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Lake Forest Police continue to investigate fatal shooting, Page 4 

Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media 

Via VanLandingham’s 

Facebook Page 

Courtesy the Park 

District of Highland Park 

MAIN: In this parking lot of 

her Lake Forest apartment, 

Claire VanLandingham, 

27, was shot to death 

Wednesday, Jan. 3, reportedly 

by her former boyfriend, 

Ryan Zike, 33, of Louisville, 

Ky., who was found dead of a 

gunshot wound to the head. 

On the loose Lake Forest police search 

for suspect in bank robbery, Page 3 

Hello 

neighbor 

Catch up on breaking 

news out of Highland 

Park, Page 8 

Love is in 

the air 

The Leader 

announces How 

We Met Contest, 

Page 10

2 | January 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader calendar 

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In this week’s 

LEADER 

Police Reports6 

Pet of the Week12 

Editorial13 

Puzzles16 

Faith Briefs18 

Dining Out20 

Home of the Week21 

Athlete of the Week24 

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Friday 

LINKEDIN – Building the 

Profile 

10 a.m. Jan. 12, Career 

Resource Center, 40 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

This session will focus 

on how to make LinkedIn 

a more friendly social media 

platform and show you 

the important elements 

of building your profile. 

Bring your laptop or tablet 

and work as you go. This 

event is free for members 

and $20 for guests. Registration 

is required to attend, 

call (847) 295-5626. 

Saturday 

Open House for 

Prospective Campers 

10 a.m. Jan. 13, Banner 

Day Camp, 1225 Riverwoods 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Learn about our program 

and activities for campers 

ages 3-13. Banner offers 

campers a traditional summer 

day camp experience 

in a magnificent wooded 

setting. Campers engage in 

sports, arts, adventure programs 

and daily swim instruction 

in our top-notch 

outdoor aquatic facility 

with four heated pools. For 

more information, visit t 

www.bannerdaycamp.com 

or call (847) 295-4900. 

MooNiE and Broon 

2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

Jan. 13, Gorton Community 

Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. The 

variety-comedy monsters 

MooNiE and Broon will 

bring their amazingly hilarious 

shows. MooNiE 

and Broon are know nationwide 

for their special 

brand of entertainment 

that fuses juggling, magic, 

music and other circus arts 

with improvisation and a 

loose style that promises 

that no two shows will 

ever be exactly alike. Tickets 

are $15. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

6060. 

SUNDAY 

Exam Escape for High 

School Students 

1-5 p.m. Jan. 14, Lake 

Forest Library, 360 E. 

Deerpath Road, Lake Forest. 

Our popular study 

center is open. Come take 

advantage of expanded 

seating areas, charging stations, 

and free food and 

drinks as your prepare for 

exams. For more information, 

call (847) 234-0636. 

MONDAY 

Annual Martin Luther King, 

Jr. Program: One Better 

World 

4:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Lake 

Forest College, 555 N. 

Sheridan Road, Lake Forest. 

Hear Vernon A. Wall, a 

nationally known speaker 

on social justice and leadership 

styles, in this annual 

Martin Luther King Jr. 

Holiday Program at Lake 

Forest College. This is a 

free event. For more information, 

visit www.lakefor 

est.edu/communityevents 

or call (847) 234-3100. 

Hip Hop Rocks 

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Jan. 15, Lake Forest Recreation 

Center, 400 Hastings 

Road, Lake Forest. 

This hip hop workshop 

will give every dancer the 

chance to learn some of 

the most popular dance 

moves today. Learning 

dance skills and technique, 

developing creative and 

imaginative expression, 

and dancing to some music 

is just the beginning of 

the fun. This event costs 

$32 for residents and $38 

for nonresidents. Register 

at www.lfrec.com 

Poetry Appreciation Club 

1-2 p.m. Jan. 15, Lake 


Deerpath Road, Lake 

Forest. Are you a fan of 

Dickinson, Poe, or Whitman? 

Gather with fellow 

poetry lovers to read aloud 

and discuss great works of 

poetry. For more information, 

call (847) 234-0636. 

Wednesday 

Microsoft Excel 1 

1-2 p.m. Jan. 17, Lake 


Deerpath Road, Lake Forest. 

This hands-on class 

for beginners introduces 

attendees to Excel’s interface 

and basic operation, 

including formulas and 

functions, formatting, and 

more. Limit five attendees 

per class. Registration 

is required. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

0636. 

THURSDAY 

Speaking of 

Unmentionables 

1:20-2:30 p.m. Jan. 28, 

Lake Bluff Library, 123 

E. Scranton Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Women’s fashions 

are shaped, literally 

and figuratively, by their 

underclothes. Delicate 

pieces of linen and lace, 

stiff corsets, sturdy hoops 

and bustles are the unseen 

history of an era. Modern 

contrivances are no less 

remarkable. This novel 

presentation will unveil 

myths about women’s unmentionables. 

Examples 

of historic underwear will 

be displayed. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

2540. 

Author Visit and Book 

Discussion with Nancy 

Doyle 

7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 18, 

The Gorton Community 

Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. Author 

Nancy Doyle will be in 

attendance to discuss her 

new book “Manage Your 

Financial Life: A Thoughtful, 

Organized Approach 

for Women.” She has 30 

years of experience in 

wealth management, investments, 

corporate finance 

and consulting. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-6060. 

Upcoming 

Lake Forest Firefighters 

Chili Lunch 

Noon, Jan. 19, Dickinson 

Hall, 100 E. Old Mill 

Road, Lake Forest. Some 

like it hot. Some like it 

mild. Come to Dickinson 

Hall to warm up a 

cold January day with a 

delicious chili lunch and 

all the fixins’ prepared 

by Lake Forest’s bravest. 

The Swing Sonatas, 

a Lake Forest-based band 

made up of Lake Forest 

High School students, 

will serve up some sweet, 

hot jazz for dessert! Join 

us for this feel-good community 

event that will 

help shake off the January 

blues. This event is free. 

For more information, call 

(847) 234-2209. 

Ongoing 

Fit for Life 

2 p.m. Mondays and 

10 a.m. Thursdays beginning 

Jan. 11, Dickinson 

Hall, 100 E. Old Mill 

Road, Lake Forest. Join 

us for a fabulous mix of 

fitness, fun and friendship 

in an hour-long class consisting 

of cardio dance, 

strength training, balance 

and stretch. We’ll finish 

up the hour with a luxurious 

stretch. All fitness 

levels welcome. Seven 

classes and registration is 

required. This event costs 

$49 for members and $59 

for guests. For more information 

and to register, 

call (847) 324-2209. 

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. Help us 

to help others. This club 

is open to all ladies. For 

membership information, 

contact Donna Beer, (847) 

295-7108. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

Nurse Patti Mikes will 

visit Dickinson Hall to 

give free blood pressure 

checks to anyone 50 years 

old and older. No appointment 

needed. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

2209. 

Toastmasters Club 

Noon-1 p.m. first 

and third Tuesdays of 

the month, Lake Forest 

Graduate School of Management, 

1905 W. Field 

Drive, Lake Forest. Toastmasters 

is an international 

organization that aims to 

help communication and 

leadership skills for professional 

and personal 

growth with unlimited potential. 

This club is open 

to all. Visit lfgsm.toastmastersclubs.org 

for more 

information. 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

Wildlife Discovery 

Center, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. The 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

is a living natural history 

museum. The learning 

journey brings visitors 

face-to-face with a variety 

of reptiles, amphibians, 

birds and mammals. Admission 

is free. For more 

information, call (847) 

810-3663. 

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.

LakeForestLeader.com NEWS 

the lake forest leader | January 11, 2018 | 3 

From JAN. 6 

Lake Forest bank robbed, male suspect still at large 

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor 

Police are searching for 

a man who robbed Fifth 

Third Bank Saturday, Jan. 

6, and fled the scene on 

foot in Lake Forest. 

At 12:06 p.m., Lake 

Forest Police were called 

to the bank, 990 S. Waukegan 

Road, after a call of a 

bank robbery came in, according 

to a Lake Forest 

Police Department release. 

The release stated a 

white male entered the 

building and presented the 

teller with a note demanding 

money. A weapon was 

not seen, but was implied. 

The suspect was last seen 

exiting the bank, on foot, 

with an unknown amount 

of U.S. currency. 

The male, in his late 20s 

to mid-30s, was described 

as wearing blue jeans, a 

dark jacket, hat, mask and 

boots. The release stated 

that the suspect weighs between 

180-210 pounds and 

stands between 5 feet, 9 

inches and 6 feet tall. 

As of press time, Monday, 

Jan. 8 there were no 

charges made in relation to 

the robbery. 

The police continue the 

investigation, and anyone 

with information is asked 

to call the police department 

at (847) 234-2601. 

This image, released by 

the Lake Forest Police 

Department, depicts a 

man who robbed the Fifth 

Third Bank Saturday, Jan. 

6 in Lake Forest. PHOTO 

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The suspect, shown here, fled the scene on foot with 

an unknown amount of U.S. currency. Anyone with 

information about the suspect is asked to contact the 

Lake Forest Police Department at (847) 234-2601. 

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Lake Forest woman among two killed in shooting 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Two people who had 

been dating until recently 

were identified as the deceased 

after a Lake Forest 

shooting Wednesday 

morning, Jan. 3, according 

to a coroner’s report. 

The Lake County Coroner 

reported Thursday, 

Jan. 4, Claire VanLandingham, 

27, of Lake Forest, 

died from multiple gunshot 

wounds Wednesday 

after being taken to Lake 

Forest Hospital. 

The deceased male, 

Ryan Zike, 33, of Louisville, 

Ky., died from 

a gunshot wound to the 

head, according to the release, 

which did not state 

whether the injury was 

self-inflicted. 

Lake Forest Deputy 

Chief Chris Copeland confirmed 

Zike shot VanLandingham 

with a handgun. 

As of press time, Monday, 

Jan. 8, the Lake County 

Coroner’s Office could 

not rule the incident a 

murder-suicide as it is still 

under investigation. 

“There was at least one 

weapon, possibly two, 

found at the scene,” Copeland 

said. “I am confident 

saying there was one.” 

VanLandingham’s listed 

address is within a nearby 

apartment building that exits 

to the parking lot where 

she was shot, Copeland 

confirmed. 

“While it is possible 

that this wound is selfinflicted, 

the matter is still 

under investigation,” Lake 

County Coroner Dr. Howard 

Cooper said in the release. 

“Toxicology results 

are pending on both. 

“Both families have 

been notified and our 

deepest condolences go 

out to them. This is truly 

Police blocked off the alley next to the Dunkin’ Donuts 

at 620 N. Western Avenue where a shooting took place 

on the morning of Jan. 3. 

an awful tragedy.” 

The Lake County Major 

Crimes Task Forces confirmed 

that the two victims 

were in a relationship that 

ended in late September, 

early October of 2017. 

The motive is still under 

investigation, according 

to the release, but it was 

initially reported the two 

were in a domestic dispute 

prior to the shooting. 

The release states that 

the shooting seemed to be 

an isolated incident, and 

there was no additional 

danger to the community. 

The Lake Forest Police 

Department responded to a 

domestic dispute Wednesday 

morning behind a 

Lake Forest Dunkin’ Donuts, 

where two gunshot 

victims were found. The 

woman, VanLandingham, 

was transported to the hospital, 

while Zike was dead 

at the scene. 

VanLandingham came 

to Naval Station Great 

Lakes in North Chicago in 

August after completing 

dental studies earlier last 

year, according to a Navy 

spokeswoman, Lt. Liza 

Dougherty. 

She was assigned as a 

dental care officer on Aug. 

12 at the USS Osborne 

Dental Clinic at Captain 

James A. Lovell Federal 

Health Care Center, adjacent 

to the Navy base. 

Western Avenue was closed for most of the day on Jan. 3 as police investigated the 

scene of a shooting that left two dead. PHOTOS BY MARTIN CARLINO/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

“Lt. Claire VanLandingham was a valuable 

member of an elite team of health care 

professionals caring for our Navy and Marine 

recruits at Naval Station Great Lakes. Her untimely 

death is tragic, and our hearts go out to her family, 

friends and coworkers. Our entire command 

mourns this shocking loss of one of our own.” 

Captain Bradford Smith — the deputy director and commanding officer 

at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center about the loss of 

Claire VanLandingham, who was a dentist at Captain James A. Lovell 

Federal Health Care Center. 

VanLandingham became 

a lieutenant in the Navy 

Dental Corps on May 13, 

2017. 

“Lt. Claire VanLandingham 

was a valuable 

member of an elite team 

of health care professionals 

caring for our Navy 

and Marine recruits at Naval 

Station Great Lakes. 

