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THURSDAY
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.
FRIDAY
Barry Bradford Presents
1:30-3 p.m. March 8,
Highland Park Senior
Center, 54 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. The Highland
Park Senior Center
is thrilled to welcome
back internationally recognized,
award-winning
public speaker, Barry
Bradford to discuss the
best of Broadway.
Spring Skating Exhibition
4-7 p.m. March 8, Centennial
Ice Arena, 3100
Trail Way, Highland Park.
The cost is $15 to participate,
free to watch.
Fish Fry
4:30-8 p.m. March 8,
Sunset Valley Golf Club,
1390 Sunset Road, Highland
Park. Wrap up the
week with friends, family
and neighbors over great
food and a tall cold drink
at Sunset Valley’s new
1390 restauran and bar.
Our “Wisconsin Style”
fish fry includes all-youcan-eat
fish, vegetables,
potato and pasta. Reservations
are not required. The
cost is $16.75.
SATURDAY
Spring Infinity Family Fest
9 a.m.-12:35 p.m.
March 9, Infinity Foundation,
1280 Old Skokie
Road, Highland Park. Join
Infinity Foundation for a
morning of playful family
fun for parents and
children ages 3 and older.
Playshops include: Little
Chefs, a hands-on cooking
activity with Taste
Buds Kitchen; Wiggleworms
Music Sing-Along;
Amazing Magic with
magician Tim Adamz;
Dream Catchers Arts &
Crafts; Kung Fu Ninjas
and Animal Quest. Visit
infinityfoundation.org for
playshop descriptions,
schedule and to register in
advance for as many playshops
as you would like to
attend.
SUNDAY
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. Additional
pancakes available for
purchase. Cash only.
MONDAY
1969 Time Capsule
Opening
7 p.m. March 11, 1707
St. Johns Ave., Highland
Park. Mayor Rotering will
open the time capsule,
which was assembled in
1969 for the City’s centennial
celebration. This
time capsule has been
kept sealed since then at
the Chase Bank located at
513 Central Ave. and its
contents are known only
to those who were present
when it was first assembled.
Find out what Highland
Park residents from
1969 wanted to share with
us fifty years later in 2019.
TUESDAY
Ceramic Flower Workshop
4-5:30 p.m. March 12,
West Ridge Center, 636
Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Create a ceramic
flower lawn ornament that
will be the first to bloom
in the spring and stay
fresh and colorful all summer
long. The first day
you build up your flower
with clay and the second
day you glaze the flower.
Come to the workshop
with a few sketches or
photographs of a flower
you’d like to create. Completed
flowers are ready
for pickup on April 9. Cost
is $45-50.
WEDNESDAY
Moon Over Highland Park
6:30-9 p.m. March 13,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Join us
for an all-ages event presented
by the Lake County
Astronomical Society. At
6:30, there will be a brief
presentation in the auditorium
entitled, “What’s Up
in Outer Space.” From 7-9
p.m. LCAS volunteers will
bring sophisticated telescopes
to allow viewing
of the moon and other objects
in the sky. Kids will
receive glow bracelets and
astronomy stickers.
UPCOMING
Seniors: Free Rules of the
Road
10 a.m.-12 p.m. March
14, 54 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Drivers test
preparation course.
Blood Pressure and
Glucose Screening
4:30-6:30 p.m. March
14, Recreation Center of
Highland Park, 1207 Park
Ave., Highland Park.
Key Insights to Living the
Celestine Prophecy with
James Redfield
9 a.m.-4:30 p.n. March
16, Infinity Foundation,
1280 Old Skokie Road,
Highland Park. A growing
wave of higher spiritual
awareness is sweeping the
planet. A newly released
Celestine Prophecy edition,
by the New York
Times bestselling author
James Redfield, is being
passed around at new levels
by three generations.
This essential book has
never been more relevant
in establishing your peace
and living your mission.
Join Redfield to embody
five key insights to living
a fulfilling, purposeful life
with more engagement
and synchronistic flow that
supports your life moment
to moment. Cost is $110.
Pilgrim Chamber Players
Concert Presents Winter
Passions
3 p.m. March 17, Highland
Park Community
House, 1991 Sheridan
Road, Highland Park. Music
by Beethoven, Chopin,
John Williams and Mendelssohn.
Dessert reception
following concert. The cost
is $20 for adults, $16 for
seniors and $8 for students.
Call (847) 433-0972 or
visit PilgrimPlayers.org for
further information.
Candidate Debates
12:30 p.m. March 17,
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Highland Park Country
Club, 1201 Park Ave. W.,
Highland Park. Hosted
by the League of Women
Voters of Highland Park/
Highwood.
Mastering Personal Energy
with Beth Lynch
7-8:30 p.m. March 21,
Infinity Foundation, 1280
Old Skokie Valley Road,
Highland Park. Access
your intuition and work
with your energy body for
health and healing. Practice
simple, yet powerful,
ways you can influence
your own energy systems
to feel more vibrant and
empowered.
ONGOING
Current Events
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Second Wednesday of
every month, Highwood
Public Library, 102 Highwood
Ave., Highwood.
Lively discussion with
coffee on today’s political
Scene. All political
views are welcome. For
more information contact
Dr. Suzanne Cahnmann at
drsuzc1@att.net
Book Discussion Group
1 p.m. First Wednesday
of every month, Highwood
Public Library, 102
Highwood Ave., Highwood.
If you like to read,
and talk about books,
consider joining the
Highwood Public Library
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North Shore School D112 Board of education
District creates plan for instructional coaches for teachers
Eric Bradach
Freelance Reporter
Learning never ends,
even for teachers. While
teachers are responsible
for developing students’
knowledge and learning
outcomes, teachers need
coaches to ensure they implement
the best practices
to create academic success.
That’s the reasoning
behind a plan to recruit
instructional coaches for
teachers in North Shore
School District 112.
Five representatives
from the district’s Teaching
and Learning Department
presented and outlined
their plan to launch
the Instructional Coaching
Plan at the Board
of Education’s Feb. 26
meeting.
Professional development
for teachers has four
key components: theory
and discussion, demonstrations
in training,
practice and feedback,
and coaching in the classroom,
said Kevin Ryan,
assistant superintendent
for Teaching and Learning
Department. None is more
important than coaching
in the classroom because
it accounts for 95 percent
of teachers’ classroom
practices, according to the
department’s findings.
“An extremely powerful
coaching model improves
instruction and ultimately
improves student
achievement,” Ryan said.
Teachers who are
coached are more likely
to practice new strategies,
adapt to an individual student’s
needs, retain their
skill over time, and able
to explain why they are
teaching a lesson to their
students, Ryan said. This
makes teachers confident
Round it up:
• Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld’s plan to
sell Green Bay School was put on hold. Lubelfeld
said he will present a more coherent and revised
strategic plan next month with what to do with the
property and the money gained by the sale.
in their abilities, which
will earn trust from their
students and helps them
understand the subject, he
noted.
“It’s not about the resource.
At the end of the
day, in five or six years
when we come back,
their could be a different
resource that we come to
you with, but it’s those
practices that mean the
most and will have the
greatest impact on student
achievement,” Ryan said.
These instructional
coaches will be experienced
teachers and receive
training from the
department on curriculum
and instruction as well
as training and ongoing
support by a coaching
consultant. The positions
will be posted in February
and March, interviews
will take place in March
and April, recommendations
will be provided to
the board of education in
April and May, and the
coaches will be trained in
July and August, according
to the department’s
proposal.
Some requirements
and qualities the department
will be looking for
in coaches are a certification
in teaching, naturally
collaborative, classroom
instructional expertise,
strong teacher pedagogy,
Ryan said.
“Think of a coach in
sports. It’s someone who
is able to give constant
feedback,” Ryan said.
“But also not only able
to give feedback but be
able to listen to teachers’
needs and understand
where teachers are
coming from.”
The plan is to go into
effect for the following
school year, and the instructional
coaches will
have a language arts
and mathematics focus
with three instructional
coaches for K-fifth grade
and two for sixth-eighth
grades, according to the
proposal.
“Some may ask, “Is
five enough?” Ultimately,
yes,” Ryan said. It’s crucial
to have a manageable
number so the department
can effectively support
and ensure success of the
instructors. The process
will be evaluated on a
year-by-year basis with
more instructional coaches
in the future, Ryan said.
