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THURSDAY<br />

Live on the Links<br />

1:30-2:30 p.m. Dec.<br />

13, Highland Park Country<br />

Club, 1201 Park Ave.<br />

West, Highland Park. The<br />

Highland Park Strings is<br />

celebrating its 40th anniversary<br />

season. In this<br />

special performance, the<br />

Highland Park Strings trio,<br />

Susan Merdinger on piano,<br />

Yuriy Geyer on violin and<br />

Larry Block on cello, will<br />

present trios by Joseph<br />

Haydn (“The Gypsy”) and<br />

Ludwig von Beethoven<br />

(“The Ghost”), two of the<br />

most beloved trios in the<br />

repertoire.<br />

FRIDAY<br />

Cozy Campfire<br />

6:30-8 p.m. Dec. 14,<br />

Heller Nature Center, 2821<br />

Ridge Road, Highland<br />

Park. Spend time inside<br />

our Nature Center building<br />

learning the different ways<br />

animals survive winter<br />

through games, artifacts<br />

and interactive activities.<br />

Afterwards, head outside<br />

to the campfire to make<br />

a tasty s’more. Children<br />

must be accompanied by<br />

a paid registered adult.<br />

Bring warm clothes for<br />

s’mores-making.<br />

SATURDAY<br />

Self-Defense Training<br />

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Dec.<br />

15, West Ridge Center,<br />

636 Ridge Road, Highland<br />

Park. Learn to defend<br />

yourselves during this easy<br />

to learn and effective selfdefense<br />

class. No previous<br />

training is required.<br />

Techniques are based<br />

on instinctive principles<br />

that don’t require constant<br />

practice or years of<br />

training to use, and work<br />

regardless of your size,<br />

strength, speed or skill. Includes<br />

lecture, demonstration,<br />

hands-on instruction,<br />

scenario based training<br />

and defense against multiple<br />

types of attacks and<br />

attackers.<br />

Willy Wonka at Beanstalk<br />

Toys<br />

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Dec. 15,<br />

Beanstalk Toys, 654 Central<br />

Ave., Highland Park.<br />

Beanstalk Toys will transform<br />

into a scene from<br />

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate<br />

Factory on Saturday,<br />

December 15th. Starting<br />

November 5th, children<br />

have the chance to purchase<br />

a scrumdiddlyumptious<br />

Belgium chocolate<br />

Wonka Bar to see if they<br />

are one of the lucky winners<br />

of a Beanstalk Golden<br />

Ticket. There will be an<br />

opportunity to meet Willy<br />

Wonka and take pictures<br />

with an Oompa Loompa.<br />

Zumba Class<br />

8:30-9:30 a.m. Dec. 15,<br />

JCYS George W. Lutz<br />

Family Center, 800 Clavey<br />

Road, Highland Park. Licensed<br />

Zumba instructors<br />

lead this fun class that<br />

is suitable for all levels.<br />

Drummers play live. Wear<br />

comfortable shoes and<br />

bring water and a towel.<br />

Free parking available<br />

onsite.<br />

Holiday Social<br />

3:30-5 p.m. Dec. 15,<br />

Silverado, 1651 Richfield<br />

Ave., Highland Park. Join<br />

friends and family at the<br />

community for some holiday<br />

cheer. Sip hot chocolate,<br />

snack on delicious<br />

cookies and enjoy festive<br />

music while surrounded<br />

by jolly holiday decor. To<br />

keep with the giving spirit<br />

of the season, we will be<br />

collecting non-perishable<br />

food items for the Moraine<br />

Township Food Pantry.<br />

Non-perishable items can<br />

be dropped off starting<br />

Dec. 1, or brought to the<br />

holiday social.<br />

SUNDAY<br />

A Magical, Musical Family<br />

Holiday Show<br />

2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Dec.<br />

16, Bennett Gordon<br />

Hall, 201 St. Johns Ave.,<br />

Highland Park. The show<br />

will feature MYAC’s Symphony<br />

Orchestra, MYAC<br />

choral ensemble members,<br />

an original dramatic performance,<br />

holiday caroling<br />

and a special visit from<br />

Santa himself. The show is<br />

free and parking is free.<br />

MONDAY<br />

Lake Shore Men’s Club<br />

Breakfast<br />

8:30 a.m. Dec. 17, Lakeside<br />

Congregation, 1221<br />

Lake-Cook Road, Highland<br />

Park. Barry Bradford<br />

presents “Broadway Musical<br />

Shows” with vocalist<br />

Cameron Faith, who<br />

last year sang music from<br />

“Hamilton” for us. This<br />

will be our last meeting of<br />

the year. Let’s bring our<br />

spouses or friends to this<br />

gala event. $15 per person<br />

for breakfast and speaker.<br />

UPCOMING<br />

Winter Solstice Ceremony<br />

7:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 21,<br />

Infinity Foundation, 1280<br />

Old Skokie Valley Road,<br />

Highland Park. Winter solstice<br />

marks the darkest day<br />

of the year. The evening<br />

begins with an outside<br />

fire ceremony to release<br />

and transform any beliefs,<br />

emotions or constraints<br />

that are holding you back<br />

from your inner light. An<br />

indoor blessing ceremony<br />

will follow.<br />

Winter Break Camp<br />

9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dec.<br />

16, Sole 2 Soul Dance Inc.,<br />

799 Central Ave., Highland<br />

Park. Full and half days<br />

available.<br />

Crate Stacking<br />

1-4 p.m. Dec. 27, Heller<br />

Nature Center, 2821 Ridge<br />

Road, Highland Park.<br />

Don’t let winter hold you<br />

back from a fun climbing<br />

adventure. Get harnessed<br />

in, stack and climb as many<br />

milk crates as you can before<br />

toppling over. Enjoy<br />

hot cocoa to help keep you<br />

warm.<br />

Dinosaurs<br />

1-3 p.m. Dec. 27, Highland<br />

Park Public Library,<br />

494 Laurel Ave., Highland<br />

Park. Come to the library<br />

to celebrate all things prehistoric.<br />

Meet a real life dinosaur<br />

hunter, see some of<br />

the fossils she’s collected<br />

and hear about her recent<br />

dig. Dinosaur crafts and activities<br />

will be taking place<br />

throughout the day.<br />

Noon Year’s Celebration<br />

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 28,<br />

West Ridge Center, 636<br />

Ridge Road, Highland<br />

Park. Let’s celebrate 2019.<br />

Make party favors and play<br />

games, then push the clock<br />

forward and ring in 2019 a<br />

little early. Best of all, we’ll<br />

create memories of a funfilled<br />

New Year’s! Please<br />

pack a sack lunch. We will<br />

provide drinks and dessert.<br />

New Year’s Eve Luncheon<br />

11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.<br />

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Dec. 31, 1850 Second St.,<br />

Highland Park. Ring in the<br />

New Year with good time<br />

cheer. This annual event<br />

with lunch and live entertainment<br />

is a Senior Center<br />

favorite. Countdown<br />

to noon with a champagne<br />

toast, then enjoy a fabulous<br />

lunch including tomato<br />

basil soup, your choice of<br />

entree, mashed potatoes,<br />

roasted vegetables, chocolate<br />

mousse cake and soft<br />

beverage.<br />

ONGOING<br />

Lake Shore Men’s Club<br />

Guest Speakers<br />

8:30 a.m. Dec. 10; Dec.<br />

17, Lakeside Congregation,<br />

1221 Lake Cook<br />

Road, Highland Park. The<br />

program free is $15 per<br />

person for breakfast and<br />

to listen to the speaker.<br />

Speakers will begin at 9:30<br />

a.m. Dec. 10 Gary Midkiff<br />

will present “America’s<br />

10 Worst Presidents.”<br />

Barry Bradford will present<br />

“Boradway Musical<br />

Show,” Dec. 17 with guest<br />

vocalist Cameron Faith<br />

Baron.<br />

Sherlock Holmes Book<br />

Discussion Group<br />

7-8:30 p.m. First Tuesday<br />

of every other month,<br />

Highwood Public Library,<br />

102 Highwood Ave.,<br />

Highwood. Sit around<br />

our fireplace and drink<br />

coffee, while reviewing<br />

one of the Dr. Watson’s<br />

favorite mysteries.


