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THURSDAY 

American Sign Language 

for Beginners 

6:30-8 p.m. March 15, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Hear with 

your eyes, learn the language 

of the deaf. For 

more information visit 

hplibrary.org. 

FRIDAY 

Strengthen Your Back 

Class 

11-11:45 a.m. March 16, 

Fitness For Active Adults, 

742 Sheridan Road, Highwood. 

Learn stretches that 

assist in strengthening the 

muscles in your back. 

If you experience no 

back pain, acute pain or 

chronic pain, this class 

will methodically provide 

assistance and break down 

movements to strengthen 

back and abdominal muscles. 

Class takes place Fridays 

in March. $15 per 

class or discounted punch 

pass. For more information 

email fitness4activeadults@aol.com 

or call 

(847) 736-2671. 

SATURDAY 

Zumba: Beginner or 

Experienced 

8-8:45 a.m. March 17, 



Burn calories, add 

strength, meet friends 

and have fun. Wear green 

for a chance to win some 

green prizes for St. Patrick’s 

Day. For more information 

email fitness4ac 

tiveadults@aol.com or call 

(847) 736-2671. 

SUNDAY 

Thriving Through 

Uncertainty Day-Long 

Workshop 

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 

18, The Infinity Foundation, 

1280 Old Skokie 

Road, Highland Park. Join 

Tama Kieves, bestselling 

author and career coach, 

to discover how to respond 

to any situation in your life 

from strength instead of 

weakness. Tama uses the 

principles from her recent 

book, Thriving through 

Uncertainty, to help people 

make decisions. $115 

registration cost, for more 

information visit infinity 

foundation.org. 

MONDAY 

Julie Strauss Lecture 

8:30 a.m. March 19, 

Lakeside Congregation, 

1221 Lake Cook Road, 

Highland Park. Hear a 

lecture from Julie Strauss 

sponsored by the Lake 

Shore Men’s Club. Event 

admission is $15. 

Pop Up Museum: Illinois 

200 and Highland Park 

150 

7 p.m. March 19, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. Illinois is celebrating 

its 200th anniversary 

of statehood this year and 

Highland Park will celebrate 

150th anniversary 

in 2019. You may have 

something related to these 

anniversaries you may 

want to share. For more 

information contact The 

Highland Park Historical 

Society (847) 432-8209 or 

archives@highlandparkhistory.org. 

Admission is 

free. 

TUESDAY 

Chair Yoga Class 

9-9:45 a.m. March 20, 



Sit in a chair and 

stretch in Downward Dog, 

Mountain Pose, relax your 

shoulders, hips, knees, 

ankles through breath 

and movement. Enjoy a 

quiet guided mediation at 

the end of class. Classes 

cost $15. For more information 



(847) 736-2671. 

Dr. Ryan Winslow 

Noon-1 p.m. March 20, 

Fitness For Active 

Adults, 742 Sheridan 

Road, Highwood. Winslow 

will discuss forward 

head carriage and curvature 

in the mid back which 

occurs as people age. Free 

event, for more information 



(847) 736-2671. 

WEDNESDAY 

Rise of the Skyscraper 

10:30 a.m. March 21, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Avenue, 

Highland Park. Learn 

about the wonders of 

Chicago. A docent from 

the Chicago Architecture 

Foundation discusses 

prominent historic and 

modern skyscrapers in 

Chicago. For more information 

visit hplibrary.org. 

THURSDAY 

Poetry Writing 

6:30-8:30 p.m. March 

22, Highland Park Public 

Library, 494 Laurel Avenue, 

Highland Park. This 

poetry class is designed 

for both beginning and experienced 

poets. In-class 

writing exercises will challenge 

your inner muse as 

we experiment with various 

poetic forms (rhymed 

and unrhymed) and sparks 

for inspiration. 

UPCOMING 

Jim Weren Lecture 

8:30 a.m. March 26, 

Lakeside Congregation, 

1221 Lake Cook Road, 

Highland Park. Hear Civil 

War historian Jim Weren 

present at the Lake Shore 

Men’s Club Meeting. vent 

admission is $15. 

ONGOING 

Beginning Pilates 

Mondays 2-2:45 p.m. 



Learn the fundamentals 

and techniques 

for a effective and safe Pilates 

Mat workout. Build 

body strength, improve 

your flexibility and prevent 

falling and injury.$15 

per class, contact (847) 

736-2671 or fitness4ac 

tiveadults@aol.com. 

Cardio Tone Light 

11:30-12:30 p.m. 

Wednesdays, Recreation 

Center of Highland Park, 

1207 Park Ave. W. Improve 

your flexibility and 

overall daily function! The 

class combines low impact 

cardio, core and stretching 

(no seated exercises). For 

more information call Lisa 

Hamilton at (847) 579- 

4048. 

Balance & Tone 

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Tuesdays, Recreation Center 

of Highland Park, 1207 

Park Ave. W. Increase 

muscular strength, joint 

stability, range of motion 

and functional skills 

through a variety of standing 

exercises and barre 

work. For more information, 

call Lisa Hamilton at 

(847) 579-4048. 

Gentle Yoga 

Noon–1:15 p.m. Mondays, 

Recreation Center 

of Highland Park, located 

at 1207 Park Ave. W. Curious 

about yoga but scared 

to try something new? 

This is a great class for 

beginners or anyone interested 

in a gentle practice. 

For more information, call 

Lisa Hamilton at (847) 

579-4048. 

Restorative Yoga 

6:15–7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 

Recreation Center of 

Highland Park, 1207 Park 

Ave. W. Want an activity 

to help you wind down 

after a full day? Relax 

your body and muscles, 

slow, lengthen and deepen 

your breath and calm your 

mind. For more information, 

call Lisa Hamilton at 

(847) 579-4048. 

Book Nook Book Sale 

10:30-4:30 p.m., Thursdays 

and Saturdays, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave. Come for 

a book sale at the library. 

Contact Jayme Oldham at 

(847) 432-0216. 

Rotary Club 

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 

Mondays, Highland Park 

Country Club, 1201 Park 

Avenue West. The Highland 

Park Rotary Club 

meets every Monday for 

lunch. Discover what 

Rotary has to offer, hear 

from fascinating speakers, 

make new friends and 

colleagues. Walk-ins welcome. 

For more information, 

contact Larry at (847) 

831-3622. 

Highland Park City Council 

7:30 p.m., second and 

fourth Monday every 

month, Highland Park City 

Hall, 1707 St. Johns Ave. 

Come out to City Hall for 

the Highland Park City 

Council meeting. For more 

information, visit www. 

cityhpil.org. 

Highwood City Council 

7 p.m., first and third 

Tuesdays every month, 

Highwood City Hall, 17 

Highwood Ave. Come out 

to City Hall for the Highwood 

City Council meeting. 


visit www.cityofhigh 

wood.com. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Xavier Ward at 

xavier@hplandmark.com or 

(847) 272-4565 ext. 34. Entries 

are due by noon on the 

Thursday prior to publication 

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the highland park landmark | March 15, 2018 | 3 

Highland Park man sentenced to 54 years in 2013 murder 

Xavier Ward, Editor 

One of the three men 

charged in the 2013 murder 

of Highwood man 

Colin Nutter was sentenced 

Friday, March 2. 

Philip Vatamaniuc, 22, 

of Highland Park was 

sentenced to 54 years in 

prison, his attorney LaTonya 

Burton said. 

Nutter was found dead 

of a gunshot wound near 

the Edens Expressway 

in Wilmette, close to the 

Skokie border. 

According to court documents, 

Vatamaniuc and 

two others had planned 

to rob Nutter after buying 

marijuana from him. 

Burton said she and her 

law partner, Renea Amen, 

plan to appeal Vatamaniuc’s 

sentence. 

In court documents, 

Vatamaniuc claims he 

only helped hide the 

body, but did not take 

part in planning the murder 

or robbery. 

Burton said she and 

Amen believe that Vatamaniuc’s 

sentence is unfair 

because of non-credible 

witnesses and the fact 

that Vatamaniuc was not 

the shooter. 

She said she hopes the 

appeal attorney will write 

an appeal reflective of 

that. 

According court records, 

Benjamin Schenk, 

of Highwood, and Michael 

Coffee, of Highland 

Park, were also involved 

in the slaying of Nutter. 

Schenk has pleaded 

guilty and is awaiting 

sentencing, while Coffee 

is awaiting trial. 

Burton said as part of 

Schenk’s plea deal, he offered 

up information on 

Vatamaniuc and Coffee. 

She also said that some 

of the witnesses called 

were either under the influence 

of mind-altering 

substances or made statements 

under duress. 

Burton referenced one 

witness who was unable 

to remember her age due 

to the psychotropic medication 

she was taking. 

She also said a witness 

who offered testimony 

against Vatamaniuc 

was told he could face 

jail time in an unrelated 

pending charge if he did 

not cooperate. 

“He wrote the statement 

basically alleging 

things against our client 

because, in an indirect 

way, the state’s attorney 

would say he would face 

jail for the case he had 

pending,” she said. 

Additionally, Burton 

said, Vatamaniuc was 

denied seeing his father, 

whom he requested to see 

multiple times throughout 

the questioning process. 

Juvenile suspects 

are allowed a “juvenile 

advocate” under law, she 

said. 

He was provided that 

in the form of another officer, 

which Burton found 

to be inappropriate. 

“The sentence itself 

is outrageous, the judge 

herself did not find that 

[Vatamaniuc] was the 

shooter,” she said. 

