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Lake Forest and Lake Bluff’s hometown newspaper LakeForestLeader.com • December 6, 2018 • Vol. 4 No. 43 • $1<br />
A<br />
,LLC<br />
Publication<br />
Lake Bluff merchants, community members celebrate holiday season, Page 4<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claus wave hello to eager children waiting to submit their<br />
wish lists on Saturday, Dec. 1 for Christmas at the Lake Bluff History Museum.<br />
Alex Newman/22nd Century Media<br />
money Trail<br />
Lake Bluff reviews 2018 tax<br />
levy, Page 3<br />
A new<br />
face<br />
Lake<br />
Forest<br />
welcomes<br />
new city<br />
manager,<br />
Page 6<br />
Picking<br />
up the<br />
pieces<br />
Lake Forest,<br />
Lake Bluff<br />
review impacts<br />
of blizzard,<br />
Page 9
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Home of the Week24<br />
Athlete of the Week27<br />
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THURSDAY<br />
Christmas Concert<br />
7 p.m. Dec. 6, Woodlands<br />
Academy of the Sacred<br />
Heart, 760 E. Westleigh<br />
Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Enjoy an evening of choral<br />
and orchestral music as<br />
the Woodlands Academy<br />
of the Sacred Heart Music<br />
Department presents its<br />
annual Christmas Concert.<br />
This event is free. Refreshments<br />
will be served following<br />
the concert. For<br />
more information, visit<br />
www.woodlandsacademy.<br />
org.<br />
FRIDAY<br />
Stirling Hall Art Sale<br />
6-9 p.m. Dec. 7 and 10<br />
a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 8, 50 E.<br />
Old Mill Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Sale items include ceramics,<br />
jewelry, painting,<br />
wood and mosaics. A portion<br />
of all funds raised go<br />
towards Stirling Hall Art<br />
Center and help continue<br />
to provide residents with<br />
a place to develop their<br />
“inner artist”. For more<br />
information, visit www.<br />
cityoflakeforest.com.<br />
Cocktails with the Claus<br />
7 p.m. Dec. 7, Northcroft<br />
Park, 1365 S. Ridge<br />
Road, Lake Forest. Come<br />
for an evening of cocktails<br />
and hors d’oeuvres<br />
with Mr. and Mrs. Claus<br />
in the enclosed and heated<br />
Northcroft Park Pavilion.<br />
DJ, photo booth, a roaring<br />
fire and more. This event<br />
costs $75. Purchase tickets<br />
at www.Friends<strong>LF</strong>PR.org.<br />
Palette & Pours<br />
7-9 p.m. Dec. 7, Deer<br />
Path Art League, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road, Lake Forest.<br />
The Deer Path Art League<br />
and Gorton Community<br />
Center are partnering for<br />
Palette & Pours painting<br />
party. Come have a glass of<br />
wine and create a beautiful<br />
painting. All art supplies<br />
and the wine are provided.<br />
No experience necessary,<br />
everyone will take home<br />
a completed painting. This<br />
event is $50. Register at<br />
www.deerpathartleague.<br />
org.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
Decoupage Workshop<br />
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 8,<br />
Deer Path Art League, 400<br />
E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Decoupage is the art<br />
of decorating an object<br />
by gluing colored paper<br />
cutouts onto it in combination<br />
with special paint effects,<br />
gold leaf and other<br />
decorative elements. The<br />
workshop is a prelude to<br />
the Decoupage class series...where<br />
creativity, design<br />
and techniques will<br />
be expanded upon. Create<br />
glass plates, trays, bowls,<br />
and other decorative home<br />
items with imagery from<br />
Vicki’s vast and ever-expanding<br />
collection of 18th<br />
and 19th century prints.<br />
Winter Dance Spectacular<br />
4-5 p.m. Dec. 8, Lake<br />
Forest Recreation Center,<br />
400 Hastings Road, Lake<br />
Forest. Kick off the holiday<br />
season with swinging<br />
Santas, a Rockette kickline<br />
and so much more.<br />
Join the Performance<br />
Companies of Lake Forest<br />
Dance Academy as they<br />
present a holiday show for<br />
all ages. In addition to the<br />
performance, there will be<br />
a bake sale and a Gingerbread<br />
House Raffle. Tickets<br />
available at the door for<br />
$5. For more information<br />
contact Valerie Gonzalez<br />
at (847) 810-3948.<br />
Dinner with Santa<br />
4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7:30<br />
Dec. 8 and 2-3:30 p.m. and<br />
4-5:30 p.m. Dec. 9, Northcroft<br />
Park, 1365 S. Ridge<br />
Road, Lake Forest. Northcroft<br />
Park Pavilion will be<br />
transformed into Santa’s<br />
Workshop for this magical<br />
event. Decorate cookies,<br />
help Santa’s elves create<br />
holiday toys, and listen to<br />
Santa Claus read a Christmas<br />
story. Dinner will be<br />
served and Santa will take<br />
special time to visit with<br />
each family. Purchase tickets<br />
at www.Friends<strong>LF</strong>PR.<br />
org.<br />
Pancake Breakfast with<br />
Santa<br />
8-11 a.m. Dec. 8, First<br />
Presbyterian Church, 700<br />
N. Sheridan Road. Come<br />
enjoy a morning of warm<br />
pancakes and visiting with<br />
Santa. Prices vary. For<br />
more information, visit<br />
www.kiwanisLB<strong>LF</strong>.org.<br />
MONDAY<br />
Concentration, Empathy,<br />
and Epigenetic Changes in<br />
Montessori Children<br />
7-8 p.m. Dec. 10, 8 W.<br />
Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff.<br />
Angeline Lillard, Ph.D.,<br />
professor of psychology<br />
at University of Virginia<br />
and author of “Montessori:<br />
The Science Behind the<br />
Genius,” will discuss her<br />
recent research on Montessori<br />
education. RSVP<br />
to Lynn Lillard Jessen at<br />
(847) 295-8338.<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Lake Bluff Women’s Club<br />
& Lake Forest High School<br />
Madrigal Singers<br />
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 11,<br />
Grace Methodist Church,<br />
244 E. Center Ave., Lake<br />
Bluff. Join the LBWC in<br />
celebrating its 115th anniversary<br />
with a special<br />
Holiday boutique, catered<br />
luncheon and an entertaining<br />
performance by Lake<br />
Forest High School Madrigal<br />
Singers, directed by<br />
Tim Haskett. Find seasonal<br />
treats, gifts for co-workers<br />
and friends. Enjoy this<br />
special gathering and continue<br />
coming to the LBWC<br />
monthly educational and<br />
entertaining meetings. For<br />
Performance and Luncheon<br />
reservations, call<br />
Cobi at (847) 234-3920.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Charlie Brown Christmas<br />
Jazz with the Chris White<br />
Trio<br />
7:30-9 p.m. Dec. 14,<br />
Gorton Community Center,<br />
400 E. Illinois Road,<br />
Lake Forest. Join Chris<br />
White and his trio for<br />
a Charlie Brown Jazz<br />
Christmas Concert! Come<br />
listen to the holiday music<br />
of Vince Guaraldi, better<br />
known as “the Peanuts<br />
composer”, at Gorton. The<br />
Chris White Trio will tickle<br />
the ivories and delight<br />
the senses as they entertain<br />
everyone right into the<br />
holiday mood with these<br />
well-known favorites. For<br />
more information, call<br />
(847) 234-6060.<br />
Gingerbread House<br />
Decorating Party<br />
1-3 p.m. Dec. 16, Gorton<br />
Community Center, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Celebrate the magic of the<br />
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season and decorate a tasty<br />
treat. Let your creative<br />
juices flow as you turn<br />
your freshly baked house<br />
into a edible masterpiece.<br />
Each registration is for one<br />
gingerbread house and up<br />
to 6 people. $60 per group.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(847) 234-6060.<br />
ONGOING<br />
Go Walk<br />
8 a.m. every Tuesday<br />
morning at the Lake Bluff<br />
Recreation Center, 355 W.<br />
Washington Ave., Lake<br />
Bluff. Free for all Lake<br />
Forest/Lake Bluff residents.<br />
Walks will be held<br />
outdoors, weather permitting,<br />
year round. On<br />
inclement days, walkers<br />
will be able to use the Fitness<br />
Center’s indoor track.<br />
Register at the Lake Bluff<br />
Park District www.lake<br />
bluffparks.org.<br />
‘Joseph and The Amazing<br />
Technicolor Dreamcoat’<br />
Variety of show times<br />
Nov. 16-Dec. 23, Citadel<br />
Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan<br />
Road, Lake Forest.<br />
“Joseph and the Amazing<br />
Technicolor Dreamcoat,”<br />
is a reimagining of the<br />
Biblical story of Joseph,<br />
his father Jacob, eleven<br />
brothers and the coat of<br />
many colors. Celebrate<br />
the holidays at this inspirational<br />
musical extravaganza.<br />
For more information,<br />
and show times, visit<br />
www.citadeltheatre.org.
