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THURSDAY 

Using Essential Oils for a 

Chemical Free Home — 

Celeste Rak 

7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 21, 

Infinity Foundation, 1280 

Old Skokie Road, Highland 

Park. Discover what 

the most toxic products in 

your home are and how to 

swap them out. Curb the 

chemicals you bring into 

your home through a stepby-step 

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SATURDAY 

North Shore Camp Expo 

10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 

23, Northbrook Court, 

1515 Lake Cook Road, 

Northbrook. Join 22nd 

Century Media for its 

5th Annual North Shore 

Camp Expo. Visit with 

more than 40 camps and 

local businesses, plus 

free balloon animals, face 

painting, photo booth and 

more. Free admission. For 

more information, call 

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Jazzed Up Dining and 

Classical Cocktails 

6:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 878 

Lyster Road, Highwood. 

As we step into 2019, Celebrate 

Highwood is proud 

to announce their first 

event of the New Year with 

the third annual Jazzed 

Up Dining and Classical 

Cocktails with the exciting 

addition of a Casino Night. 

Camera Basics Workshop 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 23, 

3150 Skokie Valley Road, 

Highland Park. Photography 

workshop for individuals 

looking to move 

beyond the basic, automatic 

settings of their digital 

camera. Small group to 

allow for maximum personal 

instruction. Perfect 

for new camera owners. 

Details and registration at 

www.roberttolchin.com. 

Meditation Excursion 

Intensive 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 23 

and Feb. 24, Infinity Foundation, 

1280 Old Skokie 

Road, Highland Park. The 

Monroe Institute Excursion 

Intensive, provided 

by residential facilitator 

Carol Joyce, offers you 

opportunities to engage 

in consciousness exploration, 

self-discovery and 

personal transformation. 

Reap the benefits entering 

into deep meditative states 

of physical relaxation and 

feel your stress melt away 

while you listen to the 

HemiSync exercises. The 

cost is $140. 

SUNDAY 

Gardening for Pollinators 

10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 24, 

Heller Nature Center, 

2821 Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Get ready for 

spring, learning the ecological 

benefits that gardens 

can have for wildlife. 

Programs showcase the 

beauty of native plants and 

the importance they have 

in our home gardens. 

MYAC Winter Concerts 

1. 2:30 and 6 p.m. Feb. 

24, Pick-Staiger Concert 

Hall at Northwestern 

University, 50 Arts Circle 

Drive, Evanston. Performances 

by Walgreens National 

Concerto Competition 

winners and Midwest 

Young Artists Conservatory’s 

choral and orchestral 

ensembles. 

Afternoon Tea in the 

Presence of Queen 

Elizabeth II 

1 p.m. Feb. 24, Highland 

Park Community 

House, 1991 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park. 

Explore the life of the 

longest-reigning monarch 

of the United Kingdom. 

Observe her childhood 

as Princess Elizabeth, the 

abdication of her Uncle 

Edward, accession of her 

father as King George VI, 

WWII volunteer services, 

marriage to Philip Mountbatten 

and accession to 

the throne as Queen Elizabeth 

II. 

TUESDAY 

Youth Art Month NSSD112 

Opening Night 

5:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 

26, The Art Center Highland 

Park, 1957 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park. 

District 112 takes over. 

The walls of the Main, 

Fireplace, East and possibly 

the Cortesi Gallery 

will be covered with 2D 

art pieces, and the floors 

and pedestals, plus extra 

shelving that is brought in 

to hold all the sculptures 

will hold 3D works of all 

types. 

UPCOMING 

Lunch and Learn 

12-1:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 

Silverado Memory Care, 

1651 Richfield Ave., Highland 

Park. Dr. Lisa Blumofe 

has been practicing 

dentistry for over twenty 

years in the Mount Prospect 

area and is one of the 

few dentists who make 

house calls. She can take 

x-rays and perform extractions 

from the comfort 

of one’s own home. 

She specializes in treating 

geriatric patients and has 

been treating our residents. 

Please join us for a 

light lunch. Reservations 

needed by Feb. 21. 

Mostaccioli Dinner in 

Celebration of St. Joseph’s 

Day 

4:30-7 p.m. March 

2, St. James Paris Hall, 

140 North Ave., Highwood. 

Mastaccioli with 

meat sauce, garden salad, 

bread, beverages, Italian 

ice and desserts. Suggested 

donations are as follows: 

$8 for adults, $4 for 

kids ages 4-10, children 3 

and younger are free. For 

ticket information or to 

volunteer contact Nancy 

at (847) 432-1155 or Pat 

at (847) 433-0707. Linda 

Iovino will once again be 

entertaining us with her 

accordion during dinner. 

The Highwood Historical 

Society will display an 

exhibit of historical documents 

and photos at the 

event. 

Nature Playdates 

10-11:30 a.m. March 

2, Heller Nature Center, 

2821 Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Play at Heller 

and learn a thing or two 

about nature. Drop in any 

time between the scheduled 

hours. each date 

offers different themed 

activities and a selfguided 

hike. Afterwards, 

bring a picnic lunch or 

play in Wander Woods, 

our outdoor nature play 

space. 

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Come Together in the 

TACHP Gallery 

5:30-7:30 p.m. March 6, 

The Art Center Highland 

Park, 1957 Sheridan Road, 

Highland Park. A monthly 

networking event. There 

will be a $20 admissions 

fee at the door, entitling 

each attendee to one free 

alcoholic drink, and light 

refreshments will also be 

served. 

A Call for Hope 

6:30-8 p.m. March 7, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Join us to 

hear from local professionals 

as they discuss 

mental health and wellness 

from the perspective 

of their work within our 

communities. 

Maple Syrup Harvest 

10-11 a.m. March 10, 

Sunset Woods Park, 1801 

Sunset Road, Highland 

Park. Listen to a folklore 

of how maple sap was discovered, 

tap a tree and enjoy 

a pancake with maple 

syrup after. 

ONGOING 

Current Events 

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Second 

Wednesday of every 

month, Highwood Public 

Library, 102 Highwood 

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the highland park landmark | February 21, 2019 | 3 

North Shore School D112 Board of Education 

Ravinia Greenhouse flourishes 

students’ enjoyment for lettuce 

Eric Bradach 

Freelance Reporter 

A parent trying to convince 

their child to eat 

their vegetables at the 

dinner table is an all too 

familiar sight, but a one elementary 

greenhouse has 

convinced some student’s 

taste buds that lettuce can 

be tasty when it’s freshly 

grown. 

Three Ravinia Elementary 

School students along 

with their teacher presented 

a video of their gardening 

efforts and shared their 

passion at North Shore 

School District 112 Board 

of Education’s Feb. 12 

meeting. 3rd Grade teacher 

Dennis Brosseau leads 

the Green Growers, a voluntary 

club that has operated 

Ravinia Greenhouse, 

located at the school, 

since 1999 and produces 

lettuce, plant shoots and 

microgreens. 

“[It’s] just the magic of 

the seed. I think as society 

has gotten into the 2000s, 

it seem like we’re getting 

a lot further from that,” 

Brosseau said. “So when 

the kids have that head of 

lettuce, it’s the same sparkle 

in their eyes that they 

get when they’re doing 

something on their iPad… 

and I love that.” 

The Green Growers 

meet three times a week, 

is responsible for the upkeep 

of the floral display 

at the school’s entrance 

and all provide a hand in 

the process from planting 

the seeds to harvesting the 

finished product. 

The greenhouse is funded 

by selling its lettuce to 

the student’s parents and 

Prairie Grass Cafe, 601 

Skokie Blvd., Northbrook, 

which has the “Ravinia 

School salad” on its menu 

every Friday and Saturday. 

I’ve learned how to take 

care of plants and when I 

take them to Prairie Grass, 

I’m part of something,” 

one student said. “It’s cool 

to see people enjoy our 

salad as much as we enjoy 

making it.” 

“I think what’s special 

about our three students 

representative here 

tonight is not only do 

Round it up 

A brief recap of District 112 Board of Education action: 

• A resolution to issue $55 million in general 

obligation school bonds to renovate, repair, equip 

and build additions to Northwood Junior High and 

Edgewood Middle School passed unanimously by 

the board. 

• The bond will be federally tax exempt. 

• June 1, 2038, is the bond’s maturity date. 

• The bond’s maximum annual levy is set at $4.2 

million to allow for a possible market shift. 

• The minimum purchase price for the bond is 97 

percent. 

• The bond’s maximum interest rate is 5 percent 

but is currently projected at 3 percent. 

they help harvest the lettuce 

and help bag it, but 

they are doing some of 

the math involved,” art 

teacher Sharon Steekel 

said. “They’re tallying 

how many heads we’re 

getting, they’re adding up 

the amount we charge the 

restaurant for our lettuce, 

so they’re so much more 

involved in the greenhouse 

than that’s in the 

curriculum.” 

The students expressed 

how the greenhouse has 

changed their minds about 

the green-filled vegetable 

dish. “I enjoy eating lettuce 

more because it’s fresh 

from the greenhouse,” another 

student said. “Before 

I used to hate eating salads 

but now I look forward to 

eating it every Friday. I 

hope to get out of this experience 

knowledge about 

plants because I want to 

own my own greenhouse 

one day.” 

All three students not 

only expressed a new craving 

for fresh produce but 

also a devotion to improving 

the environment. 

Board member Yumi 

Ross asked whether former 

club members have 

ever pursued environmental 

education and careers in 

adulthood. Brosseau said a 

former club member has 

contacted him and said she 

has become involved in 

the environmental movement 

thanks to her experience 

with Green Growers. 

Afterwards, the students 

handed a bag of lettuce 

to each board member, to 

which Ross said to laughter, 

“I have to say that this 

is the nicest thing I’ve ever 

been presented.” 

A good heart 

Ravinia Elementary School staff and students worked on 

projects Feb. 14, for a day of service. 

Ravinia Elementary School held an assembly Feb. 14 after students and staff spent 

the day working on projects for charity. Photo submitted by North Shore School 

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City postpones decision on Central Avenue home 

Hilary Anderson 


The City of Highland 

Park’s Historic Preservation 

Commission postponed 

its decision on 

granting or denying a Certificate 

of Appropriateness 

(COA) for an alteration 

to the landmark William 

Walter Witten house at 

1014 Central Avenue, at its 

regular monthly meeting 

on Feb. 14. 

The Commission uses a 

list of standards by which 

to evaluate requests for 

COAs and makes a finding 

based on those standards. 

Capitol Senior Housing 

Development bought the 

house and others in the 

surrounding area. All were 

razed except for the Witten 

House because of its landmark 

status. 

The developer proposed 

removing the parquet 

flooring and woodwork in 

the house—the proposed 

alteration. 

Witten, a woodworking 

craftsman, made the flooring 

pieces and first used 

them for the dance floor at 

Chicago’s 1893 Columbian 

Exposition. Witten removed 

the flooring pieces 

at the end of Columbian 

Exposition and placed 

them in his house. 

The developer’s plans 

included rehabbing the removed 

flooring and woodwork 

and replacing the 

historical pieces in a public 

area in its new Highland 

Park Capitol Senior 

Housing Development. 

That brought discussion 

from the public about the 

1985 landmarking of the 

house with its reference to 

the house’s parquet floors 

and woodwork. 

One question was 

whether taking out the 

flooring and woodwork 

would affect the house’s 

landmark status. 

Some comments followed 

about whether 

landmarking a house can 

include its interior or only 

the exterior. 

John P. Green, principal- 

Groundwork, Ltd. and 

whose client is Capitol 

Senior Housing, gave an 

overview of historical research 

his team did about 

the Witten house and the 

condition of its basement 

and original flooring 

upon which he placed his 

uniquely designed wood 

pieces. 

Capitol Senior Housing Development has purchased several homes in the area surrounding 

1014 Central Ave., and has razed all of them except for 1014 Central Ave. 

due to its landmark status. Erin Yarnall/22nd century media 

That led to a discussion 

about the possibility of 

moving the Witten House 

to the end of the HP Capitol 

Senior Housing property 

or some other place. 

“It would be a travesty 

for the community if the 

house was demolished,” 

said HP resident Sharon 

Dershin who once lived 

across the street from 

the house. “It is a stun- 

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Highland Park City Council 

Rotering discusses ‘milestone’ 2018 in address 

Eric Bradach 


Financial sustainability, 

a booming economy 

and successful collaboration 

projects were some of 

the key accomplishments 

Mayor Nancy Rotering 

highlighted in her State 

of the City address at City 

Council’s Feb. 11 meeting. 

“We achieved many 

milestones in 2018,” Rotering 

said. “In addition to 

enhancing our community’s 

overall quality of life, 

we protected the city’s ongoing 

fiscal sustainability, 

invested in hundreds of infrastructure 

projects to improve 

our neighborhoods 

and kept our city safe.” 

