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Neighbors of
Karger Center
feel voiceless with
new development,
Page 4
Illustration by Nancy Burgan/22nd Century Media
Fresh
shave
Police
Department
raises money
during
No Shave
November,
Page 3
It’s a girl
First baby born in Highland Park in
2019, Page 8
Good ‘friends’
HP Police Department recreates
“Friends” intro, Page 12

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Pet of the Week8
Editorial17
Faith Briefs20
Dining Out22
Puzzles23
Home of the Week24
Athlete of the Week27
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FRIDAY
Cozy Campfire
6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 11,
Heller Nature Center, 2821
Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Spend time inside
our Nature Center building
learning the different ways
animals survive winter,
through games, artifacts
and interactive activities.
Afterwards, we will head
outside to the campfire to
make a taste s’more. Children
must be accompanied
by a paid registered
adult. Bring warm clothes
for when we go outside to
make s’mores.
SATURDAY
Camera Basics Workshop
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 12,
3150 Skokie Valley Rd.,
Highland Park. Photography
workshop for individuals
looking to move
beyond the basic, automatic
settings of their digital
camera. Small group to
allow for maximum personal
instruction. Perfect
for new camera owners.
Details and registration at
www.roberttolchin.com.
Winter Fest
2:30-4:30 p.m. Jan. 12,
Centennial Ice Arena,
3100 Trail Way, Highland
Park. Celebrate winter
at this free family event.
Enjoy indoor ice skating
and open gymnastics
time. Don’t know how
to skate? Our skating instructors
offer free group
lessons. Food is available
for purchase. Special costumed
friends will meet
and greet your little ones.
For more information call
(847) 432-4790.
iRead Kickoff and Kid Lit
Fest
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 12,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Enjoy a
celebration of books and
reading as we kick off the
District 112 iRead Read-athon!
Pick up your log and
earn 30 minutes credit for
attending the event. Stock
up on books, meet authors
and listen to District 112
teachers read selections
from their favorite books.
Storyteller Chris Fascione
10:30-11:15 a.m. Jan.
12, Highland Park Public
Library, 494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Nationallyknown
family entertainer
Chris Fascione returns to
Highland Park by popular
demand with all new stories.
Full of energy, humor
and imagination, Chris
creates colorful characters
through his unique combination
of acting, storytelling,
comedy and juggling.
Fun for the whole family!
SUNDAY
Theatrical Reading of
“Titus Andronicus”
2-4:30 p.m. Jan. 13,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Equity actors
from The Shakespeare
Project of Chicago perform
a theatrical reading.
The play is considered to
be Shakespeare’s very first
tragedy and his most violent.
For mature audiences
only. Sponsored by the
Friends of the Highland
Park Public Library.
MONDAY
Art in City Hall Opening
Reception
4 p.m. Jan. 14, City
Hall, 1707 St. Johns Ave.,
Highland Park.
TUESDAY
Highland Park Country
Club Conversion Project
Public Meeting
6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 15,
Highland Park Country
Club, 1201 Park Ave.,
Highland Park. Residents
are invited to a public
meeting to review the
Highland Park Country
Club property conversion
conceptual plans and provide
comment.
WEDNESDAY
Highland Park High School
Guitar Recital
7 p.m. Jan. 16, Highland
Park High School, 433
Vine Ave., Highland Park.
Nexus Information Event
12-1:30 p.m. Jan. 16,
Silverado, 1651 Richfield,
Highland Park. Nexus at
Silverado, our internationally
recognized, evidencebased
brain health program,
is a non-drug approach that
has improved cognition and
function for many people in
the earlier stages of living
with dementia. Silverado
will be having an open
house to learn more about
this program and how it has
helped hundreds of people
increase their cognitive
ability.
UPCOMING
Recycled Art
2:30-4 p.m. Jan. 18,
Heller Nature Center, 2821
Ridge Road, Highland
Park. What can you build
with milk cartons, cardboard
and plastic bottles?
A train? A robot? A zoo?
A city? Use your imagination
and go green with recycled
goods. Bring them
from home or use some of
Heller’s.
Jump and Spin Skating
Clinic
8:40-9:40 a.m. Jan. 19,
Centennial Ice Arena,
3100 Trail Way, Highland
Park. The clinic is presented
by guest coaches
Rockne Brubaker and Stefania
Berton. It’s open to
all skaters in Free Skate 1
- High Free Skate (groups
will be split according to
levels). The cost is $25.
Sunday Soiree
1:30-2:30 p.n. Jan. 20,
Bennett Gordon Hall, 201
St. Johns Ave., Highland
Park. MYAC chamber music
groups perform, featuring
music by the winner of
the MYAC Composition
Contest, Baxter Brown.
Jazz in January
4-6:30 p.m. Jan. 20,
MYAC Center, 878 Lyster
Road, Highwood. Jazz students
of MYAC perform
with acclaimed guest soloist,
jazz education and
Yamaha recording artist,
Francisco Torres.
Reptiles and Amphibians
2-4 p.m. Jan. 21, Heller
Nature Center, 2821 Ridge
Road, Highland Park. Join
the Frog Lady at Heller
and learn the difference between
reptiles and amphibians.
Meet live animals up
close and get a chance to
touch some. Children must
be accompanied by a paid
registered adult.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
of Service
10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan.
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of The Highland
Park Landmark, a
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ONGOING
English Conversation
Group
6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Highwood Public
Library, 102 Highwood
Ave., Highwood. This
group is for students who
already speak English,
but would like to improve
their pronunciation, grammar,
and vocabulary. We
discuss current topics, life
experiences and goals,
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The staff and officers at the Highland Park Police Department that participated in No Shave November.
Highland Park police
get hairy for charity
Erin Yarnall, Editor
Throughout the month of
November, the officers and
staff at the Highland Park
Police Department looked
noticeably different.
That’s because they
were participating in No
Shave November to raise
funds for the Highland
Park Hospital Kellogg
Cancer Foundation. This
was the department’s
“third or fourth” year participating
in the event, according
to Detective Eric
Hernandez, who organized
the event, and helped
originally bring it to the
department with Deputy
Chief Jon Lowman.
“[Lowman and I] were
both talking about it one
day and we thought ‘Why
not? This would be something
fun for the officers
and for the employees
here to participate in,’”
Hernandez said.
In addition to being a
fun activity, it gives the
participants an opportunity
to do something they are
usually not allowed to do
— grow facial hair, dye a
streak of their hair or paint
their nails.
“We’re only allowed to
mustaches here that are
fully grown, otherwise
we’re not allowed to have
facial here or painted nails,
things like that,” Hernandez
said. “It’s something
we’re not allowed to do
that would be fun to do for
the month of November.”
Participants each put
in money for what they
wanted to do throughout
the month. Growing a
mustache, or painting nails
cost $20, dying a streak of
hair or growing a goatee
cost $25 and growing a
beard was $30.
Hernandez said that
growing a beard was
“by far the most popular
option.”
