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Lake Forest and Lake Bluff’s hometown newspaper LakeForestLeader.com • July 5, 2018 • Vol. 4 No. 21 • $1 

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Mike Galeski, of Lake Bluff, lines up his putt 

during a fundraising event to help raise money 

for the Lake Bluff Golf Club June 26 in Lake Bluff. 

Harrison Raft/22nd Century Media. INSET: The Lake 

Bluff Golf Club Association is working to raise 

$265,000 to save the Lake Bluff Golf Club. 

Request 

granted 

Lake Forest home 

receives approval for 

demolition, Page 6 

Allegations 

made public 

Girls soccer players 

speak out about 

inappropriateness of 

former FC United coach, 

Pages 10-11 

Scout travels 

across 

the world 

Lake Forest High School 

rising senior returns from 

year abroad, Page 19 

Golf marathon raises money, 

awareness for LB Golf Club, Page 3 

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THURSDAY 

Macaroni Soup Active for 

Kids 

2-2:45 p.m. July 5, Lake 

Forest Public Library, 360 

E. Deerpath Road, Lake 

Forest. Miss Carole and 

Clarence lead a fantastic 

music and movement program. 

For more information, 

call (847)-234-0636. 

Friday 

Bingo Cookout 

Noon-3 p.m. July 6, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old 

Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

There will be grilled hotdogs 

or hamburgers with 

all the sides: potato chips, 

fresh fruit and punch. And 

a bingo game. Starting at 

regularly scheduled bingo 

promptly at 1 p.m. for a 

fun-filled afternoon. Registrations 

are required in 

advance. This event is $5 

for members and $10 for 

guests. For more information, 

call (847) 234-2209. 

saturday 

Courtyard Storytime 

10:30-11 a.m. July 7, 

Lake Forest Public Library, 

360 E. Deerpath 

Road, Lake Forest. Bring 

a blanket, get cozy in the 

Courtyard and enjoy stories 

and activities. In case 

of rain, Courtyard Storytime 

is in the Kasian 

Room. For more information, 

call (847)-234-0648. 

Sunday 

Family Golf Sundays 

3-7 p.m. July 8, Deerpath 

Golf Course, 500 W. 

Deerpath Road, Lake Forest. 

Enjoy nine holes with 

cart on Sunday afternoon 

for $55. This price includes 

two golf carts and 

green fees for up to five 

players. For more information, 

call (847) 810-3888. 

MONDAY 

Open Mic Night at the 

Beach 

7-8 p.m. July 9, Forest 

Park Beach 220 E. Deerpath 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Play an instrument or read 

poetry? Involved in dance 

or a play and need a relaxing, 

comfortable environment 

to practice in front of 

others? located at the Fire 

Circle with beach setting. 


contact dalzota@cityoflakeforest.com. 

TUESDAY 

Comedy and Magic Collide 

with Trent James 

6:30-7:15 p.m. July 10, 

Lake Forest Public Library, 

360 E. Deerpath 

Road, Lake Forest. Trent 

James combines mindboggling 

magic with gutbusting 

humor and audience 

participation. For 

more information, call 

(847)-234-0636. 

WEDNESDAY 

Ragdale Presents Dark 

Matter Jazz 

7-8:30 p.m. July 11. 

1260 N. Green Bay Road, 

Lake Forest. The performance 

features the Dark 

Matter String Band, led 

by violinist James Sanders 

and internationally 

renowned jazz percussionist 

and composer Kahil 

El’Zabar. Bring a lawn 

chair, or picnic for this 

outdoor performance on 

the Ragdale House lawn 

at sunset. For more information, 

call (847)-234- 

1063. 

THURSDAY 

Retro Raspberry Pi 

4-6 p.m. July 12, Lake 

Forest Public Library, 360 

E. Deerpath Road, Lake 

Forest. Learn programming 

to turn the small, 

affordable Raspberry Pi 

computer into a retro video 

game console. For more 

information, call (847)- 

810-4610. 

UPCOMING: 

Sidewalk Chalk Art 

Competition 

10 a.m.- 2 p.m. July 21, 

Lake Bluff Public Library, 

123 E. Scranton Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Located in front of 

the library is the 6th Annual 

Sidewalk Chalk Art 

Competition. Aspiring local 

artists, equipped with 

chalk, will have an opportunity 

to create sidewalk 

art based on the theme, 

“Dive Deep Into Reading.” 

Participants will have the 

opportunity to win several 

fun prizes. Registration 

will close on Friday, July 

20 at 6 p.m. For more information, 

contact bhinkle@lakeblufflibrary.org. 

ONGOING 

Elawa Farm Garden 

Market 

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays 

and Saturdays Elawa 

Farm, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. Come 

shop for the freshest veggies 

and beautiful flowers, 

harvested directly 

from the Garden at Elawa 

Farm. The market also 

features seasonal homemade 

items from our own 

Elawa Kitchen, as well as 

local artisan items for your 

table, garden & home. 

Memory Care & Adult Day 

Services 

1:30-2:30 p.m. every 

Thursday, The Sheridan 

at Green Oaks, 29300 N. 

Waukegan Road, Lake 

Bluff. Come for a meaningful 

targeted programming 

to help people suffering 

with dementia. 

Songs by Heart Foundation 

bringing beautifully 

sung music and dancing to 

the residents. For more information, 

call (224) 723- 

0054. 

Social Bridge Play 

7-9 p.m. Thursday evenings 

at First Presbyterian 

Church of Lake Forest, 700 

North Sheridan Road. All 

levels of play are welcome 

for social bridge play. No 

charge, although small donations 

are welcome. Beginner 

class available also 

- contact Kimberly Clair at 

kimjdclair@gmail.com for 

information on Beginner 

class. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

Nurse Patti Mikes will 

visit Dickinson Hall to 

give free blood pressure 

checks to anyone 50 years 

old and older. No appointment 

needed. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

2209. 

CROYA Weekly Meetings 

4-5 p.m. or 7-8 p.m. 

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 

CROYA, 400 Hastings 

Road, Lake Forest. 

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make friends, learn about 

volunteer opportunities, 

vote on community events, 

join a CROYA subcommittee, 

take on leadership 

roles and have fun. The 

middle school meetings 

are 4-5 p.m. on Tuesdays at 

CROYA. The high school 

meetings are 7-8 p.m. on 

Wednesdays at CROYA. 

Toastmasters Club 

Noon-1 p.m. first and 

third Tuesdays of the 

month, Lake Forest Graduate 

School of Management, 

1905 W. Field Drive, Lake 

Forest. Toastmasters is an 

international organization 

that aims to help communication 

and leadership 

skills for professional and 

personal growth with unlimited 

potential. This club 

is open to all. Visit lfgsm. 

toastmastersclubs.org for 

more information. 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

Wildlife Discovery 

Center, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. The 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

is a living natural history 

museum. The learning 

journey brings visitors 

face-to-face with a variety 

of reptiles, amphibians, 

birds and mammals. Admission 

is free. For more 

information, call (847) 

810-3663.

LakeForestLeader.com NEWS 

the lake forest leader | July 5, 2018 | 3 

Six golfers hunker down for golf marathon, raise $26K 

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor 

Just after sunrise in Lake 

Bluff on a Tuesday morning, 

six golfers set out on 

a mission. 

The group’s mission 

was twofold, but its main 

goal was to raise funds for 

the Lake Bluff Golf Club 

that is facing financial 

hardships. 

John Krzynowek, Mike 

Galeski, Brady Andersen, 

Michael Kopsick, Dick 

Driver and Greg Wolbers 

played the sport they love 

during a Golf Marathon 

fundraiser held by the Lake 

Bluff Community Golf Association 

June 26 in Lake 

Bluff. With varying goals, 

the golfers teed off by 6 

a.m. to complete anywhere 

between 72 and 126 holes 

by sunset, in hopes to help 

save the Lake Bluff Golf 

Club. 

Originally suggested by 

Galeski, the fundraiser is a 

step in the right direction 

for the golf association to 

help raise the $265,000 

needed to save the golf 

course, as set by the Lake 

Bluff Park District. 

“When we cooked up 

this idea, everybody was 

kind of motivated about the 

opportunity to use this day 

for two reasons,” Galeski, 

a Lake Bluff resident, said. 

“One is to draw some attention 

to the property and 

what we’re doing and the 

other is a significant fundraising 

opportunity.” 

The Lake Bluff Park 

District agreed to keep the 

course open through the 

end of 2019, but only if 

$265,000 could be raised 

by Oct. 31. Half of those 

donations need to be cashin-hand 

by the end of 2018, 

while the other half can be 

2019 pledges. All donations 

are being made to 

the Friends of Lake Bluff 

Parks, a non profit organization 

where all donations 

made are tax deductible, 

and the Golf Marathon 

was just one effort put 

together by the golf association 

to help achieve that 

financial goal to preserve 

the 50-year-old course. 

“What we’re hoping to 

find is that we can continue 

to get more and more support 

from the community,” 

Krzynowek said. “It’s all 

about putting as much effort 

as you can into it and 

keep pushing hard.” 

The day of the marathon, 

Galeski and partner 

Krzynowek completed 

126 holes, seven rounds 

of golf, with their fastest 

round completed in 1 hour, 

8 minutes. Krzynowek’s 

fundraising effort spanned 

outside of the Lake Bluff 

community and for each 

hole played he had $68 of 

sponsorship funds donated 

to the cause. 

“Luckily, for both Mike 

and I, just about everybody 

we had for sponsors 

were not from Lake Bluff,” 

Krzynowek said. “They 

were friends and family 

from all over the country.” 

The duo came prepared 

with extra clothing, 

snacks, plenty of water 

and a golf cart for each 

golfer so they could play 

as fast as possible. During 

the course of their day, the 

duo even had support from 

golfers playing the park 

district golf course. 

“We were on our second 

round, and we went 

through a husband and 

wife who were older 

folks, well into their 70s,” 

Krzynowek said. “The 

woman actually cheered 

for us. It made you feel 

good that you’re actually 

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doing something.” 

Krzynowek estimated 

that between Galeski and 

himself, they raised between 

$11,000-12,000 by 

the end of the afternoon. It 

may be a drop in the bucket, 

but Krzynowek hopes 

their efforts will inspire 

the community to fight for 

a club that means so much 

to so many residents. 

“It’s a community asset,” 

Krzynowek said. 

“We want to make sure we 

save it. It takes time and 

effort, and even though the 

weather hasn’t been terribly 

cooperative this year, 

the operations side of the 

golf course has done well 

and it’s getting better. 

“We want to raise this 

money so we can have it 

open next year.” 

Driver, 70, has been a 

loyal patron of the course 

since 1990. 

“It’s just my second 

home, it’s a place where everybody 

knows my name,” 

he said. “There wouldn’t be 

anything I could do to replace 

it. There wouldn’t be 

another course around here 

where I would have that 

same [feeling]. I would still 

play golf, but it wouldn’t 

feel like home. It would 

just be a place.” 

Driver and golf partner 

Greg Wolbers finished 72 

holes by the end of the 

marathon and Driver estimated 

in total he raised 

John Krzynowek watches his drive during his fifth round of play in golf marathon 

fundraising event held at the Lake Bluff Golf Club June 26, in Lake Bluff. photos by 

Harrison Raft/22nd Century Media 

$2,000 toward the effort. 

Wolbers, a long-time 

Lake Bluff resident and 

2011 alumnus of Lake 

Forest High School, now 

works as an assistant golf 

professional at the club. 

Wolbers said middle 

school, high school and 

college-level players all 

use the course to hone 

their skills, and knows first 

hand just how important 

this course is to the development 

of young golfers. 

“It would just sad and 

crushing to see this thing 

go, because I know how 

much they use it,” Wolbers 

said. “I can credit this 

course to my personal development 

in golf. I’ve 

been a resident of Lake 

Bluff for almost 20 years. 

Growing up here, and getting 

to know the game of 

golf, on this course was 

great. I just want to make 

sure everyone gets that opportunity 

as a kid.” 

