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24 | November 15, 2018 | The winnetka Current PUZZLES winnetkacurrent.com 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 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 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. 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 Weigel Susan Rowlen NORTHBROOK Pinstripes (1150 Willow Road, (847) 480-2323) ■From ■ open until close all week: bowling and bocce 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
winnetkacurrent.com LIFE & ARTS the winnetka current | November 15, 2018 | 25 School recycling collector ‘a fixture of New Trier’ Megan Bernard, Editor There’s a smiling face roaming through the hallways at New Trier’s Northfield campus, and even on your worst days, it’s bound to cheer you up. Enter Jay Slotnick. The recycling collector has worked at the school for 25 years and has built a countless amount of lifelong friendships with administrators, teachers and custodial staff. While collecting recycling, Slotnick, who has special needs, engages in playful banter — most likely about his favorite sports team, the Chicago Cubs — and is sure to share a quick story or ask how his friends’ days are going. But the charmer has quite a story of his own to share. Before he began working for New Trier in 1993, Slotnick, a Northbrook resident, was “mainstream for drama” at Glenbrook South High School, his mother Valerie said. “He attended GBS because of its outstanding special-needs program,” she added. “He really excelled there. He was the student of the week; it was the first time the school ever picked someone from special ed.” Having “no reservations for getting up and entertaining people,” Valerie said, Slotnick participated in school plays, which lead him to the start of a possible modeling career postgraduation in 1992. “We went to Shirley Hamilton and all these agencies, and they thought he was absolutely wonderful being special needs and handsome — what a combination,” she said. “So we’d get calls from California saying, ‘Can you bring Jay to California tomorrow?’ Then we got another call for an American Airlines commercial in Florida.” After several calls and possible job offers, Slotnick decided the modeling industry wasn’t for him. He didn’t want to be traveling and be away from home all the time. Fortunately, another opportunity came when the Slotnicks’ phone rang once again. This time, it was a different caller: North Suburban Special Recreation Association. NSSRA, a Northbrook organization that Slotnick was (and still is) heavily involved with, was based at New Trier’s Northfield Campus. At the time, the building was not used by the school; however, NS- SRA staff knew of an open position at New Trier. “They called me and said, ‘If Jay is interested, New Trier is looking for a person just like Jay to do recycling for the school,’” Valerie said. Slotnick, who still remembers the exact interview day (Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1992), was hired on the spot and began the recycling position following winter break in 1993. “Way back in the heyday,” Slotnick said, laughing. Upon starting, Slotnick was able to choose the hours he worked. He decided every day, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Throughout the years, his schedule consolidated a bit with some budget cuts and Slotnick moved to the Northfield Campus in 2001, when District 203 Jay Slotnick (center) poses with Dafton Blair (left) and Dave Conway, of New Trier’s Physical Plant Services Department in Northfield. Slotnick has worked for the school since 1993. Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media reopened the campus. During his shift, Slotnick pushes blue barrels donning seasonal logos of his favorite sports teams — the Chicago Cubs, Blackhawks, Bulls and Northwestern Wildcats — while collecting recycling from each department. “Everyone loves it,” Slotnick said of the logos on his barrels. “Here comes the bestlooking recycling man with two blue bins,” he added, laughing. For administrators, like Director of Communications Niki Dizon, visiting with Slotnick makes their day “immediately a little bit better.” “Jay is a fixture of New Trier. Everyone knows Jay; everyone loves Jay,” Dizon said. “We enjoy seeing him come with his big blue recycling barrels down the hall. We’ll have a little engagement about whatever sports teams are playing. Particularly if you’re not rooting for Jay’s teams, “No matter where ever we go — we could be at the airport, walking downtown Chicago, in the theater — there’s always a ‘Hi, Jay.’” Valerie Slotnick — Jay’s mother on her son’s personal relationships after working at New Trier High School for 25 years. we’ll have some goodnatured trash talk a little bit. It always ends up very friendly.” “You just have to talk to Jay for a minute and you’ll start smiling,” added Lia Kass, New Trier’s communications specialist. Slotnick’s workday positivity has gained him many additional New Trier friends along the way. That was evident one year when Slotnick was playing Woody in Glenview Park District’s “Toy Story.” “Unbeknownst to me,” Valerie said, “Jay had taken fliers [to New Trier] and when we came to his play that night, one of the ladies from NSSRA said, ‘Do you know there is a huge group of people coming from New Trier?’ I said, ‘What?’ There were 25 or 30 people that showed up to see his play.” New Trier is “a real family for him,” Valerie added. “He thoroughly enjoys it,” she said. “No matter where ever we go — we could be at the airport, walking downtown Chicago, in the theater — there’s always a ‘Hi, Jay.’” Slotnick has also received support at several other activities, like when he won back-to-back gold medals in 2012 and 2013 at the regional Special Olympics swimming meet. At state, he’s earned two silver medals and a bronze in swimming, as well. Additionally, Slotnick has won a gold medal in Special Olympics bowling and continues to act in area theater programs. The multi-talented recycling collector shamelessly plugged his next Brightstar Theatre show, “Johnny B. Goode,” in the spring, hoping his New Trier friends will make it out once again as he plays the lead role. “New Trier is like a huge family to me,” Slotnick said, “and I love my family so bad.”
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