Schenk is believed to 

be the one who fatally 

shot Nutter with a .40 

caliber handgun. 

According to the court 

records, Schenk was 

found at the Nutter’s 

Highwood residence attempting 

to steal a car, 

brandishing a baseball 

bat and blood-stained 

jeans, while Vatamaniuc 

and Coffee were in Chicago 

disposing of Nutter’s 

car. 

Schenk had apparently 

informed a 13-year-old 

boy who lived at Schenk’s 

mother’s residence the 

day before the killing that 

he intended to rob a drug 

dealer the following day. 

According to the court 

transcript, Schenk told 

another Lake County 

Jail inmate, Michael Ferrill, 

that he had shot “the 

Asian kid,” referring to 

Nutter, and he was going 

to blame “the other white 

kid,” referring to Vatamaniuc. 

Stay tuned to The 

Landmark for updates as 

this story develops. 

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New police chief seeks community engagement 


Highland 

Park’s new 

top lawman 

knew when 

he was 7 

years old he 

wanted to be 

a police officer. 

Jogmen 

His father, a Tinley Park 

police officer, was responding 

to an armed robbery 

and was shot in the 

head. 

Luckily for Lou Jogmen, 

Highland Park’s new 

police chief, his father survived. 

His career in law enforcement, 

however, was 

Consistent, Reliable and 

Compassionate Care at Home 

over. That’s where Jogmen 

said he wanted to 

pick up his father’s legacy, 

much to the chagrin of his 

mother, he said at a Highland 

Park Chamber breakfast 

Wednesday, March 7, 

at Bluegrass in Highland 

Park. 

“I am who I am because 

of him,” he said. 

Jogmen’s tenure as chief 

officially began Feb. 23. 

One of his main focus’ 

as chief will be community 

outreach and engagement, 

he said. 

“Highland Park [police] 

certainly is doing a great 

job of it, but in my experience, 

you can never do 

enough,” Jogmen said. 

Caring for Those You Love in the 

Comfort of Home 

Connecting with members 

of the community, 

like the ones at the Chamber 

breakfast, is part of 

that outreach. 

Community outreach 

can also help dissipate 

misunderstandings about 

how police work operates. 

Many people’s understanding 

of police comes 

from television or movies, 

which is often inaccurate, 

he said. 

“If you’re not connected 

to each other, there’s misinterpretation, 

there’s different 

visions, there’s different 

understandings of 

maybe a similar situation,” 

Jogmen said. Now, we really 

are connected at every 

level.” 

Jogmen said he remembers 

shocking his college 

counselor when telling 

him he wanted to pursue a 

career in law enforcement. 

He graduated from the 

University of Illinois in 

Champaign with a degree 

in psychology, which he 

credited as aiding him in 

police work. 

As policing has evolved, 

Jogmen said, the importance 

of addressing mental 

health has grown considerably. 

Police used to get mental 

health calls once or twice a 

week, but now police are 

receiving calls three to 

four times a day to address 

mental health related issues, 

which is why police 

completing crisis intervention 

training is becoming 

increasingly important. 

Jogmen believes engaging 

in police work from a 

point of engagement instead 

of enforcement. 

While writing tickets, 

making arrests and generally 

enforcing the law is 

a necessary portion of the 

job, so is being part of the 

community. 

“You can’t be all stick 

and no carrot,” he said. 

Howard Legator, of 

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Two Zion men arrested on stolen vehicle charges 

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Two men were arrested 

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the 2000 block of Skokie 

Valley Road when they 

were found in possession 

of a stolen vehicle and fled 

from an officer. 

Marcus Hampton, 19, 

of Zion, and the passenger 

Thashawn Robinson, 18, 

of Zion, were arrested at 

and are each charged with 

Class 2 felony charges for 

unlawful possession of 

stolen vehicle. 

Hampton is also charged 

with Class 4 felony aggravated 

eluding a peace 

officer, no valid drivers 

license and speeding 26- 

34 mph over the limit after 

being stopped by police. 

Hampton and Robinson 

were transported to bond 

court pending court date. 

In other police news: 

March 4 

Chief 

From Page 4 

Bulldog Security in Highland 

Park, attends the 

Chamber meetings as a 

way to give back to the 

community, but this one 

also offered a chance to 

meet the new chief and establish 

a relationship. 

• Sometime between 

8-9:15 a.m., an unknown 

subject entered a vehicle 

while it was parked in the 

100 block of Skokie Valley 

Road and removed a 

wallet from the center console. 

No forced entry was 

observed to the vehicle. 

March 3 

• Carie Blumka, 49, of 

Prospect Heights, was arrested 

and charged with 

driving while license revoked, 

failure to reduce 

speed and hit and run after 

police investigated the 

accident which occurred 

near Clavey Road and the 

Edens Expressway a day 

prior. Blumka was released 

on a personal recognizance 

bond with a court date of 

April 11 in Park City. 

Bulldog deals mostly 

with the Highland Park fire 

department, but sometimes 

works with local police, 

Legator said. 

“He looks pretty young, 

and I like that, get some 

young blood in here,” Legator 

said. 

City Manager Ghida 

Neukirch said there were 

hundreds of applicants. 

March 2 

• An unknown subject removed 

a necklace and two 

bracelets from a residence 

in the 0-100 block of S. 

Deere Park Drive. It is 

unknown when the items 

were taken. 

Feb. 28 

• Juan Bravo, Jr., 46, of 

Chicago, was arrested and 

charged with two counts 

of identity theft and ficticious 

or unlawfully altered 

identification after police 

investigated a report of unusual 

activity on the victim’s 

credit report and applications 

for credit. Bravo 

Jr. was transported to bond 

court in Waukegan pending 

court date. 

• Graffiti in red and black 

spray paint was located on 

a building in the 2600 block 

of Waukegan Avenue. 

Feb. 27 

• Omar Rodriguez, 21, of 

The candidate profile 

was established based on 

feedback from police department 

employees and 

other City representatives. 

The interview teams 

consisted of the mayor and 

city council, city manager, 

and department directors. 

Jogmen received unanimous 

approval from the 

interview team. 

Waukegan, was arrested 

and charged with Stalking 

No Contact Order Violation 

and Violation of an Order 

of Protection after police 

responded to a report 

of a suspicious incident 

at a business in the 1800 

block of Second Street. 

Rodriguez was transported 

to bond court in Waukegan 

pending court date. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Highland Park Landmark’s 

Police Reports are compiled 

from official reports emailed 

from the Highland Park 

Police Department headquarters 

in Highland Park 

and the Highwood Police 

Department headquarters 

in Highwood. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law. 

The salary for the police 

chief is $150,000 annually. 

For the time, Jogmen 

said he will remain living 

in Park Ridge for family 

purposes, but said he looks 

forward to spending more 

time in Highland Park. 

He said he feels “blessed 

and honored” to be chosen 

for this role. 

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Legal aid clinic opens new location in HP 

Staff Report 

The Highland Park 

– Highwood Legal Aid 

Clinic has moved to a new 

location to support its expanding 

staff. 

It moved from its spot at 

1830 Green Bay Road to 

491 Laurel Ave. in Highland 

Park, according to a 

press release. 

The public is invited to 

celebrate the relocation at 

an open house from 5 to 7 

p.m. March 27. 

Clinic staff and members 

of the Board of Directors 

will be available 

to answer questions and 

talk about the work of the 

clinic in the areas of immigration, 

domestic violence 

and housing. 

“The clinic is growing at 

rapid pace. We recently expanded 

to serve residents 

of West Deerfield Township. 

In addition, we have 

seen an uptick in domestic 

violence and immigration 

inquiries and cases,” Executive 

Director Susan Shulman 

said. “We are thrilled 

to welcome clients to our 

new space. It is still conveniently 

located and provides 

us with the critical 

space needed to meet with 

clients confidentially.” 

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THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Third annual mah-jongg 

tournament draws largest 

crowd yet 

March Madness isn’t 

limited to basketball. 

In this instance, the 

name of the game was 

mah-jongg and 96 ladies 

came to the Glenview Senior 

Center on March 4 

to play in its third annual 

tournament. 

Twenty-eight tables 

were set up in The East 

Wing and, in keeping with 

mah-jongg rules, there 

were four players at each 

table. 

The tournament was the 

brain child of Janet Steinberg, 

program coordinator 

at the East Wing, and she 

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“We had 50 players the 

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The tiles are adorned with 

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The game came to the 

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almost 60 years,” said 

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from Wheeling to play 

in the tournament. “My 

daughter, Stacey, was born 

in 1960 and that’s when I 

started playing. I played 

with her on my lap when 

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THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Car crashes through front 

window of Wilmette 

Panera 

A car crashed through 

the front window of Panera 

Bread on March 6 in 

Wilmette. 

The driver of the vehicle 

has been identified as 

Elaine Joyce, 83, of Wilmette. 

According to officials, 

a black Cadillac sedan, 

driven by Joyce, crashed 

through the window at approximately 

6 p.m. during 

a dinner rush at the restaurant. 

The car landed near 

the counter. The Wilmette 

Police and Fire departments, 

along with the Winnetka 

Fire Department, responded 

to the scene. 

According to the Wilmette 

Police, Joyce, who 

was uninjured, was still 

in the vehicle when they 

arrived. A 67-year-old female 

customer was found 

sitting on the floor in front 

of the vehicle’s bumper. 

It was determined that 

she was near the counter 

when she was struck by 

the vehicle and glass from 

the shattered window. A 

38-year-old female customer 

was also near the 

counter and fell trying to 

move away after the glass 

window shattered inward. 

