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Highland Park High
School brings in hundreds
of artists for Focus on the
Arts, Page 3
Members of Highland Park High School’s Collage Dance Company perform April 9
at Focus on the Arts’ Opening Night. Erin Yarnall/22nd Century Media
Change
is
coming
City Council
approves
subdivision,
Page 6
A rare treat
Local children meet the Easter bunny, Page 10
Cannabis
legislation
State legislators
weigh cannabis
use at town hall
discussion, Page
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THURSDAY
Passover Seder
11 a.m.-1 p.m. April 18,
Aperion Care, 50 Pleasant
Ave., Highwood. Enjoy a
traditional Passover Seder
and lunch. Participate in
a condensed service, followed
by a holiday meal
featuring chopped liver,
matzo ball soup, and
more. Cost is $5 for members,
$10 for non-members
and all registration
fees will be donated to
the Highland Park Senior
Center.
FRIDAY
Balance and Fall
Prevention Screening
10 a.m.-12 p.m. April
19, Recreation Center of
Highland Park, 1207 Park
Ave. West, Highland Park.
For all ages.
3D Ladybug Craft
1-4 p.m. April 19, Highland
Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Stop by the Youth
Services Department to
make your own 3D paper
ladybug to celebrate the
season.
SATURDAY
Egg Hunt
10-11 a.m. April 20,
Sunset Woods Park, 1801
Sunset Road, Highland
Park. Check inside your
eggs, each age group will
have two grand prize tickets.
One special egg will
hold a family pass to Hidden
Creek Aqua Park for
summer 2019. Bring your
camera for a post-hunt
photo op with the Bunny.
Code Club
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
April 20, Highland Park
Public Library, 494 Laurel
Ave., Highland Park.
For ages 9-13 years. Each
class will be dedicated to
a different coding activity.
Registration is required.
SUNDAY
Sunday Brunch
9 a.m.-2 p.m. April 21,
Sunset Valley Golf Club,
1390 Sunset Road, Highland
Park. Enjoy brunch
buffet before a round
of golf, or play a round
first and relax afterward.
Buffet includes omelet
station, eggs benedict,
French toast and more.
The cost is $22.95 for
adults, $9.95 for kids ages
4 to 12 and free for children
under 3 years of age.
MONDAY
Hooray for Earth Day
10 a.m.-12 p.m. April
22, Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883
Sheridan Road, Highland
Park. Go for a walk and
help clean the beach along
the way. Afterwards, play
games and create a recycled
art project.
Earth Day Herbs
1-3 p.m. April 22, Highland
Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Join us in the
Library meeting room to
start your own herb garden
in a biodegradable
planter.
WEDNESDAY
Rise and Shine - Chicago’s
Sweet Candy History
10:30 a.m. April 24,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Awardwinning
actress and
scholar Leslie Goddard
discusses Chicago’s candy
history. Explore what
made Chicago an ideal
location for candymakers.
UPCOMING
Stories in the Woods
10-11 a.m. April 25,
Heller Nature Center,
2821 Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Engage in a
hands-on nature activity
and take a hike with a
naturalist.
Little Ladies
1:30-2:45 p.m. April
26, Recreation Center of
Highland Park, 1207 Park
Ave. West, Highland Park.
Join us for a great relaxing
time on your day off from
school. Get pampered in
our hair and nail salon.
Chicano College bowl
All day, April 27, Highland
Park High School,
433 Vine Ave., Highland
Park. Highland Park High
School has hosted the
Chicano College bowl for
more than 20 years, which
began as an in-school activity
and has grown into a
full-day event attended by
schools from throughout
the Chicagoland region.
Arbor Day Celebration
9 a.m.-12 p.m. April
27, Jens Jensen Park, 486
Roger Williams Ave.,
Highland Park. More than
a dozen local busiensses
and sustainability organizations
will offer activities
and projects focused on
caring for trees, shrubs and
flowers. The City will give
away 500 free tree seedlings
ready for planting
while supplies last. The
event will also feature live
raptor talks and a touch-atruck
exhibit.
Lakefront Stargazing
8-9:30 p.m. April 27,
Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883 Sheridan
Road, Highland Park.
Come learn why civilizations
past and future still
look up and wonder about
the night sky.
13th Annual Celiac Skate
1-2:20 p.m. April 28,
Centennial Ice Arena,
3100 Trail Way, Highland
Park. Come skate with
the Chicagoland Celiac
community. There will be
a gluten-free bake sale,
chuck-a-duck raffle, family
activities and celiac research
fun-draising. Open
skate fees apply, donations
appreciated at the door.
Shinrin Yoku: Forest
Bathing
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
April 30, Heller Nature
Center, 2821 Ridge Road,
Highland Park. Shinrin
yoku means to immerse all
your senses in the healing
forest. Forest bathing offers
an opportunity to slow
down your mind and body
and to be present with the
forest life around you.
Mindful activities will be
presented during a gentle
walk and will end with a
simple forest tea ceremony
utilizing native plants.
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
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Book Discussion Group
1 p.m. First Wednesday
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Public Library, 102 Highwood
Ave., Highwood.
If you like to talk about
books, join the Highwood
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Spanish Conversation
Group
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Tuesdays, Highland Park
Public Library, 494 Laurel
Ave. Meet at the library for
Spanish conversation. Former
high school Spanish
teacher, Graciella Napoles,
facilitates the discussion.
Conversational ability required.
Meets in the Alyce
Brenner Room.
Drop In Chess
10:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays,
Highland Park
Public Library, 494 Laurel
Ave. Play chess with
us on Saturday mornings
in the Youth Services
Department. Come meet
our new chess expert and
challenge him to a game.
This program is for ages
5-14. Children under age
7 must be accompanied by
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Artist workshops take over HPHS for Focus on the Arts
Erin Yarnall, Editor
Highland Park High School’s Collage Dance Company
performs at the event. Photos by Erin Yarnall/22nd
Century Media
Highland Park High
School students received
an interruption in their
normal school day Thursday,
April 11 and Friday,
April 12, when all of their
classes were canceled.
Instead of their regular
class schedule, HPHS students
chose a variety of
sessions and workshops
to attend, led by artists
discussing and teaching
a wide range of topics —
from architecture to dance
to creative writing.
The artists were teaching
and giving workshops
at the school for Focus on
the Arts — a biannual celebration
of all art forms at
the school.
Focus on the Arts has
been held over three days
in the past, but because of
student testing, organizers
decided to hold it for two
full days, rather than three
partial days.
“It’s allowed us to put
more things on each day
so the kids have more options,
which is kind of fun,
versus trying to spread
the same artists over three
days,” said Jody Weinberg,
the coordinator of Focus
on the Arts.
The two-day event is
planned over a two-year
time frame, with much of
the preliminary work happening
in an “off year,”
and the booking of artists
happening the school
year in which Focus takes
place.
“As much as I’d like to
do everything two years in
advance, nobody knows
what they’re doing two
years in advance, so it
would be hard to do that
part,” Weinberg said.
She is helped by hundreds
of volunteers, including
students, parents
and community members.
Students form several
committees and each do
their part in helping to organize
the event.
Highland Park senior
Matthew Sosler served
on the media committee.
He first became interested
in Focus after his older
brother included him in the
planning process when he
was a committee member.