LakeForestLeader.com NEWS<br />
the lake forest leader | December 6, 2018 | 3<br />
Lake Bluff Village Board<br />
Village to receive 9 percent of proposed $3.4M tax levy<br />
Stephanie Kim<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Following a brief public<br />
hearing Monday, Nov.<br />
26, the Lake Bluff Village<br />
Board unanimously approved<br />
the first reading of<br />
a $3.4 million tax levy for<br />
2018.<br />
This amount is about<br />
3 percent higher than the<br />
2017 property tax extension,<br />
according to finance<br />
director Bettina<br />
O’Connell.<br />
The impact on a typical<br />
$600,000 market value<br />
home would be a $30 decrease,<br />
she added.<br />
“As always, the finance<br />
committee deliberates the<br />
amount of levy with sensitivity<br />
to the effective increases<br />
on homeowners,”<br />
O’Connell said.<br />
The board also approved<br />
the library’s amended request<br />
for a $964,117 tax<br />
levy, which is $20,000<br />
more than what was originally<br />
presented. The 5<br />
percent increase from last<br />
year’s tax levy is mainly<br />
due to upcoming capital<br />
projects, such as the replacement<br />
of the library’s<br />
roof, HVAC system and<br />
technological resources.<br />
O’Connell noted the library<br />
receives 2 percent<br />
of the entire tax levy and<br />
the village receives 9 percent,<br />
which trustee Paul<br />
Lemieux said was the most<br />
important takeaway from<br />
Monday’s public hearing.<br />
The finance committee<br />
will finalize its recommendations<br />
Nov. 29 and<br />
present them to the Village<br />
Board for final approval<br />
Dec. 10.<br />
“We constantly hear<br />
comments about the high<br />
property tax in Lake Bluff.<br />
And not to deny the validity<br />
of that, but what we’re<br />
responsible for is 9 percent,”<br />
Lemieux said. “Collectively,<br />
education makes<br />
up another 64 percent. I<br />
will say it’s interesting<br />
to note that the county of<br />
Lake takes a higher proportion<br />
than we do.”<br />
Historic Preservation<br />
Ordinance amended<br />
despite push back from<br />
residents<br />
While the public hearing<br />
for the tax levy drew<br />
no public comment, deliberation<br />
on amending the<br />
Village’s Historic Preservation<br />
Ordinance — in<br />
response to threatened litigation<br />
regarding the proposed<br />
demolition of 419<br />
E. Prospect Ave., which<br />
has been landmarked —<br />
brought about harsh criti-<br />
Round it up<br />
A brief recap of Village Board action from Nov. 26<br />
• The Village Board read a proclamation in recognition of the 25th season<br />
of the Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market, which begins the second week of June.<br />
President O’Hara heralded the market as one of the best in the area.<br />
• Village Engineer Jeff Hansen provided an update on the fiscal year 2019<br />
capital improvement plan, which includes 26 projects. Capital expenditures year<br />
to date are $1,084,286 or $807,278 greater than the year-to-day expenses<br />
from fiscal year 2018. This can be attributed to train station improvements, the<br />
purchase of audio and video equipment in the boardroom, and non-Motor Fuel<br />
Tax Fund paving expenses.<br />
• Village Administrator Drew Irvin reported that 440 ComEd customers lost<br />
electricity during the snowstorm from Nov. 25-26.<br />
cism from several neighboring<br />
residents.<br />
Ed Wynn, who was the<br />
first to speak, said the proposed<br />
change of requiring<br />
a demolition letter of intent<br />
instead of an application<br />
“guts key protections”<br />
for homeowners and favors<br />
developers.<br />
Stephanie Bjork and<br />
Jenny Barthold added the<br />
proposed changes do not<br />
clean up existing historic<br />
preservation regulations,<br />
but create a position that’s<br />
open to abuse and corruption.<br />
“If you’re going to adopt<br />
this ordinance, do it,”<br />
Wynn said. “But please,<br />
don’t package it up as<br />
promoting historic preservation.<br />
It doesn’t and you<br />
know it.”<br />
Village President Kathleen<br />
O’Hara strongly refuted<br />
Wynn’s claims. She<br />
said the proposed changes<br />
avoid “needless litigation<br />
and its costs by amending<br />
the code to more accurately<br />
match the village’s<br />
consistent past practices<br />
in managing demolition<br />
departments and landmark<br />
applications.”<br />
The Historic Preservation<br />
Ordinance was adopted<br />
in 2001, as an amendment<br />
to the Lake Bluff<br />
Municipal Code, to provide<br />
a set of regulations<br />
for the designation and<br />
protection of landmarks in<br />
the village.<br />
Since then, the ordinance<br />
has been amended<br />
several times.<br />
“The village administrator<br />
has stated during public<br />
meetings on more than<br />
one occasion that the staff<br />
would bring clarifications<br />
to the historic preservation<br />
regulations, and that is exactly<br />
what this ordinance<br />
is trying to clean up,”<br />
O’Hara said.<br />
Village Attorney Peter<br />
Join us Monday<br />
Friedman agreed, pointing<br />
out the proposed changes<br />
do not provide the village<br />
building commission with<br />
total discretion, but allows<br />
for a more efficient process<br />
that doesn’t require<br />
an ordinance.<br />
With regards to the demolition<br />
letter of intent,<br />
Friedman said it would<br />
weed out unrealistic and<br />
unnecessary information<br />
currently required in the<br />
demolition process, and<br />
would still trigger the advisory<br />
review period as<br />
early as possible so that<br />
the building could be nominated<br />
for landmarking —<br />
which happened for the<br />
building at 419 E. Prospect<br />
Ave.<br />
“That is the maximum<br />
amount of historic preservation<br />
protection that is<br />
in the code today. And the<br />
village did that,” Friedman<br />
said.<br />
Despite pushback from<br />
the public, the board unanimously<br />
approved the first<br />
reading of the ordinance<br />
amending the Lake Bluff<br />
Municipal Code regarding<br />
historic preservation.<br />
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Annual event kicks off<br />
holiday season with<br />
‘old-fashioned fun’<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
A little rain and wind<br />
couldn’t keep Lake Bluff<br />
merchants and community<br />
members from carrying<br />
on a decade-long<br />
tradition.<br />
Community members<br />
of all ages flocked to the<br />
streets of Lake Bluff for<br />
an entire day of fun in<br />
celebration of the annual<br />
It’s a Wonderful Life ...<br />
in Lake Bluff event Saturday,<br />
Dec. 1.<br />
The event, which was<br />
the brainchild of the merchants<br />
in Lake Bluff, welcomed<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claus<br />
to town, holiday arts and<br />
Please see Wonderful, 8<br />
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the It’s a Wonderful Life ... in Lake Bluff event Saturday, Dec. 1, in Lake Bluff. Photos<br />
by Alex Newman/22nd Century Media
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Lake Forest names new city manager<br />
Wicha to begin<br />
term Jan. 28, 2019<br />
Submitted by The City of<br />
Lake Forest<br />
Mayor<br />
Rob Lansing<br />
and the<br />
members<br />
of the Lake<br />
Forest City<br />
Council Wicha<br />
have named<br />
Jason Wicha as the new<br />
city manager of The City<br />
of Lake Forest.<br />
Wicha has 12 years of<br />
experience in local government<br />
management. For<br />
the past four years, Wicha<br />
has served as the assistant<br />
village manager in Skokie,<br />
which has a population<br />
of 65,000. Prior to that, he<br />
served as the village administrator<br />
of Thornton,<br />
Ill., with a population of<br />
2,500, and as a management<br />
intern in the City of<br />
Ypsilanti, Mich., with a<br />
population of 21,000.<br />
Wicha earned a bachelor<br />
of arts degree in 2003<br />
from Skidmore College,<br />
Saratoga Springs, New<br />
York and a master of public<br />
administration degree<br />
in 2007 from Wayne State<br />
University in Detroit,<br />
Mich.<br />
“The City Council and<br />
I are impressed with Mr.<br />
Wicha’s professional demeanor,<br />
extensive experience<br />
and his leadership<br />
and management style,<br />
which we believe are an<br />
excellent fit for the Lake<br />
Forest community and<br />
City staff organization,”<br />
Lansing said. “He is wellversed<br />
in municipal processes<br />
and finance, and<br />
the many facets that comprise<br />
a healthy, thriving<br />
community such as Lake<br />
Forest.”<br />
In Skokie, Wicha also<br />
served as the chief budget<br />
officer and made significant<br />
enhancements to<br />
infrastructure investment<br />
and public safety pension<br />
contributions. He spearheaded<br />
implementation of<br />
a new ERP software system,<br />
improving residents’<br />
online processes and procedures.<br />
In addition, Wicha<br />
has been instrumental<br />
in securing competitive<br />
grants, negotiating economic<br />
development<br />
agreements and managing<br />
successful public-private<br />
partnerships.<br />
“I am honored to be<br />
selected as the next City<br />
Manager for The City of<br />
Lake Forest’ Wicha said.<br />
“I look forward to working<br />
with the City’s elected<br />
officials and professional<br />
staff. My family and I also<br />
look forward to becoming<br />
part of the Lake Forest<br />
community, with its rich<br />
history of service, philanthropy<br />
and volunteerism.”<br />
Wicha and his wife have<br />
two children, a 7 year-old<br />
daughter and a 4 year-old<br />
son.<br />
The City received more<br />
than 70 applications for<br />
the city manager position.<br />
Interviews began in October.<br />
Wicha’s appointment as<br />
city manager was for approval<br />
by the City Council<br />
at its Monday, Dec. 3<br />
meeting (after press time).<br />
He will begin work as the<br />
City Manager on Jan. 28,<br />
2019.<br />
Wicha succeeds Bob<br />
Kiely, who announced his<br />
retirement from the City<br />
in July after 28 years of<br />
service.<br />
From the City<br />
Building inspection and<br />
permit update<br />
On Dec. 3, the City will<br />
go live with new building<br />
permit and inspection<br />
software. Preparations for<br />
the conversion to the new<br />
system have been in the<br />
works for many months.<br />
Community Development<br />
staff is working to implement<br />
all of the new opportunities<br />
offered by the<br />
new software. Initially, the<br />
staff anticipates a few delays<br />
and appreciates your<br />
patience.<br />
Looking ahead, the City<br />
is excited to offer online<br />
building permit submittals<br />
and inspection scheduling,<br />
online payments and immediate<br />
confirmation of<br />
inspection results.<br />
Watch for more information<br />
on registration and<br />
online processes soon.<br />
Please note that in addition<br />
to these great technological<br />
advancements<br />
offered by the new ERP<br />
system, the Community<br />
Development staff will<br />
continue to offer in-person<br />
service and pre-application<br />
meetings.<br />
Tree trimming scheduled<br />
The City has scheduled<br />
tree pruning for the month<br />
of December on Cityowned<br />
properties, including<br />
resident parkways. The<br />
trees scheduled for maintenance<br />
have been identified<br />
with green tags.<br />
For more information,<br />
contact Corey Wierama,<br />
City Forester, at (847)<br />
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telegraph road station to<br />
launch in January 2019<br />
Since the introduction<br />
and success of the Sunrise<br />
Express reverse commuter<br />
train service on the Metra<br />
North Line at the East<br />
Train Station in 2004, the<br />
City has been exploring<br />
opportunities to improve<br />
commuter service on the<br />
Metra Milwaukee North<br />
Line at the Telegraph Road<br />
Train Station.<br />
Currently, there is a gap<br />
in train service at this station.<br />
Morning outbound<br />
express trains and late afternoon/evening<br />
inbound<br />
trains are not conveniently<br />
scheduled for commuters,<br />
residents or families wishing<br />
to take this train line<br />
into Chicago.<br />
At its Oct. 1, meeting,<br />
the Lake Forest<br />
City Council approved a<br />
$100,000 total expenditure<br />
over the next two years<br />
to undertake Phase I of<br />
the Lake County Reverse<br />
Commute Initiative (a pilot<br />
program), to launch in<br />
January 2019. The entire<br />
project is designed to accommodate<br />
Lake Forest<br />
residents and businesses as<br />
well as Lake County residents<br />
and businesses. The<br />
proposed new schedule is<br />
pictured below.<br />
Phase I: Enhanced<br />
Scheduling including a<br />
northbound Sunrise Express<br />
train and better<br />
southbound express service<br />
in the evening.<br />
Phase II: Installing a<br />
universal crossover switch<br />
north of the Telegraph<br />
Road Train Station to provide<br />
fluidity and flexibility.<br />
Phase III: Implementing<br />
the final schedule<br />
which will close some of<br />
the afternoon gaps in train<br />
service and optimize the<br />
existing express train service.<br />
A private-public partnership<br />
has been created<br />
to undertake the Lake<br />
County Reverse Commute<br />
Initiative including Metra,<br />
IDOT, Canadian Pacific,<br />
Lake County, Lake County<br />
Partners, The City of<br />
Lake Forest, and multiple<br />
employers and neighboring<br />
communities within<br />
a five-mile radius of the<br />
Telegraph Road Train Station.<br />
If the pilot program is<br />
successful, the City would<br />
be asked to contribute up<br />
to $400,000 towards the<br />
installation of the universal<br />
crossover, which would<br />
represent approximately<br />
10 percent of the total<br />
construction cost. Metra<br />
states that the partnership<br />
will work on an agreement<br />
to divide the $4.75 million<br />
cost of the crossover,<br />
with $2.7 million expected<br />
to come from private sector<br />
employers, $1 million<br />
from transit agencies and<br />
$1 million coming from<br />
local governments, including<br />
those in Lake County.<br />
Presently, the City of<br />
Lake Forest is working<br />
with local corporations<br />
to help fund this exciting<br />
opportunity. For updates,<br />
check the City website<br />
at www.cityoflakeforest.<br />
com.<br />
From the City is compiled by<br />
Editor Alyssa Groh from the<br />
City’s e-newsletter.
