

in a memo to Village Manager 

Richard Nahrstadt. 

According to the memo, the 

drone equipment would also be 

used for other functions when 

not in use by the Northbrook 

police, including for recording 

of community events or construction 

projects, as well as for 

“mapping and inspection tasks,” 

among other things. 

Northbrook School 

District 27 Board of 

Education 

Tax levy 

approved 

at 3.6 

percent 

Todd Marver, Freelance Reporter 

While the United States 

Congress was considering tax 

reform legislation, the Northbrook 

School District 27 Board 

of Education was having a tax 

discussion of its own. The board 

approved the 2017 tax levy at 

$26,465,361 at its Thursday, 

Dec. 21 meeting. Board president 

Helen Melnick read off 

the distribution of dollars in the 

$26,465,361 levy at the meeting, 

which includes $22,395,827 in 

the education fund, $2,854,492 

in the operations and maintenance 

fund, $459,406 in the 

transportation fund, $106 in the 

working cash fund, $166,217 in 

the Illinois municipal retirement 

fund and $589,313 in the social 

security fund. 

The 2017 tax levy is 3.6 percent 

over last year’s extension. 

The increase is tied directly to 

the 2016 Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) of 2.1 percent plus an additional 

contingency of 1.5 percent 

to capture new property and 

redevelopment. New property is 

defined as property within the 

district boundaries that has been 

newly developed and initially 

assessed during the tax year. At 

the time of the levy, information 

regarding the value of new property 

for the year is not yet known 

and was estimated based on new 

property history. 

Although the District is submitting 

a tax levy request at an 

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Ethan Parikh (left), 5, and his sister Asha, 2, of 

Northbrook, show off their lightsabers and Yoda masks. 

Once again, the Northbrook 

Public Library was 

the place to be. 

Several hundred Star 

Wars fans joined their 

families and friends for 

Star Wars Day at the library 

on Dec. 16. It was 

a full-day of activities for 

all ages to celebrate the 

release of “Star Wars: The 

Last Jedi.” 

One popular activity 

was the lightsaber workshop, 

otherwise known 

as a “saber class” held by 

two professional stuntmen 

who showed attendees 

how some moves in movie 

battles are done. 

The first demonstration 

was by a single individual 

using a lighsaber then with 

partners. 

“Block your right leg, 

do a rainbow over your 

head, bring it back behind 

you, stretch the leg,” 

called out Orion Coulling, 

stunt coordinator and 

director at Edge of 

Orion and Windy City 

Wondertainment. 

Together he and stuntman 

Brian Barber demonstrated 

the moves. Parents 

and youngsters followed 

their orders. 

“You should be sweating 

when you’re finished,” 

Coulling said. “You have 

been doing this for 20 

minutes. It takes about 12 

hours of actual practice to 

perfect many of them.” 

The group had fun 

practicing being in control 

of the “blade,” doing 

the “should-to-shoulder” 

move and the “shoveaway.” 

Then they practiced the 

“wounds and kills” and 

“melting to the ground.” 

Coulling and Barber 

demonstrated how actors 

and stuntmen might pretend 

they are wounded on 

the arms. 

“Show your despair,” 

Coulling called out while 

demonstrating — and most 

of the guests did. 

Barber added a brief 

note on the importance of 

working with your partner 

when doing these 

moves. 

“When you are doing 

this for the movies or on 

stage, you must trust your 

partner and show compassion 

for each other,” Barber 

said. “Teamwork is 

necessary and you have to 

show excitement.” 

The session ended with 

an epic battle using lightsabers. 

Guests in attendance 

once again enjoyed the library’s 

day full of events 

to highlight the franchise’s 

latest release. 

“It was a wonderful interaction 

for the kids,” 

Masha Etman said. “We 

are big Star Wars fans. We 

watched every Star Wars 

movie.” 

“I liked it because we 

got to play with the special 

light sabers,” Peter Etman, 

7, said. “I will practice 

when I get home.” 

The next session dealt 

with use of “The Force.” 

Coulling asked the class 

if “The Force” was real. 

Some said yes, others no. 

“Force surrounds us,” 

Colling told the room full 

of guests. “If you rub your 

hands together, you create 

a type of energy. It feels 

like a tingle. All martial 

arts believe in some type 

of force.” 

Barber then demonstrated 

with his hands and 

palms up, how it can look 

like he is pushing something. 

“It is an illusion that 

makes you think that way,” 

Coulling said. “There are 

different types of forces — 

shove, choke, lightening 

(such as that coming out of 

your hands) like the witch 

in the ‘Wizard of Oz.’ She 

actually is wearing laser 

gloves and kind of rotates 

or twists her fingers and 

hands to make it look that 

way.” 

Barber explained why 

there is more than one person 

in a fight. 

“It is not interesting just 

to have one person fighting 

so there often are two 

or more people sharing the 

story,” Barber said. “They 

really are not fighting. It is 

all choreographed.” 

The class enjoyed this 

session as well. 

“My son had a very 

good time at these Star 

Wars programs,” Sharon 

Gordon said. “We come 

here all the time.” 

Eleven-year-old Noah 

Oberbroeckling was 

Josh Dapin (left), 8, of Northbrook, and instructor Brian Barber, practice using “The 

Force” during the Northbrook Public Library’s second Star Wars Day on Dec. 16, in 

Northbrook. Photos by Rhonda Holcomb/22nd Century Media. 

Masha Etman (left) and her son Peter, 7, of Northbrook, show off their warrior faces. 

thrilled to be in attendance. 

“It was a lot of fun and 

I liked the way the teacher 

showed us how to do the 

pretend fighting,” Oberbroeckling 

said. “I am glad 

I came.” 

Upstairs at the Northbrook 

Library, Logan 

Hope, 7, and other Star 

Wars fans were making 

their own version of 

a lightsaber using a pool 

noodle. 

Asha McCaughan, 10, 

and brother, Eric, 7, also 

made a Yoda and Chewbacca. 

Kylo Ren (Casey 

Coppess) and Rey (Clare 

O’Connor) made the 

rounds and had their photos 

taken with many young 

Star Wars fans. They came 

courtesy of Northbrook’s 

Melissa Duncan and her 

Royal Princess Party business. 

There also was a Star 

Wars Trivia Contest and a 

showing of the movie, “Star 

Wars: The Force Awakens.” 

