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Self-defense class at 

West Ridge Center 

teaches how to fight 

back, Page 4 

Alethea Hoyt-Johns flips her mother, Charity Johns, at a self-defense class at the 

West Ridge Center in Highland Park Saturday, April 7. Claire Esker/22nd Century Media 

business 

closing 

Toys R Us may 

be closing, 

but the space 

already has 

six potential 

bidders, Page 3 

Easter hunt Glencoe 

egg hunt draws residents from 

Highland Park, other North Shore 

communities, Page 16 

Digital news 

Having a strong 

digital presence 

as journalists is 

important in today’s 

day and age, Editor 

Xavier Ward writes, 

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THURSDAY 

Liquid Soul 

7 p.m. April 12, 210 

Live, 210 Green Bay 

Road, Highwood. Formed 

in 1993 and led by innovative 

saxophonist/composer 

Mars Williams, Liquid 

Soul has developed a 

trademark mixture of jazz 

and urban dance music 

that incorporates everything 

from R&B, hardbop, 

hip-hop and world 

music. For more information 

visit 210live.com. 

FRIDAY 

Spanish Literary Club 

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. April 

13, Highland Park Public 

Library, 494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Attendees 

will take part in lively discussions 

on Spanish literature, 

focusing on the works 

of notable authors. Conversations 

will be mostly 

in Spanish, but non-native 

speakers are welcome. For 

more information visit 

hplibrary.org. 

SATURDAY 

Eternal Souls of Life After 

Life 

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

14, The Infinity Foundation, 

1280 Old Skokie 

Road, Highland Park. Join 

author Raymond Moody 

at the Infinity Foundation 

for a full day workshop on 

his research into life after 

life. Registration is $115. 

For more information, call 

(847) 831-8828. 

SUNDAY 

Gratitude Generation 

2-4 p.m. April 15, Highwood 

Recreation Center, 

428 Green Bay Road, 

Highwood. The service 

project will be an assembly-line 

station at the party 

where adults and children 

can pack Gratitude Gifts 

for foster children. In 

these special bags there 

will be cake mix, frosting, 

birthday plates and 

candles, plus a homemade 

card wishing the recipient 

a happy birthday. Kids 

who often don’t get to 

celebrate their birthdays 

will be given these bags 

through CASA, an incredible 

organization that provides 

advocates for each 

child working his/her way 

through the court system. 

For more information or 

to make a donation visit 

gratitudegeneration.org. 

MONDAY 

Childhood Enrichment 

Parent Pop-in 

5-6:30 p.m. April 16, 

West Ridge Center, 636 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Learn about all the 

benefits the Park District 

of Highland Park has to offer 

for you and your child. 

Meet staff and sample the 

programs during an interactive 

parent/child activity 

from 5-5:30 p.m. At 5:45 

p.m., parents will leave 

their children with our 

teaching staff to meet the 

program supervisors in the 

multi-purpose room for a 

30 minute informational 

question and answer period. 

TUESDAY 

Spring First Steps 

9:15-10 a.m. and 10:15- 

11 a.m. April 17, Highland 

Park Public Library, 494 

Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. For walking toddlers 

to 2 1/2 year olds with parent 

or caregiver. Enjoy 

an interactive storytime 

with picture books, songs, 

fingerplays, puppets and 

parachute play. Nurture 

your toddler’s love of 

books and encourage him 

or her to learn numbers, 

colors, sounds, and new 

words. Each class will end 

with half hour of play and 

time to meet other parents, 

caregivers, and toddlers. 

For more information visit 


WEDNESDAY 

Rise And Shine: Film 

Showing: “An Inconvenient 

Sequel: Truth To Power” 

10:30 a.m. April 18, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Just in 

time for Earth Day watch 

a screening of “An Inconvenient 

Sequel: Truth 

to Power,” a follow-up to 

An Inconvenient Truth. 



THURSDAY 

Stories in the Sand 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Rosewood 

Beach Interpretive 

Center, 883 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park. 

Enjoy story time with a 

naturalist, take a short 

sensory hike and create a 

natural craft to take home. 


pdhp.org. 

UPCOMING 

Tapping the Unlimited 

Power of the Akashic 

Records 

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, 

April 21, The Infinity 

Foundation, 1280 Old 

Skokie Road, Highland 

Park. Join author Sandra 

Anne Taylor to discuss 

her work on past lives and 

present solutions. Registration 

is $115. For more 

information, call (847) 

831-8828. 

Lake Shore Men’s Club 

Speaker Julie Strauss 

8:30 a.m. Monday, May 

7, Lakeside Congregation, 

1221 Lake Cook Road, 

Highland Park. The Lakeshore 

Men’s Club meets 

for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. 

and scheduled speakers 

present at 9:30 a.m. Julie 

Strauss will present at this 

meeting with updates on 

the latest happenings in the 

U.S. politics. 

ONGOING 

Cardio and Strength 

Monday and Wednesdays 

9-9:45 a.m., Fitness 

for Active Adults, 742 

Sheridan Road, Highwood. 

Increase your heart rate, 

burn calories, get strong 

and improve your balance 

as you move, march in 

place and step side to side. 

Silver Sneakers eligible or 

$15 admission. For more 

information email fitness- 

4activeadults@aol.com or 

call (847) 736-2671. 

Beginning Pilates 

Mondays 2-2:45 p.m. 

Fitness For Active Adults, 

742 Sheridan Road, 

Highwood. 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 fitness4activeadults@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 imp 

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. 

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. 

For more information, 

visit www.cityofhighwood.com. 

To submit an item for the 

community calendar, contact 

Editor Xavier Ward at 


or (847) 272-4565 ext. 34. 

Entries are due by noon 

on the Thursday prior to 

publication date.

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Highland Park Toys R Us has six prospective buyers 

Xavier Ward, Editor 

The toy wonderland 

Toys R Us may be closing, 

as the company announced 

all stores will close, but 

the Highland Park location 

likely won’t remain vacant 

for long. 

USA Today reported 

that the location has six 

prospective buyers. 

Amerco Real Estate, 

Blue Water Capital, BRFI, 

Festival Development, HP 

Retail Division Capital 

and Pacifica Companies 

are all in the bidding to buy 

the space at 1610 Deerfield 

Road, Highland Park. 

The company announced 

in January it 

would close or consolidate 

182 of its underperforming 

stores, but then announced 

in March all of its stores 

would close. 

“[Toys R Us], Inc. today 

announced that it has filed 

a motion seeking Bankruptcy 

Court approval to 

begin the process of conducting 

an orderly winddown 

of its U.S. business 

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The Toys R Us at 1610 Deerfield Road, Highland Park, was one of the original 182 

slated to close. Now the company has announced all of its U.S. locations will close. 

22nd Century Media File Photos 

Friday, April 20 

11:00am & 7:00pm 

Panel discussionled by 

DirectorCarey Lundin after 

both screenings! 

This movie follows career of 

Danish-born Jens Jensen 

(1860-1951) fromstreet 

sweeper, to ‘dean of 

landscape architecture’, to 

pioneering conservationist. 

Jensen battles corruptionto 

make the modern city more 

livable by bringing ‘the 

living green’ into lives of 

Chicago’s workers. 

Ticketsavailable at 

gortoncenter.org

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Self-defense class prepares 

attendees for the worst 

Margaret Tazioli 

Freelance Reporter 

No woman should be 

without the basic knowledge 

of self-defense, the 

movie character Gracie 

Hart from “Miss Congeniality” 

said. 

“If all else fails, go for the 

four most sensitive areas of 

the body. Just remember to 

SING: Solar plexus, instep, 

nose, groin,” Hart said as 

she demonstrated stepping 

on and elbowing her partner 

in those four areas. 

However, the self-defense 

specialist Michael 

Theriault, of The Brave 

Way, said the infamous 

SING method really is ineffective 

in practical terms. 

Consider an 8-year-old 

being assaulted by a grown 

man; she wouldn’t be tall 

enough to even reach his 

nose, he said. 

