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LEFT: Sibohan Straka (left), of Backyard Barbecue 

in Wilmette, serves some food to Debbie Garmanian 

during Taste of Wilmette Thursday, Sept. 27, at 

Wilmette Golf Club. Photos by Rhonda Holcomb/22nd 

Century Media 

BOTTOM LEFT: Debbie Agos (right), of Wilmette’s 

A La Carte, prepares desserts while owners Christi 

DiClementi-Harlow and Paul DiClementi assist. 

BELOW: Nancy Franzon (right) samples some food 

from Sister Mary Virginia and Sister Mary Celine, of 

Wilmette’s St. Rogers Abbey. 

,LLC 

Taste of Wilmette showcases local eateries, Page 4 

New 

tenant 

Pediatrics 

center 

coming 

to Edens 

Plaza, 

Page 3 

Serious charges 

Wilmette juvenile faces felonies 

for recent incident, Page 6 

Haunting 

Highwood 

Guide to annual 

pumpkin festival, 

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Police Reports 6 

Editorial 19 

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Obituaries 26 

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Home of the Week 34 

Athlete of the Week 37 

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THURSDAY 

Photography Exhibit 

opening reception 

5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 

North Shore Community 

Bank, 1145 Wilmette Ave. 

A community exhibit, 

“Inspiring Journeys,” featuring 

14 Wilmette photographers, 

will celebrate 

opening night with a violin-cello 

duo featuring 

members of the New Trier 

Symphony Orchestra. 

The photography exhibit 

runs at the bank throughout 

October. 

Understanding Medicare 

7 p.m. Oct. 4, Wilmette 

Public Library, 1242 

Wilmette Ave. If you are 

approaching the age of 65 

or are currently enrolled in 

Medicare, this educational 

seminar is for you. 

John Larson, a Medicare 

insurance specialist will 

explain in detail Medicare, 

Medicare Advantage, 

Medicare Supplement and 

Prescription Drug coverage, 

including a list of do’s 

and don’ts. 

After his presentation 

you will leave with important 

information to help 

you in choosing the right 

plan for you. 

FRIDAY 

Operation Warm benefit 

concert 

6:30-11:30 p.m. Oct. 5, 

Kenilworth Club, 410 Kenilworth 

Ave. 

The organization Operation 

Warm provides new 

winter coats for disadvantaged 

children. 

A brand new winter coat 

can change a child’s life 

and empower them with 

great self-confidence and 

increased school attendance. 

Tickets are $40 in advance 

or $50 at the door. 

This includes food, great 

music and dancing. For 

more information, visit 

www.operationwarm.org. 

SATURDAY 

Discussion of book on 

Great Lakes 


Public Library, 

1242 Wilmette Ave. Join 

Book Stall discussion 

leader Jon Grand to talk 

about Dan Egan’s Pulitzer 

Prize-nominated book, 

“The Death and Life of 

the Great Lakes,” which 

blends the epic story of the 

lakes with an examination 

of the perils they face and 

the ways we can restore 

and preserve them for generations 

to come. Details 

at http://www.gogreenwilmette.org/. 

SUNDAY 

Tree Walk in the Park 

1-2 p.m. Oct. 7, Gillson 

Park, Wilmette. Go Green 

Wilmette’s sixth annual 

event is a fun and relaxing 

way to learn a little more 

about some of Wilmette’s 

premier outdoor spaces 

and to help residents of all 

ages understand the benefits 

of growing diverse and 

native species of plants 

and trees. 

TUESDAY 

CodeCombat 

7-8 p.m. Wilmette Public 

Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave. Programmer Maggie 

Storino will introduce you 

to the magic of programming 

with CodeCombat, a 

Python-based game. You’ll 

play, create, and imagine 

as you write actual code. 

For Grades 5-8. 

WEDNESDAY 

Rotary Club Speaker: 

Chuck Heller 

6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 

Kitchen Classics, 519 

4th St., Wilmette. What’s 

involved in designing a 

kitchen and what are the 

latest trends. Chuck Heller 

will walk us through 

what is involved in designing 

a kitchen and address 

questions about the 

latest trends. Light hors 

d’oeuvres and beverages 

provided. 

UPCOMING 

Kenilworth Mutt Strut 

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 13, 

Kenilworth Business District. 

“Treck or treat” for 

the whole family – including 

the pooch! Strut up 

and down the Kenilworth 

business district with your 

pup to collect treats for the 

entire family. Enjoy complimentary 

face painting, 

balloon animals, popcorn 

and more. The event will 

culminate with a Doggie 

Costume Contest at 12:30 

p.m. 

Downtown Wilmette Wine 

Walk 

4-7 p.m. Oct. 13, participating 

shops and restaurants 

downtown Wilmette. 

A fun event downtown 

Wilmette on a Saturday 

afternoon/early evening 

of wine tasting and shopping. 

Wine walkers will 

receive a list of participating 

locations and a wine 

glass. They will stop into 

each location tasting the 

featured wines. Live music 

(Van Houten) playing 

at Rock House 8-10. Cost 

to walkers: $50 donation 

($40 in advance) supporting 

NSSRA. 

Ribtoberfest 

6-10 p.m. Oct. 13, Wilmette 

Harbor Club, Gilson 

Park. Supporters of Wilmette’s 

Warming House 

Youth Center bring the fun 

with this mash-up of an 

Oktoberfest party with a 

rib-cooking competition. 

Admission is $20. For 

more information and tickets, 

visit www.ribtoberfest. 

com. 

Meet the Author 


Junior High School, 620 

Locust Road, Wilmette. 

Somali refugee Abdi Nor 

Iftin will talk about his 

extraordinary new book, 

“Call Me American: A 

Memoir.” The event is free 

and open to the public, and 

tickets are not required. A 

book signing will follow, 

with copies of the book 

available for purchase 

courtesy of The Book 

Stall. 

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Politics of Antislavery 


Public Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave. Illinois entered 

the Union with a proslavery 

constitution. Ongoing 

strife over the meanings 

of slavery and freedom in 

the Prairie State mirrored 

the larger struggle of the 

country. 

As the political arena 

became a key venue for 

this struggle, Stephen A. 

Douglas and Abraham 

Lincoln rose to local and 

national political prominence. 

Dr. Mary Abroe 

will explore how their 

disparate visions of slavery’s 

future in the United 

States came to reverberate 

nationally and helped catalyze 

a civil war. 

ONGOING 

Wilmette Arts Guild show 

Through Oct. 14, Wilmette 

Rec Center, 3000 

Glenview Road, Wilmette. 

Check out this show comprising 

oil paintings, water 

colors, photographs and 

sculpture. Open during 

regular business hours at 

the center. 

French Market 

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, 

north of Wilmette Village 

Hall, 1200 Wilmette Ave. 

Wilmette’s French Market 

on Saturdays features fresh 

produce, breads, flowers 

and other artisanal goods. 

Type 1 Diabetes Lounge 

7 p.m., second Wednesday, 

Wilmette Public 

Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave. The Type 1 Diabetes 

Lounge provides a supportive 

social network 

with monthly programs 

provided by medical and 

technical professionals 

with topics such as research 

updates, cuttingedge 

technologies, management 

techniques and 

lifestyle issues. 

Connect with peers to 

exchange information, 

feelings and ideas for creative 

problem solving. 

Find out more at type1diabeteslounge.org.

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Wilmette Village Board 

Pediatric center to open at former Carson’s furniture store site 

Todd Marver 

Freelance Reporter 

A NorthShore University HealthSystem pediatric center will soon call the former Carson’s furniture store in the 

Edens Plaza home. 22nd century media file photo 

A NorthShore University 

HealthSystem pediatric 

center will soon occupy the 

former Carson’s furniture 

store site in Edens Plaza. 

The business that will 

fill the former Carson’s department 

store site has not 

yet determined, but it is 

planned to be retail, a hotel 

or other use approved by 

the Village. The Wilmette 

Village Board unanimously 

approved a special use to 

permit the pediatric center 

at the former Carson’s 

furniture store site at 3232 

Lake Avenue at its Tuesday, 

Sept. 25 meeting. 

“My initial read was that 

I was disappointed that this 

was going to be the first 

tenant just because I was 

hoping for more,” Trustee 

Dan Sullivan said. “But 

this is a good first step. I 

have confidence this is a 

good first step for what’s 

going to happen at Edens 

Plaza. I do believe they’re 

committed to making this 

continue to be a good partner 

for the Village within 

Edens Plaza.” 

Trustee Senta Plunkett 

sees NorthShore as adding 

to the family feel of Edens 

Plaza. 

“Around the corner in 

that tucked away area for 

a pediatric health care facility, 

that might be a good 

location,” she said. “It adds 

to the family character that 

is already Edens Plaza with 

the Big Blue Swim School, 

the KidSnips, the eating establishments 

and even the 

Walgreens. I can see that as 

a family area, so I’m hoping 

that this adds to that.” 

Plunkett added that 

she feels the addition of 

NorthShore is a step in the 

right direction to fill the 

former Carson’s department 

store site. 

“I’m hoping that will 

help us attract something to 

the (former) Carson’s department 

store that will be 

something that adds to the 

character of our community,” 

she said. 

In addition to the vacancy 

at the former Carson’s 

department store site, there 

is also a vacancy at the former 

Sports Authority site in 

Edens Plaza. 

“Fingers crossed on 

the future as well because 

there’s more things to 

come,” Village President 

Bob Bielinski said. “This 

is just Act 1 post-Carson’s 

and the Bon-Ton bankruptcy.” 

Conditions were placed 

on the special use approval 

to ensure that retail and 

restaurant uses continue 

to be the primary focus of 

Edens Plaza. The conditions 

include: the applicant 

will work in good faith to 

expeditiously and without 

undue delay to ensure 

the use of at least 50,000 

square feet of first floor 

retail, a hotel or other use 

approved by the Village 

at the former Carson’s department 

store site; the applicant, 

with approval from 

Village staff, will identify 

a designated parking location 

for NorthShore employees; 

and the list of uses 

in Edens Plaza requiring a 

special use is expanded to 

include all non-retail and 

non-restaurant uses, as well 

as retail stores defined as 

dollar or resale establishments. 

The expansion of 

the special use will sunset 

after a 50,000-plus square 

foot retailer, hotel or other 

use approved by the Village 

opens on the site of the former 

Carson’s department 

store. 

“I just think the conditions 

that are part of this are 

really fantastic,” Trustee 

George Pearce said. “The 

fact that the landlord is 

willing to agree to pretty 

tough conditions, I think 

they also feel that retail 

is viable as a goal, so that 

to me is encouraging. The 

public-private partnership 

is really a great plan for the 

future.” 

Bielinski concurred with 

Pearce that the conditions 

to the special use approval 

are a positive. 

“It is in our community’s 

interest to have a healthy 

Edens Plaza,” he said. “It’s 

great that we’re aligned, 

but the conditions ensure 

that we’re aligned and that 

we remain aligned in the 

goals for the center. I think 

on balance that makes this 

a good deal for the Village 

and frankly a good deal for 

the landlord and hopefully 

a very good deal for North- 

Shore as well, so a winwin-win.” 

Fall Fest & Pumpkin Walk 

4th Street and Linden Ave. 

Saturday, October 20 

Noon – 4 pm 

Fun for the whole family 

For Adults 

Beer Garden • Live Music • Food 

For Kids (Noon - 2 pm) 

Petting Zoo • Magic by Randy • Balloon Animals 

• Face Painting • Trick-or-Treating 

• Dance Performances 

SPONSORS 

A Center for Oriental Medicine 

Alchemy Coffee House 

Digital Education Adventures 

Eggemeyer & Graham Orthodontics 

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Music Theater Works 

Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce 

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847-251-3800 

North Shore Associates in GYN /OB 

North Shore Music 

Personal Fitness Training 

Wilmette Dental-Peter Neuhaus 

Kenneth N. Milin, DDS & Assoc. 

Shawnee Service Center 

State Farm/Don Olson 

SNAP 

Wilmette Dental-Peter Neuhaus 

Wilmette Massage Therapy

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The annual Taste of 

Wilmette touched on all 

senses by combining the 

visual beauty of the Wilmette 

Golf Club with the 

amazing scents and flavors 

offered by the 14 local 

restaurateurs and caterers 

who spiced up the night, 

Thursday, Sept. 27, with 

great food and personalized 

service. 

Hosted by the Wilmette/ 

Kenilworth Chamber of 

Commerce, Executive 

Director Julie Yusim explained 

how the beloved 

annual event highlighted 

the bustling food industry 

within Wilmette. 

“This is the perfect way 

for anyone to come to one 

location and taste for themselves 

all that Wilmette 

has to offer,” Yusim said. 

“The restaurant industry is 

Naomi Johnson, 7, of Wilmette, tries some cheese from 

Wilmette’s A La Carte. 

booming; what better way 

to try a sample of it all.” 

Yusim also credited 

Chrisi DiClementi-Harlow, 

owner of A La Carte, 

for making the night possible. 

As a lifelong resident 

of Wilmette, with 

over four decades of experience 

in the restaurant 

industry, DiClementi- 

Harlow is proud to have 

reestablished her business 

at the Wilmette Golf Club 

in early 2018. For her, the 

night was a chance to tell 

the community about new 

offerings at the club. 

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Buddy 

The Plotnick 

family, of Wilmette 

We would like 

to introduce 

you to Buddy, 

our Senegal 

parrot. Buddy 

his a true Wilmette native having come from 

the Wilmette Pet Center on Green Bay 15 years 

ago. Although, he never went to New Trier he 

has an excellent vocabulary. When its time to go 

to bed, he says “go to sleepy.” He is a friendly 

guy because he says “give me a kiss” and then 

makes the sound. He also like to laugh. One of 

his favorite tricks is hiding under the newspaper. 

