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Winnetka & northfield's Award-Winning Hometown Newspaper winnetkacurrent.com • January 24, 2019 • Vol. 9 No. 21 • $1<br />

A<br />

Publication<br />

,LLC<br />

Winnetka Public Schools<br />

Foundation replaces private<br />

fundraiser with showcase of<br />

programs, Page 4<br />

Crow Island third-grader Madisen Vint (left) receives instruction from Skokie<br />

School teacher Michael Greenman on how to use a WPSF-funded virtual reality<br />

art program called Tilt Brush at the open house Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Winnetka<br />

Community House. Libby Elliott/22nd Century Media<br />

Proposal denial Assisted living<br />

facility asks for reconsideration, Page 3<br />

Helping<br />

those in need<br />

Northfield eye doctor<br />

to travel to Mexico on<br />

mission trip, Page 8<br />

the<br />

right<br />

fit<br />

The first<br />

installment of<br />

Private School<br />

Guide, INSIDE


2 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current calendar<br />

winnetkacurrent.com<br />

In this week’s<br />

current<br />

Police Reports 6<br />

Pet of the Week 8<br />

Editorial 17<br />

Puzzles 20<br />

Faith Briefs 23<br />

Dining Out 27<br />

Home of the Week 28<br />

Athlete of the Week 31<br />

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THURSDAY<br />

Community Education<br />

Forum<br />

1:30 p.m. Jan. 24, New<br />

Trier Township, 739 Elm<br />

St., Winnetka. Join New<br />

Trier Township’s Community<br />

Education Forum<br />

for a discussion of the<br />

many forms of stress that<br />

older adults face. Seating<br />

is limited. RSVP to Jack<br />

Macholl at jmacholl@<br />

newtriertownship.com by<br />

Jan. 21.<br />

FRIDAY<br />

The Royal Treatment<br />

4-5:30 p.m. Jan. 25,<br />

Winnetka Women’s Exchange.<br />

Join acclaimed<br />

author and veterinarian Dr.<br />

Barbara Royal, who will<br />

present groundbreaking<br />

treatment methods to promote<br />

your pet’s health and<br />

happiness.<br />

Junior High Dance<br />

6-10 p.m. Jan. 25, Winnetka<br />

Youth Organization,<br />

620 Lincoln Ave. Teens<br />

from Washburne, Sunset<br />

Ridge, Central, NSCD and<br />

beyond are invited to make<br />

new connections in a fun<br />

environment before heading<br />

off to high school. $10<br />

admission ticket. Grades<br />

7th-8th only, regardless of<br />

residency. RSVP required.<br />

Contact (847) 446-0443<br />

or email maryk@winnetkayo.org.<br />

SATURDAY<br />

Project Linus<br />

12:30-2 p.m. Jan. 26,<br />

Winnetka Youth Organization,<br />

620 Lincoln Ave.<br />

They will be making blankets<br />

and donating them to<br />

children in need. If you<br />

have fabric to donate,<br />

please drop off by the event<br />

date at the Winnetka Youth<br />

Organization. Grades 7th-<br />

12th only, regardless of<br />

residency. RSVP required<br />

at (847) 446-0443 or email<br />

maryk@winnetkayo.org.<br />

SUNDAY<br />

Elektra Lyric Opera Lecture<br />

2-3 p.m. Jan. 27, Winnetka<br />

Library, 768 Oak St.<br />

An overview of the story,<br />

biographical information<br />

about the composer<br />

and librettist and musical<br />

highlights. Registration<br />

required.<br />

WEDNESDAY<br />

How Do Dinosaurs Learn<br />

Good Manners?<br />

4-5 p.m. Jan. 30, Glencoe<br />

Library, 320 Park Ave.<br />

Learning about manners<br />

can be fun with help from<br />

a dinosaur. They will read<br />

books from Jane Yolen’s<br />

“How Do Dinosaurs?” series<br />

and practice our manners<br />

with a visiting dinosaur<br />

friend! For ages 4-9.<br />

Registration required.<br />

Movie Screening<br />

7 p.m. Jan. 30, Winnetka<br />

Congregational Church,<br />

725 Pine St. Winnetka<br />

Congregational Church<br />

Green Team and Go Green<br />

Winnetka will screen “Bag<br />

It: Is your life too plastic?”<br />

UPCOMING<br />

36th Annual Jazz Festival<br />

Concert<br />

7:30-10 p.m. Feb. 2,<br />

Gaffney Auditorium, New<br />

Trier, 385 Winnetka Ave.<br />

The featured artists for the<br />

36th Annual New Trier<br />

Jazz Festival will be The<br />

Legendary Count Basie<br />

Orchestra with special<br />

guest, Joey DeFrancesco.<br />

Tickets available online.<br />

Snowflake Preschool Open<br />

House<br />

9 a.m.-noon, Feb. 2,<br />

Christian Heritage Academy,<br />

315 Waukegan Road,<br />

Northfield. Christian Heritage<br />

Academy invites families<br />

to enjoy a morning of<br />

fun, winter-themed activities<br />

with children ages 2-6.<br />

Explore our classrooms<br />

and meet our preschool<br />

through first-grade teachers<br />

to learn more about<br />

our Christ-centered educational<br />

program. There is no<br />

charge for this event, but<br />

register at ChristianHeritage.org/Snowflake.<br />

For<br />

more info, call (847) 446-<br />

5252, x2303.<br />

Comedy After Dark<br />

7 p.m. Feb. 5, The Book<br />

Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.<br />

This month brings<br />

headliner Dobie Maxwell<br />

(headliner at Zanies<br />

Comedy Clubs and former<br />

morning radio host on 97.9<br />

The Loop) and Chicago<br />

club comics Katie Meiners<br />

and Mark McPartland.<br />

This month emceed by<br />

special guest Vik Pandya.<br />

As always produced by<br />

Winnetka’s own Richard<br />

Laible. Tickets at BPT.ME<br />

and search: “The Book<br />

Stall.”<br />

Children’s Valentine’s Tea<br />

Party<br />

1:30-3 p.m. Feb. 7, Winnetka<br />

Historical Society,<br />

411 Linden St. Celebrate<br />

Valentine’s day with an<br />

old fashioned tea party in<br />

a mid-19th century museum.<br />

Make Victorian<br />

Valentine’s cards for family<br />

and friends. Enjoy an<br />

early afternoon tea with<br />

child friendly treats and<br />

drinks. Play old fashioned<br />

parlor games and explore<br />

vintage toys. For children<br />

7 years old and up. Dressup<br />

clothes and hats, dolls<br />

and stuffed animals are<br />

also welcome. Tickets are<br />

$15. For tickets and more<br />

information go to website:<br />

www.winnetkahistory.org.<br />

Impact of Technology on<br />

Families<br />

11:30 a.m. Feb. 10, St.<br />

James the Less Episcopal<br />

Church, 550 Sunset Ridge<br />

Road, Northfield. Presenter<br />

Dr. Alexis Lauricella,<br />

PhD, Director Technology<br />

in Early Childhood Center<br />

and Associate Professor,<br />

Erikson Institute. Her<br />

research focuses on children’s<br />

learning from media<br />

technology and parents’<br />

and teachers’ attitudes toward<br />

use of media technology<br />

with young children.<br />

Another presentation will<br />

be held 7 p.m. Feb. 11.<br />

Hearing Loss and Cochlear<br />

Implants<br />

10 a.m.-noon, Feb. 11,<br />

North Shore Senior Center,<br />

161 Northfield Road,<br />

Northfield. All are welcome<br />

at this popular program<br />

where Chapter members<br />

who have a cochlear<br />

implant discuss their personal<br />

experience with<br />

hearing loss, how they<br />

chose a CI, their journey<br />

throughout the process,<br />

and how their lives have<br />

benefited. Presented by<br />

the Chicago North Shore<br />

Chapter of the Hearing<br />

Loss Association of America<br />

and will be held in the<br />

Lindon Lounge equipped<br />

with live captioning and a<br />

LIST IT YOURSELF<br />

Reach out to thousands of daily<br />

users by submitting your event at<br />

WinnetkaCurrent.com/calendar<br />

For just print*, email all information to<br />

megan@winnetkacurrent.com<br />

*Deadline for print is 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication.<br />

Correction<br />

The story titled “D36<br />

raises tax levy to keep<br />

up teachers’ salaries”<br />

in The Current’s Jan.<br />

17 issue did not<br />

clarify all the reasons<br />

the levy increased,<br />

including the salaries,<br />

plus an increase<br />

in various costs<br />

surrounding numerous<br />

contracts in place,<br />

including with unions,<br />

the transportation<br />

company, food service<br />

provider, rising energy<br />

costs and facility<br />

needs.<br />

The Current apologizes<br />

and regrets this error.<br />

hearing loop. Free, but donations<br />

are welcome. Call<br />

(847) 784-6079 or visit<br />

www.HearinglossChicagoNorthShore.com.<br />

ONGOING<br />

Holiday Lights Recycling<br />

Now-Jan. 31, Northfield<br />

Village Hall or Northfield<br />

Community Center.<br />

The Village of Northfield<br />

partnered with Go Green<br />

Northfield, the Northfield<br />

Park District and Elgin<br />

Recycling to provide free<br />

recycling of mini-lights/<br />

Italian lights, C7 lights,<br />

C9 lights, rope lights, LED<br />

lights and extension cords.<br />

Bring items to the bins<br />

outside before Jan. 31.


winnetkacurrent.com NEWS<br />

the winnetka current | January 24, 2019 | 3<br />

Northfield Village Board<br />

Request to reconsider assisted living, memory care facility gets denied<br />

Todd Marver<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Last month, the Northfield<br />

Village Board unanimously<br />

rejected a 44-unit<br />

assisted living and memory<br />

care facility at 1622 Willow<br />

Road. But an attorney representing<br />

the project’s petitioner<br />

came to the board’s<br />

Jan. 15 meeting to request<br />

that the matter be reconsidered.<br />

Ultimately, the board<br />

turned down the request.<br />

Bridget O’Keefe, attorney<br />

at Daspin and Aument,<br />

requested the matter be<br />

reopened for two to three<br />

months and come before<br />

the board again after reengaging<br />

with the community.<br />

“What we’d like to ask<br />

tonight is that the matter be<br />

reopened for further discussion<br />

with the neighbors,<br />

community and the board,”<br />

O’Keefe said. “We’d like to<br />

just open it up, not forever,<br />

but for a 60 to 90 day period<br />

to allow us to go back and<br />

have discussion with the<br />

neighbors to come to some<br />

consensus or make progress<br />

and come back to you and<br />

present what we can.”<br />

Village Attorney Buzz<br />

Hill explained the process<br />

for the request to reconsider<br />

the matter.<br />

Any matter the board<br />

votes on may be reconsidered<br />

by adopting a motion<br />

at the very next meeting to<br />

do so. In order to reopen<br />

this particular matter, the<br />

board would have had to<br />

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and an affirmative vote<br />

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all four in attendance<br />

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and it requires the affirmative<br />

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month’s meeting because<br />

the assisted living and<br />

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not on the agenda at this<br />

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The board didn’t engage<br />

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Last month, 22 Northfield<br />

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This time, just one person<br />

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Lane, who was in opposition<br />

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“I feel blindsided by<br />

this because it was not on<br />

the agenda for tonight,” he<br />

said. “Had people know<br />

about this, I think you<br />

would’ve filled the room<br />

again like last time.”<br />

Orth added he didn’t<br />

see any reason to reopen<br />

the matter, considering the<br />

unanimous rejection of the<br />

project by the board the<br />

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4 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current NEWS<br />