During The Brave Way’s 

self defense class at the 

West Ridge Center, 636 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park, on Saturday, April 7, 

Theriault taught a group of 

nine community members 

finger locks, ear locks and 

some simple strikes that 

he says are very effective 

techniques for people of 

any size and in almost any 

situation. 

One of the participants, 

Natalie Sorensen, said, “I 

lived in Chicago and some 

stuff went down that made 

me feel uncomfortable, 

so I think it’s important to 

be safe because you never 

know.” 

The two hours were 

filled with kicks and giggles 

while the participants 

practiced thwarting a theoretical 

attacker. 

Charity Johns and Alethea 

Hoyte-Johns, a mother-daughter 

duo, practiced 

the finger twists and tossing 

each other to the floor, 

laughing the whole time. 

Theriault, a technology 

professional by trade and 

former chief operating officer, 

has a passion for 

martial arts and has been 

teaching people to defend 

themselves for more than 

17 years. 

He and his friend were 

training in martial arts 

nearly two decades ago 

when they decided to develop 

a simple program for 

their daughters and wives. 

Then Theriault realized 

he could make a business 

out of it. 

Soon enough, he developed 

a program for police 

officers and taught a 

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Brooke Eliacin, 9, of Highland Park, works her way out 

of a her mother, Amy’s, headlock. Claire Esker/22nd 

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THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

Despite erosion at 

neighboring beaches, 

Glencoe Beach ready for 

season 

It’s full steam ahead for 

Glencoe Beach this season. 

As beach season approaches, 

the Glencoe 

Park District, which manages 

the Glencoe Beach, 

said things are looking 

good, in terms of water 

levels and erosion. 

“The beach is going 

to open as normal,” said 

Bobby Collins, Glencoe 

Park District’s director of 

recreation and facilities. 

“We’ve been monitoring 

it a lot and going down 

there a lot. There have 

been no major changes in 

the last three months.” 

Opening day is planned 

for May 26 at Glencoe 

Beach and it will close 

for the season over Labor 

Day Weekend. 

Recent reports have 

shown water levels rising 

at the beach, but Collins 

said it’s nothing out of the 

ordinary. 

Last fall, as a result 

of rising Lake Michigan 

water levels, Glencoe 

Beach faced a large issue 

after sand movement left 

a 16-inch water main exposed 

at Perlman Boating 

Beach, adjacent to Glencoe 

Beach. The main, 

which went out of service 

temporarily, transported 

treated water from the Village’s 

water plant out to 

the main water network. 

“The water main was 

running the length of the 

sailing beach,” Collins 

said. “We faced so much 

erosion that it was exposed 

but the Village relocated 

it.” 

The Glencoe Public 

Works Department moved 

the impacted section of 

the water main further 

west onto the beach, under 

more solid sand. The 

total cost of the project 

was estimated to be near 

$56,000. 

Since the project, the 

beach rebounded and 

hasn’t faced any other issues, 

Collins confirmed 

with The Anchor. 

Reporting by Megan 

Bernard, Contributing 

Editor. Full story at 

GlencoeAnchor.com. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Expansion of Winnetka 

Community House parking 

lot gets green light 

In a unanimous decision, 

the Winnetka Village 

Council approved a 

special-use permit to allow 

for the long-awaited 

expansion of the existing 

parking lot at the Winnetka 

Community House at 

its Tuesday, April 3 regular 

meeting. 

According to the B-1 

Multiple Family Residential 

Zoning District 

code for the village, parking 

lots are allowed to be 

designated as special use. 

With the approved decision, 

the existing Champion 

House building will 

be demolished so that 

the parking lot can be 

expanded from fitting 20 

vehicles to 26 vehicles. 

Additionally, the Community 

House is proposing 

the parking lot as a temporary 

or interim use for 

the property, and as such, 

the parking lot is being 

constructed with a 2-inch 

layer of asphalt over gravel. 

It is estimated to have a 

life span of approximately 

five to seven years. 

The Community House 

is currently engaged in 

strategic planning for 

its operations and facilities. 

At the completion 

of the strategic planning 

process, it is expected to 

provide direction for the 

future long-term use of 

the parcel. 

Each body recommended 

approval with the Plan 

Commission and Zoning 

Board of Appeals recommendations 

conditioned 

upon a term being placed 

on the special-use permit. 

However, the council opted 

not to place a term on 

the permit. 

“I’d be in favor of eliminating 

(a term),” trustee 

Kristin Ziv said. 

Trustee Andrew Cripe 

felt there was no reason to 

have a term imposed and 

require the Community 

House to go through the 

approval process again in 

the future. 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

com. 

THE LAKE FOREST LEADER 

Chase Bank receives 

green light to replace old 

McDonald’s site 

After months of at 

times contentious discussions, 

the Lake Forest 

City Council approved the 

construction of a Chase 

Bank including drive 

through service in the 

Waukegan Road business 

district during its meeting 

on Monday, April 2. 

The construction of 

the new Chase Bank, 

which will replace the 

old McDonald’s site at 

884 Waukegan Road, was 

approved in a 7-1 vote, 

with Alderman Raymond 

Buschmann the only “no” 

vote. 

This approval comes 

after months of discussion 

and consideration by 

the City Council, Building 

Review Board, Plan Commission 

and City Legal 

Committee. 

Residents and aldermen 

alike spoke of their concern 

over another bank 

in the Waukegan business 

district and its impact on 

the nature of the district 

as a whole. However, others 

welcomed the national 

branch, expecting it to become 

an engaged member 

of the business community. 

“We take our relationship 

with our businesses 

in this community very 

seriously,” said Alderman 

Prue Beidler. “When 

someone from a national 

group like Chase comes 

in, we want them to understand.” 

Although many aldermen 

expressed displeasure 

with the bank, they 

noted that legally, Chase 

fit the requirements of existing 

on the property and 

receiving a special-use 

permit. 

“A bank is not my first 

choice,” said Alderman 

Jack Reisenberg. “[But], 

I don’t get to pick and 

choose.” 

Reporting by Miriam Finder 

Annenberg, Freelance 

Reporter. Full story at 

LakeForestLeader.com. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Glenbrook North grad 

making waves in water 

sports world 

Even though Danny 

Amir grew up more than 

1,000 miles away from 

the state of Florida, he always 

knew he would one 

day end up in Orlando. 

Amir, a graduate of 

Glenbrook North in 2000, 

spent his teenage years 

on the chase. But Amir’s 

chase was never one for 

money or affection, rather 

one for unfrozen water 

— a needed means for 

pursuing his near-lifelong 

love of water sports. And 

Orlando, often deemed 

the mecca of water sports, 

was always his end goal. 

“In my mind, I kind 

of always wanted to get 

down to Florida so that 

I could be on the water 

all the time,” Amir said. 

“When I was a teenager, 

all I wanted to do was be 

on the water all day.” 

While living in Northbrook, 

Amir spent his 

summers traveling to 

Twin Lakes, Wis., where 

he learned to water ski and 

developed a love for the 

sport through the Aquanuts 

water skiing club. 

Following his time at 

GBN, Amir got a job at 

Munson Ski and Marine, 

where he worked with the 

some of the best water skiing 

equipment available. 

In his early 20s, after 

two years at Munson, 

Amir saved enough money 

and followed his best 

friend Erik Ruck south to 

Florida. 

Reporting by Martin 

Carlino, Contributing 


NorthbrookTower.com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

New owners of Plaza del 

Lago address rumors 

Soon after Retail Properties 

of America, Inc. 

bought Wilmette’s Plaza 

del Lago for a reported 

$48 million earlier this 

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year, talk about the historic 

shopping center’s 

future reached a feverish 

pitch. 

Rumors of the new 

owners knocking down 

parts of the center and 

building condominiums 

have circulated throughout 

the community. 

“Nothing at this time is 

set in stone of what we’re 

going to do, but as I’ve 

told the existing tenants, 

our plan is to improve 

what’s there,” said Stacy 

Short, vice president and 

leasing director of RPAI’s 

Western Division. “We 

want to lease the spaces 

that are vacant and bring 

in additional businesses 

that will bring in extra 

traffic.” 

RPAI, based in Oak 

Brook, currently has 112 

retail operating properties 

that total 20.3 million 

square feet. 

