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Residents display hometown pride during annual 

Lake Forest Day, Pages 3-4 and 6 

During the Lake Forest Day celebration Aug. 1, (clockwise), Sunset Foods rides by residents during the 

parade; Bell (left) and Teddy Trombley wait for the parade to start; American Legion McKinlock Post 264 

leads the parade; Kids put their hands in the air and scream as they plunge forward on the Pharos Boat at 

the carnival. Photos by Alyssa Groh and Harrison Raft/22nd Century Media 

AN EVENING YOU WILL FORGET FOR THE 

REST OF YOUR LIFE 

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LakeForestLeader.com 

In this week’s 

LEADER 

Police Reports8 

Pet of the Week10 

Editorial17 

Puzzles20 

Faith Briefs22 

Dining Out23 

Home of the Week24 

Athlete of the Week27 

The Lake Forest 

Leaderz 

ph: 847.272.4565 

fx: 847.272.4648 

Editor 

Alyssa Groh, x21 

alyssa@lakeforestleader.com 

Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa, x35 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Sales director 

Teresa Lippert, x22 

t.lippert@22ndcenturymedia.com 

real estate agent 

John Zeddies, x12 

j.zeddies@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Legal Notices 

Jeff Schouten, 708.326.9170, x51 

j.schouten@22ndcenturymedia.com 

PUBLISHER 

Joe Coughlin, x16 

j.coughlin@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Managing Editor 

Eric DeGrechie, x23 

eric@wilmettebeacon.com 

AssT. Managing Editor 

Megan Bernard, x24 

megan@glencoeanchor.com 

president 

Andrew Nicks 

a.nicks@22ndcenturymedia.com 

EDITORIAL DESIGN DIRECTOR 

Nancy Burgan, 708.326.9170, x30 

n.burgan@22ndcenturymedia.com 

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60 Revere Drive Suite 888 

Northbrook, IL 60062 

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THURSDAY 

Follow the Butterfly 

2-2:45 p.m. Aug. 9, 

Lake Forest Library, 300 

E. Deerpath Road, Lake 

Forest. Travel the world as 

storytellers share folktales 

from different countries, 

accompanied by a string 

trio. These traditional stories 

include themes such 

as respecting the earth 

and learning from animals. 

For more information 

and to register, visit 

www.lakeforestlibrary.org. 

FRIDAY 

50th Anniversary Golf 

Event and Community 

Party 

1 p.m. Aug. 10, Lake 

Bluff Golf Club, 355 W. 

Washington Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Come out and celebrate 

the Golf Club’s 

50th Anniversary. There 

will be a scramble event 

starting at 1 p.m. followed 

by cocktails (cash 

bar) at 6 p.m. and a dinner 

at 7 p.m. with a party 

afterwards. For tickets and 

more information, visit 

www.lakebluffgolfclub. 

com. 

Grand Opening and Art in 

the Park 

4:30-7 p.m. August 10, 

Art Impact Project, 104 E. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

You’re invited to the grand 

opening of our new space 

in Lake Bluff! Village 

President Kathleen O’Hara 

will lead the ribbon-cutting 

ceremony at 4:30 

p..m. at 104 E. Scranton. 

Everyone will then walk to 

nearby Gazebo in the Park 

where there will be easels 

set up and from 5-7 p.m. 

You can draw to live music 

provided by the Music Institute 

of Chicago! No artistic 

skill needed. Free to 

all! For more information, 

visit artimpactproject.org. 

Nature and Nibbles: 

Monarchs and Mojitos 

6-8 p.m. Aug. 10, Lake 

Forest Open Lands Association, 

350 N. Waukegan 

Road, Lake Forest. Monarchs 

need help. Throughout 

the last decade, Monarch 

populations have 

been decimated by habitat 

loss, deforestation and 

drought. Learn more about 

their plight and how to 

help. Bring friends and 

enjoy drinks and southof-the-border-themed 

appetizers. 

Cost is $10 for 

members and $15 for nonmembers. 

For tickets and 


www.lfola.org. 

The Lord of the Rings: The 

Fellowship of the Ring 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 10, Gorton 

Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. Nominated 

for four Academy 

Awards including Best 

Picture, as well as winning 

several Golden Globes, 

you won’t want to miss this 

spellbinding adventure. 

For more information and 

to purchase tickets, visit 

www.gortoncenter.org. 

SATURDAY 

Etiquette: Tips for Modern 

Families 

Noon-1:30 p.m. Aug. 

11, Gorton Center, 400 E. 

Illinois Road, Lake Forest. 

The Etiquette School 

of Chicago’s, “Family 

Dinner Etiquette Tips for 

Modern Families” are easy 

to learn and then practice 

regularly, until they 

become second nature. 

Meals are more enjoyable 

when everyone is on the 

same page. Cost is $70 

per person and includes 

lunch. For more information 



TUESDAY 

Safety Town Commanders 

Camp 

12:30-4 p.m. Tuesday- 

Thursday Aug. 14-16, 

Gorton Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Gorton welcomes the inaugural 

year for our Safety 

Town Commander Camp, 

a new camp modeled after 

the original Safety Town 

for 5-7 year olds, but with 

a curriculum built for 

the next level, ages 8-10. 

The focus of this camp 

will be a quick review of 


(now called Majors) and 

will go in depth with experts 

in areas ranging from 

fire safety all the way to 

internet safety and beyond. 




Back to School 

Extravaganza! 

2-3:30 p.m. Aug. 14, 



Forest. Visit the Children’s 

Library to make the 

transition back to class a 

little more fun. Coloring, 

raffles, games, prizes and 

yummy cookies await. For 



WEDNESDAY 

Rough House Puppet 

Prairie Promenade 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 15, Ragdale 

Foundation, 1260 N. 

Green Bay Road, Lake 

Forest. Rough House Theater 

Company, along with 

the Puppet Wonder Wagon, 

will present a thrilling 

evening of short-form 

puppetry pieces. Rough 

House and the Wonder 

Wagon, both at the helm of 

Chicago’s growing puppet 

theater scene, create work 

that captures the heart 

through the eye. Their 

shows use puppetry, music 

and human performance 

to tell stories that are intimate, 

unusual and sincere. 



www.ragdale.org. 

UPCOMING: 

2018 Birdies and Books 

6:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 

27, Onwentsia Club, 300 

N. Green Bay Road, Lake 

Forest. Birdies and Books 

is the longest-running 

fundraising event for Bernie’s 

Book Bank. Since 

its inception, Birdies and 

Books has provided its 

participants with a unique 

and meaningful golf experience 

that brings them 

much closer to the mission 

and work of Bernie’s 

Book Bank. For 


www.berniesbookbank. 

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 

LIST IT YOURSELF 

Reach out to thousands of daily 

users by submitting your event at 

LakeForestLeader.com/calendar 

For just print*, email all information to 


*Deadline for print is 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication. 

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. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

For more information, 

call (847) 234-2209. 

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. This club 

is open to all. Visit www. 

lfgsm.toastmastersclubs. 

org for more information.

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In this week’s 

LEADER 

Police Reports8 

Pet of the Week10 

Editorial17 

Puzzles20 

Faith Briefs22 

Dining Out23 

Home of the Week24 

Athlete of the Week27 

The Lake Forest 

Leaderz 

ph: 847.272.4565 

fx: 847.272.4648 

Editor 

Alyssa Groh, x21 


Sports Editor 

Brittany Kapa, x35 


Sales director 

Teresa Lippert, x22 

t.lippert@22ndcenturymedia.com 

real estate agent 

John Zeddies, x12 

j.zeddies@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Legal Notices 

Jeff Schouten, 708.326.9170, x51 

j.schouten@22ndcenturymedia.com 

PUBLISHER 

Joe Coughlin, x16 

j.coughlin@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Managing Editor 

Eric DeGrechie, x23 

eric@wilmettebeacon.com 

AssT. Managing Editor 

Megan Bernard, x24 

megan@glencoeanchor.com 

president 

Andrew Nicks 

a.nicks@22ndcenturymedia.com 

EDITORIAL DESIGN DIRECTOR 

Nancy Burgan, 708.326.9170, x30 

n.burgan@22ndcenturymedia.com 

22 nd Century Media 

60 Revere Drive Suite 888 

Northbrook, IL 60062 

www.LakeForestLeader.com 

Chemical- free printing on 30% recycled paper 

circulation inquiries 

circulation@22ndcenturymedia.com 

The Lake Forest Leader (USPS #20452) is 

published weekly by 22nd Century Media, 

LLC, 60 Revere Dr. Ste. 888, Northbrook, 

IL 60062. 

Periodical paid postage at Northbrook, IL 

and additional mailing offices. 

POSTMASTER: send address changes to 

The Northbrook Tower 60 Revere Dr. Ste. 

