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12 | March 1, 2018 | The Northbrook tower news northbrooktower.com STEM CELL MAGNET THERAPY Now Covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield Dr. Angelo Reyes, MD is aLeading Provider of Non-Surgical Treatment Options &Provider for Medicare &Most Insurances Glenview,Highland Park, Vernon Hills, Bloomingdale &Hinsdale Savings on KITCHENS & ADDITIONS HOW: WHY: RESULT: • NO expensive showroom costs • NO office personel costs • NO cost for an in-house designer who is detached from construction • My advantage as architect and builder helps you in the selection of colors and materials to coordinate construction • Less costs, less time, less confusion 847- 291- 6777 MICHAEL@MICHAELGOULD.NET Offered by GET NATURAL RELIEF FROM ARTHRITIS &SOFT TISSUE PAIN QUALIFIED CANDIDATES: •Diagnosed with Osteoarthritis •Have aSoft Tissue Injury •Want aNon-Steroidal Option •Want to Avoid Surgery •Other Interventions have Failed CLINICAL STUDY: 92.5 % PATIE<strong>NT</strong> SATISFACTION* *Published in American Academy of Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation PM R9(2017) 1236-1243 847.243.6978 Most Appointments available within 48 hours “This is what I’ve done for 30 years.” VISIT MICHAELGOULD.NET FOR CREATIVE ADDITIONS AND GOURMET KITCHENS THE LAKE FOREST LEADER Lawsuit: LF school negligent in sexual assault of male student A lawsuit filed with the Lake County Clerk’s Office Wednesday, Feb. 21, alleges negligence on the part of Montessori School of Lake Forest after a former teacher sexually abused a teenage male student throughout a two-year period. Celina Montoya, 43, who taught at the school from 2010 to 2013, was convicted in January 2016 and sentenced to four years for the criminal sexual assault of a 13-year-old male in 2012. The minor is the plaintiff in the lawsuit against the school and Montoya. “A civil lawsuit, against the school and against Montoya, is completely separate and distinct from the criminal prosecution that took place a couple of years ago. There is no relationship between the criminal prosecution, which is strictly intended to punish Montoya for her wrong doing, and a civil case, which is intended to compensate our client for the harms that he suffered,” said Dan Kotin one of the victim’s lawyers with, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, of Chicago, which filed the lawsuit with Taylor & Ring, of Los Angeles. Taylor & Ring specializes in representing victims of sexual and domestic assault. The school did not immediately return phone calls, but released a statement to parents and the media from Executive Director Ann Jordahl, also the school’s leader at the time of the crime. The message reads, in part, “It is our school policy not to discuss specific details concerning any matter in litigation, nor do we comment on confidential student matters, as we respect the legal process and must safeguard the privacy of our students, alumni and their families.” The statement, however, admits that until now the school had not notified its “community” of the sexual assault. “We have not shared this information with our community earlier as the former student’s family was concerned about respecting the privacy, confidentiality and emotional well-being of their child,” Jordahl wrote. “We honored the family’s request for confidentiality.” Reporting by Joe Coughlin, Publisher and Alyssa Groh, Contributing Editor. Full story at LakeForestLeader. com. THE WILMETTE BEACON New fiber network service equals cost increases at library Library users will probably notice an uptick in internet speed later this year, as the Wilmette Library Board approved a new three-year fiber networking services contract at its Tuesday, Feb. 20 meeting. The 36-month contract with Comcast, which is the library’s current service provider, represents a significant step up in price. The library will pay $1,580 per month for the high-speed fiber service, up from the current $400 per month price tag. Library Director Heather McCammond-Watts said Comcast’s bid came in “slightly lower” than that of AT&T, the other bidder. The estimated start date for the new service agreement is July 1, according to the supporting documents included with the board packet for the meeting. McCammond-Watts acknowledged the cost increase is a “big leap,” but explained that the expenditure is going toward an infrastructural need for the library. “The way our library is used now, it’s constant traffic of internet and particularly our Wi-Fi connections are just exploding with traffic,” she said. “Our system is feeling that. We have a significant number of outages, frequent outages. “And that is a service interruption that nobody wants.” Fiber networking offers, among other things, faster internet speeds and reliability than other services, like DSL or cable. According to the Comcast website, the telecommunications company’s fiber network spans 29 regional networks in 39 states and includes more than 145,000 miles of fiber. “It’s much more reliable, it’s speedy, and it’s ours,” McCammond-Watts said. Reporting by Fouad Egbaria, Freelance Reporter. Full story at WilmetteBeacon. com. THE GLENVIEW LA<strong>NT</strong>ERN D31 teachers, staff to undergo active-shooterresponse training In light of the school shooting Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., school safety protocols and procedures are at the forefront of the minds of parents, students, teachers and school administrators. At the West Northfield School District 31 Board Please see nfyn, 15
northbrooktower.com news the northbrook tower | March 1, 2018 | 13 Local, national issues discussed at candidate forum Republican candidates vie to unseat Schneider in 10th District Xavier Ward Contributing Editor It may have been a local stage, but issues discussed at the League of Women Voters’ Candidate Forum ranged from local to national, including gun control and women’s reproductive rights. Candidates seeking election in contested races in Lake County made their arguments for election Sunday, Feb. 18 at North Shore Unitarian Church in Bannockburn. Democratic candidates vying for the Lake County Clerk’s office and Republicans contending for the 10th District were present. Republicans are trying to win back the 10th District from Brand Schneider (D- Deerfield). Schneider has flip-flopped with Evanston Republican Bob Dold since 2012. Jeremy Wynes, Highland Park; Sapan Shah, Libertyville; and Douglas Bennett, Deerfield, are all candidates for the Republican nomination. d31 From Page 10 on the four Es, however, teachers would be empowered to make a choice