The department’s plan
received overwhelming
praise by the Board but
some questioned and were
hesitant about the cost and
whether this will remove
district staff.
The cost for coaches’
salaries will be offset
by the elimination of independent
consultants,
which is what budget
funds for professional development
have been used
for, and previously cut positions.
No existing positions
will be cut as well,
according to the department
representatives.
“This seems to make a
lot of common sense to
me. I’m very happy the
district is moving forward
with this,” board member
Dan Jenks said. “I fully
support the idea of rolling
it out. It doesn’t make
any sense to have bodies
if you can’t properly train
them.”
Board member Bennett
Lasko said he finds the
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agreed with starting the
program with only five instructional
coaches. Ryan
ensured the Board that all
variables were evaluated
by the department.
“We took some costs
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Highland Park City Council
City Council OKs
preliminary plan for
Karger Center site
Stephanie Kim
Freelance Reporter
The Highland Park City Council approved
a preliminary redevelopment plan
for the Karger Center site at 1850 Green
Bay Road Monday, Feb. 25, after months
of deliberation and public comment.
The preliminary plan — which proposes
a new 171-unit, 63-foot tall five-story
apartment building, known as the Albion
at Highland Park — includes conditions
set by the council and Plan and Design
Commission and also identifies zoning
relief for upper-story step-back, rear yard
setback and inclusionary housing, among
other modifications.
The preliminary plan passed by a 4-2
vote, with a recusal by councilman Anthony
Blumberg, who participated in the
meeting by phone. Blumberg noted his
wife’s position as the president of the
board of directors for the Highland Park
Community Nursery School, which is at
the Karger Center site.
Councilman Daniel Kaufman and councilwoman
Kim Stone both disapproved
the preliminary plan based on concerns
about the process related to the affordable
housing component of the development
Police Reports
Please see council, 6
Round it up:
• Councilman Adam Stolberg, who
serves as the council liaison to
Township High School District 113,
reported that the district voted
unanimously to appoint Bruce Law
as superintendent under a three-year
contract effective July 1. The general
public will have an opportunity to meet
Law at Highland Park High School
on March 5 and at Deerfield Public
High School on March 11. Stolberg
added the district is in the final stages
of their search of the Highland Park
High School principal and plans to
announce the candidate at the March
18 Board of Education meeting.
• Councilwoman Kim Stone, who
serves as the council liaison to the
Cultural Arts Advisory Group, highlighted
the group’s latest efforts including the
recent purchase of Michael Szabo’s
sculpture commemorating the city’s
150th anniversary that will be installed
next fall.
• Public works director Ramesh
Kanapareddy noted the department
will give a presentation on how the city
is handling potholes on March 11. In
the meantime, residents can report
potholes via the City’s Service Request
Tracker at www.cityhpil.com/service,
through the City Pothole Hotline at 847-
926-1178, or through the department
of public works at 847-432-0807 during
normal business hours or 847-432-
7730 during off hours.
Electronics stolen from business
A business in the 2000 block of Skokie
Valley Road reported the theft of multiple
electronic devices with an undisclosed
value by an unidentified subject.
Feb. 23
• Maria Martinez-Templos, 31, of Lindenhurst,
was arrested and charged with Driving
Under the Influence-Alcohol, Possession
of Cannabis

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THE WILMETTE BEACON
Phase 2 of Highcrest
construction project
approved at $3.5M
Highcrest Middle
School will look different
next fall when students
return to school from
summer break.
The Wilmette School
District 39 Board approved
the Highcrest phase two
construction project bids
in the amount of $3.528
million at its Monday, Feb.
25 meeting.
“I’m happy to report
that we had many qualified
bidders and the bids came
back lower than was estimated,”
Superintendent
Dr. Ray Lechner said.
Specifically, Business
Manager Ellen Crispino
said the project came in at
just over a quarter of a million
dollars under budget.
This project entails a
library/media/technology
center addition with largespace
air conditioning and
a special education classroom
renovation. Since
2015, the district has renovated
combined library/
media/technology centers
at five of its six schools.
Highcrest is the final district
school to undergo this
renovation. These centers
create one large, unified
council
From Page 4
plan.
As of now, the development
proposes at least 17
affordable inclusionary
units on-site and provide
a cash payment in lieu of
affordable units for the remaining
12 required units.
“Technically, it would
have been proper for that
to be considered by the
housing commission first
and then figuring out how
the affordable housing requirements
would be, with
space to support activities
that previously occurred
in the technology lab, library
and smaller learning
spaces.
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WilmetteBeacon.
com.
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Almost two decades later,
Northbrook homeowner
may receive approval for
addition
After nearly 18 years, a
Northbrook homeowner
may finally receive Village
Board approval to build a
three-season addition onto
the rear of his home.
During its Tuesday, Feb.
26, meeting, the Northbrook
Village Board sent
resident Gary Moriello’s
proposal to the next stage
of approval with little
resistance.
Moriello hopes to construct
a 373-square-foot
addition to his home in the
4200 block of Lindenwood
Lane. However, only a
156-square foot addition is
allowed under the Village
Zoning Code, which says
homes can’t cover more
than 35 percent of the total
property area.
When Moriello made
respect to Inclusionary
Zoning (Ordinance) and
making sure the proper
number of units are being
placed on-site,” Kaufman
said, after the Feb. 25 City
Council meeting.
Councilwoman Kim
Stone agreed, adding concerns
about the impact of
the density and scale of development
on the residents
in the Sheahen Court and
Elm Place neighborhood.
“I understand it’s preliminary,
so there will be
changes made before the
final and the housing commission
will have a chance
a similar request in 2001,
the Northbrook Zoning
Board of Appeals denied
the proposal because they
didn’t have authority to
circumvent the code. But
in August 2017, the Village
Board adopted several
major variation amendments
that allow trustees to
consider similar projects.
Reporting by Chris Pullam,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at NorthbrookTower.
com.
THE WINNETKA CURRENT
New Trier’s marine biology
class provides ‘the whole
experience’
A group of New Trier
students are diving into
marine biology.
The students, mostly
juniors and seniors, are
becoming certified scuba
divers through a laboratory
portion of their marine biology
course offered at the
high school.
For the bulk of the elective
course, students are
in the classroom; however,
for a portion of the
third quarter, they meet
with scuba diving instructors
twice a week during
a two-period block in the
school’s pool, said teachers
Cole Lanham and
to weigh in, but I still felt
that the process was not
correct,” Stone said, noting
consideration will be taken
up by the housing commission
in March.
However, both Kaufman
and Stone said they are
hopeful these issues will be
addressed before the final
development plan is expected
to be approved in May or
June. The final development
plan will be accompanied by
an ordinance and a development
agreement between
the City and Albion Jacobs
Highland Park, LLC.
Members of the City
Lauren Meyer.
“One of the things when
the course was designed
was the idea for kids who
have potential interest in
the field, who might study
this in college and beyond,
was to give them the whole
experience,” Lanham said
about the diving class
portion.
The end goal is to have
the students become “confident
divers,” Lanham
said.
“On the off days, we
look into the biology,
chemistry and psychics
of the diving in the classroom,”
Meyer added.
Specifically, the students
are learning about how
diving and holding your
breath affects your lungs,
the relationship between
pressure and volume, and
the technology and more
scientific aspects behind
the dive.
Throughout the third
quarter, the students complete
five modules and
earn a basic certification
through the Professional
Association of Diving
Instructors.
Reporting by Megan Bernard,
Contributing Editor.
Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com.
Council also unanimously
approved an ordinance revising
the deadline for application
submittal of the
preliminary development
plan and extending the
demolition of the Karger
Center to Sept. 1, so that it
aligns with the leases of the
center’s tenants, as noted by
Stevel Elrod, who serves as
Highland Park’s corporation
counsel.
Questions concerning
the Karger Center redevelopment
plan can be directed
to the Department of
Community Development
at 847-432-0867.
City commissions public
art sculpture to celebrate
2019 sesquicentennial
Submitted by the City of
Highland Park
The City of Highland
Park is celebrating its sesquicentennial
(150th anniversary)
in 2019 with
highly visible special
events, concerts, tours and
a variety of other activities
including the commissioning
of an outdoor public art
sculpture. To commemorate
Highland Park’s sesquicentennial,
the City
conducted a competitive
solicitation for an outdoor
public art sculpture and
ultimately commissioned a
sculpture entitled ‘Ingress’
by artist Michael Szabo of
San Francisco, Calif. Ingress
will be installed in
fall, 2019 at the corner park
at the intersection of Deerfield
Road, Hickory Street,
and Laurel Avenue. The
HP150 sponsor bricks will
also be installed at the park.
