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THURSDAY 

Rep. Schneider’s 

Neighborhood Office Hours 

9:30-11:30 a.m., May 

3, Northbrook Public Library, 

1201 Cedar Lane. 

Meet with staff from Rep. 

Brad Schneider’s office to 

discuss any federal issues 

such as Medicare, Social 

Security, the Veterans Administration, 

immigration 

and more. It will be held in 

the reference department. 

For more information, 

please visit www.northbrook.info 

or call (847) 

272-6224. 

FRIDAY 

Friday Night Salon Concert 

- Bow & Hammer 

7-9 p.m., May 4, Northbrook 

Public Library, 

1201 Cedar Lane. Bow & 

Hammer programs (often 

underrepresented) works 

from all musical eras that 

highlight the relationship 

between their two opposing 

instruments (violin & 

piano). For more information, 

please visit www. 

northbrook.info or call 

(847) 272-6224. 

SATURDAY 

Basic Yoga Class 

9 and 11 a.m., May 5, 

Body and Brain Yoga Tai 

Chi, 1947 Cherry Lane. 

Join for a free basic yoga 

class with meditation. Two 

classes will be offered, one 

at 9 a.m. and one at 11 a.m. 


please call (847) 562-9642 

or email northbrook@ 

bodynbrain.com 

Dig and Divide 

10 a.m., May 5, Blue 

Star Garden on Dundee. 

Want to learn how to control 

spreading plants and 

keep your garden neat? 

Come join members of the 

Northbrook Garden Club 

for a Dig and Divide event. 

Work alongside members 

– or just watch - as they 

clean up the Blue Star 

Garden on Dundee next to 

the Post Office (in front of 

the Dog Park). Take home 

extra plants for your own 

garden. In the case of rain, 

the event will be held at 10 

a.m. on May 7. 

SUNDAY 

Celebration of Cultures 

Noon-4 p.m., May 6, 

North Suburban YMCA, 

2705 Techny Road. This 

free family event offers 

performances, activities, 

and food that displays 

the international diversity 

of Northbrook and the 

neighboring suburbs. This 

year’s celebration includes 

new groups and vendors to 

engage participants of all 

ages. For more information, 

please visit NSYM- 

CA.org. 

MONDAY 

Free Spring Concert 

7 p.m., Monday, May 

7, Northbrook Public Library, 

1201 Cedar Lane. 

Enjoy a musical treat. The 

talented Northbrook Community 

Choir will present 

a concert for the community 

with a mix of pop, jazz 

and classic musical tunes. 

Tickets are not needed. For 

more information, please 

visit www.northbrook.info 

or call (847) 272-6224. 

TUESDAY 

Meet the New Catalog 

7-8 p.m., May 8, Northbrook 

Public Library, 1201 

Cedar Lane. Get hands-on 

training using the library’s 

new catalog. Learn the 

best ways to search, place 

holds and check your account. 


please visit www. 

northbrook.info or call 

(847) 272-6224. 

WEDNESDAY 

Historical Society Annual 

Meeting and Dinner 

6:30 p.m., May 9, Allgauer’s 

Hilton Chicago/ 

Northbrook, 2855 N. 

Milwaukee Ave. All are 

welcome to attend the 

Northbrook Historical Society’s 

45th annual event. 

For more information including 

dinner prices, call 

(847) 498-3404. 

UPCOMING 

Northbrook-on-ice 

May 11-13, Northbrook 

Sports Center, 1730 Pfingsten 

Road. Join for the 

49th annual Northbrookon-ice 

show. The 2018 

show theme is Skate to 

Success – exploring many 

unique professional occupations. 

This beloved, 

annual show features toddlers 

through high-level 

soloists from our skating 

program. Tickets and performance 

times are available 

at nbparks.org or stop 

by the Northbrook Sports 

Center Registration Office. 

Meet the Brewers 

7-8:30 p.m., Monday, 

May 14, Northbrook Public 

Library, 1201 Cedar 

Lane. Representatives 

from Goose Island, Half 

Acre, Hopewell, Publican 

Brand and the Cicerone 

discuss their experiences 

with brewing in Chicago. 


please visit www.northbrook.info 

or call (847) 

272-6224. 

18th annual Lew Blond 

Run 

8 a.m. Saturday, May 

19, Maple School, 2370 

Shermer Road, Northbrook. 

The memorial 5K 

run/walk, 1 mile run (for 

children) supports research 

for ALS through the Les 

Turner ALS Foundation, 

as well as special District 

30 school projects. Funds 

are also allocated for 2018 

scholarships to graduating 

seniors at GBS and GBN. 

Volunteers for the two 

days prior are also needed 

to make the event a success. 


visit lewblondrun.org 

Northbrook Garden Club 

Annual Plant Sale 

9 a.m.-3 p.m., Friday, 

May 18 and Saturday, May 

19 Village Green Park 

Community Center, 1810 

Walters Ave. Your opportunity 

to purchase plants 

grown by the Garden 

Club’s members in their 

own gardens. These tried 

and true perennials will 

be a great addition to your 

garden at a greatly discounted 

price and receive 

a free milkweed plant with 

any purchase. 

Free Kids Fishing Derby 

10 a.m.-noon, May 19, 

Wood Oaks Green Park, 

1150 Sanders Road. Grab 

your fishing rod or use one 

of ours during this exciting 

Fishing Derby. Prizes 

for largest fish, smallest 

fish and most fish caught 

will be awarded. Fishing 

licenses are not needed. 

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ONGOING 

Laughter Group 

Every Wednesday at 7 

p.m. at Glenbrook Hospital,2180 

Pfingsten Road, 

Glenview. Join this free 

laughter group at the John 

and Carol Walter Ambulatory 

Care Center’s Lower 

Level, rooms E and F. 

Laugh together and experience 

the changes yourself. 

Call (847) 571-7553. 

Take Off Pounds Sensibly 

Want to lose weight? 

Come join TOPS. This organization 

offers a healthy, 

caring, supportive approach 

to weight control at 

an affordable price. Chapter 

IL 847 Northbrook 

meets every Wednesday 

for a weigh-in (6:15-6:45 

p.m.) and meeting (6:45- 

7:30 p.m.) in the back 

lower level of the North 

Northfield United Methodist 

Church at 797 Sanders 

Road. For more information, 

call (847) 564-3147. 

Registration for 

Northbrook Action 

Baseball 

Northbrook action baseball 

summer league, for 

boys and girls, begins July 

9 and runs through Aug. 3. 

Preschool through secondgraders 

will get to learn 

the basics of the game. 

Team or individual registration 

accepted. For more 

information, please call 

(847) 564-9849 or northbrookactionbaseball.org.

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Spartans, Titans unite 

under the sea for 

Glenbrook Musical 

Daniel I. Dorfman 

Freelance Reporter 

Directing a high-school 

production with approximately 

150 teenagers from 

two different schools with 

two casts and an elaborate 

set paying homage to an 

iconic musical probably 

wouldn’t be easy for anyone 

under traditional situations. 

Mark Maranto took on 

that challenge just a few 

hours before showtime. 

Maranto oversaw the 

Glenbrook Musical, the 

combined Glenbrook 

South-Glenbrook North 

production that goes back 

49 years. This year’s performance 

of “The Little 

Mermaid” hit the stage 

nearly 30 years after the 

animated film premiered 

to audiences. 

Students and the rest 

of the production team 

had been preparing their 

version for several weeks 

leading up to the Thursday, 

April 26 debut at 

GBN. 

The production company 

included 83 cast members, 

45 musicians and 

a full crew that worked 

under Maranto, a 13-year 

GBS veteran now serving 

as the instructional 

supervisor for Fine Arts. 

He directed the show for 

the first time, stepping 

in midway through the 

process when Julie Ann 

Robinson went on maternity 

leave. Not long after 

moving into the director’s 

chair, Maranto watched as 

Glenbrook South’s Ashley Levenson, as Ariel, sings a 

song during rehearsals for the Glenbrook Musical on April 

25 at GBN. Photos by Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media 

The cast performs in “Under The Sea.” 

his choreographer took a 

job out of state. 

“It has been a wild, 

awesome adventure with 

a lot of twists,” Maranto 

said. “It takes a lot to put 

on a musical under the 

best of circumstances, but 

this has been particularly 

intense.” 

Personnel challenges 

aside, Maranto directed 

the work of the cast and 

crew on the story of Ariel, 

King Triton and Sebastian. 

This was the first 

time “The Little Mermaid” 

was selected for the 

annual show. 

“They look at past 

shows they have done and 

they look at maximizing 

roles for students of both 

schools and how they are 

going to give as many 

kids an opportunity as 

possible,” Maranto said. 

“They always do a big 

cast show so they can give 

a lot of kids an opportu- 

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Hermione 

Clara Herr, of Northbrook 

Hermione is a Abyssinian 

guinea pig. She is 4 or 5 

months old. I got her in 

Evanston on Jan. 27. She 

loves to make noise such as purring and squeaking 

and pop-corning (where a guinea pig jump and 

shakes while making “pop” noises). She has really 

warmed up to me this past month and likes to snuggle 

and crawl in and out of my pockets. She is not so 

sure about her new brother Franklin, the wiener dog, 

who has or is going to be in this newspaper for pet of 

the week. But I don’t think she has noticed her other 

brother and sister the two frogs. Hermione likes to 

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dried strawberries. I think she loves our new family. 

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Police Reports 

Officers confiscate several syringes from Wheeling resident 

Diane Gal, 35, of Wheeling, 

was charged with possession 

of a controlled 

substance at 10:38 p.m. on 

April 22 in the intersection 

of Sanders and Bordeaux. 

Officers noticed a vehicle 

commit a traffic offense 

while on patrol. 

While speaking with the 

driver after stopping the 

vehicle, officers noticed 

Gal, who was a passenger 

in the vehicle, place 

something under her seat. 

Officers asked to search 

the vehicle and were given 

permission. 

They located several syringes 

with fluid in them 

and tinfoil with a powdery 

substance. 

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for controlled substances. 

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States Attorney’s office was 

contacted and approved 

felony charges. Gal was 

processed and transported 

to court for a bond hearing. 

In other police news: 

April 26 

• A worker from the Saks 

Off Fifth store, located in 

the 1500 block of Skokie 

Boulevard, reported at 

2:11 p.m. that a subject 

was observed in several 

departments of the store 

with a backpack. The subject 

was seen walking out 

of the store with a jacket 

over their backpack, which 

police believe contained 

approximately $600 in 

various items. 

April 25 

• Dwayne McDaniel, 53, 

of Chicago, was charged 

with driving with a suspended 

license and improper 

lane usage at 10:03 

p.m. in the 1500 block of 

Skokie Boulevard. 

April 24 

• Unknown person(s) removed 

a cash drawer and 

three make up style bags 

from the office area of 

Andreas Hogue Salon, located 

in the 800 block of 

Willow Road, at 9 p.m. 

• Janina Kasprzyk, 61, of 

Des Plaines, was charged 

with driving while under 

the influence, illegal transportation 

of alcohol and 

failure to reduce speed 

at 5:20 p.m. in the intersection 

of Founders and 

Waukegan. 

• Chadwick L. Peyton, 37, 

of Valparaiso, was arrested 

on an outstanding warrant 

from Porter County Indiana 

at 10:51 a.m. in the 

1400 block of Landwehr. 

• A mailbox was removed 

from a residency in the 

600 block of Voltz at 8:48 

a.m. 

• Aldo Valencia-Ortega, 

27, of Highland Park, was 

charged with speeding and 

driving with a suspended 

license at 12:36 a.m. in the 

intersection of Willow and 

Three Lakes. 

April 23 

• Jeffrey W. March, 52, of 

Highwood, was charged 

with possession of a controlled 

substance, drug 

paraphernalia and driving 

with a suspended license at 

11:36 p.m. in the intersection 

of Dundee and Skokie. 

Officers on patrol noticed 

a driver not wearing their 

seatbelt. Officers stopped 

the vehicle and found the 

driver was driving with a 

suspended license. During 

a search of the vehicle, 

officers located drug paraphernalia 

and a controlled 

substance. The Cook 

County States Attorney’s 

office was contacted and 

approved charges. 