888, Northbrook IL 60062 

Published by 

www.22ndcenturymedia.com 

THURSDAY 

Follow the Butterfly 

2-2:45 p.m. Aug. 9, 



Forest. Travel the world as 

storytellers share folktales 

from different countries, 

accompanied by a string 

trio. These traditional stories 

include themes such 

as respecting the earth 

and learning from animals. 




FRIDAY 

50th Anniversary Golf 

Event and Community 

Party 

1 p.m. Aug. 10, Lake 

Bluff Golf Club, 355 W. 

Washington Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Come out and celebrate 

the Golf Club’s 

50th Anniversary. There 

will be a scramble event 

starting at 1 p.m. followed 

by cocktails (cash 

bar) at 6 p.m. and a dinner 

at 7 p.m. with a party 

afterwards. For tickets and 


www.lakebluffgolfclub. 

com. 

Grand Opening and Art in 

the Park 

4:30-7 p.m. August 10, 

Art Impact Project, 104 E. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

You’re invited to the grand 

opening of our new space 

in Lake Bluff! Village 

President Kathleen O’Hara 

will lead the ribbon-cutting 

ceremony at 4:30 

p..m. at 104 E. Scranton. 

Everyone will then walk to 

nearby Gazebo in the Park 

where there will be easels 

set up and from 5-7 p.m. 

You can draw to live music 

provided by the Music Institute 

of Chicago! No artistic 

skill needed. Free to 

all! For more information, 

visit artimpactproject.org. 

Nature and Nibbles: 

Monarchs and Mojitos 

6-8 p.m. Aug. 10, Lake 

Forest Open Lands Association, 

350 N. Waukegan 

Road, Lake Forest. Monarchs 

need help. Throughout 

the last decade, Monarch 

populations have 

been decimated by habitat 

loss, deforestation and 

drought. Learn more about 

their plight and how to 

help. Bring friends and 

enjoy drinks and southof-the-border-themed 

appetizers. 

Cost is $10 for 

members and $15 for nonmembers. 

For tickets and 


www.lfola.org. 

The Lord of the Rings: The 

Fellowship of the Ring 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 10, Gorton 

Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. Nominated 

for four Academy 

Awards including Best 

Picture, as well as winning 

several Golden Globes, 

you won’t want to miss this 

spellbinding adventure. 




SATURDAY 

Etiquette: Tips for Modern 

Families 

Noon-1:30 p.m. Aug. 

11, Gorton Center, 400 E. 

Illinois Road, Lake Forest. 

The Etiquette School 

of Chicago’s, “Family 

Dinner Etiquette Tips for 

Modern Families” are easy 

to learn and then practice 

regularly, until they 

become second nature. 

Meals are more enjoyable 

when everyone is on the 

same page. Cost is $70 

per person and includes 

lunch. For more information 



TUESDAY 

Safety Town Commanders 

Camp 

12:30-4 p.m. Tuesday- 

Thursday Aug. 14-16, 

Gorton Center, 400 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Gorton welcomes the inaugural 

year for our Safety 

Town Commander Camp, 

a new camp modeled after 


for 5-7 year olds, but with 

a curriculum built for 

the next level, ages 8-10. 

The focus of this camp 

will be a quick review of 


(now called Majors) and 

will go in depth with experts 

in areas ranging from 

fire safety all the way to 

internet safety and beyond. 




Back to School 

Extravaganza! 

2-3:30 p.m. Aug. 14, 



Forest. Visit the Children’s 

Library to make the 

transition back to class a 

little more fun. Coloring, 

raffles, games, prizes and 

yummy cookies await. For 



WEDNESDAY 

Rough House Puppet 

Prairie Promenade 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 15, Ragdale 

Foundation, 1260 N. 

Green Bay Road, Lake 

Forest. Rough House Theater 

Company, along with 

the Puppet Wonder Wagon, 

will present a thrilling 

evening of short-form 

puppetry pieces. Rough 

House and the Wonder 

Wagon, both at the helm of 

Chicago’s growing puppet 

theater scene, create work 

that captures the heart 

through the eye. Their 

shows use puppetry, music 

and human performance 

to tell stories that are intimate, 

unusual and sincere. 



www.ragdale.org. 

UPCOMING: 

2018 Birdies and Books 

6:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 

27, Onwentsia Club, 300 

N. Green Bay Road, Lake 

Forest. Birdies and Books 

is the longest-running 

fundraising event for Bernie’s 

Book Bank. Since 

its inception, Birdies and 

Books has provided its 

participants with a unique 

and meaningful golf experience 

that brings them 

much closer to the mission 

and work of Bernie’s 

Book Bank. For 


www.berniesbookbank. 

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 

LIST IT YOURSELF 

Reach out to thousands of daily 

users by submitting your event at 

LakeForestLeader.com/calendar 

For just print*, email all information to 


*Deadline for print is 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication. 

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. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

For more information, 

call (847) 234-2209. 

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. This club 

is open to all. Visit www. 

lfgsm.toastmastersclubs. 

org for more information.

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Police Reports 

Child endangerment, DUI among multiple charges for Beach Park man 

Steven D. Hilliard, 

29, of Beach Park, was 

charged with driving with 

a suspended driver’s licence, 

DUI of alcohol, 

endangering the life of a 

child and operating an uninsured 

motor vehicle at 

12:51 p.m. on July 28 in 

the intersection of Gage 

Lane and Route 41. 

Police on patrol observed 

a white Honda Civic 

that was being operated 

in a hazardous manner and 

conducted a traffic stop on 

the vehicle. When officers 

approached the vehicle 

they located a driver, front 

passenger and three children 

in the back seat not 

in child restraint seats as 

required. 

As officers identified 

Hilliard as the driver, they 

determined his driver’s license 

was suspended for 

DUI and he did not have 

insurance on the vehicle. 

Hilliard was also demonstrating 

signs of alcohol 

impairment at the time of 

the traffic stop. Hilliard 

admitted to drinking and 

was removed from the car 

for field sobriety testing. 

Hilliard was subsequently 

arrested for driving 

while liicense suspended 

and driving under 

the influence of alcohol. 

He was transported to the 

Public Safety Building 

where has was processed 

and held. Officers consulted 

with the Lake County 

States Attorney and based 

on previous DUI convictions, 

Hilliard’s charges 

for driving while license 

suspended and driving 

under the influence of alcohol 

were upgraded to 

felonies. He was also cited 

for endangering the life of 

a child and operating an 

uninsured motor vehicle. 

Hilliard was held overnight 

pending transport to 

bond court in Waukegan. 

In other police news: 

Lake Forest: 

July 29: 

• Hugo Victor Flores-Damian, 

31, of Waukegan, 

was charged with a DUI 

of alcohol, driving with a 

suspended driver’s license, 

illegal transportation of 

alcohol and aggravated 

DUI of alcohol at 4:30 

a.m. in the intersection of 

Route 41 and Deerpath 

Road. Lake Forest Police 

responded to a 911 call 

concerning a red SUV that 

was swerving all over the 

road. Officers located the 

vehicle driving north on 

Route 41 and after observing 

several driving issues, 

conducted a traffic stop 

on the vehicle. When officers 

approached, they 

could smell a strong odor 

of alcohol coming from 

the vehicle and observed, 

in plain view in the center 

console, two clear plastic 

cups containing an unknown 

red liquid. Flores- 

Damian was also demonstrating 

signs of alcohol 

impairment and it was 

determined Flores-Damian 

was driving on a Suspended 

driver’s license. 

Officers asked Flores- 

Damian to exit the vehicle 

and perform field sobriety 

test, which he did not pass. 

Flores-Damian was transported 

to the Public Safety 

Building and processed. 

The Lake County States 

Attorney approved an aggravated 

driving under the 

influence of alcohol charge 

based on Flores-Damian’s 

past driving record and 

convictions. 

July 28: 

• Two motor vehicles were 

reported stolen and two 

motor vehicle were reportedly 

broken into at 7 a.m. 

on Timber Drive, Onwentsia 

Road, Basswood Road 

and Forest Hill Road. Lake 

Forest Police responded 

to two separate addresses 

on July 28 after a resident 

on Timber Drive reported 

the theft of a 2015 BMW 

328 xi that had been left 

unlocked in the driveway 

overnight with the keys in 

the vehicle, and a resident 

on Onwentsia Road reported 

the theft of a 2011 

Land Rover that had been 

parked over night with the 

doors unlocked and the 

key fob in the center console. 

Two other residents 

in the same areas reported 

unknown persons had entered 

unlocked vehicles 

in the driveways and stole 

miscellaneous items from 

the vehicles. The 2011 

Land Rover was recovered 

in Calumet City after being 

in a vehicle pursuit with 

Chicago Police. Calumet 

City Police Department 

located the vehicle abandoned 

with no occupants 

and a gun was found in the 

car. The 2015 BMW was 

recovered in Dalton, Ill. 

No arrests have been made 

and no suspects have been 

identified. In one incident, 

the offenders used a garage 

door opener to access 

a garage an effort to steal 

an additional car from one 

of the locations. 