based on the situation. “If it’s teaching people how to make a barricade, if it’s teaching people how to communicate and leave if the danger isn’t near you, and making those decisions ... they have a lot of research that they’re able to show us that schools in this situation who have empowered their teachers with those choices, and their students, in case Following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the three candidates were asked their stance on gun control measures. “Very clearly, I support common sense gun restrictions, identity checks, background checks, closing gun show loopholes,” Shah said. “ I think the majority of Americans support those things — I support those things too. He added that bump stocks, a device that can turn a semiautomatic rifle into a fullyautomatic, should be banned as part of the common sense measure. Wynes said he, too, supports common sense gun restriction measures. Bennett broke slightly from the other candidates. “There were signs, and somebody at the FBI obviously missed something in their process, but I don’t want to throw them under the bus,” Bennett said. “I’m a civil libertarian, I believe that we all have to protect all of our civil liberties. That means 2nd Amendment, that’s 1st Amendment, that’s 4th Amendment,” he added. Bennett, however, did add that bump stocks should be added to the list of restrictions placed on automatic weapons. it’s not happening in a school, [have] higher survival rates,” Murphy said. “That is our goal. It’s also about buying time.” Tamez added the training offers direction on how to respond for different groups of students and teachers, from a pre-kindergarten classroom to an eighth-grade physical education class, for example. Murphy and Tamez played a recent WGN news piece that highlighted the district’s training sessions, during which Northbrook Police Chief Roger Adkins said that until police arrive on the Republican candidates for the 10th Congressional District (left to right) Jeremy Wynes, Sapan Shah and Douglas Bennett, Deerfield, at the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum Sunday, Feb. 18 Xavier Ward/22nd Century Media. Wynes and Shah’s stance on guns stands in contrast to other Republicans across the country, to many of whom gun control is a taboo issue such as Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) who sought not to politicize the shooting publicly. The two also break from the general Republican consensus, as pro-choice Republicans, they said in response to a question about reproductive rights. Bennett said he is pro-life, but believes decisions such as marriage equality and women’s reproductive rights were in the hands of the United scene of an active shooter situation, those at the scene have to serve as first responders. According to the training session with Tier One, on average it takes professional first responders about three minutes to respond to an active shooter situation, Nicholson said. Murphy said the district plans to hold training sessions for teachers during a teacher institute day in the fall, in addition to drills throughout the year covering various scenarios. Tamez added the district States Supreme Court, and would not support a measure to overturn them. If reelected, Schneider would serve his second consecutive term and third overall. Wynes has said before that the 10th District needs a fiscally conservative, socially moderate politician to adequately represent the district. While Schneider advertised himself as someone who would break party lines to represent the District, Wynes said his voting record shows otherwise. The Spring primary is March 20. will need to be supportive as teachers go through what can be difficult training. “We’re going to have to have our social workers on call and really support [the teachers],” Tamez said. “It’s not an easy training to go through. When we finish, we’re going to have to have to really be thoughtful on how we roll it out and the teachers feel empowered and not scared to take this on. “They’re going to be nervous at first, but I have faith that at the end of the day they will feel empowered.” From the Village Public Works responds to heavy rainfall Between Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, the Village received approximately 2.51 inches of rain. The Public Works Department responded to 22 calls regarding street or yard flooding, which largely resulted from the frozen ground conditions disrupting normal flow routes. For more information on flooding, stormwater, and the Village’s management programs, please visit www.northbrook. il.us/stormwate. Shermer Road bridge project delayed The Shermer Road Bridge was not closed Feb. 26, as originally scheduled due to a change in the utility relocation plan. AT&T had planned to expose its cables currently located under the sidewalk on the bridge and temporarily pull them outside the construction area for the bridge replacement using slack in the cables. These cables would then be moved back to the original location but within the new bridge deck. AT&T exposed its existing six ducts of phone lines (more than 4,200 pairs of wires) embedded within the sidewalk on the east side of the bridge in preparation for temporary relocation which would have required the bridge to be closed. As of the morning of Feb. 22, AT&T has concluded that there is not sufficient slack in two of its large copper cables to allow for relocation to a temporary support per their plan established during utility coordination. The contractor will not be able to perform the work per the contract until AT&T has relocated these conflicting facilities off of the bridge. To relocate the facilities off the bridge, AT&T will need to directional bore new conduits under the river, install new cables, and transfer services from the old lines to the new. There is also fiber optic cable located in this location and the fiber companies will need to perform similar work as AT&T. At this point, the exact duration of this delay has not been determined and AT&T is currently evaluating their relocation options and the expected timeline. AT&T estimated this work would take 5-6 months given the size and nature of the cables and the presence of other communication utilities sharing these AT&T ducts. Village staff will take all necessary steps to communicate this delay in the bridge closure to all impacted properties, update the Village website, change sign boards, and utilize NotifyMe to share the updated information. From the Village is information submitted by the Village of Northbrook, www.northbrook.il.us
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