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Wilmette resident 

travels to Central 

America for third service 

trip, Page 4 

Wilmette’s Sophie Chevalier works with 

young children during her June visit to 

Panama. Photo submitted 

Inset: Chevalier, a 2016 graduate 

of New Trier, interned with an 

environmental organization in 

Nicaragua during her gap year between 

high school and college in 2017.

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THURSDAY 

Creating your elevator 

speech 

7 p.m. Nov. 15, Wilmette 

Public Library, 1242 

Wilmette Ave. Stop struggling 

to describe the value 

statement for your business 

at networking events 

and meetings, and learn 

how to grab people’s attention 

quickly. In this session, 

you will create a 15- 

20 second statement, often 

called an Elevator Speech 

as well as learn how to 

expand your comments 

where situations allow. 

Presented by John Fisher, 

who has crafted elevator 

speeches for over 25 years, 

is a SCORE volunteer and 

an instructor at DePaul 

University. 

FRIDAY 

Friday Night Jazz 

7-8 p.m. Nov. 16, Wilmette 


Wilmette Ave. Planet Flippo 

Trio, come enjoy “Jazz 

for the Generations,” a diverse 

concert experience 

that blends standard jazz 

with arrangements of contemporary 

popular classics. 

MONDAY 

Bitsbox - Grades 1-4 

10-11 a.m. Nov. 19, Wilmette 


Wilmette Ave. Write and 

iterate code to create an 

interactive app! Suitable 

for all skill and experience 

levels. 

TUESDAY 

Pop-Up Adventure 

Playground 

10 a.m.-noon, Nov. 20, 

Wilmette Public Library, 

1242 Wilmette Ave. Use 

your imagination to explore 

and create with loose 

parts at our own indoor 

playground, facilitated by 

playworker Yulia Borisova. 

All ages. 

WEDNESDAY 

Care Kits for the Homeless 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 

21, Wilmette Public Library, 

1242 Wilmette Ave. 

Cold weather is coming. 

Make a care kit of basic 

supplies for the homeless. 

The library will be collecting 

socks and mittens 

for care kits in the library 

lobby. 

UPCOMING 

Straws: Screening and 

Discussion 

1 p.m. Nov. 27 and 7 

p.m. Nov. 29, Wilmette 

Public Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave. More than 500 

million plastic straws are 

used in the U.S. every day. 

They aren’t recyclable 

and become garbage after 

one use. Join friends and 

neighbors for this short, 

compelling documentary 

and share ideas for reducing 

single-use plastics in 

our community. For more 

information, visit gogreenwilmette.org. 

Parent Observation Days 

7:30 p.m. Nov. 27, Trinity 

Church Nursery School, 

1024 Lake Ave., Wilmette. 

Trinity Church Nursery 

School is hosting observation 

days for prospective 

parents. Participants will 

get a tour of the school, see 

classes in action, meet the 

staff, and receive a brief 

presentation where they 

have an opportunity to ask 

questions. To reserve a 

spot contact Sue Gaertner 

at sue@trinitywilmette. 

org. 

St. Francis Xavier Sip & 

Shop Holiday Shopping 

Event 

6-9 p.m. Nov. 29, Michigan 

Shores Club, 911 

Michigan Ave., Wilmette. 

Grab a friend and join 

everyone at the Michigan 

Shores Club from 6-9 p.m. 

Nov. 29. Sip some cheer 

while shopping for your 

holiday gear! Admission is 

$10. 

German ancestry 

10 a.m. Dec. 1, Wilmette 

Public Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave. Finding your 

immigrant ancestor’s town 

of origin is often considered 

the holy grail of genealogical 

research. What if 

you’ve spent years trying 

to find this piece of information 

and have not been 

successful? This talk suggests 

many strategies that 

just might help you break 

down that brick wall. Presented 

by Genealogist Teresa 

Steinkamp McMillin 

Wilmette Tree Lighting 

Ceremony 

5-6 p.m. Dec. 1, Wilmette 

Village Hall, 1200 

Wilmette Ave., Wilmette. 

Welcome Santa as he 

makes a grand entrance 

to Downtown Wilmette to 

help Village President Bob 

Bielinski light up the big 

tree in front of Village Hall 

at the Annual Tree Lighting 

Ceremony. After the 

lighting ceremony, Santa 

will hear holiday wishes 

and take photos with kids. 

Breakfast with Santa 

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Dec. 1, Wilmette Golf 

Club, 3900 Fairway Drive. 

Enjoy a pancake breakfast, 

visit with Santa, have your 

picture taken and receive 

a goodie bag. Registration 

required. Register at www. 

register.wilmettepark.org. 

Holiday Learn-to-Skate 

Dec. 5-Jan. 6, Centennial 

Ice Rink, 2300 Old 

Glenview Road, Wilmette. 

This mini-series of lessons 

is for children who have 

never been on skates, or 

who have not had formal 

lessons. Registration is 

Sunday, Nov. 25. 

‘The Nutcracker’ 

Dec. 7-9, Community 

Recreation Center, 3000 

Glenview Road, Wilmette. 

The annual Center for the 

Arts production is a popular 

holiday tradition. Tickets 

will be available online 

and in person. 

Skate with Santa 

1-2:45 p.m. Dec. 9, Centennial 

Ice Rinks, 2300 

Old Glenview Road. Can 

Santa really skate? Join 

Santa on the ice and find 

out. Activities will include 

candy cane giveaways, 

snowman building, relay 

races and a shoot-the-puck 

contest. With canned food 

donations students and 

adults get in for $4. Nonperishable 

or canned food 

items will be donated to 

the New Trier Township 

Food Pantry. 

Holiday Skating Exhibition 

3-6 p.m. Dec. 9, Centennial 

Ice Rinks, 2300 Old 

Glenview Road. The holiday 

skating exhibition is a 

showcase of park district 

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skaters’ talents that gives 

them an opportunity to 

perform for an audience. 

Last year 70 skaters were 

part of this special event. 

Stick around Centennial 

after “Skate with Santa” 

and get a glimpse of the 

up-and-coming stars. This 

program is free to the general 

public. 

ONGOING 

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. 

World War II Veterans’ 

Roundtable 

10-11:30 a.m., third 

Wednesday of every 

month, Wilmette Public 

Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave., Wilmette. World War 

II veterans gather for lively 

conversation and plentiful 

coffee. Participants rarely 

miss a meeting. Newcomers 

are welcome.

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Democrats sweep North Shore races amid ‘blue wave’ 

Staff Report 

With the highest turnout 

for a gubernatorial election 

in nearly three decades on 

Tuesday, Nov. 6, Suburban 

Cook County voters rode 

a national “blue wave” to 

push Democrats to a sweep 

in North Shore races. 

According to Cook 

County Clerk David Orr, 

and with all 1,599 precincts 

reporting, voters cast 

855,382 votes for a turnout 

percentage of 54 percent. 

Schakowsky wins 11th 

term as U.S. Rep. for 9th 

District 

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky 

(D-Evanston) and 

her supporters gathered at 

Rock ’N Ravioli in Evanston 

to watch the returns in 

the race for the 9th District 

seat. 

Schakowsky, 74, who 

has held the seat since 

1999, defeated Republican 

challenger John Elleson, 

a pastor from Arlington 

Heights. With 276 of 314 

precincts reported, Schakowsky 

received 67 percent 

(127,089) to Elleson’s 

32 percent (60,906). 

For Schakowsky, the win 

marks her 11th term in the 

seat and she will head back 

to Washington as part of a 

Democratic-led House. 

Elleson, who was running 

his first political race, 

said he learned a lot from 

the campaign. 

“This district is hard. I 

have no regrets,” Elleson 

said. “Jan congratulated me 

for running a clean race and 

I did the same to her. We 

pledged to work together 

even before this, no matter 

the outcome.” 

Reporting by Eric De- 

Grechie, Managing Editor. 

Full story at WilmetteBeacon.com. 

Gong-Gershowitz elected 

to represent District 17 in 

Illinois House 

Democrat Jennifer 

Gong-Gershowitz, an immigration 

lawyer from 

Glenview, has been elected 

to the Illinois State House 

of Representatives, topping 

Republican Peter Lee, of 

Wilmette, by 37 percentage 

points with 78 of 78 precincts 

reporting. 

According to unofficial 

election results from suburban 

Cook County, Gong- 

Gershowitz picked up 69 

percent of the vote in the 

17th district of the Illinois 

House of Representatives, 

while Lee gained 31. 

Gong-Gershowitz will 

take over the district from 

State Rep. Laura Fine (D- 

Glenview), who was promoted 

to the Illinois State 

Senate after defeating Joan 

McCarthy Lasonde, of Wilmette. 

After claiming victory, 

Gong-Gershowitz said her 

campaign was “all about 

fighting for the values I 

have fought for my entire 

life — fairness, equality 

and justice.” 

“I am proud and incredibly 

humbled to represent 

the community that I love,” 

Gong-Gershowitz said, 

adding she feels “tremendous 

pressure” to do right 

by her constituents. 

She said she will fight for 

affordable health care, public 

education funding and 

common sense gun-safety 

legislation when she gets to 

Springfield, to make up for 

a lack of action from lawmakers 

in Washington. 

“States will be front-andcenter 

in the fight for health 

care, gun-safety legislation 

and education funding,” 

Gong-Gershowitz said. 

Reporting by Jason Addy, 

Contributing Editor. Full story 

at GlenviewLantern.com. 

Democratic State Senator-elect Laura Fine (center) 

searches for election results with her campaign staff. 

Gabel retains 18th District 

Representative seat 

State Rep. Robyn Gabel 

(D-Evanston) celebrated a 

victory Tuesday night in 

the race for the 18th District 

seat in Illinois House 

of Representatives. She 

defeated Republican challenger 

Julie Cho, of Wilmette. 

With 80 of 80 precincts 

reported, Gabel received 

71 percent (36,714) to 28 

percent (14,394) for Cho. 

For Gabel, 65, the victory 

marks her fifth term in 

the seat. 

“This next term I plan 

to work on stabilizing Illinois’ 

fiscal condition, 

combatting climate change 

by moving our transportation 

sector to electric and 

our power sector to 100 

percent renewable, and increasing 

access to mental 

health services and other 

social services,” Gabel 

said. 

Cho was running for her 

first political campaign 

this year. 

The 18th district includes 

parts of Wilmette, 

Kenilworth, Winnetka, 

Northbrook, Glenview, 

Glencoe, Northfield and 

Evanston. 

Reporting by Eric De- 

Grechie, Managing Editor. 

Full story at WilmetteBeacon.com. 

State Representative-elect Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz 

(right) smiles while watching election results roll in with 

supporters Nov. 6 at Wildfire Glenview. Photos by Jason 

Addy/22nd Century Media 

Rep. Fine gains seat in 

District 9 Illinois Senate 

Rep. Laura Fine (D- 

Glenview) was voted in as 

the new state senator representing 

District 9, a seat 

vacated by Sen. Daniel 

Biss, (D-Evanston). 

After leading with 72 

percent of the votes (154 

of 154 precincts reported) 

against Joan McCarthy Lasonde 

(R-Wilmette), Fine 

thanked her voters and 

family at a watch party at 

Wildfire in Glenview. 

“People were asleep at 

the wheel years ago and 

we woke up the sleeping 

giant,” said Fine, 51, of 

Glenview. “We have been 

tremendous.” 

Before the race was 

called, Fine told 22nd Century 

Media if she won, it 

would show how people 

“really appreciate what I’ve 

been able to accomplish in 

the House.” 

Fine, a state representative 

since 2013, is an advocate 

for public education, 

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Sophie Chevalier wanted 

to make a difference. 

The Wilmette resident 

was only a high school 

junior at the time in 2015. 

Chevalier knew there was 

more than what she found 

in suburbia. She left family 

and friends and the 

conveniences of living on 

the North Shore and traveled 

to Panama in Central 

America for a summer service 

project. 

Chevalier found the experience 

so fulfilling it became 

the first of three such 

trips to Latin America. 

“I searched various opportunities 

and found a 

genuine program, Amigos 

de las Americas, a nongovernmental 

organization 

that has been working at 

empowering youth since 

1965,” Chevalier said. 

All she had to do was 

convince her parents. 

“After attending several 

informational meetings 

with our daughter about 

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spend six weeks in a remote 

community in Latin 

America,” said Tanja Chevalier, 

Sophie’s mother. 

The organization is 

considered a mini-Peace 

Corps for young people 

whose vision is a world 

where each young person 

becomes a lifelong catalyst 

for social change according 

to Tanja Chevalier. 

“There were five months 

of training beforehand 

and fundraising to finance 

community projects,” Sophie 

Chevalier said. “I 

sold pizza coupons, flowers, 

had a recycle electronics 

drive and sent letters to 

family and friends asking 

for donations.” 

Following her junior 

year at New Trier, Chevalier 

traveled to a small 

community in the Azuero 

Peninsula of Panama. She 

left her cell phone home. 

“I lived with my host 

grandmother (abuela) in 

a modest house where 

the only concrete was the 

kitchen floor,” she said. 

“There was a wood cook 

stove. The shower was a 

hose and the outhouse was 

in the back of the house. 

Some of the neighbors had 

a refrigerator they shared 

with each other.” 

Chevalier oversaw activities 

with the local 

children and worked with 

her Amigos partner from 

Seattle on community initiatives 

— renovating the 

park and community center. 

The experience was so 

fulfilling that Chevalier 

went to Nicaragua following 

her New Trier graduation 

in 2016. 

“I was not sure what I 

wanted to do in life or major 

in college so I took a 

gap year and deferred my 

freshman year,” she said. 

“I went to Nicaragua with 

Amigos as a gap year participant 

and interned with 

their national environmental 

organization, Fundacion 

Amerigos Del Rio 

San Juan-Fundar. I lived 

with another incredible 

host family and traveled to 

many parts of Nicaragua.” 

Then last June, Chevalier 

returned to Amigos for 

10 weeks. 

“This time I was a supervisor 

leading the summer 

program I originally 

Wilmette’s Sophie Chevalier, now a student at the 

University of the British Columbia, enjoys mangoes 

during a June trip to Panama. Photo submitted 

participated in,” she said. 