The total amount of 

money raised for the entire 

marathon is more 

Dick Driver tees off during the event. 

than $26,000, according 

to Krzynowek and 

Galeski. It’s a long way 

to $132,500, the first 

goal the group is trying 

to raise, but it’s a number 

Krzynowek is confident 

they can hit with the right 

community support. 

“In the big picture it’s 

a big number, yes, but if 

you kind of just do it in 

small chunks and get the 

backing of the community, 

we feel like it’s doable,” 

he said.

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Lake Forest Historic Preservation Commission 

Washington Road residence demolition 

approved, future of the land undecided 

Christa Rooks 

Freelance Reporter 

After much consideration 

and research, The 

Lake Forest Historic Preservation 

Commission 

granted a Certificate of Appropriateness 

for the demolition 

of the home located 

at 770 Washington Road 

during its regular meeting 

Wednesday, June 27. 

The certificate was 

granted with a 5-1 vote, 

with commission member 

Jan Gibson casting the opposing 

vote. Commissioner 

Carol Gayle was absent. 

The property, currently 

owned by Swift Washington/Michigan 

Management, 

LLC (a group of 

12 siblings who acquired 

the property following the 

death of their parents), was 

built in 1910. After the 

Swift family acquired it in 

1959, many changes and 

additions were made by 

the family. 

The owners are looking 

to demolish the home 

because it is “unsalable” 

due to level of repairs and 

maintenance the home 

would need, along with 

the cost of taxes, insurance 

and utilities. 

No replacement structure 

is planned for the lot 

after demolition. 

The certificate was 

granted based on the home 

meeting the five criteria 

for demolition: whether it 

has historic, cultural, architectural 

or archeological 

significance; whether 

it contributes to the distinctive 

historic, cultural, 

architectural or archeological 

character of the district 

as a whole; whether 

demolition of the property 

would be contrary to the 

purpose and intent of the 

commission and historic 

preservation of the district; 

and whether it is of such 

old, unusual, uncommon 

design, texture and/or material 

that it could not be 

reproduced without great 

difficulty or expense. 

Jim Opsitnik, president 

of the Lake Forest Preservation 

Foundation, argued 

on behalf of the foundation 

to the commission that the 

criteria were not met, noting 

that it was significant 

in part because it was designed 

by the noted architectural 

partnership Frost 

& Granger and contributed 

to the historic district of 

the city where it is located. 

Opsitnik noted many 

findings from a report done 

by architectural firm Mc- 

Guire Igleski & Associates, 

Inc., whom the Swifts hired 

to further investigate the 

home. They concluded in 

their report that the property 

“contributes to the collective 

historical architectural 

and aesthetic significance” 

of the historic district. 

“Based on the [report], 

this property contributes 

to the character and significance 

of the district 

and should remain a contributing 

structure to the 

local Lake Forest historic 

district,” he said. “Despite 

alterations, the property remains 

a well intact example 

of its style.” 

Since the May 24 meeting 

was held, some concern 

has been raised over 

what will happen to the 

property itself when the 

home is demolished. 

Susan Benjamin, an architectural 

historian who 

conducted an investigation 

into the home’s historical 

significance, raised these 

points to the commission. 

She noted that while she 

felt the home didn’t need 

to saved, the landscape 

surrounding the house, especially 

a pond and mature 

trees, did. 

“It would be a tragedy 

to take down the landscape 

features that contribute to 

the significance of the historic 

district,” she said. 

Benjamin noted that the 

irregularly shaped pond 

was a rarity on private 

properties and resembled 

the work of esteemed landscape 

architects Jens Jensen 

and Alfred Caldwell. 

“I don’t know who the 

landscape artist is, but it 

would certainly be worth 

doing some investigating 

and figure it out,” she said. 

Resident Art Miller also 

echoed Benjamin’s concerns 

that the landscape of 

the property be properly 

preserved, particularly the 

south lawn area that contributes 

to Triangle Park. 

“I urge the commission 

to protect the [south lawn] 

with major surviving elements 

in any decision it 

makes about the dwelling,” 

he said. 

Following this input, the 

board discussed whether 

they felt demolition was 

the right call. 

Chairman Bruce Grieve 

praised the commission 

for their hard work in considering 

all factors while 

making their decision. 

“I want to make sure 

that when any big decisions 

are made, that the 

process is rigorous and 

thoughtful and thorough, 

and I do think we’ve met 

that standard,” he said. 

Grieve went on to comment 

that he began to consider 

what it would take 

to completely restore the 

home to its original state, 

given that much of the 

original components of the 

home are gone. 

“So much of what was 

there originally is gone or 

has burned down or has 

been rebuilt,” he said. 

“If indeed somebody 

were to [restore] it, when 

it was done, would I say 

it was a restoration? My 

feeling is no. ... I would 

call that a replica, not a 

restoration.” 

He added that because 

of this, he felt the home 

meets the criteria for demolition. 

While the other commissioners 

echoed Grieve’s 

thoughts, commissioner 

Jan Gibson spoke against 

the demolition. 

“I know that an 

108-year-old property has 

many flaws,” she said. “It 

has a lack of maintenance. 

We know ... they made 

poor decisions on where to 

place things.” 

Even despite that, Gibson 

did not view that as a 

enough to meet the demolition 

criteria. 

“I think it will be detrimental 

to tear it down for 

the city because I think it 

serves to the benefit of the 

people,” she said. 

The commission agreed 

to the demolition with 

nine criteria that must be 

followed, including: the 

home must remain secure 

and maintenance must be 

continued until demolition; 

during demolition, all 

trees and vegetation must 

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Lake Bluff Village Board 

Village secures $1M in federal funds for Moffett Road Culvert Replacement Project 

Todd Marver 


The Village of Lake 

Bluff received approximately 

$1 million in 

federal funding for the 

Moffett Road Culvert 

Replacement Project during 

its meeting Monday, 

June 25. The Village has 

secured federal funding 

through the Surface Transportation 

Program for the 

repair of the land bridge 

just south of the intersection 

of Moffett Road and 

E. Witchwood Lane and 

the resurfacing of Moffett 

Road between E. Center 

Avenue and the southern 

Village limit. 

“When the Village originally 

planned this project, 

we were looking at doing 

this repair with the Village 

funding 100 percent 

of it,” said Drew Irvin, 

the village manager. “(Village 

Engineer) Jeff (Hansen) 

identified some other 

funding and we made application 

for those monies 

and were successful in securing 

Surface Transportation 

Program dollars.” 

With specific expertise 

in completing projects 

within the Surface Transportation 

Program funding 

process, the Village has 

engaged Baxter & Woodman, 

Inc., of Crystal Lake, 

throughout the process. In 

accordance with Surface 

Transportation Program 

funding requirements, a 

Phase I Engineering and 

Environmental Study was 

completed with approval 

from the Illinois Department 

of Transportation in 

the fall of 2017 and the 

Phase II Final Engineering 

Design was completed and 

approved in the spring of 

2018. 

Phase I and Phase II 

contracts with Baxter 

& Woodman were paid 

for using local funds 

and Phase III (construction) 

is to be paid for using 

80 percent federal 

funds and 20 percent local 

funds on qualifying 

expenses. The total costs 

for the three phases combined 

is $1,342,700. $1 

million of the total cost 

comes from federal funds 

and $342,700 of the total 

cost comes from Village 

funds. Phase I consists 

of $57,700 in Village 

funds and none in federal 

funds. Phase II consists of 

$35,000 in Village funds 

and none in federal funds. 

Phase III consists of $1 

million in federal funds 

and $250,000 in Village 

funds. 

On June 18, the Village 

was notified by IDOT that 

the Moffett Road Culvert 

Replacement Project received 

bids and the low 

bidder was Berger Excavating 

Contractors, Inc., of 

Wauconda, in the amount 

of $1,066,253.29 or 

$58,746.71 under the village 

engineer’s estimate. 

“The contract came in 

under our engineer’s estimate,” 

Irvin said. “The 

original spend we identified 

in our capital plan was 

a little over three-quarters 

of a million dollars (spent 

in Village funds).” 

Consistent with [Surface 

Transportation Program] 

funding procedures, IDOT 

will award the contract and 

construction will begin in 

August. 

The Village is anticipating 

a three-week full closure 

of Moffett Road in 

late August/early September 

with final restoration 

and landscaping to take 

place in spring 2019. The 

road closing will affect 

vehicular traffic at the beginning 

of the school year. 

Schools and other entities 

have been made aware of 

the road closing. 

“We’ve already advised 

all of our local school 

districts and all the other 

agencies,” Irvin said. “It 

won’t be a surprise to anyone.” 

Police Reports 

All OK after vehicle hits juvenile riding on bicycle 

A vehicle versus bicycle 

accident was reported delayed 

at 2:55 p.m. June 17 

at Oak Avenue and E. Center 

Avenue in Lake Bluff. 

The bicyclist was traveling 

east on E. Center 

Avenue at Oak Avenue on 

the north side of the road. 

The complainant advised 

a vehicle failed to stop at 

the stop sign while traveling 

south on Oak Avenue 

at E. Center Avenue. The 

driver of the vehicle provided 

their information to 

the juvenile bicyclist and 

her father and all parties 

left the scene. 

The complainant’s 

daughter was shaken up, 

and sore, but advised she 

did not need medical attention. 

The complainant was 

seeking advice on how to 

handle the incident should 

the injuries become more 

severe at a later time. An 

officer provided advice on 

moving forward with the 

incident and seeking repairs 

to the bicycle. 

The complainant advised 

he did not require a 

formal report, but was provided 

a business card with 

the incident number on it 

in case one was needed at 

a later time. 

In other police news: 

Lake Bluff: 

June 22: 

• A landscaping truck 

backed into a passenger 

vehicle at 8:11 a.m. in the 

0-100 block of E. North 

Avenue. Upon arrival, the 

parties involved agreed 

to handle the situation by 

themselves. 

• Identity theft was reported 

at 9:40 a.m. at the 

Public Safety Building. 

The identity theft involved 

computer ransom ware. 

• A property damage accident 

was reported at 1:19 

p.m. in the 700 block of 

Rockland Road. 

• A traffic stop was made 

for one tail light at 11:43 

p.m. in the intersection of 

Green Bay Road and Rockland 

Road. The driver was 

subsequently arrested for 

no valid driver’s license, no 

seatbelt and driving with 

on tail light out. The driver 

was also found to have an 

outstanding warrant for 

failure to appear out of 

McHenry County. 

June 21: 

• An unwanted subject was 

reported at 10:14 a.m. in 

the 900 block of Sherwood 

Drive. An employee stated 

a client became very argumentative 

and refused to 

leave, until she started calling 

the police. The subject 

left in an unknown direction 

in an unknown vehicle. 

Officers checked the area 

and parking lot and were 

unable to locate the subject. 

June 20: 









• Theft was reported at 6:50 


Lakeland Drive. A contractor 

was identified as the offender 

and formal charges 

are pending. The amount of 

loss is less than $300. 

• Four subjects were reported 

at the beach front 

at 8:53 p.m. in at Lillian 

Dells. Officers met with 

the subjects as they were 

walking to their car. Officers 

advised the subjects 

of the ordinance, the subjects 

all understood. 

June 18: 

• A minor property damage 

accident was reported at 

7:04 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 43 and Clover 

Avenue. Both parties 

decided they did not wish 

to exchange information 

and did not want a traffic 

crash report. The officer 

verified all parties involved 

has a valid driver’s 

license and insurance. 

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. 

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From June 28 

Players describe vulgarity of fired Loyola coach 

Michal Dwojak, Sports Editor 

Lauren Smith felt betrayed. 

In the spring of 2012, 

as a sophomore goalkeeper 

for Loyola Academy, 

Smith was not prepared to 

enter the IHSA sectional 

championship against the 

Ramblers’ biggest rival 

New Trier High School, 

nor was she prepared for 

the painful moments that 

came days after. 

Smith entered the scoreless 

match in the second 

half after the starting, All- 

State goalie was injured. 

Though feeling the pressure, 

Smith did her part 

as the 0-0 game went into 

double overtime — next 

goal wins. 

Suddenly, Loyola’s defense 

collapsed, leaving 

Smith as the only remaining 

opponent against a 

charging Trevian attacker. 