Key achievements Rotering 

noted included finalizing 

the sale of the Highland 

Park Country Club 

golf course to the Park 

District and collaborating 

with Lake and Cook Counties, 

the Illinois Depart- 

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Round it up: 

• A resolution approving the intergovernmental Boundary Realignment and 

Planning Agreement with Highwood, Illinois, passed unanimously. It received 

glowing praise from Highland Park resident Rick Heineman, who encouraged 

others to take note and educated themselves of the initiative’s importance. 

• Multiple vendors were awarded the 2019 Unit Price Tree Planting Program 

Contract, including Guy Scopelliti Landscape of Highland Park. 

• The city manager gained authorization to execute a master service agreement 

for managed internet services with Comcast Business Communications. 

Police Reports 

14 unlocked vehicles entered, some items stolen 

The Highland Park Police Department 

received reports of unknown 

subject(s) entering 14 different 

vehicles Feb. 5. 

The vehicles were located in 

the 100 block of Hazel Avenue, 

the 1100 block of Golf Avenue, 

the 1000 block of Court Avenue, 

the 2200 block of Skokie Valley 

Road, the 100 block of Maple Avenue 

and the 2100 block of Linden 

Avenue. 

In eight of the instances, there 

were no items reported as missing 

in the vehicles. 

In the instance on Linden Avenue, 

a complainant reported 

that change and bicycle parts had 

been taken from the car. In the 

instance on Skokie Valley Road, 

a complainant reported that the 

vehicle’s window was smash, and 

a canvas bag was taken. In the 

instance on Golf Avenue, clothing 

items were removed from the 

vehicle. 

Feb. 4 

• Carlos Concepcion Alvarado, 

36, of Zion, was arrested and 

charged with Driving Under 

the Influence-Alcohol, Failed 

to Yield- Stationary Emergency 

Vehicle, Illegal Transportation 

of Alcohol-Driver, and Improper 

Lane Usage- Laned Roads when 

police conducted a traffic stop at 

the intersection of S.R. 41 and 

E. Old Elm Road. Alvarado was 

released on a recognizance bond 

with a court date in Waukegan on 

March 15. 

• Thevorius Medley, 35, of Danville, 

was arrested and charged 

with Driving Under the Influence- 

Alcohol, and Driving with Suspended/Revoked 

Driver License 

when police conducted a traffic 

stop at the intersection of Skokie 

Valley Road and Deerfield Road. 

Medley was released on a recognizance 

bond with a court date in 

Waukegan on March 15. 

Feb. 7 

• A complainant in the 800 block 

of Laurel Avenue reported the 

discovery of forced entry to the 

front door of her residence. An 

unknown subject(s) unlawfully 

removed miscellaneous jewelry 

from the residence. 


of Cavell Avenue reported that an 


entered three unlocked vehicles 

during the previous overnight 

hours. Miscellaneous change was 

reported missing. 


of Broadview Avenue reported 

that an unknown subject(s) unlawfully 

entered an unlocked vehicle 

in the overnight hours. No 

items were reported as missing. 


of Woodleigh Avenue reported 


entered his locked vehicle 

in the overnight hours, but 

reported no items missing. 


of Northland Avenue reported 


entered an unlocked vehicle 

in the overnight hours. No 

items were reported missing. 


of Cavell Avenue reported that 

an unknown subject(s) unlawfully 

entered two vehicles in the 

overnight hours, removing loose 

change from the cars. 

Feb. 8 

• Finola Moore, 27, of Gurnee, 

was processed at the Highland 

Park Police Department for Driving 

Under the Influence- Alcohol 

and Improper Lane Usage. Moore 

was involved in a one-car accident 

on Sept. 23, 2018 in the 2300 

block of Skokie Valley Road and 

was transported to the hospital 

with minor injuries. Moore was 

provided with citations for the 

above noted charges and given a 

court date of Oct. 19, 2018 while 

at the hospital. Pursuant to a court 

order by the Lake County Court, 

Moore reported to the Highland 

Park Police Department on Feb. 

8, for fingerprinting and processing 

related to the charges. 


of Elm Place reported the theft of 

cash and jewelry from her purse 

by an unknown subject(s). 

Feb. 9 


of Windsor Road reported that an 


entered an unlocked vehicle during 

the overnight hours. No items 

were reported missing. 

• Latrina Hoskins, 29, of Chicago, 

was arrested for an In-State 

Warrant, and charged with Possession 

of Cannabis

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8 | February 21, 2019 | The highland park landmark community 


American Craft Exposition donates $563K to area hospital 

Staff Report 

Max 

Submitted by 

Hilleri and 

Harry Zander, 

Highland Park 

One day I 

am going 

to get that 

squirrel. Until 

then, I will 

continue to 

drag my Mom 

around the 

neighborhood. 

Help! We’re running out of pets to feature. To see your 

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to Editor Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com. 

On Feb. 12, the Auxiliary 

of NorthShore University 

HealthSystem presented 

a check totaling $563,554 

to Dr. Frederick Miller 

and Dr. Mark Drexler. The 

funds — all raised during 

the 2018 American Craft 

Exposition — will benefit 

mental health initiatives 

at NorthShore University 

HealthSystem. 

ACE 2018 co-chairs 

Leslie Sevcik and Kathy 

Leighton, of Northbrook, 

presented the funds raised 

to Miller, NorthShore’s 

chairman of psychiatry, 

and Drexler, the medical 

director of Glenbrook 

Hospital’s Family Care 

Center. 

Hospitals in the North- 

Shore University Health- 

System network also 

include Highland Park 

Hospital, Evanston Hospital 

and Skokie Hospital. 

The donation was a 

highlight of the 2019 ACE 

Kickoff event held at the 

Chicago Botanic Garden 

in Glencoe, where a small 

group gathered to hear 

more about the doctors’ 

initiatives and the upcoming 

ACE 2019 show. 

“The number of North- 

Dr. Frederick Miller (left), of Glencoe, and Dr. Mark Drexler pose with the donation 

check to NorthShore University HealthSystem Feb. 12 at the ACE Kickoff Party at 

Chicago Botanic Garden. Erin Yarnall/22nd Century Media 

Shore area hospital patients 

with depression 

has skyrocketed in recent 

years, yet the numbers 

don’t surprise me,” Drexler 

said at the Feb. 12 

event. “We’re grateful to 

receive this support so we 

can serve more patients 

through our Psychiatric 

Urgent Care Program.” 

“The goal of the Psychiatric 

Urgent Care Program 

is to efficiently manage 

patient care and support 

lower wait times for patients 

with a mental health 

need,” Miller said during 

his presentation. “The 

only acceptable number 

for suicide is zero, and 

we’re aiming for that with 

the implementation of this 

program.” 

“In 2018, ACE surpassed 

its own fundraising 

goal,” said Northfield’s 

Buggie O’Grady, 

who will serve as the 2019 

ACE co-chair. “We are 

honored to continue the 

fundraising momentum in 

2019”. 

O’Grady’s co-chair and 

former chief nursing officer 

at NorthShore, Nancy 

Semerdjian, of Wilmette, 

added that ACE 2019 

funds will “further accelerate 

NorthShore’s ability to 

meet this tremendous community 

need for patients 

seeking access to urgent 

and coordinated care.” 

ACE attracts more 

than 8,000 attendees 

from across the Midwest 

and beyond and features 

more than 140 fine craft 

exhibitors. 

This year is the fifth year 

that ACE will take place at 

the Chicago Botanic Garden. 

It will run from Sept. 

20-22, with a special Preview 

Party Benefit slated 

for Sept. 19. 

council 

From Page 6 

ment of Natural Resources 

and the U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers on durable 

flood mitigation solutions. 

Highland Park also 

worked with North Shore 

School District 112 to create 

new traffic plans and 

constructing a new road at 

Edgewood Middle School 

to address increased enrollment 

and improve 

public safety. 

“Recognizing that collaboration 

and synergies 

benefit the public and 

improve efficiencies, we 

continue to meet regularly 

with government 

partners, local clergy, and 

multiple citizens advisory 

task forces and community 

groups,” Rotering said. 

“Members of City Council 

serve as liaisons to each of 

the school districts as well 

as the Park District. These 

conversations result in collaboration 

on a multitude 

of initiatives that benefit 

our daily life, achieve synergies 

and provide representative 

government at its 

best.” 

The future looks bright 

for Highland Park, according 

to Rotering, and 

the city has much to look 

forward to in 2019. The 

redevelopment of the former 

Highland Park Movie 

Theater site will revitalize 

downtown, Ravinia 

Festival will be revamped 

with a new Experience 

Center and a new apartment 

building will soon 

break ground in the Ravinia 

Business District, 

Rotering said. 

This is also a year of celebration 

as the city marks 

its 150th anniversary, 

Rotering said. She encouraged 

residents to reflect on 

the city’s rich history and 

to celebrate together in 

upcoming family-friendly, 

community-wide events 

and programs. 

“We worked hard to advance 

business development, 

increase communications 

and support human 

services, environmental 

sustainability initiatives 

and cultural arts plans,” 

Rotering said. “I am eager 

for our community to continue 

our work together, 

crafting a vision that plans 

for decades to come.”



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Rep. Schneider touts efforts to 

check and balance Trump’s actions 

George Castle 


Despite being well into 

tax season, the U.S. House 

of Representatives’ Ways 

and Means Committee 

isn’t likely to soon acquire 

the most sought-after tax 

returns of modern times – 

those of President Donald 

Trump. 

That is the early prediction 

of Rep. Brad Schneider, 

D-Deerfield, who was 

appointed to the influential 

committee in January 

at the start of the 116th 

Congress. 

Trump’s tax returns, 

which detail his financial 

dealings and obligations, 

are still in the sights of 

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, 

D-Mass., the committee’s 

chairman. But Schneider 

warned the president’s returns 

will be subpoenaed 

“when appropriate.” 

“We will exercise our 

constitutional responsibility,” 

the third-term representative 

said in a recent 

phone interview from 

his Washington, D.C. office. 

“We will exercise it 

with purpose, but it will 

be a process. It won’t be 

political. 

“We have expectation 

of transparency on behalf 

of our leaders,” Schneider 

said, adding his tax returns 

are published on his 

official website. 

Schneider said the Ways 

and Means committee has 

held hearings on legislation 

to require all candidates to 

disclose their tax returns 

and hit out at Trump for his 

“absolute unwillingness” to 

disclose his taxes. 

“There’s no transparency 

and there’s the hiding 

of the ball,” Schneider 

said, warning that Neal 

can request the taxes of 

any citizen as chairman of 

the committee. 

Democrats, who now 

control the House for the 

first time since 2010, are 

not rushing at light speed 

into multiple full-scale 

investigations of Trump, 

let alone impeachment 

resolutions, due to the discipline 

administered by 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on 

her caucus. 

Democrats won control 

of the House of Representatives 

last November with 

a focus on health care, prescription 

drugs and other 

day-to-day issues, which 

Pelosi wants the party to 

focus from the start of its 

control in the capital. 

Pelosi is also encouraging 

bipartisanship in an 

effort to pass legislation, 

and Schneider is an active 

participant. 

A member of the bipartisan 

Problem Solvers, 

Schneider and fellow 

Democrats meet weekly 

with Republicans to push 

forward bills of mutual 

interest. 

But amid the constant 

tumult of Trump’s presidency, 

news that’s not related 

to the White House 

or Special Counsel Robert 

Mueller’s investigation is 

often buried. 

“In the news cycle with 

24-hour stations, it’s in 

their interest to focus on 

discontent and dissent,” 

Schneider said. “There 

are a lot of ways for cooperation. 

That doesn’t get 

covered much. It’s not the 

glamour part of Congress.” 

Still, many constituents 

have an appreciation 

for the bipartisan work, 

Schneider said. 

Aside from Trump, 

health care is among 

the biggest issues for 

Democratic lawmakers. 

Schneider serves as a 

member of the Subcommittee 

on Health in the 

Ways and Means Committee. 

He and fellow Democrats’ 

main goals include 

improving Obamacare, 

putting in place ironclad 

protections on pre-existing 

conditions and lowering 

prescription drug costs. 

Sensing the political 

winds, many Republicans 

endorsed protections for 

pre-existing conditions, 

while a staff member in 

Trump’s White House 

contacted Rep. Jan Schakowsky, 

D-Evanston, 

Schneider’s 10-term legislative 

neighbor to the 

south, on the prescription 

drug issue. 

“We need to bend the 

cost curve and lower costs 

in treatments and medications,” 

Schneider said. 

“Another area is trying to 

bring stability in the marketplace 

— creating backstops 

of a stability fund or 

re-insurance. 

“I know we have the 

support of the American 

people. The question 

mark is what can move 

in the Senate. I’ll say 

with certainty we will do 

everything we can.” 