He opted to grow a
goatee, but said that he
shaved it off before the end
of the month because his
wife “just could not take
the mustache.”
“I think I looked completely
different, because
I never let my facial hair
grow, but I also can’t grow
very much. I think my ethnicity
just doesn’t allow
it,” Hernandez said. “Some
other guys, they grow so
much hair so quickly, that
it looks very scary, almost
grizzly-like. They look
like mountain men within
a week and a half.”
By the end of the month,
the police department had
raised $800 for the Kellogg
Cancer Foundation.
“It’s a great feeling.
We try to do as much as
we can for the community,”
Hernandez said.
“If we could do even a
little bit more, that’s always
a big benefit. We’re
hoping to keep it going
for years to come.”
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Residents express discontent
over Karger Center plans
Erin Yarnall, Editor
After Albion at Highland
Park, the 171-unit apartment
complex proposed to
take over the Karger Center
property, was approved
at a Dec. 18 meeting of the
Highland Park Plan and
Design commission meeting,
residents of the neighborhoods
nearest the property
were left feeling that
their voices went unheard
after a public hearing process
that lasted from Nov.
6 to the Dec. 18 meeting.
The developers, Albion
Jacobs Highland Park,
LLC. bought the property
for $3.76M, more than
$250,000 over the asking
price from the City of Highland
Park, in Jan. 2018.
“We really don’t feel like
we have a voice or any power
in this,” Bivan Kischer, a
Highland Park resident who
lives near the property, said.
One of the key concerns
that residents expressed
was over the impact that
the development will have
on Sunset Woods Park,
which is located next to
the property, although the
City and Park District have
both said that the development
would not make an
impact on the park.
“Though the Albion Development
abuts Sunset
Woods Park, all development
of the property will
occur on its own site only,”
Hayley Garard, the assistant
to the City Manager of
Highland Park said.
But Highland Park resident
Louise Conway said
she can’t imagine how
the construction and size
of the development won’t
impact the park.
“This isn’t just about
our neighborhood being
impacted,” Highland Park
resident Louise Conway
said. “Sunset Park is going
to be dramatically impacted
as well. The enjoyment
of Sunset Park, the natural
beauty of the park, that’s
all going to change because
there’s going to be a
[large] building facing out
onto the park.”
Another concern that
residents expressed was
over the lack of parking
that the new development
could potentially create.
According to Kischer,
there are approximately
130 available parking spots
on the property. Within the
approved plans, the developers
have proposed building
a below grade garage
that will have spots for 193
for residents of Albion at
Highland Park to use, with
46 additional spots above
ground.
The city said 46 spots
will remain available for
the Lake County Health
Center, which complies
with the Zoning Code
requirements.
“My question to the city
is, of the 132 people who
park there during the day,
where will they be parking?”
Kischer said. “Who
are they and where will
they be parking in the future
once you take away
this lot?”
The city said that the
Renaissance Place public
parking garage in downtown
Highland Park remains
“underutilized.”
But the main concern
that residents expressed
was the height of the
proposed development.
“They said at the highest
point, at any level, it
would be 65 feet,” Highland
Park resident Peter
Mordini said.
Due to the differences in
grade on the property, the
building, at some points, is
higher than 65 feet.
“Per the City zoning
code building height is
measured from the average
grade of the property,”
Garard said. “ The grade of
the property at 1850 Green
Bay Road changes significantly
from east to west.
This was discussed at the
public hearing. The height
of the proposed building is
63 feet tall when measuring
from the average grade of
this property, which meets
zoning requirements.”
Conway has said she has
realized a development is
inevitable, but an ideal situation
for her would be if
the development was more
“keeping with the design
and character of Highland
Park.”
Highland Park resident
Sam Shepard said his ideal
situation would be if the
City invested in the Karger
Center, rather than selling
the property, but he said if
the City is going through
with the sale, he would
prefer that they sell it for
a lower price and decrease
the number of units in the
development.
“My question to the
city would be, why can’t
you forego half a million
dollars in sale price,
and reduce the number of
units you would expect or
allow?” Shepard asked.
According to Garard,
the City Council is scheduled
to consider the Plan
and Design Commission’s
recommendation at
its Jan. 28 meeting.

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Police Reports
Running car stolen by unknown subject
A complainant in the 600 block
of Roger Williams reported that
an unknown subject(s) unlawfully
took an unlocked, running vehicle,
at 5:59 p.m. Dec. 23.
December 21
• A complainant in the 3000 block
of Greenwood Avenue reported the
theft of a package from the front
porch. No value was disclosed.
December 22
• Randy Pallares-Guzman, 29,
of Mundelein, was arrested and
charged with Driving Under the
Influence- Alcohol when police
conducted a traffic stop in the 3300
block of Skokie Valley Road. Also
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Simon
Submitted by the
Walker family
Simon is a
Chihuahua/
Corgi Mix who
was rescued
from Unleashed
Pet Rescue in
Mission, Kan.
He joins his
four-legged
siblings: Chloe,
Stella and Murphy at our home in Highland Park!
Simon enjoys fetching, eating sticks and basking
in the sun.
Help! We’re running out of pets to feature. To see your pet
featured as Pet of the Week, send a photo and information
to Editor Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com.
Welcome to the world
Staff Report
NorthShore Highland
Park Hospital announced
the first baby delivered at
its facility in 2019. Camila
Gomez was born at 5:44
a.m. Jan. 1, weighing 6
pounds, 10 ounces, and
measuring 19 inches long.
She was born to her
mother, Marisol Gomez
of Highland Park, and
is Marisol’s first child.
Both Marisol and Camila
Gomez are doing well.
RIGHT: Camila Gomez
was the first baby
delivered at NorthShore
Highland Park Hospital in
2019 at 5:44 a.m. on Jan.
1. Photo submitted
Breaking the ice
The Park District of Highland Park’s
Family Skate Night allows skaters a
chance to practice
Dakota (left to right), Kristi, Kinley and Jason Forehand
skate together at the Park District of Highland Park’s
Family Skate Night, Thursday, Jan. 3. photos by Nicole
Carrow/22nd Century Media
ABOVE: Skaters at the center of the ice hold hands.
ABOVE RIGHT : Skating coach Julie Clark (left) encourages
young skater Maggie Uttech.
BELOW RIGHT : Everett Kelly skates with the help of
his dad, Jeff Kelly.

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Park District of HP approves 2019 budget
Submitted by The Park
District of Highland Park
The Park District of
Highland Park Board of
Commissioners adopted
the 2019 budget of approximately
$23.9 million
at the Dec. 13 meeting.
The 2019 Budget reflects
a continuation of
the Park District’s commitment
to maintaining
quality parks and facilities,
a refresh of the Park
District’s GreenPrint 2024
comprehensive master
plan, as well as the Park
District’s fiscal philosophy
of successfully striking
a balance between
providing good value
and quality facilities,
programs and activities
for our residents, while
maximizing revenue opportunities
with staff’s
continued commitment to
reduce expenditures.