Lake Forest Police again 

want to remind residents 

to remove the keys from 

the cars and lock their cars 

when not in use. These are 

crimes of opportunity and 

are very preventable with 

just a little effort. 

July 27: 

• Brian H. Koopman, 56, 

of Highwood, was charged 

with leaving the scene of 

an accident, no vehicle 

insurance, driving with a 

revoked driver’s license 

and a DUI of alcohol at 2 

a.m. in the intersection of 

Route 41 and Route 60. 

Police responded to 911 

calls concerning a white 

van that had gone off the 

roadway into some trees. 

Police received multiple 

calls concerning the crash 

and on arrival could not 

locate the driver of the 

vehicle. After calling for 

a K9 and searching the 

area, Koopman was located, 

passed out in the yard 

on a house on Onwentsia 

Road. The K9 followed a 

track from the crash to the 

same address helping to 

confirm Koopman as the 

driver. The Lake Forest 

Fire Department transported 

Koopman to Condell 

Hospital. 

July 26: 

• Quinton I. Brown, 29, 

of Waukegan was charged 

with driving with a revoked 

driver’s license and 

speeding 74 miles per hour 

in a 55 miles per hour speed 

zone at the intersection of 

Route 41 and Deerpath 

Road. Police on routine 

patrol conducted a traffic 

stop on a 2007 Hyundai 

after observing the vehicle 

speeding 74 mph on Route 

41. When officers approached 

the vehicle and 

spoke to the driver, identified 

as Brown, they determined 

his driver’s license 

was revoked. 

Lake Bluff: 

July 28: 

• A two-vehicle property 

damage accident was reported 

at 8:57 a.m. in the 

intersection of Route 176 

and Skokie Valley Road. 



at 1:17 p.m. in the 

300 block of W. Washington 

Avenue. 

July 25: 

• A property damage accident 

was reported at 1:22 

p.m. in the intersection of 

W. Scranton Avenue and 

Mawman Avenue. 

July 24: 




intersection of W. Scranton 

Avenue and Garfield 

Avenue. Upon arrival, 

both drivers advised they 

did not want to file a formal 

report. 

July 23: 

• A rental vehicle was reported 

damaged while it 

was parked unattended 

at 12:18 a.m. in the 900 

block of Rockland Road. 

A officer observed minor 

damage to the driver’s 

side rear door with a green 

paint transfer. 

• A three-car property 



intersection of Route 41 

and Sherwood Terrace. 

July 22: 

•A knocked down mailbox 

was reported at 10:32 a.m 

in the 300 block of Belle 

Foret Drive. Upon officer 

arrival, it was determined 

a vehicle left the roadway 

and struck the complainants 

mailbox. The officer 

too pictures of the mailbox. 

The officer did not observe 

any paint transfer or damaged 

vehicles in the area. 

• Another mailbox was 

knocked down at 10:53 

a.m. in the 300 block of 

Belle Foret Drive. The officer 

met with the homeowner 

and told him of his 

findings. The homeowner 

stated he did not observe a 

vehicle hit his mailbox. 

• A officer was flagged 

down by a resident at 

11:19 a.m. in the 300 block 

of Belle Foret Drive who 

stated his mailbox was 

knocked down by a vehicle. 

The homeowner had 

already began to clean up 

the damaged property, but 

the officer did not observe 

any paint transfer. 

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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The Valenti family, 

Lake Forest 

Bauer, aka B-Boy, 

is a 4-year-old 

Vizsla. Part 

rambunctious, 

part avid 

snuggler, he is a 

fan favorite in our 

household and sometimes around town. When 

he’s not chasing after squirrels, birds and tennis 

balls, he’s curled up in someone’s lap, providing 

ultimate comfort and unwavering loyalty. 

HELP! The Lake Forest Leader is in search of more pets. 

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and information to alyssa@lakeforestleader.com or 60 

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THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Northbrook Police: Death 

of 71-year-old woman still 

under investigation 

The Northbrook Police 

Department confirmed the 

morning of July 31 that 

it is continuing its investigation 

into the death of 

a 71-year-old woman at 

a residence in the 2300 

block of Greenview Road. 

The investigation is being 

done with the Cook 

County Medical Examiner’s 

Office, according to 

Thomas Moore, a spokesperson 

for the Northbrook 

Police Department. 

“The only thing that 

we’re going to release 

on this right now is that 

the police department is 

working in conjunction 

with the Cook County 

Medical Examiner’s Office 

on the examination 

and we wish to express 

our condolences to 

the family,” Moore told 

The Tower July 31. 

According to Moore, 

the Northbrook Fire Department 

first responded 

to a call of an “unresponsive 

person” at approximately 

12:30 p.m. on 

Friday, July 27, at the 

Northbrook home. 

Per official records from 

the Cook County Medical 

Examiner’s Office, 

the subject, a 71-year-old 

woman, was pronounced 

dead at 12:50 p.m. July 

27. 

As of Aug. 3, official 

records from the medical 

examiner’s office list the 

cause and manner of death 

as pending. 

Evidence technicians 

were at the residency processing 

the scene on July 

28, but were “called away 

for a brief time on another 

matter,” per Moore. 

According to reports 

from several residents on 

Greenview Road, multiple 

technicians were present 

throughout the day. 

Reporting by Martin Carlino, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at NorthbrookTower. 

com. 

THE WILMETTE BEACON 

$9.7M Gillson Park beach 

house project approved 

With just more than a 

month until construction 

is slated to begin the day 

after Labor Day for the 

Gillson Park beach house 

and parking lot project, 

the Wilmette Park Board 

held a special meeting 

where it approved the 

project costs for a total 

cost of $9,742,201. The 

project consists of the 

demolition of Gillson’s 

existing beach house, the 

construction of a new 

one and the reconfiguration 

of the beach parking 

lot. 

The hard costs total 

$8,756,387, including 

$7,086,621 for sitework 

and structures; 

$1,084,833 for general 

conditions, insurance, 

fee and job requirements; 

$60,000 for guardhouse 

and playground allowances; 

$80,000 for parking lot 

undercut and unsuitable 

soil disposal; $300,000 

for design/construction 

contingency; $138,560 

for asphalt with brick pavers 

at the parking stalls; 

and $6,373 to add a fire 

hydrant. The Lakefront 

Committee discussed the 

latter two items the previous 

day. The committee 

recommended against 

approving the asphalt 

with brick pavers for the 

parking stalls and for approving 

the fire hydrant. 

Ultimately, the board approved 

both items. 

Andy Tinucci, principal 

of Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, 

explained that in 

the parking stalls, they’re 

proposing to install permeable 

pavers that have 

a very small gap between 

them that would be filled 

with granite chips and 

sand. 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at WilmetteBeacon. 

com. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

D113 hires interim 

principal for HPHS 

The Township High 

School District 113 Board 

of Education has appointed 

Deborah Finn as the interim 

principal for Highland 

Park High School 

during the 2018-2019 

school year at a special 

meeting July 30. At the 

meeting, the board also 

appointed Mirah Anti as a 

district-wide coordinator 

of equity and inclusion. 

Finn previously served 

as the math department 

chair at HPHS, and has 

worked in the district 

since 1996, also teaching 

math at Deerfield High 

School and serving as the 

co-principal of the District 

113 summer school 

program. 

“HPHS is a community 

of dedicated and accomplished 

staff, curious and 

connected students, and 

supportive and engaged 

families,” Finn said in a 

statement. “I have always 

been proud to serve Highland 

Park High School, 

never more so than I am 

right now.” 

Reporting by Erin Yarnall, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at HPLandmark.com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Glenview doctor performs 

surgeries alongside Mazor 

X robot 

After a dozen procedures 

at the Illinois Bone 

and Joint Institute, the 

Mazor X robot is improving 

the accuracy, safety 

and efficiency of surgical 

procedures. 

The Mazor X has 

“eyes” that pull 3-D X-ray 

images of the patient in 

real time while its “surgical 

arm” helps surgeons 

line up and insert screws 

and other implants. The 

robot is accurate down 

to the millimeter and increases 

the safety of spinal 

surgery by reducing 

the amount of required 

X-rays. 

Glenview resident Dr. 

Tom Gleason and his partner 

at IBJI are two of the 

first five surgeons who 

have trained with the new 

technology. The robot is 

based at Lutheran General 

Hospital, one of the first 

centers in Chicagoland to 

utilize the advanced robotic 

system. 

“The robot allows us 

to combine the accuracy 

of an open procedure 

and the limited exposure 

of a minimally invasive 

surgery, resulting in less 

complications and faster 

recovery,” Gleason said. 

“It allows us to be consistent 

with the model of 

IBJI, [and] move better 

and live better. ... We’re 

fortunate enough to be the 

first in the Chicagoland 

area to embrace this new 

technology.” 

The robot has a solid 

safety record and adheres 

to all international 

standards, according to 

Gleason. Now in its third 

generation, the Mazor X 

is able to precisely guide 

a surgeon through the surgery 

plan, although the 

surgeon is in full control 

of the robot at all times 

and can adjust the system 

at any stage. 