Despite strong economic 

statistics, Schneider 

said he and his colleagues 

believe underlying holes 

in the economy and wage 

inequality were reasons for 

Trump’s unexpected rise 

to power. 

Democratic lawmakers 

would like to see a public-private 

effort to craft 

national industrial policy, 

according to Schneider. 

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Highland Park students participate in Science Olympiad 

Alexa Burnell 


It was off to the mental 

races on Feb. 9th for the 

students who participated 

in Marie Murphy’s fifth 

annual Science Olympiad 

Invitational where students 

worked collaboratively 

with their teammates, 

competing in Science, 

Technology, Engineering 

and Math related topics. 

Science Olympiad is often 

compared to an academic 

track meet, but challenging 

the left and right brain 

hemispheres, over the fast 

and slow-twitch muscles. 

Science Olympiad 

teams have spent the past 

several months, preparing 

for the competitive 

event. They participated 

in academic challenges, 

partnering with teammates 

to master exams in topics 

such as genetics, earth science, 

chemistry, anatomy, 

physics, geology, engineering, 

technology and 

more. They also compete 

in a hands-on competition, 

building specific devices 

in a variety of categories. 

At the Feb. 9 tournament, 

23 regional teams 

competed, including representation 

from Wilmette 

Junior High, Kenilworth’s 

Joseph Sears, Glenview’s 

Attea and Springman 

schools and Winnetka’s 

North Shore Country Day 

School. 

Science Teacher Darren 

Persino has been leading 

Science Olympiad Invitationals 

for several decadesa 

firm believer in what the 

program promotes. 

“The idea of working 

hard and being part 

of something bigger then 

themselves, never gets old. 

These students learn how 

to rely on one another, 

taking their understanding 

and learning of complex 

topics to a new level. 

They take an in-depth look 

at each subject, learning 

beyond the classroom,” 

Persino said. “What I most 

love about Science Olympiad, 

is that it gives a home 

to students who may not 

fit into the athletic crowd. 

This is just as competitive 

any sports event, requiring 

similar amounts of training 

and preparation. The selfgrowth 

that I have seen 

over the years is amazing. 

Friendships form, confidence 

builds; they find 

their own place to belong.” 

Sophie Green of Highland 

Park is a member of 

the North Shore Country 

Day School Team. For 

her, Science Olympiad has 

taught her how to remain 

open-minded to other’s 

thoughts and opinions. 

“There is so much good 

I can say about Science 

Olympiad, but what I’ve 

most gained from the experience 

is how to work 

more collaboratively,” 

Green said. “I have a tendency 

to want to control 

things, but I’ve learned 

that listening to my teammates 

and remaining open 

to their skills benefits the 

group. 

“We all contribute, and 

when we keep our minds 

open to one another, we 

do great things,” added 

Green. 

Fellow teammates from 

NSCD, Ava Bogan of Wilmette 

and Ellia Yarandi of 

Glenview, worked together 

in the Build-it Category, 

working on the Elastic 

Launch Glider Challenge. 

Together they created a 

Sophie Green (left), of Highland Park, participates in 

the fifth annual Marie Murphy’s Science Olympiad 

Invitational, Feb. 9, along with Sydney Kalainov (left to 

right), Ellia Yarandi and Ava Bogan. Alexa Burnell/22nd 

Century Media 

light-weight glider, with 

the goal of out-flying the 

competition. Bogan explained 

how the pair approaches 

the challenge 

and the obstacles they are 

faced with. 

“We are always adjusting 

and there are things we 

can’t always account for, 

because each time we try, 

the environment is different. 

Before we launch, we 

take several factors into 

consideration, ensuring 

the best result each time,” 

Bogan said. “We must put 

our minds together and listen 

to one another, giving 

us a better chance that the 

challenge goes as planned. 

Outside of the specific 

challenge are the practical 

challenges of being in 

Science Olympiad.” 

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THE WILMETTE BEACON 

Village of Wilmette 

looking into gun safety 

measures 

Three days prior to the 

one-year anniversary of 

the school shooting in 

Parkland, Fla., last Feb. 

14, Wilmette’s public 

safety committee met Feb. 

11 to discuss gun safety. 

At the Wilmette Village 

Board’s Feb. 12 meeting, 

Trustee Joel Kurzman, 

who is the chairman of 

the public safety committee, 

gave a report on the 

committee’s meeting that 

occurred the night before. 

Kurzman said that there 

are two topics that the 

committee will be pursuing 

follow up on and 

discuss further at future 

meetings. One of them is 

to promote best practices 

on safe gun storage. 

“We learned that our 

police department and 

other parts of Village government 

do a lot already to 

promote safety and I think 

we’re going to brainstorm 

ways that we can get that 

message out even further,” 

he said. 

Another topic that the 

committee will be pursuing 

follow up on deals 

with an ordinance the 

Northbrook Village Board 

passed on May 22, 2018 

that prohibits the concealed 

carry of firearms 

at establishments where 

alcohol is sold for onpremises 

consumption. 

“A second area of interest 

that we will look at and 

do due diligence on is how 

Northbrook is handling its 

concealed carry in its public 

establishments serving 

liquor,” Kurzman said. 

Village President Bob 

Bielinski is also interested 

in the topic of concealed 

carry in liquor 

establishments. 

“I’m very interested to 

hear how the public safety 

committee consulting with 

staff comes back on the 

concealed carry in liquor 

establishments,” he said. 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. 

Full story at Wilmette 

Beacon.com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

District 225 hires West 

Chicago administrator as 

next superintendent 

West Chicago Elementary 

School District 33 Superintendent 

Dr. Charles 

Johns is set to take over 

as the new superintendent 

of Glenbrook High School 

District 225 after the board 

of education unanimously 

approved his hiring to start 

its Feb. 11 meeting. 

Johns will begin his new 

role on July 1, filling the 

vacancy left by the retirement 

of Dr. Mike Riggle, 

who will complete his 20- 

year Glenbrook career at 

the end of this school year. 

“Dr. Johns has vast experience 

at all levels of 

education including superintendent, 

assistant 

superintendent, principal, 

assistant principal and 

dean,” Board President 

Skip Shein said. “He has 

demonstrated throughout 

a lengthy and diverse career 

in education that he 

has the ability to lead the 

Glenbrooks on the strong 

path that has been established 

and help us in our 

efforts for continued improvement.” 

“Dr. Johns embodies the 

skills required to succeed 

at the Glenbrooks and is 

the best person to lead us 

to the future.” 

Johns was hired after a 

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Highland Park featured in 

Bloomberg’s ‘Richest Places’ list 

Staff Report 

The City of Highland 

Park is one of the 

100 wealthiest towns in 

America. 

That’s according to 

Bloomberg, which published 

a report Wednesday, 

Feb. 13, titled “These Are 

the Wealthiest Towns in 

the U.S.” 

Bloomberg evaluated 

inflation-adjusted household 

data for all U.S. 

places, as defined by the 

Census, with a minimum 

of 2,000 households and 

ranked them based on average 

household income. 

Nearly 6,250 met the 

criteria, the article says. 

Average household income 

excluded households 

without any type of 

income, it adds. 

Highland Park’s average 

incoming comes 

in at $209,000 per year, 

according to Bloomberg. 

Neighboring Glencoe 

was listed as the 10th 

wealthiest town in the 

country, with an average 

income of $339,883 per 

year. 

Two other North Shore 

communities were included 

in the top 50 index, as 

well. Those towns include 

Winnetka at no. 13 with 

$331,231 per year and 

Lake Forest at no. 34 with 

$268,922 per year. 

The top wealthiest 

town in Atherton, Calif., 

whose household income 

averaged $450,696 

in 2017, topped the 

Bloomberg Richest Places 

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national search the district 

conducted with help from 

a consulting firm during 

the late fall and early winter. 

Seven potential candidates 

were identified after 

a pre-screening process 

of several dozen qualified 

candidates who applied 

for the position. 

Reporting by Neil Milbert, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern. 

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THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

Park district retrieves 

feedback for possible dog 

park 

The Glencoe Park District 

held a community 

input meeting on Feb. 12 

to discuss the feasibility 

of creating a dog park, and 

was met with abundant 

support to proceed with 

the project. 

The main question of 

the night asked the public 

to weigh in on whether 

Glencoe should have a 

dog park, and if so, where 

it should be located. Independent 

consultant Barbara 

Heller was brought in 

to facilitate the conversation 

and share some background 

on dog park trends. 

According to Heller, 

dog parks have grown in 

the U.S. by 40 percent 

since 2009 and are the 

fastest growing amenity 

that park districts provide. 

A dog park in Glencoe 

has been discussed onand-off 

since about 2000, 

according to Lisa Sheppard, 

executive director of 

the Glencoe Park District. 

The idea is continuing to 

gain traction and has been 

part of the park district’s 

strategic plan for the past 

six years. 

A poster in the back of 

the room asked “Do you 

think Glencoe should have 

a dog park?” and had space 

for attendees to mark their 

response of “yes” or “no” 

with a sticker. By the end 

of the night, more than 60 

stickers approved of a park, 

with one dissenting vote. 

Rather than a traditional 

question-and-response 

format, the meeting was 

composed of three stations 

that attendees toured at 

their own pace to anonymously 

share reasons on 

sticky notes in support of 

a dog park, against a dog 

park and suggest locations 

where the park should — 

or should not — be built. 

Sheppard cautioned the 

park would not be created 

overnight, and that there is 

still much planning to be 

done, but if this meeting is 

any indication, the public 

will be eagerly involved 

every step of the way. 

Reporting by Christine 

Adams, Freelance Reporter. 

Full story at GlencoeAnchor. 

com. 

Hitting the right notes 

Highland Park Strings trio perform Feb. 

12 at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s 

Morning Music with Orchids. 

Highland Park Strings founder Larry Block performs the 

cello. 

The Highland Park Strings trio, Fran Shonfeld Sherman 

(left to right), Jerome Taxy and Larry Block perform 

Feb. 12 at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Morning Music 

with Orchids. photos by Erin Yarnall/22nd Century Media 

The trio performed as part of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s 

Morning Music with Orchids.



Highwood keeps property tax levy flat 

Submitted Content 

For the fourth consecutive 

year, the City of 

Highwood has frozen the 

City corporate and library 

tax levies, while funding 

pensions with the full contribution 

recommended 

by actuaries. When combined 

with strong property 

value growth, the average 

Highwood property 

owner will pay less to the 

City than in 2015. 

During this timeframe 

the City has also increased 

investment in 

infrastructure, beautification 

projects and enforcement 

of property maintenance 

codes to improve 

the appearance of the 

community. 

Mayor Charles Pecaro 

cited the positive momentum 

of the business community 

as a contributor to 

the flat tax levy. 

“In the past year we 

have welcomed wonderful 

new businesses 

to Highwood including 

Greenwood Restaurant, 

Tala Coffee Roasters, 

Slyce, Chicago Mike’s Ice 

Cream and Beermiscuous,” 

Pecaro said. “These 

new businesses have increased 

our sales tax receipts 

and complemented 

the wonderful restaurants 

who have energized our 

business district over the 

last decade.” 

City Manager Scott 

Coren said the City of 

Highwood started freezing 

the corporate and library 

taxes beginning in 

2015 after their agreement 

to close the fire station and 

sign a contract with Highland 

Park to provide fire 

services. This agreement 

saved the City approximately 

$700,000 annually 

and allowed Highwood 

to sell non-revenue generating 

property such as 

the fire station, which is 

now developed as a commercial 

property. The 

City has also outsourced 

other functions including 

public works, snow plowing, 

landscaping, building 

plan review and inspections 

and water plant 

operations. 

“Our City Council has 

made many difficult decisions 

to reduce costs 

and we are now seeing 

the fruits of this work,” 

Pecaro said. “This tax 

freeze will not keep us 

from continuing to improve 

our community to 

attract young families, 

including improvements 

to Everts Park and other 

community spaces in 

the coming years.” 

HPHS students form club based 

on love of computer science 

Erin Yarnall, Editor 

Highland Park High 

School student Ariana 

Goldstein fell in love with 

computer science and coding 

when she was taking 

a STEM class in middle 

school. 

“We would have it 

for nine weeks, which I 

thought was way too short 

after getting inspired by 

all the cool stuff we got to 

do,” Goldstein said. 

She wanted more than 

just the nine-week class 

that her school offered, so 

she enrolled in a one-week 

summer coding camp. 

“I showed up on the 

first day and realized I was 

one out of only six girls, 

and there were at least 

100 boys there,” Goldstein 

said. “We were in the 

courtyard on this college 

campus, and if that wasn’t 

discouraging and uncomfortable 

enough, when we 

broke up into small groups, 

I was the only girl.” 

At her coding camp, 

Goldstein felt left out as 

the boys bonded over video 

games and other shared 

interests, and she wanted 

to find a way to make sure 

other girls who felt passionate 

about computer 

science didn’t feel the 

same way she did at the 

camp. 