Her untimely death is 

tragic, and our hearts go 

out to her family, friends 

and coworkers. Our entire 

command mourns this 

shocking loss of one of our 

own,” said Captain Bradford 

Smith, the deputy 

director and commanding 

officer at Captain James 

A. Lovell Federal Health 

Care Center, in an email to 

The Leader. 

She was also an officer 

training command student 

in Newport, R.I. from July 

8-Aug. 11, 2017, according 

to Dougherty. 

According to apparent 

Facebook pages of Van- 

Landingham, she just graduated 

from the University 

of Louisville School of 

Dentistry. She received a 

bachelor’s degree from Indiana 

University and graduated 

from Culver Academies, 

a boarding school 

in Culver, Ind. 

Zike was previously 

employed as a naturalist 

at Heller Nature Center in 

Highland Park. 

He was employed there 

from mid-September to 

mid-October, said Liz 

Gogola, Park District of 

Highland Park communications 

and marketing director. 

Gogola said it is unclear 

why he left his job in October, 

but did confirm he 

resigned voluntarily. 

Zike was employed by 

Jefferson Memorial Forest 

and Natural Areas in 

Louisville, Ky., for seven 

years prior to coming to 

the North Shore area. 

Zike, according to his alleged 

Facebook page, went 

to Trinity High School in 

Louisville and then Eastern 

Kentucky University. 

Additional reporting by 

Sports Editor Brittany Kapa 

and Contributing Editor 

Xavier Ward

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Police Reports 

Man charged with DUI, transported to hospital for diabetic issues 

Mark Dudko, 56, of Park 

Ridge, was charged with DUI of 

alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia 

and possession of cannabis 

at 11:54 p.m. on Dec. 21 at 

the intersection of Route 41 and 

Old Elm Road in Lake Forest. 

Police responded to the area 

of Route 41 and Rockland Road 

on a reported driving complaint 

involving a maroon Porsche. 

Officers located the Porsche on 

Route 41 near Old Elm Road and 

after observing several traffic 

violations the conducted a traffic 

stop on the vehicle and spoke to 

the driver, identified as Dudko. 

Officers observed Dudko to be 

incoherent, confused and with 

vomit on his shirt. Dudko stated 

he was diabetic and officers 

called for EMS for a possible 

medical issue. 

Subsequent to more investigation, 

police located drug paraphernalia 

and a small amount of 

cannabis in the vehicle and determined 

Dudko had consumed 

some alcohol before the traffic 

stop. Officers conducted a field 

sobriety test, to which he failed. 

In other police news: 

Lake Forest 

Jan. 1 

• Jennifer Helen Williams, 29, 

of the 0-100 block of Sandpiper 

Lane, was charged with a DUI at 

4:40 a.m. in the 100 block of Barn 

Swallow Road. Police responded 

to a report of an SUV crashed into 

a parked SUV. Police and Lake 

Forest Fire Department responded 

to the scene after the owner 

of the parked car called 911 and 

stated there was a crash with air 

bags deployed and the driver appeared 

to be intoxicated. Police 

located the scene and spoke to 

the driver, identified as Williams, 

who was evaluated by Lake Forest 

Fire Department and refused 

treatment. Based on officer’s observations 

and the severity of the 

weather, Williams was transported 

to the Public Safety Building 

for more questioning. 

• A male, 55, of Lake Forest, was 

charged with aggravated battery 

in the 200 block of Butler Drive. 

Police responded to a reported 

battery after locating a subject 

bleeding from the head walking 

on Green Bay Road. The injured 

male victim is believed to have 

been struck in the head with a 

blunt object, possibly a beer bottle, 

while at a residence located 

on Butler Drive. Lake Forest 

Fire Department transported the 

male victim to Lake Forest Hospital 

for treatment. Police continue 

to investigate the incident. 

• Luis G. Lopez, 21, of Waukegan, 

was charged with driving 

with a suspended driver’s license, 

no insurance and expired registration 

at 12:30 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 60 and Ridge Road. 

Police conducted a traffic stop on 

a 2004 Mazda for an equipment 

violation and expired registration. 

Dec. 24 

• Alexios C. Georges, 21, of the 

700 block of Camelot Court, 

was charged with possession of 

drug paraphernalia at 12:33 p.m. 

in the intersection of Everett 

and Oak Knoll roads. Officers 

on routine patrol in the area of 

Lawrence Avenue and Woodhill 

Lane observed a vehicle driving 

with one head light operating. 

Officers conducted a traffic stop 

for the equipment violation and 

spoke to the driver, identified as 

Georges, who was the sole occupant 

in the vehicle. When officers 

spoke with Georges, they 

smelled marijuana coming from 

the vehicle. When questioned 

more, Georges produced a cannabis 

pipe and a small container 

with some cannabis still in it. 

Dec. 20 

• Blaise M. Bracic, 18, of the 700 

block of Mountain Avenue in 

Lake Bluff, and Jordan T. Overton, 

19, of Racine, Wis., were 

charged with possession of drug 

paraphernalia and Bracic was 

also charged with possession of 

cannabis and minor possession of 

alcohol at 2 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 60 and Waukegan 

Road. Police on routine patrol 

observed a silver Kia commit a 

traffic violation and subsequently 

conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. 

When officer approached 

the vehicle and spoke to the 

driver, identified as Bracic, they 

immediately smelled the odor of 

marijuana coming from inside 

the vehicle. When asked, Bracic 

denied knowing why the officers 

smelled marijuana coming from 

the car and stated there was none 

in the vehicle. Officers removed 

Bracic and the passenger identified 

as Overton from the vehicle 

and conducted a search of the 

vehicle. Police located a glass 

jar containing cannabis, several 

Vape pens used for smoking liquid 

THC, several other items of 

drug paraphernalia as well as a 

half empty bottle of liquor. 

Dec. 16 

• Kevin Salamanca, 29, of Chicago, 

was charged with a DUI, no 

valid driver’s license and illegal 

transport of alcohol at 10:26 p.m. 

in the intersection of Route 41 

and Gage Lane. Police responded 

to the area of Route 41 after receiving 

a 911 call concerning a 

driving complaint about a silver 

Nissan that was northbound from 

Deerfield Road. Police located 

the suspect vehicle and after 

observing multiple traffic violations, 

conducted a traffic stop on 

the vehicle. When police got to 

the driver’s door, the driver rolled 

down his window and officers 

could smell a strong odor of an 

alcoholic beverage coming from 

inside the vehicle. Salamanca 

was asked for his driver’s license 

and he stated he did not have one. 

He was requested to exit the vehicle 

and perform several field sobriety 

tests. Based on the officer’s 

observations, it was determined 

Salamanca was intoxicated. 

Lake Bluff 

Dec. 29 

• A hit and run was reported at 

7:53 a.m. on Skokie Highway. 

The vehicle crashed into the center 

median and continued driving 

northbound. A officer was 

unable to locate the driver. 

• A single car crash was reported 

at 9:45 p.m. on Route 41. A 

single car crashed in the snow 

against the center median with 

no injuries. A towing service removed 

the vehicle and the occupants 

were given a courtesy ride. 

Dec. 28 

• A hit and run was reported at 

6:07 p.m. in the 0-100 bock of 

Sherwood Terrace. 

• A vehicle crashed into a tree and 

injuries were reported at 10:48 

p.m. at a dealership on Route 41. 

The Lake Bluff Fire Department, 

Knollwood Fire Department 

and Lake Forest Ambulance all 

responded. The rear passenger 

was transported to lake Forest 

Emergency Room. The driver 

was issued a citation for no valid 

registration. A towing service responded 

and removed the vehicle. 

IDOT was contacted to plow 

and salt the roadway. 

Dec. 27 

• Burglary to vehicle was reported 

at 3:37 p.m. in the 600 block 

of Moffett Road. 

• A car struck a dog at 6:42 p.m. 

in the intersection of Sheridan 

Road at Shore Acres Drive. 

Dec. 26 

• A hit and run was discovered on 

the roadway by a police officer 

at 3:38 a.m. on W. Washington 

Avenue. A officer located a disabled, 

damaged vehicle and determined 

it had been left on the 

roadway and struck two traffic 

signs. Officers checked the area 

and were unable to locate any 

occupants. Attempts to reach the 

registered owner were met with 

negative results. The vehicle was 

removed by a towing company. 

Pictures were taken and a traffic 

crash report is on file. 

Dec. 24 

• A two vehicle property damage 

accident was reported at 9:51 

a.m. in the 500 block of Lincoln 

Avenue. 

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 the court of law. 

From the Village 

Christmas Tree Disposal 

The Village of Lake Bluff’s 

waste and recycling contractor 

(Groot Industries) will collect 

Christmas trees and wreaths 

placed at the curb. 

Trees and wreaths should be 

placed at the curb free of any 

decorations or inorganic material 

to allow them to be composted 

and recycled. Any items decorated 

with tinsel, ornaments, 

metal backing, etc., cannot be 

recycled and will go to the landfill 

as waste. 

Trees and wreaths 

may also be delivered to 

the Public Works Recycling Facility, 

640 Rockland Road. The 

facility is open Monday-Friday, 

7 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday- 

Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The 

same cautions apply regarding 

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THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

Highland Park man 

arrested for attempted 

murder 

A person was transported 

to Evanston Hospital in 

critical but stable condition 

after a stabbing took place 

in Highland Park, according 

to a press release from 

Highland Park police. 

Police were notified at 

10:15 on Friday, Jan. 5 

about the incident in the 

area of the 1600 block of 

McGovern Avenue. 

After arriving, police 

received a description of 

the suspect and searched 

the area with the help of 

neighboring police jurisdictions, 

according to the 

press release. 

Police located Jose 

Gonzales, 39, of the 1600 

block of McGovern Avenue, 

Highland Park, and 

arrested him on charges 

of attempted murder and 

multiple counts of aggravated 

battery, according to 

the press release. 

Police were not available 

for further comment 

prior to deadline. 

Reporting by Xavier Ward, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at HPLandmark.com. 

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THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Trustee disagrees with 

waving fence-height 

requirement 

In what was otherwise 

an uneventful and harmonious 

night at Village 

Hall, the Glenview Village 

Board diverged on the issue 

of fences during its 

Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting. 

A few years ago, the Village 

discovered that the 

owners of Glenview Materials 

& Supply had been 

making minor alterations 

to the company’s 2100 

Johns Court location without 

a permit. 

The company has since 

paid several fines and cooperated 

with the Village 

to comply with its zoning 

code. The two entities 

came to a tentative agreement 

on the commercial 

variations and final site 

plan for the project, which 

the board considered for 

the first time at Tuesday’s 

meeting. 

While the Village and 

company had made several 

compromises on parking 

lot and storage requirements, 

a fence standing 

9-feet tall at the front of 

the company’s property 

caught the attention of 

Trustee Deborah Karton. 

The Village’s building 

code dictates that a fence 

cannot stand taller than 8 

feet, and Karton disagreed 

with the Village’s willingness 

to make an exception. 

The other four trustees 

present at the meeting voted 

to approve the fence and 

all the other variations to 

the property. With the 4-1 

tally, the board will vote 

on the measure again at its 

next meeting on Tuesday, 

Jan. 16, for final approval. 

Reporting by Jeremy Turley, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern. 

com. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Needed updates approved 

for Winnetka’s Hadley 

Institute 

One day after the start 

of the new year, the Winnetka 

Village Council got 

right back to work at its 

Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting 

by unanimously approving 

a special-use permit 

and zoning variations for 

the Hadley Institute for 

the Blind and Visually Impaired 

to allow expansion 

of its existing facilities at 

700 Elm St. 

The two second-story 

additions will be constructed 

above existing 

one-story elements of the 

building. The additions incorporate 

brick and stone 

on a majority of the building 

exterior to blend with 

existing building materials, 

while a glass curtain 

wall system is proposed 

for those portions of the 

expansion, which flank an 

interior courtyard. 

The council’s approval 

included three zoning 

variations: to increase an 

existing nonconformity 

by vertically extending an 

existing wall; to incorporate 

a flat roof to match the 

existing building; and to 

permit expansion of an existing 

entry sidewalk from 

4 to 6 feet in width. 

Hadley Institute President 

Julie Tye explained 

that the original intent of 

the building renovation 

was for safety reasons. 

“This project began as 

our need to renovate the 

building in order to make it 

more safe and to take care 

of mechanical systems 

that are extremely dated,” 

she said. “This building 

was built in the 1950s and 

many mechanical systems 

are now beginning to fail 

and need to be replaced. 

The building is not ADA 

compliant, which is ironic 

for an organization which 

serves those with disabilities.” 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 


story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Historic Plaza del Lago 

sold for $48M 

Not surprisingly to local 

shoppers, Wilmette’s Plaza 

del Lago didn’t stay on the 

real estate market for very 

long. 