For Sosler, his favorite
part of Focus is “hosting
artists” — or escorting artists
throughout the event,
and giving them a tour of
the school.
This year, Sosler was
able to host Mike Berman,
a sportscaster for NBC 5,
and Rob Elgas, an anchor
with ABC 7, among other
journalists. Sosler plans
to study sports media at
Ithaca College next year,
so he found this experience
helpful for his future
career.
“Not only do you get to
play tour guide and show
them around the school,
but you get to sit down and
talk to them,” Sosler said.
“Especially if you have an
interest and you want to go
into their field, or a similar
field, they can give you
advice. They can tell you
cool experiences they’ve
had and be a positive influence
on you.”
Highland Park High
School junior Rachel
Klein said she doesn’t
have much of an interest in
the arts, but still appreciates
Focus on the Arts for
offering different opportunities
to students.
“[Focus on the Arts] is
sort of a pillar of the liberal
education that every student,
even if they’re never
going to do art in their life,
are able to understand and
appreciate art in all of its
forms,” Klein said.
In addition to the two
days of festivities, Focus
commences with an opening
night, in which several
performers sing and dance,
and Highland Park High
School’s bands perform
several songs.
The school also played
host to Art Night on April
11, in which professional
artists showcased their
work along the hallways
of Highland Park High
School.
“I’m pleased that our
administration and our
community value the importance
of the arts and
value the understanding
that it’s something that’s
good for everybody,”
Weinberg said. “Our goal
is not to make everybody
Members of Highland Park High School’s jazz ensemble perform “La Fiesta” by
Chick Corea, April 9, at Focus on the Art’s Opening Night.
an artist. Our goal is to
give students an opportunity
to try something new.
Maybe they find a new
hobby. Maybe they find
a new career, maybe they
just become a good audience
member in the future,
or a supporter of the arts.
All of those things are important
and help for a wellrounded
individual.”

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While there was worry
over the preservation of
the heritage tree, neighborhood
residents brought
up other concerns over the
proposal, including road
traffic safety, property devaluement
and forest preservation.
Windy Hills resident
Tim Jones said it’s not just
the heritage tree, the whole
neighborhood is heavily
forested.
“There are a number of
large oak [trees] that are
on the property that provide
not only the envi-
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From April 12
Highland Park home damaged in fire; no injuries
Eric DeGrechie
Managing Editor
A fire broke out at a twostory
residence in the 700
block of Marion Avenue,
east of Green Bay Road,
at approximately 8:30 a.m.
Friday morning, April 12,
in Highland Park.
The Highland Park Fire
Department was the first
on the scene. One occupant
was in the home at the
time and was uninjured.
“He came out of the bathroom
and then saw this his
house was quickly filling
up with smoke,” Highland
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said. “There was heavy
fire in the back when we
arrived. There was heavy
smoke. The wind was really
whipping it up once a
couple windows broke.”
Firefighters chiseled a
large hole in the roof to
allow for smoke and hot
gases to billow out of the
home. There was no damage
to homes located next
to the fire.
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City Council approves Red Oak
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Eric Bradach
Freelance Reporter
A new four-lot subdivision
will be coming to the
northwest corner of Red
Oak and Windy Hill Lane
as City Council gave it
the go-ahead at its April 8
meeting with some skepticism
by council members
and contention from the
area’s residents.
One concern shared by
council members was the
preservation of a heritage
tree, which is in the middle
of the subdivision. A consideration
to amend the
resolution to reduce the
subdivision to three lots
was shot down and the resolution
received a unanimous
7-0 vote. Despite the
issue, council members
echoed each other, stating
that all procedures and
protocols have been met,
therefore it should be approved.
Round It Up:
A brief recap of council action on April 8
• Mayor Nancy Rotering declared April as the “Fair
Housing Month”
• Highland Park Fire Department Deputy Chief Tim
Pease retired and was honored at the meeting after
31 years of service.
“I’m inclined to vote in
favor of the subdivision,”
Councilman Anthony
Blumberg said. “I want it
clear on the record at least
that this does not act as a
message of approval to the
Zoning Board of Appeals
that the Council’s agreement
of the subdivision
automatically agrees to
remove this heritage tree.”
David Meek, the applicant’s
attorney, asked that
City Council adhere to
their procedures that the
applicant has followed. He
added that while there are
no final plans for the subdivision,
there are multiple
configurations to avoid re-
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Police Reports
HP man contributes to delinquency of minor
Staff Report
Jason Powell, 55, of the
400 block of Hazel Ave.,
Highland Park, was arrested
and charged with
Contributing to the Criminal
Delinquency of a Minor
and Permit Gathering-
Knowing Persons Under
21 Years Old on April 7
at 11:52 p.m. when police
responded to a complaint
in the 400 block of Hazel
Avenue. Powell was held
in custody pending bond
court.
April 1
• A complainant in the
1600 block of Deerfield
Road reported the theft of
cans of baby formula by
unknown subjects.
April 4
• William Ori, 33, of the
600 block of Homewood
Ave., Highland Park, was
arrested pursuant to an In-
State Warrant when police
conducted a FOID revocation
check in the 600 block
of Homewood Avenue.
Ori was turned over to the
Lake County Jail.
April 6
• Jesus Salazar, 28, of the
6300 block of 11th Avenue,
Kenosha, was arrested
on an In-State Warrant
when police responded
to a complaint in the 800
block of Central Avenue.
Salazar was turned over to
the Lake County Jail.
• Taron Neal, 25, of the
200 block of Oakridge
Avenue, Hillside, was arrested
and charged with
Driving Under the Influence-Alcohol,
Improper
Lane Usage, and Signal:
Improper Use of Turn Signal
when police conducted
a traffic stop at the intersection
of Compton Avenue
and Half Day Road.
Neal was released on a
recognizance bond with a
court date in Waukegan on
May 3.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The
Highland Park Landmark’s
Police Reports are compiled
from official reports emailed
from the Highland Park
Police Department headquarters
in Highland Park
and the Highwood Police
Department headquarters
in Highwood. Individuals
named in these reports are
considered innocent of all
charges until proven guilty in
a court of law.
council
From Page 6
ronmental factors, it also
helps in terms of defining
the neighborhood and the
vibrance of the neighborhood,”
Jones said. “That’s
the thing that really appeals
to the people who
live there.”
Other potential problems
shared among residents
were whether the
new houses would be
“cookie cutter houses” and
create a drop in their property
value.
Steve Goodman, the potential
buyer of the property,
said he already has
two potential buyers for
two of the four lots. He assured
that the new homes
would not be “cookie cutter
houses” and devalue
other residents’ property
as they have price tags of
$1.4 million and $1 million.
While residents’ concerns
were expressed,
Mayor Nancy Rotering
and City Council noted
that all will be taken into
consideration when detailed
proposals of the subdivision
are presented and
considered.
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Bamba
Submitted by the Marck
family
This is our cat Bamba.
We rescued him
from Save a Pet in
Grayslake. We named
him Bamba because
he is the same color
as the Israeli peanut
snack we love to eat called Bamba. We love him,
we brush him and we snuggle with him. He likes
to sit on our laps. He likes to eat treats. He likes
to sleep a lot and pounce on our toes under a
blanket. He also likes to play with our socks when
we leave them on the floor. He is a great pet.
To see your pet featured as Pet of the Week, send a photo
and information to Editor Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com.