In the library’s lobby 

was a Star Wars cantina 

featuring Achbar’s Apple 

Juice, Luke Sky Water 

and Leia’s Lemonade, 

plus popcorn and cookies 

that somewhat resembled 

Oreo cookies. When asked 

what they were, Kate Hall, 

executive director of the 

Northbrook Park Library 

replied, “Use the force to 

find the answer.”



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Dairy Queen story offers inspiration 

Martin Carlino 

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Throughout our 

lives, we are presented 

with countless 

opportunities to make 

choices. Although the 

circumstances of these 

choices will often vary 

in nature, the decisions 

we make can shape both 

us and other’s perception 

of us. 

You may have had 

a chance to read this 

week’s cover story in 

The Tower. If you were 

able to, you’ll see that the 

owner of Northbrook’s 

Dairy Queen, Jennifer 

Spencer, was presented 

with a choice herself. 

Even before a car 

plowed through the storefront 

of her Dairy Queen, 

Spencer was dealing with 

what she called “a very 

trying year.” Once the 

accident occurred, many 

would have probably 

chose to see the negatives 

life had presented. 

Instead, Spencer decided 

to find the positive in 

the situation and use the 

accident as something 

to highlight what she is 

thankful for in life. She 

even found a way to get 

the community involved 

in doing the same. 

Spencer’s story, courage 

and overall positive 

attitude is something 

we call all learn from. 

There’s little doubt we 

will all be faced with 

tough situations at some 

point in our lives. While 

it may be hard to find 

positives or be thankful 

in those tough situations, 

doing the best we can to 

maintain a positive attitude 

and be thankful for 

what we are blessed with 

in our lives is something I 

hope we all will strive to 

achieve. 

A patron let us snap a picture of his 3D 

printed T-rex Menorah! 

The Northbrook Public Library posted this 

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An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

The number of years State Rep. 

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Northbrook in the 57th District. 

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and more. 

This year’s winning card 

featured a beautiful message 

made out to the letters 

“Tower.” The message read 

as follows: 

Tis the season to 

Open your heart, 

Wish on a snowflake, 

Enjoy your loved ones, 

Reach for the Star. 

The card finished with a 

lovely message on the other 

half of the card, which 

read: “May the holiday 

season surround you with 

peace, love, and everything 

that brings you happiness.” 

With its thoughtful, 

clean and clever design, 

this memorable card takes 

home the title this year. 

For their submission, 

the Brook family will take 

home a gift card from a local 

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wonderful readers a happy 

and healthy New Year. 

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increase of 3.6 percent, 

the actual increase cannot 

be determined until the 

county makes its calculations 

such as the actual 

new property figure that 

the District had to estimate 

for the levy because it isn’t 

known yet. 

The 3.6 percent increase 

the board approved for 

this year’s levy can only 

either stay the same or decrease, 

not increase, after 

the county makes its final 

calculations. In conjunction 

with approving the tax 

levy, the board also passed 

a reduction resolution that 

would direct the county 

clerk how to make a reduction 

if necessary. 

Melnick read the reduction 

resolution at the meeting, 

stating that the clerk 

would make 50 percent of 

the reduction in the education 

fund and the other 

50 percent would take 

place in the operations and 

maintenance fund. 

The key financial assumptions 

reviewed by the 

District included a study of 

the District’s equalized assessed 

valuation (property 

values), assessed valuation 

division by class, new 

property history, rate of inflation 

and other economic 

factors that are impacting 

school funding. 

The board and administration 

reviewed the District’s 

long-range projection 

through fiscal year 

2021-22. 

The District is currently 

in a stable financial 

position with a 74 percent 

level of cumulative 

fund balance reserve. The 

District will continue to 

monitor key economic factors 

that could impact the 

District from a financial 

perspective. The board 

and administration will 

continue to monitor the 65 

percent reserve target and 

continue conversations on 

long range financial planning. 

The 2017 tax levy 

public hearing was held 

on Dec. 7. The board held 

the public hearing despite 

the fact that it was not required 

to by law. Under 

the state’s truth in taxation 

law, a public hearing is required 

if the levy increase 

is above 5 percent and the 

District’s levy is below 

that at 3.6 percent. 

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Students from Field delight with production of ‘The Little Mermaid,’ Page 20 

GBN graduate competes for love 

on ABC’s ‘The Bachelor,’ Page 17 

Northbrook 

native Jennifer 

Delaney (third 

from right in front 

row) will appear 

on season 22 of 

“The Bachelor,” 

premiering 

Jan. 1 on ABC. 

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NB native to appear on ‘The Bachelor’ 

ABC reality show 

premieres Jan. 1 

Megan Bernard 

Contributing Editor 

It all started with a quick 

email. 

“Our friend is a serial 

dater and she needs help.” 

In return, Jennifer Delaney 

received a voicemail 

from the producers 

of ABC’s hit reality show 

“The Bachelor” this past 

March. 

“I honestly called them 

back out of curiosity,” 

said the Northbrook native 

whose friends nominated 

her for the show behind 

her back. “I kind of wanted 

to see how this all worked 

and they ended up flying 

me out to California three 

times after that 20-minute 

phone call.” 

The 2010 Glenbrook 

North graduate was eventually 

chosen as a contestant 

for the show and will compete 

against 28 women for 

the love of bachelor Arie 

Luyendyk Jr. in season 22. 

The show premieres at 7 

p.m. Jan. 1 on Channel 7. 

Delaney, 25, attended 

Texas Christian University 

as a graphic design major 

for two years. Afterward, 

she graduated with a bachelor’s 

degree in fine arts 

from Columbia College in 

Chicago. 

Currently, Delaney lives 

in the city working for 

a downtown advertising 

agency, but she still has 

family she often visits in 

the Village of Northbrook. 

As for her love life? 

“I have always been in 

a relationship,” Delaney 

said. “I recently dated a guy 

for two years and it ended 

in February.” 

But that’s not a problem, 

because months later, 

by the end of this summer, 

Delaney was already cast 

for “The Bachelor,” meeting 

the show’s producers, 

compiling preseason interviews, 

enjoying photo 

shoots and getting ready to 

meet the bachelor himself. 

Luyendyk is a 36-yearold 

NASCAR driver, who 

placed second on the eighth 

season of “The Bachelorette” 

starring Emily Maynard. 

“I watched his season 

with Emily,” Delaney said. 

“I was like ‘OK, this is different, 

but real interesting’ 

when he was chosen for 

this season.” 

Just three days before 

this season was scheduled 

to begin shooting, Delaney 

received a 30-page agreement 

at home. 

“I read it over and it 

made me so nervous,” she 

told The Tower. “I wasn’t 

sure I wanted to do this 

anymore. But, my lawyer 

told me it was standard. I 

ended up packing the night 

before.” 

The “Bachelor” ladies 

were instructed to bring 

three months worth of 

clothes — in two suitcases 

— just in case they ended 

up staying for the season’s 

entirety. 

Once they got to California 

this September, phones 

were taken away and the 

contestants stayed separately 

in a hotel for several 

days leading up to the first 

day. During this time, Delaney 

said she “wasn’t nervous 

at all.” 

“I mostly kept myself 

busy with drawing,” she 

added. “I draw photos of 

athletes on the side, so I 

drew him.” 

That drawing later 

sparked conversation during 

her one-on-one time 

Delaney works as a graphic designer in Chicago. 

with Luyendyk, she said, in 

the first episode. 

The episode also kicks 

off with Delaney coming 

out of the limo first to meet 

Luyendyk in front of the famous 

“Bachelor” mansion. 

“I’m not sure if they will 

show me being first out after 

they cut it, but I was,” 

said the excited Delaney, 

who appears in photos 

from the night wearing a 

long, hot pink gown. 

With the season’s details 

kept secret, Delaney 

couldn’t say much more. 

She did meet host Chris 

Harrison, though, who she 

said “doesn’t age.” 

“He looks like he could 

be made of clay,” she 

added. “Also, the mansion 

is a lot smaller than you’d 

think.” 

Leading up to the small 

screen season premiere this 

January, Delaney said she’s 

feeling a little anxious. 

“I have never been a 

showy person; I can’t even 

listen to my own voice 

on recordings,” she said, 

laughing. “I am nervous 

to see myself but I’ll be 

watching with other girls 

from the show that night.” 

As for how many roses 

Delaney will receive on 

“The Bachelor,” the former 

Spartan said “stay tuned.” 

Northbrook native and Glenbrook North graduate 

Jennifer Delaney (left) meets Arie Luyendyk Jr. in the 

premiere of ABC’s “The Bachelor.” Photos Submitted 

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Faith Briefs 

Congregation Beth Shalom (3433 

Walters Ave.) 

Shabbat with a Twist 

Join Shabbat with a 

Twist on Jan. 5 and 19 at 

Congregation Beth Shalom 

from 11-11:45 a.m. 

Families with children up 

to Pre-K join clergy for 

stories, songs and projects 

and then twist your own 

challah with the dough we 

provide and take it home 

to bake. 

Shabbat B’Yachad Dinner 

and Service 

Join for Shabbat dinner 

Jan. 12, at 6 p.m. ($12 

adults, kids eat free) and 

stay for family friendly 

services. There is a special 

young family service 

for families with children 

age’s birth through first 

grade and a family service 

co-led by our youth and 

clergy for families with 

children in grades second 

thru sixth grade. Contact 

Matt Rissien at 847-498- 

4100 or MRissien@Beth- 

ShalomNB.org for more 

information. 

Shabbat Yoga 

Experience Shabbat 

Yoga, a gentle, relaxing 

yoga session inspired by 

Shabbat as a rest day, open 

to all levels Jan. 27, from 

11 a.m. to noon. Joanna 

Kaplan will bring together 

Jewish spiritual heritage 

and the healing practice 

of yoga. Yoga and meditation 

are a perfect way to 

embody the very nature 

of Shabbat. Comfortable 

clothing is encouraged and 

please bring your own mat. 

Open to the community at 

no charge. 

Annual No Limit Texas 

Hold’em Tournament and 

Dinner 

Congregation Beth Shalom’s 

Men’s Club 15th 

Annual No Limit Texas 

Hold’em Tournament and 

Dinner on Jan. 28, at 3 

p.m. Tickets are $50 per 

person if registered by Jan. 

21 or $60 at door, players 

must be 21. Prizes include 

flat screen TV, gift certificates 

and more and all final 

table player receive prizes. 

For questions or to reserve 

your space contact Don 

Pike at dpike1481@gmail. 

com or call 847-498-4100. 

Northbrook Community Synagogue 

(2548 Jasper Court) 

Morning Minyan 

Join morning minyan 

followed by breakfast on 

weekdays at 7:15 a.m. and 

on Sundays and holidays 

at 9 a.m. For information, 

call (847) 509-9204. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

Every Thursday from 

7:30-9 p.m. the church 

hosts an AA meeting in the 

basement. For more information, 

visit www.northbrookumc.com. 

St. Giles Episcopal Church (3025 

Walters Ave.) 

Grace Space 

This is an informal and 

shorter worship service 

geared to those with young 

children, but open to all, 

at 8:30 a.m.; or worship in 

a more traditional, formal 

setting at 10:15 a.m. A free 

breakfast is served the second 

Sunday of each month 

from 9-10:30 a.m. For 

more information, visit 

www.saint-giles.org. 

Choir 

Join us for choir practice 

every Thursday evening 

at 7:30 p.m. For more information, 

contact Jim 

Brown, director of music, 

(847) 272-6622. 

Men’s Night Out 

St. Giles men and their 

male friends and family 

are welcome to gather at 

Grandpa’s in Glenview, 

across from the downtown 

train station, at 7 p.m. on 

the second Tuesday of the 

month. For more information, 

call (847) 272-6622. 

Village Presbyterian Church (1300 

Shermer Road) 

Children’s Christmas 

Pageant 

Children preschool 

through fifth grade will 

perform The MK Christmas 

Special, the story of a 

talk show host who invites 

six missionary kids to her 

TV special. Through her 

interviews with the children, 

host Daisy O’Day 

hears the Christmas story, 

learns the names of Christ, 

and how Christmas is celebrated 

around the world. 

Join us for this wonderful 

holiday tradition that features 

the children’s choirs. 

Contact Nancy Frese, 

Minister of Children and 

Family, at nfrese@tvpchurch.org. 

Fall Welcome Brunch 

If you’re newer at the 

church, a perfect next 

step is making friends 

and learning more about 

our church family over 

brunch. Children eat with 

families and are then excused 

for childcare. For 

information and to RSVP, 

call John Hopkins at (847) 

272-0900 x137. 