Opening in 1928, Plaza 

del Lago is one of the nation’s 

oldest shopping 

centers. Since 1971, the 

Moss family had owned 

the property when Joseph 

Moss purchased it. Moss, 

90, died in March 2017. 

“We’re excited to own 

the asset,” Short said. “We 

want to make sure that 

people know we are here 

and local to the area.” 

Plaza del Lago, which 

features Spanish-style 

architecture, consists of 

retail and office space. 

The center is anchored by 

several national tenants, 

including Jewel, CVS, 

Starbucks and NorthShore 

University HealthSystem. 

Plaza del Lago also offers 

15 second-story residential 

apartments. Ninetyone 

percent of the property 

is leased. 

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From the Archives 

Basketball in Highwood 

Submitted by the 

Highwood Historical 

Society 

March madness may be 

over, but Highwood has 

its own history of awardwinning 

youth and adult 

basketball teams. 

Highwood’s Little Guys 

team continues to be recognized 

for its national 

and international championship 

wins in 1957 and 

1961. 

The men’s teams sponsored 

by the American 

Legion and others from 

the 1930s through the 

’50s were highly ranked in 

county tournament competitions. 

Ask an “old timer” 

about Highwood’s sports 

history and many stories 

and fond memories could 

be unearthed. 

Highwood’s Little Guys won two championships. One 

in 1957 and one in 1961. 

The Highwood American legion team played from the 1930s through the ’50s. Photos submitted 

Defense 

From Page 4 

self-defense class called Officer 

Safety and Liability Reduction 

at the College of Lake County’s 

criminal justice institute. 

Later, Theriault launched The 

Brave Way, an organization dedicated 

to teaching people how to 

increase their personal safety and 

developed programs for schools, 

park districts, corporate companies, 

realty companies and battered 

women shelters. 

“It’s always lighthearted,” 

Theriault said. “I always crack a 

few jokes in there because where 

there’s laughter, there’s learning. 

If I can’t get them to loosen up, 

it’s hard.” 

Some people, especially victims 

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There is much to celebrate 

at Our Place — a 

Wilmette-based nonprofit 

that creates meaningful 

lives for teens and adults 

with developmental disabilities. 

This year marks 

the 10th anniversary of 

the organization and Wilmette’s 

Lisa D’Angelo 

was recently named the 

new executive director. 

While it is based in Wilmette, 

Our Place serves a 

number of North Shore 

communities including 

Highland Park. 

Our Place was founded 

in 2008 by Jane Gallery, of 

Winnetka. Her son, Frank, 

was born with a rare genetic 

condition, further 

complicated by juvenile 

diabetes. When he reached 

age 22, he was no longer 

eligible to receive services 

through the school systems, 

so Gallery decided 

to come up with a solution. 

“Once a person ages out 

of school system services, 

it can be awfully frightening 

for a parent,” Gallery 

said. “I searched and 

searched for some type of 

program that would work 

for him, but there was 

nothing remotely close to 

us. It made me think that 

maybe I can do something 

about that.” 

Gallery shared her frustrations 

and desire for 

change with parents in 

similar situations. She 

soon found a group of 

folks rallying around her. 

“By the end of my first 

day, I had 30 signatures, 

supporting my idea,” Gallery 

said. “Our original 

concept was to model the 

facility like a senior center, 

filled with enriching activities, 

a supportive staff 

and positive environment. 

Apparently, my idea was 

well-received, because before 

I knew it, people were 

donating funds, allowing 

me to pursue my idea.” 

Gallery’s next step was 

to present the idea to New 

Trier Township. She explained 

the importance of 

keeping these young adults 

in their own communities, 

where they could grow and 

thrive by immersing themselves 

in their neighborhoods. 

It didn’t take a hard 

sell to convince the Township 

that the idea was a 

good one, and they quickly 

granted Gallery $20,000 to 

put the wheels in motion. 

Gallery then set up shop 

at donated space within 

The Community Church 

of Wilmette and hired one, 

part-time program manager, 

who was quickly 

adored by the participants. 

In the beginning, Our 

Place offered 11 hours of 

programming per week, 

but that soon turned out to 

not be enough for the eager 

participants and growing 

registration. Today, Our 

Place is open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Monday through Saturday. 

Each weekday morning, 

members can start their 

day with three hours of 

vocational work. Members 

learn valuable work and 

life skills from their experiences 

at the New Trier 

Township food pantry, the 

Glencoe Public Library, 

Three Crowns Park Senior 

Living Center and the 

Winnetka Thrift Shop. For 

the remainder of the day, 

members have a variety of 

activities to choose from. 

They can work out at the 

Wilmette Park District 

Center Fitness Club, play 

kickball or basketball at the 

Takiff Center through the 

Glencoe Park District, and 

so much more. On Saturday 

nights, socials are held, 

where members can dance, 

Jane Gallery (left), founder of Wilmette’s Our Place, has some fun with Stacy Dodd, of Wilmette, while they work 

together Thursday, April 5, in Wilmette. Photos by Rhonda Holcomb/22nd Century Media 

eat pizza, play games and 

hang out, just as any young 

adult likes to do. 

“These opportunities integrate 

the members of Our 

Place into the surrounding 

communities, allowing 

them to socialize, develop 

job skills and build relationships,” 

D’Angelo said. 

“Just like anyone else, they 

want to feel connected to a 

community.” 

Along with bringing 

members out into the community, 

D’Angelo would 

like to see more volunteers 

coming to Our Place, one 

of her immediate priorities. 

She also wants to focus 

on the changing needs 

of the members, with hope 

of bringing the right type 

of enriching opportunities 

into their lives. 

“As Our Place celebrates 

its 10th anniversary, 

a number of our 

participants are now in 

their early 30s,” D’Angelo 

said. “While we continue 

to work closely with area 

high schools transitioning 

Lisa D’Angelo, of Wilmette, executive director of Our Place of New Trier Township, 

talks with Patrick Rees about the heARTwords project he is working on while Dan 

Cohen, of Highland Park, and Sean Waterbury, of Wilmette, look on, Thursday, April 

5, in Wilmette. 

teens to Our Place, we also 

want to address the changing 

needs of our participants 

as they age. My goal 

is to find more opportunities 

for them to work and 

make friends.” Parents of 

members say the program 

is exceptionally unique, 

offering opportunities for 

developmentally-disabled 

teens and adults that are 

hard to come by. 

Laura Rader, currently 

of Northbrook, moved 

her family from St. Louis 

about 1 1/2 years ago, so 

that her daughter, Jessica, 

22, could become part of 

the community. The experience 

has been nothing 

short of heartwarming. 

“What Our Place offers 

is just amazing,” Laura 

Rader said. “The staff is 

wonderful; they make everyone 

feel like equals. The 

programming is incredibly 

well-rounded, giving teens 

and adults, like my daughter, 

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life. The environment 

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Presentation explores women’s impact on Great Lakes Naval Base 

Staff Report 

A presentation from the 

Highland Park Historical Society 

titled Great Lakes, Great 

Women takes a look at the impact 

women had on the Great 

Lakes Naval Base since its 

founding in 1911. 

It highlights more than twenty 

women who broke legal and 

civic barriers in the fight for 

inclusion, equality and recognition 

within the United States 

Navy. 

The presenter is Erik Wright 

from the National Museum of 

the American Sailor. It takes 

place at 7 p.m. April 30 at the 

Highland Park Library, 494 

Laurel Ave., Highland Park. 

Wright is an education specialist, 

and a veteran of United 

States Army serving in the U.S. 

Army Tank Corps from 1990 to 

1998. 

He also served as an armor 

crewman during Operation 

Desert Shield/Desert Storm. 

Prior to Great Lakes, he was a 

special events director and research 

historian at the National 

Atomic Testing Museum in Las 

Vegas, Nev. 

For more information contact 

the Highland Park Public 

Library at (847) 432-7090 or 

archives@highlandparkhistory. 

org. Admission to the event is 

free. 

From the City 

Water conservation 

efforts 

Highland Park Mayor 

Nancy Rotering has 

signed onto the 7th Annual 

National Mayor’s Challenge 

for Water Conservation. 