• Ashonte Wright, 19, of 

Chicago, was charged with 

speeding and driving with 

a revoked driver’s license 

at 9:46 p.m. in the intersection 

of Dundee and Juniper. 

• A two-piece ring set was 

taken from a residency in 

the 2900 block of Norway 

Pine at 2:39 p.m. 

• Unknown person(s) entered 

a construction trailer 

in the 800 block of Timbers 

Edge at 8:39 p.m. The 

trailer was found unlocked 

with numerous tools missing. 

• Vesmir Grahovic, 20, of 

Chicago, was charged with 

speeding, no proof of insurance 

and driving with a 

suspended license at 6:20 

a.m. in the intersection of 

Dundee and Fair. 

April 21 

• Ari Greenspan, 24, of 

Glenview, was charged 

with failure to reduce 

speed to avoid an accident, 

driving without insurance 

and driving while 

under the influence at 6:15 

p.m. in the intersection of 

Dundee and Waukegan. 

April 20 

• Sandra Brown, 63, of 

Prospect Heights, was 

charged with harassment 

by phone in the 300 block 

of Pfingsten. A worker reported 

that their company 

had been receiving anonymous 

harassing phone 

calls and believed that 

Brown was responsible 

for the calls due to past encounters. 

Brown came to 

the police station for an interview 

and was charged. 

April 19 

• Stuart Hadary, 54, of 

Niles, was charged with 

driving with a suspended 

license at 9 p.m. in the 

intersection of Waukegan 

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• Stuart Hadary, 54, of 

Niles, was charged with 

retail theft at 6:07 p.m. at 

the Mariano’s store located 

in the 700 block of Skokie 

Boulevard. Hadary was 

stopped after removing a 

cart full of groceries from 

the store. The total value 

taken was approximately 

$293. He was processed 

and released after posting 

bond. 

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Northbrook Village Board 

Village honors Exact Blade with inaugural Green Business Award 

Fouad Egbaria 


Just a few days after 

Earth Day and Arbor Day 

festivities took place at the 

Village Green, the Northbrook 

Village Board recognized 

a local business 

with the Village’s inaugural 

Green Business Award. 

The award is intended to 

be given to a business that 

has taken steps to reduce its 

impact on the environment. 

Exact Blade, located at 813 

Waukegan Road in Northbrook, 

which offers cutlery 

and knife sharpening services, 

took home the award 

for its green efforts. 

Exact Blade received 

a unanimous nod for the 

award from the Environmental 

Quality Commission, 

which reviewed applications 

for the honor 

during its March meeting. 

The board passed a 

resolution recognizing the 

Northbrook business for 

the award during its Tuesday, 

April 24 regular meeting. 

“Following a review of 

the applications, the Commission 

unanimously recommended 

Exact Blade 

Inc. as the winner of the 

2018 Green Business 

Award for its recycling 

efforts of paper, the reuse 

of iron and steel byproduct 

materials in gardening 

from their knife sharpening 

operations, and their reuse 

of office furnishings,” the 

resolution said. “These actions 

have diverted waste 

from landfills and serve as 

a good example of ways to 

reduce a business’ impact 

on the environment.” 

Exact Blade owner Dan 

ROUND IT UP 

A brief recap of Village Board action on April 24 

• The board approved a resolution authorizing an 

intergovernmental agreement with the Northbrook 

Park District for parking lot repaving at the Park 

District Leisure Center, 3323 Walters Ave. 

• The board approved an agreement for Dutch elm 

tree treatments to be provided by Emerald Tree 

Care, LLC, of Carol Stream, using a total spending 

authority of $23,670 (including a 10 percent contingency 

of $2,150). 

• The board also approved the purchase of fluoride 

tanks for use at the water plant from Chemical Process, 

Inc., of Joliet, using a total spending authority 

of $15,420 (including a $500 contingency). 

Mennemeyer accepted the 

award, which was fashioned 

from recycled wood. 

He said the business had to 

figure out a way to handle 

dust control — that is, the 

iron shavings that stem 

from sharpening and grinding 

of knives. Big machines 

and vacuums used to rid 

spaces of that material also 

use electricity, he said, so 

he looked for a simpler, 

greener solution. 

That solution? Magnets. 

“I have magnets all over 

the shop,” he said. “Magnets 

use no electricity. … 

The magnets capture all 

the dust. Doesn’t matter 

what machine I use.” 

Trustee Robert Israel 

thanked Mennemeyer for 

sharing his business’ story 

and hoped the award 

would inspire other businesses 

to incorporate green 

practices. 

“Part of the award is to 

inspire others to follow 

in your footsteps,” Israel 

said. “So I’m hoping they 

take something away from 

this as well.” 

Trustee Kathryn Ciesla 

— who served as president 

pro tem in Board President 

Sandy Frum’s absence — 

lauded the Village’s Earth 

Day and Arbor Day celebration 

this past weekend. 

She said approximately 

1,000 people attended 

the event on the Village 

Green and 553 vehicles 

went through the recycling 

program in the west commuter 

parking lot. 

“It’s very clear from the 

participation of our villagers 

that they care about the 

environment and are looking 

into sustainable solutions 

and services,” Ciesla 

said. 

Among other green features, 

Ciesla said Exact 

Blade’s upgraded lighting 

system has contributed to 

an 8-kilowatt reduction in 

electricity usage. 

The Village’s environmental 

sustainability webpage 

offers tips for residents 

on recycling, local 

sustainability initiatives 

and how to make one’s 

home or business more 

green. The page can be 

found on the Village website 

under the Living & 

Visiting tab. 

musical 

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nity to participate.” 

It was not an easy show 

to bring to the stage, as 

Maranto spoke of rented 

backdrops, special effects, 

the flying characters, colorful 

costumes and technical 

elements involved in 

a production that initially 

came to be known to audiences 

as a cartoon. 

“Of course, in animation, 

you can make anything 

happen, but to try 

and translate those moments 

to the stage are really 

challenging,” he said. 

“People have a lot of deep 

associations with Disney 

films, so we all have this 

idea in our head on what 

it should be based on what 

we have seen. So, we really 

try to come as close 

as possible to what people 

are expecting and then 

take it beyond their expectations, 

we hope.” 

One of the performers 

looking to make an impression 

on the audience 

was South’s Ashley Levenson, 

one of two actresses 

portraying Ariel. There 

were two casts in place, 

with some actors taking 

on the same role in both 

groups. 

Levenson has been in 

shows since the age of 6, 

but liked the freshness of 

playing Ariel, the show’s 

heroine, for the first time. 

“It is a very fun character 

to immerse myself in,” 

Levenson said. “I have 

never played a character 

like her before. She is 

super fun and she can be 

naive at times, [and] that 

makes her a lovable character. 

She is exploring 

who she is and where she 

wants to be in her life.” 

Levenson once appeared 

as an eel in “The 

Little Mermaid” with another 

theater company. 

“It is really cool to 

switch to such a different 

character,” she said. 

While her role was considerable 

smaller when 

she was an eel, Levenson’s 

said her familiarity 

with the overall show 

helped her in these last 

few weeks in rehearsals. 

“I knew a lot of the music 

already, so being familiar 

with it, I could dive 

deeper and explore character 

roles and things like 

that since I am already familiar 

with the show,” she 

said. 

This will be Levenson’s 

final Glenbrook Musical, 

as she plans to attend the 

University of Michigan in 

the fall. The finality of the 

Glenbrook North’s Nicolette Sidelsky (left), as Flounder, 

performs a scene with Levenson and Bekah Lampert, 

as Scuttle. Photo by Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media. 

last production also rang 

true for GBN senior Jacob 

Denenberg, who said he 

is tentatively planning on 

going to Northwestern. 

Denenberg’s role in the 

2018 Glenbrook Musical 

was his 14th overall production 

at GBN. 

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something new and interesting 

to focus on, and I 

think it is very important 

to have people communicate 

messages through 

theater and provide a distraction 

from our daily 

troubles,” he said. 

Denenberg was one of 

the actors playing in both 

casts, so he had to play 

against Levenson in some 

of shows, and against 

Carly Meyer, of GBN, in 

others. 

He pointed to the pros 

and cons of that dynamic. 

“I think it is difficult because 

both of the Ariel’s 

act differently and you 

have to play off their emotions, 

but it is also easy 

because we have had this 

whole process to connect 

on personal levels both 

within theater and outside 

of theater,” he said. 

Levenson and Denenberg 

were two of the 

young performers Maranto 

worked with over 

the last few weeks. While 

noting the long hours, the 

longtime GBS teacher insisted 

he enjoyed getting 

the show ready. 

“It has been a joyous experience,” 

Maranto said. 

“It has been amazing to 

work with kids who are 

immensely talented. These 

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Glenbrook District 225 Board of Education 

Proposed security procedures could bolster safety at GBN, GBS 

Neil Milbert 


Superintendent Dr. Mike 

Riggle provided members 

of the Glenbrook High 

Schools District 225 Board 

of Education with a comprehensive 

list of safety 

and security recommendations 

for Glenbrook North 

and Glenbrook South at 

the board’s Monday, April 

23 meeting. 

Riggle began by saying, 

“I want the community to 

recognize this is an ongoing 

effort,” but, he pointed 

out, “there is an urgency” 

in the aftermath of the Feb. 

14 shootings at Marjory 

Stoneman High School in 

Parkland, Fla. that took 17 

lives. 

“There will be the same 

protocols and the same 

training with students 

at Glenbrook North and 

Glenbrook South, with 

the grammar school districts 

in the area and with 

the Glenview and Northbrook 

police and fire departments,” 

he continued. 

“We’ve got a lot of things 

that are happening. To 

share things in detail (with 

the public) would in itself 

be a compromise in our security.” 

Riggle told the board the 

District 225 administration 

is making the following 

recommendations to be 

implemented prior to the 

2018-19 school year: 

• that a new districtlevel 

position be added to 

oversee all safety and security 

efforts for all district 

facilities 

• that adequate security 

coverage be maintained 

for after-school and 

weekend events (a measure 

that was approved 

at the board’s March 23 

meeting and implemented 

April 2) 

• that all district employees 

be required to wear 

identification badges 

• that visitors during the 

school day be required 

to wear an identification 

badge that differs from 

those worn by district employees 

• that a task force be established 

to carefully study 

improvements that can be 

made to district facilities 

and develop a three-year 

strategic plan for facility 

improvements to be approved 

by the Board of 

Education and incorporated 

• that the volume and 

quality of safety signage 

at all district facilities be 

improved 

• that the existing telephone 

system in all district 

facilities be optimized and 

that staff training be conducted 

• that all administrators, 

administrative assistants 

and staff who supervise 

student movement carry 

two-way radios 

• that the mass communication 

system be explored 

and expanded to 

allow text messaging to 

students during emergencies 

In addition, the administration 

is asking 

for the establishment of 

a Building Safety Advisory 

Committee made 

up of a cross-section of 

school personnel, teachers, 

parents, students and 

first-responders from the 

Villages that serve the 

schools to review and discuss 

various aspects of 

school safety and security. 

Board elects leadership 

structure 

Skip Shein was elected 

to serve his ninth consecutive 

one-year term as 

president of the Board of 

Education; Bruce Doughty 

was re-elected and will 

serve his second term as 

vice-president; and Dr. 

Rosanne Williamson was 

elected to serve her 10th 

consecutive term as secretary. 

All three ran unopposed 

and each candidate was 

elected by unanimous 

vote. 

GBN student shares 

powerful story 

During the Glenbrook 

Stories segment of the 

meeting, board members 

got to know Michelle Rogoff, 

a charismatic GBN 

senior, who was one of the 

founders of the school’s 

Women in Business Club 

and is active in the incubator 

program DECA, formerly 

known as Distributive 

Education Club of 

America). 

Rogoff was diagnosed 

with Hodgkin’s lymphoma 

prior to her sophomore 

year, but that didn’t daunt 

her. She started Michelle’s 

March as a fundraiser for 

the Leukemia and Lymphoma 

Society and it 

raised more than $50,000; 

and in the aftermath of 

her recovery, she counsels 

cancer patients. 

Rogoff said her life experiences 

have helped her 

realize “what’s really important 

in life.” She wants 

to continue to find ways to 

empower her female peers 

in business classes and 

hopes to someday run a 

company and spearhead a 

nonprofit organization. 

