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8 | February 14, 2019 | The highland park landmark community hplandmark.com Hobbes Submitted by the Lopez family, Highland Park Hobbes Lopez and his parents, Arianna and Johnny Lopez are new residents of Highland Park! Hobbes was adopted 6 years ago from The Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago. Originally from Kentucky, he’s a hunter at heart and you can still hear him bawling whenever chasing a squirrel down the street (he once got loose in downtown Chicago chasing a bat!). When he’s at home he loves to cuddle and get pets from his parents or any visitors. He loves the extra space, trees, scenery, critters, and nice people that Highland Park provides him. Despite his less than enthusiastic look, he loves the holidays! Help! We’re running out of pets to feature. To see your pet featured as Pet of the Week, send a photo and information to Editor Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com. Rainbows to be beneficiary of <strong>HP</strong>HS Charity Drive Erin Yarnall, Editor Each year, the committee behind the Highland Park High School Charity Drive chooses one organization to be the beneficiary of a month’s worth of fundraising through events and activities. This year, the chosen organization is Rainbows for All Children, which serves to help children who are dealing with loss. The organization helps children who are struggling with six different types of loss: death, divorce, deportation, incarceration, deployment and life-altering illness. “There are a lot of kids living at homes with loved ones who have significant illness, and deportation too,” said Stephanie Garrity, the executive director of Rainbows. Rainbows for All Children began more than three decades ago when founder Suzy Yehl Marta divorced her husband, and became a single mother to three boys. After her divorce, she started attending a group to talk about what she was going through. When one of her sons expressed interest in having his own group, Marta founded Rainbows, according to Garrity. “It was originally developed to support kids whose parents were divorced,” Garrity said. “Then she pulled together a bunch of A student and staff basketball game at Edgewood Middle School, Feb. 1, which supported Highland Park High School’s Charity Drive. Photo submitted professionals, created kind of a foundation for what Rainbows is today.” More than three decades later, Rainbows is operating in more than 30 states and 15 different countries. With the funds raised from Highland Park High School’s Charity Drive, Garrity said she hopes to start a group in Highland Park. “We haven’t had one in years, and that’s kind of a priority,” Garrity said. “I’ve been having lots of meetings with lots of the social service providers in and around Highland Park, and I have two volunteers who are ready to go as soon as we find the space and make that available to the kids who need it.” Garrity thinks it is important to start a group because of the large amount of students at Highland Park High School. “There’s 2,000 kids in Highland Park High School,” Garrity said. “We know that over 60 percent of those kids are dealing with some kind of loss.” She also said that a group is important, because some students may not feel comfortable talking about their loss with other students they know. “At the high school level, they often do have contained groups within the high school, but a lot of kids may not feel comfortable sharing those emotions with kids they know very well,” Garrity said. “Sometimes there’s safety in sharing with kids that maybe you don’t go to school with, or that you don’t see every day.” She said she “squealed” when she found out that Rainbows was chosen to be the beneficiary of the month-long fundraising. “It’s this incredible opportunity to put what we do in front of a whole new audience,” Garrity said. “For all the fact that our organization grew up in Chicago, there’s still big pockets that don’t know that we exist, or what we do. Having such an enormous platform like the Charity Drive to put out our mission and the work and the vision is really unbelievably wonderful.” Funds will be raised throughout the month of February at a series of events, from hot yoga to a falafel lunch at the school, and a Highland Park’s Got Talent competition on Feb. 26. To see a calendar of events for the month, visit hpcharitydrive.org. beer From Page 4 honey and cranberries, hired local architects and builders for facilities, and provided steady employment in rural places. With this inspiration, Janzen also sought to publish his book as locally as possible, using paper from a Wisconsin recycling plant and binding the leather-bound book at Reindl Bindery in Germantown. Janzen’s book comes during a booming moment for the craft beer industry; in 2011, Wisconsin had 71 craft breweries, and within seven years, that number exploded to 160. According to Janzen, a major factor behind that is “people want things produced in a way they can see it.” When Hayek, the librarian, was first approached about offering this presentation, she perked up immediately, knowing the topic was part of a big and growing industry. “This could help push the boundaries of the library a little bit,” Hayek said. Attendees agreed. “This event shows dynamic thinking on the part of the library staff,” Winnetka’s Harry Grace said.
hplandmark.com news the highland park landmark | February 14, 2019 | 9 Making a mess Highland Park kids ‘mess’ around Jan. 19 at the Glencoe Park District’s Messy Morning event. Micah Birnberg, 6, of Highland Park, plays with shaving cream Jan. 19 at the Glencoe Park District’s Messy Morning. photo credit THE WILMETTE BEACON Wilmette man among nearly 400 nabbed in national sex-buyer sting More than 390 individuals, including a 42-yearold Wilmette man, were arrested by two dozen police agencies across the country as part of an operation to deter johns and interrupt the online havens of sex trafficking according to a Wednesday, Feb. 6 announcement by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Aaron Fink, 42, of Wilmette, was among those arrested. He was charged with solicitation of a sexual act, a Class A misdemeanor and has a return court date of Feb. 25. The 17th National Johns Suppression Initiative spanned 14 states and included law enforcement posting decoy ads on more than a dozen traffickingrelated websites. Those ads led to artificial intelligence bots to deter johns and, in many cases, to police officers who made an arrest. NJSI ran from Jan. 13 through Feb. 3 and at least 372 sex buyers were arrested, including 21 charged with soliciting a minor, and 23 individuals face charges related to trafficking. Thirty-five individuals, including eight minors, were recovered and offered services. More than two-thirds of the arrests were related to internet ads. Law enforcement agencies in Cook County recorded 38 sexbuyer arrests. According to the release, officials were surprised the polar vortex that impacted large swaths of the U.S. last week did not deter sex buyers. The operation saw 42 arrests between Tuesday and Thursday in states that were experiencing temperatures well below their seasonal average. Reporting by Eric De- Grechie, Managing Editor. Full story at WilmetteBeacon.com. THE NORTHBROOK TOWER Man fatally shot in unincorporated Northbrook apartment building A 22-year-old man was fatally shot in unincorporated Northbrook Sunday, Feb. 3, according to Sam Randall, a spokesperson for the Cook County sheriff’s office. According to Randall, authorities responded to a call at approximately 10:10 p.m. reporting shots were fired at an apartment complex in the 3600 block of Salem Walk, which is located in unincorporated Northbrook. The male, who lived in the apartment building, was identified as Daniel Middaugh, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and his manner of death was a homicide. Per Randall, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities do not have anyone in custody as of publication time, Randall said. Randall said authorities are investigating this incident and the status of the investigation is ongoing. Reporting by Martin Carlino, Contributing Editor. Full story at NorthbrookTower. com. THE GLENVIEW LANTERN Glenview Village Board adopts minimum wage, sick leave ordinances, effective July 1 Glenview will align with Cook County’s minimum wage and paid sick leave Please see nfyn, 14 252 Oak Knoll Terrace, Highland Park LISTED AT $ 1,249,000 WE KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD We know Highland Park because we live here and care about your neighborhood as much as you do. When you are ready to buy or sell, give us a call. We’ll price your home with precision and connect you with great local resources, making your next move that much easier. 847-951-2007 www.albertsmaletsky.bairdwarner.com
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