To see your pet as Pet of the Week, send information to 

eric@wilmettebeacon.com or 60 Revere Drive, Suite 

888, Northbrook, IL 60062. 

Wilmette student charged with 3 

felonies from firearms incident 

Eric DeGrechie, Editor 

A Wilmette Junior High 

School student at the center 

of a Sept. 16 incident in 

which a concerned parent 

contacted the Wilmette Police 

Department after discovering 

loaded firearms 

in the child’s bedroom has 

been charged with three 

felony counts and one misdemeanor. 

According to press release 

from Thursday, 

Sept. 27, the juvenile was 

charged with two felony 

counts of unlawful use of 

a weapon for possession 

of a handgun; one felony 

From SEPT. 27 

count of unlawful use of a 

weapon for possession of 

handgun ammunition; and 

one misdemeanor account 

of unlawful use of a firearm 

under 18. 

The juvenile was transferred 

to Cook County 

Juvenile Detention and a 

hearing date is pending. 

Dr. Ray Lechner, superintendent 

of Wilmette 

District 39, said in a letter 

sent out to parents Thursday 

afternoon, “It is with 

a heavy heart that I share 

with you an update I just 

received from our police 

chief…The news is truly 

heartbreaking.” 

On Sept. 16, a concerned 

parent of the student contacted 

the Wilmette Police 

after discovering loaded 

firearms in the child’s bedroom. 

Evidence of experimenting 

with explosives 

was also discovered, but no 

devices were completed. 

The juvenile in this incident 

was transported to a secure 

facility for treatment. 

During the investigation, 

police reportedly 

learned that the student 

had been experimenting 

with possible explosive 

devices. 

Based on this and after 

speaking with Wilmette 

District 39 staff, the Wilmette 

Police Department 

requested the Cook County 

Bomb Unit to conduct a 

sweep of the WJHS. 

The weapons in this juvenile’s 

possession were 

two handguns and one 

shotgun. These firearms 

were legally owned and 

stored in a locked storage 

unit. The juvenile was able 

to surreptitiously break 

into the locked storage and 

remove the firearms. The 

juvenile also had materials 

needed to construct small 

improvised explosive devices, 

however no devices 

were completed. 

If anyone has any information 

on the case, they 

are asked to contact the 

Wilmette Police Investigation 

Sergeant Solveig Gehrken 

at (847) 853-7546 or 

gehrkens@wilmette.com 

or School Resource Officer 

Raimond Pavely at 

(847) 853-7555 or pavelyr@wilmette.com. 

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Burglar steals suitcases of 

clothes from unlocked vehicle 

A resident in the 1000 

block of Pontiac Road 

reported on Sept. 25 that 

during the overnight hours 

of Sept. 19 an unknown 

offender(s) entered her 

unlocked vehicle parked 

in her driveway and stole 

two suitcases containing 

clothes. 

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Sept. 28 

• A woman told police that 

between 5:30 p.m. Sept. 

20-8 a.m. Sept. 21 she misplaced 

her wallet/purse at 

Treasure Island, 911 Ridge 

Road. Her Chase debit 

card, which was in the wallet, 

was used on Sept. 25 to 

make an unauthorized purchase 

in Des Plaines. 

• Gary M. Pearson, 66, of 

Northbrook, was arrested 

and charged with driving 

under the influence following 

a traffic stop at 1:50 

a.m. Sept. 26 at Skokie 

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Great Pumpkin Contest 

’Tis the season for carving pumpkins 

Eric DeGrechie 

Editor 

It seems when the calendar 

flips from September 

to October that the Halloween 

decorations go up 

almost immediately. 

Homes across the North 

Shore look much scarier 

this week than last with 

some residents getting 

very creative with their 

displays. In the next few 

weeks, we’ll be making 

sure to feature some of the 

best in the pages of our 

newspapers. 

Speaking of creativity, 

carving pumpkins for Halloween 

is a fun outlet for 

all. Traditionally, jack-o’- 

lanterns featured triangle 

eyes and nose, along with 

a jagged mouth, for a scary 

pumpkin. Over the years, 

carvers have gone outside 

the box, or pumpkin in this 

case, to make increasingly 

artistic jack-o’lanterns. 

With that sentiment, The 

Wilmette Beacon is kicking 

off its annual Great 

Pumpkin Contest. The 

Beacon is calling for your 

best and most creative autumn 

art sculpted into your 

jack-o’-lanterns. 

There is no limit to what 

your pumpkin can be. The 

only restriction is that the 

carver of the pumpkin 

must reside in Wilmette or 

Kenilworth and the pumpkin 

must be decorated this 

year. 

Last year, Erich Kirr, 

of Wilmette, carved out a 

scary spider and its web to 

win. 

To accommodate those 

who save pumpkin-carving 

festivities for All Hallow’s 

Eve, the deadline for 

the photos is noon Friday, 

Nov. 2. You have another 

four weeks to buy your 

pumpkin, come up with 

your creatively creepy 

composition, take a picture 

and send it in to The 

Beacon. 

Include your first and 

last name, as well as a 

phone number and address. 

The winner will 

receive a spooky surprise 

from a local retailer and 

the creation will be printed 

in the Thursday, Nov. 8 issue 

of The Beacon. 

Send entries to Editor 

Eric DeGrechie at eric@ 

wilmettebeacon.com or 

mail them to The Wilmette 

Beacon, 60 Revere Drive, 

Suite 888, Northbrook, IL 

60062. 

Booming 

From Page 4 

Club restaurant is now 

open 12 months a year. In 

addition, we are offering 

brunch, starting in November,” 

DiClementi-Harlow 

said. “If you have a special 

event on the horizon, then 

check us out; I can help 

plan the meal and there are 

no room rental fees either, 

so guests can enjoy beautiful 

views and other perks 

that come along with hosting 

an event here.” 

In addition to her taking 

the opportunity to tell 

guests about her new offerings, 

DiClementi-Harlow 

offered a Mediterranean 

crostini platter, a variety 

of cheese offerings and 

tastings of a blue cheese, 

spinach and tomato wrap, 

keeping guest satiated in 

addition to being informed. 

Other local caterer’s 

such as Vahe Mekhitarian, 

of Wilmette, owner of the 

personal catering business, 

Menu for You, joined the 

event for the first time, 

excited to share the news 

of how his business has 

grown. He also served 

sweet corn and cranberry 

muffins, organic beef, vegetable 

and barley soup and 

organic triple chocolate 

mandarin brownies. 

“I’m happy to be here 

tonight to share my food, 

meet new people and to 

tell them about my commercial 

kitchen space, allowing 

me to cook properly 

for families for their 

everyday meals or special 

events,” Mekhitarian said. 

Sister Mary Virginia 

and Sister Mary Celine, of 

St. Roger’s Abbey French 

Gourmet Patisserie, joined 

the event for the first time, 

offering an array of cookies, 

pastries and other sugary 

treats, grateful to the 

chamber for their invitation. 

“We were so pleased to 

be invited by the Chamber 

and we hope to treat 

our guests here tonight to 

our wonderful French pastries,” 

Sister Mary Virginia 

said. 

As always, the event 

also served the greater 

good, donating a portion 

of the proceeds to District 

39, where funds will be 

used to enhance programming 

and special events 

across all D39 schools. 

Other participants included: 

AO Sushi, Backyard 

Barbeque, Convito 

Café & Market, Depot 

Nuevo/The Noodle Café, 

Gusto of Wilmette, Irving’s 

for Red Hot Lovers, 

Lefty’s Pizza Kitchen, 

Napolita Pizzeria & Wine 

Bar, Nick’s Neighborhood 

Bar & Grill, Scandia Catering 

& Delicatessen, Valley 

Lodge Tavern and Zier’s 

Prime Meat & Poultry. 

The event was sponsored 

by North Shore Community 

Bank. 

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Wilmette Public Library hires Auston as new director 

Submitted by the Wilmette 

Public Library 

The Board of Trustees 

of the Wilmette Public Library 

has hired Anthony 

Auston as the new director 

of the library. Auston will 

begin the position on Monday, 

Oct. 29. 

Auston will be joining 

the Wilmette Library from 

the Mount Prospect Public 

Library, where he served 

as executive deputy director 

of library operations 

since 2017. In this role, 

he oversaw training, hiring, 

supervising, and goal 

setting for a staff of 180; 

assisted in the preparation 

and monitoring of an annual 

budget of more than 

$9.5 million; and oversaw 

the IT, building services, 

security departments. He 

also oversaw several interior 

renovation projects 

and served as the interim 

collection manager. 

Prior to that role, Auston 

worked at the Palatine 

Library District, where he 

was assistant director from 

2008-2014 and director 

from 2014-2017. As director, 

he reported to the seven-member 

elected Board 

of Trustees and served 

nearly 90,000 constituents 

in Palatine and Hoffman 

Estates. Auston led a staff 

of 85 full-time employees, 

managed an annual budget 

of $6.5 million, and oversaw 

the collections, maintenance, 

and services in 

the main library location 

and two branches. 

Auston has been a librarian 

since 2001, when 

he graduated from Dominican 

University in River 

Forest with a Master of 

Library Science. Early in 

his career, he worked as 

a librarian at the University 

of Chicago Graduate 

School of Business and 

the Homewood Public 

Library. He participated 

in the Synergy Illinois 

Library Leadership Initiative 

and the Statewide 

Public Library Management 

Institute, as well as 

presenting at local, state, 

and national professional 

conferences. Auston is an 

active member of the Illinois 

Library Association, 

the American Library Association, 

and the Public 

Library Association. 

The Wilmette Library’s 

previous director, Heather 

McCammond-Watts, 

left in April 2016. Longtime 

staff members Gayle 

Rosenberg Justman, head 

of technical services and 

IT, and Betty Giorgi, head 

of adult services, have 

been serving as interim codirectors 

since that time. 

Regina graduate pens children’s book 

Alan Henry 


In December 

2003, St. 

Francis Xavier 

and Regina Dominican 

graduate 

Erin Nolan 

packed her 

bags and left Nolan 

the comfortable 

confines of Wilmette to travel 

to Mexico and spend the 

next 13 months volunteering 

as a teacher in an orphanage. 

Fifteen years later, she is the 

married mother of three bicultural, 

bilingual daughters, 

still living in Mexico. 

Using her degree in English 

and Spanish from Washington 

University in St. 

Louis, Nolan embarked on a 

career as an editor and translator. 

Now she has branched 

out and has written her first 

children’s book, “Travels 

with Grace” (Halo Publishing 

International). 

“This book is about a bicultural, 

bilingual girl living 

in Mexico City who loves to 

travel and learn new things,” 

said Nolan, who writes under 

the pen name Erma Note. 

“Her cousin comes to visit 

from Chicago, and the family 

takes him on a week’s 

worth of tours around the 

city, including museums, 

archaeological sites, and 

churches. The book discusses 

language, food, culture, 

and important places in 

Mexico City.” 

“After fifteen15 years of 

having lived in five different 

cities in Mexico with my husband 

and now our children, I 

wanted to share with readers 

everywhere a hint of what 

I have enjoyed and discovered 

with my family on our 

excursions,” she said. “We 

first climbed to the top of a 

massive pyramid when our 

oldest daughter was just an 

infant. Our kids have grown 

up seeing amazing archaeological 

sites, and they have 

been in and out of a myriad 

of enriching museums since 

they were in diapers.” 

The colorfully illustrated 

“Travels with Grace” has an 

important subliminal message, 

said Nolan. “It presents 

the idea that the more we 

travel gracefully, by learning 

about other cultures and languages, 

adapting to new circumstances, 

and interacting 

with people that are different 

from us, the more we become 

citizens of the world.” 

Publisher and award-winning 

children’s author, Lisa 

Michelle Umina, applauds 

the message. “This book 

teaches children and parents 

alike about the importance 

of travel and learning, and it 

teaches an important lesson 

that the more we travel and 

learn about different places 

and cultures, the more we 

enrich our lives.” 

Elizabeth Sweet, reviewing 

the book on Amazon, 

said much the same. 

“My children loved learning 

about some of the history 

of Mexico City through this 

travel story, and as a parent it 

made me reaffirm my travel 

goals with my children. It is 

so important to take children 

to museums and other historical 

sites. And this has also 

made me set higher goals for 

learning a second language 

with my children.” 

The book is available globally 

at Halo Publishing International, 

Amazon, Barnes 

and Noble, Goodreads, and 

Books a Million in Hardcover 

for $19.95 and as an 

e-Book for $6.99. 

A portion of the proceeds 

from the book will be donated 

to Nuestros Pequeños 

Hermanos orphanage. To 

learn more about how you 

can contribute to helping the 

children of Nuestros Pequeños 

Hermanos orphanage, 

visit www.nph.org. 

Police 

From Page 6 

Road. Pearson ahd been stopped by 

Wilmette Police for a minor traffic violation. 

He allegedly had a strong odor 

of an alcoholic beverage on his person 

and bloodshot and glassy eyes. He admitted 

to consuming an alcoholic beverage 

and showed signs of impairment. 

He was taken into custody for DUI and 

transported to the station for processing. 

After being charged, he was later 

released on an I-Bond. 

Sept. 27 

• A student at Loyola Academy, 1100 

Laramie Ave., reported that between 

Sept. 21-24 an unknown offender(s) 

stole his iPad from his locker or backpack 

while he was at school. 

