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8 | June 21, 2018 | The lake forest leader NEWS
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Police Reports
Toyota Camry with keys inside stolen from Lake Forest driveway
Police responded to a
call concerning a stolen
car at 11:59 p.m. on June
4 in the 800 block of Oakwood
Avenue in Lake Forest.
Officer spoke with the
homeowner who stated
sometime overnight, unknown
persons entered
his rented Toyota Camry,
which was left unlocked
and parked in his driveway.
The keys were also
left inside the car when it
was stolen.
The vehicle was last
seen by Deerfield police
driving southbound on
Route 43 at Lake Cook
Road. Officers attempted
to stop the vehicle, but the
offender fled at a high rate
of speed and any pursuit
was cancelled.
No suspect information
is known at this time and
the vehicle was still missing
as of press time Monday,
June 18.
In other police news:
Lake Forest:
June 10:
• Katherine D. Lekberg,
18, of the 300 block of
Cherokee Road, was
charged with illegal possession
of drug paraphernalia
at 12:34 p.m. in the
intersection of Deerpath
Road and Ahwanee Lane.
Police on patrol conducted
a traffic stop on a silver
BMW for an equipment
violation. When officers
stopped and approached
the vehicle, they immediately
smelled the odor of
cannabis coming from the
vehicle. Subsequent questioning
and a search of the
vehicle disclosed a large
glass “bong” with cannabis
residue in the rear seating
area of the car. Officers
seized the contraband and
issued the vehicle driver,
identified as Lekberg, a
citation.
June 7:
• Dereck Y. Zhang, 19, of
Vernon Hills, and a male
juvenile, 17, also of Vernon
Hills, was charged with illegal
possession of cannabis
and possession of drug
paraphernalia at 10:23 p.m.
in the intersection of Mayflower
Road and Spring
Lane. Police on routine
patrol in the area of Forest
Park, located a vehicle
parked illegally on Mayflower
Road near Spring
Lane. Officer observed a
container near the gearshift
that appeared to contain
cannabis. When officers
located the vehicle owner
and questioned him about
the contents of the container,
the owner, identified as
Zhang, admitted the contents
were cannabis. Subsequently,
the vehicle was
searched and an additional
container of cannabis was
located along with drug
paraphernalia.
• Abby R. Speck, 19, of
Long Grove, was charged
with illegal possession of
cannabis at 9:17 p.m. at
Forest Park Beach. Police
checking vehicles at Forest
Park Beach observed a
black Land Rover parked
in a parking space with
the driver’s window down.
Officers could smell the
odor of cannabis coming
from the open window, and
when officers approached
the vehicle, they observed
drug paraphernalia in the
vehicle. Officers spoke
to the driver, identified as
Speck, who admitted to
being in possession of the
paraphernalia, as well as a
small bag of cannabis that
was located in the vehicle.
EDITORS NOTE: The
Lake Forest Leader’s Police
Reports are compiled from
official reports found on file
at the Lake Forest and Lake
Bluff Police Department
headquarters. Individuals
named in these reports are
considered innocent of all
charges until proven guilty in
the court of law.
Lake Bluff Historic Preservation Commission
‘Endangered species’ home on Maple Avenue may become historic landmark
Neil Milbert
Freelance Reporter
The Lake Bluff Historic
Preservation Commission
is recommending that the
Village Board grant historic
landmark status to
the property located at
673 Maple Ave.
The decision came at
the commission’s June
13 meeting following a
presentation from the applicant,
architect Rob
Douglass, who owns the
property and resides there
with his wife, Sue.
“It came on the market
last fall and we bought
it,” Douglass said. “It’s a
classic mid-century modernist
style building designed
in 1954 by the late
Bill Bergmann, a wellknown
architect in Lake
Bluff. At one time there
were six of them in Lake
Bluff and this is the only
one remaining. In many
ways it is an endangered
species.”
Douglass said the two
previous owners expanded
and modified the building.
He plans to restore the
building’s detail lost from
the original design; remodel
the interior to meet
current needs; increase
the size of the porch; add
another bay on the south
end of the building and
bring back the exposed
beams, louvers and gated
entrance. His restoration
project also calls for the
removal of a 1983 dining
room addition; removal
of light fixtures,
gutter, downspouts and
brick infill; and the elimination
of all invasive vegetation
from the adjacent
ravine.
“Our effort is to get that
ravine stabilized,” Douglass
said. “It will be an
ongoing effort.”
With regard to the
house, he told the commission:
“We believe less
is more. We want to strip
it away and get to the essence
of it.
“We found a diamond in
the rough. I want to polish
it up and make it glow.”
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The members of the
commission agreed and
voted 5-0 in favor of making
the historic landmark
recommendation to the
Village Board.
“It’s special and
unique,” said commission
member Lois Nicol. “I
consider it a treasure.”
Demolition of sheds and
greenhouse of landmarked
home delayed
The commission unanimously
approved exterior
changes to the garage
doors of the landmarked
property at 700 E. Center
Ave., but delayed voting
on a demolition permit
application by the owners
and residents, Robert and
Christine De Young, until
after an advisory conference
is held and “a site
plan with significant detail”
is submitted.
The De Youngs have
lived in the home for 19
years.
Christine told the commission
that two garage
sheds “were devastated
by the stormwater backup
last July,” and they were
flooded again after the
heavy rain this spring.
They also noted that a
greenhouse that was added
to the home by a previous
owner, is in disrepair
and no longer serviceable.
She and her husband are
seeking permission to demolish
both sheds and the
greenhouse.
Christine showed slides
of the sheds and greenhouse,
which reinforced
her contention that they
are beyond repair and
have become eyesores.
“We want to retain the
garage, but the sheds and
greenhouse would go,”
Christine said. “They are
non-contributing structures
(to the property’s
landmark status).”
Commission members
Jane Jerch and Cheri
Richardson were sympathetic.
They also were impressed
with the fact that
way the long-time owners
had maintained their
house.
“It is a liability to you
as an owner,” Jerch said
of the sheds and greenhouse.
However, Commission
President Steven Kraus
and member Paul Bergmann
had reservations.
They feared the demolitions
would have a negative
effect on the property’s
landmark status and
said they were unwilling
to vote in favor until
they were able to study a
post-demolition site plan
that addressed their concerns.