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Police Reports<br />
Students charged with possession of vape pens containing THC oil at <strong>LF</strong>HS<br />
A juvenile male, 15, and<br />
a juvenile male, 14, both of<br />
Lake Forest, were charged<br />
with possession of drug<br />
paraphernalia on Nov. 20<br />
in the 1200 block of N.<br />
McKinley Road in Lake<br />
Forest. Police investigated<br />
two separate incidents involving<br />
juveniles at Lake<br />
Forest High School in possession<br />
of multiple vape<br />
pens and pods that contained<br />
THC Oil.<br />
These incidents, which<br />
have increased in the last<br />
few years, highlight the<br />
growing problem with juveniles<br />
using vape pens to<br />
get high.<br />
Vape pen devices may<br />
look like a ballpoint pen, a<br />
USB memory stick, or other<br />
ordinary objects. They<br />
are easy to conceal and<br />
are specifically designed<br />
to disguise the vape pen<br />
device.<br />
The pods contain THC,<br />
which is used in vape pens<br />
to get high. Parents should<br />
familiarize themselves<br />
with vape pens and understand<br />
that vaping may<br />
deliver a far more potent<br />
form of whatever drug is<br />
being used. Teens illegally<br />
using the vape pens might<br />
not anticipate the intensified<br />
side effects; understand<br />
the increased risk of<br />
addiction and the potential<br />
negative effects it may<br />
cause in juvenile brain development.<br />
In other police news:<br />
Lake Forest:<br />
Nov. 28:<br />
• Janise S. Kimbrough,<br />
24, of North Chicago,<br />
was charged with DUI of<br />
alcohol, aggravated DUI<br />
with a revoked/suspended<br />
driver’s license, no vehicle<br />
insurance and driving on<br />
a suspended driver’s license<br />
at 12:37 a.m. in the<br />
intersection of Waukegan<br />
and Westleigh roads. Police<br />
conducted a traffic<br />
stop on a vehicle driving<br />
on Waukegan Road with<br />
no taillights visible. When<br />
officers approached the<br />
vehicle, they spoke to the<br />
female driver, identified<br />
as Kimbrough, about her<br />
driving. Police immediately<br />
smelled the odor of<br />
alcohol coming from the<br />
vehicle and observed Kimbrough<br />
was demonstrating<br />
signs of impairment.<br />
Kimbrough admitted to<br />
drinking alcohol earlier<br />
and admitted to being in<br />
court that same day for<br />
a previous DUI. Officers<br />
conducted further investigation<br />
and requested Kimbrough<br />
complete some<br />
field sobriety tests. She did<br />
not comply.<br />
Nov. 25:<br />
• Kyle A. Viti, 20, of Highwood,<br />
was charged with no<br />
valid driver’s license and<br />
possession of drug paraphernalia<br />
at 1:42 p.m. in<br />
the intersection of McKinley<br />
and Old Elm roads. Officers<br />
conducted a traffic<br />
stop on a vehicle after observing<br />
the vehicle commit<br />
a traffic violation. Officers<br />
spoke to the driver, identified<br />
as Viti, concerning the<br />
incident. Subsequently,<br />
Viti was arrested for not<br />
having a valid driver’s license<br />
and possession of<br />
two vape pens containing<br />
cannabis.<br />
Nov. 24:<br />
• Conner M. Simms, 25, of<br />
the 600 block of E. Illinois<br />
Road, was charged with<br />
possession of drug paraphernalia<br />
and possession of<br />
cannabis at 1:24 p.m. in the<br />
700 block of Forest Park<br />
Drive. A police Community<br />
Service Officer, conducting<br />
a check of Forest Park,<br />
observed a gray Honda<br />
parked and occupied. The<br />
smell of burnt cannabis<br />
was coming from the vehicle.<br />
Officers responded to<br />
the area and spoke with the<br />
vehicle occupant, identified<br />
as Simms, and while speaking<br />
to him officers smelled<br />
the odor of cannabis coming<br />
from the vehicle. Officers<br />
recovered a wooden<br />
bowl and a bag of cannabis<br />
from the vehicle.<br />
Nov. 23:<br />
• Carter D. Moore, 20, of<br />
the 600 block of Edgecotte<br />
Lane in Lake Forest, was<br />
charged with possession<br />
of cannabis and possession<br />
of drug paraphernalia at<br />
10:22 p.m. in the 600 block<br />
of Edgecotte Lane. Police<br />
on routine patrol observed<br />
a silver Volkswagon with<br />
an equipment violation.<br />
Officers subsequently conducted<br />
a traffic stop on<br />
the vehicle. While speaking<br />
to the driver, identified<br />
as Moore, concerning<br />
the traffic stop; officers<br />
detected the odor of burnt<br />
cannabis coming from the<br />
vehicle and observed what<br />
appeared to be loose cannabis<br />
in the cup holder<br />
area. Moore told police<br />
he was in possession of<br />
a “pipe” and police were<br />
able to locate additional<br />
drug paraphernalia in the<br />
glove box, under the front<br />
passenger seat, and a mason<br />
jar containing 4 grams<br />
of cannabis in the trunk.<br />
Nov. 22:<br />
• Rice T. LeQoinne, 37, of<br />
Chicago, was charged with<br />
driving with a suspended<br />
driver’s license, driving<br />
on suspended vehicle registration<br />
and no vehicle<br />
insurance at 4:55 p.m. in<br />
the intersection of Route<br />
41 and Route 176. Police<br />
conducted a traffic stop<br />
on a black Lincoln MKS<br />
after observing the vehicle<br />
registration was suspended<br />
for no insurance. Officers<br />
spoke to the driver, identified<br />
as Rice, and after a<br />
brief inquiry determined<br />
Rice was driving on a<br />
suspended license and the<br />
vehicle did not have insurance.<br />
Nov. 21:<br />
• Joseph Lara, 24, of Zion,<br />
was charged with speeding<br />
and driving with a<br />
suspended driver’s license<br />
at 4:49 p.m. on Route 41.<br />
Police conducted a traffic<br />
stop on a black Cadillac<br />
for speeding 70 mph in a<br />
posted 55 mph zone. When<br />
officers spoke to the driver,<br />
identified as Lara, they<br />
determined his driver’s license<br />
was suspended.<br />
Lake Bluff:<br />
Nov. 23:<br />
• Delayed theft of tires,<br />
which occurred on Nov.<br />
19, was reported at 1:31<br />
p.m. in the 100 block of<br />
Skokie Highway.<br />
• A driver was arrested for<br />
driving on a suspended<br />
driver’s license and speeding<br />
at 3:33 p.m. in the<br />
intersection of Sheridan<br />
Road and Buckley Road.<br />
Nov. 19:<br />
• Juan Delgado Pineda,<br />
25, of North Chicago, was<br />
charged with a DUI, improper<br />
lane usage and operating<br />
an uninsured motor<br />
vehicle at 1:18 a.m. on<br />
Route 41.<br />
Nov. 18:<br />
• Spencer T. Silvernail, 18,<br />
of the 400 block of Hastings<br />
Road in Lake Forest,<br />
was charged with unlawful<br />
consumption of alcohol<br />
and unlawful transportation<br />
of alcohol at 1:06<br />
a.m. on Route 176. Tickets<br />
were also issued for passengers<br />
not wearing seat<br />
belts.<br />
EDITORS NOTE: The<br />
Lake Forest Leader’s Police<br />
Reports are compiled from<br />
official reports found on file<br />
at the Lake Forest and Lake<br />
Bluff Police Department<br />
headquarters. Individuals<br />
named in these reports are<br />
considered innocent of all<br />
charges until proven guilty in<br />
the court of law.<br />
Wonderful<br />
From Page 4<br />
crafts, stories and more.<br />
When the event was<br />
started a decade ago, Joanna<br />
Rolek, the Lake Forest-Lake<br />
Bluff Chamber<br />
of Commerce executive<br />
director, said merchants<br />
came up with the idea and<br />
the name of the event,<br />
which is a play on the<br />
movie, “It’s a Wonderful<br />
Life.”<br />
“Lake Bluff has a Norman<br />
Rockwell atmosphere<br />
and the event came<br />
out of everyone wanting<br />
to keep with old-fashioned<br />
and traditional fun,”<br />
Rolek said.<br />
Rolek also added the tagline<br />
of the event is “Lake<br />
Bluff is the north pole of<br />
the North Shore.”<br />
The event happens every<br />
year, rain or shine, and<br />
while this year marked a<br />
rainy event, residents still<br />
came out in the holiday<br />
spirit.<br />
“This town is very festive<br />
and events are vital<br />
to the town,” Rolek said.<br />
“As the year comes to an<br />
end, this event is the frosting<br />
on the cake or the star<br />
on the tree.”<br />
The day kicked off at 11<br />
a.m. with 13 businesses<br />
participating in Holly Jolly<br />
Passport, where attendees<br />
travel to each participating<br />
business and have<br />
the chance to earn prizes.<br />
Lake Bluff Library and<br />
the library elves joined in<br />
on the fun and welcomes<br />
community members for<br />
stories and arts and crafts.<br />
Lake Forest Bank and<br />
Trust sponsored carriage<br />
rides through town for<br />
families.<br />
Children - and adults<br />
- had the opportunity to<br />
give Santa their wish lists<br />
and see if they were on the<br />
naughty or nice list this<br />
year by visiting Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Claus at the Lake<br />
Bluff History Museum.<br />
The Lake Forest High<br />
School brass entertained<br />
the community with music<br />
throughout the town<br />
while all waited in anticipation<br />
of the big event<br />
- the tree lighting at the<br />
gazebo in the center of the<br />
village green.<br />
“This event is a great<br />
opportunity for everyone<br />
to come together and enjoy<br />
the downtown area<br />
and support local businesses,”<br />
Rolek said. “Our<br />
emphasis for the event<br />
is supporting local businesses<br />
while kicking off<br />
the holiday season with<br />
old-fashioned fun.”
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Lake Forest, Lake Bluff experience large<br />
power outages in aftermath of blizzard<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
Photo op<br />
A glimpse of<br />
the majestic<br />
Part of the Midwest, including<br />
Lake County, received<br />
anywhere between<br />
2-14 inches of snow after<br />
the first blizzard of the season<br />
hit Nov. 25.<br />
All Lake Forest and<br />
Lake Bluff schools closed<br />
Nov. 26 due to the storm,<br />
and many residents experienced<br />
power outages –<br />
some lasting for days.<br />
In Lake Forest, an estimated<br />
1,135 ComEd customers<br />
lost power due to<br />
the storm. Power was restored<br />
in 906 homes by the<br />
evening of Nov. 27, and a<br />
majority of the remaining<br />
power was restored late<br />
Nov. 28 and 100 percent<br />
of power was restored by<br />
noon on Nov. 29, according<br />
to Mike Strong, the assistant<br />
to the city manager.<br />
In Lake Bluff, an estimated<br />
440 ComEd customers<br />
were out of power<br />
beginning in the early<br />
morning hours of Nov.<br />
26. Of those customers,<br />
429 residents power was<br />
restored by the end of the<br />
morning on Nov. 26 and a<br />
few “stragglers were without<br />
power until Wednesday<br />
(Nov. 28),” Drew Irvin<br />
said, the Lake Bluff village<br />
administrator.<br />
Irvin added that in one<br />
repair 429 customers power<br />
was restored. He said<br />
ComEd typically repairs<br />
lines that will restore big<br />
groups of customers before<br />
working on special<br />
one-off circumstances.<br />
There were 34 downed<br />
trees in Lake Forest, seven<br />
of which were private<br />
trees. There was also a<br />
power line that went down<br />
near Waukegan Road and<br />
Deerpath Road, which was<br />
a main cause of the power<br />
outage in Lake Forest.<br />
Lake Bluff only reported<br />
three downed public trees.<br />
Due to the heavy rain,<br />
Lake Forest saw flooding<br />
at the Deerpath Road/<br />
Route 41 viaduct, which<br />
was closed for a few hours<br />
on Nov. 26, Strong said.<br />
The Village of Lake<br />
Bluff did not experience<br />
any road closures due to<br />
flooding, but E. Woodland<br />
Avenue in Lake Bluff experienced<br />
the “brunt of the<br />
storm,” according to Irvin.<br />
He noted there were multiple<br />
trees down on East<br />
Woodland Avenue. Those<br />
trees fell on cars, houses<br />
and blocked garages.<br />
“This was not your typical<br />
storm,” he said. “It was<br />
so wet and heavy and the<br />
winds were so strong.”<br />
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Rex<br />
The Everett family, Lake Bluff<br />
Despite his maturity, Rex is<br />
high energy and thinks he is<br />
still a puppy! Rex is a 12-yearold<br />
Airedale Terrier. His favorite<br />
things are playing with his many<br />
squeaky toys, goofing around with his 19-yearold<br />
brother when he comes home from college,<br />
chasing rabbits in a big back yard and being<br />
walked around Tangley Oaks in Lake Buff by his<br />
very favorite dog walker/trainer, Andrew! He also<br />
loves visiting his friends and getting beautified<br />
after a sleepover at Pampered Pupz in Libertyville!<br />
Rex has rewarded his human family with cuddles,<br />
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Students, faculty, staff<br />
and community members<br />
have anticipated the opening<br />
of the new performing<br />
arts center at Lake Forest<br />
Country Day School since<br />
it started renovations in<br />
March.<br />
Finally, on Oct. 24, the<br />
completed performing arts<br />
center was revealed to the<br />
school and community<br />
members during a grand<br />
opening event.<br />
The original space was a<br />
gymnasium many decades<br />
ago said Joy Hurd, the head<br />
of school at Lake Forest<br />
Country Day School.<br />
A few decades ago the<br />
space was first renovated<br />
into the performing arts<br />
center, but after a little<br />
wear and tear, it was due<br />
for another face lift.<br />
Prior to the latest renovation,<br />
the space did not<br />
have much natural light<br />
and the chairs were uncomfortable,<br />
Hurd said.<br />
“Now it is a really interesting<br />
space, it is not your<br />
typical auditorium,” Hurd<br />
said.<br />
The newly renovated<br />
performing arts center<br />
contains windows on the<br />
east and west sides of<br />
the space, the stage was<br />
moved from the east wall<br />
to the west wall, a new projection<br />
system and sound<br />
system were installed and<br />
there are 345 new comfortable<br />
chairs, which can be<br />
moved around.<br />
The floor in the performing<br />
arts center is all one<br />
level opposed to a angled<br />
floor like many other auditoriums.<br />
Hurd said this decision<br />
was made to create<br />
a multi-purpose space.<br />
The newly renovated<br />
space will become an area<br />
for a variety of things, not<br />
just theater performances.<br />
The school will also host<br />
Joy Hurd (left), head of school at Lake Forest Country Day School, welcomes guests<br />
at the grand opening of the newly renovated performing arts center Oct. 24 at Lake<br />
Forest Country Day School. Photos Submitted<br />
The Lake Forest Country Day School choir performs at the grand-opening event.<br />
a speaking contest in the<br />
space, choir concerts and<br />
more.<br />
“Every student will benefit<br />
from this new space,”<br />
Hurd said.<br />
But, not only will students<br />
benefit from the<br />
multi-purpose space, the<br />
school will also host lecture<br />
series in the performing<br />
arts center, which will<br />
be open to the public.<br />
“We think of this space<br />
as a place that can be used<br />
for the greater community<br />
as well,” Hurd said.<br />
After seeing the newly<br />
renovated performing arts<br />
center, Hurd said he felt<br />
inspired.<br />
“People are the center of<br />
our school, so the facilities<br />
we build only serve functions<br />
of helping our people<br />
do their best work and be<br />
their best selves,” Hurd<br />
said. “What is now true<br />
is that we have a space in<br />
the performing arts center<br />
that matches the level of<br />
our arts programs and the<br />
aspirations we have for our<br />
students.<br />
“It makes a huge difference<br />
to be in a space that<br />
inspires you to aim high.”