Mid-America Real 

Estate Corporation announced 

last week it had 

brokered the sale of the 

historic shopping center 

at 1515 Sheridan Road 

for $48 million. The 

100,213-square-foot property 

was purchased by Retail 

Properties of America, 

an Oak Brook-based investment 

firm. Plaza del 

Lago was put up for sale 

last July. 

“It’s a special property 

and very unique. It has a 

lot of historic significance 

in Wilmette and on the 

North Shore as a whole,” 

said Ben Wineman, a principal 

at Mid-America, who 

was an exclusive broker of 

the transaction. “Everybody 

that lives around here 

knows the asset.” 

Opening in 1928, Plaza 

del Lago is one of the nation’s 

oldest shopping centers. 

The Moss family had 

owned the property since 

1971, when Joseph Moss 

purchased it. Moss, 90, 

died in March 2017. 

According to its website, 

Retail Properties of 

America is a self-managed 

real estate management 

trust “focused on the acquisition, 

development 

and management of strategically 

located retail assets.” 

Plaza del Lago, which 

features Spanish-style architecture, 

consists of retail 

and office space. The center 

is anchored by several 

national tenants, including 

Jewel, CVS, Starbucks 

and NorthShore University 

HealthSystem. Plaza del 

Lago also offers 15 second-story 

residential apartments. 

Ninety-one percent 

of the property is leased. 

“There are very few 

food and drug-anchored 

centers east of the Edens 

Expressway,” 

said. 

Wineman 

Reporting by Eric 

DeGrechie, Managing Editor. 

Full story at Wilmette- 

Beacon.com. 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

Glencoe house designed by 

prolific architect Boyington 

If you’re a Chicago 

history buff, a devoted 

student of architecture or 

maybe just someone who 

wants to live in a rare, if 

not one-of-a-kind, historically 

significant home 

built before the Civil War, 

then maybe 341 Lincoln 

Ave. in Glencoe is what 

you are looking for. 

The 3,201-square-foot 

Victorian-style home, 

listed at $774,500, was 

designed in 1855 by the 

prolific architect William 

Warren Boyington, who 

also produced many notable 

landmark structures in 

and around Chicago. 

Boyington studied engineering 

and architecture in 

New York, practiced there 

and served in the New 

York State Legislature before 

deciding to settle in 

the booming metropolis 

that was Chicago in 1853. 

He immediately began designing 

homes, churches, 

hotels, railroad stations 

and other public buildings. 

Many of the larger 

structures incorporated a 

neo-Gothic style, complete 

with castles and turrets, 

and many used Joliet 

limestone. 

Since the house for sale 

at 341 Lincoln Ave. was 

built only two years after 

Boyington moved to Chicago, 

it is quite possibly 

the oldest local Boyingtondesigned 

home still standing 

in the area. 

Reporting by Alan P. Henry, 


story at GlencoeAnchor.com. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Inaugural Acts of Kindness 

Kids Talent Show hits 

Northbrook 

When a group of North 

Shore girls wanted to put 

on a community event 

showcasing their talents, 

it turned into something 

much bigger and widespread. 

With the help of their 

moms, Glencoe’s Madeline 

Hazan, Malia Markus, 

and Ella and Sophie Carrel 

hosted the first-ever Acts 

of Kindness Kids Talent 

Show on Dec. 2 at the JCC 

Marvin Lustbader Fitness 

Center in Northbrook. 

“It started as a question, 

‘What if we could 

be on America’s Got Talent?’ 

Then my mom said, 

‘What if we used our talent 

and did something really 

good?’” Ella Carrel, 8, 

said. “We liked that even 

more.” 

With a $15 suggested 

donation at the entrance, 

the show raised approximately 

$3,000 for the Hispanic 

Federation’s Unidos 

Disaster Relief Fund for 

Puerto Rico. 

Hispanic Federation — 

Stephen Colbert’s chosen 

charity — is the nation’s 

premier Latino nonprofit 

membership organization. 

Founded in 1990, 

the charity seeks to support 

Hispanic families 

and strengthen Latino institutions 

through work 

in the areas of education, 

health, immigration, civic 

engagement, economic 

empowerment and the environment. 

“[The girls] thought we 

can do something good 

with this show because 

they hear us talk about all 

this crazy stuff happening 

in the world today,” mom 

Lisa Carrel said. “It’s cool 

for them to see there was 

something they could do 

to make a difference, especially 

since they don’t 

have anything they could 

donate now.” 

Reporting by Megan Bernard, 

Contributing Editor. 

Full story at Northbrook 

Tower.com.



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How We Met Contest 

Share your love story 

with The Leader 

Deadline is Feb. 1 

Staff Report 

Warm our hearts and 

your neighbors’ by sharing 

your love story just in time 

for Valentine’s Day. 

That’s right — we are 

all ears to your mushy 

details on how your story 

began with your loved 

one. Whether it was as 

high school sweethearts, 

through mutual friends, a 

blind date or even on the 

internet, we’re calling for 

your story. 

The Lake Forest Leader 

is hosting its annual How 

We Met Contest, and we 

want you to enter. Just 

write up your love story 

of how you met your valentine 

in 400 words or 

less and email it to Editor 

Alyssa Groh at alyssa@ 

lakeforestleader.com. You 

can also snail mail it to The 

Lake Forest Leader, 60 

Revere Drive, Suite 888, 

Northbrook IL, 60062. 

The only restriction is that 

you must live in the City of 

Lake Forest or the Village 

of Lake Bluff. 

The deadline for submissions 

is Feb. 1, giving 

you about three full weeks 

to perfectly craft your 

story and send it in to us. 

Don’t forget to include a 

photo of the both of you 

together so we can see the 

happy couple. Remember 

to also attach your names 

along with a phone number 

and email so we can 

reach you. 

The contest winner will 

receive a prize from a local 

business, and their 

winning story will be 

printed in the Feb. 8 issue 

of The Leader along with 

the photo right before the 

special day, Feb. 14. 

Last year’s winners 

were Lake Forest residents 

Ashley and John Corsten, 

who met on Valentines day 

more than a decade ago. 

Telluride Mountainfilm Fest returns to Gorton 

Submitted by Gorton 

Community Center 

After enjoying sell-out 

crowds last year in their 

debut at Gorton Community 

Center, Telluride’s 

Mountainfilm Fest will 

return to Lake Forest Jan. 

26-28, thanks to the Butler 

Family Foundation as 

the event’s lead sponsor, 

as well as the Community 

Church of Lake Forest 

and Lake Bluff. It is 

co-presented by Gorton 

and Lake Forest Open 

Lands. 

Held every Memorial 

Day Weekend, Mountainfilm 

is a documentary 

film festival in Telluride, 

Colorado that showcases 

nonfiction stories about 

environmental, cultural, 

climbing, political and 

social justice issues that 

matter. The festival aims 

to inspire audiences to 

take action on worthy 

causes. After the festival 

closes, Mountain 

film takes to the road, 

traveling year round and 

worldwide with a selection 

of current and bestloved 

films from the festival 

archives. 

“We’re so excited to 

build upon the success 

of last year’s Telluride 

Mountainfilm,” said Jamie 

Hall, Gorton’s Film 

Manager, who attended 

Mountainfilm in May. 

“This festival represents 

some of the finest documentary 

film making, 

bringing our audience 

into unique landscapes 

and giving them a glimpse 

into the lives of such interesting 

individuals. I’m 

so excited for our community 

to see this year’s 

‘Best of Fest.’” 

In addition to bringing 

one of the filmmakers to 

Gorton for a questionand-answer 

session, Gorton 

and Open Lands plan 

to leverage the inspiration 

offered in the films by offering 

an expo with local 

environmental and outdoor 

organizations, vendors, 

and businesses on 

Jan. 28. 

“We’re hoping our audience 

will be moved by 

the films they see and 

then want to do something 

with their enthusiasm,” 

Hall said. “At the expo, 

you can pick your next 

adventure or decide to donate 

time to a cause you 

care about right after 

you’ve been inspired to 

do so.” 

Tickets to the Mountainfilm 

Fest can be purchased 

at www.gorton 

center.org. 

Calling all art, 

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and overnight 

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2018 

FTV 

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trees and wreaths decorated 

with tinsel, ornaments, 

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Short Term Rental 

Workshop 

The Village Board of 

Trustees will hold a workshop 

regarding short-term 

rental regulations at a special 

meeting Saturday, January 

27 at 8 a.m. The workshop 

will be held at the 

Village Hall Board Room, 

40 E. Center Ave. Members 

of the public are invited to 

attend and will have opportunities 

to participate. No 

final action will be taken at 

the workshop. 

From The Village is 

compiled by Editor Alyssa 

Groh from the village’s e- 

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12 | January 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader COMMUNITY 


Sounds of music 

Chloe 

The Kelley family, Lake 

Forest 

Lake Forest High School orchestra students shared the gift of Christmas music 

with the residents of The Sheridan At Green Oaks on Dec. 27. 

Chloe is a Catahoula 

rescue dog found in 

the Arizona desert. 

Chloe knows more 

than 60 words and 

loves to eavesdrop 

on our conversations. 

We never say the 

word dog park, ever. She is the caretaker of two 

siblings, a Chihuahua and another Catahoula. 

Her personality is sweet, highly intelligent, and 

sometimes inpatient as she learned to open up 

the doors of our house to take herself for a walk 

when we are late. 

HELP! The Lake Forest Leader is in search of more pets. 

To see your pet featured as Pet of the Week, send a photo 

and information to alyssa@lakeforestleader.com or 60 

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Elawa Farm offers Take & Bake program 

Submitted by Elawa Farm 

Elawa Farm will be 

hosting its weekly Take & 

Bake homemade meals to 

go starting Jan. 19. It is a 

super easy way to rethink 

dinner and ease the burden 

of your own preparation. 

Just place orders on-line, 

pick-up and take-home, 

a ready-to-heat-and-eat 

meal. 

Every week the Elawa 

Farm kitchen will feature 

a new menu and you may 

order one, two or all the 

items offered. Each dish 

is made on-site by Elawa 

Farm’s chef Amy Swartchild. 

Menu choices will 

be available on the Elawa 

Farm website, and sent 

in an email publication, 

a week ahead of time and 

orders will have to be 

submitted by Wednesday 

at 9 a.m. for pick up on 

Friday. 

The Take & Bake meal 

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through March. Contact 

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LakeForestLeader.com SOUND OFF 


Social snapshot 

Top Stories 

From LakeForestLeader.com as of 

Jan. 8 

1. UPDATE: Lake Forest woman among two 

killed in shooting 

2. Letter to the Editor: Has Lake Forest lost its 

way? 

3. Police Reports: Driver sleeping in parked 

car in Lake Forest charged with DUI 

4. UPDATE: Lake Forest bank robbed, male 

suspect at large 

5. The top sports stories of 2017 

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From the Editor 

A thank you to our first responders 

Alyssa Groh 


It has been a tough 

week in Lake Forest 

following the news of 

a shooting that left two 

dead on Jan. 3. 

I woke up on Jan. 3 to 

a lot of calls, texts and 

emails about the fatal 

shooting in Lake Forest 

and was in pure shock. . 

I spent a majority of 

my week following up 

on the deadly shooting 

trying to gather as much 

information as I could for 

residents. I also spent a 

lot of time trying to figure 

out who the two deceased 

individuals were. 

The more I learned 

about this incident and 

who the two individuals 

were, the more sadness 

I felt about what happened. 

While I did not 

personally know Claire 

VanLandingham or Ryan 

Zike, my heart aches for 

the loss of their lives and 

for their loved ones who 

were affected by this. 

As I spent my week 

following up on each 

new detail I must take a 

moment to commend our 

first responders. 

Our first responders 

risk their lives on a 

daily basis and have to 

see some things many of 

us cannot even begin to 

comprehend. While no 

day on the job is easy, I 

cannot imagine what the 

morning of Jan. 3 was 

like for our first responders. 

The Lake Forest Police 

Department alerted residents 

in a timely fashion 

of the incident, what 

roads would be closed 

and made sure to let 

everyone know there was 

no danger to the public. 

The first responders 

have a tough job every 

single day. 

Thank you first responders 

for keeping us 

informed and safe every 

single day. Your courage, 

hard work and dedication 

to Lake Forest and 

Lake Bluff does not go 

unnoticed. 

Letter to the Editor 

Residents stand strong 

to hold City Council 

accountable 

Thank you for the incredibly 

creative front 

cover accompanying 

Alyssa Groh’s Dec. 28 article, 

“The Money Train.” 

It comes as little surprise 

that the non-transparent 

culture that pervades City 

Hall resulted in most Aldermen 

being left in the 

dark regarding $192,000 

spent sub-rosa on a lobbyist 

to get an Amtrak 

station (why?) in Lake 

Forest. It was a stunningly 

awful meeting which displayed 

officials’ varying 

allegiances to a culture 

of “this is the way it’s always 

been done” in Lake 

Forest. 