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Growing interest turns annual Carlson Event into open house<br />

Raises awareness<br />

for grants that<br />

fund new learning<br />

programs at D36<br />

Libby Elliott<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

When the Winnetka<br />

Public Schools Foundation’s<br />

current co-chairs,<br />

Kim Ronan and Megan<br />

Panje-Wilson, sat down<br />

last fall to plan the nonprofit<br />

organization’s annual<br />

Carlson Event, they realized<br />

they had a problem,<br />

albeit a good problem.<br />

The Carlson Event is an<br />

evening cocktail party —<br />

held roughly one month<br />

before the WPSF’s annual<br />

February Phone-A-Thon<br />

fundraising drive — that<br />

traditionally takes place<br />

in an elegant Winnetka<br />

home.<br />

But with attendance at<br />

the event steadily increasing<br />

over the years, the<br />

Carlson Event had become<br />

too large to contain in a<br />

private living room.<br />

“We needed a bigger<br />

space,” Ronan said. “We<br />

wanted to seize on the<br />

growing interest and make<br />

this more of a showcase<br />

than a traditional lecture or<br />

party.”<br />

Paid for with money bequeathed<br />

to the foundation<br />

by longstanding D36 educator,<br />

Charlotte Carlson,<br />

after her death in 2002,<br />

the Carlson Event exists<br />

to raise community awareness<br />

of the annual WPSFfunded<br />

teacher grants that<br />

bring D36 students the<br />

kind of new, cutting-edge<br />

learning programs that are<br />

typically beyond the reach<br />

of most tax-based, public<br />

school budgets.<br />

Last year, the WPSF dispersed<br />

more than $100,000<br />

in locally-raised funds<br />

to pilot innovative, incubator-type<br />

grants tied to<br />

experiential teaching and<br />

learning, enabling D36<br />

teachers to foster growth<br />

and creativity in the classroom.<br />

To accommodate a larger<br />

crowd, Ronan, Panje-<br />

Wilson and a dedicated<br />

35-member team of WPSF<br />

parent volunteers, relocated<br />

their 2019 gathering to<br />

the Winnetka Community<br />

House, welcoming 150-<br />

plus attendees Thursday,<br />

Jan. 17, to a Carlson Event<br />

“reboot” and transforming<br />

what was once an understated<br />

cocktail party into<br />

a boisterous, multigenerational<br />

open house.<br />

In addition to a keynote<br />

presentation by worldrenowned<br />

educational design<br />

consultant, Trung Le,<br />

this year’s Carlson Event<br />

featured multiple interactive<br />

display stations,<br />

where members of the<br />

D36 community, including<br />

students, teachers and<br />

administrators, could see<br />

WPSF’s teacher grants in<br />

action.<br />

“I donate to WPSF<br />

every year, but it’s nice<br />

to finally see where the<br />

money goes,” said Winnetka<br />

resident Hilary Fedorinchik,<br />

as she tested<br />

Crow Island third-graders demonstrate their school’s<br />

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Tilt Brush was a WPSF<br />

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6 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current NEWS<br />

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Winnetka Village Council<br />

Two homes receive preservation award<br />

Fouad Egbaria<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Two Winnetka homes<br />

were bestowed with<br />

awards for preservation<br />

during the Winnetka Village<br />

Council regular meeting<br />

Tuesday, Jan. 15.<br />

Landmark Preservation<br />

Commission honors construction<br />

projects in the<br />

village with a Preservation<br />

Award under three categories:<br />

restoration, rehabilitation<br />

and new construction.<br />

Two homes, at 901 Hill<br />

Road and 975 Oak St.,<br />

were honored with Preservation<br />

Awards for rehabilitation.<br />

“It gives the LPC great<br />

pleasure to give two Preservation<br />

Awards tonight,”<br />

said Louise Holland, chairperson<br />

of the commission.<br />

“The owners of these properties<br />

have enhanced our<br />

community, their neighbors<br />

and the village.”<br />

Holland congratulated<br />

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the homeowners and the<br />