Residents from more 

than 4,800 cities across 

the United States take part 

in the National Mayor’s 

Challenge for Water Conservation 

in the month of 

April. 

Help the City rise to the 

challenge by taking a four 

step conservation pledge 

at mywaterpledge.com/ 

campaign/national-campaign. 

Preparing for spring rain 

Rain and flooding are 

difficult to deal with. 

They can cause damages 

that are hard to cope with 

financially. 

However, you can potentially 

minimize damages 

by making sure you 

prepare for the workse. 

The City has recommendations 

and options 

that can be pursued to 

minimize flooding risks 

either in a basement or 

yard. The risk of flooding 

cannot be completely 

prevented, especially 

for those living in floodplain 

areas, but in certain 

circumstances, property 

owners can take proactive 

steps to mitigate 

flooding. 

• Inspect flood protection 

devices such as back 

flow preventers, sump 

pumps, and battery backups; 

check that valves and 

standpipes, are in good 

working condition. 

• Contact a licensed 

plumber to have your 

storm and sanitary lateral 

service pipes (running 

from home to street) inspected 

to be free of roots 

and debris. 

• Contact a licensed 

plumber for inspection 

and verification that storm 

lateral service pipes are 

not connected to sanitary 

lateral service pipes. 

These two lateral pipes 

should remain separate 

and connected separately 

to City storm and sanitary 

main pipes. 

• Make sure all exterior 

drains such as window 

well drains, outside yard 

drains, gutters, and street 

drains are clear of debris, 

leaves and any other obstructions. 

• Install an overhead 

sanitary stem to alleviate 

sewer backups. 

To learn more about 

the City’s long-term flood 

mitigation solutions, 

please visit cityhpil.com/ 

flooding. 

Power the arts 

Energy company 

ComEd has partnered 

with the League of Chicago 

Theatres to administer 

the Powering the Arts 

Program to reach audiences 

throughout their service 

area that would otherwise 

be unable to access 

arts and cultural offerings. 

The Powering the Arts 

Program awards grants 

of up to $10,000 to arts 

and culture organizations 

supporting their efforts to 

reach under-served audiences 

throughout northern 

Illinois including senior 

citizens, low-income individuals 

and people with 

disabilities. 

Applications are due 

May 24. Further details 

regarding the grant opportunity 

can be found at 

leagueofchicagotheatres. 

org/comedpoweringthearts. 

A water conservation poster set up in the lobby of the Highland Park City Hall. 

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Garage sale reminder 

Planning a garage sale 

this spring? Remember to 

fill out a garage sale application 

and please take 

note of the City’s garage 

sale regulations. 

• The contact provided 

on the application must be 

present during the entire 

sale. 

• Only one sale is allowed 

each year for up to 

three consecutive weekends. 

• Highland Park Police 

must be notified in writing 

three days prior to the sale 

date. 

• Only in-ground signs 

are allowed. 

• Signs cannot be placed 

on trees, poles or City 

signs. 

• Signs must be removed 

at the end of sale 

hours. 

• Be aware of parking 

regulations on your street. 

• Make sure patrons 

follow parking regulations 

and are respectful of 

neighbors’ driveways. 

Garage sale applications 

can be found at 

cityhpil.com/resident/garage_sale.php. 

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THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Maple students toss first 

dirt ahead of new school 

construction 

Twelve Maple School 

students wielding golden 

spades broke ground for 

their new school against 

a backdrop of industrial 

bulldozers, excavators 

and backhoe loaders. 

Wearing red, plastic 

hard hats and winter coats, 

the Mustangs dug their 

tools into the ground and 

flung dirt into the sky amid 

a chorus of cheers at the 

end of Northbrook/Glenview 

School District 30’s 

groundbreaking ceremony 

on Thursday, April 5. 

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village leaders, local 

politicians, former board 

members, the architectural 

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and representatives 

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Construction. 

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packed with students, parents 

and key stakeholders. 

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the countless individuals 

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while Wegley outlined 

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“This is truly a community 

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“This project means a great 

deal to us. It means that our 

students will have access 

to technology and learning 

spaces that will benefit their 

education, and it means we 

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North Shore resident to compose piece for Chicago Symphony Orchestra 

Jacquelyn Schlabach 

Assistant Editor 

For a final project in his 

summer course at Northwestern, 

Jim Stephenson 

was instructed to write a 

bad piece of music. 

The course, Adventures 

in Bad Music, had 

a backward approach to 

helping students discover 

what they do and don’t 

like. The 24-year-old at 

the time had never taken a 

composition course before 

this one, and surprisingly, 

wrote a “bad” piece that 

ended up being enjoyed 

by his classmates. It was 

that moment that encouraged 

Stephenson to begin 

writing music full time. 

“I was like well, if I try 

to write a bad piece and 

someone likes it, let’s see 

what happens when I try 

to write good music,” he 

said. “I started composing 

at the age of 24 and that 

grew and grew and grew.” 

His talent and love for 

music composition led 

him to receive an invitation 

in November 2015 

to write a piece for the 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 

which performs 

at Ravinia in Highland 

Park, that will be premiered 

during one of their 

concert weekends in June 

2019. 

“It’s just one of those 

beautiful things that you 

never expect,” said Stephenson, 

a resident of 

Lake Forest. “I mean, this 

is literally the orchestra I 

grew up listening to. My 

dream as a kid was to 

someday play in the Chicago 

Symphony. That’s 

not happening, because I 

don’t play trumpet anymore, 

but this about as 

close or maybe even better.” 

Stephenson played the 

trumpet growing up in 

Lockport, and when he 

was 14 years old, a year 

after he attended Lockport 

Township High School, 

he knew if he was going 

to take his music career 

seriously, he needed to 

attend a school that focused 

on the arts. From 

sophomore year to senior 

year, he went to Interlochen 

Center for the Arts 

for high school in Interlochen, 

Michigan. Following 

graduation, he continued 

his music studies at 

New England Conservatory 

in Boston. 

His first job out of 

school was playing trumpet 

with a symphony orchestra 

in Naples, Fla. 

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Composer 

From Page 26 

He had the summers off, 

which led him to take the 

Adventures of Bad Music 

course at Northwestern 

one year. In 2007, he 

quit the orchestra, and his 

wife Sally and their four 

children moved to Lake 

Forest, where he currently 

lives. That’s when his 

composition career began 

to take off. 

Stephenson has written 

approximately 250 pieces 

for various singers, soloists 

and ensembles such 

as the Minnesota Orchestra, 

L.A. Philharmonic, 

Atlanta Symphony and 

many more. He and his 

wife have their own business 

Stephenson Music, 

where Stephenson writes 

the pieces and Sally prints 

the music and ships them 

right from their home office. 

“For the most part, my 

business works with word 

of mouth,” he said. “So if 

I write a piece and hopefully 

somebody likes it, 

go figure 

6 

they’ll either put a video 

of themselves playing it 

or they’ll tell their friends 

about it. I mean social media 

is such a big help for 

us composers, it can also 

be a big hurt of course too, 

if I write something that’s 

terrible, then people will 

talk about that, as well. 

I’m only as good as my 

last piece, so I just try to 

put the best stuff out there 

that I possibly can and 

hopefully people will talk 

about it.” 

A few years ago, Stephenson 

wrote a piece 

that was played at Ravinia, 

which is where the 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 

plays during the 

summer. A bass trombone 

player for Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra, Charles 

Vernon, approached Stephenson 

following the 

performance of his piece 

and asked Stephenson if 

he could see more of his 

music. Little did Stephenson 

know, Vernon brought 

the music to the conductor 

of Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, 

and he liked what he saw. 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

The number of bidders for 

the Toys ‘R’ Us building 

at 1610 Deerfield Road, 

Highland Park. Read about 

it on page 3. 