“At the last minute, our 

64-participant group was 

redirected from Nicaragua 

where social unrest 

rendered the country unsafe. 

We went to Panama 

instead. Amigos’ presence 

all over Latin America 

made the move almost 

seamless for us.” 

Chevalier says she made 

some of her most meaningful 

relationships there. 

“As a result of these 

experiences, I discovered 

that even at a young age 

it is possible to make impactful 

contributions to 

our world,” she said. 

Chevalier’s earliest life 

experiences also helped 

her enjoy and value what 

she learned from the culture 

and many people she 

met and lived with in Latin 

America. 

“I returned home with a 

more open mind about the 

people and what was important 

to them,” Chevalier 

said. “I learned about 

the danger of stereotypes. 

They are not necessarily 

wrong stories about a different 

culture, rather incomplete 

ones.” 

Chevalier was born in 

Paris, France and lived in a 

small town outside the city 

until she was about five 

years old. 

“Some of my earliest 

memories are of living 

there,” she said. “When I 

came to the United States 

to live, it was culture 

shock and not just whether 

fork tines should be faced 

up or down when setting 

the table.” 

She listed some differences. 

“At mealtime, adults are 

served first,” Chevalier 

said. “Here it is children 

first. Children abroad seem 

to be more respectful. 

Sports teams are separate 

from schools. Many people 

outside the U.S. tend to 

view Americans as having 

a “consumptive” attitude. 

People must have more 

things — more clothes, 

more everything. People 

stand in long lines to get 

the latest iPhone when 

they already have a good 

or newer model.” 

Chevalier and her family 

lived in Chicago before 

moving to the North 

Shore. 

She attended Chicago’s 

French School when they 

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From the Village 

Village achieves top credit 

rating 

Moody’s Investors Service, 

a leading provider of 

credit ratings, has affirmed 

the Village of Wilmette’s 

Aaa bond rating, with a stable 

outlook. This rating is 

the highest rating available 

to a municipality and affirms 

Wilmette’s strong financial 

management, while 

also providing the Village 

with lower interest costs 

on debt, thereby reducing 

the property tax burden 

on Wilmette residents. 

The stable outlook reflects 

Moody’s expectation that 

Election 

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healthcare reform and preserving 

programs for children, 

seniors, and people 

living with disabilities. 

Lasonde, a former marketing 

executive, previously 

told 22nd Century Media 

that her legislative agenda 

would include balancing 

the state budget, reducing 

taxes and ending political 

corruption. She did not immediately 

respond to questions 

from 22nd Century 

Media tonight. 

Reporting by Megan Bernard, 

Contributing Editor. 

Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com. 

Incumbent Schneider 

retains 10th District seat 

In one of the state’s most 

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will remain strong. 

“Maintaining a Aaa 

bond rating, especially in 

the State of Illinois, is increasingly 

rare and a tremendous 

accomplishment 

for the community,” Village 

Manager Tim Frenzer 

said in a press release. “The 

rating is a testament to the 

Village Board’s commitment 

to fiscal sustainability, 

professionalism, and 

good governance.” 

Additional information 

from Moody’s regarding 

the Village’s Aaa bond 

rating can be found at 

Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield), 

comfortably retained 

his seat in Congress 

over challenger Douglas 

Bennett, a Republican 

from Deerfield. 

With 100 percent of the 

vote in, Schneider, 57, 

won 66 percent of the vote 

in the 10th Congressional 

District to Bennett’s 32 

percent, the largest margin 

of victory in terms of percentage 

since the district 

was redrawn in 2011. 

“This was a campaign 

powered by people ... and 

we saw it with the result tonight,” 

Schneider said Tuesday, 

Nov. 6, in his victory 

speech to a packed room of 

supporters at the Highland 

Park Country Club. 

Just two years prior, 

Schneider reclaimed the 

district for Democrats by 

defeating former state representative 

Bob Dold, Republican 

from Kenilworth, 

with 52 percent of the 

vote, compared to Dold’s 

48 percent. 

The race was decided 

by a difference of approximately 

14,000 votes according 

to Cook County. 

The 2016 matchup 

marked the third time 

Schneider and Dold vied 

for the seat, with Schneider 

winning in 2012 and 

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Parking token refund 

deadline nears 

Parking tokens are no 

longer accepted as a form 

of payment at the Wilmette 

(Linden) CTA Station daily 

commuter parking lot. 

Commuters can redeem unused 

parking tokens at the 

first floor Finance counter 

in Village Hall until Friday, 

Nov. 2. 

If you cannot make it to 

2016, and Dold winning in 

2014. 

But in 2018, Schneider 

delivered an impressive 

showing of support to ensure 

the district would stay 

blue. 

“We don’t know what’s 

going to happen across 

the rest of the country, but 

here’s what I know for certain 

— in our district, in our 

communities, the message 

we sent two years, we amplified 

tonight,” Schneider 

said. 

“We said we are on the 

right path of unity, of opportunity, 

of the belief in 

people, in the belief of this 

country and the understanding 

of that we will create 

our future by lifting people 

up, rather than speaking to 

people down. That’s who 

we are, and I am proud of 

our district.” 

Bennett, a business 

consultant, gathered with 

his supporters at Austin’s 

Saloon, located in Libertyville. 

Despite notable endorsements, 

Bennett, a first-time 

candidate, was not able to 

flip the district this cycle. 

Bennett did not immediately 

respond to questions 

from 22nd Century Media 

on election night. 

This election cycle saw 

Village Hall during business 

hours, place unused 

tokens in an envelope along 

with your name, full mailing 

address and a contact 

phone number in one of 

the green Village of Wilmette 

drop boxes locations. 

Mailed refunds may take 

two to three weeks. 

Visit the village website 

at wilmette.com for more 

information on payment 

options and token refunds 

instructions. 

From the Village is compiled 

by Editor Eric DeGrechie 

less spending than 2016, 

with Schneider raising far 

more than his challenger. 

According to campaign 

finance records, Schneider 

received $4.2 million in 

contributions from Jan. 1 

through Oct. 17 and spent 

$2.3 million on operating 

expenditures. 

Bennett received 

$144,750 in contributions 

in the same period and 

spent $235,242 on operating 

expenditures. 

In a statement sent out 

shortly after his speech, 

Schneider outlined his 

goals for his impending 

term. 

“Over the next two 

years, I will continue to be 

always there, working hard 

to build an economy that 

works for all of us instead 

of just those at the top, improve 

our health care, and 

make progress on the important 

issues, including 

college affordability, gun 

safety and immigration 

reform,” Schneider says in 

the release. 

Reporting by Martin Carlino, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at NorthbrookTower. 

com 

Police Reports 

Thief steals nearly $800 in 

Crest Whitestrips from CVS 

Wilmette Police responded 

to CVS Pharmacy, 

1515 Sheridan Road, 

to investigate a report of 

retail theft at 3:43 p.m. 

Nov. 2 in Wilmette. The 

offender was described as 

a white male in his mid to 

late 20s standing 5 feet, 

9 inches to 5-10. He had 

dirty blonde or brown hair 

and a rounded 2-inch to 

3-inch beard. He was thin 

and wore a large olive drab 

jacket over a grey hoodie. 

He allegedly stole $772.27 

worth of Crest Whitestrips 

and fled in a gray vehicle. 

WILMETTE 

Nov. 8 

• Ricardo Lorca, 27, of 

Mundelein, was arrested 

at 8:03 a.m. Nov. 7 following 

a traffic stop in the 100 

block of Green Bay Road. 

The vehicle had been 

stopped for a minor traffic 

offense and the driver, 

Lorca, was found to have a 

suspended license. 

Nov. 6 

• A woman reported that 

between 5-5:30 p.m. an 

unknown offender(s) stole 

her wallet from her purse 

while shopping at Jewel, 

411 Green Bay Road. 

Nov. 4 

• Officers responded to a 

burglar alarm at 6:26 p.m. 

Nov. 3 in the 600 block of 

Laramie Avenue and upon 

arrival found an unopened 

safe in the walkway in 

front of the home. Drag 

marks led to the front door 

which stood open with 

signs of a forced entry. 

The drag marks continued 

through the house, up the 

damaged stairs and into an 

office. Nothing else in the 

home was disturbed. 

Nov. 3 

• A homeowner in the 800 

block of 15th Street told 

police that an unknown 

offender(s) pried/pulled 

a screen from a southside 

basement window between 

8 p.m. Oct. 28 and 9 

a.m. Oct. 31. 

• A resident reported that an 

unknown offender(s) used 

her CitiBank account information 

to make a fraudulent 

transaction on Oct. 30 

and a second fraudulent 

transaction on Nov. 2. 

• A customer at Panera 

Bread, 1199 Wilmette Ave., 

at 3:52 p.m. Nov. 2 reported 

that while dining an unknown 

offender(s) took her 

wallet from her purse. The 

offender attempted to use 

her credit cards at a Target 

in Evanston but all attempts 

were denied. 

KENILWORTH 

Nov. 2 

• A person reported their 

unlocked bicycle, valued at 

$100, was stolen between 

8 a.m. Oct. 31 and 3 p.m. 

Nov. 1 from the bike rack at 

Joseph Sears School. 

Oct. 28 

• A resident in the 500 

block of Exmoor Road reported 

the theft of a package 

delivery left on their 

front porch during the 

afternoon of Oct. 27. The 

amount of the loss is $180. 

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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Honoring Wilmette’s veterans 

Staff Report 

Spencer 

The Kelly-Malmed 

family, of Wilmette 

While the nation celebrated the many sacrifices of our men and women in the military, the Village of Wilmette 

made sure that local veterans knew of their gratitude. 

During the annual special ceremony on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, government officials were joined by the 

American Legion Post 46, and the Wilmette police and fire departments, at Veterans Park. 

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Susan Pinkowski, auxiliary president of American 

Legion Hueter-Wilmette 46, places a memorial wreath at 

a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday, Nov. 11, at Veterans 

Park in Wilmette. 

John Falk and the Wilmette Police Honor Guard 

salute past and present veterans. Photos by Rhonda 

Holcomb/22nd Century Media 

Brandon Carp, 13, a member of Boy Scout Pack 291 

holds the American flag during the ceremony. 

Wilmette Village President Bob Bielinski addresses the 

crowd. 

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“It was difficult for me 

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She plans return visits 

once she finishes college 

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relations. 

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Business uses acupuncture, Chinese medicine to heal 

Hilary Anderson 


What’s old is new once 

again. 

Acupuncture and Chinese 

medicine are thousands 

of years old. The 

practice of them in western 

culture took somewhat of a 

back seat particularly with 

the advent of drugs like 

penicillin and antibiotics. 

Now many health care 

providers are looking at 

acupuncture and Chinese 

medicine differently to determine 

how they possibly 

can help relieve pain and 

other maladies that often 

plague the human body 

and mind, sometimes alone 

or in tandem with modern, 

western medicine. 

Many refer to the use of 

acupuncture and Chinese 

medicine as “holistic.” 

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who is a licensed 

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Masters degree in Chinese 

Medicine from Evanston’s 

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Medicine. 

“Holistic medicine looks 

at the whole body to determine 

what is causing a person’s 

discomfort,” Zwergel 

said. “There is a disconnect 

between the body and the 

mind. When you treat the 

body, you treat the mind.” 

She adds that acupuncture 

treatments can have a 

positive effect on just about 

any condition. They also 

can be a form of maintaining 

wellness. 

“Acupuncture stimulates 

the body to come into balance,” 

Zwergel said. “An 

individual dealing with 

pain can manifest it in different 

ways—in the digestive 

system, with headaches 

or insomnia. It is known to 

be a pain reliever and can 

help with hormonal issues 

and even have a positive 

impact on fertility.” 

People who need to be 

eased into the idea of needles 

can try other modalities 

like acupressure and 

essential oils. 

“They are part of Chinese 

medicine, too,” Zwergel 

said. 

She says people with 

PTSD are being treated 

with acupuncture. 

“We are waiting for 

Medicare to cover acupuncture 

and Chinese Medicine 

as legitimate means of 

helping cure or alleviate the 

pain from illnesses,” Zwergel 

said. 

She says her mother 

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wins industry award in 

New York City 

Chantilly Lace Lingerie, 

located in Plaza del Lago, 

1515 Sheridan Road, recently 

captured an award 

“We moved to Evanston 

when I was 4 years old,” 

Zwergel said. “My mother 

was looking for a doctor 

who practiced holistic medicine 

because she was going 

through the “western route” 

to treat her kidney cancer.” 

Her mother began a diet 

of macrobiotics, which is a 

form of Japanese cooking, 

and started teaching classes 

in it. 

“I picked up on my 

mother’s macrobiotics 

diet and realized she was 

happy,” Zwergel said. “It 

was not an alternative but 

rather a complement to her 

modern western medical 

treatments. She ultimately 

died from the cancer but 

my siblings and I knew she 

felt better and lived longer 

than any of us expected because 

she changed her way 

of eating.” 

Zwergel said she grew up 

thinking about the different 

kinds of holistic therapies 

and their possibilities for 

treating a variety of conditions. 

“During my college 

freshman year, I developed 

inflammatory bowel 

disease (IBD), an autoimmune 

condition, and became 

even more interested 

in holistic medicine,” Zwergel 

said. “I began looking 

for what there might be to 

help me.” 

It took a several things 

— a balance of diet and 

lifestyle changes and the 

use of holistic medicine. 

“I discovered how acupuncture 

and Chinese medicine 

can be used to help 

treat a chronic condition 

like mine but I continued 

using western medicine to 

help me stay in remission,” 

Zwergel said. 

She studied marketing 

and promotion at the 

University of Colorado at 

Boulder. 

“It was not fulfilling,” 

she said. “It was then I discovered 

the Midwest College 

of Oriental Medicine 

and decided to go there for 

my Masters degree.” 

The program is about 

four years long. 

“We study everything 

from bio-medicine and pathology 

to anatomy and 

physiology,” Zwergel said. 

“We learn to help the body 

fight disease. Sometimes we 

use acupuncture and Chinese 

medicine together with 

western medicine in doing 

rehab. We learn to take time 

and listen to our patients.” 