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opt into the Cook County<br />
minimum wage and paid<br />
sick leave ordinances at its<br />
Nov. 27 meeting.<br />
On Nov. 6, the minimum<br />
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by Wilmette voters<br />
76 to 24 percent and the<br />
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least 80 hours in a 120-day<br />
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The romance<br />
between F. Scott<br />
Fitzgerald and<br />
Lake Forest debutante<br />
Ginevra King has been<br />
well documented. The<br />
two met in St. Paul, Minn.<br />
when 16-year-old King<br />
was visiting one of her<br />
Westover boarding school<br />
classmates. Fitzgerald,<br />
a 19-year-old Princeton<br />
student, was home in St.<br />
Paul visiting family.<br />
Fitzgerald and King<br />
exchanged letters almost<br />
every week from 1915 to<br />
1917. Fitzgerald visited<br />
King at Westover, and she<br />
wrote in her diary, “Scott<br />
came in afternoon. It was<br />
so wonderful to see him<br />
again. I am madly in love<br />
with him. He is so wonderful”.<br />
King’s father, Charles<br />
King, was a successful<br />
investment broker.<br />
The King family estate<br />
on Ridge Road covered<br />
more than 45 acres. Their<br />
home “Kingdom Come”<br />
was designed by Howard<br />
Van Doren Shaw in 1906.<br />
Fitzgerald visited King at<br />
Kingdom Come as well.<br />
The property has since<br />
been subdivided, but new<br />
owners of the King home<br />
are restoring the house.<br />
Fitzgerald and King exchanged<br />
their final letters<br />
F. Scott Fitzgerald (second from right) talks to classmates<br />
from Minnesota. Photo submitted by Historical<br />
Society<br />
in 1918.<br />
She wrote to tell<br />
Fitzgerald of her engagement<br />
to William Mitchell,<br />
and Fitzgerald wrote a<br />
congratulatory reply. By<br />
this time Fitzgerald had<br />
met his future wife, Zelda.<br />
However, King would<br />
be his muse for Daisy<br />
Buchanan in “The Great<br />
Gatsby.”<br />
But, while the Ginevra<br />
King and F. Scott Fitzgerald<br />
connection has been<br />
covered extensively,<br />
Fitzgerald also had other<br />
Lake Forest connections.<br />
A classmate at Princeton<br />
was James Henderson<br />
Douglas Jr. The Douglas<br />
family lived at 910 Green<br />
Bay Road. Fitzgerald<br />
spent a month with the<br />
Douglas family and sent<br />
an inscribed autographed<br />
copy of his book This Side<br />
of Paradise to James H.<br />
Douglas Sr. as a thank you.<br />
Forgan family members<br />
owned homes in Lake<br />
Forest on N. Ahwanhee,<br />
Walden and Lake Road.<br />
James Russell “Russ”<br />
Forgan and Fitzgerald<br />
were both members of the<br />
Triangle Club at Princeton<br />
where Russ served as<br />
President. Fitzgerald and<br />
Russ Forgan remained<br />
friends after Princeton,<br />
and Fitzgerald’s diary<br />
notes the two still attending<br />
parties together several<br />
years after graduation.<br />
F. Scott Fitzgerald and<br />
Lucius Pond Ordway Jr.<br />
were neighbors and high<br />
school classmates in St.<br />
Paul, where they performed<br />
together in school<br />
plays. The Ordway family<br />
helped found a mining<br />
operation which became<br />
3M Corporation. After he<br />
married, Lucius Ordway<br />
Jr. and his bride moved to<br />
Lake Forest and lived at<br />
the south end of Edgewood<br />
Road.<br />
David Forlow has been a<br />
Lake Bluff resident for more<br />
than 20 years. He serves as<br />
the board vice president for<br />
the History Center of Lake<br />
Forest-Lake Bluff. To learn<br />
more about the History Center,<br />
visit www.lflbhistory.org.
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3. From the City: Winter storm update,<br />
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4. Lake Forest decked out for holiday season<br />
5. Boys Basketball: Confidence is key in<br />
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Lake Forest Country Day School posted this<br />
photo on Nov. 28. Lake Forest Country Day<br />
School posted this photo of first-grade students<br />
who wrote letters of thanks to community<br />
members for Thanksgiving. One student<br />
wrote hers Community Service OFficer Madison<br />
Tomasiewicz at the Lake Forest Police<br />
Department. Officer Tomasiewicz surprised<br />
students with a visit and doughnuts.<br />
Check out Lake Bluff Library “December<br />
Display Case (throughout Dec.) - Come to<br />
the library and see Jean Grost’s collection of<br />
Christmas pins!” @lakeblufflib.<br />
On Nov. 29 Lake Bluff Library tweeted about<br />
pins on display.<br />
23<br />
An intriguing number from this week’s edition<br />
23 trees were removed<br />
from the road in Lake<br />
Forest after the blizzard,<br />
Page 9.<br />
From the Sports Editor<br />
‘Spreading Christmas cheer for all to hear’<br />
Brittany Kapa<br />
b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
Last week a group of<br />
22nd Century Media<br />
editors, including<br />
myself, launched ourselves<br />
into the holiday spirit.<br />
Our assistant managing<br />
editor, Megan Bernard,<br />
pulled out the office<br />
Christmas tree, ornaments<br />
and various other holiday<br />
decorations and we took<br />
a half hour to liven up the<br />
office.<br />
With Christmas music<br />
playing in the background,<br />
and a fresh blanket of snow<br />
on the ground outside, we<br />
merrily decorated our little<br />
tree. It’s been quite a while<br />
since I had the opportunity<br />
to do this.<br />
See, my mother decided<br />
that once my sister, brother<br />
and I weren’t children anymore,<br />
or living at home, it<br />
was her time to shine when<br />
it came to the Christmas<br />
tree decorations. My mom<br />
nfyn<br />
From Page 13<br />
per year. The minimum<br />
wage in Wilmette is currently<br />
$11. The minimum<br />
wage will further increase<br />
to $12 on July 1, 2019 and<br />
to $13 on July 1, 2020. On<br />
July 1, 2021 and beyond,<br />
the wage will increase by<br />
the Consumer Price Index<br />
(CPI), or 2.5 percent,<br />
whichever is less.<br />
“The Nov. 6 referenda<br />
has an affinity for decorating,<br />
and loves to spend<br />
time making the entire<br />
house look like an elegant<br />
Christmas postcard or a<br />
spread in “Country Living”<br />
magazine, or something<br />
akin to Joanna Gaines from<br />
HGTV’s “Fixer Upper.”<br />
She’s good at it, too, and<br />
has stayed consistent the<br />
last several years and not<br />
given up control of the tree<br />
decorations. I’m not even<br />
allowed to place ornaments<br />
on there because somehow<br />
I always choose the wrong<br />
spot. I’m not mad, nope.<br />
Needless to say, it was a<br />
fun afternoon at the office<br />
as everyone put garland,<br />
tinsel and ornaments on the<br />
tree.<br />
Christmas has always<br />
been that time of year that<br />
I personally feel goes by<br />
too fast. I always have a list<br />
of things I want to do for<br />
the Christmas season and<br />
somehow I never accomplish<br />
any of them. I lived<br />
in Chicago for seven years<br />
and never once went to the<br />
Lincoln Park Zoolights<br />
event, and I lived a mile<br />
from it for most of that<br />
time. I did go to the Christkindlmarket<br />
Chicago at<br />
Daley Plaza once, but I’ve<br />
never been able to go to<br />
correctly and accurately<br />
reflected the County’s ordinances<br />
and were both<br />
approved overwhelmingly<br />
by Wilmette voters,” Village<br />
President Bob Bielinski<br />
said.<br />
The minimum wage is<br />
already in effect, paid sick<br />
leave ordinance will take<br />
effect in the Village on<br />
March 1.<br />
Reporting by Todd Marver,<br />
Freelance Reporter. Full story<br />
at WilmetteBeacon.com.<br />
Our 22nd Century Media Christmas tree shines bright in<br />
our Northbrook office. Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media<br />
something that just screams<br />
the holidays.<br />
Work and family obligations<br />
always seem to get in<br />
the way, but this year I’m<br />
determined to change that.<br />
I want to enjoy the holiday<br />
season with my family, like<br />
I’m sure most of you do,<br />
too.<br />
We’d love to see how<br />
you spend the holidays with<br />
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Groh at alyssa@lakefor<br />
estleader.com. You might<br />
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Deli-zioso<br />
Italian fare essential at Lake Forest eatery, Page 23<br />
Gorton Community Center brings holiday ballet to life, Page 19<br />
LoMastro Performing Arts Academy’s cast for “The Nutcracker: Clara’s Dream,” rehearses the final scene of the play Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Gorton Community Center<br />
in Lake Forest. Ernest J. Schweit/22nd Century Media
18 | December 6, 2018 | The lake forest leader PUZZLES<br />
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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />
Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />
Across<br />
1. Santa ___ winds<br />
4. Bankbook abbr.<br />
8. Relaxed<br />
14. Debate side<br />
15. Qatar’s capital<br />
16. Lite<br />
17. Goes with head<br />
18. Negligible<br />
19. Builds<br />
20. ___ canal<br />
22. Paint ingredient<br />
24. Tie with a clasp<br />
25. Is of benefit<br />
29. Courtroom VIPs<br />
30. Wilmette institution<br />
supporting public<br />
causes, with a new<br />
building planned<br />
34. Hairdo<br />
36. Dentist qualification<br />
37. Tempe sch.<br />
38. Shout of adoration<br />
41. Burst forth<br />
43. “____ live and<br />
breathe!”<br />
44. NFL scores<br />
45. Cambodian currency<br />
46. Alabama town<br />
49. Spa sounds<br />
52. Bestow<br />
53. “___ as good a<br />
time as any”<br />
55. Philosophic<br />
58. Exactly<br />
59. “A Gentleman in<br />
Moscow” author who<br />
discussed his book at<br />
the Wilmette Junior<br />
HS<br />
64. Iridescent stone<br />
66. “Every child. One<br />
voice” org.<br />
67. Chastise<br />
68. Elders’ teachings<br />
69. World Series mo.<br />
70. Pictures<br />
71. Vortex<br />
72. Sounds of doubt<br />
Down<br />
1. Bitter tasting<br />
2. Call after a missed<br />
field goal<br />
3. African nation<br />
4. Banners, text<br />
links, e.g.<br />
5. Prof.’s employer<br />
6. ___ Pet (novelty<br />
item)<br />
7. Percussion instrument<br />
8. Egyptian city<br />
9. High up point<br />
10. Mrs. sheep<br />
11. Hotbed of NCAA<br />
basketball<br />
12. High school test<br />
13. Loop transports<br />
21. Puccini opera<br />
23. Eluders<br />
26. It’s debatable<br />
27. Bank guarantee<br />
of a buyer’s credit,<br />
abbr.<br />
28. Thin strip<br />
30. Lifting machines<br />
31. Mediocre<br />
32. Application<br />
33. Stage of bloom<br />
35. Ready<br />
38. Fedora, for<br />
example<br />
39. Buckeyes’ sch.<br />