“The injuries have been 

classified as minor,” Wilmette 

Deputy Fire Chief 

Robert Brill told The 

Beacon. “One person was 

transported to the hospital. 

Their injury was a minor 

traumatic lower body injury.” 

The other patron, along 

with the driver, were medically 

released at the scene. 

A similar accident occurred 

at the same 1199 

Wilmette Ave. location 

in 2007. In that incident, 

a 94-year-old driver hit a 

parked car before accelerating 

into the lobby of the 

restaurant. 

“I can’t say what the 

cause of this one is yet, 

but a lot of times, it’s pedal 

confusion or the driver not 

being sure if they’re in 

gear or not,” Brill said. 

Reporting by Eric De- 

Grechie, Managing Editor. 

Full story at WilmetteBeacon.com. 

THE LAKE FOREST LEADER 

LF Open Air Market 

closes after decline in 

participation 

The Lake Forest Open 

Air Market at the East 

Side Train Station, which 

opened nearly eight years 

ago, will not come back 

for another season this 

summer. 

The City of Lake Forest’s 

decision to close the 

Open Air Market came 

from a decrease in attendance 

at the market. 

The future of the market 

is unclear, according 

to Catherine Czerniak, the 

director of community development. 

“The Open Air Market 

wasn’t thriving as it has in 

the early years,” Czerniak 

said. “We are looking for 

an opportunity to look at 

some fresh ideas.” 

Throughout the past few 

years, the City of Lake 

Forest received feedback 

from vendors and residents 

noting why they thought 

participation was declining. 

Some of the feedback received 

included that there 

was not very much produce 

offered at the market, 

whereas other locations 

nearby, such as Elawa 

Farm Garden Market and 

the Lake Bluff Farmers 

Market, had better produce 

options, Czerniak said. 

“We are not looking to 

duplicate some activities 

and are looking for fresh 

ideas,” Czerniak said. 

As the City reevaluates 

the Open Air Market and 

searches for new ideas, 

residents are encouraged 

to send ideas to Catherine 

Czerniak at czerniac@ 

cityoflakeforest.com, or 

the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff 

Chamber of Commerce at 

(847) 234-4282. 

Reporting by Alyssa Groh, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at LakeForestLeader. 

com. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Former trustee calls 

for Northbrook assault 

weapons ban 

Michael Scolaro, a former 

three-term Village 

Board trustee who retired 

from the board last year, 

said he only had a couple 

of regrets stemming from 

his time as a trustee. 

One of them, he said, 

was not a vote he made, 

but one that was not put up 

for a vote at all. 

“I listened to people 

come up and speak to us 

about an assault weapons 

ban,” he said. “I thought 

‘there’s 300 million guns 

in the country right now, 

what is a piece of paper going 

to do? A piece of paper 

isn’t going to stop a bullet, 

it’s not going to make anybody 

give back a gun, it’s 

merely a feel-good thing 

for the do-gooders,’ was 

my thought.” 

But with two daughters 

who work in schools and 

gun violence around the 

country, he urged the Village 

Board to take action. 

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“It’s time for an assault 

weapons ban in Northbrook,” 

he said. 

Scolaro pointed to Highland 

Park’s assaults weapons 

ban, which stood up 

after the Supreme Court rejected 

an appeal to the ban. 

Village President Sandy 

Frum said, however, the 

decision is not in the Village’s 

hands anymore. 

Reporting by Fouad Egbaria, 


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com. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Winnetka trustees 

introduce proposal for 

Plan Commission member 

reduction 

After a spirited debate 

and public comment session, 

a majority of the 

Winnetka Village Council 

introduced an ordinance 

reducing the Village’s Plan 

Commission from 13 to 10 

members at its Tuesday, 

March 6 meeting. 

The ordinance, which 

was introduced in a 4-1 

vote, would eliminate a 

requirement that three 

members come from the 

Board of Park Commissioners 

of the Winnetka 

Park District, the Board 

of Education of The Winnetka 

Public Schools District. 

36, and the Board of 

Trustees of the Winnetka- 

Northfield Public Library 

District, respectively. 

The ordinance was presented 

by President Chris 

Rintz, who said that it 

mostly emerged out of “a 

very lively discussion” 

at the Council’s Feb. 13 

study session. 

Reporting by Nathan Worcester, 


story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

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Neil Milbert 

Freelance Reporter 

Dream… 

Believe… 

Achieve… 

Those 

words are 

printed on a 

banner that 

hangs in the 

auditorium 

Blane 

at Highland Park High 

School. 

That made it an appropriate 

place to celebrate 

the life of Jack Blane. 

As a boy, Blane dreamed 

of serving others; as an 

adult, he believed he could 

make a difference; and during 

his 94 years, he achieved 

much in his quest to make 

the world a better place for 

his fellow human beings. 

“There’s an old Jewish 

saying: ‘He who saves a 

life saves a world,’” Rabbi 

Allen Secher said, who 

came from Whitefish, 

Montana to officiate at the 

celebration honoring the 

memory of the Highland 

Park civic leader who died 

Feb. 19. 

“How many worlds did 

Jack save? It’s not that 

Jack did that; Jack accomplished 

that,” he said. 

The rabbi was referring 

to Blane’s service as 

International Executive 

Coordinator of the Rotary 

International Campaign 

to Eradicate Polio World- 

Wide from 1986 to ’88. 

During that time he traveled 

to 30 countries to 

help educate and organize 

their national committees 

and raise funds. Through 

his efforts and those of 44 

national fund-raising committees 

they raised $270 

million, far exceeding 

their goal of $120 million. 

Polio has gone from 

being in 125 countries in 

1985 to only three today. 

When the disease is eradicated 

10 million cases of 

the disease and will have 

been prevented and more 

than 1 million deaths will 

have been averted. 

At an April 19, 2007, 

dinner Blane was seated 

beside Bill Gates, Sr., father 

of the Microsoft cofounder 

Bill Gates, at a 

Rotary International dinner, 

and the billionaire 

philanthropist became 

intrigued because of his 

commitment to the cause. 

Bill Gates, Sr. is the cochairman 

of the Bill and 

Melinda Gates Foundation 

and since the foundation 

and Rotary International 

began working together in 

2007 the two organizations 

have raised an estimated 

$1.5 billion for polio eradication 

efforts. 

“There’s no doubt in my 

mind that Jack converted 

Bill Gates, Sr. from being 

a bystander to being in,” 

said David Waring of Barrington, 

a Rotary International 

past district governor, 

when he spoke during the 

celebration of Blane’s life. 

“And the Gates Foundation 

has been in it for more 

than a billion (dollars).” 

Speaking at a 2017 Rotary 

convention in Atlanta, 

Gates Sr. said “Rotary laid 

the foundation (for the 

drive to eradicate polio) 

with its unwavering sense 

of purpose and its belief 

anything is possible if you 

put your mind to it.” 

Blane put his “mind to 

it” because of an experience 

at a Boy Scout summer 

camp in 1937. During 

a polio epidemic at 

the camp, two boys died, 

six were paralyzed and 

the remaining boys who 

numbered more than 1,000 

were sent home and quarantined. 

“I was blessed not to 

have been affected and I 

vowed, some day, I would 

prevent this from happening 

to others,” Blane 

would say later. “Rotary 

gave me that chance.” 

Blane was born on May 

20, 1923 on the South Side 

of Chicago and attended 

Hyde Park High School. He 

became involved with the 

Boy Scouts in 1935 at the 

age of 12 and he went on 

to earn many honors for his 

service as a Scout and his 

work as a staff member at 

the Scouting general headquarters 

from 1939-42. 

After high school he 

enrolled at the University 

of Michigan but then interrupted 

his education to 

enter the Marine Corps in 

1942. During World War 

II he served for five years 

as a commissioned officer, 

working as the chief engineer 

at a factory manufacturing 

supplies for the 

Armed Forces and after 

the war he remained in the 

Marine Corps Reserves 

until 1950. 

When the war ended 

he resumed his studies 

at Michigan, earning a 

Bachelor’s degree and a 

Master’s degree in engineering, 

specializing in Industrial 

management. 

He then went to work as 

a trainee for Ekco Products 

Co., a housewares 

manufacturing company in 

Chicago. Rising through 

the ranks, he eventually 

became the company’s 

president. 

In 1985 Blane retired after 

37 years of service and 

dedicated the remainder of 

his life to public service. 

He served as president 

and director of the Highland 

Park Public Library 

from 1984-90, as a city 

councilman from 1991-99 

and as city treasure from 

2001-203. He founded the 

Highland Park Community 

Foundation in 1992 

and served as its chairman 

from 1995-2009. 

Blane’s involvement 

with Rotary International 

began in 1962. He was 

club president in 1975-76 

and again in 2016-17. At 

age 93 he took great pride 

in being the oldest president 

in the organization’s 

history. 

The consummate dedication 

that Blane manifested 

in his working life 

and in his civic endeavors 

carried over to his family 

life. He and his wife, Joan, 

were married for 61 years 

when she died in 2007. 

They had three children: 

Barbara Toney, the late 

Nancy Guerra and John 

Blane. 

Barbara and John spoke 

at the celebration of his 

life as did his granddaughter, 

Sarah Pauley. 

“My grandfather was 

a shining example of humanity,” 

Sarah said. “One 

of his goals in life was to 

go out and do good.” 

John said: “My father 

had a once in a lifetime 

chance to change the world 

and he did it every day.” 

