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Now, thanks to the work
of Northbrook native and
GBN graduate Jesse Rogers,
fans of the 64-yearold,
three-time manager of
the year, will get an inside
look at the crucial role
Maddon played in breaking
the Cubs’ 108-year
World Series drought.
Rogers, with the help of
MLB.com’s Bill Chastain,
recently released “Try Not
to Suck: The Exceptional,
Extraordinary Baseball
Life of Joe Maddon,” a
book chronicling Maddon’s
life in baseball.
“It’s a biographical look
at the career of Joe Maddon
and how he came to
who he is as a manger,”
Rogers said. “The things
he’s learned along the way,
the things that make him
unique the things that have
made him a manager that’s
on the track to the hall of
fame. It’s a look at what
makes Maddon tick.”
And to find out just what
exactly does make Maddon
tick, Rogers devoted
countless hours of preparation,
work and research
during the Cubs’ 2017
spring training season.
Reporting by Martin Carlino,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at Northbrooktower.
com.
THE LAKE FOREST LEADER
National Walkout Day
sparks support from Safe
Haven students
#RisetoSaveLives
Students from Safe Haven
School in Lake Bluff
did just that in conjunction
with the country-wide
National School Walkout
Day.
The above hashtag represented
the students right
to peacefully join the National
School Walkout
movement. Just one month
after a school shooting in
Parkland, Fla., at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High
School took the lives of
17 teenagers, schools and
teenagers around the country
walked out at 10 a.m.
to advocate for stricter gun
laws. All but nine students
from Safe Haven School
participated in the walkout
March 14.
Safe Haven School, located
at 906 Muir Ave., is
a therapeutic day school
home to students in grades
fifth through twelfth that
face emotional disturbances,
learning disabilities,
autism and other health
impairments, according to
Safe Haven’s website.
A group of roughly 35
students, teachers, parents
and school officials walked
from the school to the corner
of Waukegan Road and
Route 176th in Lake Bluff
and back, ending with two
speeches about the importance
of the event.
With signs depicting
important messages like,
“It’s time. Demand a plan
to end gun violence,” and
“Protect kids, not guns,”
the group heard honks
during their walk from
passing drivers in support
of their stance and the
National School Walkout
movement.
“It’s a gun issue, not a
mental health issue,” said
Sheila Deal, director of
education services at the
school.
After the shooting in
Florida, the students at
Safe Haven reacted by
forming an advocate group
and having an open conversation
on stricter gun
laws and how they could
support an agenda that resulted
in students feeling
safer at school.
Reporting by Brittany Kapa,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at LakeForestLeader.
com.
HP Strings announces
season closing concert
Staff Report
The Highland Park
strings will close its 39th
season with a 3 p.m. show
May 20, according to a
press release.
The theme of “All in
the Family” will feature
a mother-daughter soloist
duo.
Lyudmila and Masha
Lakisova are the featured
pianist and violinist in
an afternoon filled with
the music of Mendelssohn
and Tchaikovsky.
The concert takes place
at Highland Park High
School, according to the
press release.
The concert is free and
open to the public.
Maestro Robert Hasty
serves as principal conductor.
Hasty also serves
as conductor and associate
director of orchestras at
Northwestern University,
and as the music director
of the Kenosha Symphony
Orchestra. Hasty has appeared
as conductor with
the All-American College
Orchestra, Beijing Youth
Orchestra, Elmhurst,
Grant Park and Skokie
Valley Symphonies.
In her second appearance
with the Strings, accomplished
teenage violinist
Masha Lakisova will
perform “Summer” from
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Along with her mother, pianist
Lyudmila Lakisova,
PhD, she will also present
Concerto for Violin and
Piano by Mendelssohn,
according to the press release.
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