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korean specialty 

So Gong Dong puts focus on three dishes, Page 34 

Kings & Convicts brewery unveils new beer to raise 

money for medical research, Page 31 

Ed Stuparitz, a bartender and canner at the brewery, serves classic brews along with Stew’s Brew. Claire Esker/22nd Century Media

30 | April 12, 2018 | The highland park landmark Puzzles 


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Hustle” 

4. Person referred to 

8. Year in Nero’s 

reign 

11. Feudal estate 

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France 

14. River to the 

Rhine 

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title 

16. Still speaking 

out 

18. Relax 

20. Sister city of 

Highland Park in 

Italy 

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The Panda Bar 

(596 Elm Place, (847) 

433-0589) 

■■Every Friday: Live 

Music 

HIGHWOOD 

210 

(210 Green Bay Road 

(847) 433-0304) 

■■7 p.m. Thursday, 

April 12: Liquid Soul 

■■7:30 p.m. Friday, 

April 13: Ravinia 

Ramblers 

Buffo’s 

(431 Sheridan Road, 

(847) 432-0301) 

■■7 p.m. every Monday: 

Trivia 

GLENVIEW 

Johnny’s Kitchen 

(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

(847) 699-9999) 

■■7:30 p.m. every 

Friday and Saturday: 

Live Music 

The Rock House 

(1742 Glenview Road 

(224) 616-3062) 

■■6 p.m. Friday, April 

13: Family Night and 

Karaoke 

■■10 a.m. Saturday, 

April 14: Piper Phillips 

Acoustic 

■■8:30 p.m. Saturday, 

April 14: Victor Brown 

Blues 

■■10 a.m. Sunday, April 

15: Owen Hemming 

■■Noon, Sunday, April 

15: Sean Heffernan 

Oil Lamp Theater 

(1723 Glenview Road, 

(847) 834-0738) 

■■Through April 19- 

June 3: ‘Love, Loss 

and What I Wore’ 

Curragh Irish Pub 

(1800 Tower Drive, 

(847) 998-1100) 

■■7:30 p.m. every 

Wednesday: Trivia 

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hplandmark.com sports 


Local crafts beer to support brain cancer research 

Katie Copenhaver 


Benjamin Franklin once 

said, “In wine there is 

wisdom, in beer there is 

freedom, in water there is 

bacteria. 

At Highwood’s Kings 

and Convicts, in beer 

there is also philanthropy. 

A few hundred people 

turned out for a benefit 

at Highwood’s Kings and 

Convicts Brewing Company 

Saturday, April 7. 

The brewery released 

a limited-edition beer, 

Stew’s Brew, to benefit 

Benny’s World, a nonprofit 

that funds pediatric 

brain cancer research. 

The Hefeweizen beer 

is named in honor of Dr. 

Stewart Goldman, one of 

the leading doctors treating 

children who have the 

disease at Lurie Children’s 

Hospital in Chicago. 

Benny Watters, the late 

son of one of the brewery’s 

owners, Brendan 

Watters, was one of the 

children in Goldman’s 

care. He died in 2010 from 

pediatric brain cancer. 

Chris Bradley, Watters’ 

partner in the brewing 

company, said, “We 

wanted to do one big thing 

to raise awareness. I’m 

grateful so many people 

have showed up.” 

Dr. Stew, as he is known 

to his young patients, is 

the division head of hematology, 

oncology, neuro-oncology 

and stem cell 

transplantation at Lurie 

Children’s Hospital, and a 

professor in the same field 

at Northwestern University’s 

Feinberg School of 

Medicine. 

“Benny was a great kid. 

THE SPRING 

He was mischievous, and 

so am I. We made a great 

pair,” said Goldman, who 

was in attendance at the 

benefit. 

“Look what these peo- 

Please see beer, 32 

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for Stewart Goldman, a 

pediatric oncologist who 

treated the son of Kings 

and Convicts’ co-founder 

Brendan Watters, filled 

the facility in Highwood, 

from the brewery to the 

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Matt Mann (left), of Chicago, and Ben Kennedy (right), of Chicago, chat with Chris 

Bradley, a co-owner of the brewery, over glasses of Stew’s Brew. 

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32 | April 12, 2018 | The highland park landmark Faith 


Faith Briefs 

Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road, 

Highland Park) 

Choir Shabbat and 

Housewarming Shower 

7:30-9 p.m. Friday, April 

13. The Shabbat Choir 

Service and housewarming 

shower will shower 

the future refugee family 

with gifts from their home 

in America. Please bring 

purchased and/or donated 

good to the service on April 

13 or during Lev Solel on 

the morning of the 15th. If 

you prefer a monetary gift, 

it is welcome at any time. 

Contact Marsha Seligman 

at stevews@comcast.net 

for furniture donations. 

Concert: Gershwin and 

Beyond! with Cantor Jay 

4-5 p.m. April 15. The 

program features a delightful 

mix of classic and 

contemporary selections 

from the American Musical 

Theater repertoire, 

specially highlighting the 

contributions of Jewish 

American composers and 

lyricists to this enduring 

art form. Cantor Jay will be 

joined by Solel’s own music 

director Russell Stern, 

as well as Cantorial Soloist 

Laurie Akers of Or Shalom 

in Vernon Hills. The hourlong 

musical-presentation 

will be followed by a wine 

and cheese reception. 

Environmental Shabbat 

with Guest Speakers 

7:30-9 p.m. April 20. 

Environmental Shabbat in 

celebration of Earth Day. 

Liz Ettelson, natural areas 

restoration technician 

and volunteer coordinator 

at Heller Nature Center, 

Joshua Basofin, an environmental 

attorney, are 

the guest speakers. Ettleson 

will join a high school 

scout to explain and excite 

about flood relief through 

a rain garden. 

Torah Study 

9:15-10:15 a.m. Saturday 

mornings. There 

will be a Torah study at 

Congregation Solel. You 

can come in the morning 

to kick off your weekend 

with a Torah study and 

then stay throughout the 

morning at Solel for subsequent 

activities and fun. 

For more information, go 

to www.solel.org, or call 

(847) 433-3555. 

Trinity Episcopal Church (425 Laurel 

Ave., Highland Park) 

Sundays 

8 a.m. Holy Eucharist – 

St. Michael’s Chapel 

8:45 a.m. Fellowship 

9 a.m. Church School 

and Adult Forum 

10 a.m. Holy Eucharist 

with Music – Main Sanctuary 

11 a.m. Fellowship 

Wednesdays 

9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 

with healing – St. Michael’s 

Chapel 

Adult Forum and Church 

School 

9 a.m. Sundays 

Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road, 

Highland Park) 

Weeknight Service 

A new service has started 

on Thursday Nights in 

the church’s new coffee 

bar. 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 Spanishlanguage 

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. 

beer 

From Page 31 

ple have done after the worst 

possible circumstances,” he 

said of the event. “They motivate 

us to keep working for 

a cure.” 

Lisa Watters, Benny’s 

mother and Brendan’s wife, 

runs the Benny’s World 

foundation, which their family 

founded in March 2008, 

two months after Benny’s 

diagnosis of Diffuse Intrinsic 

Pontine Glioma (DIPG), 

a pediatric brain stem tumor. 

The median overall survival 

rate of children diagnosed 

with it is nine-12 months, according 

to the Benny’s World 

website. In 2011, Benny’s 

World became a founding 

member of the DIPG Collaborative, 

which brings together 

foundations to efficiently 

fund and inspire DIPG cancer 

research. 

All proceeds from sales 

of Stew’ Brew are going to 

the foundation. Bradley said 

the brewery made a 500-gallon 

batch of the beer, which 

is equivalent to 150 cases. 

He expects the brewery will 

have 20-30 cases after the 

event to sell in the tap room 

over the next few weeks. 

To create the special brew, 

Brendan Watters and Bradley 

worked with the North Urban 

Brewing Society (NUBS), 

a homebrew club based in 

Lake County. 

The group held a contest 

among club members, 

through which it received 

28 entries. Watters, Bradley, 

Goldman and a few others 

served as the judges who 

selected the winning beer, 

crafted by Zach Gelfand of 

Mundelein. 

Trevor Patric, president of 

NUBS, said the club is excited 

to be involved for the 

first time with a charitable 

activity. 

“This opportunity just 

came up, and we jumped on 

it,” Patric said. 