In preparation for the
2019 budget approval,
the Park District reviewed
the proposed budget at
three public meetings including
the Park Board
Finance Committee meeting
on Oct. 26; the Park
Board Workshop meeting
on Nov. 13; and a budget
public hearing that proceeded
the Board meeting
on Dec. 13.
The 2019 Budget has
been available for public
review at West Ridge
Center, Recreation Center
of Highland Park, the
Highland Park Public
Library and on the Park
District website: pdhp.
org. The adopted budget
has been published and
is available on the Park
District website.
Highlights of the 2019
budget are:
• Operating surplus of
$2.6 million
• After a successful August
2018 opening, Sunset
Valley Golf Club will be
operating for a full season,
beginning in early 2019.
Budgeted net revenue is
estimated at $149,000.
• A total operational
revenue of $23.9 million
and an estimated expenditure
of $28.5 million.
• A planned $4.65 million
deficit utilizing reserves
to support capital
replacement projects including
planning expenses
for conversion of the
100-acre Highland Park
Country Club property
to a passive recreation
area, renovation planning
of the Centennial
Ice Arena, and refresh of
GreenPrint 2024.
“The 2019 budget reflects
an exciting time for
the District, as Sunset Valley
Golf Club opens for a
full season and we proceed
with the conversion of the
Highland Park Country
Club into a passive recreation
area,” said Liza
McElroy, executive director
for the Park District of
Highland Park. “The 2019
budget is aligned with the
Park District’s mission
and reflects our operational
goal of improving
programs and facilities to
benefit the community’s
health, wellness and enjoyment
of everyday life.
We are pleased to continue
operating from a strong
financial position and to
provide a great value for
the community.”
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continues to maintain
Moody’s Investor’s Service
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based on its healthy reserve
levels, favourable
debt profile, and conservative
revenue assumptions.
For more information
on the Park District
of Highland Park and its
programs and services,
please visit pdhp.org.
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HP police show their ‘friend’ly side in music video
Hilary Anderson
Freelance Reporter
In addition to their police
work, the Highland
Park Police Department
recently added new duties
to their job: acting,
writing, producing and, of
course, lip syncing.
Staff from all sections of
the department wrote, produced
and acted in their
very own lip sync video.
Even some residents and
employees from local
businesses got in on the
act as they performed to
the theme song from the
show “Friends,” “I’ll Be
There For You.”
It was their unique way
of sending Highland Park
residents the message they
are part of the community
and will always be there
for them.
The video is similar to
FEATURING:
ones being produced by
police departments nationwide
to bring communities
and law enforcement together
in a fun, supportive
way.
“The Highland Park Police
Department’s lip sync
video truly reflects the values
and dedication our police
department staff has to
providing the highest level
of service to our community,”
said Police Chief Lou
Jogmen. “The message
we are trying to send our
residents and businesses is
that no matter what the circumstances,
we are always
there for everyone.”
He added the video
provided a special opportunity
for Highland Park
residents and businesses to
see police officers having a
creative, fun side to them.
The lip sync video
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the department’s police
officers in it.
The vast majority was
done during breaks, lunches
or on the officers’ own
time.
“It was a true collaboration,”
Jogmen said. “We
asked for ideas and suggestions
from all departments—records,
dispatch,
patrol, detectives, community
services. Everyone
came through with ideas
and suggestions.”
The video pays homage
to the “Friends” television
series with its theme song,
“I’ll Be There for You”
by American duo The
Rembrandts.
“Officer Amanda Duchak,
a fan of the show’s
Phoebe, was eager to participate,”
Jogmen said.
“Officers Pedro Urbina
and Dan Norton, who are
in the car scene, did their
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YouTube page at www.
youtube.com/cityhpil
parts unscripted.”
Officer Matt Bobek
shown on beach, was there
when the temperature was
in the 40s according to
Chief Jogmen.
He added the officers
playing in the water and
sitting on the couch, in an
homage to the introduction
of “Friends,” showcased
the true camaraderie of
the Highland Park Police
force.
The ideas for the video
first started flowing in October
and took six to eight
weeks to complete.
Officer Reyes Montemayor,
who does video
production as a hobby,
shot and edited the entire
video.
“He did all the editing
by himself,” Jogmen said.
“It was quite a job.”
Many of the officers in
the video already see its
positive effects. They are
being stopped on the street
or at the coffee shop hearing
from the community’s
residents and business
people who have seen the
video.
“It is a wonderful way to
break the ice,” said Chief
Jogmen. “The community
is connecting with our police
officers in positive
ways.
Chief Jogmen wants
Highland Park residents to
know that their police department
is there to serve
and protect them.
“Sometimes the public
only tends to see us
in the traditional light of
traffic enforcement,” Jogmen
said. “Our overall
Community service officer Jay Morris (left to right),
Sargeant Jenny Olson, Officer Amanda Duchak, Detective
Eric Hernandez, Commander Chris O’Neill and
School Resource Officer Amy Hyndman pose in a fountain
while shooting the police department’s lip sync
video. Photos submitted
The Highland Park Police Department released the
video to show a fun side of the department.
objective is to keep the
community safe. Our officers
go through specialized
training to help is so
many other ways.”
Of growing concern
everywhere is crisis intervention
with mental health
issues he mentioned.
“There is procedural
justice with neighbor and
family disputes that requires
mediation and resolution
on both sides,” Jogmen
said. “We do not want
stomachs to turn into knots
when they see a police
car going by. We are concerned
about safety issues
like proper installation
of child car seats. No one
wants to see a youngster
injured or killed in an accident.
No one wants to witness
a drunk driver needlessly
end someone’s life.
These are scenes police officers
would never forget.
Tickets are given for many
reasons, for safety purposes,
for traffic enforcement
among others.”

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from the editor
What’s your resolution?
Erin Yarnall
Editor
They’re everywhere
once the New Year
kicks in — people
running on the streets,
buying more vegetables,
typing away at the local
coffee shop — everyone is
trying to accomplish their
resolutions.
And while there are
naysayers who believe
that resolutions are pointless
— they get dropped
within a few weeks
anyway — I am a firm
believer in resolutions.
I’ve always loved trying
to better myself, whether
it’s making a to-do list of
things I want to accomplish
by the end of each
day or tracking my progress
throughout the year.
Just as I’m sure many of
you do, I spend the end of
each December thinking
of how I want to improve
upon myself and my life
in the upcoming year.
One of my less-serious
resolutions this year is to
be a sports fan for a team.
Despite having lived in
the Chicagoland area for
just about my entire life,
the team I picked to root
for throughout 2019 is
the Boston Red Sox. Our
Managing Editor here at
22nd Century Media, Eric
DeGrechie, a Yankees fan
and native New Yorker,
tried to talk me out of it,
but now that the new year
has started I am ride-ordie
for my team.
Another one of my
resolutions is to learn how
to play the guitar.