She joined the board 

meeting via FaceTime 

from Atlanta, where she 

was pitching her business 

and philanthropic ideas 

at the April 21-24 DECA 

International Career Development 

Conference. 

DECA is an international 

association of high school 

and college students — as 

well as teachers of marketing, 

management and entrepreneurship 

in business, 

hospitality and marketing 

sales, and service — that 

prepares students for careers 

in these endeavors. 

Northbrook/Glenview D30 Board of Education 

Wescott principal, Maple students celebrated for achievements 

Todd Marver 


The Northbrook/Glenview 

School District 30 

Board meeting on Thursday, 

April 26, was full of 

celebration. 

Wescott School Principal 

Dr. Chris Brown was 

recognized for earning his 

doctorate degree, and the 

Maple School debate and 

science teams were recognized 

for recent successes. 

“There’s some cake over 

to the side,” said Superintendent 

Dr. Brian Wegley. 

“That’s to celebrate the 

accomplishment of one of 

our colleagues. We are celebrating 

the culmination of 

a whole lot of work by Dr. 

Chris Brown, who has just 

successfully defended his 

195-page dissertation after 

completing all of his doctorate 

work, and he defended 

that yesterday morning 

and successfully did so.” 

Brown also celebrated 

his accomplishment with 

Wescott students earlier in 

the day. 

“Today, we got to parade 

him through the wonderful 

Wescott School as his students 

chanted ‘Dr. Brown’ 

and gave him high fives,” 

Wegley said. 

The Maple debate team, 

coached by Christina Shin, 

was recognized after several 

members excelled at the 

North Shore Middle School 

Debate League tournament 

at Wilmette Junior High 

School earlier in the year. 

The team includes Yoonsol 

Cho, Moses Chua, Sky Elliot, 

Alex Gabriel, Ishrak 

Jalaluddin, Kelly Kim, Darshan 

Kommanapalli, Theresa 

Lee, Ryan Lim, Kalen 

Mehta, Jack Miller, Tom 

Mitchell, Irene Park, Sammy 

Schwartzberg, Catherine 

Tang and Nathan Yoon. 

“My students have been 

so inspiring to me,” Shin 

said. “From seeing them 

at their first debate tournament, 

they were nervous 

and they were definitely 

novices. I remember coming 

out of these tournaments, 

they would then tell 

me how they loved it. Getting 

that trophy or medal, 

they wanted to come back 

and they wanted to get better.” 

Shin added that students 

learn life skills from competing 

on the debate team. 

“You research, you do 

a lot of critical thinking 

and you learn such important 

skills,” she said. “A 

lot of these students may 

not have been that natural 

debater, but they’re really 

coming into their own.” 

The debate team recognition 

was personal for board 

president Chuck Gitles. His 

son, Brandon Gitles, who is 

now a senior at Glenbrook 

South, helped start the team 

as a student at Maple. 

“My son, who graduated 

from Maple four years ago, 

was one of the instigators 

of the Maple debate team 

and went to (Maple principal) 

Dr. (Nate) Carter and 

said, ‘Hey, I’ve got an idea 

for a debate team,’” Chuck 

Gitles said. 

Brandon Gitles has been 

a member of the GBS debate 

team for the last four 

years, and his father challenged 

the current Maple 

debaters to follow in the 

footsteps of his son. 

“He is right now in Lexington, 

Ky., at what’s called 

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Randel, Chambers slated to remain 

as leadership for another year 

Todd Marver 


Board President Penny 

Randel and Vice President 

Mary Ann Chambers 

are slated to remain in 

those positions for another 

year. Commissioners Lisa 

Chalem and Michael Schyman 

nominated Randel 

and Chambers to remain at 

their respective positions 

for another year. Schyman 

announced the nominations 

at the park board’s Wednesday, 

April 25 meeting. The 

board will vote the keep the 

duo in those positions for 

another year at its May 23 

meeting. 

“Lisa and I took responsibility 

for nominations,” 

Schyman said. “We would 

like to nominate Penny 

Randel for president and 

Mary Ann Chambers as 

vice president for the upcoming 

year.” 

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the board officer 

appointments for May 

2018 through April 2019 

at its April 25 meeting. 

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include secretary 

Molly Hamer, assistant 

secretary Jean Hodal, treasurer 

Mindy Munn, attorney 

Steve Adams, of Robbins 

Schwartz, auditor Ron 

Amen, of Lauterbach and 

Amen, NSSRA representative 

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NSSRA alternate Ann Ziolkowski. 

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of Northbrook for the 

milling and repaving of the 

parking lots at the Leisure 

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this paving project 

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positively impacting 

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emotional support dog and 

a therapy dog. 

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certifying their dog need to 

know the differences and 

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she said. 

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GBN alumna notches Top Speaker Award at National Debate Tournament 

Fifth-ever female 

student to earn 

prestigious honor 

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From the moment she 

walked into Glenbrook 

North High School, Natalie 

Knez was motivated 

by the idea of competitive 

success. 

Now, nearly eight years 

later as she prepares to 

graduate from Georgetown 

University, Knez has compiled 

a track record full of 

success. 

Knez initially envisioned 

her success would 

derive from athletic endeavors, 

but it came in a 

different form, and it was 

ignited the moment she 

walked into Dr. Michael 

Greenstein’s freshman debate 

class at GBN. 

Just one year later, during 

her sophomore year, 

Knez started debating 

competitively. Since then, 

her career as a debater 

has produced numerous 

awards. 

At the high-school level, 

Knez quickly became one 

of the top debaters in the 

state, earning back-to-back 

state championships her 

junior and senior years. 

“She was part of a dynamite 

group of kids that 

were all really excited and 

very intelligent and eager 

to compete,” said Greenstein, 

her debate coach 

while at GBN. “As time 

went on ... she just kept 

growing at a rapid rate. I 

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she has a natural drive to 

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to be competitive that propelled 

her to do the things 

needed to grow. From 

there, she spread like wildfire 

in terms of her ability. 

She just got exponentially 

better and better.” 

When it came time to 

pursue debate at the collegiate 

level, Knez prioritized 

the opportunity to 

build on her high school 

success, making her decision 

to attend Georgetown 

— one of the top debate 

schools in the country — 

an easy one. 

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Georgetown, I debated 

competitively pretty much 

right from the start,” Knez 

said. “The debate team 

here is great, it’s a big 

reason why I came here. 

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years here, there’s been a 

really strong tradition of 

competitive success.” 

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National Debate Tournament 

all four years. During 

her junior year, Knez 

reached the finals of the 

tournament. Paired with a 

senior partner and in her 

longtime head coach’s final 

year, Knez considered 

her run to the finals a nice 

conclusion to her debate 

career. 

But, with a little less 

pressure attached and a 

freshman as her debate 

partner, Knez turned in another 

magical performance 

at this year’s tournament. 

With countless hours of 

preparation and careful 

execution, Knez and her 

partner, David Bernstein, 

finished second out of 78 

competing teams. For her 

strong individual performance, 

Knez earned the 

tournament’s Top Speaker 

Award, a prestigious honor 

given to the speaker who 

earns the highest number 

of speaker points throughout 

the tournament. During 

each debate, both teams 

and individuals speakers 

are awarded points 

by judges for set criteria. 

Knez’s performance over 

the course of tournament 

earned her the honor. The 

Glenbrook North graduate 

is just the fifth-ever female 

student to earn the Top 

Speaker Award and the 

first-ever female student 

from Georgetown to do so. 

As she looks back on 

her career in debate, Knez 

is proud of the program’s 

success and the lessons it 

has taught her. 

“I’m definitely really 

proud to have been part of 

such an awesome team,” 

she said. “When I look 

back on college debate, I’ll 

always remember the process 

that allowed us to have 

such successful [National 

Debate Tournaments] the 

last couple of years, because 

I think that the preparation 

that we put in and the 

working relationships that 

I’ve had with our coaches 

and with the debate partners 

... are really unique ... I 

think that it’s a lesson to me 

moving forward that learning 

to work will with your 

teammates and working 

toward a goal with a group 

of people can be really rewarding, 

because it’s really 

special to have accomplishments 

as an individual, but 

it’s much more rewarding 

to achieve something as a 

group of people that is driven 

toward the same goal.” 

After graduation, Knez 

will be teaching middleschool 

math in Philadelphia, 

while working 

toward her master’s in education. 

While at Georgetown, 

Knez has devoted 

countless hours to teaching 

debate at younger levels 

and bestowing her knowledge 

upon others, including 

students at GBN. 

Greenstein knows this is 

a crucial part to the success 

of GBN’s debate program. 

“One of the reason that 

I believe our program is 

successful is because our 

alumni keep coming back 

to help the program,” he 

said. “That cycle of alumni 

coming back to help, that 

partially explains her success 

and the success of the 

current program and hopefully 

we can continue that 

mentoring coaching cycle 

for years to come.” 

Knez knows that her 

time at GBN was a key element 

to her success. 

“Debate at GBN is 

great. It’s certainly one of 

the most well-supported 

high-school debate teams 

in the country,” she said. 

“It’s given me a really solid 

foundation for college.”



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Five lawsuits claim Lake 

Bluff school district knew 

of ongoing abuse 

Multiple lawsuits filed 

April 24 allege that Lake 

Bluff School District 65 

was aware and neglectful 

of ongoing sexual abuse by 

a teacher in the 1970s and 

1980s. 

At a news conference 

the afternoon of Thursday, 

April 26, in Chicago attorneys 

representing five 

victims of Charles Ritz, 

66 — a Lake Bluff Junior 

High teacher from 1975 to 

1985 who pleaded guilty 

to public indecency in May 

of 2017 for an instance in 

1985 when he masturbated 

in front of children at a 

pizza party in Waukegan 

— announced the lawsuits. 

The Lake Bluff Police 

Department began investigating 

Ritz in June 2016, 

after multiple former D65 

students accused Ritz of 

sexual abuse in the ’70s 

and ’80s. 

Investigators interviewed 

more than 50 witnesses 

before issuing an 

arrest warrant for Ritz, who 

was living in California at 

the time. 

Alleged abuse victim 

John Bollman spoke at the 

press conference, along 

with attorneys Jeff Anderson, 

of Jeff Anderson 

& Associates, and Marc 

Pearlman, of Frost Pearlman. 

Lawsuits against D65 

were also filed by Joseph 

Lombardi and the family 

of Edward Higginson, 

and two anonymous parties 

each identified as John 

Doe. 

The lawsuits claim that 

the district was first made 

aware of the potential dangers 

and illicit behavior 

of Ritz in 1978, while the 

five victims were allegedly 

abused in 1980-85. 

In September 1985, Ritz 

resigned from D65 without 

mention of the alleged 

abuse, the lawsuits state, 

and Ritz continued to teach 

minors in Southern California. 

Reporting by Joe Coughlin, 

Publisher. Full story at Lake- 

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THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Pearce to fill vacant seat 

on Wilmette Village Board 

A Wilmette Village 

Board trustee seat has been 

vacant for the last two 

months after Trustee Steve 

Leonard resigned at the end 

of February. 

But that will soon change 

as Leonard’s replacement 

will be sworn in at the next 

board meeting. Village 

President Bob Bielinski announced 

the appointment 

of former Village Trustee 

George Pearce to the position 

at the Village Board’s 

Tuesday, April 24 meeting. 

The board will vote to approve 

this appointment at 

the Tuesday, May 8 meeting 

and Pearce will be 

sworn in at that time. Upon 

Leonard’s resignation on 

Feb. 24, Bielinski had 60 

days to appoint an individual 

to fill Leonard’s vacancy. 

With that two-month 

period now coming to an 

end, Bielinski appointed 

Pearce to fill Leonard’s vacancy. 

“We are short one trustee 

right now, which will be 

remedied at the next meeting,” 

Bielinski said. “I’m 

pleased to announce at this 

meeting my appointment of 

Mr. Pearce. The board will 

be asked to approve that 

appointment at our next 

meeting and Mr. Pearce 

will be seated at our next 

meeting.” 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. Full story 

at WilmetteBeacon.com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Bond referendum pushes 

next park district budget to 

nearly $41 million 

The Glenview Park District 

will have approximately 

$41 million to work 

with in the upcoming fiscal 

year. 