40. Emphatic assent<br />
in Acapulco<br />
42. Inside man<br />
47. Centimeter, abbr.<br />
48. Peter of “Lawrence<br />
of Arabia”<br />
50. Old World bird<br />
with fanlike crest<br />
51. Cloth sample<br />
54. Numbers, abbr.<br />
56. Tune player<br />
57. Diamond or<br />
heart, e.g.<br />
59. Prefix with<br />
angular<br />
60. Original manufactured<br />
item<br />
61. Ring org.<br />
62. Bicycle part<br />
63. Manage, with<br />
“out”<br />
65. A pewter<br />
LAKE FOREST<br />
Woodlands Academy<br />
(705 E. Westleigh Road,<br />
(847) 234-4300)<br />
■7-8:30 ■ p.m. Thursday,<br />
Dec. 6: Free Christmas<br />
Concert at Woodlands<br />
Academy<br />
Northcroft Park<br />
(1365 S. Ridge Road)<br />
■7-10 ■ p.m. Friday,<br />
Dec. 7: Cocktails with<br />
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■From ■ open until close<br />
all week: bowling and<br />
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Glenbrook North High<br />
School<br />
(2300 Shermer Road,<br />
(847) 272-6400)<br />
■7 ■ p.m., Dec. 6, Dec. 7<br />
or Dec. 8: GBN Orchesis<br />
Dance Company<br />
presents “Devotion”<br />
GLENVIEW<br />
Oil Lamp Theater<br />
(1723 Glenview Road,<br />
(847) 834-0738)<br />
■Multiple ■ showtimes<br />
until Dec. 30: Performances<br />
of “It’s a<br />
Wonderful Life” ($40<br />
adult, $25 student<br />
tickets)<br />
Johnny’s Kitchen<br />
(1740 Milwaukee Ave.<br />
(847) 699-9999)<br />
■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday<br />
and Saturday: Live<br />
Music<br />
The Rock House<br />
(1742 Glenview Road<br />
(224) 616-3062)<br />
■5 ■ p.m. Friday, Dec.<br />
7: Family Night and<br />
Karaoke<br />
■9 ■ a.m.. Saturday, Dec.<br />
8: Gene Lim<br />
■Noon ■ Sunday, Dec. 9:<br />
Sean Hefferan<br />
Curragh Irish Pub<br />
(1800 Tower Drive,<br />
(847) 998-1100)<br />
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Wednesday: Trivia<br />
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How to play Sudoku<br />
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of<br />
3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column<br />
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1 to 9.<br />
LEVEL: Medium<br />
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the lake forest leader | December 6, 2018 | 19<br />
One-act ‘Nutcracker’ brings holiday spirit to Lake Forest<br />
Katie Copenhaver<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
A shortened version of<br />
the classic holiday ballet,<br />
“The Nutcracker,” brought<br />
dancers together from<br />
across the North Shore.<br />
LoMastro Performing<br />
Arts Academy presented<br />
“The Nutcracker: Clara’s<br />
Dream,” during a two-day<br />
event Saturday-Sunday<br />
Dec. 1-2 at the Gorton<br />
Community Center.<br />
The condensed version<br />
focused on Clara’s dreams<br />
and her time in the Kingdom<br />
of Sweets.<br />
The fourth annual Lo-<br />
Mastro Academy production<br />
included 83 dancers<br />
from age 4 to adult. Most<br />
dancers were students<br />
from 11 communities:<br />
Lake Forest, Lake Bluff,<br />
Highwood, Highland Park,<br />
Deerfield, Vernon Hills,<br />
Libertyville, Lincolnshire,<br />
Riverwoods, Mundelein<br />
and Buffalo Grove.<br />
Loren LoMastro Specht,<br />
owner/director of the academy,<br />
first conceived the<br />
idea for the annual production<br />
to “provide dancers<br />
from various studios the<br />
opportunity to come together<br />
in a noncompetitive<br />
way to share their love of<br />
ballet.”<br />
Plus, it gives the dancers<br />
a chance to connect with<br />
one another through the<br />
holiday spirit of giving and<br />
goodwill.<br />
“Every dancer should do<br />
a ‘Nutcracker,’” said ballet<br />
instructor Kara DelGrosso.<br />
“It’s so much fun because<br />
of the memories and<br />
friends that you make.”<br />
Kara and her sister Katrina<br />
DelGrosso are current<br />
faculty at LoMastro<br />
Academy. Katrina Del-<br />
Grosso has served as the<br />
academy’s director of the<br />
Bentley Frost dances during dress rehearsal for a<br />
scene from “The Nutcracker: Clara’s Dream,” at the<br />
Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest.<br />
“Nutcracker” for all four<br />
of its years, and Kara Del-<br />
Grosso played the role of<br />
Frau Silberhaus in this<br />
year’s production as well<br />
as helping the student<br />
dancers prepare.<br />
The lead role of Clara<br />
was shared by student<br />
dancers Clara Collis and<br />
Elizabeth Xakellis, both<br />
age 12 and both of Lake<br />
Forest. It was particularly<br />
ironic for Collis.<br />
“When my mom found<br />
out I was cast as Clara,<br />
she was especially excited<br />
because ‘The Nutcracker’<br />
was one of her favorite<br />
ballets and the reason she<br />
named me Clara,” Collis<br />
said.<br />
For Xakellis, the role<br />
gave her an idea of a professional<br />
dancer’s life.<br />
“One of the most challenging<br />
things about being<br />
Clara is not only the physical<br />
strength required, but<br />
the mental strength necessary<br />
to memorize all of the<br />
choreography. Especially<br />
because there is very little<br />
time off stage the entire<br />
show,” she said.<br />
Guiding Clara through<br />
the Kingdom of Sweets<br />
was the Sugar Plum Fairy,<br />
played by Abigail Stachnick,<br />
a professional dancer<br />
and a LoMastro instructor.<br />
A native of Milwaukee,<br />
Stachnick is a dancer with<br />
the Evanston-based Cocodaco<br />
Dance Project and<br />
has performed with the<br />
Chicago Repertory Ballet<br />
and other companies.<br />
According to LoMastro<br />
Specht, some of the children<br />
have participated in<br />
this show all four years,<br />
while others were participating<br />
for their first year.<br />
Some had two or more<br />
roles this year with quick<br />
costume changes while<br />
some, particularly the<br />
younger dancers, had only<br />
one role.<br />
A few more notable<br />
students in the production<br />
were Bentley Frost, of<br />
Lake Forest, who played<br />
Peppermint Starlight.<br />
The visual appeal of<br />
the ballet dancing along<br />
with the well-known musical<br />
score by Tchaikovsky<br />
makes this a timeless favorite<br />
for everyone during<br />
the holidays.<br />
As Katrina DelGrosso<br />
reminded the performers<br />
during their dress rehearsal,<br />
it’s a happy show<br />
and they could radiate that<br />
feeling to the audience by<br />
the smiles on their faces.<br />
J.T. Bonner dances his role as a Polichinelle at dress rehearsals Thursday, Nov. 29,<br />
for “The Nutcracker: Clara’s Dream,” at the Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest.<br />
Photos by Ernest J. Schweit/22nd Century Media<br />
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22 | December 6, 2018 | The lake forest leader FAITH<br />
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Faith Briefs<br />
Faith Lutheran Church (680 West<br />
Deerpath, Lake Forest)<br />
Mid-Week Bible Study<br />
10-11 a.m. Wednesdays.<br />
The Lord’s supper is offered<br />
weekly after each<br />
class. The class is focusing<br />
on “Parables.”<br />
Men of Faith<br />
8 a.m. Saturday (once a<br />
month). The men of Faith<br />
meet for an hour or so of<br />
breakfast and a short Bible<br />
study and discussion. All<br />
men, members or not, are<br />
welcome. This is typically<br />
on the third Saturday<br />
morning of the month.<br />
First Presbyterian Church (700 Sheridan<br />
Road, Lake Forest)<br />
Care Giver Support Group<br />
Do you care for a family<br />
member or friend? Do<br />
you feel isolated or overwhelmed?<br />
Come join our<br />
new Caregivers Support<br />
Group. Join others who<br />
care for loved ones to<br />
share, interact, and learn<br />
from each other in a safe,<br />
supportive environment.<br />
The group will gather from<br />
1-2 p.m. twice a month on<br />
the first and third Thursday<br />
of the month in the parish<br />
house for valuable information<br />
on relevant topics,<br />
leads on resources, and to<br />
share concerns and tips<br />
with other caregivers. All<br />
are welcome. For more information,<br />
contact Martha<br />
Zeeman at martha@zee<br />
manfamily.com<br />
Hymn Singers Choir<br />
6-6:45 p.m. Thursdays.<br />
The new Hymn Choir is<br />
designed for any singers<br />
who wish to improve their<br />
singing skills, learn about<br />
hymnody, or simply enjoy<br />
fellowship with others who<br />
love to sing hymns. All<br />
are welcome. No performances<br />
or ongoing commitment<br />
– come when you<br />
choose. For more information,<br />
visit firstchurchlf.org/<br />
hymnchoir.<br />
Third Thursday Taizé<br />
Prayer Service<br />
6:30 p.m., every third<br />
Thursday, in the Chapel.<br />
Step back from everyday<br />
life to be refreshed and<br />
encounter God in the silence.<br />
A gracefully simple<br />
service of contemplation<br />
in a prayerful setting, with<br />
scripture, prayer, song, silence<br />
and light.<br />
Grace United Methodist Church (244<br />
East Center Ave., Lake Bluff)<br />
Boy Scouts<br />
7-9 p.m. Mondays. Boy<br />
Scout Troop 42 will meet<br />
in Fellowship Hall.<br />
Gentle Chair Yoga<br />
3-3:30 p.m. Fridays,<br />
Fellowship Hall. All are<br />
welcome.<br />
Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois<br />
Road, Lake Forest)<br />
Eucharistic Adoration<br />
Each Wednesday, the<br />
Church of St. Mary offers<br />
Eucharistic Adoration following<br />
the 8 a.m. Mass. A<br />
rosary will be prayed each<br />
week at 6:40 p.m. with<br />
Benediction following at<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N.<br />
Waukegan Road)<br />
Senior High Youth Group<br />
7-9 p.m. Sundays. All<br />
are welcome for a time<br />
of worship, teaching and<br />
fellowship. Friends are<br />
encouraged to attend. For<br />
more information, call<br />
(847) 234-1001.<br />
Love INC Furniture<br />
Ministry<br />
8 a.m.-noon, second Saturday<br />
of the month. Volunteer<br />
to help load, deliver<br />
and pick-up furniture. All<br />
ages and abilities are welcome,<br />
youth is welcome<br />
with adult supervision. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
Tim Banks at timothy<br />
cbanks@yahoo.com.<br />
The Bridge Young Adults<br />
Group<br />
7-9 p.m., every Wednesday.<br />
All young adults are<br />
welcome to join. For more<br />
information, contact The<br />
BridgeCC<strong>LF</strong>@gmail.com.<br />
Christian Science Society (Gorton<br />
Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake<br />
Forest)<br />
Testimony Meeting<br />
7:30 p.m. first Wednesday<br />
of each month. Come<br />
to Gorton Center for<br />
prayer, hymns, and readings<br />
from the Bible, with<br />
related passages from the<br />
“Christian Science” textbook,<br />
“Science and Health<br />
with Key to the Scriptures”<br />
by Mary Baker Eddy. Then<br />
participants share their<br />