One touch forced Smith to 

come off her line, but New 

Trier’s player reached the 

ball first and chipped the 

ball into the net. 

Loyola’s season was 

over, but Smith knew her 

anguish was not. 

“I was absolutely devastated 

and terrified of what 

[coach Craig Snower] was 

going to say at film a couple 

days later, and rightly 

so,” Smith said. 

In that film session, 

Snower reportedly played 

the goal over and over, 

standing over Smith as she 

hid her head in her hands. 

“What the [expletive] 

were you thinking?” 

Snower reportedly yelled 

to Smith in front of the entire 

team. “You need to get 

your head out of your ass 

and learn how to play goalkeeper.” 

Everyone in the room 

fell silent — as they usually 

were when Snower went on 

a tirade against one of his 

players. 

“That absolutely ripped 

me apart,” Smith recalled. 

“That’s just one of the 

ways Craig treated girls, 

at least to my knowledge, 

to make girls feel bad for 

making mistakes in games. 

He would curse at them and 

that memory is the only one 

that I can remember vividly, 

but he was just very 

negative in general.” 

Snower developed a 

reputation as an emotional 

coach during his time at 

Loyola and at the Glenview-based 

F.C. United 

Premier soccer club, which 

serves Lake Forest and 

Lake Bluff players, a coach 

who screamed and cursed 

on the sidelines and berated 

his players. 

But to those who knew 

him best, the Loyola players, 

Snower was a vulgar 

bully and tyrant who maintained 

a “hot moms list,” 

told a player he would kick 

her “in the vagina” and 

constantly commented on 

players’ chest sizes. 

These are just a few of 

the scenes from a reign of 

terror Snower created for 

some of his players during 

his time as a coach before 

the school fired him May 

10, just before the start of 

the postseason. 

Revelations 

Snower, a graduate of 

New Trier High School, 

joined the Loyola Academy 

girls soccer staff 14 years 

ago and helped transform 

the program into one of the 

best in the nation. 

He trained some of the 

best soccer players along 

the North Shore, while also 

guiding the Ramblers to a 

281-62-32 record during 

his tenure. 

But those wins came at 

a cost. 

In a police report obtained 

by The Leader 

through a public-records 

request, 12 of Snower’s 

2018 players gave numerous 

accounts of their 

coach’s abuses toward his 

student-athletes through 

inappropriate and oftensexual 

comments. 

On May 15, the Wilmette 

Police Department 

announced it would not file 

criminal charges against 

Snower. Multiple messages 

left with Snower’s legal 

representation were not returned. 

One player recalled to 

police how Snower once 

said, if no one was around, 

he’d have the team play 

“shirts versus skins.” 

Another remembered 

that Snower once asked a 

group of players whether 

he should kick a girl “in 

the vagina” for interrupting 

him, while in another incident 

he asked a player what 

she would do if he touched 

her butt. 

Multiple interviewed 

players also claimed Snower 

asked his players to play 

a game called “[expletive], 

marry, kill,” in which participants 

select an individual 

for each category. 

According to various 

player accusations Snower 

also was known to question 

players’ bra sizes and 

sexual preferences and use 

gender insults (such as the 

“c” word) and gay slurs. 

Another time, one player 

reported to police, Snower 

told his players to remove 

their clothes, referring to 

their warm-up attire, before 

commenting to one player, 

“I always wanted to say 

that to you.” 

More than one player 

Loyola Academy varsity girls soccer coach Craig Snower was fired May 10 over 

allegations of inappropriate or offensive comments toward team members. 22nd 

Century Media File Photo 

told police that Snower had 

in his phone what players 

called a “hot moms list” and 

often commented on the 

players’ mothers’ physical 

appearance, once allegedly 

saying “that some players 

wouldn’t be on the team if 

they had unattractive mothers,” 

the report says. 

Many of the female players 

told police that some 

girls ignored the alleged 

inappropriate comments, 

considering them “bad 

jokes” and “Craig being 

Craig.” One of the players 

interviewed by police supported 

Snower and said she 

did not have bad experiences 

with him, while a 

former F.C. United player 

interviewed by The Leader 

echoed the sentiment and 

considered Snower just a 

fiery coach. 

Other players, however, 

told police they kept quiet 

about Snower’s behavior 

because they were worried 

about losing playing time 

or that Snower would not 

help in college recruitment. 

Snower allegedly told 

multiple players he would 

never get in trouble for his 

comments since he “never 

touched a player.” 

Loyola officials reportedly 

became aware of the 

situation when a player met 

with Loyola Principal Dr. 

Kathryn Baal this spring. 

According to the police 

report, Baal met with five 

players and each gave their 

account of the inappropriate 

comments made by 

Snower toward them and 

their teammates. 

Baal initially contacted 

the Glenview Police Department, 

which began a 

report and cooperated with 

the Wilmette P.D. 

After meeting with an 

attorney, Loyola officials 

fired Snower and advised 

him to resign from FC 

United, which rents athletic 

space through Loyola 

Academy. 

According to the police 

report, Loyola Athletic 

Director Patrick Mahoney 

said he had previously received 

complaints about 

Snower from parents, some 

even commenting their 

daughter was “uncomfortable 

around Snower.” 

None of those complaints, 

Mahoney told police, 

featured specific incidents. 

Mahoney declined to 

comment for this story. 

Police also interviewed 

two Loyola Academy assistant 

girls soccer coaches, 

both of whom, the report 

states, were in tears after 

hearing some of the allegations 

and denied any 

knowledge of Snower’s alleged 

vulgar behavior. 

‘Twisted manipulation’ 

Snower wasn’t afraid 

to make comments to any 

player. 

A former Loyola player 

— who started with 

the program in 2013 and 

wished to remain anonymous 

— recalled a specific 

moment when Snower acted 

inappropriately.

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The player competed 

with F.C. United, where 

Snower wasn’t her coach 

but was always around. 

One day, she left the facility 

and ran into Snower talking 

to another girl. Snower 

then reportedly stopped 

the passing Loyola player 

and asked whether she had 

kissed anyone before. 

The player said she responded 

“no” because she 

knew if she responded 

“yes” it would lead to more 

questions. 

She also recalled how 

Snower often commented 

during practice on the 

weights of his players, 

many of whom were between 

12 and 17 years old. 

“This is an example of 

how at the time you don’t 

realize how wrong it is because 

you’re so invested in 

advancing your soccer career,” 

the player said. “But 

looking at it now, it was really 

twisted manipulation. 

Even if the girls are offering 

the information, he is 

ultimately the adult and 

shouldn’t let it perpetuate 

in the way he did.” 

But Snower had a power 

that girls were worried to 

challenge. 

According to some players, 

he was intimidating to a 

point where no one wanted 

to speak up when he would 

curse or yell. 

Plus, Snower was calling 

the shots for a premier 

soccer program and at least 

partially controlled the collegiate 

fate of many hopeful 

athletic stars. 

“For me personally, it 

was because that was the 

Loyola soccer program that 

I was trying to advance in, 

to be able to play, get time 

on the field and play soccer, 

it’s what had to happen,” 

the player said. “I 

personally tried to have it 

go in one ear and out the 

other. I’ve really stayed really 

quiet as to not be engaging 

in conversation like 

that, but when I entered the 

program, it was just my 

understanding that it was 

something I had to do.” 

The former Loyola 

player wrote a letter to Mahoney, 

the school’s athletic 

director, but she said she 

never sent it. 

“I didn’t want to send 

it, because ... it was the 

height of playoffs ... and 

I knew it would’ve shaken 

[my teammates] and 

stirred them,” the player 

said, “and I tried to take 

myself back in that position 

where the only thing 

that mattered to me were 

school and soccer. 

“[To] the girls that are 

on this team, soccer is so 

important, and so to have 

such a drastic change like 

this, that I believe should’ve 

happened, to have it happen 

at this time (right before the 

playoffs), is really tough.” 

Hope 

Lauren Smith has found 

peace with what she considers 

one of the darkest 

times in her life. 

The now-University of 

Nebraska goalkeeper still 

remembers details from 

her time with Snower, but 

she has taken the positives 

from those moments to 

benefit her life. 

She now coaches other 

players, and her interactions 

with Snower taught 

her what not to do. 

But with that peace, 

Smith still wonders what 

could have happened had 

she said something right 

away — before Snower 

had a chance to affect more 

young student-athletes. 

“I wish this issue was 

taken care of a long time 

ago, because the girls that 

were hurt after I graduated 

could’ve not been hurt if I 

had done something about 

it, but I was too scared 

to act,” Smith said. “For 

the girls that came after 

me at Loyola or FC, I’m 

sorry for not acting. They 

could’ve been spared from 

the treatment that so many 

other girls had gotten. I’m 

sorry that I didn’t act when 

I should’ve.” 

Smith wouldn’t change 

her experiences, though. 

After all, they have shaped 

her into the person she is 

today. And she likes that 

person. 

She doesn’t hold any 

grudge against Snower; 

she’s just happy change 

happened. 

“People should treat 

people with respect and 

dignity,” Smith said. “I’m 

just glad that this ball got 

started rolling recently. 

“I’m sure that the 

‘#MeToo’ movement and 

other movements of people 

speaking up probably encourage 

girls to be confident 

in speaking about how 

they’re treated because everyone 

deserves to be treated 

with respect and I’m just 

glad that people are speaking 

up.” 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

D113 board hires cosuperintendents 

for 2018- 

19 school year 

After yet more upheaval 

in the District 113 superintendent’s 

office, the Township 

High School Board 

of Education hired two retired 

school administrators 

Friday, June 29, to steady 

the ship for the upcoming 

school year. 

Former New Trier 

Township Superintendent 

Linda Yonke and Ben 

Martindale, a retired North 

Chicago schools chief, 

will share the responsibilities 

of the district’s top office 

after the board unanimously 

voted to approve 

one-year employment contracts 

for both administrators. 

Yonke and Martindale 

will fill the vacancy left 

by former superintendent 

Christopher Dignam’s 

sudden departure at the 

end of May. 

The veteran administrators 

will serve for the 

2018-19 school year while 

the board conducts a national 

search for the district’s 

next full-time leader. 

Both superintendents 

will start on the job Monday, 

July 2, though they 

will begin to work alternating 

schedules after 

establishing a workflow, 

they said. 

Providing steady leadership 

in the superintendent’s 

office will allow the 

board to focus its efforts 

on hiring the right person 

to take the district forward 

starting July 2019, Martindale 

said. 

By sharing the Township 

High school superintendent’s 

position, Yonke 

and Martindale will be 

able to lead the district on 

an interim basis without 

jeopardizing their pension 

benefits. Retired Illinois 

educators must work 

no more than 100 days to 

maintain their pensions. 

This position will 

pay $1,300 for each day 

worked, therefore both 

salaries will not exceed 

$130,000. 

The co-superintendents 

will start on July 2, meaning 

there will be no lapse 

in leadership at the district. 

Dignam’s last day in 

charge will be June 29, as 

stipulated in the $300,000 

separation agreement the 

board approved with Dignam 

on May 29. 

Reporting by Jason Addy, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at HPLandmark.com 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

West Nile virus positive 

mosquitoes found in 

Glencoe 

The North Shore Mosquito 

Abatement District 

has found the first West 

Nile virus positive mosquitoes 

to occur in traps in 

Glencoe this year. 

Batches of mosquitoes 

collected on June 25 from 

the district’s traps in Glencoe, 

Northfield and Evanston 

tested positive for 

West Nile virus in the lab 

on June 26. 

This year, West Nile 

positive batches of mosquitoes 

have also been 

found in NSMAD traps 

located in Glenview, Lincolnwood, 

Morton Grove, 

Niles and Skokie. 

While the risk of being 

infected with West Nile virus 

is low, it is increasing, 

according to the district. 

It is recommended residents 

take personal protection 

measures to minimize 

mosquito bites including: 

using insect repellent, 

wearing loose fitting clothing 

and avoiding peak 

mosquito feeding times 

during the hours around 

dawn and dusk. Residents 

are urged to examine their 

property and eliminate any 

items that can hold water, 

particularly smaller items 

that may be easily overlooked. 