Easter Bunny has breakfast,
spends time with local residents
Hilary Anderson
Freelance Reporter
There was no mistaking
the Easter Bunny was
there.
His bunny paw prints
led up to the place where
children and adults alike
took advantage of the once
a year occasion when the
Bunny takes time off from
his busy schedule to have
breakfast with his believers
and admirers.
They met at the Highland
Park Country Club last Saturday,
April 13 where more
than 80 people had breakfast
with him followed by
an outside egg hunt.
“The Bunny asked us to
provide a great breakfast
for his friends,” said Sara
Stanke, recreation supervisor
at the Park District of
Highland Park.
“So we made sure there
were eggs, bacon, waffles,
potatoes, fruit, muffins and
much more for our guests.
Of course, there was orange
juice, too.”
The Bunny’s friends
dressed up for this special
occasion. Michelle Senin,
5, dressed for her breakfast
with the Bunny. She
had a headband with rabbit
ears that no one could
miss, plus a sparkly jacket
that covered her dress. On
the bodice of the dress was
a big sparkly picture of the
Bunny himself.
“My mom got these for
me as a surprise,” said Michelle,
who was there with
her dad and mom Andrey
and Ilona. “I have a stuffed
rabbit at home. Her name
is Lily.”
Sitting next to her was
her best friend Madison
Arditti, 6, who also wore
a headband. Her’s had rabbit
ears but were made out
of wire wrapped with pink,
blue and white flowers.
Madison wore a bunny
[spring] dress. Her Bitty
Baby doll was lucky
enough to have a matching
dress.
Madison invited her
mom and dad, Ben and
Kristy Arditti, to come
with her to see the Bunny.
“I love decorating the
house for the holidays,”
Kristy Arditti said. “It is
one of my favorite holidays.
This Breakfast with the
Bunny is part of our holiday
celebration. It is so cute.”
Even some grandparents
came with their grandchildren.
Solomon Ruttenberg,
7, and sister, Sasha,
5, brought their grandfather,
Barnett with them.
“We have been coming
for several years and
always enjoy this time together,”
Barnett said.
There was much to do
besides eat. There were
individual photos with the
Bunny for starters. Each
guest received a plush, yellow
chicken to take home.
Maxwell Danielson,
2, began a game of catch
with his father, Kevin.
The Bunny invited magician
Ken Mate to the
breakfast. He entertained
the guests and showed
them how to juggle.
“He was hard to miss
with his extremely colorful
suit jacket, vest and shirt,”
laughed Liz Gogola, Marketing
Director of Park
District of Highland Park.
“My daughter bought
me this Oppo jacket and
another one,” said Mate.
“I guess she wanted to find
me easily in a crowd.”
Mate continued entertaining
the crowd. He
Max (left to right), Suzana, Martin, Vanessa, and Mateo
Flores pose with the Easter Bunny at Highland Park
Country Club on Saturday, April 13. Photo by Nicole
Carrow/22nd Century Media
made things disappear
and reappear again and
pulled long scarves out
of someone’s hair. Mate
continued making the
Bunny’s guests laugh and
wonder how he did the
tricks. Some became his
assistants.
One of them was Zoey
Haycock, 3. She brought
her new sister, Skylar, 5
months, who wore her
bunny bib for the occasion.
Skylar watched some
of the action between
drinking her bottle and being
carried around by her
parents Chad and Lesley
Haycock.
Soon it was time to go
outside for the egg hunt.
The Bunny scattered his
eggs in two areas in the
field so everyone would
have a good chance of getting
some.
Eha Gupta, 6, held her
plush bunny in her arms.
The bunny had its own
blue sweater. Eha wore a
beautiful wreath of blue
and white flowers in her
hair that matched the blue
in her bunny’s sweater.
She gave her bunny to
her mother just as the egg
hunt was about to begin.
The signal started—five,
four, three, two…
“One,” shouted Stanke
and mass of young feet
ran, picked up eggs and
put them in their baskets,
buckets or bags.
Parents with their cell
phones out recorded the
memorable event.
“Augustinius, pick up
the eggs and put them in
your bag,” called the threeyear
old’s mother, Erin,
more than once.
The kids quickly picked
up the eggs. Amelie Stanis
had 10 eggs in her basket.
Her sister, Ivy picked up
seven and brother Sigmondi
found five.
Charlotte Ocepek, 5,
counted 10 eggs. “The
food was good, the magician
great and this egg
hunt was fun,” said Charlotte’s
mother. “We had a
blast!”

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Legislators debate cannabis
legalization at town hall
WEDNESDAY
April 24, 2019
Dinner & Registration: 5-5:30 P.M.
Presentation: 5:30-6:30 P.M.
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Doug Rapp
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Three state legislators
addressed the public regarding
cannabis legislation
at the Highland Park
library Saturday morning.
Titled “A Town Hall
Discussion on Cannabis
Legalization,” the discussion
was hosted by state
senators Heather Steans
and Julie Morrison along
with state representative
Bob Morgan.
Steans has sponsored
a bill to regulate and tax
cannabis for adult use in
Illinois. She hopes to have
a final draft made public
within a couple weeks,
with a vote before the
General Assembly ends
this session in late May.
Newly elected Gov. J. B.
Pritzker has voiced support
for the legislation.
“This is a big policy
change,” said Steans, a
Democrat who represents
the 7th District, which
covers many northeastern
Chicago neighborhoods.
“Your input is critical,”
she said, addressing the
sizable crowd seated in
the main room on the library’s
main floor.
Referring to a Power-
Point presentation, Steans
began by saying 33 states
allow medical use of cannabis
(including Illinois)
and 10 states already allow
adult use. Of those
10 states, all but one legalized
cannabis through
referendum. While Steans
allowed that referendums
are easier to do since
they’re usually simple yes
or no votes, she said allowing
cannabis through
legislation allows for better
laws and flexibility.
Steans said cannabis
should be legalized since
prohibition hasn’t worked,
citing statistics that
show 22 million Americans
currently use it and
780,000 Illinoisans have
reported using it in the
past month.
Two other reasons for
legalizing it, Steans added,
are addressing teen
usage and restorative
justice. She stressed that
legalization does not increase
teen usage of cannabis
and that most states
that have legalized it have
reported a decline in teen
use.
“My goal is for teen use
to go down,” Steans said.
People of color have
been disproportionately
affected by the War on
Drugs, Steans said, and
decriminalizing cannabis
would allow constituents
to avoid onerous criminal
records and even work in
the budding cannabis industry.
Current Illinois law
allows medical use of
cannabis for approved
conditions and makes
possession of less than 10
grams a civil offense with
a maximum fine of $200.
The new proposed legislation
would allow state
residents 21 and older to
possess/purchase up to
one ounce of cannabis and
grow up to five plants indoors.
Steans said homegrown
cannabis would
benefit medical patients
Please see Cannabis, 15

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Highland Park kids take part in April
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a bottle of water that will spray water when it’s opened
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On April 15 Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering
posted, “Congratulations and welcome
to Emma Cooke, our newly sworn officer this
morning. She joins a fantastic team. #HP-
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from the editor
Focusing on the arts has impact on students
Erin Yarnall
Editor
One of Highland
Park’s most exciting
weeks took
place last week, when the
school was taken over by
painters, singers, actors,
writers and other “artists”
who work in various fields
for the school’s Focus on
the Arts.