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They invaded in droves,<br />

some in green felt elf hats,<br />

some in pointed elf ears,<br />

others completely outfitted<br />

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They were following<br />

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Donna Walker, the bookkeeper<br />

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and her husband, Jon, an<br />

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“Donna said ‘that’s awesome’,”<br />

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The pub crawl covered<br />

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Northside Grill, and Teddy<br />

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Ronen strumming acoustic<br />

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“We did get more people<br />

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Walker said, dressed in her<br />

own elf outfit she said she<br />

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her husband, Jon,<br />

one of the architects of<br />

the event, couldn’t make it<br />

since he was sidelined by<br />

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Falberg, dressed in an<br />

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Highwood initially ordered<br />

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Ex-teacher pleads on child porn, sexual assault charges<br />

Jason Addy<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

A former teacher at<br />

schools around the North<br />

Shore pleaded not guilty<br />

Monday, Dec. 3, to more<br />

than five dozen felony<br />

counts of child pornography<br />

and sexual assault<br />

charges.<br />

Mathew<br />

Laird, 33,<br />

of the 3900<br />

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Glenview,<br />

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64 felony charges during a<br />

short hearing Monday at the<br />

Cook County Second District<br />

Courthouse in Skokie.<br />

After the charges were<br />

read, Ralph Meczyk,<br />

Laird’s attorney, told Judge<br />

Lauren Edidin his client<br />

International<br />

1129 Central Ave.<br />

Wilmette, IL<br />

Society of Appraisers<br />

Personal Property Specialists<br />

“pleads not guilty to all<br />

charges.”<br />

Laird was arrested Oct.<br />

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criminal sexual assault and<br />

possession and distribution<br />

of child pornography.<br />

Laird was charged with<br />

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- Class 2 felony<br />

- 10 counts<br />

Possession of child pornography:<br />

victim under 13<br />

- Class 2 felony - 19 counts<br />

Possession of child pornography<br />

(videos) - Class 3<br />

felony - 12 counts<br />

Laird also pleaded not<br />

guilty Monday to two Class<br />

1 felony counts of criminal<br />

sexual assault - victim<br />

between 13 and 17.<br />

No bail<br />

After Laird’s arrest in<br />

October, prosecutors filed<br />

five felony charges against<br />

Laird in two separate cases<br />

— one for the sexual assault<br />

charges and another for the<br />

child pornography charges.<br />

A Cook County judge initially<br />

denied bail for Laird<br />

before reducing his bail to<br />

$500,000 for the three child<br />

pornography charges he<br />

faced and $250,000 for the<br />

two sexual assault charges<br />

against him.<br />

A grand jury, however,<br />

indicted Laird on 64 charges<br />

split across three cases<br />

in November. On Monday,<br />

Judge Edidin denied bail<br />

for Laird on the third case,<br />

meaning Laird will not<br />

be able to leave the Cook<br />

County Jail even if he posts<br />

$75,000 to satisfy bail on<br />

the other two cases.<br />

In court, Meczyk said<br />

Laird, his client, would<br />

likely not be able to post<br />

$75,000 to be released<br />

while awaiting trial.<br />

Laird’s next hearing is<br />

scheduled for Dec. 21.<br />

Teaching, coaching career<br />

Laird worked as a teacher<br />

at North Shore Academy<br />

in Highland Park from the<br />

fall of 2017 until Sept. 18<br />

of this year, when the Glenview<br />

Police Department<br />

notified the North Shore<br />

Special Education District<br />

of an ongoing criminal investigation<br />

into Laird for<br />

alleged internet crimes<br />

against children.<br />

He taught English at<br />

Loyola Academy in Wilmette<br />

from 2011 to 2014<br />

and served as a scholastic<br />

bowl moderator at the<br />

school from 2004 to 2008<br />

and from 2010 to 2014,<br />

according to Loyola Academy<br />

President Patrick Mc-<br />

Grath and Principal Charles<br />

Heintz.<br />

After leaving Loyola<br />

Academy in 2014, Laird<br />

worked as a question-writer<br />

for National Academic<br />

Quiz Tournaments LLC for<br />

about nine months, from<br />

September 2014 until the<br />

summer of 2015.<br />

Laird also recently<br />

served as a moderator for<br />

a scholastic club at Stevenson<br />

High School.<br />

Before his arrest, Laird<br />

was employed by Amazon,<br />

Meczyk has said.<br />

pub crawl<br />

From Page 3<br />

problem to have,” he said.<br />

Participants who didn’t<br />

get a glass the night of the<br />

pub crawl will receive one<br />

later, Falberg said, adding<br />

they sent out an email to<br />

attendees admitting they<br />

“elfed up” on underestimating<br />

the turnout.<br />

Falberg estimated at<br />

least 200 people had shown<br />

up for the pub crawl at the<br />

first bar. One of the coowners<br />

of 210 Live, Judy<br />

Night, estimated the crowd<br />

at 300-350, including a<br />

holiday party and regular<br />

patrons. She said the<br />

restaurant and live music<br />

venue, which she co-owns<br />

along with Steve Goldstein<br />

and Chris Nibeck, enjoyed<br />

partnering with Celebrate<br />

Highwood for the Elf<br />

Invasion Pub Crawl.<br />

“Celebrate Highwood<br />

is like the core of Highwood,”<br />

Night said. “We<br />

love being involved with<br />

[them]. It brings the community<br />

together. It brings<br />

people together.”<br />

Rosa Stefani, a lifelong<br />

Highwood resident, stepped<br />

out of The Toadstool Pub,<br />

where Zydeco Voodoo entertained<br />

a packed house.<br />

She went on the pub crawl<br />

“to see everybody I know.<br />

It’s amazing to see all these<br />

people walking around.”<br />

Although she didn’t dress<br />

up because she had other<br />

plans earlier, she said, “It’s<br />

pretty amazing to see a real<br />

elf invasion. It has exceeded<br />

our expectations.”<br />

Jen Svarc, who lives in<br />

Antioch but grew up in<br />

Highwood, enjoyed the festivities<br />

in Teddy O’Brian’s.<br />

She said she comes to many<br />

other Celebrate Highwood<br />

events, such as Pumpkin<br />

Fest and Nashwood, and<br />

the Elf Invasion Pub Crawl<br />

is “just as awesome as all<br />

the other ones.”<br />

“I love to join any community<br />

event that brings everyone<br />

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Charisma<br />

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Ice skaters strut their stuff at <strong>HP</strong> competition<br />