We all owe a debt of 

gratitude to Third and 

Fourth Ward residents 

who continue to unearth 

the truth about how City 

authorities have manipulated 

the levers of government 

behind closed doors, 

using phrases like, “effec- 

Lake Forest Kennel Club posted this photo 

on Jan 8. Lake Forest Kennel Club posted 

this photo of the dogs enjoying the warmer 

weather playing in the snow. 

Like The Lake Forest Leader: facebook.com/ 

TheLakeForestLeader 

Check out Jeff McHugh “Welcome back, 

Cheetahs! It’s going to be a great 2018! 

#Cherokeeinspires #findingjoy67” @ 

jeffmchugh67. 

On Jan. 3 Jeff Mchugh, tweeted 

about starting off 2018 great. 

Follow The Lake Forest Leader: @TheLFLeader 

go figure 

1 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Deadline to enter The Leaders’ 

How We Met Contest is Feb. 1, 

Page 10 

tiveness requires secrecy.” 

Having watched how 

approvals are granted on 

many projects (demo of 

Adler poultry barn at Elawa, 

Forest Park, SBAR, 

Whole Foods shopping 

center, LF Hospital, 

Kelmscott, etc.), I think 

that community participation 

must be improved. 

For too long our leaders 

have depended on City 

manager Kiely’s recipes 

for efficiency. I am sympathetic 

to getting things 

done, but not in a way 

which sacrifices resident 

satisfaction with governance. 

Changes to the 

City Hall culture that offers 

“just the required bit 

of public participation” 

are in order. For example, 

officials should assume 

that LForesters who have 

criticisms of a project are 

not the enemy. Residents 

deserve intelligent answers 

instead of sanctimonious 

responses from 

our leaders. Meeting attendees 

have come to joke 

about just how soon one 

of these irritating old saws 

will be trotted out: “Trust 

the process,” “I feel your 

passion,” “We’ve used 

this process many times 

in the past and it works,” 

“We encourage everyone 

to participate in this 

inclusive process which 

will take place through a 

private foundation,” and 

“Believe me, we are listening.” 

Residents who attend 

countless meetings should 

not go away angry and 

frustrated. Their tireless 

attendance demonstrates 

their commitment to their 

neighborhood. Aldermen 

should be running toward 

their constituents, not 

away from them, to get answers 

and reach solutions. 

Commissioners should 

welcome “ex parte” conversations 

with neighbors 

and should push City Hall 

to initiate new policies 

and plans that would prevent 

controversies. 

There are dozens of 

ways to improve community 

relations, but they all 

require a new culture of 

leadership. 

Rommy Lopat, Lake 

Forest resident 

The Lake Forest 

Leader 

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14 | January 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader LAKE FOREST 


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New guy in town 

Lake Forest Symphony names 

new president, page 19 

Slyce of the good life 

Highwood pizzeria serves up family fun, 

unique flavor, Page 20 

Daniel Hanson, a 

resident of Lake 

Forest, teaches 

English to kids in 

Peru during his gap 

year trip abroad. 

Photo submitted 

LFHS alum takes gap 

year abroad, page 17

16 | January 11, 2018 | 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. The year 56 

4. Cry at a leavetaking 

9. Captain’s superior 

14. One, in Oberhausen 

15. Crime boss 

Gambino 

16. Steak order 

17. “GQ” execs 

18. Like an error allowed 

to continue 

20. Go for a second 

tour 

22. Fuel from a bog 

23. Company once 

in Highland Park 

now in Lake Forest 

27. Glee club members 

32. Like some 

cruises 

34. 1972 Derek and 

the Dominos hit 

35. “Son of the 

Wind” Guthrie 

36. Finished with 

40. #1 on Air Force 

One 

41. “Outstanding!” 

42. Name of many 

Norwegian kings 

43. Egret’s cousin 

45. It sets off a 

ringtone 

50. Equestrian 

foothold 

51. Episcopal 

church in Northbrook 

54. Old-style 

‘’Yikes!’’ 

56. Actor Billy of 

“Tombstone” 

57. Trains 

64. Acorn, e.g. 

65. Short-tailed 

lemur 

66. It may follow a 

casing 

67. ‘’... man ___ 

mouse?’’ 

68. “. . . off ___ the 

Wizard” 

69. Appear corrupt 

70. Grip workplace 

Down 

1. Malicious stares 

2. Broadcast feed 

3. What’s added to injury 

4. Site for serious treatment, 

briefly 

5. Word after mountain 

or medicine 

6. “Lord of the Rings” 

baddie 

7. Bust on Broadway 

8. Measure of land with 

trees growing on it 

9. Medit. smoker 

10. Easy as ___ 

11. Write down quickly 

12. “The loneliest number” 

13. Color of embarrassment 

19. Trolley car track 

21. ___ favor (please): Sp. 

24. Young rhino 

25. “The Faerie Queene” 

heroine 

26. “CSI” crazy bad guys 

28. Chew like mice do 

29. Parisian “to be” 

30. Enrage 

31. Macbeth, for one 

33. Little green guy 

36. Withers 

37. “Before ___ you go 

. . .” 

38. Limp-clock painter 

39. Atop 

41. It holds things up 

44. Mo. to remember 

Columbus 

46. Early infant 

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48. Tina’s role on “30 

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49. Plains of Venezuela 

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■11 ■ a.m.-11 p.m. 

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LF resident spends 3 months 

doing community service abroad 

Alyssa groh, Editor 

Hanson cuts wood during a volunteering project in 

Pedernales, Ecuador. 

After graduating high 

school most students typically 

head off to college or 

serve in the military, but 

Lake Forest resident Daniel 

Hanson had other plans. 

After enduring a stressful 

four years of rigourous 

work to help prepare for 

college at Lake Forest 

High School, Hanson decided 

to take a gap year. 

But the gap year wasn’t 

just about sitting around 

for Hanson, it was about 

exploring new cultures and 

giving back. 

To begin his gap year, 

Hanson spent three months 

traveling to Ecuador, Peru 

and Costa Rica teaching 

children English and doing 

community service work 

in the communities he visited. 

“I took a gap year because 

I wanted to take a 

break between high school 

and college because it was 

pretty hard, so I ended up 

choosing this trip through 

Adventures Cross-Country,” 

Hanson said. 

Along with 12 other students, 

Hanson embarked 

on a 90-day journey which 

would expand his fluency 

in Spanish and teach him a 

few life lessons along the 

way. 

As part of the 90-day 

Latin American Gap-Year 

Semester Program, 12 

students and two program 

leaders from Adventures 

Cross-Country spent five 

days in the rural community 

of Inguincho in highland 

Ecuador participating 

in a group service program 

organized by The Tandana 

Foundation. 

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18 | January 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader FAITH 


Faith Briefs 

The Church of Holy Spirit (400 E. 

Westminster, Lake Forest) 

Lake Forest Grief Group 

4-5:30 p.m. every other 

Monday beginning Jan. 

31. Samaritan Counseling 

Center will be holding 

a new six-week session 

of the Exploring 

Grief Group. The series 

provides confidential, 

supportive and educational 

environment to 

cope with grief. Meetings 

will be led by Denise 

Kitanovski, JD, MA, 

LCPC. The next session 

will be held Jan. 24-April 

4. There is no charge for 

the program and it is open 

to the public. Drop-ins 

are welcome. For more 

information, contact Denise 

at (847) 446-6955 

ext. 22 or email dkitanovski@northshoresamaritan.org. 

Faith Lutheran Church (680 West 

Deerpath, Lake Forest) 

Discipleship Class 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 

Jan. 31 - March 31. 

Those who would like to 

find out more about our 

Christian faith and the 

ministry are invited to join 

in the Discipleship Information 

Class. For more 

information, or to RSVP, 

contact the church office at 

(847) 234-1868. 

Men of Faith 

The men of Faith meet 

one Saturday morning 

each month at 8 a.m. for 

an hour or so of breakfast 

and a short Bible study and 

discussion. All men, members 

or not, are welcome. 

This is typically on the 

third Saturday morning of 

the month. 

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 information, 

call (847) 234- 

0820 or email cssocietylakeforest@gmail.com. 

Grace United Methodist Church (244 

East Center Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Boy Scouts 

Boy Scout Troop 42 will 

meet in Fellowship Hall 

from 7-9 p.m. Monday 

nights. 

Gentle Chair Yoga 

Gentle Chair Yoga will 

be held from 3-3:30 p.m. 

Fridays in the Fellowship 

Hall. 

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 sixthgraders. 

The group meets 

on Wednesdays in Fellowship 

Hall at the church 

from 4 to 5 p.m. for lively 

discussion and fun activities. 

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 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. The deadline is noon on 

Thursday. Questions? Call 

(847) 272-4565 ext. 35. 

In Memoriam 

Raymond P. Mc- 

Cormack 

Raymond 

Paul McCormack, 90, of 

Lake Forest, 

died Dec. 

29. He was 

a beloved 

husband 

to the late 

Mary Ellen 

McCormack 

McCormack 

(nee Atkinson) 

for more than 61 

years, the two married on 

April 30, 1955. 

McCormack will be 

remembered for his selfless 

and generous nature, 

strength, hard work, humor, 

and love for God, 

his family, and life-long 

friends — his 17 elementary 

school classmates and 

spouses met regularly for 

nearly seven decades. He 

graduated from Resurrection 

Elementary in 1941, 

St. Ignatius High School 

in 1945, and during his 

senior year at DePaul University 

he attended Coyne 

Electrical School in Chicago. 

Prior to his long 

career as an electrician; 

he worked with IBEW, 

Local 134 for 64 years. 

He served as a radioman 

in the U.S. Coast Guard 

at the close of World War 

II. He was one of 12 crew 

members awarded the silver 

Medal of Merit from 

King Haakon VII for saving 

a Norwegian sailor’s 

life after landing their 

PBM “flying boat” in 

eight-foot Atlantic seas. 

His 1,246-mile round trip 

was the longest sea rescue 

in aviation history. 

McCormack, beloved 

husband to the late Mary 

Ellen McCormack (nee 

Atkinson), married on 

April 30, 1955. He was 

loving father of Ray 

(Judy) McCormack, Dan 

(Jill) McCormack DVM, 

Kitty (Remo) Picchietti, 

and Helen (Greg) Jenko; 

proud grandfather of Matt 

and Ray McCormack, 

Dan, Luke, John, and Tricia 

McCormack, Emily, 

Jack and Thomas Picchietti, 

Kelly (Kevin), Katie 

and Christian Jenko; caring 

son of the late Luke 

and Cecelia McCormack; 

dear brother of the late 

Margaret Smith (nee Mc- 

Cormack), the late James 

(the late Kaye) McCormack, 

the late Joseph (the 

late Mary) McCormack 

DDS, dearest brother-inlaw 

of the late Dorothy 

(the late Fred) Reynolds, 

the late Bill (the late Aileen) 

Atkinson, the late 

Kay (the late Jack) Shevlin, 

John (Elaine) Atkinson, 

and Dan (Mary) Atkinson, 

cherished uncle of 

many nieces and nephews. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

may be made to 

the Autism Assessment, 

Research, Treatment and 

Services (AARTS) Center 

at Rush University Medical 

Center. 

James George Antonak 

J a m e s 

George Antonak, 

97, of 

Lake Forest, died Dec. 

9. He attended Hillhouse 

High School in New Haven, 

Conn. He played 

on the freshman football 

squad and graduated from 

Michigan State University 

with a B.S. in Chemistry 

in 1943 and Officer Candidate 

School in 1944. Antonak 

was a First Lieutenant 

in the U.S. Army and 

served in Europe during 

World War II. After discharge, 

he attended and 

graduated from Harvard 

Business School with honors 

in 1948. He had a successful 

career with Lawter 

Chemicals International 

where he rose to Executive 

Vice President and served 

on the Board of Directors. 

His family was the center 

of his life. He loved sailing, 

reading and MSU 

football and imparted a 

love of learning to all of 

his children. He is survived 

by his beloved wife 

of 63 years, Neova; children, 

Penelope TerHaar, 

Barbara Weinberger (Kenneth), 

Cynthia Brady (Terrence) 

and George; grandchildren, 

Andrew, Bradley, 

Allison, Charles, Graham, 

James, John and Ashley; 

great-grandchild, Isabella. 

He was predeceased by 

his parents, George and 

Adamandia Antonak, and 

sister, Mary. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

may be made to 

either Ascension of Our 

Lord Greek Orthodox 

Church, 1207 Riverwoods 

Road, Lincolnshire, IL 

60069 or The Michael J. 

Fox Foundation. P.O. Box 

5014, Hagerstown, MD 

21741-5014. 