When I say taken over,
I mean it. Classes aren’t
held over the two days of
Focus on the Arts. Instead,
students are encouraged
to go to a series of panels
led by the artists who visit
the school and learn from
them.
One of the things that
the two-day long event’s
organizer, Jody Weinberg,
repeatedly said to me as
we talked was the impact
that it has on the students.
She told me that she
wasn’t expecting the next
Van Gogh, or the next pop
star or best-selling novelist
to come out of these
lessons.
Weinberg wanted students
to find a new hobby,
or try something they had
never done before.
That’s what happened to
me when I was a student
in high school.
I took a newspaper class
not out of any passion
for journalism. I took it
because, well, it’s what all
my friends were taking.
Would I have jumped
off a bridge if they told
me to, as the old saying
goes? I was 16, so maybe.
“You could probably
just write CD reviews or
something, it’s so easy,”
I remember one of my
friends saying to me.
Writing about music
and hanging out with my
friends? Signing up for
newspaper took no further
convincing.
As the class went along,
I became more and more
invested. What initially
began as a more fun alternative
to silent study hall,
quickly became something
I was passionate about.
I excelled in the class,
earning a 150 percent
for my grade, because I
went out and took a photo
at every event. I wrote
every story I could. I even
learned video editing, Photoshop
and tried my hand
at podcasting (I learned
that the sound of my own
voice is something I don’t
love listening to).
When I started applying
to colleges, my major was
a no-brainer: journalism
all the way.
A Bachelors and a Masters
degree in the subject
later, and I’m here, the
editor of your local paper.
Highland Park High
School students might
take these two days as an
opportunity to find a new
hobby, or an excuse to try
something new with their
friends. But, it also might
turn into something they
pursue for the rest of their
life, and I commend Highland
Park High School,
and all of the organizers
at Focus on the Arts for
taking the time to give
students this opportunity.
Read more about Focus
on the Arts on Page 3.
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“Congrats to event champions from Warren Invite:
Ben Kirsch in the PV, Chris Lee in SP, and the
4X400 Relay (Jakob French, Max Marmitt, James
Wagenblast, and Jordy Mazza).”
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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The amount of years since the
Fair Housing Act was passed.
Mayor Nancy Rotering declared
April as Fair Housing Month.
Read more about it on Page 3.
cannabis
From Page 12
since it can be expensive
and isn’t covered by insurance.
Public usage and driving
under the influence
of cannabis would remain
illegal, and municipalities
and local jurisdictions
would have
control over the scope of the
industry in their communities.
Employers and
landlords could still maintain
a zero-tolerance drug
policy under the new legislation..
Steans said she wants
“managed growth” with
cannabis providers and localities
making decisions
regarding zoning.
“We don’t want a
liquor-store-on-everycorner
problem [with cannabis
dispensaries],” she
said.
Touting the economic
benefits of cannabis legalization,
Steans referred
to an Illinois Economic
Policy Report that projects
$525 million in new
tax revenue with 24,000
new jobs in the cannabis
industry.
Following the presentation,
the three legislators
read questions from
the audience submitted in
writing on cards. Questions
ranged from how it
would impact Highland
Park to several similar
questions about access for
teens.
Morgan, a Democrat
who represents the 58th
district, said they are
looking at how other
states have combated teen
cannabis use.
“We’re all committed
to educating our youth on
the harms [of cannabis],”
he said.
“Developing brains
should not use it,” Steans
added.
If passed, the legislation
would be implemented by
January 2020 at the earliest,
Steans said.
Jordan Asquith of The
Medical Cannabis Community,
an advocacy
group, attended the event
and live-streamed it on the
group’s Facebook page.
“Everybody in that
community wants homegrow
[cannabis],” he said.
“I don’t know if it’s going
to happen, but that’s definitely
everyone’s dream.”
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In his own words
HP resident discusses new
novel, Page 20
Fresh Take
Trattoria Oliverii does
tradition with a twist, Page 21
Gianni Coletta
delivers a passionate
performance April
10 at the “Night of
Italian Songs” at
the Highland Park
Library. Nicole
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‘Night of Italian Song’ wows Highland
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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
Men’s Bible Study Group
9-10 a.m. Saturdays
Wednesday Service
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
with healing, St. Michael’s
Chapel
A Safe Place
6 p.m. Thursdays - Guild
Room
Men’s AA Meeting
8:30 p.m. Fridays
Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road)
Soundtrack of the 1960’s:
Jewish Songwriters of the
Brill Building
4 p.m. April 14, Featuring
Don Cagen Orchestra
and Chicago area cantors
and musicians. $10 per
person suggested donation.
For more information
please contact Michael
at (847) 433-3555, michael@solel.org,
or visit
Bit.ly/BrillConcert.
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 first-grade 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
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
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Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com.
The deadline is
noon on Thursdays. Questions?
Call (847) 272-4565
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In Memoriam
William A. Glader, Sr.
William A. “Bill” Glader,
Sr., 84, passed away
on Friday, March 29, in
Winter Haven, Florida. He
was born Dec. 20, 1934
in Highland Park and was
a former resident of Lake
Forest and has lived in
Florida for many years.
He was a former member
of the Knollwood Sportsman’s
Club in Lake Bluff
and operated Bill’s Farmstand
at Route 60 and
Ridge Road in Lake Forest.
Surviving are 2 children,
William “Bill” Glader,
Jr. (Jenna) and Susan
Schell; 4 grandchildren,
Keith, Amanda, Otto and
Grace. He was preceded in
death by his first wife, Virginia
Carr and his second
wife, Donna Glader.
Donald Ashe Freytag
Donald, a former Highland
Park resident, was
born on April 17, 1937 and
died on April 2.
Born in Chicago, Illinois
to the late Elmer
Walter and Mary Louise
(Mayo) Freytag, he graduated
cum laude from Lake
Forest Academy in 1955.
He received a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Psychology
from Yale University
in 1959 and a Master’s
in Business Administration
degree from Harvard
University in 1963. From
1959 to 1961 he served
on active duty with the
82nd Airborne Division
of the United States Army
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parachute unit as an intelligence
officer and jumpmaster,
making 27 jumps
from single and multiengine
aircraft. His business
career included positions
with Hunt-Wesson
Foods, Warner-Lambert,
The Pepsi Cola Company,
Beverage Management,
and G.D. Ritzy’s.
He also served on numerous
boards of advisors and
boards of directors in the
manufacturing, distribution,
retail, and service
industries, and was an
adjunct professor at The
Ohio State University
where he taught classes
in business policy and
strategic planning. He is
a former director and past
president of the Harvard
Business School Club of
Columbus, a former trustee
and past president of
the Central Ohio Center
for Economic Education,
and the 1991 recipient of
the Roman F. Warmke
award for his contributions
to economic education
in Ohio. He was also
a trustee of The Columbus
Academy and a member of
the Yale Club and the 82nd
Airborne Division Association.
Throughout his
life, he enjoyed jogging,
scuba diving, biking, golf,
and especially reading. He
is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth “Betsy” Freytag;
three sons, Donald
(Becky) Freytag of Louisville,
Kentucky, Gavin
(Maggie) Freytag of Columbus,
Ohio, and Alexander
(Christine) Freytag
of Columbus, Ohio; nine
grandchildren (who affectionately
knew him as
PopPop), Charlotte, Lily,
Slater, Abigail, Eliza,
Hunter, Alec, Sophia, and
Ethan; and sister, Dorothy
Howe of San Diego, California.