architects for their work to<br />

rehabilitate the homes. She<br />

added the commission in a<br />

few months will present a<br />

series of recommendations<br />

to the Village Council in an<br />

effort to convince homeowners<br />

to “restore and<br />

enhance older structures”<br />

rather than demolishing<br />

them.<br />

“Basically, we wish to<br />

educate our residents and<br />

put ourselves out of business,”<br />

she said. “If only a<br />

few residential [demolition]<br />

permits are given every<br />

year, we will be a very<br />

happy commission.”<br />

The rehabilitation work<br />

at the home at 901 Hill<br />

Road, originally built in<br />

1930, is “sympathetic”<br />

to the building’s original<br />

design, Holland said, and<br />

“upholds the spirit of the<br />

building’s style, use of materials<br />

and finish.”<br />

The home received additions<br />

and renovations to<br />

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of the house over a<br />

12-month period, Holland<br />

said, from 2015-2016.<br />

“The primary goal was<br />

to provide a proper master<br />

suite family room, mudroom,<br />

attached garage and<br />

terrace, as well as interior<br />

remodeling work required<br />

to accommodate the addition,”<br />

she added.<br />

The project at 975 Oak<br />

St., originally built in 1907,<br />

was also recognized for its<br />

dedication to the home’s<br />

original design.<br />

Trustee Penny Lanphier<br />

thanked the homeowners<br />

for working to rehabilitate<br />

their homes.<br />

“Every year, I’m always<br />

relieved and happy<br />

to see that [the homes] are<br />

still there, even as they’ve<br />

turned over,” she said.<br />

“Thank you for keeping<br />

those houses and improving<br />

them, because they’re<br />

part of the fabric that<br />

makes our village special,<br />

so thank you so much.”<br />

Trustee Bob Dearborn<br />

added he’s impressed with<br />

the work of the Landmark<br />

Preservation Commission.<br />

“We have different generations<br />

represented on the<br />

commission,” he said. “But<br />

the common denominator is<br />

that we have a group of people<br />

that are really dedicated<br />

toward trying to preserve<br />

some of this architectural<br />

fabric in this community.”<br />

Village President Chris<br />

Rintz, who said he has lived<br />

in older homes for the entirety<br />

of his time in Winnetka,<br />

acknowledged the work<br />

that goes into preserving<br />

old homes.<br />

“I was so pleased to see<br />

that the time and the effort<br />

was put into it to save it,<br />

because it really is a special<br />

place,” he said.<br />

Police Reports<br />

Chicagoan charged with battery<br />

after country club incident<br />

Christopher A. Palomar,<br />

32, of Chicago, was arrested<br />

for battery at 8:56 a.m.<br />

Jan. 3 after an incident that<br />

occurred Dec. 16 at Sunset<br />

Ridge Country Club,<br />

2100 Sunset Ridge Road,<br />

Northfield. Northfield Police<br />

couldn’t comment any<br />

further because of pending<br />

court proceedings. Palomar<br />

was charged with a<br />

misdemeanor and released<br />

on an I-Bond pending a<br />

Feb. 13 court date.<br />

In other police news:<br />

Winnetka<br />

Jan. 13<br />

• A victim’s personal identifiers<br />

were used to open<br />

a Williams Sonoma store<br />

credit card and charge<br />

$1,870 worth of purchases<br />

on the card.<br />

Jan. 11<br />

• Taron T. Watts, 36, and<br />

Chaka S. Richardson, 32,<br />

both of Chicago, were arrested<br />

for unlawful possession<br />

of a credit card<br />

of another at 8:47 a.m. at<br />

the Winnetka Police Department.<br />

This arrest was<br />

made after an investigation<br />

of a previous incident<br />

that occurred March<br />

29, 2018, at The Laundry,<br />

566 Chestnut Court. Their<br />

court dates are Feb. 13.<br />

• A victim’s debit account<br />

information was used to<br />

make several purchases,<br />

worth $636, without authorization.<br />

Jan. 10<br />

• A victim’s personal identifiers<br />

were used to open<br />

a Sears account and make<br />

purchases, worth $1,400,<br />

without authorization.<br />

Jan. 6<br />

• A victim’s personal identifiers<br />

were used to open a<br />

Verizon account and make<br />

purchases, worth $1,500,<br />

without authorization. An<br />

existing Netflix account<br />

was also tampered with.<br />

• An unknown offender<br />

damaged lights on the<br />

bushes in front of a residence<br />

between Dec. 27-<br />

Jan. 6 in the 600 block of<br />

Pine Street. The amount of<br />

loss is $600.<br />

Jan. 1<br />

• A victim’s Macy’s American<br />

Express card was<br />

used to make purchases,<br />

worth $2,796, without authorization<br />

between Nov.<br />

22-Jan. 1.<br />

Dec. 30<br />

• A victim’s personal identifiers<br />

were used to open<br />

several Verizon accounts,<br />

worth $3,843, without authorization<br />

between Dec.<br />

28-30.<br />

Northfield<br />

Jan. 11<br />

• Andrii Malishevskyi, 32,<br />

of Grayslake, was arrested<br />

for speeding (56 mph in a<br />

30 mph zone) at 7:28 p.m.<br />

at the intersection of Willow<br />

Road and Three Lakes<br />

Drive. His court date is<br />

Jan. 31.<br />

• A resident reportedly received<br />

a phone call from<br />

a subject claiming to be<br />

their grandson, who asked<br />

for $8,000 to post bail. The<br />

resident was suspicious of<br />

the call and hung up immediately.<br />

Jan. 10<br />

• A resident observed an<br />

unknown vehicle in their<br />

driveway via their camera<br />

system at 5:08 p.m. Officers<br />

spoke with a subject at<br />

the residence who advised<br />

they were the house-sitter,<br />

and the vehicle belonged<br />

to them. Officers made<br />

contacted with the homeowners<br />

who confirmed it.<br />

Jan. 8<br />

• A resident reported a<br />

homeowner in the area<br />

who was parking vehicles<br />

on the parkway, which<br />

was causing damage to the<br />

parkway at 9:59 a.m. in the<br />

1900 block of Bosworth<br />

Lane. Officers made contact<br />

with the homeowner<br />

and advised them of the<br />

Village ordinance which<br />

prohibited parking vehicles<br />

on the parkway.<br />

• A light pole was knocked<br />

over overnight Jan. 7-8<br />

in a parking lot at 310 S.<br />

Happ Road. The case is<br />

under investigation.<br />

Jan. 7<br />

• A resident was reportedly<br />

contacted on Facebook by<br />

a subject offering to provide<br />

a large cash loan in<br />

exchange for a small cash<br />

down payment. The resident<br />

did not provide any<br />

money or further information,<br />

and reported the incident<br />

to Facebook.<br />

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Winnetka<br />

Current Police Reports<br />

are compiled by the Winnetka<br />

Police Department and the<br />

Northfield Police Department.<br />

Individuals named in<br />

these reports are considered<br />

innocent of all charges until<br />

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Wanderlust<br />

Eyecare accepts<br />

eyeglasses for<br />

donations<br />

Christine Adams<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

An optometrist at Northfield’s<br />

Wanderlust Eyecare<br />

is bringing her expertise<br />

outside of the North Shore<br />

and into Mexico.<br />

Dr. Faye Gamboa is<br />

traveling to Gómez Palacio,<br />

Mexico, from Feb.<br />

2-10 as part of a mission<br />

project to bring eye care to<br />

the small city.<br />

Dr. Gamboa, or Dr.<br />

Faye as she is known to<br />

her patients, has been on<br />

health-related mission<br />

trips before, including last<br />

year to Guatemala. This<br />

year, she is traveling with<br />

the NGO Volunteer Optometric<br />

Services to Humanity<br />

(VOSH) International<br />

in a team of about seven<br />

doctors to north-central<br />

Mexico.<br />

While in Gómez Palacio,<br />

Gamboa and the other<br />

doctors will be able to give<br />

full exams to patients, and<br />

they will have access to<br />

an etching machine to cut<br />

lenses for those needing<br />

a new pair. They expect<br />

to treat about 500 people<br />

a day who otherwise<br />

wouldn’t have the means<br />

or access to eye appointments<br />

or eyewear.<br />

The doctors will primarily<br />

treat vision impairment,<br />

though they will also<br />

screen for other problems,<br />

and are able to prescribe<br />

some medications like<br />

eyedrops when the situation<br />

calls for it. They also<br />

have connections with eye<br />

doctors and other eyecare<br />

experts in the closest larger<br />

city, Torreón, to whom<br />

they can refer patients who<br />

will need continuing care.<br />

The doctors also plan<br />

to educate their patients<br />

about maintaining their<br />

eye health, similar to the<br />

work Gamboa does at her<br />

Northfield store and at<br />

the medical center at the<br />

North Chicago VA, where<br />

she also works two days a<br />

week.<br />

For Gamboa, mission<br />

trips like these are one of<br />

the reasons she went into<br />

her line of work.<br />

“When starting the business,<br />

one thing that was<br />

important to me, and that<br />

I enjoy, is mission trips,”<br />

Gamboa said.<br />

She makes it a point<br />

every year to find a mission<br />

to a new location that<br />

could use her expertise.<br />

Dr. Faye Gamboa, of Northfield’s Wanderlust Eyecare,<br />

dilates a patient’s eyes while on a previous mission trip<br />

in Honduras. Photo Submitted<br />

For this trip, Gamboa has<br />

been told to plan for four<br />

to seven days of work,<br />

but she will also have the<br />

chance to talk to local<br />

people and get to know the<br />

culture.<br />

“That’s where the ‘Wanderlust’<br />

in our eyecare<br />

name came from — traveling<br />

to spark our interest,<br />

and to provide services,”<br />

Gamboa said.<br />

While she is the only<br />

one from the Wanderlust<br />

Eyecare team attending this<br />

particular trip, other staff<br />

members plan to attend future<br />

mission trips, too.<br />

As Gamboa prepares to<br />

go, Wanderlust is accepting<br />

donated eyeglasses of<br />

all types, including sunglasses,<br />

that can then be<br />

cleaned, checked for prescription<br />

strength, boxed<br />

up and sent to the mission.<br />

Eyeglasses can also be<br />

sent throughout the year to<br />

VOSH or Lions Club International,<br />

the organization<br />

which VOSH is partnering<br />

with for the project.<br />

The store is further offering<br />

discounts on eyewear<br />

for patients who<br />

want to donate their used<br />

eyeglasses, and a portion<br />

of all store proceeds goes<br />

toward these mission trips<br />

that help the world to see<br />

a little more clearly — and<br />

help the doctors see the<br />

world more clearly, too.<br />

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER<br />

No injuries reported after<br />

early morning fire<br />

Northbrook firefighters<br />

responded to reports<br />

of an explosion and fire in<br />

the 2500 block of Melanie<br />

Lane in Northbrook at approximately<br />

6:20 a.m. the<br />

morning of Jan. 16, according<br />

to Northbrook Fire<br />

Chief Andrew Carlson.<br />

Carlson told The Tower<br />

an off-duty firefighter on<br />

his way into work was the<br />

first one on the block. The<br />

first Northbrook fire truck<br />

was on the scene eight<br />

minutes after the department<br />

received a call from a<br />

neighbor around 6:20 a.m.,<br />

per Carlson.<br />

Carlson said the fire was<br />

already starting to extend<br />

on both sides of the house<br />

when crews arrived.<br />

“The houses on this<br />

street are about 20-30 feet<br />

apart, so the first house was<br />

almost entirely engulfed in<br />

fire pretty quickly, so when<br />

the first fire truck got here,<br />

it was already extending to<br />

the house on either side,”<br />

Carlson said.<br />

Carlson said the department<br />

made sure the occupants<br />

of the original home<br />

and the occupants of the<br />

neighboring homes exited<br />

safely. The residents were<br />

able to get out on their<br />

own, according to Carlson.<br />

No residents or firefighters<br />

sustained any injuries,<br />

per Carlson.<br />

The exact cause of the<br />

explosion and subsequent<br />

fire remains under investigation.<br />

Reporting by Martin Carlino,<br />

Contributing Editor. Full<br />

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New Trier club bring STEM to younger North Shore students<br />

Submitted by New Trier<br />

Students in New Trier’s<br />

Society of Women in Engineering,<br />

Entrepreneurship,<br />

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have been sharing their<br />

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The club, also known as<br />

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her own children who attend<br />

the Evanston school.<br />

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through fifth grade,<br />

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of a tube. By using yeast<br />

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the rapid decomposition of<br />

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with dry ice and<br />

creating “oobleck” in a<br />

bag, a fluid that acts like a<br />

liquid when being poured,<br />

but like a solid when force<br />

is acting on it.<br />

“Being all girls, our students<br />

also act as excellent<br />

role models for the younger<br />

girls in the audience,” said<br />

New Trier science faculty<br />

member Bill Loris, who<br />

co-sponsors Sweets. “The<br />

elementary kids’ parents<br />

were also very engaged<br />

in the activities, asking<br />

the girls many questions<br />

on the side. To be honest,<br />

I’m not sure who enjoyed<br />

the event more, the Dawes<br />

students or the Sweets club<br />

members.”<br />

At another event on<br />

Dec. 10, Sweets hosted<br />

a Girl Scout troop from<br />

Sears School in Kenilworth<br />

at New Trier’s Winnetka<br />

Campus, where they<br />

helped the girl scouts earn<br />

their Balloon Car badge.<br />

The troop broke into small<br />

groups and rotated through<br />

three stations, each with<br />

a separate activity. To<br />

earn their badges, the Girl<br />

Scouts built cars out of<br />

small cardboard boxes that<br />

were propelled forward by<br />

balloons attached to straws.<br />

They also used kits to build<br />

tracks for marbles and even<br />

participated in a challenge<br />

to see who could build the<br />

tallest tower out of spaghetti<br />

and marshmallows.<br />

“I absolutely adored<br />

working with the younger<br />

girls and seeing how excited<br />

they were about engineering.<br />

Their love of<br />

learning is so inspiring,”<br />

Sweets Club members assist a visiting girl scout in<br />

building an effective marble track. Photo Submitted<br />

Schacht said. “Each one<br />

of their successes, whether<br />

that was building a really<br />

tall structure or having a<br />

balloon car run really far,<br />

felt like a success for me<br />

too. I couldn’t stop smiling.<br />

It was amazing to feel<br />

like we were inspiring the<br />

next generation of strong<br />

girls interested in STEM,<br />

like us.”<br />

After developing a<br />

deeper understanding of<br />

STEM through Sweets,<br />

both Schacht and Boyle<br />

have considered pursuing<br />

a career in a related field.<br />

In the meantime, they’re<br />

planning for more meaningful<br />

discussions and outreach<br />

events with younger<br />

students in the upcoming<br />

semester.<br />

“I am continually more<br />

hopeful for the diversification<br />

of the STEM fields,”<br />

faculty co-sponsor Josie<br />

Elbert said. “With young<br />

women like our Sweets<br />

club engaging, advocating,<br />

discussing and doing the<br />

work, we will all have a<br />

stronger future.”<br />

Sons of Silent Age concert raises funds for Kellogg Cancer Center<br />

New Trier alum<br />

Michael Shannon<br />

guest appears<br />

Erin Yarnall<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

When patients are initially<br />

diagnosed with cancer, their<br />

first thoughts are typically<br />

centering around their treatment.<br />

But once treatment has<br />

started, another focus is on<br />

how to feel better while receiving<br />

the treatments.<br />

That’s where NorthShore<br />

University HealthSystem’s<br />

Integrative Medicine team<br />

comes in.<br />

Their goal is to help patients<br />

feel better while receiving<br />

these treatments, and<br />

to help fund this, they’ve<br />

teamed up with the band<br />

Sons of the Silent Age, and<br />

received proceeds from the<br />

band’s Jan. 12 concert at the<br />

Metro in Chicago.<br />

The proceeds from the<br />

concert go toward acupuncture<br />

and massage treatments<br />

for cancer patients at the<br />

Kellogg Cancer Center in<br />

Highland Park.<br />

“We were struggling with<br />

patients, who, we wanted<br />

them to get acupuncture,<br />

massage and treatments<br />

that are not covered by insurance,”<br />

Dr. Leslie Mendoza<br />

Temple, a specialist<br />

with NorthShore University<br />

HealthSystem who is based<br />

in Glenview said.<br />

Actor Michael Shannon,<br />

an alum of New Trier High<br />

School, was a special guest at<br />

the event, performing in character<br />

as Lou Reed. He was<br />

also the band’s special guest in<br />

2018, performing as Iggy Pop.<br />

“He’s amazing because<br />

he’s an actor,” Temple said<br />

of Shannon’s guest performance.<br />

“It’s like you’re<br />

watching a theatrical performance<br />

of someone absolutely<br />

being Lou Reed. Last year<br />

he was Iggy Pop, and none of<br />

us knew what to expect. The<br />

shirt came off and the writhing<br />

on the stage happened,<br />

and there was Iggy Pop.”<br />

Through fundraising, the<br />

hospital has been able to<br />

donate treatments to “hundreds”<br />

of patients, according<br />

to Temple. For each person<br />

who receives a donation,<br />

they receive six free treatments,<br />

with a value of approximately<br />

$500.<br />

“It’s just so nice to see<br />

people feel better,” Temple<br />

said. “This is what you do<br />

when you want to help people<br />

and not wait for mountains<br />

to move. You give it<br />

away, but you’ve got to raise<br />

the money to help support<br />

the basic cost and the infrastructure<br />

of that, so we love<br />

giving this away.”<br />

The Jan. 12 concert was<br />

the team’s third fundraiser<br />

concert.<br />

For the cancer patients<br />

who receive these treatments,<br />

they’ve helped transform the<br />

experience of receiving cancer<br />

treatment.<br />

WPSF<br />

From Page 4<br />

vision and we were thrilled to be able to support<br />

that vision,” said WPSF co-chair, Megan<br />

Panje-Wilson.<br />

Also on display was a WPSF-funded cage<br />

installation that allows students to code and fly<br />

their own drones. Nearby, a group of industrious<br />

Crow Island third-graders happily colored<br />

and played math games on the new grant-funded<br />

multi-purpose tables, desks and chairs that<br />

are now a fixture in the school’s classrooms.<br />

WPSF also welcomed Trung Le, an educational<br />

innovator and co-author of the book,<br />

“The Third Teacher,” to speak to attendees<br />

about how design can transform the ecology of<br />

learning.<br />

Creating globally competitive, innovative<br />

classrooms will be high on WPSF’s list of priorities<br />

this year as they kick-start their Feb. 24<br />

Phone-A-Thon with a district-wide email fundraising<br />

appeal. WPSF encourages all D36 families<br />

to preempt WPSF’s fundraising call to their<br />

house by making an advance, online pledge to<br />

support the foundation’s ongoing work.<br />

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From the Sports Editor<br />

