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Lake Forest resident dedicated to helping 

find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease after 

his diagnosis last year, Page 3 

The Leech 

family, of Lake 

Forest, at 

the New York 

Marathon in 

November 2018. 

Photo SUbmitted 

At Bat LF Youth Baseball celebrates 

opening day, Page 4 

Beach 

Parking 

City releases 

plan for beach 

parking amid 

construction, 

Page 6 

show the 

earth 

some love 

Green Minds 

releases 

recycling app, 

Page 9

2 | April 25, 2019 | The lake forest leader calendar 

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Pet of the Week9 

Editorial15 

Puzzles18 

Faith Briefs20 

Dining Out22 

Home of the Week24 

Athlete of the Week27 

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THURSDAY 

Lake Forest Country Day 

School Concert at Dickinson 

3-3:30 p.m. April 25, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old 

Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

Come to Dickinson Hall 

to enjoy a concert given by 

the students of Lake Forest 

Country Day School. Repertoire 

includes an exciting 

variety of genres from 

Folk to American Broadway 

Theater to the American 

Spiritual performed 

by a polished and enthusiastic 

group of 110 middle 

schoolers. Free and open 

to the public. A reception 

hosted by the students will 

follow. For more information, 

call (847) 234-2209. 

Parenting Series: Raising a 

Resilient Child 

6:30-7:30 p.m. April 25, 

Gorton Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, 

Lake Forest. Join us in 

welcoming Audrey Grunst 

from Simply Bee Counseling. 

Audrey will be presenting 

on how to raise a 

resilient child and touch on 

the pitfalls of Helicopter 

parenting. Audrey Grunst, 

is a licensed clinical social 

worker and owner of Simply 

Bee Counseling and 

Coachability. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

6060. 

Circling Lake Michigan 

7-8 p.m. April 25, Lake 

Bluff Library, 123 E. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

Join Nancy McCully for 

a classic road trip around 

Lake Michigan. Our journey 

through four states 

will include stops at the 

beautiful beaches of southwestern 

Michigan, the 

world’s largest freshwater 

dunes, historic Mackinac 

Island, the rocky coast 

of Door County, and the 

coastal cities of Wisconsin. 

For more information, 

call (847) 234-2540. 

FRIDAY 

Lake Forest College Spring 

Concert 

7 p.m. April 26, Gorton 

Community Center, 400 E. 

Illinois Road, Lake Forest. 

The Women’s Chorus, 

Concert Choir, Concert 

Band and Orchestra will 

present a joint concert 

to help celebrate spring 

and the end of the school 

year. We will recognize 

our graduating Seniors. 

Faculty members Dillon 

Shipman, Scott Edgar, 

and Nicholas Wallin will 

be conducting. This event 

is free. For more information, 

call (847) 735-6147. 

SATURDAY 

Rx for Health: Walking in 

Nature 

4-5:30 p.m. April 27, 

Middle Fork Savanna 

County Forest Preserve, 

Middlefork Drive. Each 

Rx for Health walk brings 

together naturalists and 

health professionals for 

guided tours of some 

of Lake County’s most 

breathtaking scenery. 

Stroll through woodlands 

and prairies while improving 

health and knowledge 

of nature and native plants 

and animals. Gather at 

3:45 p.m. for a prompt 

departure at 4 p.m. Approximate 

distance is 1-1.5 

miles. For more information, 

visit www.cityoflakeforest.com. 

Smelt-O-Rama 

6:30-10 p.m. April 

27, Boating Pavilion at 

Forest Park Beach. Osmerus 

mordax, otherwise 

known as smelt, return to 

our shores each spring to 

spawn in the warm water 

near piers and beaches. 

The Boating Pavilion at 

Forest Park Beach will 

serve as “smelt central” 

at sundown. Learn how to 

catch, clean and cook these 

tasty little critters. Participants 

are encouraged 

to wear warm clothes and 

bring any smelting equipment 

they have on hand. 


visit www.cityoflakeforest.com. 