• A resident told police on Sept. 26 that 

an unknown offender(s) used his personal 

information and credit accounts 

to make purchases in Cincinnati, Ohio, 

between Sept. 12-13. 

• A school custodian at McKenzie 

School, 649 Prairie Ave., reported that 

between 4-5 p.m. Sept. 25 an unknown 

offender(s) damaged a table near the 

garden at the school. 

• An employee at the CTA station, 

349 Linden, told police that unknown 

offender(s) spray painted a train car 

while parked in the yard between 

8-8:49 p.m. Sept. 26. 

Sept. 26 

• A resident in the 1100 block of 

Greenleaf Avenue reported that between 

11:15 a.m.-1:35 p.m. Sept. 25 

an unknown offender(s) entered his 

apartment after prying open the front 

door. The offender(s) rummaged 

through multiple rooms in the apartment 

and stole jewelry. 

• Connor K. Mudd, 18, of Wilmette, 

was arrested following an accident at 

3:13 a.m. Sept. 26 in the 200 block of 

Golf Terrace. Mudd allegedly backed 

his vehicle into a tree and did not have 

a driver’s license. 

Sept. 25 

• A resident in the 2100 block of 

Greenwood told police that between 

Sept. 20-24 an unknown offender(s) 

entered his unlocked vehicle and stole 

his garage door opener. 

• A complainant reported to police 

that between 12:45-12:52 p.m. Sept. 

24 she witnessed a dark colored SUV 

with a male black driver reach out of 

his vehicle and open her husband’s unlocked 

vehicle parked on the street. A 

passenger in the SUV entered her husband’s 

vehicle and then immediately 

reentered the SUV. A responding Wilmette 

Police officer observed a vehicle 

matching the suspect’s vehicle in the 

800 block of Westwood. The suspect 

vehicle fled the area at a high rate of 

speed upon seeing the police vehicle. 

The vehicle was last seen entering the 

entrance ramp for I-94 south bound. 

KENILWORTH 

• There were no reports for the week 

of Sept. 21-28. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Wilmette Beacon 

Police Reports are compiled from official 

reports found on file at the Wilmette and 

Kenilworth police headquarters. They are 

ordered by the date the incident was reported. 

Individuals named in these reports 

are considered innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court of law.


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Wilmette D39 School Board 

Superintendent comments on student firearms incident 

Todd Marver 


Superintendent Dr. 

Ray Lechner commented 

on the Sept. 16 incident 

when a Wilmette Junior 

High School parent found 

loaded firearms in his or 

her student’s bedroom 

and contacted police at 

the Wilmette D39 School 

Board’s Monday, Sept. 24 

meeting Officers secured 

the guns and transported 

the student to a secure facility 

for treatment. The 

Cook County Bomb Unit 

conducted a sweep of 

WJHS and there was determined 

to be no threat 

against students, staff or 

the school. 

Lechner recognized that 

some parents found district 

communication regarding 

the incident to be inadequate. 

However, he noted 

some information couldn’t 

be shared with the public 

for confidentiality and 

privacy reasons. He explained 

that some actions 

to assure the safety of students 

couldn’t be shared 

publicly. 

“I acknowledge that 

communication surrounding 

this incident was insufficient 

for many parents,” 

Lechner said. “It is important 

to understand that 

with the Wilmette Police 

Department we have many 

proactive actions to ensure 

the safety of our students. 

However we cannot 

always talk about those 

actions publicly because 

they’re confidential.” 

Lechner added that information 

regarding the 

student involved in the incident 

couldn’t be shared 

publicly. 

“Any time a District 39 

student is involved, we 

have a legal duty to protect 

privacy,” he said. “However 

when we withhold information 

to protect a child’s 

privacy, we realize it can 

create an information void 

and cause frustration and 

anxiety in the community. 

So I encourage the District 

39 community to understand 

the need to support 

one another.” 

At the August board 

meeting prior to this incident 

occurring, director of 

technology and media services 

Tony DeMonte presented 

on the security enhancements 

that took place 

at the beginning of the 

school year. Lechner said 

The Baker Bldg. 

1150 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette 

that additional improvements 

would be made. 

“We have engaged security 

consultants and 

law enforcement officials 

to guide our next steps,” 

Lechner said. “We’ve embedded 

school security 

into our strategic plan and 

we will make more improvements. 

We will follow 

up and communicate 

more security updates this 

year.” 

Two D39 parents spoke 

during public comment regarding 

this matter. Jen Jobrack, 

a parent of a McKenzie 

School third grader 

and Wilmette Junior High 

eighth grader, responded 

to Lechner’s point that 

some parents found district 

communication on the 

matter to be inadequate. 

“I recognize that there 

are law enforcement and 

privacy considerations 

around this matter with 

which I am not familiar,” 

she said. “I cannot stress 

enough however the important 

of district communication 

being as specific, 

transparent and timely as 

circumstances permit and 

that the messages in it 

comport with what is happening 

on campus and in 

the community.” 

Chris Oh, a parent of a 

McKenzie fourth grader 

and WJHS eighth-grader, 

also expressed concerns 

with district communication 

on the incident. 

“Communication has 

been an issue and it kind 

of feels like things are happening 

in the background,” 

he said. 

Oh and Jobrack also 

both felt there should be 

a public meeting for the 

community to express concerns 

on school security. 

“I’d like to call on the 

district to hold a public 

meeting especially for this 

situation to give the community 

a chance to air its 

concerns,” Jobrack said. 

“I really need to emphasize 

that we need to come 

up with more proactive 

preventive measures,” Oh 

added. “I also really recommend 

just as was mentioned 

holding a public 

town hall meeting and I really 

think we should listen 

to all the parents.” 

Lechner said the district 

takes input from parents 

and others on suggestions 

to improve school security. 

“We review every single 

recommendation made 

by a student, a parent or a 

staff member,” he said. 

“Recent requests have 

suggested additional security 

cameras, increased 

social media monitoring, 

student empowerment 

supporting the ‘if you see 

it say it’ logo and even a 

request to consider metal 

detectors just to name a 

few.” 

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that a representative from the Streeterville 

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Dressed as Buzz Lightyear, New Trier senior Spencer Boehm acts as one of the 

emcees at Friday, Sept. 28’s homecoming pep rally. Gerri Fernandez/22nd Century Media 

New Trier promotes school 

spirit with festivities, rallies 

Alexa Burnell 


New Trier students celebrated 

Homecoming 2018 

with an out-of-the-world 

week of festivities, culminating 

in lively pep rallies 

held on Friday, Sept. 28, 

embracing this year’s outer 

space theme. 

Activities coordinator 

Stacy Kolack explained 

how daily events were 

created with the goal of 

building Trevian pride and 

enhancing the sense of 

community that already exists 

within the student body. 

“Spirit and pride are certainly 

not lacking at New 

Trier — a great many of 

our students take tremendous 

pride in their participation 

in our diverse academic 

offerings and robust 

extracurricular programs,” 

Kolack said. “The goal for 

the week’s events and the 

pep [rallies were] similar 

— to offer another kind of 

experience in which students 

and staff may come 

together to celebrate that 

same spirit and pride across 

grade levels, peer groups 

and social circles.”During 

the week, students enjoyed 

dressing to reflect a different 

theme each day. First 

there was Comfy Day, then 

Twinning Day, Tie Dye 

Day and lastly, Meme Day. 

On the final day, during 

the pep rally, the school 

was filled with excitement 

as students poured into the 

gym. The rally was created 

by the Student Activities 

Department with the 

partnership with Pep Club, 

Green Team, Tri-ship, 

Dance Team, Cheerleading 

Team, NT Drumline, 

Student Alliance, Girls 

Club and student leaders in 

the Activities Leadership 

Practicum Seminar classes. 

Senior Olivia Zaban, of 

Northfield, a member of the 

Green Team, helped plan 

the rally, happy to create an 

event that united all, particularly 

because the event recently 

made a return to the 

homecoming agenda only 

last year, after a prolonged 

hiatus. 

“This is the second year 

that we’ve had a pep rally 

since I’ve been a student 

and it’s just an all- around 

great way to build school 

spirit and become connected 

with one another,” 

Zaban said. 

Emcee services were 

provided by social studies 

teacher and Pep Club 

head sponsor Chris Van 

Den Berg, along with student 

leaders in Pep Club 

and Green Team. During 

the event, there were opportunities 

for each grade 

to out karaoke one another 

and participate in an entertaining 

game of bubble 

soccer provided by Wicked 

Ball Chicago. Student leaders 

dressed in astronaut or 

alien garb helped lead the 

ceremony, making sure the 

gym was filled with noise. 

New Trier cheerleaders 

enhanced Trevian pride 

with impressive flips and 

by leading the crowd in the 

school’s fight song, getting 

everyone ready for the 

Friday night football game 

against Evanston and the 

big Homecoming dance the 

following night.



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A Word From The (Former) President 

Wilmette Library bank 

continues to thrive 

John Jacoby 

Contributing Columnist 

It’s business as usual at 

the Wilmette Library. 

Wilmette residents continue 

to receive excellent 

library services. And Wilmette 

taxpayers continue 

to overpay for these services. 

The Library Board’s 

“Combined Annual 

Budget and Appropriation 

Ordinance” for 2018-2019 

indicates that the Board 

is on track to continue 

its practice of overtaxing 

residents and accumulating 

huge reserves. 

Here’s how this practice 

works: The Library’s fiscal 

year runs from July 1 

to June 30. At the beginning 

of each fiscal year (in 

July), the Board adopts a 

Budget and Appropriation 

Ordinance. This document 

estimates the revenues and 

expenditures for the fiscal 

year and authorizes Library 

officials to spend the 

budgeted amounts. A few 

months later, the Board 

adopts a levy ordinance, 

levying taxes on Wilmette 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Northfield murder suspect 

pleads not guilty on 80 

charges 

John Gately III, of Winnetka, 

entered a plea of not 

guilty to the August murder 

of his brother-in-law 

and attempting to kill his 

sister, plus dozens of other 

charges, in court on Sept. 

25. 

Gately, 66, a graduate 

of New Trier High 

School, was charged with 

one count of homicide for 

the killing of his brotherin-law 

Stephen Shapiro, 

72, of Northfield, and one 

count of attempted homicide 

for trying to kill Joan 

Shapiro, Stephen’s wife 

and Gately’s sister, at their 

residence on Aug. 13. 

On Sept. 14, he was indicted 

on 80 total charges 

for the murder and attempted 

murder, plus 

home invasion, residential 

burglary, aggravated discharge 

of a firearm and 

aggravated unlawful restraint, 

among others, according 

to the case docket 

at Circuit Court of Cook 

County. 

Preceding in front of 

Judge Michael J. Hood, 

Gately, wearing glasses 

and tan Department of 

Corrections scrubs, was 

arraigned and agreed that 

if he fails to appear, a trial 

will in his absence can be 

held. 

This is Gately’s fourth 

appearance in court. Details 

of the Northfield murder 

were disclosed at his 

Aug. 16 bonding hearing, 

where he was denied bail. 

property owners in an 

amount that’s sufficient, 

along with other sources 

of revenue, to cover the 

estimated expenditures. 

The Library’s Operating 

Fund pays most of 

the Library’s operating 

expenses — like books, 

electronic resources, salaries, 

office supplies, and 

maintenance. Last year 

(2017-2018), the Board 

estimated that its operating 

expenses would be 

$5,634,000, but it actually 

spent only $4,869,000 

and generated a surplus 

of $765,000. You might 

be thinking, “Wow, that’s 

excellent financial man- 

Please see Jacoby, 19 

At his second hearing, 

his Chicago-based attorney 

Michael J. Petro withdrew 

from the case after 

Gately was “indigent,” 

Petro previously told The 

Winnetka Current. 

Most recently, Gately — 

now represented by public 

defender David McMahon 

— was ordered to specimen 

collection for indictment. 

McMahon has not 

appeared in court yet, as 

Elizabeth Tarzia, the attorney 

supervisor from the 

public defender’s office, 

has substituted in for him. 

Gately will return to 

court for continuance at 

9:30 a.m. Oct. 15. 

Reporting by Megan Bernard, 

Contributing Editor. 

Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com.

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Top Web Stories 

From WilmetteBeacon.com as of Oct. 1 

1. Wilmette student charged with 3 felony 

counts from firearms, explosives incident 

2. Report: Wilmette’s Treasure Island 

closing Oct. 12 

3. Wilmette Village Board: Pediatric center 

to open at former Carson’s furniture store 

site 

4. Wilmette D39 School Board: 

Superintendent comments on student 

firearms incident 

5. Wilmette’s Hubba Hubba celebrates 30 

years 

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From the editoR 

Sad to hear Treasure Island closing news 

Eric DeGrechie 


While putting the 

finishing touches 

on this week’s 

edition, I received an email 

about the Treasure Island 

Foods company closing all 

stores. Soon thereafter, I 

started getting phone calls 

about it. 

Though the company 

is based in Chicago, the 

closing news of course 

concerns Wilmette residents 

with the 911 Ridge 

Road location possibly 

shutting its doors. 

The Chicago Maroon, 

a University of Chicago 

student-run newspaper 

was the first to get the 

scoop. The paper heard 

from employees at the 

Hyde Park location that 

all stores would be closing 

Friday, Oct. 12. I lobbed 

off a phone call to the 

company’s corporate 

headquarters, but had not 

received a return phone 

call at press time. With 

that, we feel confident 

enough to report the news 

of the closing to our readers. 

As soon as I posted a 

story on our website and 

on social media accounts 

over the weekend, it became 

one of the most-read 

stories instantly. On Facebook, 

users reacted to the 

news with sad emojis and 

a discussion about what 

might replace the Wilmette 

location began. Full 

disclosure, Trader Joe’s 

was a popular answer. 