She is a sole practitioner, 

having recently moved to 

Wilmette from her former 

location at Evanston’s 

Lighthouse Yoga. 

“One good thing about 

being a sole practitioner 

or having a small practice 

is we do not have to see a 

required number of patients 

in a given time period as is 

becoming more common 

in western medicine group 

practices,” Zwergel said. 

The use of acupuncture 

and Chinese medicine is 

becoming more popular 

even among athletes. 

at the Best of Intima magazine’s 

annual Gala Awards, 

held at the Tribeca Rooftop, 

New York City. 

An esteemed jury represented 

by 25 of the world’s 

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Wilmette-licensed 

acupuncturist Catherine 

Zwergel works on a 

patient. Photo submitted 

One well-known Olympic 

swimmer, Michael 

Phelps, used a holistic 

therapy on his back called, 

“Cupping” therapy. Visible 

little circles could be seen 

on his back when swimming 

during the Olympics. 

“It is a form of massage,” 

Zwergel said. “It helps relieve 

stress and the tissues 

heal.” 

She added some recent 

studies have shown the use 

of acupuncture may be useful 

with opioid addictions. 

Zwergel also makes 

available in her office different 

Chinese teas and 

herbs to assist and maintaining 

one’s health or help 

in healing. 

“Some Chinese herbs 

have gotten a bad rap lately 

because of possible toxins 

in them,” she said. “They 

are safe when bought from 

a reputable company or 

business like with any other 

foods.” 

Please see Medicine, 19 

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Business Briefs is compiled 

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Getting on board a unique member car 

Vintage Car 553 

provides ‘pleasant 

environment’ 

David Sweet 


The Hall family, of Wilmette, celebrate the opening of the Valerie Hall Outdoor 

Education Center at Northwestern Settlement House In The Wood camp in Delavan, 

Wis. Photo submitted 

Northwestern Settlement honors Wilmette’s 

Valerie Hall at annual House in the Wood gala 

Submitted by 

Northwestern Settlement 

More than 4,000 innercity 

children have been inspired 

to explore and learn 

about math, science and 

nature since 2015 when 

Valerie Hall, of Wilmette, 

cut the ribbon at her namesake 

outdoor education 

center in Delavan, Wis. 

During the House In The 

Wood Gala on Oct 13, Hall 

was inducted into Northwestern 

Settlement’s Hall 

of Fame at Venue SIX10 

Chicago. 

“Val and her husband, 

Bill, literally open doors 

to better futures for each 

camper and teacher who 

enters the Valerie Hall 

Outdoor Education Center 

at House In The Wood,” 

Northwestern Settlement 

President Ron Manderschied 

said. 

The Hall of Fame Award 

has been presented annually 

since 2016 to recognize 

individuals who elevate 

the Northwestern Settlement 

mission to disrupt 

poverty by nurturing, educating 

and inspiring economically 

disadvantaged 

children and families. 

Prior recipients include 

Kathy Elliott and Patricia 

M. Johnson, also a Wilmette 

resident. 

“Thanks to the inspiring 

leadership of dynamic 

women like Val, Kathy 

and Patricia, the Settlement’s 

North Shore Board 

and their friends have been 

carrying out our mission 

to disrupt poverty since 

1936,” Manderschied said. 

As a member of the 

North Shore Board of 

Northwestern Settlement, 

Hall was instrumental in 

the expansion of the House 

In The Wood summer 

camp into a holistic yearround 

program. The Valerie 

Hall Outdoor Education 

Center provides students 

and teachers a hands-on 

science, technology, engineering 

and math (STEM) 

curriculum aligned with 

Next Generation Science 

Standards (NGSS), National 

Science Foundation 

(NSF) standards and 

Common Core Curriculum 

research-based standards. 

“Renovations and the 

addition of the STEM 

program have expanded 

House in The Wood from 

serving 400 summer campers 

each year, to reaching 

over 1,000 inner-city children 

year-round,” North 

Shore Board President Alice 

Schaff said. 

The 2018 House In 

The Wood Gala raised 

$400,000 to fund traditional 

summer camp and 

outdoor education sessions 

at the Northwestern Settlement 

camp, with over 250 

guests participating in the 

fundraising auction organized 

by North Shore 

Board members Sarah 

Boulos, of Winneka, Jessica 

Fleming, of Northbrook, 

and Diane Peterson, 

of Glencoe. 

“Thanks to our friends 

and supporters, Chicago’s 

most vulnerable children 

discover a whole 

new world beyond the 

city streets,” Schaff said. 

“House In The Wood gives 

campers a joyful and nurturing 

environment to 

learn, grow, and just be 

kids.” 

Learn more at http:// 

northshoreboard.org. 

As the single-level 

green-and-yellow train 

car stops at stations across 

the North Shore, residents 

might wonder: Why is it 

completely different in 

size and appearance from 

standard Metra cars? 

Car 553 is the only operating 

membership commuter 

car on the rails in the 

United States. Unlike other 

Metra cars, this vintage 

passenger version features 

dozens of comfortable arm 

chairs that face each other 

to promote conversation, 

especially on the evening 

trip home. Memorabilia 

— framed photos of old 

steam engines, magazine 

covers, lists of original 

members — grace the 

walls. Tables are available 

in the back for members to 

place their laptops upon to 

get work done. 

“It’s a great way to be 

productive in a pleasant 

environment, and you get 

to talk with a number of 

interesting people,” said 

Devon Bruce, who volunteers 

as the head of the car. 

“It’s really a game-changer 

for a lot of us.” 

In 2017, a $100,000 

refurbishment brought a 

new refrigerator and the 

original green-and-yellow 

Chicago and Northwestern 

colors to the exterior 

that set it apart from all of 

the other silver-dominant 

Metra cars. Since Metra 

announcements of impending 

stations cannot be 

heard on the private car, 

members can enjoy uninterrupted 

conversations 

and a drink on the way 

home — but they need 

Making stops in Wilmette, Car 553 is the only operating 

membership commuter car on the rails in the United 

States. Photos Submitted 

to check their watches or 

iPhones, lest they end up 

in Kenosha. 

Car 553 arrives into 

Ogilvie Station at 8:02 

a.m. and then leaves Ogilvie 

at 5:35 p.m. It stops 

both going into and out 

of Chicago at most North 

Shore towns, including 

Wilmette, Lake Bluff, 

Lake Forest, Fort Sheridan, 

Highland Park, Glencoe 

and Winnetka. It is the 

last car on the way into 

the city and the first one 

on the way out. Members 

stroll aboard; there is never 

a crowd waiting for the 

doors to open. 

From stops such as Lake 

Forest, the price is $750 

per quarter. From Winnetka 

and nearby stops, the 

price is $450 a quarter. The 

charge also covers any use 

by family members and 

friends, which can come in 

handy for members whose 

children procure summer 

internships downtown. 

Members must also purchase 

a Metra ticket and 

are required to show it on 

the private car. Though the 

majority of members are 

male, females are more 

than welcome. When a 

non-member strolls in, unclear 

that it’s a private car, 

he or she is told that it is 

The interior of the 

train car is lined with 

comfortable arm chairs. 

and welcomed to continue 

the ride there. 

Car 553 appeared on the 

rails in the late 1940s and 

succeeded the Deerpath, 

whose original members 

include Fields, Swifts and 

other titans of Chicago industry 

who lived in Lake 

Forest. It once featured a 

barber chair, and bridge 

games among members 

were frequent in past decades. 

Those interested in applying 

for membership 

should contact Devon 

Bruce at devonbruce@ 

icloud.com or George 

Spencer at gspencer@seyencapital.com.


the wilmette beacon | November 15, 2018 | 15



New Trier graduate appears on ‘The 

Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ 

Libby Elliott 


Betsie Hicks, a North 

Shore resident and Glencoe 

restaurateur got 

15-minutes of fame — literally 

— when she made 

an impromptu appearance 

recently on “The Late 

Show with Stephen Colbert.” 

CBS’s hugely popular 

late-night talk show 

draws an average of 3.83 

million viewers a night. 

Hick’s appeared in a segment 

of the show that 

aired at 10:30 p.m. the 

evening of Oct. 29, taking 

many of her unsuspecting 

friends by surprise as they 

watched the show from 

their homes. 

“Right away we started 

hearing from friends and 

neighbors,” said Hicks, a 

Highland Park resident. 

“The calls and texts continued 

the next morning, 

even as we were heading 

to the airport.” 

Hicks and her husband, 

Frank — proprietors of 

the longstanding Green 

Bay Road-bistro, Frank 

and Betsie’s — were in the 

middle of a three-day jaunt 

to New York to visit their 

nephew, a PhD student 

at Columbia University, 

when their niece scored 

them VIP tickets to a studio 

taping of Colbert’s toprated 

show. 

Turns out, Hicks’s niece, 

who works at NBC, alerted 

colleagues at CBS to 

her aunt and uncle’s arrival. 

Soon after Hicks took 

her seat in the studio audience, 

production staff approached 

to find out if she 

suffered from stage fright. 

“I said ‘no,’ even though 

the truth is, ‘yes,’” Hicks 

said, laughing. 

Betsie Hicks (left), owner of Frank and Betsie’s 

restaurant in Glencoe and a graduate of New Trier, 

speaks with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show.” 

Photo Courtesy of CBS YouTube Page 

After signing a quick 

contract and settling in 

to watch the show, Hicks 

was pulled on stage by 

Colbert himself, who used 

the North Shore native as 

a sidekick for a Halloween 

greeting card skit called 

“First Drafts.” 

Hicks and Colbert had an 

easy rapport and wound up 

chatting on stage for more 

than 20 minutes about a 

wide range of topics, including 

Chicago’s famous 

improv troupe, Second 

City, as well as Colbert’s 

famous alma mater, Northwestern 

University. 

“The lights on stage are 

bright,” Hicks said. “And 

there are well over 1,000 

people in the audience. 

But sitting in that chair, 

right next to his desk, it 

felt like we were having a 

real conversation.” 

Hicks said she told Colbert 

about her grandfather, 

a Northwestern alum who 

graduated from the university 

during the Great Depression. 

“I mentioned that my 

grandfather’s name was 

Livingstone Porter Hicks 

and that his friends nicknamed 

him ‘Dead Rock,’” 

Hicks said. “Colbert 

thought that was pretty 

funny.” 

Hicks, who grew up in 

Winnetka and attended 

New Trier High School, 

also learned that Colbert 

attended Hampden Sydney 

College in Virginia at 

roughly the same time she 

was studying at nearby 

Sweet Briar College. 

Hicks and Colbert also 

chatted about the Chicago-based 

improvisation 

group, Second City, 

where Colbert got his start. 

Hicks’s revealed that both 

her nephew and brother 

are graduates of Second 

City’s training program. 

According to Hicks, all 

but five minutes of footage 

from her appearance 

was cut during post-production. 

“At one point, Colbert 

said ‘I’m running long 

with you, but I’m really 

enjoying our conversation,’” 

Hicks said. 

As a parting gift, Colbert 

gave Hicks a plastic 

pumpkin bucket filled with 

Halloween candy, a souvenir 

she is proudly displaying 

in her restaurant. 

“It was such an experience,” 

Hicks said. “I will 

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Op Ed 

‘American’ is an ideology, not a legal status 

WELCOMES 

Arden Pedraja 

Contributing Columnist 

What makes someone 

an American? This question 

is difficult to answer 

as U.S. culture does not 

equate nationality with 

race or ethnicity, but with 

documentation and allegiance. 

I believe my grandfather 

became an American 

when he fled communist 

Cuba in pursuit of the 

American dream, not 

when he got his papers. I 

believe my grandmother 

became an American 

not when she obtained 

citizenship, but when she 

was 11 and started to love 

this country more than her 

homeland of Germany. 

America is unique, 

then, because although 

its identity is comprised 

of hundreds of different 

cultures, we’re all unified 

by our common belief in 

the founding principles 

of this country. I strongly 

believe, therefore, that immigration 

is what makes 

this country so great, as 

we have a constant flow 

of ideas and cultural 

influences from all over 

the world. Thus, it is 

the responsibility of the 

United States to raise immigration 

quotas not only 

because immigrants make 

up the foundation of our 

country, but because the 

further absorption of these 

migrants is beneficial to 

the U.S. as well. 

Ever since Christopher 

Columbus sailed 

the ocean blue in 1492, 

immigrants have come to 

America seeking better 

opportunity. Like other 

periods in our history 

however, anti-immigration 

sentiments are currently 

on the rise with our new 

president. 

If people are scared 

that immigrants are coming 

here illegally, they 

have no reason to be as 

the Washington Post, a 

relatively unbiased news 

source, recently found that 

over 75 percent of immigrants 

are documented. 

Even with this information, 

some Americans are 

still apprehensive about 

letting in more immigrants, 

both legal and 

Please see Pedraja, 24 

Op Ed 

The difficulties of accepting more refugees 

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The refugee argument 

has flooded our government 

for years, constantly 

changing. But currently, 

the United States takes in 

thousands of refugees every 

year, but at what point 

is it too many? The implementation 

and execution 

of a massive increase in 

refugee settlement, in the 

United States, will impact 

our country in a negative 

manner. It will increase 

cost and crime, and be an 

economic drain on the U.S. 

Many people believe in 

the idea that the U.S., as a 

dominant country, has an 

obligation to be a safe haven 

for anyone who needs 

it. However, This idea 

does not take into account 

the heavy strain it could 

put on our country. The 

impact of tripling or even 

quadrupling our refugee 

acceptance is unknown, so 

how can the U.S. take the 

dangerous leap? 

Many countries have 

accepted large amounts 

of refugees over the past 

years, which has had many 

effects, including increased 

crime. Although refugees’ 

behavior can differ 

drastically, countries will 

not want to risk absorbing 

crime if it is unnecessary. 

For example, Germany 

took in about 1 million refugees 

in 2015. According 

to Reuters, violent crime in 

Germany rose by about 10 

percent from 2015 to 2016, 

and more than 90 percent 

of this crime was attributed 

to young male refugees. 

These statistics make accepting 

refugees a greatly 

concerning and risky task. 

Knowing that refugees 

have caused that amount 

of crime in Germany, how 

can the U.S. safely settle 

more refugees knowing the 

high risks of their behavior? 