He will be interred
on Nantucket in a private
family service. In lieu of
flowers, contributions may
be made to the Nantucket
Conservation Foundation.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email erin@
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Italian concert puts on a show at library
Doug Rapp
Freelance Reporter
The library is supposed
to be a quiet place—but
Highland Park made an
exception Wednesday
night for the powerful
voice of Italian singer Gianni
Coletta.
Coletta performed for an
event celebrating Highland
Park’s sesquicentennial, its
150th anniversary. Titled
“Night of Italian Song,”
the hour-long concert was
presented by the Highland
Park Sister Cities Foundation
and sponsored by the
Highland Park/Highwood
Modenese Society and the
Highwood Bocce Club.
One of Highland Park’s
sister cities is Modena,
Italy, where the tenor Coletta
lives.
Carol Wolfe, president
of HPSCF, spoke briefly,
touting her organization’s
recent awards and saying,
“We know building bridges
is important.”
She said HPSCF had
previously brought opera
to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,
another sister city.
“It was opera meets
mariachi and it was amazing,”
Wolfe said. Coletta
performed there in 2016
and first performed in
Highland Park in 2017.
Accordionist Linda Iovino
began the show solo.
She said she began playing
accordion as a child when
her father won free lessons
through a raffle.
“I hope you recognize
these songs,” Iovino said,
“If not, I’ll tell you.”
Her first tune, “Arrive
derci Roma,” from the film
Seven Hills of Rome, drew
murmurs of recognition
from the large crowd seated
in an open space on the
main floor of the library.
Coletta then appeared,
opening with “L’Danza,”
or The Dance. Singing
without a mic along to prerecorded
piano, the bearded
and bespectacled singer
moved freely about the
stage, gesturing broadly
with his arms.
Playing solo again, Iovino
segued into the theme
from The Godfather,
smiling as the audience
clapped.
Coletta stepped back up
on stage to sing another
song, but stopped when Iovino
began accompanying
him. He politely reminded
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letta said, “Now, let’s play
together,” as they launched
into another song popularized
by an Italian film,
“What Scoundrels Men
Are!”.
At one point, during
“Mala Femmina,” which
Iovino said translates
to “Bad Lady,” Coletta
pulled up a man from the
audience to join him.
Filippo DiVagno, 75,
sang every word as Coletta
even briefly ceded the
stage to him.
After the show, DiVagno
said, “I like to sing all the
time. If you want to live
long, sing all the time.”
A retired Highland Park
High School employee,
DiVagno said he was
known for singing while
working and he wrote
songs for his children’s
weddings. DiVagno, a native
of Italy whose wife’s
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said he moved to the
area in the late 1960s. He
heard about Gianni Coletta
at the Highwood Bocce
Club and saw his first performance
in 2017.
After DiVagno’s impromptu
sing-along, Iovino
said Italians are an
emotional people.
“When people find out
you’re Italian, they want
to come over,” she said.
“When you cook, you can
feed 50 people.”
Throughout the rest of
the performance, other audience
members joined in
and danced in the aisles as
they played Italian standards
such as “Volare” and
“O’ Sole Mio.”
Clearly enjoying himself,
Coletta said, “This is
the first time a concert has
been like this for me.”
“Welcome to America,”
Iovino replied.
“This is a cabaret,” Coletta
said.
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on the road,” Iovino said.
After the show, Coletta
greeted fans, many of
whom spoke Italian with
him.
Wolfe said, “He’s talented
and gracious. He’s a
real jewel.”
Speaking in English,
Coletta said, “Every time
I come to Chicago it’s fantastic.
I love to sing here.”
Coletta, 42, said it
wasn’t the first time he has
performed in a library, and
he appreciated the enthusiasm
of the Highland Park
audience.
“This was a party tonight,”
he said.
Coletta has performed
all over the world and is
the artistic director of AC-
TEA, a charity that promotes
artistic and cultural
activities. While in Chicagoland,
he also performed
at 210 Live Tuesday night,
Pescatore Palace Thursday
night, and a dinner concert
at Highwood Bocce Club
Friday.
HP resident publishes
memoir-turned-novel
Erin Yarnall, Editor
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In fact, he didn’t set out to be a writer
at all. For years, Rossman was a college
professor, teaching pedagogy to prospective
science teachers.
But once he retired, Rossman turned to
accomplishing lifelong goals, including
writing a memoir.
“I recently retired and had some time and
what I thought was a good idea,” Rossman
said about his novel, “Seven Photographs.”
“I wanted to see if I could do it, and I’m
really happy with the fact that I put in that
time and effort to fulfill that lifelong goal.
I feel great.”
For Rossman, the first step of writing his
novel was putting pen to paper, or in his
case, finger to keyboard. But he said once
the first word was down, the rest continued
to flow to fill out the story.
“At a certain point, it develops this momentum
which was irrepressible,” Rossman
said.
He was inspired by visual literacy.
“Visual literacy is how looking at a photo,
or an image can reveal all sorts of hidden
meanings about the moment in which
that picture was taken,” Rossman said.
His novel was initially intended to be a
memoir, as Rossman wrote about themes
in his life, based on photographs that he
found.
While writing his memoir, he started to
craft another story, and instead of writing
about himself, began to follow different
characters.
“Seven Photographs” follows Wilson, a
“profoundly sad guy,” according to Rossman.
“[He] uses [visual literacy] as a way of
recognizing the magic that can brew inside
life’s smallest moments, like the moments
captured in a photograph,” Rossman said.
“The story is wrapped around these two
friends, both of whom are sad people and
have recently experienced traumas in their
lives, but come together through a bond of
friendship to expose the story of their lives.”
As a first-time writer, Rossman went
through a hybrid publisher, a version of
self-publishing.
“I had the strength of this hybrid publishing
company behind me to help with
some editing, some marketing and the design,”
Rossman said. “They provide that
kind of support, which for me was really
important.”
He said he hopes his novel can be picked
up by a big publishing house, but said it
might be “a bit of a pipedream, but it’s a
possibility.”
Rossman, a longtime resident of the Ravinia
neighborhood, said there are some
Highland Park Easter eggs that readers
might be able to catch.
“I suspect that first-time writers write
what they know,” Rossman said. “I’ve been
a Highland Park resident for 33 years and
love the area. The story takes place in a setting
that is very much like the setting outside
of my living room window — a tightly
knit neighborhood of people who are out
and about for 1,000 different reasons and
occasionally bump into each other, and
sometimes those chance and happenstance
encounters lead to something deeper.”
A big fan of Norton’s Restaurant in
Highland Park, Rossman has a restaurant
setting in the novel not unlike his favorite
local establishment.
He also said the “general sense of neighborliness”
rings true to the Ravinia neighborhood.