Hilary Anderson<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

It was pure theater on<br />

ice.<br />

There was no need to go<br />

far to see the beauty of ice<br />

skating as enthusiasts performed<br />

at the North Shore<br />

Winter Classic Competition<br />

held Dec. 2, at the<br />

Park District of Highland<br />

Park Centennial Ice Arena.<br />

“This event has grown<br />

every year,” said Sheila<br />

Lonergan, skating coordinator<br />

at the Highland<br />

Park Centennial Ice Arena.<br />

“The North Shore Winter<br />

Classic featured nearly 200<br />

skaters and represented<br />

some 30 ice skating facilities<br />

from throughout the<br />

Great Lakes region. About<br />

30 of the skaters are from<br />

our own Highland Park<br />

and Deerfield area.”<br />

The participants skated<br />

programs throughout the<br />

day from about 9 a.m.<br />

until 8 p.m. There was<br />

something for everyone to<br />

watch and enjoy regardless<br />

of when they came or<br />

whether one was interested<br />

in solo or team skating.<br />

“We strive to make the<br />

competition fun,” said Lonergan.<br />

“It is recreational<br />

competition even though<br />

it is sanctioned by U.S.<br />

Figure Skating.”<br />

No one could disagree<br />

the entire day of the North<br />

Shore Winter Classic had<br />

a unique theatrical beauty<br />

all its own intertwined<br />

with the superb athleticism<br />

required of many sports.<br />

The enthusiasm of the<br />

skaters was palpable. They<br />

ranged in age from about<br />

five years old to adults,<br />

some who reached the<br />

50-year mark.<br />

There was music that<br />

seemed to project skaters<br />

into a surreal world if only<br />

for a short time, stunning<br />

costuming with sparkly<br />

beading and that sense of<br />

awe at watching skaters<br />

complete spins, twirls and<br />

jumps.<br />

Lonergan added the<br />

North Shore Winter Classic<br />

showcases the skating<br />

teams as theater on ice<br />

rather than a competitive<br />

[synchronized] sport.<br />

“I love to perform solo<br />

in front of an audience,”<br />

said Isabel Young, 10, who<br />

has been skating since she<br />

was about four years old.<br />

“But I like skating with my<br />

competitive team because<br />

I am with my friends and<br />

can share the performance.<br />

We trust each other. If<br />

someone falls behind, we<br />

can support that person.”<br />

Young was a member<br />

of the showcase team that<br />

skated to “Singing in the<br />

Rain.”<br />

“I liked my purple and<br />

black raincoat costume and<br />

the umbrella,” Young added.<br />

“We rehearsed every<br />

Saturday for a long time.”<br />

Young likely inherited<br />

some of her love of<br />

ice skating love from her<br />

mother, Becky Young, who<br />

is a coach at the Centennial<br />

Ice Area.<br />

Another Highland Park<br />

skater in the North Shore<br />

Winter Classic was Riley<br />

Bates, 12, a student at<br />

Edgewood Middle School<br />

and coached by Inga Fedorova,<br />

another skating coordinator<br />

at the Centennial<br />

Rink.<br />

She, too, skated in the<br />

event as both a solo and on<br />

the same showcase team as<br />

Young.<br />

“I skated my solo to<br />

Taylor Swift’s ‘Everything<br />

Has Changed,’” said Bates.<br />

“I skate four or five times<br />

a week and on Saturdays<br />

with the showcase group.<br />

I love skating and plan to<br />

continue. I still find time to<br />

do my homework and hang<br />

The Centennial Showcase Team Jr performs at the<br />

North Shore Winter Classic Competition Dec. 2 at the<br />

Park District of Highland Park Centennial Ice Arena.<br />

Nicole Carrow/22nd Century Media<br />

out with friends.”<br />

Piper Micari, 11, enjoys<br />

the competition she faces<br />

in ice shows. She skated to<br />

music from “The Greatest<br />

Showman.”<br />

“I like it because I can<br />

run my own program and<br />

progress to different levels,”<br />

said Micari, a student<br />

at Highland Park’s Sherwood<br />

School. “I skate before<br />

and after school but<br />

not every day. Sometimes<br />

my mom takes me to the<br />

rink and other times my<br />

dad does. I want to do a<br />

double axle but first I have<br />

to do a single one.”<br />

The apple does not fall<br />

far from the tree either for<br />

Micari. She says her mother,<br />

Amy, likes to ice skate.<br />

“I watched her and<br />

guess that is how I became<br />

interested in it,” she said.<br />

Kudos go to another<br />

of Coach Fedorova’s students<br />

who was in the North<br />

Shore Winter Classic, Angela<br />

Karr, 14, and a Lake<br />

Forest student at Deerpath<br />

School.<br />

“Angela badly sprained<br />

her ankle last summer<br />

when she fell landing a<br />

jump but worked for the<br />

past five months regaining<br />

her ability to skate at the<br />

level she had been,” said<br />

Fedorova. “She is a real<br />

trooper.”<br />

“I wanted to be in this<br />

show and decided I was<br />

going to do whatever it<br />

takes [to skate],” said<br />

Karr. “Even when I was on<br />

crutches, I would visualize<br />

doing the jumps, went to<br />

physical therapy and just<br />

kept at it. Ice skating is<br />

my passion and I did not<br />

want a sprained ankle to<br />

interfere with my ability to<br />

compete.”<br />

She skated to another<br />

song, “Tightrope,” from<br />

“The Greatest Showman.”<br />

Even when skaters did<br />

not land right or fell, they<br />

got up and kept going in<br />

line with the U.S. Figure<br />

Skating’s “Get Up” slogan.<br />

“The most memorable<br />

routines are those that did<br />

not turn out all right but still<br />

the skaters got back up and<br />

smiled,” said Molly Anderson,<br />

another skating coach<br />

at Highland Park’s Centennial<br />

Ice Arena. “Not everyone<br />

can win first place. We<br />

want our skaters to believe<br />

in themselves, do their best<br />

and have fun. They develop<br />

self-confidence and<br />

good sportsmanship. The<br />

qualities they learn in iceskating<br />

easily will carry<br />

over into their adulthood.”


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Police Reports<br />

Vehicle documents stolen from unlocked car<br />

A complainant in the 600<br />

block of Burton Avenue<br />

reported that unknown<br />

subject(s) unlawfully entered<br />

her unlocked car and<br />

removed vehicle documentation<br />

during the overnight<br />

hours on Dec. 7.<br />

November 26<br />

• Julia Silverio-Martinez,<br />

48, of Highwood, was arrested<br />

Nov. 26 and charged<br />

with battery after striking a<br />

defendant twice in the face<br />

with an open hand, causing<br />

bleeding in the defendant’s<br />

mouth.<br />

December 4<br />

• Kendra Usman, 45, of<br />

North Chicago, was arrested<br />

and charged with<br />

Driving While Suspended/<br />

Revoked Driver’s License<br />

when police conducted a<br />

traffic stop at the intersection<br />

of Ridge Road and<br />

Reserve Court. Also cited<br />

for Speeding 21-25 MPH<br />

over the limit, Usman was<br />

released on a recognizance<br />

bond with a court date<br />

pending in Park City on<br />

Dec. 26.<br />

December 8<br />

• Eric Ferleger, 66, of Glenview,<br />

was arrested and<br />

charged with Displaying/<br />

Possession of a Canceled/<br />

Suspended/Revoked Driver’s<br />

License when police<br />

conducted a traffic stop<br />

in the 1700 block of Second<br />

Street. Also cited for<br />

Disobeying a Stop Sign,<br />

Ferleger was released on a<br />

recognizance bond with a<br />

court date pending in Park<br />

City on Dec. 26.<br />

• Aharon Martinez, 19, of<br />

Waukegan, was arrested<br />

and charged with Consumption/Possession<br />

of<br />

Alcohol by a Minor and<br />

Illegal Transportation of<br />

Alcohol- Passenger when<br />

police conducted a traffic<br />

stop at the intersection of<br />

Central Avenue and Beverly<br />

Place. Martinez was<br />

released on a $120 cash<br />

bond, pending a court date<br />

in Park City on Jan. 9.<br />

• Delon Carter, 29, of<br />

Gurnee, was arrested and<br />

charged with Driving Under<br />

the Influence-Alcohol,<br />

and cited for Improper<br />

Lane Usage, Open Alcoholic<br />

Container, and Driving<br />

with a Suspended/<br />

Revoked Driver’s License,<br />

when police conducted<br />

a traffic stop in the 1600<br />

block of Old Skokie Road.<br />

Carter was released on a recognizance<br />

bond, pending<br />

a court date in Waukegan<br />

on Jan. 4.<br />

December 9<br />

• Aamir Kabani, 23, of<br />

Skokie, was arrested and<br />

charged with Driving Under<br />

the Influence-Alcohol<br />

when police responded to<br />

a driving complaint at the<br />

intersection of Park Avenue<br />

and Skokie Valley Road.<br />

Kabani was released on a<br />

recognizance bond with<br />

a court date pending in<br />

Waukegan on Jan. 19.<br />

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Highland<br />

Park Landmark’s Police<br />

Reports are compiled from<br />

official reports emailed from<br />

the Highland Park Police<br />

Department headquarters<br />

in Highland Park and the<br />

Highwood Police Department<br />

headquarters in Highwood.<br />

Individuals named in these reports<br />

are considered innocent<br />

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Grant Awards Reception<br />

on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at<br />

the Highland Park Community<br />

House, located in<br />

downtown Highland Park.<br />

This year, the Foundation<br />

awarded a record-breaking<br />

$200,000 grants to nonprofit<br />

agencies and programs,<br />

an increase of 11<br />

percent over 2017’s gifts.<br />

Since 1992, <strong>HP</strong>CF has<br />

provided support to expand<br />

the services of social,<br />

cultural and educational<br />

agencies in Highland Park<br />

and Highwood.<br />

“The Foundation is<br />

honored to provide grants<br />

to these worthy organizations<br />

in Highland Park and<br />

Highwood who tirelessly<br />

serve those in need and<br />

provide necessary programs<br />

to assist the citizens<br />

of our community,” said<br />

Nancy Mills, Chairman of<br />

the Highland Park Community<br />

Foundation.<br />

Chairman Mills welcomed<br />

attendees to the<br />

evening’s program which<br />

included guest speakers,<br />

honorees, grant recipients<br />

and <strong>HP</strong>CF Board Members.<br />

Community leaders<br />

in attendance included<br />

Dan Kaufman, Alyssa<br />

Knobel and Kim Stone,<br />

City Councilmen; Anne<br />

Bassi, Moraine Township<br />

Supervisor; Monica<br />

Schroeder, Deputy Superintendent<br />

at North Shore<br />

School District 112; and<br />

Deborah Finn, Interim<br />

Principal of Highland Park<br />

High School.<br />

2018’s guest speakers<br />

and honorees include: Sara<br />

Highland Park Community Foundation board members<br />

(left to right) Robin Schuster and Jamie Strait, Jody<br />

Weinberg of Focus on the Arts, <strong>HP</strong>CF chairman Nancy<br />

Mills and City Councilman Dan Kaufman attend the <strong>HP</strong>-<br />

CF’s Grant Awards ceremony, Oct. 17. Photo submitted<br />

Sher, Highland Park Community<br />

Foundation Golden<br />

Apple Committee Chair;<br />

Jon Mall, Northwood Junior<br />

High 7th Grade Social<br />

Studies and Academic Exploration<br />

teacher and 2018<br />

Highland Park Golden<br />

Apple Award recipient;<br />

Ali Barnett, Director of<br />

Development, Zacharias<br />

Center and grant recipient;<br />

Maria Bautista, <strong>HP</strong>HS<br />

Student who participated<br />

in programs sponsored by<br />

the Foundation and Alyssa<br />

Knobel, City Councilman<br />

and 2018 Jack Blane Community<br />

Service Award<br />

Recipient. Vice Chairman<br />

David Reich closed the<br />

evening’s special award<br />

segments.<br />

Reich presented the 40<br />

grant awards to Highland<br />

Park and Highwood’s dedicated<br />

community organizations<br />

who are devoted<br />

to serving those in need.<br />

Vice Chairman David<br />

Reich closed the evening’s<br />

special award segments.<br />

“It is the Foundation’s<br />

goal to support a robust<br />

number of programs and<br />

organizations that enrich<br />

our community and provide<br />

the full spectrum of<br />

services ranging from early<br />

childhood development,<br />

to teen leadership, assistance<br />

for older residents,<br />

and much more,” Reich<br />

said. “These programs are<br />

necessary for ensuring that<br />

Highland Park/Highwood<br />

continue to be an inclusive<br />

and dynamic community<br />

and provide opportunities<br />

for all of its citizens to<br />

thrive.”<br />

The annual Jack Blane<br />

Community Service<br />

Award, launched in 2014,<br />

honors the memory of Jack<br />

Blane and his exemplary<br />

work within the community.<br />

A founding member<br />

and previous Chairman of<br />

<strong>HP</strong>CF, Mr. Blane’s commitment<br />

to serving others<br />

extended to all aspects of<br />

his life. Mr. Blane served<br />

his country as a Marine.<br />

He also served his local<br />

community by offering<br />

humanitarian services as<br />

a Rotarian and by serving<br />

as a Councilman for<br />

the City of Highland Park.<br />

This year’s recipient of the<br />

award was City Councilman<br />

Alyssa Knobel.<br />

“Alyssa’s selfless desire<br />

to do good in the world<br />

inspires us all,” Mills<br />

said. “She is extremely<br />

generous,<br />

and capable.”<br />

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Glenview Village Board to<br />