This has been one of
my resolutions for years,
probably more than a decade,
but it’s the one that
falls through the cracks as
the years tick by.
Sticking with guitar has
always been difficult for
me. Maybe I’m just lazy,
but if I wasn’t motivated
enough by the New Year, I
am motivated to stick with
this resolution after talking
to Glenview resident
Josh Ronen.
A songwriter and musician,
Ronen picked up
the guitar while he was
trying to be like his older
brother, who also played.
He took his brotherly
love and turned it into a
career. Ronen now lives
in Nashville, working as a
musician and songwriter,
but recently returned back
to the North Shore to perform
a show at 210 Live
in Highwood.
My younger brother
and I have been talking
about starting a band for
as long as I can remember
— despite my inability to
play instruments — and
who knows, maybe 2019
will finally be the year. Or
2020.
Read more about Ronen
and his performance at
210 Live in Highwood on
Page 21.
Letter to the editor
On Jan. 3 The Highland Park Public Library
posted, “Challenge accepted. Check out
Oliver’s 10 story card tower! Do you think you
could build one in just one minute? Give it a
try in the Youth Services Department.”
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On Jan. 4 Monica Schroeder, the Deputy Superintendent
of North Shore School District 112
posted, “It’s the last day of winter break today.
Enjoy the day! #112Leads”
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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The weight, in pounds, Camila
Gomez, the first baby born
at NorthShore Highland Park
Hospital in 2019 weighed.
Read more about Gomez’s
birth on Page 8.
Space invaders of Highland
Park
No longer just your vintage
video arcade game,
‘Space Invaders of Highland
Park’ is a new, North
Shore reality game of
home invasions featuring
utilities abducting customers’
private data and
intellectual property.
Attaching new, datacapturing
devices to existing
utility meters, the natural
gas company has joined
other utilities and Illinois
municipalities in this game
of invasion.
Unable to continue
installing their devices
without being challenged,
the gas company has now
chosen to delay their installation
campaign while
falsely accusing certain
customers of making their
meters inaccessible and
threatening them with
disconnection.
Citing the ‘Illinois Administrative
Code’ and
‘Public Utilities Act,’ the
utility is insisting that customers
must jettison their
basic rights into deep space
as a condition of continued
natural gas delivery.
Any numerical representation
of the private,
real time consumption
of natural gas within private
property belongs to
the resident-customer, not
to the utility. To forcibly
harvest and transmit such
private data should be
considered state and corporate
overreach. Disconnection
of customers’ gas
supply should qualify as
harassment.
Pursuing a reduced ‘carbon
footprint’ shouldn’t
mean the utility can steal
customers’ private data
while unnecessarily polluting
private airspace
with excessive radio
frequency radiation.
The natural gas utility
has been asked to contact
the Illinois Commerce
Commission and request
a further review of these
matters. The City of Highwood
has been advised to
draft a resolution discouraging
disconnection of
natural gas to customers
not in favor of the utility
gaining free access to their
privately-owned data.
Is it ‘game over’ for
privacy and liberty? Our
money, data and rights depart
in ‘Space Invaders of
Highland Park.’
Chad Rankin,
Highwood resident
The Highland Park Landmark
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in Highland Park, Page 22
North Shore native Josh Ronen
performs in Highwood, Page 21
Glenview native Josh Ronen performs Dec. 8
at 210 Live in Highwood. Photo submitted

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Faith Briefs
Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road,
Highland Park)
Welcome Lunch
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Jan 13, Join us for an informal
lunch after the service.
We want to help you
find your next steps to discovering
life with God and
to connecting to the Christ
Church community.
Hispanic/Multi-ethnic
Service Informational
Meeting
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Jan. 20, We will be having
an informational meeting
on the new Hispanic/multiethnic
service launching
April 21 at Highland Park.
We will review updates
on events, partnerships
and upcoming plans as
we move forward. All are
welcome.
Weeknight Service
7-8 p.m. Thursdays,
church coffee bar. Weeknight
service is a place to
come, stay awhile, meet
people and then go make
a difference. For more
information, call (847)
234-1001 or email Brad at
bcoleman@cclf.org.
Men’s Breakfast Group
6:30-7:30 a.m. Tuesdays.
Panera Bread, 1211
Half Day Road, Bannockburn.
For more information,
contact Sean at seansmith797@gmail.com.
Trinity Episcopal (425 Laurel Avenue,
Highland Park)
Vestry Meeting
7-8 p.m. Jan. 16
Sunday Schedule
8 a.m. – Holy Eucharist,
St. Michael’s Chapel
8:45 a.m. – Fellowship
10 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
with music, Main
Sanctuary
10 a.m. Sunday School
(on the 1st and 3rd
Sundays)
11 a.m. – Fellowship
Spiritual Conversations
and Study Group
7-8 p.m. Every other
Wednesday, We will resume
our discussion with
a spiritual commentary on
The Thomas Gospel. The
book is “In Trouble and In
Wonder” by Lynn C. Bauman.
It is a special-order
book. Anyone interested in
joining the group or want
more information, contact
Prscilla McGraw at priscillamcgraw@sbcglobal.net.
Men’s Bible Study Group
9-10 a.m. Saturdays
Wednesday Service
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
with healing, St.
Michael’s Chapel
A Safe Place
6 p.m. Thursdays - Guild
Room
Men’s AA Meeting
8:30 p.m. Fridays
Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road)
Sharing Shabbat
Solel/Lakeside High
School and college students
are invited for Shabbat
and dinner, hosted by
the Clavey Crew Youth
Group Band.
Torah Study
9:15 a.m. Saturdays
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El
(1175 Sheridan Road, Highland Park)
Day School Dinner
7-9 p.m. Jan. 11, Join us
for the annual Day School
Dinner following services
at 6:15 p.m. The cost for
adults is $18, kids ages 4
to 17 cost $10 and kids 3
and under are free. Payment
is accepted by credit
card or check.
Jeans and Jammies
5 p.m. Jan. 25, Join us as
we celebrate Tu B’Shevat
with special guest and song
leader Josh Warshawsky.
Includes Shabbat celebeation,
PJ Library Take
Table, singing, free children’s
dinner and activities.
RSVP to Ali Drumm at
adrumm@nssbethel.org.
Writer’s Beit Midrash
9:30-11 a.m. every other
Wednesday, The NSS Beth
El Writer’s Beit Midrash
meets in the Maxwell Abbel
Library. All fiction,
non-fiction, poetry, memoir
and essay writers (published
or not yet published)
are welcome for discussions,
exercises, camaraderie
and critique. Contact
Rachel Kamin at rkamin@
nssbethel.org for more information
and to be added
to the mailing list.
Men’s Club and Sisterhood
Game Night
7:30 p.m. Jan 19, join
the Beth El Men’s Club
and Sisterhood for an Evening
of Brain Bash Trivia.
No experience required.
Come with friends and
make your own team, or
be placed on a team at the
event. Refreshments will
be served. RSVP to Jodi
Eisenstadt by Jan. 14. Cost
is $10 per person and will
be collected at the door.
