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Northbrook Police Chief Roger Adkins
is speaking now at the parent workshop
about the township-wide Emergency
Preparedness Plan.
Northbrook School District 27 posted this
picture on Oct. 10
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Northbrook’s bicycle helmet ordinance
requires children under the age of 16 to
wear an industry compliant helmet; when
riding a bicycle, being carried on a bicycle,
or transported by a bicycle trailer; on
streets, sidewalks, or public paths in the
Village. #d30learns
District 30 communications coordinator
Beth Preis tweeted this on Oct. 12
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The
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
number of Northbrook Village
trustees who voted to reapply Cook
County’s paid sick leave ordinance on
Oct. 9. Please see Page 10 for the full
story.
From the Editor
Now, it’s your turn
Martin Carlino
martin@northbrooktower.com
A
few weeks back,
we here at The
Northbrook Tower
introduced our annual
Great Pumpkin Contest.
And, with temperatures
dropping and Halloween
right around the corner,
what better way to showcase
your creativity and
skill in The Tower than
sharing your autumn art
sculpted into the form of a
NFYN
From Page 25
cling community. We will
always be grateful for your
unyielding commitment to
the sport and to our event.
Thank you.”
The Glencoe Grand Prix
began in 2007, attracting
more than 500 elite and
novice bicyclists and thousands
of bystanders to the
Village of Glencoe every
summer. More importantly,
it has raised more than
$250,000 for the Glencoe
Educational Foundation,
Metrick said.
“Our mission was to
fund high-end technology
for the (Glencoe) school
district,” Metrick added.
“That is how the [Glencoe
Educational Foundation]
was founded 15 to 16
years ago. ... We [funded]
all the smartboards, all
the teacher laptops in the
jack-o’-lantern?
As we have done with
similar contests, such as
the family vacation contest
and the Father’s Day
photo contest, the winning
entry will be featured in
The Tower.
To get into the spirit
of Halloween, us editors
here at 22nd Century
Media tested out our own
pumpkin-carving skills
last week. With not much
pumpkin-carving experience
under my belt, I
would have to say I was
proud of the finished
pumpkin that myself and
Glenview Lantern editor
Jason Addy worked on.
A picture of our pumpkin
(left center) can be seen to
the side of this editorial.
But, neither myself
or Jason is a resident of
school, and now they have
their own budget. From
the GEF standpoint, we
did it.”
Without the need to fund
the technology budget gap
in District 35, the foundation
will call for donations
“one or two times a year”
for sister school partnerships,
Metrick said. There
will also be revamping of
the foundation board and
its mission.
Reporting by Megan
Bernard, Contributing
Editor. Full story at GlencoeAnchor.com.
THE WILMETTE BEACON
Wilmette Park Board
opposes elimination of
10th hole at Canal Shores
The Wilmette Park
Board signaled its opposition
to an easement request
that would eliminate
the 10th hole of the Canal
Northbrook, so we cannot
submit our pumpkin.
With that sentiment,
The Tower is looking for
Northbrook residents to
share your best jack-o’-
lantern with us.
There is no limit to what
your pumpkin can be. The
only restriction is that the
carver of the pumpkin
must reside in Northbrook
and the pumpkin must be
decorated this year.
To accommodate those
who save pumpkincarving
festivities for All
Hallow’s Eve, the deadline
for the photos is noon
Friday, Nov. 2, so you still
have a couple of weeks
left to submit.
So, if you think your
creatively creepy composition
is the best in
Northbrook, take a picture
Shores Golf Course.
The park board approved
a resolution registering
formal opposition
to the Keefe Family
Trust’s easement request
for roadway purposes at its
Wednesday, Oct. 10 meeting.
The 61-foot wide,
300-foot long roadway
would extend south from
Maple Avenue behind the
homes on the east side of
Golf Terrace and pave over
the 10th hole of the Canal
Shores Golf Course. If the
road were to be built, it
would essentially be in the
backyard of the homes on
the east side of Golf Terrace,
so they’d have a road
both in the front and back
of their homes.
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WilmetteBeacon.
com.
Pictured are the four
pumpkins 22nd Century
Media carved out. Now,
The Northbrook Tower
is calling on Northbrook
residents to submit their
carved pumpkins to be
featured in The Tower.
and send it to me.
Please include your first
and last name, as well as a
phone number and address.
The winner will receive a
spooky surprise from a local
Northbrook retailer and
the creation will be printed
in the Thursday, Nov. 8
issue of The Tower.
Send entries to Editor
Martin Carlino at martin@
northbrooktower.com or
mail them to The Northbrook
Tower, 60 Revere
Drive, Suite 888, Northbrook,
IL 60062.
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Tower
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