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1. Kenilworth School District 38: Joseph
Sears parents pack meeting in support of
resigning principal
2. Signing Day: New Trier athletes make
college choices
3. New Trier Board: Long-standing adviser
system may undergo updates
4. Letters to the Editor: What about us?
5. Wilmette approves stormwater storage
option for flooding issues
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Mother’s Day contest gives readers chance to say thanks
Eric DeGrechie
eric@wilmettebeacon.com
April showers bring
May flowers, or so
the saying goes,
as it’s been an especially
rainy, cold April this year
in Chicagoland.
For a Wilmette or
Kenilworth mother, this
could be 100 percent true
thanks to our friends at
Morning Glory Flower
Shop, 1135 Central Ave.,
Wilmette. In honor of
Mother’s Day on May 13,
we are asking residents
to nominate their mother
by writing a short essay
telling us why their mom
is top notch.
Has your mom been
your biggest cheerleader?
Inspired you to achieve
your dreams? Is she your
role model?
Send a photo of your
mom with your 300-word
max essay and we’ll publish
the winning entry
May 10. The winner will
receive one dozen roses
from Morning Glory
Flower Shop, longtime
sponsor of the contest.
The deadline for entries
is 5 p.m. Thursday, May
3, which gives you a week
to submit.
Please include in your
entry your mother’s first
and last name, as well
as a phone number and
email where we can
reach you.
The only restriction is
that the winning mom
must reside in Wilmette
or Kenilworth.
Send your entries to
Editor Eric DeGrechie
at eric@wilmettebeacon.
com or mail them to The
Wilmette Beacon, 60
Revere Drive, Suite 888,
Northbrook, IL. 60062.
Letters to the Editor
Think deep with mind in
minimum wage debate
With regards to the
minimum wage before the
Village, seasonal and teen
workers will more than
likely be scarce or almost
non available. So many
of these jobs are starter
or supplemental and by
themselves, almost impossible
to provide support in
total. Looking at vacant
business locations that
Wilmette Park District posted this photo on
April 16 with the caption:
“MAYDAY! HAVE YOU SEEN MY PER-
SON?” We have a number of keys & tech
in the lost and found at the Rec Center - but
most of all we want to reunite this stuffy
with his rightful owner. Call 847/256-9686
or stop by the front desk.”
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“Our students required 15 service hours
were due on April 15. They completed a
total of 7,123 hours this year! That is an
average of 26 hours/ student. These hours
were completed at over 110 different sites.”
@Regina Dominican, Regina Dominican,
posted on April 20
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go figure
48M
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
Expected minimum cost
of stormwater storage
option chosen by
Wilmette, Page 3
Neighbors
From Page 22
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Glenview kids prove that
character still counts
For the past two decades,
Character Counts!
in Glenview has promoted
positive behavior by
teaching the Six Pillars of
Character.
“It’s something I believe
in whole-heartedly,”
said Nate Carter, co-chair
of Character Counts! in
Glenview and principal
of Maple School, back in
February. “Whether character
is built through good
activities for students or
revealed through positive
are empty and with the
large ground floor Optima
building being home to a
martial arts, non sales tax
business, how many more
examples will be needed
before the reality sets in?
Education, schooling in a
trade, working alongside
a tradesman etc. are a major
answer to move along.
To throw just dollars at a
problem is just that. No
real end result or solution.
The raising of these wages
behavior, I think having an
organization that promotes
good character in schools
is important. It isn’t something
kids should see every
once in a while.”
Story by Chris Pullam, Contributing
Editor. Full story at
GlenviewLantern.com.
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Resident pleads guilty to
$24M tax fraud scheme
Barry Poticha, 73, of
Northbrook, pleaded guilty
April 16 to one count of
conspiracy to defraud the
United States, according to
a statement from the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the
Northern District of Illinois.
Poticha, a bookkeeper
for two Chicago-area
staffing companies, admitted
in federal court that he
conspired to defraud the
IRS for at least a decade
by falsifying corporate tax
returns and W-2 forms to
reduce the taxes assessed
against the companies and
their owners. His offense
is punishable by up to five
years in prison. U.S. District
Judge Gary Feinerman
set the Northbrook
resident’s sentencing for
Aug. 14.
Reporting by Martin Carlino,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at NorthbrookTower.
com
will be of limited temporary
help, but solving the
problem will just pass
on. Much of the result
will be a minus in the long
run to the Village with
again, limited to the affected
worker going forward.
Not an easy situation.
Strong feelings along both
paths. Time, money and
effort by many is needed,
but throwing dollars as
the only solution is a temporary
patch. Think deep
with mind and less with
heart to hopefully reach
a better result for all, Village
and the workers.
Malcolm Caskey
Wilmette resident
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