Overcoming hardships with the help of a local organization<br />

Michael Wojtychiw<br />

m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />

I<br />

sat here for a long time<br />

wondering on how<br />

to start this editorial.<br />

At the end, I just realized<br />

there’s no better way than<br />

just jumping right in.<br />

I had my first seizure at<br />

the young age of 3. Soon<br />

after, doctors diagnosed<br />

me as having a childhood<br />

seizure disorder, or epilepsy.<br />

For my family, this<br />

came as a shock because<br />

none of my relatives had<br />

ever had a history of seizures<br />

in the past.<br />

That set off years of going<br />

on and off of different<br />

medications, teasing and<br />

you name it. All of it led<br />

me to not tell many people<br />

about my diagnosis. In<br />

fact, I’m pretty sure some<br />

of my best friends, and<br />

possibly even family, don’t<br />

even know. Very few, if<br />

any, previous co-workers<br />

knew, my bosses at 22nd<br />

Century Media are the first<br />

bosses that have known, all<br />

because I wanted to be like<br />

everyone else, not someone<br />

that’s “different.”<br />

For those of you who<br />

know me, you know I’m<br />

pretty much a quiet and<br />

private person. So coming<br />

out and writing this editorial<br />

isn’t really something I<br />

thought I’d ever do.<br />

That changed three<br />

years ago at the War on the<br />

Shore.<br />

This past weekend,<br />

Evanston High School<br />

hosted the ninth annual<br />

War on the Shore, a basketball<br />

shootout featuring<br />

Loyola, New Trier and<br />

Evanston’s boys basketball<br />

teams against three teams<br />

from across Chicagoland.<br />

Proceeds from the<br />

shootout go to the Danny<br />

Did Foundation, a charity<br />

named after Danny Stanton<br />

and whose mission is to<br />

prevent deaths caused by<br />

seizures with these main<br />

goals in mind: advancing<br />

public awareness of<br />

Sudden Unexpected Death<br />

in Epilepsy (SUDEP), enhancing<br />

the SUDEP communication<br />

model between<br />

medical professionals and<br />

families afflicted by seizures,<br />

and the mainstreaming<br />

of seizure detection<br />

and prediction devices that<br />

may assist in preventing<br />

seizure-related deaths.<br />

After covering the 2017<br />

version of the War on the<br />

Shore for our publications,<br />

I reached out to one of the<br />

co-founders of the charity,<br />

Tom Stanton, looking<br />

to see how I could get<br />

involved.<br />

Seeing a charity that had<br />

multiple connections to<br />

myself made me want to<br />

get involved. Soon after,<br />

I was invited to join the<br />

charity’s Young Professionals<br />

Board, on which I<br />

still serve to this day.<br />

Joining Danny Did has<br />

really helped me be able to<br />

talk about having seizures.<br />

I’m not afraid of what<br />

people might say anymore<br />

and that’s all a testament<br />

to what the charity does<br />

for everyone involved.<br />

I mean, a couple years<br />

ago I wouldn’t have told<br />

anybody.<br />

Luckily, I’ve been<br />

seizure-free since Sept. 8,<br />

2002.<br />

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visit WinnetkaCurrent.com.<br />

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

The amount of<br />

homes honored<br />

Preservation Awards<br />

for rehabilitation.<br />

LETTER TO THE EDITOR<br />

Thank you, Winnetka<br />

Police<br />

We wish to express our<br />

deepest gratitude to Winnetka<br />

Police commander<br />

Brian O’Connell and the<br />

entire Winnetka Police<br />

Department. On the evening<br />

of Jan. 31, 2014, our<br />

daughter Sarah, 19, while<br />

walking with Bard College<br />

friends in upstate<br />

New York, was struck and<br />

killed by a drunk driver.<br />

Within hours, New York<br />

police contacted the Winnetka<br />

Police Department<br />

to report Sarah’s death. At<br />

approximately 4:30 a.m.,<br />

commander O’Connell<br />

and two other officers<br />

knocked on our front door.<br />

We had no idea why they<br />

had come. Bravely and<br />

compassionately, Brian sat<br />

us down and delivered the<br />

horrific news. Our worst<br />

possible nightmare had<br />

come true.<br />

Through the difficult<br />

years since this tragedy,<br />

we have felt extremely<br />

grateful to commander<br />

O’Connell and the Winnetka<br />

Police Department. As<br />

crushing the experience of<br />

learning of our daughter’s<br />

death was, Brian’s duty<br />

to deliver this news must<br />

have been gut-wrenching.<br />

He too is a parent.<br />

Sarah was one of two<br />

girls killed by the drunk<br />

driver (a 63-year-old woman,<br />

second-time offender,<br />

now serving a seven-year<br />

prison sentence). Two days<br />

after the tragedy, when we<br />

met the other girl’s parents,<br />

they described how their<br />

local police had informed<br />

them of their daughter’s<br />

death. Their experience<br />

was a vague and impersonal<br />

phone call.<br />

In these times, we hear<br />

much negative publicity<br />

about the police. Often,<br />

the essential good things<br />

they do are overshadowed.<br />

We thank commander<br />

O’Connell and the Winnetka<br />

Police Department for<br />

their extraordinary professionalism<br />

and compassion.<br />

Andrew and Sandra<br />

McCausland,<br />

Winnetka residents<br />

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serving generations<br />

Grandpa’s Place dishes out the classics after 122 years, Page 23<br />

Joe McQuillen (left) of<br />

Winnetka, talks with Jenniffer<br />

Weigel about his son,<br />

Christopher, a former New<br />

Trier student, who died in<br />

2016 on Thursday, Jan. 17, at<br />

Wilmette Theatre. Photo by<br />

Sheri Jewel<br />

Winnetka father discusses death of<br />

son, spirituality at Wilmette Theatre,<br />

Page 31


18 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current PUZZLES<br />

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />

Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff<br />

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />

Across<br />

1. Bosun yeses<br />

5. Regular tendency<br />

10. “___ Comes the<br />

Sun”<br />

14. Watery<br />

15. “It’s only ___!”<br />

16. CPR pros<br />

17. Ides rebuke<br />

18. Money pots<br />

20. Fiasco<br />

22. Compass point<br />

23. Mauna ___<br />

24. Edge along<br />

furtively<br />

28. Oldest surviving<br />

house in Winnetka,<br />

goes with 32<br />

across<br />

32. See 28 across<br />

34. Civil rights<br />

organization, for<br />

short<br />

35. Sedative, e.g.<br />

37. Police alert<br />

38. “No ifs, ___ ...”<br />

39. Fuzzy food<br />

40. Approximately<br />

41. ___ nutshell<br />

42. Rubberneck<br />

43. Gentle<br />

44. Rational<br />

47. Extreme rapture<br />

49. Milkmaid’s<br />

perch<br />

50. ___ fault<br />

(overly so)<br />

51. Part of U.S.N.A.<br />

53. Like a loan<br />

shark<br />

58. Distinguished<br />

architect that<br />

designed several<br />

North Shore<br />

homes<br />

62. Org. in which<br />

Lorena Ochoa<br />

flourished<br />

63. Operatic solo<br />

64. Bluefins<br />

65. Remain sullen<br />

66. Architect of St.<br />

Paul’s Cathedral<br />

67. Sudden outpouring<br />

68. Selling condition<br />

Down<br />

1. Shocked<br />

2. Mysterious Himalayan<br />

3. Diner sign<br />

4. Jaeger bird<br />

5. Sporting a boater<br />

6. Lots and lots<br />

7. 1930’s boxing champ<br />

8. Personal statement<br />

intro<br />

9. Hardy character<br />

10. In this circumstance<br />

11. Brit. recording giant<br />

12. Road with a no.<br />

13. Big dictionary section<br />

19. Cold war antagonist<br />

21. Omit<br />

25. TV series, ___ and<br />

Greg<br />

26. Falls from grace<br />

27. Encompass<br />

28. Terrestrial mollusks<br />

29. Is incapable<br />

30. Gave it a shot<br />

31. Hosts<br />

32. Car chair<br />

33. Pejorative exclamation<br />

36. Green<br />

39. Phil Mickelson’s<br />

org.<br />

40. Kind of bran<br />

43. Old Russian ruler<br />

45. Mediterranean sea<br />

46. Outfitted<br />

48. Links<br />

52. Vintners’ vessels<br />

53. Arm part<br />

54. Iconic “Casablanca”<br />

role<br />

55. Numbered composition<br />

56. Large tangelo<br />

57. ___ Fifth Avenue<br />

58. “See-saw, Margery<br />

___ . . . “<br />

59. Airport abbr.<br />

60. Compete with a<br />

rival<br />

61. Not an orig.<br />

WINNETKA<br />

Winnetka Community<br />

House<br />

(620 Lincoln Ave.)<br />

■6:30-9:30 ■ p.m. Friday,<br />

Jan. 25: Family Bingo<br />

Night<br />

Good Grapes<br />

(821 Chestnut Court,<br />

(847) 242-9800)<br />

3-4:30 p.m. Saturday,<br />

Jan. 26: Chili Cook-Off<br />

GLENCOE<br />

Skokie Country Club<br />

(500 Washington Ave.)<br />

■6:30-9:30 ■ p.m. Saturday,<br />

Jan. 26: Glencoe<br />

Hall of Fame Dinner<br />

Takiff Center<br />

(999 Green Bay Road)<br />

■6:30-8:30 ■ p.m. Friday,<br />

Jan. 25: Paint and Sip<br />

WILMETTE<br />

The Rock House<br />

(1150 Central Ave.,<br />

(847) 256-7625)<br />

■6-9 ■ p.m. Friday, Jan.<br />

25: Family Karaoke<br />

Night<br />

NORTHBROOK<br />

Pinstripes<br />

(1150 Willow Road,<br />

(847) 480-2323)<br />

■From ■ open until close<br />

all week: bowling and<br />

bocce<br />

Northbrook Theatre<br />

(3323 Walters Ave.,<br />

(847) 291-2367)<br />

■Recurring ■ performances<br />

of “Pinkalicious”<br />

on Saturdays<br />

starting at 10 a.m.<br />

GLENVIEW<br />

Johnny’s Kitchen<br />

(1740 Milwaukee Ave.<br />

(847) 699-9999)<br />

■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday<br />

and Saturday: Live<br />

Music<br />

The Rock House<br />

(1742 Glenview Road<br />

(224) 616-3062)<br />

■5 ■ p.m. Friday, Jan.<br />

25: Family Night and<br />

Karaoke<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Saturday, Jan.<br />

26: Frozen ground<br />

blues<br />

To place an event in The<br />

Scene, email martin@<br />

northbrooktower.com<br />

answers<br />

How to play Sudoku<br />

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of<br />

3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column<br />

and box must contain each of the numbers<br />

1 to 9.<br />

LEVEL: Medium<br />

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan


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the winnetka current | January 24, 2019 | 19<br />

North Shore father assists other<br />

parents grieving loss of kids<br />

Alexa Burnell, Freelance Reporter<br />

Jenniffer Weigel, a journalist and selfproclaimed<br />

spiritual adventurist, has interviewed<br />

mediums and spiritual advisors<br />

on the stage of the Wilmette Theatre<br />

for the past several years, helping many<br />

find answers to the lingering questions<br />

about loved ones.<br />

Recently, her ever popular series took<br />

a local turn, when Winnetka resident<br />

Joe McQuillen, took the stage on Thursday,<br />

Jan. 17, talking about his connection<br />

to his son, Christopher, who tragically<br />

passed away after a 2016 canoe<br />

accident in southern Wisconsin. The<br />

younger McQuillen was one of four<br />

former New Trier High School students<br />

that died.<br />

Weigel started the evening talking<br />

about how the death of her father,<br />

prompted her own curiosity into seeking<br />

information from the other side.<br />

“Just like Joe, my journey started with<br />

grief,” Weigel said. “We all have different<br />

ways of dealing with loss, but many<br />

of us, feel a need to seek answers.”<br />

McQuillen explained that through the<br />

process, he has now come to believe that<br />

when a loved one passes, they are never<br />

really gone.<br />

“I truly believe that when someone<br />

passes, they are just on the other<br />

side,” McQuillen said. “For me, when<br />

Chris crossed over, I couldn’t imagine<br />

a world without him; I needed to see<br />

what was on that other side, I needed<br />

to stay connected to him and felt it was<br />

my job to figure out how to get in touch<br />

with him.”<br />

McQuillen admitted that at first he<br />

was angry with God, but he quickly received<br />

a message reminding him that<br />

God didn’t just ‘take’ his son and that<br />

the death wasn’t a punishment. McQuillen<br />

also learned that healing could come<br />

from having faith and helping others to<br />

have faith, too.<br />

“The message I received reminded me<br />

that God wasn’t punishing me, but rather<br />

it was Chris’s recklessness and own free<br />

will that ended his life, all too early,”<br />

McQuillen said. “You always hear that<br />

time will heal, but that’s not necessarily<br />

the case, because the grief is connected<br />

Joe McQuillen discussed his book, “My<br />

Search For Christopher On The Other<br />

Side,” during his appearance at Wilmette<br />

Theatre. His son, a former New Trier<br />

student, died in 2016. photo submitted<br />

to the love; I’ll never stop loving Chris,<br />

therefore, I’ll never stop grieving, but I<br />

now have tools that help me to deal.<br />

“One of those ways is by helping others<br />

who are grieving, by teaching them<br />

that their loved one is not gone but has<br />

just crossed over. By staying open to this<br />

belief and seeking to connect with those<br />

who have crossed over, others can find<br />

their own tools to help them cope too.”<br />

Weigel interjected, explaining that of<br />

the ways to stay open and receptive to<br />

a loved one who has crossed over is by<br />

believing that “coincidences” are not just<br />

“coincidences.”<br />

“Think how many times you have<br />

thought of a loved one who has passed<br />

away and suddenly, their favorite song<br />

comes on or something else that reminds<br />

you of them occurs. These are<br />

not just mere coincidences,” Weigel<br />

said. “If you took note of all of these<br />

little things that happen, you will see<br />

it is a spirit downloading – trying to<br />

communicate.”<br />

McQuillen has now turned his experience<br />

into a book, “My Search For Christopher<br />

On the Other Side,” to learn more<br />

about his experiences communicating<br />

with his son, Christopher, and the profound<br />

impact this has had on his life. The<br />

book is available on Amazon.


20 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current FAITH<br />

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Faith Briefs<br />

Christ Church Winnetka (784 Sheridan<br />

Road, Winnetka; (847) 446-2850)<br />

Film Screening and<br />

Discussion<br />

Join for a firsthand look<br />

into the realities of gun<br />

violence in Chicago. Participants<br />

from the Family<br />

Matters’ Boys-to-Men<br />

Program-young men who<br />

have been directly affected<br />

by gun violence have made<br />

a short film called “Silence<br />

the Violence.” They will<br />

watch the film in the sanctuary<br />

on Sunday, Feb. 10,<br />

at 4:15 p.m. It will be followed<br />

by a panel discussion<br />

with some of the participants<br />

in Boys-to-Men.<br />

Sunday Worship<br />

Holy Eucharist is at<br />

8 a.m. at Church on the<br />

Hill, 784 Sheridan Road,<br />

Winnetka. Another Holy<br />

Eucharist with organ and<br />

choir is at 9:30 a.m. with<br />

church school classes<br />

for ages 3 and up. Christ<br />

Church offers Taizé worship<br />

on the second Sunday<br />

of every month at 5:30<br />

p.m. The nursery will be<br />

open during all services.<br />

Gluten free communion<br />

wafers are always available.<br />

Winnetka Presbyterian Church (1255<br />

Willow Road, Winnetka; (847) 446-<br />

7777)<br />

LifeTalk<br />

LifeTalk at Café Aroma<br />

are held Thursdays at 9:30<br />

a.m. Talk and friendship<br />

over coffee, tea and hot<br />

cocoa. A great way to start<br />

your day. Come as often as<br />

you can. Contact Donna<br />

Powell at (847) 446-6536.<br />

Christian Science Reading Room and<br />

Church (804 Elm St., Winnetka; (847)<br />

446-2233)<br />

Sunday Service and<br />

Sunday School<br />

Sunday School is held<br />

at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday<br />

Services are 7:30 p.m.<br />

April-November and 1<br />

p.m. during winter months.<br />

Everyone is invited.<br />

Winnetka Congregational Church<br />

(725 Pine Street, Winnetka; (847)<br />

441-3400)<br />

Sunday worship and school<br />

An open-minded, openhearted,<br />

non-denominational<br />

Christian church.<br />

Sunday Worship and<br />

Church School at 10 a.m.<br />

The Orchard (315 Waukegan Road,<br />

Northfield)<br />

Awana Clubs<br />

Children ages 3 through<br />

fifth grade can play games,<br />

memorize Bible verses<br />

and learn Bible lessons on<br />

Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m.<br />

Youth Group<br />

The youth group of<br />

middle- and high-school<br />

students meets Wednesdays<br />

from 7:30-9 p.m. to<br />

build a community around<br />

God’s word, have small<br />

group discussion, worship,<br />

prayer, play games and<br />

have snacks.<br />

Temple Jeremiah (937 Happ Road,<br />

Northfield; (847) 765-5000)<br />

Feed the Hungry<br />

Feed the Homeless,<br />

where they pack hundreds<br />

of bag lunches to donate<br />

to those in need, takes<br />

place the first Sunday of<br />

each month from October<br />

through May.<br />

In Memoriam<br />

Margaret Marsala<br />

Margaret “Marge” Louise<br />

Marsala, 77, a Winnetka<br />

native, died Dec. 27.<br />

Born on Feb. 12, 1941, in<br />

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up in Winnetka. She was<br />

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Nancy Ciccarone; four<br />

step-children, Jen Ragone<br />

and Blake Marsala, Greg<br />

Marsala, and Paige Marsala<br />

and four grandchildren.<br />

She was preceded<br />

in death by her daughter,<br />

Laura Cross. A celebration<br />

of Marsala’s life was held<br />

Dec. 30.<br />

Jean McDonnell<br />

Jean Peterson, nee Mc-<br />

Donnell, 80, of Winnetka,<br />

Saturday<br />

Feb. 23, 2019<br />

10am - 2pm<br />

V E N D O R S W A N T E D<br />

Northbrook Court<br />

1515 Lake Cook Rd<br />

Northbrook<br />

DEADLINE:<br />

FEB. 6, 2019<br />

died Dec. 16. Beloved wife<br />

for 57 years of Thomas F.<br />

Peterson; loving mother of<br />

Pamela J. (Geoff) Moore,<br />

Richard T. (Katherine) Peterson,<br />

Jeffrey C. (Sheila)<br />

Peterson; proud grandmother<br />

of Alison, Thomas,<br />

and Sarah Moore, Douglas,<br />

William, Helen and<br />

Katherine Peterson; dear<br />

sister of the late Sheila<br />

(late Stanley) Grace; cherished<br />

daughter of the late<br />

Charles and Ruth Mc-<br />

Clelland. A memorial service<br />

will be held at 1 p.m.<br />

Thursday, Feb. 7 at Christ<br />

Church on the Hill, 784<br />

Sheridan Road, Winnetka.<br />

In lieu of flowers, memorials<br />

may be made to Christ<br />

Church Winnetka, 470<br />

Maple Ave., Winnetka, IL<br />

60093 or COPD Foundation<br />

(www.copdfoundation.org).<br />

Funeral information<br />

847-998-1020.<br />

Richard Wood<br />

Richard L. Wood, 83,<br />

of Winnetka, died Jan. 10.<br />

Wood was the beloved<br />

husband of Sara V. Wood<br />

nee Volz; loving father of<br />

Bob (Holli) Wood, Katie<br />

(Kevin) Murphy and<br />

Marcy Goodrum; proud<br />

grandfather of Maddie<br />

& John Wood, Megan &<br />

Shayne Murphy, and Benjamin<br />

Goodrum; dear twin<br />

brother of Robert (Stella)<br />

Wood and Mary Jane (the<br />

late Robert) Johnson. Funeral<br />

services were held<br />

at Church of the Holy<br />

Comforter, Kenilworth,<br />

Illinois. In lieu of flowers<br />

memorials may be made to<br />

The Alzheimer’s Association,<br />

225 N. Michigan Avenue,<br />

Floor 17, Chicago,<br />

Illinois 60601. Info: (847)<br />

675-1990 or www.donnellanfuneral.com.<br />

Frances Bottomley<br />

Frances Bottomley, 95,<br />

a New Trier graduate, died<br />

Jan. 13 at IU Health Arnett<br />

Hospital with family by<br />

her side. She was born on<br />

April 10, 1923 in Chicago<br />

to the late Charles W. and<br />

Dorothy Holmes Fisher.<br />

Bottomley graduated from<br />

New Trier High School<br />

and attended Purdue University<br />

where she met<br />

her husband, H. William<br />

“Bill” Bottomley. They<br />

were married on Jan. 29,<br />

1944 in Chicago. Bill preceded<br />

her in death on June<br />

6, 1991. Bottomley was<br />

known for her witty comments<br />

and fun personality.<br />

She was an avid reader and<br />

good bridge player, but her<br />

greatest loves were always<br />

her family and friends.<br />

Surviving are a daughter,<br />

Marilynn (Jim) Dammon<br />

of West Lafayette, Ind.;<br />

daughter-in-law, Linda<br />

Monahan of West Lafayette,<br />

Ind.; granddaughters,<br />

Vanessa (Dave) Penland of<br />

Elizabethton, Tenn., Ellen<br />

(Matt) Riebsomer of West<br />

Lafayette, Ind., and Meara<br />

Bottomley of West Lafayette;<br />

great-granddaughters,<br />

Hannah Penland, Eliana<br />

Penland, and Maleah Delisle,<br />

and great-grandson,<br />

Micah Delisle. A son,<br />

Charles F. Bottomley, preceded<br />

her in death on Feb.<br />

9, 1983. She was a member<br />

for many years of several<br />

organizations. Her favorites<br />

were Thomas Duncan<br />

Hall, the John Purdue Club,<br />

and Delta Gamma sorority.<br />

She will be laid to rest in<br />

Tippecanoe Memory Gardens<br />

next to her husband<br />

and son. A family memorial<br />

service will be held in<br />

the spring. Memorial contributions<br />

may be made to<br />

a charity of choice.<br />

Have someone’s life you’d<br />

like to honor? Email<br />

Michael Wojtychiw at<br />

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury<br />

media.com with information<br />

about a loved one who was<br />

part of the Winnetka/Northfield<br />

community.


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Village of Northfield unveils<br />

its first-ever public art gallery<br />

Submitted by Village of<br />

Northfield<br />

One of the goals of the<br />

Northfield Village Board<br />

is to bring public art to the<br />

community. Its first artistic<br />

initiative is a new rotating<br />

art gallery in the lobby of<br />

Village Hall, 361 Happ<br />

Road.<br />

This gallery is intended<br />

to feature art that has<br />

a special connection to<br />

Northfield. The first exhibit<br />

began Jan. 2 and<br />

will feature art by lifetime<br />

Northfield resident Julia<br />

Hagen.<br />

Hagen attended Sunset<br />

Ridge School and Loyola<br />

Academy. After graduating<br />

high school, she was<br />

enrolled in Boston College<br />

as a pre-med major.<br />

After her first semester,<br />

Hagen realized her true<br />

passion was for the arts,<br />

and made the transition<br />

Susan Keats, of Winnetka, looks at one of the paintings<br />

by artist Julia Hagen.<br />

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photos, visit<br />

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to painting. Hagen transferred<br />

to the School of the<br />

Art Institute of Chicago to<br />

pursue painting in 2015,<br />

but kept her passion for<br />

science and the natural<br />

world as a part of her artwork.<br />

Her work is vibrant and<br />

dynamic, and aims to capture<br />

a visually heightened<br />

experience of nature.<br />

The Village of Northfield<br />

hosted an inaugural<br />

gallery opening Jan. 15 at<br />

Village Hall. The public<br />

can view the art any time<br />

Village Hall is open, from<br />

7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.


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Grandpa’s Place still growing after 122 years<br />

Jason Addy<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

When the Middletons<br />

purchased Grandpa’s Place<br />

in 2003, the family immediately<br />

got down to work<br />

modernizing the 106-yearold<br />

fixture of Glenview’s<br />

culinary scene.<br />

They updated the original<br />

bar area, redid the<br />

walls, added modern<br />

touches and built a small<br />

parlor inside to open up<br />

some elbow room and<br />

create a space to host live<br />

music, said Rory Middleton,<br />

who runs day-to-day<br />

operations at Grandpa’s<br />

with his brother, Kevin, on<br />

behalf of the family.<br />

Middleton said his family<br />

first started looking into<br />

purchasing the property at<br />

1868 Prairie St. around<br />

the turn of the century,<br />

“but the original owner<br />

wouldn’t sell it without the<br />

business,” which started<br />

as Lang’s before becoming<br />

Grandpa Rugen’s and<br />

finally Grandpa’s once the<br />

Dwyer family moved in<br />

nearly 50 years ago.<br />

A decade after taking<br />

over from the Dwyers, the<br />

Middletons completed a<br />

major expansion project at<br />

Grandpa’s, adding a downstairs<br />

room for live music<br />

and private catering, converting<br />

what was once an<br />

off-track betting room and<br />

apartments into an upscale<br />

space to host corporate and<br />

family events, and opening<br />

a patio and second-floor<br />

terrace for patrons to enjoy<br />

in the milder months.<br />

Though Grandpa’s had<br />

more than a century of<br />

success under its belt by<br />

that point, the expansion is<br />

breathing new life into the<br />

restaurant and bar by giving<br />

it a unique “something<br />

old, something new vibe,”<br />

Middleton said.<br />

“We wanted it to be a<br />

place where your parents<br />

can go and remember their<br />

time when they were your<br />

age at this bar — because<br />

it’s that old, it has that<br />

much history — but at<br />

the same time make new<br />

memories for the new generation<br />

of people that are<br />

coming in to continue that<br />

legacy,” Middleton said.<br />

Though the Middletons<br />

have drastically revamped<br />

the establishment that first<br />

opened in the late 1890s,<br />

they’ve been careful not<br />

to change the tried-andtrue<br />

recipe for success too<br />

much.<br />

Grandpa’s menu “has<br />

grown with age,” Middle-<br />

GRANDPA’S PLACE<br />

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Glenview<br />

(847) 724-1390<br />

grandpasplace.com<br />

11 a.m.-2 a.m.<br />

Monday-Saturday<br />

11 a.m.-midnight<br />

Sunday<br />

ton said, with the menu<br />

featuring bar-food staples<br />

like burgers, sandwiches<br />

and wings, as well as some<br />

newer dishes like chicken<br />

kabobs and calamari.<br />

“It’s always a matter of<br />

keeping it local, keeping<br />

that sense of history, while<br />

always keeping it relevant,”<br />

Middleton said, noting<br />

Grandpa’s gets much<br />

of its ingredients from local<br />

shops and producers<br />

like Reagan Meats and<br />

Harrison’s Poultry Farm in<br />

The chicken kabobs ($15.95) is grilled chicken served<br />

on a skewer with tomato, onion and peppers atop a rice<br />

pilaf with Grandpa’s homemade peanut dressing on the<br />

side. Michal Dwojak/22nd Century Media<br />

Glenview, Gonnella Baking<br />

Company in Schaumburg<br />

and Harrington’s Catering<br />

and Deli in Chicago.<br />

A group of 22nd Century<br />

Media editors stopped<br />

by Grandpa’s last week to<br />

try out some classics and a<br />

few “sleeper” dishes flying<br />

a bit under the radar.<br />

After a tour of Grandpa’s<br />

many versatile spaces,<br />

we tried calamari, a dish<br />

Middleton said people always<br />

order again after trying<br />

it once.<br />

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winnetkacurrent.com SPORTS<br />

the winnetka current | January 24, 2019 | 27<br />

Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with Maddie Michiels<br />

The New Trier senior is a<br />

captain on the cheerleading<br />

squad.<br />

When did you start<br />

cheering and why?<br />

I started cheerleading<br />

the summer going into<br />

freshman year. Cheerleading<br />

always had a special<br />

place in my heart because<br />

I enjoy sharing my spirit<br />

for the school, I love doing<br />

stunts, and performing<br />

the dances. I studied<br />

classical ballet at Ruth<br />

Page and after I suffered<br />

an injury, this was a way<br />

I could still dance and be<br />

athletic. Also, my mom<br />

was a cheerleader and I<br />

always wanted to be a<br />

cheerleader.<br />

What’s your favorite<br />

part about cheering?<br />

My favorite part about<br />

cheering is that moment,<br />

right after you hit the stunt<br />

perfectly, it gives you this<br />

rush of adrenaline and you<br />

have this instant team moment<br />

of ‘We did it!’<br />

What’s one thing<br />

people don’t know<br />

about you?<br />

That I’m shy.<br />

If you could travel<br />

anywhere in the<br />

world, where would it<br />

be and why?<br />

Italy. It looks beautiful,<br />

and my mom’s family is<br />

from there. And the food.<br />

What’s been your<br />

favorite moment at<br />

New Trier?<br />

Performing at the pep<br />

rally for homecoming and<br />

receiving wonderful praise<br />

from my teachers and the<br />

students. Going to the<br />

dances with my friends<br />

and having a wonderful<br />

time.<br />

Do you have any pet<br />

peeves?<br />

I cannot stand hearing<br />

someone eat in a quiet<br />

room. It doesn’t matter if<br />

their mouth is closed I can<br />

still hear it.<br />

What’s the best advice<br />

you’ve ever gotten<br />

and who was it from?<br />

Whenever I feel like giving<br />

up or something isn’t<br />

going as planned, I remind<br />

myself to “Suck it up, and<br />

you got it.” My mom says<br />

that because sometimes I<br />

may feel like we didn’t do<br />

something as well as we<br />

could have or I’m feeling<br />

overwhelmed and need a<br />

boost.<br />

What’s your favorite<br />

restaurant and what<br />

do you get there?<br />

My favorite restaurant is<br />

Topo Gigio. I get the same<br />

dish every single time I go,<br />

it’s called the Spaghetti<br />

con le Polpette. It’s Spaghetti<br />

with a Bolognese<br />

sauce with meatballs. It’s<br />

the most amazing food.<br />

What’s your guilty<br />

pleasure?<br />

Photo submitted<br />

Goat cheese with cranberry<br />

or Brie. Love these.<br />

If you could have<br />

dinner with three<br />

people who would<br />

they be and why?<br />

If I could have dinner<br />

with three people it would<br />

be Ariana Grande, she is<br />

so talented, Carmela Turano<br />

(my grandmother who<br />

died from ovarian cancer<br />

before I was born) and my<br />

mom (Andreana Turano).<br />

I think that we would have<br />

a great time laughing and<br />

telling stories. I would<br />

love to meet my grandmother<br />

she sounds wonderful<br />

and everyone says<br />

I remind them of her, and<br />

my mom because I know<br />

she’d like to have another<br />

dinner with her mom too.<br />

Interview by Sports Editor<br />

Michael Wojtychiw<br />

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast<br />

Guys recap CSL wrestling, preview gymnastics<br />

Staff Report<br />

In this week’s episode of<br />

The Varsity: North Shore,<br />

the only podcast focused<br />

on North Shore sports,<br />

hosts Michal Dwojak and<br />

Michael Wojtychiw recap<br />

Central Suburban League<br />

wrestling, hear from a Glenbrook<br />

South wrestler, play<br />

Way/No Way with wrestling<br />

and preview postseason<br />

girls gymnastics.<br />

First Quarter<br />

Dwojak and Wojtychiw<br />

recap CSL wrestling with<br />

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area teams fighting to become<br />

known as the area’s<br />

best team.<br />

Second Quarter<br />

The guys hear from a<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Glenbrook South wrestler<br />

about how things went at<br />

last week’s CSL meet.<br />

Third Quarter<br />

With the postseason on<br />

hand for area teams, Wojtychiw<br />

plays Way/No Way<br />

with how they will do in<br />

the IHSA playoffs.<br />

Fourth Quarter<br />

To finish things off, the<br />

guys preview the conference<br />

invite for area girls<br />

gymnastics teams and preview<br />

some regionals.


28 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current SPORTS<br />

winnetkacurrent.com<br />

Boys hockey<br />

New Trier White’s comeback<br />

stuns Lake Forest at home<br />

David Jaffe<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Coming back from a big<br />

deficit is almost always a<br />

difficult task.<br />

And New Trier White<br />

had already fought back to<br />

cut a three-goal deficit to<br />

just one after two periods.<br />

When the third period<br />

began, it appeared fatigue<br />

was beginning to set in<br />

for the Trevians. Initially<br />

it seemed that they were<br />

just trying to get their legs<br />

back.<br />

But rather than succumb<br />

to the fatigue, the Trevians<br />

became more energized,<br />

scoring two more<br />

goals in the third period.<br />

Ryan O’Rourke scored<br />

the game-winning goal in<br />

front of the net with three<br />

minutes left completing<br />

New Trier’s comeback<br />

with a 4-3 win over Lake<br />

Forest Wednesday, January<br />

16, at the Winnetka<br />

Ice Arena. The Trevians<br />

trailed 3-0 in the second<br />

period.<br />

“That involved a lot<br />

of puck movement,”<br />

O’Rourke said of his goal.<br />

“We have plays set up for<br />

this type of situation that<br />

we practice over and over<br />

again. So we were very<br />

comfortable with what to<br />

do that late in the game<br />

when it’s close.”<br />

Although New Trier got<br />

off to a slow start on the<br />

scoreboard, they were getting<br />

plenty of opportunities<br />

early on that they were<br />

unable to convert. But that<br />

changed when Johnny<br />

Hackett put the Trevians<br />

on the board with nine<br />

minutes left in the second.<br />

It took less than a minute<br />

New Trier’s Tyler T. Nolan (middle) looks for an open<br />

teammate against Lake Forest on Jan. 16 in Winnetka.<br />

David Kraus/22nd Century Media<br />

for them to score again as<br />

Trevor Jones tipped in a<br />

shot making it 3-2.<br />

“When we got those<br />

back-to-back goals, it<br />

energized the bench and<br />

everyone on the team,”<br />

O’Rourke said. “We knew<br />

we had good looks at the<br />

net. It gave us a chance<br />

when we were able to convert<br />

a couple.”<br />

New Trier had expended<br />

a lot of energy getting<br />

back in the game and<br />

Lake Forest seemed to be<br />

controlling things early in<br />

the third period. But the<br />

Trevians flipped the script<br />

again when Hackett scored<br />

his second goal tying the<br />

game with 6:30 remaining.<br />

“We knew how important<br />

this game was,”<br />

O’Rourke said. “If we<br />

won, we’d probably win<br />

the division. That’s something<br />

we kept thinking<br />

about and allowed us to<br />

push through being tired.”<br />

Lake Forest’s Sam Sheffield<br />

scored 20 seconds<br />

into the game. Carter Blake<br />

increased the advantage to<br />

2-0 with just over eight<br />

minutes left in the first.<br />

Griffin Slobodnik extended<br />

the lead to three goals<br />

less than two minutes into<br />

the second period.<br />

The Trevians showed<br />

what they were made of<br />

staying poised and not<br />

panicking despite their<br />

early struggles.<br />

“I think we’re a team<br />

that plays with a lot of<br />

energy even when we’re<br />

down,” O’Rourke said. “I<br />

think we demonstrated that<br />

today. We came together<br />

and fought through the adversity<br />

as a team.”<br />

For Lake Forest it was<br />

an extremely tough loss to<br />

swallow.<br />

“We gave up two penalties<br />

in that period,” Lake<br />

Forest coach Steve Sarauer<br />

said. “We gave up two<br />

shorthanded goals as a result<br />

and it ended up costing<br />

us.”<br />

Sarauer felt bad for his<br />

team considering how well<br />

they played overall.<br />

“The kids really wanted<br />

to win,” Sarauer said.<br />

“This was the hardest I’ve<br />

seen the kids play as a a<br />

team this season. They really<br />

wanted this one and it<br />

hurts considering how we<br />

started the game.”<br />

Boys bowling<br />

Trevians, Ramblers fall short of state<br />

Chris Walker<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Ryan Torf didn’t think<br />

he was going to bowl for<br />

Glenbrook North during<br />

Saturday, Jan. 19’s<br />

Hinsdale South sectional<br />

at Brunswick Zone Woodridge<br />

Lanes.<br />

But the sophomore got<br />

his name called for the<br />

sixth and final game and<br />

he delivered big-time,<br />

firing a 227, the team’s<br />

third-highest score of the<br />

day and enough to lift the<br />

Spartans to sixth place and<br />

This Week In...<br />

Trevian varsity<br />

athletics<br />

Boys basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - host Senn, noon<br />

■Jan. ■ 28 - host Manley, 6<br />

p.m.<br />

Girls basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - host Niles West,<br />

7 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - host Oak Park-<br />

River Forest, 2:30 p.m.<br />

Boys Bowling<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - at IHSA State<br />

Finals (at O’Fallon - St.<br />

Claire Bowl), TBD<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - at IHSA State<br />

Finals, TBD<br />

Girls bowling<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - at CSL Invite (at<br />

Classic Bowl), 9 a.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 29 - host Loyola (at<br />

Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.<br />

Fencing<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - at State Meet (at<br />

Marian Catholic), 7 a.m.<br />

Gymnastics<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - host CSL South<br />

Invite, 6 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 31 - host IHSA<br />

Regional, 6 p.m.<br />

Boys swimming and<br />

diving<br />

qualify to the state finals<br />

on Jan. 25-26.<br />

New Trier was more<br />

than 400 pins off the pace<br />

of GBN, placing eighth<br />

with a 5,269.<br />

The youthful Trevs<br />

didn’t bowl as well as they<br />

did in regional play as<br />

sophomores Matt Booden<br />

(1,120), Nicholas Henner<br />

(1,098) Max Blake (1,039)<br />

and Jack Eadie (964) all<br />

scored lower than they did<br />

at the GBN Regional.. Junior<br />

Christian Franke competed<br />

in one less game in<br />

the sectional than he did in<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - host Niles North,<br />

5:30 p.m.<br />

Wrestling<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - host Lane, 6 p.m.<br />

Rambler varsity<br />

athletics<br />

Boys basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - at De La Salle,<br />

7 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 29 - host Evanston,<br />

7 p.m.<br />

Girls basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 24 - host De La Salle,<br />

6 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - host Providence,<br />

11 a.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 31 - host St. Ignatius,<br />

6 p.m.<br />

Boys Bowling<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - at IHSA State<br />

Finals (at O’Fallon - St.<br />

Claire Bowl), TBD<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - at IHSA State<br />

Finals, TBD<br />

Girls bowling<br />

■Jan. ■ 24 - host Trinity (at<br />

Brunswick Zone - Niles),<br />

4:15 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 26 - host GCAC<br />

Championships (at<br />

Brunswick Zone - Niles), 9<br />

a.m.<br />

the regional, but his average<br />

of 176-177 was nearly<br />

identical. Michael Ritchie<br />

subbed for him in the third<br />

game and had a 162.<br />

“We started out really<br />

strong with a 1,022 which<br />

was the best series we’ve<br />

had all season,” Booden<br />

said.<br />

Jonathan Tomasiello<br />

was the lone representative<br />

for Loyola. The freshman<br />

didn’t qualify for state<br />

with a 965, which included<br />

a game high of a 180.<br />

Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com.<br />

■Jan. ■ 29 - at New Trier (at<br />

Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.<br />

Wrestling<br />

■Jan. ■ 24 - at T.F. South<br />

(with Montini), 5:30 p.m.<br />

Panther varsity<br />

athletics<br />

Girls basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 29 - at Von Steuben,<br />

6:30 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 31 - at Willows, 6:30<br />

p.m.<br />

Girls bowling<br />

■Jan. ■ 24 - at DePaul Prep<br />

(at Brunswick Zone - Niles),<br />

4:15 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 27 - at GCAC<br />

Championships (at<br />

Brunswick Zone - Niles), 9<br />

a.m.<br />

Raider varsity<br />

athletics<br />

Boys basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 25 - host Hales, 6<br />

p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 30 - host U-High, 6<br />

p.m.<br />

Girls basketball<br />

■Jan. ■ 24 - host Rochelle<br />

Zell, 6:30 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 29 - at Latin, 6 p.m.<br />

■Jan. ■ 30 - host Christian<br />

Liberty Academy, 4:30 p.m.


winnetkacurrent.com SPORTS<br />

the winnetka current | January 24, 2019 | 29<br />

Athlete of the Year 2018<br />

The Current readers to vote for local athletes<br />

Online contest<br />

begins Saturday,<br />

Jan. 26<br />

Michael Wojtychiw<br />

Sports Editor<br />

Despite the fact the calendar<br />

year has now turned<br />

to 2019, 2018 still has a<br />

little bit missing from it.<br />

On fields of play all<br />

over the North Shore last<br />

year, student-athletes<br />

soared to new heights,<br />

and in many cases, took<br />

their team along for the<br />

ride. 22nd Century Media<br />

was following the action<br />

with its seven North Shore<br />

publications and websites,<br />

documenting the moments<br />

of glory as well as<br />

the agony of defeat.<br />

Along the way, every<br />

week, papers like our<br />

Winnetka Current selected<br />

and interviewed a worthy<br />

Athlete of the Week.<br />

At the end of the month,<br />

all Athletes of the Week<br />

from the seven newspapers<br />

were pitted against<br />

one another in the popular<br />

Athlete of the Month<br />

competition, for which<br />

residents decide the result<br />

by voting for their favorite<br />

athlete online.<br />

At year’s end, there are<br />

12 winners, and we’re<br />

not done just yet. Those<br />

12 winners — along with<br />

six at-large contenders<br />

selected by 22CM staffers<br />

— are about to vie for<br />

the ultimate title: 22nd<br />

Century Media Athlete of<br />

the Year.<br />

The Athlete of the Year<br />

competition is a two-week<br />

online voting contest that<br />

began at noon Saturday,<br />

Jan. 26, at WinnetkaCurrent.com,<br />

as well as the<br />

22nd Century Media Athlete of the Year<br />

When: Saturday, Jan. 26, through Saturday, Feb. 9<br />

(two weeks)<br />

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com, GlenviewLantern.com, NorthbrookTower.com,<br />

LakeForestLeader.com, HPLandmark.com and<br />

GlencoeAnchor.com<br />

Who: Eighteen North Shore student-athletes (12<br />

Athletes of Month, 6 at-large contenders)<br />

company’s six other North<br />

Shore websites.<br />

Fans can vote daily for<br />

their favorite student-athlete<br />

until 5 p.m. on Feb. 9.<br />

To avoid voting spam and<br />

abuse, we have restricted<br />

the votes to one per IP<br />

address per day with a<br />

special feature to ensure<br />

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humans. If votes are proven<br />

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be discarded and the beneficiary<br />

of the fraudulent<br />

votes may be disqualified.<br />

A winner will be announced<br />

in the Feb. 14 issue<br />

of The Current.<br />

The Athlete of the Year<br />

2018 Nominees are:<br />

• January winner: Morgan<br />

Paull, Glenbrook<br />

North girls basketball<br />

• February winner:<br />

Tommy Barr, Loyola<br />

Academy boys swimming<br />

• March winner: Hugh<br />

Brady, Loyola boys hockey<br />

• April winner: Drake<br />

Johnson, Loyola boys volleyball<br />

• May winner: Victoria<br />

Nagle, Glenbrook North<br />

softball<br />

• June winner: Isaac<br />

Weinberg, Glenbrook<br />

North baseball<br />

• July winner: Dylan<br />

Garvey, Glenbrook South<br />

boys lacrosse<br />

• August winner: Alex<br />

Arenson, North Shore<br />

New Trier High School<br />

cross-country runner Ellie<br />

Finnigan<br />

Country Day School girls<br />

tennis<br />

• September winner:<br />

Carly Harris, Glenbrook<br />

North girls cross-country<br />

• October winner: Emsela<br />

Orucevic, Glenbrook<br />

South girls swimming<br />

• November winner: Ellie<br />

Finnigan, New Trier<br />

girls cross-country<br />

• December winner:<br />

TBA online<br />

• At-large: Jimmy Mc-<br />

Mahon, Glenbrook South<br />

boys soccer<br />

• At-large: Nicole Kaspi,<br />

New Trier girls soccer<br />

• At-large: Jake Gonzalez,<br />

Loyola Academy football<br />

• At-large: Natalie<br />

Sandlow, Glenbrook<br />

North girls cross-country<br />

• At-Large: Tom Motzko,<br />

Highland Park football<br />

• At-Large: Halle Douglass,<br />

Lake Forest girls<br />

basketball<br />

Loyola Gold hockey goalie Hugh Brady<br />

Loyola boys swimmer Tommy Barr<br />

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30 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current SPORTS<br />

winnetkacurrent.com<br />

McKenna, Miralles lead Trevians at CSL meet<br />

Gary Larsen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Nothing tosses a shovelful<br />