At the same time, news 

of a pediatric center 

replacing the former Carson’s 

furniture store was 

also reported last week. 

While what will go in the 

main Carson’s department 

store remains uncertain, a 

popular wish was Target. 

No matter what happens 

at either spot, it’s 

always sad to see businesses 

leave or go out of 

business, especially ones 

that have called the North 

Shore home for many 

years. In the time of 

Amazon, these closings 

will predictably become 

more of the norm. 

Wilmette Police Department posted this 

photo on Sept. 24 with the caption: 

“On Sept. 14, we welcomed 4 new Officers 

to the #WilmettePD family as they took their 

Oath of Office. We also celebrated the careers 

of two retiring officers and are grateful 

for their years of dedicated service! Good 

luck to our new recruits at The Suburban 

Law Enforcement Academy, and to our 

retirees for a happy and healthy future!” 

Like The Wilmette Beacon: facebook.com/wilmettebeacon 

“Our new gym is painted and the first gym 

equipment was installed today! #SFXProud” 

@SFXWilmette, Saint Francis Xavier 

Wilmette, posted on Sept. 25 

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An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Felonies WJHS student 

was charged with 

for Sept. 16 firearms 

incident, Page 6 

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From Page 18 

agement.” The problem is 

that the Board historically 

budgets far more than it 

actually spends and levies 

taxes based on inflated 

budgets. This technique 

has created surpluses year 

after year. 

The 2018-2019 budget 

will produce a similar 

result. The Operating 

Fund budget estimates 

$5,606,000 of expenditures, 

slightly less than 

last year’s budget, but 15 

percent higher than last 

year’s actual expenditures. 

I’m reasonably certain 

that the Library doesn’t 

intend to increase spending 

by a whopping 15 percent 

in one year. Instead, 

it knows that the proposed 

levy will generate another 

surplus of several hundred 

thousand dollars. 

One result of this 

chronic over-budgeting is 

that the Operating Fund 

balance has grown to an 

eye-popping $8,353,000. 

Between July 1, 2017 and 

July 1, 2018, this Fund 

grew by $719,000. Its current 

balance is 149% of its 

total budget for the 2018- 

2019 fiscal year and 172% 

of its actual spending in 

the prior fiscal year. The 

Library could maintain its 

current level of services 

for the entire 2018-2019 

fiscal year without receiving 

a dime of property tax 

revenue for the Operating 

Fund, and it would still 

end the year with millions 

of dollars in reserves. 

Reserves of this magnitude 

challenge the policy 

of Illinois property tax 

law “not to permit the unnecessary 

accumulation of 

monies in the public treasury.” 

Excessive reserves 

also discourage thrift. 

The reserves in the 

Operating Fund aren’t the 

Library’s only reserves. Illinois 

law allows the Board 

to transfer some or all of 

its Operating Fund surplus 

to a “Building and Equipment 

Special Reserve 

Fund” to be used for major 

capital expenditures. The 

Board historically makes a 

substantial transfer annually. 

The current balance in 

the Special Reserve Fund 

is $5.8 million. The Board 

has a one-page “Plan” 

for spending this money. 

It lists nine items in very 

general terms. The lowestcost 

item is $100,000 to 

“improve interior and 

exterior signage”, and the 

highest-cost item is $3 

million to “renovate the 

library’s interior space and/ 

or structure”. The point 

here is that the huge Operating 

Fund reserves can’t 

be justified on the ground 

that they’re needed to pay 

for future capital expenditures. 

The Special Reserve 

Fund has ample funds for 

this purpose. 

In my opinion, the Library’s 

financial practices 

need to be scrutinized. I’d 

start by cutting the proposed 

2018-2019 levy by 

at least $700,000. I’d follow 

up by modifying the 

financial reports that obscure 

rather than disclose 

information about the Library’s 

financial practices. 

For example, the “budget” 

doesn’t compare proposed 

spending to the prior year’s 

actual expenditures, a 

reference point commonly 

used in budgeting processes. 

If you’re interested, 

the Board will consider its 

Levy Ordinance at its Oct. 

16 meeting. 

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Jam-packed with fun 

St. Joe’s Oktoberfest thrills attendees, 

Page 28 

Sweet and savory 

Meg’s Cafe rolls out new fall menu in 

Glencoe, Page 33 

Main: Wilmette’s Annie Aggens pulls a wagon 

full of pumpkins Sunday, Sept. 30, on the 

first day of Trinity United Methodist Church’s 

annual pumpkin patch in Wilmette. Photos by 

Alexa Burnell/22nd Century Media 

Inset: Madeline Cournoyer (left) and Kate 

Handley, both of Kenilworth, help unload 

pumpkins as part of a National Charity League 

project. 

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14. “The Country 

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44. Patron saint of 

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45. “That is to say...” 

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50. Dom Pedro’s illfated 

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53. “Bad” cholesterol 

55. “Glee” first name 

56. Hair coloring, e.g. 

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67. Unicorn feature 

68. Gourmet 

69. S.American herb, 

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39. Sea content 

40. Female face covers 

41. Gothic author 

Radcliffe 

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47. Formally known 

as 

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Schedule for Wilmette Community Television – Channel 6 

Thursday, Oct. 4 

1 p.m. Zoning Board of 

Appeals 

4 p.m. WPD Ice Show 

2018 

6:30 p.m. Coach’s 

Corner 

7:30 p.m. NSSC Men’s 

Club Program 

8:30 p.m. Zoning Board 

of Appeals 

Friday, Oct. 5-Sunday, 

Oct. 7 

5 p.m. Coach’s Corner 

6 p.m. Illinois Channel 

Programming 

8 p.m. Zoning Board of 

Appeals 


Club Program 

Monday, Oct. 8 

5 p.m. Illinois Channel 

Programming 

7 p.m. NSSC Men’s Club 

Program 

8 p.m. Coach’s Corner 


2018 

Tuesday, Oct. 9 

3 p.m. BSK - Soup 

4:30 p.m. Illinois 

Channel Programming 


Corner 

7:30 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting (Live) 

Wednesday, Oct. 10 

1 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting 


2018 


Club Program 


Corner 

7:30 p.m. Park Board 

Meeting (Live) 

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Pumpkin patch remains 

fall tradition in Wilmette 

Alexa Burnell 


While the lunar calendar 

says that Autumn 

began on Sept. 22, Wilmette 

residents know the 

true start of the season 

begins when the intersection 

of Lake and Wilmette 

Avenue becomes decorated 

with a sea of orange 

pumpkins due to the annual 

Trinity United Methodist 

Church pumpkin patch. 

This beloved 20-year 

tradition not only beautifies 

the surroundings but 

leaves shoppers with the 

good feeling of knowing 

that 100 percent of the 

proceeds benefit dozens 

of local and international 

charities. 

On Sunday, Sept. 30, a 

truck from Pumpkin Path 

USA — a philanthropic 

organization that grows 

pumpkins specifically 

for charitable causes — 

parked directly in front 

of the church, relying on 

scores of volunteers to 

help unload. Boy Scouts, 

Girl Scouts, mothers and 

daughters from the National 

Charity League, 

The Winnetka Youth Organization, 

parishioners 

and neighbors ignored 

the rain, making sure that 

each pumpkin found a safe 

place within the patch. 

Catherine Inserra, deaconess 

and director of 

family ministry at TUMC, 

was among the crowd, 

guiding volunteers, and 

keeping them warm 

with hot coffee and cookies. 

When she looked out 

to see people laughing 

and working together, 

despite the uncooperative 

weather, a smile come to 

Dr. Carol Meynen, a parishioner at Wilmette’s Trinity 

United Methodist Church, helps unload some pumpkins 

on the first day of the annual pumpkin patch Sunday, 

Sept. 30, in Wilmette. Alexa Burnell/22nd Century Media 

her face. 

“There is nothing better 

than watching an entire 

community come together, 

rain or shine, to assemble 

this patch that benefits 

so many. The profits from 

the pumpkins help those 

near and far, while providing 

a tradition in our community 

too,” Inserra said. 

Parishioner Dr. Carol 

Meynen, of Northfield, 

has been a member of 

TUMC for years, overseeing 

the patch from start to 

finish. She gave examples 

of how the money earned, 

helps those in need. 

“There are about 14 local 

and international organizations 

that the patch 

supports. One of the most 

critical is the Disaster 

Relief United Methodist 

Fund — the largest 

relief organization in the 

world,” Meynen said. 

“The funds we provide 

help those who are recovering 

from hurricanes and 

other natural disasters. It 

is so rewarding to look out 

and see our community 

coming together to share 

this tradition.” 

Other service agencies 

that benefit from proceeds 

from the patch include: 

Children’s Feeding Centers-Senegal, 

West Africa; 

A Just Harvest Community 

Kitchen-Chicago; Wilmette 

Food Pantry-Trinity 

Church; Youth Missions; 

Wilmette Police/Clergy 

Fund; University Christian 

Ministry -Northwestern; 

Boy Scout Troop 3. 

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6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday 

and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. 

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26 | October 4, 2018 | The wilmette beacon FAITH 


Faith Briefs 

First Congregational Church of Wilmette 

(1125 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette) 

Weekly Youth Activities 

Open to the Community 

Every Wednesday, the 

church’s children and 

youth ministry offers opportunities 

for fun, friendship, 

spirituality, and service. 

Kids Club (K–grade 

6) meets at 4:30 p.m. In the 

evening, the Confirmation 

Class (grades 7 & 8) meets 

at 6 p.m. And the Senior 

High Youth Group gathers 

at 7:15 p.m. The two 

evening youth groups have 

a tasty dinner together at 

6:45 p.m. — sometimes 

chicken, sometimes pasta. 

Learn about the church 

community at www.fccw. 

org or contact for more 

details: (847) 251-6660 or 

1stchurch@fccw.org. 

Winnetka Covenant Church (1200 

Hibbard Road, Wilmette) 

Fall service hours 

Sunday school for all 

ages starts at 9:30 a.m. and 

worship at 10:45 a.m. 

Serve at a Just Harvest 

On the third Thursday 

of each month the church 

has an opportunity to serve 

the food that was prepared 

in our kitchen for the 

Just Harvest Community 

Kitchen from 4:30-7:30 

p.m. 

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 

(1235 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette) 

Knitting and crocheting 

At 7 p.m. every Tuesday, 

all are welcome to 

knit for charity or work on 

your their own projects. 

Kenilworth Union Church (211 

Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth) 

Alison Tobey Smart 

Memorial Fund Committee 

Forum: The Conversation 

No One Else Is Having 

KUC’s Alison Tobey 

Smart Memorial Fund is 

hosting an important forum 

that should not be 

missed. Raising a Healthy 

Teen in an Opioid World at 

7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 

11, is meant for students, 

parents and community 

members. The format will 

be a panel discussion with 

four experts with unique 

perspectives addressing 

the prevalence of opioids; 

how addiction is affecting 

families on the North 

Shore; how law enforcement 

can inform smart 

parenting; and what role 

opioids play in youth 

sports medicine. The event 

is being co-sponsored by 

Adult Education. 

Exploring Grief 

The group meets every 

other from 7–8:30 p.m. 

Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 8, 

Nov. 29, Dec. 13 and Dec. 

27 at Kenilworth Union 

Church. This free series 

provides a confidential, 

supportive, and educational 

environment to grieve 

the loss of a loved one 

or friend. All community 

residents are welcome to 

participate. For more information 

and to register 

for the fall or spring sessions, 

contact Joellen Hosler 

at 847-475-6955 ext. 

19. Sponsored by Christ 

Church Winnetka, Kenilworth 

Union Church, 

and Winnetka Congregational 

Church. 

Congregation Sukkat Shalom (1001 

Central Avenue, Wilmette) 

Local Congregations Host 

Interfaith Bruce Feiler 

Lecture 

Congregation Sukkat 

Shalom, First Congregational 

Church of Wilmette 

and Kenilworth 

Union Church are jointly 

sponsoring a lecture by 

acclaimed author Bruce 

Feiler entitled, “Keeping 

the Bible Alive: What Two 

Decades Walking the Bible 

Taught Me About Life, 

Land, Love, and Camels.” 

The Nov. 4 event, which 

is open to the public, aims 

to unite the community 

through learning about 

Feiler’s decades of travel 

and the numerous cultures 

he has immersed himself 

in. As the writer-presenter 

of the PBS miniseries 

Walking the Bible, Feiler 

has an international audience, 

but this evening 

promises to be a more intimate 

venue. 

Feiler, the New York 

Times bestselling author 

of seven books, such as 

Walking the Bible and 

Abraham, blends his 

knowledge from his travels 

with an optimistic outlook 

that audiences continually 

find inspiring and 

meaningful. 

Rabbi Samuel Gordon 

of Sukkat Shalom shares 

that “This will be our third 

visit by Bruce Feiler. He 

is an acclaimed writer 

and speaker, and his topic 

will speak to people of all 

faiths. These annual lectures 

bring together our 

community members in 

joint learning and fellowship, 

and help all of us 

gain respect and understanding 

of our traditions 

and histories.” 