During its Thursday, 

April 26 meeting, the board 

unanimously approved a 

$40,573,543 budget for the 

fiscal year beginning May 1. 

This amount represents 

an overall increase of 21.5 

percent from the prior 

year’s budget, attributable 

to the March 20 passage of 

a $17 million bond referendum 

to fund the renovation 

of the 45-year-old Glenview 

Ice Center and improvements 

at The Grove. 

Deputy Executive Director 

Katie Skibbe, who 

made the presentation to 

the board, said the budget 

designates approximately 

$26 million for operations, 

$9.6 million for capital 

projects and $4.7 million 

for debt repayment. 

The approved budget earmarks 

$2.6 million for the 

ice center during the fiscal 

year, $650,000 for improve- 

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Tournament of Champions,” 

Chuck Gitles said. 

“He is coaching some of the 

kids who are there. I challenge 

some of the people 

who are on the current debate 

team to be at the Tournament 

of Champions in the 

next several years and get 

one step ahead of my son 

and actually be some of the 

people debating.” 

The Maple science team, 

coached by Robin Dombeck, 

was also recognized 

after finishing second in the 

state tournament. The competition 

team includes Neil 

Arora, Henry Brunz, Darshan 

Kommanapalli, Rish 

Purayil and Megan Wang; 

the challenger team includes 

Branden Chi, Kyle 

Joseph, Peter Nardulli, 

Claire Mui, Elan Schonfeld 

and Roger Yang; and the 

team managers are Michael 

Koziol, Yoo Lae Rho and 

Evan D’Souza. 

“You guys should be 

commended for spending 

the amount of time to do 

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you can actually go to the 

multi-day event,” Chuck 

Gitles said. “Congratulations 

to you guys and congratulations 

to your coach. 

We look forward to seeing 

this next year, as well.” 

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Wescott first-graders explore the wonderful world of dogs 

Submitted by District 30 

Wescott School firstgraders 

performed the 

original musical “Dogs!” 

for the last time with Bill 

Vaananen. 

The musical premiered 

32 years ago and has been 

a beloved show for many 

classes. Wescott School 

first-graders presented the 

show this year on April 20. 

Vaananen has served as 

Wescott’s music teacher for 

37 years and has been affectionately 

called “Mr. V” 

by countless students. 

After the first-graders’ 

performance, he said that 

“today we performed our 

original musical ‘Dogs!’ 

for the last time at Wescott. 

We premiered the show 32 

years ago with the thirdgraders 

in March 1986. 

Since then, we have done 

‘Dogs!’ or one of its sequels 

over a dozen times — not 

counting summer-school 

productions and other spinoffs. 

The children did a 

wonderful job. Thanks for 

the memories, kids.” 

Retiring music teacher Bill Vaananen plays the piano. 

Principal Chris Brown 

said, “Everyone’s tails 

were wagging this week as 

Wescott’s first-grade students 

treated the students, 

staff and Wescott families 

to one final performance of 

‘Dogs!’ Thank you to our 

first-grade teachers Ashley 

Grosshuesch, Courtney 

Hoffman, Sharon Latek 

and Sydney Lichten for 

giving production assistance 

and practicing lines 

with the children in class, 

and to physical education 

teacher Roy Grober for his 

production assistance and 

technical setup. 

“We extend a big thank 

you to music teacher Bill 

Vaananen, composer and 

director of ‘Dogs!’ His last 

show with the fifth-graders 

takes place on May 17-18 

and will be titled ‘Finale.’” 

Wescott first-graders (left to right) Nola Kunkle, Ainsleigh Kruz and Kacey Lee sing 

during their performance of the original musical “Dogs!” on April 20 at the school. 

PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

Sarah Tanzif, dressed in a dog costume, dances during 

the show. 

The Wescott first-graders perform “Dogs!”



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Photo Op 

Northbrook/Glenview District 30 submitted this photo of presenter Kim White 

showing an albino lizard to students at Maple School. 

Did you snap a cool photo of a beautiful, funny or cute moment? Send it in as a Photo Op to 

Editor Martin Carlino at martin@northbrooktower.com. 

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cycle. Unit 1 serves team 

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and is a high efficiency unit 

because of the larger area it 

serves. 

Unit 2 serves the pro 

shop area and is a regular 

unit. 

As in past years, the 

board approved a specialuse 

permit to allow for the 

sale and consumption of 

beer and wine in Village 

Green Park at the Northbrook 

Civic Foundation’s 

Northbrook Days Carnival. 

Northbrook Days is 

scheduled to start on Aug. 

1 and run through Aug. 5 

in Village Green Park. On 

an annual basis, the civic 

foundation has requested a 

special-use permit to serve 

beer and wine in the park 

at the event. A temporary 

liquor license will be obtained 

from the Village 

and State of Illinois. 


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A major focus of the 

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2018-2022: New 

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The plan would reflect the 

district mission and vision 

and serve the District and 

the community for the next 

3-5 years. This project will 

begin in mid-May with an 

anticipated completion in 

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First-graders welcome spring 

Willowbrook 

students plant 

memories for the 

seasons 


Willowbrook School’s 

daffodils were in full 

bloom on April 24 when 

the first-graders planted a 

butterfly garden. 

District 30’s Environmental 

Awareness Committee 

partnered with Rob 

Sulski, of Foot Stone, to 

create the new green space 

at the school. He augured 

holes in the soil in the front 

drive near the flagpole that 

morning, and everything 

was ready for the firstgraders 

to start planting by 

9:30 a.m. 

Fifth-grade teacher 

Heidi Fletcher said, “Our 

first-grade classes were 

invited to plant this butterfly 

garden due to the 

natural connection with 

their life science unit. 

They rotated in and out of 

the garden in 20-minute 

increments between 10-11 

a.m.” 

Out with 

the old, in 

with the 

new 


Excavators, backhoe 

loaders and bulldozers 

recently began ripping 

apart the old Maple 

School. 

Willowbrook first-grader Yirui Wang takes a clump of dirt and seeds from Rob Sulski, 

of Foot Stone, to plant a butterfly garden on April 24 at the school. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

The schedule was as follows: 

• Aimee Neumann’s 

class — 10-10:20 a.m. 

• Jody Madden’s class 

— 10:20-10:40 a.m. 

• Rachel Rabinowitz’s 

class — 10:40-11 a.m. 

Sulski met with each 

class at the main entrance 

and provided directions 

before planting. Over the 

course of an hour, the 

children planted 256 total 

plants and 25 different 

species, including Michigan 

lily, northern drops, 

red grass, blue-eyed grass, 

purple cornflower, wild 

geranium, prairie phlox, 

blue aster, leadplant and 

shooting star. All the 

An entrance to the school is reduced to rubble. 

RIGHT: Construction equipment destroys a brick wall of the old Maple 

School. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

plants came from Sulski’s 

own garden, and he will 

return in the fall with another 

250. 

He told the kids that the 

plants will attract butterflies 

and other pollinating 

insects as they grow. 

Learning specialist 

Melanie Roth said, “The 

butterfly garden was a hit. 

Willowbrook assistant Samantha Dospod (left) plants 

seeds with first-graders Roz Purtill (middle) and Emma 

Frenkel. 

Teacher Jody Madden helps first-grader Jake Brown. 

Memories last longer than 

one season, and I definitely 

think that applies to the 

butterfly garden project 

that took place today. The 

students loved getting their 

hands dirty and learning 

about the different plants. 

What a great opportunity 

for the students to partner 

with Mother Nature to 

make magic.”

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from the editor 

A look back at LIFT day 

Martin Carlino 


Every other year, 

Northbrook Junior 

High opens its doors 

to dozens of professionals 

for an afternoon it coins 

LIFT day. 

Organized by the NBJH 

PTO, the purpose of 

Looking Into The Future 

Together (LIFT) day is to 

bring in professionals from 

a wide variety of fields to 

share their insights with 

NBJH sixth- through 

eighth-grade students. 

This year, NBJH 

welcomed 39 professionals, 

who each held three 

30-minute informative 

sessions for students. 

To help ensure students 

attended sessions of their 

desire, students were able 

to select three sessions 

of interest, with a professional 

they wished to hear 

speak. 

Presenters hailed from a 

wide range of professions, 

including a pediatrician, 

structural engineer, fashion 

stylist, firefighter, film 

producer, architect, author 

and many others. 

Several months ago, I 

received an email from a 

LIFT day organizer asking 

if I would be interested 

in coming to speak with 

students. 

It was a tremendous 

honor and one I gladly 

accepted. And last Friday, 

I was able to speak with 

more than 30 students, 

who were all very eager to 

learn — hopefully, quite 

a bit — about The Northbrook 

Tower. I hoped to 

give students who attended 

my sessions the chance to 

get a small taste of some of 

the key aspects of journalism 

— writing, reporting 

and taking photos. 

After sharing some notes 

about how The Tower 

comes to be, students got 

the chance to take part in a 

mock press conference of 

our own, asking questions 

to our honoree volunteer 

police chief, taking photos 

and eventually writing 

their own story. 

Throughout all three 

sessions, students were 

eager to listen and excited 

to have the chance to test 

their own hands in journalism. 

With just a little bit 

of practice, students asked 

great questions and wrote 

excellent stories. 

LIFT day was a wonderful 

opportunity for students 

to dream big, set career 

goals and engage in an 

afternoon full of learning 

opportunities. 

It was a honor to speak 

with students and hopefully 

some will even 

consider pursuing a career 

in journalism. 

Finally! Spring weather has arrived! 

Thanks to all the staff, parent and student 

volunteers who helped open the NBJH 

Garden and the Westmoor School garden 

last Saturday. Your work is already helping 

everything grow! #TLC28 

Northbrook School District 28 posted this 

photo on April 26. 

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Opening night! Co-Directors enjoying 

their hard work payoff! #gbnnow 

Glenbrook North High School tweeted this 

on April 26, before the opening of “The 

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ments to the entrance to The 

Grove that address safety 

and security issues, and 

$500,000 to The Grove’s 

Interpretive Center. 

According to Skibbe, at 

the conclusion of the fiscal 

year on April 30, 2019, 

the Park District will have 

reserves of $49,976,541, 

about $28 million of which 

is related to funds from the 

referendum. 

Three staff recommendations 

related to the ice 

center renovation were also 

approved at the meeting: 

• an agreement with Williams 

Architects for basis 

architectural, engineering 

and design; 

• an agreement with W.B. 

Olson to serve as construction 

manager at the rink; 

• an agreement with The 

AT Group to act as the Park 

District’s representative 

and provide negotiation 

and management services. 

Reporting by Neil Milbert, 

Freelance Reporter. Full story 

at GlenviewLantern.com. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

Water in City buildings 

meets lead level standard 

After 11 fixtures in 

Highland Park City-owned 

buildings testing above 

federal standards for lead 

in July 2017, the City has 

finally mitigated lead levels 

in its buildings. 

According to a press 

release, the City has mitigated 

the lead levels in all 

buildings that registered 

high lead levels in potable 

water. 

“The City is dedicated to 

taking this proactive step on 

an annual basis to protect 

the health and safety of our 

residents. This sets a high 

standard for others who provide 

water to the public,” 

Mayor Nancy Rotering said 

in the release. “Safe drinking 

water is essential to our 

health and is a fundamental 

responsibility.” 

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Reporting by Margaret 

Tazoli, Freelance Reporter. 

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com. 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

District 225 administrators will 

present nine recommendations 

intended to bolster security 

procedures at Glenbrook North 

and South. Please see page 14. 

The Northbrook Tower 

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Nicole Dreiske, 

of Northbrook, 

recently wrote 

a book about 

how children can 

both spend time 

on screens and 

learn important 

life lessons. 

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Across 

1. Leather cowboy accessories 

6. Karate school 

10. Headed for overtime 

14. Flower locale 

15. Hoohas 

16. TV award 

17. Words from a familiar 

voice at the door 

18. Spanish lady’s title 

19. Museo hanging 

20. Play bringing ’50s 

romance to Northbrook 

23. Ending for a toy dog 

24. Cuts 

25. Winter hours in 

Northbrook 

28. Check sent with a 

ltr., e.g. 