Barbara told the audience: 

“He truly embodied 

the Rotary model ‘Service 

above self.’ He had discipline 

and tenacity of purpose. 

He was always about 

the team.” 

“My father was an amazing 

man who embraced 

change,” she reflected. “He 

was never afraid to admit 

that past practice wasn’t 

always the best practice. 

When I was growing up 

Dad was adamant that 

women didn’t belong in 

Rotary. Fast forward to today—Dad 

wholeheartedly 

believed in the importance 

of women in Rotary.” 

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A Word From The (Former) President 

Ravinia : A North Shore treasure 

John Jacoby 

Contributing Columnist 

Sometimes, folks 

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them by philanthropists 

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Ravinia traces its origins 

to the beginning of the 

20th Century. At that time, 

a young entrepreneur, 

Albert Frost, was trying 

to expand a Waukegan 

street car company into 

an interurban railroad (the 

Chicago and Milwaukee 

Electric Railroad). 

Through an affiliated 

company, he purchased 

forty acres of woodland 

in Highland Park bisected 

by the railroad tracks. 

His purpose was to create 

an amusement park that 

would draw passengers to 

the railroad. 

Ravinia Park opened on 

Aug. 15, 1904. It featured 

a 24-room hotel (on the 

west side of the railroad 

tracks) and an open-air pavilion, 

theater, sports stadium, 

and casino for dining 

and dancing (on the east 

side). However, the Park’s 

life as an amusement park 

was brief. Both it and the 

railroad floundered and fell 

into receivership. The Park 

was closed. Fear spread 

throughout the region that 

the property would be acquired 

by an operator who 

would degrade the amusement 

park by introducing a 

“showman’s ballyhoo.” 

So in 1911, a group of 

prominent North Shore 

residents founded the 

Ravinia Company, and 

the Company acquired the 

Park for $75,000. Scores 

of North Shore women, 

including representatives 

from Wilmette and 

Kenilworth, formed the 

“Ravinia Club” to support 

the Company’s efforts. 

Under the leadership of 

Louis Eckstein, a wealthy 

Chicago businessman, the 

Park reopened in 1911 as a 

summer venue for classical 

music. In 1912, opera was 

added to the repertoire. 

Over the years, Ravinia 

Ravinia’s original pavilion (above) burned down in May 

1949, but a temporary structure enabled the show to go 

on until the current pavilion was built. Photo courtesy 

of Ravinia 

was transformed into 

“America’s summer opera 

capital,” and performances 

featured the world’s top 

operatic stars. Eckstein, an 

opera aficionado, served 

as the Park’s president, 

impresario, and principal 

benefactor for 20 years. 

The Park was his passion. 

But the Depression 

and declining revenue 

led to operating deficits 

that exceeded even 

Eckstein’s generosity. In 

1931, the venture cost 

him $178,000, and he felt 

compelled to close the 

Park. By then, he had acquired 

most of the Ravinia 

Company’s stock. While 

the Park fell silent for four 

years, Eckstein still hoped 

it could reopen, perhaps 

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Commemorating community 

Jakoby 

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leaders, building new ones 

Xavier Ward 

xavier@hplandmark.com 

Death is never an 

easy obstacle 

to overcome. 

Whether it is sudden or at 

the end of a long life, it is 

no easier to swallow. 

However, the mark of 

a life well-lived is the 

stories people tell about 

you and your acts. 

Such was the story of 

Jack Blane. 

as a summer home of the 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

His death in late 

1935 prevented him from 

seeing this hope become a 

reality. 

Elsie Eckstein, his 

widow, was on the same 

cultural page as her 

deceased husband. As the 

Park’s owner following 

her husband’s death, she 

offered its use free-ofcharge 

to a responsible 

organization that would 

present programs consistent 

with Ravinia’s glorious 

past. A group of North 

Shore classical music 

enthusiasts formed a new 

organization, the Ravinia 

Festival Association. They 

“There’s an old Jewish 

saying: ‘He who saves a 

life saves a world,’” Rabbi 

Allen Secher said, who 

came from Whitefish, 

Mont., to officiate at the 

celebration honoring the 

memory of the Highland 

Park civic leader who 

died Feb. 19. Freelance 

Reporter Neil Milbert 

was at the commemoration 

ceremony. 

Blane dedicated his life 

to public service, working 

on eradicating polio with 

the Rotary International 

Club, as well as other 

well-remembered feats. 

His fight to eradicate 

polio, however, was 

marked by the accomplishment 

of convincing 

Bill Gates Sr. to join in 

the fight to root out polio. 

guaranteed the cost of a 

20-concert series featuring 

the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra during the summer 

of 1936. Elsie was 

satisfied with the proposed 

arrangement, and thus 

began the Orchestra’s long 

relationship with Ravinia. 

In 1944, she affirmed her 

satisfaction by donating 

the entire Park to the Association, 

subject to strict 

conditions intended to 

assure that Ravinia would 

continue to be a first class 

cultural institution. 

Today, Ravinia hosts the 

oldest outdoor music festival 

in North America. It 

attracts 600,000 guests to 

120 to 150 events that span 

all musical genres over 

its three-month summer 

season. Be on the lookout 

for the 2018 schedule. 

“There’s no doubt 

in my mind that Jack 

converted Bill Gates Sr. 

from being a bystander 

to being in,” said David 

Waring, of Barrington, 

a Rotary International 

past district governor, 

when he spoke during the 

celebration of Blane’s life 

at the high school. “And 

the Gates Foundation has 

been in it for more than a 

billion (dollars).” 

Community leaders 

such as Blane deservedly 

receive much attention 

and pave the way for new 

leaders to emerge. 

It’s important to support 

these measures when 

they arise. Such efforts 

can be seen with so many 

young people in the spotlight 

marching against 

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gun violence. People such 

as Blane paved the way 

for this to happen. 

One could argue that 

Blane wasn’t commemorated 

for his commitment 

against violence, but 

rather the eradication of 

an illness. That, however, 

is not the point. 

The point is that the 

foundation laid by leaders 

such as Blane not only 

inspires young people to 

take action for perceived 

injustices, but makes it 

easier for them to do so. 

No matter the cause, a 

community is improved 

through dialogue. That 

dialogue needs to be 

facilitated by community 

leaders such as Blane and 

all who come after him. 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Rotary Interact Club 

members it took to raise 

$15,000 for the polar 

plunge challenge, read 

about it on Page 14. 

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CLOCKWISE FROM 

TOP LEFT: TLC 

performs at Ravinia; 

All 4 One sings one 

of their classic ’90s 

pop jams at the 

music festival; Biz 

Markie listens to the 

crowd sing; Adrienne 

Haan performs 

‘Tehora’ at Ravinia 

Aug. 29, 2017. 22nd 

Century media file 

photos 

Ravinia announces 2018 concert schedule, Page 25

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Ravinia announces 2018 lineup 

Concerts, classical 

music front and 

center this summer 


Festivalgoers can expect 

more than just concerts 

from Ravinia Festival this 

year. 

While it will continue its 

tradition of hosting popular 

music acts, Ravinia 

CEO Welz Kaufmann said 

it plans to add a few more 

features to diversify its offering 

of entertainment. 

This summer also marks 

the 30th anniversary of Ravinia’s 

Steans Music Institute. 

The music program has 

tracts for piano, strings, vocal 

and jazz. 

“There are lots of special 

celebrations within 

each of those programs,” 

Kaufmann said. 

While Ravinia’s conservatory 

is relatively new 

compared to many other 

established programs such 

as Aspen, Interlochen and 

Tanglewood, it still offers 

a platform to neglected art 

forms, such as vocal recitals, 

he said. 

“We are definitely in 

the same league as those, 

though we do very different 

things,” he said. 

For Kaufmann, the push 

for classical music is a personal 

crusade. 

“It’s kind of my mantra 

in life,” he said. 

Kaufmann said he grew 

up in a non-musical family, 

but when he was 7 years 

old, his parents allowed 

him to take piano lessons. 

“It changed my life. I 

thought I was adopted for 

most of my childhood because 

there was none of 

As we look 

for audiences, 

there are people 

you might not 

expect within 

a family that 

have even that 

genetic disposition 

for it.” 

Welz Kauffmann — 

Ravinia CEO on the 

importance of making 

classical music accessible. 

that, not 

even within 

my own nuclear 

family 

but no one 

else at all,” 

Kaufmann 

Kaufmann 

said. 

Having a space like Ravinia 

where classical music 

is accessible and affordable 

may give a young listener 

the same “aha moment” he 

had. 

“As we look for audiences, 

there are people you 

might not expect within a 

family that have even that 

genetic disposition for it,” 


This push for classical 

music began years ago, and 

audiences have not always 

been warm to Kaufmann’s 

ideas, he said. 

When he had screens 

installed in the lawn area, 

Kaufmann said there were 

“calls for his head” and 

some accused him of turning 

The Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra into a big 

television production. 

“Today, people understand 

that it’s not only a 

normal part of the course 

of events of producing anything 

from an entertainment 

point of view,” he said. 

While some don’t like 

the prospect of entertainment 

being injected into 

classical music, it’s an important 

part of making it 

more attractive to different 

audiences — even Mozart 

thought so, Kaufmann said. 

“[Classical music]’s 

power is rooted in a lot of 

different things, a lot of it 

is chronological, a lot of it 

is geographical but also the 

power of a conductor to try 

and control things lifted it 

above where its natural audience 

would have been in 

terms of numbers,” he said. 

Ravinia will honor 

the 100th birthday of the 

late American composer 

Leonard Bernstein with a 

number of tribute pieces, 

Kaufman said. 