She, along with fellow 

students Lexi Cohn, Rebecca 

Gerber and Lucy 

Kaskel started GirlsCode, 

a club at Highland Park 

High School that encourages 

girls and boys to get 

involved with coding. 

“I actually didn’t know 

I wanted to take a computer 

science class until I 

was picking my classes for 

sophomore year when my 

counselor recommended I 

take computer science as 

an elective,” Gerber said. 

“In my senior year I took 

AP Computer Science A. 

I love computer science 

now.” 

The club, which began 

at the beginning of the 

current school year, has 

about 150 members on 

an email list, according 

to Goldstein, and hosts 

weekly meetings. Dur- 

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Healthcare Foundation of Highland 

Park announces 2019 Grant Awards 


The Board of Trustees of 

the Healthcare Foundation 

of Highland Park (HFHP) 

is pleased to announce the 

2019 grant awards. Funds 

were awarded to mostly 

smaller not-for-profit organizations 

that are committed 

to changing the lives 

of the most vulnerable 

individuals in our midst. 

The grants target specific 

programs that address currently 

unmet needs for individuals 

with physical and 

mental health issues. 

Since its inception in 

2000, the Healthcare Foundation 

of Highland Park has 

given close to $100 million 

to more than 50 charities. 

During the coming year, 

almost $6 million will be 

given to 64 501(c) (3) organizations 

that are committed 

to improving healthcare 

and quality of life for 

otherwise unserved and 

underserved individuals in 

the geographic area served 

by NorthShore Health System 

Highland Park Hospital, 

formerly Highland Park 

Hospital. 

Funding is provided for 

medical screenings, mental 

health services, programs 

for individuals with special 

needs, therapy for disabilities, 

and counseling for 

victims of sexual assault, to 

name a few. 

“Our all-volunteer Board 

of Trustees takes great 

pride in their work,” said 

Jim Styer, Chairman of 

the Board. “In addition to 

granting funds, we make 

every effort to become involved 

with our grant recipients 

by meeting with 

them and offering suggestions 

as to how they might 

enhance their programs. 

We also host a yearly 

breakfast to provide a forum 

for grantees to share 

ideas, find ways to work together 

and grow their successes. 

We believe that we 

have a very important role 

in safeguarding excellence 

in available community 

healthcare and hopefully, 

the HFHP will remain in 

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asked the packed auditorium 

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for Best Picture. 

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most vocal reply from several 

audience members. He 

predicted “Green Room” 

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Phillips spoke at the 

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while showing clips from 

the nominated movies. 

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compete with the Oscars 

for “raw glamour.” 

Out of 24 Oscar categories, 

Phillips focused on 

six: Best Picture, Best Director, 

Best Actor and Actress 

and Best Supporting 

Actor and Actress. 

He said the 91st Oscars, 

which will be broadcast on 

ABC Feb. 24, is facing an 

ongoing ratings decline. 

The broadcasting company 

wanted to add a category 

for “Best Popular Picture” 

to entice new viewers but 

there has been pushback 

from the film industry, 

Phillips said. He also noted 

that Disney, which owns 

ABC and produced the billion-dollar-earner 

“Black 

Panther,” would love any 

additional chance to showcase 

that superhero movie. 

Another interesting storyline 

to this year’s Oscars, 

Phillips said, is the 

lack of a host. Kevin Hart 

was originally announced 

as the host in December, 

but some of his old Tweets 

were considered homophobic 

and stirred controversy. 

Hart stepped down a few 

days later saying he didn’t 

want to be a distraction. 

The last time the Oscars 

was hostless was in 1989. 

This year’s ceremony will 

feature rotating presenters, 

Phillips said. 

Phillips said ABC would 

like to add an “x-factor” to 

the ceremony to generate 

buzz as well. “Avengers: 

Endgame,” another Marvel 

sequel distributed by 

Disney, is coming out in 

April and he said the media 

giant would love to get 

every Avengers actor on the 

Oscars stage somehow. The 

Oscar producers are trying 

Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips gives his 

picks for who he believes will win big at the Academy 

Awards, Feb. 7, at the Highland Park Public Library. Erin 

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to reach a wide swath of 

fans, Phillips said, by projecting 

a message that says 

there is no “ideal movie 

lover. We’re about art ... 

and commerce.” 

Moving on to his own 

Oscar picks, Phillips 

quipped that he had a “61 

percent accuracy rate” 

based on his past predictions. 

For Best Supporting 

Actress, he chose Regina 

King from “If Beale Street 

Could Talk.” Normally, 

“the Queen always wins,” 

Phillips said, referencing 

Emma Stone and Rachel 

Weisz’s nominations for 

their roles in the 18th century 

period piece about 

Queen Anne, “The Favourite.” 

King’s performance 

is strong enough to buck 

the conventional wisdom, 

he said. 

For Best Supporting Actor, 

Phillips picked Mahershala 

Ali in “Green Book,” 

based on the true story of 

African-American classical 

pianist Dr. Don Shirley, 

who was driven and 

guarded on a tour through 

the 1960s South by Bronx 

bouncer Tony Lip. 

Glenn Close should 

win Best Actress for “The 

Wife,” Phillips said, noting 

she already won the 

Golden Globe for that role 

and other awards show can 

foreshadow Oscar winners. 

For Best Actor, Phillips 

said he thinks Rami Malek 

will win for his portrayal of 

Queen singer Freddie Mercury 

in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” 

The academy loves 

biopics like this, he said, 

and the audiences loves 

to escape from the current 

political turmoil through a 

classic rock soundtrack. 

As for best director, Phillips 

said he believes Alfonso 

Cuaron will win for 

“Roma,” which also netted 

Cuaron a Golden Globes 

win. He noted that Mexican 

directors, such as Cuaron 

along with Guillermo del 

Toro and Alejandro Inarritu, 

have dominated best 

director over the past five 

years with four of the five 

winners being Mexican. 

For the biggest award, 

Best Picture, Phillips predicted 

“Green Book” 

would win even though it 

wasn’t his favorite movie 

of last year (he named 

“Roma” his favorite.) 

“I’m in the resistant camp 

to Green Book,” he said, 

explaining that main actors 

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trick you into believing the 

material is as strong as their 

performances. He said the 

movie has a “complicated 

backstory.” The family of 

Tony Vallelonga, whom 

Mortenson plays, worked 

for years to get the story on 

screen, Phillips elaborated, 

but some people consider 

the script problematic since 

it focuses on the white 

bodyguard more so than 

the black musician. Nonetheless, 

he added, “Green 

Room” won the People’s 

Choice Award at the Toronto 

International Film 

Festival, which can also be 

an Oscars bellwether. 

existence in perpetuity.” 

The 2019 grantees include: 

Anixter Center Adult 

Community Transition Program; 

Aspiritech NFP; A 

Safe Place; Beacon Place; 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of 

Lake County; Blessings in 

a Backpack; BMT InfoNet; 

Cancer Wellness Center; 

Casa Lake County; Center 

for Enriched Living; Center 

for Independent Futures; 

Chicago Lighthouse for the 

Blind; Community – the 

Anti-Drug; Connections 

for the Homeless; Council 

for Jewish Elderly Senior 

Life; The Cradle Foundation; 

Dare 2tri Paratriathlon 

Club; Elyssa’s Mission; 

Epilepsy Service for Northeastern 

Illinois; Equestrian 

Connection; Family Network 

Right from the Start 

Program (Family Focus); 

Family Service of Glencoe; 

Family Service of Lake 

County; Fenix Family 

Health Center; Friendship 

Circle of Greater IL; Glenkirk 

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Phillips said he’s spoken 

at this event for about 10 

years now. “The film audience 

in Highland Park, 

as I’ve come to know it 

through these annual Oscar 

shows, they take the art 

form and the Oscars seriously,” 

he said. “The discussions 

are always really 

sharp. I just have a good 

time.” 

The 2019 Oscars will be 

different from others because 

of the lack of a host, 

Phillips said. 

“A lot of this backstage 

drama of even getting the 

thing to opening night has 

been for the academy a distraction. 

But it’s bringing 

up some issues that need to 

be hashed out, such as what 

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Faith in Action Volunteers; 

The Family Service Center; 

The Roberti Community 

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UCAN; Willow House; 

Youth Services (Formerly 

Angles and Links); 

YWCA of Lake County; 

and, Zacharias Sexual 

Abuse Center. 

type of show should it and 

could it be,” Phillips said. 

Beth Keller, who does 

programming at HPL, said 

they wanted to do an Oscars 

event and bring in an 

expert. 

“To me, in the Chicago 

area, he’s the expert [on 

film],” Keller said. 

Sylvana Osorio, film and 

music services manager at 

HPL, said the event was 

“fantastic” and required 

overflow seating with nearly 

100 people in attendance. 

“He’s very well-known,” 

Osorio said. “He draws an 

audience. The [2019 nominated] 

films have captivated 

people’s imaginations 

and they want to hear what 

he says about them.” 

Celebrate Highwood season 

kick-off event benefits MYAC 


In its ongoing effort to 

support arts, music and culture, 

Celebrate Highwood 

is proud to announce the 

third Annual Jazzed Up 

Dining & Classical Cocktails 

Casino Night to benefit 

Midwest Young Artists 

Conservatory (MYAC) 

student scholarships and 

Celebrate Highwood’s operating 

fund, both 501(c) 

(3) non-profit organizations. 

Tickets are available 

in advance for $75, 

which include a $5 chip 

for the first bet, and can 

be purchased through the 

Celebrate Highwood website 

(www.CelebrateHighwood.org). 

The event will 

be held on Saturday, Feb. 

23 from 6:30-10 p.m. at 

MYAC. 878 Lyster Road in 

Highwood. 

“Jazzed Up Dining & 

Classical Cocktails is the 

kick-off to the Celebrate 

Highwood 2019 fundraising 

season, and this year 

we wanted to kick it up a 

notch with the addition of 

a casino night,” said Eric 

Falberg, President of Celebrate 

Highwood and City of 

Highwood Alderman. “This 

is a more intimate event for 

Celebrate Highwood supporters. 

The past two events 

have raised over $11,000 

for MYAC and we hope the 

addition of a casino will up 

the ante for the Celebrate 

Highwood operating fund 

as well, so we can keep our 

events running.” 

Attendees can test 

their luck at craps, blackjack, 

roulette, and Texas 

hold’em, while enjoying 

live jazz, classical and big 

band musical performances 

by MYAC students 

throughout the evening. 

Guests will also enjoy appetizers, 

dinner and dessert 

buffets from the North 

Shore’s finest restaurants, 

as well as an open bar and 

a silent auction. 

Located in the beautifully 

transformed former 

army stockade building at 

Fort Sheridan, guests will 

also have the unique opportunity 

to tour MYAC’s 

facility to learn about the 

history of the building and 

explore the old prison cells 

from 1890. 

“The 25 year old Midwest 

Young Artists Conservatory 

currently serves 

1,000 students in 74 Chicagoland 

communities and 

is honored to have been 

selected as a beneficiary 

of this event,” said Allan 

Dennis, Founder and 

President of MYAC. “A 

portion of proceeds raised 

at Jazzed Up Dining & 

Classical Cocktails Casino 

Night will be given to talented 

students admitted to 

our programs if they cannot 

afford the tuition.” 

Tickets to Jazzed Up 

Dining & Classical Cocktails 

Casino Night are $75 

per person, which includes 

a $5 chip for the first bet, 

and can be purchased 

online now at https:// 

www.celebratehighwood. 

org/jazzed-up-diningclassical-cocktails/. 

This event is made possible 

by the generous donations 

from local restaurants 

and sponsorship from 

amazing supporters including 

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Equinox, Balletto Vineyards, 

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on all of Highwood’s festivals, 

please visit www. 

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or call 847-432-6000. For 

updates on all Celebrate 

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visit the Celebrate Highwood 

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ing the meetings, students 

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classrooms based on 

coding experience. 

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members, they get a more 

independent coding experience,” 

Goldstein said. 

“They go at their own pace 

and it’s more exploration. 

The beginner classrooms 

are guided by board members 

with presentations 

and they’re learning code 

with more assistance.” 

In addition to their regular 

meetings, the group 

also held a Code-a-thon 

event open to the community 

in 2018 at the Highland 

Park Public Library. 

“That was just two hours, 

but we were able to get a 

lot of people to come and 

become immersed in code, 

and learn it if they haven’t 

before, which was really 

exciting,” Goldstein said. 

While the club is called 

GirlsCode, and emphasizes 

female membership, the 

members specify that any 

student is welcome to join 

the club. 

“We wanted to make a 

coding club that was for 

both genders, because 

we do want boys to come 

and we do have boys that 

come, but we specifically 

wanted to promote girls in 

computer science, because 

at our school, most of the 

students in computer science 

classes are mostly 

boys,” Haskel said. 