Isabelle R. Duerr 

Isabelle R. (nee Muto) 

Duerr, 93, lifetime resident 

of Lake Bluff, died Jan. 

7. She was the beloved 

wife of the late George J. 

Duerr. She is survived by 

her brother, Edward Muto 

(Betty); daughter, Georgiana 

Dyer; granddaughter, 

Kathryn (Anthony) Putzer; 

great-grandson, Samuel 

Putzer; and niece Mary 

Sinclair-Albright (Terry). 

A memorial visitation 

will be held Saturday, Jan. 

13, beginning at 10 a.m. 

until time of funeral service 

at 11 a.m. at Smith-Corcoran 

Funeral Home, 185 E. 

Northwest Hwy. Palatine, 

IL 60067. Interment private. 

Fort Sheridan Post 

Cemetery. For more information, 

call (847) 359- 

8020 or visit Isabelle’s 

memorial at www.smith 

corcoran.com 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

b.kapa@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

about a loved one who was 

part of the Lake Forest/Lake 

Bluff communities.

LakeForestLeader.com LIFE & ARTS 


New board president promises expansion for LF Symphony 

Katie Copenhaver 

Freelance Reporter 

The Lake 

Forest Symphony 

continues 

its 

period of 

growth and 

evolution 

by naming Frick 

Raymond 

A. Frick as the next president 

to its board of directors. 

This follows the 

symphony’s return to performances 

in Lake Forest 

and moving its administrative 

offices into the Gorton 

Community Center in 

2017. 

“What makes it an exciting 

time is all these things 

are happening at once,” 

said Timothy Corpus, executive 

director of the 

Lake Forest Symphony. 

“It’s nice that it all happens 

to fall on the 60th anniversary 

of the organization.” 

Frick has served as a 

member of the board of directors 

since 2008, during 

which time he was part of 

the search committees for 

both Corpus, who came 

on staff last summer, and 

Music Director Vladimir 

Kulenovic, who is in his 

fourth season with the 

symphony. 

In addition, Frick has 

been involved with many 

arts and cultural institutions, 

including the Grant 

Park Music Festival Board 

of Directors; Chicago College 

of Performing Arts 

Board of Advisors at Roosevelt 

University; Chicago 

Lyric Opera Guild Board 

of Directors; Radford 

University, Accra, Ghana, 

Board of Trustees; 98.7 

WFMT Radio Network, 

Radio Committee; and 

the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 

Presidents at Pops. 

Frick succeeds Stewart 

Kerr as board president, 

who was integral to the 

symphony’s return to Lake 

Forest, said Corpus. 

“We’re grateful for 

Stew’s service and leadership 

during an important 

period of transition,” Frick 

said. “The full board joins 

me in expressing how 

pleased we are that Stew 

remains on both the board 

and its executive committee 

in his new role as 

community outreach and 

engagement head.” 

In accepting his new position, 

Frick said, “I wanted 

to give back and communicate 

my own values. 

It’s a privilege.” 

In regard to the symphony’s 

growth over the past 

year, he said, “It’s almost a 

quantum leap. We’re gratified 

with the support from 

foundations and the community.” 

He and Corpus both 

noted that the symphony 

has a new staff, which 

Corpus helped to bring in, 

to manage the growth and 

change. 

“He’s terrific,” said 

Frick of Corpus, explaining 

that Corpus brings a 

wealth of musical experience 

as both a practicing 

musician in percussion and 

composer himself. 

“We are so proud of our 

musicians and the leadership 

and programming of 

Maestro Kulenovic,” said 

Frick. 

“It’s a very high caliber 

orchestra,” Corpus added, 

explaining that most of the 

members teach at area colleges 

and play with other 

orchestras. “Some of them 

go as far as Michigan and 

Wisconsin.” 

Also exciting for the 

Lake Forest Symphony are 

their new recordings with 

the award-winning Cedille 

Records. They made their 

first recording for a CD 

with Cedille in 2017 and 

will continue with more in 

2018, said Corpus. 

The symphony begins 

the 2018 half of its season 

with concerts featuring 

opera stars Nicole Cabell 

and Alyson Cambridge. 

The two sopranos will be 

part of the full orchestra 

concerts on Jan. 20 and 21 

at the James Lumber Center 

at the College of Lake 

County in a crossover program 

of opera, classical 

repertoire and spirituals. 

They will also perform in 

the Salon Series concert, 

“A Night at the Opera” at 

Gorton on Jan. 25, accompanied 

by Kulenovic on 

piano. 

One of the artistic endeavors 

of Kulenovic, 

according to Corpus, has 

been to start symphony cycles 

of well-known composers. 

The symphony will 

continue its Beethoven 

and Haydn cycles during 

the April concerts and 

conclude its Brahms cycle 

with the May concerts, all 

at the Lumber Center. 

As far as the Lake Forest 

Symphony’s future, “We 

will continue to expand our 

presence,” Frick said, with 

the goal of establishing a 

permanent performance 

venue in Lake Forest. 

The public can expect 

highlights for the 2018-19 

season to be announced in 

February, said Corpus. 

More information and 

tickets for upcoming concerts 

are available at www. 

lakeforestsymphony.org. 

RESIDENT 

From Page 17 

Country students spent 

time teaching students in 

local schools how to speak 

English. 

Adventure Cross-Country 

students taught an English 

lessons, which they 

had prepared in advance, to 

eighth and ninth graders on 

two different mornings during 

their time in Ecuador. 

“The service project that 

had the most impact on me 

was probably teaching to 

kids in Ecuador,” Hanson 

said. “It wasn’t the first 

time we taught kids, but it 

was the first time we connected 

with the kids.” 

Among some of the students 

in his group, Hanson 

said he knew Spanish pretty 

well from taking Spanish 

classes at school. His 

Spanish skills propelled 

him to connect with the 

students he was teaching. 

“I took the lead on teaching 

the kids and it was really 

impactful to see how 

excited they were to learn 

another language,” he said. 

The Adventures Cross- 

Country students spent the 

mornings working at Saminay 

El Legado, a private 

high school that provides 

full scholarships to roughly 

85 students from the 

farthest communities in 

the Quichinche Parish. At 

night, the group camped 

out in a room on school 

property. 

In each country the students 

visited they had a 

home stay, where they 

lived with local families to 

help them understand how 

the locals live and to learn 

more about the culture. 

Hanson said the home 

stay in Ecuador had a 

lasting impact on him as 

the families they stayed 

Daniel Hanson teaches English to kids in Patabamba, 

Peru. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

with were very poor and 

it taught him how to be 

thankful for what he has. 

“The area was very rustic 

and it showed us how 

much we have here and 

to not take anything for 

granted. It was very eye 

opening and to see how 

happy [the locals] were despite 

how little they had,” 

Hanson said. 

Hanson recalled the 

house he stayed in and said 

you had to walk 10-15 feet 

from the house to go to the 

bathroom, which was just 

a hole in the ground. Hanson 

also said some of the 

homes people stayed in did 

not even have walls. 

Among teaching students 

English, the Adventure 

Cross-Country group 

also completed a few community 

service projects. 

During their stay in Ecuador 

the students worked 

closely with Saminay staff 

members building a corral 

for a baby cow. 

Hanson recalled this part 

of the trip as a lot of work 

with long days. He said 

the group would wake up 

early, work on the corral, 

go teach students, work on 

the corral more, have dinner 

and go to bed. 

In the afternoons, the students 

took part in a number 

of activities designed for 

deeper cultural and local 

engagement. They milked 

and fed cows at Saminay. 

Throughout the trip the 

students also had opportunities 

to go sight seeing 

and participate in fun activities 

such as zip lining 

and surfing. Among the 

many things the group did, 

Hanson said seeing Machu 

Picchu was his favorite. 

Now that Hanson has returned 

home and has a few 

months left in his gap year, 

he doesn’t have any plans to 

slow down. He has secured 

an internship with Special 

Olympics and plans to take 

some Spanish classes to 

become more fluent, and to 

prevent loosing the Spanish 

he already knows. 

In the fall, Hanson will 

begin his freshman year at 

the University of Colorado- 

Boulder and will be majoring 

in environmental studies.

20 | January 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader DINING OUT 


Showcasing a family passion for pizza 

Mother-daughter 

duo dishes out 

coal-fired pies in 

Highwood 

Megan Bernard 

Contributing Editor 

There’s a special art 

to cooking the pizzas at 

Slyce, Highwood’s newest 

eatery — and it requires 

some elbow grease. 

The restaurant owners, 

mother-daughter duo Laurie 

and Brittany Barth, use 

a coal-fired technique requiring 

the cooks to continually 

rotate the pies in 

the oven to get them evenly 

cooked, or “perfectly 

charred,” as they like to 

call it. 

“It’s a lot different than 

Neapolitan pizza,” Laurie 

Barth said about Slyce’s 

pizza, which cooks in 850- 

900 degrees for just four 

minutes, more intensely 

than their wood-blazing 

competition. 

“We use the cleanest 

burning coal shipped in 

from Pennsylvania and 

since it’s only on one side 

of the oven, the cooks have 

to spin the pizzas,” Brittany 

Barth added. “The heat 

is really all in the bottom 

stone but they can’t just sit 

there with a timer.” 

As a result, Slyce’s pizza 

is charred on the bottom, 

which resembles a 

leopard-like print crust. 

“You don’t taste the 

coal,” Brittany Barth said. 

“It’s truly a unique flavor.” 

That flavor has attracted 

repeat customers to Slyce 

Coal Fired Pizza Company 

within the first several 

weeks of opening, the duo 

said. 

The restaurant officially 

opened its doors Dec. 19 

at 254 Green Bay Road. It 

The No. 3 ($15.49) is a 12-inch pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella, Romano, fresh 

basil, oregano, homemade fennel sausage and pepperoni at Slyce in Highwood. 

Photos by Michal Dwojak/22nd Century Media 

is the second Slyce location, 

the first being in their 

hometown of Wauconda. 

In Wauconda, the Barths 

also own Lindy’s Landing, 

which has been in their 

family for 50 years. After 

traveling and discovering 

a coal-fired pizza joint in 

Florida, they wanted to 

bring the idea home and 

expand on it for a second 

business. 

“We thought it could be 

something that we could 

bring back to the Chicago 

area because there is nothing 

like it,” Brittany Barth 

said. “Let’s face it, we’re 

from Chicago, we have a 

bajillion kinds of pizzas 

but coal was something 

that many places don’t 

do.” 

A short while later, in 

2009, a building they were 

interested in became available 

and opportunity came 

knocking for the Barths. 

“We thought it was a 

great place to try this out,” 

Brittany Barth said of their 

first Slyce location across 

the street from Lindy’s 

Landing. 

“It was very successful 

right out of the [gate],” 

Laurie Barth added. “It 

paved the way for us to be 

able to open up another location 

here in Highwood.” 

The Barths “stumbled 

upon” the Highwood location 

and it supported their 

requirements: it was in a 

“downtown” location and 

it felt “boutique.” 

“We like to be in an area, 

demographically, that will 

feed off our brand,” Brittany 

Barth said. “Being such 

a foodie area ... it really 

turned out to be the best of 

both worlds.” 

Highwood’s Slyce not 

only dishes out pizza, but 

also small plates, salads, 

coal-fired sandwiches and 

desserts, plus craft beer 

and wine. 

In house, head chef 

Mike McElwee makes his 

own mozzarella, grinds 

sausage daily and sources 

ingredients from local 

farmers when possible. He 

not only concentrates on 

firing up the perfect pizzas, 

but also monitors the 

placement of each topping 

to create each slice perfectly, 

Brittany Barth said. 

Slyce Coal Fired Pizza 

Company 

254 Green Bay Road, 

Highwood 

(847) 780-4065 

www.slycecoalfiredpizza. 

com 

4-10 p.m. Tuesday- 

Sunday 

Closed Monday 

22nd Century Media 

staffers visited Slyce last 

week to meet the Barths 

and McElwee and then try 

out the menu for ourselves. 

We started with the 

Sicilian salad ($14.99) 

— my favorite dish and 

the most popular salad — 

which came out with a 

heaping amount of mixed 

field greens, toasted pine 

nuts, hand-shaved Parmesan, 

prosciutto and a sweet 

mustard basil vinaigrette. 

The salad was accompanied 

with chilled plates 

and forks, creating a wellthought-out 

experience to 

start our meal. 

Another starter we sampled 

was the coal-fired 

artichoke dip ($11.99), 

which is the most popular 

The Italian stuffed mushrooms ($10.99) are filled with a 

house cheese blend, homemade whole fennel sausage, 

arugula, garlic, Italian peppers and balsamic glaze. 