“Seven Photographs” is available online
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Dining Out
Trattoria Oliverii mixes tradition
with fresh spin on Italian classics
Eric DeGrechie
Managing Editor
The Pasta Prosciutto ($18) features rolled pasta, ham,
basil, cheese and a tomato creme sauce and is said to
be a favorite among customers at the restaurant. Photo
by Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media
Trattoria Oliverii
1358 Shermer Road,
Northbrook
(847) 559-8785
www.oliveriis.com
11 a.m.-9 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday
4-10 p.m. Saturday
4-8:30 p.m. Sunday
Spring can be a challenging
time of year for local
residents as the weather
seems to change every day,
even by the hour at times.
Katie Keefe and Ali
Clark, owners of Northbrook’s
Trattoria Oliverii,
are especially excited for
better weather to roll into
town.
“We’re ready to put our
patio out,” said Clark, adding
that eight tables with
24 seats total will soon be
available for seating on the
sidewalk located in front
of the restaurant. “We
need to stop getting teased
every day.”
Keefe, a native of Northbrook,
and Clark bought
Trattoria Oliverii in November
of last year. Keefe
has worked at the downtown
establishment since
it opened in 1991. Keefe
and Clark are cousins.
While some of Trattoria
Oliverii’s signature dishes
have remained intact from
years past, the current
owners have also put their
own spin on things at 1358
Shermer Road.
“We gave the menus a
facelift. We’ve changed
up the lunch menus, too,”
Clark said. “The specials
have improved tremendously.
We’re giving our
chef all the leeway to be
creative.”
Clark said they’ve also
worked on expanding the
wine list by bringing in
some fresh selections. Last
month, Trattoria Oliverii
introduced new options on
its daily special menu with
the goal to incentivise customers
to return frequently.
Trattoria Oliverii is a
popular spot for families
with a kids menu recently
added.
“We encourage people
to bring their kids in.
We’re located right near
the train station, so kids
love to watch the trains,”
Clark said. “Bring your
families and if you want
to come by a little later at
night on the weekends, it’s
a great date night spot.”
Recently, several 22nd
Century Media editors
made a visit to Trattoria
Oliverii to talk with the
owners, try some dishes
and take in the entire culinary
experience.
Clark described the cuisine
as being mostly from
the Central and Northern
parts of Italy, specifically
the Abruzzo region, east of
Rome.
First up, we sampled the
Bruschetta Romana ($7)
on the antipasti menu featuring
chopped tomatoes,
fresh mozzarella, garlic,
and parmigiana, served
on Italian bread. The bruschetta
is topped with extra
virgin olive oil. After taking
our first few bites, we
knew instantly we were in
for a good meal.
All entrees include a
choice of soup or salad.
We tried the minestrone
soup. The Italian soup was
chock-full of hearty vegetables
and included some
pasta.
Next, we were brought
out a dish of the Pasta
Prosciutto ($18), featuring
rolled pasta, ham, basil,
cheese and a tomato cream
sauce.
“It’s definitely one of
our best sellers, people
love it,” Clark said. “Anything
with our vodka
tomato cream sauce, or
Russo sauce, is what we’re
well known for.”
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Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Salute
5. Big brass
9. Cheesy sandwiches
14. “The Sun ___
Rises”
15. Isabel Allende’s
“___ of My Soul”
16. Absinthe flavoring
17. Martian ships
18. Lt. Kojak
19. Madison Avenue
worker
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club
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23. Mysterious, alt.
spelling
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abbr.
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37. Toyota ____ 4
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39. “Zumanity” players
____ soleil
42. Book before Nahum
43. 116 is one
44. Warriors’ grp.
45. ____ Lagoons, near
Glencoe
47. San Francisco hill
48. Earth sci.
49. Pub offering
51. Alexander the
Great’s kingdom area
56. Hymn start
58. Heater
59. Coquette
60. Irish poet Oscar
61. Lightsaber user
62. Excessively orderly,
informally
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64. Fashion designer
Cassini
65. Education by
memorization
Down
1. Spoils
2. Romeo starter
3. It’s fine
4. Squander
5. Dukes and so on
6. O.K.
7. Like muscle
magazine models
8. Starting from
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10. Furnish with a
fund
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12. Boris or Alexander
13. Capitol Hill
V.I.P., abbr.
21. Hive group
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25. Catch on
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27. Knowing looks
28. A 1991 war zone
29. Ltr. holder
30. Old adders
31. Arm bones
32. Son of Adam and
Eve
33. Kindergarten
lesson
34. It’s bottled in
Cannes
35. The Phantom of
the Opera
37. Food stat.
40. A, in Acapulco
41. Diminish
42. Jello frame
45. Break away
46. Chekov player on
“Star Trek”
47. Social rejects
48. Judges mallet
49. Et or inter follower
50. Allow to hang
51. Austin Powers’
power
52. Actor Sharif
53. Boy, to his madre
54. “For those listening
___ home ...”
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56. Cries of pain
57. Raiding grp.
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The Humble Pub
(336 Green Bay Road,
(847) 433-6360)
■9 ■ p.m. Saturday, April
20: Steve Craig
■8-12 ■ p.m. every
Wednesday night:
Open Jam
210
(210 Green Bay Road
(847) 433-0304)
■8 ■ p.m. Friday, April
19: My Metal Heart
■9:30 ■ p.m. Saturday,
April 20: Cornmeal in
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Buffo’s
(431 Sheridan Road,
(847) 432-0301)
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Trivia
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(1150 Willow Road,
(847) 480-2323)
■From ■ open until close
all week: bowling and
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Village Presbyterian
Church
(1300 Shermer Road)
■10 ■ a.m. Saturday,
April 20: Easter Egg
Hunt
GLENVIEW
Johnny’s Kitchen
(1740 Milwaukee Ave.
(847) 699-9999)
■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday
and Saturday: Live
Music
The Glen Club
(1460 Paddock Drive)
■5-8 ■ p.m. Thursday,
April 18: Bites and
Brews
The Rock House
(1742 Glenview Road
(224) 616-3062)
■5 ■ p.m. Friday, April
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Karaoke
■9:30 ■ a.m. Saturday,
April 20: Gene Lim
Ten Ninety Brewing Co.
(1025 N. Waukegan
Road, (224) 432-5472)
■7-9 ■ p.m. every Thursday:
Trivia Night
Oil Lamp Theater
(1723 Glenview Road)
■March ■ 21-May 5:
Ongoing performances
of “Play on!”
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answers
How to play Sudoku
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of
3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column
and box must contain each of the numbers
1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Athlete of The Week
10 Questions
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Rudman is a senior midfielder
on the Highland
Park girls lacrosse team.
How did you get
started playing
lacrosse?
I played a lot of sports
when I was little. My
older sister started to play
lacrosse at high school.
When I was in seventh
grade, I started to play in
an IGLA league with my
friends, I realized I was
good with it and I picked
it up fast. I started playing
all throughout high school.
What is your favorite
part about playing
lacrosse?
I like how it’s a team
sport, I played tennis for a
while and you’re by yourself
playing. I like how
you’re with a lot of people
and you can make passes.
What’s the most
challenging part of
playing lacrosse?
It’s not as popular as a
sport, so we don’t have a
lot of feeder programs, and
our conference is really
good so it’s hard because
we’re playing against girls
that have been playing all
year long. I usually just
pick up my stick a few
weeks before the season.
We have really hard competition.
What’s the best
coaching advice you’ve
ever gotten?
Keep shooting. Even if
you miss a bunch of times,
you can’t get in your head.
If you could play
another sport besides
lacrosse, what would
it be?