31. Steamy spots 

35. Surprised interjection 

36. “Beep!” on the river 

38. Maliciousness 

39. Worthless horse 

40. 1977 Rose Royce 

hit 

42. Fed. property 

manager 

43. Accra’s land 

45. Benefit 

46. Sushi selection 

47. Categorize 

49. Social slight 

51. Vegas or Palmas 

52. He played the role 

of Hines in 20 across, 

____ Anderson 

54. Stripling 

56. Type of painter 

62. Necklace component 

sometimes 

64. Indian curry extra 

65. Glenbrook North 

junior hockey player, 

Tim _____ 

66. Wrinkly fruit 

67. Coin you can turn on 

68. Pertaining to bees 

69. Grp. marching 

around campus 

70. Malamute’s burden, 

perhaps 

71. Conquers 

Down 

1. Buttonhole, e.g. 

2. Walkway 

3. Cathedral area 

4. Taunt 

5. Blackguard 

6. “Father,” in toddler 

talk 

7. Laker, Lamar 

8. Whale victim 

9. OK Indians 

10. Joins forces 

11. 2002 Literature 

Nobelist Kertesz 

12. CPR pro 

13. Food additive 

21. Post revolution 

governmental council 

22. Up to one’s ears 

25. Line dance 

26. Former Iranian 

leaders 

27. Frat-party costumes 

29. Milit. rank 

30. Home Depot rival 

32. Formula One 

driver, Mansell 

33. Perplexed 

34. Varnishes 

37. Glacier melting 

result 

40. Solitaire unit 

41. Head bone 

44. Wandering 

48. Hair phases 

50. Tree with gourdlike 

fruit 

53. Median barrier 

55. Peach or cherry 

56. Creator of 

Mickey and Goofy 

57. Originated 

58. Lacking height 

and depth 

59. Bulbed flower 

60. Card game with 

no cards below seven 

61. Till stack 

62. Small bit used in 

dentistry or surgery 

63. Id counterpart 

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9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

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10 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

North Shore Senior Center 

“Veteran’s Panel”- 

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11 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

Earth and Arbor Day 

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Northbrook resident helps make screens more meaningful 

NB resident 

creates method for 

thoughtful youth 

screen time 

Jacqueline Glosniak 

Contributing Editor 

Today, the two most 

common observances of 

parents versus children 

and technology are either 

parents yelling at kids to 

unplug from their devices 

after hours of use, or allowing 

devices to literally 

babysit their children — at 

the park, on airplanes and 

even when out to eat. In a 

world where cell phones, 

computers and television 

screens compete for our 

attention at all hours of 

the day, it’s no wonder 

that so many parents just 

give into their children’s 

habits and allow them unlimited 

hours of unsupervised 

viewing time. 

But instead of continuing 

to allow the negative 

phenomenon to happen, 

Nicole Dreiske decided 

to turn lemons into lemonade 

through cultivating 

methods for adults to 

transform the way children 

use and engage with 

electronics. 

In her new book, “The 

Upside of Digital Devices,” 

Dreiske, of Northbrook, 

helps parents make 

their children more screen 

smart and technologically 

literate. 

Dreiske, who founded 

the Chicago International 

Children’s Film Festival 

— the largest international 

children’s film festival in 

the U.S. which now serves 

as a springboard for shortfilm 

winners to compete 

for Academy Awards — 

said hosting youth film 

festivals sparked her interest 

in really getting to 

understand how children 

not just view things on 

screen, but what it really 

means for them. 

“The big problem that 

we have is we’re segregating 

screen time from the 

rest of family activities,” 

she said. “So, there’s a lot 

of really wonderful activities 

that parents involve 

their children in, but it’s 

always under the premise 

that maybe at the end of 

the day, you’ll get an hour 

and a half with your tablet... 

which is a very worrisome 

piece because you 

don’t want a complete 

absence of adult interaction 

and oversight around 

the most powerful tool in 

their lives.” 

Dreiske’s call to action 

came in 1996 when she 

was screening the film 

“The Wind in the Willows” 

in a theater full of 

Chicago students. Thirty 

minutes into the show, a 

10-year-old came out of 

the theater sobbing uncontrollably. 

“I asked the child why 

“The idea was to give kids a 

choice — to let them understand 

that there are things that 

they can do with their minds 

while they are watching. What 

you do with your mind is the 

most important part when engaging 

with a screen.” 

Nicole Dreiske — a Northbrook resident who 

now is an educational innovator and American 

leader in developing screen-based programs for 

educating children 

she was so upset if she 

read the book, and the 

child said, ‘When you 

read a book, you have a 

choice about what’s in 

your mind, and when you 

watch it on screen, you 

have no choice at all,’” 

Dreiske said. 

Thus, Dreiske made it 

her mission to create open 

and honest dialogue about 

screen time. 

“The idea was to give 

kids a choice — to let 

them understand that 

there are things that they 

can do with their minds 

while they are watching,” 

she said. “What you 

do with your mind is the 

most important part when 

engaging with a screen.” 

Dreiske said children 

genuinely want to talk to 

adults about their experiences 

in life — their relationships, 

their school day 

and their hobbies. However, 

she says, adults rarely 

give children the chance 

to talk about their screen 

time. Through the National 

Association for the 

Education of Young Children, 

Dreiske said several 

parents voiced their concerns 

with her that they 

never really knew how to 

talk to their children about 

what they were viewing 

on TV and online; both 

questions on what they 

were watching and how to 

start discussions on what 

they truly thought about 

what they were viewing. 

“I asked them a really 

simple question: ‘What 

does a great relationship 

with screens look 

like to you? What do we 

want from our childrens’ 

NATIONAL 

relationship with technology?’” 

she said. “We 

can create that, we’re not 

powerless.” 

Dreiske said her Screen 

Smart methods are based 

on research on brain 

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chemistry, maneuvering 

through the different 

channels of the brain that 

are active when children 

are engaging with content 

on a screen. 

One of Dreiske’s main 

methodologies involves 

giving parents homework 

for their kids to ask them 

questions about what 

they liked and what they 

didn’t like upon a screen 

interaction. From her perspective, 

the exercise is 

as simple to do as work 

through a picture book 

but now creates a parent/ 

children sphere around 

screens. 

“When you think about 

it, nobody motormouths 

through a kid’s book; 

you’re constantly interacting 

with the book. You’re 

cuddling, you’re talking 

about something that happened 

that day at school 

or at the park, and you’re 

relating what’s happening 

in the story with the book 

to things in the child’s 

life. It’s highly interactive,” 

she said. 

Essentially, Dreiske 

said, what parents have 

is the ability to connect 

with their children on core 

family and societal values 

before their children get 

to their screens. Additionally, 

she said parents’ relationships 

with their childrens’ 

screens should be 

more than just selection, 

supervision and censorship. 

“We can change that 

very simply by No. 1, letting 

them know we care 

about how they’re responding; 

No. 2, giving 

them a job, something to 

watch for, something that 

makes them accountable 

for what they’re watching; 

and No. 3, making 

sure that they’re ideas 

are paid attention to from 

adults,” she said. 

From panel discussions, 

conference presentations 

with physicians 

and children’s workshops, 

Dreiske said the reception 

to her methods have been 

overwhelmingly positive. 

“Parents respond in extraordinary 

ways when 

they see the interest and 

the intelligence that their 

children demonstrate 

in relation to engaging 

screens,” she said. “When 

you’re interacting with 

children, let them own the 

answers.” 

To promote her new book, 

Dreiske will be at the Northbrook 

Public Library on 

May 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. 

Faith Briefs 

Congregation Beth Shalom (3433 

Walters Ave.) 

Shabba-Teen Shabbat 

Experience 

Join if you are in ninth- 

12th grade for the Shabba- 

Teen Shabbat Experience 

on May 5, 2018, 10:30 

a.m.-noon. Hang out in the 

Youth Lounge and discuss 

topics that are relevant 

with Rabbi Ari Averbach 

and Matt Rissien, Director 

of Youth Activities. Topic 

on May 5th: #AskTheRabbi. 

HAZAK 

Join for HAZAK (programming 

for adults over 

age 55) Dine and Discuss, 

featuring Rabbi Carl and 

Judy Wolkin: “A Jewish 

Year in Our Lives From 

– CBS, Northbrook, IL, 

USA To Sams, St. Albans, 

Herts., UK.” on May 30 

from 6:30-8:15 p.m., $15 

CBS members, $20 nonmembers, 

light dinner included. 

RSVP by May 24 

to Bernie (847) 498-4100 

x46 or email BBalbot@ 

BethShalomNB.org. 

Northbrook Community Synagogue 

(2548 Jasper Court) 

Morning Minyan 

Join morning minyan 

followed by breakfast on 

weekdays at 7:15 a.m. 

and on Sundays and holidays 

at 9 a.m. For information, 

call (847) 509- 

9204. 

NCS Lag B’Omer Bonfire 

Join us for the annual 

Lag B’omer Bonfire on 

May 3 at 6 p.m. This funfilled 

event includes fun 

activities for kids, smores 

and music. Everyone is 

welcome. For more information 

visit our website 

at www.ncshul.org or call 

(847) 509-9204. 

St. Giles Episcopal Church (3025 

Walters Ave.) 

Grace Space 

This is an informal and 

shorter worship service 

geared to those with young 

children, but open to all, 

at 8:30 a.m.; or worship in 

a more traditional, formal 

setting at 10:15 a.m. A free 

breakfast is served the second 

Sunday of each month 

from 9-10:30 a.m. For 

more information, visit 

www.saint-giles.org. 

Choir 

Join us for choir practice 

every Thursday evening 

at 7:30 p.m. For more information, 

contact Jim 

Brown, director of music, 

(847) 272-6622. 

Men’s Night Out 

St. Giles men and their 

male friends and family 

are welcome to gather at 

Grandpa’s in Glenview, 

across from the downtown 

train station, at 7 

p.m. on the second Tuesday 

of the month. For 

more information, call 

(847) 272-6622. 

Islamic Cultural Center of Greater 

Chicago (1810 Pfingsten Road) 

Juma’ah Prayer 

This prayer includes a 

khutba (sermon) by Imam, 

followed by the prayer 

from 1-2 p.m. on Fridays. 

For more information, call 

(847) 272-0319. 

Sunday Talk 

Every Sunday the Islamic 

Cultural Center will 

hold a discussion at 12:30- 

1 p.m. For more information, 

call (847) 272-0319 

or visit www.icc-greaterchicago.com. 

Young Israel of Northbrook (3545 

Walters Ave.) 

Weekly Monday Night 

Torah Study 

Study Torah with 

Rabbi Herschel Berger, 

spiritual leader of Young 

Israel of Northbrook, 

at 7 p.m. on Mondays. 

Discussions will correlate 

the study topic to modern 

daily life. No charge. 


contact Rabbi Berger 

at (847) 205-1910 or 

hbglobemet@aol.com. 

Casual Morning Minyan 

On Saturdays at 9:30 

a.m., join for a Shabbat, 

lay-led, participatory service 

held in the mishkan. 

The one-hour service is informal 

and open to young 

and old alike. After worship, 

many participants 

remain for a lively discussion 

about the Torah portion 

over a bagel and coffee. 

Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook (2095 

Landwehr Road) 

Tuesday Women to Women 

Class 

Weekly women’s class 

hosted by Chaya Epstein at 

2:15 p.m. Women to Women 

is a Jewish women’s organization 

run by women 

for women. For more information, 

call (847) 564- 

8770. 

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (1133 

Pfingsten) 

“The American Protestant 

Experience” 

Starting mid- 

January:“The American 

Protestant Experience,” a 

10-week series. For more 

information, call (847) 272- 

0400 or email jane@gloriadeinorthbrook.org 

to RSVP. 

Submit information for 

The Tower’s Faith page to 

m.dwojak@22ndcentury 

media.com. Deadline is noon 

on Thursday. 

In Memoriam 

Margaret Coombe 

Margaret “Peg” 

Coombe, 92, of Northbrook, 

died April 20. 

She was the beloved 

wife of Jack Coombe. She 

will be greatly missed by 

all who knew her. 

Julia Dula Van Patten Fuller 

Julia Dula Van Patten 

Fuller, 83, died March 29. 