Haskel said the group 

initially received some 

pushback due to the name, 

as some thought it was not 

inclusive to male students. 

“When we first started 

trying to have the club, 

there were parents of boys 

who were against it and 

the district was not willing 

to pay for any of it,” 

Haskel said. 

But ultimately, they 

stuck with their name and 

marketing choices, and the 

results of the club have so 

far been successful, with 

an average of 80 people at 

each meeting, according to 

Gerber. 

“We’re really happy that 

it worked out and that so 

many girls actually come,” 

Haskel said. “Seeing them, 

it’s like a lot of the girls, 

when they have the idea of 

a stereotype of a computer 

scientist, they wouldn’t associate 

these people. It’s 

great to see all of these different 

types of girls, and 

people who have so many 

different interests, but they 

all like coding and they’re 

coming consistently.”



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From the Editor 

Treasure your local history 

Erin Yarnall 

Editor 

There’s a scene in 

my favorite movie, 

“Lady Bird,” where 

the title character, Christine 

‘Lady Bird’ McPherson 

is picked up by her 

mom in an emotional 

state. She’s sobbing to her 

mom’s character, and her 

mom knew exactly what 

to do to cheer her daughter 

up — they go to open 

houses for the beautiful, 

elegant old houses that 

they both love so much. 

Out of the many scenes 

in that movie that made 

me think that the writer 

and director, Greta Gerwig 

took my own journals and 

memories as inspiration 

for the movie, this scene, 

in particular, always stuck 

out to me because my 

mom and I would always, 

and continue to do the 

same thing. 

I grew up in Lindenhurst, 

about 25 miles northwest 

of Highland Park. It’s 

home, but it’s not notably 

beautiful or historic. When 

my mom and I wanted to 

experience some beauty 

and history, we would head 

out to the North Shore, 

driving around in awe as 

we looked at the charming 

homes from Lake Forest all 

the way down to Wilmette. 

We would go out in 

every season, picking out 

which houses we wanted 

to live in and which rooms 

would be ours. 

I’ve always loved old 

houses — maybe it was 

instilled in me through the 

drives I would take my 

mom in the North Shore. In 

Lindenhurst, I grew up in 

one of the oldest houses in 

our area, and it’s only been 

up since the ’50s. Most 

houses in our town look 

exactly like all of the others 

— the town is rife with 

cookie-cutter subdivisions. 

When I first read about 

the landmarked house on 

Central Avenue, with its 

floors created by William 

Walter Witten, my 

heart broke. The floor 

was transplanted from 

an award-winning dance 

floor that Witten created 

at the 1893 World’s 

Columbian Exposition in 

Chicago — the one with 

the first-ever Ferris Wheel 

and H.H. Holmes. 

While I understand 

things have to progress 

and buildings can’t stay 

the same forever, it 

reminds me to appreciate 

them while I have the 

opportunity. 

My mom and I might 

have to take another drive 

through the North Shore 

sometime soon. 

To read more about the 

Central Avenue house, 

turn to Page 4. 

On Feb. 8 Ravinia Festival posted, “2019 

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UNVEILED: Congratulations to Sean Quinn 

(Minneapolis, MN) for winning this year’s 

poster competition. Thank you to everyone 

who submitted their beautiful work!” 

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Neukirch posted, “Showing appreciation to our 

finance employees by wearing green today. 

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From Page 4 

ning house with beautiful 

architecture not to overlook 

its history and the 

part Witten played in the 

growth and development 

of Highland Park. It could 

be used as a welcoming 

house to Highland Park or 

a museum.” 

One of the grandchildren 

of the house’s original 

owners, Patsy Witten 

Kelly, came equipped with 

two large books full of historical 

information about 

the house. 

“Our family [my grandparents] 

lived in that house 

for about 60 years,” Witten 

Kelly said. “We hope 

it can be saved from the 

wrecking ball.” 

Green asked if it was 

possible to wait until the 

next meeting to make a 

decision about the COA so 

he could bring some new 

options that had arisen to 

his client. 

“There are some important 

questions and issues 

raised here tonight,” 

Green said. “There also 

seems to be some confusion 

about the process. The 

community deserves clarification 

of some items, 

more answers. We are in 

no rush and will bring the 

options—like moving the 

house to another location 

within our site—to our client 

who really does care.” 

“It is so frustrating to 

know the house’s rich 

history and the contributions 

made by Witten to 

the community,” Highland 

Park resident Keane Taylor 

said. “We have been inside 

the house and know the 

beauty of the flooring and 

woodwork, not to overlook 

its outside beauty.” 

Dershin presented 

Meghan Salamasick, vicechair 

of the HP Historic 

Preservation Commission 

with a petition to preserve 

the historic house. The 

names of 217 HP residents 

were on it. 

“We hope to obtain more 

names and present it at the 

next meeting,” she said. 

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The HP Historic Preservation 

Commission staff 

currently is drafting the 

meeting minutes, which 

will be posted on the City’s 

website for approval at its 

March 14 meeting. 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

The amount of cars broken into on 

Feb. 5 in Highland Park. Read more 

about it on Page 6. 

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food intolerance, Page 21 

Highland 

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Kelly Haramis 

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Faith Briefs 

Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road, Highland 

Park) 

Weeknight Service 

7-8 p.m. Thursdays, church 

coffee bar. Weeknight service is a 

place to come, stay awhile, meet 

people and then go make a difference. 

For more information, call 

(847) 234-1001 or email Brad at 

bcoleman@cclf.org. 

Men’s Breakfast Group 

6:30-7:30 a.m. Tuesdays. 

Panera Bread, 1211 Half Day 

Road, Bannockburn. For more 

information, contact Sean at 

seansmith797@gmail.com. 

Trinity Episcopal (425 Laurel Avenue, Highland 

Park) 

Sunday Schedule 

8 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, St. 

Michael’s Chapel 

8:45 a.m. – Fellowship 

10 a.m. – Holy Eucharist with 

music, Main Sanctuary 

10 a.m. Sunday School (on 

the 1st and 3rd Sundays) 

11 a.m. – Fellowship 

Wednesday Service 

9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist 

with healing, St. Michael’s 

Chapel 

A Safe Place 

6 p.m. Thursdays - Guild 

Room 

Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road) 

Torah Study 

9:15 a.m. Saturdays 

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El (1175 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park) 

Writer’s Beit Midrash 

9:30-11 a.m. every other 

Wednesday, The NSS Beth El 

Writer’s Beit Midrash meets 

in the Maxwell Abbel Library. 

All fiction, non-fiction, poetry, 

memoir and essay writers (published 

or not yet published) are 

welcome for discussions, exercises, 

camaraderie and critique. 

Contact Rachel Kamin at rkamin@nssbethel.org 

for more information 

and to be added to the 

mailing list. 

Open Conversational Hebrew 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. Practice 

Hebrew conversation and 

reading informally with other 

participants. Free. For information, 

contact Judy Farby at 

judyfarby@yahoo.com. 

Daily Minyan 

8:45 a.m.; 7:30 p.m. Sunday 

7:15 a.m.; 7:30 p.m. Monday- 

Thursday 

7:15 a.m.; 6:15 p.m. Friday 

Shabbat Service 

6:15 p.m. Friday (Kabbalat 

Shabbat) 

8:50 a.m. Shacharit (Shabbat 

Morning) 

10:30 a.m. Junior Congregation 

(Grades 2-6) 

10:45 a.m. Young Family Service 

(families with children firstgrade 

age and younger) 

Immaculate Conception Parish (770 Deerfield Road, 

Highland Park) 

Weekend Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays 

4-4:45 p.m. Sundays, confession 

8 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. Sunday 

service 

Sunday Connection Scripture 

Group 

10-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, The 

Sunday Connection is a women’s 

discussion group based on the 

readings for the following weekend 

liturgies. Coffee and camraderie 

following each session. 

Everyone welcome, no sign-up 

necessary. The group is located in 

the church’s parish center. 

St. James Catholic Church (134 North Ave., 

Highwood) 

Food Pantry 

5:30-7 p.m. every Thursday, 

lower level of school. 

Worship Services 

8 a.m. Monday through Friday 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays 

8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sundays 

Noon Sundays with a Spanishlanguage 

Submit information for The Landmark’s 

Faith page to Erin Yarnall 

at erin@hplandmark.com. The 

deadline is noon on Thursdays. 

Questions? Call (847) 272-4565 

ext. 34. 

In Memoriam 

Isabelle Sanders 

Isabelle Rose Sanders nee: 

Acello age 96 of Deerfield 

passed away on Tuesday, February 

12, 2019 at Highland Park 

Hospital. She was born May 27, 

1922 in Highwood, Illinois to 

the union of Frank and Raffaela 

(Perrone) Acello. A lifelong area 

resident she was a member of 

Immaculate Conception Church, 

Highland Park, Immaculate Conception 

Church Women’s Club, 

lifetime member of the Emblem 

Club and was a avid bowler. 

Survivors include a son Robert 

(Linda) Sanders of Ingelside, 

two grandchildren Devin (Lisa) 

Sanders of Deerfield and Ashley 

Sanders of Highland Park. Two 

great grandchildren Ella and 

Lucas Sanders of Deerfield. 

She is preceded in death by 

her brothers Michael and Cataldo 

“Tally” Acello and a sister 

Theresa Johnson. 

Ruth Mary Farnham 

Ruth Mary Farnham was born 

in Normal, Illinois to Everett 

(1860-1950) and Leota Farnham 

(1890-1984). She was the eldest 

of five children. Her brothers Everett 

and William and sister Betty 

preceded her in death. She is survived 

by her sister Joan Buell of 

Grants Pass, Oregon. She is also 

survived by her son Roger (Terry) 

of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 

son Gordon (Erin) of Glenview, 

Illinois, and grandchildren 

Erica Martinez (Brian) and Jack, 

Evelyn, and Mara Kapes. Her 

son Russell passed away in 2014. 

She graduated from the University 

of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 

in 1943. Soon after WWII 

ended she moved to Chicago to 

work in the admissions office 

of the newly created University 

of Illinois, Chicago campus at 

Navy Pier. Through a mutual 

friend she met her husband Jack. 

Not the sort for making a fuss, 

they started their wedding day at 

the bank to cash a check and then 

headed to city hall for a simple 

ceremony. This was followed by 

lunch with several friends and 

then a return to their respective 

jobs. While their start was modest, 

the match worked and they 

remained married until Jack’s 

death in January of 1991. 

In the early 1950’s they built 

a modest house on a big lot in 

Highland Park, Illinois where 

they raised three sons. A love of 

travel took them east, west, north 

and south. This included several 

memorable winter vacations in 

the family Chevy heading to 

Acapulco, Mexico! Ruth worked 

full-time for her son Gordon 

from 1983 until 2015, driving 

to and from work until she 

was 97. In 2008 she left her beloved 

house and moved to Three 

Crowns Park in Evanston, Illinois. 

While not initially excited 

about her move, after a brief time 

she learned to enjoy her large 

and bright apartment, established 

friendships with her new 

neighbors, and valued the many 

compassionate staff members. 

She was a fixture in the Three 

Crowns pub, enjoying a daily 

glass of wine before moving on 

to dinner with friends. The longer 

she lived at Three Crowns 

the more active she became. 

There was hardly a committee 

that didn’t have her name on the 

roster. She lived independently 

and with gusto until a hip break 

on Christmas Eve day. Not one to 

ever complain, her final goal was 

just to get back to her activities 

and enjoy life. While her body 

may have failed, her spirit never 

did. 

She was an elegant, ageless, 

and accomplished woman who 

always encouraged others to 

better themselves. Ruth love to 

sew, cook, read, listen to music, 

attend events, and surround herself 

with interesting people, good 

food, and beautiful things. A role 

model for living life to its fullest, 

she will be sorely missed by her 

family and friends. 

Donations in her memory can 

be made to Prairie Scholarship, 

Heartland Community College, 

1500 Raab Rd., Normal, 

IL 61781. For info please contact 

Kelley & Spalding Funeral 

Home at 847-831-4260. 

James P McCarthy 

James Patrick McCarthy, 89, 

of Highland Park, passed away 

peacefully on Wednesday, February 

6, 2019. Beloved loving 

husband of 64 years to Louise 

(nee Santi) McCarthy; loving 

father of Shawn (Mary) Mc- 

Carthy; cherished grandfather 

of Dr. Shannon McCarthy (Jeff 

Rehm) and Michael Roshetski; 

dear brother of Mary Ann (Arthur 

Bilek) Greco, brother-in-law 

of Marco (Doris) Santi, and devoted 

uncle and friend to many. 

James (Jim) was born in Evanston, 

Illinois on March 30, 1929 

to Charles McCarthy and Marie 

Greenslade. Jim a Marine Corp 

veteran of the Korean War, recipient 

of the Purple Heart. Soon 

after his return, he married Louise 

Santi of Highland Park and 

they were happily married for 64 

years. 