The lecture will be held 

at Congregation Sukkat 

Shalom at 7 p.m. on Sunday, 

Nov. 4. Ahead of this 

main presentation, Rabbi 

Gordon and the Reverend 

Van Slyke will lead two 

classes at First Congregational 

Church of Wilmette 

on Feiler’s teachings. The 

classes will be at 7 p.m. 

on Oct. 4 and 11 and interested 

participants can 

RSVP to sukkatshalom@ 

sukkatshalom.org. 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 

Saints (2727 Lake Ave., Wilmette) 

Sunday Worship 

Visitors are always welcome 

to join members of 

The Church of Jesus Christ 

of Latter-day Saints for its 

weekly worship services 

Please see Faith, 28 

In Memoriam 

Sue “Suzy” Anne Gaynor 

Sue “Suzy” Anne 

Gaynor, 86, of Wilmette, 

died Sept. 24. She was 

the beloved wife of Bud 

Gaynor; loving mother of 

Maureen (Tim) Wagener, 

Julia (Bill) Franzese, Jennifer 

(John) McClain, 

Kelly (John) Joyce and 

the late Diana Gaynor 

Bohlen; dear grandmother 

of Brandon, Callie, Carrie 

(Adam), Jamie, Eric, 

Luke, Amanda, Brittney 

(Luke), Allie (Jordan), 

Jack, Madison, Ella, Jessica, 

Kiersten, Johnny, and 

adoring great grandmother 

of Colton and Oliver. 

Gaynor was preceded in 

death by her parents Amos 

“Ike” Means and Lenore 

Means and by her sister Jo 

Amber Olson. She is survived 

by her brother Barry 

Means. 

Gaynor was raised in Atwood, 

Ill. and upon graduating 

from Beloit College, 

she fulfilled a childhood 

dream when she moved 

to New York City in 1955, 

accepting a position with 

Merrill Lynch. It was there 

she met the love of her life, 

Bud Gaynor. They married 

in December after having 

met in June of that year 

beginning a 62-year life 

journey together raising 

five daughters along the 

way. Gaynor was a wise, 

compassionate, and gentle 

soul. She was a loving 

wife, mom and grandma. 

Whether it was going to 

grandchildren’s sporting 

events, traveling to the 

Northwoods, playing golf 

or a simple home cooked 

meal with her daughters, 

she delighted in every moment 

spent with those she 

loved most. 

Gaynor was a sports 

enthusiast and an accomplished 

tennis and paddle 

tennis player. She enjoyed 

playing bridge with 

her friends and she was 

an avid golfer, spending 

many Tuesdays and Thursdays 

playing in the women’s 

league at the Wilmette 

Golf Club. She has left 

behind a legacy of love, 

kindness and perseverance 

which will forever remain 

in the hearts of her family. 

Gaynor’s family wishes 

to extend heartfelt thanks 

to the staff at Glenbrook 

Hospital and to their sister 

Jenny and all the staff 

at NorthShore Palliative 

Care & Hospice Services. 

Visitation is 10 a.m. 

Thursday, Oct. 4, until 

time of the 11 a.m. Funeral 

Mass at Saint Francis 

Xavier Church, 912 Linden 

Ave., Wilmette. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials 

may be made to 

The Society of Saint Vincent 

de Paul, c/o Saint 

Francis Xavier Church, 

524 9th Street, Wilmette, 

IL 60091 

Robert Bruce Den Uyl 

Robert Bruce Den Uyl, 

66, of Wilmette, died after 

a valiant battle with cancer. 

Den Uyl died peacefully 

in his Wilmette home on 

Sept. 18. Beloved husband 

of Jacquelyne Den Uyl, father 

to Clark and the late 

Eric Den Uyl, brother to 

Douglas (Margarita) Den 

Uyl and Marcia Dietz and 

brother-in-law and uncle 

to many. He was preceded 

in death by his son, Eric 

Den Uyl and his parents, 

Robert and Andrea Den 

Uyl. 

Den Uyl was a managing 

director at AlixPartners. 

He was highly regarded 

by his clients and 

peers for his expertise, 

leadership and commitment 

to his practice. He 

was a mentor, dedicated 

colleague and good friend. 

Previously, he was a partner 

at PricewaterhouseCooper. 

Den Uyl received 

his Master of Science 

degree in Resource Economics 

from the University 

of Michigan and his 

Bachelor of Arts degree 

in Economics from Lawrence 

University. 

Den Uyl met the love of 

his life, Jacque, at Lawrence 

University. They 

were married two weeks 

after graduation and recently 

celebrated their 

44th anniversary. He was 

a proud father, devoted to 

helping his sons pursue 

their interests and goals. 

He was significantly involved 

with the Cure JM 

Foundation which supports 

research for Juvenile 

Myositis, a rare disease 

that affected his son, Eric. 

A serious amateur photographer, 

Den Uyl traveled 

to all seven continents 

with Jacque, photographing 

the world. He was a 

classical music enthusiast 

who served on the board 

of directors of Music of 

the Baroque. Den Uyl was 

an avid fly fisherman, skier, 

hiker, dog lover, master 

chef and collector of sports 

cars and wine. 

A Memorial Service 

is scheduled for 2:30 

p.m. Oct. 19 at the Union 

League Club, 65 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

with a reception immediately 

following. 

Memorial donations 

may be made to: Northwestern 

Memorial Foundation, 

541 North Fairbanks 

Court, Suite 800, 

Chicago, Illinois 60611 

Please make the check 

payable to “Northwestern 

Memorial Foundation” 

and include “Bruce Den 

Uyl” in the memo line. 

Your gift will support research 

in brain metastatic 

disease under the direction 

of Dr. Priya Kumthekar. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

about a loved one who was 

part of the Wilmette/Kenilworth 

community.

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The Wilmette Theatre 

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St. Joe’s Oktoberfest enhances family fun with new format 

Alexa Burnell 


The 15th annual St. 

Joe’s Oktoberfest, held 

on Sept. 15, followed a 

slightly new program this 

year, allowing organizers 

to trim the ‘to-do’ list, but 

enhance the family fun. 

The event was chaired 

by Gretchen Lyons, Jen 

Gervasio and Amy Corr. 

Lyons explained the reason 

they replaced the typical 

dawn till dusk format, for 

a jam-packed five hours of 

fun, instead. 

“We wanted to change 

up the program a bit, and 

consolidate the day’s 

events, allowing us to 

maximize the opportunity 

for families to have fun,” 

Lyons said. “After all, 

this is a fundraiser for the 

school, attracting families 

from all over the North 

Shore, so we focused on 

what typically appeals to 

our visitors the most.” 

This year, the day got 

off to an official start at 

noon, with a streamlined 

entrance, allowing visitors 

to take notice of the 28 antique 

dealers who define 

the event. 

Vendor Denny Wahlund, 

of Northfield, and owner 

of Sweet Bling Bling, has 

sold goods at the event for 

four years. Her dedication 

is due to her historic connections 

to Wilmette and 

the overall, feel-good experience 

the day provides. 

“My great-grandparents 

were buried in the cemetery 

next door, so we feel 

a real connection here,” 

Wahlund said. “I also really 

appreciate that the 

event supports the school 

and the Catholic Church, 

and I always meet the nicest 

people here.” 

Glenview’s Lynn Mills, 

owner of Flying High, has 

participated in St. Joe’s 

Oktoberfest for the past 

five years, noting the event 

as one of he favorites. 

“The location is wonderful, 

and the people here 

are always so nice and so 

supportive. I’m always 

guaranteed a great experience 

here,” Mills said. 

Along with great shopping 

deals, live music 

played throughout the day, 

and the St. Joe’s Men’s 

Club took over cooking responsibilities. 

“We took a true, handson 

approach this year 

and have no outside food 

vendors, so we are grateful 

to our Men’s Club for 

taking the lead at the grill 

and serving brats to all our 

guests.” Lyons said. 

Kids too were part of 

the Oktoberfest workforce. 

Eighth-graders volunteered 

at the children’s 

station, earning credit towards 

their confirmation 

hours. They manned the 

bounce houses, pumpkin 

tossing, arts & craft tables 

and more, keeping little 

ones happily in line. 

“We love seeing our 

teens step in to help out, 

assuming some of the responsibilities 

of running a 

festival,” Lyons said. 

As the day came to a 

wrap after hours of music, 

food, games and shopping, 

all proceeds from the day 

were given back to the 

school, where funds will 

be used to enhance all that 

St. Joe’s already offers 

their students. 

Shoppers check out some of the items on sale at the 15th annual St. Joe’s 

Oktoberfest Sept. 15 in Wilmette. Photos by Alexa Burnell/22nd Century Media 

The event is a major fundraiser for the school. 

Faith 

From Page 26 

on Sunday. As a membership, 

the church is a community 

where we’re all 

trying to be a little bit better, 

a little bit kinder, a little 

more helpful - because 

that’s what Jesus taught. 

Come worship with the 

church. Come serve with 

the church. Come learn 

who the church is, what 

it believes and how the 

teachings of Jesus can help 

you find joy and happiness. 

There are two congregations 

that meet on Sundays 

in the Meetinghouse located 

at 2727 Lake Ave., 

Wilmette. Sunday worship 

services start at 9 a.m. 

and 1 p.m. Primary family 

worship service is called 

sacrament meeting and 

is held in our chapels on 

Sunday and lasts approximately 

one hour. All are 

welcome to come alone 

or bring your family; children 

are present in virtually 

all our congregations. 

Trinity United Methodist Church (1024 

Lake Ave, Wilmette) 

Pumpkin Patch 

The 20th Annual Pumpkin 

Patch at Trinity United 

Methodist Church will, 

again, change Lake Street 

at Wilmette Avenue to a 

sea of 3,500 orange pumpkins 

until Oct. 31. Sales 

of the many varieties of 

pumpkins and gourds, 

grown in New Mexico, 

support our local and global 

missions. Sales are open 

every day all month on 

Mondays-Fridays noon-6 

p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m.-6 

p.m., and Sundays 11 a.m.- 

6 p.m.. Come take pictures 

in our Patch decorations 

and celebrate fall! 

Baha’i House of Worship (100 Linden 

Ave., Wilmette) 

Baha’i Children’s Class 

Open House 

From 10 a.m.-noon on 

Sunday, Oct. 14, play cooperative 

games, dig for 

spiritual gems, make a 

craft, enjoy light refreshments 

and learn about the 

weekly spiritual education 

classes held in the 

lower level of the Baha’i 

Temple. Contact Ellen for 

more info: 847-906-3409 

or activities@wilmettebahais.org 

or go to www. 

wilmettebahais.org 

Friday Night Fireside 

Conversations 

Join the House of Worship 

in the fireside room 

at the Baha’i House of 

Worship Welcome Center 

(112 Linden Ave.) for 

meaningful conversations 

about what Baha’i Faith 

offers for people who 

want to contribute to the 

betterment of the world. 

Light refreshments will be 

served. 

Children’s Classes 

Children ages 7 to 10 

are invited learn about 

Manifestations of God 

including, Krishna, Abraham, 

Buddha, Christ, 

Bahá’u’lláh (Founder of 

the Bahá’í Faith), and other 

Divine Teachers. Sunday 

mornings from 10-11 

a.m. Contact Ellen Price at 

(847) 812-1084 for more 

information. 

St. Joseph Catholic Church (1747 Lake 

Ave., Wilmette) 

Sunday Mass 

Sunday Masses are held 

at 7:30, 9, 10:15 and 11:30 

a.m. 

Saint Francis Xavier Church (corner of 

9th and Linden, Wilmette) 

Holy Listening 

Individuals gathers each 

week from 10-10:45 a.m. 

Saturdays in the upper 

room at 524 9th St. to relax, 

listen to a short passage 

from scripture, reflect 

and respond in prayer. Everyone 

is welcome. 

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The Beacon’s Faith page 

to Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

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Members of Kenilworth 

Union Church celebrated 

Homecoming on Sept. 16, 

grateful to have their congregation 

back from summer 

travels, while gearing 

up for new and exciting fall 

programming. In addition 

to all that is on the horizon, 

Rev. Dr. Jo Forrest explained 

some of the many 

new ways she and other 

Church officials instilled a 

sense of anticipation into 

the community, during the 

last several weeks of summer. 

“Starting in mid-August, 

we released a variety of 

short videos on social media, 

giving the community 

a snippet of up and coming 

programs,” Forrest 

said. “We wanted to give 

the community a purposeful 

reminder of the many 

opportunities that exist at 

KUC for service, outreach 

and fellowship this fall.” 

One of the important 

program’s that youth KUC 

members are preparing for 

is confirmation — a sacrament 

where ninth-grade 

students professes their 

commitment to their faith. 

“This is a wonderful time 

in a young person’s life; 

they declare they are ready 

to commit to their faith and 

that they are mature enough 

to understand how their 

faith impacts their life on 

a daily basis,” Forrest said. 

Another new development 

at KUC is their use 

of YouTube to live stream 

church services. 

“We live in different 

times and we want our 

congregation to know that 

when they cannot come to 

us, we will go to them. Our 

live stream YouTube opportunities 

have been very 

well received for those who 

were traveling this summer. 

It is also very useful for 

members who may be ill 

and cannot always make it 

to the church. It also allows 

us to include aunts, uncles, 

cousins and more who may 

be living far away, but want 

to be part of a special ceremony 

like a baptism,” Forrest 

said. 

Forrest also shared a 

new, fall sermon series, focusing 

on the history and 

leadership of King David. 

“King David is revered 

as a leader of Judeo-Christianity. 

Just like all of us, 

David was a flawed individual, 

yet he was called 

upon by God to be a leader 

to his people. I think people 

will relate to the messages 

intertwined in the sermons, 

reminding all that we can 

be leaders and serve others 

for the greater good of all, 

rather than only thinking 

about what serves our individual 

selves.” Forrest said. 