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The Glenview Village<br />

Board opted out of Cook<br />

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last year, but during<br />

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Reporting by Chris Pullam,<br />

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Some of the food Editor Erin Yarnall ate at a local<br />

restaurant while visiting China. Erin Yarnall/22nd<br />

Century Media<br />

In July 2017, Deerfield<br />

High School teacher<br />

Brett Schwartz traveled<br />

to Mexico for five<br />

days.<br />

He was in Puerto Vallarta,<br />

a resort town in the<br />

Jalisco state of the country,<br />

and one of Highland<br />

Park’s sister cities, but not<br />

for a vacation or to enjoy<br />

the resort lifestyle.<br />

Schwartz left to capture<br />

on film how life is for<br />

the full-time residents of<br />

Puerto Vallarta.<br />

With the support of<br />

the Highland Park Sister<br />

Cities Foundation, he<br />

partnered up with Mexican<br />

filmmaker and Puerto<br />

Vallarta resident Sebastian<br />

Alvarez to make “Mas<br />

Que la Playa,” or in<br />

English, “More than the<br />

Beach.” When I heard<br />

about this project from<br />

Carol Wolfe, the president<br />

of Highland Park’s Sister<br />

Cities Foundation, I was<br />

immediately interested in<br />

writing about it.<br />

I’ve gone on trips that<br />

have been extensively<br />

planned by a tour group,<br />

from a cruise to going<br />

literally anywhere with<br />

my grandma, but I always<br />

find that my favorite travel<br />

experiences are those in<br />

which I’m able to live as<br />

a local.<br />

I just returned from<br />

a trip to China to visit<br />

a friend who is teaching<br />

English there. I felt<br />

incredibly lucky with my<br />

trip because my friend<br />

lives in Xi’an, one of the<br />

ancient capitals of China.<br />

Due to this, I was able<br />

to see amazing historical<br />

sights, like the city’s fortifications<br />

and of course,<br />

the Terracotta Army —<br />

built to protect Qin Shi<br />

Huang, the first emperor<br />

of China, after his burial<br />

in 210 BCE.<br />

But because my friend<br />

has become a local at<br />

this point, I was also able<br />

to see the city through<br />

the perspective of the<br />

people who live there. I<br />

got to sample amazing<br />

street food from various<br />

corners of the city and hit<br />

go figure<br />

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the locals-only markets<br />