“The significance of this 

man is hard to overestimate,” 


In a classical music world 

that is often “American phobic,” 

Bernstein was able to 

shift the tide and make audiences 

want to listen again. 

“He really was America’s 

music teacher,” Kaufmann 

said. 

The first event celebrating 

the Bernstein centennial 

is July 12 in the pavilion, 

where The Chicago 

Symphony Orchestra and 

renowned violinist Joshua 

Bell will perform two Bernstein 

pieces. 

Outside of the musical 

world, Bernstein was also 

a humanitarian and social 

activist, Kaufmann said. 

THE SPRING 

“All of that combined is 

far too much to celebrate in 

a single summer, so we’re 

going to be doing that over 

a couple of different years,” 

he said. 

Ravinia’s dining pavilion 

is also being renovated, 

which Kaufmann hopes will 

enrich attendee’s experience 

beyond the musical portion. 

Additionally, Ravinia is 

hosting comedians for the 

first time this summer, including 

Whoopi Goldberg, 

Steve Martin and Martin 

Short. 

Ravinia Festival opens 

June 1. For the full summer 

concert series, visit Ravinia.org. 

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‘Music Man’ features Highland Parkers in classic show 

Megan Bernard 

Contributing Editor 

For this year’s spring 

musical, students at North 

Shore Country Day School 

took a classical story and 

made it their own. 

The production, “The 

Music Man,” was performed 

Thursday-Saturday, 

March 8-10, at the 

Winnetka school. The cast, 

ensemble and production 

team live in many local 

North Shore suburbs, including 

Highland Park. 

“The Music Man” followed 

a fast-talking traveling 

salesman, Harold 

Hill, as he cons the people 

of River City, Iowa, into 

buying instruments and 

uniforms for a boy band 

that he vows to organize 

— despite the fact that he 

doesn’t know a trombone 

from a treble clef, according 

to a school press 

release. Hill’s plans to 

skip town with the cash 

are foiled when he falls 

for Marian, the librarian, 

who transforms him into a 

respectable citizen by curtain’s 

fall. 

The show’s director, 

Julia Macholl, chose the 

production for the annual 

spring musical for a couple 

of reasons, she said. 

“Many, many people 

have some sort of a connection 

to ‘Music Man,’ 

whether seeing the movie, 

listening to a record of the 

music, seeing a production 

or being involved in a 

production of it,” Macholl 

said. “It is a very popular, 

classical musical and it has 

such staying power after 

many years.” 

Macholl also said she 

likes to vary the musical 

offerings each year so students 

have a nice balance 

The farmer and farmer’s wife, Riley Johes (left) and Maeve Devereux, in a scene in “The Music Man” that ran Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10, at 

North Shore Country Day School. Photos by Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media 

of experience with modern 

day musicals, classics and 

light opera. 

“It is a feel-good show 

where the audience is allowed 

to escape for twoand-a-half 

hours and immerse 

themselves in a 

world of beautiful music, 

comedy and a semi-predictable 

plot,” she added 

about “Music Man.” “It 

also touches base on the 

societal norm and how 

judgement and predetermined 

opinions about people 

and their careers, social 

status and more can really 

hold us back from getting 

to know each other deep 

down.” 

For Glencoe actor Riley 

Rosenfield, participating 

in “The Music Man” was a 

learning experience. 

“I am a dancer and I 

have never been a play 

before,” said Rosenfield, 

a freshman who was in the 

ensemble. “Working really 

closely with a lot of people 

is a lot harder. But, I have 

learned a lot and the rehearsals 

have been really 

fun.” 

Other Glencoe participants 

included: Sofia Baumann 

and Nina Scheyer, 

who were both in the ensemble, 

as well. 

In all, Macholl’s favorite 

part of the production was 

“how excited the students 

get for both ‘The Wells 

Fargo Wagon’ and ‘Shipoopi’ 

numbers.” 

“The Music Man” was 

presented through special 

arrangement with Music 

Theatre International. All 

authorized performance 

materials were also supplied 

by MTI. 

“Take 10,” the annual 10 

minute play festival, will 

be hosted next from 4-7 

p.m. April 11. It is completely 

written, directed 

and cast by students. 

For more information 

about performing arts at 

NSCDS, visit nscds.org. 

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It is not your traditional 

church service, instead it 

provides space for you to 

bring your thoughts and 

questions. Every week 

there is a sermon for 20 

minutes followed by group 

discussion. Coffee Bar is 

open 6:30-9 p.m., service is 

7-8 p.m. Email Dan at dsyvertsen@cclf.org 

MOPS at Highland Park 

Campus 

MOPS stands for Mothers 

of Preschoolers, and by 

preschoolers we mean kiddos 

from birth through kindergarten. 

We know it’s a 

little confusing so let’s just 

stick with “MOPS.” We are 

moms, and we believe that 

better moms make a better 

world. At every meeting 

there will be a speaker 

or video that gives practical 

tools and insight into 

the specific things that are 

important to you. MOPS 

meets 9-11 a.m. on the 

first and third Friday of the 

month. Email mopscchp@ 

gmail.com for more info. 

Immaculate Conception Parish (770 

Deerfield Road, Highland Park) 

Weekend Services 

Services are held every 

Saturday at 5 p.m.; confession 

held from 4-4:45 p.m. 

Sunday services are held 8 

a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 

St. James Catholic Church (134 North Ave., 

Highwood) 

Worship Services 

Services are held at 8 

a.m. Monday through Friday. 

Weekend services at 8 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 

8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sundays 

with a Spanish-language 

service at noon. 

Submit information for 

The Landmark’s Faith 

page to Brittany Kapa at 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. The deadline is noon on 

Thursday. Questions? Call 

(847) 272-4565 ext. 35. 

Deerfield. She is survived 

by her two grand nephews, 

Jim (Natalie) and Jake 

Mailfald, nieces, nephews 

and loving friends. 

A Memorial service will 

be held Thursday, March 

15 at 11:00 a.m. at Kelley 

and Spalding Funeral 

Home, 1787 Deerfield Rd. 

in Highland Park. In lieu 

of flowers, donations may 

be made to Trinity United 

Church of Christ, 760 

North Ave., Deerfield,IL. 

60015, in Shirley’s name. 

Barbara A. Schneider 

Barbara (Babs) Schneider, 

66, of Highwood, died 

Feb. 28. Schneider passed 

away peacefully after a 

long battle with breast cancer. 

She never wanted to be 

defined by the disease and 

lived every moment to the 

fullest. Despite and because 

of her illness, she traveled 

the world and passed along 

the joy she held within. All 

that had the pleasure of 

knowing her were aware of 

her loving nature, free spirit 

and selfless soul. She is 

lovingly remembered and 

survived by her husband, 

Don; sons, Joseph and Patrick; 

grandson, Dorian. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com with information about 

a loved one who was part of 

the Highland Park/Highwood 

communities. 

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Quick Bites 

Ringing in Pi Day the right way 

Staff Report 

March 14 is more than 

the eve of the Ides of 

March, the anniversary of 

Julius Caesar’s untimely 

demise. It’s 3/14 ... 3.14 ... 

Pi Day. 

Whether you think of Pi 

as a mathematical constant 

or the 1998 film by Darren 

Aronofsky, it’s worthy of 

celebration. I mean, who 

really needs an excuse to 

indulge in a slice of pie? 

To celebrate, editors 

from 22nd Century Media 

made like Special Agent 

Dale Cooper and got down 

with some slices of pie. 

We sampled pie from 

our respective coverage areas 

and reported back with 

what we found. 

Ice Box Pie — Bluegrass, 

Highland Park 

Sometimes the best 

things happen by accident. 

Those best things, as 

Bluegrass owner Jim Lederer 

discovered, sometimes 

come in the form of 

pie. 

In 1995, one of the 

chef’s at Bluegrass wanted 

to whip up a pie for a party, 

but wasn’t sure what to 

make, Lederer said. 

It was “the best thing 

ever created by accident,” 

Lederer said. 

Thus, the Ice Box Pie 

($8.95 large, $4.95 small) 

was born. 

The Ice Box Pie is a 

served-cold pie with a graham 

cracker crust, toasted 

pecans, house-made caramel, 

shaved chocolate, caramel 

cream and a non-dairy 

whipping cream filling. 

The non-dairy filling 

makes it an easy decision 

for those with an aversion 

to lactose, but Lederer said 

dairy lover’s like it all the 

same. 

Over time, the pie’s 

creator tried improving 

it, but was never able to. 

Sometimes, Lederer said, 

you’ve just gotta stick with 

the original. 

Bluegrass, 1636 Old 

Deerfield Road, is open 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. for lunch 

and 6-9 p.m. for dinner 

Tuesday-Friday, and 5-8 

p.m. Saturday-Sunday. It 

is closed Monday. 


visit BluegrassHP.com. 

Story by Xavier Ward, Editor 

Key lime pie — Valley 

Lodge Tavern, Wilmette 

“An American tradition.” 

Those three words are 

how Wilmette’s Valley 

Lodge Tavern simply describes 

its Key lime pie in 

the restaurant’s menu. 

“It’s a very popular item 

and people love to order 

it after a good meal,” said 

Cris Pazmino, general 

manager of Valley Lodge. 

The Key lime pie is 

topped with meringue, 

which juxtaposes the tart 

center, by adding sweet 

flavor. A lime wedge is 

placed on top. Most bites 

will also include the taste 

of macadamia nuts, which 

are mixed into the meringue. 