Germany’s increase in 

crime rate helps illustrate 

the negative impact of 

large amounts of refugees. 

There is no way to judge, 

ahead of time, how refugees 

will behave. But what 

risks are the U.S. willing to 

take with its own safety? 

According to The New 

York Times, six Syrian 

refugees, with links to Isis, 

who were suspected of 

carrying out an attack with 

Please see Radner, 24



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A Word From The (Former) President 

Opting in: Public opinion finally prevails 

John Jacoby 


Wilmette’s Village 

President Bob 

Bielinski announced 

in a press release 

last week that the Village 

Board will be taking a 

third vote on whether 

employees in the village 

will be covered by 

Cook County’s minimum 

wage and paid sick leave 

ordinances. (Currently, 

employees are conditionally 

covered by most provisions 

of the minimum 

wage ordinance but are 

not covered at all by the 

sick leave ordinance.) The 

Village’s third go-around 

will be voted on at the 

Board’s Nov. 27 meeting. 

President Bielinski explained 

that, in light of the 

recent referenda showing 

overwhelming support for 

opting-in, “I believe that 

the Village Board should 

expeditiously implement 

the results of the referenda 

and fully ‘opt-in’ to both 

Cook County ordinances.” 

The County-wide 

referenda on November 5 

showed that 76 percent of 

Wilmette’s residents are 

in favor of the following 

proposition: “Shall the 

minimum wage in your 

municipality match the 

$13 per hour Cook County 

minimum wage law for 

adults over the age of 18 

by July 1, 2020, and be 

indexed to the consumer 

price index after that?” 

An even bigger majority, 

80 percent, are in favor 

of this proposition: “Shall 

your municipality match 

the Cook County earned 

sick time law which allows 

for workers to earn 

up to 40 hours (5 days) 

of sick time a year to take 

care of their own health 

or a family member’s 

health?” 

Any resident who isn’t 

aware of the “opt-in/ 

opt-out” controversy (it’s 

been raging in Wilmette 

for almost two years) 

hasn’t been paying attention 

to local affairs. 

Wilmette officials have 

probably scrutinized the 

County ordinances more 

closely than officials in 

any other municipality. 

Wilmette businesses and 

residents have probably 

provided more input than 

their counterparts in any 

other municipality. The 

potential impacts of the 

two ordinances have been 

studied, and a thorough report 

on the pros and cons 

has been made available 

to the community. The 

process has been transparent. 

Therefore, it must be 

assumed that Wilmette 

voters were familiar with 

the issues raised by the 

referenda and knew the 

ramifications of their 

votes. 

An earlier survey of 

Wilmette residents, conducted 

in April 2018, also 

showed strong support for 

opting-in to both ordinances 

-- 66 percent for 

opting-in to the minimum 

wage ordinance (26.7 

percent were opposed 

and seven percent were 

unsure) and 67 percent for 

opting-in to the sick leave 

ordinance (25 percent 

were opposed and eight 

percent were unsure). If 

the decision is to be controlled 

by public opinion, 

this survey was substantial 

evidence supporting 

an opt-in outcome. And 

yet, the Village Board, 

in June, didn’t consider 

Please see Jacoby, 27 

Pedraja 

From Page 20 

otherwise. 

Perhaps this apprehension 

is due to the fact that 

people are afraid immigrants 

will take away 

what Americans feel they 

deserve more: jobs, government 

assistance, etc. 

Obviously, this is hypocritical 

as almost everyone 

in this country has an 

ancestor that immigrated 

here, whether voluntarily 

or involuntarily. Therefore, 

there’s no reason 

to further limit immigration, 

a founding principle 

of this country, as most 

immigrants do come here 

legally. 

Contrary to political 

scare tactics, immigrants 

don’t, in fact, bring more 

crime and laziness into 

this country. More data 

from the Washington Post 

shows that immigrants 

are actually less likely 

to commit crimes than 

citizens. Furthermore, the 

Economist claims that 32 

percent of migrants have a 

college degree compared 

to 30 percent of U.S. 

adults. Almost all reliable 

data on immigration 

points to the fact that most 

immigrants coming here 

are hardworking and well 

educated people ready to 

contribute to America’s 

economy and society. 

Still, it makes sense why 

so many Americans fear 

the prospect of absorbing 

more immigrants, as 

politicians often use incorrect 

or exaggerated data to 

scare people into voting 

for them. As a result of 

these scare tactics, some 

Americans oppose immigration 

based off negative 

connotations rather than 

actual facts. 

Being an American is 

not a legal status, but a 

belief in this country and 

the principles that make it 

so great. My grandfather, 

now 85 and suffering from 

dementia, has forgotten 

almost all of his English 

and much of his life in 

the states. Still, when I 

asked him if he wanted to 

go back to Cuba, he said 

no, that this here was his 

home. 

As Americans who 

are lucky enough to be 

legally here, whether 

through birth or documented 

status, we have no 

right to say others cannot 

share our same privileges. 

Former President Barack 

Obama laid it out perfectly 

when he said, “We 

forgot that most of us used 

to be them”. Therefore, 

I believe it is our duty to 

use our coveted freedoms 

to advocate for higher 

immigration quotas and a 

more efficient documentation 

process. That way, 

we can once again return 

to a great nation that 

celebrates our differences 

rather than builds walls to 

divide. 

This Op Ed was submitted 

from Lindsay Arado’s civics 

class at New Trier High 

School. For the culmination 

of an immigration lesson, we 

are featuring an Op Ed from 

each viewpoint. 

Radner 

From Page 20 

explosives and weapons, 

were arrested in Germany. 

German intelligence reports 

that there are 24,000 

Islamists in Germany with 

about 700 being dangerous. 

Also, an Algerian couple, 

suspected of organizing 

a terrorist attack in 

Berlin applied for asylum 

in Germany and were 

later arrested. Terrorists are 

disguising themselves as 

refugees making accepting 

refugees a dangerous 

game of Russian roulette. 

Even though most pro-Isis 

refugees are not planning 

on organizing an attack, a 

serious attack like 9/11 does 

not require more than two 

or three people. Countries, 

especially the U.S., need to 

be more careful when accepting 

refugees since they 

cannot assume refugees 

intent or radical views. 

Refugees can come at a 

figurative and literal cost. 

According to The Washington 

Post, the U.S. spent 

around $1.56 billion on 

refugees in 2015. Increasing 

the amount of refugees 

we absorb will only 

increase this number. The 

U.S. government needs 

to set priorities. Millions 

of Americans are in need 

every day. The billions 

of dollars, coming from 

taxpayers, that would 

potentially be spent on 

additional refugees would 

be more usefully spent on 

suffering Americans. 

This is especially true 

considering the U.S. could 

help more refugees at a 

lower cost. Analysis from 

the Center for Immigration 

Studies show that for 

what it costs to settle one 

Middle Eastern refugee in 

the United States for five 

years, 12 can be helped in 

the Middle East for five 

years. At a certain point, 

settling refugees in the 

U.S. is unnecessary and 

not worth the cost. 

Refugees can place 

a massive burden on a 

country’s economy. When 

accepting a large number 

of refugees the U.S. needs 

to look at how they will 

affect the economy as a 

whole. In general, refugees 

tend to take low-skilled 

jobs. According to Politico 

Magazine, wage trends 

show that a 10 percent 

increase on the number of 

workers with a specific set 

of skills, causes at least a 

3 percent decrease in the 

wages of that group. A 

massive wave of refugees 

will affect not only 

their own, but American 

citizens’ wages, which 

will place a burden on the 

economy. 

Accepting thousands or 

millions of more refugees 

may help out other countries 

and individuals. But, 

these pros do not outweigh 

the risks, cost and strain 

accepting more refugees 

can behold on the United 

States. 

This Op Ed was submitted 

from Lindsay Arado’s civics 

class at New Trier High 

School. For the culmination 

of an immigration lesson, we 

are featuring an Op Ed from 

each viewpoint.



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posted on Nov. 6 

Follow The Wilmette Beacon: @wilmettebeacon 

go figure 

11 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Number of times Jan 

Schakowsky has been 

elected U.S. Rep. in the 

9th District, Page 3 

From the Editor 

Veterans have special 

place in local workforce 

Eric DeGrechie 


Just a few days prior 

to Veterans Day, I 

received a press 

release from the Village 

of Wilmette stating that 

12 percent of the Village’s 

workforce is made up of 

veterans. 

The Village reviewed 

employment numbers 

and found that 25 Village 

employees are veterans 

representing the Air Force, 

Army, Marines and Navy. 

Veterans are employed in 

full- and part-time positions 

providing civilian 

service in the police, fire, 

water management, village 

administration, community 

development and 

Jacoby 

From Page 24 

the survey to be controlling 

and instead decided 

to partially opt-in to the 

minimum wage ordinance 

and opt-out of the sick 

leave ordinance. 

We generally expect our 

elected officials to make 

decisions based on their 

best judgment, considering 

public opinion, but not 

bound by it. This expectation 

recognizes that many 

issues are complicated, 

and public opinion may 

engineering and public 

works departments. 

“The wide range of 

departments employing 

veterans is a testament 

to the diverse skill sets 

veterans bring to any 

workplace,” said Michael 

Braiman, assistant village 

manager. 

The Village held its 

annual Veterans Day ceremony 

with government 

officials, American Legion 

Wilmette Post 46 and the 

Wilmette police and fire 

departments taking part at 

Veterans Park. 

“The Village extends its 

gratitude to all the women 

and men who have served 

in the armed forces,” Village 

Manager Tim Frenzer 

said. “We are honored that 

many of our local veterans 

have chosen to live and 

work in Wilmette.” 

My grandfather, who 

passed away in 1997, 

served in World War II, 

one of four brothers to do 

so. I always think of them 

on Veterans Day and this 

year was no different. 

Letter to the Editor 

Centennial Prairie removal 

I am writing to express 

my complete befuddlement 

as to why the Village 

and the Park District 

Board would consider for 

one minute the idea of 

removing the Centennial 

Prairie, ostensibly to use 

the land to install an underground 

METAL stormwater 

detention tank. 

This prairie flourishes 

as a living, breathing and 

continuously growing ecosystem 

because it is where 

it belongs in the land. It accomplishes 

more than any 

metallic tank could ever do 

in its place. This prairie’s 

roots extend deeply into the 

ground, hold carbon in the 

ground, and clean the water 

taken in, thereby keeping it 

from needing to go into a 

retention tank or any other 

gray infrastructure system. 

This prairie nurtures and 

shelters birds, insects and 

pollinators of all kinds. I 

believe that removing Centennial 

Prairie is antithetical 

to ethical, intelligent 

and forward thinking stewardship 

of the land. 

The Centennial Prairie is 

a gift. It is a thing of beauty 

and a thing that can instruct 

Village government and the 

people of Wilmette on how 

we should all be working to 

utilize native plants to repair 

not be grounded on facts, 

analysis, experience, and 

law. Moreover, it’s often 

difficult to know where 

residents stand on an issue. 

The combination of a 

vocal minority and a silent 

majority can create a false 

impression. 

But what about this 

opt-in/opt-out controversy? 

Should public opinion, as 

expressed in the referenda, 

control the outcome? Under 

the unique circumstances 

of this situation, I believe it 

should. The pros and cons 

of the County’s minimum 

wage and sick leave 

ordinances were known by 

residents when they voted. 

The outcome truly reflects 

the values and philosophy 

of the community. 

In my opinion, the 

Village Board is acting 

responsibly by changing 

direction and opting-in. 

Maintaining a status quo 

that’s strongly opposed 

by 70 to 80 percent of the 

village’s residents would 

be divisive and would have 

negative consequences far 

beyond the opt-in/opt-out 

controversy. 

the environment. Instead we 

continue to cover over land 

with paving, lawns, tanks 

and invasive species from 

Europe and Asia. 

The Village and Park 

District have made some 

strides in recognizing the 

effectiveness of native 

plants in some small, discreet 

applications but fail 

to take a holistic approach 

or consider the impact of 

undoing wholly successful 

projects such as Centennial 

Prairie. A tank is a 

one trick pony compared 

to the multiple levels of 

utility the Prairie provides. 

It would truly be a shame 

and a great opportunity 

missed if the Village fails 

to preserve the Centennial 

Prairie or to take advantage 

of its service to the 

environment of Wilmette. 

Please, in the interest of 

our environment and the 

well-being of the people of 

Wilmette, preserve Centennial 

Prairie. 

Joann Dinneen 

Wilmette resident 

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the wilmette beacon | November 15, 2018 | wilmettebeacon.com 

Classic family recipes 

Cafe Pettopia delivers fan-favorite dishes in Highwood, Page 37 

Annual District 39 Educational Foundation 

event returns to Wilmette, page 31 

Shannon Zock and Kimberly 

Newman model clothing from 

Wilmette’s Vibrato Boutique at the 

annual Attire to Inspire fashion show 

Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Michigan 

Shores Club in Wilmette. Photos by 

Jill Dunbar/22nd Century Media 

INSET: Kim Taylor Smith (right) 

considers buying a wrap from 

Wilmette’s Share while Vicki Lydon 

assists.

30 | November 15, 2018 | The wilmette beacon PUZZLES 


north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Type of boat that 

tows 

4. Central 

7. Ambitious flatterer 

12. Managed care 

grps. 

14. Black tropical bird 

15. Affluent citydweller 

16. Domed recess 

17. Pennies, abbr. 

18. Says 

19. Indian lodging 

(var) 

20. Music sheet abbr. 

21. __ Cruiser 

22. Northbrook park 

25. Construction site 

sight 

30. Directs 

31. Government lending 

group’s 

33. As far as 

34. Bonehead 

36. Century, for example 

37. Papyrus plant, e.g. 

38. Everglades bird 

40. Chili con ___ 

42. PC operator, e.g. 

44. Homer Simpson’s 

neighbor, Flanders 

46. Prickly seed case 

47. Latvia capital 

48. Oration station 

50. Spanish currency 

54. “Who’s there?” 

response 

56. Catholic school in 

Northbrook 

58. Close to, abbr. 

60. Bit 

61. Oktoberfest serving 

62. Captain Cook 

“found” it 

66. Company going 

public has it 

67. Women’s magazine 

68. On a ship 

69. Comes up at 

threshing time 

70. Upward slope 

71. Fran Drescher role 

72. Rdwys. 

73. Fish catcher 

Down 

1. Palm a roof 

2. Strike caller 

3. Matthew or Mark 

4. Cockatoo 

5. Emcee’s presentations 

6. Get ready for bed 

7. ___-frutti 

8. Select, with “for” 

9. A mimic 

10. Board member: 

abbr. 