own healings and inspiration.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (847) 234-0820<br />
or email cssocietylakefor<br />
est@gmail.com.<br />
Submit information for<br />
The Leader’s Faith page to<br />
alyssa@lakeforestleader.<br />
com. The deadline is noon on<br />
Thursday. Questions? Call<br />
(847) 272-4565 ext. 21.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
W. Allen Davies (Davies)<br />
Allen Davies, 87, of<br />
Lake Forest, died Nov. 9, at<br />
the Lake Forest Place nursing<br />
facility. He was born<br />
Dec. 6, 1930 in Houston,<br />
TX.<br />
Davies earned a BS<br />
degree in chemical engineering<br />
from Rice University<br />
and a SM degree in<br />
chemical engineering from<br />
M.I.T. A summer job with<br />
the Pan American Refining<br />
Company led to a career<br />
working for it and its successors,<br />
ultimately retiring<br />
from Amoco Corporation<br />
after 38 years. Davies designed<br />
refineries in Texas<br />
City, TX and Whiting,<br />
Ind., rising to director of<br />
planning & economics to<br />
supply Amoco refineries<br />
worldwide. He represented<br />
Amoco Internationally and<br />
served on the management<br />
committee of Amoco Production.<br />
His work took him<br />
on many trips to Europe,<br />
Egypt, the Middle East and<br />
the Philippines. When he<br />
retired he was the Manager<br />
of Investor Relations for<br />
Amoco.<br />
A strong sense of civic<br />
duty lead him to serve on<br />
the Lake Forest District<br />
67 Board of Education as<br />
president for five years and<br />
on the Lake Forest City<br />
Council for seven years. He<br />
also served on the boards of<br />
the Lake Forest Symphony,<br />
Friends of the Lake Forest<br />
Library, and the Chicago<br />
Hearing Society. In addition,<br />
he helped form Amo-<br />
CARES, a group of retired<br />
Amoco employees that<br />
does volunteer community<br />
service.<br />
He loved music, frequently<br />
attending concerts<br />
by the Lake Forest and Chicago<br />
Symphonies and Ars<br />
Viva. At home, he listened<br />
to an extensive record collection<br />
and had lifelong<br />
interests in woodworking<br />
and photography. He built<br />
many furniture pieces for<br />
his home and his family.<br />
He brought the Northshore<br />
Photography Club to Lake<br />
Forest Place retirement<br />
community to share his<br />
enthusiasm and encourage<br />
other amateur photographers,<br />
as president then<br />
news editor for many years.<br />
Davies was in great demand<br />
to take photographs<br />
for local organizations, including<br />
churches and the<br />
Boy Scouts. He also enjoyed<br />
hiking, singing in the<br />
church choir, and traveling<br />
around the world, which he<br />
documented in many self<br />
published travelogues.<br />
Davies is predeceased<br />
by his brother Tom and<br />
his parents, R. Glenn Davies<br />
and Jewel Robinson<br />
Davies, and step-mother<br />
Grace Kniseley (nee Ryan)<br />
Davies. He is survived by<br />
his wife, Eliza (nee Taggart),<br />
and his three children,<br />
Bill Davies and his<br />
wife Candy (nee Ermilio),<br />
Carolyn (nee Davies) Holt<br />
and her husband Rick Holt,<br />
and Steve Davies and his<br />
wife Laurie McFarlane, as<br />
well as seven grandchildren<br />
and a great-granddaughter.<br />
A memorial service will<br />
be held in January at the<br />
Lake Forest Place Chapel,<br />
1100 Pembridge Dr, Lake<br />
Forest, IL. The interment<br />
will be a private ceremony<br />
for the family at the First<br />
Presbyterian Church of<br />
Lake Forest.<br />
Contributions in lieu of<br />
flowers may be made to<br />
support the Chicago Hearing<br />
Society. www.chicago<br />
hearingsociety.org. Info:<br />
Wenban Funeral Home<br />
(847) 234-0022 or www.<br />
wenban.com.<br />
Mary Lynn Furth<br />
Mary Lynn Furth, 82, of<br />
Lake Forest, died Nov. 14.<br />
Furth was the wife of Donald<br />
R.; mother of Donna<br />
Raymo, Mary Ellen (Fred)<br />
VanDerLinde, Glenn<br />
(Yvonne) Furth, Christopher<br />
(Caroline) Furth,<br />
Daniel (Kristin) Furth and<br />
Kenneth (Nancy) Furth;<br />
grandmother of Connor,<br />
Joseph, Carly, Kasey, Isabelle,<br />
Daniel, Jack, Nick,<br />
Andrew, Alex, Colleen,<br />
John; great-grandmother<br />
of Colin; sister of George<br />
N., Ellen and Christine.<br />
Marion Guyton<br />
Marion Guyton, 96, of<br />
Lake Forest, formerly of<br />
Wilmette and Northfield,<br />
died on Nov. 11. She was<br />
the wife of Bill for 62<br />
years until his death in December<br />
2012.<br />
Guyton was born on<br />
Aug. 10, 1922 in Kenyon,<br />
MN to Carl and Caroline<br />
Danielson. She was raised<br />
in Eau Claire, Wis., and<br />
graduated from St. Olaf<br />
College. Guyton was active<br />
in numerous organizations<br />
and volunteered<br />
many hours to charitable<br />
groups, most notably the<br />
Infant Welfare Society of<br />
Chicago.<br />
She is survived by<br />
daughters Joanna (William)<br />
Lynn, Carolyn<br />
(James Ringbloom) Guyton-Ringbloom,<br />
Pamela<br />
(Arthur) Kral; grandchildren<br />
Kristina (Adam Robbins)<br />
and Bradley (Cassie)<br />
Lynn, Jeffrey and Kimberly<br />
Ringbloom, and Adam<br />
Kral; great grandchildren<br />
Isaac, Emily, and Haley<br />
Lynn.<br />
Service is private. Contributions<br />
in Marion’s<br />
memory may be made to<br />
Infant Welfare Society of<br />
Chicago, Attn.: Michelle<br />
DiBenedetto, 3600 West<br />
Fullerton, Chicago, IL<br />
60647 or at infantwelfare<br />
society.org.<br />
Have someone’s life you’d<br />
like to honor? Email alyssa@<br />
lakeforestleader.com with<br />
information about a loved one<br />
who was part of the Lake Forest/Lake<br />
Bluff communities.
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Name of the game is freshness for Visconti at R&V Market and Deli<br />
Michael Wojtychiw<br />
Contributing Sports Editor<br />
The restaurant business<br />
has always been a part of<br />
Frank Visconti’s life. After<br />
working for his dad as<br />
a child in the industry, it<br />
was only a matter of time<br />
before he owned his own<br />
restaurants.<br />
The Visconti name has<br />
been around in Little Italy<br />
restaurants in Highwood<br />
and Lake Forest for four<br />
generations. Eight years<br />
ago, he opened up R&V<br />
Market and Deli in Lake<br />
Forest. Visconti is also the<br />
owner of Visconti Foods,<br />
located next door to the<br />
deli, an importer and distributor<br />
of food directly<br />
from Italy.<br />
“My employees (at<br />
Visconti Foods) were going<br />
to lunch for an hour,<br />
hour-and-a-half, and when<br />
I’d ask why, they’d say,<br />
‘There’s nowhere to eat in<br />
the area,’” said Visconti,<br />
of Lake Forest.<br />
That’s when Visconti<br />
knew something had to<br />
change, especially since<br />
there are 4,800 people in<br />
the subdivision.<br />
When opening the deli,<br />
it was important to have<br />
everything fresh on the<br />
premises, Visconti said. It<br />
began with the hot meals,<br />
cold cuts and sandwiches<br />
and went from there.<br />
“Fresh is the only way<br />
to do it,” Visconti said. “A<br />
lot of people buy frozen<br />
chicken and more. Why?<br />
You take up five extra<br />
minutes of your time to<br />
clean up a piece of chicken<br />
and what are you doing?<br />
You’re giving a customer<br />
a fresh taste; you’re giving<br />
them really good food.<br />
“It doesn’t take much.<br />
A lot of people like to take<br />
shortcuts and it’s not worth<br />
it. You’re giving someone<br />
a fresh product; you’re<br />
The Italian sub sandwich ($7.95) that, along with the<br />
normal ingredients for an Italian sandwich, included<br />
tomatoes, lettuce, oil and a vinegar dressing.<br />
giving them a great flavor.”<br />
Catering is also a big<br />
part of the business, and<br />
Visconti said all you need<br />
to do is call a day in advance<br />
to place your order.<br />
Lunch delivery is also<br />
available.<br />
A pair of 22nd Century<br />
Media editors stopped by<br />
the Lake Forest deli and<br />
tried some of the more<br />
popular dishes that Visconti<br />
and his establishment<br />
offer.<br />
Visconti brought out all<br />
six dishes family-style.<br />
First we tried an Italian<br />
sub sandwich ($7.95)<br />
that, along with the normal<br />
ingredients for an Italian<br />
sandwich, included tomatoes,<br />
lettuce, oil and a vinegar<br />
dressing.<br />
The chicken Parmesan<br />
sandwich ($8.95), according<br />
to Visconti, is the deli’s<br />
biggest seller and another<br />
one of the meals made on<br />
the premises. Like many of<br />
the other sandwiches and<br />
foods in the deli, chicken<br />
parm is also available as<br />
a meal-to-go. Examples<br />
of other grab-and-go’s include<br />
salads, wraps and<br />
desserts.<br />
A third dish was a meat<br />
lasagna ($8.95) made<br />
with fresh pasta noodles,<br />
a homemade meat sauce,<br />
R&V Market and Deli<br />
13801 W. Laurel Drive,<br />
Lake Forest<br />
randvdeli.com<br />
(847) 816-6468<br />
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-<br />
Friday<br />
Saturday-Sunday<br />
closed<br />
which had spinach in it, as<br />
well as Parmesan cheese.<br />
The ricotta cheese has Parmesan<br />
cheese mixed in it<br />
and all of the products are<br />
fresh.<br />
One dish that has a special<br />
place in Visconti’s<br />
heart is the eggplant rollatini.<br />
It is a dish that his<br />
mom made when he was<br />
a child and he continued<br />
to use the same recipe<br />
when he started selling it<br />
at the deli. One thing that<br />
sets this apart from others<br />
is that it is fried in vegetable<br />
and olive oils. The<br />
deli offers two eggplant<br />
sandwiches: rollatini and<br />
Parmesan. Both eggplant<br />
dishes are $8.95.<br />
The salmon ($9.95) with<br />
vegetables is marinated<br />
overnight in lemon and orange<br />
juice, as well as olive<br />
oil, and then drained the<br />
next day. The combination<br />
removes any true fish smell<br />
and taste from the dish.<br />
The eggplant rollatini ($8.95) at Lake Forest’s R&V Market and Deli comes from a<br />
special Visconti family recipe. Photos by Eric DeGrechie/22nd Century Media<br />
The salmon ($9.95) with vegetables is marinated overnight in lemon and orange juice,<br />
as well as olive oil.<br />
The last dish we tried<br />
was the pasta alfredo with<br />
vegetables, which is a side<br />
pasta that patrons can get<br />
with many of the sandwiches.<br />
Visconti, who was born,<br />
raised and still lives in<br />
Lake Forest, has been able<br />
to get more involved with<br />
the community in recent<br />
years, something he’s always<br />
aimed to do. This<br />
past year, he was able to<br />
be a vendor at the city’s<br />
Fourth of July fireworks<br />
celebration.<br />
“This was the first year<br />
we did the fireworks,”<br />
Visconti said, “and I had a<br />
blast.”