While lime gets most 

The Ice Box Pie ($8.95 large, $4.95 small) at Bluegrass 

comes with a graham cracker crust, toasted pecans, 

house-made caramel, shaved chocolate, caramel 

cream and a non-dairy whipping cream filling. Xavier 

Ward/22nd Century Media 

of the headlines when 

it comes to this particular 

dessert, and rightly 

so, don’t sell the graham 

cracker crust of Key lime 

pie short. 

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is located at 1141 Central 

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11 a.m.–11 p.m. Monday- 

Thursday, 11 a.m.-midnight 

Friday-Saturday and 

11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. 

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A Season of Shutouts 

Local youth hockey teams celebrate state championships, 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

The Falcons U14 

girls team and 

Falcons Bantam 

NIHL 1 pose for a 

photo with a check 

totaling $2,205. The 

teams recorded 

20 shutouts 

during the season 

and funds were 

donated, per shut 

out, to Shutouts for 

Seizures and the 

money was donated 

to CURE. Photo 

Submitted 

with Joseph Beaudet 

Joseph Beaudet is a junior 

at Highland Park High 

School and competes in 

the hurdles during both 

the indoor and outdoor 

track and field season. 

How did you get with 

the track and field 

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I think in sixth grade, 

one of my family-friends 

did it. His dad asked me 

if I wanted to come with. 

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What is your favorite 

part of the sport? 

Probably the camaraderie 

with everybody on the 

team. 

What is the most 

challenging part of the 

sport? 

300-meter hurdles or 

400s. They’re very similar 

and it’s hard to pace yourself 

with all the lactic acid 

that builds up and just trying 

to figure out how best 

to run the race. 

What is the best 

advice a coach has 

given you? 

Probably just don’t wear 

a mask and be the person 

that you are, even with 

guys on the team. Don’t 

try and be someone you’re 

not. 

What is your go-to 

pump-up song? 

I don’t have a pump-up 

song, necessarily, but I 

have a playlist that I listen 

to on SoundCloud. 

Who is your favorite 

artist right now? 

Probably Eminem, 

keeping it simple. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go? 

I would have to say 

Paris. Partly just because I 

think it would be cool to go 

there and I know French a 

little bit. 

What is your favorite 

subject in school? 

English. It’s a lot of 

writing and I want to be a 

writer in the future. I want 

Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media 

to do sports journalism. 

If you could have 

dinner with anyone 

living or dead, who 

would it be? 

I’m going to go with 

Henrik Zetterberg, he’s a 

hockey player and he plays 

for the Detroit Red Wings. 

He’s my favorite player 

that I’ve gotten to see play. 

If you had a few 

dollars and you went 

into Walgreens, what 

would you buy? 

The athlete in me wants 

to say ice for an ice bath, but 

I think I’m going to go with 

ice cream or Cheese-Its. 

Interview by Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa

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Baseball 

New coach hopes to repeat conference success, more 

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor 

Jason Newburger is taking 

over a team with a 

winning record, a rarity 

for a new coach. 

Newburger, a former 

three-sport athlete, is not 

new to coaching but is excited 

for the opportunity 

to lead a team into another 

winning season and conference 

championship. 

This season he will 

head a program that went 

18-13 overall and 11-4 

in the Central Suburban 

League North conference 

last season. Despite losing 

key talent on the mound, 

he’s hopeful his team will 

be just as successful this 

season. 

“I’m extremely fortunate 

that they chose me 

to take over a program 

that has a lot of tradition,” 

Newburger said. 

“Whoever got tapped to 

lead the program would 

have been getting a great 

program and fortunately it 

was me.” 

Newburger started 

teaching at Highland Park 

last year in the math department. 

In the fall he 

worked as an offensive 

coordination for the football 

team and has past experience 

at other area high 

schools, including his 

alma mater Vernon Hills. 

“It’s not like I’m taking 

over a broken program, 

like it happens so many 

times,” he said. “We’re 

coming off of a CSL 

North championship.” 

Newburger is of the 

firm belief that everyone 

on the team has a key role 

to play this season. That, 

he said, is one key for success 

this season. 

“I think the kids really 

bought into our blueprint 

for winning baseball 

games last year,” Newburger 

said. “It’s not 

something that is reinventing 

the wheel, but it’s 

something that we’re very 

passionate about.” 

Newburger believes that 

if he can focus the team 

on buying into the group 

mentality, and everyone 

putting their best efforts 

forward, they should have 

another successful season 

come the end of the May 

and hopefully a long playoff 

run. The team did lose 

some talented players last 

year, due to graduation, 

including the team’s main 

pitchers. 

“It might take a week 

or two to see who is really 

going to step up on 

the mound for us,” Newburger 

said. “I think that’s 

going to be a big key for 

us having success.” 

Fourteen seniors are 

the core of the roster this 

season, with two seniors 

returning to the program 

that didn’t play last year. 

“We graduated a handful 

of really good players,” 

Newburger said. 

“We’re going to have to 

find some ways to replace 

them. I’ve told the kids 

that tradition never graduates. 

“As long as everyone 

is working hard it should 

be like we’re not skipping 

a beat. We might have to 

win a different way.” 

Four seniors return that 

played key roles last season 

with the team, and 

that is promising for Newburger 

and the team’s aspiration 

to repeat as conference 

champions. 

“I think defensively, we 

should be really tough, especially 

up the middle,” 

he said. “Anytime you can 

bring back four seniors 

that started for us last 

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year – catcher, short stop, 

second and center field – I 

think we’re going to be in 

good shape defensively.” 

Newburger added that 

with physical talents 

aside, he has a group that 

has a high baseball IQ. 

That will prove to be another 

important key. 

“They always know 

where to go with the ball; 

they’re always a set ahead 

of base runners,” he said. 

“They have that next-play 

mentality and they’re always 

looking for extra 

ways we can get outs on 

the bases.” 

Another key part of that 

winning-mentality will be 

relying on both the talent 

at the junior varsity level 

as well as varsity, which 

will be a fluid arrangement 

Newburger said. He 

isn’t afraid to tap into the 

talent at the junior varsity 

level, if need be. 

Offensively, Newburger 

has a new way of looking 

at things after attending 

a talk in Nashville with 

the American Baseball 

Coaches Association. 

There he heard the head 

coach at University of 

Michigan, Erik Bakich, 

speak about a scouting report 

that was done on his 

team. 

“At the bottom of the 

report it said that they are 

better at scoring runs than 

hitting,” Newburger said. 

“That’s what I want our 

team to be. 

“I want us to be amazing 

hitters; I want us to be 

a great hitting ball club, 

but however good we are 

at hitting I want us to find 

multiple different ways to 

score runs.” 

This philosophy is one 

that Newburger and the 

team will carry with them 

during the season. 

“Offensively, we just 

want to grind out great atbats 

and be a tough out every 

at-bat,” he said. “We 

want to make the routine 

plays on the field, we want 

to pound the strike zone 

on the mound.” 

Newburger is hoping all 

of this will results in a farther 

run into playoffs this 

season. He knows that the 

team will face some adversity, 

like most teams 

do, but is hoping that they 

can overcome it by playing 

good, solid, baseball. 

“There might be a day 

where we’re just not 

banging the ball around,” 

he said. “We’re going to 

have to find ways to execute 

and score runs, regardless. 

“I want each guy to understand 

that each guy has 

a strength, and if you’re 

a home-run hitter, go hit 

home runs. If you’re a 

good player that can spray 

the ball around a little bit 

and play some small ball, 

we’re going to need to do 

that at times, too.”

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This is 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and the 

eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from seven high schools — New 

Trier (NT), Loyola Academy (LA), Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park 

(HP), Lake Forest (LF) and Lake Forest Academy (LFA) — in our coverage area. 

—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff 

First team 

second team 

Guards 

Forwards 

Brandon Weston — LFA freshman 

19.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1 spg; Boy did 

the freshman make a splash in the area. 

Weston scored more than 30 points twice 

during the season, including one game 

where he scored a career-high 38 points. 

Ben Gibson — LF senior 

16 ppg, 5.5 rpg; The Scout was the 

key player for Lake Forest this season. 

Gibson was named to the North Suburban 

Conference All-Conference Team and 

proved to be a threat for the Scouts on the 

floor, shooting 60 percent from the field. 

G: Connor Barrett — LA junior 

12.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg; The Rambler made 

it difficult for opponents to stop the 

versatile guard, especially around the 

perimeter. His 91 3-pointers and 38.8 

percent shooting from beyond the arc 

earned him an All-Catholic League 

Blue nod. 

G: Matey Juric — LFA senior 

12.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.6 apg, 2.1 spg; The 

Toronto-born guard presented his best 

in his final year with the Caxys. Juric 

made 30 3-pointers this season after 

only making one the previous season. 

G: Daniel Michelon — HP senior 

9.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1 spg; The 

Michelon-Tal duo caused opponents 

issues all season. The Giant earned a 

CSL All-Conference nod after he made 

43 3-pointers this season. 

F: Ciaran Brayboy — NT junior 

10.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg; 1 bpg; The Trevian 

big man has big potential. Brayboy 

was named to the CSL All-Conference 

Team and showed glimpses of why so 

many colleges are interested in what 

he can become. 

F: Griffin Ryan — NT senior 

9.3 ppg, 4 rpg, 2.1 apg; New Trier had 

a lot of role players and Ryan was one 

of them. The Trevian earned a CSL All- 

Conference Team honor and shot 55 

percent from the field. 