The people attending the 

April 7 event varied in age 

and purpose. There were a 

few current and former patients 

of Lurie Children’s 

Hospital, including 13-yearold 

Rose, who has been 

battling brain cancer for 10 

years. 

Two of the Watters’ three 

other children were on hand 

to help out. Many Highwood 

residents and beer enthusiasts 

were also there to enjoy 

and support the brewing 

company, which opened its 

taproom at 523 Bank Lane, 

Highwood, in May 2017. 

Both the Watters family 

and Bradley live in Lake Forest. 

Entertainment was provided 

by the Swing Sonatas, 

a jazz band of Lake Forest 

High School students Luke 

Guilson, Charlotte Moore, 

Cathal O’Sullivan, Katie 

Pierce and Mark Smirnov. 

visit us online at www.hplandmark.com 

Their involvement came 

because Moore’s family is 

friends with the Watters family. 

The band has been playing 

together for two years, 

having met through the high 

school’s orchestra and wind 

ensemble. They said they 

were playing for three hours 

at the event, which gave them 

the unique opportunity to go 

through all of their songs. 

The Left Bank of Lake 

Forest brought its food truck 

to the event while Bent Fork 

Bakery of Highwood donated 

a cake in honor of Benny’s 

World and also Benny’s 

birthday, which is April 11. 

Once Stew’s Brew sells 

out, people can enjoy Kings 

and Convicts’ other original 

beers at their tap room, 

Wednesdays through Sundays, 

and from approximately 

120 vendors throughout 

the Chicago area, including 

Binny’s Beverage Depot, 

Sunset Foods and numerous 

restaurants and bars. 

In Memoriam 

Joseph Cardoz 

Joseph Cardoz, 86, of Highland Park, 

formerly of Mumbai, India, died March 29. 

He was a retired graphic designer and offset 

printer. He is survived by his wife, Lourdes, 

of 54 years; children, Melinda (Mervin) 

Mascarenhas, Noella (Leon) Gomes and 

Kavita (Devon) Fernandes; granchildren, 

Macleen, Nellita, Kyle and Rylan; brothersin-law, 

Oscar (Eliza); sister-in-law, Christy; 

and many nieces and nephews. Proceeded 

in death by one brother and one sister. 

Ina Jean Fenchel 

Ina Jean Fenchel (nee Luster), 88, of 

Tamarac, Fla., formerly of Highland Park, 

died March 19. She will forever be in our 

hearts. She was the beloved wife of the late 

Robert Fenchel. She is survived by her children, 

Amy (Joe) Bustamante, Stacy (Edward 

Gorgone) Baldasti, Missy (Robert) 

Thompson, Marc Wolfe, Bruce (Flora) and 

the late Michele Wolfe; six grandchildren 

and two great-grandchildren; treasured 

aunt and friend of many. 

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34 | April 12, 2018 | The highland park landmark Dining Out 


Glenview’s So Gong Dong carves niche within Korean cuisine 

Chris Pullam 

Contributing Editor 

Seunghwa Oh and his 

family immigrated to Glenview 

from South Korea in 

early 2013 to further his career 

with a Korean airline. 

Opening a restaurant 

wasn’t in the family’s initial 

plan, but Oh’s wife, 

Jiyeon Nam, opened So 

Gong Dong on Milwaukee 

Avenue only a few months 

later. She chose the location 

for its proximity to the 

established Asian community 

in West Glenview. 

Several Korean restaurants 

already existed 

nearby, but So Gong Dong 

carved its own niche within 

the popular cuisine. 

Namely, the restaurant 

focuses on soondubu (Korean 

soup), bibimbap (rice 

dish) and Korean barbecue. 

“There are a lot of Korean 

restaurants around 

here, but they don’t have 

a specialty like us,” said 

Oh, who retired from the 

airline a few years ago to 

serve as the vice president 

of SGD DUBU, So Gong 

Dong’s parent company. 

“We just focus on the specialities. 

Our menu is very 

simple. Totally simple. We 

can tell you we have three 

items, that’s it ... but we do 

them well. When people 

want soondubu, bibimbap 

or Korean barbecue, they 

say, ‘Let’s go to So Gong 

Dong.’ That’s our focus.” 

Even with only three 

specialties, the restaurant 

still offers plenty of options 

for the curious diner. 

The soondubu, which accounts 

for 40 to 65 percent 

of sales, is a Korean silken 

(soft) tofu in a savory and 

spicy stew that comes in a 

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dozen different flavors and 

four different spice levels. 

Customers can choose between 

hot stone rice, noodle 

or ramen, and the most 

popular flavors are seafood 

and beef. Other options 

include pork, clam, 

vegetable, mushroom and 

dumpling. 

The bibimbap, served 

with soup, is a steamedrice 

dish complete with assorted, 

sauteed or seasoned 

vegetables served on a traditional 

Korean hot-stone 

plate or in a more traditional 

bowl. Options range 

from kimchi (salted and 

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The chicken galbi dish ($15.99) at Glenview’s So Gong Dong features chicken thighs 

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fermented vegetables) and 

pork to tofu and chicken. 

So Gong Dong’s final 

specialty, Korean barbecue, 

focuses less on diversity 

and more on tried-andtrue 

plates: beef short ribs, 

marinated beef short ribs 

in a special house sauce; 

chicken galbi, chicken 

thighs in a classic Korean 

marinade; beef bulgogi, 

thin sirloin slices with onions 

in a classic Korean 

marinade; and pork bulgogi, 

thin pork loin slices in a 

spicy marinade. 

Appetizers include 

boiled or pan-fried dumplings 

and seafood pancakes, 

crispy Korean-style 

pancakes filled with seafood 

and scallions. 

According to Oh, the 

restaurant has thrived over 

the past five years because 

the menu is healthy, plentiful, 

authentic and wellbalanced. 

“We use healthy ingredients 

and we provide a lot 

of side dishes compared to 

any other Korean restaurants,” 

he said. “We serve 

typical Korean food. This 

Please see Dining, 35 

The seafood soondubu jjigae ($10.99) is a savory and 

spicy stew featuring clams and shrimp. 

The seafood pancake ($12.99) is made with Koreanstyle 

pancakes with seafood and scallion.

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Dining 

From Page 34 

The beef short ribs ($19.99) are served in a special 

house sauce. 

The mixed ramen bowl ($10.99) is a popular choice. 

is what you’d eat in Korea. 

And everything is wellbalanced, 

so everyone can 

come and enjoy the food 

for a fair price.” 

Dubu, the namesake of 

the franchise, is a Korean 

name for bean curds, or 

tofu, made from soybeans. 

According to the company 

website, “dubu is a versatile 

ingredient with many 

health benefits.” 

It is made by curdling 

fresh soya milk, pressing it 

into a solid block and then 

cooling it. Then the liquid 

is discarded and the curds 

are pressed to form a cohesive 

substance. It can be 

cooked in different ways 

to change its texture from 

smooth and soft to crisp 

and crunchy. 

At So Gong Dong, the 

stews are served in traditional 

earthenware bowls 

while “bubbling hot.” 

They can be adjusted for 

very different spice levels 

and flavor preferences, 

with options like beef, 

pork, kimchi, oyster, clam 

and shrimp. A raw egg 

may be added to the stew 

and folded into the contents 

to cook from the heat 

within the bowl. 

The Glenview restaurant, 

established in 2013, 

was the franchise’s third 

location. Since then, it’s 

done nothing but thrive, 

boasting 12 locations 

across Illinois, New Jersey, 

New York, Massachusetts 

and Ohio. Oh and Nam 

recently opened a smaller 

version of the restaurant in 

the food court of H-Mart, 

711 W. Jackson Boulevard 

in Chicago. 

While So Gong Dong 

was established with Korean 

customers in mind, 

food-lovers of all stripes 

will find something for 

them on the menu. 

When I stopped by the 

restaurant with a group of 

22nd Century Media editors, 

we devoured a spread 

of offerings that included 

the chicken galbi ($15.99), 

seafood soondubu jjigae 

($10.99), seafood pancake 

($12.99), vegetable bibimbap 

bowl ($12.99 dinner 

portion), beef short ribs 

($19.99), mixed ramen 

bowl ($10.99) and fried 

dumplings ($8.99). 