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Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with TJ Cottam<br />
Cottam is a senior wrestler<br />
at Lake Forest High<br />
School, he wrestles at 145<br />
pounds.<br />
How did you start<br />
wrestling?<br />
I first started wrestling<br />
freshman year, because<br />
my mom actually wanted<br />
me to do swimming and I<br />
didn’t. I decided wrestling<br />
was the next best option.<br />
The Varsity: North Shore Podcast<br />
Guys talk hockey, hoops<br />
Staff Report<br />
In this week’s episode of<br />
The Varsity: North Shore,<br />
the only podcast focused on<br />
North Shore sports, hosts<br />
Michal Dwojak and Michael<br />
Wojtychiw recap of<br />
fun hockey weekend, head<br />
from Glenbrook South<br />
boys basketball head coach<br />
Phil Ralston, play Way/No<br />
Way with hockey and talk<br />
about how the boys and<br />
girls basketball seasons<br />
have gone for area teams.<br />
First Quarter<br />
Michal Dwojak and<br />
Michael Wojtychiw recap<br />
a fun series of games between<br />
the Loyola Academy<br />
and New Trier hockey<br />
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Second Quarter<br />
The guys hear from<br />
Glenbrook South’s boys<br />
basketball head coach Phil<br />
Ralston after his Titans upset<br />
a top-ranked Evanston<br />
squad.<br />
Third Quarter<br />
After almost a monthlong<br />
absence, Way/No<br />
Way is back, and Wojtychiw<br />
makes some predictions<br />
about the area boys<br />
and girls hockey teams.<br />
Fourth Quarter<br />
To finish things off, the<br />
guys talk about some interesting<br />
basketball storylines<br />
early in the season.<br />
Why do love the<br />
sport?<br />
I didn’t like swimming<br />
because I thought it was<br />
boring. With wrestling I<br />
like the feeling of winning.<br />
I know that if I work<br />
harder than the other guy<br />
I would definitely be the<br />
winner.<br />
What is the most<br />
challenging part of the<br />
sport?<br />
The most challenging is<br />
definitely weight cutting<br />
and dieting. It requires a<br />
lot of mental toughness.<br />
Sometimes you don’t get<br />
to eat because you have to<br />
do it for the team.<br />
What’s the best advice<br />
you’ve gotten from<br />
coach?<br />
The best advice I’ve gotten<br />
from my coach is probably<br />
keep your head up.<br />
If you lost this one keep<br />
working and you’ll beat<br />
them next time.<br />
What is your most<br />
memorable moment in<br />
the sport?<br />
I would say it was when<br />
I won my first tournament.<br />
It was last year at the Lisle<br />
Tournament.<br />
Who favorite<br />
professional wrestler?<br />
I’m going to have to<br />
go with Kyle Dake. I like<br />
the way he wrestles. Very<br />
defensive and he doesn’t<br />
give up a lot of points. And<br />
he knows where he is on<br />
the mat.<br />
What do you do to<br />
prepare for a match?<br />
Typically I do the same<br />
thing every day. I run and<br />
then I drill with a partner.<br />
Sometimes I do a little<br />
game to keep my spirits<br />
up.<br />
If you could travel<br />
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anywhere in the<br />
world, where would<br />
you go?<br />
I think I would go to<br />
Australia. I don’t have to<br />
learn a new language and<br />
there are lot of cool things<br />
down there like the Great<br />
Barrier Reef.<br />
What is your biggest<br />
pet peeve?<br />
My biggest pet peeve<br />
is when I’m working hard<br />
and I see that someone is<br />
not is working as hard or<br />
putting in effort.<br />
What is your go-to<br />
pump up music?<br />
My pump up music,<br />
I’m going to thank coach<br />
Jerina for this, it’s heavy<br />
metal.<br />
Interview by Sports Editor<br />
Brittany Kapa
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LakeForestLeader.com<br />
Athlete of the Month<br />
Orucevic helps Titans<br />
earn another 2018 win<br />
Edging out the competition<br />
Scouts JV hockey team wins Stevenson<br />
Thanksgiving Tournament<br />
Michal Dwojak<br />
Contributing Sports Editor<br />
Glenbrook South’s Emsela<br />
Orucevic didn’t only<br />
have a successful November<br />
in the pool.<br />
The Titan swimmer<br />
made the Thanksgiving<br />
month memorable by winning<br />
22nd Century Media’s<br />
November Athlete of the<br />
Month competition, beating<br />
out some tough competitors.<br />
Orucevic won the<br />
monthly battle with 443<br />
votes, edging out Loyola<br />
Academy girls swimmer<br />
Aidan Koconos-O’Malley,<br />
who finished with 349<br />
votes, and New Trier boys<br />
cross-country runner Charlie<br />
Forbes, who had 130<br />
votes for third place.<br />
Orucevic was a key<br />
leader for the Titans all<br />
season long and earned the<br />
support from Titans fans,<br />
helping the school earn<br />
its second Athlete of the<br />
Month win of 2018.<br />
Voting lasted from Nov.<br />
10-25. The Athlete of the<br />
Month contest for athletes<br />
selected in the month of<br />
November gets underway<br />
on Dec. 10 and will end on<br />
Dec. 25. Vote at LakeFor<br />
estLeaser.com.<br />
The Scouts JV boys ice hockey team won 4-3 over York High school to claim the Stevenson<br />
Thanksgiving Tournament Elite title for themselves Nov. 25 in Buffalo Grove.<br />
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Glenbrook South girls swimmer Emsela Orucevic won November’s Athlete of the<br />
Month competition. 22nd Century Media File Photo<br />
December Athlete of the Month<br />
candidates<br />
Lake Forest<br />
Elijah Fietsman, boys cross-country<br />
Lauren Garriques, girls cross-country<br />
Flynn McClellan, girls swimming<br />
Danny Fisher, boys golf<br />
Glenbrook South<br />
Kristin Ralston, girls basketball<br />
Michael Bukhalo, boys tennis<br />
Glenbrook North<br />
Grace Heywood, girls volleyball<br />
Nick Redstone, boys cross-country<br />
Christina Christos, girls basketball<br />
Brian Johnson, boys basketball<br />
Bridget Billig, girls gymnastics<br />
Loyola Academy<br />
Jack Fallon, football<br />
Mary Kate Lopez, girls volleyball<br />
Jake Gonzalez, football<br />
New Trier<br />
Ellie Finnigan, girls cross-country<br />
Bobby Soudan, boys hockey<br />
Highland Park<br />
Sebastian Thomas, boys hockey<br />
Abby Smith, girls swimming<br />
Ireland Hieb, girls volleyball<br />
Alexandra Pielet, equestrian<br />
Ryan Foreman, girls ice hockey<br />
Scouts<br />
From Page 30<br />
26 points from there. But<br />
in the first quarter they<br />
missed a lot of easy opportunities.<br />
Even so, their<br />
defense held Stevenson in<br />
check, and in the second<br />
quarter Lake Forest went<br />
on a 10-2 run increasing<br />
a 14-12 advantage to<br />
24-14. Douglass had six<br />
points during that stretch<br />
along with buckets from<br />
Pearson and Finola Summerville.<br />
“While we did want to<br />
attack the basket, we also<br />
were looking for opportunities<br />
to kick it out to<br />
the perimeter,” Tirzmalis<br />
said. “We have a lot<br />
of good shooters. When<br />
we’re playing inside-out<br />
effectively, that’s when<br />
we’re at our best. We gave<br />
ourselves good opportunities<br />
in the paint and from<br />
three.”<br />
“The first quarter, I was<br />
wondering if anything<br />
would fall,” Wilhelm<br />
said. “But we were able<br />
to overcome those missed<br />
opportunities because of<br />
how well we were defending.<br />
Our defense kept<br />
us around when shots<br />
weren’t falling early and<br />
allowed us to be in a good<br />
position regardless.”<br />
Both teams went on<br />
runs in the second half as<br />
Stevenson got to within<br />
two in the third before the<br />
Scouts 11-4 run got the<br />
lead back up to 42-33.<br />
Early in the game Tirzmalis<br />
was the Scouts’ primary<br />
threat from the perimeter<br />
as she buried four<br />
threes in the game. In the<br />
second half, she started<br />
going inside more. But<br />
she was happy with how<br />
she shot the ball.<br />
“I’ve kind of been<br />
slumping from the threepoint<br />
line to start the season,”<br />
Tirzmalis said. “I<br />
haven’t been hitting as<br />
consistently as I would<br />
like. So I was happy I was<br />
able to get into a rhythm<br />
early on. That’s what<br />
stood out to me.”<br />
“Grace is a four year<br />
varsity player,” Wilhelm<br />
said. “She hit some big<br />
threes early. She had some<br />
big rebounds. She can<br />
beat you inside and out.<br />
She rebounds, gets deflections,<br />
blocks shots. She<br />
does a lot for us.”<br />
Douglass added 13<br />
points, eight assists and<br />
two blocks while Summerville<br />
and Lily Trkla<br />
each had four points.