Islamic Cultural Center of Greater 

Chicago (1810 Pfingsten Road) 

Juma’ah Prayer 

This prayer includes a 

khutba (sermon) by Imam, 

followed by the prayer 

from 1-2 p.m. on Fridays. 

For more information, call 

(847) 272-0319. 

Young Israel of Northbrook (3545 

Walters Ave.) 

Weekly Monday Night 

Torah Study 

Study Torah with Rabbi 

Herschel Berger, spiritual 

leader of Young Israel of 

Northbrook, at 7 p.m. on 

Mondays. Discussions will 

correlate the study topic 

to modern daily life. No 

charge. For more information, 

contact Rabbi Berger 

at (847) 205-1910 or hbglobemet@aol.com. 

Temple Beth-El (3610 W. Dundee Road) 

Early Oneg 

Spend Friday evenings 

with this informal early 

evening participatory service, 

led by the clergy 

in the mishkan (chapel). 

Dress casually for this 

one-hour service, which 

begins with an early oneg 

at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 

6 p.m. service, which will 

provide an opportunity 

to return home and enjoy 

a lovely Shabbat dinner 

with family or friends afterwards. 

Light appetizers 

will be served. 

Casual Morning Minyan 

On Saturdays at 9:30 

a.m., join for a Shabbat, 

lay-led, participatory service 

held in the mishkan. 

The one-hour service is informal 

and open to young 

and old alike. After worship, 

many participants 

remain for a lively discussion 

about the Torah portion 

over a bagel and coffee. 

Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook (2095 

Landwehr Road) 

High Holiday Schedule 

The Prayers are Warm. 

The Melodies are Timeless. 

The People are Friendly. 

The Kids have a Program. 

Join for High Holiday 

Services at Chabad led by 

Rabbi Meir Moscowitz, 

Rabi Shua Greenspan and 

Cantor Eli Goldman. Services 

conducted in Hebrew 

and English, with insights 

and explanations into the 

prayers, special children’s 

holiday program & service. 

Membership not required. 

Be sure to make 

reservations at Chabad- 

Northbrook.com 

Hebrew Reading Crash 

Course 

Learn to read Hebrew 

before the high holidays. 

$69 for five sessions. Tuesdays 

7:30-9 p.m. beginning 

Aug. 22. Register by 

calling (847) 564-8770 or 

email rabbishua@chabadnorthbrook.com 

Tuesday Women to Women 

Class 

Weekly women’s class 

hosted by Chaya Epstein at 

2:15 p.m. Women to Women 

is a Jewish women’s organization 

run by women 

for women. For more information, 

call (847) 564- 

8770. 

Northbrook Hebrew School 

Registration for Northbrook 

Hebrew School is 

in full swing. NHS is a 

combined Sunday/Hebrew 

School program offering 

an affordable educational 

experience where your 

child will enjoy acquiring 

a solid foundation in Jewish 

education in a positive 

atmosphere. To register 

and for more information 

visit www.NorthbrookHebrewSchool.com 

or please 

call (847) 564-8770. 

Submit information for 

The Tower’s Faith page to 

m.dwojak@22ndcentury 

media.com. Deadline is noon 

on Thursday. Questions? 

Call (847) 272-4565. 

In Memoriam 

Rose M. Gerber 

Rose M. Gerber, nee 

Gradman, 96, of Northbrook, 

died. 

In loving memory of a 

wonderful wife, cherished 

mother, grandmother, great 

grandmother and friend to 

many; beloved wife of Dr. 

Samuel T. Gerber; the most 

loving and caring mom of 

Allan (Avis) Gerber and 

Barbara (Mike Klein) 

Siegan; proud and loving 

grandmother of Candice 

(Jimmy) DeFalco, Harold 

Gerber, Bradley and Matthew 

Siegan, and Elizabeth 

(John) Stamos; adoring 

great grandmother of 

James and Weston Stamos; 

loving sister of the late 

Charles, Harold, Edward 

and Ralph; and sisterin-law 

of Esther (Marv) 

Wortell, the late Mary Oppenheim 

and Ann Gerber; 

loving daughter of the late 

Bessie and Abraham Gradman. 

Mom, you are a beautiful, 

talented and strong 

woman. You will remain 

in our hearts forever, never 

forgotten. 

Herbert J. Sturm 

Herbert J. Sturm, 89, of 

Northbrook, formerly of 

Glenview, Dec. 15. 

He was the beloved 

husband of Ellen; loving 

father of Candy (Dan) Tiltges, 

Kim (Steve) Balow 

and Tracy Sturm; fond 

grandfather of Jenny, Dan, 

Rick, Jim, Sandy and 

Chris; great Grandfather 

of Bradley, Nathan, Ryker, 

Annelies, Teagan, Breckin 

and Jace. 

Memorial Service 

Thursday, Dec. 28, at 

11:00 am at Holy Trinity 

Lutheran Church, 2328 

Central Road, Glenview, 

IL 60025. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

m.dwojak@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

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20 | December 28, 2017 | The Northbrook tower life & arts 


Production of ‘The Little Mermaid’ a highlight for Field Middle School 

Daniel I. Dorfman 


A few minutes after the 

second of two performances 

of Field Middle School’s 

production of “The Little 

Mermaid,” Principal Erin 

Murphy was very pleased 

with what she had just seen. 

“I love it, it is the highlight 

of the year,” Murphy 

said of the annual show. 

“Seeing the kids involved 

in the art, but also the technical 

performance and we 

are seeing kids who do not 

always get involved.” 

What Murphy and the rest 

of the audience witnessed 

on Dec. 9 was the school’s 

adaptation of the underwater 

fantasy story involving 

Prince Eric, the evil Ursula 

and the central figure, Ariel. 

Approximately 60 of the 

school’s 300 children were 

involved in the one-hour 

performance, either behind 

the scenes or in the cast. 

Field’s music director 

Case Carvell had experience 

with “The Little 

Mermaid” as he directed 

fifth-graders in the show at 

a neighboring school. With 

his experience and knowledge 

of the music and dialogue 

of “The Little Mermaid,” 

he sensed it would 

be a good fit at Field, as he 

embarked on directing his 

eighth show at Field, even 

as he had to navigate the 

challenge getting the costumes 

ready for the maritime 

adventure. 