Standing more than 8
feet tall and 24 feet wide,
Ingress symbolizes both a
ribbon honoring the first
150 years of Highland
Park, and from another
angle, a gateway to the
future. The design aims to
create experiences of contemplation,
curiosity, wonderment,
and joy. The interior
height of the arch is 7’,
allowing people to experience
the gateway by walking
through and around the
sculpture. The sculpture
will be fabricated from
brushed stainless steel
and rich patina bronze,
durable and lasting materials,
to help reflect the
surrounding environment.
“Throughout my career,
I have explored how
sculptures in a public space
can inspire and strengthen
bonds between individuals,
communities, and their
surroundings,” Szabo said.
“The City of Highland
Park’s commitment to the
arts, its outstanding architecture,
and friendly people
make me proud to have a
permanent art piece in the
area and to contribute my
creative energy to a place
that has been part of my life
since the early phase of my
career as an artist.”
Szabo earned a degree
in Fine Art from the Rhode
Island School of Design,
and in 20014, established
Michael Szabo Studio in
San Francisco. Over the
past 14 years, the studio
has been involved in nearly
100 public and private
commissions.
Ingress was selected out
of a pool of 29 different
proposals by the Cultural
Arts Commission (CAC).
City Council accepted the
recommendation of the
CAC. In 2018, the City
conducted a request for
proposals process which
was promoted locally and
internationally through a
variety of arts groups and
organizations. The purpose
of the sesquicentennial
art sculpture is to add
to the prestige of the City’s
art collection; engage
imaginative interaction
and reflection; attract and
please visitors; contribute
to the overall livability of
the City of Highland Park;
reflect on the innovative
energies and creative values
of the community; and
consider the engagement
of viewers who encounter
the work in differing
modes, including on foot,
by bike, and in cars.

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Lucy
Submitted by the Kelly family
Lucy is a feisty and affectionate
3-year-old cockapoo mix who was
found wandering the streets in
Tbilisi, Georgia, where her owners,
Ambassador Ian Kelly and his wife
Francesca, were living. Now that Ian has retired
from the State Department, all three are living in
Highland Park, where Lucy is enjoying the high life
of squirrel-chasing and napping by the fire. There
are many street dogs in countries like Georgia,
but there the problem is visible. Here in the U.S.,
unwanted dogs and cats are put in shelters and
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MYAC wins big at Celebrate Highwood casino event
Doug Rapp
Freelance Reporter
The Mayor of Highwood
was in a back room
on Saturday night, trying
to win at the craps table.
But he wasn’t squandering
taxpayer dollars on
gambling—he was there
to raise money for a good
cause.
Mayor Charlie Pecaro
and other North Shore
residents were attending
the third annual Jazzed
Up Dining & Classical
Cocktails, a benefit for the
Midwestern Young Artists
Conservatory (MYAC)
and Celebrate Highwood,
a non-profit organization
that runs charitable
community events.
Held in MYAC’s facility,
a restored army stockade
building for Fort Sheridan,
on Lyster Road, the event
featured cocktails, dinner
and dessert buffets, a silent
auction, casino games
and live jazz and classical
from some MYAC musical
groups.
“MYAC is such a big
part of Highwood,” Pecaro
said. “It brings families
from all over the
North Shore into this great
building. We get to listen
to these wonderful kids
play music all night. It’s
unbelievable.”
Ilyse Strongin, who
handles media and PR for
Celebrate Highwood, said
the third year’s a charm for
any event.
“This has always been
a smashing success,” she
said.
Although this is the third
year for the MYAC fundraiser,
Eric Falberg, president
of Celebrate Highwood,
said this is the first
time they’ve added the
casino.
“We wanted to add a
little spice and give people
something to do,” Falberg
Highwood Mayor, Charlie Pecaro, with his wife, Jessica
(left), Dave Puttlak, and Lorenzo DeVito are pleased
with the dice Lindy Fox threw Feb. 23 at Celebrate Highwood’s
Jazzed Up Dining and Classical Cocktails event.
Nicole Carrow/22nd Century Media
said. “It’s not just going
to eat and listening to
jazz. Now you get a casino
night.”
Falberg said students
from MYAC go on to
“phenomenal schools” and
professional careers. “It’s
keeping music alive,” he
added.
Allan Dennis, founder
and president of MYAC,
said his nonprofit youth
organization serves 900
students a year, some international,
with orchestras,
jazz bands, chamber
music, choruses, and early
childhood education.
“We’re really happy
they’re [Celebrate Highwood]
coming here,” Dennis
said. “It gives us not
only a chance to have fun
ourselves and to use our
beautiful facility, but it
raises awareness of who
we are and what we do
here.”
Dennis said a lot of people
in the area don’t know
what MYAC does and it’s
a “great opportunity” to
show people. He said they
money raised at Jazzed Up
helps with MYAC scholarships
and supporting
students who otherwise
couldn’t afford to attend.
Grace Mockus, a junior
at Lake Forest High
School and MYAC student,
played with the
chamber quartet during
the opening cocktail hour
as guests mingled, eating
appetizers and taking redcarpet
style photos in front
of a Celebrate Highwood
backdrop.
“It’s a great atmosphere,”
said Mockus,
whose twin sister, Jane, is
also an MYAC student and
played with the chamber
quartet.
Regarding her time at
MYAC, Mockus said, “It’s
been absolutely amazing.
It’s a really fantastic
experience to get more
knowledge about playing
in an ensemble with a
lot of great teachers and
mentors.”
In the South Hall, casino
gaming ran the entire time
of the event, from 6:30
p.m. to 10 p.m.
At the craps table, Jim
Hospodarsky, a Highwood
alderman, said the casino
was a great addition that
added even more fun. He
joked that he’d been “playing
but not winning.”
“It’s a great event for
MYAC and a great start
of the year for Celebrate
Highwood,” Hospodarsky
said. “It’s a fun event
that brings the community
together for a good cause.”
Ilyse Strongin said the
casino was added this year
to raise more funds.
Guests received one $5
chip with their purchase
of a $75 ticket. Additional
chips could be bought but
there was no cash buyback
since all proceeds
were considered donations.
The prizes, in order,
for the three highest earners
were a 55-inch smart
TV, a full auto detail and
safety check plus a weeklong
test drive of an Alfa
Romeo or Maserati, and
a $500 gift card to Capital
Grille Restaurant and
Steakhouse.
Chips could also be used
toward the silent auction,
which included gift baskets,
gym memberships,
musical memorabilia, and
packaged spirits.
Doug Blount, of Highwood,
and Enrique Lipezker,
of Highland Park were
viewing items in the silent
auction together.
“It’s a good event that
supports the arts and that’s
something we’re for,”
Blount said.
Lipezker said he was
supporting the event because
his son, Enrique, is
in the MYAC choir and his
daughter, Elise, is a former
MYAC student.
M. Brad Slavin, an
alderman, a Celebrate
Highwood board member
and owner of Farmers
Insurance in Highwood,
said it was his third time
attending the event.
“It’s great,” Slavin said.
“In combination with
MYAC we’re able to combine
our charitable organizations…it
keeps it in
Highwood, it keeps it fun.
[The casino] adds a whole
new element to it. The
event’s been building and
building, and this is certainly
going to be our best
year ever.”

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Celebrating 150 Years
City plans to achieve 150 service projects in 2019
Submitted by the City of
Highland Park
The City of Highland
Park’s HP150 Service
Committee needs your
help achieving 150 service
projects to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of
the City’s founding in
1869.
If you or your organization,
school, club, place of
worship, or business is coordinating
a service project
or volunteer initiative,
please contact Marietta
Stevens at the Volunteer
Pool of Highland Park at
info@volunteerpoolhp.
org or call (847) 433-2190
with a short description
of the service project, its
impact, and a photograph
after the project has been
completed. HP150 Service
Projects can be as simple
as volunteering at your
local animal shelter or
picking up trash at a park.
2019 Service Projects
1. The HP Community
Foundation’s project at
Martin Luther King Day
of Service was to make
150 “grab and Go bags”
for the police, firefighters,
snow plow drivers, and
other first responders.