Open Conversational
Hebrew
10-11 a.m. Sundays.
Practice Hebrew conversation
and reading informally
with other participants.
Free. For information,
contact Judy Farby at
judyfarby@yahoo.com.
Daily Minyan
8:45 a.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Sunday
7:15 a.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
7:15 a.m.; 6:15 p.m.
Friday
Shabbat Service
6:15 p.m. Friday (Kabbalat
Shabbat)
8:50 a.m. Shacharit
(Shabbat Morning)
10:30 a.m. Junior Congregation
(Grades 2-6)
10:45 a.m. Young Family
Service (families with
children first-grade age
and younger)
Immaculate Conception Parish (770
Deerfield Road, Highland Park)
Weekend Services
5 p.m. Saturdays
4-4:45 p.m. Sundays,
confession
8 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. Sunday
service
Confessions
4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays
Sunday Connection
Scripture Group
10-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays,
The Sunday Connection
is a women’s discussion
group based on the
readings for the following
weekend liturgies. Coffee
and camraderie following
each session. Everyone
welcome, no sign-up necessary.
The group is located
in the church’s parish
center.
St. James Catholic Church (134 North
Ave., Highwood)
Catholic Charities Supper
6:30 p.m. Thursdays,
Parish Hall
Food Pantry
5:30-7 p.m. every Thursday,
lower level of school.
Worship Services
8 a.m. Monday through
Friday
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays
8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sundays
Noon Sundays with a
Spanish-language
Alcoholics Anonymous
7 p.m. Mondays in the
Lounge.
Submit information for The
Landmark’s Faith page to
Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com.
The deadline is
noon on Thursdays. Questions?
Call (847) 272-4565
ext. 34.
In Memoriam
Amerigo Nanini
Amerigo Nanini, age 92 of
Highwood, Ill. passed away
on Friday, December 28, 2018
at Highland Park Hospital. He
was born October 22, 1926 in
S’Anna Pellago, Modena, Italy
to the union Gerolamo and Maria
Nanini. On Nov. 24, 1956 in
S’Anna Pellago, Modena, Italy
he married Laura Bertucci. He
was a brick and stone mason
working for Linari Construction
Company. He was a member of
the Modenesa Society and the
Highwood Bocce Ball Club.
Beloved husband of Laura,
loving father of Maria (John)
McCraren and fond nonno of
Melissa, Jamie and Johnny.
Dear brother of the late Amelia
(late Carlo) Fatai, late Rosina
Nanini, late Giovanni
(late Pierina) Nanini, late Lino
Nanini and Caterina (late Domenico)
Giannasi. and brother
in law of late Enrica (late
Ulisse) Bartolai and Assunta
(Jerry) Brugioni. Cherished zio
to many.
Visitation Tuesday, Jan. 1,
from 2 to 7 p.m. at Seguin &
Symonds Funeral Home, 858
Sheridan Road, Highwood. Funeral
mass celebrated Wednesday,
January 2, 2019 10:00
A.M. at St. James Church, 134
North Avenue, Highwood. Entombment
will follow at Ascension
Cemetery, Libertyville, IL.
Have someone’s life you’d like to
honor? Email erin@hplandmark.
com with information about a
loved from Highland Park or
Highwood.

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the highland park landmark | January 10, 2019 | 21
Glenview native performs
acoustic set in Highwood
Erin Yarnall, Editor
When he first started
playing guitar, Josh Ronen
didn’t want to be a musician
— he just wanted to
be like his older brother.
He started out playing
drums at a young age, but
took up guitar when he
was around 16.
“I moved to guitar when
I turned about 16 because
my brother had been playing
forever, and you always
want to be like your
older brother,” Ronen said.
After being inspired
by his brotherly love, the
Glenview native has been
working on his own music
for nearly 10 years, and recently
played a show Dec.
8 at Highwood’s 210 Live.
The show was a sort of
homecoming performance
for Ronen. The musician
attended college at Berklee
College of Music in
Boston after graduating
from high school, and then
moved to Nashville, Tenn.
“One of my very close,
personal friends out here,
her name is Joie Scott,”
Ronen said. “She told
me I should move here
instead of LA or New
York, because the songwriting
community is
much better.”
So Ronen followed his
friend’s advice, and has
been in Nashville for five
years now.
“It was a pretty easy
decision, plus, it’s not as
expensive as LA or New
York to live,” Ronen said.
Although the perks of
cheaper rent are surely
alluring to Ronen, his
main focus in moving
there was to get involved
in the music scene.
“The songwriting community
in Nashville is
really accepting,” Ronen
said. “Everybody helps
each other out moreso
than in LA. It’s more of a
community than anything
else. In LA, it’s more
cutthroat. Everybody’s
kind of watching out for
themselves, New York as
well.”
Since making the move
to Nashville, Ronen has
been involved in the songwriting
community there,
working with pop and
country artists, as well as
writing his own music.
He’s also made friends
with the songwriters in
the city, including Casey
James, a finalist on the
ninth season of “American
Idol,” who he performed
with at his show at 210
Live.
Ronen has been working
as a professional musician
for years at this point, but
he admitted to still feeling
his fair share of nerves
before taking the stage in
Highwood.
“Shows like this are the
most nerve-wracking,”
Ronen said. “They’re
the hardest. When you
go in front of a group of
people that you’ve never
met before, it’s like, fine.
But when it’s family and
friends it’s the most nervewracking
but it’s fun.”
Glenview native Josh
Ronen performs a set at
210 Live in Highwood,
Dec. 8. Photo submitted
Despite his nerves, he
said he still looks forward
to performing in front of
people he knows because
it gives them an opportunity
to see how he’s grown.
“You work off the
nerves, but it’s fun to do
because people can see
how much you’ve grown
as an artist,” Ronen said.
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Home away from home
Owner behind That
Little French Guy
shares eight-year
journey
Megan Bernard
Contributing Editor
The day before Ben
Levy opened his restaurant
in Highland Park, he had
his doubts.
“I was here with my
brother working on the
couch and I told him, ‘It’s
going to be empty. No one
has even tried to open the
door,’” Levy said. “And
we had so many chairs
and tables, I thought it
was going to be way too
much.”
To Levy’s surprise, the
opening on Oct. 10 went
completely opposite.
“The first three weeks
were crazy,” he said. “We
just didn’t expect that
much (business). I was
here all the time. I was going
back to my apartment
every other night. So many
nights, I was just sleeping
on the booth.”
Now, he added, “people
complain we don’t have
enough seating.”
The journey to the opening
of That Little French
Guy began eight years ago
while Levy was studying
at Millikin University in
Decatur as a French exchange
student. As a business
major, he knew he
eventually wanted to open
a restaurant but didn’t
know where.
“I’ve been a little bit of
everywhere in the U.S. but
I just didn’t know where I
wanted to end up. Since I
started [at Millikin], I really
loved Chicago,” he said.