11. Granted 

13. Tremor record 

15. Nope’s counterpart 

23. Old autocrat 

24. Jeanne ___ 

26. Flee 

27. Sword type 

28. Supped 

29. Chic, in the 

1960s 

32. Discontinued 

Swedish car 

35. Resist 

38. Some tests, for 

short 

39. Oolong and 

Black 

41. One having second 

thoughts 

42. He was famous 

for spoon bending 

43. Meet 

45. Cute songs 

49. Blow up 

51. Land, as a fish 

52. “... if you want to 

avoid trouble” 

53. Main or Maple 

55. Race participant 

57. Smells 

59. Free (of) 

62. Light brown 

63. Atty.’s group 

64. Babe 

65. 007 creator Fleming 

Let’s see what’s on 

Schedule for Wilmette Community Television – Channel 6 

Thursday, Nov. 1 

Thursday, Nov. 8 

1 p.m. Zoning Board of 

Appeals 

4 p.m. NSSC Men’s Club 

Program 

5 p.m. Coach’s Corner 

6 p.m. Illinois Channel 

Programming 


Appeals 

Friday, Nov. 9–Sunday, 

Nov. 11 



Programming 


Appeals 

Monday, Nov. 12 


Programming 


7 p.m. School Board 

Meeting (Live until 

7:30pm) 

7:30 p.m. Park Board 

Meeting (LIVE) 

Tuesday, Nov. 13 

1 p.m. Park Board 

Meeting 


Meeting 

5:30 p.m. NSSC Men’s 

Club Program 

6:30 p.m. Coach’s 

Corner 

7:30 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting 

Wednesday, Nov. 14 

1 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting 


Meeting 



Programming 

8 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting 

10 p.m. NSSC Men’s 

Club Program 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column 

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

wilmettebeacon.com LIFE & ARTS 


Attire to Inspire 

supports local moms 

Alexa Burnell 


Jai Liriano, a Wilmette fashion enthusiast, looks at 

hand-made knits and leather goods made from local 

designers at the annual Attire to Inspire fashion show 

Nov. 7 at Michigan Shores Club in Wilmette. Photos by 

Jill Dunbar/22nd Century Media 

Krystal Verstraete (left) and Amy Falkowski model 

clothes from Wilmette’s Yogaview. 

Fashion trends may 

come and go, but the 

friendships that form over 

the shared goal of supporting 

school-aged children 

never goes out of style. 

For this reason, on Nov. 

7, women across the community 

put their carpool 

duties aside, coming together 

at the Michigan 

Shores Club, in support 

of The District 39 Educational 

Foundation. The 

501 (c)(3) dedicates itself 

to raising additional 

funding needed to enrich, 

expand and complement 

educational opportunities. 

It was celebrated during 

the fifth annual Attire 

to Inspire fashion show, 

where moms modeled and 

mingled, mixing fun and 

philanthropy. 

Throughout the year, the 

Foundation hosts a number 

of fundraising events – 

such as trivia nights, bingo 

nights and more, all geared 

toward parents and children. 

The fashion show, 

however, is unique in that 

it is solely geared toward 

moms, giving women a 

chance to bond outside of 

the school pick-up lines. 

New this year, was a switch 

from a daytime to an evening 

event, keeping the 

working mom in mind. 

“The event has always 

been a success, but we 

wanted to be mindful of 

moms who work full-time, 

opting for an evening event 

to make it easier for all to 

attend,” said Jen Truszkowski, 

fashion show cochairperson. 

“This night is most importantly 

about raising 

funds for initiatives that 

fall outside of the regular 

school budget, but it also 

gives women across the 

district the chance to reunite 

and relax with one 

another.” 

If making it easier for 

more women to attend was 

the goal, then the mission 

was accomplished according 

to foundation administrator 

Susan Parker. She 

reported 140 tickets had 

already been sold at the 

start of the event, meaning 

that the chance to fulfil the 

wishes of extra-curricular 

initiatives are more of a 

possibility. 

For example, the foundation 

awards funds for 

Gripp Grants, which support 

innovative and educational 

programs that 

complement the school 

curriculum. Grant applications 

are welcomed from 

teachers, staff, parents and 

students, and twice per year 

a recipient is named. In the 

past, Gripp Grants have 

supported the Connecting 

Kids playground at Romona 

Elementary, the addition 

of moticams — special 

cameras used in the science 

department at Wilmette 

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32 | November 15, 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. 

Community Kitchen 

On the first and third 

Thursday of each month a 

group meets in the church 

kitchen to prepare food for 

the Community Kitchen of 

A Just Harvest. They start 

working at about 1 p.m. 

and continue until the food 

is prepared, about 3:30. 

All are invited to come and 

participate in as much of 

that time as you are available. 

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) 

Exploring Grief 

The group meets every 

other from 7–8:30 p.m. 

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. 

Trinity United Methodist Church (1024 

Lake Ave, Wilmette) 

Saturday Morning Bible 

Study 

Small group study with 

two-hour meetings will 

cover 60 percent of the 

Bible. Facilitated discussion. 

Materials fee is $40. 

Contact Tom Board at 

tom@trinitywilmette.org 

for more information. 

Parent Observation Days 

Trinity Church Nursery 

School is hosting observation 

days for prospective 

parents. The next day is 

at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 

Nov. 27. Participants will 

get a tour of the school, see 

classes in action, meet the 

staff, and receive a brief 

presentation where they 

have an opportunity to ask 

questions. To reserve a 

spot contact Sue Gaertner 

at sue@trinitywilmette. 

org. 

Baha’i House of Wor.ship (100 Linden 

Ave., Wilmette) 

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. 

Come and Sing 

All singers welcome to 

audition for the House of 

Worship A Capella Choir. 

Weekly rehearsals are on 

Thursday evenings and 

singing from 11 a.m.-1 

p.m. on Sundays, plus 

special events. Call Music 

Director, Van Gilmer 

for more info (847) 853- 

2330. 

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. 

Submit information for 

The Beacon’s Faith page 

to Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

media.com 

In Memoriam 

Richard Charles 

Fowkes 

R i c h - 

ard Charles 

Fowkes, 82, a longtime 

Wilmette resident, died 

peacefully on Oct. 31 in 

Evanston, where he had 

lived for the past several 

years. He is survived 

by Doris, his wife of 58 

years, as well as his son 

Scott (Maria) Fowkes of 

Wilmette and his daugther 

Heather (David) Scott of 

Glenview. He is also survived 

by five granchildren: 

Michael and John Scott; 

and Alexander, Emma and 

Miles Fowkes. 

After serving in the 

Army and graduating 

from Loyola University, 

Fowkes was active in politics 

and then had a long 

and successful business 

career, first with Bell & 

Howell, then at CX Corporation 

in Seattle, WA, and 

later as a consultant. He 

was an avid tennis player, 

golfer and Chicago sports 

fan. During retirement, 

Fowkes was a fixture at 

his grandchildren’s games 

and activities in Wilmette 

and Glenview. He will be 

greatly missed by his family 

and many friends. 

Memorial Mass will 

be held at 1:00 p.m. on 

Friday, Nov. 23, at Sheil 

Catholic Center at Northwestern 

University, 2110 

Sheridan Rd, Evanston. In 

lieu of flowers, donations 

may be made to a charity 

of your choice. 

Ruth Whitley Nagle 

Ruth Whitley Nagle died 

Oct. 27 at Whitehall in 

Deerfield. Nagle was born 

in Como, N.C., to Mildred 

Barrett Whitley and Linwood 

Whitley. Predeceased 

by her parents and only sister, 

Patricia Gayle Whitley 

Gordon, and husband David 

C. Nagle. The Nagles 

lived most of their life in 

Wilmette and raised their 

three children there. More 

recently they lived in Chapel 

Hill, N.C.. Nagle is survived 

by her children: Michael 

David Nagle (Linda 

Seiler) Salt Lake City; Julie 

Ann Nagle Maranto (Anthony 

Maranto Jr.) Lake 

Bluff; and Amy Elizabeth 

Nagle, Mundelein. Grandchildren: 

Melissa Caroline 

Maranto, Lake Bluff; 

Madeline Rose Maranto 

(Michael Leventhal), New 

York; and Anthony Vincent 

Maranto III, Lake Bluff. 

Also, sister-in-law Nancy 

Nagle Widden (Rick), 

Glendale, Ariz. and brother-in-law 

Nelson Nagle 

(Janet), Tempe, Ariz. and 

beloved relatives and dear 

friends. In lieu of a service, 

Ruth wished memorials be 

made to a church or charity 

of your choice. 

Lorelei M. Shay 

Lorelei M. Shay, 89, 

died Sunday, Nov. 4, in 

McHenry. 

She was born in Chicago 

on Dec. 4, 1928, the daughter 

of Conrad and Dolores 

(Merten) Meilicke. Shay 

was a graduate of Stephens 

College for Women (Missouri). 

She was an Interior 

Designer, Artist, Professional 

Fashion Model, 

Display Designer (Carson 

Pirie Scott-State Street) 

and an accomplished Pianist. 

She married her high 

school sweetheart, William 

Shay, on Oct. 15, 1949. 

Shay had two daughters, 

Constance and Courtney. 

As a long-time resident of 

Wilmette, she was an active 

member of St. Francis 

Xavier Church and volunteer 

at the school. She was 

also an active member of 

St. Patrick’s Church and 

Holy Apostles Church in 

McHenry. She was an avid 

volunteer for many charitable 

organizations. Shay and 

her husband spent many 

wonderful years at their 

second home in Sister Bay, 

Wisconsin. Family was 

very important to her and 

she will be greatly missed. 

She is survived by her 

daughters, Constance 

Shay-Hadley, Courtney 

(Robert) Campe; grandchildren, 

Mary (Jorge) 

Reyes, Constance Kathleen 

Campe, Kathryn Shay 

(Patrick) Brown, Elizabeth 

Shay Hadley; great-grandchildren, 

Connor, Katherine, 

Shay, Colin, and Kyle. 

She was preceded in 

death by her parents, Conrad 

and Dolores Meilicke; 

husband, William Shay; 

and her brother, Ronald 

Meilicke. 

Visitation was held on 

Thursday, Nov. 8 at Colonial 

Funeral Home, 591 

Ridgeview Dr., McHenry. 

Funeral Mass was held on 

Friday, Nov. 9, at Church 

of Holy Apostles, 5211 

Bull Valley Rd., McHenry. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

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about a loved one who was 

part of the Wilmette/Kenilworth 

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34 | November 15, 2018 | The wilmette beacon LIFE & ARTS 


Ryan Black (left) and Patrick Sullivan are the owners of 

Wilmette’s Reb Records Artist Space. Photo submitted 

Wilmette’s The Artist Space 

inspires musicians of all ages 

Alexa Burnell 


One of Wilmette’s best 

kept secrets exists at 809 

Ridge Road, where nestled 

in between the dance 

studios, butchers and dry 

cleaners is a one-of-akind, 

production studio 

called Reb Records Artist 

Space. It offers aroundthe-clock 

audio creation 

for music lovers of all ages 

and interests. 

The space is the brainchild 

of Northfield’s Patrick 

“Sully” Sullivan- a 

song-writer, music producer 

and Wilmette Park District 

tennis instructor, and 

Glenview’s Ryan Black, 

an expert recording engineer 

and musician who 

works as a college-level 

audio production faculty 

member, curriculum advisor 

and administrator. 

The two were introduced 

by a mutual friend 

10 years ago and despite 

being opposites on many 

levels, they became fast 

friends, sharing the same 

genuine love for music and 

the desire to inspire other 

artists. 

“Our space at 809 is 

all about inspiration; we 

want to teach other musicians 

that artistry is limitless. 

I tell everyone, ‘this 

is about passion,’” Sullivan 

said. “So often, I hear 

someone say, ‘Oh, I’m not 

talented enough to sing or 

perform.’ But, I’m a great 

example considering I’m 

completely vocally challenged, 

yet have managed 

to make a career and a 

life out of song-writing 

and music production. 

There are no limits when it 

comes to art.” 

For Black, music has 

been part of his upbringing, 

defining his entire life. 

He has worked with the Illinois 

Philharmonic, Grant 

Park, Brevard Music Festival 

and Colorado Music 

Festival, just to name a 

few accomplishments. He 

has the experience, skills 

and background as a recording 

engineer and educator, 

finding that The Artist 

Space fulfills his innate 

desire to teach. 

“I find education to have 

no glass ceiling; we can 

inspire students by showing 

them how art, music, 

science and creativity connect 

— something I feel 

I can naturally do at [The 

Artist Space]. I’ve had 

parents call me soon after 

a lesson, expressing excitement 

over the fact that 

their child now sees trigonometry 

in a whole new 

light, due to what was 

WILMETTE 

The Rock House 

(1150 Central Ave. (847) 

256-7625) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. Friday, Nov. 

16: Family Night and 

Karaoke 

■7 ■ p.m. Saturday, Nov. 

17: In Time Out Band 

Wilmette Theatre 

(1122 Central Ave.,(847) 

251-7424) 

■7 ■ p.m. Sunday, Nov. 

18: Conversations With 

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NORTHBROOK 

Pinstripes 

(1150 Willow Road, 

(847) 480-2323) 

■From ■ open until close 

all week: bowling and 

bocce 

Northbrook Sports Center 

(1730 Pfingsten Road, 

847-291-2993) 

■7-9 ■ p.m. Nov. 17: Cosmic 

Skating 

Moms 

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GLENVIEW 

Oil Lamp Theater 

(1723 Glenview Road, 

(847) 834-0738) 

■Multiple ■ showtimes 

until Nov. 18: Performances 

of “The Front 

Page” ($35 adult, $20 

student tickets) 

Johnny’s Kitchen 

(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

(847) 699-9999) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday 

and Saturday: Live 

Music 

The Rock House 

(1742 Glenview Road 

(224) 616-3062) 

■5 ■ p.m. Friday, Nov. 