Reporting by Sari Mishell, 

Editorial Intern. Full story at 

GlenviewLantern.com.



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with Jenny Sweeney, an artist-in-residence at Montessori School of Lake Forest. 

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At the core of the program 

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inspiration and education 

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the list is infinite, students 

of various ages were able 

to participate in three very 

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The youngest students 

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students, inspired by the 

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on Aug. 6. Students used 

recycled boxes, collected 

materials and created their 

own unique, large-scale 

building. The project was 

completed when students 

came together to assemble 

a colorful and eclectic city.



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Longtime Wilmette business continues to thrive 

Owner, a Lake 

Forest resident, 

part of the success 

Alexa Burnell 

Freelance Reporter 

Lake Forest resident 

Doug Stein says that 

when exceptional service 

is combined with skilled 

craftsmanship, the result 

is a thriving business that 

can stand the test of time. 

Stein would know — he 

has owned Kashian Bros 

since 2004, taking over 

a business that has been 

a part of Wilmette history 

since 1910. While 

only a rug cleaning business 

at first, Kashian Bros 

evolved when Jim Allan 

(1960-2004) took over, 

and has further grown 

leaps and bounds over 

the past 14 years, through 

Stein’s commitment to excellent 

customer service 

and investments in the 

latest technology and research. 

“I was once a customer 

and the very first thing I 

noticed about [Kashian 

Bros] was the people. 

There were so many terrific 

and talented individuals; 

I knew I had stumbled 

upon something unique,” 

Stein said. 

With his faith in the 

folks fully secured, Stein 

proudly took ownership, 

intrigued at the growth opportunity 

at hand. His first 

thoughts centered around 

updating the business 

with a new warehouse, 

new cleaning equipment, 

remodeled showroom, 

phones, computers and 

everything in between. 

Stein also focused on expanding 

services. When 

he learned about a new 

dust-free method of sanding 

floors he, “jumped 

right in with both feet.” 

Employees (left to right) Manual Surtu, Mike Kepraios, Lake Forest resident and owner Doug Stein, Nancy Vert, Kevin Kraus, of Kashian Bros, 

located at 1107 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette. Alexa Burnell/22nd Century Media 

To him, the investment in 

high-quality technology 

and equipment fit with his 

overall goals. 

“We were the first ones 

on the market to introduce 

dust-free sanding and 

people couldn’t believe 

the process,” Stein said. 

“We decided from there 

on out that investing in 

the technology that could 

help us get the job done 

better, faster and easier 

and even healthier was to 

be our focus.” 

Soon Stein invested 

in other top-of-the-line 

products and methods 

like quick dry stains and 

water- based finishes, 

free of toxic fumes. They 

don’t cut corners, even 

milling their own parquet 

flooring, cutting and assembling 

specific to a 

customer’s desire. In fact, 

they custom tailor each 

job to achieve the client’s 

goals, making the work 

enjoyable because “no 

two jobs are the same; 

each project is custom to 

what the client is trying to 

achieve,” Stein explained. 

Last year, Stein added 

tile and countertops to 

their list of expertise, becoming 

a one stop shop 

for a customer’s interior 

needs. 

With 70 percent of their 

business coming from the 

surrounding North Shore 

neighborhoods, Stein and 

the crew pride themselves 

on being able to provide 

multiple flooring services 

with consistent, reliable 

and compassionate customer 

service. 

“What makes us feel 

good is the relationships 

we build with our customers. 

In Villages like those 

on the North Shore, people 

want to know who the 

business owner is, which 

is why I’m always on site 

and available to speak to 

anyone who may stop by,” 

Stein said. “We don’t just 

sell material; we install, 

repair, clean and advise 

our customers. We work 

like crazy to make our 

customers happy; to make 

them feel valued.” 

With business booming 

in Wilmette, Stein recently 

took another leap of 

faith, purchasing a second 

store, Deerpath Carpets, 

in Lake Forest, infusing 

the new business with the 

same values Kashian Bros 

is known for. 

“Whether in Lake Forest 

or Wilmette, I believe people 

want to come to work 

with an expert; someone 

they can trust to do the 

job with utmost integrity 

and skill. I know that is 

what we provide,” Stein 

said. “The people who 

work here don’t only love 

to sell flooring, they love 

the craftsmanship, the attention 

to detail, the quest 

to perfect each job and 

to see each job as unique 

and individual. This is no 

cookie-cutter business.” 

To learn more about 

Kashian Bros, visit www. 

kashianbros.com or pop 

in at 1107 Greenleaf Ave. 

in Wilmette to meet Stein 

and his team.

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From the Editor 

Help take The Leader around the world 

Alyssa Groh 


If you know anything 

about me from reading 

my weekly editorials, 

it is that I love to travel 

and see the world. While 

traveling outside of the 

U.S. is fun and teaches 

you about different cultures, 

I believe we can still 

learn a lot traveling within 

the U.S. 

As a kid, my parents 

took us on trips within the 

U.S., we traveled all over 

Wisconsin, up to Lake 

Superior, all over Florida 

to Iowa and Indiana and 

more. During those trips 

we went hiking and 

learned about nature, went 

to a variety of museums 

and when we went to 

Lake Superior we learned 

about the Great Lakes, 

trade and more. 

A few years ago, I took 

my travels outside of the 

U.S. and have now been 

to India, China, Thailand, 

Ireland, Scotland, Bahamas 

and Mexico. During 

these travels, I have 

learned a lot about different 

cultures, languages, 

poverty and stepped out of 

my comfort zone and tried 

food I was very unfamiliar 

with. 

One thing that is similar 

among all of my travels 

was learning a little bit 

about history. Wherever 

I go, I try to learn something 

new about how the 

area has evolved or some 

type of history that makes 

the area unique. 

But, my favorite thing 

about traveling is talking 

to the locals and hearing 

about what their daily 

lives are like in the area, 

and understanding a little 

bit more about the people 

who live there. 

If you read The Lake 

Forest Leader last week, 

you may have seen we are 

hosting another contest — 

our annual Family Vacation 

Photo Contest. 

Each year this contest 

gets the most participation 

and I look forward to 

seeing your pictures each 

year. 

Last year, we had 

more than 10 entries of 

residents traveling all over 

the world. I loved seeing 

where residents traveled 

last year and seeing a 

variety of creative pictures 

people took on their 

travels. 

What do you need to do 

to enter this contest? It is 

easy! 

If you traveled somewhere 

this summer, send 

us a picture that captured 

a part of your vacation. 

This picture will give you 

a chance to win a prize 

from a local business. 

While I spent the first 

half of this year traveling 

outside of the U.S., this 

summer has been spent 

traveling within the U.S. 

I have included a picture 

of one of my favorite 

memories from this summer. 

I spent a lot of the 

summer traveling 

around the Midwest waterskiing 

competitively. I 

began waterskiing when I 

was 3 years old and joined 

the Wonder Lake Water 

Ski Show Team when I 

was 12. This weekend we 

head to Janesville, Wis. 

Editor Alyssa Groh performs a trick on her swivel ski 

during the Central Regional Waterski Tournament July 

15 in Warsaw, Ind. Photo Submitted. 

where we compete at the 

national tournament. 

What were the highlights 

of your summer? 

Send me a picture for a 

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From Poland to the North Shore 

Owner’s recipes make up Ewa’s Pierogi menu in Glenview, Page 23 

Aziz Abu Sarah 

describes his 

work in peace 

and conflict resolution 

during his 

presentation of 

Breaking Down 

the Walls that 

Divide Sunday, 

Aug. 5 at St. 

James Lutheran 

Church of Lake 

Forest. Claire 

Esker/22nd Century 

Media. 

Palestinian man talks about 

conflict resolution among 

cultures, Page 21

20 | August 9, 2018 | The lake forest leader PUZZLES 


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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

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poetry 

4. Near the center 

10. Knock, slangily 

13. Return envelope, 

abbr. 

14. Former students 

16. Classified abbr. 

17. Beach in danger 

of erosion in Lake 

Bluff 

19. Very long time 

20. Much may follow 

it 

21. Oak Ridge Boys 

hit 

23. Disney musical 

27. Weak 

30. Thus far 

31. High school mil. 

group 

32. The great I am 

emotion 

33. Parrot landing 

34. Hang fire 

35. Weapon case 

37. Hot area 

40. Cake decorator 

41. Picker-upper 

42. Lake Forest 

H.S. lacrosse player, 

____ Moorhead 

45. Approximately 

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49. Put in secret 

form 

50. Kind of meeting 

52. Most unusual 

54. Cries of delight 

55. ___ Schwarz 

57. St. Patty’s day 

drink 

61. Informal affirmative 

62. Like the path of 

least resistance 

63. Before of yore 

64. Conditions 

65. Haberdashery 

item 

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checkers 

Down 

1. Harden 

2. Animals of a region 

3. Unit user 

4. ___ tai 

5. Tall golfer Ernie 

6. Owing 

7. Accuse a president, 

for example 

8. Overly concerned 

with fine print 

9. Feeding stage of 

insects 

10. More wonderful 

11. Texting qualifier 

12. Fig. in identity 

theft 

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18. Q followers 

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stuff 

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maybe 

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from 

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58. Worked (up) 

59. Civil War org. 

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Palestinian-American tour 

guide delivers hopeful message 

Katie Copenhaver 

Freelance Reporter 

Members of the St. 