She was born Julia Dula 

Van Patten on Dec. 8, 

1934, in Norfolk, Va. She 

was the daughter of the 

late Isaac Toll Van Patten 

Jr. and Carolyn Lucelia 

McClain Van Patten of 

Norfolk and sister to Isaac 

Toll Van Patten, III, Gabriella 

Van Patten McDowell, 

Margaret Van Patten Colwell, 

Lucelia Van Patten 

White and Dinah Van Patten, 

she was the last of her 

generation to pass. 

She married the love of 

her life, Mark A. Fuller Jr., 

of Cincinnati in 1956 and 

was happily married for 

53 years until he passed 

in 2009. She is survived 

by three adult children, 

Mark A. Fuller III (Cynthia) 

of Winnetka, Ellen 

Fuller Ashcraft (James) 

of Cincinnati and Mallory 

McKnight Fuller (Anja) of 

Ashville, North Carolina, 

10 grandchildren and six 

great grandchildren. 

Dula will be remembered 

for her love of family, 

dogs and gardening. 

She was an active homemaker 

and most involved 

with garden clubs in Cincinnati, 

New Canaan, CT, 

Asheville, NC and West 

Palm Beach, FL. 

In lieu of flowers, the 

family suggests a donation 

to the Alzheimer’s 

Society at www.alz.org. 

John E. Halversen 

John E. Halversen, 

90, of Northbrook, died 

Wednesday, April 11. 

Gerald H. Newmark 

Gerald H. Newmark 

(Jerry), 87, of Northbrook, 

died April 17 in 

Scottsdale, Ariz. 

He was the founder and 

owner of MJ Vending; 

beloved husband for 58 

years of Donna Rae, nee 

Carlin; loving father of 

Esther (Lorenzo) Orlando, 

Judy (Brian) Brenner 

and Michael Newmark; 

adored grandfather of Rachel, 

Jordan and Alyssa 

Handmaker, Jacob, Shifra, 

Shoshana and Shayna 

Brenner, Nathan, Natalie, 

Ben and Maya Newmark; 

cherished brother of David 

(Sandy) Newmark; 

dear brother-in-law of 

Dennis Carlin. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

can be made to 

www.infokomen.org/ 

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Froggy’s French Cafe keeps diners hopping with innovative fare 

Highwood eatery 

celebrates four 

decades 

Eric DeGrechie 

Managing Editor 

When Thierry Lefeuvre 

opened Froggy’s French 

Cafe in the summer of 

1980, he was fulfilling a 

dream that began in the 

northwest of France. 

Born in Brittany, France, 

Lefeuvre grew up interested 

in cooking. He used experiences 

gained in various 

kitchens to create Froggy’s, 

306 Green Bay Road, Highwood, 

which has been wowing 

locals for four decades. 

“You have to be stubborn 

and stay on top of everything 

that needs to be taken 

care of,” said Lefeuvre, of 

Froggy’s sustained success. 

“The menu is filled with 

things that people have 

been loving for years.” 

While co-founder Gregg 

Mason is no longer involved 

in the operation, 

newer owners Bill and Sheri 

Cartwright are. Area sports 

fans may remember Bill 

Cartwright from his days 

playing, and later coaching, 

the Chicago Bulls. 

Walk through the doors 

of Froggy’s and you may 

feel like you’ve entered 

a neighborhood bistro in 

France. The owners pride 

themselves on providing an 

inviting and intimate ambiance, 

and the restaurant 

reflects that. The ceiling of 

the dining room is decorated 

with dozens of colorful 

upside-down umbrellas 

and the walls are filled with 

original artwork by Jacqueline 

Lefeuvre, Thierry’s 

wife. 

Like his wife, Thierry 

Lefeuvre also considers 

himself an artist and his 

palettes are the beautiful 

dishes he creates. Seafood, 

The grilled whitefish Provençal ($25 on the dinner menu) at Froggy’s French Cafe in 

Highwood features locally bought seafood with shallots, tomato and garlic. Photos by 

Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media 

bought locally and directly 

from Hawaii, is prominently 

featured throughout the 

menu. 

“I would say seafood 

makes up about 50 percent 

of the menu, but beef, especially 

ribeyes and tenderloins, 

are also popular,” 

Lefeuvere said. “The third 

thing people come here for 

is exotic items they can’t 

get anywhere else, like 

wild game.” 

While Lefeuvre realizes 

the importance of keeping 

items on the menu that 

have been ordered frequently 

over the years, he’s 

also quick to mix things up 

depending on the season 

and remain innovative with 

ever-changing daily specials. 

Not a fan of using a 

fryer at Froggy’s, Lefeuvre 

keeps his menu healthy 

though he admits portions 

are larger to appease the 

tastes of Americans versus 

diners in Europe. 

Lefeuvre touts his chef’s 

creations, which include a 

choice of an appetizer, sorbet, 

entree and dessert, and 

range in price from $35- 

$47 for dinner, and less for 

lunch. 

Cold appetizers ($11) 

include marinated Gulf 

shrimp (orange, coconut, 

oak leaf lettuce, cayenne 

pepper vinaigrette) and 

salmon trio (smoked, oak 

leaves, rillette, which is 

meat served similar to pate, 

and sausage). Hot appetizers 

include escargot casserole 

($11, braised in a 

creamy garlic sauce) and 

foie gras ($16, sauteed with 

blackcurrant and onion, 

cassis sauce). 

Among the popular seafood 

entrees is the grilled 

whitefish Provençal ($25 

on the dinner menu), featuring 

shallots, tomato and 

garlic, and served with 

mashed potatoes, grilled 

zucchini, peapods, tomatoes 

and baby carrots. 

While frequenting Froggy’s 

recently with several 

other 22nd Century Media 

employees, this is what I 

ordered for lunch. Everything 

at Froggy’s is super 

fresh and the sauce on 

this dish really kicked the 

whole entree up a notch. I 

made a point to tell Lefeuvre 

that I would be returning 

soon with my wife. 

Froggy’s French Cafe 

306 Green Bay Road, 

Highwood 

(847) 433-7080 

www.froggysrestaurant. 

com. 

11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 

5-10 p.m. Tuesday- 

Thursday 

11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 

5-11 p.m. Friday 

5-11 p.m. Saturday 

Closed Sunday 

Before I had the whitefish, 

I tried a bowl of cold 

gazpacho. I’ve always been 

of the opinion that there is 

no better soup for the warm 

months ahead than gazpacho. 

Froggy’s version 

doesn’t disappoint with just 

the right amount of spice 

for a refreshing and cooling 

treat. 

One of my colleagues ordered 

the pasta primavera 

($23) with chicken (also 

available with vegetable 

and seafood) and served in 

a lobster cream sauce. The 

other dined on the sauteed 

shrimp with linguini ($29), 

which is lightly-breaded 

and was also served in the 

The sautéed shrimp with linguini ($29) is lightly 

breaded and served with lobster sauce. 

The pasta primavera ($23) can include vegetables, 

chicken or seafood, with Provençal or lobster cream 

sauce. 

Desserts at Froggy’s include meringue with espresso 

cappuccino, flourless chocolate cake, dark chocolate 

praline and ice cream. 

lobster cream sauce. Let’s 

just say neither spoke much 

during the meal between 

bites and all three of our 

dishes were spotless when 

we finished our exquisite 

meals of French flavors. 

I can could go on and on 

about the menu at Froggy’s 

as it is vast and filled with 

culinary treats. Lobster, 

duck, sea scallops, scrod, 

veal and sweetbread are all 

included. Desserts include 

French bread pudding, 

creme brulee, mousse cake 

and artisan cheese. 

While Lefeuvre tweaks 

the menu for spring, reservations 

are being accepted 

for Mother’s Day, Sunday, 

May 13. Private parties 

are also very popular at 

Froggy’s. The restaurant’s 

Instagram account features 

Lefeuvre’s colorful plates.

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high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Boys Volleyball 

April 21 - Lincoln Way West 2, Glenbrook 

North 0 

The Spartans got off to a rough start 

against Lincoln Way West to start the 

Brother Rice Smack Attack tournament. 

April 21 - Lincoln Way East 2, GBN 0 

North couldn’t keep up in their second 

game of the tournament. 

Baseball 

April 21 - Fremd 1, GBN 0 

The Spartans lost their third game of 

the season in a pitching duel. 

April 24- GBN 9, Vernon Hills 3 

North held a long lead in an unfinished 

game. 

Softball 

April 21 - GBN 8, Wheeling 2 

GBN took control against Wheeling in 

a big third inning for the offense helped 

the Spartans pull of a critical win in the 

season. 

April 24 - GBN 4, Highland Park 3 

The Spartans battled it out in a game 

that was not finished. 

Girls Water Polo 

April 17 - GBN 18, Vernon Hills 1 

The Spartans came out shooting, scoring 

their second-highest amount of goals 

this season — they scored 19 the game 

before. 

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Herbst is a senior and key 

contributor on the Glenbrook 

North girls water 

polo team. 

When and why did 

you start playing 

water polo? 

I stated because someone 

in my religious education 

class told me that 

I wouldn’t be that good 

in it while I was in eighth 

grade. 

What do you like most 

about the sport? 

I like how it’s never the 

same twice. There’s so 

much you can do with it. 

Even if you run the same 

play, it’s never the same 

twice so you have so many 

options. 

Do you have any 

superstitions before a 

game? 

We jump in the water at 

the same time as a team, 

that’s really important 

to me. I feel like we play 

better when we start as a 

team. 

What is one thing 

people don’t know 

about you? 

People don’t know that I 

don’t like lunch meats. 

What is your favorite 

sports moment? 

Last year we beat Highland 

Park, we were down 

by two and there were 30 

seconds left. We had a 

shot, got back on defense, 

got the steal and we ended 

up winning the game. 

If you were a 

superhero, what 

superpower would you 

want? 

I would want to breathe 

underwater. 

What would you do if 

you won the lottery? 

I would save some of 

it for college and then I 

would go get ice cream. 

What is one thing on 

your bucket list? 

I want to go skydiving. 

What is your favorite 

area restaurant? 

I would say Chick-fil-a. 

If you could be any 

animal, which would 

you choose? 

I would be a treefrog because 

they look pretty innocent, 

but I feel like they 

have secret talents you 

don’t know. 

Interview by Sports Editor 

Michal Dwojak

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Boys Water Polo 

Spartans fall in tight 

rematch against Titans 

Gary Larsen 


It’s always nice to play a 

good game when you’re a 

senior on Senior Night, especially 

when your team is 

hosting its heated rival. 

But then, Glenbrook 

South senior Brendan 

Chang has been playing 

water polo well for a long 

time. So it’s no real surprise 

that the fourth-year varsity 

player scored seven goals 

in South’s 10-8 win over 

visiting Glenbrook North 

on April 25. 

“It was a great game and 

a fun Senior Night, he said. 

South beat North 15-4 

when the teams met back 

on March 17 but the Spartans 

actually led the rematch 

after one quarter of 

play. 

That’s when Glenbrook 

South ratcheted up its intensity 

in holding Glenbrook 

North to four goals 

over the next three quarters. 

“I was impressed with 

our last three quarters. 

They really locked it down 

defensively,” Glenbrook 

South coach Dave Lieberman 

said. 

Chang scored all three of 

the Titans’ goals in the first 

quarter. And even though 

his side trailed 4-3 heading 

into the second, 

The Titans and Spartans 

were tied 5-5 after two 

quarters and Glenbrook 

South led 7-6 after three 

quarters before posting a 

3-2 edge in the fourth. 

Chang scored twice in 

the final quarter to help secure 

the win. 

One of South’s keys was 

slowing down Glenbrook 

Glenbrook North junior Ilian Farbman takes a shot 

during North’s 10-8 loss to Glenbrook South on April 25 

in Glenview. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media 

North junior Ilian Farbman, 

the Spartans’ chief scoring 

threat. 

“He brings a lot to the 

table,” Spartans coach Bud 

Mathieu said of Farbman. 

“He’s fast, strong, he has 

a great shot, he plays really 

good defense — he 

has all the skills you want. 

You can look at one of our 

games and tell within thirty 

seconds that he’s our best 

guy.” 

Lieberman was well 

aware of the threat Farbman 

posted, and he applauded 

Chang and Nate 

Cohen for their work in 

helping to slow Farbman 

down. 

