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8 | April 11, 2019 | The Northbrook tower news
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Election 2019
Bear
Ella Phillips, of Northbrook
Meet Bear, this week’s
Pet of the Week. Bear is a
3-year-old golden retriever
and he loves to go for car
rides, do his thing on the
deck outside when there
is snow, eat bagels off the
counter, drool on you when
you have food, wrestle
with my other dog, and follow my dad everywhere.
Whenever my dad is on vacation, Bear sits up
against the garage door for the whole night. Even
though Bear can be pretty darn annoying, we still
love him just the slobbery self he is.
PLEASE HELP! The Tower needs Pet of the Week submissions!
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photos and stories to Martin at martin@northbrooktower.
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Newcomers Ross, Hebl elected to Village
Board; incumbent Israel re-elected
Martin Carlino, Editor
Northbrook’s Village
Board will have
two new trustees following
the Tuesday, April 2
municipal election.
Northbrook voters
elected first-time Village
Board candidates
Heather E. Ross and
Johannah Hebl, and reelected
incumbent trustee
Robert Israel during the
uncontested election.
Hebl, a resident of
Northbrook since 2004,
is an estate planning attorney
with Matlin Law
Group of Northbrook.
Hebl has served two
terms on Northbrook’s
Stormwater Management
Commission. After her
years on the Village’s
Stormwater Management
Commission, Hebl was
appointed to the Village’s
Plan Commission in 2017.
During an interview
with The Tower, Hebl said
she’s excited for the opportunity
to serve on the
Village Board.
“I think we’re going to
hit the ground running.
I think we’re ready and
we’re excited about contributing
to the Northbrook
governance,” she
said.
Hebl will continue to
serve on the Plan Commission
until May 14,
when her and Ross are
officially sworn in.
Ross, a 14-year resident
of Northbrook, is the
co-founder/partner of a
reproductive technology
law firm formed in 2005,
in Northbrook. Ross has
more than 30 years of
experience working with
and serving on civic and
nonprofit boards.
“I’m really excited for
this opportunity,” Ross
told The Tower. “I’m
looking forward to serving
as a trustee, serving
on the board, and helping
guide Northbrook.”
Both Ross and Hebl
said it’s a hope of theirs
to encourage future developments
in Northbrook,
but to do so in a fair and
equitable way for all residents,
and in a way that
maintains Northbrook’s
character as a community.
When Ross and Hebl
are sworn in next month,
it will be the first majority-women
Village Board
of Trustees in Northbrook
history. The two will join
Village President Sandy
Frum, and incumbent
trustees Kathryn Ciesla,
Muriel J. Collison, Jason
Han and the re-elected
Israel on the board.
Israel, a chief civil engineer,
returns to the board
for his third time. The 22-
year Northbrook resident
the current chair of the
Ad-Hoc Facilities and the
Public Works Committee
and serves on the Community
and Sustainability,
public works and administration
and finance
committees.
All of the elected seats
on the board are four-year
terms.
Caucus-endorsed
candidates elected to
District 30 Board of
Education
Nancy A. Artz, Daniel
Levin, Zivit Blonder
and Ammar Rizki, the
four candidates slated
by the Northbrook/Glenview
District 30 Caucus,
were elected to the district’s
Board of Education
April 2.
The four candidates
edged out Glenview resident
Danielle Pollack,
who ran as an independent
candidate.
Levin, of Glenview,
was the top vote-getter of
the night with 659 votes
(24.04 percent). The remaining
vote totals were
as follows: Artz, 632 votes
(23.06 percent); Blonder,
583 votes (21.27 percent);
Rizki, 492 votes (17.9
percent); and Pollack with
375 votes (13.68 percent).
Three incumbents reelected
to District 225
Board of Education
The makeup of the
Glenbrook High Schools
District 225 Board of Education
is slated to remain
the same until at least
2021 after three incumbent
board members were
re-elected in Tuesday’s
unopposed election.
Board President Sydney
“Skip” Shein and members
Marcelo Sztainberg
and Joel Taub retained
their seats on the board.
Vasilopoulos, Valentinas
and Frank elected to
District 31 board
Dr. Maria Vasilopoulos,
Melissa Choo Valentinas
and Daphne Frank
will spend the next four
years as members of the
West Northfield District
31 Board of Education
after winning seats during
Tuesday’s uncontested
election.
Valentinas and Frank
were re-elected to a second
term on the board,
while Vasilopoulos will
begin her first term in the
coming weeks when new
board members are sworn
in.
Vasilopoulos, of Northbrook,
is an instructional
supervisor for mathematics
at Glenbrook
North High School with
more than 20 years of
experience in education.
Silver-Schack, Muhl and
Kohler earn seats on
District 28 Board
Incumbent board members
Tracy Katz Muhl
and Michelle Zenner
Kohler, and newcomer
Mara Silver-Schack won
seats on the Northbrook
School District 28 Board
of Education during Tuesday
night’s uncontested
election.
Incumbents Paich, Frum
and Andreou re-elected to
District 27 Board
Northbrook School District
27 Board of Education
incumbent members
Brian Paich, Alex Frum
and Frank J. Andreou
were all re-elected during
Tuesday night’s uncontested
election. The trio
is slated to serve the next
four years on the board.