The Sicilian ($14.99) is a salad filled with mixed greens, 

toasted pine nuts, hand-shaved Parmesan, imported 

prosciutto, sweet mustard basil vinaigrette and cracked 

pepper. 

appetizer, the Barths said, 

with imported Italian artichokes, 

house-blended 

Italian cheeses and roasted 

red pepper with fresh 

bread. We also had the 

coal-roasted lemon basil 

chicken wings ($12.99), 

which are marinated for 

two days, and the Italian 

stuffed mushrooms 

($10.99) filled with whole 

fennel sausage. 

The main course consisted 

of three pizzas, including 

the No. 13 ($17.99 

for prosciutto, Gorgonzola, 

Italian figs and balsamic 

glaze), No. 14 ($17.99 for 

arugula, prosciutto, garlic 

and goat cheese) and No. 

3 ($15.49 for homemade 

fennel sausage and pepperoni). 

The pizza crust was 

not super light and airy 

like a Neapolitan pie, but 

rather more wholesome 

and crispy. There was no 

lingering coal taste either; 

it had a nice light char flavor. 

To wrap it up, we enjoyed 

a cannoli dessert 

($7.99), which came with 

a variety of three pastries 

made fresh that day. 

As far as the future goes, 

the Barths aren’t going 

anywhere, they said. 

“It’s been 20 years of 

working together,” Laurie 

Barth said. “We are pretty 

close, so this really works 

for us.”

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10 Questions 

with Gianna Pasquesi 

Gianna Pasquesi is a 

freshman at Lake Forest 

High School and competes 

on the gymnastics team. 

How did you get 

started in gymnastics? 

I started gymnastics 

when I was really young, 

around age 3 or 4. I was doing 

mom-and-me classes. I 

just really loved it. When 

I was about 7 or 8, one of 

my coaches recommended 

me for pre-team and then 

I just went on team and 

that’s how I got started 

with the whole thing. 

Are you on a club team 

outside of varsity? 

I have been a part of Ultimate 

Gymnastics for a 

very long time. I’ve been 

competing with them, and 

I was actually a Level 8 at 

the gym. I recently stopped 

it because of high school 

coming up and I wanted to 

do many other sports at the 

high school. 

What is your favorite 

skill to perform in 

gymnastics? 

My favorite skill is 

probably my dismount off 

bars which is a toe-front. 

It’s a front flip off of the 

bars and I’ve been doing 

it for about two years. It’s 

always really fun to do. 

What is your least 

favorite skill to 

perform? 

I would probably say 

my vault. A few years ago 

I had to start doing a more 

advance vault, it’s called 

the yurchenko. It’s always 

been a really difficult skill 

for me to do and I’ve always 

been really scared to 

do it. I’m still trying to get 

over that. 

How did you 

feel when you 

made varsity as a 

freshman? 

I was really excited. Last 

year, I went to a lot of my 

sister’s (Jessica) meets. I 

met coach (Megan) Miles 

and they were just saying 

how excited they were. 

When I found out I was 

on varsity it was just really 

exciting and good. 

What is it like being 

on the same team as 

your sister? 

I really enjoy it because 

we definitely relate a lot 

and we always joke with 

each other at the events. 

There are those times 

where we both get into our 

zones. We help and push 

each other to do better. 


food? 

I really like steak, especially 

at Tsukasa, that’s 

always good. I don’t really 

go often, so when I do go 

it’s really exciting. 


candy? 

My favorite candy 

would have to be Reese’s 

[Peanut Butter] Cups. 

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They’re not very healthy 

so I try and stay away from 

them. 

If you could travel any 

place in the world, 

where would you go? 

I would say back to Italy. 

I still have some distant 

cousins and relatives out 

there. I really love going 

back and visiting everyone. 

My grandparents are 

from Italy, they immigrated 

over. I love learning 

about that. 

Who is your favorite 

professional athlete? 

I’m a big Cubs fan, and 

I’ve always loved watching 

them. My favorite 

player on the team is Javier 

Báez. He’s always 

fun to watch. He’s just an 

entertaining person and 

it reminds me of myself 

sometimes. 

Interview by Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa

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Swimming 

From Page 28 

was a really nice thing to 

see,” Dell said. 

With 18 teams from 

across Illinois, the Scouts 

saw some good competition. 

A local team, New Trier, 

took home the title from 

the sea of competitors. 

New Trier had five swimmers 

place in the top 6 in 

individual events and the 

Trevians earned first place 

in two relays and took third 

in another. 

“We weren’t so worried 

about the place,” senior 

Charlie Scheinfeld said. “It 

was only nine guys. Our 

performance is a good setup 

for the rest of the season 

because we got a better feel 

of what we’re capable of 

because we were all pretty 

beat up.” 

Senior Patrick Gridley 

placed first in the 200- 

yard individual medley (1 

minute, 55.31 seconds) 

and took second in the 100 

backstroke (51.81). 

“Individual events were 

OK all around,” he said. 

“Winter break was definitely 

very hard for us. We 

trained super hard. Some of 

us were out with sicknesses 

and some of us were in the 

pool for 4-4.5 hours a day, 

so we really got our butts 

kicked but we’re ready 

to get back into it and get 

back into school and finish 

off the season well.” 

Senior Ryan Gridley 

placed second in the 100 

freestyle (47.18). 

“For right now I felt they 

were really good,” he said. 

“I only had one individual 

but everything all around 

was pretty good for me 

right now. We’re all beaten 

down, but it was a good 

meet.” 

Senior Ean Vandergraaf 

placed fifth in the 200 freestyle 

(1:47.49). 

“I wasn’t too pleased 

with my individuals because 

I was out sick for a 

majority of winter break, 

but I’m starting to get a lot 

stronger,” he said. 

Scheinfeld placed second 

in the 100 breaststroke 

(56.05) and the 200 IM 

(1:56.90). 

“They were good,” he 

said. “I’m so tired. I tried 

lifting this morning more 

than I should have, so I felt 

it today.” 

Senior Tommy Hackley 

placed fifth in the 500 

freestyle (4:53.22). The 

quartet of the Gridleys, 

Vandergraaf and Scheinfeld 

won the 400 freestyle 

relay (3:10.67). The Trevians 

also won the 200 medley 

relay (1:35.38) with the 

Gridleys, Scheinfeld and 

senior Pierson Ohr. New 

Trier took third in the 200 

free relay (1:28.13) with 

Ryan Gridley, Ohr, sophomore 

Pearce Bailey and junior 

Nick Torre. 

“I was happy with the 

relays,” Vandergraaf said. 

“We all did a really nice 

job. I was pretty satisfied 

with it.” 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Wrestling 

Lake Forest 37, Lakes 

Community 35 

Frank Pasquesi (195), 

Nicolos Kovanda (182), 

Quinn Dailey (132) and 

Jack Heydorn (152) all 

won by fall at the Lakes 

Quad meet on Dec. 29, 

2017 en route to the 

team’s overall meet win. 

Chase Waggoner (170) 

won by 10-3 decision and 

Caleb Durbin also won his 

match by a 10-2 major decision. 

Grayslake Central 52, 

Lake Forest 13 

Jackson Meadow (126) 

won by an 11-2 major 

decision over Grayslake 

Central’s J. Weidman 

Dec. 29, 2017 at the Lakes 

Quad meet. Quinn Dailey 

(132) also won by a 6-1 

decision. 

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Going Places 

Scouts wrestler commits 

to NYU for next season 


Quinn Dailey has stayed 

tight-lipped about his 

plans for after high school, 

until now. 

Unsure if he would 

get into this No. 1 school 

choice Dailey mainly confided 

in his family to help 

with the decision. 

In December, Dailey 

received word that he 

had been accepted into to 

New York University, and 

would be wrestling there 

next year. 

“I have to say I’m pretty 

at ease with myself,” Dailey 

said. “I’m proud of myself 

with how far I’ve come. 

“NYU was always a 

little bit of a stretch. It’s 

a pretty tough academic 

school ... I wasn’t too sure 

(I would get in.) I’m really 

happy to say that I pushed 

for it and I got it.” 

During the initial stages 

of college-hunting, Dailey 

was setting his sights on 

smaller schools, but none 

seemed to fit the bill. 

“I had a whole little recruiting 

process,” he said. 

“Originally, NYU wasn’t 

in the picture. I didn’t 

know where I wanted to 

go and I didn’t know how 

well I stood up academically.” 

Dailey used a recruiting 

website to search out potential 

colleges. His search 

led him to Washington and 

Lee University, a small liberal 

arts school in Virginia. 

“We jumped on that, but 

(me and my family) didn’t 

really feel out the (college) 

scene,” he said. “I went 

down there, visited. 

“It was a pretty small 

Quinn Daley, shown here at a Dec. 28 wrestling meet 

at Lake Forest, has committed to wrestle at New York 

University next year as a freshman at the school. 

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school. I didn’t really 

know if it was for me, personally. 

It was so small 

and secluded. It was still a 

very nice school, very historical, 

but it wasn’t really 

for me.” 

After that his search led 

him to Trinity College in 

Hartford, Conn. In a very 

Goldilocks-and-the-threebears 

situation, Trinity 

wasn’t academically challenging 

enough for Dailey 

either. 

“I ended up pursuing 

NYU pretty heavily,” Dailey 

said. 

In summer 2017, Dailey 

visited NYU and participated 

in a wrestling summer 

camp. He was hooked. 

“Compared to all of the 

other schools, NYU was 

just so much more grand 

and breathtaking,” he said. 

“I really liked the fact that 

I was in the city. There was 

a lot of life and vibrancy 

on the campus, which was 

something I was looking 

for.” 

Now, it’s just a waiting 

game for Dailey to finish 

high school and begin his 

collegiate-wrestling career. 

“I’m totally excited to 

get in the room,” Dailey 

said. “They’re an upcoming 

program. They just had 

their first NCAA Division- 

III champion. That’s a really 

big deal. He was at 

my weight class (132), but 

he’s graduating.” 

Dailey knows that he 

will have a lot to learn 

from the veteran wrestlers 

on the team next season, 

and is hopeful that he will 

be a productive member of 

the team. 

“I met some of the guys, 

and they have really good 

wrestling resumes,” Dailey 

said. “These people have 

gone to Super 32, which is 

a really tough tournament 

to get into to, just qualifying 

is pretty tough.” 

Dailey added that a few 

of the wrestlers in the 

program have come from 

DI schools. That level of 

wrestler is appealing to 

Dailey, especially to learn 

from. 

“I’m really excited to 

be adding on to this really 

strong team,” he said. 

Girls Gymnastics 

Freshman lead way for 

Scouts at Straus Invite 

NEIL MILBERT 


The Lake Forest girls 

gymnastics team rang in 

the New Year with a rousing 

performance. 

The Scouts amassed 

133.30 points, their highest 

team score of the 2017- 

18 season, in the Robin 

Straus Invite held in their 

gymnasium on Saturday, 

Jan. 6. 

Leading the way for 

coach Megan Miles’ very 

young team were Kristin 

Fisch and Gianna Pasquesi, 

who the junior varsity 

coach, Schana Wilczynski, 

refers to as “our freshman 

rock stars.” 

Fisch earned medals in 

every event and finished 

fourth in the all-around 

standings with a score of 

36.975. She was second 

in floor exercise (9.400), 

sixth in the balance beam 

(9.300), tied for eighth in 

the vault (9.400) and 10th 

in the uneven bars (8.875). 

Gianna Pasquesi had 

the next highest allaround 

score (33.100) for 

the Scouts followed by 

her older sister, who is a 

senior, Jessica Pasquesi 

(31.975). Gianna Pasquesi 

was 25th overall and Jessica 

Pasquesi was 27th. Gianna 

Pasquesi’s best effort 

was an 8.850 in the vault 

and Jessica Pasquesi’s best 

was an 8.50 in the same 

event. 

Also making a good 

showing for the Scouts 

in the 13-team meet were 

Nelli Fleming, who was a 

junior varsity cheerleader 

last fall, and sophomores 

Sophie Prozument and 

Maggie Bires. 

“We had a good meet,” 

Miles said. “We still have 

a few skills that aren’t in, 

but Gianna Pasquesi had 

one big vault that went in, 

and that was great. 

“Floor went very well; 

floor and beam typically 

are our stronger events. 

Bars was a little weaker 

tonight.” 

Miles was a long-time 

assistant coach at Lake 

Forest before becoming 

head coach four years ago. 

She is delighted with the 

way her underclassmen 

are developing and “having 

sisters on the team has 

been pretty exciting.” 

Not only was this Lake 

Forest’s finest performance 

of the season as a 

team, it also was the best 

meet of Fisch’s budding 

high school career. 

“I was hoping to do 

well,” the 14-year-old 

freshman replied when 

asked about her expectations 

going into her first 

season. “I’ve been doing 

gymnastics for 12 years 

and I’ve been training 

Level 9 for a year with my 

club, Flips Gymnastics, in 

Lake Bluff. I consider the 

vault to be my best event.” 