“I thought it would be a really
good space to open up
a restaurant.”
While at Millikin, one
of Levy’s professors was
from Highland Park, hence
Levy’s connection to the
North Shore.
“He told me for this
kind of business, it would
be a really nice neighborhood,”
Levy said, adding it
was more affordable than
downtown.
Levy, however, needed
to finish his master’s degree
first. He went back
home to France to graduate
in business, then began
studying pastries. After
that, he became a chef in
Paris.
“I then found a job as
a chef in Tampa, Fla. but
I always wanted to come
back to Chicago,” Levy,
28, said. “After one year
in Florida, I found a job
as a chef in Chicago, so I
moved back. Every weekend
since then, I was in the
neighborhood here to look
for spots. I started to look
for spaces and I found this
one.”
Once Levy settled on
the Highland Park spot, he
began transforming it from
Honey’s Hot Chicken to
his French cafe, That Little
French Guy, at 1791 Saint
Johns Ave.
The cafe has a modern
and industrial feel with
some France-inspired design
elements, like a fence
adorned with signed locks
(you can purchase locks
at the counter), lampposts
and a pastel-colored bike
that you would likely see
parked outside a cafe in
Paris.
“The best salon, or pastry
room, in Paris is very
fancy,” Levy said. “We
didn’t want to do something
like that. This is
more modern.”
A group of 22nd Century
Media editors recently
visited the new cafe
to try out several of its
popular dishes, which are
That Little French Guy
1791 Saint Johns Ave.,
Highland Park
(847) 737-9680
www.
thatlittlefrenchguy.com
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
7 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-
Saturday
Closed Monday
all made fresh in-house
every day.
We began with the
Croque Madame sandwich,
which was comprised
of ham, Swiss
cheese and béchamel
sauce with a fried egg on
top. The sandwich was
hearty, perfect for lunch.
We also tried the Quiche
Végétarienne, an authentic
quiche with zucchini, onion,
cream and cheese.
There were several
pastries that we tried including
a fresh and flaky
croissant and a mademoiselle,
which Levy said is
his trademark pastry that
he’s made everywhere
he’s worked. The visually
pleasing pastry, described
on the menu as “delicate
but decadent,” was a large
macaron filled with light
vanilla cream with fresh
raspberries.
We finished our meal
with a chocolate eclair —
my favorite — filled with
dark chocolate cremeux.
Levy said since everything
is made from scratch,
once the cafe runs out of
an item for the day, that’s
all they will sell. But that’s
a good thing, he added.
“You know where everything
comes from,”
Levy said.
Looking forward, Levy
will offer outdoor seating
in front of the cafe during
warmer months, and will
offer Ravinia picnic baskets
and wedding cakes.
The cafe’s Croque Madame sandwich ($10.90) is comprised of ham, Swiss cheese
and béchamel sauce with a fried egg on top and is served with a side salad. Photos
by Erin Yarnall/22nd Century Media
The mademoiselle ($6.20) is a large macaron filled with cream and fresh raspberries.
The cafe’s chocolate eclair ($4.90) is a pastry, topped with chocolate and filled with
dark chocolate cremeux.

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. PC display device,
abbr.
4. Wanderer
9. Knightley of
“Pride & Prejudice”
14. The Who song
“Love, Reign __
Me”
15. Garden products
brand
16. Crying veggie
17. Just ____
thought!
18. Sipping the
pinot, e.g.
20. Sly look
22. Prefix with
drama
23. Caressed
27. Lake Forest
restaurant named
after its owner,
former commander
of the Apollo 13
32. Member of an
independent republic
of Africa
34. Indian flatbread
35. “Show and tell”
for a client
36. Museum and
Gardens 15 miles
from Lake Forest
40. Open, say
42. Awry
43. Over again
44. Form
46. Physics force
52. 29,000-foot
landmark
53. Not in time
56. “The Sun __
Rises”
58. Burden of proof
59. Not needed
66. Gold units,
abbr.
67. Hot chocolate
68. Wee hour
69. French summer
70. Having the
advantage
71. Where Pago
Pago is
72. Strauss’s “___
Heldenleben”
Down
1. Barbecue fuel
2. VCR button
3. Testers
4. Right this minute
5. “...___ quit!”
6. Map abbr.
7. Attention-getting
word
8. “I’m all ears!”
9. Serbian province
10. Suffix with respond
11. “Rocky ___”
12. Howard of “Happy
Days”
13. “The Ice Storm”
director Lee
19. Diaper cream ingredient
21. French king or
profit?
24. Gambling game
25. Prohibition ___
26. Unexciting
28. Book or loose follower
29. Onion relative
30. Feeble
31. Winter flakes
33. Manga-like art form
36. Harden
37. Brown or Rice, e.g.:
abbr.
38. Aloha State bird
39. Container
41. “Stop that!”
42. Pertaining to aircraft
45. “In excelsis ___”
47. Tempest in a
_______
48. Water-locked land
49. Two cadillac cars
50. Shine, in ad-speak
51. Northerner
54. Frutti lead in
55. Ruhr city
57. Government safety
org.
59. Sky craft
60. Negative word
61. Compass direction
62. Dean’s e-mail address
ender
63. Mortgage with
adjustable rate
64. Stutz contemporary
65. Thumbs-up vote
How to play Sudoku
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of
3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column
and box must contain each of the numbers
1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
answers
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(210 Green Bay Road
(847) 433-0304)
■8 ■ p.m. Saturday, Jan.
12: Chicken Bone
■7:30 ■ p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 13: Judy Night
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Buffo’s
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Road, (224) 432-5472)
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Lindsay Weisskopf
Weisskopf is a senior
at Highland Park High
School and the captain of
the girls gymnastics team.
How did you get into
gymnastics?
I’ve always been super
active, as a kid I loved to
run around and do somersaults,
and that was without
any training. At age 3, I
went to park district classes
at the Centennial Ice Arena,
and I’ve been doing gymnastics
ever since.
What is your favorite
memory with
gymnastics?
Last year my favorite
memory was definitely
at regionals at Glenbrook
South. ... I just remember,
my friend Emily — she
was a senior last year —
she performed and she was
the last one on our last
event. She was sobbing
and we were all crying and
hugging her. It was a real
team moment.
What events do you
compete in?
There’s vault, bars,
beam and floor. I don’t do
bars. I usually do floor and
beam. My strongest event
is floor.
What is your favorite
thing to do when
you’re not doing
gymnastics?
Definitely hanging out
with my friends. I love going
to Evanston — I think
Evanston is so pretty. I
Photo submitted
love going to Rosewood
Beach, and I love overnight
camp. I go to camp
during the summer.
Who is your favorite
athlete?
My favorite athlete is
Shawn Johnson. She was
on the 2008 Olympic
team. I actually met her
when she was in Wisconsin;
it was so cool. She’s
super talented. She was on
“Dancing With the Stars”
twice, she won.
What is the best
advice a coach has
ever given you?