Prior to our visit, I’d 

never tried Korean food. 

To make matters worse, 

I’m a vegetarian, so nearly 

all the food was off limits. 

Expect, that is, the vegetable 

bibimbap bowl, and 

after one bite, I hoarded it 

at my end of the table until 

my chopsticks scraped 

against the bottom of my 

hot-stone rice bowl. 

The dish features carrots, 

broccoli, mushrooms, 

red and green peppers, onions 

and cucumbers topped 

with an egg cooked sunnyside 

up. After blending in 

a little Korean hot sauce, I 

spent the next 15 minutes 

in absolute silence as I devoured 

the dish. 

Xavier Ward, editor of 

The Highland Park Landmark, 

and Eric DeGrechie, 

editor of The Wilmette 

Beacon, had the other six 

menu items all to themselves. 

The seafood soondubu 

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10 Questions 

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Eva Hanson is a sophomore 

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High School and is a 

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How did you get 

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I started playing soccer 

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I played [American Youth 

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Sports Briefs 

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What is a challenging 

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Who is the most 

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Amiel, she is sort of our 

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Where is the coolest 

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travelled to? 

The coolest place I have 

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and it was warm there too. 

What is your go-to 

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Centennial skaters earn top honors at 2018 championship 

Submitted by the Park 

District of Highland Park 

Eleven solo figure skaters, 

and the Gems Showcase 

Team, from the 

Park District of Highland 

Park’s Centennial Ice Arena 

took top spots in their 

respective groups at the 

2018 Chicagoland Skate 

USA Championship. 

The event, which took 

place on March 18 at the 

All Seasons Ice Arena in 

Naperville, represented 

24 rinks and 10 skating 

clubs throughout the 

greater Chicagoland area 

competed all weekend. 

Centennials skaters 

all placed Top 3 in their 

groups including the 

Gems Showcase Team 

who finished in 2nd place. 

Centennial individual 

winners include: Addison 

Shapiro, Blake Merel, 

Caitlyn Carnow, Emily 

Teifeld, Elizabeth Hansen, 

Isabel Young, Keya 

Fowler, Laine Farber, Liv 

Klein, Sammy Cahan, and 

The Gems Showcase Team skaters practice their routine at Centennial Ice Arena in Highland Park. Photo Submitted 

Sloane Farber. 

Members of the Gems 

Show Case Team include: 

Abigail Naughton, Addison 

Shapiro, Blake Merel, 

Caitlin Carnow, Cate 

Meyer, Isabel Young, Lily 

Alexander, Liv Klein, 

Madeline Stevens, Paige 

Wellen, Riley Bates, Samantha 

Cahan, Sami Silver 

and Sophia Jacob. 

“It takes a strong team 

of people, coaches, skaters 

and parents, to make 

that competition such an 

unbelievable success” 

said Carol Sassorossi, 

recreation supervisor at 

Centennial Ice Arena. 

“Special thanks go out to 

our skater’s coaches and 

supportive families.” 

Centennial Ice Arena 

is a premier regional center 

for ice skating with 

a highly qualified staff 

and progressive programming. 

The arena is 

a proud member of U.S. 

Figure Skating and Learn 

to Skate USA. For more 

information about Centennial 

Ice Arena, recreational 

and competitive 

skating programs, please 

contact Inga Fedorova via 

email at Ifedorova@pdhp. 

org, Sheila Lonergan at 

slonergan@pdhp.org, or 

Carol Sassorossi at csas 

sorossi@pdhp.org. 

Alumni Spotlight 

Kriss settles in at Boston U., posts new PR at relay 

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor 

Veronica Kriss’ venture 

into the world of collegiate 

competition has not gone 

as expected. 

The Boston University 

freshman, a 2017 graduate 

of Highland Park High 

School, suffered a groin 

tear in the fall hindering 

her from running cross 

country. 

“I knew I wasn’t going 

to have much of a crosscountry 

season,” she said. 

“I was able to train a little 

bit before indoors. I had 

another setback during 

indoors which was a quad 

strain. Now, with rehab, 

I’m feeling a lot better.” 

Thus far Kriss, for track 

and field this spring, has 

competed in one indoor 

event and an outdoor relay. 

A distance runner for the 

Terriers, Kriss surpassed 

her goal at the Florida Relays 

that were held March 

29-31 in Gainesville, Fla. 

“I only had a couple of 

workouts coming back 

from that second injury,” 

Kriss said. “I wasn’t really 

sure about how it would 

go. My goal was to break 

18 [minutes] and I was 

well under that.” 

Kriss came in well under 

her goal and finished 

the 5,000-meter run in 17 

minutes, 39.51 seconds. 

BU coach Paul Spangler 

predicted Kriss would 

break the 18-minute mark 

and was confident she 

would go 17:40 in the race. 

“It’s really funny, I 

doubt myself sometimes, 

but coach always knows,” 

Kriss laughed. 

Kriss said the experience 

was a new one for 

her. The Florida Relays 

marked her first collegiate 

outdoor meet of her career. 

“It was crazy being a 

freshman and being able to 

travel with the team,” she 

said. “It was definitely really 

nervous with it being a 

travel meet and one of my 

first races but it was really 

good competition.” 

Kriss’ nerves were eased 

when she recognized a familiar 

face at the relays, 

Ania Grzeszczak, a sophomore 

at Mercer College. 

She added that it make the 

experience that much better. 

However, being at the 

Florida Relays as a freshman 

was a unique experience 

all around. 

“It was really crazy,” 

she said. “We only had a 

handful of people chosen 

to go.” 

Overall, Kriss said she 

felt like she is performing 

better as a runner despite 

the injuries and the limited 

practice time. She credited 

her success with BU’s 

track and field program 

and her teammates. 

“In high school I didn’t 

always have people to 

push me,” she said. “I’m 

on a team full of really 

fast girls and having those 

people push me has made 

a huge difference in my 

training.” 

Moving forward, Kriss’ 

goal is to keep building on 

the positive progress she 

has made. 

“I want to make sure I 

stay healthy by doing my 

rehab and staying strong,” 

she said. “I reached a big 

goal of mine, which was 

just to break 18. 

“My next goal is I would 

like to score at my Patriot 

Leagues conference meet.”

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Giants’ Connors all-around champ at Bohl 

David Jaffe 


Junior Kevin Connors 

has been a very welcome 

addition to Highland Park 

gymnastics. 

All Connors did at the 

19-team Mundelein Bob 

Bohl Invite Friday, April 

6 was win the all-around 

title (55.825, the horizontal 

bar (9.6) and the still 

rings (9.5). He also finished 

with higher than a 

nine in all but one event. 

His dismount on the h- 

bar was extremely difficult 

but he managed to get 

high up in the air and perfectly 

stick the landing. 

“My goal on the dismount 

was to get as much 

height as possible,” Connors 

said. “No one else 

was doing that type of 

dismount so I wanted to 

make sure it looked perfect.” 

Despite not having an 

easy task, he was just as 

strong on rings. 

“The judges were a little 

tough on my score,” Connors 

said. “But I felt I hit 

my routine just about perfectly. 

When you stick it 

exactly the way you want 

to it’s a great feeling.” 

Connors was also second 

on pommel horse 

(9.3), vault (9.425) and 

parallel bars (9.3) and 

earned an 8.7 on floor. 

He joined Highland Park 

after previously competing 

in club gymnastics, at the 

Buffalo Grove Gymnastics 

Center. Connors is enjoying 

competing as a member 

of a team. 

“Club is very serious 

and the sole focus is trying 

to compete in college,” 

Connors said. “But 

high school you’re competing 

to help your team 

do as well as they can. 

Highland Park’s Matt Hyatt holds himself steady on the parallel bars Friday, April 6, at the Bob Bohl Invite at Mundelein High School, during his 

routine. Photos by Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media 

Everyone fights hard in 

every event and that’s really 

fun to see. I was used 

to it being very individual 

but it’s enjoyable competing 

now in a team-oriented 

fashion.” 