After the mass, the congregation 

headed outside, 

greeted by food trucks, a 

bounce house and the opportunity 

to help work on 

several crafts, including a 

mosaic bird bath that will 

be placed in one of the gardens 

as a teaching tool for 

young children during Sunday 

school. 

Wilmette’s Nancy Rolison, 

a member of the parish, 

stayed after to talk with 

church officials and fellow 

parishioners, grateful for 

all that KUC offers. 

“The community here at 

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and there is something that 

appeals to all ages, while 

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life lessons along the way. 

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Meg’s Cafe rolls out healthy fall dinner menu 

Megan Bernard 

Contributing Editor 

While temperatures fall 

this time of year and we 

warm up with sweet and 

savory comfort foods, 

Meg’s Cafe is here to provide 

healthy, hearty options. 

The downtown Glencoe 

establishment rolled out its 

new dinner menu on Sept. 

25 at 317 Park Ave. The 

menu boasts some of the 

cafe’s staples plus four new 

plates, including butternut 

squash lasagna, lemon garlic 

zoodles, Parmesan pesto 

and baked ratatouille. 

Owner Barbara Lepman 

said she got the menu inspiration 

from something 

simple — eating out with 

her daughter, Meg, whom 

the restaurant is named after. 

“We have a lot of glutenfree 

customers so I wanted 

to do that and pick something 

light,” Lepman said 

of the menu. 

Lepman worked with her 

kitchen staff for months to 

create and perfect the new 

dishes, she added. 

“Everything is made 

[in-house], except for our 

bread, and we use the 

Meg’s Cafe 

317 Park Ave., Glencoe 

10 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Monday-Friday 

9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Saturday 

Closed Sunday 

(847) 835-2620 

healthiest ingredients that 

we can,” Lepman said. 

22nd Century Media editors 

tried out some of the 

new dishes for ourselves 

last week. Each dish comes 

with a salad with a choice 

of house or Caesar dressing. 

The butternut squash lasagna 

($19) became a quick 

favorite in our newsroom. 

It was baked perfectly with 

the squash in-between the 

several layers of soft pasta. 

Lemon garlic zoodles 

($15) — noodles made 

from zucchini — were 

paired with sauteed red 

peppers, spinach and cherry 

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The Parmesan pesto ($17), a colorful entree, based with rigatoni and topped with sauteed asparagus and sun-dried 

tomatoes, is a new item on the menu at Meg’s Cafe. Photos by Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media 

asparagus and sun-dried tomatoes. 

Lastly, the baked ratatouille 

($14) was a packedfull 

dish with red peppers, 

onions, eggplant, zucchini, 

mushrooms and mozzarella 

cheese. 

All of the healthy dishes 

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Also, on the dinner menu 

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Throughout the next several 

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Lepman tries to put out 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Mia Askew 

2018 Football Standings 

Central Suburban League South Division 

Maine South 4-1 overall, 1-0 conference 

New Trier 4-1, 1-0 

Glenbrook South 1-4, 1-0 

Evanston 4-1, 0-1 

Niles North 1-4, 0-1 

Niles West 0-5, 0-1 

Catholic League Blue Division 

Brother Rice 5-0, 2-0 

Montini Catholic 5-0, 1-0 

Providence Catholic 4-1, 1-1 

Loyola Academy 3-2, 0-1 

St. Rita 1-4, 0-2 

The North Shore Country 

Day School golfer is a senior 

on the girls golf team. 

When did you start 

playing golf and why? 

I started playing golf in 

sixth grade, but I started 

consistently playing in my 

sophomore year of high 

school. I started playing because 

my mom signed me 

up for a golf camp and she 

thought it would be a good 

sport for me, so I went to 

the camp and enjoyed it 

and continued to play. 

What’s your favorite 

part about golf? 

My favorite thing about 

golf is how peaceful and 

relaxing it is when you 

are playing. The weather 

is usually perfect, and you 

can have a good time on 

the course if you are by 

yourself or with friends. 

Do you have any 

superstitions before, 

during or after a 

match? 

I have to swing my 

driver, seven iron and 

eight iron before the match 

starts because if I don’t, I 

feel like I will play bad no 

matter what. I don’t need 

to hit any balls, but I have 

to swing those three clubs. 

If you could play 

another sport, what 

would it be and why? 

If I could play another 

sport outside of golf and 

basketball, I think it would 

be volleyball because I enjoy 

watching it and it looks 

so fun and exciting. 

What’s been your 

favorite moment at 

NSCDS (athletics or 

otherwise)? 

One of my favorite moments 

at NSCDS is starting 

the first girl’s golf team it 

is something I would never 

forget, and I will always be 

proud of. I hope it continues 

long after I graduate. 

What’s the best part 

about being a NSCDS 

athlete? 

The best part about being 

an NSCDS athlete has 

to be the people I have met 

if I were not an athlete I 

would not have met some 

of the people I have grown 

to be close with through 

my high school journey. 

At NSCDS, sports help 

you to become apart of the 

community, and you get to 

know people in the grades 

above and below you. 

What’s the best advice 

you’ve ever gotten? 

The best advice I have 

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and I always get the Jerk 

Salmon Wrap and a small 

Tropical Breezer. 

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pressure? 

My guilty pleasure is all 

things sweet especially ice 

cream and brownies. 

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dollars, what would 

you do with it? 

If I won a million dollars, 

I would invest it into my 

future. I want to be a psychiatrist 

so I could save it 

and open my practice with 

the money after I get my 

degree, or I would also use 

half of it to pay for college 

and the other half I would 

put into stocks and invest 

into a company or an idea. 

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Athlete of the Month 

Arenson brings home NSCDS’ first win since ’15 

Michael Wojtychiw, Sports Editor 

North Shore Country Day 

School has had quite the successful 

sports program within the past 

year. Not even a full calendar year 

has passed since the Raiders girls 

tennis team won the first girls 

team trophy in school history and 

the field hockey team had its best 

finish last year when it finished as 

runner-up to Lake Forest. 

The tennis team can add a different 

title now, as one of its seniors, 

Alex Arenson won the 22nd 

Century Media September Athlete 

of the Month award. Arenson 

becomes only the second NSCDS 

athlete to win the award in the 

award’s four-and-a-half-year history, 

and first since Matt Morette 

won in January of 2015. 

The NSCDS supporters were 

out in full force, helping Arenson 

This Week In... 

Trevian varsity athletics 

Boys cross-country 

■Oct. ■ 6 - at Wheeling Invite, 8 a.m. 

Girls cross-country 


Field hockey 

■Oct. ■ 4 - at Deerfield, 4:45 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 5 - host North Shore Country 

Day, 6:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 10 - at Lake Forest, 6:15 

p.m. 

Boys golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 - at IHSA Sectional (at 

Mount Prospect Golf Course), 8 

a.m. 

Girls golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 - at IHSA Sectional (at Fox 

Run Golf Course), 9 a.m. 

Boys soccer 

■Oct. ■ 4 - vs. TBA, 7 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 - at St. Ignatius, 6:30 p.m. 

Girls swimming and diving 

■Oct. ■ 5 - host Niles West, 5:30 

p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 - at St. Charles East Invite, 

8:30 a.m. 

Girls tennis 

■Oct. ■ 5 - at CSL Invite (at Niles 

North), 3:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 - at CSL Invite (at Niles 

North), 8 a.m. 

Alex Arenson is the September 

winner. 22CM FILE PHOTO 

pick up a whopping 1,274 votes. 

Loyola’s Collin Leider finished 

second with 423 votes, while fellow 

Rambler, Anne Martinson of 

the girls volleyball team, had 357 

votes. 

Voting lasted from Sept. 10-25. 

The Athlete of the Month contest 

Girls volleyball 

■Oct. ■ 5 - vs. TBA (GBN Invite), 5 

p.m. 


a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 - host Evanston, 6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 11 - host Niles West, 6 p.m. 

Rambler varsity athletics 


■Oct. ■ 4 - at Prospect, 4:30 p.m. 


■Oct. ■ 4 - at Prospect, 4:30 p.m. 

Field hockey 

■Oct. ■ 4 - at Lake Forest Academy, 

4:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 - host Deerfield, 6:15 p.m. 

Boys golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 - at IHSA Sectional (at 

Mount Prospect Golf Course), 8 

a.m. 

Girls golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 - at IHSA Sectional (at Fox 

Run Golf Course), 9 a.m. 

Boys soccer 

■Oct. ■ 4 - host Jones, 5:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 - host Taft, 10 a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 - host Fenwick, 5:30 p.m. 

Girls swimming 

■Oct. ■ 5 - at Fenwick, 5 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 - at Glenbrook South Diving 

Invite, 9 a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 - at Barrington Invite, 

October Athlete of the 

Month Candidates 

Loyola Academy 

Jack Crawshaw, boys golf 

Hannah Kelly, girls crosscountry 

New Trier 

Olivia Zaban, girls tennis 

Logan Weaver, boys soccer 

Highland Park 

Ella Weil, girls volleyball 

Caitlin Goldberg, girls tennis 

Luke Illes, boys soccer 

Allen Terman, boys golf 

for athletes selected in the month of 

September gets underway on Oct. 

10 and will end on Oct. 25. Vote at 

WilmetteBeacon.com. 

1 p.m. 

Girls tennis 

■Oct. ■ 6 - host GCAC Invite, 9 a.m. 


■Oct. ■ 4 - at Montini, 6 p.m. 


p.m. 


a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 - host Lake Forest, 6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 11 - host Mother McAuley, 

6 p.m. 

Panther varsity athletics 


■Oct. ■ 6 - at Elmwood Park Invite, 

9 a.m. 

Girls golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 - at IHSA Sectional (at Park 

Hills Golf Course), TBD 

Girls swimming 


■Oct. ■ 9 - at St. Viator (with St. 

Francis), 5 p.m. 

Girls tennis 

■Oct. ■ 4 - at Elmwood Park, 4:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 - host Parker, 4:30 p.m. 


■Oct. ■ 5 - at Latin Invite, TBA 

■Oct. ■ 6 - at Latin Invite, TBA 

■Oct. ■ 9 - host Fenwick, 6:15 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 11 - at St. Laurence, 6:30 

p.m. 

gIRLS GOLF 

Tir, Trevs take CSL South title 

Gary Larsen, Freelance Reporter 

New Trier has had some 

great players in the 43-year 

history of girls’ golf in Illinois, 

so Trevians coach Scott 

Fricke uttered one bold statement 

when asked about senior 

Penelope Tir. 

“I’d say she’s probably 

the best golfer in the history 

of New Trier,” Fricke said. 

“She’s had an unbelievable 

career. 

“Her scores have been unbelievable 

and she has won every 

tournament she’s played in 

this year. You might not see it 

on the outside or from talking 

to her, but she’s a competitor. 

She competes hard and she has 

an unbelievable work ethic.” 

Tir placed sixth downstate 

as a freshman, fourth 

as a sophomore, and was Illinois’ 

individual state champion 

as a junior. She became 

New Trier’s first individual 

state champion since Alexis 

Wooster won the state crown 

during the 2000-01 school 

year, and could become the 

first player in program history 

to finish in the state’s top 10 

for four seasons. 

Tir shot a 144 at last year’s 

state finals in leading New Trier 

to its seventh team state title. 

Not bad for someone who 

wasn’t even sure she’d golf in 

high school. 

“I wanted to play soccer 

when I was younger,” Tir said. 

“But I made golf my individual/team 

sport and I’ve been 

able to play it for four years 

with my friends.” 

Tir shot a 73 as the low 

golfer at this year’s Central 

Suburban League tournament, 

held at the Wilmette Golf Club 

on Wednesday, Sept. 26. The 

Trevians shot a tournamentlow 

318 in capturing the CSL 

South team title. 

Abbie Kaestle (79), Audrey 

Tir (80) and Olivia Siebert 

(86) rounded out the Trevians’ 

top four scoring finishers, followed 

by Lizzie Kenter (88) 

and Moly Van Gorp (90). 

Tir was glad her team had 

to deal with a hard day of putting 

in Wilmette, where the 

greens played like glass, since 

this year’s Class 2A regional 

will take place at the Glencoe 

Country Club. 

“The greens were really 

tricky today,” Tir said. “It was 

good practice, though, because 

I know Glencoe is also a tough 

course with tricky greens, too. 

I’m crossing my fingers that 

we get downstate and if we 

do, the greens are tough there, 

too.” 

New Trier is annually one 

of Illinois’ top teams and this 

year the Trevians have worn a 

particularly big target on their 

backs, as a defending state 

champion team led by a defending 

individual state champion 

golfer. 

Fricke knows repeating as 

team champions will be tough 

and said “we’re just trying to 

play our best golf at the right 

time.” 

For Tir, the home stretch 

of her final high school season 

could see her become the 

most decorated golfer in program 

history. Six girls in Illinois 

history have won backto-back 

individual state titles 

since 1975, and Tir would love 

to be the seventh. 

However the season shakes 

out, Tir is just glad she chose 

golf over soccer. 

“Me, Lizzie (Kenter) and 

Abbie (Kaestle) have been 

together on varsity since we 

were freshmen and we’re very 

close,” Tir said. “I’m going to 

miss it. 

“Today I played with (Glenbrook 

South’s) Hanna (Tanaka) 

and we’ve know each 

other for like six years. So my 

senior year has been a cool experience, 

to see how far we’ve 

all come.”

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rOWING 

New Trier rowing dominates at Wisconsin meet 

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ROWING 

New Trier High School 

rowing showed depth and 

speed at the Milwaukee 

River Challenge on Sept. 

15. This was the first regatta 

of the fall season. 

New Trier took first 

place in all the Men’s and 

Women’s events in which 

it competed. 