James Lutheran Church 

of Lake Forest are getting 

ready for a private trip to 

Israel this October with 

MEJDI Tours. This will 

be their second trip with 

the tour company, which is 

co-owned by a Palestinian 

man and a Jewish man and 

uses the tag line, “a global 

movement of people using 

business as a force for 

good.” 

In advance of the trip, 

the Palestinian owner Aziz 

Abu Sarah held a presentation 

and discussion titled 

Breaking Down the Walls 

that Divide Sunday, Aug. 5 

at the church. 

“It’s extremely rare for 

a Jew and a Palestinian to 

own a business together,” 

Sarah said. “Our friendship 

has taken us to all 

these places in the world to 

do conflict resolution,” he 

explained in regard to his 

partnership with co-owner 

Scott Cooper. 

Sarah’s presentation 

was partly educational 

and partly reassuring 

given that the group will 

be traveling to both Jewish 

and Palestinian areas 

of Israel amid the recent 

unrest over the American 

recognition of Jerusalem 

as Israel’s capital city and 

the July passage of a Jewish 

nation-state law by the 

country’s legislature. 

MEJDI, which is based 

in the United States, partners 

with United Nations 

subgroups, National Geographic, 

diplomatic agencies 

and religious organizations 

and uses local tour 

guides to offer both custom 

and open trips to not 

Aziz Abu Sarah discusses recent current events and 

their impact on peace throughout the globe Sunday, 

Aug. 5 at St. James Lutheran Church of Lake Forest. 

Claire Esker/22nd Century Media. 

only Israel, but also other 

Middle Eastern nations, 

Europe, Central America 

and Asia. 

Sarah, who grew up in 

Jerusalem and in the past 

10 years relocated and 

became a United States 

citizen, is also a National 

Geographic Explorer 

and TED Fellow. He has 

worked for the U.S. State 

Department and other diplomatic 

agencies to help 

resolve conflicts around 

the world. That work has 

taken him to Colombia, 

Syria, Afghanistan, Guatemala 

and elsewhere. 

When asked by an audience 

member if he gets 

nervous during some of his 

travels, Sarah said, “I was 

shot at the first time when 

I was 7. If you grow up in 

a conflict zone, you learn 

how to deal with it. You 

are not as scared going into 

other conflict zones.” 

He also said of his successes 

in conflict resolution, 

“If you are able to 

connect people who want 

to shoot each other, you 

can connect anyone.” 

He said the key is for 

people to get to know each 

other by sharing their personal 

narratives of struggle. 

“Stories are the key to 

changing people’s hearts 

and minds,” he explained. 

“We have to see a human, 

not a number.” 

Sarah described his tour 

company as a force for 

social and environmental 

change. They teach attendees 

about the local people 

they are visiting in hopes 

it will bring greater understanding 

and tolerance. 

In turn, they encourage 

municipalities and nations 

to clean up polluted areas 

and to enact tougher laws 

against poaching wildlife 

in order to attract more 

tourism. 

St. James Pastor Richard 

Holmer said this October’s 

tour will mark his third trip 

to Israel. 

“We see it as a real opportunity 

because Lutherans 

have a limited presence 

in Israel.” 

He noted that the Lutheran-run 

Augusta Victoria 

Hospital, which sits on 

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Faith Briefs 

Grace United Methodist Church (244 East Center Ave., Lake 

Bluff) 

Music at Grace 

6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, Lake 

Bluff Village Green. The concert will 

feature the Venia Brass Ensemble and 

will showcase broadway, pop and more. 

Bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy the 

music. 

Youth Car Wash 

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Aug. 26, Grace parking 

lot. Free will donations will go to the Veterans’ 

Closet in North Chicago. 

Back to School Donations 

8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. ChildServ’s Annual 

School Supply Back to School Drive 

Donations can be dropped off in the 

Grace lobby until Aug. 26. Cash donations 

and gift cards are also welcome. 

For a complete listing of items that are 

needed, see the flyer next to the donation 

baskets. 

Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

Each Wednesday, the Church of St. 

Mary offers Eucharistic Adoration following 

the 8 a.m. Mass. A rosary will be 

prayed each week at 6:40 p.m. with Benediction 

following at 7 p.m. 

Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N. Waukegan Road) 

Senior High Youth Group 

7-9 p.m. Sundays. All are welcome for 

a time of worship, teaching and fellowship. 

Friends are encouraged to attend. For 

more information, call (847) 234-1001. 

Love INC Furniture Ministry 

8 a.m.-noon, second Saturday of the 

month. Volunteer to help load, deliver 

and pick-up furniture. All ages and 

abilities are welcome, youth is welcome 

with adult supervision. For more information, 

contact Tim Banks at timothycbanks@yahoo.com. 

Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. Prospect Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Live Wires 

4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fellowship Hall. 

Live Wires is the Union Church youth 

group for fourth- through sixth-graders. 

The group meets for lively discussion and 

fun activities. 

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. 

In Memoriam 

Ruth C. Nissen 

Ruth C. Nissen, 

98, of Lake 

Forest, died July 

13. She was 

born and grew 

up in Chicago. 

She excelled as 

a student in the Nissen 

Chicago Public 

Schools, graduating from 

high school when she was 16 

years old, and then graduating 

from Wright Junior College 

at age 18, when she joined 

the work force. One of her 

early jobs was at Allstate Insurance 

Company where she 

met William G. Nissen, Jr., to 

whom she was later married 

for 50 years until his death 

in 1996. During World War 

II, she worked in Chicago for 

the U.S. Navy as a civilian, 

and later as a stewardess for 

United Airlines, based in Chicago 

and flying to Denver and 

Boston. 

In 1946, after the War had 

ended, and William Nissen 

had returned from wartime 

service in the U.S. Navy and 

rejoined Allstate, she and William 

were married in Chicago, 

after which Ruth became a 

full-time homemaker. She 

and William were blessed over 

the years with three children: 

William, Robert, and Mary. 

William’s jobs with Allstate 

took the family to New Jersey, 

back to Chicago, then to Atlanta, 

and finally to Lake Forest, 

where Nissen continued to 

reside for the remainder of her 

life. 

Nissen became a member 

of St. James Lutheran Church 

upon moving to Lake Forest 

in 1964. She actively participated 

in a sewing group at the 

church, and in “Leisure Time,” 

a local group that organized 

events for senior citizens. She 

excelled at creating beautiful 

quilts, which she shared with 

her extended family and donated 

to local charity auctions. 

She loved attending flea markets, 

where she regularly spotted 

rare and special books, 

art and other collectibles. In 

1998, she was one of the first 

residents to arrive at Lake Forest 

Place, where she quickly 

made many friends. 

Family was very important 

to Nissen. In addition to her 

children, she was blessed with 

five grandchildren and three 

great-grandchildren, whose 

schooling and other activities 

she followed closely and 

participated in whenever possible. 

She hosted many family 

gatherings in her home, 

including large Thanksgiving 

dinners for the extended family. 

One of her specialties was 

Swedish meatballs, which 

she learned to make from her 

Swedish mother-in-law. She 

maintained a close connection 

not only with her children and 

grandchildren, but also with 

her nieces and nephews and 

their children and grandchildren. 

She corresponded with 

them and spoke frequently on 

the telephone, and whenever 

out-of-town family members 

were in the area, they stopped 

to visit her. 

She is survived by her children, 

grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, 

who were most 

fortunate to experience her 

presence in their lives for so 

many years. 

Interment was private. A 

Memorial Service will be held 

at a later date. Memorial donations 

may be made to the 

Dean Schraufnagel, MD, Endowed 

Professorship Fund at 

University of Illinois Medical 

School, for the support of lung 

research (http://schraufnagelprofessorship.uic.edu), 

or to 

St. James Lutheran Church 

(1380 N. Waukegan Rd., Lake 

Forest, IL 60045). 

William Ronald Sample 

William Ronald 

Sample, 92, a 55-year resident 

of Lake Bluff, died July 

24. Born on Nov. 10, 1925, 

in Indianapolis, Sample was 

the third of five sons born to 

John Roy Sample and Eunice 

Fay Stafford. He graduated 

from Arsenal Technical High 

School of Indiana on June 4, 

1943. Sample served in the 

U.S. Army from Nov. 30, 

1945 to March 29, 1947. 

He married the love of his 

life, Betty Lou Brueggemann, 

on Aug. 18, 1951 at the Roselawn 

Community Baptist 

Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, 

where Sample’s mother introduced 

them a few years earlier. 

