24 | March 14, 2019 | The Northbrook tower news northbrooktower.com Northbrook Park District now accepting hall of fame nominations Submitted by the Northbrook Park District The Northbrook Park District is now accepting Hall of Fame nominations through April 12, 2019. The Park District honors athletes and volunteers with its Sports Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame. The District recognizes the accomplishments of athletes who are from Northbrook or who have utilized Northbrook Park District facilities as their primary training location. Past Hall of Fame inductees include National Collegiate Figure Skating Champion Heather Aseltine and Cleveland Indians baseball player Jason Kipnis. The Hall of Fame recognizes volunteers who have given their time and effort to improve the quality of District programs or facilities. To download a form and learn more about the park’s Hall of Fames and the criteria to nominate someone, visit the Hall of Fame page at nbparks.org. RIGHT: Past Northbrook Park District Hall of Fame inductees include Major League Baseball all-star Jason Kipnis. Photos Submitted THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK Highwood’s Lucky Fish Restaurant closes after five years After more than five years in business, Highwood’s Lucky Fish Restaurant is making waves throughout the community by closing its doors. The seafood restaurant, one of the Once Upon restaurants, was owned and managed by Steve Geffen, whose family operates the Once Upon restaurants. It is the second Lucky Fish restaurant to close after Northbrook’s Lucky Fish closed in Oct. 2018. “We’ve seen it decline in business over the last couple of years,” Geffen said about the closing. It abruptly closed its doors March 1, and announced the decision on social media. “It is with sadness that we announce Lucky Fish in Highwood has closed its doors for good,” the restaurant said in a Facebook post. “We are very grateful to everyone who has supported us over the past five years. It was an extremely difficult decision, but it’s what’s best for our family. Thank you.” Geffen partly attributed the closure to the colderthan-normal winter. “With the winter being as harsh as its been, not a lot of people like to go out during the week,” Geffen said. “We just could not sustain any longer.” He said that while weekend service was “average,” patronage during the week was very low. “We’d be lucky to have two or three tables on a Tuesday or Wednesday night,” Geffen said. The Geffen family contemplated trying to figure out another solution for the restaurant, resulting in a temporarily closed sign being placed in the restaurant’s windows, but he said they decided to ultimately close the restaurant for good. The restaurant began based on the love that Geffen and his father have for seafood. “[My father] is an East Coast seafood guy,” Geffen said. “He loves the lobster rolls and the fresh crab. I’m more of a New Orleans-style guy. I like my jambalaya and oysters and all of that fun stuff.” Lucky Fish was a “fusion” of the two different types of seafood that they love. Reporting by Erin Yarnall, Contributing Editor. Full story at HPLandmark.com. THE GLENCOE ANCHOR District 35 may not get chance to use remote learning days in future For the first time, Glencoe School District 35 made use of remote learning days on Jan. 30 and 31 during the polar vortex instead of using traditional snow days. But the district may not be able to make use of remote learning days in the future due to Illinois Senate Bill 28. Senate Bill 28 says that emergency days are allowed to be used as e- learning days with the use of research-based programs and if approved by Sept. 1 by the Illinois State Board of Education. At the District 35 school board meeting on Thursday, March 7, Superintendent Catherine Wang said this legislation makes it difficult for the district to use remote learning days in the future. “It sounds like it’s going to be more and more difficult for us to say next year that this is something that we can do,” she said. “This may be the one and done experience for us for that. We’re not going to spend too much more time now revising our plan for remote learning days.” Despite the chances looking slim for District 35 to use remote learning days again in the future, the district surveyed parents and staff following the remote learning days that took place in late January. Wang presented the survey results at the March 7 school board meeting. A total of 290 parents were surveyed. Survey results indicated that 94.8 percent of parents felt the learning activities and directions sent home were clear and that the school or teacher provided all materials needed for the children to complete the learning activities assigned. Reporting by Todd Marver, Freelance Reporter. Full story at GlencoeAnchor.com. THE WINNETKA CURRE<strong>NT</strong> Village President: Planned development process has to be more accessible After a long and contentious process, the One Winnetka development got final approval last October — but that doesn’t mean One Winnetka still isn’t a topic of discussion. In fact, the process left such a mark that the Village is considering proposals to spruce up its process for consideration of planned developments in the future. During the Winnetka Village Council’s Tuesday, March 5 meeting, trustees discussed proposals to amend the Village’s planned development process, continuing a discussion started at the December meeting. Trustees cited challenges experienced during consideration of the One Winnetka project — a mix of retail and residential development planned for the intersection of Elm Street and Lincoln Avenue — as they discussed proposals to streamline the Village’s planned development procedures while maintaining their thoroughness. Village President Chris Rintz said the goal is to “trim the fat but keep the good stuff” in the framework of the Village’s planned development process. “I think the idea is our process was so convoluted and our process was so confusing to applicants and to staff alike — and to us, even — that what we really want to do is maintain the teeth and the integrity of the process but order it in a way that makes it much more accessible to applicants and also allows them to get to a ‘no’ in some occasions and a ‘yes’ in some occasions more rapidly, but not just to go faster,” Rintz said. “The idea is not to lose any of the diligence but it’s to actually have a process that is iterative and efficient.” Reporting by Fouad Egbaria, Freelance Reporter. Full story at WinnetkaCurrent. com. THE WILMETTE BEACON Droves of locals donate blood in memory of Wilmette resident It was a very good day. The rain came but so did the crowds. They came in droves Feb. 23 to give blood in memory of Wilmette resident Kevin Joseph Smith Burke who died at the young age of 23. The blood drive was held at St. Joseph School lunchroom and sponsored by both Wilmette’s St. Francis and St. Joseph churches. The St. Joe’s parking lot was packed with cars throughout the day. It was hard to find a parking space. People were waiting in line to give blood. Vitalant, formerly known as Lifesource, had every available staff member from the area on hand to work the blood drive. “So many people came that we ran out of time,” said Jeff Later, organizer of the event and friend of the Burke family. “We had to turn some away but asked those who could not donate at the time to go to a Vitalant location Please see nfyn, 29
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