The race was held on 

a three-mile river course 

that winds through downtown 

Milwaukee, presenting 

unusual challenges for 

crews as they work to navigate 

through “no passing 

zones” and under numerous 

bridges in addition 

to a tight 90-degree turn 

about halfway through 

the course. The Milwaukee 

River Challenge features 

a “Head Race” format, 

which is typical in 

fall rowing. Boats start at 

rolling intervals and are 

ranked based on the time 

it takes for them to finish 

the course. More than 900 

spectators cheered the 19 

participating clubs with a 

total of 126 boats competing. 

“This was the best overall 

performance for the 

varsity girls team at the 

Milwaukee River Challenge,” 

said Sandy Culver, 

JV/Varsity girls coach. 

“Finishing first, second, 

fourth and fifth in the Junior 

8+ category, and first, 

second and eighth in the 

Junior 4+ race shows just 

how hard everyone has 

been working. I was particularly 

impressed with 

our coxswains, who each 

steered great races on a 

challenging course.” 

New Trier Women’s 

1V coxswain, senior Rachel 

Rane, said “We knew 

we wanted to set the bar 

pretty high as this was our 

first real test of what this 

boat can do against other 

crews. We went into the 

race very strong and were 

able to establish a really 

solid rhythm. Our race 

got super hectic during 

the middle stretch but the 

girls kept their cool. Going 

into the sprint we knew 

we had control of our race 

and saw an opportunity 

to walk on a college boat 

in front of us. We took 

it up a notch and gave it 

everything we had. The 

girls left it all out there 

today.” 

“The regatta was the 

squad’s first test of the 

season. Many rowers had 

to step up into new roles 

as we had a handful of 

absences, and I could 

not be happier with how 

they responded,” Nate 

Kelp-Lenane, Men’s varsity 

head coach said, “The 

squad was efficient with 

our equipment on land, 

and aggressive on the water 

in their races. Our Varsity 

8 won by a 36 second 

margin and the V4 won 

by a 20 second margin. I 

look forward to having the 

squad at full strength and 

testing our top speed.” 

New Trier Men’s 1V 

coxswain, senior Jonah 

Rane, reported “For the 

boys we were missing 

some of our stronger guys 

but everyone stepped up 

big time and came ready 

to race. We hit the ground 

running and came charging 

through the first 3k 

and the turn. We were a 

little exhausted towards 

the end of the piece, 

but were able to bounce 

back to have a strong finish.” 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Burlington, Iowa. 

Field hockey 

Loyola 5, St. Ignatius 1 

Caraline Foley, Anna 

Gordon, Kara Finneke, 

Maria Carini and Betsy 

Leinenweber each 

scored a goal in the Ramblers’ 

win Sept. 26 in Chicago. 

Loyola 8, Naperville North 

0 

Foley scored two goals, 

while Kara Finneke, Anya 

Kavanagh, Ellie Kroeger, 

Gigi Schaefer, Margo Hession 

and Maria Carini all 

scored one in a Loyola win 

Sept. 24. 

New Trier 4, Loyola 1 

Amy Griffin scored two 

goals and Paige Baldwin 

and Francesca Caruso both 

added goals Friday, Sept. 

28, in Northfield. 

New Trier 5, Latin 0 

Baldwin and Kate 

McLaughlin scored two 

goals each in a win Thursday, 

Oct. 27, in Chicago. 

Griffin added a goal for the 

Trevians. 

New Trier 3, Glenbard 

West 1 

Baldwin, Grace Harris 

and Faith Stineman all 

scored a goal for the Trevians 

Sept. 26. 

Boys soccer 

Loyola 3, Hononegah 0 

David Gripman, Tommy 

Zipprich and Daniel Montaquila 

all scored for the 

Ramblers, who won their 

eighth straight on Saturday, 

Sept. 29, in Glenview. 

New Trier 2, Glenbrook 

South 1 

Weaver scored the 

game-winner with 55 seconds 

remaining to clinch 

the Central Suburban 

League South title Sept. 25 

in Northfield. Charlie Hoholik 

also scored for the 

Trevians. 

Boys golf 

Catholic League 

Championships 

Loyola won the Catholic 

League title by shooting a 

298 Sept. 26. Peter Radler 

led the team with a 71. 

Central Suburban League 

South Championships 

New Trier won the team 

title by shooting a 290 

Sept. 25, led by Daniel 

Tanaka’s 70. 

Girls golf 

Girls Catholic Athletic 

Conference Championships 

Loyola won the GCAC 

title Thursday, Sept. 27, after 

shooting a season-best 

322. Lilly Gentzkow was 

the medalist with a score 

of 77. 


Lakefront Invitational 

Loyola won the team 

title Saturday, Sept. 29, 

in Chicago, by scoring 30 

points, 55 points fewer 

than second-place finisher 

York. Spencer Dzyacky 

was the invite’s overall 

champion with a time of 

16:25. 

The New Trier girls 1V squad poses after a meet in Milwaukee Sept. 15. SUBMITTED BY NEW TRIER ROWING 

New Trier 1, Aurora 

Central (Colo.) 0 

Logan Weaver scored 

the game-winner for the 

Trevians in their first game 

of the Go 4 The Goal Classic 

Thursday, Sept. 27, in 


Wheaton North Falcon 

Classic 

New Trier won the 

Wheaton North Falcon 

Classic Saturday, Sept. 29, 

by scoring 22 points.

40 | October 4, 2018 | The wilmette beacon sports 


Football 

Montini second-half comeback stuns Loyola 

Neil Milbert 


MONTINI VS. LOYOLA 

1 2 3 4 F 

MONTINI 0 14 6 8 28 

LOYOLA 14 10 0 3 27 

Top Performers 

1. Robert Brazziel, Montini QB – 184 passing yards, 3 

touchdowns. 

2. Jack Fallon, QB – 6-of-21 passing for 72 yards, 81 

rushing yards on 10 carries. 

3. Nate Van Zelst – The sophomore kicker converted three 

extra-point attempts and two field goals. 

After five trips to the 

Class 8A State Championship 

game in the last 

seven years who would 

have thought Loyola Academy 

would be fighting for 

its playoff life with three 

games left in the regular 

season? 

Matters took another turn 

for the worse on Sept. 29 at 

Hoerster Field when the 

Ramblers were unable to 

hold the three touchdown 

lead they held with 61 seconds 

elapsed in the second 

quarter and lost to undefeated 

Montini 28-27. 

“When you don’t have 

playmakers making plays, 

people just have to play 

better all-around,” lamented 

coach John Holecek said 

after the Ramblers’ record 

fell to 3-3 overall and 0-2 in 

the Catholic League’s Blue 

Division. 

“We’ve had a lot of good 

seasons and a lot of good 

luck. This is not one of 

them. This year has been 

one of unfortunate injuries 

and all of our luck has been 

terrible.” 

In stark contrast, Montini 

(6-0, 2-0) is having an awesome 

season. The Broncos 

averaged 44 points-pergame 

in their four outings 

while limiting the opposition 

to a single field goal 

and then downed St. Rita 

by 16 points in their Blue 

Division debut the preceding 

weekend. 

They have moved from 

the Catholic League’s 

Green Division this year 

and on the state level they 

are back in Class 5A where 

they played in the championship 

contest every year 

from 2009-14 before moving 

to Class 6A and taking 

the state title in 2015. However, 

the last two years they 

failed to make it to the final 

and last season they were 

ousted in the first round of 

the playoffs. 

At the outset of this 

game, the Broncos appeared 

to be out of their element. 

Coming on strong, 

the Ramblers took the lead 

with 9 minutes,12 seconds 

elapsed when they 

smeared quarterback Robert 

Brazziel in the end zone, 

forcing a fumble that lineman 

Ed Eastman recovered 

for the touchdown. 

The next time the Ramblers 

had the football they 

drove 80 yards in 12 plays 

for their second touchdown 

that came on a 5-yard run 

by Trevor Cabanban with 

64 seconds remaining in 

the opening quarter. 

The second quarter got 

off to a terrible start for 

the Broncos and they again 

were pushed back to their 

1-yard line. They managed 

to get out of that predicament 

but were forced to 

punt when they faced a 

fourth-and-15 situation at 

the 15. 

Jared Lombardi fielded 

the bouncing punt at the 

Montini 40 and took it to 

the end zone. Nate Van 

Zelst kicked his third extra 

point and the Ramblers 

were propped on a 21-0 

lead with the second quarter 

only 61 seconds old. 

It appeared they were going 

to do to Montini what 

Montini had been doing to 

its other opponents. 

That assumption proved 

to be an illusion. Eleven 

seconds after Lombardi 

scored on the punt return, 

Nicholas Fedanzo caught 

the kickoff inches in front 

of the goal line and returned 

it 99 yards for a touchdown. 

Later in the quarter Montini 

struck again, this time on a 

30-yard pass from Brazziel 

to Scott West. 

As the game progressed 

it became increasingly apparent 

that Loyola was 

losing control. Van Zelst 

kicked a 36-yard field goal 

with 53 seconds to play 

in the first half but late in 

the third quarter the Broncos 

answered with a 36- 

yard touchdown pass from 

Brazziel to Nate Muersch, 

moving the visitors to within 

three points. 

Van Zelst’s 23-yard field 

goal widened the Ramblers’ 

lead to 27-20 with 

9:36 remaining in the contest 

and this time Montini’s 

response was an 81-yard 

drive finished by Brazziel’s 

3-yard touchdown pass to 

Muersch followed by his 

pass to Matthew Ross for 

the game-winning twopoint 

conversion. 

The Ramblers’ ensuing 

counterattack was halted 

at the Montini 36-yard line 

Trevor Cabanban hits the hole against Montini Saturday, Sept. 29, in Wilmette. Carlos 

Alvarez/22nd Century Media 

with 2:07 to play. When 

the Broncos took possession 

they continued their 

domineering play and the 

game ended with them on 

Loyola’s 8-yard line. 

“Going in we had a good 

game plan to stop their offense 

but they picked up 

the pace in the second 

half,” Loyola defensive 

back Nick Pomey said. “It 

goes to show how talented 

that team is. It stings right 

now but we have to put this 

behind us and get back to 

work.” 

Fedanzo is considered 

one of the best running 

backs in Illinois but the 

damage he did was limited 

to the game-changing kickoff 

return. He had only 41 

yards to show for 16 rushing 

attempts. 

Deontay Bell, who alternated 

with Brazziel at quarterback, 

led the Montini 

ground game with 60 yards 

in 10 carries and completed 

two of his six passes for 89 

yards. Brazziel supplied the 

passing by delivering 10 

completions in 17 attempts 

for 184 yards. 

“We were containing 

their running game but 

their passing game got us,” 

said Loyola linebacker Armoni 

Dixon, whose father 

implored him “Sometimes 

you’ve got to take things in 

your own hands.” 

Montini did a superb 

job of putting the clamps 

on Loyola’s biggest offensive 

threat, Rory Boos. 

The wide receiver who 

went into the game with 30 

catches for 460 yards and 

four touchdowns, didn’t 

catch a single pass. 

Another downer for the 

Ramblers was the absence 

of Tyler Flores, their most 

productive running back 

this season (222 yards on 

53 carries), because of an 

injury. 

Playing his first complete 

game after returning to action 

the previous weekend 

from a shoulder injury sustained 

in the opener, Loyola 

quarterback Jack Fallon had 

only six completions and 72 

yards to show for 21 passing 

attempts but he was the 

game’s leading rusher with 

81 yards in 10 carries. 

Early in the fourth quarter, 

Fallon broke into the 

secondary and it looked 

like he might make it to the 

end zone but he stumbled 

and his knee hit the ground 

at the Montini 12-yard line 

for a gain of 27 yards. Instead 

of getting a TD that 

would have given them a 

30-20 lead that would have 

proven to be insurmountable 

the Ramblers had to 

settle for Van Zelst’s second 

field goal. 

That bit of bad luck 

seems like a microcosm 

of the Loyola season but 

Holecek hasn’t lost hope. 

“We’re not a bad team,” he 

said. “We should be in the 

playoffs. We still can get 

there.”

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girls tennis 

New Trier seniors help take down Loyola 

David Jaffe 


The New Trier doubles 

team of Emily Dale and 

Lily Bhote haven’t played 

together for very long. 

But in the short amount 

of time they have played 

together, they’ve had a 

very good rapport. 

They faced a very tough 

test Thursday, September 

27 in Loyola Academy’s 

Lizzy Witkowski, a state 

qualifier, and Catherine 

Power and from watching 

them play, it looked like 

they had been playing together 

for years. 

Dale and Bhote took No. 

1 doubles 6-3, 6-0 and on 

senior night, where all the 

Trevians doubles teams 

were seniors, New Trier 

made the most of the night 

sweeping the Ramblers 

8-0. 

Trevians 

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that ended when Quadre 

Nicholson fought his way 

across the goal line from 

one yard out on fourth 

down. Ben Tarpey then 

threw to Michael Axelrood 

for the two-point conversion. 

With 3 minutes, 29 seconds 

on the clock, the 

Wildkits were in a position 

to win the game if they got 

another touchdown followed 

by a two-point conversion. 

They tried to get the ball 

on an onside kick but the 

Trevians’ Michael Endre 

latched onto the football at 

the New Trier 43-yard line. 

Perkins ran for three yards 

and then Ochsenhirt gained 

three, creating a third-andfour 

situation. 

“We made a lot of first 

serves,” Dale said. “We did 

a good job poaching the 

ball at the net. We played 

well at the baseline.” 

“We had a lot of overhead 

shots,” Bhote said. 