Over the years, Sample and 

Betty enjoyed performances 

at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 

and the Lyric Opera, 

travelled through Europe, and 

were active in their community. 

In 1954, Sample graduated 

from the University of Cincinnati 

School of Design, majoring 

in Advertising Design. 

He was a member of Sigma 

Phi Epsilon Social Fraternity, 

Delta Phi Delta, Designers Art 

Appreciation Society, Jr. Advertising 

Club, and One Quarter 

Scale. He spent his entire 

working career, 37-and-a-half 

years, at Abbott Laboratories 

in North Chicago. He retired 

as Art Director and Designer 

in the Advertising Department 

on December 1, 1991. During 

his career, Sample worked on 

many award-winning advertisements, 

receiving a Triangle 

Award, sponsored by Medical 

World News; an Aesculapius 

Award, sponsored by Modern 

Medicine; “best of show” and 

“excellence” by the Chicago 

Chapter Packaging Institute 

for Erythrocin; and more than 

25 medical advertising awards 

for K-Tab and K-Lor in the 

early 1980s. 

Sample was preceded in 

death by his father, John Roy, 

his mother, Eunice Fay, and 

his brothers, Marion, Max, 

Gerald, and Melvin. He is survived 

by his wife, Betty, and 

many nieces and nephews. A 

very special note of thanks to 

Sample’s caregiver and friend, 

Rashied, who helped Sample 

maintain a good quality of life 

for the past five years. 

A memorial service will be 

held at the First Presbyterian 

Church of Lake Forest, 700 

North Sheridan Road, Lake 

Forest, IL, 60045 at 11 a.m. 

on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. 

In lieu of flowers, Betty requests 

that donations be made 

in Sample’s loving memory to 

the Alzheimer’s Association, 

Illinois Chapter, 8430 W. Bryn 

Mawr, Suite 800, Chicago, IL, 

60631; or the Macular Degeneration 

Association, P.O. Box 

96162, Washington, D.C., 

20090-6162. 

John T. Walsh 

John T. Walsh 

“Tom”, 91, of Lake 

Bluff, died July 27. He was 

a World War II veteran and 

served in the 185th Infantry in 

the Philippines and the Marine 

Bureau XXIV Corps Army of 

Occupation in Korea. As a 

resident of Clearwater, Fla., he 

served on the Board of Directors 

of the First National Bank 

of Clearwater and as a Trustee 

at Morton Plant Hospital. A 

boating enthusiast, he also enjoyed 

travel and relaxing with 

a good book. 

He is survived by his wife 

of 64 years, Mary Ellen Walsh 

(nee Graham); Children Patricia 

Walsh Hummel (Larry), 

Susan Walsh Myers, Kathleen 

Walsh Araujo, John T. Walsh, 

Jr., Ann Walsh Rubin (David), 

Mary E. Walsh-Steele; 

Grandchildren Thomas Hummel 

(Kelly), Catherine Hummel 

Linnenbrink (Jason), 

Matthew Hummel, Shannon 

Myers (Dan Zarzynski), Rachel 

Araujo-Newton (Sean), 

John Edward Araujo, Aaron 

Walsh Rubin, Benjamin 

Walsh Rubin, Grady William 

Steele, Bonnie Rose Steele, 

Faith Steele; and four greatgrandchildren, 

John Hummel, 

Edward Hummel, Ava Linnenbrink 

and August Linnenbrink. 

Memorial contributions 

may be expressed in loving 

memory of John “Tom” Walsh 

to a charity of your choice. 

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LakeForestLeader.com DINING OUT 


Ewa’s Pierogi puts new spin on old recipes 

Erin Yarnall 

Contributing Editor 

Ewa’s Pierogi, a new 

Eastern European restaurant 

in Glenview, is there 

by accident. 

While owner Ewa Zapolsky 

has always wanted 

to open a restaurant, she 

thought she would open it 

in Arlington Heights, closer 

to her home in Des Plaines. 

But one day when she 

was picking up her daughter 

from St. John Brebeuf 

School in Niles, she got 

distracted, then lost, and 

she found herself in front 

of a strip mall on Harlem 

Avenue in Glenview, 

where she spotted three 

spaces available for rent. 

Zapolsky took a photo 

of the “For Rent” sign, 

and then enlisted help 

from her former employers 

at Golden Duck, a restaurant 

in Chicago that is 

now closed. 

“I thought everything 

would be fast and easy,” 

Zapolsky said with a 

laugh. 

She said her former employers 

have been helping 

with paperwork and setting 

up the kitchen. But 

when it comes to the recipes, 

it’s her own ideas. 

Zapolsky is inspired by 

the food she grew up eating 

while living in Bialystok, 

Poland. She first remembers 

loving to help in 

the kitchen when she was 

a child. 

“I was always watching 

when my grandmother 

The restaurant’s menu has several fruit pierogies, like 

this strawberry option ($8). 

Ewa’s Pierogi 

976 Harlem Ave., 

Glenview 

(224) 616-3430 

11 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Monday-Friday 

11 a.m.-9 p.m. 

Saturday 

and mother were cooking 

and helped them,” Zapolsky 

said. 

She came to the United 

States with her family in 

2002, but moved to Costa 

Rica for two years. Zapolsky 

has been back in the 

United States since 2013, 

but credits her time in so 

many countries to her love 

of all foods. 

“I can do whatever 

you’re thinking — Italian 

food, French, German, 

Russian, Ukrainian, 

Chinese,” Zapolsky said. 

“Every day, something 

different.” 

But at Ewa’s Pierogi, 

they specialize in Eastern 

European — specifically, 

pierogi. 

Pierogi, the national 

food of Poland, are dumplings 

made by wrapping 

dough around a filling and 

either cooking it in boiling 

water or frying it. 

Zapolsky tries out recipes 

at home before adding 

them to her menu in 

the restaurant, and has 

her daughter help in the 

kitchen as a taste-tester, 

just as she used to help her 

grandmother and mother. 

“My daughter likes 

[macaroni] and cheese, 

and Nutella,” Zapolsky 

said. “I tried them at home 

in [separate] pierogi and 

she liked [them].” 

While Ewa’s Pierogi is 

the first restaurant Zapolsky 

has owned, she plans 

for more in the future. 

“It’s my first restaurant,” 

Zapolsky said, “I 

hope it’s not my last.” 

The stuffed cabbage rolls ($10) at Ewa’s Pierogi in Glenview comes with mashed 

potatoes and assorted salads. Photos by Chris Pullam/22nd Century Media 

When a group of 22nd 

Century Media editors 

visited the restaurant last 

week, we sampled some 

of Zapolsky’s recommendations. 

We started, of course, 

with the pierogi. We chose 

the pan-fried spinach and 

mozzarella option ($8 for 

10). Ewa’s Pierogi has six 

options for savory pierogi, 

including macaroni and 

cheese, sauerkraut and 

mushrooms, and a variety 

of meats. They can be 

served either pan-friend, 

which leaves the dumpling 

crispy on the outside, or 

boiled, so the dumpling is 

softer. 

The restaurant also features 

a Nutella pierogi 

and four varieties of fruit 

pierogi. We chose to sample 

the strawberry pierogi 

($8 for 10), which was 

boiled. 

Zapolsky also recommended 

we sample the 

beef pelmeni ($8), a traditional 

Russian dumpling 

that is slightly smaller 

than a pierogi. 

The stuffed cabbage 

rolls ($10) remind Zapolsky 

of Poland. 

“We always had so 

much cabbage,” Zapolsky 

said of her adolescence in 

Poland. “We use sour cabbage, 

and we make salad. 

We make many things 

with the cabbage.” 

The cabbage rolls are 

made with a choice of 

meats (or for vegetarians, 

potatoes) and rice, 

wrapped in boiled cabbage 

leaves, and served 

covered in a tomato sauce 

with a large helping of 

mashed potatoes on the 

side. Each order comes 

with three cabbage rolls 

and three large scoops of 

mashed potatoes. 

CHURCH 

From Page 21 

the Mount of Olives, is the 

main medical center serving 

the West Bank. 

Church members Mike 

and Carol Bennett, of 

Highwood, were among 

the audience who will be 

part of the October tour 

group. They had a great 

experience on the previous 

St. James Church trip to 

Israel in 2014, so they are 

returning to see and learn 

even more this time. 

Ross and Carla Peterson, 

of Mt. Prospect, also 

attended the presentation 

to prepare for their different 

upcoming interfaith 

Hands of Peace tour to Israel 

and Jordan with ME- 

JDI. They are interested 

in learning as much in 

advance so they are better 

informed once they get to 

the Middle East. 

Sarah, who is also a 

writer, has been published 

in “The New York 

Times”, “The Jerusalem 

Post” and others and has 

served as an analyst for 

CNN, Aljazeera and Fox. 