16: Family Night and 

Karaoke 


17: Jack Sundstrom 

■Noon ■ Sunday, Nov. 18: 

Sean Hefferan 

Curragh Irish Pub 

(1800 Tower Drive, (847) 

998-1100) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. every 

Wednesday: Trivia 

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Citadel Theatre 

(300 S. Waukegan Road, 

(847) 735-8554) 

■7:30-9:30 ■ p.m. Nov. 

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Amazing Technicolor 

Dreamcoat” 

Lake Forest Flowers 

(546 N. Western Ave., 

847-234-0017) 

■7-8 ■ p.m., Nov. 20: 

Wine and Design 

Market Square 

(264 Market Square, 

Lake Forest) 

■1-5:30 ■ p.m. Nov. 23: 

Lake Forest’s 35th annual 

Tree Lighting 

WINNETKA 

Little Ricky’s 

(540 Lincoln Ave., (847) 

784-1444) 

■5:30-8:30 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Nov. 15: Chamber 

Guest Bartending 

Night 

The Book Stall 

(811 Elm St., (847) 446- 

8880) 

■7-8 ■ p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

15: The Kates: Comedy 

at The Book Stall 

Elm Street Metra Station 

(754 Elm St.,(847) 501- 

2040) 

■5 ■ p.m. Dec. 2: Menorah 

Lighting 

GLENCOE 

Junior High School, pedal 

desks at Highcrest Middle 

School and so much more. 

Funding has also supported 

new science labs 

at Wilmette Junior High 

School, as well as the Science 

Olympiad and math in 

the Real World programs, 

giving students across all 

D39 campuses the access 

to educational opportunities 

above and beyond. 

Linda McKenzie, foundation 

chairperson, addressed 

the crowd, noting 

that events like the fashion 

show are the result of 

the loyalty of many. She 

thanked the following local 

businesses for their role 

in providing fashion and 

food: Exhibit, Dragonfly, 

Hubba, Vibrato, Lad & 

Lassie, Share, Londo Mondo 

and Yogaview for fashion. 

Chia Leah Bostrom 

and Fresh Market for their 

dessert contributions. 

“Year after year, we have 

received tremendous support 

from so many of the 

local businesses,” Mckenzie 

said. “They certainly 

don’t have to become involved, 

but yet, they always 

do. So many of them were 

here early in the afternoon, 

setting- up and asking how 

else they could help. Not 

only that, all of the store 

owners here tonight are offering 

an extra 15 percent 

off on sales throughout the 

remainder of the week, in 

support of our great cause.” 

As one mom model after 

another took the runway, 

women cheered for one 

another, making purchases 

and enjoying each other’s 

Tudor Wine Bar 

(1528, 338 Tudor Court, 

(847) 786-4267) 

■7 ■ p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

15: North Shore Live: 

The Adult Comedy 

Show to Benefit North 

Shore Youth. 

Takiff Center 

(999 Green Bay Road, 

(847) 835-3030) 

■10 ■ a.m.-11:30 a.m. Nov. 

17: “Snoopy Thanksgiving” 

— watch the classic 

special and enjoy a 

recreation of Snoopy’s 

Thanksgiving meal. 

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(847) 433-0304) 

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Amor: Ian Maksin & 

Guitarra Azul 

Buffo’s 

(431 Sheridan Road, 

(847) 432-0301) 

■7 ■ p.m. every Monday: 

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“What I most enjoy is 

seeing all these women 

have fun and even agree 

to model, without taking 

themselves too seriously,” 

fashion co-chairperson 

Kim Peters said. “This 

night really goes to our 

children and makes an already 

great school district, 

that much stronger.” 

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Cafe Pettopia celebrates 10 years in Highwood 

Brittany Kapa 

Contributing Sports Editor 

Mike Pettorelli created 

his own version of a culinary 

utopia 10 years ago in 

Highwood. 

Pettorelli, owner and 

head chef of Cafe Pettopia, 

has spent the last 30 years 

perfecting his culinary 

skills and is now serving 

up a mix of fan-favorite 

dishes with classic family 

recipes to area residents at 

his Highwood restaurant. 

He created a menu that 

caters to both sweet and 

savory palettes, and one 

where customers can easily 

find a dish to satisfy 

any craving. 

Pettorelli started his 

culinary journey at Kendall 

College in Chicago 30 

years ago. 

“When I went to culinary 

school, I was taught 

classical French cuisine, 

and this is nothing like 

that,” Pettorelli said. “This 

is my take on a great breakfast 

and lunch place.” 

This is the second restaurant 

Pettorelli has 

opened in his career, and 

he now focuses all of his 

efforts at the cafe in Highwood. 

He learned a few things 

from his first restaurant, 

mainly what worked and 

what didn’t, and complied 

that into what is now Cafe 

Pettopia’s selection. And 

since Pettorelli is a native 

to Highwood, he knew just 

what type of culinary excellence 

he was up against 

even before he opened 

Cafe Pettopia 10 years ago 

this month. 

“It’s tough with the 

competition, but definitely 

I love having a restaurant 

here,” he said. “It seems 

like I get more people from 

the outlying areas than 

Highwood people actually, 

which is really nice.” 

Pettorelli begins each 

day at 5 a.m. prepping almost 

everything on menu, 

and the time and effort is 

reflected in each dish on 

the menu. 

A group of 22CM editors 

visited Cafe Pettopia 

recently and sampled a 

wide array of dishes that 

Pettorelli offers, including 

the tortellacci for which 

the pasta is made in-house. 

“I’m from an Italian 

family,” he said. “The tortellacci 

is a house specialty 

and a family recipe. I had 

the tortellacci on the menu 

of my last restaurant as 

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Notice is hereby given that on 

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will conduct apublic hearing 

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Room, 1200 Wilmette Avenue, 

Wilmette, Illinois when matters 

listed below will be considered: 

2018-AR-36 3612 Lake Avenue 

Zukowski Center 

The petitioner requests avariation 

to install a ground sign on aproperty 

with less than 100 feet of 

street frontage at the property identified 

as 05-30-312-013-0000. 

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Richard Brill 

Mason Miller 

Charles Smith 

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will conduct apublic hearing inthe 

Council Chambers ofVillage Hall, 

1200 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, 

Illinois when matters listed below 

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2018-Z-51 2701 Orchard Lane 

Arequest by Silviu Nistor for a 

1.19' side yard pergola setback 

variation to permit the retention of 

an attached pergola onthe property 

identified as Property Index Number 

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2018-Z-52 620 Forest Avenue 

Arequest by Joy and Scott Pickens 

for a 0.33' fence pier diameter 

variation to permit the reconstruction 

of two fence pillars on the 

property identified as Property Index 

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2018-Z-54 611 Forest Avenue 

A request by Jessica and Peter 

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parking space inarequired front 

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space setback variation, and a 

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Document (“2019 Budget”) has 

been submitted to the Wilmette 

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Trustees. The tentative annual 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Mary Kate Lopez 

The Loyola senior, who 

will be playing volleyball 

at Oregon State next 

season, is also the starting 

goalie on the water polo 

team. 

Do you have any 

superstitions before, 

during, or after a 

match? 

Before a match I always 

look at the flag and identify 

the five outer stars 

on each corner. So like, 

in my head, on the left 

corner, there's like the star 

in the middle and then 

four stars around it and I 

like go around it with my 

eyes in a circle. And then 

I go to the next corner ... 

It's super weird. But I do 

it every time during the 

national anthem. 

What's one thing 

people don't know 

about you? 

I used to have pet snails in 

third grade. I had probably 

around 20. 

What's the biggest 

difference between 

playing water polo 

and volleyball? 

They're very similar. Very 

similar. I mean there's 

the obvious one which is 

it's not in water, playing 

volleyball. But yeah, 

water polo can be a very 

individual sport. Like you 

can have one really good 

player, but volleyball you 

need six good players to 

be effective. 

What's one item on 

your bucket list? 

To go skydiving. 

What's one of your 

biggest pet peeves? 

People chewing really 

loudly. 

If you could go 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go and why? 

I would definitely go 

to Spain with my dad, 

because he went with his 

sister, and like totally traveled 

around and he said 

it was really cool. So, I 

would totally wanna go 

with him when I'm older. 

What's the best part 

about being a Loyola 

athlete? 

I think the fan base. 

Loyola has such a good 

fan base and they always 

show up. Especially for 

our big games and the 

program really supports 

each other, and other 

programs support each 

other, especially girls 

sports. Yeah. 

What's the best 

part about playing 

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volleyball? 

It's team sport and yeah. It 

teaches you to work with 

other people, even if you 

don't know them, or you're 

getting to know them. 

If you could play 

another sport what 

would you play and 

why? 

I would definitely continue 

playing basketball. I 

miss playing basketball. 

What's been your 

favorite moment at 

Loyola? 

My favorite moment at 

Loyola was definitely going 

down state for water 

polo. That was the highest 

level of competition, well 

like obviously beside volleyball, 

but it was something 

completely random. 

No one expected us to be 

so good. And we were the 

complete underdog. Took 

everyone by surprise. 

And yeah, it was a group 

effort. It was, Oh my gosh 

it was so hard, but it was 

amazing. I've never experienced 

anything like it. 

Interview by Sports Editor 

Michael Wojtychiw 

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast 

Guys talk huge Loyola football 

win, announce volleyball honors 

Staff report 

In this week’s episode of 

The Varsity: North Shore, 

hosts Michal Dwojak and 

Michael Wojtychiw tell 

talk about another Loyola 

win over Maine South, 

and announce the Team 22 

girls volleyball team and 

Girls Volleyball Coach and 

Player of the Year awards. 

First Quarter 

Dwojak and Wojtychiw 

recap an LA football win. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Second Quarter 

The guys announce the 

all-area girls volleyball 

teams awards. 

Third Quarter 

The guys recap the 

swimming sectional and 

preview the state meet. 

Fourth Quarter 

They preview another 

huge game for the Ramblers 

against Lincoln-Way 

East.

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This Week In... 

Trevian varsity 

athletics 

Boys basketball 

■Nov. ■ 19 - host Mather, 5 

p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 20 - host U-High, 5 

p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 21 - at Loyola, 6:30 

p.m. 

Girls basketball 

■Nov. ■ 14 - host Fenwick, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 17 - host Bogan, 

noon 

■Nov. ■ 20 - at Warren, 7 

p.m. 

Boys bowling 

■Nov. ■ 15 - host Glenbrook 

North (at Classic Bowl), 

4:30 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 19 - host Niles North 

(at Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m. 

Boys fencing 

■Nov. ■ 17 - at Waukesha 

catholic Memorial (Wis.) 

Invite, 9 a.m. 

Girls fencing 

■Nov. ■ 17 - at Waukesha 

Catholic Memorial (Wis.) 

NORTH SHORE 

Game of the Week: 

• Lincoln-Way East (12-0) at Loyola Academy 

(9-3) 

Other matchups: 

• Brother Rice (12-0) at Marist (11-1) 

• Batavia (12-0) at Nazareth Academy (11-1) 

• Cary-Grove (12-0) at Notre Dame (10-2) 

• Montini (11-1) at Sterling H.S. (11-1) 

• Rochester (11-1) at McNamara (11-1) 

• Mount Carmel (11-1) at St. Charles North (9-3) 

Invite, 9 a.m. 

Girls swimming and 

diving 

■Nov. ■ 16 - at IHSA State 

Finals (at Evanston), 3:30 

p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 17 - host IHSA State 

Finals (at Evanston), 11 

a.m. 

Wrestling 

■Nov. ■ 20 - host Niles North 

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• Lincoln-Way East 17, Loyola 10 

Two juggernauts in a slugfest, what 

more could you ask for? But the 

defending-champ Griffins are an 

all-time great and make a couple 

more plays. 

• Brother Rice 

• Nazareth 

• Cary-Grove 

• Montini 

• Rochester 

• Mount Carmel 

(with St. Charles East and 

Grant), 6 p.m. 

Rambler varsity 

athletics 

Boys basketball 

■Nov. ■ 19 - host U-High, 5 

p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 20 - host Mather, 5 

p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 21 - host New Trier, 

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Griffins’ are road warriors, and it’s 

hard to pick against a team who 

hasn’t lost a game in two years. 


• Nazareth Academy 


• Montini 

• Rochester 


67-17 

MICHAL DWOJAK | 


• Loyola 14, Lincoln-Way East 13 

The Ramblers’ revenge tour continues, 

barely escaping the defending 

champions in Wilmette. 


• Nazareth 


• Montini 

• Rochester 


6:30 p.m. 


■Nov. ■ 15 - host Warren, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 17 - at Phillips, noon 

Nov. 20 - at Fenwick, 

6:30 p.m. 

Boys bowling 

■Nov. ■ 17 - at Invite (at 

Hillside Bowl), noon 

■Nov. ■ 20 - vs. Notre Dame 

(at Hableter Bowl), 4:30 

p.m. 

Girls swimming and 

diving 


Finals (at Evanston), 3:30 

p.m. 


Finals (at Evanston), 11 

a.m. 

Panther varsity 

athletics 


■Nov. ■ 15 - host Intrinsic, 

7 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 16 - vs. Joliet 

Catholic (at IC Prep), 6 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 17 - vs. Evergreen 

Park (at IC Prep), noon 

■Nov. ■ 20 - vs. Niles North 

(at IC Prep), 7 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 21 - vs. TBA (at IC 

Prep), TBA 

Raider varsity 

athletics 


■Nov. ■ 16 - host Lake View, 

6:30 p.m. 

loyola 

From Page 46 

10 passes and when he 

tried to elude the oncoming 

Ramblers he netted 

only seven yards in seven 

carries. After Loyola 

scored the touchdown that 

increased its lead to 10-0 

the harried Dow was relieved 

by fellow senior 

Bobby Inserra with fiveand-a-half 

minutes to play 

in the third quarter. 