Honorable mentions: 

Ziv Tal — HP senior 

16.7 ppg, 3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2 spg; The Giant 

is named to his second-straight Team 22 

First Team. Tal was named to the Central 

Suburban League All-Conference Team 

and this season became the ninth player in 

school history to score 1,000 career points. 

Kevin Cunningham — LA senior 

12.96 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1 spg; After a 

strong campaign, the Rambler improved on 

his junior year Second-Team nomination. 

Cunningham was named to the All-Catholic 

League Team and was the MVP of the 

Gulfshore Holiday Hoopfest (Fla.). 

Andrew Kirkpatrick — NT senior 

11.1 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.2 spg; The 

Trevian finished a three-year varsity stint 

as a key contributor for New Trier when 

his teammates battled illness this season. 

Kirkpatrick shot 41 percent overall and was 

named to the CSL All-Conference Team. 

Jimmy McMahon, GBS, junior; Will 

King, GBS, junior; Dom Martinelli, 

GBS, sophomore; Mac Hubbard, GBS, 

junior; Evan Barnes, GBN, senior; 

Kellen Witherell, GBN, senior; Noah 

Shutan, HP, senior; Spencer Boehm, 

NT, junior; Brian Conaghan, NT, senior; 

Sam Silverstein, NT, junior; Pete 

Mangan, LA, senior



Girls Track and Field 

Giants Relays victory stays with host team 

David Jaffe 


As the final leg of the 

4x400-meter relay approached, 

Highland Park’s 

Stephanie Kriss had a lot 

of ground to make up to 

catch Vernon Hills in the 

last event of the 36th annual 

Giant Relays, where 

all events, including field 

events, were relays. 

Although she fell a little 

short, her effort helped her 

team finish second in 4 

minutes, 23.9 seconds, only 

one second behind Vernon 

Hills. The Giants won the 

eight-team invite with 92 

points. 

“I tried as hard as I could 

and focused only on catching 

up to the girl ahead of 

me,” Kriss said. “Even 

though I wanted to win, 

I was proud of how I ran 

and was happy that I was 

able to make up that much 

ground.” 

She also anchored the 

winning mid-distance relay 

(3:26.9) where the first 

two runners ran a lap, the 

third runner ran two and 

The Giants girls track and field team pose for a photo Friday, March 9, at Highland 

Park High School after winning the Giants Relays with 92 points. Photo Submitted 

the anchor finished up with 

fourth. 

“I think that was my first 

time running that distance 

since I normally do the 800 

and I’ve been doing more 

of the mile this year than 

normal,” Kriss said. “But 

I also usually do the 4x4 

and this is only one less lap 

than I run in that. So, it’s 

not quite as different for me 

than it was for some of the 

girls who don’t usually run 

that relay.” 

Kriss has been gradually 

getting back to the shape 

she needs to be in and is 

preparing for outdoor season 

in a few weeks. 

“I think this is my third 

meet of the season,” Kriss 

said. “So I just recently 

started getting back running 

on the track. I’m trying 

to get my speed ready 

for outdoor season. I’m 

also focused on the distance 

event in Palatine, 

which is something I’m really 

looking forward to.” 

After a top 10 finish at 

state in the 800 run as a 

freshman, Kriss is hoping 

for an even stronger sophomore 

season. 

“Last year was actually 

my first year running,” 

Kriss said. “I didn’t really 

know at the time what I 

could do. I was surprised 

with my times and now 

this year I’m going to look 

to do even better at state. 

I want to get my PR and I 

saw what I was capable of.” 

Highland Park won the 

long jump relay (44-10 ½), 

triple jump (89-10), the 

sprint medley (1:30.5), the 

50 low hurdle shuttle (35.9) 

and the 4x160 (1:29.2) 

while also taking second in 

shot put (90-0.5). 

Arguably the most unusual 

event was the distance 

medley relay which 

consisted of the lead leg 

running three laps, the second 

running five, seven 

from the third and 10, a full 

mile, from the anchor. 

Loyola Academy’s Lainey 

McKinley was up to 

the task as the Ramblers’ 

distance medley won in 

13:24.6. Loyola was second 

at the meet (69). 

“This was the first time 

I ran the mile in indoor,” 

McKinley said. “You just 

have to know what pace 

to run at and in general, be 

able to adapt. Most of indoor 

is going to be a lot of 

different types of races that 

you don’t normally compete 

in. So, you just have 

to be able to adapt to anything. 

It’s a little extra than 

the 800 so you just have to 

make sure your endurance 

is where it needs to be.” 

As a senior, she enjoys 

her role as one of the Ramblers’ 

leaders and she’s excited 

about what her team 

has done so far in indoor 

and what they’re capable of 

doing. 

“It really means a lot 

to me to help some of the 

younger girls out and be 

the experienced one. I think 

all the seniors enjoy that,” 

McKinley said. “We’ve 

done really well so far. I’m 

excited about what we can 

do in the 4x8. We’re ninth 

in the state at the moment 

in that relay. I think we 

have a very good chance to 

have a lot of success.” 

And she feels the indoor 

season has been very beneficial. 

“These last few weeks 

have prepared us really 

well,” McKinley said. “I 

think it’s helped us get to 

the fitness level we need to 

be at for outdoor and at that 

point, hopefully we can 

start to really fly.” 

Loyola was also second 

in long jump (43-2), sprint 

medley (1:37.5) and middistance 

(3:41). 

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From Page 38 

know that if they want to 

be the best, they’ll have 

to beat the best, no matter 

when they play each other. 

The new sectional format 

could give other teams a 

better run at a state title in 

the future. 

“The seeding in the sectionals 

means a lot to a lot 

of teams,” said Marc Thiergart, 

Lake Forest boys lacrosse 

coach. “If you’re 

in a sectional with two or 

three tough teams it’s going 

to be hard to win your first 

couple playoff games.” 

Financial Consistency 

A major concern for a 

sport being officially sanctioned 

is the financing. 

Some schools struggle 

with adjusting budgets to 

fit that new sport in, especially 

with supplies and 

equipment costs that can 

accompany a new sport. 

But, lacrosse is different. 

Financing for area schools, 

in large part, will remain 

the same since most athletic 

departments have already 

treated lacrosse as if 

it were an IHSA sport 

“The finances haven’t 

changed, but we’ve been 

mirroring IHSA sports,” 

Glenbrook South boys lacrosse 

coach Will Jeffery 

said. “Our athletic director 

has been in charge of the 

program. Coaches are paid 

by the district, boosters 

helps with some things.” 

Most players are required 

to buy their own 

equipment, such as sticks, 

shoulder pads and gloves. 

The only piece of equipment 

that the school provides 

is helmets for the 

boys teams. The booster 

programs, run by parents, 

will remain in place for 

most schools. 

“That does help, lacrosse 

is not a cheap sport to play 

or keep going,” said Ryan 

Werhane, Highland Park 

boys lacrosse coach and 

former player. “We are 

continuing to have our parents 

have fundraisers.” 

Despite the lack of 

changes in the short-term, 

coaches are looking forward 

to the lasting impact 

sanctioning could have 

on the sports health in 

the state, especially Central 

and Southern Illinois. 

With the growth in popularity, 

coaches hope the 

change not only affects the 

growth of the sport at the 

high school level but at the 

youth level as well. 

“We don’t have the 

numbers at the youth level 

that you would see with a 

soccer or softball,” Glenbrook 

South girls lacrosse 

coach Annie Lesch said, “I 

hope by going IHSA it will 

have a trickle effect on the 

girls at the youth level.” 

It took almost a decade 

for the IHSA and lacrosse 

to come together, so it 

won’t be easy for the sport 

to continue to grow in 

the state. Different area 

schools are working to 

establish youth programs 

so athletes aren’t learning 

how to play the sport for 

the first time when they 

try out for a lacrosse team. 

The youth level will be 

critical for the growth of a 

sport still seen as emerging 

in the Midwest. 

Area teams seem to be 

on the right track. 

“It just goes to show 

you that hard work pays 

off,” Glenbrook North 

girls lacrosse coach Tom 

Rosenbaum said. “It’s a 

pretty awesome thing to be 

respected and shows the 

girls that if you do the right 

thing the right way, this is 

how you’re treated. I’m 

excited about this year; it’s 

a long time coming.” 

Additional reporting by 

Sports Editors Brittany Kapa 

and Michael Wojtychiw

38 | March 15, 2018 | The highland park landmark sports 


Lacrosse 

Sport faces minor, unique changes with IHSA sanction 

Michal Dwojak 

Contributing Sports Editor 

The IHSA sanctioning 

of boys and girls lacrosse 

had been a decade in the 

making. 

When the IHSA announced 

in 2017 that lacrosse 

would become an 

official IHSA sport this 

spring, many expected 

sweeping changes coming 

to area teams. 

But that hasn’t been the 

case, surprisingly. 

Despite the few changes 

coaches and players will 

need to make this season, 

nearly everything will remain 

the same based on 

the respect lacrosse has 

earned from area athletic 

directors. 

It has been a slow build 

for the sport, and has taken 

some time for the IHSA to 

recognize it. 

“I think the state has always 

recognized the level 

of play,” said New Trier 

coach Pete Collins, who 

was a key leader to helping 

lacrosse become a 

sanctioned sport. “When 

it became an emerging 

sport, they realized how 

much it’s growing and we 

needed to set a minimum 

number of teams to have.” 

Local interest has grown 

over the last 20 years, 

and by 2017 lacrosse had 

achieved the appropriate 

numbers to become sanctioned. 