“I was really happy with 

Nate Cohen’s defense on 

(Farbman), especially in 

the second half,” Lieberman 

said. “He does a really 

nice job and he’ll sacrifice 

his offense to concentrate 

on defense. Nate has a 

great arm and when he gets 

his shot, he takes it, but in 

this game we needed him 

to kind of lock down on 

(Farbman).” 

Farbman scored the 

game’s final goal, with 14 

seconds remaining, and 

afterwards he was pleased 

with the way his side 

competed, in light of the 

11-point loss North suffered 

to South a month earlier. 

“We played the game 

slowly, and didn’t make 

any stupid mistakes,” Farbman 

said. “We knew (Glenbrook 

South) was probably 

better than us and that we 

couldn’t just do something 

and hope for the best. We 

played defense and we 

communicated, which is 

something we’ve been 

working on.” 

Mathieu is proud of the 

season’s evolution his boys 

have shown. 

“Danny Ogranovich is 

really good defensively 

and Ryan Corfield is just 

hustling his butt off on both 

sides of the ball,” Mathieu 

said. “A month ago we had 

two really skilled players, 

and now we have six. Three 

or four guys that were second-tier 

players are now 

playing awesome defense, 

learning how to counterattack, 

and just play smart 

polo.” 

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SPARTANS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

■May ■ 3 - at Maine East, 

4:45 p.m. 

■May ■ 4 - hosts Lake Forest, 

4:45 p.m. 

■May ■ 5 - hosts Glenbrook 

South, 10:30 a.m. 

■May ■ 8 - at Maine West, 

4:45 p.m. 

■May ■ 10 - hosts Maine 

West, 4:45 p.m. 

GIRLS LACROSSE 

■May ■ 4 - at Deerfield, 

4:45 p.m. 

■May ■ 5 - hosts Huntley, 

1 p.m. 

■May ■ 7 - hosts Lake Zurich, 

7 p.m. 

■May ■ 9 - at Maine South, 

7 p.m. 

■May ■ 10 - at Glenbard 

West, 7 p.m. 

BOYS LACROSSE 

■May ■ 3 - at Glenbrook 

South, 7 p.m. 

■May ■ 5 - hosts York, 2 p.m. 

■May ■ 9 - hosts New Trier, 

7 p.m. 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 

■May ■ 3 - hosts Highland 

Park, 6 p.m. 

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5 p.m. 

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■May ■ 8 - hosts Vernon Hills, 

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■May ■ 9 - at Lake Forest, 

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■May ■ 4 - at Barrington 

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Boys Tennis 

North’s doubles bounce past Caxys 

David Jaffe 


With Glenbrook North 

freshman Nick Redstone 

joining the team and playing 

doubles with junior and 

state qualifier Ethan Park, 

there may have been an adjustment 

period at the beginning 

of the season. 

But as the Spartans’ 

top doubles team, the duo 

seems to be hitting their 

stride. They outlasted Lake 

Forest Academy’s top doubles 

team of Mason Schilling 

and Ben Sebolt in three 

sets 2-6, 6-2, 10-8. 

That helped host Spartans 

to a 4-3 win over the 

Caxys in the dual meet on 

April 25. 

“After the first set loss, 

we started playing a lot 

better,” Redstone said. 

“We started focusing on 

one point at a time and 

that’s when we got back on 

track.” 

“I’ve learned that a 

match is never over until 

the last point,” Park said. 

“So we had to just keep 

giving it 100 percent and 

pushing ourselves until the 

end.” 

It took some time but 

Park and Redstone have 

made a lot of strides since 

the start of the season. 

“It doesn’t matter about 

the age of who you’re playing 

with but the match experience 

they have,” Park 

said. “You have to have 

experience playing in certain 

situations. We had a bit 

of a rough start having not 

played together before this 

year but we’ve been able to 

overcome any obstacles we 

had and are playing very 

well right now.” 

“Ethan and all the upperclassmen 

on the team 

have really been helpful to 

me,” Redstone said. “He’s 

Glenbrook North’s Ben Riad returns the ball against 

Lake Forest Academy’s Jack Selati on April 25 in 

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a good role model and 

they’ve been setting a good 

example of the right way 

to play for the underclassmen.” 

One thing that has been 

out of the team’s control 

is the amount of matches 

they’ve played as there 

have been several cancellations 

due to cold and 

snowy weather. This week, 

though, GBN has a match 

every day, two of their 

makeups including the 

Caxys. 

“The weather hasn’t cooperated 

the way we’ve 

needed it to,” Park said. 

“But it’s exciting to have 

as many matches as we do 

this week. The team spirit 

keeps getting higher. We’re 

excited and pumped up. 

We’re cheering each other 

on. If we see a teammate 

losing, we’re always cheering 

and trying to help them 

out.” 

The Spartans swept doubles 

as Tripp Schulte and 

Matthew Park won at number 

two, Mario D’Orazi 

and Justin Kang at number 

three and Jack Kramer and 

Jonah Ayzenberg at number 

four. 

Lake Forest Academy’s 

Jack Selati competed 

against his friend at number 

one singles in state qualifier 

Ben Riad — Selati ultimately 

gained the upperhand 

winning 6-3, 6-3. 

“I’ve played against him 

plenty of times in practice. 

I was making sure I kept 

the ball in play and keep 

my feet going and try to 

tire him out,” Selati said. 

“It helps that I know his 

playing style, although neither 

of us really has an advantage 

in that regard. It’s 

tough going against someone 

that you’re friends 

with.” 

Selati has been very happy 

with how the season has 

gone not just for him but 

for his team as well. 

“When we’ve been able 

to practice, I feel like the 

practices I’ve had have 

been really beneficial to my 

play,” Selati said. “As far as 

the team, I feel like this is 

probably the best team I’ve 

been on in my three years 

here. We have so much 

depth and just have a lot of 

great players all around.” 

And Selati is focusing on 

what he can control. 

Full story at Northbrook- 

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Boys Track and Field 

Foley leads at Spartan Relays 

Gary Larsen 


Glenbrook North’s Kyle Foley runs at the Spartan 

Relays on Friday, April 27, in Northbrook. Gary 

Larsen/22nd Century Media 

Glenbrook North won 

two events on yet another 

day of unseasonably cold 

and wet spring weather, but 

the Spartans’ Kyle Foley 

shrugged when asked if 

he’s yearning for warmer 

temperatures at the Spartan 

Relays on Friday, April 27. 

“Honestly, it’s just the 

motivation of getting 

downstate that keeps me 

going,” Foley said. “Whatever 

the weather is, just 

keep chugging.” 

Deerfield won the team 

title, 84-82 over secondplace 

Stevenson. The host 

Spartans finished sixth, 

Lake Forest was seventh 

and Loyola placed eighth. 

Foley competed for the 

Titans’ winning relay teams 

in the 3,200-meter and 

1,600. The 3,200 team of 

Foley, Dana Sullivan, Ari 

Bosse and Michael Ocasek 

finished in 8 minutes, 7.55 

seconds, and the foursome 

ran 3:29.27 in the 1,600 

and both winning times 

were roughly 11 seconds 

ahead of the field. 

Still, without a team in 

the field pushing that foursome 

on Friday, a 3,200 

team that returned three 

runners from last year’s 

fourth-place finish downstate 

has some work to do. 

“I feel like there was a lot 

left on the table but this was 

the first time we ran outdoor 

and hopefully we can 

get the 3,200 down to eight 

(minutes) flat,” Foley said. 

“We just have to keep doing 

what we did last year, 

when we had a lot of fire to 

get to state.” 

Foley is also North’s 

best individual 800 runner 

and coach Sean Brandt 

sees a good chance for him 

to get downstate in that 

event. A lot of track athletes 

compete in multiple 

events, “but It’s excessive 

for someone that runs the 

events he runs,” Brandt 

said. “If you’re doing 

sprints and jumps it’s doable 

but he’s someone that 

can handle it. I’m amazed 

at what he can handle.” 

Brandon Ng finished second 

in the pole vault with 

a vault of 12’6” and teammate 

Aaron Gros vaulted 

12’0” to place third.The 

Spartans’ Michael Siboni, 

Michael Ciss, Yusuf Shaaban, 

and Caleb Kim also 

placed third in the 1600 

sprint medley relay with a 

time of 3:54.7 

“Enthusiasm is kicking 

back up now that they’re 

getting a chance to compete,” 

Brandt said. “We 

have a lot of young guys 

I’m excited about and our 

big heavy-hitters ran really 

well. 

“Michael Ciss has started 

consistently jumping 40 

feet, which is really good 

for anyone and he’s just a 

sophomore, and we have 

a first-year high jumper 

named Aden Degabli and 

he continues to improve for 

us.” 

One of the best moments 

at this year’s 10-team, 56th 

Annual Spartan Relays at 

Glenbrook North came 

from a soccer player. 

That moment came from 

Glenbrook South sophomore 

Schneider Chery, 

who grew up playing soccer 

in Haiti, has only lived 

in the United States for two 

years and had never run 

track before this year. 

Coming around the final 

turn in the 800-meter sprint 

medley relay, Chery trailed 

Larkin’s Malik Walkine 

by a few meters but found 

the kick he needed to edge 

Walkine at the finish line 

and give the Titans the win. 

“I think I got (Walkine) 

by about an inch,” Chery 

said. “In a meet last week it 

was almost the same thing 

but I finished second.” 

Relay teammates James 

McPhaul, Kalvin Dela- 

Cruz, and Joel Pribek set 

him up and Chery came 

through for them in his first 

year at Glenbrook South. 

“I played soccer at Niles 

West before coming here,” 

Chery said. “I didn’t know 

(track) when I was in Haiti 

but I think I’m doing pretty 

good at it.” 

Titans coach Kurt Hasenstein 

agreed. 

“Our soccer coach (Reggie 

Lara) brought him over 

to me in the fall and told 

me I’d better get him for 

track,” Hasentstein said. 

“He’s doing a great job for 

us.”



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Northbrook golfer 

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Northbrook has produced 

some golf talent 

like Nick Hardy over the 

years, but there might be a 

new Northbrook golfer to 

notice. 

Jason Gordon caught 

the attention of many at 

the Chicago Jr. Open at 

Cantigny Golf Course 

in Wheaton on April 21 

and 22 where he won the 

event in dramatic fashion. 

During the Stanley Field 

Middle School student’s 

first round, he shot a (39) 

on the front nine and came 

back strong on the back 

nine shooting a (37) and 

finishing the day with a 

total score of (76). On day 

two Jason shot a (38) on 

the front nine and a (39) 

on the back nine to finish 

the round with a total 

score of (77). 

At the end of the first 

two rounds, Gordon had 

a total two-day score of 

153 (76-77) and shared 

the lead with Stefan Ink 

of St Charles 153(80-73) 

before entering a suddendeath 

playoff. Gordon 

came out of the playoff 

with the victory to claim 

the first-place prize and 

bring home a trophy for 

Northbrook, finishing in 

first place in the Ernie Els 

Division Boys 11-13. 

weber 

From Page 46 

children with more than 

just a love of sports with 

their actions. Both parents 

always looked to help 

people in the community, 

drawing a crowd to the Weber 

household, no matter 

what day it was. 

“We had a good life 

where basketball and sports 

were a really important part 

of it,” Bruce said “The big 

thing, my dad especially 

and my mom, they wanted 

to help others.” 

Fortunate opening 

David faced a difficult 

decision during the early 

1990s. 

He was in Charleston, 

Illinois, serving as an assistant 

coach on the Eastern 

Illinois University coaching 

staff, paying his dues in 

the coaching world, but he 

didn’t know if he could do 

it any longer. 

David had spent some 

time in Arizona State University 

as a graduate assistant 

before moving on 

to the Panthers for seven 

years, and he didn’t know 

if college coaching was 

something he could afford 

to do. 

“Here Bruce is an assistant 

at Purdue for 18 years 

and he can’t get a head 

coaching job, and here I 

am at Eastern Illinois for 

seven, and I’m like if I 

can’t get a job, it doesn’t 

look for me,” David said. 

“I looked at him and he had 

much more experience than 

me. He was interviewing 

for jobs but wasn’t getting 

them, and I was like boy 

this is a tough profession.” 

David had just started a 

family and needed security, 

something the college 

basketball world couldn’t 

offer. 

He went to his past to 

find it. 

Brian James had built 

quite the program at GBN. 