“There are so many 

good parts in it and I knew 

there were so many talented 

kids,” Carvell said. 

“Collaborating with the 

other adults I felt this was 

a really good year for this 

show because we had a lot 

of really good kids to fill 

for the parts.” 

The two shows of Dec. 8 

and 9 culminated a process 

that began the first full week 

of school, Carvell said. 

Field Middle School students Shawn Kelley, as Flounder, and Leah Hides, as Ariel, perform during the school’s performance of “The Little 

Mermaid” on Dec. 9. Photos Submitted 

In September, In front 

of Carvell and two other 

teachers, there were two 

days of open auditions 

where roughly 40 students 

stepped forward hoping to 

land a role. For the students 

that made it to the second 

round of auditions, Carvell 

said they were judged not 

only on their individual 

performances, but who 

played well off of whom. 

“A lot of it is role chemistry,” 

Carvell said. “There 

are multiple kids that are 

very talented and can play 

multiple parts so it seeing 

how they play across from 

one another during the callbacks 

and which combinations 

create the best chemistry.” 

After the second round 

of tryouts, Carvell and his 

associates selected eighthgrader 

Leah Hides for the 

role of Ariel. 

“I was really excited,” 

Hides recalled in the moments 

just after the second 

Field Middle School students (left to right) Jenny Mancilla, Melanie Heredia, Srai Tecalero and Mario Escobedo 

perform during the school’s performance of “The Little Mermaid” on Dec. 9. 

show wrapped. “I kept 

checking my email to see if 

I got it and I was so happy.” 

Selected to play the supporting 

character of Sebastian 

the Crab was eighthgrader 

Lee Mavrianos, who 

said he has now done three 

musical productions at the 

Field and enjoyed this one 

the most while acknowledging 

the red jacket he 

donned for the show was 

“bulky.” 

“It is really fun for me,” 

Mavrianos said. “I think I 

am going to continue to do 

it in high school and college.” 

Once all the parts were 

cast, Carvell said everyone 

had to practice as much 

as six hours of practice a 

week in rehearsals. He also 

placed audio files of their 

parts to sing on the music 

classes private Google 

classroom, so everyone 

could practice on their 

own. Meanwhile, a crew of 

14 made the sets all leading 

up to the shows. 

At the end of the show, 

the cast and crew received 

a warm round of applause 

from the audience. 

“Their hard work paid 

off,” Carvell said. “Seeing 

all the hours they put into it 

was really awesome.”



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Photo Op 

The Northbrook Rotary 

Club submitted this photo 

of Charlie Maher and Morgan 

Hochschild sharing a 

moment with Santa from 

its 51st Holiday Party held 

at Allgauer’s on, Dec. 19. 

Village President Sandy 

Frum, Police Chief Roger 

Adkins, and Fire Chiefs 

Andy Carlson and Jose Torres 

were also present. The 

Glenbrook North Express 

entertained all with Christmas 

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Did you snap a cool photo 

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Announcement 

The Zagon family celebrates 2 

milestones 

Northbrook resident Vicki 

Zagon celebrated her 80th 

birthday on Dec. 6. Vicki and 

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When and why did 

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swim team. I was kind of 

forced to start so I really 

didn’t enjoy it in the beginning 

but it sort of just stuck 

with me. 

What do you like most 

about the sport? 

I like the intense training 

and competitiveness that 

comes with swimming. 

The training is one of the 

distinguishing thing about 

swimming and the fact that 

you have to put in work to 

get result, I like the idea 

of that. However hard you 

worked, you saw that result 

in the pool and on the 

clock, and if you didn’t put 

in the work, you didn’t. 

What is one thing that 

people don’t know 

about you? 

People don’t know that 

I’m into collecting funny, 

cool socks. I have these 

cool lobster socks. I don’t 

know why, but they’ve 

been my favorite and remind 

me of fun memories. 

What’s your favorite 

personal sports 

moment? 

It didn’t include me, but 

sophomore year, I was on 

varsity, I did not swim at 

sectionals but I was still 

on deck as a team manager. 

Throughout the entire 

meet, I was cheering 

for everyone else when 

everyone was swimming. 

It was great to see all the 

effort and the results that 

they won with. It was fun 

to not care about how I 

was swimming and focus 

on my teammates. 

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I would want to fly because 

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Boys Basketball 

Barnes puts on shooting clinic against Knights 

David Jaffe 


Before Glenbrook 

North’s game against Grayslake 

North on Dec. 19, 

Evan Barnes was watching 

YouTube highlights of 

the Golden State Warriors’ 

Klay Thompson scoring 37 

points in a quarter. 

That seemed to be about 

as good of an inspiration as 

Barnes needed against the 

visiting Knights. 

GBN, which has had 

many great shooting performances 

over the years, 

including Jon Scheyer scoring 

52 in a game, and 21 in 

75 seconds, got another one 

courtesy of Barnes. 

Barnes scored 30 points, 

hitting 8-of-9 from 3-point 

range and scored 18 in 

the first 11 minutes of the 

game. His effort led the 

Spartans (8-1) to a 71-51 

win. 

“I may have to watch 

Klay highlights more often,” 

Barnes said. “Klay 

and C.J. McCollum are 

my two favorite players. 

They’re fun to watch, great 

shooters and can score very 

quickly.” 

Barnes scored quickly 

but very efficiently. In total, 

he was 10-for-12 from 

the field. 

“The basket was enormous,” 

Barnes said. “I’m 

a streaky player though. I 

got the season off to a slow 

start. I only scored four or 

five in the first three games. 

Right now I’m on a hot 

streak. Hopefully that can 

continue.” 

“We’ve had a lot of 30 

point games and great 

shooting performances but 

it’s been a little while since 

we had someone score 30,” 

GBN coach Dave Weber 

said. “The ball looked 

perfect off his hand, even 

on the one he missed. He 

did more than shoot well 

though. His defense was 

solid and he rebounds and 

makes hustle plays.” 

Barnes has continued to 

gain confidence as a shooter 

which is the biggest difference 

from a year ago. 

“We graduated guys 

like Tommy (Gertner) and 

James (Karis) who were 

two of our better scorers 

last year,” Barnes said. “We 

needed guys to pick up the 

slack so I knew I was going 

to have to step up.” 