The North Shore Mosquito 

Abatement District is 

a local government agency 

responsible for controlling 

the regional mosquito population 

in order to reduce 

the risk of disease from 

mosquito borne illness and 

minimize the negative impact 

mosquitoes have on 

the quality of life in the 

municipalities of Glencoe, 

Northfield, Winnetka, 

Evanston, Glenview, Golf, 

Kenilworth, Lincolnwood, 

Morton Grove, Niles, 

Northbrook, Deerfield, 

Skokie and Wilmette. 


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THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

D225 superintendent 

signs new one-year deal, 

intends to retire by end of 

school year 

Three weeks after District 

225 Superintendent 

Dr. Mike Riggle announced 

his intention 

to retire from the District 

during the 2018-19 

school year, the District 

225 Board of Education 

unanimously approved a 

resolution for a one-year 

extension to his contract 

during a closed segment of 

its Monday, June 25 meeting, 

according to district 

officials. 

The extension was 

agreed upon in light of the 

impending expiration of 

Riggle’s second five-year 

agreement with the Board 

of Education. According 

to records obtain by The 

Northbrook Tower, Riggle’s 

contract was set to 

expire June 30, 2018. 

Riggle’s new contract 

will cover the time period 

from July 1, 2018, through 

June 30, 2019, according 

to District 225. 

The salary component 

of the new contract is still 

being determined, but the 

intent is for it to be consistent 

with Riggle’s previous 

contract, per District 225. 

During his most current 

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From the City 

Closures at the Beach 

Due to the recent ongoing heavy 

rains and consequent bluff erosion, 

the north beach access road and the 

wooden boardwalk that goes down 

to the beach will be closed until further 

notice. 

All vehicles will be asked to access 

the beach using the south beach 

access road. Resident pedestrian access 

to the beach from Forest Park 

will only be available at the concrete 

steps at the middle of the ring road 

and at the wooden steps at the south 

end of the Park which lead to the are 

north of the boat storage area. 

The non-resident entrance will be 

shifted south to the wooden steps at 

the south end of the Park. The paid 

entry point will be located at the bottom 

of the stairs on the beach level. 

The City Staff and engineering 

consultants are reviewing the situation. 

Beach parking is as follow: 

• Lower south lot and upper south 

lot (Lake Forest residents only) 

• Handicapped parking in lower 

south lot until full, with allowance 

for drop-offs 

• Deerpath (south side of the road 

between Washington and Sheridan 

Roads) 

• Westminster (south side of the 

road between Sheridan and Lake 

Roads) 

• Any of the East Side Train Station 

lots (weekend days only) 

Please also note that current beach 

pavilion rentals will be honored, but 

future requests are suspended until 

further notice. 

From the City is compiled from the City 

of Lake Forest’s e-newsletter. 

NEIGHBORS 

From Page 11 

contract, Riggle’s salary 

ranged from $236,627 in 

2013 to $264,633 in 2018. 

“The Board of Education 

will be hiring an outside 

search firm to conduct a process 

for the board to select a 

new superintendent,” Tarah 

O’Connell, a spokeswoman 

for District 225, said. 

“Although the timeline 

has not been set, we anticipate 

that the process will 

begin in early September 

with the hope of hiring 

the new superintendent by 

early December.” 

Per O’Connell, Riggle informed 

the board of his desire 

not to seek a multi-year 

contract and hoped to give 

the board necessary time to 

seek the best possible candidate 

for the position. 

Riggle’s final date of 

employment will be June 

30, 2019. 

Reporting by Martin Carlino, 

Contributing Editor. Full story 

at NorthbrookTower.com. 

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school news 

Colgate University 

Area students earn degrees 

Members of the Class of 2018 

received their diplomas May 20 

at Colgate University’s 197th 

Commencement. 

Margaret Carney, Of Lake 

Bluff and a graduate of Lake 

Forest High School, majored in 

political science and graduated 

Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor 

of arts degree. 

Sydney Johnston, of Lake 

Forest and a graduate of Lake 


psychology and graduated Cum 

Laude with a bachelor of arts 

degree. 

Megan Manning, Of Lake 

Bluff and a graduate of Lake 


English and graduated Magna 

Cum Laude with a bachelor of 

arts degree. 

Claire Pandaleon, of Lake 

Forest and a graduate of Loyola 

Academy, majored in art and art 

history and graduated Magna 

Cum Laude with a bachelor of 

arts degree. 

Trent Williams, of Lake Forest 

and a graduate of Lake Forest 

High School, majored in 

education and graduated with a 

bachelor of arts degree. 

Cornell College 

Pasquesi admitted to Cornell 

College 

Students from around the 

world have been admitted to 

Cornell College for the fall 2018 

semester, including Joseph 

Pasquesi, of Lake Forest, with a 

Community Enrichment Award. 

University of Dayton 

Local residents among graduates 

A record 1,510 students received 

undergraduate degrees 

from the University of Dayton 

during the spring commencement 

ceremony May 6, in University 

of Dayton Arena, including 

the following residents 

from Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff. 

Madi Dembinski and Thomas 

Singel, both of Lake Bluff, 

and Liam O’Donovan and Caitlin 

Schneider, both. 

Lake Forest College 

Walsh awarded H. Murray 

Herlihy Prize 

Patrick Walsh, class of 2018, 

of Lake Forest, was awarded the 

H. Murray Herlihy Prize in economics 

at Lake Forest College. 

An economics and computer 

science double major, he will 

attend Duke’s Fuqua School of 

Business Master in Quantitative 

Management Program in Business 

Analytics with a concentration 

in finance. 

Wheaton College 

Mathew named to Winter Sports 

Academic All-Conference Team 

Wheaton College student-athlete 

Stephen Mathew, of Lake 

Forest, was named to the College 

Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 

(CCIW) Winter Sports 

Academic All-Conference team. 

The Academic All-Conference 

team consists of letterwinners 

from CCIW member institutions 

who achieve a cumulative 

grade point average of 3.30 or 

higher. Mathew is a member of 

the men’s indoor track and field 

team. 

Wheaton College sponsors 

21 varsity sports, and Thunder 

teams compete at the NCAA 

Division III level. The Thunder 

Athletics program has won five 

NCAA Division III Championships 

since 1984, and Wheaton 

student-athletes have won 31 

Division III individual National 

Championships all-time. For 

more information, visit athletics. 

wheaton.edu. 

Elon University 

Forlow named to dean’s list 

Liam Patrick Forlow has 

been named to the dean’s list 

for the 2018 spring semester at 

Elon University. The dean’s list 

is composed of students with 

no grade below a B-minus and 

a grade point average of at least 

3.50 in a minimum of 12 semester 

hours. 

Georgia Institute of Technology 

Hartrich receives degree 

Sean Hartrich, of Lake Bluff, 

has earned a bachelor of science 

in Industrial Engineering from 

the Georgia Institute of Technology 

in Atlanta. 

Hartrich was among approximately 

3,700 undergraduate and 

graduate students who received 

degrees during Georgia Tech’s 

255th Commencement exercises 

on May 4-5, 2018, at the Mc- 

Camish Pavilion. 

School news is compiled by Editor 

Alyssa Groh. To submit school news 

email editor Alyssa at alyssa@ 

lakeforestleader.com. 

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A Look Into History 

From coal mines to standard oil 

David Forlow 

Contributing Columnist 

In the late 1800s the 

Buchanan family acquired 

the struggling 

Wilmington Star Coal 

Company, which was 

one of the last remaining 

mines in the once 

booming coal region of 

northeastern Illinois. 

In 1898, Dewitt “Buck” 

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an engineering degree 

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and took over the management 

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from his father. 

Buck helped expand 

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An admirer of Benjamin 

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flames were used for 

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for blasting. Buck introduced 

many important 

safety improvements, 

some of which are standard 

mine operations to 

this day. 

Buck moved to Lake 

Forest in the 1920’s and 

for more than 40 years 

the family made their 

home at 297 Green Bay 

Road. Buck went on to 

manage Old Ben for 70 

years until his retirement 

in 1968. 

Dewitt Buchanan Jr 

joined Old Ben in 1940 

after graduating from 

Princeton with an engineering 

degree. Dewitt 

continued safety improvements 

and eventually 

eliminated the use 

of explosives. He helped 

pioneer the use of continuous 

mining machines 

and conveyor belts to 

haul coal to the surface. 

At the time, coal 

became the primary fuel 

used for power generation 

and DeWitt established 

long-term contracts with 

both electric utilities 

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formed a successful partnership 

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the company was a major 

employer in Franklin 

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company as a Director of 

Standard Oil of Ohio until 

his retirement in 1988. 

Buck passed away in 

1977 at the age of 100 and 

DeWitt Jr passed in 1988. 

Both father and son 

have been inducted into 

the Mining Hall of Fame. 

Buchanan Hall at Lake 

Forest College is named 

for the family. 

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Deerpath, Lake Forest. 

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From the Editor 

Get out and see the world 

Alyssa Groh 


Last summer Mattison 

Boveri’s father 

reached out to me 

to let me know his daughter 

was leaving for a study 

abroad trip in Thailand. 

The unique angle to this 

story was the fact that she 

was only in high school 

and had decided to leave 

the United States and 

travel across the world for 

10 months. 

Upon her return, I spent 

45 minutes talking to 

Boveri on the phone, and 

I think we could have kept 

talking for hours. 

Although she is young 

and only approaching her 

senior year of high school, 

she was so educated and 

knowledgeable about the 

world. It was clear that 

this trip changed the way 

she views the world. 

While until recently I 

had only ever traveled to 

Asia (China, Thailand and 

India), I was able to relate 

to Boveri on so many 

levels. 

A few months ago, I had 

the opportunity to travel 

to Scotland and Ireland, 

and while they are both 

incredible countries with 

their own cultures, I felt as 

though my travels to Asia 

really influenced me on a 

different level. 

I believe traveling and 

learning about different 

cultures is incredibly 

important. Traveling 

teaches us so much about 

the world, and as Boveri 

noted, it also teaches you 

to have an open mind and 

to accept those who are 

different than us. 

While we may not all 

have the means to travel 

across the world, I believe 

we are still fortunate 

enough to learn about 

other cultures right here in 

the United States. 

Engage in conversations 

with those of difference 

races and religions. Be 

open-minded to learn 

about what they believe 

and where they come 

from. While you don’t 

have to change your own 

views, though it may 

happen unexpectedly, it 

may help you understand 

others. 

I also believe volunteering, 

whether abroad or 

locally, you can learn a 

lot about yourself and the 

world. 

So, take the time to step 

out of your comfort zone 

and learn about cultures 

across the world. 

Letters to the Editor 

Waukegan and Everett 

eyesore needs attention 

Lake Forest City leaders 

in the past have developed 

bold, imaginative 

projects like Market 

Square, Forest Park and 

Lake Forest Hospital. 

Where is that vision and 

charm now for the grand 

southern entry to the city 

at Waukegan and Everett? 

Why are we still hearing 

about a St. Louis company 

(Waterway) trying to 

squeeze a 20th century industrial-scale, 

dirty, noisy, 

car wash gas station mini 

mart into the most dangerous, 

congested intersection 

outside of city streets 

that cross U.S. Highways? 

How will the city attract 

new generations of 21st 

century residents who 

want inviting communityoriented 

spaces, childoriented 

resources and 

village-centric pedestrianfriendly 

shopping? 

Today, we struggle with 

Lake Forest College posted this photo on 

June 29. Lake Forest college posted this photo 

of Jennifer Wilson who was named the new 

head coach of the women’s hockey team. 

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On June 29 Lake Forest Library, tweeted 

about its movie program available to library 

members. 

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go figure 

$26K 

Approximately 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

$26,000 

was raised for the Lake 

Bluff Golf Club, Page 3 

an eyesore at Waukegan 

and Everett. It needs redevelopment. 

The owner, 

Sandy Stuart, the builder 

of Conway Farms, should 

have the capacity and vision 

to realize that Waterway 

is neither needed 

nor wanted for that location. 

He has left the parcel 

empty and abandoned 

the decaying building. 

He could have sought out 

dozens of other possibilities. 

Instead, Stuart wishes 

to impose a substitute 

eyesore, defy the warnings 

of public safety risks 

at that intersection and 

destroy adjacent home 

values. 