He and Chris Collins remember 

how no one came 

to their games in 1989. 

By Collins’ senior year in 

1992, fans had to be at the 

gym by halftime of the junior 

varsity game to get a 

seat. 

In 1994, James was 

looking to fill an open assistant 

position and found 

an old acquaintance. James 

and David crossed paths 

when David was at Arizona 

State, coaching alongside 

Doug Collins. 

The decision was easy: 

David was a Spartan. 

“He’s a better person 

than he is a coach, but he’s 

a great coach and that to 

me is the best compliment 

you can give to somebody,” 

Doug Collins said. “Would 

I want my son playing for 

Dave Weber? Absolutely.” 

A year later when James 

left with Doug to go coach 

the Detroit Pistons in what 

the Spartans coach considered 

to be a once-in-a-lifetime 

opportunity. 

Finding his replacement 

wouldn’t be difficult. He 

had a coach who had won 

the players’ attention with 

his Division-I pedigree and 

earned their trust. 

The coaching position 

never officially became 

open. 

“I just felt confident 

Dave could carry the torch 

and keep the continuity 

with the program going,” 

James said. “He knew the 

players and I trusted Dave 

instead of opening it up and 

going through an interview 

process. … Look what’s 

happened; the guy’s been 

phenomenal.” 

But that didn’t mean David 

would have it easy. Basketball 

had become king at 

GBN and there were high 

expectations. 

“It was a lot of pressure 

with my first couple of 

years of coaching,” David 

said. “I think after the second 

or third year, people 

realized we didn’t have the 

talent but when you look 

back at what they had those 

years. … I think people realized 

now we’re back to 

reality, but they still wanted 

to be successful.” 

‘Fairy-tale ride’ 

Few families faced as 

much joy and sorrow in 

the same year as the Weber 

family had in 2005. 

The 2004-2005 Spartans 

were good, but David 

didn’t expect it to be historical 

good. He had rising star 

junior Jon Scheyer, as well 

as players who knew their 

role, but even he couldn’t 

predict what would happen 

that season. 

“We knew we had a good 

team, I don’t think we knew 

we were that good,” David 

said. “A lot of games we 

just dominated. We were 

winning by 30.” 

GBN made it look easy, 

and it was simple for the 

Spartans to remain confident. 

In Champaign, Bruce led 

the University of Illinois to 

the top of the college basketball 

world; and they ran 

the same plays the Spartans 

ran. 

“I think the great thing 

was the Illini were undefeated 

and our players 

could turn the TV on and 

see what they were running 

and they can come to 

practice and say they saw 

it,” David said. “They saw 

Illinois do it and that really 

helped us and helped me 

get respect as a coach.” 

Both teams were favorites 

heading into their respective 

postseason tournaments. 

GBN had won a 

few games while Illinois 

started its run at the Big 

Ten Tournament in Chicago. 

The family was excited 

for what had happened up 

to that point, including their 

mother. 

“She was on the phone 

during the week of the Big 

Tournament and she said 

it was a fairy tale because 

we were all winning and 

all that stuff,” Bruce said. 

“She just wished my dad 

could’ve watched it.” 

Then the good times 

changed. 

His mother was rushed 

to the hospital before Illinois’ 

game at the United 

Center that afternoon and 

David had a sectional game 

to coach that night. He had 

to make a choice: coach his 

team or go to his mother. 

“I left the building and 

didn’t know which was I 

was going,” David recalled. 

“I drove home and I sat at 

home, talked to my son and 

then he said we have to go 

to the game. 

“There was nothing I 

could do at the hospital, she 

was in surgery, so I coached 

that game.” 

David learned about the 

passing after the game. The 

Big Ten held a moment of 

silence before Illinois’ tournament 

game the next day 

and the family planned a 

funeral. 

The Spartans won their 

next game thanks to a 

45-point performance from 

Scheyer. 

“We’re not losing,” the 

junior said to his coach. 

GBN won the rest of its 

games to earn its first and 

only boys basketball championship. 

Illinois lost to the 

University of North Carolina 

in the national championship 

game. 

“So much emotion on 

that run. It was really cool 

how it all aligned,” Bruce 

said. “I was so happy for 

him and his family to watch 

him to do that, and he got a 

big part of our run. It was 

special. It brought a lot of 

our family together, our 

friends from growing up 

together and it was definitely 

a special year.” 

After the championship 

The winning didn’t stop 

after 2005, which led to a 

difficult decision. 

By 2006, Scheyer had 

taken the national basketball 

scene by storm. 

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David Weber fulfilled his 

father’s dreams when he 

walked through Glenbrook 

North’s main gym during a 

late-February practice. 

Weber’s impact on the 

program is everywhere 

around the gym: the 2005 

IHSA Class AA state championship 

banner hangs on a 

wall, while a 2005 Glenbrook 

North boys basketball 

street sign is stored 

away in the equipment 

room inside the gym. 

But with each play called 

and side conversation with 

a player held, Weber didn’t 

only prepare his boys basketball 

players for their 

opening playoff game 

against Prospect. Each personal 

moment demonstrated 

an impact greater than 

those memories around the 

gym. 

That influence was and 

is felt for the past quarter 

century and is why Weber 

will be inducted into the Illinois 

Basketball Coaches 

Association Hall of Fame 

on May 5. 

His impact helped Weber 

not only have an athletic 

presence in the community, 

but a personal one, 

a way of life his father instilled 

in his children from 

the first day. 

“My dad always said 

there’s no better life than 

to be a teacher and a coach, 

to help others,” said Bruce, 

David’s brother and currently 

the Kansas State 

University men’s basketball 

coach. “All five of us, 

that was his goal for us and 

that’s what we did. We have 

helped others and affected 

other people’s lives.” 

Glenbrook North boys basketball coach David Weber 

coaches during a practice Feb. 23 in Northbrook. 

Michal dwojak/22nd century media 

The roots 

There’s no question what 

the Weber children were 

going to do when they grew 

up. 

Louis Weber had immigrated 

to the United States 

with his family from Austria 

seeking a better life, 

and when it came time to 

figure out what was best 

for his children, the choice 

seemed simple. 

“He didn’t give us a 

choice, it’s not like we 

could go into business he 

said ‘you’re going to be a 

teacher,’” David said. “His 

reasoning was because his 

brother was a teacher and 

this was a long time ago, 

and then he saw his brother’s 

lifestyle compared 

to his life and he thought 

‘that would be a great life 

much better lifestyle for my 

kids.’” 

Louis worked in a factory, 

as most people in 

Milwaukee did according 

to David, but when it came 

to leave work, sports and 

family played a critical role 

in his life. He and his sons 

spent their time traveling 

around the city, playing 

basketball games in parks 

and different gyms, wherever 

they could find them. 

David’s competition he 

faced was different. He 

was the youngest of five 

and whenever his brothers 

played, David was the 

fifth player to fill the lineup, 

mostly playing against 

players much older than he 

was. 

“I think I was always the 

baby of the family of the 

group, I was always the 

youngest one,” David said. 

“I don’t know how much 

that shaped my life, maybe 

it did in how I handle 

people, but I’m sure it did 

in some shape, way or form 

that I was the youngest one 

playing against the older 

guys. It was good for me.” 

He won the high school 

Milwaukee City Conference 

Most Valuable Player 

in 1978 before he enrolled 

at Bowling Green State 

University. He transferred 

to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 

before 

he moved to Weber State 

University and graduated 

in 1983. 

But beyond basketball, 

his parents entrusted their 

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Girls Water Polo 

Spartans figure it out against Titans 

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Media 

1st-and-3 

players of the 

week 

1. Kyle Foley 

(ABOVE) North’s 

runner continued 

a good season, 

winning with two 

relays at the Spartan 

Relays. 

2. Sophie Dimoff 

North’s girls 

water polo player 

helped lead 

the comeback 

against Glenbrook 

South, 

scoring three 

goals in the second 

quarter. 

3. David Weber 

The GBN boys 

basketball 

coach will earn 

a well-deserved 

honor when he’s 

inducted into the 

Illinois Basketball 

Coaches Association 

Hall of Fame 

this weekend. 

Michal Dwojak, Sports Editor 

The difference in Glenbrook 

North and Glenbrook 

South’s matchup 

April 25 might’ve been 

what didn’t actually happen. 

GBS held a 3-1 lead after 

the first quarter when GBN 

head coach Robin Walker 

relied on a philosophy 

he’s learned has worked 

throughout the years: do 

nothing. He didn’t panic or 

start yelling at his team in 

between the opening two 

quarters, he let his players 

figure out what needed to 

change. 

The Spartans quickly 

figured things out after 

that inaction in their 7-4 

win, showing the development 

Walker has expected 

all season. 

“They figured it out,” 

Walker said. “I do believe 

sometimes coaching, parenting 

and teaching, the 

best work I’ve ever done is 

when I don’t. I think they 

sensed the trust and figured 

it out.” 

GBS came out of the 

gate with a strong offense, 

creating different opportunities 

wherever they could 

find them. Senior Eliana 

Wright scored the first goal 

with five minutes, 58 seconds 

left in the first quarter 

before Julianne Crawford 

added another less than 30 

seconds later. 

Spartans senior Isabel 

Glenbrook North goaltender Erin Markowitz tries to move the ball down the pool 

against Glenbrook South on April 25 in Northbrook. Michal Dwojak/22nd Century 

Media 

Herbst broke up the shutout 

when she scored with 

4:16 left but Lily Dolan 

scored with less than five 

seconds left in the opening 

quarter to give GBS the 

3-1 lead. 

That’s when Walker allowed 

his team to figure 

things out, talk amongst 

each other. There they realized 

that they needed to 

tighten things defensively 

and that’ll open things on 

the offensive front. 

The Spartans wasted little 

time getting back into it, 

primarily Sophie Dimoff. 

She scored the first two 

goals of the second quarter 

in the first three minutes 

before Gaby Hana interrupted 

Dimoff’s scoring 

by scoring one of her own. 

Dimoff added one more to 

take a 5-3 lead into the half. 

South played less effectively 

in the third and 

fourth, scoring a goal each 

time, but it was enough for 

the Spartans to take the 

game against their rival. 

“We kind of lost our 

way the second, third and 

fourth quarter,” Wright 

said. “We fought hard, we 

did the best we could and 

they deserved this win.” 

It’s been something 

GBS head coach Michael 

Stancik has noticed all season. 

While his teams have 

remained competitive 

against good teams like 

GBN, the Titans have not 

yet found the play-making 

ability to shine into the 

moment and take charge. 

“We need to play with 

more intensity in every 

moment of the game,” 

Stancik said. “It’s not 

about occupying a space, 

but it’s making things happen. 

I have a lot of girls 

who can do the technical 

stuff well, but they haven’t 

gained the confidence to 

be a playmaker yet.” 

That’s something he’ll 

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need to see from his team 

heading into conference 

tournament and sectional 

time. He wants to see his 

players play intensely at 

practice and realize it’s not 

about knowing the strategies 

but knowing how to 

execute them. 

He knows a rematch 

might be likely against the 

Spartans because of the 

sectional and he’s ready 

for the challenge. 

“I would like to see a 

repeat of this game and us 

take home the win,” Stancik 

said. 

The night was also senior 

night for the Spartans. 

While they still a few 

weeks together, they are 

preparing for a run that’s 

been years in the making. 

With a 13-5 record following 

the win over their rival, 

the seniors and rest of the 

Spartans are ready for the 

challenge of what lies the 

rest of the way to winning 

a championship. 

“It’s crazy,” Herbst said. 

“I remember the senior 

night when I was a freshman 

and I remember like 

it was yesterday. It doesn’t 

feel real. I’m really proud 

of the seniors for how 

we worked hard to get to 

where we are.” 

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“I just hope I gave them a positive 

experience.” 

David Weber — The GBN boys basketball coach on 

his impact on his players. 

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What to watch this week 

The Glenbrook North baseball team faces off against 

rival Glenbrook South on Saturday, May 5. 

• 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 5 at GBS 

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Spartans respond from 

slow start to down Titans on 

Senior Night, Page 47 

Double’s delight 

North’s boys tennis leads 

team past Lake Forest 

Academy, Page 44 

Glenbrook North boys 

basketball coach David 

Weber coached the 

Spartans to a state 

championship and 

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fame induction 

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