for some upgrades to my<br />

wardrobe.<br />

I was also able to interact<br />

more with people who<br />

live and work in Xi’an<br />

and find out about Chinese<br />

culture through them,<br />

which made my trip an<br />

unforgettable experience.<br />

To read more about<br />

seeing Puerto Vallarta<br />

through the eyes of those<br />

who live there, turn to<br />

Page 19.<br />

An intriguing number from this week’s edition<br />

The amount of charges set<br />

against former North Shore<br />

Academy teacher Mathew<br />

Laird. Read more about it on<br />

Page 6.<br />

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Faith Briefs<br />

Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road,<br />

Highland Park)<br />

Weeknight Service<br />

7-8 p.m. Thursdays,<br />

church coffee bar. Weeknight<br />

service is a place to<br />

come, stay awhile, meet<br />

people and then go make<br />

a difference. For more information<br />

email Brad at<br />

bcoleman@cclf.org.<br />

Men’s Breakfast Group<br />

6:30-7:30 a.m. Tuesdays.<br />

Panera Bread, 1211<br />

Half Day Road, Bannockburn.<br />

For more information,<br />

contact seansmith797@gmail.com.<br />

Trinity Episcopal (425 Laurel Avenue,<br />

Highland Park)<br />

Wednesday Service<br />

9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist<br />

with healing, St.<br />

Michael’s Chapel<br />

A Safe Place<br />

6 p.m. Thursdays - Guild<br />

Room<br />

Men’s AA Meeting<br />

8:30 p.m. Fridays<br />

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El<br />

(1175 Sheridan Road, Highland Park)<br />

Open Conversational<br />

Hebrew<br />

10-11 a.m. Sundays.<br />

Practice Hebrew conversation<br />

and reading informally<br />

with other participants.<br />

Free. For information,<br />

contact Judy Farby at<br />

judyfarby@yahoo.com.<br />

Daily Minyan<br />

8:45 a.m.; 7:30 p.m.<br />

Sunday<br />

7:15 a.m.; 7:30 p.m.<br />

Monday-Thursday<br />

7:15 a.m.; 6:15 p.m.<br />

Friday<br />

Submit information for<br />

The Landmark’s Faith<br />

page to Brittany Kapa at<br />

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

com. The deadline is noon on<br />

Thursdays. Questions? Call<br />

(847) 272-4565 ext. 35.<br />

In Memoriam<br />

Lyn (Hutchings) Martin<br />

Marolyn (Lyn)<br />

Martin (nee Neal),<br />

93, formerly of<br />

Highland Park, died<br />

in Overland Park,<br />

Kansas on Nov. 26.<br />

Born in Boone,<br />

Iowa, Lyn was the daughter of<br />

Adam Neal and Helen (McMahon)<br />

Neal. She grew up in Sac City,<br />

Iowa to a farming family, and after<br />

graduating from the local high<br />

school attended Drake University<br />

in Des Moines. There she was active<br />

in her sorority and pursued her<br />

interests in choral music, dancing<br />

and theatre. Hard financial times<br />

for the family meant Lyn had to<br />

leave college after only two years,<br />

but as someone who always looked<br />

forward rather than back, she took<br />

the opportunity to move to Chicago,<br />

living downtown with girlfriends<br />

and working for American<br />

Airlines. Later she married William<br />

Hutchings, and they raised<br />

their daughters in Highland Park,<br />

Northfield, and Wilmette before<br />

they eventually divorced.<br />

During this time Lyn started a<br />

career in real estate that would last<br />

almost 50 years, working for Lake<br />

Bay Realty in Wilmette and Hugh<br />

Michaels and Baird and Warner<br />

in Winnetka. In 1973 she married<br />

Gerald Martin, who shared her<br />

love of travel, dancing and music<br />

before his death in 2000.<br />

Lyn also loved nature and animals,<br />

especially dogs. She enjoyed<br />

Colorado camping trips with her<br />

daughters; larger family gatherings<br />

in Colorado, Ana Maria, Florida,<br />

and Wisconsin; long walks at the<br />

Chicago Botanic Gardens and on<br />

beaches from the Great Lakes to<br />

Hawaii and the Caribbean; swimming;<br />

snorkeling; gardening; all<br />

forms of art; and painting her own<br />

still life and landscape pieces. The<br />

life of any party and a dear friend to<br />

many, she will be remembered—<br />

and terribly missed—for her sparkle,<br />

wonderful sense of humor, and<br />

the myriad ways she delighted in<br />

everyday life.<br />

Survivors include her two<br />

daughters, Linda (Tom) Kelley of<br />

Boulder, Colorado; Christie (John)<br />

Eisner of Kansas City, Missouri;<br />

three grandchildren, Benjamin<br />

(Rebekah) Eisner, Emily (Jacob)<br />

Wolczyk, and Sarah Eisner; five<br />

great-grandchildren, Elizabeth,<br />

Abigail and Emma Eisner, and<br />

June and Gus Wolczyk; four stepchildren,<br />

Greg (Marianne) Martin,<br />

Scott Martin, Jill Duckett, and<br />

Kevin Martin; her stepson-in-law,<br />

William Gallagher; five step-nieces<br />

and nephew, Jennifer Hercreg,<br />

Joan Gallagher, Jeanne Schellin,<br />

William Gallagher, and Jane Murphy;<br />

and her sweetheart, Richard<br />

Trent.<br />

Lyn was preceded in death by<br />

her parents, her husband, Gerry,<br />

and her stepdaughter, Patricia<br />

Gallagher.<br />

A memorial service will be held<br />

Sunday, December 16 at 4 pm at<br />

Northfield Community Church,<br />

400 Wagner Road, Northfield, Il<br />

60093. In lieu of flowers, contributions<br />

may be made to the Humane<br />

Society of the United States<br />

(https://www.humanesociety.org).<br />

Janet Fretland<br />

Janet L. Fretland, 68, of Highland<br />

Park, died unexpectedly Dec.<br />

2. She born October 9, 1950, and<br />

was the beloved wife of the late<br />

Donald.<br />

She is survived by her children,<br />

Christopher and Katherine; sisters,<br />

Joan Newmark, Laura Jacobson;<br />

brother, Doug; and many nieces<br />

and nephews. She is preceded in<br />

death by parents, Richard Van Arsdale<br />

Sr. and Vera Van Arsdale nee<br />

Bonardi; brother, Richard Jr. In lieu<br />

of flowers, donations may be made<br />

to Immaculate Conception Parish,<br />

www.icparish.org/.<br />

Elliott Shaprio<br />

Elliott Shapiro, 91,<br />

of Highland Park, died<br />

Dec. 2. He was a husband, father<br />

and grandfather who died suddenly<br />

after a short illness. Born and<br />

raised in Chicago, the son of Mary<br />

and Meyer Shapiro, Shapiro joined<br />

the Navy at the end of World War<br />

II and attended college on the GI<br />

Bill, graduating from Northwestern<br />

University.<br />

A sales rep for most of his working<br />

life, he married Nancy (who he<br />

called Rusty) Obenhaus in 1954<br />

and moved to Highland Park where<br />

they lived until his death. He is<br />

survived by his daughters, Helen,<br />

Hilary and Stacy; grandsons, Jason,<br />

Max and Alex.<br />

In lieu of flowers, the family has<br />

designated the American Cancer<br />

Society, 100 Tri-State Int. #125<br />

Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069, for<br />

memorial contributions.<br />

Margaret A. McPhee<br />

Margaret A. McPhee, 78, of<br />

Highland Park, died Nov. 29. She<br />

was born on Sept. 10, 1940 in<br />

Rhinelander, Wisconsin to Loretta<br />

and Orville DuBois. The youngest<br />

of four siblings, Jim, Mary Jean and<br />

David, she was spirited and funny,<br />

clever and curious. She graduated<br />

Mount Mary College with degrees<br />

in English and history and went<br />

on to work for the Social Security<br />

Administration both in Milwaukee<br />

and Chicago. At 28 she met<br />

the love of her life, Ryan McPhee,<br />

when she brushed his jacket off at<br />

Butch McGuires in Chicago. Eight<br />

years later she gave birth to their<br />

daughter, Jamie.<br />

Best known for her signature<br />

oversized eyeglasses, sharp sense<br />

of humor, and stories that transitioned<br />

with, “at any rate...” she<br />

enjoyed picnic concerts at Ravinia,<br />

her Tai Chi class at the Botanic<br />

Gardens, and reading a novel nearly<br />

every week from the Highland<br />

Park Public Library. She was a devoted<br />

mom, avid Green Bay Packers<br />

fan and an advocate to end corruption<br />

in the Lake County school<br />

system. She loved the drive from<br />

Malibu to San Francisco, walks<br />

in downtown New York City, the<br />

lakes of northern Wisconsin and<br />

the flea markets of Paris. She was<br />

a true original and everyone who<br />

ever met her was delighted to call<br />

her a friend.<br />

She is survived by her daughter<br />

Jamie (PJ ransone); sister-inlaws,<br />

Margie and Marge; many<br />

wonderful nieces and nephews.<br />

In May 2019 her first grandson<br />

will be born. In lieu of flowers,<br />

please make donations to animal<br />

rescue organizations: Orphans of<br />

the Storm, orphansofthestorm.org,<br />

PAWS Animal Shelter, pawschicago.org,<br />

or the ASPCA, secure.<br />

aspca.org/donate/.<br />

Nancy M. Berger<br />

Nancy M. Berger (nee Mock),<br />

96, formerly of Highland Park,<br />

died Nov. 7. Berger, late of Los<br />

Angeles, died peacefully at home<br />

surrounded by her family. She was<br />

born Nancy Jane Mock to Hallie<br />

Kahn Mock and Frederick George<br />

Mock on December 14, 1921 in<br />

Michigan. She grew up in Buffalo,<br />

New York, with her older brother<br />

Alan F. Mock. In 1952, she married<br />

Robert S. Berger, a Captain in<br />

the U.S. Navy and the President of<br />

the Rittenhouse Paper Company, in<br />

Chicago.<br />

She raised her two daughters,<br />

Jill and Kathy, in Highland Park,<br />

where she pursued her love of<br />

art, entertaining, cooking, traveling,<br />

and made lifelong cherished<br />

friendships. As Rittenhouse expanded,<br />

Berger and her husband<br />

moved to Los Angeles in 1966. In<br />

Los Angeles, she became involved<br />

in many philanthropic and humanitarian<br />

causes. She served on the<br />

board of Planned Parenthood Los<br />

Angeles and become the President<br />

of the UCLA Arts Council.<br />

Her leadership efforts and timeless<br />

elegance were captured by the artist<br />

William Turnbull, who created<br />

a column in her honor that lies in<br />

the renown Franklin D. Murphy<br />

Sculpture Garden at UCLA.<br />

She is survived by her two<br />

daughters: Jill de Jong Gross (Martin<br />

Pollock) and Kathy de Jong Albert;<br />

her four grandchildren, Amy<br />

Albert Rantala (Lance), Julie Gross<br />

Jazayeri (Peter), Benjamin Albert<br />

(Kristen) and Andrew Gross (Tamara);<br />

eight great-grandchildren,<br />

Charlie, Wil, Parker, Liam, Hallie,<br />

Edie, Jet and Dashiell; and loving<br />

nieces and friends. With gratitude<br />

for her amazing caregivers and<br />

loving family and friends, Nancy’s<br />

charm, inspiration and elegance<br />

will continue to inspire us all. In<br />

lieu of flowers, contributions may<br />

be made to Planned Parenthood of<br />

Los Angeles, plannedparenthood.<br />

org/planned-parenthood-los-angeles,<br />

or JDRF Foundation To Find A<br />

Cure, www.jdrf.org.<br />

Have someone’s life you’d like to honor?<br />

Email b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

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Sister Cities’ Emmy-nominated film showcases life in Mexico<br />

Erin Yarnall, Editor<br />

For many visitors to<br />

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,<br />

their experience is that of<br />

the beach and various resorts,<br />

according to Deerfield<br />

High School teacher<br />

Brett Schwartz.<br />

Schwartz was enlisted<br />

by the Highland Park Sister<br />

Cities Foundation to<br />

show that there’s more to<br />

Highland Park’s sister city<br />

than the beach through<br />

film.<br />

He worked with Mexican<br />

filmmaker Sebastian<br />

Alvarez, a Puerto Vallarta<br />

native, to create “Más Que<br />

la Playa,” a short documentary<br />

film which translates<br />

to “More than the<br />

Beach” in English.<br />

“It’s Puerto Vallarta, and<br />

for me, the story had to attack<br />

the essence of what<br />

Puerto Vallarta is — it’s<br />

a resort town,” Schwartz<br />

said. “I think a lot of<br />

people visit places like<br />

Puerto Vallarta or Cancun<br />

and they’ll go to Mexico,<br />

but they may not have an<br />

intercultural experience in<br />

Mexico.”<br />

The film came about after<br />

representatives from the<br />

Puerto Vallarta Sister Cities<br />

Committee approached<br />

the Highland Park Sister<br />

Cities Foundation looking<br />

for a local filmmaker.<br />

“She asked if we would<br />

consider the idea of creating<br />

some type of exchange<br />

so we could connect these<br />

filmmakers to work together<br />

on some project,” Carol<br />

Wolfe, the president of the<br />

Highland Park Sister Cities<br />

Foundation said. “We’ve<br />

done this in the past with<br />

artists, visual artists, performing<br />

artists, we’ve done<br />

this in the past with other<br />

educational aspects and<br />

components within our<br />

joint communities, but this<br />

was the first time that a film<br />

was suggested.”<br />

After reaching out to<br />

various people, Wolfe<br />

came across Schwartz, a<br />

teacher at Deerfield High<br />

School and filmmaker. He<br />

was sent to Mexico for<br />

five days, where he met up<br />

with Alvarez and filmed<br />

“Más Que la Playa.”<br />

“This project was quite<br />

easy for people to open up,<br />

because I think the Sister<br />

Cities committees have<br />

such a great reputation on<br />

the ground in Puerto Vallarta,”<br />

Schwartz said. “I<br />

felt really strongly that<br />

Brett Schwartz (right) and Sebastian Alvarez film “Más Que la Playa” in Puerto Vallarta,<br />