Most troubling, even 

before hearing the pros 

and cons of the Waterway 

project, Mayor Lansing 

declared the project was 

quite acceptable. Curiously, 

Mr. Lansing, is a real 

estate industrialist just 

like Stuart. More curiously, 

the Lansing and Stuart 

families are related. In 

light of the overwhelming 

evidence that the Waterway 

project does not conform 

to zoning rules, and 

fails to add net revenue, 

Mayor Lansing continues 

to demand approval for 

Waterway. The conflicts 

of interest are apparent to 

anyone looking at the issue. 

Mayor Lansing must 

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recuse himself from any 

vote, and the City Council 

should encourage Stuart 

to be more imaginative 

and less harmful to the 

residents. 

The Lake Forest Integrity 

Caucus 

Coordinators: Edward 

Sachs, David Kaz, and 

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Keeping it in the family 

Two brothers behind Highland Park’s 

Backyard Grill, Page 23 

Mattison Boveri, a 

Lake Forest High 

School rising senior, 

stands in front of an 

ancient ruin from 

Sukhothai, the old 

capital of Thailand 

during her study 

abroad trip in Thailand. 

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Lake Forest High School student spends year 

studying abroad, Page 21

20 | July 5, 2018 | The lake forest leader PUZZLES 


north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. __ Spiegel: German 

magazine 

4. Mexico’s hot 

sauce 

9. Nobody 

14. ‘’Norma ___’’ 

(Sally Field film) 

15. Marriott rival 

16. Circle 

17. Starbucks 

orders 

19. Gallop and 

canter 

20. Egyptian solar 

deity 

21. Fix a mistake, 

perhaps 

23. Home of Monte 

Carlo 

26. Reddish-brown 

31. Explosive inits. 

32. Some ER staff 

members 

34. Hero worshiper 

35. Senior Center 

in Wilmette 

38. Rolaids rival 

39. Center 

41. State E of Wash. 

42. “You gotta be 

kidding!” 

43. Where firing 

takes place 

44. Breakfast fare 

46. Emergency 

room medicine 

48. Getty aesthetics 

49. Hit the nail on 

the head 

52. Academic term 

55. Elementary 

school in Wilmette 

57. Largest of seven 

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63. Retail 

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attentive) 

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V, e.g. 

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FDR 

Down 

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singer, 1981 

3. Feel remorse for 

4. Any seaworthy vessel 

5. Cries of regret 

6. Singer’s warm-up syllables 

7. “Riders on the __” The 

Doors 

8. Sailing the Baltic 

9. Call after a missed field 

goal 

10. Man-mouse connector 

11. ___-Wan Kenobi of 

“Star Wars” 

12. Future louse 

13. Intergalactic visitors, 

for short 

18. Ribonucleic acid 

22. Spicy stew 

24. Skipper’s hands 

25. Switch positions 

27. Barbarians 

28. Make __ for it 

29. Verne’s sub captain 

30. Mos. and mos. 

33. Milk type 

35. ‘The Count of ___ 

Cristo’ 

36. Suffix with glycer- 

37. Kind of land 

39. Charade 

40. K-6 abbr. 

42. “Beetle Bailey” dog 

43. Falcon film 

44. Fall months, abbr. 

45. Stumble 

47. Bible book with the 

line “For unto us a child 

is born” 

49. Buff 

50. Passes 

51. Most festive 

53. Israel’s leading oil 

port 

54. “Casablanca” actor, 

Claude 

56. Producer, for short 

59. Nobelist and statesman 

Hammarskjold 

60. West end? 

61. Mauna ___ 

62. Brit. oceangoing 

letters 

64. Can be open or choppy 

65. Blacken 

66. Old phone trio 

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LakeForestLeader.com LIFE & ARTS 


LFHS student embraces new culture studying abroad 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Mattison Boveri, a Lake 

Forest High School rising 

senior, has dreamt about 

studying abroad since she 

was 11 years old. 

Growing up with her father 

serving in the military, 

Boveri is used to traveling. 

When she heard about a 

family friend who traveled 

to a foreign country on a 

scholarship, she set out to 

do the same thing. Unfortunately, 

she was only 11 

years old and had to wait 

until high school. 

During her sophomore 

year she began searching 

for programs that allowed 

high school students to 

study abroad on scholarships. 

Eventually, Boveri 

applied for the U.S. Department 

State Kennedy- 

Lugar Youth Exchange and 

Study Abroad Scholarship, 

and before she knew it she 

received an award to study 

abroad in Thailand. 

Deciding to study 

abroad for 10 months did 

not come easy for Boveri. 

“Junior year is usually 

a very important year in 

the United States, so to 

put all that on hold was 

totally stepping into the 

unknown,” Boveri said. “I 

had no idea what anything 

would be like in Thailand, 

but I decided to do it and 

I am very happy I decided 

to do it.” 

When searching for a 

program that offers scholarships 

for students, this 

scholarship caught her 

interest because of its mission. 

The program sends 65 

students to 12 different 

countries with a high Muslim 

population. 

“I was really interested 

in what the program aimed 

to do,” Boveri said. “It was 

started after 9/11 to build 

intercultural relationships 

between [countries with a 

high Muslim population] 

to better the understanding 

between these countries 

and the United States.” 

After receiving the 

scholarship to travel to 

Thailand, Boveri was 

thrilled to immerse herself 

in a completely different 

culture than the U.S. 

“I have always wanted 

to go to southeast Asia because 

I knew the culture 

was so drastically different, 

it was relatively safe 

and I liked the idea of going 

somewhere warm.” 

Boveri left for her trip in 

July 2017 and returned to 

the U.S. in late May 2018. 

During her travels, she 

stayed with three different 

host families in the 

center region of Thailand. 

Her first host family lived 

approximately four hours 

south of Bangkok, and 

owned a mango and papaya 

farm. 

This family lived in 

a very rural area, where 

Boveri said she was the 

only foreigner in the entire 

province. 

Upon her arrival to 

Thailand, Boveri quickly 

realized how different the 

culture was. 

She realized she was 

going to have a hard time 

getting around the country 

if she did not learn how to 

speak Thai. 

“The language barrier 

was challenging because 

Thai people are not very 

proficient in English because 

they were never 

colonized, so their level 

of English proficiency is 

one of the lowest in Asia,” 

Boveri said. 

After failing to be able 

to carry on a conversation 

with her host family and 

Boveri receives a group hug from students she taught 

English to during her trip. 

realizing nothing was written 

in English, Boveri set 

out on a mission to learn 

Thai. 

“I knew learning Thai 

right off the bat would help 

me down the road,” Boveri 

said. “It was a necessity 

to learn Thai because my 

host family did not speak 

very much English. Within 

a month I could speak way 

more Thai than they could 

speak English.” 

Boveri spent the first 

few weeks of her trip devoting 

all of her energy to 

learning how to speak and 

read in Thai. 

“The first week was hard 

to adjust because I was 

homesick and tired from 

the jet lag and everything 

was new to me,” Boveri 

said. “So instead of feeling 

homesick and sad, I put all 

my energy toward learning 

the language.” 

When Boveri arrived at 

school, she quickly realized 

what being and exchange 

student would be 

like. 

“When I first arrived at 

the school I was shocked 

with how much I stood 

out,” Boveri said. “As an 

exchange student in the 

U.S., you would blend in 

fairly easily, some people 

may not even know you 

are an exchange student 

because we are such a 

melting pot. Basically until 

the day I walked out, I 

was always stared at because 

I looked different 

than everyone.” 

Boveri said the school 

system in Thailand is 

much different than the 

U.S. because they all stay 

in one class, which helps 

Mattison Boveri, a Lake Forest High School rising 

senior, tries a large grasshopper at a local night market 

during her study abroad program in Thailand. PHOTOS 

SUBMITTED 

the students and teachers 

become tight nit. 

In Thailand, the school 

year ends in February, so 

Boveri had a few months 

to travel with her host families 

within Thailand, and 

also experience what life 

was like outside of school. 

After changing host 

families, Boveri helped 

volunteer at an international 

preschool one of her 

new host families owned. 

Please see Thailand, 22

22 | July 5, 2018 | The lake forest leader FAITH 


Faith Briefs 

Faith Lutheran Church (680 West 

Deerpath, Lake Forest) 

Women’s Book Club 

8 a.m. Saturday, July 

14. The club will meet to 

discuss “Through Gates 

of Splendor” by Elisabeth 

Elliot. The book is the 

true story of five young 

missionaries who sought 

to bring the Gospel of 

Christ to native peoples of 

eastern Ecuador. All are 

welcome. 

Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest) 

Culture Lost, Cultured 

Reclaimed: The Catholic 

Renewal 

7-8:15 p.m. Tuesdays 

through July 17. The 

Adult Education Committee 

will once again 

offer this program with 

presenter Charles Craigmile. 

A lecture with a 

Q&A session will be followed 

by refreshments 

and fellowship. Each 

Tuesday will discuss a 

different topic: 

• July 10 - The Church – 

“Door to the Sacred” 

• July 17 - Eschatology – 

“The Last Passage” 

Thailand 

From Page 21 

Boveri said she learned 

a new way of life from 

living with local families. 

She noted the biggest difference 

about the lifestyle 

in Thailand is they operate 

on a much slower schedule 

than the U.S. 

Aside from going to 

school and volunteering, 

Boveri loved traveling 

within Thailand. Some of 

the highlights were traveling 

north to Chiang Mai, 

which is a mountainous 

area with a lot of temples. 

She also enjoyed visiting 

some of the beautiful 

beaches with some of the 

softest sand she has ever 

felt. 

All are welcome and 

there is no charge for the 

program. 

Vacation Bible School 

9 a.m.-noon, July 23-27. 

Adult volunteers needed. 

Contact Sarah Campbell in 

the RE office if interested. 

Registration is available 

online. For more information, 

call (847) 234-0090. 

First Presbyterian Church (700 Sheridan 

Road, Lake Forest) 

Summer Book Club: The 

New Testament 

11 a.m. Every Sunday. 

Participants will 

read through the New 

Testament over the 

summer. There will be a 

discussion on passages 

participants find most 

meaningful. For more information, 

and to find the 

week’s passage, visit first 

churchlf.org. 

Submit information for 

The Leader’s Faith page to 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. The deadline is noon on 

Thursday. Questions? Call 

(847) 272-4565 ext. 35. 

And while the program 

aimed to help her learn a 

bit more about the Muslim 

culture, she said Thailand 

is made up of approximately 

96 percent Buddhists 

and the Muslims are 

concentrated in the south, 

which was an area she did 

not visit. 

“What I learned abut 

the Buddhist religion is 

to be more tolerant of different 

religions,” Boveri 

said. “Learning how to 

live in a different religion 

was interesting. I am now 

more tolerant and more 

open minded about different 

religions and about 

how even if religions are 

different, there is still so 

much in common between 

them.” 

In Memoriam 

Carla S. Gardner 

Carla S. Gardner, 80, 

formerly of Lake Forest, 

died June 12. She was 

born on Sept. 5, 1937 in 

East Prussia, Germany. In 

1959 she immigrated by 

boat to the United States 

where she was welcomed 

to her new home. She 

maintained a multicultural 

view of the world 

and her many interests 

included international art, 

music, books, and food. 

She was the beloved wife 

of the late Patrick Gardner: 

loving mother of 

Michele (Miles), Christopher 

(Gary), and Matthew 

(Erin); fond grandmother 

of Alana and Cara; and a 

friend to many. A celebration 

of her life will be held 

at a later date. In lieu of 

flowers, donations may be 

made to a place Gardner 

loved to visit, the Chicago 

Botanic Garden, 1000 

Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, 

IL 60022. 

Jeanne G. Clark 

Jeanne G. Clark (nee 

Green), 94, of Lake Bluff, 

died June 20. She was 

born on June 15, 1924 in 

Highland Park, daughter 

to Edward and Mary 

(Prindeville) Green. She 

grew up in Highland Park 

and attended elementary 

school at St. Mary’s in 

Lake Forest. She attended 

Sacred Heart Academy 

and Barat College, graduating 

in 1946. She met 

Charles Allen (“QU”) 

Clark, of Webster Groves 

– a decorated World War 

II Navy Veteran – in the 

fall of 1947. After a whirlwind 

courtship, they were 

married on Dec. 27, 1947 

at Immaculate Conception 

Church in Highland Park. 