Trust yourself. Gymnastics
is a sport that’s all
about muscle memory. The
whole thing is a routine,
so it’s not like basketball
where you are running up
and down the court. You
get on the floor and you’re
the only one doing it, and
the judge is watching you,
so you have to trust that
you’ve done the skill time
and time again.
What do you do to
prepare for a meet?
Every year, freshman
through senior year, I’ve
done my hair the exact
same way. I will not do it
any other way. My friend
Rachel does it for me. It’s
one braid on the left side
that goes up into a ponytail.
I always do it and I can not
compete without it; I will
not. Other than that, just
getting loose, stretching,
talking to friends and just
getting out of my head.
How did you come up
with that hairstyle?
I really like braids, and
for gymnastics your hair
has to be up. I like ponytails
a lot because they look
cleaner, for me at least. I
really like the braid, and I
can touch and fidget with it
if I’m ever nervous.
If you could travel
anywhere, where
would you go?
I would go to Costa
Rica. ... It has jungles and
beach, and there is a lot of
ziplining. It’s a cool country.
If you could get dinner
with anyone, alive or
dead, who would you
get dinner with?
My great-grandma, I
called her Nana, and she
died in 2009. We always
used to do great-grandparents
days with her, and
they were really fun.
Interview by Editor Erin
Yarnall
The Varsity: North Shore Podcast
Guys recap swimming invite,
preview boys basketball
Staff report
In this week’s episode of
The Varsity: North Shore,
the only podcast focused
on North Shore sports,
hosts Michal Dwojak and
Michael Wojtychiw recap
some boys swimming,
hear from Loyola Academy
boys basketball coach
Tom Livatino, play Way/
No Way with hoops and
preview a boys/girls doubleheader
between New
Trier and Evanston in basketball.
First Quarter
Dwojak and Wojtychiw
recap how area teams
competed for the top in a
longtime Evanston meet.
Second Quarter
The guys hear from
Ramblers boys hoops head
coach Livatino after their
game against Providence.
Third Quarter
With a new year, the
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guys refresh to play the
first Way/No Way of the
year with basketball.
Fourth Quarter
To finish things off, the
guys preview a New Trier
and Evanston doubleheader
clash for hoops.

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Athlete of the Month
Finnigan runs
away with title
All-star hockey game
features three Giants
Michael Wojtychiw, Contributing Sports
Editor
New Trier’s Ellie Finnigan didn’t only
have a successful season on the running
path.
The Trevian cross-country runner made
the Christmas holiday memorable by winning
22nd Century Media’s December
Athlete of the Month competition, beating
out some tough competitors. Finnigan
won the monthly battle with 105 votes,
edging out New Trier Green hockey player
Bobby Soudan and Loyola girls volleyball
player Mary Kate Lopez.
Finnigan was a key leader for the Trevians
all season long, helping the team finish
seventh at the state meet and earning
New Trier its first Athlete of the Month
win of 2018.
Voting lasted from Dec. 10-25. The
Athlete of the Month contest for athletes
selected in the month of December gets
underway on Jan. 10 and will end on Jan.
25. Vote at HPLandmark.com.
New Trier cross-country runner Ellie
Finnigan won December’s Athlete of the
Month competition. 22nd Century Media
File Photo
Submitted by Highland Park Giants
Hockey
Three Highland Park High School
hockey players — juniors Jack Elbaum
and Sam Shachtman and senior George
Giese — were named to the IHSHL North
Central All-Star Game.
While the Giants have struggled during
the 2018-19 campaign, as of Dec. 10, Elbaum
and Shachtman were tied for third
in the league in points scored (24 points)
while Giese sat in a tie for seventh place
(21 points).
Overall, the three players have accounted
for the majority of the Giants’ offense
(league and nonleague play), scoring 64
of the teams 96 goals and accounting for
116 of the teams 203 total points tallied.
The all-star game was played Saturday,
Jan. 5, at West Meadows Ice
Arena in Rolling Meadows and featured
the top 36 skaters along with the top four
goalies as determined by league coaches.
Dec. Athlete of the Month candidates
Highland Park
Helena Blumenau, girls swimming
Andrew Vorobev, boys swimming
Andrew Natinsky, boys basketball
Jordan Meek, boys hockey
Loyola Academy
Connor Barrett, boys basketball
Glenbrook South
Shannon Schmitt, girls hockey
Jenna Hartley, gymnastics
Quinn Loughran, boys swimming
Glenbrook North
Daniel Kaufman, boys swimming
Jared Cooper, boys bowling
Frank Siegien, boys basketball
New Trier
Matthew Booden, boys bowling
Rebecca Goldman, girls basketball
Darcy Barkal, gymnastics
Lake Forest
Jake Fisher, boys basketball
Molly Fisher, girls basketball
TJ Cottam, wrestling
This Week In ...
Giants Athletics
Boys Swimming and Diving
■Jan. ■ 11 - at Glenbrook North, 5 p.m.
■Jan. ■ 12 - Varsity Invitational at Highland
Park, 1 p.m.
Boys Basketball
■Jan. ■ 15 - Varsity Game at Hoffman
Estates, 7 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
■Jan. ■ 11 - Varsity Match at Maine West, 6
p.m.
■Jan. ■ 12 - Varsity Meet at Carmel, 9:30
a.m.
Girls Gymnastics
■Jan. ■ 11 - Varsity Meet at Deerfield, 5:30
p.m.
■Jan. ■ 12 - Varsity Meet at Niles North, 11
a.m.
Highland Park hockey players (left to right) Sam Shactman, George Giese and Jack
Elbaum — were selected for the IHSHL North Central All-Star Game. Photo Submitted

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high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Media Podz knows digital content
Boys Swimming and Diving
Elk Grove Invitational
Andrew Vorobev won
the 200- and 500-yard
freestyle races and helped
Highland Park to two topthree
relay finishes (200
medley, 400 freestyle)
to lead the Giants to first
place overall in the Saturday,
Jan. 5 meet.
Vorobev, a junior, won
the 200 free by five seconds,
finishing in 1 minute
51.61 seconds, and the 500
free by six seconds, touching
out at 5:06.48.
Tobe Obochi was the
other Giant to take first
place, winning the 100
breaststroke (1:04.07). The
sophomore also placed
second in the 200 individual
medley and was on
both top-three relay teams.
Other top performances
for Highland Park High
School included: Lucas
Absler and Elliot Starkman
finishing 1-2 in the
Andrew Vorobev took home two wins and two topthree
relay finishes to lead HPHS to an invite title at Elk
Grove Saturday, Jan. 5. 22nd Century Media File Photo
diving competition, Richard
Heller taking fourth in
the 100 butterfly and fifth
in the 50 free, Ully Noffsinger
taking fourth in the
100 butterfly, and Colby
Treschl finishing fourth in
the 100 backstroke.