Those key numbers 

were achieved, partly, by 

the youth leagues that have 

been established over the 

last few years. 

“It comes from a youth 

level because the kids are 

playing it and parents are 

wondering why we don’t 

have it,” Collins said. 

“Years ago when I started, 

there were seven schools 

playing and now it grew 

into the teens, 20s, 30s and 

now over 60.” 

For most area coaches, 

the official sponsorship 

of lacrosse by the IHSA 

doesn’t change much, if 

anything, in how they will 

run their programs this 

spring. Many are ready 

to continue with business 

as usual, but that doesn’t 

mean they don’t appreciate 

the significance of the 

IHSA officially taking lacrosse 

seriously. 

Coaches have spent 

nearly a decade working 

with IHSA administrators 

on fulfilling the requirements 

for the sport to 

be officially recognized. 

All the teams in the state 

have run things as if they 

already were an IHSA 

sport including scheduling 

that still works the same, 

games are played with the 

same rules and the players 

follow the same policies. 

It just took time to get 

the numbers of necessary 

teams to become recognized. 

“The IHSA has been 

good to us,” Loyola Academy 

coach John Dwyer 

said. “Some of the coaches 

and I have been going 

down to Bloomington as 

(long) as four years ago 

and over the course of 

time, as the transition was 

unfolding, more teams 

were coming into the 

fold.” 

Seeding Issues 

So, what will change for 

area teams this season? 

For many schools and 

athletic directors, lacrosse 

was functioning as a sanctioned 

sport already. The 

main difference this season 

will be postseason 

seeding. 

“In the past we’ve had 

our coaches meeting at 

the end our year, seeding 

our playoffs,” Dwyer said. 

“This year’s playoff will 

look different but that’s 

not something we worry 

about because that’s something 

we can’t control.” 

Both boys and girls lacrosse 

leagues ran the 

playoff ordering by seeds 

instead of the traditional 

regional and sectional format 

the IHSA runs based 

on proximity. This means 

teams like Loyola Academy, 

Glenbrook South 

and New Trier could play 

each other much earlier 

than they have in the past 

instead of meeting in the 

semifinals of a state championship 

tournament. 

The change has been 

met with some pushback. 

“It’ll be interesting the 

first year,” said George 

Georacakis, Glenbrook 

North boys lacrosse coach. 

“But ultimately, every 

other [sport] has a regional 

and sectional seeding. 

Once we get through the 

first time, it’ll be good.” 

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1st-and-3 

teams to watch 

1. Baseball (Above). 

The Giants ready 

themselves for 

another successful 

season with new 

head coach Jason 

Newburger. The 

team earned a 

conference title in 

2017 and returns 

key starters. 

2. Boys Lacrosse. 

The team is 

looking to make 

an impact this 

season during the 

sport’s inaugural 

season in the 

Illinois High School 

Association. 

3. Girls Soccer. 

After a winning 

season last year, 

the team is hoping 

to make it further 

into the playoffs 

after a regional 

semifinal loss to 

Mundelein last 

year. 

Listen Up 

Girls Water Polo 

Season opener ends poorly for visiting Giants 

David Jaffe 


Highland Park didn’t 

have a favorable start to 

their season but that isn’t 

going to stop the team 

from working toward a 

better end. 

The team travelled for 

their first game to Lake 

Forest Tuesday, March 6 

to play the Scouts, and it 

ended in a 17-1 loss to the 

more experienced team. 

Highland Park’s young 

team has a lot to learn 

this season and saw just 

how effective good communication 

can be in their 

season opener against the 

Scouts. The team is hoping 

to learn throughout the 

season, but already have 

one leader who they will 

consistently be able to rely 

on: Breanna Haak. 

“This is a newer team 

and we’re going to have 

to learn to coordinate 

This Week In ... 

Giants Athletics 

Boys Volleyball 

■March ■ 19 - hosts Lake 

Forest, 6 p.m. 

■March ■ 21 - at Zion- 

Benton, 6 p.m. 

■March ■ 22 - at Niles West, 

6 p.m. 

Girls Track and Field 

■March ■ 15 - at Glenbrook 

North (CSL Invite), 

4:30 p.m. 

“This is a newer team and we’re going to have to learn 

to coordinate with each other better on defense.” 

Christine Pasquesi — Giants head girls water polo coach, on what the team 

needs to work on this season 

with each other better on 

defense,” Highland Park 

coach Christine Pasquesi 

said. “We need to make 

sure we’re communicating 

on switches. We have 

a young team but we do 

have a returning senior, 

Breanna Haak. 

“We consider her to 

be our coach in the water 

which is important to have 

on a team that has less experience.” 

The Giants know what 

they need to work on going 

forward, and the two main 

keys are communication 

and growth both as a team 

as well as individually. 

“We’re going to have 

to work on individual 

growth,” Pasquesi said. 

“We have to set goals that 

can help us learn and become 

better as individuals 

as well as help us collectively 

get better as a team.” 

From the start, Highland 

Park was fighting an 

Boys Track and Field 

■March ■ 16 - at Maine West, 

3 p.m. 

Girls Soccer 

■March ■ 16 - at Warren 

Township, 6:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 17 - at New Trier, 

11:30 a.m. 

■March ■ 19 - hosts Round 

Lake, 4:45 p.m. 

■March ■ 21 - hosts Niles 

West, 4:45 p.m. 

■March ■ 22 - hosts Lake 

Forest, 4:45 p.m. 

uphill battle in the game. 

The Scouts’ Katherine 

Slover scored the first 

goal on a breakaway opportunity 

and from then 

on, any breakaway opportunity 

the Scouts had, 

more often than not they 

converted. They scored the 

first five goals of the game. 

Slover had two while Emory 

Homan, Lily Mass and 

Holly Malnati all scored. 

“This year we’ve been 

blessed with a lot of varsity 

swimmers on the team 

so that’s going to help us in 

terms of how fast we can 

get up and down the pool,” 

Mass, who had five total 

goals in the game, said. 

“But we’ve worked a lot 

on speed and being able 

to take advantage of those 

chances.” 

The Giants scored their 

only goal when Lillian 

Fleisher scored with seven 

seconds left in the first 

quarter. Slover put in a late 

Boys Gymnastics 

■March ■ 15 - at Niles North, 

6 p.m. 

■March ■ 17 - at Deerfield, 

11 a.m. 

■March ■ 22 - hosts Maine 

East, 6 p.m. 

Girls Water Polo 

■March ■ 19 - at Libertyville, 

6 p.m. 

■March ■ 20 - at Warren 

Township, 6 p.m. 

■March ■ 22 - at Vernon 

tune in 

Girls Lacrosse 

The Giants get into the swing of things in a 

game against the rival Warriors. 

• Highland Park at Deerfield, Tuesday, March 

20, 4:45 p.m. 

Season at a glance 

Giants Girls Water Polo 

March 19 - at Libertyville, 6 p.m. 

March 20 - at Warren Township, 6 p.m. 

March 22 - at Vernon Hills, 6 p.m. 

April 10 - at Maine East, 6 p.m. 

April 11 - at Maine South, 6 p.m. 

April 12 - hosts Glenbrook North, 6 p.m. 

April 14 - at Deerfield Invite, 8 a.m. 

April 17 - hosts Maine West, 6 p.m. 

April 19 - at Deerfield, 6 p.m. 

April 25 - hosts Schaumburg, 6 p.m. 

May 3 - at CSL Invite, 5 p.m. 

May 9 - at Deerfield Sectional, 6 p.m. 

■Hills, ■ 6 p.m. 

Boys Water Polo 

■March ■ 19 - hosts 

Libertyville, 6 p.m. 

■March ■ 20 - hosts Warren 

Township, 6 p.m. 

■March ■ 22 - hosts Vernon 

Hills, 6 p.m. 

Girls Lacrosse 

■March ■ 15 - at Mundelein, 

5:45 p.m. 

■March ■ 20 - at Deerfield, 

4:45 p.m. 

Index 

36 - Team 22: Boys Basketball 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

goal, to beat the first quarter 

buzzer, for the Scouts. 

Lake Forest increased their 

advantage to 12-1 at the 

half with Mass and Flynn 

McClellan scoring twice 

in the quarter. Slover had 

four goals by the end of 

the game, Malnati netted 

three and McClellan and 

Catherine Terkildsen each 

had a pair. 

Lake Forest coach Anna 

Colletti is in her first season 

coaching Scouts girls 

water polo and was happy 

with what she saw in the 

team’s opening game. 

“We worked really hard 

on our communication,” 

Colletti said. “We also have 

a lot of girls on the team 

that can lead so it’s big that 

there are a lot of leadership 

roles being filled. We were 

successful with our drives 

and worked very hard on 

defense.” 

■March ■ 22 - at Evanston, 

6:15 p.m. 

Baseball 

■March ■ 15 - hosts Hersey, 

4:45 p.m. 

■March ■ 17 - at Hinsdale 

South, 10 a.m. 

■March ■ 21 - at Adlai E. 

Stevenson, 4:45 p.m. 

Softball 

■March ■ 22 - at Woodlands 

Academy, 4:45 p.m. 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Brittany 

Kapa. Send any questions or comments to 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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A Giant Success Giants put best 

feet forward at home invite, Page 37 

New coach, new season 

Giants boys baseball hopes to repeat 

success of last season, Page 35 

Boys, girls lacrosse enters first season 

as IHSA sport, Page 38 

During a game last 

season, Giants 

midfielder Hayden 

Katz fights off 

a check from a 

Glenbrook South 

player. 22nd 

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