Maybe track, because I
like to run and I think I’d
be good at that if I ever did
that.
What’s something on
your bucket list?
My sister went skydiving,
so I’d want to do
something like that.
If you could travel
anywhere in the
world, where would
you go?
I want to go to Africa on
a safari.
Photo by Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media
Who is your favorite
athlete?
Probably LeBron James,
he’s a good person and
he’s a great athlete, he’s
very entertaining to watch
If you could have any
superpower, what
would it be?
It would be to fly so I
can get anywhere I want
to be.
What are your plans
for college?
I’m going to Indiana
University. I wanted to
do business, they have a
good business school, and
both of my older sisters go
there, so I’ve been visitng
all the time and I love it.
Interview done by Nick Frazier,
Sports Editor
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baseball, hear from Glenbrook
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role as the University of
Missouri-Kansas City’s
men’s basketball program,
play Way/No Way with
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The three talk some
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Second Quarter
The guys hear from
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Third Quarter
With the ball bouncing,
the guys play some Way/
No Way with boys tennis.
Fourth Quarter
To finish things off, the
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Baseball
Giants drop first
conference game
David Jaffe, Freelance Reporter
It’s still fairly early in the season,
but the Giants have their
work cut out for them.
Playing in their first Central
Suburban League game of the
year, the Giants stumbled against
New Trier, losing 11-2 at home
on April 9.
Highland Park (5-6) fell into
quite the hole early on, allowing
six runs in the first inning,
but the Giants settled down for a
couple of innings. The issue for
the Giants is being able to string
together strong innings. The
team mustered just three hits and
made five errors.
“We’ll have a couple of innings
both defensively and at the
plate where we’re playing well,
but we haven’t really been able
to keep that going for the entire
game,” Highland Park coach Jason
Newburger said. “You have
to be consistent if you want to
compete in a conference as good
as this one.”
Offensively for a good portion
of the game, the Giants were
able to get some runners on but
couldn’t move them over. Highland
Park finally scored in the
fifth inning, when Jason Bernstein
got on base with an infield
hit. Sammy Dubin then drove in
a pair of runs with a single to put
the Giants on the board.
“We had a lot of innings where
we stung the baseball really hard
but just hit it in the wrong spots,”
Newburger said. “I liked that we
kept fighting and were able to
put a couple of runs up late. The
last inning Jeremy (Frankel) had
a hard hit but it was a lineout
that turned into a double play. It
still comes down to consistency
though, and the third and fourth
innings we struck out five times.
We need to string together good
innings.”
The visiting Trevians were on
fire offensively to start, initially
through small ball and then with
the long ball.
Patrick Jodloman was hit by
a pitch with the bases loaded,
putting New Trier (6-4) on the
board. He was the third straight
batter hit by a pitch. Sam Harvey’s
sacrifice fly increased the
lead to 2-0, and then an infield
hit by Donald Stricklin added
another run.
“We did a good job moving
runners over and bringing
them home,” New Trier coach
Mike Napoleon said. “We’ve
struggled to this point bringing
runners in the way we did today.
So we’ve been preaching about
how important scoring runs on
outs can be. We also didn’t strike
out much today and didn’t have
many popups. So having those
things along with some miscues
on their side allowed us to take
advantage when we had runners
on base.”
New Trier didn’t score just on
Danny Ruiz throws a pitch in a recent Giants game. Photo submitted by Phil Bach
the fundamental plays either. Eddie
Harvey broke the game open
in the first, crushing a three-run
home run to left field.
John Miller’s RBI groundout
allowed New Trier to tack
on another run in the second.
Jodloman’s RBI double made
it 8-0 in the fourth. The variety
of ways the Trevians brought
in runs continued in the fifth, as
Brett Johnson reached on an error
that scored Stricklin. Harvey
then scored when Henry Pelinski
grounded into a double play.
“Honestly it wasn’t just the
fact that we brought runners
in through a variety of ways, it
was that we kept it up the whole
game, even after the first inning,”
Harvey said. “We put
ourselves in scoring position so
if we had flyouts or groundouts,
we still had a chance at adding
more runs.”
It also wasn’t just the offense
that stood out. Pitcher Andrew
Kost had a no-hitter through four
and two- thirds innings. He allowed
three hits and walked two
with five strikeouts through five
innings.
“He got out of some situations
early in the game and then in the
middle innings he was great,”
Napoleon said. “He almost had
a no-hitter. It was a really strong
performance. Our pitching and
defense have led us and hopefully
we took a step forward today
on offense with how we were
able to bring in runners.”
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GIANTS VARSITY ATHLETICS
BOYS TENNIS
■ ■April 18 - at Maine East, 4:30
p.m.
■ ■April 23 - hosts Maine West,
4:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
■ ■April 18 - at Maine East, 4:45
p.m.
■ ■April 23 - at Maine East, 4:45
p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
■April ■ 18 - hosts Glenbrook
South, 4:45 p.m.
■ ■April 23 - at New Trier, 7 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
■ ■April 23 - at Jones College, 4:45
p.m.
■ ■April 24 - hosts Maine South,
4:45 p.m.
SOFTBALL
■ ■April 18 - hosts Glenbrook
North, 4:45 p.n.
■ ■April 23 - at Maine West, 4:45
p.m.
BOYS GYMNASTICS
■ ■April 18 - at Niles North, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
■ ■April 22 - hosts Maine East,
4:45 p.m.
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
■ ■April 23 - hosts tri-meet, 4:30
p.m.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
■ ■April 23 - quad meet at
Glenbrook South, 4:30 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
■ ■April 23 - hosts Maine East, 6
p.m.

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high school
highlights
The rest of the week in high
school sports
BOYS TENNIS
Highland Park 5, Lake Forest 4
Jeremy Learner and Tom Milnarik
both won their singles matches to
lead the Giants over the Scouts in a
non-conference match on April 8.
Sunset Valley celebrates new restaurant with fish fry
Highland Park residents made their way to Sunset Valley Golf Club on April 5 and Friday, April
12, to celebrate the opening of the club’s new 1390 restaurant and bar. Visitors indulged in a
“Wisconsin Style” fish fry that included all-you-can-eat-fish, vegetables, pasta and more.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Tri-meet against Evanston, Loyola
Senior Jordy Mazza placed second
in the 800-meter raace with a 2:05.36,
and senior Ben Kirsch cleared 12 feet
on the pole vault to earn second place
in the meet against the Wildkits and
the Ramblers on April 9.
Warren Invitational
Ben Kirsch (pole vault) and Chris
Lee (shot put) were individual winners
at the invitational at Warren on
Saturday, April 13.
Baseball
Highland Park 5, Maine South 4
Tyler Jacobs had two hits and two
RBI, and Jeremy Frankel struck out
eight in the win on Thursday, April
11.
Residents chow down on the “Wisconsin Style” fish fry at Sunset Valley Golf Club’s new restaurant on April 5. Photos Submitted
GIRLS SOCCER
Highland Park 1, Vernon Hills 0
The Giants won their second game
of the Pepsico Showdown on April 8.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Mundelein 2, Highland Park 0 (25-
18, 25-18)
Josh Rohn had eight kills and a pair
of aces in the loss to the Mustangs on
April 8.