The highly-regarded son 

of coach Dave Inserra began 

the season as the starting 

quarterback but was 

sidelined with a leg injury 

in game 2 against Mount 

Carmel didn’t return until 

the last regular-season 

game against Niles West. 

When he entered the 

quarterfinal contest, his 

passing and scrambling 

runs immediately activated 

the dormant Hawks’ 

offense and they drove to 

the Loyola 21 before being 

stopped on downs. 

However, on their next 

possession Inserra was 

sacked by linebacker Armoni 

Dixon for a 9-yard 

loss on second down and 

then his third down pass 

was intercepted by Jake 

Gonzalez and returned 26 

yards to the Maine South 

7, setting up the touchdown 

scored by Gavric. 

67-17 63-21 

MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW | 

Sports Editor 


Both teams have really strong 

defenses, but it’s hard to go against 

a team that hasn’t lost in two years, 

even if the game is in Wilmette. 


• Nazareth 


• Montini 

• Rochester 


MARTIN CARLINO | 

Contributing Editor 


The Ramblers made me eat my 

words last week with an impressive 

showing, but I think the LWE 

offense overmatches LA’s defense 

this week. 


• Batavia 


• Montini 

• Rochester 


The Ramblers kept the 

heat on Inserra, who finished 

with three completions 

in six attempts for 

37 yards and had minus-7 

yards to show for his six 

scrambles. They forced 

Maine South to punt the 

next time it had the football, 

and they then ran out 

the clock, thanks to Trevor 

Cabanban, who carried 

11 straight times, before 

running-mate Gavric (16 

carries, 47 yards) made the 

one-yard run that ended 

the game. 

“It was great to see 

Trevor (70 yards in 21 

rushes) and Michael hitting 

the holes and breaking 

tackles,” Holecek said. 

Complementing their 

running was the passing of 

Fallon, 13 completions in 

25 attempts for 131 yards. 

Boos hauled down four 

receptions for 38 yards 

and Artie Collins grabbed 

three for 55 yards. 

“The first half we were 

a little off (on offense) but 

the defense was amazing,” 

Fallon said. “The line took 

over the game. Then, in 

the second half our offense 

improved and we scored 

the touchdowns. We’re 

playing our best football 

of the season.” 

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Rowing 

New Trier boys make history at Head of Charles Regatta 

SUBMITTED BY NEW TRIER 

ROWING 

For the third consecutive 

year, the New Trier Boys 

1st Varsity 8+ boat earned 

a medal in the prestigious 

Head of the Charles Regatta 

in Cambridge, Massachusetts 

on Oct. 20-21, 

2018. For this event, medals 

are given to the top five 

finishers. 

The New Trier Boys’ 

1V finished fourth out of 

85 teams competing in 

the Mens Youth 8+, after 

placing third in 2016 and 

2017 — making New Trier 

the only U.S. high school 

team to medal three years 

in a row in the history of 

the Head of the Charles. 

The New Trier Girls 1st 

Varsity 8+ boat battled 

strong headwinds and a 

crowded course to finish 

22nd out of 85 crews. 

“They competed fiercely 

and with great composure,” 

said Rose Marchuk, Program 

Director of Rowing 

at New Trier, Head Coach 

and Varsity Girls Coach. 

Head Boys and Varsity 

Boys Coach Nate Kelp- 

Lenane said the regatta 

had “a deep and competitive 

field,” with weather 

conditions “some of the 

most difficult I have seen 

on the Charles River.” 

New Trier Girls finished 

the difficult course, 

spanned by bridges, in 

19:15:7. New Trier Boys 

finished in 16:28:454. 

The Head of the Charles 

contest is the world’s largest 

two-day rowing event, 

drawing more than 11,000 

athletes and hundreds of 

thousands of spectators lining 

the banks of the Charles 

River. Race day started 

with rain; temperatures 

were cold and wind was 

heavy throughout the day. 

New Trier sent its top 

eight-boats, one boys’ and 

one girls’, to compete in 

two of the 61 different race 

events. Crews compete 

against one another and 

the clock, which starts sequentially 

fifteen seconds 

apart. 

Boys captain and varsity 

rower Peter Skinner, a senior 

at New Trier, praised 

New Trier Rowing Boys First Varsity 8+ poses after taking fourth place at the Head of the Charles Regatta. PHOTO 

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coxswain Jonah Rane for 

steering a fast course. 

“We were very happy 

with a fourth place finish 

because the only crews 

ahead of us were this year’s 

Youth National Champions 

Sarasota crew, this year’s 

Henley champions St. 

Paul’s School from London 

and RowAmerica Rye. Our 

boat, composed of 8 seniors 

and 1 junior, has put 

a lot of time into the sport 

and this team, so it was an 

honor to represent New 

Trier at the biggest regatta 

in the world,” he said 

Girls varsity coxswain, 

senior Rachel Rane, said, 

“We left everything on 

the water. Although we 

weren’t satisfied with the 

end result, the process it 

took from the beginning 

of the season to being able 

to race at the Head of the 

Charles is all we could’ve 

asked for and more.” 

The rowers who participated 

in the event were: 

Boys: Cox Jonah Rane, 

Carl Borsotti, Peter Skinner, 

Charles Coppieters, 

Charlie Fargo, Nick Woehrle, 

Scott Buzard, Pierce 

Brachmann and Enzo 

Sorano. Spares included 

Josh Pickard and Quinn 

Ragusi. 

Girls: Rachel Rane, Lily 

Feinerman, Hannah Lerner, 

Allison Elli, Janie Rudolph, 

Katherine Figura, 

Claire Melgard, Yida Hao 

and Marilyn Gao. Spares 

included Emily Axelrod 

and Kelly Hagedorn. 

poy 

From Page 44 

Loyola kid, I wanted to be different 

and I wanted to go big and I 

think Oregon State is the perfect 

place for me to do that. 

"What really got me honestly, 

is that it's such a big program, but 

they're so close. It's a family. . I 

can't even describe it without being 

there but, it's so different than 

anything I've ever seen and I'm really 

excited to be a part of it." 

According to Lopez, the Beavers 

will be looking for her to 

make an impact from the time she 

steps onto the court next summer. 

Loyola's head coach Mallory Thelander 

told us what type of athlete 

the Beavers are getting next season. 

"They're getting an ideal athlete 

that a player, any coach would 

want," she said. "She does not 

let up when it comes to working. 

She always comes and works her 

hardest in practice, every day. It 

doesn't matter. She never thinks 

that anything is given to her or 

that she's going to go up and get 

the kill no matter what. 

"She's got pretty much everything 

you could ask for in a player." 

But before she heads off to college, 

Lopez will try to help lead the 

Loyola girls water polo team back 

to the state finals. Lopez is the 

squad's starting goalie and helped 

the Ramblers to a fourth-place finish 

last season, a tie for the program's 

best finish in its history. 

All that from a player who 

thought she was going to play in 

the WNBA. 

"Growing up, I actually, until 

probably seventh grade, I wanted 

to play in the WNBA," Lopez 

said. "Basketball was totally my 

thing. My mom was my coach. 

"But it (eighth grade) was just 

time to decide whether or not 

I was really serious about volleyball 

or not. And I was getting 

more serious and moved to a more 

serious club and, it was just a bigger 

time commitment." 

Pretty safe to say that Loyola 

girls volleyball, water polo and 

seen to be Oregon State volleyball 

are all happy with Lopez's decision. 

Thelander 

From Page 44 

us. It really kind of registered 

in my head like ‘Alright, I 

think we can do this.’” 

The Ramblers 2018 success 

won’t be a one-off situation 

either, Loyola will lose four 

senior starters from this year’s 

squad, eight seniors in total, but 

the future of the program will 

not dim. Multiple members of 

this year’s varsity squad saw 

plenty of action on the court due 

to injuries sustained by some of 

the starters, giving them valuable 

experience. They will be 

joined by a junior varsity squad 

that finished the season with a 

perfect 32-0 record. 

One of the themes of the 

season was to build a name 

for Loyola volleyball, and the 

coach feels this season helped 

lay the foundation for that. 

“I also think the best thing is 

having the lower levels there 

to support the varsity team 

and kind of see that and look 

up to that,” she said. “That’s 

what I hope that they’re thinking 

‘OK, that’s going to be me 

next year. That’s going to be 

me in two years.’ And then just 

knowing this is what Loyola 

is all about and they really 

wind up putting in the work in 

the off season to then get that 

same success for them in the 

years to come.”



Girls Volleyball Player of the Year 

Lopez's vocal leadership 

plays role in Loyola's success 


Sports Editor 

Mary Kate Lopez has always 

been a silent leader, 

one that leads by example. 

However, coming into 

her senior season on the 

Loyola girls volleyball 

team, she was hoping to 

expand on that more. 

"I've always been a silent 

leader not really a verbal 

leader," she said. "But 

just being more comfortable 

being loud like being 

myself, being aggressive 

not just on the volleyball 

court is something I really 

improved on this year. 

"I think our success on 

the court has helped me 

develop who I am off the 

court too, as a person." 

Her leadership played a 

big role in why Loyola had 

its most successful season 

in recent memory, helped 

lead the Ramblers to a sectional 

title, 30 wins and 

one step away from a trip 

downstate. It's also one of 

the things that helped her 

earn 22nd Century Media's 

inaugural Girls Volleyball 

Player of the Year award. 

The 2018 season marked 

Lopez's third season on 

Loyola's varsity squad, but 

the first one in which the 

6-foot-3-inch lefty moved 

into the setter/right-side 

hitter role. Despite setting 

for her club team in 

the offseason, Lopez had 

primarily been a hitter the 

past two seasons. 

Having set for multiple 

offseasons though made 

the transition smooth for 

her though. 

"And I think just setting 

literally, and figuratively 

setting also is one of my 

strengths," she said. "I like 

Loyola’s Mary Kate Lopez takes a swing against New 

Trier earlier this season. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

how exciting hitting is but 

I'm more of a ... I think I'm 

more of a team player my 

personality wise. So hitting 

is exciting and it's cool 

to be tall, but I like setting 

more in the long run." 

With a team of eight seniors 

and multiple starters 

returning from last year's 

squad, the Ramblers, despite 

the coaching change, 

had some lofty expectations 

for themselves coming 

into the season. Some 

of those goals, like finishing 

top three in the Girls 

Catholic Athletic Conference 

and making it to 

the sectional finals were 

achieved, something the 

team was happy to be able 

to bring to fruition. 

The 2018 season marked 

the first time a Loyola 

player, Lopez, was named 

the GCAC Player of the 

Year in a long time, if ever. 

The award came to a shock 

to the senior. 

"I really didn't even 

know that (Player of the 

Year award) was a thing," 

she said. "Even when I was 

younger, my dream was to 

be known for what I can 

do, and just prove what I 

can do and have my reputation 

precede me. 

"It was an amazing 

honor and I'm absolutely 

thrilled that I won it." 

Lopez became Loyola's 

first-ever Pacific-12 Conference 

recruit when she 

committed to play at Oregon 

State University in the 

summer between her sophomore 

and junior seasons. 

While wanting to play 

in arguably the nation's 

toughest conference was 

definitely a draw, there 

was something different 

about going out west for 

college. 

"A lot of Loyola kids 

stay in the area or go East 

Coast or to the Ivys," she 

said. "Because I don't envision 

myself as a normal 

Please see POY, 43 

Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year 

Thelander’s foundation sets 

Ramblers up for success 


Sports Editor 

When Mallory Thelander 

took over as Loyola 

Academy’s girls volleyball 

head coach last spring, 

one of the first things she 

wanted to do was change 

the culture of the program. 

The team was coming 

off of an upset in the 

regional semifinals and 

needed a fresh start. 

“I wanted to develop a 

sense of culture throughout 

the program, not just 

varsity,” Thelander said. 

According to Thelander, 

a lot of teams do big sister, 

little sister program, 

but when she was the head 

coach at Evanston the Wildkits 

did what she called 

families. Groups of four 

to five girls, all at different 

program levels, made up a 

group of volleyball players 

that would meet together 

before matches to support 

the team. 

“I wanted those girls to 

get to know me but also 

get to know each other,” 

the coach said. 

It didn’t take long for the 

girls to buy into the program, 

Thelander said. The 

athletes embraced that culture 

throughout the season. 

The newly adopted culture 

could even been seen in 

the stands, as members of 

the varsity team attended 

freshman and junior varsity 

matches, and players 

from the younger levels 

showed their support for 

the Ramblers at their supersectional 

match against 

Prairie Ridge. 

Thelander won 22nd 

Century Media’s inaugural 

Girls Volleyball Coach of 

the Year award for not only 

the installation of a new 

Loyola Academy coach Mallory Thelander, 22nd 

Century Media’s 2018 Coach of the Year, gives 

instructions to her squad during the sectional final 

match against Fremd Oct. 31 in Wilmette. 22nd Century 

Media File Photo 

culture, but also bringing 

Loyola to heights it hadn’t 

achieved. 

The Ramblers won 

30 games, beat Mother 

McAuley for the first time 

in program history, won a 

sectional title for the first 

time since 2015 and got 

within one match of going 

to the state’s final four 

for only the second time in 

program history. 

“Coming into the season, 

I definitely thought 

that we should go fairly 

far in the postseason,” the 

coach said. “Going into 

the regional championship, 

it was kind of one of 

our big goals that I had for 

them was to at least make 

it to the sectional round. 

I was very excited when 

we actually made it all the 

way to the supersectional; 

especially after that big 

win against Hersey.” 

With three seniors committed 

to play Division-I 

volleyball next season, 

many expected the Ramblers 

to make a deep playoff 

run. Mary Kate Lopez 

(Oregon State University), 

Elizabeth Ford (University 

of Pennsylvania) and 

Anne Martinson (Colgate 

University) were all key 

components to Thelander’s 

lineup this season, but 

there were two moments 

that really solidified Thelander’s 

suspicions. 

“We had just played 

New Trier in their tournament, 

the first tournament 

of our season, and we lost 

to them in three,” she said. 

“Coming back three days 

later and just annihilating 

them, I think that was kind 

of in my head like, ‘OK, 

these girls are here to compete, 

truly.’ 