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Wrestling<br />
<strong>LF</strong>’s 10-0 start sign of good things to come<br />
Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor<br />
After a 10-0 start to the season,<br />
the Scouts are hoping to set another<br />
record this season.<br />
That is the best season start<br />
coach Matt Fiordirosa has seen<br />
in his eight-year tenure with the<br />
team.<br />
“Our big thing is that we set the<br />
big school record in 2016 winning<br />
16 dual meets; we tied that<br />
in 2017 and 2018,” Fiordirosa<br />
said. “One of the goals this year<br />
is to break that record.”<br />
With a 10-0 start, the Scouts<br />
are already on their way to accomplishing<br />
their biggest season<br />
goal.<br />
With only two seniors on the<br />
squad this year, Fiordirosa has<br />
seen his squad step up in the<br />
preseason. This group of players<br />
has quickly become the mostdedicated<br />
group he’s seen to date.<br />
That work ethic has allowed the<br />
Scouts to hit the ground running<br />
this season.<br />
“I think the kids committing<br />
and really buying into the program<br />
is the difference,” he said.<br />
“We have 30 kids in the program,<br />
spread out enough to where we<br />
cover every weight class.”<br />
But that wasn’t always the<br />
case with the Scouts wrestling<br />
program. Regis Durbin, Fiordirosa<br />
believes, was the key to the<br />
program’s interest and success<br />
for the last few years. Durbin<br />
won the 2013-14 IHSA Class 3A<br />
195-pound title, and after that the<br />
coach saw the tide turn in favor of<br />
wrestling.<br />
“We had low numbers leading<br />
up to that, and he wins the state<br />
championship and that was the<br />
turning point,” he said.<br />
Lake Forest has since dropped<br />
down to Class 2A competition,<br />
but Fiordirosa sees that as a benefit<br />
to his team.<br />
“We compete against schools<br />
more our size,” he said. “This<br />
year we’re focusing on being a<br />
team. Now that we’re at 2A we<br />
Lake Forest junior Chase Waggoner gives it his all in an early-season wrestling match; Waggoner has helped his team achieve a 10-0 start<br />
to the season in match play. Photos submitted<br />
can compete and focus on winning.<br />
Winning is contagious.<br />
Winning is fun, and I think that<br />
gets kids to buy in.”<br />
The Scouts 2018-19 varsity<br />
team has two more specific goals<br />
they want to accomplish this season.<br />
Fiordirosa said the Scouts<br />
want to qualify more than one<br />
wrestler to state this season, and<br />
win all three big tournaments<br />
they compete in. They’re already<br />
two thirds of the way to that last<br />
goal.<br />
After winning its own quad<br />
meet Nov. 21, hosting Grayslake<br />
North, Hinsdale South and Palatine,<br />
Lake Forest went on to win<br />
the Carmel Catholic High School<br />
dual tournament held Nov. 22-23.<br />
The Scouts won all six matches<br />
against Carmel, Richmond Burton,<br />
Geneva, North Chicago,<br />
Notre Dame and Solorio Academy.<br />
The Scouts faced another<br />
Lake Forest sophomore Bennett Duggan gets the best of his opponent in a match.<br />
early-season test, against Mundelein,<br />
Friday, Nov. 30, and won<br />
that dual meet.<br />
That momentum continued<br />
into the weekend, and the Scouts<br />
celebrated another tournament title<br />
after winning the Tom DuBois<br />
Wrestling Classic in Richmond<br />
Burton.<br />
The team scored 205.5 points,<br />
besting the second-place team by<br />
45.5 points.<br />
T.J. Cottam returns this season<br />
as one of two seniors on the<br />
squad, wrestling at 145. Several<br />
freshman have stepped up on the<br />
varsity lineup as well, and sophomore<br />
Bennett Duggan is back<br />
but wrestling at 126 this season.<br />
Junior Chase Waggoner adds veteran<br />
experience at 170.
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Lake Forest came off<br />
its first loss of the season<br />
three days earlier against<br />
Libertyville.<br />
The biggest thing missing<br />
from that game was<br />
the Scouts did not play<br />
with energy.<br />
On Friday, Nov. 30, at<br />
Stevenson, Lake Forest<br />
(6-1, 1-1) rectified that<br />
with arguably its strongest<br />
performance of the season<br />
in defeating the previously<br />
unbeaten Patriots<br />
61-50.<br />
“Our goal going into<br />
this game was to play with<br />
a lot of energy,” Grace<br />
Tirzmalis (23 points, 11<br />
rebounds) said. “We were<br />
lethargic in our last game.<br />
So we wanted to come out<br />
and set the tone and play<br />
at the energy and pace we<br />
wanted to play at.”<br />
Lake Forest coach Kyle<br />
Wilhelm thought his team<br />
played its most-complete<br />
game of the season,<br />
bouncing back from the<br />
Scouts’ only loss of the<br />
season well.<br />
“We made extra passes,<br />
talked on defense, went<br />
after loose balls,” he said.<br />
“We did a good job making<br />
sure we put the team<br />
in better position for<br />
someone to make a play.”<br />
While the Scouts were<br />
in control pretty much<br />
throughout, Stevenson always<br />
seemed to hit a couple<br />
of shots, never completely<br />
going away.<br />
That finally changed in<br />
the fourth quarter when<br />
Lake Forest went on a<br />
9-1 run increasing a 48-<br />
43 lead to 57-44, starting<br />
Lake Forest junior Halle Douglass drives to the basket<br />
despite pressure from Stevenson Friday, Nov. 30, in<br />
Lincolnshire. Neil Ament/22nd Century Media<br />
with Ellie Pearson’s (13<br />
of 15 points in the second<br />
half) three-point play.<br />
Tirzmalis and Halle Douglass<br />
added to the run all<br />
at the free throw line.<br />
“This was a team win<br />
for us,” Tirzmalis said. “I<br />
think we wanted to show<br />
just how good we were<br />
among quality competition.<br />
We responded to<br />
their runs in the fourth<br />
quarter. Ellie had some<br />
big buckets for us. We<br />
worked well as a team.”<br />
“It seemed like every<br />
time they (Stevenson)<br />
needed to hit a shot to<br />
stay in the game, they<br />
did,” Wilhelm said. “But<br />
I thought we stayed very<br />
composed and had an answer<br />
whenever they made<br />
a run.”<br />
The Scouts had a considerable<br />
size advantage<br />
and could get into the<br />
paint seemingly whenever<br />
they wanted, scoring<br />
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1st-and-3<br />
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Stars of the Week<br />
1. Charlie Heydorn<br />
(above). The<br />
Scout freshman<br />
helped the<br />
wrestling team<br />
to a 10-0 start<br />
to the season<br />
with wins in the<br />
first week of<br />
competition.<br />
2. Grace Tirzmalis.<br />
Tirzmalis was<br />
a force to be<br />
reckoned with<br />
in two important<br />
games for the<br />
Scouts. She was<br />
named MVP<br />
against Montini<br />
Dec. 1 after<br />
scoring 14 points.<br />
3. Bennett<br />
Duggan. Another<br />
underclassman<br />
powerhouse<br />
for the Scouts<br />
wrestling team,<br />
the sophomore<br />
scored 24.5 team<br />
points Dec. 1 and<br />
took first place at<br />
126 at the Tom<br />
DuBois Wrestling<br />
Classic.<br />
Girls Ice Hockey<br />
Loyola Academy 7, Lake<br />
Forest Academy 1<br />
Dagny Birkets came<br />
through for the Caxys<br />
Thursday, Nov. 29 in a<br />
tough battle against the<br />
Ramblers.<br />
Birkets scored an unassisted<br />
goal on an “amazing<br />
shot,” against a powerful<br />
Loyola squad, said coach<br />
Tyler Madeley.<br />
Goaltender Syd Olinger<br />
made several fantastic<br />
saves against a talented opponent.<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
Grayslake Central 48, Lake<br />
Forest 40 (2OT)<br />
Crawford Bolton led<br />
the team with 12 points,<br />
5 rebounds and 3 steals in<br />
a tough battle Nov. 27 at<br />
home against Grayslake.<br />
The teams went into the<br />
This Week In ...<br />
Scout Athletics<br />
high school highlights<br />
Boys Swimming and Diving<br />
■Dec. ■ 6 - hosts Mundelein, 5 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 8 - at Barrington (Diving),<br />
9:30 a.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 8 - at Barrington Relays<br />
(Swimming), 1:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 11 - hosts Zion-Benton, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
Scouts Girls Ice Hockey<br />
■Dec. ■ 6 - hosts Glenbrook, 9:15<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 9 - at Fenwick, 7 p.m.<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts Warren, 5:30 p.m.<br />
The rest of the week in high school sports<br />
first overtime tied at 31, and<br />
then at 26 for the second<br />
OT. Grayslake scored 12<br />
points in the second overtime<br />
whereas the Scouts<br />
came up with only 4.<br />
Tom Hanson had 6<br />
points, 2 assists and 4 rebounds.<br />
Mike Pasquella<br />
contributed 7 assists and 9<br />
rebounds.<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
Libertyville 51, Lake Forest<br />
34<br />
Scouts junior Halle Douglass<br />
led the team with 16<br />
points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists<br />
in the team’s first loss<br />
of the season on the road<br />
Nov. 27.<br />
The Wildcats came out<br />
strong and had a 16-5 lead<br />
after the first quarter. The<br />
Scouts outscored the Wildcats<br />
15-13 in the second<br />
quarter.<br />
Libertyville sealed the<br />
■Dec. ■ 12 - at Sullivan (Chicago),<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Lake Zurich, 6 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - at Saint Viator, 6:30<br />
p.m.<br />
deal in the third quarter after<br />
adding 17 to the Scouts<br />
8.<br />
Grace Tirzmalis added<br />
10 points and 5 rebounds<br />
and 3 blocks; Ellie Pearson<br />
led the team in rebounding<br />
with seven.<br />
Montini 48, Lake Forest 41<br />
Grace Tirzmalis led the<br />
Scouts against Montini and<br />
scored 14 points and was<br />
named the Chicagoland<br />
Showcase Player of the<br />
Game Saturday, Dec. 1 in<br />
Palatine.<br />
Lake Forest suffered<br />
their second loss of the season<br />
against Montini.<br />
Halle Douglass was in<br />
lock-step with Tirzmalis<br />
and contributed 14 points<br />
in the effort. Lilly Trkla<br />
added 8.<br />
Wrestling<br />
Tom DuBois Wrestling<br />
Girls Gymnastics<br />
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Glenbrook North, 6:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - at Mundelein, 5:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Lake Zurich, 7:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 11 - hosts Warren, 7 p.m.<br />
Poms/Dance<br />
■Dec. ■ 9 - at Glenbrook South,<br />
10 a.m.<br />
Grace Tirzmalis poses for a photo with her MVP award<br />
after playing Montini Saturday, Dec. 1. Photo Submitted<br />
Classic<br />
Lake Forest won by a<br />
commanding lead at the<br />
Tom DuBois Wreslting<br />
Classic Saturday, Dec. 1,<br />
winning the 11-team invite<br />
with 205.5 points.<br />
Bennett Duggan placed<br />
first in the 126-pound category,<br />
scoring 24.5 team<br />
points.<br />
T.J. Cottom also had a<br />
Cheerleading<br />
■Dec. ■ 9 - at Stevenson, 8 a.m.<br />
Wildcat Athletics<br />
Head head<br />
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Cristo Rey/St. Martin,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 11 - at Beacon Academy, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
Caxy Athletics<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Latin, 4 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 8 - hosts Immaculate<br />
Conception, 3 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 11 - hosts Glenbrook North,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
first-place win at 170, scoring<br />
22.5. Truman Thuente<br />
placed first at 195 and<br />
scored 24 team points. Cottom,<br />
Duggan and Thuente<br />
are all 11-1 on the season.<br />
Maxwell Yates (106),<br />
Jackson Meadow (138),<br />
Sebastian Starks (160) and<br />
Jack Owen (285) all came<br />
in second in their respective<br />
weight classes.<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 7-9 - at Peddie School Invite<br />
Boys Ice Hockey<br />
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts PREP, 6 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 8 - at Fox Valley, 7:10 p.m.<br />
Squash Co-Ed<br />
■Dec. ■ 8 - hosts University High, 2<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys Swimming<br />
■Dec. ■ 8 - at Highland Park, 9 a.m.<br />
Listen Up<br />
“We have 30 kids in the program, spread out enough<br />
to where we cover every weight class.”<br />
Matt Fiordirosa — Lake Forest wrestling coach, on how the wrestling<br />
program has grown<br />
tune in<br />
Girls Gymnastics<br />
The Scouts face a big rival in a regular-season<br />
NSC matchup.<br />
• Lake Forest at Mundelein, Thursday, Dec. 13<br />
at 5:30 p.m.<br />
Index<br />
28 - Athlete of the Month<br />
27 - Athlete of the Week<br />
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Brittany<br />
Kapa. Send any questions or comments to<br />
b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.
Lake Forest Leader | December 6, 2018 | LakeForestLeader.com<br />
Scouts’ team game launches<br />
them past Patriots, Page 30<br />
Lake Forest Matt-ers<br />
Wrestling team starts season with<br />
impressive run, Page 29<br />
Puck Luck Scouts<br />
junior varsity hockey team edges out<br />
York for tournament title, Page 28<br />
Lake Forest senior Grace Tirzmalis (left)<br />
elevates for a jump shot against Stevenson in<br />
an NSC win Friday, Nov. 30, in Lincolnshire.<br />
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