Mexico. The film was supported by the Highland Park Sister Cities Foundation.<br />

the larger theme should be<br />

about uncovering the authentic<br />

lives of people in<br />

these resort towns so we<br />

get to know them a little<br />

better, and humanize them,<br />

because frankly, it’s the<br />

service industry a lot of<br />

times, and the hospitality<br />

industry, people see people<br />

in that industry as only to<br />

serve them, rather than a<br />

two-way street.”<br />

Schwartz said that it was<br />

“an honor” to get to know<br />

the people of Puerto Vallarta<br />

during his five days<br />

of filming.<br />

“It was really magical<br />

for me to be on the ground<br />

and have that privilege,”<br />

Schwartz said.<br />

The footage that the duo<br />

shot over the five days<br />

Schwartz was in Mexico<br />

resulted in a nearly-20<br />

minute documentary film,<br />

centering on the lives of<br />

people who work to make<br />

Puerto Vallarta run as<br />

a resort town.<br />

“It turned out to really<br />

not be what we expected,”<br />

Wolfe said. “They took it<br />

to a level where we were<br />

moved beyond words to<br />

see what they had done. It<br />

was so artistic.”<br />

The film was nominated<br />

for a 2018 Chicago/<br />

Midwest Regional Emmy<br />

Award in the Outstanding<br />

Achievement for<br />

Documentary Programs<br />

— Cultural category, and<br />

while it ultimately lost<br />

Celebration Guide 2019<br />

out to “Making a New<br />

American Nutcracker,”<br />

a PBS documentary, it<br />

doesn’t take the pride of<br />

the nomination away from<br />

Schwartz and the Sister<br />

Cities Foundation.<br />

“The fact that this<br />

locally-supported film,<br />

made with love and respect<br />

for people in another<br />

culture was nominated<br />

is a huge, huge, huge<br />

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Little Tails Bar and Grill a ‘step<br />

up from traditional sports bar’<br />

Martin Carlino<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

Just months after opening<br />

Little Tails Bar and<br />

Grill, John Kopanski and<br />

Chandra Parshetty believe<br />

they have the makings of a<br />

restaurant unlike any other<br />

in the area.<br />

The management duo<br />

behind west Lake Forest’s<br />

newest restaurant spent<br />

months conceptualizing its<br />

vision for a communityfriendly<br />

sports bar-style<br />

eatery.<br />

Little Tails “started as<br />

just an empty shell,” Kopanski<br />

said. “Parshetty,<br />

with the help of some restaurant<br />

consultants, put it<br />

all together.”<br />

Parshetty estimates nearly<br />

five months of preparation<br />

work went into the<br />

restaurant’s soft opening in<br />

late October.<br />

With months of experience<br />

now under their belts,<br />

and what they described as<br />

an “outstanding” welcoming<br />

from the community,<br />

Kopanski and Parshetty are<br />

envisioning a future full of<br />

success.<br />

“The welcoming from<br />

the community has just<br />

been outstanding,” Kopanski<br />

said. “It’s just been<br />

absolutely great. The main<br />

thing we hear everyday is<br />

‘We needed this.’ ... We<br />

believe we’ve just begun to<br />

scratch the surface.”<br />

Both feel what separates<br />

Little Tails from other<br />

sports bar-style restaurants<br />

is the high quality of<br />

ingredients they use.<br />

“What’s unique about us<br />

is anyone can serve a hamburger,<br />

but we serve wagyu<br />

beef in our hamburgers,<br />

which is a Japanese-raised<br />

beef. That’s what makes<br />

it unique,” Kopanski said.<br />

“It’s something we feel is<br />

definitely different, something<br />

good and something<br />

that is high quality.”<br />

Although its menu mirrors<br />

that of a sports bar,<br />

the food offerings at Little<br />

Tails go above and beyond,<br />

according to Kopanski.<br />

“We’re a step up from<br />

traditional sports bar food,”<br />

Kopanski said. “And I<br />

think [guests] will see that<br />

when it comes to our food.<br />

And the root of Parshetty’s<br />

passion comes from<br />

the process of making those<br />

high-quality dishes.<br />

“I’ve always enjoyed the<br />

process of making food,”<br />

he said. “I enjoy everything<br />

that goes into making food.<br />

I’ve spent a lot of time traveling<br />

and that has inspired<br />

me. Food is my passion,<br />

and I wanted to bring a<br />

nice hangout place for the<br />

community.”<br />

Parshetty continued to<br />

say that he draws inspiration<br />

from the work of the<br />

late Anthony Bourdain and<br />

he places an emphasis on<br />

hand-picking selections for<br />

Little Tails’ menu.<br />

Both Kopanski and<br />

Parshetty believe the menu<br />

has been well-received thus<br />

far, but they’re always trying<br />

to keep guests coming<br />

back for more.<br />

“We’ll tweak the menu<br />

as we go along,” Kopanski<br />

said. “We do want to<br />

change the menu every few<br />

months.”<br />

And regardless of what<br />

menu offerings they feature,<br />

Kopanski and Parshetty<br />

couldn’t be happier<br />

with the reception from<br />

customers.<br />

“I’ve been doing this 30<br />

years and I’ve never met a<br />

more pleasant, patient, understanding<br />

group of customers<br />

in my life ... These<br />

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Grill<br />

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Road, Lake Forest<br />

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11 a.m.-11 p.m.<br />

Sunday-Thursday<br />

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-<br />

Saturday<br />

customers are the best<br />

I’ve ever had anywhere,”<br />

Kopanski said.<br />

The duo hopes to roll<br />

out new soup options and<br />

lunch specials sometime<br />

in the coming days. In the<br />

future, Parshetty said Sunday<br />

brunch options are a<br />

possibility, as well.<br />

Once winter passes, an<br />

outdoor patio and the addition<br />

of live music during<br />

the summer months are<br />

both possibilities.<br />

Editors from 22nd Century<br />

Media headed to the<br />

new Lake Forest eatery to<br />

test out some of its offerings.<br />

We started with The<br />

Little Tails burger ($14),<br />

a dish Kopanski said is<br />

quickly becoming a fan favorite.<br />

And after tasting the<br />

dish, it’s easy to see why.<br />

The flavorful burger is<br />

a half-pound of wagyu<br />

beef topped with avocado,<br />

maple bacon, brie cheese,<br />

bacon jam, garlic aioli, and<br />

served on a brioche bun.<br />

Next up was Little Tails’<br />

chopped salad ($12), which<br />

Kopanski described as “a<br />

little different than your traditional<br />

chopped salad” because<br />

of its featured ingredients.<br />

The chopped salad<br />

comes with grilled chicken,<br />

roasted corn, tomato, iceberg<br />

and romaine, roasted<br />

red pepper, pasta, tortilla<br />

chips and is tossed in<br />

Little Tails’ meatball hero ($12) features meatballs in marinara sauce, mozzarella<br />

cheese and topped with fresh basil. Photos by Jason Addy/22nd Century Media<br />

The restaurant’s shrimp de jonghe ($24) is served with five shrimp tossed in a white<br />

wine garlic cream sauce.<br />

buttermilk ranch dressing.<br />

The third dish on our<br />

menu is Little Tails’ meatball<br />

hero ($12), which is<br />

served on a fresh-baked<br />

hoagie with house-made<br />

meatballs in marinara<br />

sauce, mozzarella cheese<br />

and topped with fresh basil.<br />

We finished our visit<br />

with a hearty portion of<br />

shrimp de jonghe ($24).<br />

The dish features five butterflied<br />

shrimp, tossed in<br />

a white wine garlic cream<br />

sauce, is topped with garlic<br />

bread crumbs and served<br />

over linguine pasta.<br />

Little Tails’ namesake burger ($14) is made from wagyu<br />

beef and topped with avocado, maple bacon, brie<br />

cheese, bacon jam and garlic aioli.


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Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with Helena Blumenau<br />

Blumenau is a senior at<br />

Lake Forest Academy, and<br />

Highland Park resident,<br />

and is committed to<br />

University of Iowa for<br />

swimming.<br />

How did you start<br />

swimming?<br />

I think I was about 7<br />

years old, a good friend’s<br />

brother went to go try out<br />

for a club team. At the time<br />

I went to go watch, and I<br />

just wanted to hop in the<br />

pool at that time.<br />

When did you know<br />

that this was a sport<br />

that you wanted do<br />

competitively?<br />

I’ve always been a competitive<br />

person, for me I<br />

knew that I wanted to stick<br />

with something and take<br />

it more seriously. When I<br />

was 11 or 12 years old I really<br />

started committing to<br />

the sport.<br />

What has been your<br />

most memorable<br />

moment as a Caxy?<br />

I didn’t go to LFA all<br />

four years, I just went<br />

junior and senior year.<br />

Swimming wise it would<br />

be last year, we had this<br />

big invite at LFA, and as<br />

a team we had a really big<br />

winning streak last year.<br />

We were able to win our<br />

last meet of the season. We<br />

were underdogs because as<br />

a team we had a lot of people<br />

who had never swam<br />

before, so being able to<br />

work together and just pull<br />

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out as many wins as we did<br />