Why Are Repeated 

Concussions So Bad? 

3:45 p.m., April 27, 

Lake Forest College, 555 

N. Sheridan Road, Lake 

Forest. Lake Forest College 

welcomes Dr. Dorothy 

Kozlowski of DePaul 

University discussing the 

danger of repeated concussions. 

This free lecture will 

meet in the Lillard Science 

Center on Middle Campus. 

For more information, call 

(847) 735-6040 or visit 

lakeforest.edu/community. 

MONDAY 

Business Writing is 

Creative Writing 

7-8 p.m. April 29, Lake 

Forest Library, 360 E. 

Deerpath Road, Lake 

Forest. Through a series 

of exercises-borrowing 

techniques from creative 

writing, innovation, and 

improvisation-you will 

choose, draft, and refine a 

message about your business. 


call (847) 234-0636. 

TUESDAY 

High School Art Show 

begins 

All day, April 30, Lake 

Forest Library, 360 E. 

Deerpath Road, Lake Forest. 

The Library is delighted 

to host High School Art 

Shows again this spring. 

April 30-May 16, be sure to 

stop by the Foyer and Fine 

Arts Room to appreciate 

and admire the creativity of 

students from Lake Forest 

High School. For more information, 

visit www.lakeforestlibrary.org. 

WEDNESDAY 

Author visit 

11:30 a.m. May 1, The 

Deer Path Inn, 255 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest. 

Author Renee Rosen will 

discuss new book “Park 

Avenue Summer”. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-4420. 

UPCOMING 

Preschool Family FUN Fair 

10 a.m. - 1 p.m. May 4, 

Lake Bluff Park District, 

355 W. Washington Ave., 

Lake Bluff. No entry fee. 

Tickets for sale to play carnival 

games and to jump in 

the inflatables and climb 

the 50 ft obstacle course. 

Pizza, popcorn, candy 

drinks for sale. Option to 

purchase raffle tickets to 

win gift baskets. For more 

information, call (847) 

234-4150. 

Rock For Parkinson’s 

Noon-4 p.m. May 5, 

Lake Forest Club, 554 N. 

Westmoreland Road, Lake 

Forest. This family-friendly 

rock concert fundraiser 

will feature performances 

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Correction 

In the April 11 North 

Shore Choice Awards 

special section, the 

phone number for our 

Best Home Builder 

winner, the Orren 

Pickell Group, was 

incorrect. The correct 

phone number is (847) 

572-5200. 

The Lake Forest Leader 

recognizes and regrets this 

error. 

by School of Rock in 

Highwood, while benefitting 

the Michael J. Fox 

Foundation. There will be 

kids activities, raffles, best 

rock costume award, best 

rock scream award and a 

kid rockstar makeup, hair 

and tattoo station. Denotations 

of $20 per adult and 

$10 per child will be accepted 

at the door. 

ONGOING 

Go Walk 

8 a.m. every Tuesday 

morning at the Lake Bluff 

Recreation Center, 355 W. 

Washington Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Free for all Lake 

Forest/Lake Bluff residents. 

Walks will be held 

outdoors, weather permitting, 

year round. On 

inclement days, walkers 

will be able to use the Fitness 

Center’s indoor track. 

Register at the Lake Bluff 

Park District www.lakebluffparks.org.

LakeForestLeader.com NEWS 

the lake forest leader | April 25, 2019 | 3 

Family shares positive outlook after Parkinson’s diagnosis 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

For the Leech family, of 

Lake Forest, the past year 

has been all about family, 

positivity and inspiring 

others in a variety of ways. 

In March of 2018, Peter 

Leech was diagnosed with 

early onset Parkinson’s 

Disease. After experiencing 

a tremor on his ring 

finger, he saw a doctor 

who initially diagnosed 

him with an essential tremor. 

As he began experiencing 

other symptoms such 

as changes in vision, he 

was referred to a neurologist 

to rule out Parkinson’s 

Disease. 