2. The Rotary Club
of Highland Park made
500 food bags and wrote
empowering notes for
WINGS, an organization
which helps adults and
children escaping from domestic
violence and abuse.
3. The American Legion
of Highland Park helped
participants at Martin Luther
King Day of Service
write letters to hospitalized
Veterans at James Lovell
Federal Healthcare Center.
The Legion delivers letters
and coordinates activities
such as Bingo.
4. SCOPE (Summer
Camp Opportunities Promote
Education) volunteers
wrote letters to
children in summer camp
wishing them a wonderful
experience. SCOPE raises
money for low- income
families to send kids to
Camp Greenwood. The
nonprofit, national organization
has sent over 2,000
kids to camp and believes
summer camp encourages
learning and enhances
overall academic learning.
5. Edgewood’s Girl
Up Club completed a toiletries/sanitary
product
The Board of Directors for the Volunteer Pool of Highland
Park baked cookie bags that were distributed to
the senior housing buildings in Highland Park. Photos
submitted
drive for P.A.D.S of Lake
County, delivering several
boxes of these items to the
shelter. The club is an affiliate
of the United Nations
and focuses on advocacy
and fundraising efforts in
the areas of female education,
health, safety, leadership,
and documentation.
The group fundraises to
support SchoolCycle,
which aims to help eliminate
one of the biggest obstacles
keeping girls out of
school.
6. Earlier this year
the Girl Up Club raised
enough money to send 20
girls in Uganda to school
for an entire year.
7. The Board of Directors
for the Volunteer Pool
of Highland Park baked
150 valentines cookie
bags that were distributed
to two of the senior
housing buildings in
Highland Park in honor of
the City’s sesquicentennial.
We think everyone
deserves a Valentine treat
and we value all the residents
in the Highland Park
Housing Buildings.
Celebrating 150 Years is a
bi-weekly column submitted
by the City of Highland Park,
in which they outline the
progress of the 150 service
projects the City plans to
achieve in honor of Highland
Park’s 150th anniversary.
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February was a big
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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The amount of units in the
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Deliciosa Northbrook’s Mario’s Comida Fresca offers
up inventive Mexican cuisine, Page 32
Highland Park Strings visit sister city Puerto Vallarta, Page 19
The Highland Park
Strings perform Feb. 17
at Cafe des Artists in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Submitted photo

18 | March 7, 2019 | The highland park landmark faith
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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)
Men’s Bible Study Group
9-10 a.m. Saturdays
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
Immaculate Conception Parish (770
Deerfield Road, Highland Park)
Weekend Services
5 p.m. Saturdays
4-4:45 p.m. Sundays,
confession
8 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.
Sunday service
Confessions
4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays
Sunday Connection
Scripture Group
10-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays,
The Sunday Connection
is a women’s discussion
group based on the
readings for the following
weekend liturgies. Coffee
and camraderie following
each session. Everyone
welcome, no sign-up
necessary. The group is
located in the church’s
parish center.
Central Avenue Synagogue (874 Central
Ave., Highland Park)
Jewish Spirituality and
Mysticism Class
1:30 p.m. Saturdays.
Jewish Spirituality and
Mysticism Class open to
members and non members
discusses spiritual
applications of the weeks
Torah portion to contemporary
life. For more info
regarding other daytime
and evening classes please
call (847) 266-0770.
St. James Catholic Church (134 North
Ave., Highwood)
Catholic Charities Supper
6:30 p.m. Thursdays,
Parish Hall
Food Pantry
5:30-7 p.m. every Thursday,
lower level of school.
Worship Services
8 a.m. Monday through
Friday
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays
8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sundays
Noon Sundays with a
Spanish-language
Alcoholics Anonymous
7 p.m. Mondays in the
Lounge.
Submit information for The
Landmark’s Faith page to
Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com.
The deadline is
noon on Thursdays. Questions?
Call (847) 272-4565
ext. 34.
In Memoriam
Rita Lewis
Rita Lewis,
85, of
Highland
Park, Illinois,
died
on Feb. 20,
while skiing
in Bachelor Gulch with
her husband, Kenneth.
Rita was born in Harrisburg,
Penn. and graduated
with Bachelors and Masters
degrees from Northwestern
University, where
she met Ken. She was a
devoted wife and mother
and prolific artist. Rita will
be remembered for the joy
she brought to everyone
who knew her, whether it
was on the slopes or making
art that embodied her
spirit and reflected her
family life. Rita was a vibrant,
caring human being
who glowed with the
bright red, green, blue and
yellow colors she so loved.
She will be missed by her
husband, Ken and their
three children and their
spouses: Adam Lewis and
Merrilee Stanley, Bret and
Suzanne Lewis, Beth Lewis
and Mark Sonneborn,
their grandchildren Scott,
Nina, Isabelle, and Oliver;
her sister Joan Miller; and
their many friends.
The funeral will be held
at the Edwards Interfaith
Chapel (32138 Highway
6, Edwards, CO) at 11:00
a.m. sharp on Monday,
February 25. Please wear
the bright colors that Rita
loved, along with her jewelry.
The family will greet
friends at their home at 1
Arrowhead, Condo B 203
(across from the Broken
Arrow) from 3:00 to 6:00
p.m. There will be a short
service at 5:45 p.m.
In lieu of flowers please
make contributions in
Rita’s honor to the Anderson
Ranch (https://
www.andersonranch.org/
workshops-at-the-ranch/
scholarships/), The Cycle
Effect (https://thecycleeffect.org/donate/),
or B’nai
Vail Rabbi’s fund (http://
bnaivail.org/about-us/giving-opportunities/).
Jack B. Thurlwell
Jack B. Thurlwell, 84
of Highland Park, passed
away Feb. 18. Jack spent his
career as a Highland Park
Postman for 35 years, after
retiring he drove a school
bus for District 113 for 15
years. Loving husband of
Celeste. Father of Jeff and
the late Janice. Dear brother
of Patricia Thurlwell.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to
American Heart Association,
208 S. LaSalle Street,
Suite 900, Chicago, IL
60604
Joan David
Joan Benjamin David,
94, passed away peacefully
at home, surrounded
by her family, on February
15th. Joan grew up in
Glencoe. She married the
love of her life, the late
Bob, in 1946. They raised
their family in Highland
Park and had 42 wonderful
years together. Joan is survived
by her four children,
Marianne (Joel) Paine,
Robin, Pam (Cheryl Lazar)
and Andy (Celia), as
well as by four grandchildren,
Katie Kelly, Cassie
(Paul) Stachowicz, Allison
(Kushal) Chakrabarti
and Peter (Chitra Panjabi)
David, as well as by one
great-grandchild, Maggie
Stachowicz. Joan is also
survived by her brother
John (Esther) Benjamin,
as well as many nieces and
nephews. Funeral services
will be private. For shiva
information, please call
Weinstein & Piser Funeral
Home: 847-256-5700. In
lieu of flowers, contributions
can be made to the
Chicago Botanic Garden.
Isabel Gibson
Isabel (Liz) Gibson
Iwanowski, born Feb. 19,
1943, in Hartford, Conn.,
departed this world on
Feb. 26. Isabel graduated
from Highland Park High
School on June 14, 1962.
She then attended Augustana
Hospital School of
Nursing graduating second
in her class graduating
on July 31, 1962. She
received her Bachelor of
Science and Masters degrees
from The College
of Saint Francis in May
1979. She was one of the
first licensed Nurse Practitioners
in the State of
Illinois. After working at
Augustana Hospital, Gottlieb
Hospital and Rush
Hospital, Isabel settled on
working as an industrial
nurse in private practice
specializing in risk management.
She retired from
the Greatlakes United
States Postal Service in
2011, to spend time golfing
and traveling with her
husband, George Iwanowski,
who predeceased
her in May 2013. Isabel
is survived by her brothers
Guy Gibson of Geneseo,
Ill.; Ralph Gibson,
of Largo, Fla.; her sister
Martha Gibson McGinnis,
Lombard, Ill.; her nieces
Rebekah Lazar of Lombard,
Ill.; Michelle Gibson
of East Moline, Ill.; Jenell
Smith of Camarillo, Calif.;
her nephews Adam
McGinnis of West New
York, N.J.; Robert Gibson
of Silverdale, Wash.
and Tim (John) Gibson of
Buckley, Wash. She is predeceased
by her brother
John (Woody) Gibson of
Camarilla, Calif.