He has co-authored the 

book, “Strangers, Neighbors, 

Friends” with Kelly 

Clark, a Christian professor 

of theology, and Nancy 

Fuchs Kreimer, director of 

a Jewish seminary, which 

is due out this fall. 

“If you’re not thinking 

positively, you’re not going 

to make things better,” 

Sarah said. “It’s incredible 

working in tourism and 

realizing you have more 

power than you thought 

to bring change to areas 

where it’s needed.”

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Collin Robinson 

Robinson was a defenseman 

for the Lake Forest 

High School boy’s 

lacrosse team 

This Week In ... 

Scouts Athletics 

Boys Golf 

■Aug. ■ 9 - at Elk Grove High School (Fox 

Run), 8 a.m. 

■Aug. ■ 10 - at The Prep Tour (Senica’s Deer 

Park), noon 

■Aug. ■ 13 - at Woodstock (Bull Valley), 

1 p.m. 

Girls Golf 

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9 a.m. 

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p.m. 

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1:30 p.m. 

How did you get into 

lacrosse? 

All my friends were 

playing it back in sixth 

grade. It looked fun, so I 

tried it out and it turned out 

to be a great sport for me. 

Who is your favorite 

opponent to play 

against? Why? 

Probably Loyola. They 

have always been a rival 

and every time we go 

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know that it’s going to be 

a hard and intense game 

and we have to give it our 

all. 

What is your favorite 

memory of being on 

the lacrosse team? 

Going to Indianapolis 

for a tournament with 

my team. We had to grow 

more as a team than we’ve 

had to in the past. We 

didn’t go out last year, but 

we went back this year and 

it was fun. 

What is the best part 

of being an athlete at 

LFHS? 

The coaches and staff, 

knowing that they are all 

going to teach you how to 

be your best throughout 

your high school career. 

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after high school they want 

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that’s where I used to live. 

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you would give to 

younger athletes? 

Even if you do not 

plan on playing after high 

school, still enjoy it and 

have fun while you are 

there. 

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Criterium runner-up shares passion, commitment for cycling 

Michael Parsky 

Sports Editorial Intern 

Before the sun even rises, 

a pack of cyclists are 

getting their early-morning 

workout in around 

Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff. 

Odds are Jack Rohrbach 

is in that group. 

Rohrbach, an amateur 

cyclist and Lake Bluff resident, 

goes on these rides 

three to four times during 

the work week with other 

North Shore residents. He 

has found solace in those 

early morning rides as a 

means to work around his 

busy life. 

“No one is doing anything 

besides me,” said 

Rohrbach, whose ride 

typically lasts two hours. 

“A lot of the time, the 

family is still asleep and 

they have no idea I went 

out for a ride.” 

This daunting training 

schedule may seem 

undesirable to many, but 

it helped the 52 year old 

to an impressive second 

place in the Master’s 50- 

plus division at the eighth 

annual Lake Bluff Criterium 

race July 21. 

Rohrbach discovered 

his passion for cycling 

when a friend’s dad 

brought him to a race in 

Wisconsin, he was just 14 

years of old. 

“I was just watching it 

as a spectator and I was 

so impressed and excited 

when I went to the race,” 

Rohrbach said. “It became 

a life sport for me.” 

Rohrbach frequently 

participated in races from 

his late teens and into his 

mid-twenties, but with 

work and a family, the 

cyclist scaled back his 

participation to just one or 

two events a year in order 

to accommodate his busy 

schedule. 

Feeling in good shape, 

Rohrbach entered his 

name for the Lake Bluff 

Criterium as a last minute 

decision. 

In its eighth year, the 

Criterium features some 

of the top amateur and 

professional cyclists 

from around the world 

and across multiple age 

groups as the cyclist’s 

race around the streets in 

downtown Lake Bluff. 

The Criterium is a part 

of the Intelligentsia Cup, 

a 10-day series of races 

around the Chicago area. 

Basically, the Le Tour De 

France of Northern Illinois. 

With his immediate and 

extended family in attendance, 

the hometown cyclist 

felt a little bit of pressure 

heading into the race. 

“No matter when I was 

young and racing 10 days 

straight or racing only 

three of four times a year I 

get the nerves,” Rohrbach 

said. “You’re at the starting 

line like at any event, 

you are always going to 

get nervous.” 

The pre-race jitters 

soon turned into confidence. 

By his own estimation, 

Rohrbach, along 

with three other cyclists, 

made a move about a 

quarter-way into the race 

that put themselves ahead 

indefinitely from the rest 

of the pack. 

“We created a bit of a 

gap, and once we got that 

gap we worked together 

to increase the gap over 

the main field,” Rohrbach 

said. “The timing was 

right, my move was right 

with the other guys, and it 

worked out.” 

Lake Bluff resident Jack Rohrbach, shown here competing in the Lake Bluff Criterium race is an avid cyclist. 22nd 

Century Media File Photos 

Accompanying Rohrbach 

at the front were 

fellow cyclists James 

Brown, Hunter Greene, 

and Thurlow Rogers, a retired 

professional cyclist 

and former U.S. Olympian 

who placed sixth in the 

1984 Olympic road race 

in Los Angeles. 

After working together 

to build such a strong 

lead, Rohrbach was able 

to fend off Rogers and 

Brown, but ultimately 

lost to Greene in the 

final stretch of the race. 

While Rohrbach did 

not win the race, it was 

not too shabby for the 

52-year-old to beat out the 

former Olympian for second 

place. 

“It felt great. Of course 

I wanted to win the race,” 

Rohrbach said. “It was 

exciting. I’m from Lake 

Bluff, and my family and 

friends were there.” 

Apart from his second 

place finish, perhaps the 

most rewarding part of 

Rohrbach’s experience was 

Rohrbach (left) celebrated his second-place win at the Lake Bluff Criterium where he 

beat out a former Olympian. 

racing in his hometown. 

“It’s so special to live 

there and race there,” 

Rohrbach said. “People 

come out and support. 

They love community 

events that bring the community 

together and they 

welcome people from the 

outside into this beautiful 

community of Lake 

Bluff.”

LakeForestLeader.com SPORTS 


Boys Ice Hockey 

Simple approach key for new hockey director, varsity coach 

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor 

For a lack of a better 

term, it’s back to the drawing 

board for the Scouts 

club hockey team. 

The Scouts Blue team, 

the highest level varsity 

team for the club, finished 

the 2017-18 24-game season 

in the Illinois High 

School Hockey League 

second to last in the standings 

with a 7-12-5 record. 

Not wanting to have a similar 

ending this season, the 

Scouts hired a new hockey 

director and head varsity 

coach to lead the team into 

a better season. 

“We just have a lot of 

things that we want to accomplish 

and we’re going 

to figure out the best way 

to go about doing that,” 

said Mike McCann, Scouts 

Blue assistant coach. 

Enter Steve Sarauer, a 

Wisconsin native with 18 

years of coaching experience 

and a lifetime of playing 

experience. Sarauer 

grew up playing hockey in 

his home state and made it 

as far as the Phoenix Coyotes 

rookie training camp 

in 2002 before suffering a 

career-ending knee injury. 

Sarauer replaced longtime 

Scouts coach John Murphy. 

“It’s going to be a different 

with a new coach and 

a new director,” McCann 

said. “There are changes 

that are always going to be 

made. It’s going to be good 

going forward.” 

Sarauer is currently a 

Chicago Mission AAA 

coach and previously was 

the head hockey coach for 

the Lake Zurich-Mundelein-Wauconda 

(LZMW) 

combined hockey team. 

Sarauer spent the last six 

seasons growing and creating 

a foundation for the 

LZMW team and is now 

ready for the shift to a pure 

hockey team. 

“The draw to Lake Forest 

is it’s a pure school,” he 

said. “They don’t have any 

combinations and no other 

high schools providing 

kids and with a pure school 

you kind of get more pride 

that is associated with the 

school.” 

Sarauer is hoping for 

more community involvement 

with the team this 

season and a bigger turnout 

at games. He’s even 

hoping to schedule games, 

post football season, on 

Friday nights to draw in 

more of a crowd for the 

players. But, before all 

that can happen, Sarauer 

is looking forward to implementing 

a few of his 

coaching techniques within 

the Scouts organization. 

Sarauer believes that 

oftentimes coaches over 

coach players, forcing 

them to learn multiple 

systems or plays in different 

ways. Instead, Sarauer 

plans to take a simpler approach. 

“We just want to do 

one or two systems but do 

them very well,” he said. 

His goal is to teach those 

systems to players at all 

levels of the Scouts club, 

so that when players are 

brought up to the varsity 

level they already know 

the plays, how to execute 

them and what is expected 

of them. 

“I think that had a lot to 

do with the Scouts hiring 

me,” he said. “I work well 

with the older kids and I 

get more out of the them.” 

Sarauer admits that his 

coaching style is intense, 

but at the end of the day 

he wants to make sure 

the players remember that 

Steve Sarauer (right) shown here coaching has 18 years of coaching experience he will bring to the Scouts club 

hockey team as their new head coach and hockey director. Photos Submitted 

hockey is supposed to be 

fun. It’s about striking the 

right balance. 