Vernon Hills 2, Highland Park 0 (25-
23, 25-20)
Steven Feldman had seven digs and
Rohn tallied seven more kills in the
loss to the Cougars on April 9.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Glenbrook North 15, Highland Park 6
The Giants came up short against
the Spartans on April 8.
ABOVE LEFT: A view
of the golf course from
the 1390 restaurant.
ABOVE RIGHT: Visitors
were treated to
rice, mac and cheese,
vegetables, and more.
LEFT: The restaurant
was filled with Highland
Park residents
excited for the start of
golf season.

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Giants start season strong
Gary Larsen
Freelance Reporter
NORTH SHORE
Highland Park boys tennis
player Jeremy Learner
doesn’t intend to make the
same mistake twice.
The Giants’ number one
singles player made the
round of 16 at last year’s
Class 2A state finals and
led Jeffrey Chen of New
Trier 6-2, 3-0 when Chen
mounted a comeback and
won the match 2-6, 6-3,
6-2.
Chen went on to place
third in 2A and Learner
left the state tournament
with a lesson he won’t
forget.
“I let off the gas,”
Learner said. “It made me
realize that no matter how
far you’re up you can never
stop giving a full effort.
I stopped playing the way
I’d been playing.”
So far in 2019, Learner
has kept the gas pedal to
the floor. The Lehighbound
senior improved
to 3-0 with a straight-set
win over Evanston’s Alex
Robinson on Friday, April
12.
“Jeremy’s a great player
looking to make a deep
run in the state tournament
this year,” Giants
coach Chris Thomas said.
“His serve is coming
along and that’s one of his
weapons and he’s also got
a big forehand, which he
uses to dictate points.”
The Giants dictated their
way to three wins to start
the season under first-year
coach Thomas, beating
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Lake Forest, Glenbrook
South and Evanston. On
a cold, windy day that
made playing difficult,
Highland Park negotiated
conditions well in sweeping
host Evanston in their
three singles and four
doubles matches.
The Giants’ number two
singles player is sophomore
Charlie Tiemeyer,
who won 6-4, 6-3 over
Evanston’s Gunnar Andersen.
Demeanor-wise, Tiemeyer
and Learner represent
the two sides of a
coin for Highland Park.
“On the court, Jeremy
is very laid back and relaxed,”
Thomas said. “He
doesn’t show a ton of
emotion and keeps within
himself. You can’t really
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tell if he’s winning or losing.
Charlie’s a great kid,
very coachable, and he’s a
little more fiery.”
Playing with an edge
should continue to serve
Tiemeyer well, but he
knows that harnessing his
emotion will key his development
in the sport.
“I guess it’s just the
nature of my personality.
I’m very competitive,”
Tiemeyer said. “Sometimes
I’ll cross the line
when I’m playing and
I’ll get too angry. But I’m
better about it now than I
used to be.”
Learner appreciates
what Tiemeyer brings to
the table.
“Charlie has a lot of energy
and he’s a very good
singles player,” Learner
said. “We practice together
and he definitely helps
me with my consistency.
He hits a big ball so I really
have to stay in good
position.”
Number three singles
player Mason Taitler completed
the Giants’ singles
sweep over Evanston with
a 7-5, 4-6, 10-2 win over
Ben Ward.
The number one doubles
spot at Highland Park
this year belongs to a pair
of freshmen, Max Rosenfeld
and Ben Aizenberg,
who won 6-3, 6-0.
“They’re tournament
players who committed
to tennis before making a
high school team,” Thomas
said. “They’ve played
Senior Jeremy Learner during the Giant’s win over
Evanston at Highland Park on Friday, April 12. Photos
by Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
Freshman Ben Aizenberg winds up against Evanston in
the Giants’ win at Highland Park.
USGA tournaments
and things like that but
doubles is new to them.
They’re buddies off the
court and I paired them
together to see how they’d
do and so far they’ve been
successful.”
Also winning in Evanston
were the Giants doubles
teams of Ryan Lederer
and Max Baum, Matt
Jarvis and Kyle Meister,
and Marcus Abt and Tom
Milnarik.
“So far doubles have
been very good for us,”
Thomas said. “I think we
have to get our feet moving
a little bit more, be
a little bit more aggressive,
and take control of
the net. But overall, I like
where we are in our third
match in.”

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Boys Volleyball
Giants no match for rival Warriors
Gary Larsen/
22nd Century Media
1st-and-3
Stars of the
Week
1. Jeremy Learner
(Above).
The senior
tennis player is
undefeated in
singles play this
season, winning
his last match on
Friday, April 12 in
straight sets.
2. Jeremy Frankel.
The pitcher tallied
eight strikeouts in
the Giants’ 5-4 win
over Maine South
on Thursday, April
11.
3. Ben Kirsch.
The pole vaulter
placed second in
a tri-meet on April
9 before winning
the event at the
Warren Invitaional
on Saturday, April
13.
Nick Frazier, Sports Editor
As evident by their rivalry
game at Deerfield
on Thursday, April 11, the
Giants still have their work
cut out for them.
Highland Park had
spurts of strong play
against the Warriors, but
it wasn’t nearly enough as
they lost the Central Suburban
League match in
two sets.
Head coach Kyle Muldoon
noted the Giants
(2-9) struggled to keep
Steve Feldman keeps the ball alive in the Giants 2-0 loss at Deerfield
on Thursday, April 11. Photos by Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media
Deerfield’s spikes alive,
something that’s the main
focus in practice.
“Our ball control is our
biggest issue right now,
we can’t do much outside
of that if our ball control
is not working,” Muldoon
said.
Highland Park fell behind
early in the opening
set, as Deerfield built a
quick 7-2 lead. The Giants
would later string together
an 8-1 run to tie the set at
14 apiece.
The Warriors eventually
pulled away, scoring
the last three points of the
set to win 25-21 and out
the pressure on Highland
Park. Yet Muldoon was
pleased with his team’s
fight after facing a deficit
right away.
“We showed some fight
in that first set, we were
down seven points pretty
quick and then we came
back and fought back,”
Muldoon said. “That was
good to see because that’s
what I’m asking them to
do right now is continue
that fight and do that from
start to finish, not necessarily
just in spurts, but
from the start of the match
to the end of the match.”
The second set began
more evenly, but Deerfield’s
outside hitter eventually
began to make life
miserable for the Giants.
The Warriors went on to
win the set 25-16.
Outside hitter Josh
Rohn continued his strong
2019 with seven kills in
the loss. Libero Jeff Siegel
had seven digs, and
Steven Feldman and Noah
Gordon each totaled seven
assists.
About half of the athletes
on the Highland
Park roster are new to the
sport, so the Giants are
still working to find out
which lineups are best for
them.
“We’re still trying to
figure out what our lineup
is and who are the players
that are going to be the
ones that will contribute
for the rest of the season,”
Muldoon said.
Matt Holleman serves the ball in the Giants’ 2-0 loss at Deerfield on
Thursday, April 11.
Listen Up
“You have to be consistent if you want to
compete in a conference as good as this one.”
Jason Newburger — Giants baseball head coach on team’s
11-2 loss to New Trier on April 9.
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Softball: Varsity Game
• Highland Park hosts Glenbrook North at
4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
Index
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27 - Athlete of the Week
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Nick Frazier. Send any
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Charlie Tiemeyer keeps the volley alive in the Giants’ win over Evanston at Highland Park on Friday, April 12. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
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