Visitation will be held
Friday, March 8th from
8:30 a.m. until time of
prayers at 9:30 a.m. from
Brust Funeral Home, 135
S. Main St, Lombard, to
Sacred Heart Church, 114
S. Elizabeth, Lombard for
10 a.m. Mass. The burial
will take place immediately
following the Mass
at Queen of Heavens Cemetery,
Wolf Road, Hillside,
Illinois.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email erin@
hplandmark.com with
information about a loved
one from Highland Park or
Highwood.

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HP Strings perform in Mexico, teach masterclasses
Erin Yarnall, Editor
Diners at Puerto Vallarta’s
Cafe des Artistes,
a haute cuisine restaurant
owned and operated
by chef Thierry Blouet,
were treated on Feb. 17
to a musical performance
from Highland Park’s own
Highland Park Strings trio.
The trio, comprised of
Highland Park Strings
founder and cellist Larry
Block, violinist Fran
Shonfeld Sherman and
viola player Jerry Taxy,
coordinated their trip with
the Highland Park Sister
Cities Foundation, and
spent five days in Mexico
working with students at
the Orquesta Escuela de
Puerto Vallarta (OEPV),
or the Orchestra School of
Puerto Vallarta.
“Their goal is, through
music, to build better
citizens, to creative sensitive
leaders,” said Carol
Wolfe, the president of the
Highland Park Sister Cities
Foundation about the
Mexican school. “They
feel that music is a vehicle
to teach discipline, to teach
passion, to teach dedication
and commitment and
a lot of the studies point
to kids who are involved
in music, and music education,
really are headed
toward success.”
The members of the
Highland Park Strings trio
spent their first night performing
at the restaurant,
but in the following days
they worked with OEPV
to teach masterclasses to
students and help set up
the school’s orchestra.
“Sister Cities has also
been very generous with
the orchestra, in terms of
supplying instruments,”
Block said. “We’ve sent
[OEPV] about a dozen
violins, violas and cellos
of which we’ve acquired
from cooperative dealers.
The kids are playing those
instruments.”
While The Strings trio
were performing throughout
their trip, Block says
he views it more as a
vacation.
“It’s a holiday really, in
a sense,” Block said. “We
get to stay in a nice hotel,
and enjoy the warm weather.”
“Not that the weather
here isn’t great,” Block
sarcastically added.
The trip also lined up
with a three-week vacation
to Puerto Vallarta
that Block and his wife
annually take.
“It’s just a coincidence it
became a sister city,” said
Block, who was formerly
the president of the Sister
Cities Foundation.
The trip culminated in a
concert in which both the
trio and students at OEPV
performed.
“Our Sister Cities relationship
with Puerto Vallarta
started 16 years ago,
and we’ve had many collaborations,
exchanges
and programs in the arts,”
Wolfe said. “Sister Cities
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20 | March 7, 2019 | The highland park landmark dining out
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Mario’s Comida Fresca makes long-term stop in Northbrook
Food truck
owner secures
permanent place in
Northbrook Court
Erin Yarnall
Editor
When Mario Ortiz wanted
to start operating a food
truck for fun in 2013, he
was told he had to be 100
percent in on it.
So the longtime cook
left his job as a manager
at Schaumburg’s Big Bowl
and together with his wife,
Anita, started Mario’s Cart
— a food truck specializing
in Mexican cuisine
staples.
While Mario and Anita
are still traveling around
the Chicago area with
their cart, they’ve recently
put down more
permanent roots in a sitdown
restaurant, Mario’s
Comida Fresca, located in
Northbrook Court.
But the mall location
wasn’t anything new for
Ortiz.
The couple was part of
a rotating group of food
truck owners who would
take over the spot for two
weeks at a time.
“They [invited] a lot of
food trucks around last
year,” Ortiz said. “I would
come for two weeks and
then another food truck
would come for two weeks.”
Ortiz said the transition
to fully taking over the
location wasn’t difficult
because he was already accustomed
to the spot and
its customers.
“Everybody started to
know my food and other
people here liked it,” Ortiz
said.
For fans of Mario’s Cart,
there are only minor differences
between the food
truck and the restaurant,
primarily the exclusion of
Street tacos ($3) come with a choice of protein, cilantro
and onions.
The burrito ($9) comes with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de
gallo and protein.
two sandwiches, the Cubano
and steak king, that
they serve at the food truck
from the restaurant menu.
“Maybe I will try them,
because they are so popular
at the food truck,” Ortiz
said of the sandwiches.
While the couple has set
down some roots in Northbrook,
their plans to take
their food on the road continue
to grow. Ortiz said
that he and his wife plan to
buy another food truck —
this one serving Italian ice.
“My wife is 100 percent
Italian; I am 100 percent
Mexican,” Ortiz said.
Their initial goal with
the first Mario’s Cart was
to pay homage to both of
their ancestries, serving a
combination of Italian and
Mexican food, but in the
end they decided to focus
on Mexican cuisine.
“It was not easy in the
Mario’s Cart
Northbrook Court
1515 Lake Cook Road,
Northbrook
(847) 899-4790
www.marioscart17.com
10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Monday-Saturday
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday
beginning, we tried Italian
and Mexican mixed,”
Ortiz said. “We tried a lot
of items to see what people
liked the most. With
Italian items and Mexican
items on the same menu,
it’s a little crazy.”
This time, Ortiz hopes
he can highlight the Italian
influence in his family.
Last week, a group of
22nd Century Media editors
stopped by Mario’s
location in Northbrook
Court to sample some of
the restaurant’s dishes.
The nachos ($10) are topped with lettuce, lime cream, guacamole, pico de gallo,
cheese, a choice of protein and jalapeños at Mario’s Cart in Northbrook Court.
Photos by Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media
The quesadillas ($8) have lettuce, lime cream, guacamole and cheese.
We first tried the nachos
— a large pile of tortilla
chips topped with lettuce,
a lime cream, guacamole,
pico de gallo, cheese and
jalapeños. The nachos can
be topped with a choice of
a protein, with options including
carnitas, chicken,
chorizo, al pastor, skirt
steak and shrimp.
The restaurant’s tacos
can be made three ways:
a gringo loco taco, filled
with lettuce, tomato,
cheese and choice of protein;
the spicy shrimp taco,
filled with avocado salsa,
lime cream and shrimp;
and the street tacos, topped
with cilantro, onion and a
choice of protein, served
on a soft corn tortilla.
Quesadillas are served
on a crispy tortilla, and
filled with lettuce, lime
cream, guacamole and
cheese. Like most menu
items at Mario’s, it can
also be filled with a choice
of protein.
Mario’s also serves burritos,
which like all of
the other menu items are
served with a choice of
protein, rice, beans, lettuce
and pico de gallo, wrapped
in a flour tortilla.
Corn in a cup is one of
the many side dishes available
at Mario’s Comida
Fresca — the restaurant’s
version of the traditional
Mexican street food elote.
The restaurant’s corn in a
cup features grilled corn
topped with mayonnaise,
cheese and chili powder.

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Local restaurants take part in Lake County Restaurant Week
Erin Yarnall, Editor
Lake County has an
abundance of locallyowned
restaurants with
varying menus and cuisines,
and residents are
able to sample some of the
restaurant’s choice items
throughout Lake County
Restaurant Week.
In its fourth year, the
Lake County Restaurant
Week, which is organized
by Visit Lake County, taking
place March 1-10, has
spread to more than 68
restaurants.
Communities spanning
the length and width of
the county are represented
— from Antioch to Highland
Park — including
Lake Forest’s Francesca’s
Intimo Restaurant.
The restaurant, which
is one of 11 Francesca’s
restaurants, opened in
2011 and has participated
in Lake County Restaurant
Week previously,
according to general
manager Lisa Joyner.
Joyner said the restaurant
has worked to craft
a special menu for the
week, which highlights
a spectrum of the Italian
cuisine the restaurant
regularly serves up.
“We’re offering a prefixed
menu so you get a
taste of the appetizer, the
entree, a little dessert and
also with a glass of wine
comes paired with your
dish,” Joyner said. “We’re
getting into the wine pairing
with food and how
that’s intended to go.”