And as a result, he gets 

his shot off quickly. He got 

open and, if the defender 

lost him, he made sure they 

had no chance to recover 

and get back in time. 

“That’s the biggest thing 

that I’m able to get my shot 

off quickly,” Barnes said. 

“I used to be more hesitant. 

But now I’m confident 

enough to put it up when I 

have the opening. My shot 

hasn’t changed. I just trust 

my ability more. I also try 

to set screens because the 

guy who sets the screens 

tends to be able to get 

open.” 

“He’s got a quick release 

and good size so he’s 

able to shoot over people,” 

Weber said. “We knew he 

could shoot. He’s had some 

injuries and hasn’t been a 

full-time basketball player 

because he also plays 

baseball. But it’s been nice 

to see him play well and 

hopefully the other guys 

can follow his lead on offense.” 

He also feels he gets tested 

in practice and as a result, 

he’s not as intimidated 

in games. 

“Sean (Merrigan) always 

guards the other team’s best 

player. I go against him in 

practice,” Barnes said. “I 

think he’s the best defender 

in the conference so after 

that, it doesn’t seem like 

someone else is as much of 

a challenge.” 

Barnes plays focused but 

he doesn’t get worried during 

a game. 

“You can’t be tense and 

overthink things,” Barnes 

said. “I try to play loose 

and make sure I’m having 

fun throughout the game.” 

After trailing 8-3 early, 

GBN took control with 

a 19-2 run going in front 

22-10 with Barnes burying 

four threes in that stretch. 

They were up 37-22 at the 

half and continued to roll 

going up 62-33 in the third. 

Barnes had 10 in the third 

while Brian Johnson had 

six in the quarter. GBN hit 

14 threes in the game. 

“We had Max (Knebelkamp) 

play in the high 

post and had our shooters at 

the wings or up top facing 

the basket,” Weber said. 

“We’ve typically had Brian 

in the high post because 

he’s our best playmaker. 

He didn’t start so Max is 

our next best playmaker.” 

Kellen Witherell added 

10 while Johnson had 

eight, Frank Siegien had 

six, Vasili Angelos had five 

and Alex Press had four. 

Football 

Glenbrook North’s Pieper to be inducted into hall of fame 

Michal Dwojak, Sports Editor 

Glenbrook North boys 

basketball coach David 

Weber won’t be the only 

Hall of Famer roaming the 

halls of GBN this spring. 

Spartans football coach 

Bob Pieper will join the 

legendary basketball coach 

when he’s inducted into the 

Illinois High School Football 

Coaches Association 

Hall of Fame in the spring. 

The announcement of 

Pieper’s induction came as 

a surprise for the coach, but 

when he received a phone 

call the morning of Dec. 

18, and got home to find the 

letter, he couldn’t help but 

feel happy for the honor. 

“I’m really honored,” 

Piper said. “I know my 

name will be on that award, 

but I accept it on behalf of 

all of the coaches and players 

that have gone through 

here.” 

Those are the people 

who helped nominate 

Peiper into the hall. The 

coach wasn’t sure if he fit 

the criteria, but when former 

players, coaches and 

even parents saw he fit the 

requirements, they sent 

letters to the association 

explaining why Pieper deserved 

the honor. 

The numbers don’t lie. 

Pieper came to GBN in 

1997 and took over a program 

many people told him 

to stay away from. Football 

had been struggling, but 

that didn’t stop the coach 

from taking the challenge. 

The Spartans have been in 

the playoffs 13 times during 

his tenure at GBN, including 

a trip to the state 

semifinals in 2004. GBN 

has also accumulated numerous 

conference titles in 

that time. 

One of the main reasons 

the induction is a nice surprise 

for the Spartan is 

Peiper isn’t retired yet. At 

49, he’s been coaching for 

a long time — since he was 

24 — and is excited to continue 

to build the relationships 

that led to so many 

people sending in letters for 

the coach. 

“It feels great (to feel so 

supported),” Pieper said. 

“I’ve said this since the first 

day. I was a head coach at 

24 years old and I still say 

this today, ‘Success is built 

on relationships.’ So I’m 

really humbled by it. ... It 

means a lot to me. Those 

are the relationships that 

mean the most.” 

The relationships are 

what Peiper admitted are 

his favorite part of the job. 

GBN has produced many 

football players who have 

gone on to play football 

at the next level, but there 

have been many who are 

successful in other fields, 

which creates the bonds 

Peiper coaches for every 

year. 

“There have been so 

many things,” Pieper said. 

Glenbrook North football coach Bob Pieper (middle) 

will be inducted into the Illinois High School Football 

Coaches Association Hall of Fame in spring 2018. 22nd 

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“Going to former players’ 

weddings, going to see 

their babies and all kind of 

things like that. I’m big on 

the relationship piece.” 

While the induction is an 

honor Pieper will treasure 

for the rest of his life, it 

doesn’t mean he’s content 

and looking toward the 

end. He’s not close to retiring 

even though the honor 

goes to many who have 

moved on from the game. 

Pieper is honored and 

wouldn’t trade his time for 

anything else in the world, 

but there’s still something 

else he’s looking for. 

“I still want to take a 

team to a championship 

game,” Pieper said. “That’s 

been my goal since I was 

24 and I still have it now. ... 

The ultimate prize is to get 

that state championship.”

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Boys Swimming 

Spartans swimmers win big 

NEIL MILBERT 


The Glenbrook North 

swimmers aced their final 

first semester exam. 

Competing in a dual 

meet at Maine West on 

Dec. 22, the Spartans won 

every event. 

“Don’t worry about the 

clock, focus on your approach 

and have fun as a 

team,” coach Kirk Ziemke 

told the GBN swimmers. 

Rest assured they had a 

lot of fun. 

Their most domineering 

performance in the 123-61 

triumph came in the 100- 

yard freestyle in which 

Zander Johnson (:53.01), 

Illian Farbman and Sam 

Shin finished 1-2-3 in the 

field of six. 

The dominant individual 

was Ryan Purdy. He 

won the 50-yard freestyle 

(23.35) and the 500-yard 

freestyle (4:58.39) and 

was a member of first place 

teams in the 200-yard 

medley relay (1:46.38) 

and 200-yard freestyle relay 

(1:35.25). 