A retiree of Sears after 34 

years of service. Also known as 

Coach, Jim coached basketball at 

Immaculate Conception school 

from 1967 until 1977. His love 

for golf was unending and he 

continued to play and work at 

the Highland Park golf range for 

over twenty years. 

Jim was a diehard Green Bay 

Packer and White Sox fan and 

stood strong against all of his 

Bear and Cub relatives. He was 

the proud partial owner of the 

Green Bay Packers and held his 

season tickets since 1959. He 

will be missed every season at 

the annual gathering where the 

Chicago relatives would call a 

truce to watch the Packer versus 

the Bears game. 

For 44 years he committed 

himself to his sobriety and 

at helping others achieve and 

continue their sobriety. Many 

people have relied on his help 

and strength through their own 

journey. 

He was surrounded by family, 

grandkids, nieces, nephews, 

great-nieces, great-nephews and 

friends too numerous to list. In 

life he was physically strong, tall 

man, knick-named “Baroccio” 

but to most of us he was Dad, 

Uncle Jim, Coach, or Mac. 

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HP resident writes, performs 

show about corn intolerance 


Highland Park resident 

Kelly Haramis always 

loved to eat popcorn. 

“I ate popcorn all the 

time,” Haramis said. 

That was, until she was 

diagnosed by a nutritionist 

with an intolerance to 

corn. 

Haramis explores her 

intolerance to corn, and 

the impact it has had on 

her life in her play, “Hard 

Core Corn,” which she 

performed Feb. 13 at the 

Highland Park Public 

Library. 

“My show follows my 

journey from consuming 

popcorn to discovering 

that I had a food intolerance 

to it,” Haramis said. 

“Overall, I didn’t realize 

how much corn was affecting 

me, until I gave 

it up and I started to feel 

better.” 

In her show, Haramis 

plays “multiple characters,” 

to help explain food 

intolerance, and how corn 

is in almost all foods. 

This is Haramis’ second 

one-woman show that she 

has written, after “Double 

Happiness: A Tale 

of Love, Loss, and One 

Forever Family,” a show 

she wrote about adopting 

her daughter, while being 

pregnant with her other 

daughter. 

Haramis wrote “Double 

Happiness” due to encouragement 

from an improv 

teacher. 

“That show originated 

out of an improv class 

when my improv teacher 

asked me to get up and 

talk about something personal,” 

Haramis said. “I 

started talking about the 

Highland Park resident Kelly Haramis performs her 

one-woman show, “Hard Core Corn,” Feb. 13 at the 

Highland Park Public Library. Nicole Carrow/22nd Century 

Media 

adoption of my daughter, 

and then my teacher 

said ‘That’s a one-woman 

show. You should write 

it.’” 

While touring “Double 

Happiness,” Haramis began 

to write “Hard Core 

Corn.” She performed it 

for the first time in 2017 

at the Chicago Fringe Festival. 

Since then, she’s 

also performed it at the 

Minnesota Fringe Festival 

in Minneapolis, and is 

planning on performing it 

at Frigid New York, a theater 

festival in New York 

City. 

Even with all of the 

touring, Haramis felt it 

was important to make a 

stop in Highland Park as 

well. 

“I think it’s important to 

perform everywhere,” Haramis 

said. “I have friends 

that live in the area, too, 

and they can come see it. 

I love the Highland Park 

library, I think they run 

amazing programs all of 

the time.” 

She said that anyone can 

relate to her show, because 

each person who sees it either 

has a food intolerance 

or allergy, or knows someone 

who does. 

As she comes to term 

with her food intolerance, 

Haramis has found ways 

to get around it. 

“It was hard at first,” 

Haramis said. “I really 

loved popcorn, and I ate 

popcorn all the time. It’s 

more just being aware.” 

She added that she can 

eat the same food she ate 

before she was diagnosed, 

she just has to “rethink” 

the way that it’s made. 

“I used to always be a 

person who made boxed 

cakes, and now I can’t, 

so I just make cake from 

scratch,” Haramis said. 

“It’s rethinking the way 

I do things. Recently, 

we celebrated Chinese 

New Year in my house, 

and I made potstickers, 

and made the dough 

from scratch. If I could 

eat corn, I could just buy 

the dough wrappers already 

made. It’s just rethinking 

the way I cook 

and the way I eat.” 

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Ravinia Brewing Co. brings homemade feel to Highland Park 

Michael Wojtychiw 

Sports Editor 

The Ravinia District of 

Highland Park is a bustling 

part of the town. 

With shops, restaurants 

and entertainment options 

galore, there’s a lot to do 

in town. But the one thing 

that was missing? 

A brewpub. 

Enter Ravinia Brewing 

Co., a brewpub that 

opened up Oct. 13 in the 

space that used to occupy 

Smashing Pumpkins 

frontman Billy Corgan’s 

Madame Zuzu’s Tea 

House. 

“We’re probably over 

three years in the making,” 

Kris Walker, the 

brewpub’s founder, 

said. “Beer sales for 18 

months, and for the past 

six months we’ve had this 

place going. 

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Jan. 31–Feb. 24! 

“We’ve landed well, 

and we’re just happy to 

be here. The community’s 

been great to come out 

and support us and continues 

to do so. We felt 

like this was a community 

well deserving of a 

place like this, with a lot 

of young families around 

and moving in, so we said, 

‘Hey, let’s make a go of 

this.’” 

Ravinia Brewing Co. 

offers seven different 

home-brewed beers, including 

a saison, a pilsner, 

an India pale ale, a porter, 

a lager, a Belgian-style 

white ale and a witbier. 

The beers can be bought 

on premises either individually, 

via a six-pack or 

at many of the local stores 

that sell alcohol, such as 

Binny’s and Mariano’s. 

An aspect of the establishment 

that hasn’t had a 

North shore 

chance to really be brought 

into the spotlight is the 

back patio, a space behind 

the pub that can probably 

double the occupancy in 

the warmer months. 

“Basically, the building 

sits on the front half of the 

lot,” Walker said. “The 

whole back half of the lot 

was really just pavement. 

So, we’ve realized we 

could basically have this 

awesome outdoor beer 

garden with that space in 

the back. 

“There’s some bags 

back there, and you’ll 

see people play the corn 

hole bags. We’ve got a 

large playhouse for kids, 

so mom and dad love it, 

right? They can come and 

have some beer and some 

tacos, and little Johnny 

and little Maisey can go 

out and cook a meal on 

the little fake kitchen, and 

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582 Roger Williams 

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District, Highland Park 

(847) 780-8127 

raviniabrewing.com 

5-11 p.m. 

Monday-Thursday 

4 p.m.-midnight Friday 

11 a.m.-midnight 

Saturday 

11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 

entertain themselves.” 

Something that has always 

been important to 

Walker and Paul Bumbaco, 

the general manager, 

is giving back to the community 

and being charitable. 

Every Monday, the 

brewpub has a Give Back 

Monday special and patrons 

can put their names 

on a chalkboard with the 

name(s) of people they 

want to pay it forward 

to and what they’re paying 

forward. Items varied 

from tacos to multiple 

beers. 

“I think it’s very, very 

important to give back to 

the community,” Bumbaco 

said. “Honestly, we 

couldn’t really ask for 

anything more, to be a 

part of the community, 

jump right in. As soon as 

we opened, we started the 

Give Back Mondays program, 

so to see the other 

businesses being involved 

in that, too, and reaching 

out to other charities, it’s 

great to see.” 

When the editors from 


stopped by the brewpub, 

they were able to try some 

of the menu favorites, especially 

the tacos, on Taco 

Tuesday. 

We started out with the 

brewpub’s chips, salsa 

and guacamole. The chips 

are made from scratch on 

the restaurant’s premises 

Ravinia Brewing serves up a tacos($10 for an order of 

three) with a choice of filling including chicken tinga, 

beef barbacoa, pork carnitas, veggie and a rotating 

daily special. photos by Erin Yarnall/22nd Century Media 

The restaurant offers up chips, salsa and guacamole 

($6) as a starter. 

and can be purchased for 

$6. Chips and salsa only 

are $5. 

Bumbaco and Walker 

next brought out four different 

kinds of tacos: veggie, 

pork carnitas, chicken 

tinga and beef barbacoa. 

An order of three tacos 

costs $10, while individual 

tacos cost $3.50 and special 

tacos cost $4. Taco 

Tuesdays see tacos go for 

$2. 

The tacos come with 

Cotija cheese, lettuce, 

pico de gallo and is glazed 

with sour cream on top of 

the group of three. 

What Ravinia Brewing 

does well with the food 

is equal distribution of all 

the ingredients. None of 

the ingredients overpowers 

the others, making it 

the perfect distribution. 

“It’s all Mexican street 

food stuff,” Walker said. 

“We intentionally wanted 

something that we 

knew that we could execute 

well, and that was 

in line with our pillars 

around craft. We talked 

about crafty ideas. Everything’s 

made with your 

hands, made from scratch, 

right? So, literally everything 

we do is made from 

scratch, the chips and 

guacamole is homemade 

chips, homemade guacamole. 

It’s all made from 

scratch.” 

The brewpub also offered 

the editors an opportunity 

to try a flight of 

four beers — the IPA, the 

saison, the pilsner and the 

lager.



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38 | February 21, 2019 | The highland park landmark sports 


The Varsity: North Shore Podcast 

State gymnastics talk, 

state swimming primer 

Staff Report 

In this week’s episode of The Varsity: 

North Shore, the only podcast focused on 

North Shore sports, hosts Michal Dwojak 

and Michael Wojtychiw recap the state 

gymnastics meet, hear from former Glenbrook 

South football Mike Noll on his 

hall of fame nomination, play Way/No 

Way with boys basketball, preview state 

swimming and diving, and recap state 

wrestling. 

First Quarter 

Dwojak and Wojtychiw recap the girls 

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Second Quarter 

The guys hear from Noll on his nomination 

to a local hall of fame. 

Third Quarter 

With the boys basketball seedings out, 

the guys play Way/No Way. 

Fourth Quarter 

The hosts preview state swimming and 

diving for the area teams. 

Overtime 

To finish things off, the guys recap state 

wrestling and talk some hockey playoffs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with George Giese 

Giese is an All-State center 

on the Highland Park 

Giants hockey team and a 

senior at Highland Park 

High School. 

How long have you 

been playing hockey? 

I started playing at the 

age of 5. My dad got me 

skating, first at Centennial 

to learn to skate, then I 

started playing at [Vernon 

Hills’] Glacier Ice Arena. 

That’s where I played most 

of my youth. 

What’s your favorite 

thing about hockey? 

Being able to get away 

from everything that goes 

around. It’s just an escape 

where you can be with 

your friends and just play 

a sport that I fell in love 

with. 

What do you do 

before a game to get 

ready? 

I usually get to the rink 

about like an hour and a 

half before a game. Our 

dress code is a shirt and 

tie and dress pants, so I 

get out of that and get into 

shorts or something. Then 

I listen to music and focus 

on certain plays that might 

happen. I envision what 

might happen in the game. 

If I have a breakaway, I’m 

already thinking about 

what move I might do on 

a breakaway. It’s just keeping 

your head in the game, 

rather than sitting on your 

phone. 

What’s one of the 

most difficult things 

about hockey? 

Definitely the time commitment. 

It’s hard and 

tiring for the most part 

because our practices are 

pretty late, and our games. 

We meet a lot during the 

week, so, it’s definitely a 

big time commitment, being 

able to maintain good 

grades and meeting on a 

compete level. It’s sometimes 

hard because you get 

a lack of sleep sometimes 

with the late nights. But 

it’s not too bad, you get 

used to it. 

What is the best 

advice a coach has 

ever given you? 

I’ve had a lot of good 

coaches, but I’d say just 

have fun out there. A lot of 

people overthink the game, 

and I think you really just 

need to go out there, have 

fun and push yourself. If 

you’re not having fun, you 

should probably get out of 

the sport. Don’t hold back 

and have fun, don’t really 

worry about making a mistake. 

Who is your favorite 

athlete and why? 

Patrick Kane is probably 

a top person, because 

the guy has a really good 

work ethic. He has a ton of 

success with the amount of 

devotion he puts into the 

game, it’s like mastering 

the craft. 

If you could travel 

anywhere, where 

would you go? 

I’d like to go to Sweden, 

or somewhere in Europe. 

22CM File Photo 

What is your favorite 

movie? 

That’d probably be “Talladega 

Nights: The Ballad 

of Ricky Bobby.” 

What’s your favorite 

music to listen to? 

Growing up, I used to always 

listen to Eminem in 

the car with my dad before 

games. I also like Migos, 

or Logic. 

If you could get dinner 

with anyone, alive or 

dead, who would you 

get dinner with? 