“I think that New Trier 

and McAuley ended up 

being a mental game for 

them, and so for them to 

just come out and dominate 

like that was huge for 

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girlS Volleyball 

Welcome to the 22nd Century Media All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to the help from 

area coaches, and the eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected 

from six high schools — Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park 

(HP), Lake Forest (LF), Loyola Academy (LA) and New Trier (NT) — in our coverage area. 

FirST Team 

Second Team 

Outside Hitters 

Alyssa Thrash, LF junior 

• 243 kills, 270 digs; The 

second-year varsity player, and 

team MVP, led the Scouts in 

kills and had the second most 

digs on the team. 

Outside Hitter 

Ireland Hieb, HP senior 

• 292 kills, 43 aces, 132 

digs, 33 blocks; The Team 22 

First Team returnee had an 

impressive end to her career, 

leading the Giants the same 

year she was named Central 

Suburban League North Division 

Player of the Year. 

Outside Hitter 

Mary Kate Lopez, LA senior 

• 248 kills, 70 blocks, 389 

assists; An Oregon State 

commit, and the first Loyola 

Pacific-12 Conference recruit, 

Lopez was the Girls Catholic 

Athletic Conference Player 

of the Year and earned All- 

Conference honors. 

Middle BlOcker/Hitter 

Elizabeth Ford, Loyola senior 

• 117 kills, 69 blocks; The 

University of Pennsylvania 

commit didn’t let missing 

eight games due to injury get 

in the way of a strong season. 

She was an All-Conference 

honoree. 

Middle BlOcker/Hitter 

Maggie Bodman, NT junior 


CSL All-Conference selection 

always seemed to be there 

whenever the Trevians needed 

a big kill. 

Taite Ryan, NT senior 

• 145 kills, 25 aces, 177 digs, 

27 blocks; A CSL All-Conference 

honoree and Dartmouth 

College commit, Ryan was a 

key part of a talented Trevians 

attack. 

Middle BlOckers/Hitters 

Gillian Klise, NT senior 

• 52 blocks, 106 kills; Klise 

earned CSL All-Conference 

honors after providing New 

Trier a threat from the middle. 

Erin Rosdahl, GBN senior 


Spartan earned CSL All- 

Conference honors after she 

was a steady force for GBN. 

setter 

Payton Hielscher, NT senior 

• 517 assists, 38 aces, 123 digs; The CSL 

Co-Player of the Year helped lead a dominant 

Trevians attack. Hielscher will play at Boston 

College next fall. 

liBerO 

Maggie Myers, GBN senior 

• 300 digs, 23 aces; Named to the CSL 

All-Conference team, Myers was a consistent 

player for the Spartans. 

Honorable mentions: 

OH Kendeall Smith, GBS junior; 

MH Kate Gregory, GBS senior; OH/ 

MB Vanessa Kuliga, GBS junior; S 

Casey Brown, GBN junior; OH Madilyn 

Schooley, GBN senior; OH Olivia Carter, 

HP senior; MB Georgia Sullivan, HP 

junior; MB Helena Grobelny, HP senior; 

OH Caroline Graham, LF sophomore; S/ 

RH Anne Martinson, LA senior; OH Lizzie 

Walker, LA senior; OH Julia Martinez, 

LA senior; OH Cat Flood, NT junior; OH 

Maddie McGregor, NT senior 

setter 

Allyson Gordon, HP senior 

• 541 assists, 28 kills, 33 

aces, 209 digs; Gordon, a four 

time All-Conference player, put 

together a career year in her 

final run with the Giants. 

liBerO 

Ella Weil, HP senior 

• 242 digs, 29 aces; Vying to 

beat her own dig record from 

last season, Weil was a crucial 

player for the Giants.



Loyola picks up second straight shutout 

Neil Milbert 


After avenging their loss 

to the team that defeated 

them in the 2016 Class 8A 

state championship contest 

in a quarterfinal road 

game on Saturday, Nov. 

10, the Loyola Academy 

Ramblers will return home 

on Saturday, Nov. 17, for 

a semifinal encounter in 

which they will try to bring 

down the team that beat 

them in the 2017 Class 8A 

state title game. 

The 19th-seeded Ramblers 

went into the quarterfinal 

at sixth-seeded Maine 

South as the underdogs but 

they were dominant from 

start to finish in every 

statistical category in recording 

a 17-0 victory that 

stretched their winning 

streak to six games. 

Now, Loyola (9-3) must 

challenge second-seeded 

and defending champion 

Lincoln-Way East (12-0), 

which was a landslide 50- 

14 winner in a quarterfinal 

home game against 23rdseeded 

Edwardsville (8-4) 

that extended its two-season 

winning streak to 26 

games. 

In 2016, the Ramblers 

flaunted a 30-game winning 

streak that ended 

when they last met Maine 

South and lost 27-17 in 

the championship game, 

making the payback in the 

quarterfinals all the more 

sweet for the seniors. 

“It was in the back of 

our heads,” center Joe Naselli 

said. “Great win for 

us and the guys who fell to 

them in 2016 — great win 

for our program, especially 

on their home field. The 

defense played great and 

the offense came on strong 

in the second half when we 

needed it.” 

The only other loss for 

the Hawks (10-2) was by 

three points against Barrington 

in the second week 

of the regular season. They 

went into the quarterfinal 

game averaging 37.2 

points per game and they 

had scored 21 points or 

more in every outing. 

Loyola wasn’t one bit 

intimidated. Instead the 

Ramblers bullied their 

highly-regarded opponents 

— recording 17 first 

downs to the Hawks’ 3, 

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piling up 256 net yards to 

the home team’s 71 and 

controlling the football for 

30 minutes, 46 seconds of 

the 48 minutes. The winners 

were 9-for-18 in third 

down conversions, while 

the losers were 0-for-10. 

The Ramblers penetrated 

to the Maine South 28- 

yard line during their first 

possession and the home 

team’s 44 on their second 

possession. The third time 

they had the football they 

got down to the 10 before 

being forced to settle for 

Nate Van Zelst’s 27-yard 

field goal with 74 seconds 

to play in the opening 

quarter. 

They began the third 

quarter by going on a 13- 

play touchdown drive that 

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1. Loyola defense – allowed 71 total yards and three first 

downs all game 

2. Jake Gonzalez, S – fourth-quarter nterception return for 

26 yards 

3. Jack Fallon, QB – 131 passing yards, 1 TD 

covered 70 yards. The TD 

came on Rory Boos’ justinbounds 

end zone catch of 

a 10-yard pass from Jack 

Fallon and the big play en 

route was Matt Mangan’s 

23-yard catch of Fallon’s 

pass in a third-and-seven 

situation at the Loyola 33. 

On the Ramblers’ first 

possession of the fourth 

quarter, they padded their 

lead when Michael Gavric 

rammed over from one 

yard out and Van Zelst 

kicked his second extra 

point. 

“The second touchdown 

was very important and 

after the third (quarter) we 

felt very good,” Loyola 

coach John Holecek said. 

“When they are going to 

have to score three times 

Loyola’s Trevor Cabanban (8) weaves his way out of 

the grip of Maine South defenders and up the field 

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against our defense with 

that kind of pass rush it’s 

going to be very hard to 

do. 

“It was a very satisfying 

win. Our pass rush did a 

great job. When they were 

open our pass rush got 

there so the quarterbacks 

couldn’t find the receivers. 

We tried to take away their 

best player No. 2 (wide receiver 

Ryan Kilburg); we 

had to double-cover him 

(in limiting him to three 

receptions for 23 yards).” 

The shutout was the 

second of the season for 

Loyola with the first coming 

in a 22-0 triumph the 

previous Saturday against 

then-undefeated secondround 

opponent Oswego. 

Holecek lauded defensive 

lineman Conor Hough 

and linebackers Mike Kadus 

and Sam Schierloh. 

“Conor is a determined 

smart kid who works his 

butt off,” he said. “Mike 

and Sam are very smart 

and they’re so consistent; 

if they make mistakes they 

correct them immediately.” 

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quarterback, Cole Dow, 

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Girls swimming and diving 

Depth leads New Trier to sectional crown 

1st-and-3 

22CM FILE PHOTO 

Three STARS of the 

week 

1. Carly Novelline 

(above). The New 

Trier freshman 

girls swimmer 

qualified in 

four events at 

the sectional, 

including a win 

in the 50-yard 

freestyle. 

2. Leslie and Alexis 

Wendel. The NT 

swimming sisters 

both qualified in 

three events for 

the state meet. 

Both in the 400- 

yard free relay 

and 200-yard 

free. Alexis also 

made it in the 

500-yard free and 

Leslie in the 100- 

yard butterfly. 

3. Michael Gavric. 

The LA running 

back scored the 

game-clinching 

TD against Maine 

South. 

David Jaffe 


New Trier has a bright 

future with a lot of young 

talented swimmers. 

But those swimmers are 

succeeding in the present 

as well. The Trevians qualified 

at least one swimmer 

for the IHSA state meet 

in every event during the 

Glenbrook North Sectional 

Saturday, November 

10. Five of the swimmers 

who qualified were freshmen 

who helped New Trier 

win the sectional with 304 

points. 

Freshman Carly Novelline 

qualified in two events 

as well as two relays winning 

the 50-yard freestyle 

in 23.58 seconds. 

“For the 50, I was focusing 

on the aspects that had 

hurt me,” Novelline said. 

“I’ve had some disqualifications 

in the 50 so I spent 

time before the sectional 

working on my starts off 

the blocks. Once I was 

able to overcome that, I 

knew what I needed to do. 

I got out and was able to 

win the race.” 

Novelline was also third 

in the 100-yard freestyle 

(52.37) and was part of 

the second place 200-yard 

freestyle relay (1:36.99) 

and third place 400-yard 

freestyle relay (3:33.53). 

Some of New Trier’s other 

state qualifiers included 

freshman Leslie Wendel in 

the 200 free and 100-yard 

butterfly, freshman Alexis 

Wendel in the 200 free 

and 500-yard freestyle and 

winners were Greta Pelzek 

in the butterfly, freshman 

Jane Sanderson in the 

backstroke and freshman 

Kaelyn Gridley in the 100- 

yard breaststroke. 

Two Trevian divers also 

qualified for the state meet 

as last year’s state runnerup 

Katie Lipsey took second 

with 478.65 points 

and Erin McNally third 

with 459. 

Glenbrook South’s 

Catherine Devine had 

qualified in the 50 free last 

season. But this season, 

she added the 100 free to 

her list of state qualifications. 

Devine was fourth in 

the 100 (52.42) and felt it 

was because she was much 

more focused on what she 

needed to do to succeed. 

“Your mindset is the 

number one thing that 

can make a difference,” 

Devine said. “It can affect 

your race based off of 

if you’re mentally ready 

or not. That was what I 

changed as far as the 100 

this year. I was much more 

focused and able to better 

block out any distractions. 

This time I was mentally 

ready and it showed.” 

Devine once again qualified 

in the 50 free taking 

second (23.71). She was 

also part of the Titans’ 

qualifying third-place 200 

free relay and fourth-place 

qualifying 400 free relay. 

New Trier’s Audrey Richardson swims the 200-yard individual medley Saturday, Nov. 

10, in Northbrook Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media 

GBS was third (189) overall 

as a team. 

Alexis Kachkin qualified 

in the 50 taking third 

and Kate Solem made the 

state cut in the 500 finishing 

third. 

The sectional was the 

final meet as GBN’s head 

coach for Robin Walker. 

Walker has been a swimming 

coach for 33 years, 

27 of them with the Spartans. 

During his tenure at 

GBN, he had 12 swimmers 

finish top 10 at state, 

212 state qualifiers, 132 of 

those going on to become 

All-State athletes, 20 All- 

Americans with a total of 

58 All-American swims. 

And yet there is more to 

what Walker meant to the 

program than those accomplishments. 

Although GBN was unable 

to qualify anyone for 

state, you couldn’t tell that 

once the sectional was 

over. No one on the team 

wanted to leave and they 

couldn’t stop taking pictures 

with him. 

“The best part of coaching 

hasn’t been these 

accomplishments. It’s 

been watching these kids 

throughout the years 

evolve and grow into better 

swimmers and good 

people,” Walker said. 

“Today’s meet was about 

transformation and I think 

you’ve seen that with 

everyone who’s come 

through this program. 

They’ve grown physically, 

mentally and emotionally. 

I can’t be grateful enough 

about my good fortune 

during my time here. We 

may not have qualified 

anyone today but you look 

over there and tell me it 

doesn’t look like we had 

a great meet. These girls 

don’t want it to be over. 

The metric I think I’ve 

set is about more than just 

state qualifications.” 

Kamila Nowak just 

barely missed qualifying 

in the breast finishing 

with a time of 1:06.55 

which missed by .01 seconds. 

The Spartans were 

sixth (104). 

After graduating two of 

its top swimmers in Shannon 

Kearney and Margaret 

Guanci, Loyola Academy 

was a younger team 

this year. Ultimately the 

Ramblers were unable to 

qualify anyone to the state 

meet. But coach Mike 

Hengelmann saw his team 

make a lot of progress during 

the sectional. 

“Maddy Reed had nice 

swims in the fly and back 

and leading off our 400 relay,” 

Hegelmann said. “A 

couple of seniors did well 

including Catherine Holecek. 

We had a lot of time 

drops and personal bests 

today. It was a younger 

team and different than 

what we’ve had recently 

but I was happy with what 

I saw from them.” 

Stephanie Udzielak 

swam 59.95 in the back 

with the state cut 58.61. 

Loyola was seventh (73.5). 

Listen Up 

“The second touchdown was very important 

and after the third (quarter), we felt good.” 

John Holecek — Loyola football coach on his team’s 

mentality during the second half of its game. 

tunE in 

What to watch this week 

GIRLS SWIMMING: The state’s best teams, including New 

Trier, battle it out for the title. 

• New Trier travels to Evanston for the state finals Oct. 

16-17 at Evanston High School. 

Index 

42 - This Week In 

41 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael 

Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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Leading the way New Trier swimming 

and diving easily takes sectional crown, Page 47 

Clean sweep Loyola 

girls volleyball takes 22CM’s 

top honors, Page 44 

Loyola blanks Maine South in Class 8A quarterfinal, Page 46 

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