On a regular Friday 

night, Peter Leech, his 

wife Kate, their children 

and some friends went to 

see “Black Panther” in 

theaters. Knowing his results 

were in, Peter Leech 

kept pestering his doctor to 

send the results to him. 

During the movie, Peter 

Leech checked his phone 

and received an email 

from his doctor telling him 

the results were indicative 

of Parkinson’s Disease. 

“It was a bit of a shock,” 

Peter Leech said of the 

diagnosis. “It’s hard to 

put into words the rush of 

emotions that go through 

your mind.” 

For the first few weeks, 

Peter and Kate Leech kept 

the news to themselves in 

an attempt to digest all the 

information and get over 

the shock. 

They began by telling 

their three children, Caroline, 

who was 11 at the 

time, and their twins Henry 

and Emma, who were 

only 8. 

“We wanted [the kids] 

to be involved,” Kate 

Leech said. “This whole 

journey is very much a 

family journey.” 

Shortly after, the Leech 

family began telling 

friends in the community. 

A few changes started 

to take place in their lives 

as they sold their home 

and downsized to a house 

in Lake Forest that would 

better suite Peter Leech as 

the disease progressed. 

With the new diagnosis 

and having to leave what 

they thought would be 

their forever home, it was 

hard to remain positive. 

But, it didn’t take long 

for the Leech family to 

have a positive mindset 

about the diagnosis after 

being introduced to someone 

else with Parkinson’s 

Disease. 

A mutual friend connected 

the Leeches to a 

Wilmette resident, Bill 

Bucklew, who was diagnosed 

with Parkinson’s 

Disease in 2012. 

Through his involvement 

in the Parkinson’s 

community and working 

hard to raise money to find 

a cure for the disease — or 

at the very least a way to 

slow the progression — 

Bucklew met up with Peter 

Leech and shared his own 

journey with Parkinson’s. 

Bucklew did not have 

what he calls, “normal 

symptoms” for Parkinson’s 

Disease. 

In 2005, at the age of 35, 

he began having a tightness 

in his leg. Initially 

he was diagnosed with 

sciatica, which he said 

was a misdiagnosis. His 

symptoms continued to 

get worse, and seven years 

later in 2012, he was officially 

diagnosed with Parkinson’s 

Disease. 

After the diagnosis he 

said he made an “unusual 

decision.” 

Peter Leech (left), of Lake Forest, and Bill Bucklew, of Wilmette, completed the Chicago Half Marathon together. 

Leech and Bucklew both have Parkinson’s Disease and are committed to raising money to help find a cure. 

Photos Submitted 

“I told everyone I knew 

within two weeks of my 

diagnosis,” Bucklew said. 

“That really helped me a 

lot. It’s not a decision for 

everyone, but it was the 

right decision for me because 

then I was able to 

immediately participate in 

things in the community.” 

Bucklew began raising 

awareness and money for 

Parkinson’s Disease. 

He began participating 

in studies that would hopefully 

lead to earlier diagnosis 

and maybe one day, 

help with finding a cure. 

He became very involved 

in the Michael J. Fox 

Foundation, which is dedicated 

to helping find a cure 

for Parkinson’s disease 

through funded research. 

Bucklew was also told 

that exercise could help 

slow down the progression 

of Parkinson’s Disease, so 

he continued running. 

To this date, he has completed 

14 marathons, six 

triathlons, a full iron man, 

climbed Mount Kilimanjaro 

and walked across 

America in 67 days, averaging 

40 miles a day. 

“I got to a point where I 

did so many marathons to 

raise money, I started to 

think I wanted to do something 

bigger,” Bucklew 

said. “At that time I was 

having trouble running, 

so I came up with walking 

across America, which 

would not only highlight 

the importance of exercise, 

but I hoped it would gain 

attention and awareness 

for Parkinson’s Disease.” 