of coal into the blast furnace<br />

of a wrestler’s motivation<br />

quite like a loss, and<br />

the loss that New Trier’s<br />

Matt McKenna took on the<br />

title mat at this year’s CSL<br />

tournament Saturday, Jan.<br />

19, in Winnetka, should<br />

provide him with a lot of<br />

internal heat.<br />

McKenna led 5-0 after<br />

two periods against<br />

Deerfield’s Josh Avenaim<br />

in their title match at 145<br />

pounds before Avenaim<br />

battled back to tie it in the<br />

third period and then won<br />

it 7-5 over McKenna with a<br />

takedown in overtime.<br />

“We have regionals in<br />

two weeks so I’ll be going<br />

in there even hungrier,”<br />

McKenna said. “In overtime<br />

I felt a little gassed<br />

but I thought I was in good<br />

position. (Avenaim) is a<br />

strong opponent but I beat<br />

him 5-2 earlier this year.”<br />

A short memory is required<br />

in wrestling and<br />

New Trier coach Marc<br />

Tadelman isn’t worried<br />

about McKenna with the<br />

postseason looming.<br />

“He’s a tough kid and<br />

he’ll bounce back,” Tadelman<br />

said. “Matt wrestled<br />

good all day.<br />

“He wrestled well in<br />

the first and second period<br />

of the title match and<br />

we thought he had the win<br />

locked up, but (Avenaim)<br />

kind of caught him on his<br />

back. But those things happen<br />

and I’m super proud of<br />

him, even though it doesn’t<br />

sit well with him right<br />

now.”<br />

McKenna won by fall<br />

in his first match and then<br />

won by first-period fall in<br />

his semifinal match against<br />

Maine East’s Angel Villegas.<br />

McKenna placed fifth<br />

as a freshman and third as<br />

a sophomore at the CSL<br />

meet, so his appearance on<br />

the title mat as a junior this<br />

year marked another incremental<br />

step forward.<br />

“I’ve gotten a lot better<br />

on my feet,” McKenna<br />

said. “I was terrible on my<br />

feet, freshman and sophomore<br />

year, and I’d rely on<br />

turning kids and pinning<br />

them on top. But I’m a lot<br />

more aggressive on my feet<br />

now. I know you have to<br />

have a good mindset, work<br />

New Trier’s Michael Miralles wrestles in the 120-pound<br />

weight class at the Central Suburban League meet<br />

Saturday, Jan. 19, in Winnetka. Gary Larsen/22nd<br />

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on your skills, and be good<br />

in all phases.”<br />

The Trevians placed 10th<br />

overall, also getting a third<br />

from Michael Miralles<br />

(120) and a fourth from<br />

Jake Cummings (160).<br />

Miralles reached the semifinals<br />

before losing 5-2 to<br />

eventual champion Zack<br />

Chrisovitsiotis, and then<br />

won by tech fall in his final<br />

match of the day against<br />

Maine East’s Jeffrey Beccera.<br />

Cummings won two<br />

matches in the consolation<br />

round to reach the thirdplace<br />

mat before losing to<br />

Maine South’s Ryan Pena.<br />

You won’t find Glenbrook<br />

South freshman Will<br />

Collins listed on either of<br />

Illinois’ top rankings lists<br />

— at Illinois Matmen or Illinois<br />

Best Weekly — but<br />

odds are Collins won’t be a<br />

secret for much longer.<br />

Collins improved to 32-1<br />

and dominated the CSL<br />

field at 138, posting three<br />

pins on his way to winning<br />

his first conference<br />

title. No wrestler made it<br />

into the third period with<br />

the freshman, who pinned<br />

Deerfield’s Troy Mock in<br />

55 seconds on the title mat.<br />

Afterwards, Titans coach<br />

Pat Castillo spoke to Collins’<br />

competitive nature.<br />

“With some of these guys<br />

it doesn’t matter if they’re<br />

playing video games, tictac-toe,<br />

or checkers,” Castillo<br />

said, “if they lose at<br />

anything, it burns.”<br />

“Will’s a competitor. He<br />

doesn’t want to lose, no<br />

matter what we’re doing.<br />

Whether it’s an assistant<br />

coach or I’m going with<br />

him (in practice), he wants<br />

to wrestle a hundred percent<br />

and not hold back.”<br />

Collins’ three pins were<br />

no accident.<br />

“I told (Castillo) I wanted<br />

three pins and I was able<br />

to get them,” Collins said.<br />

“All I want to do is win<br />

— football, wrestling, anything.<br />

That mostly comes<br />

from my dad encouraging<br />

me to go after it, every<br />

single day, and from my<br />

coaches.”<br />

The Titans got a second<br />

memorable performance<br />

from junior KP Santos<br />

(26-10), who provided the<br />

high-drama moment of the<br />

tournament. Trailing Niles<br />

West’s Omar Abbas by a<br />

point on the title mat at<br />

106, Santos earned a takedown<br />

with less than a second<br />

remaining in the match<br />

to win an 8-7 decision.<br />

Trailing by a point with<br />

10 seconds remaining is no<br />

place a wrestler wants to be<br />

but Santos stayed calm and<br />

did what he’s been taught.<br />

“Stick to the basics. We<br />

work on them every day,”<br />

Santos said. “Thank god<br />

we do that because if I<br />

didn’t stick to my basics in<br />

that situation, I don’t know<br />

what would have happened<br />

in that last ten seconds.”<br />

It was the first CSL title<br />

of the junior’s career and<br />

the accomplishment wasn’t<br />

lost on him. Glenbrook<br />

South recently posted a<br />

wrestling record board in<br />

the school that lists accomplishments<br />

of past wrestlers,<br />

and Santos’ name will<br />

now be added.<br />

“I was really working towards<br />

that,” Santos said. “I<br />

really wanted my name on<br />

the board. I look up there<br />

every day and see all those<br />

names of people who’ve<br />

done amazing things for the<br />

program.”<br />

The Titans placed fourth<br />

in the tournament.<br />

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winnetkacurrent.com SPORTS<br />

the winnetka current | January 24, 2019 | 31<br />

Adam Jomant/<br />

22nd Century Media<br />

1st-and-3<br />

three PLAYERS of<br />

the WEEK<br />

1. Ciaran Brayboy<br />

(above). The New<br />

Trier senior boys<br />

basketball player<br />

scored 21 points<br />

in two Trevian<br />

wins last week,<br />

including 11 in a<br />

win over highlyregarded<br />

DePaul<br />

Prep.<br />

2. Rachel Zun.<br />

The New Trier<br />

gymnast won<br />

all-around honors<br />

in two meets last<br />

week, against<br />

Niles North, as<br />

well as Maine<br />

South.<br />

3. Aiden Finegan.<br />

The Loyola Gold<br />

hockey player<br />

scored six goals<br />

during the Jesuit<br />

cup, including a<br />

hat trick against<br />

Loyola (Montreal).<br />

Boys basketball<br />

Loyola offense stalls in loss to St. Viator<br />

Casey Bannon<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Some coaches like to<br />

dive straight into the film<br />

after a tough loss. Others<br />

like to throw it away.<br />

Loyola coach Tom Livatino<br />

says he’ll be opting for<br />

the latter after a 38-29 loss<br />

to Saint Viator at Evanston<br />

High School on Saturday,<br />

Jan. 19.<br />

“I just think we look<br />

exhausted,” Livatino said.<br />

“And that’s not to make<br />

any excuses, [Saint Viator]<br />

played great, but we look<br />

tired out there.”<br />

Playing their seventh<br />

game already in January,<br />

which follows a four-game<br />

Florida trip to end December,<br />

the grind-it-out Rambler<br />

offense managed little<br />

of anything against the Lions.<br />

Junior forward Bennett<br />

Kwiecinski knocked<br />

down a pair of free throws<br />

with less than a minute remaining<br />

to become the only<br />

State-bound<br />

Loyola’s Ramblerettes<br />

qualify for state meet<br />

RIGHT: The Loyola dance team<br />

performs its routine at the IHSA<br />

Competitive Dance Sectional on<br />

Saturday Jan. 19, at Warren High<br />

School in Gurnee. Photos by<br />

David Kraus/22nd Century Media<br />

Loyola scorer in double<br />

digits for the night. Quinn<br />

Pemberton chipped in with<br />

seven.<br />

After holding Saint<br />

Viator (16-4) to only two<br />

points in the second quarter,<br />

the Ramblers (16-6)<br />

headed into halftime trailing<br />

16-14 before scoring<br />

only two points of their<br />

own in the third quarter.<br />

Just a night prior, the<br />

offense failed to make a<br />

3-pointer and managed<br />

only 38 points in a victory<br />

against St. Josephs. Rather<br />

than panic, they will attempt<br />

to reset.<br />

“We’ve been scoring the<br />

ball well all year,” Livatino<br />

said. “I just think we need<br />

to take some time away.”<br />

For all of the offensive<br />

struggles, there were equal<br />

positives on the defensive<br />

end. Jordan Kwiecinski,<br />

with help defense from his<br />

twin brother Bennett, held<br />

the Lions’ senior guard and<br />

Loyola’s Matthew Enghauser powers his way past St.<br />

Viator’s Owen Hickey in a Saturday, Jan. 19, game at<br />

Evanston. Tracy Allen/22nd Century Media<br />

Kent State commit Jeremiah<br />

Hernandez to 13 points<br />

— and only four in the second<br />

half.<br />

This is only the fourth<br />

game that Hernandez has<br />

played without his backcourt<br />

mate Treyvon Calvin.<br />

Calvin, a senior captain and<br />

Wright State recruit, broke<br />

his left hand while high-fiving<br />

a teammate earlier this<br />

month but is expected to be<br />

back by the playoffs. The<br />

Lions are now 2-2 without<br />

their leading scorer. In the<br />

interim, junior guard Connor<br />

Kochera picked up the<br />

slack with a game-high 15<br />

points — 14 of those coming<br />

in the second half.<br />

“I actually thought our<br />

kids did a really good job<br />

picking up on the things we<br />

wanted to do defensively,”<br />

Livatino said. “That is a<br />

very good team and I think<br />

they’re going to have a nice<br />

run later this year.”<br />

Trailing by eight heading<br />

into the fourth, the Ramblers<br />

attempted to speed<br />

up a patient Lions offense<br />

with full court pressure.<br />

After creating a few turnovers<br />

with a 1-3-1 trap,<br />

and adding a 3-pointer<br />

from junior guard William<br />

Pujals, the Ramblers had<br />

a chance to make it a twopossession<br />

game with just<br />

under two minutes remaining.<br />

Hernandez would have<br />

other ideas, however, as<br />

he plucked the ball from a<br />

stumbling Pujals and took<br />

it the other way for a twohand<br />

dunk to end any hopes<br />

of a Rambler comeback.<br />

The game was the second<br />

of three played at Beardsley<br />

Gymnasium on Saturday,<br />

as part of the 9th Annual<br />

War on the Shore. All<br />

proceeds from the shootout<br />

will go to the Danny Did<br />

foundation—a nonprofit<br />

which raises awareness to<br />

fight Sudden Unexpected<br />

Death in Epilepsy.<br />

The Loyola dance team poses for a team photo.<br />

Listen Up<br />

“We have regionals in two weeks, so I’ll be<br />

going in there even hungrier.”<br />

Matt McKenna — New Trier wrestler after his secondplace<br />

finish at the Central Suburban league meet<br />

Saturday, Jan. 19.<br />

tunE in<br />

What to watch this week<br />

GIRLS GYMNASTICS: It’s conference tournament time in the<br />

gym.<br />

• New Trier hosts the CSL meet at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan.<br />

25, in Northfield.<br />

Index<br />

28 - This Week In<br />

27 - Athlete of the Week<br />

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael<br />

Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.


The winnetka current | January 24, 2019 | WinnetkaCurrent.com<br />

Gone cold Loyola basketball<br />

falls to St. Viator, Page 31<br />

Comeback kids<br />

New Trier White fights back<br />

for win over LF, Page 28<br />

New Trier’s McKenna drops CSL<br />

title bout in OT, Page 30<br />

New Trier’s<br />

Matt McKenna<br />

takes control of<br />

his bout at the<br />

Central Suburban<br />

League meet<br />

Saturday, Jan.<br />

19, in Winnetka.<br />

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