Jake Shapiro also made 

a big splash by decisively 

winning the 200-yard individual 

medley (2:03.33), 

swimming the anchor leg 

for the victorious 400- 

yard freestyle relay team 

(3:32.07), the third leg for 

the triumphant 200-yard 

freestyle relay team and 

the second leg for the quartet 

that finished second in 

the 200-yard medley relay. 

The other individual 

winners for GBN were 

Anthony Mrozowski with 

a come-from-behind performance 

in the 200-yard 

freestyle (1:58.19), Fabian 

JuJescu (58.12) in the 

100-yard butterfly, Anton 

Ivanchenko in the 100- 

yard backstroke (1:05.30), 

Ethan Schonfeld in the 

100-yard breaststroke 

(1:05.37) and Ryan Cohn 

in meter diving (242.85). 

Ivanchenko also collaborated 

with Shapiro, 

Farbman and Johnson for 

the 400-yard freestyle relay 

team’s winning performance 

and with Garrett 

Chan, Shapiro and Purdy 

for the decisive victory in 

the 200-yard freestyle relay. 

“Everyone contributed 

(to winning the meet) but 

we didn’t get any best 

times,” the senior said. “It 

gives us motivation going 

into the winter break. 

“In meets like this, we 

love racing our teammates, 

too — whether it is 

racing against their previous 

times or just looking 

across two lanes and seeing 

your teammate coming 

up on you.” 

Another senior standout 

was Chan in the relays. After 

swimming the leadoff 

leg for the 200-yard medley 

relay team he swam 

the anchor leg for the 200- 

yard freestyle team. Joining 

Purdy and Chan on the 

medley relay team were 

Schonfeld and Shin. 

“This week we had really 

hard week of practice,” 

Chan said. “We practice 

so hard. Today it was fun 

to work as a team. Now, 

Glenbrook North’s Eli Traub competes in the 100- 

yard butterfly Friday, Dec. 22, in Des Plaines. David 

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we want to go into winter 

break with the mentality 

that we can do better.” 

Chan and Ivanchenko 

believe that a narrow seven-point 

loss to two-time 

defending State champion 

Lyons to open the season 

gave the Spartans the realization 

that they have the 

potential to excel. 

“We’ve competed 

against two of the top 

teams in the state — Lyons 

and Glenbrook South — 

and we’ve been training 

super hard,” Ziemke said. 

“Today was ‘just go out 

and work on some technique.’ 

No best times or 

anything like that. 

“It was a long haul from 

Thanksgiving to winter 

break, and we’ve had sickness 

running through the 

team. It was a tough month 

in a lot of ways. We won’t 

have another meet for three 

weeks. We’re excited about 

being able to spend winter 

break putting all of our focus 

on practice and rest.” 

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Spartans looking for right finish 

Gary Larsen 


It’s not as though Glenbrook 

North’s hockey 

team played poorly during 

a recent four-game losing 

streak. And it’s not as 

though the Spartans play 

an easy schedule. 

But after leading New 

Trier Green 3-1 after two 

periods only to give up 

four goals and lose 5-3, 

Glenbrook North is tired 

of its recent string of consolation 

prizes. 

“We’ve played really 

good hockey, we just 

haven’t finished games,” 

Spartans coach Evan 

Poulakidas said. “It gets 

frustrating when you play 

good hockey against really 

good teams, and have 

them on the ropes and 

don’t finish it, then you 

start to question yourselves. 

“For most of this game 

we played a really good 

hockey game. In the first 

two periods we played 

great. But their five-onthree 

turned the tide.” 

The Spartans got goals 

from Jacob Crane, Justin 

Ho and Jake Silverman 

in the Scholastic Hockey 

League game but failed to 

finish on a goal in the third 

period. 

New Trier scored on a 

five-on-three power play 

with just over one minute 

played in the third period, 

then tied the game two 

minutes later. The Trevians 

got the game-winner 

with eight minutes remaining 

in the game and added 

an empty-net goal in the 

waning moments. 

“It’s nice to know it’s 

not the playoffs. It’s not 

season-ending,” Spartans 

senior captain David 

Glenbrook North forward Jake Silverman (right) fights for a puck against New Trier’s Blake Glass on Thursday, Dec. 21, in Wilmette. Gary 

Larsen/22nd Century Media 

Rubin said. “We can still 

learn from it and that’s 

what it’s all about.” 

Glenbrook North (37- 

12-3, 14-6 in SHL play) 

struck first in the first period 

when Crane intercepted 

a clearing pass and 

swooped in alone on New 

Trier goalie Hayden Wieczorek. 

Rubin stole a puck in the 

Spartans defensive zone 

and raced the length of the 

ice to set up Ho’s goal and 

give North a 2-0 lead. 

New Trier (30-11-2, 15- 

5) got a goal from Benjamin 

Michelon in the second 

period on assists from 

Mark Ashmore and Peter 

Lifvendahl, but the Spartans 

led 3-1 when Silverman 

scored on assists from 

Casey Miller and Kevin 

Koren. 

With four seconds remaining 

in the second period, 

Glenbrook North was 

whistled for two penalties, 

roughing and tripping. 

New Trier’s John Robinson 

capitalized during the 

five-on-three, and Mason 

Smith tied the game two 

minutes later. 

Robinson scored the ultimate 

game-winner and 

Robert Soudan buried an 

empty-netter for the final 

tally. 

“We had some broken 

coverage on some plays 

and you can’t do that 

against good teams,” Poulakidas 

said. “We just have 

to be better. We need to get 

back our stride. We need 

to kind of forget the past 

week and try to come back 

and win some games.” 

Poulakidas also wants 

to see his team put more 

shots on net. The Spartans 

only forced Wieczorek 

into making 17 saves. 

“The only negative I 

would take out of the game 

is that we have to shoot the 

puck more,” Poulakidas 

said. “We’re always making 

that one extra play but 

sometimes we just need to 

shoot the puck.” 

Rubin liked what he saw 

from his side through two 

periods. 

“We were playing our 

game. We were playing 

with speed and we played 

good hockey for the majority 

of the game,” Rubin 

said. 

“But it’s been kind of 

an up-and-down thing. 

We had three goals, which 

is more than we’ve had 

lately, and it’s not like 

we’re playing bad hockey. 

Sometimes we’re hot 

and sometimes we’re not, 

and right now we’re not 

in one of those grooves, 

I guess. But we’ll get it 

back.”

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Wrestling 

GBN overpowers GBS in dual meet 

22nd Century Media File 

photo 

1st-and-3 

Players of the 

Week 

1. Evan Barnes 

(ABOVE) Glenbrook 

North’s 

Evan Barnes was 

nearly perfect 

from 3-point 

range, hitting all 

but one of his 

shot attempts 

from deep. 

2. Cameron Casey 

Casey dominated 

on Thursday, Dec. 

21, winning his 

contest by technical 

fall in a team 

win over Glenbrook 

South. 

3. Zander Johnson 

The GBN swimmer 

helped the 

Spartans dominate 

a dual meet 

at Maine West on 

Friday, Dec. 22. 

Gary Larsen 


The best high school 

wrestlers live in a perpetual 

state of discontent, 

a place where Glenbrook 

North junior Cam Casey 

now resides full-time. 

“I’m happy with where 

I’m at this year and I’m 

confident, but I’m not satisfied,” 

Casey said. “I want 

to score more points and 

dominate matches.” 

Casey dominated on 

Thursday, Dec. 21, winning 

by technical fall at 

182 pounds in the Spartans’ 

49-27 dual meet win 

at Glenbrook South. Casey 

also won an individual title 

at 182 at a 16-team tournament 

at Prospect this year, 

and improved to 12-3 with 

his win against the Titans. 

Casey went 15-18 at 182 

as a varsity sectional-qualifier 

last year before placing 

fifth at the frosh-soph 

state meet. He entered his 

junior year ready to take a 

big step forward as a varsity 

wrestler. 

“He wants to be a 

state-qualifier and a stateplacer,” 

Glenbrook North 

coach Jason Erwinski said. 

“He’s got the talent to do 

it. He’s putting points on 

the board. We just want 

to get him into shape so 

he can chain wrestle and 

string together two, three 

and four moves in a row. 

That’s the wish for any 

Glenbrook North’s Cameron Casey beats Glenbrook South’s Nick Sawires during a 

match on Thursday, Dec. 21, in Glenview. Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media 

high school wrestler.” 

Casey had nine takedowns 

in his 22-6 tech fall 

win. 

“I learned some new 

technique and I’m trying 

to get to my (offense) and 

dominate more matches. 

It just takes time,” Casey 

said. “You can think about 

it over and over in practice 

but it has to become instinctive 

if you really want 

to be successful.” 

Glenbrook North won 

seven of the eleven matches 

against Glenbrook 

South, with three forfeits 

posted in the dual. Erwinski 

only has one senior in 

his lineup, and he’s happy 

with the effort the young 

squad has given him this 

year. 

“Our guys have been 

wrestling really well lately,” 

Erwinski said. “We 

went out there today and 

wrestled our style and if 

we do that, good things 

are going to happen. It’s a 

good young group of guys. 

“The move from JV to 

varsity is a different animal. 

We’ve got guys that 

wrestled JV last year that 

are starting to make that 

adjustment. They’re figuring 

it out.” 

A forfeit at 132 to start 

the night put Glenbrook 

North up 6-0, and the 

Spartans went up 12-0 on a 

first-period pin at 138 from 

Benji Kubin. 

Glenbrook North’s Jinoo 

Kim and Glenbrook 

South’s Forrest Eriksson 

battled to a 4-4 tie at 

the end of the first period 

at 145 and it was 5-5 in 

the third when Eriksson 

earned a takedown and 

rode Kim out for the final 

minute for a 7-5 win. 

“He was one guy where 

the effort was definitely 

there,” Glenbrook South 

coach Pat Castillo said of 

Eriksson. “He was down 

and he came back, and it’s 

always good when guys 

are winning in the third period, 

especially after they 

were losing in the first.” 

Glenbrook North’s Kyle 

Williams put his side up 

18-3 with a reversal to 

start the second period and 

a pin at 2:42. 

“Kyle wrestled real 

well,” Erwinski said. “He 

was exhausted but we had 

a tough week of practice. 

He gritted it out and found 

a way to end up on top.” 

After getting taken 

down to start the match at 

160, Glenbrook South’s 

George Papagiannopoulos 

used a reverse, a cradle 

and a pin in the first period 

to cut the Spartans lead to 

18-9, but that was as close 

as the Titans would get the 

rest of the night. 

Nico Jung posted a 

pin at 170 for Glenbrook 

North to set up Casey’s 

tech fall win at 182, giving 

the Spartans a 29-9 lead. 

Glenbrook South’s Cam 

Mercer made quick work 

of the match at 195 with a 

first-period pin and Trent 

Williams won an 8-0 major 

decision at 220 for 

Glenbrook North. 

Glenbrook North forfeited 

at 285 but won three 

of the final four matches 

for the final margin, including 

a pin at 106 from 

Raphael Galvez and a 4-0 

decision win at 120 from 

Max Sherman. Glenbrook 

South’s Nate Sullivan won 

by fall at 113 pounds. 

“We wrestled a little bit 

better as a team today,” 

Castillo said. “But while 

some individuals are taking 

that next jump, for 

some of them we have 

to get a little bit more on 

them and fix a few things 

up. 

“For the most part, the 

effort was there, but you 

always wish you got more 

effort when you lose. It’s 

really more about the technical 

part, but a little more 

effort in certain situations 

might have made the difference 

in a few matches 

today.” 

Listen Up 

“I’m really honored.” 

Bob Pieper — head coach of the Glenbrook North 

boys football team on his induction into the Illinois 

High School Football Coaches Association Hall of 

Fame. 

tunE in 

What to watch this week 

The Glenbrook North girls basketball team will compete 

in the St. Viator invite starting Thursday, Dec. 28. 

• 5:30 p.m. at St. Viator 

Index 

28 - Boys Basketball 

26 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by The Tower’s staff. Send comments to 

m.dwojak@22ndcenturymedia.com.

The Northbrook Tower | December 28, 2017 | NorthbrookTower.com 

Force to be 

reckoned with 

Wrestling team tops 

rival Titans, Page 31 

Standout 

performance 

Boys swimming delivers 

one of its best efforts in 

young season, Page 29 

Spartans learning 

how to finish games 

against difficult 

opponents, Page 30 

Glenbrook North forward Charlie Slovis (right) battles for position with New Trier defenseman Patrick O’Keefe during a 5-3 loss against the Trevians on Thursday, Dec. 

21, in Wilmette. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media.

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