Diners at Francesca’s
Intimo Restaurant who order
from the set menu are
served the insalata invernale,
a salad with arugula,
radicchio, Belgian endive,
apples, pears, blue cheese,
walnuts and honey red
wine vinaigrette as a
starter. For a main course,
they are given the option
of the restaurant’s cappellicci
formaggi, a fourcheese
filled pasta with
shallots and green onions
in a vodka tomato creme
sauce; pollo m briaco, a
chicken dish with wild
mushrooms in a brandy
sauce with prosciutto; or
quattro staggiono pizza,
topped with prosciutto,
artichoke, mushroom, olives
and an egg.
The Restaurant Week
menu also includes a glass
of wine per customer, and
gives diners a choice of
Vigne Pinot Grigio or De
Palo Pinot Noir, and for
dessert, diners can indulge
on gelato.
“We definitely not only
want to give back to the
community, but also invite
new guests who may
not have heard of us or
been here with us, just to
show them some different
options we have and different
meals they may not
order traditionally, right
off the menu,” Joyner
said.
Four Highland Park
restaurants and two Highwood
restaurants are also
participating in the 10-day
celebration of food.
Highland Park’s Blaze
Fast-Fire’d Pizza, Bluegrass
Restaurant, Ruby
of Siam and Ravinia
Brewing Company are all
participating, as well as
Highwood’s Disotto Restaurant
and Slyce Coal
Fired Pizza Company.
“As a new restaurant
in the area, we were approached
by Visit Lake
County to participate in
their Libation Trail,” said
Paul Bumbaco, the general
manager of Ravinia
Brewing Company. “[It
was] obviously a great
idea for us, putting us on
the map a little bit.”
Bumbaco said he hopes
the Restaurant Week helps
to promote the brewpub’s
food, in addition to their
beverages.
“The food has really
gotten a good response in
the area,” Bumbaco said.
“I think this can only help
add to it, and bring more
people that may not venture
further south than
normal.”
The brewpub is creating
a “Restaurant Week
combo,” according to
Bumbaco. For $18, diners
will receive a burrito bite
or chips, salsa and guacamole
as an appetizer; a
choice of two tacos; and
dessert.
Bumbaco said the brewpub
has never participated
in anything “to this
extent,” saying Ravinia
Brewing Company has
previously had their food
featured in local Highland
Park festivals.
“As far as the food, this
is kind of the first venture
into doing something like
this,” Bumbaco said.
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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Diamond stats
5. Snow fort
10. It’ll last for days
14. Hippocratic __
15. Court figures
16. High, prefix
17. Assortment
18. Smith’s
workplace
19. Ode or haiku
20. Innovative North
Shore restaurant
22. Bowed sash
24. German “I”
25. French story
29. “Out!”
33. “Amen!”
37. Incenses
38. Primary
39. ____ Dhabi
40. Rear
41. Cried, of a goat
43. Old
44. Fair ___ doctrine
45. Leprechaun’s land
46. Euros replaced
them
47. Highland Park
cross-country state
qualifier, Jason
50. Dentist’s advice
51. Baseball exec
Bud
52. Vineyard in
France
54. Row
56. Apportion
60. Pancake turn
63. Farewell
65. Kind of bean
67. Blue-ribbon
68. Schemes
69. School sports org.
70. Tanning need
71. Breakfast bread
72. Camcorder maker
Down
1. Hundred Acre Wood
denizen
2. Its capital, Singaraja
3. “Put ___ writing”
4. “Git!”
5. Writer Asimov
6. Cautious, so to
speak
7. Strauss of denims
8. “...___ quit!”
9. Scandinavian city
10. Beast that bugles
11. “All over the
world” singers, for
short
12. French summer
13. Actress, Basinger
21. Energy
23. Soup veggie
26. In a leisurely manner
in music
27. Teasers
28. Short musical
pieces
29. Gym drills
30. Defoe character
31. Sell again
32. Blonde type
34. Middle Easterner
35. Emirates, for short
36. Cookie Monster’s
original name
41. Friend
42. Tire contents
43. “That’s ___!”
45. Skate-blade part
48. “Hooray!”
49. Mountain stones
50. Winter wear
53. Get up
55. Dermatologist’s
concern
56. Leaning tower
57. Landers and others
58. Mexican dish
59. Hunter of fiction
60. Kind of thermometer:
abbr.
61. French for law
62. Polit. label
64. Batman is part of
one
66. “You did it!”
HIGHWOOD
210
(210 Green Bay Road
(847) 433-0304)
■7 ■ p.m. Friday, March
8: Eric and The Dynamos
■7 ■ p.m. Saturday,
March 9: Abel Gallardo
Band
Buffo’s
(431 Sheridan Road,
(847) 432-0301)
■7 ■ p.m. every Monday:
Trivia
The Humble Pub
(336 Green Bay Road,
(847) 433-6360)
■7 ■ p.m. Saturday,
March 9: Live Wires
■8-12 ■ p.m. every
Wednesday night:
Open Jam
NORTHBROOK
Pinstripes
(1150 Willow Road,
(847) 480-2323)
■From ■ open until close
all week: bowling and
bocce
Chapel of the Divine
Word
(2001 Waukegan Road)
■2:30 ■ or 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 10:
Glenbrook Festival of
Music
GLENVIEW
Johnny’s Kitchen
(1740 Milwaukee Ave.
(847) 699-9999)
■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday
and Saturday: Live
Music
The Rock House
(1742 Glenview Road
(224) 616-3062)
■5 ■ p.m. Friday, March
8: Family Night and
Karaoke
■8 ■ p.m. Saturday,
March 9: ExMaquina
Curragh Irish Pub
(1800 Tower Drive,
(847) 998-1100)
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Guys recap playoff hoops,
announce Team 22
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 start of
the boys basketball postseason, talk some
hockey playoffs, announce the girls basketball
Team 22 and Coach and Player of
the Year.
First Quarter
Dwojak and Wojtychiw recap the start
of the boys basketball playoffs.
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Second Quarter
The guys give a hockey update and talk
about what’s next.
Third Quarter
With so much talent in the area, the
hosts announce this year’s all-area Team
22.
Fourth Quarter
To finish things off, the guys announce
this year’s girls basketball Coach and
Player of the Year.
Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Andrew Natinsky
Andrew Natinsky is a
senior on the Highland
Park High School boys
basketball team.
When did you start
playing basketball?
I started playing probably
early in elementary
school, like first or second
grade.
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What’s your
favorite thing about
basketball?
Being part of the team,
and the whole team aspect
of it. When you have
a group of guys that all
like each other and all
are friends, it makes your
whole experience with
basketball even better.
How do you prepare
for a game?
Our coaches scout
teams, so that helps us a
lot. We know what kind
of offensive actions will
work well, what defensive
actions will work. That
helps our game get better.
What’s your favorite
memory of playing
basketball?
It probably happened
this past season — we beat
Deerfield twice, and not a
lot of people thought that
we could do that. They
were predicted to win both
times, and we beat them
both times — and at Deerfield;
It was a great moment.
What is the best
advice a coach has
ever given you?
Probably just to keep
working. A lot of times this
season we’ve had some
games or tough times
where we’ve struggled a
lot, and our coach tells us
to keep working and keep
grinding. We were playing
our best basketball toward
the end of the season, and
that was because we never
stopped working and just
kept fighting.
Who is your favorite
athlete of all time?
It’s definitely Derrick
Rose. He’s a kind-of small
point guard, just like me.
His athletic ability and
his explosiveness is just
outstanding. He can just
jump so high and get to the
rim so easy, and I love that
about him. He’s so motivational,
especially with
[overcoming] injuries.
What do you do when
you’re not playing
Nicole Carrow/22nd Century Media.
basketball?
Hanging out with
friends, doing homework
or playing video games.
What’s your favorite
video game?
“NBA 2K,” of course.
If you could travel
anywhere in the
world, where would
you go?
Probably France or Italy
because I’ve heard so
many great things about
[them]. I’ve seen pictures,
obviously, and it just looks
so beautiful. It’s just a
great tourist attraction for
people, so probably there.
What is your favorite
movie of all time?
I have to go with “Step
Brothers.” It’s a classic
comedy movie.
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This is 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and
the eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from nine high schools
— Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park (HP), Lake Forest Academy
(LFA), Lake Forest High School (LF), Loyola Academy (LA), North Shore Country Day (NSCD) New
Trier (NT) and Regina Dominican (RD) — in our coverage area.
—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff
First team
second team
Guard
ramatoulaye Keita – LFa
senior
• 16.2 ppg, 14 rpg; A dominant
Keita led the Caxys in a strong
senior campaign for the
versatile player.