“I think the kids really 

feed off of that when 

we play games and they 

understand how serious 

and how hard they need 

to work, but at the end of 

the day they’ll have fun no 

matter what we’re doing,” 

he said. 

To ease his transition 

into the head coaching 

position, Sarauer will 

rely on a mix of established 

assistant coaches 

and a familiar face from 

his previous club. Goalie 

coach Joe Brickner, assistant 

coaches McCann and 

Billy O’Connor will all 

stay on staff, a move that 

isn’t typical with incoming 

coaches. McCann said 

he is prepared to help the 

returning players make a 

smooth transition to the 

new head coach and his 

new coaching style. 

“It’s helpful to [Sarauer] 

to have a coach that has 

been around the program,” 

McCann said. “I’ve gotten 

to know the kids pretty 

well and just to help ease 

him into the program, and 

the new direction it’s going, 

it’s really exciting.” 

Blaine Zacura will be 

the new addition to Sarauer’s 

staff with the Scouts. 

“I think it’s a very great 

approach to the start of the 

season,” McCann said. 

“We’re really excited for 

the amount of energy and 

input that he’s bringing 

and ideas that he has as a 

program as a whole. He’s 

focusing as a program as 

a whole, not just coming 

in as the one head varsity 

coach, but he’s also looking 

to develop players as 

well.” 

Steve Sarauer, a Wisconsin native, also coaches with 

the Chicago Mission AAA hockey program.

30 | August 9, 2018 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


Nicholson navigates transition to Big Ten seamlessly 


Cat Nicholson is working 

smarter, not harder, 

this season at the University 

of Iowa. 

“Since my freshman 

year I knew I wanted to 

play Big Ten [field hockey],” 

Nicholson said. “I 

didn’t really know where 

or what school.” 

It didn’t take long for 

her to figure it out. 

Nicholson knew she 

wanted to be close to 

home and when Iowa offered 

her spot on its 2018 

roster, it was an opportunity 

she couldn’t and 

didn’t pass up. 

Nicholson has been 

committed to the Hawkeyes 

for nearly two years, 

and this summer she 

walked onto the field as 

an athlete of the school. It 

was a surreal experience. 

“It’s so much better 

than I expected it to be,” 

she said excitedly. “I’m 

challenged every single 

day, which is something I 

love.” 

Part of that challenge is 

navigating that transition 

to the Hawkeyes’ NCAA 

Big Ten program, which 

has opened her eyes to not 

only the level of conditioning 

she needs to maintain, 

but how much learning she 

still has to do. 

“It was everything I had 

been doing at home just 

turned up 10 levels,” she 

said. “It was nothing new, 

just much harder.” 

Scouts field hockey 

coach Cat Catanzaro has 

known and seen Nicholson 

develop since her freshman 

year with Lake Forest 

High School and knows 

just how hard she works 

both on and off the field. 

Catanzaro knows Nicholson 

will adjust well to the 

Cat Nicholson (right of trophy), shown here after LFHS’ 2017 IHSA State Championship win, will play for the University of Iowa field hockey team 

this season. Photo Submitted 

physicality of the game 

but also knows she’ll learn 

a lot with the Hawkeyes in 

her first season. 

“In high school, we 

don’t have the luxury of ... 

having film sessions and 

all that like they have at 

the college level,” Catanzaro 

said. “Her field hockey 

IQ is going to increase 

dramatically because she 

is going to see the other 

side of the game.” 

Nicholson has already 

gotten a little taste of that, 

because unlike most incoming 

freshman, Nicholson 

didn’t take time to 

enjoy her last summer with 

her friends and family before 

heading off to college. 

Rather, she enrolled in a 

creative writing class and 

has been training with the 

team the majority of the 

summer. It’s a testament 

to her work ethic. A work 

ethic that earned Nicholson 

and the Scouts backto-back 

IHSA state championships. 

“It’s been a big mental 

challenge, and physical 

too, but other than that it 

has been pretty good and 

I’ve adapted pretty well,” 

she said. “As the weeks 

have gone on it has gotten 

a lot easier.” 

She admits that she was 

a little overwhelmed at 

first, but after talking with 

her mom she knew what 

she had to do. For Nicholson 

it was about taking one 

step at a time and accomplishing 

little goals along 

the way. 

But walking into the 

Hawkeyes facility was a 

whole new experience for 

Nicholson, who has multiple 

workouts and a practice 

almost daily. 

“The first day of practice 

people were running circles 

around me,” she said. 

The experience took a 

few weeks to get used to. 

And with half of Iowa’s 

roster containing international 

players, like Hawkeye 

captain Katie Birch 

who plays for the United 

Kingdom National Team, 

Nicholson is learning a lot 

from the upperclassman 

already. 

“They play a different 

game and they are unreal,” 

Nicholson said. “I’m learning 

an insane amount.” 

Nicholson has noticed 

a more finesse game at 

the Big Ten level, in high 

school it was about getting 

the job done whereas 

at Iowa it’s a calculated 

game that is built upon a 

perfected base of skills. 

“Our captain, she breaks 

things down with me all 

the time,” she said. “Their 

game is just so crisp and 

almost perfect. That balance 

of having those kind 

of players and the gritty 

players together works really 

well.” 

Nicholson isn’t naive 

about her changes of seeing 

playing time as a freshman, 

but she’s hoping hard 

work will pay off during 

the season. 

“I think this year is going 

to be a huge learning 

year for me,” Nicholson 

said. 

One thing Nicholson is 

thankful for is the training 

she received both at Lake 

Forest and with her club 

team, Windy City. Nicholson 

said she has friends 

that are also playing at 

Iowa in different sports 

and they didn’t realize 

how important conditioning 

was. 

“Something that I took 

from home was that I always 

knew that fitness was 

such a big concept and 

here it’s even more,” she 

said. “It wasn’t something 

that was shocking.” 

And for those who know 

Nicholson best, they know 

she is going to do everything 

the coaching staff 

at Iowa asks of her, and 

more. 

“I have no doubt that she 

is going to excel,” Catanzaro 

said. “She is one of 

the hardest working kids. 

That’s never been a problem 

for her.”

LakeForestLeader.com sports 


Athlete of the Month: new month, new contest 


It’s time to make your 

vote count. 

Every month 22nd 

Century Media holds an 

Athlete of the Month 

contest comprised of the 

previous month’s Athletes 

of the Week from 

our seven North Shore 

newspapers. The contest 

begins Aug. 10 and runs 

until Aug. 25. Lake Forest 

High School athletes 

included in this contest 

this month are 2018 

graduates Izzy Moore and 

Holly Malnati of the girls 

water polo team and Luke 

Milliman and Adam Johnson 

of the boys lacrosse 

team. 

You can vote by visiting 

the LakeForestLeader. 

com, hovering over the 

Sports tab and clicking on 

the Athlete of the Month 

link. Voting does not require 

a subscription. 

1st-and-3 

Photo Submitted 

Stars of the Week 

1. Cat Nicholson 

(ABOVE) 

The 2018 alumna 

of LFHS has been 

hard at work this 

summer, taking 

both summer 

school classes at 

the University of 

Iowa and training 

for her freshman 

season. 

2. Halle Douglass. 

The 6-foot-2-inch 

point guard stayed 

busy this summer 

and played in the 

Adidas Gauntlet. 

She also received 

another college 

offer June 30 from 

Butler University. 

3. Rylie Mills. 

The LFHS rising 

junior, and 

defensive end, 

was offered at 

spot at Clemson 

University. The 

offer marks 

his 22nd from 

schools, but has 

yet to make a 

commitment. 

Adam Johnson, Lake Forest High School, boys lacrosse 

Holly Malnati (left), Lake Forest High School, girls water polo 

Listen Up 

“I was just watching it as a spectator and I was so 

impressed and excited when I went to the race.” 

Jack Rohrbach — Lake Bluff resident, on how he developed his passion 

for cycling 

tune in 

Girls Golf 

The Scouts continue their season and host 

Palatine at Deerpath Golf Course. 

• Lake Forest hosts Palatine, Monday, Aug. 

13, 4 p.m. 

Izzy Moore, LFHS, girls water polo 22nd Century Media File Photos 

Luke Milliman (right), Lake Forest High School, boys lacrosse 

Index 

27 - This Week In 

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 | August 9, 2018 | LakeForestLeader.com 

In with the 

new Scouts boys ice 

hockey welcomes new 

head coach, Page 29 

Dedication, 

drive, 

determination 

Lake Bluff resident 

dominates in cycling 

world, shares passion 

for sport, Page 28 

Scout alumna gets next-level playing experience with Iowa, Page 30 

Cat Nicholson, shown here in a field hockey game for the Scouts last season, will play for the University of Iowa this year on their women’s field 

hockey team. 22nd Century Media File Photo

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