“They lobbed the ball at 

us a lot so we were able to 

take advantage of that. We 

had a plan and did a good 

job sticking with it.” 

The two feel they share 

some similarities in style 

and it’s gotten them comfortable 

playing together 

in a short amount of time. 

“We’ve only played together 

a couple of weeks,” 

Bhote said. “Having said 

that, we have played a 

lot of matches together 

in a short period of time. 

We’re both very aggressive 

and play very consistently. 

We also keep a lot 

of positivity around each 

other during matches 

Again, Ochsenhirt came 

through in the clutch, collaborating 

with McNeely 

on a 31-yard pass play for 

a first down at the Evanston 

20. A holding call against 

the Trevians after the catch 

sent the ball back to the 40 

but it remained first down, 

enabling Ochsenhirt to run 

out the clock with three 

carries. 

In winning the thrilling 

homecoming game on their 

West campus, the Trevians 

resurrected memories of 

yesteryear when there were 

two New Triers — East and 

West — because they were 

wearing blue uniforms instead 

of their trademark 

green. 

“West wore blue,” Doll 

explained. “It’s special. I 

wanted them to wear blue 

on homecoming because of 

the historical component.” 

which is something that 

benefits both of us.” 

And on senior night, 

both players appreciated 

just how much playing for 

New Trier has given them 

a different outlook on tennis. 

“The friendships I’ve 

made are what will stand 

out the most,” Bhote said. 

“Even though it’s a very 

individual sport when 

you’re on the court, you 

see the team come together 

in practice and form a camaraderie.” 

“I love the aspect of 

when you’re watching 

your teammates play and 

cheering them on,” Dale 

said. “On the other side, 

when you’re in the middle 

of a match and you hear 

your team cheering you, 

it’s a great feeling. It’s 

definitely a different mindset 

from USTA where it’s 

all individual. This teaches 

you to be a part of something 

bigger than yourself.” 

New Trier rolled 

through every match as 

Emma Bhote won No. 1 

singles while Emily Rhee 

won No. 2 singles. 

In doubles, Claire Gottreich 

and Carly Schreier 

won No. 2, Alexis Woodrick 

and Olivia Zaban 

won No. 3. Darcie Kim 

and Maddie Martin won 

No. 4 while Cece McNeely 

and Beth Canel won No. 

5. Mia Keegan and Anna 

Fellman won the closest 

match of the day at No. 6, 

6-2, 6-4. 

The day didn’t go how 

the Ramblers and coach 

Tom Gordon was hoping 

it would go. But he knows 

Loyola will have to learn 

from this and get more accustomed 

to playing big 

matches. 

“We have a lot of work 

to do. This is one of the 

teams we’ll see in our sectional,” 

Gordon said. “We 

did some good stuff today. 

I was especially proud of 

our six doubles team (Kiera 

Silk and Molly Magner). 

But we have to get 

used to playing in big time 

matches. There were a lot 

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We’ll have to use it as a 

learning experience as far 

as how we need to play 

against good teams.” 

Still, Gordon has high 

expectations for his top 

singles and doubles teams. 

“Katherine Beard, our 

one singles, had a tough 

match today but she’s been 

playing really well,” Gordon 

said. “She beat Stevenson’s 

top singles player 

last week at Prospect and 

also beat a girl from Latin 

that was a 1A state doubles 

champion. And then 

our one doubles of Lizzy 

Witkowski and Catherine 

Power are players to keep 

your eye on. They just ran 

into a buzzsaw today. But 

those our are top contenders 

to make it to state.”

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Trevians celebrate homecoming with rivalry win 

Neil Milbert 


Ask Brian Doll about 

senior wide receiver/defensive 

back Carson Kosanovich 

and the New Trier coach 

will tell you: “he makes big 

plays in key situations.” 

“One game I’m talking 

about how great he is offensively; 

next game I’m 

talking about how great he 

is defensively,” Doll continued. 

“Tonight he got the momentum 

going in our favor 

and that got us some confidence. 

That set the tone for 

the game.” 

Doll’s words came in the 

aftermath of the Trevians’ 

hard-earned 35-28 homecoming 

victory over an 

Evanston team that didn’t 

know when to quit. 

“That’s the best Evanston 

team I’ve seen in a long 

time,” Doll said. “They 

have weapons everywhere 

and a 350-pounder (Quentin 

Ivory) on the right side 

of their line.” 

“They never gave up,” 

said wide receiver/defensive 

back Sean McNeeley. 

“We just perservered.” 

The traditional archrivals 

EVANSTON VS. NEW TRIER 

1 2 3 4 F 

EVANSTON 6 0 6 16 28 

NEW TRIER 14 7 0 14 35 

Top Performers 

1. Carson Kosanovich, DB/WR – 2 interceptions, 20-yard 

INT TD. 

2. Brian Sizter, RB – 72-yard touchdown reception, 14- 

yard rushing touchdown. 

3. Donovan Perkins, RB – The running back scored on a 

52-yard run. 

went into the Friday, Sept. 

26 struggle with 4-1 overall 

records, while New Trier 

was 1-0 in conference play 

after a win over Niles West 

last week, but Evanston 0-1 

after a loss to Maine South. 

Kosanovich’s big plays 

were three in number and 

they all came on defense in 

the first quarter. 

He opened the scoring 

with an interception runback 

from about 20 yards 

out on a third-and-12 situation 

at the Wildkits’ 9-yard 

line. He picked off a pass 

when Evanston tried for a 

two-point conversion after 

scoring its first TD with 52 

seconds to play in the quarter. 

And his interception at 

the Evanston 32 on the last 

play of the quarter instigated 

the Trevians’ drive for 

their third touchdown. 

The most conspicuous 

contributors on offense 

were quarterback Carson 

Ochsenhirt and running 

backs Brian Sitzer and 

Donovan Perkins, both of 

whom had spent time on 

the injured list during the 

first half of the season. 

“Ochsenhirt is an exciting 

quarterback to watch,” 

Doll said. “This was a rivalry 

game and he stepped 

up big. Playing lacrosse has 

helped him a lot. 

“Brian got hurt in the first 

quarter of the Loyola game 

and didn’t come back until 

he played about a quarter 

last week. Tonight we were 

Carson Kosanovich makes the interception and runs it back for a New Trier 

touchdown to go ahead 7-0 Friday, Sept. 28, in Northfield. Scott Margolin/22nd 

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leaning on him a lot, as a 

ballcarrier and on defense, 

and he looked great. 

“Donovan has come 

back from an ankle injury. 

It’s healed now and we 

were able to use him on offense 

a little bit more. He 

was one of the guys we 

were able to use both ways 

effectively in ways that we 

hadn’t before tonight. On 

his touchdown there was a 

fast kid chasing him but the 

kid couldn’t catch him.” 

Ochsenhirt connected 

with Sitzer on a 72-yard 

touchdown pass play in the 

first quarter and scored on 

a 9-yard run in the second 

quarter. 

“Initially, I was looking 

to the other side,” Ochsenhirt 

said of the pass that 

Sitzer pulled down along 

the left sideline and kept 

going before slanting to the 

middle of the field to break 

tackles en route to the end 

zone. 

“Brian popped open and 

I just threw it.” 

In the fourth quarter, Perkins 

broke away for a 52- 

yard scoring run and Sitzer 

took the ball to the end 

zone from 14 yards out for 

the touchdown that came 

after the Wildkits cut their 

deficit to 28-20 with 8:31 

remaining. 

Prefacing Sitzer’s TD 

was a trick play in a third 

down and long yardage 

situation from the Evanston 

41—a tackle eligible 

reception by Duke Olges of 

Ochsenhirt’s pass that put 

the ball on the 14. 

Undaunted by the 

derring-do of Olges and 

Sitzer, Evanston made another 

comeback. Gerrard 

Lamour returned the kickoff 

to the New Trier 47 to 

begin a touchdown drive 

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New Trier takes care of GBS in straight sets 

1st-and-3 

22CM FILE PHOTO 

Three STARS of the 

week 

1. Carson 

Kosanovich 

(above). The New 

Trier defensive 

back had two 

interceptions, 

including a 20- 

yard interception 

return for a 

touchdown, and 

also intercepted 

a two-point 

conversion 

attempt as well 

in NT’s win over 

Evanston. 

2. Paige Baldwin. 

The New Trier 

field hockey 

player scored 

four goals during 

the Trevians’ 3-0 

week. 

3. Lilly Gentzkow. 

The Loyola girls 

golfer was the 

medalist at the 

GCAC invite. 

Michael Wojtychiw 

Sports Editor 

New Trier came into 

its Sept. 26 match with 

Glenbrook South looking 

to continue its unbeaten 

streak in Central Suburban 

League South play. 

The Trevians, coming 

off of a victory over Niles 

West, looked to upend the 

visitors, who themselves 

came in after winning 

their last two conferences 

matches. 

It was the home team 

who took care of business 

though, beating the Titans 

25-18, 25-14. 

“Our girls played well, 

which I think is good because 

we needed to see 

ourselves play a little more 

tight than we have been 

lately,” New Trier coach 

Hannah Hsieh said. “It’s 

a big game to go into the 

Game of the Week: 

• Highland Park (3-3) at Deerfield (3-3) 

Other matchups: 

• Lake Forest (3-3) hosts Zion-Benton (3-3) 

• New Trier (5-1) at Niles North (1-5) 

• Loyola Academy (3-3) at De La Salle (4-2) 

• Glenbrook North (4-2) at Maine East (0-6) 

• Maine West (5-1) hosts Vernon Hills (2-4) 

• Glenbrook South (2-4) hosts Maine South (5-1) 

Mother McAuley tournament 

this weekend. It’s a 

good game to push us into 

the big arena.” 

Glenbrook South coach 

Kelly Dorn had one word 

to describe her team’s performance. 

“Inconsistent,” she said. 

The youthful Titans — 

two-third of the roster is 

made of sophomores or 

juniors — hung tough with 

the Trevians (13-1) in the 

first set, at one point getting 

the lead down to 12- 

11 thanks to a Kate Gregory 

ace, but an experienced 

Trevians squad eventually 

forced the Titans into multiple 

errors, while getting 

timely kills, to eventually 

close out the set with 

a seven-point win. 

The Trevians put on 

a hitting display in the 

first set, committing only 

two hitting, compared to 

30-12 

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Publisher 

• Highland Park 35, Deerfield 28 

Giants need a big W to get rolling 

toward the postseason. They get 

it here. 

• Lake Forest 

• New Trier 

• Loyola Academy 

• Glenbrook North 

• Maine West 

• Maine South 

27-15 

14 kills. 

The second set looked 

like it would be all Titans, 

as they opened up an 

11-7 lead, one that caused 

Hsieh to call a timeout and 

regroup her squad. 

What she said seemed to 

resonate with her team, as 

the Trevians closed out the 

set, and the match, on an 

18-3 run, sweeping their 

rivals from Glenview. 

“We talked about we’re 

not going to let up on second 

games because we 

have been,” Hsieh said. 

“We needed to play like 

we did in the first set and 

push through. 

The Trevians got four 

kills each from Taite Ryan 

and Maggie Bodman in the 

run, while also forcing the 

Titans into five hitting errors. 

“Our serve receive fell 

apart and this is the best 

BRITTANY KAPA | 

Contributing Sports Editor 


Redemption is the theme for the 

Giants. They bounce back this week 

for an important CSL North win. 


• New Trier 





29-13 

MICHAL DWOJAK | 

Contributing Sports Editor 


The Giants put things together to 

squeeze out a division win. 

• Zion-Benton 

• New Trier 





New Trier outside hitter/defensive specialist Grace 

Bozzo serves against Glenbrook South Sept. 26 in 

Winnetka. Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media 

team we’ve faced all year,” 

Dorn said. “We just didn’t 

play well. 

“I told the girls we got 

to go to the gym tomorrow 

and be better.” 

Kendall Smith had five 

kills to lead the Titans, 

while Ryan had eight and 

Bodman six for the Trevians. 

The Trevians played in 

the Asics Challenge hosted 

by Mother McAuley 

last weekend. The tournament, 

which routinely 

draws some of the top 

teams in the country, saw 

33-9 31-11 

MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW | 

Sports Editor 


The Warriors come in having won 

three-of-four, but the Giants offense 

overwhelms the host. 


• New Trier 





the Trevs finished 15th 

of 24 teams after going 

2-3 over the two-day invite. 

Winning all of their 

matches since their only 

loss of the season to 

Loyola on Sept. 6 gave the 

Trevians confidence going 

into the tournament. 

“We’ve had a lot of 

wins, but we haven’t had 

wins where we’re like 

‘wow we played well,’” 

the New Trier coach said. 

“It’s about what we look 

like and how we feel on 

the court.” 

MARTIN CARLINO | 

Contributing Editor 


Another tough road test for HP, but 

the Giants bounce back and remain 

alive in the CSL North. 


• New Trier 





Listen Up 

“That’s the best Evanston team I’ve seen in a 

long time.” 

Brian Doll — The New Trier football coach after his 

team’s win over Evanston. 

tunE in 

What to watch this week 

BOYS SOCCER: The regular season is nearing an end. Is a 

conference championship in the air? 

• Loyola hosts St. Ignatius at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 

in Glenview. 

Index 

38 - This Week In 

37 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael 

Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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How sweep it is New Trier 

volleyball handles GBS with ease, Page 43 

Heartbreak 

Loyola falls to 

Montini, Page 40 

New Trier 

survives late 

scare from 

Evanston, 

Page 42 

Donovan Perkins (10) runs around the outside against Evanston Friday, 

Sept. 28, in Northfield. Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media

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