Vorobev, Obochi, Heller
and Noffsinger united to
take third in the 200 medley
relay, while Konrad
Schmid joined Vorobev,
Obochi and Heller for the
second-place 400 free relay.
that’s on point!
mediapodz.com
Alumni Spotlight
Sachs earns honor after stellar two-week stretch
Submitted by University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Highland Park native David
Sachs, a senior guard at
the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,
averaged
16 points, 6.3 assists and
2.3 rebounds per game over
the last two weeks to be
named the school’s Subway
Athlete of the Week Jan. 2.
The Warhawks, who are
ranked No. 10 in NCAA
Division III, went 3-0 during
the stretch, when Sachs
also shot 50 percent from
the floor (10-of-20), 40
percent from three-point
range (2-of-5) and 90 percent
from the free-throw
line (26-of-29).
In UW-Whitewater’s
thrilling 114-104 victory
at No. 20 Loras (Iowa),
Sachs registered 24 points,
6 assists and 2 rebounds
and hit 13-of-13 at the
free-throw line.
One week later against
Sul Ross State in Austin,
Texas, Sachs posted 12
points, 5 assists and 2 rebounds
to help the Warhawks
to a 79-59 triumph.
He recorded 12 points,
8 assists and 3 rebounds
and was a perfect 10-of-10
from the free-throw line
during the team’s Texas
finale, a 96-81 victory at
Concordia Texas.
Sachs graduated from
Highland Park High
School in
2015, when
he was
first team
Team22
with The
Landmark.
He started Sachs
his collegiate
basketball career
with Barry University in
Florida, before transferring
to UW-Whitewater
prior to the 2017 season.
Last year, Sachs was
honorable mention All-
Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference after
starting 25 games and averaging
11.3 points, 3.6
assists and 3.2 rebounds in
32 minutes per game.
NORTH SHORE
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SOUNDCLOUD, ITUNES OR HPLANDMARK.COM/SPORTS
A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PRODUCTION
EXCLUSIVE
ANALYSIS
AND INTERVIEWS
about your favorite high
school teams. Sports
editors Michal Dwojak
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Sophomore Lens sees success, finishes second
Gary Larsen
Freelance Reporter
Months before the current
wrestling season began, Highland
Park sophomore Charlie
Lens asked Giants coach Chris
Volpe a question.
“He said, ‘Are you getting
excited, coach? Are you excited
about the season?’,” Volpe said.
“He was almost more excited
about it than I was.”
Competing in a physically
grueling, mentally taxing sport
like wrestling requires passion,
and Lens has it.
After missing the wrestling
season last year with an injury,
Lens is back with a vengeance.
The sophomore has a 19-6 record
at 170 pounds and placed
second at a 13-team tournament
at Leyden on Saturday, Jan. 5.
Lens also placed third at a 24-
team tournament at Niles West
on Dec. 15.
Not bad for a guy who, prior
to this season, had not wrestled
competitively since eighth
grade.
“Coming off of injury last
year, I just listened to my coaches
and stuck to my guns,” Lens
said.
Wrestling in the upper
weights as an underclassmen
can be tough. A senior can seem
intimidating to a freshman or a
sophomore, and the upperclassman’s
strength advantage can be
too much to handle.
Lens has more than held his
own against the older wrestlers
he has faced.
“From sixth through eighth
grade, I was always wrestling
guys that were older than me,
and it never got in the way of
anything,” Lens said. “Some
of the seniors I wrestle are like
men, but my numbers are pretty
high in the weight room so I feel
strong enough to handle it.”
He has also gone from a more
defensive wrestler to one willing
to open up and take his
shots.
“He’s getting that confidence,
and realizing that his shots are
working,” Volpe said. “He can
score, so why wait? We just
want to keep him loose, as confident
as possible, and just let
him do his thing.”
Lens reached the title mat
at Leyden with a 4-2 semifinal
decision win over Stevenson’s
Alex Scott.
Lens led 4-0 when Scott
earned a takedown against him,
but Lens stayed aggressive.
“After he got that takedown
I knew I had to kick it into
gear,” Lens said. “I couldn’t
wrestle not to lose; I had to
wrestle to win, and that’s what
I did there.
“My style changed a lot since
middle school. I got out of that
nervous state on the mat where
I was holding back and I’m a lot
more offensive. I’m letting it all
hang out there. Once I started
shooting on guys and getting in
on them, I realized I could do
this.”
Highland Park wasn’t at full
strength at Leyden, with four
wrestlers, including key contributors
Aidan Rosenbloom
and Tate Ellis, absent for various
reasons.
In addition to Lens’ finish,
the Giants got sixth-place finishes
from Aidan Sanders (126
pounds), Will Pfeffer (182) and
Matt Salcena (195).
Lens lost by fall to Richards
Ronald Anderson on the
title mat but he went 2-1 at the
Leyden, including a win by fall
against Burlington’s Colin Wrobel
in a quarterfinal match.
Lens is one of a stable of underclassmen
currently competing
for the Giants at the varsity
level.
“We have five sophomores in
our varsity lineup, and the sky
is the limit for a lot of them,”
Volpe said. “Varsity wrestling
requires a different pace and a
different strength, but they’re
talented and their potential is
high.”
Highland Park wrestler Charlie Lens readies for his opponent during the 13-team invitational Saturday,
Jan. 5, at Leyden High School, Jan. 5. photos by Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
Highland Park wrestling coach Chris Volpe encourages his team from the sidelines.

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baseball
The need
to feed
22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE
PHOTO
1st-and-3
Stars of the
Week
1. George Giese
(ABOVE).
The Highland Park
hockey player
scored two goals
and recorded two
assists to earn
this team’s MVP
award during a
league all-star
game on Saturday,
Jan. 5.
2. Richard Heller
finished the Elk
Grove Invitational
with four topfive
finishes for
HPHS swimming,
including a fourthplace
finish in the
100-yard butterfly.
3. Charlie Lens, of
HPHS wrestling
and our cover
subject, is now
19-6 on the
season as a
sophomore after
taking second
at the Leyden
invitational.
HPHS program
helps hungry
children with
service project
Members of the Highland
Park High School baseball
team gather for a photo
while doing charity work
for Feed My Starving Children.
Photos Submitted
Giants baseball players give out food during the annual charity
project.
The HPHS baseball team volunteers at Feed My Starving Children.
Listen Up
“He was almost more excited about it than I
was.”
Chris Volpe — Giants wrestling coach about Charlie Lens’
attitude before the 2018-19 season
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Basketball rivalry night vs. Deerfield
• Boys: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Highland Park
High School
• Girls: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Deerfield HIgh
School
Index
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27 - Athlete of the Week
Fastbreak is compiled by Editor Erin Yarnall Send any questions
or comments to erin@hplandmark.com

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helping hand
HPHS baseball gives back to charity, Page 31
Quite an honor HPHS alumnus
recognized for basketball success, Page 29
Highland Park High School sophomore Charlie Lens (left) competes at the
Leyden High School invite Saturday, Jan. 5. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
Lens shines for HPHS during Leyden tournament, Page 30
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