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10 | April 19, 2018 | The glenview lantern news
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Residents honored for stepping up to the plate
Chris Pullam, Editor
The Village of Glenview,
incorporated in
1899, was home to 760
people in 1920. Nearly
a century later, its population
has ballooned to
more than 47,000, making
it one of Chicago’s most
heavily populated northern
suburbs.
Through all that growth,
the village has relied on
several key residents to
lead the community forward,
and for the past 51
years, it has recognized
their hard work and commitment
through the annual
Glenview Civic
Awards.
The 2017 recipients are:
• Citizen of the Year –
Jim Martin
• Youth of the Year –
Christian Pareja
• Public Safety Award –
Officer Carly Gaba
• Public Service Award
– Dan Zapler, Megan
Shipp and Kathryn Cartwright
• Special Committee
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Award – Monica Luna
The award-winners will
be honored Friday, April
20, at the Delta Hotels,
1400 Milwaukee Ave. in
Glenview. Dinner and the
awards ceremony will follow
a reception from 6-7
p.m.
Officer Gaba captures
fleeing burglar, earns
Public Safety Award
Late in 2017, Glenview
police officer Carly Gaba
risked her own safety to
wrestle a fleeing residential
burglar to the ground
until backup arrived at the
scene.
For that effort, she will
receive the Public Safety
Award during the Glenview
Civic Awards.
Chief of Police William
Fitzpatrick nominated
Gaba by recounting
the event surrounding her
successful apprehension
of the burglar.
According to his nomination
letter, officers responded
to the 4600 block
of Locust Avenue at 4:05
p.m. on Nov. 10, 2017,
after a resident reported
that someone was breaking
the window on a door
to gain entry to the home.
As officers arrived on the
scene, however, the suspect
jumped over a 6-foot
fence and fled from the
area.
When Gaba and Sgt.
John Calvey arrived in the
area shortly after, a resident
from Laurel Avenue
flagged them down and
said someone was in her
house. The pair responded
to the address, where they
found a broken window
on the east side of the
residence and a male subject
walking through the
home.
Once a perimeter was
established, police made
voice contact with the
subject, who ignored the
commands to exit the
residence. When police
entered the home, the subject
fled through the rear
door.
Gaba and Calvey pursued
him on foot, jumping
over fences that divided
the properties. The pair
eventually split up and
Gaba came across the suspect
on her own.
When the subject ignored
Gaba’s commands
and attempted to escape
over a fence, she grabbed
him by the clothes and
forced him back into the
yard. He tried to run away,
but Gaba tackled him to
the ground. As they struggled,
she wrapped her legs
around his legs and her
arms around his torso.
During the scuffle, the
subject placed both his
hands on her duty weapon
in an attempt to disarm
him, but Gaba rolled
onto her side, securing
the weapon against the
ground.
She then activated her
emergency button, and after
a short struggle, backup
arrived on the scene.
The offender was taken
into custody and charged
with two counts of residential
burglary, one
count of aggravated battery
to a police officer and
one count of attempt to
disarm a police officer.
Gaba was not harmed
during the encounter.
According to Fitzpatrick’s
nomination letter,
“The major role of the
police officer is to protect
and serve their community,
to prevent and detect
crime, discourage crimes
through high-visibility
policing, and the successful
apprehension of violators
of the law. We can all
agree that this was a successful
case.”
For her heroics, Gaba
received a departmental
commendation, the department’s
highest honor,
but Fitzpatrick still felt
she was deserving of further
recognition.
GBS trio saves life, takes
home Public Service Award
A trio from Glenbrook
South — track coach Dan
Zapler, student Kathryn
Cartwright and assistant
athletic trainer Megan
Shipp — just might have
saved a life last year, earning
them the 2017 Public
Service Award.
They were nominated
by Deputy Chief Paul
Klicker with the Glenview
Fire Department.
In his nomination letter,
he explained how the trio
helped resuscitate a GBS
student when he collapsed
after running a warm-up
lap during an after-school
track practice.
According to the letter,
Zapler discovered the
pulseless, non-breathing
teen and began chest
compressions until Cartwright,
a student athlete,
jumped to action and supplied
rescue breathing.
Soon after, Shipp arrived
with an AED and applied
a shock directive.
After the shock, Shipp
took over with CPR.
When firefighters arrived
on the scene, they asked
her to continue while they
set up their equipment.
They were eventually able
to intubate and provide
medications to revive the
patient.
“I am glad to announce
that the patient was released
six days later from
Glenbrook Hospital with
no deficits noted,” Klicker
wrote. “As you know, our
success rate goes up when
people step in and perform
CPR while we are en
route to the scene.”
The Public Safety
Award states that the
nominee “must have performed
an act of bravery
that saved a life or prevented
serious injury to a
person.”
According to Klicker,
“all three ... are worthy
of the recognition due to
their bravery. Their ability
to stay calm and assist
in this successful outcome
speaks volumes regarding
the staff and student who
rose to the occasion and
truly made the difference
on this call.”
Luna wins Special
Committee Award for
work with Hispanic
community
Monica Luna still considers
herself new to
Glenview, but she didn’t
waste any time in making
a significant impact on the
village.
Over the past few years,
she’s been a leader in
District 34, working with
teachers, coaches and administrators
to engage the
Hispanic community and
increase parent involvement
in their children’s
education.
As a result of those efforts,
Luna will receive
the Special Committee
Award during the Glenview
Civic Awards.
Luna is currently serving
her third year as
president of the Bilingual
Parent Advisory Committee.
In this role, a volunteer
position, she reaches
out to parents of students
in the bilingual program
(grades PreK-5) to provide
information and advocate
on their behalf.
According to the guidelines
set by the committee,
the award recipient
“must have contributed to
the Village of Glenview
in a unique manner” and
“have made a significant
difference” in the community.
Luna was nominated for
the award by Carly Spina,
an EL and bilingual instructional
coach at D34.
“Parents have her personal
phone number and
see her as [a] person they
can trust and call for
[school-related] information
or support,” Spina
wrote in her nomination
letter. “... Monica is a rising
leader in Glenview
and shows no signs of
stopping anytime soon.”
Some of the specific activities
Luna has been involved
with, according to
the letter, include:
• Representing parents
from the bilingual
program on interview
committees that hire administrators
overseeing
programs that impact the
Hispanic community
• Advocating for the
availability of Spanish
translators so parents can
participate in the Parents
in Partnership community
forum, and recruiting parents
to attend the event
• Facilitating parent
participation in hosting
rooms for D34’s International
Night celebrations
• Creating a logo for the
BPAC that represents the
partnership of parents and
the District
• Leading and participating
in D34 Hispanic
outreach programs, including
Puentes at Henking,
MAPA at Hoffman,
and Padres con Poder at
Springman and Attea
According to the nomination
letter, Luna “has
been an inspiration for
the teachers and Hispanic
parents in District 34.”