I’d have dinner with my 

grandpa on my dad’s side. 

He passed away around 

the end of summer. I’d 

have dinner with him because 

this whole hockey 

season has been devoted 

toward him. I was very 

close with my grandpa. He 

was in a nursing home in 

Highwood, and I would 

visit him every day after 

school. I’d spend like two 

hours after school, every 

day, visiting him. He was 

one of the funniest people. 

He’s been a big part of my 

hockey season this year. 

Interview by Editor Erin Yarnall, 

erin@hplandmark.com

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Athlete of the Year 

LFHS hoops star surges 

late to earn crown 

HP’s Motzko gains 

close to 200 votes 

Joe Coughlin, Publisher 

What a finish. 

Two female studentathletes 

who know how to 

finish put on a show, especially 

in the waning hours 

of 22nd Century Media’s 

annual Athlete of the Year 

contest. 

More votes were cast on 

the final date of the twoweek 

online-voting competition 

than any two days 

combined, and in the end, 

Lake Forest High School’s 

hardwood heroine, Halle 

Douglass, edged Glenbrook 

North’s treasured 

trotter, Carly Harris, by 

about 100 votes. 

“It feels so great to 

know that so many people 

in town care about me 

and support me enough to 

vote,” Douglass said. “It’s 

so cool to see.” 

The Athlete of the Year 

competition featured a 

pool of 16 standout student-athletes 

from the 

North Shore. Twelve of 

the competitors earned automatic 

entry for winning 

Athlete of the Month contests 

in 2018, while four 

more won at-large bids 

thanks to 22nd Century 

Media sports editors. 

Douglass, an at-large 

selection, is a junior point 

guard for the Scouts, 

whom she has led to a 

24-7 record and a regional 

championship. 

She leads her team in 

points, assists, rebounds, 

steals and blocks, 

Douglass and Harris 

went into the final couple 

Halle Douglass, a Lake Forest junior pictured in a game 

this season, won 22nd Century Media’s Athlete of the 

Year contest with a late push. 22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

Tommy Motzko represented Highland Park in the Athlete 

of the Year competition. 

days exchanging the leads 

over and over. On the final 

day of voting, Saturday, 

Feb. 9, Harris had a 50- 

vote lead with less than 

two hours remaining. 

But not to be denied, 

Douglass surged forward 

in the final hour, winning 

5,294 to 5,171. 

The contest collected 

17,000 votes in total. 

About 200 of those 

votes went to Highland 

Park’s lone entry, Tommy 

Motzko, a linebacker and 

running back for the football 

team. 

Loyola Academy’s Tommy 

Barr finished in third, 

while Alex Arenson (767 

votes), a North Shore Country 

Day School tennis player, 

and Nicole Kaspi (605), 

a New Trier soccer player, 

rounded out the top 5. 

Local product Thomas takes 

over HPHS boys tennis program 

Staff Report 

For the 

first time in 

20 years, 

Highland 

Park boys 

tennis will 

have a new 

leader this Thomas 

spring. 

The high school has 

named Chris Thomas its 

new varsity coach in the 

wake of longtime coach 

Stephen Rudman. 

“The Highland Park tennis 

program will represent 

hard work and sportsmanship,” 

Thomas said in a 

press release. “I am most 

excited about the impact 

Boys Hockey 

Highland Park 6, Homewood-Flossmoor 2 

Zach Simon scored twice and tallied 

two assists to lead the Giants to the playoff 

win Feb. 12 in Highland Park. 

This Week In ... 

Giant Athletics 

it will have on our young 

men, both as individuals 

and as athletes. I look 

forward to helping them 

improve their games and 

witnessing their growth 

and passion for tennis” 

Thomas comes over 

from the Glenrbook North 

boys tennis program, where 

he served as assistant coach 

for the last three seasons. 

Thomas, a New Trier 

High School graduate, is 

also the director of highperformance 

programs at 

the Glenbrook Racquet 

Club in Northbrook. 

With the Trevians, 

Thomas was All-State in 

2003 and 2004 and finished 

second in state as 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Boys Swimming and Diving 

■Feb. ■ 22 — State Championship at New 

Trier, 5 p.m. 

Boys Basketball 

■Feb. ■ 22 — at Palatine, 6 p.m. 

an individual 2004. He 

played collegiate tennis for 

Eastern Illinois University. 

Thomas’ predecessor, 

Rudman, was dismissed 

from the program in the 

summer of 2018 after Township 

High School District 

113 received a complaint 

that he was physically and 

verbally abusive to players 

in the boys program. 

In October 2018, Rudman 

filed a lawsuit against 

District 113. 

The varsity boys tennis 

team opens its season 

April 13 at Prospect High 

School. The first home 

match for the Giants will 

be on April 25 against 

Glenbrook North. 

Spencer Lidov, Jack Elbaum and 

Sam Shachtman recorded a goal and 

an assist each as Highland Park moved 

on to the second round of the state tournament. 

■Feb. ■ 25 — Regional at Lake Forest, 7 p.m. 

Girls Track and Field 

■Feb. ■ 23 — at Olivet Nazarene University, 

10 a.m. 

Boys Track and Field 

■Feb. ■ 22 — at University of Wisconsin — 

Parkside, 5 p.m. 

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Boys Swimming 

Team-first Giants win first sectional in 40 years 

Three relays move 

on for first time; 

Three records fall 

David Jaffe 


Highland Park swimmer 

Tobe Obochi put his team 

first Saturday, Feb. 16, in 

an effort to help the Giants 

be as successful as possible 

at their own sectional. 

Obochi only competed 

in one individual event at 

the sectional while participating 

in all three relays. 

“I knew we could send 

all three relays to state,” 

Obochi said. “If I swam 

on all three of them, that 

would be the better thing 

to do for the team.” 

That plan paid off as the 

NORTH SHORE 

Onward 

The events and athletes going to state for Highland Park 

Event (yards) Swimmer(s)/Diver Time/Score 

Diving Lucas Absler 416.80 

50 freestyle Tobe Obochi :21.08 

100 butterfly Andrew Vorobev :50.52 

100 backstroke Andrew Vorobev :51.68 

200 medley relay Richard Heller, Tobe Obochi, 

Andrew Vorobev, Alex Gordon 1:34.56 

200 freestyle relay Alex Gordon, Ryan Tran, 

Konrad Schmid, Tobe Obochi 1:26.64 

400 freestyle relay Andrew Vorobev, Bora Hopali, 

Konrad Schmid, Tobe Obochi 3:09.95 

Giants won all three relays, 

qualifying them for 

the state finals, a first in 

team history. 

The wins led Highland 

Park to a team sectional 

championship, a first in 40 

years (1979). 

A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PRODUCTION 

The 200-yard medley 

relay of Richard Heller, 

Obochi, Andrew Vorobev 

and Alex Gordon started 

the feet off right for Highland 

Park, winning the 

race in pool-record time: 1 

minute 34.56 seconds. 

EXCLUSIVE 

ANALYSIS 

AND INTERVIEWS 

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Highland Park’s Richard Heller starts the meet in the 

winning 200-yard medley relay Saturday, Feb. 16, at the 

sectional in Highland Park. Photos by Dave Kraus/22nd 

Century Media 

Sectional champ diver Lucas Absler (left), of Highland 

Park, congratulates Lake Forest’s Richard “Ricky” Mannarino 

on the medal stand. 

“I think how we swam 

the medley really set the 

tone for our relays,” Obochi 

said. “It got us ready 

and we came out very 

fast and were in control 

the whole way. We hit our 

starts and our turns effectively 

and tried to maintain 

the pace we had been 

swimming at from the beginning.” 

The 200 freestyle relay 

of Gordon, Ryan 

Tran, Konrad Schmid and 

Obochi were victorious 

(1:26.64) as was the 400 

free relay of Vorobev, Bora 

Hopali, Schmid and Obochi 

(3:09.95). 

Obochi made it four-forfour, 

when individually, 

he qualified in the 50 free 

at 21.08, setting a school 

record and taking second 

barely behind Mundelein’s 

Omar Fathallah (21.07). 

“I kept my arms and 

legs moving at a very fast 

pace,” Obochi said. “You 

obviously have to get out 

quickly and keep it going 

because it’s too short of a 

race to not maintain your 

speed.” 

Vorobev also went fourfor-four 

and will be making 

his return trip to state 

— his third — in the 100 

butterfly (50.52, a school 

record) and the 100 backstroke 

(51.68). 

Giants diver Lucas Absler 

took second with a 

score of 416.80, which 

earned him an at-large 

qualification. 

“This was the best meet 

of the year for Lucas. Everything 

clicked for him,” 

Highland Park diving 

coach Jon Roby said. “His 

confidence has really improved 

this season. If he 

misses a dive, he doesn’t 

let it get to him. He’s really 

put the work in and 

you can tell he loves the 

sport. It paid off for him 

today. State will be a very 

different environment but I 

think if he treats it the way 

he’s treated every meet 

this year, he will be fine.” 

Fellow Giants diver Elliot 

Starkman took seventh 

(359.45).



Feeling ‘sweep’y 

Giants again down rival Warriors, win both in season series 

Highland Park High School students (left to right) Joey Schwartz, a soccer player; 

Caitlin Goldberg, a tennis player; and Julia Shafir, a golfer, pose after a signing-day 

ceremony Feb. 13 at Highland Park High School. Erin Yarnall/22nd century Media 

HPHS honors nine on national signing day 


Nine student-athletes 

at Highland Park High 

School made a big commitment 

public on Feb. 13 

at a ceremony held outside 

of the school’s gym. 

The students were recognized 

for continuing 

their athletic careers at the 

college level with the signing 

day event. 

Golfer Julia Shafir said 

her choice of Denison University 

in Granville, Ohio, 

was simple after she paid it 

a visit 

“I fell in love with Denison 

when I visited the 

campus,” Shafir said. “I 

thought it was absolutely 

perfect.” 

She began golfing when 

she was 10 years old, and 

said she feels excited to 

begin her college athletic 

career. 

“I started [golfing] when 

I was around 10, but I 

didn’t get competitive 

until about the summer 

before freshman year,” 

Shafir said. “When I met 

with the coach, his values 

were very similar to mine, 

so that was a very positive 

thing for me. That’s what 

kind of sealed the deal 

when I was meeting all of 

the girls, and talking to the 

coach and stuff like that.” 

Tennis standout Caitlin 

Goldberg felt similarly 

about her first visit to Wesleyan 

University. 

“When I was there, I fell 

in love with the campus, 

and I felt like it was the 

right fit for me,” Goldberg 

said. 

Soccer player Joey 

Schwartz agreed that visiting 

the campus at Occidental 

College sealed the deal 

for him, adding that it not 

only seemed like a good 

fit for him athletically, but 

educationally as well. 

“Last year I went out 

to Occidental when I was 

looking around,” Schwartz 

said. “I remember right 

when I met the team and 

saw the campus, and 

where it was located, I really 

enjoyed it. I thought it 

would be the perfect place 

for me to both play soccer 

and have a great education.” 

One thing that most of 

the signing students had 

in common was their excitement 

to get acquainted 

with their new teammates. 

“I’m really excited to 

just start my season and 

get to know my teammate,” 

said Lily Tiemeyer, a tennis 

player. “Starting the college 

experience is going to 

be really exciting.” 

They believe having a 

group of built-in friends 

on their team will be beneficial 

to adjusting to the 

college experience. 

“Transitioning from 

high school to college, it’s 

good to have a solid group 

of people you can always 

be with,” Goldberg said. 

“We already have 

friends waiting for us, a 

good group of friends that 

we can all relate to, and we 

have the same passions, so 

I think that’s really helpful 

for us getting into college,” 

Schwartz added. 

Other honored signees 

were: swimmer Syndey 

Tran, who is headed to Carthage 

College in Kenosha, 

Wisc.; golfer Allen Terman, 

who will be attending 

Tufts University in Massachusetts; 

basketball player 

Sydney Ignoffo, who will 

be attending Edgewood 

College in Madison, Wisc.; 

football player Noa Morgenstern, 

who will be attending 

Winona State University 

in Winona, Minn.; 

and soccer player Jamie 

Sterm, who will be headed 

to Clark University in 

Worcester, Mass. 

Highland Park’s Val Oplchenski fights for a loose ball with his Deerfield opponent 

during the Giants 58-39 win Friday, Feb. 15, in Deerfield. Photos by Nicole 

Carrow/22nd Century Media 

ABOVE LEFT: Val 

Oplchenski gets behind 

the Warriors defense and 

goes up for the layup attempt 

for Highland Park. 

ABOVE RIGHT: Highland 

Park’s Andrew Natinsky 

flies toward the basket 

amid Deerfield’s frontline 

in his team’s win. 

LEFT: Billy Rudman rises 

for contested jump shot 

for the Giants.