When Bucklew met Peter 

Leech for the first time, 

he asked him to run the 

New York Marathon with 

him in November of 2018. 

Immediately Peter Leech, 

Peter Leech (left) and Bill Bucklew train for the New 

York Marathon outside of the Baha’i House of Worship 

Wilmette. 

who had never run a marathon 

before, agreed and the 

two trained together for 

the next few months. 

For Peter, the decision 

to run his first marathon 

was an easy one knowing 

how beneficial exercise is 

for him. 

“One message I am trying 

to give is exercise 

is paramount to mental 

health for all people, at all 

stages of life,” Peter Leech 

said. 

Peter Leech is not stopping 

at the New York Mar- 

Please see Parkinson’s, 10

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Lake Forest City Council 

City approves beach parking plan as North Beach Access Road construction begins 

Stephanie Kim 

Freelance Reporter 

Accessing and parking 

near the beach in Lake 

Forest will be tougher 

this summer, due to the 

Hughes Gateway project 

and construction on the 

north end, according to 

Superintendent of Recreation 

Joe Mobile. 

The Lake Forest City 

Council reviewed beach 

parking plan recommendations 

from the Lake Forest 

Parks and Recreation 

Board as North Beach 

Access Road construction 

and bluff restoration begins 

during its meeting on 

Monday, April 15. 

The north parking lot is 

expected to be closed until 

the project is completed 

in September (weather 

permitting), which means 

104 less parking spaces 

and an additional loss of 

$27,000 in operational 

costs for the 2019 beach 

season. 

The parks and recreation 

board also anticipates 

a revenue loss of 

at least $8,100 from suspending 

pavilion and fire 

circle rentals and prorated 

sales of beach permits. 

“Deerpath Road is the 

main artery to reach the 

facility. There won’t be a 

north access, so you won’t 

be able to turn left off of 

Deer Path Road this year,” 

Mobile said. “So the only 

direction you can go is 

right, or south. The ring 

road will also be closed 

because the north end will 

be tied up with construction 

and there won’t be an 

exit point.” 

According to the Lake 

Forest Park and Recreation 

Department, Lake 

Road will be closed going 

north at Deerpath Road 

and due to construction 

and truck traffic, there will 

be no parking available on 

the city streets. The Ring 

Road will be closed at the 

north end for reconstruction 

of the bluff and the 

upper south lot can only 

accommodate 15 cars, 

which will be used for 

staff parking and to manage 

turnaround traffic. 

Lake Forest Parks and 

Recreation said there 

will be clear signage and 

communication outlining 

changes throughout the 

summer, increased staff 

availability at entrance 

points to answer questions 

and direct traffic, police 

support to manage traffic 

and safety. 

In anticipation of the 

2019 beach season, which 

opens during Memorial 

Day Weekend, Mobile 

gave several recommendations 

to address parking 

and access issues during 

the meeting. 

The City Council unanimously 

approved the following 

recommendations 

by an 8-0 vote, commending 

Mobile and his team 

for their monthslong work 

in devising the plan. 

Weekday Parking 

• Lower south beach 

parking lot will be open 

to all residents with a City 

of Lake Forest vehicle 

sticker. 

• Middle row parking 

will be reserved for trailer, 

boat storage, and watercraft 

permits. 

• We will open spots in 

the middle row to residents 

and park two cars 

per space if available. 

Weekends and Holiday 

Parking 

• Lower south beach 

“There’s always going to be 

concerns with anything before 

you, but this is what staff and 

our park board have found to 

be the best option.” 

Joe Mobile — Superintendent of Recreation on 

Lake Forest beach parking plans. 

parking lot will be open 

to all residents with a 

City of Lake Forest vehicle 

sticker from 6 a.m. 

– 9 a.m. and from 5 p.m. 

to close to accommodate 

residents walking in the 

morning or enjoying dinner 

or the evening hours at 

the beach. 

• At 9 a.m., first priority 

parking will go to south 

beach access and watercraft 

permitted vehicles. 

• