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the northbrook tower | February 14, 2019 | 19<br />

Poetic performances: 42 GBN<br />

finalists recite poetry readings<br />

North students<br />

participate in<br />

Poetry Out Loud<br />

Staff Report<br />

More than 1,000 Glenbrook<br />

North students<br />

memorized and recited<br />

poetry readings in front<br />

of their English classes as<br />

part of a popular national<br />

recitation contest known<br />

as Poetry Out Loud.<br />

Forty-two student finalists<br />

selected as classroom<br />

representatives by GBN<br />

educators then performed<br />

Feb. 5 in the GBN library<br />

at the school’s final for the<br />

chance to advance to the<br />

contest’s regional competition.<br />

A group of judges determined<br />

the winner of<br />

the final by formulating a<br />

score for each student. To<br />

calculate each student’s<br />

score, the judges followed<br />

scoring guidelines set by<br />

Poetry Out Loud organizers,<br />

which evaluates<br />

performers on a variety of<br />

criteria.<br />

Judges named sophomore<br />

Hannah Foster the<br />

winner. Foster advanced<br />

Poetry Out Loud top scorers<br />

First place: Hannah Foster, reading “Harold and the<br />

Purple Crayon”<br />

Second place: Zoe Shiman, reading “Dead Bodies”<br />

Third place: Peyton Reisman, reading “To the notebook<br />

kid”<br />

Glenbrook North sophomore Hannah Foster recites<br />

“Harold and the Purple Crayon” Feb. 5 at Glenbrook<br />

North. Foster was named the winner of GBN’s Poetry Out<br />

Loud final. Photos by Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media<br />

Drake Marquez reads his poem in front of a crowd of<br />

students, parents and faculty members.<br />

to the regional competition<br />

held Feb. 13<br />

This was the second<br />

year North students took<br />

part in the contest. Approximately<br />

600 students<br />

participated in last year’s<br />

inaugural event.<br />

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Garden<br />

From Page 10<br />

for Reds for years, and<br />

greet regular visitors by<br />

name with an enthusiastically<br />

helpful attitude.<br />

Their staff has grown over<br />

the last ten years from 20<br />

to 50 peak-season employees,<br />

but the priority<br />

of customer service and a<br />

passion for plants has remained<br />

constant.<br />

“We always knew that<br />

we wanted to continue the<br />

family business,” Ullrich<br />

said. “We felt embraced<br />

by the tradition and really<br />

wanted to make it work.<br />

And we have a love for living<br />

things that we want to<br />

share with people.”<br />

The public is welcome to<br />

attend the Chamber’s Annual<br />

Meeting and Dinner at<br />

the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook<br />

at 5 p.m. on Feb.<br />

25. In addition to award<br />

presentations, the event<br />

will feature a keynote presentation<br />

on trends in community<br />

redevelopment by<br />

Scott Goodman, Principal<br />

of Farpoint Development.<br />

For registration information,<br />

call the Chamber office<br />

at (847) 498-5555.<br />

Tuesday, February 19<br />

5 pm to 6:30 pm<br />

Whitehall of Deerfield<br />

300 Waukegan Road

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