Fellow freshman Gianna 

Pasquesi was hampered by 

an injury to her right knee. 

“Before the meet I hurt 

my knee during a bar dismount,” 

she said. “I still 

was able to compete but it 

wasn’t my best meet.” 

Gianna Pasquesi said 

she began doing gymnastics 

as a 4 year old and 

embarked on club competition 

as an 8 year old. 

“This fall I quit club 

Kristin Fisch shows off 

her ribbons and medals 

Saturday, Jan. 6 after 

competing in the Straus 

Invite held at Lake Forest. 

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to do volleyball (at Lake 

Forest) and I plan on doing 

track in the spring,” 

she said. “I want to do 

the 100-meter [dash] this 

spring. Jessica has been 

doing track but she does 

the triple jump.” 

Lake Forest finished 

eighth in the Straus Invite 

team standings. Prairie 

Ridge was the titlist with 

a score of 147.950. Jamie 

LaBue of Wheaton- 

Warrenville South was 

the individual champion 

with an all-around score of 

37.650. 

Proceeds from the 

Straus Invite were donated 

to the Breast Cancer Research 

Foundation. To promote 

breast cancer awareness 

many members of the 

Lake Forest athletic department 

and student spectators 

were wearing pink 

T-shirts with the words 

“FIGHT LIKE A GIRL“ 

inscribed on them.



Best seller depicts rich, local history of Ryder Cup 

Alan P. Henry 


One of the best sellers 

at the Lake Forest Book 

Store this past holiday season 

was “The First Major: 

The Inside Story of the 

2016 Ryder Cup” by John 

Feinstein. Its popularity is 

not surprising given that 

so many golfers live in the 

area and can choose from 

at least seven nearby public 

and private golf courses. 

And readers have given 

it rave reviews. 

But for those golfers 

who want to look beyond 

a single contest, and learn 

more about the game’s 

local roots, the Lake Forest-Lake 

Bluff Historical 

Society has a treasure 

trove of news clippings, 

old photos, artifacts, and 

interviews that document 

the history of local golf 

from the 1890s to the present 

and clearly place Lake 

Forest on the leading edge 

of the development of the 

game more than a century 

ago. 

That story starts with 

Charles Blair Macdonald, 

whose father was a Chicago 

doctor and sent his son off 

to school back in St. Andrews 

in Scotland in the 

1880s. There, Charles fell in 

love with the game, brought 

back a set of clubs, and in 

1888 convinced Lake Forest 

resident Senator Charles 

B. Farwell to let him lay out 

seven holes on the lawn of 

his estate, located where 

Lake Park is today. 

The course was created 

between the flowerbeds 

and trees and became 

known as the Lake Forest 

Golf Club. 

“They put tomato cans 

in the ground and the 

played the first rounds of 

golf in this area,” said Historical 

Society Vice President 

David Forlow. 

A newspaper article depicts British team Capt. Charles 

Witcombe (left) “lending” the Ryder Cup to American 

team captain Walter Hagen (right), with PGA president 

Alex Pirie between them, after the U.S. won in 1931. 

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In short order, Hobart 

Chatfield-Taylor arranged 

with Leander McCormick 

to let the Lake Forest Golf 

Club put nine holes on the 

eastern portion of his farm. 

The name “Onwentsia” 

was adopted from the Native 

American term “meeting 

place.” In 1896, the 

club moved to its current 

location, and the first nine 

holes were designed by 

Macdonald. Three years 

later it was the site of the 

U.S. Amateur Golf Championships. 

The original 

site is the current location 

of Lake Forest Country 

Day School at the corner 

of Green Bay and Onwentsia 

Roads. 

Macdonald, who was a 

driving force in the founding 

of the United States 

Golf Association and came 

to be known as “the father 

of American golf architecture,” 

also brought over 

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were the sons of James Sr., 

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shop of the legendary 

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better known as Old Tom 

Morris. 

They designed many 

courses, most of which still 

exist today. James Foulis 

won the second U.S. Open 

and became the first golf 

pro west of the East Coast, 

at the Chicago Golf Club. 

Robert Foulis was Onwentsia’s 

first club pro and 

became recognized as the 

country’s foremost authority 

on greens construction. 

Dave Foulis brought the 

metal hole liner to the U.S. 

and improved the design to 

hold the stick upright. 

Also finding his way 

from Scotland to Lake 

Forest was Alex Pirie, who 

by 1924 was living on Atteridge 

Road. He was the 

fourth president of the Professional 

Golfers Association 

of America, serving 

from 1927-1930. It was 

his decision to award the 

1931 Ryder Cup to Scioto 

Country Club in Columbus, 

Ohio. The Cup, begun 

in 1927, biennially brings 

together 12-member teams 

from the United States and 

Europe to compete for 

pride, with no prize money 

attached. In the 40 competitions 

held to date, the 

U.S. has won 26, though 

only 5 of the last 18. 

Pirie, who was elected 

to the PGA Hall of Fame, 

designed the front nine of 

Deerpath Golf Course and 

served as the first ever pro 

at Old Elm Golf Club, located 

in Highland Park. 

“I can’t imagine the 

president of the PGA these 

days living in a regular 

house on a street like Atteridge. 

He was a working 

class guy who would walk 

down to Old Elm and take 

care of the course,” Forlow 

said. 

The Historical Society 

has a large selection of 

Pirie-family memorabilia. 

The club was popular 

with some Lake Forest 

golfers in the early 1900s 

because some among Lake 

Forest’s establishment 

frowned on anyone playing 

golf on a Sunday, and opposed 

any golfers drinking 

or gambling on Sundays. 

Willie Marshall, yet 

another immigrant from 

Scotland, became Onwentsia’s 

second club pro, after 

being the first golf club 

pro at Milwaukee Country 

Club. He lived next door to 

Pirie on Atteridge. At his 

funeral in 1922, the former 

minister of the First Presbyterian 

Church said of 

him: “He had a marvelous 

way of doing kindnesses 

... He never used one word 

that was irrelevant.” 

Then, there were the 

Forgan brothers, James 

and David, who left St. 

Andrews in the late 1800s, 

and went on to own homes 

in Lake Forest and both 

become bank presidents. 

David Forgan also won the 

first-ever Western Amateur 

in 1899 at the Glenview 

William Marshall, pictured here teeing off, was the 

second Onwentsia club pro; he is part of the richhistory 

of the sport in Lake Forest. 

James and David Forgan, brothers from St. Andrews, 

Scotland, both lived in Lake Forest and became bank 

presidents. 

Country Club. Their father, 

Robert Forgan, ran the oldest 

golf club factory in the 

world, and had trained Willie 

Marshall there. 

“There was a connection 

between all these men,” 

Forlow said. “They would 

bring their friends over. 

Someone would come 

over to make clubs. Someone 

else would come over 

to be the club pro at the 

next golf course.” 

Willie Marshall and 

Alex Pirie are buried in 

Lake Forest cemetery, not 

far from each other.



Boys Swimming 

Scouts see promise in young squad at Evanston Invite 

Todd Marver 


Lake Forest is in a rebuilding 

year, and coach 

Cindy Dell knows that. 

The Scouts took home 

15th place Saturday, Jan. 

6, during the 18-team 

Evanston Invite. 

“These are the top teams 

in the state and we’re really 

young,” Scouts coach Cindy 

Dell said. “With each 

meet that we participate in, 

we gain more confidence 

and more experience in our 

racing. We really had a nice 

day of racing for the most 

part.” 

Unfortunately for the 

young Scouts squad, the 

team did not finish in the 

top 6 in any individual 

events or relays. Despite 

not placing in the top 6 

in any events, Dell was 

pleased with the performance 

of a number of 

her swimmers including 

sophomore Luke Lanigan, 

junior Carlos Minetti and 

sophomore Peter Landis. 

She was also happy with 

Lake Forest’s performance 

in all three relays. Lanigan 

placed 20th in both the 200 

freestyle (1:52.05) and 500 

freestyle (5:07.28). 

“Luke Lanigan improved 

in both of his events (200 

free and 500 free),” Dell 

said. “He did a really nice 

job in that.” 

Landis placed 29th in the 

500 freestyle (5:29.05) and 

35th in the 200 freestyle 

(2:02.75). 

“We have Peter Landis 

who just moved up this 

year from (junior varsity) 

to varsity and he’s our No. 

2 200 free and 500 freestyler,” 

Dell said. “[Those are] 

new events for him across 

the board and he’s getting 

better at those.” 

Minetti placed 15th in 

the 50 freestyle (22.99) and 

21st in the 100 freestyle 

(51.27). 

“Carlos Minetti continues 

to sprint with reckless abandon 

and I’m really happy to 

see that,” Dell said. 

The Scouts placed 15th 

in the 200 medley relay 

(1:48.68) with seniors Will 

Paschke, Brandon Yip and 

Collin Robinson and freshman 

Torsten Borowski. 

Lake Forest took home 

14th place in the 200 freestyle 

relay (1:34.83) with 

Minetti, Robinson, Lanigan 

and sophomore Oliver 

Akintade. The Scouts 

placed 15th in the 400 freestyle 

relay (3:29.17) with 

Minetti, Paschke, Lanigan 

and Akintade. 

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Wrestling 

Scouts finish weekend one win shy of record 


The Scouts have grit, 

and they’re showing that 

on the mat each week. 

The Lake Forest wrestling 

squad is just one win 

shy of tying the record for 

most wins in a season. The 

record for the program is 

16 wins in a season, and 

with more than a month 

left before playoffs the 

Scouts sit at 15. 

Scouts Coach Matt 

Fiordirosa saw improvement 

from Friday, Jan. 5 to 

Saturday, Jan. 6. 

“We came off the Friday 

night dual meet against 

Zion, and that was a really 

tough, hard fought battle,” 

he said. “We fell a little 

short. I was seeing good 

things. We’re pulling together 

as a team.” 

The loss didn’t deter 

the team, and they came 

strong Saturday, Jan. 6 at 

Round Lake and won two 

of the three dual meets. 

“They understand that 

fighting off their back is important, 

not just for individuals 

but because if affects 

the team score,” he said. 

Fiordirosa is a big fan 

of conditioning, so that’s 

what the team did over 

their winter break. 

“The work we put in 

over the break was huge,” 

he said. “It does help the 

physical aspect of it, our 

conditioning is getting 

better. I think the bigger 

key is the mental stuff, 

knowing that we out work 

people. We deserve to be 

in these matches. I think 

that’s what wins these 

matches.” 

That grit stood front and 

center in Caleb Durbin’s 

match against a former foe 

from Johnsburg. Durbin 

(160) had seen Joey Calhoun 

before, but lost in 

their last bout. 

“Earlier in the season he 

lost to a kid from Johnsburg,” 

Fiordirosa said. “He 

lost to him 8-1. Then (Saturday, 

Jan. 6), he wrestled 

that same kid again and 

Caleb took him down at 

the end of the third period 

to take the lead and he ended 

up pinning the kid.” 

As a team, Lake Forest 

beat Johnsburg 48-28 

at Round Lake. Besides 

Durbin’s pin, teammate 

Nicolos Kovanda also recorded 

a fall. 

The Scouts also bested 

St. Viator 56-21. Round 

Lake come out in top in the 

dual against the Scouts, 

winning 53-26. 

Frank Pasquesi (195) 

won by fall at 1:24 against 

Round Lake. Bennett Duggan 

(113) won by technical 

fall 17-2 over Round 

Lake’s John Cermeno. 

Quinn Dailey (132) also 

saw victory over Round 

Lake, winning by a 13-2 

major decision over Zach 

McCain. 

“When you put the work 

in, it’s harder to give up,” 

he said. “When it comes 

to those fight or flight moments 

in the third period, 

when we’re tired, we find 

ways to grit it out and keep 

going.” 

The common goal of 

surpassing the 16-win 

mark has given the Scouts 

more drive this season, and 

Fiordirosa can see that. 

“As a team it unifies us a 

little bit because wrestling 

is an individual sport but 

it kind of pulls us together 

because we’re all fighting 

again to tie this record 

or break this record if we 

can,” he said. “It gives us 

a goal of pulling together. 

You can kind of see the 

guys unifying through 

these last couple of duals 

Caleb Durbin tries to take down a Saint Viator opponent Saturday, Jan. 6, at Round Lake’s meet. Photos by Doug 

Waggoner/22nd Century Media 

“When it comes to those fight 

or flight moments in the third 

period, when we are tired, we 

find ways to grit it out and keep 

going.” 

-Matt Fiordirosa, on the benefits of good conditioning 

and through this process, 

which is neat.” 

Fiordirosa is hoping this 

goal will be a positive impact 

on the team for the 

remainder of the season. 