was very exciting.<br />

Why did you transfer<br />

from <strong>HP</strong>HS to LFA?<br />

I wanted to go to private<br />

school after middle school,<br />

but financially it wasn’t in<br />

our budget. I reapplied junior<br />

year and they offered<br />

up more financial aid.<br />

What is it about the<br />

sport that you love?<br />

I think it’s just because<br />

it’s a sport in which you<br />

can always improve yourself.<br />

There are so many<br />

different aspects of swimming<br />

for me, I feel like<br />

there are things I can work<br />

on to make myself better.<br />

I’m always striving to do<br />

my best.<br />

What is the most<br />

challenging part of<br />

swimming?<br />

I think making yourself<br />

get up for those earlymorning<br />

practices, and<br />

making sure you go and<br />

work hard every day. It’s<br />

a really demanding sport.<br />

We practice six days a<br />

week.<br />

Who do you think<br />

made the biggest<br />

impact on your skill in<br />

the sport?<br />

I think my old coach<br />

from Highland Park Aquatics<br />

Club, Danny Weinberg.<br />

He doesn’t coach anymore<br />

but he worked with me<br />

from the times was 8 until<br />

12 or 13. When I saw with<br />

him he made me realize I<br />

had potential in the sport,<br />

and he’s the one that got<br />

me coming every day and<br />

working hard.<br />

What is one thing<br />

people don’t know<br />

about you?<br />

I can’t touch my shoulders.<br />

I physically can’t<br />

tough my right arm to my<br />

right shoulder.<br />

What is your biggest<br />

pet peeve?<br />

When people chew really<br />

loudly.<br />

What is your favorite<br />

TV show to binge<br />

watch?<br />

“Grey’s Anatomy.”<br />

Yeah, I’ve seen the whole<br />

thing.<br />

Interview by Sports Editor<br />

Brittany Kapa<br />

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast<br />

Guys talk gymnastics, basketball hall of fame<br />

Staff Report<br />

In this week’s episode of<br />

The Varsity: North Shore,<br />

hosts Michal Dwojak and<br />

Michael Wojtychiw recap<br />

weekend happenings, like<br />

the results of the Spartan<br />

Classic gymnastic invite<br />

hosted by Glenbrook<br />

North.<br />

They also discuss a local<br />

basketball coach’s Hall of<br />

Fame induction.<br />

First Quarter<br />

Dwojak and Wojtychiw<br />

recap Glenbrook North’s<br />

Spartan Classic gymnastics<br />

invite from Friday.<br />

Second Quarter<br />

Glenbrook North boys<br />

basketball head coach<br />

David Weber weighs<br />

in on Jon Scheyer’s induction<br />

into the Illinois<br />

Basketball Coaches Association<br />

Hall of Fame.<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Third Quarter<br />

Way/No Way is back,<br />

with Wojtychiw predict-<br />

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Twitter:<br />

@varsitypodcast<br />

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@thevarsitypodcast<br />

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Download: Soundcloud,<br />

iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn,<br />

PlayerFm, more<br />

ing boys swim and dive<br />

season expectations.<br />

Fourth Quarter<br />

Area basketball is last<br />

but not least, the guys chat<br />

about hall of famers.


28 | December 13, 2018 | The highland park landmark sports<br />

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Football<br />

Kaufman switches to center for Blue-Grey bowl<br />

Brittany Kapa, Sports Editor<br />

Kevin Kaufman never<br />

expected he would be preparing<br />

for a game at AT&T<br />

Stadium in Arlington, Texas,<br />

a year ago, but that is<br />

exactly the situation he is<br />

in now.<br />

Kauffman will play at<br />

the stadium that houses the<br />

NFL’s Dallas Cowboys as<br />

part of the Blue-Grey All-<br />

American Bowl on Monday,<br />

Dec. 17.<br />

“A year ago, a friend of<br />

mine that I went to EFT<br />

with, he was older, he got<br />

invited to this Blue-Grey<br />

All-American game, so I<br />

started knowing about it a<br />

little more,” he said.<br />

Kaufman, an offensive<br />

and defensive lineman<br />

weighing in at 300 pounds<br />

and 6-foot-1, was a captain<br />

for the 2018 Giants<br />

and is preparing to make a<br />

big shift for the Blue-Grey<br />

Bowl.<br />

“I’m an offensive guard<br />

on the line, but for this,<br />

they want to have me at<br />

center,” Kaufman said.<br />

The shift isn’t something<br />

Kaufman is opposed<br />

to. Top recruited lineman<br />

often measure in at a minimum<br />

of 6–3, and Kaufman<br />

knew his size would be<br />

an issue when it came to<br />

searching for a place in a<br />

top-ranked Division-I program.<br />

“Having to be super tall<br />

for everything, I wasn’t<br />

gifted with that,” he said.<br />

“[The coaches] think that<br />

at center, if I keep practicing<br />

and I get really good at<br />

it, that I could do a lot of<br />

great things from there.”<br />

The Blue-Grey All-<br />

American Bowl was established<br />

in 1989 by founders<br />

Gus Bell and his son,<br />

Highland Park senior Kevin Kaufman (no. 66), shown here in a game earlier this season, will compete Monday, Dec.<br />

17, in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Texas. 22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

Erik Bell. Together, they<br />

established the brand to<br />

help prep prospects from<br />

all over the country receive<br />

national exposure<br />

and increase their chances<br />

to secure scholarships to a<br />

college, whether that be at<br />

the NCAA Division I level,<br />

or II, III, NAIA or junior<br />

college, according to<br />

the bluegreyfootball.com<br />

website.<br />

Kaufman was one of 90<br />

seniors selected from more<br />

than 6,750 athletes who<br />

competed at one of 22 regional<br />

combines in 2018.<br />

Where to Watch<br />

Date: Monday, Dec. 17<br />

Time: 6 p.m.<br />

Network: Impact<br />

Football Network<br />

Kaufman attended The<br />

Midwest Under Armour<br />

All-American Camp held<br />

at Glenbrook North High<br />

School. He was nominated<br />

by Blue-Grey Coach Brett<br />

Cooper, a former NFL offensive<br />

lineman, and Tevita<br />

Ofahengaue, a former<br />

tight end with the Arizona<br />

Cardinals.<br />

Currently, Kaufman<br />

only has two offers he<br />

has shared via his Twitter<br />

account. Exposure at the<br />

Dec. 17 game could be the<br />

crucial next step Kaufman<br />

needs to find that right college<br />

program. The hope is<br />

that the switch to center<br />

will aid him in the longrun<br />

as well.<br />

“It’s not going to be<br />

as tiring since as a guard<br />

you have to pull and all<br />

this stuff and run around,”<br />

Kaufman said about the<br />

switch. “I feel that technically<br />

it’s going to be much<br />

harder, having to know exactly<br />

where to snap, how<br />

far back the quarterback is,<br />

and just making sure everything<br />

is perfect.”<br />

Kaufman spent the last<br />

few months working on<br />

his new skills, and hopes<br />

that his hard work will<br />

once again pay off on a<br />

bigger stage.<br />

“I’m very excited to<br />

see all of these amazing<br />

players from everywhere,<br />

different places, it’s just<br />

going to be really cool,”<br />

Kaufman said. “It’s going<br />

to be really fun.”<br />

high school<br />

highlights<br />

The rest of the week in<br />

high school sports<br />

Girls Ice Hockey<br />

Latin Orange 4, Scouts 1<br />

Scouts forward Caroline<br />

Mower, a senior at Lake<br />

Forest, got back a late goal<br />

for the Scouts in the third<br />

period of a chippy battle<br />

against Latin Dec. 3. Lucy<br />

Heller, a sophomore forward<br />

from Highland Park,<br />

picked up an assist on the<br />

goal.<br />

Goaltender Amanda Peter,<br />

a senior at Libertyville,<br />

recorded 29 saves. The<br />

Scouts registered 16 shots<br />

on Latin.<br />

This Week In ...<br />

Giant Athletics<br />

Girls Gymnastics<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 - at Maine West,<br />

5:30 p.m.<br />

Boys Swimming and<br />

Diving<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 - at Maine East,<br />

5 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 - at Lake County<br />

Invite (Stevenson), 1 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 20 - hosts Deerfield,<br />

5 p.m.<br />

Wrestling<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 - hosts Vernon<br />

Hills, 6 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 - at Niles West<br />

Invite, 9 a.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 20 - at Deerfield, 6<br />

p.m.<br />

Boys Basketball<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 - hosts Vernon<br />

Hills, 7 p.m.<br />

Girls Basketball<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 - at Vernon Hills,<br />

7 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 20 - hosts Glenbrook<br />

North, 7 p.m.<br />

Girls Ice Hockey<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 - at Evanston,<br />

9:20 p.m.<br />

Boys Ice Hockey<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 - at Lake Forest,<br />

9:15 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 - hosts Evanston,<br />

8:20 p.m.