Devotion to craft gets Moore to pro soccer 

Portland Timbers 

of MLS select HP 

native in 3rd round 

Joe Coughlin, Publisher 

The biggest moment of 

his young life was about to 

unfold, and wouldn’t you 

know it, Francesco Moore 

was in the weight room. 

Starting Jan. 11 in Chicago, 

Major League Soccer 

teams one by one selected 

amateur athletes to 

their rosters, and Moore, 

a Highland Park native 

ranked by TopDrawerSoccer.com 

as a top-50 prospect, 

was a good bet to be 

chosen. 

But instead of getting 

ready to celebrate, Moore 

did what he knows best. 

“Everything is up in the 

air, but I thought I’d be 

drafted, just didn’t know 

when,” said Moore, known 

for his dedicated workout 

regimen. “I figured I would 

get a call, so I was working 

out and people started calling 

and texting.” 

The big moment happened 

on Jan. 14, in the 

third round of the MLS 

SuperDraft, when Moore 

was selected with the 71st 

overall pick by the prestigious 

Portland Timbers, 

who won an MLS championship 

in 2015 and were 

runnersup in 2018. 

To Moore, though, getting 

drafted was enough. 

“I was relieved, happy,” 

he said about when he first 

got the news. “It’s been 

a dream of mine since I 

was a little kid to be a professional 

soccer player. 

[When I heard], it was 

the first time I could actually 

breath and know that 

I finally did it and can say, 

‘I’m a pro now.’” 

The son of a soccer-loving 

Irish immigrant, also 

named Francesco Moore, 

the Highland Parker grew 

up playing youth soccer 

with the popular AYSO 

program. 

While his father loved 

the sport, he never forced 

it upon his five children 

(four boys) with wife, Elisa. 

That, Moore said, made 

a difference for him. 

“Growing up, we always 

had soccer on TV and we 

all played, but one thing 

about my dad, he never 

pushed me to play soccer,” 

he said. “He loved it; 

it was his favorite, but if 

I wanted to play baseball, 

he would have allowed 

me to do that. It was never 

forced.” 

The freedom allowed a 

pure passion for the sport 

to grow in all the Moores, 

and soon, Francesco began 

to separate himself from 

the competition. 

He recalled times when 

his father would actually 

pull him from games and 

his team would play a man 

down for the remaining 

time in the game. 

“We’d be up big,” he 

said. “I’d have like eight 

or nine goals.” 

Moore made Highland 

Park High School’s varsity 

team as a freshman, seeing 

plenty of minutes as an 

outside midfielder. 

His sophomore year, 

Moore was moved to center 

mid and was an All- 

Conference selection. 

“When you talk about 

sports IQ, you talk about 

that family,” said Blake 

Novotny, the Giants head 

soccer coach. “ ... They 

were born doing it. There 

are a lot of intangible 

things [Francesco] knows 

... instincts about what’s 

going to happen, what’s 

“Everybody who has seen 

[Francesco] play knows he is 

[in the MLS] because he works 

harder than everyone else.” 

Blake Novotny — Highland Park High School 

boys soccer coach 

happened and what he 

is going to do. ... He was 

above and beyond with 

that.” 

The next two years, 

Moore decided to join the 

Chicago Magic academy 

team, which meant, in accordance 

with IHSA rules, 

he could not play for his 

high school team anymore. 

It is a choice made by 

many preps soccer players, 

and it allows them to travel 

and more regularly compete 

with the best players 

in the country. 

Moore’s talent started 

attracting collegiate offers, 

and he was offered athletic 

scholarships to schools 

like DePaul. But Moore 

had other ideas. 

Indiana University, with 

its eight national championships, 

is regarded as 

a top, if not the top, collegiate 

program in the nation, 

and the Hoosiers had 

shown interest in Moore; 

though, they did not offer 

a full scholarship. 

Moore had to make a 

choice: a simpler, more secure 

path to a school like 

DePaul or a riskier road 

through IU. 

“It was a decision I really 

struggled with,” Moore 

said. “ ... I talked with my 

parents and they knew the 

only way I would be happy 

is if I challenged myself. I 

knew IU had won a championship 

[in 2012] and 

gets the best players and 

I didn’t want to look back 

and say, ‘Could I have 

played at that level?’ 

“It was the only way to 

be happy, and it was the 

best decision I’ve ever 

made.” 

After red-shirting in 

2014, Moore was a starter 

for the next four years as 

Indiana amassed a record 

of 55-13-23 overall. 

He made the Big Ten’s 

All-Freshman Team after 

2015 and was First Team 

All-Big Ten and on the Big 

Ten All Tournament Team 

in both 2017 and 2018. 

In 2018, Moore helped 

lead the Hoosiers to a Big 

Ten title and on a march to 

the NCAA Final Four. 

He helped a backline 

that posted a nation-high 

15 shutouts that season. 

“After the first year, I 

worked my way into the 

starting lineup, and once I 

got the opportunity, I never 

let it go,” he said. 

Moore’s use of the word 

“worked” is telling. 

In addition to elite talent, 

hard work and dedication 

is the Highland Park 

native’s calling card. 

“Any kid that asks me 

[about what it takes], I tell 

them you just have to sacrifice 

a lot,” Moore said. “On 

weekends in high school, a 

lot of times I couldn’t go 

out with friends because 

there was a game the next 

Highland Park native Francesco Moore holds up the Big 

Ten Tournament trophy during his senior year with Indiana 

University when he was named First Team All-Big 

Ten. submitted by IUHoosiers.com 

morning. There’s traveling 

out of states for games. 

I dedicated a lot of time 

before practice and after 

practice — doing extra 

runs, extra fitness. You really 

just have to put in the 

time, hard work and effort 

and you’ll see results. It’s a 

simple formula.” 

Moore’s high school 

coach hopes local athletes 

see Moore’s success and 

realize what it took to get 

there. 

“It’s nice that somebody 

from Highland Park — no 

matter if he played four 

years or two years or no 

years — is gonna get an 

opportunity at the professional 

level,” said Novotny, 

who currently coaches 

Francesco’s youngest 

brother, Ronin. “Some 

guys at our school will see 

that it is possible with a lot 

of hard work. Everybody 

who has seen [Francesco] 

play knows he is there because 

he works harder than 

everyone else.” 

Moore is currently in 

Portland training, as his 

agent works on contract 

negotiations with the Timbers 

front office. 

When or if a deal gets 

finalized, you know where 

to find Moore.



Girls Basketball 

Hard-working seniors lay groundwork for future of Giants 

Photo Submitted 

1st-and-3 

Teams of the 

Week 

1. HPHS swimming 

and diving 

(ABOVE). The 

Giants had a 

historic sectional 

on Saturday, Feb. 

16, setting pool 

and team records, 

pushing eight to 

state, and winning 

a title for the first 

time in 40 years. 

2. HPHS boys 

basketball. While 

it’s been an up 

and down year 

for the Giants, 

it’s been all 

up against the 

rival Warriors. 2 

games, 2 wins. 

3. HP Giants Hockey. 

The hockey 

team is erasing 

many demons 

from previous 

seasons, as it now 

has four playoff 

wins after losing 

nine straight in 

previous years. 

Gary Larsen 


High school sports are supposed 

to be fun, a point that hasn’t been 

lost on Highland Park senior guard 

Sydney Ignoffo. 

“I’ll miss team dinners, and the 

free food for sure,” she joked. “I’ll 

miss the team, the memories, the 

bus rides, and we go to Disney every 

other year so that was fun.” 

Beyond all the fun there is also 

a mantle of leadership passed on 

from departing seniors to next 

year’s leaders. Thanks to seniors 

like Ignoffo, Alex Dayan, Maddie 

Abrams and Jennifer Berardi, Giants 

coach Jolie Bechtel can rest 

easy for next season. 

“The commitment they made 

and the role models they were 

for the younger kids in the program, 

in addition to their play on 

the court was all so important,” 

Bechtel said. “Their work ethic, 

their passion for the game — they 

gave us a lot.” 

The Giants’ season ended in a 

69-25 loss to Libertyville on Feb. 

12 in an IHSA Class 4A regional 

semifinal game played at Vernon 

Hills. 

As the No. 14 seed of the Libertyville 

Sectional, the Giants (11- 

16) had a long day against No. 3 

Libertyville (22-7). 

An athletic and skilled Libertyville 

team opened the game with 

a 15-0 run and never looked back, 

as the Giants struggled to score. 

“We made a lot of shots yesterday,” 

Bechtel said. “We didn’t 

make as many today.” 

A day earlier, Feb. 11, HP won 

63-47 over Palatine in a regional 

play-in game in Highland Park. 

The victory was particularly 

sweet considering Palatine beat 

the Giants on a buzzer-beating 

shot when the teams met on Jan. 

21. 

The win over Palatine also featured 

a milestone for junior Addie 

Budnik, whose baseline basket 

along the way gave her 1,000 career 

points at Highland Park. 

Budnik finished with 30 points 

in the win. 

“Addie works tirelessly in the 

offseason. She doesn’t take a day 

off,” Bechtel said. “She’s always in 

the gym shooting. Basketball is her 

number one priority and it makes 

everyone around her better.” 

Budnik joined Ignoffo in surpassing 

the 1,000-point mark this 

year. Ignoffo, a four-year varsity 

player, netted her 1,000th point in 

December. 

The 5-foot-5 point guard remembers 

entering a varsity game 

for the first time as a freshman 

in 2015, back when career milestones 

were the last thing on her 

mind. 

“I just remember being really 

nervous,” Ignoffo said, “We had 

a big team that year but everyone 

was just really inviting.” 

Seniors leave behind pieces of 

themselves, and the piece Ignoffo 

gave to Bechtel’s program was 

clear. 

“She’s really passionate about 

basketball. She loves the game,” 

Bechtel said. 

“She’s a really good shooter and 

has spent a lot of time outside of 

practice working on her game. 

That’s contagious and it makes 

other kids want to work hard too.” 

Bechtel will also miss what 

Dayan, Abrams and Berardi gave 

Seniors Alex Dayan (24), Sydney Ignoffo (12) and Maddie Abrams (50) 

with junior Halle Abrams (43) during the Giants season finale Feb. 12 

in Vernon Hills. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media 

her program. Berardi was injured 

and missed her entire senior season 

on the court, “but she stayed 

with us the whole season,” Bechtel 

said. “She stayed committed to the 

team.” 

Dayan was Ignoffo’s backcourt 

runningmate this season and next 

year’s underclassmen can find 

hope in what she leaves behind. 

“She wasn’t a starter last year 

and she worked hard to get to 

where she was,” Bechtel said. 

“Alex started every game this year 

and did a really nice job.” 

Abrams provided a solid inside 

presence, strong rebounding, and 

a little something extra. 

“She was a really good role 

player,” Bechtel said. “Scoring 

wasn’t something she always got 

to do. She didn’t have the glorious 

job but she still worked hard. I’ll 

miss her leadership because she 

cared a lot about the culture of the 

program.” 

Juniors Budnik, Halle Abrams, 

Maddie Gordon and Jenna Jaffe 

will return next year, along with 

sophomores Sydney Schenk and 

Morgan Goodrich and freshman 

Aimee Lehman. 

Ignoffo sees good things ahead 

for the program. 

“Addie and Halle are big scorers 

on our team so we’re not losing 

anything there and we have 

people coming up who should be 

good,” Ignoffo said. “Everyone 

works hard and our coaches will 

get them ready for the season. 

They’ll be in good shape.” 

Budnik, who led the Giants 

with 10 points in the loss to Libertyville, 

is thankful for what this 

year’s senior core provided. 

“We’ve gotten so close and 

they’ve made the experience so 

much better,” Budnik said. “Next 

year I’ll need to be more of a 

leader, and I think we’ll be pretty 

good. Obviously the seniors leaving 

will hurt us but once we adjust 

we should have a good year.” 

Listen Up 

“The commitment they made and the role models 

they were for the younger kids ... in addition to 

their play on the court was all so important.” 

Jolie Bechtel — HPHS girls basketball coach on the team’s 

seniors after their final game 

tune in 

Boys swimming and diving 

•At IHSA state championships Friday-Saturday, 

Feb. 22-23, at New Trier’s Winnetka 

campus. 

Index 

39 - High School Highlights 

38 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Editor Erin Yarnall. Send any questions 

or comments to erin@hplandmark.com.

The highland Park Landmark | February 21, 2019 | HPLandmark.com 

They made it! Numerous Giants 

punch tickets to state finals, Page 40 

The results are in 

Our annual Athlete of the Year 

contest has a winner, Page 39 

Highland Park native 

achieves dream of 

professional soccer 

thanks to MLS SuperDraft, 

Page 44 

HPHS alumnus Francesco Moore squares 

up his opponent in a college match with 

Indiana University. Moore was drafted in 

January by the Portland Timbers of the 

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