After briefly residing in 

Missouri, Kentucky and 

California and following 

the birth of their first three 

sons, Charles Jr. (1948), 

Edward (1950) and Redmond 

(1951), Charles 

and Jeanne settled in Elmhurst. 

Over the next ten 

years, their family grew 

with the addition of Robert 

(1953), Mary (1954), 

Austin (1956), William 

(1957), Joseph (1960) and 

Marguerite (1962). 

In the years to follow 

there became the addition 

of 10 grandchildren 

and five great grandchildren. 

With her family 

fully formed, she began 

a 30-year career as an elementary 

school special 

education teacher, helping 

to mainstream generations 

of students from Elmhurst, 

Oakbrook and Oakbrook 

Terrace. She was 

well known for riding her 

bicycle to and from her 

school most days, even in 

the dead of winter. 

For most people, a job 

and a small family would 

be hard to balance, but 

Jeanne and her beloved 

QU balanced two teaching 

careers, modest means 

and a large family. In spite 

of too little time, she made 

a crowded household into 

a home where every child 

felt loved. Following the 

untimely death of her husband, 

Jeanne took up the 

reins of the family and 

managed to finish raising 

all of her children as 

a single mother. With her 

children grown and gone, 

she dedicated her time to 

serving her community: 

teaching, tutoring at Boys 

and Girls clubs, working 

in a local soup kitchen, 

volunteering to help the 

sick at St. Mary’s Parish 

in Lake Forest, and caring 

for generations of stray 

cats that found safe haven 

in her home. 

Her life was an expression 

of her Christian belief 

that we are here to 

help one another. If you 

knew her well, you rarely 

heard preaching, but you 

always saw an amazing 

example of selflessness in 

the way she chose to live. 

She treasured life, and she 

made it count in so many 

ways. The world is a poorer 

place without her, but 

we who knew and loved 

her were blessed beyond 

measure. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions 

to www.spayandstay.org, 

a charity for 

homeless cats or www. 

bgclc.com/how-you-canhelp/donate/, 

The Boys 

and Girls Club of Lake 

County would be appreciated. 

Bernice Gregorio 

Bernice Gregorio (nee 

Bern), 92, of Lake Forest, 

died June 21. Beloved 

wife of 58 years to 

her late husband, Antone 

(Greg) Gregorio. Devoted 

and loving mother to Lisa 

(Patrick) Kelly and John 

(Amy) Gregorio. Cherished 

grandmother of John 

(Kelly) Kelly, Caroline 

(Jack) Ryden, Margaret 

(Phil) Yeager, Kathleen 

Kelly and John, Ali, and 

Andrew Gregorio. Adored 

Gigi to Madeline and Patrick 

Kelly, JR Ryden, and 

Charlotte Yeager. Of her 

ever-growing family, Bern 

used to say, “Can you believe 

from two people, 

we produced all of this!” 

Bern lost her treasured 

partner and best friend, 

Greg, in 2015. Bern and 

Greg loved golfing, playing 

bridge and spending 

time with friends at their 

clubs, Knollwood and Bonita 

Bay. Bern was widely 

admired for her strength, 

elegance and classic style, 

especially her beautiful 

white hair. Born and 

raised in Chicago, Bern 

was a Roosevelt High 

School graduate. A lifelong 

learner, Bern earned 

two degrees at Northwestern 

University where she 

went on to teach drama 

and speech. Truly a woman 

ahead of her time, Bern 

will be deeply missed and 

always remembered. A 

Memorial Service will be 

held Thursday, June 28, 

2018 at 11:00, the Knollwood 

Club, Lake Forest. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions 

can be made in 

her name to the Chicago 

Botanic Gardens, Attn: 

Tribute Gift Program 

1000 Lake Cook Road, 

Glencoe, IL 60022. 

Gayle Marjorie Bernardi 

Gayle Marjorie Bernardi, 

70, of Highland 

Park, died June 22. She 

was born Sept. 7, 1947 

in Highland Park to the 

union of Allen and Marjorie 

(Hendrickson) Sordyl. 

A lifelong resident of 

Highland Park, she graduated 

from Highland Park 

High School. With her 

husband Pier Luigi they 

owned and operated Lou’s 

Garage at Old Elm Road 

and Rt. 41 in Lake Forest. 

Beloved wife of the 

late Pier Luigi Bernardi 

on August 23, 2002. Loving 

mother of Mark (Jennifer) 

Bernardi of Libertyville 

and Laura (Doug) 

Steinbrecher of Grayslake. 

Fond grandmother 

of Giovanni and Santino 

Bernardi, Ashley, Michael, 

Matthew, Marisa and the 

late Clayton Steinbrecher. 

Dear sister of Dean (Patricia) 

Sordyl of Mt. Prospect. 

Dear aunt to many. 

Private internment 

will be at North Shore 

Garden of Memories, 

North Chicago. In lieu 

of flowers, contributions 

to Orphans of the Storm 

Animal Shelter, 2200 Riverwoods 

Road, Deerfield, 

IL 60015, www.orphansofthestorm.org, 

would be 

appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

b.kapa@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

about a loved one who was 

part of the Lake Forest/Lake 

Bluff community.

LakeForestLeader.com DINING OUT 


Family and quality preached at Highland Park’s Backyard Grill 

Grady Bruch, Editorial Intern 

Working at restaurants is 

just a way of life for brothers 

Gus and Nick Drivas, 

owners of Highland Park 

restaurant Backyard Grill. 

“I’ve done every position 

in the [restaurant 

business],” Gus said. “I’ve 

been cleaning tables before 

I could see over them.” 

Backyard Grill has been 

serving Highland Park for 

more than four years now. 

The brothers also own a 

restaurant in Northbrook, 

Grill House, which opened 

in 2017. 

The family food business 

all started when their father 

created Nick’s Gyros. 

“Our family has pretty 

much been in the business 

our whole lives,” Gus said. 

“Since 1975, our family 

has been in the restaurant 

business.” 

Located right in the middle 

of downtown Highland 

Park at 1825 Second St., 

Backyard Grill is well set 

up for success in what 

Nick considers one of the 

better downtown areas in 

the North Shore. 

Coming out of college, 

Gus watched as his older 

brother had already gone 

straight back to the restaurant 

business, but Gus 

decided to create his own 

path. 

“He’s been in the restaurant 

business since he 

was out of college,” Gus 

said. “[At] 21 years old, he 

opened his first restaurant. 

I was in the produce business 

for 11 years before I 

came into this. That helped 

me a lot too.” 

Gus considered his time 

in the produce business 

imperative to his job running 

a restaurant. 

“We pride ourselves on 

our ingredients being fresh 

in our salads and everything, 

and my background 

in [produce] definitely 

The homemade gyro plate ($11.50) at Backyard Grill comes with onion, tomato, 

homemade tzatziki sauce and pita bread served with Greek potatoes over a bed of 

rice pilaf. Photos by Chris Pullam/22nd Century Media 

helps,” Gus said. “I check 

every item that comes in 

and goes into that salad 

because it’s right there for 

every customer to see, and 

to me, that’s the most important 

thing.” 

Great pride is taken in 

all the food at Backyard 

Grill, but the chicken, in 

particular, gets its own 

special preparation, which 

is frequently referred to as 

the restaurant’s three-step 

process. 

“There’s a special process 

for the chicken,” Gus 

said. “Brine for 24 hours, 

cook them for 45 minutes, 

then finish them off on the 

charcoal. The ovens don’t 

turn off all day.” 

Everything at Backyard 

Grill is made to make the 

customer feel like they’re 

eating at home. 

“All these things are 

homemade, we never cut 

corners,” Gus said. “The 

slogan is ‘Home of Great 

Taste.’ Everything is 

cooked like at home. We 

were thinking of something 

with more of a homey 

feel like you’d make it 

in your backyard.” 

The community is another 

important aspect of 

the restaurant. Backyard 

Grill has hosted events to 

sponsor different groups 

around Highland Park, 

from high school clubs to 

raising funds to fight pediatric 

cancer. And being 

a part of the community 

comes with a great responsibility 

for Gus. 

“When you’re in the 

community, you’re a part 

of it,” Gus said. “The people 

who come and eat here 

live here, they love their 

community and you got 

to give back to the people 

who come into your establishment.” 

Although running the 

family business is a lot 

of work, Gus feels it’s all 

worth it in the end. 

“The one thing with 

restaurants you have to 

understand, you’re here 

all the time and it’s going 

to be time-consuming, but 

it’s gratifying to know that 

people enjoy the food and 

Backyard Grill 

1825 2nd St., 

Highland Park 

(847) 681-8400 

www.eatbackyardgrill. 

com 

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

Monday-Saturday 

11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 

you’re getting the right 

product out there,” Gus 

said. 

Last week, 22nd Century 

Media editors went to 

try out some items on the 

menu. 

First, we tried the homemade 

gyro plate ($11.50), 

which comes with onion, 

tomato and homemade 

tzatziki sauce with Greek 

potatoes, pita bread and a 

rice pilaf on the side. We 

followed that up with the 

half chicken and chicken 

souvlaki. 

The half chicken ($12) 

went through the restaurant’s 

customary three-step 

process and was prepared 

with Greek potatoes, pita 

The half chicken ($12) is served with Greek potatoes 

over rice pilaf, fresh vegetable garnish and pita bread. It 

comes with your choice of soup or salad. 

The BYG chopped salad ($9) blends crispy iceberg and 

romaine lettuce with bacon, tomato, cucumber, red 

onion, avocado, corn, tortilla strips, Gorgonzola cheese 

and chipotle ranch. 

bread and rice pilaf, alongside 

a fresh vegetable garnish. 

It also comes with your 

choice of soup or salad. 

The chicken souvlaki 

($12) includes two skewers 

of chicken with onions, 

green and red peppers, 

tzatziki sauce, pita bread, 

and rice pilaf, including 

a fresh vegetable garnish. 

It also comes with your 

choice of soup or salad. 

The restaurant also has 

many vegetarian options 

including the spinach pie 

($8) served with rice pilaf, 

tomato, onion and tzatziki 

sauce. 

The BYG chopped salad 

($9) was made fresh in 

house right in front of us 

at the salad bar, which is 

visible right as you walk 

in. The salad consists of 

crispy iceberg and romaine 

lettuce with bacon, tomato, 

cucumber, red onion, avocado, 

corn, tortilla strips, 

Gorgonzola cheese and 

chipotle ranch. 

The black quinoa salad 

($9.50) has plenty of 

greens in it including avocado, 

edamame, red pepper 

and cucumber all in a 

poppy seed vinaigrette. 

Finally, we finished our 

meal with an assortment of 

desserts including the rice 

pudding ($3.50), the brownie 

with walnuts ($3.50) and 

the fresh baked chocolate 

chip cookies ($1.50 each).

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Izzy Moore 

Izzy Moore is a 2018 

graduate of Lake Forest 

High School and played 

girls water polo. 

How did you get 

started playing water 

polo? 

Well I started freshman 

year, but my brother started 

three years before me. 

I went to a bunch of his 

games and I saw how fun 

it was and how intense and 

just kind of how crazy the 

games were. He seemed 

to enjoy it so much so I 

thought I would too. 

What is your favorite 

part of water polo? 

My favorite part of the 

sport was being a part of a 

team. Being in an individual 

sport like swimming 

was a little more different 

than being on the water 

polo team. I was able to 

kind of depend on other 

people and it was a special 

experience for me. 

What is the most 

challenging part of the 

sport? 

Probably the most challenging 

part is all of the 

sprinting. My stronger area 

is defense and passing but 

sprinting up and down the 

field a lot is difficult. I’m 

more of a distance swimmer 

than a sprinter. 

What was the best 

advice that coach Anna 

Colletti gave you? 

It was probably to just 

ignore the [referee calls] 

during the game. We’ve 

had some good refs in the 

past, but sometimes the 

refs were difficult to deal 

with because you think 

you’re doing the right 

thing when you’re actually 

in the water. She helped us 

push past that barrier and 

focus on the game itself. 