Teammate Matt Hyatt 

took fifth on vault (9.3) 

and tied for sixth on p- 

bars (9). He also had solid 

scores on floor (8.5) and 

h-bar (8.2). Tim Steves 

did well on floor (8.7), 

vault (8.2) and p-bars (8). 

The Giants finished fifth 

at the invite with 149.725 

points. 

A Warriors’ success 

Both Highland Park and 

Deerfield share gymnastics 

coach Doug Foerch 

and a practice space. The 

team competed back-toback 

at the Bob Bohl Invite. 

Highland Park resident 

Grant Baucom, a sophomore 

at Deerfield High 

School, placed seventh in 

the all around and finished 

fourth on the still rings 

(9.25). 

RIGHT: Tim Steves 

steadies himself on the 

still rings during his 

routine.



Brittany Kapa/22nd 

Century Media 

1st-and-3 

Stars of the Week 

1. Matt Hyatt (Above). 

The Highland Park 

sophomore had 

a good all-around 

showing at the 

Bob Bohl Invite 

in Mundelein for 

boys gymnastics. 

He placed fifth on 

vault (9.3) and tied 

for sixth (9) on the 

parallel bars. 

2. Kevin Connors. 

The junior is in his 

first year on varsity 

with the Giants’ 

boys gymnastics 

team. He took the 

all-around title 

for himself Friday, 

April 6, at the 

same Bob Bohl 

Invite. 

3. HP Baseball. 

At the ESPN 

Wide World of 

Sports complex in 

Kissimmee, Fla., 

the Giants went 

4-1 during their 

spring-break trip. 

Listen Up 

This Week In ... 

Giants Athletics 

Girls Soccer 

■April ■ 17 - hosts Vernon Hills, 

4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - at Maine East, 7 p.m. 

Baseball 

■April ■ 12 - at Maine South, 

4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 - at Hertiage Park vs. 

Fremd, 9:30 a.m. 

■April ■ 16 - hosts Glenbrook South, 

4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 - at Maine West, 

4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Maine West, 

4:45 p.m. 

Boys Tennis 

■April ■ 14 - at Mt. Prospect Knights 

Invite, 8:30 a.m. 

■April ■ 17 - hosts Glenbrook South, 

4:30 p.m. 

Girls Soccer 

Highland Park 5, Huntley 

3 

Jolie Carl led the Giants’ 

with three goals 

Saturday, April 7, in the 

team’s first came of the 

PepsiCo Challenge. Sarah 

Stalhberger netted two 

of her own goals and assisted 

on another in the 

win. Starting goalkeeper 

Sydney Salgado recorded 

three saves and Morgan 

Cohen, the second-half 

keeper, also recorded 

three saves. 

Baseball 

Eastern 9, Highland 

Park 6 

Noah Shutan had two 

“My goal was to break 18 [minutes] and I 

was well under that.” 

Veronica Kriss — Highland Park HS graduate, on her first 

outdoor track-and-field race with Boston University. 

■April ■ 19 - at Maine West, 

4:30 p.m. 

Boys Volleyball 

■April ■ 13 - at Lake County Invite, 

Grant High School, 6 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 - at Lake County Invite, 

6 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 - hosts Maine East, 

6 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - at Vernon Hills, 6 p.m. 

Boys Gymnastics 

■April ■ 14 - at York, noon 

■April ■ 17 - at Deerfield, 6 p.m. 

Girls Water Polo 

■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. 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

runs on two hits Saturday, 

April 7, in Kissimme, Fla., 

during the team’s loss 

to Eastern. Tyler Gussis 

(1H, 1 RBI), Jack Kramer 

(1H, 2 RBI), Luke Semrad 

(1H, 1 RBI) and Michael 

Rooney (1H, 1 RBI) all 

contributed offensively 

during the game. 

Highland Park 10, Bullitt 

East 0 

Tyler Gussis didn’t allow 

a single run and only 

two hits Friday, April 6 

in the Giants’ shutout 

win against Bullitt East 

at the ESPN Wide World 

of Sports facility in Kissimme, 

Fla. Giants’ offense 

was led by Joey Re- 

inberg (1H, 1 RBI), John 

Sakos (1R, 2H, 2 RBI), 

Noah Spitz ( 1R, 2H, 2 

RBI) and Jack Kramer 

(2H, 3 RBI). Gussis struck 

our four hitters from the 

mound. 

Highland Park 5, 

Viewmont 4 

Luke Baldwin held onto 

the victory on the mound 

during the close April 5 

game in Kissimme, Fla. 

He allowed three hits on 

two runs over two innings 

and walked one. Noah 

Shutan threw on inning in 

relief. The Giants scored 

four runs in the third inning 

and added a run in 

the eighth after Viewmont 

tied up the game. Shutan, 

Noah Spitz, Michael 

Rooney, Joey Reinberg 

and John Sakos all scored 

tune in 

Boys Lacrosse 

The Giants will face a tough competitor with the Patriots 

and try to best them. 

Highland Park at Stevenson, Saturday, April 14, 2 p.m. 

Boys Water Polo 

■April ■ 12 - at Glenbrook North, 

6 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 - at Waubonsie Valley, 

8 a.m. 

■April ■ 17 - at Maine West, 6 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Deerfield, 6 p.m. 

Boys Lacrosse 

■April ■ 12 - hosts Maine South, 

4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 - at Stevenson, 2 p.m. 

■April ■ 16 - at Hoffman Estates, 

7 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - hosts Antioch, 4:45 

p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Whitney Young, 

5 p.m. 

Girls Lacrosse 

■April ■ 13 - at Glenbrook South, 

7 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 - hosts Chicago-Taft, 

11:15 a.m. 

■April ■ 16 - hosts Libertyville, 

runs for the Giants. Tyler 

Gussis recorded an 

RBI after a pop-fly single 

drove in Shutan. 

Highland Park 4, St. 

Francis de Sales 3 

Zach Zoloto helped the 

Giants to a win from the 

mound April 4 in Kissimme, 

Fla. Zoloto allowed 

five hits and two 

runs over four-and-athird 

innings. He struck 

out four and walked one. 

Noah Shutan and Luke 

Baldwin both came in for 

relief during the game. 

Noah Spitz, Jack Greenwald, 

Luke Semrad 

and Michael Rooney all 

scored a run. 

Index 

40 - Centennial Ice Skaters 

39 - Athlete of the Week 

4:45 p.m. 


4:45 p.m. 

Softball 


4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 - at Freeport (DH), 

11 a.m./1 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 - at Maine East, 

4:45 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Deerfield, 

4:45 p.m. 

Girls Track and Field 

■April ■ 12 - at Grayslake Central, 

4 p.m. 

■April ■ 16 - at Deerfield, 4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Loyola, 4:30 p.m. 

Boys Track and Field 

■April ■ 17 - at New Trier (Winnetka 

Campus), 4:30 p.m. 

Highland Park 11, 

Jackson County 1 

Jack Kramer solidified 

the Giants’ big win off a 

walk to get on first April 

3 in Kissimmee, Fla. After 

Noah Shutan scored 

on a wild pitch to make it 

6-1 in favor of the Giants, 

Kramer walks, then steals 

second and teammate Jack 

Greenwald walks, loading 

the bases. Luke Semrad 

singles a line drive to 

right field and picks up the 

3 RBI. Semrad steals second 

and Michael Rooney 

triples on a fly ball to right 

field. Rooney finished the 

game with a run and 2 

RBI. T.J. Gimbel pitched 

six innings and allowed 

just one run on three hits 

and struck out three. 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Brittany Kapa. Send 

any questions or comments to b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com.

The highland Park Landmark | April 12, 2018 | HPLandmark.com 

Top Performers Centennial skaters 

see success at national level, Page 41 

Academic Excellence 

Giants boys, girls swimmers 

score big in classroom, Page 39 

HP boys gymnastics has solid showing at 19-team invite, Page 42 

Highland Park junior Kevin Connors competes on the pommel horse Friday, April 6, at Mundelein High School in the Bob Bohl Invite. Connors snagged the all around 

title at the event. Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media 

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