Guard
Halle douglass – LF junior
• 16.4 ppg, 8 rpg, 5.7 apg, 3.4 spg,
2.4 bpg; Douglass took the North
Suburban Conference by storm,
leading the conference in four
different statistical categories and her
team to the supersectional. The NSC
named her its Player of the Year.
Forward
Kristin ralston – GBs senior
• 12.9 ppg, 5 rpg; The Johns Hopkins
signee made a big impact for the
Titans despite missing a portion of
the season with an injury. She earned
a Central Suburban League All-
Conference honor.
Guard
Julia martinez – La senior
• 6.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 7.3 apg, 3.4 spg.
For the third year in a row, Martinez
earned a 22CM First Team nod. The
SLU signee is the school’s all-time
leader in rebounds (793) and assists
(767) and eighth all-time in Illinois
assists history.
Forward
taite ryan – nt senior
• 12.5 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.5 bpg; Ryan
ended her Trevians career with a
strong senior campaign. She earned a
CSL All-Conference honor. A dual-sport
athlete, Ryan will play volleyball at
Dartmouth College next year.
Forward
addie Budnik – HP junior
• 19 ppg, 12 rpg, 5 bpg; A force
on both ends of the floor, Budnik
improved her offensive game and
earned a First Team nod for the
second consecutive year.
Honorable mentions:
Christina Christos, GBN junior;
Faith Kim, GBN senior; Sydney
Ignoffo, HP senior; Kelsi
Jackson, LFA senior; Finola
Summerville, LF junior; Molly
Fisher, LF sophomore; Ellie
Pearson, LF senior; Caroline
Segal, NSCD junior; Rebecca
Goldman, NT senior; Laura
Strenk, RD sophomore.
makayla stadler – GBs senior
• 10.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 3.5 apg,
4.4 spg; The Titans senior
jumped up to the Second Team
after a successful season. She
earned a CSL All-Conference
honor.
Libbie Vanderveen – GBs
senior
• 10.4 ppg, 6 rbg, 3.5 apg,
2.6 spg; Vanderveen shot 42
percent from the field and 29
percent from beyond the arc.
Forward
celia satter – La senior
• 10.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.2 spg;
The Richmond signee made
over 70 3-pointers, including
a school-record nine in one
game. She earned Girls Catholic
Athletic Conference All-
Conference honors.
Grace tirzmalis – LF senior
• 13 ppg, 6 rpg, 1.6 apg;
A sharpshooter, Tirzmalis
ended her career on the most
successful team in Scouts
basketball history. She earned a
NSC All-Conference honor.

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Girls Basketball Coach of the Year
Weissenstein rides into
sunset in final season
Michal Dwojak
Contributing Sports Editor
Steve Weissenstein
didn’t expect to be where
he is in 2019 when he entered
the Glenbrook South
gym in 1983.
The Titans head coach
was an accountant who
was just visiting a friend,
but he’ll leave as a giant
for the GBS basketball
program after 30 years
with the school, 21 as the
leader of the girls program.
“I didn’t have the foggiest
idea that this would be
the place where I would be
a head coach for 30 years,”
he said. “For that to come
true is beyond words.”
Weissenstein capped a
historic career with a season
he’ll never forget. Despite
different challenges
throughout the year, the
Titans fought those off
to win numerous tournaments
and surprise a rival
in its IHSA regional
finale.
His team’s success, despite
adversity, is why
22nd Century Media
named Weissenstein it’s
2019 Girls Basketball
Coach of the Year.
“I had the 19 best kids
you could possibly have,
and that made it just so
rewarding,” Weissenstein
said. “Every day of practice,
every game we had, it
was fun to be in that gym
with those kids.”
Many fans and coaches
around the state expected
the Titans to have a good
season. With a strong senior
trio of Kristin Ralston,
Makayla Stadler and Libbie
Vanderveen, South had
the talent to compete with
Glenbrook South girls basketball head coach Steve
Weissenstein was named 22nd Century Media’ 2019
Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. 22nd Century Media
File Photo
any team and be considered
one of the best in the
state.
The Titans started the
season strong by winning
the Mundelein Thanksgiving
Tournament, but
then the injuries started.
Julia DiSano dislocated
her shoulder in the championship
game of the tournament,
and doctors said
she’d miss the rest of the
season. Both Stadler and
Vanderveen played with
sprained ankles for most
of the season, and Ralston
missed four games with a
concussion.
But South continued to
fight. With its depth, the
Titans won games, including
the Falcon Holiday
Classic. There were a
few games Weissenstein
knows his team could’ve
won had he had his full
roster, but the Titans made
a surge toward the end of
the season.
DiSano returned for the
big win over Maine South
to finish the season, and
South battled back to defeat
New Trier for a IHSA
regional championship after
losing to the Trevians
twice during the season.
“I give credit to the girls
who stepped up and made
big plays,” Weissenstein
said. “We were mixing and
matching.
“It’s really cool when
you see kids who were hurt
and then battled back.”
Weissenstein said he
wouldn’t think much about
his last season before it
started. But with every
gym visit, the hosts celebrated
him and what he
meant to the North Shore
basketball community.
“It meant a lot to me,
knowing they had that kind
of respect for me,” Weissenstein
said. “I’ve built
relationships with those
coaches over the years,
and for them to do that, it
did mean a lot to me.”
Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Douglass’ complete game
earns her the 2019 honor
Joe Coughlin, Publisher
Four days after her team
lost in the supersectional
round, Lake Forest’s Halle
Douglass was in Normal,
Illinois, watching the
IHSA Class 4A state finals.
It wasn’t easy, but it was
worth it, as Douglass came
away with a clear goal.
“It makes me want to
play there more,” she said.
“Next year, we want to be
there. We have to get better
and work hard to get in
that position.”
That drive for excellence
is one reason the Scouts
had their most successful
season in program history,
and Douglass earned accolade
after accolade along
the way, including being
selected as the North Suburban
Conference Player
of the Year, First Team
All-State and 22nd Century
Media (parent of The Leader
that covers nine area
high schools) girls basketball
player of the year.
During the regular season,
Douglass averaged
16.4 points per game, 8
rebounds per game and 5.7
assists per game. She also
tacked on 3.4 steals a game
and 2.4 blocks a game.
The junior point guard
led the NSC in all of those
categories except rebounds.
Also this year, Douglass
broke the school record for
career assists and scored
her 1,000th career point.
While her name is next
to those stats, Douglass
credited her teammates.
“I think it’s mainly just
because of the girls on
my team,” she said about
her success. “[The stats]
wouldn’t have been as
good if they didn’t work
Halle Douglass led the North Suburban Conference in
points, assists, steals and blocks on her way to All-
State honors as the Scouts earned a sectional title. 22nd
Century Media File Photo
as hard as they do. We are
all so committed to getting
better every day. And this
year we really learned how
to push each other.”
The Scouts did that by
ratcheting up the intensity
in practice, “making things
more game-like,”she said.
The results were undeniable,
and not just for Douglass.
Lake Forest amassed
27 wins, a program record,
and advanced to the final
eight in Class 4A by earning
the first sectional title in
program history.
While Douglass deflects
praise, her all-around game
had plenty to do with the
Scouts’ highlight-filled
season. LFHS coach Kyle
Wilhelm said he thinks she
is the best high school point
guard in Illinois.
But as you can see by her
stat line, it’s not all about
the points for Douglass.
“I’ve never really been
like, ‘I have to score a ton
of points,’” she said. “If I
have an off night, where I
can’t put it in basket, I do
what it takes. I love playing
defense; it’s one of favorite
parts of the game.”
Rarely do you see a point
guard switch to a post defender,
but Wilhelm likes
Douglass’ height (6 feet 2
inches) and length around
the rim.
Her diverse game also
has colleges swooning.
The teenager has picked
up 15-plus scholarship offers
so far, many from bigname
programs.
But she still has one
more year of high school
left, and there’s plenty to
look forward to. For instance,
the team that bested
the streaking Scouts was
undefeated Maine West,
which ran roughshod
through the state (only two
of the Warriors 35 wins
were decided by less than
12 points) on its way to a
state championship.
Douglass saw the big
stage and wants to lead
the Scouts there, and she
won’t be resting on her
laurels to do so.