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the highland park landmark | December 13, 2018 | 29<br />

Just the Start<br />

Giants dominate in early-season dual meet<br />

Ready for the Next Step<br />

Caxy athlete commits to D-I college program<br />

Konrad Schmid swims the butterfly portion of the 200-yard IM in a dual meet against<br />

two schools Friday, Dec. 7, in Highland Park. Photos by Neil Ament/22nd Century Media<br />

Uly Noffsinger swims the backstroke<br />

portion of the 200-yard Medley Relay.<br />

Lake Forest Academy senior Helena Blumenau, of Highland Park, committed Nov.<br />

14 to the University of Iowa’s Division-I swimming program to continue her athletic<br />

career after high school. Photo submitted<br />

ABOVE: Senior diver Elliot Starkman took<br />

fifth in diving with 168.80 points.<br />

RIGHT: <strong>HP</strong> junior Tobe Obochi celebrates<br />

his 21.98 second 50-yard free win.<br />

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Ignoffo joins 1K club after stellar 25-point game<br />

Todd Marver<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

NORTH SHORE<br />

In front of a populous<br />

Pack the Place crowd, senior<br />

and four-year varsity<br />

player Sydney Ignoffo’s<br />

3-pointer in the third<br />

quarter not only extended<br />

Highland Park’s lead to<br />

51-28 mark over Maine<br />

East, but also earned her<br />

1,000th career point.<br />

Ignoffo finished the<br />

game with 25 points, 15 of<br />

those coming in the second<br />

half. The Giants went on to<br />

win 67-44 over conference<br />

rival Maine East on Friday,<br />

Dec. 7, in Highland Park.<br />

“It’s really exciting especially<br />

to have it on my<br />

home court with my family<br />

here,” Ignoffo said.<br />

Ignoffo also gave credit<br />

to her teammates for<br />

helping her achieve her<br />

1,000-point milestone.<br />

“This is my closest<br />

team ever and they just do<br />

such a good job of finding<br />

me,” she said. “I obviously<br />

couldn’t have done<br />

it without all of them,<br />

just finding me and giving<br />

me the opportunity<br />

to score. It’s just exciting<br />

because it feels like a win<br />

for everyone. It’s not just<br />

my milestone, but it’s the<br />

whole team’s.”<br />

Ignoffo wasn’t the only<br />

Giant to record large scoring<br />

numbers, however.<br />

Three-year varsity player<br />

Addie Budnik, a junior,<br />

scored a team-high 34<br />

points. Budnik scored 22<br />

of her 34 points in the first<br />

half. Maine East held its<br />

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last lead of the game at<br />

12-10 in the first quarter<br />

before the Giants went on<br />

a 24-6 run to take a 34-18<br />

halftime lead.<br />

“(Coach Jolie) Bechtel<br />

called a timeout and right<br />

from there, we knew we<br />

had to pull through because<br />

we were the better<br />

team going in and we<br />

knew that,” Ignoffo said.<br />

“We went into the game<br />

thinking we were going to<br />

win, so I think we just had<br />

to regroup. And then we<br />

started playing well.”<br />

The Giants continued<br />

to extend their lead to<br />

58-34 by the end of the<br />

third quarter, outscoring<br />

Maine East 24-16 in that<br />

period and finished with a<br />

23-point win.<br />

Three players combined<br />

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to score all the points for<br />

the Giants between Budnik’s<br />

34 points, Ignoffo’s<br />

25 points and junior Halle<br />

Abrams’ 8 points. Despite<br />

only three Giants scoring,<br />

Budnik said the contributions<br />

from all the players<br />

on the team were critical<br />

to the team’s victory.<br />

“I think our teammates<br />

did a really good job of<br />

getting us the ball and rebounding,”<br />

Budnik said.<br />

“All around our teammates<br />

did a really good job<br />

tonight and I think that’s<br />

what really helped us. Everybody’s<br />

contributions<br />

really helped. No matter if<br />

it was on the bench or on<br />

the court, it all helped.”<br />

Budnik added that a<br />

combination of the Packthe-Place<br />

crowd and the<br />

team’s energy propelled<br />

the team to the Friday<br />

night victory.<br />

“Because it was a conference<br />

game and we had a<br />

chance to be 2-1, we had a<br />

lot of energy and the bench<br />

especially,” she said. “I<br />

think the atmosphere definitely<br />

helped. It definitely<br />

gave us a lot more energy<br />

and more motivation to<br />

want to win especially because<br />

it’s at home and everybody’s<br />

here supporting<br />

us.”<br />

The Giants rebounded<br />

nicely from a 72-33 loss<br />

against an undefeated<br />

2018 Maine West earlier in<br />

the week. That challenge,<br />

mixed with the opportunity<br />

to play high-caliber<br />

players, helped the Giants<br />

put together their best<br />

game Friday night, Ignoffo<br />

said.<br />

We were better on defense<br />

this game, we were<br />

stronger this game and we<br />

were grabbing better rebounds,”<br />

she said.<br />

Highland Park junior Addie Budnik looks for an open<br />

teammates in a CSL North conference win against<br />

Maine East Friday, Dec. 7, in Highland Park. Photos by<br />

Neil Ament/22nd Century Media<br />

Giants sophomore Sydney Schenk (10) drives down the<br />

court despite pressure.


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the highland park landmark | December 13, 2018 | 31<br />

Sleds Are Coming event enters 9th year at LFC<br />

22nd Century Media File<br />

Photo<br />

1st-and-3<br />

Stars of the<br />

Week<br />

1. Sydney Ignoffo.<br />

The Highland Park<br />

senior scored<br />

25 points in the<br />

Friday, Dec. 7<br />

matchup against<br />

Maine East, while<br />

also earning her<br />

1,000th career<br />

point.<br />

2. Lucy Heller. In a<br />

tough 4-1 loss<br />

to Latin Orange,<br />

scouts’ girls ice<br />

hockey player,<br />

and a Highland<br />

Park sophomore,<br />

picked up an<br />

assist in the third<br />

period on the<br />

team’s lone goal.<br />

3. Helena Blumenau.<br />

Lake Forest<br />

Academy senior,<br />

former Giant,<br />

committed to the<br />

University of Iowa<br />

for swimming.<br />

Lake Forest<br />

College welcomes<br />

USA Sled Hockey<br />

Paralympian<br />

Submitted by Lake Forest<br />

College<br />

The Lake Forest College<br />

Athletic Department and<br />

the Great Lakes Adaptive<br />

Sports Association (GLA-<br />

SA) are excited to host the<br />

9th Annual The Sleds Are<br />

Coming event at Alumni<br />

Memorial Fieldhouse.<br />

Lake Forest College<br />

will host the event Jan.<br />

27, 2019, and is excited<br />

to invite the community<br />

to come out and meet local<br />

2018 U.S. Gold Medal<br />

Paralympian Brody Roybal.<br />

The Sleds Are Coming<br />

is intended to bring<br />

community exposure to<br />

GLASA, and showcase<br />

its sled hockey program.<br />

Community members, students,<br />

and staff have the<br />

opportunity to watch and<br />

cheer on a talented group<br />

of athletes.<br />

Currently, GLASA together<br />

with its local community<br />

partner Falcons<br />

Hockey Association, has<br />

one competitive adult<br />

team, one recreational<br />

adult team and one competitive<br />

youth team. The<br />

GLASA Falcons adult<br />

competitive team is<br />

coached by retired Lake<br />

Forest College men’s<br />

hockey coach Tony Fritz,<br />

and GLASA parent Andy<br />

Burkhart.<br />

The adult recreational<br />

team is coached by Mike<br />

Reinhardt. The youth<br />

team coaches are Adam<br />

Rosuck and GLASA parent<br />

Mike Hurtado. Since<br />

the beginning of this program<br />

11 years ago, the<br />

adult competitive team<br />

placed second in the National<br />

Championship in<br />

2018 and placed first in<br />

2013, 2015 and 2017. The<br />

youth competitive team<br />

were the 2015 National<br />

Champions.<br />

The on-ice competition<br />

will consist of three<br />

12-minute periods of 5-on-<br />

5 sled hockey featuring<br />

members of the GLASA<br />

Falcons, and the event will<br />

also feature a demonstration<br />

by the Junior Falcons<br />

Mite Players, Chuck-A-<br />

Puck competition and raffle<br />

prizes.<br />

Check out highlights<br />

from the 2018 Sleds Are<br />

Coming event thanks to<br />

Comcast 100, 2018 Sleds<br />

Are Coming Event. The<br />

event will take place at 2<br />

p.m., admission is free and<br />

open to the public.<br />

For more information,<br />

visit http://www.glasa.<br />

org/the-sleds-are-coming/,<br />

or contact Jourdan<br />

Thunberg, GLASA, by<br />

phone (847) 283-0908 or<br />

email jthunberg@glasa.<br />

org; Ashley Wanland, in<br />

the Lake Forest College<br />

Athletics Department, by<br />

phone at (847) 735-5285,<br />

or by email wanland@<br />

mx.lakeforest.edu.<br />

Ethan Burkhart (left) and Liz Davis compete against each other for the Falcons in the<br />

Sleds are Coming event in a previous year. Photos Submitted<br />

Goaltender Chance Wollbrinck makes a save.<br />

Listen Up<br />

“Having to be super tall for everything, I<br />

wasn’t gifted with that.”<br />

Kevin Kaufman — <strong>HP</strong> senior, on his height and switching<br />

to center for the Blue-Grey All-American bowl<br />

tune in<br />

Boys Swimming<br />

Highland park will join several other area schools in<br />

Lincolnshire for a competitive invite.<br />

• Giants at Lake County Invite, Saturday, Dec. 15,<br />

1 p.m.<br />

Index<br />

29 - Photo: Fall Signing<br />

27 - Athlete of the Week<br />

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Brittany Kapa. Send<br />

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The highland Park Landmark | December 13, 2018 | <strong>HP</strong>Landmark.com<br />

GoinG<br />

Swimmingly<br />

Giants boys swim starts<br />

season off right, Page 29<br />

Looking for<br />

more <strong>HP</strong> senior<br />

competes in football bowl<br />

game, Page 28<br />

Ignoffo nets 1,000th<br />

career point in CSL North<br />

win, Page 30<br />

Highland Park senior Sydney Ignoffo releases a<br />

jump shot against Maine East in a game where she<br />

scored her 1,000th career point Friday, Dec. 7, in<br />

Highland Park. Neil Ament/22nd Century Media

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