What is the best part 

of being an athlete at 

LFHS? 

One of the best parts of 

being an athlete at Lake 

Forest is that you kind 

of built this whole entire 

community. No matter 

what sport you play you 

kind of get the same vibes 

from every single athlete 

at the school. Everyone 

knows how difficult it is 

to balance your education 

and sports. 

Do you have any 

superstitions related 

to water polo? 

Every day I wore the 

same cap, no matter what. 

I ripped it once and I had 

to go get a new one. I’d 

worn it every day since 

freshman year. 

What is your guilty 

pleasure? 

Netflix or mashed potatoes. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

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you go? 

I would go to the Bahamas 

just because of how 

beautiful it is. I’m already 

a swimmer and I love going 

to the beach, so just 

being able to go and relax 

at the beach and do all that 

stuff, hanging out with my 

family and being in the 

sun. 

What is one thing you 

want to do that scares 

you? 

I want to go skydiving. 

Who is your favorite 

teacher at LFHS? 

Why? 

Mr. [Lance] Ferges, he 

teaches AP literature and 

all of the English classes. I 

had him freshman year and 

senior year and he’s just 

this really sarcastic guy, 

character. We just really 

clicked with our personalities. 

Interview by Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa 

Athlete of the Month 

Nagle brings monthly honor back to Spartans 

Michal Dwojak 

Contributing Sports Editor 

The Glenbrook North 

drought is over. 

After a three-month 

hiatus from the top of the 

mountain, softball player 

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for GBN. She edged out 

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and baseball player Ben 

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Month Candidates 

Lake Forest 

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volleyball 

Anna Bazell, girls track 

and field 

Kamila Obrzut, girls track 

and field 

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and boys basketball 

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softball Coach of the Year 

Loyola coach’s ‘small-ball’ 

approach secures award 

Michael Wojtychiw, Contributing Sports Editor 

Since its 2009 IHSA state championship, 

Loyola Academy’s softball program 

has been a sleeping giant. 

In coach Michelle Farrell-Fink’s four 

years at the helm, the Ramblers had never 

won more than 17 games or made it to a 

regional final. That all changed in Farrell- 

Fink’s fifth year as the squad exploded offensively. 

Loyola sprinted to a cool 20-9 record 

before it dropped a heartbreaker to Carmel 

Catholic High School, 7-2, in its own 

regional final. 

“I always say softball’s a game of failure 

and we had two options from the year 

before,” Farrell-Fink said. “Give in and 

just have another year like the previous 

year and the years in the past – which 

weren’t awful years, but we weren’t .500 

last year – or we learn from our mistakes 

and we get better.” 

Farrell-Fink saw the seniors step up to 

the plate, figuratively and literally, and 

combined four years of hard work into 

something spectacular. In the first five 

games of the season the Ramblers out 

scored their opponents 82-9, went 5-0 for 

their start and easily won their seasonopening 

game against Taft 15-0. 

“I think it just started from them saying, 

‘This is our year, this is our last year. How 

do we want it to end?’” she said. “Everyone 

stuck to what they were saying.” 

Farrell-Fink’s ability to inspire her team 

to achieve their best earned her the inaugural 

22nd Century Media Softball Coach 

of the Year award. 

Another big reason for the Ramblers’ 

success this season was the contributions 

of loaded sophomore and freshman classes. 

Freshman players like KK Raymond, 

Nyah Moore and Emily Rivero started on 

a consistent basis and had a big impact on 

what Loyola was able to do. 

“They played pretty good travel ball, 

so I would say they are used to a higher 

level of softball,” the coach said. “Just in 

preseason work, they adjusted really well 

by us pushing them.” 

Farrell-Fink had two seniors, Nora 

Conway and Alexis Rocha, who were 

four-year varsity players. Conway helped 

Loyola coach Michelle Farrell-Fink gives 

encouragement to Riley Bendery as she 

rounds third base. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

explain what it was like seeing her coach 

progress during her time at the school. 

“Offensively and defensively, she knew 

what had to be done, where we had to be 

positioned,” Conway said. “If someone 

was out of position, they changed where 

we were. It was just an overall help to have 

that and it wasn’t just us doing it ourselves. 

We had her and her past experience helping 

us throughout the whole season. 

Farrell-Fink said that at the beginning of 

the year one of the team’s big focus points 

was stringing together hits. In previous 

seasons, the team would be able to get hits, 

but scattered and not together in any way. 

That changed this year and it was evident 

with some of the scores the Ramblers 

put up. Loyola scored double-digit runs 

in 12 of its 20 wins and did it as more of 

a “small-ball” team, hitting singles and 

doubles, walking, instead of trying to hit 

home runs. 

“We really were able to get those runners 

in by stringing together the hits and really 

focusing on just keeping that ball in the 

ballpark and hitting those hard line drives, 

hard ground balls, getting singles, doubles, 

and putting the ball in play making the other 

team work,” Farrell-Fink added. 

Both Conway and Farrell-Fink said a 

game that will always stick out in their 

minds is the team’s come-from-behind win 

over Montini, who went on to win the state 

title this season. 

With the young talent the Ramblers 

have returning, it’s fair to say that Loyola 

will be in store for more of those types of 

wins and deep runs into the playoffs with 

Farrell-Fink at the helm. 

Baseball Coach of the Year 

Loyola’s Bridich keeps program steady 

Michal Dwojak, Contributing Sports Editor 

Nick Bridich is living the coach’s 

dream, at least part of it. 

The Loyola Academy baseball coach 

has spent five years building his program 

the way he wants it and he’s seeing the 

fruits of his labor. Loyola has improved 

with each year, making strides, culminating 

in the 2018 season where the Ramblers 

won a sectional championship and 

came a game shy of making it to the 

state’s final four. 

Bridich’s plan and his team’s accomplishments 

showed the resiliency he’s 

helped instill to his program, which 

helped earn him 22nd Century Media inaugural 

Baseball Coach of the Year honor. 

“I’m really humbled and honored, and to 

be honest, I don’t think it’s something that 

should be directed at me,” Bridich said. “I 

think so much of the credit of where our 

program is going has to do with great student-athletes, 

kids who have worked really 

hard and players who’ve dedicated themselves 

to themselves and what they love, 

which is baseball and getting better. 

“It’s an honor but it’s an award that 

goes out to the players and coaching staff 

as well.” 

The Ramblers started the season strong, 

winning their first five games, and getting 

into a groove that lasted an entire season. 

But once the conference season started, 

the competition started to get stronger and 

Bridich learned who his team truly was. 

Loyola competed in nine games this 

season that were decided by a run, and 

far more with less than three runs. The 

team won five of those one-run games, 

but learned what it took to be a team that 

would eventually make a deep run in the 

playoffs. The Ramblers faced adversity 

throughout the season with these tight 

games, which Bridich knew he could use 

as lessons to help the Ramblers learn what 

it took to win in a game like baseball, 

where many follow the cliche of taking 

the season one game at a time. 

“I think the level of experience our guys 

had going through the ups and downs and 

understanding a true mentality to play very 

balanced baseball where you’re not giving 

up,” Bridich said. “It definitely put us in 

a position to have confidence in the playoffs.” 

While tight games helped the Ramblers 

learn how to compete in the postseason, 

they barely faced any tight games during 

Loyola Academy baseball coach Nick 

Bridich earned 22nd Century Media’s 

Baseball Coach of the Year after leading 

his Ramblers team to the final eight. 

Photo submitted 

their playoff run. Loyola defeated Notre 

Dame to win the regional title 4-1 and won 

the sectional title against Evanston 9-3 but 

ultimately fell short to Huntley in the super-sectional, 

losing 8-4. 

Bridich didn’t treat this season any differently 

than he has in the past. Each team 

is different, filled with various talents that 

can’t be copied for the next season, but 

he’s seen the progress to know that his 

program is headed in the right direction. 

“Every season is different based on the 

group of guys you have,” Bridich said. 

“Every year we’ve been building and improving 

on the year before. I think there 

were a lot of guys who played as juniors 

and there was a lot of experience coming 

back. They had a clear understanding of 

what it takes to be really competitive on 

a daily basis. I think they were ready and 

confident and knew they could beat anybody 

on any given day.” 

Bridich is happy to be in the position 

he is. The Ramblers have made improvements 

each year under his helm, and the 

future seems like it’ll continue that trend. 

Loyola returns talent next season and will 

showcase players opponents haven’t seen 

yet. 

The coach is right where he wants to be. 

“It’s a nice place to be: winning a sectional 

and being in the last eight teams and 

all those type of things are great things,” 

Bridich said. “We’re just really working 

at it every single day and moving on to 

improve, that’s the fun part of it.”



Baseball Player of the Year 

New Trier’s Calarco powers his way to top honor 

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor 

Anthony Calarco’s superb 

senior season with 

New Trier traces back to an 

unlikely beginning. 

An arm injury during his 

sophomore season benched 

the Trevians’ catcher turned 

first baseman, but Calarco 

didn’t let that derail his 

training. Instead, he used it 

as an opportunity to study 

the game of baseball. 

“That time period was 

huge for me,” he said. “I 

was able to watch a full season 

of varsity baseball and 

I really learned from the 

older seniors. That [injury] 

helped me take a step back 

from the game and watch it 

from an outside view. 

“It made me really appreciate 

playing the game.” 

Calarco missed his entire 

sophomore season, 

including summer, and 

didn’t return healthy until 

the spring of his junior 

year. Players, coaches 

and fans could still find 

Calarco on the field, with 

his teammates, practicing 

what he could one-handed. 

When his senior year 

rolled around, Calarco 

knew he wanted to make 

the best of it and do everything 

he could to get 

his team to the IHSA State 

Championships. 

That didn’t happen, but 

Calarco’s contributions 

in all facets of the game 

helped lead the Trevians to 

22 wins. And offensively, 

he delivered a record-tying 

season. 

By year’s end, Calarco 

belted 11 home runs, tying 

the school’s record for most 

in one season. He drove in 

37 of his teammates and 

had an on-base plus slugging 

percentage of 1.310. 

His superb offensive 

stats, mixed with his ability 

to lead a team, earned 

Calarco 22nd Century Media’s 

inaugural Baseball 

Player of the Year title. 

Long-time New Trier 

coach Michael Napoleon 

watched Calarco develop 

as a player during his 

three-year tenure with the 

team. The 6-foot-4-inch, 

210-pound first baseman 

became a leader for New 

Trier not only because of 

his style of play but by the 

way he carried himself. 

“He has good power, he 

has a great on-base percentage 

... and he [doesn’t] 

swing at bad pitches,” Napoleon 

said. 

In addition to his leadership 

on the field, Calarco 

was also a leader off of it. 

“He’s not a really boisterous 

guy, but when he says 

something everyone pays 

attention and when he does 

something everybody pays 

attention,” Napoleon said. 

Napoleon said Calarco 

often took it upon himself 

to make sure teammates 

were warming up the right 

way and staying on task 

during the coaches’ planning 

times. However, what 

Napoleon was most impressed 

with was Calarco’s 

New Trier’s Anthony Calarco, shown here taking a 

swing during a game this season, was chosen as 22nd 

Century Media’s Baseball Player of the Year for the 

2018 season. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

dedication to the game. 

“All of [the skills] that he 

wasn’t great at coming in, 

he worked hard at to improve,” 

Napoleon said. 

These were the qualities 

that made Calarco such an 

effective player on the field. 

“It’s easier to play as a 

player when you’re just 

thinking about your team,” 

Calarco said. 

Full story at LakeFor 

estLeader.com 

Softball Player of the Year 

Independence helps lead Conway to yearly honor 

Michael Wojtychiw 

Contributing Sports Editor 

Being a four-year varsity 

starter is a tough accomplishment. 

Not many do it, especially 

since nerves and doubt 

can easily creep in. 