With playoffs quickly approaching, 

he’s hoping 

that added confidence will 

launch the team past the 

opening rounds. 

“These dual meets have 

all been very important because 

it shows that we can 

stand with these guys and 

these other teams in our 

conference,” Fiordirosa 

said. “That’s who we’re 

going to have to beat to get 

out of regionals and into 

sectionals and hopefully 

down to state.” 

Jackson Meadow wrestles Round Lake’s Jarron Rogers 

during a bout at the Round Lake meet.



Scouts’ Will Lincoln nets goal in all-star game 

Gary Larsen 


Three players for the 

Scouts hockey team had 

an experience that most 

high school athletes don’t 

get. 

They were able to put 

past rivalries aside and 

play a fun all-star game 

against players from 

around the area. 

“It was fun,” forward 

Will Lincoln said. “I knew 

most of the guys on the 

team just from playing 

against them for a while, 

and it was a fun atmosphere 

and a fun game. 

“It was a lot more relaxed. 

Obviously you 

want to score, and win, 

but it was just kind of a 

fun, laid-back game. We 

still went hard but nobody 

went out of their way to 

make a hit or anything.” 

Lincoln was notified a 

month before the game 

that he had made the roster 

for the game. 

“It was a good honor 

and I’m glad I made it,” 

he said. “It kind of shows 

what I’ve done and it was 

humbling.” 

This year’s game was 

held on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 

West Meadows Ice Arena 

in Rolling Meadows and 

featured players from 10 

teams in the 2018 Illinois 

High School Hockey 

League’s North Central 

Division All-Star game. 

The players were divided 

into two teams, aptly 

named Team 1 and Team 

2. Team 2 won 12-4 over 

Team 1, which featured 

the Scouts’ players. 

Lincoln scored Team 1’s 

first goal in the first period 

on an assist from teammate 

and senior Brendan 

Manfred. Lake Forest junior 

Griffin Slobodnik was 

Lake Forest forward Will Lincoln skates in the IHSHL All-Star game Saturday, Jan. 6 at West Meadows Ice Arena 

where he scored a goal in the game. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media 

also a Team 1 all-star. 

Team 1 featured players 

from Highland Park, Lake 

Forest, and New Trier. 

Highland Park seniors 

Dylan Abt, Michael Gallo, 

and Ryan Genender also 

played for Team 1, and 

Abt assisted on a secondperiod 

goal. Genender 

enjoyed his first all-star 

experience despite the 

game’s one-sided score. 

“It was really fun to be 

a part of it, playing on a 

team with guys that I’ve 

played against,” Genender 

said. “It was my first allstar 

game and I’d never 

been a part of anything 

like that. I found out I was 

on the team about three 

weeks before the game, 

and I was honored. It’s 

humbling.” 

Genender said the game 

itself was predictably 

more laid-back than any 

league game among rivals. 

“It was more fun, less 

stressful and competitive, 

and we were all just out 

there to have fun and play 

hockey,” Genender said. 

“You could tell everyone 

was having a great time 

out there. Everyone was 

just out there to have fun 

and show off their skills, 

basically.” 

Team 1 didn’t get the 

outcome they wanted in 

the lop-sided loss. 

“They just kept going 

in on our goalie, kept on 

stacking up, and they put 

up an eight- or nine-goal 

lead real quick,” Lincoln 

said. “It was a fun game 

but we didn’t want to be 

losing that bad and we 

tried to get back into the 

game.” 

An MVP for one player 

and one goalie from each 

team was named after the 

game. It’s not often that a 

hockey player finds himself 

standing on the ice 

holding an MVP trophy. 

That is where Loyola 

Academy senior goalie 

Dominic D’Arrigo found 

himself, and was certainly 

grateful for the honor. 

But that wasn’t his main 

goal heading into the 2018 

Varsity All-Star game. 

“Winning is always the 

most important thing,” 

D’Arrigo said. 

D’Arrigo and his three 

Loyola Maroon teammates 

played on Team 2 

and D’Arrigo was named 

MVP for that team after 

making four saves and giving 

up two goals through 

two periods. 

“It was just like any 

other game, just go out 

there and stop the puck,” 

D’Arrigo said. 

All-star games in most 

sports tend to showcase 

offense over defense and 

this year’s game fit the 

bill, with very little checking 

and a lot of end-to-end 

offense. 

Loyola Maroon coach 

Anthony Booth was one of 

Team 2’s two coaches and 

he had a simple pre-game 

message. 

“We told them before 

the game to just go out and 

have fun,” Booth said. 

Loyola senior Alec 

Piatigorsky and juniors 

Daniel Huber and Eagan 

Callahan also played, with 

Huber and Piatigorsky 

scoring a goal and Callahan 

adding two assists 

for Team 2, which led 4-1 

after one period and 10-3 

after two periods. 

Nobody showed more 

skill than Team 2’s MVP 

Eric Kurpiewski, who 

plays for BG/H/W, which 

is a team comprised 

of players from Buffalo 

Grove, Hersey, and 

Wheeling. Kurpiewski 

scored five goals in the 

win. Latin goalie Peter 

Sciarrotta was the Team 1 

MVP, along with forward 

Sean Maude, who scored 

two goals and plays for a 

team that draws players 

from Elk Grove, Prospect, 

and Rolling Meadows. 

New Trier juniors Dylan 

Kochman, John Norehad, 

and Connor McDonald, 

and sophomore Magnus 

Sivertson also played for 

Team 1. Norehad scored 

a goal and had two assists 

in the loss and Sivertson 

added an assist. 

“It was great playing 

with the best guys in the 

league,” Kochman said. 

“It’s nice to play with 

some new guys. And I 

wasn’t here last year so 

it was really good to be a 

part of it this year.”



Doug Waggoner/ 

22nd Century Media 

1st-and-3 

weekend highlights 

1. LF Wrestling. 

The Scouts 

wrestling team 

has 15 wins in 

total this season, 

and is just one 

shy of tying 

the record in 

a season after 

going 2-2 this 

weekend. 

2. LF Boys Hockey. 

Will Lincoln 

scored a goal 

in the All-Star 

game he and 

teammates 

Brenden Mandred 

Griffin Slobodnik 

played in. 

3. LF Gymnastics. 

Freshman Kristin 

Fisch placed 

fourth overall 

in the Straus 

Invite Saturday, 

Jan. 6, held at 

Lake Forest High 

School. 

From the Sports Editor 

Hard work pays off for young LF athletes 

Brittany Kapa 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com 

One of the things 

that makes being 

a sports editor so 

fun is being able to talk to 

young, talented athletes. 

In this week’s Athlete 

of the Week interview 

you will meet Gianna 

Pasquesi, a freshman at 

Lake Forest High School. 

Pasquesi is a talented 

young gymnast who is 

taking a break from club 

gymnastics to focus on 

high school sports. 

I think what I’m always 

amazed by is that high 

school athletes are so 

dedicated to their sports. I 

know that must sound like 

a harsh statement, but just 

hear me out. 

When I was in high 

school, coming in as a 

freshman, I didn’t quite 

know where I fit in. I was 

never athletic when I was 

younger and my parents 

never made me do a sport. 

In their defense, I was 

never coordinated when 

I was young and friction 

tended to be my enemy. 

The section of gym 

I dreaded the most was 

when we had to run the 

mile. 

I did play volleyball, 

for a brief moment, but 

when I tried out for the 

high school team I was 

very intimidated, unsure 

of myself and after two 

days of tryouts I gave 

up. It wasn’t one of my 

finer moments, but at 14 

I didn’t understand that 

giving up on something 

wasn’t the answer. 

Now, thankfully, that 

has changed. Apparently, 

I just needed to 

find the right sport. That 

sport didn’t come until 

well after high school. It 

wasn’t until I was 22, and 

realized that women play 

hockey too, that I wanted 

to try a sport. This time, 

my perspective changed. 

I had so many people 

telling me that it wouldn’t 

work out and that buying 

all that equipment would 

be a waste of money. I 

didn’t care. Thankfully, 

I didn’t listen to any of 

those people. 

More importantly, I 

stopped caring if I failed 

on the ice. If I fell, missed 

the net on a shot or completely 

flubbed a pass to a 

teammate I didn’t care. I 

was motivated and driven 

to get better at this sport 

and to do better the next 

time because I loved it. 

Seven years later I still 

fall, but less frequently 

now. I still have bad days 

on the ice but I also have 

had some amazing moments 

that make all the 

hard work worth it. 

Which is why now 

when I cover high school 

sports I’m always so 

amazed with how much 

dedication these teens put 

into their athletics. They 

have school, homework, 

families and friends and 

still make time for all of 

that and athletics. 

Pasquesi is going to 

have another three years 

of that balancing act, but I 

think she, and most other 

athletes, would agree that 

the hard work is worth it 

all in the end. 

Pasquesi has clearly 

found a love for gymnastics, 

and that love created 

a willingness to put 

in time and effort to get 

better. 

In the end, I think one 

of the most rewarding 

things as a sports editor 

is to talk to these athletes 

after they’ve just achieved 

personal bests. That is 

always a fun interview 

to ask them how they’re 

feeling, and without fail as 

soon as I ask that question 

a big smile breaks out on 

their faces. You can tell 

how proud they are that 

they have accomplished a 

long-held goal. 

Those are my favorite 

moment in my job, and 

hopefully that comes 

across on the page. 

This Week In … 

Scouts Athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 12 - at Zion-Benton, 

7 p.m. 

Girls Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 13 - hosts Lake 

Forest Varsity Tournament, 

9 a.m. 


Forest Varsity Tournament, 

9 a.m. 

Boys Swimming & Diving 

■Jan. ■ 13 - vs. Hinsdale 

Central at Glenbrook North 

(Diving), 8:30 a.m. 

■Jan. ■ 13 - at New Trier 

Invite, noon 

■Jan. ■ 18 - at Zion-Benton, 

5 p.m. 

Wrestling 

■Jan. ■ 11 - hosts Mundelein, 

5:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 12 - at Waukegan, 

5:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 13 - at Lisle Invite, 

9 a.m. 

Girls Gymnastics 


County Invite, 3 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 18 - at Libertyville, 

5:30 p.m. 

Boys Hockey 

■Jan. ■ 11 - at Fox Valley, 

7:15 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 12-15 - hosts MLK 

Scout Tournament 

Cheerleading 

■Jan. ■ 12 - at Waukegan, 

NSC Championship, 6:30 

p.m. 

Jan. 13 - at Grayslake 

North Invite, 7:45 a.m. 

Caxys Athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 13 - vs. Morton at 

Wheaton-Warrenville South, 

11 a.m. 

■Jan. ■ 15 - at MLK 

Tournament, Wheaton- 

Warrenville South, TBD 

■Jan. ■ 16 - at Prairie Ridge, 

6 p.m. 


■Jan. ■ 11 - hosts Carmel, 

6 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 13 - at North 

Chicago, 2:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 16 - hosts Cristo Rey 

St. Martin, 6:30 p.m. 

Ice Hockey 

■Jan. ■ 10 - hosts Carmel, 

6 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 13 - at Shattuck, 4 

p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 14 - at Shattuck, 4 

p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 17 - at LZMW, 8:50 

p.m. 

Squash Co-ed 

■Jan. ■ 11 - hosts 

METROSquash, 5 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 18 - hosts University 

High, 5 p.m. 

Boys Swimming 

■Jan. ■ 11 - hosts Notre 

Dame College Prep, 4:30 

p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 16 - hosts Rockford 

Christian, 4:30 p.m. 


Riverside-Brookfield, King, 

4:30 p.m. 

WoodlandS Athletics 



Waldorf High School, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 16 - hosts University 

of Chicago Lab School, 5 

p.m. 

Listen Up 

“With each meet that we participate in, we gain more confidence 

and more experience in our racing.” 

Cindy Dell — Lake Forest boys swimming coach on his young squad and the 

competition the team faced at the Evanston Invite Saturday, Jan. 6, in Evanston. 

tune in 


The Scouts will surely see some good 

action at their own tournament. 

LFHS hosts Varsity Tournament, Jan. 13, 

9 a.m. 

Index 

26 - Girls Gymnastics 

24 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa. Send any questions or comments 

to b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.

Lake Forest Leader | January 11, 2018 | LakeForestLeader.com 

Taking it to the mat Scouts wrestling 

falls one win shy of tying record, Page 29 

Hole-in-one ‘The First Major’ 

retells start, history of golf in Lake 

Forest, Page 27 

Three Scouts players 

compete in IHSHL All-Star 

game, Page 30 

Scouts senior defenseman Brendan Manfred attempts to clear the puck out of the zone Saturday, Jan. 6, at West Meadows Ice Arena during the Illinois High School 

Hockey League’s All-Star Game in Rolling Meadows. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media

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