“I think I need get a lot
stronger; I’ll be working
on that this offseason,” she
said. “Also, I want to work
on my shot. I developed it
a lot this past year, but I
think I can become a better
shooter for sure.”

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Its season ended in a
loss to Carmel, but not
before Highland Park’s
hockey team showed the
best of what it became this
season.
“This was our best game
by far. We played a full
game,” senior captain Jordan
Meeks said. “We stuck
with it against a great
team. We battled and we
surprised a lot of people.”
The Giants lost 5-3 to
Carmel in third-round play
of this year’s 2019 Illinois
State Hockey Championships
on Feb. 26, but
Highland Park showed its
mettle against the 13thranked
team in Ross Forman’s
Illinois Top 20.
Down 4-1 after two periods,
the Giants got two
goals from senior George
Giese in the third to put on
the pressure.
But Carmel added a late
tally to secure the win.
“They definitely didn’t
quit,” Giants coach Anthony
Booth said. “We talked
the whole year about battling
for three periods and
they showed a lot of heart
and a lot of grit today. I’m
really proud of them.”
Carmel led 2-0 after one
This Week In ...
Giants Athletics
Girls Water Polo
■March ■ 7 — at Highland
Park, 6 p.m.
■March ■ 8 — at
Schaumburg, 6 p.m.
■March ■ 12 — at Glenbrook
South, 6 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
■March ■ 7 — at Lake Forest,
5 p.m.
■March ■ 9 — at Highland
The Giants Lawson Levine celebrates his second-period
goal during the Giants’ 5-3 loss Feb. 26 in the state
series. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
Park, 8 a.m.
■March ■ 12 — at Highland
Park, 6 p.m.
Girls Track and Field
■March ■ 8 — at Highland
Park, 4:30 p.m.
Boys Track and Field
■March ■ 9 — at Highland
Park, 10 a.m.
Boys Gymnastics
■March ■ 9 — at Niles West,
11 a.m.
period before Highland
Park’s Lawson Levine
took a shot from behind
Carmel’s net that caromed
into the goal off the back
of Carmel goalie’s skate.
Sam Shachtman assisted
on the goal.
Carmel scored twice
more in the second period
and had a power play in
the third when the Giants
showed their fight.
From behind the Highland
Park net, Meeks lofted
a pass up-ice that found
Giese on a breakaway.
Giese fought his way
through two defensemen
and scored a short-handed
goal with 7:14 remaining
in the game.
Giese struck again three
minutes later on Shachtman’s
second assist, pulling
the Giants to within a
tying goal of the Corsairs.
“Like I said right before
the game: Don’t leave
anything behind. Don’t
have any regrets and leave
everything out there,”
Giese said. “At the end of
the game, you won’t have
anything to be ashamed
of if you give everything
you’ve got.”
The Giants won two
state playoff games prior
to Feb. 26’s loss.
“We’ve progressed so
much as a team this year
in terms of effort and
discipline,” Booth said.
“They’ve come a long way
and that’s a big part of the
game — effort and discipline.”
■March ■ 12 — at Glenbrook
North, 6 p.m.
Boys Baseball
■March ■ 12 — at Palatine,
4:45 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
■March ■ 12 — at Highland
Park, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer
■March ■ 13 — at Highland
Park, 4:45 p.m.

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Boys Basketball
Giants stymie Scouts, hang with Patriots in regional
Athlete of the Month
David Jaffe, Freelance Reporter
1st-and-3
Stars of the
Week
photo credit
1. Val Oplchenski
(ABOVE).
The Highland Park
big man offered
up his patented
two-way game,
helping limit both
Lake Forest’s and
Stevenson’s post
offense during
regional play.
2. George Giese.
The Highland Park
Giants hockey
player scored
two goals in the
second period of a
state playoff game
to pull his team
to within striking
distance last
week.
3. Cole Beermann.
The senior
Highland Parker
scored 18 points
in the regional
semifinal upset
of Lake Forest,
helping to keep
his team’s season
alive.
Andrew Natinsky flies in for the open layup for the Giants in their
regional-opening win Feb. 25 over Lake Forest. Nicole Carrow/22nd
Century Media
Compared to how it played
Stevenson earlier this season,
Highland Park looked like a different
squad when it took on the
top seed in the IHSA Class 4A
Waukegan Sectional on Feb. 26.
Four weeks ago, the Giants
lost to the Patriots by 30 points,
but this time, the Giants set the
tone defensively, throwing Stevenson
off its game for the first
quarter and a half of the Lake
Forest Regional semifinal.
Unfortunately, for the other
two and a half quarters, Stevenson
looked like the same team
that earned the sectional’s top
seed as it earned the 49-37 win.
“I really like how we came
out in this game. We played
fearless and our defense set the
tone early,” Highland Park coach
Paul Harris said. “You have to
give [the Patriots] credit though.
They do a very good job stretching
the floor with three really
good shooters, four with certain
lineups. They’re an experienced,
well-coached team. But we
fought until the end.”
The Giants advanced to the
semifinal thanks to an all-around
performance in a 56-43 quarterfinal
win over better-seeded host
Lake Forest on Feb. 25.
Lake Forest’s Jake Fisher may
have totaled 27 points, but that’s
as much as the Giants were going
to give the Scouts.
The Giants used suffocating
post defense and quick transition
to upend the Scouts.
Cole Beermann led the Giants
with 18 points, while Natinsky
had 11, Billy Rudman 10,
Oplchenski 9 and Zach Fagenholz
had 5.
It was going to be an uphill
battle a night later against the Patriots,
but the Giants held them in
check in the first quarter.
Then, Fagenholz scored the
first five of the second quarter to
put his team in front 14-9.
Stevenson, however, proved
too difficult to contain, and its
ball movement improved leading
to better looks for its shooters.
It scored 12 straight late in the
second quarter to go ahead 30-19
and take control of the game.
“It was the playoffs so we
knew we had to come out and
play at a high level with high
intensity,” said Natinsky (12
points). “I thought we made
things tough on them. They did a
good job adjusting though.”
Overall the Giants were happy
with their shot selection but
while they converted some early
on, they just couldn’t knock
down all their open looks.
“I think we took better shots
than the last time we faced
them,” Harris said. “But we had
some good looks that we didn’t
hit. I think the first game showed
us areas we needed to improve.
We had crisper passes and better
ball movement. We improved a
lot from the first matchup.”
The Giants finish the season
13-17 and 5-5 in the Central
Suburban League North, but the
record did not impact how much
they enjoyed playing together.
“They showed a lot of resilience,”
Harris said. “We had
some tough losses, some close
ones and some where we got
pasted, but they would show up
the next day always wanting to
play.”
The Highland Park players appreciated
their time as Giants.
“I loved every aspect of playing
at Highland Park,” said Natinsky,
a senior. “We had a great
bond with each other. Every day
we played for each other.”
Highland Park gymnast Lindsay
Weisskopf won the February Athlete
of the Month competition. 22nd Century
Media File Photo
Weisskopf helps earn
first win since 2017
Michal Dwojak, Sports Editor
The Giants’ Athlete of the Month
drought finally ended thanks to gymnast
Lindsay Weisskopf, who won the
first monthly honor of 2019. Kirby
Bartelstein was the last Giant to win
the honor in March 2017.
Weisskopf won the contest with 903
votes to edge fellow Giant and girls
basketball player Addie Budnik.
Voting lasted from Feb. 10-25. Vote
this month from March 10-25 at HP-
Landmark.com.
Local Athlete of the Month
candidates
Highland Park High School
• Cole Beermann, boys
basketball
• Konrad Schmid, boys swimming
and diving
• George Giese, boys hockey
• Lucy Heller, girls hockey
Listen Up
“We had some tough losses, some close ones
and some where we got pasted, but they would
show up the next day always wanting to play..”
Paul Harris — Highland Park boys basketball coach on his
team’s 2018-19 players
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Index
29 - Girls basketball coach, player of year
27 - Athlete of the Week
Fastbreak is compiled by Editor Erin Yarnall. Send any questions
or comments to erin@hplandmark.com.

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Call it a Comeback Gymnast
ends long drought for HP athletes, Page 31
Making the team
Landmark announces girls
basketball Team22, Page 27
Highland Park’s
Jack Fishman
(left) collides
with a Carmel
player during
the Giants’ 5-3
loss Feb. 26 in
the state series.
Gary Larsen/22nd
Century Media
Highland Park plays ‘best
game’ in final game of
season, Page 30
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