“The first game I was 

definitely freaking out and 

I was like, ‘Oh no. I can’t 

make an error. I’m going 

to get pulled and be on the 

bench all season,’” recent 

Loyola Academy graduate 

Nora Conway said. “After 

we got into it, one of the 

senior and junior outfielders 

with me out there, they 

were the ones that would 

really calm me down and 

were like, ‘You earned this 

spot for a reason. You know 

what you have to do.’ So it 

was a lot of the upperclassmen 

helping me to calm 

my nerves down. That really 

helped me with a good 

freshman season.” 

That good freshman season 

turned into three more 

and the four-time Team 22 

First Team member capped 

her high school career by 

being named the first-ever 

22nd Century Media Softball 

Player of the Year. 

Conway played a huge 

part in Loyola’s softball 

revival as she, and many of 

her teammates, put up video 

game numbers for most 

of the season. Conway finished 

with a regular-season 

stat line of .521 batting average, 

50 hits, 40 RBI, 44 

runs scored, six home runs 

and a 1.445 on-base-plus 

slugging percentage. 

Conway’s dedication to 

the game has never wavered 

and her work ethic is 

on display for all to see. 

“Sometimes if practice 

gets canceled because of 

rain and stuff, you have to 

find somehow to get the 

work in to get good results 

from it,” Conway said. 

Her coach, Michelle 

Farrell-Fink, has been there 

throughout Conway’s tenure 

and said it was easy to 

see what made her so successful. 

“She definitely has a 

great work ethic, she puts 

in the time, she plays on a 

good travel ball team, and 

she’s wanted it from day 

one,” the coach said. “She’s 

wanted to play in college. 

She put her mind to it and 

now she’s able to live out 

that dream, but she’s a hard 

Loyola Academy graduate Nora Conway (middle) was 

named 22nd Century Media’s Softball Player of the 

Year. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

worker and this year she really 

came through for us. 

Not only on the field, but 

just being a leader.” 

One of the things that 

helped Conway develop 

into the player she is today 

was having five older sisters 

to play with. Ranging 

in age from five to seven 

years older than herself, 

Conway’s sisters helped 

her hone her skills. 

“It was intimidating at 

first, but it was like I realized 

looking back on it now 

it was such a great opportunity 

to be able to play at 

such a higher level at such 

a young age that it basically 

made me the player I am 

today,” she said. 

Conway, who has played 

all over the diamond, including 

the outfield, shortstop 

and first base, will 

head to Caldwell University’s 

Division-II program 

in New Jersey next season. 

While she believes she’ll 

be playing the outfield, the 

coaching staff at Caldwell 

recruited her as a utility 

player. 

“I’ve always practiced 

everywhere,” she said. “As 

I was a kid, I learned almost 

every position. I used 

to pitch. I used to catch. I 

would be all over the field, 

and the really helped me 

learning it at young age the 

fundamentals that when 

we needed a player to play 

somewhere else, I was able 

to adapt to it more quickly.” 

With how she’s adapted 

to all levels so far, it’ll be 

fun to see how she adapts 

to the college game next 

season.

30 | July 5, 2018 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


Youth sailors learn, compete in U.S. Sailing regatta 

Todd Marver 


Lake Forest hosted a 

special “dinner party” on 

Lake Michigan. 

On the warmest weekend 

of the year to date, 

Lake Forest Sailing held 

the U.S. Sailing Upper 

Midwest Junior Olympic 

Regatta Friday-Sunday, 

June 29-July 1. 

The regatta attracted 

competitors from all over 

the Midwest, with some 

travelling as far as Colorado, 

according to Lake 

Forest sailing program director 

Will Howard. 

Every other year Lake 

Forest Sailing hosts this 

regatta at Forest Park 

Beach. Howard likened 

the experience to having 

everybody over for dinner 

since the sailing community 

is so tight knit. 

“A lot of these kids sail 

all over the Midwest together 

and all over the 

country together,” Howard 

said. “So when Lake Forest 

can be a part of hosting 

a big number of those 

guys and hosting people 

that host us a lot, it’s really 

important and really fun to 

do that and see everybody. 

“For me, I know all of 

these kids and all of these 

coaches and parents.” 

One hundred boats carrying 

128 sailors competed 

on the water Saturday and 

Saturday, with participants 

ranging in age from 7 to 

17. 

“They just keep getting 

more and more competitive 

and learning so much 

more,” Howard said. “I 

think the kids that are out 

here, they love to be on the 

water, and they love sailing 

and they love racing.” 

Howard added that the 

youth sailors feel a sense 

of independence when 

they are out on the water. 

“There are kids that are 

7 years old that are hiking 

out in the boat and keeping 

the boat flat and they’re 

just in total control,” he 

said. “It’s like having a little 

go cart out on the water. 

It gives them a sense of responsibility 

and freedom.” 

There were four different 

fleets of boats in the 

competition. The optimist 

is a small, single-handed 

sailing dinghy for ages 15 

and under. There was what 

Howard called “a big opti 

fleet” of the older, more 

experienced children and 

the green optimist fleet 

which includes sailors new 

to racing ranging in age 

from 7 to 11. The other 

two fleets are the 420s and 

lasers. 

“(420s) are the double 

handed boat that they 

hangout over the board on 

the trapeze and they have 

a big spinnaker sail for 

downwind,” Howard said. 

“(Lasers) are for the teenagers 

and they’re a lot of 

work and they’ll be happy 

the breeze has kicked up.” 

For the high performance 

clinic on Friday, there was 

about half the attendance 

numbers compared to Saturday 

and Sunday. 

“This regatta is cool because 

we do that clinic the 

day before,” Howard said. 

“It’s sanctioned by U.S. 

Sailing so it helps grow the 

membership and the sport 

that way and they give us 

some support.” 

It was a collaborative 

effort to put on the event 

both on the water side and 

the shore side between facilitating 

the races, providing 

food and drink to participants 

and launching the 

Henry Scholz (left) and Kasey O’Sullivan, both of Lake Forest, compete in the U.S. Sailing Upper Midwest Junior 

Olympic Regatta 420 Class Saturday, June 30, in Lake Forest. Photos by Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media 

Optimist class youth sailors follow the course on Lake Michigan. 

boats. 

“We have really good 

volunteers with running 

the races and running 

them properly,” Howard 

said. “We feed all the kids 

and we feed all the sailors 

and the volunteers having 

plenty of water all over 

the place so the kids can 

stay hydrated. Just launching 

100 boats within the 

span of 20 minutes from 

our beach and our harbor, 

all the volunteers helping 

with that.” 

In addition to the volunteers, 

Howard also praised 

the staff at the beach for 

helping the event run 

smoothly. 

“All of our staff here at 

the beach have been awesome,” 

he said. “The sailing 

staff and then the boating 

center staff are just 

really on top of things because 

it’s just so crowded.”



Going Places 

MIT-bound Rosa will balance academics, diving 

Michael Parsky 

Sports Editorial Intern 

Scott Margolin/22nd 

Century Media 

1st-and-3 

Regatta Facts 

1. Charlie Gish 

(ABOVE) 

The Lake Forest 

resident competed 

in the U.S. Sailing 

Junior Olympic 

Regatta in the 

Optimist Red, 

White and Blue 

level and finished 

fourth. 

2. 420 Class results. 

Jack David and 

Lucia Marquez 

finished fifth for 

Lake Forest Sailing 

followed closely 

by Henry Scholz 

and Kathleen 

O’Sullivan in sixth. 

3. LF’s boat party. 

Lake Forest hosted 

128 sailors over 

the weekend and 

104 boats at the 

U.S. Sailing Upper 

Midwest Junior 

Olympic Regatta. 

For the first six weeks of 

its season, the Lake Forest 

High School girls dive team 

spent its time practicing 

without a coach. 

On the brink of fragmenting, 

senior diver Isabel 

Rosa took charge and kept 

the five-person team intact 

and busy, conducting her 

own initiative practices in 

the pool and conditioning 

workouts every day during 

the team’s six-week limbo. 

“I sort of had to be the 

team captain, coach and 

friend all at the same time,” 

Rosa said. 

When Highland Park 

hired Patrick Schulze to 

take over the diving program, 

he was in awe of what 

Rosa had accomplished. 

“Isabel stepped up as a 

leader,” Schulze said. “I 

think that really exemplifies 

her personality, her work 

ethic and drive. She was 

definitely the person who 

kept the team together.” 

Despite the delay to the 

start of her senior season, 

Rosa was pleased by her 

performance, as she started 

to flash moments of her potential 

toward the end of the 

year, including scoring a 

personal record at the Vernon 

Hills sectional. 

“I was really proud 

of what I was able to do 

given the late start and 

everything,” Rosa said, 

“It felt good to finish my 

high school career on a 

Isabel Rosa, shown here performing a dive at a meet 

last season, was a leader both on the board and off last 

season for the Scouts. 

high note.” 

She finished seventh of 

10 divers with a score of 

354 after eight dives. 

“She improved tremendously,” 

Schulze said. “She 

started her season with a 

solid list of dives. As the 

season progressed, she 

started to excel at some of 

the bigger dives.” 

With high school in the 

rearview mirror, Rosa will 

look forward to challenging 

herself both academically 

and athletically at the 

prestigious Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology in 

Boston as she is set to continue 

her diving career for 

the Engineers. 

Although MIT is more 

renowned for its academics 

than athletic programs, 

Rosa is joining a swim 

and dive program that has 

produced 306 NCAA All- 

Americans and has participated 

in 27 National Championship 

events, according 

to MIT’s athletic website. 

Her recruiting process started 

with some emails and 

slowly matriculated into a 

roster spot. 

“I visited the campus the 

end of my junior year and 

sent an email to the coach 

because I started to realize 

that diving in college was a 

possibility,” she said. “I met 

the people on the dive team 

this spring, and they were 

all super nice and I’m looking 

forward toward getting 

closer with them.” 

Apart from being an outstanding 

athlete in the pool, 

Rosa is an elite student in 

the classroom. She finished 

in the top two of her graduating 

class at LFHS. 

Lake Forest alumnae Isabel Rosa (third form the left) 

poses for a photo during her senior season with her 

teammates; Rosa will dive compete for Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology in Boston this fall. Photos 

Submitted 

“Her academics are off 

the charts,” Schulze said. 

“As a future teacher, I enjoyed 

talking to her about 

her classes. She is always 

excited to talk about what 

she is learning.” 

Interested in math and 

computer science, Rosa was 

stuck between MIT and the 

California Institute of Technology, 

another top-flight 

academic school. In the end, 

she chose MIT in order to 

have a more diverse educational 

opportunity and a 

bigger-school atmosphere. 

“Both schools have really 

good STEM programs, 

which I’m really interested 

in,” Rosa said. “I’m also 

interested in minoring in 

Spanish and MIT has a 

much better program for 

humanities and that stuff, so 

that was a big pull for me. 

“MIT is also a lot bigger 

than Cal Tech, so I felt it 

would be a lot more conducive 

toward making friends 

and such.” 

In the eyes of her shortterm 

high school coach, the 

sky is the limit for Rosa, as 

she is beginning to find herself 

and discover her true 

capabilities on the diving 

board. 

“If she continues to 

work and push at the level 

she is at then you will see 

someone who is very competitive 

at the D-III level,” 

Schulze said. “She’s a kid 

that comes around once or 

twice in a career. She has a 

tremendous future ahead of 

her.” 

Listen Up 

“She’s a kid that comes around once or twice in a 

career. She has a tremendous future ahead of her.” 

Patrick Schulze — LFHS diving coach, on Isabel Rosa’s transition to 

college diving 

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Family Golf Sundays 

Spend some quality family time together on the 

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p.m. 

Index 

27 - Athlete of the Month 

27 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa. Send any questions or comments to 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.

Lake Forest Leader | July 5, 2018 | LakeForestLeader.com 

A calculated decision 

LF’s Isabel Rosa talks transition to 

college diving, Page 31 

Guiding Lights 

22nd Century Media announces baseball, 

softball coaches of the year, Page 28 

Lake Forest resident 

Charlie Gish competes in 

the second Optimist race 

of the U.S. Sailing Upper 

Midwest Junior Olympic 

Regatta Saturday, June 

30, at Forest Park Beach 

in Lake Forest. Scott 

Margolin/22nd Century 

Media 

U.S. Sailing regatta brings youth sailors together, Page 30

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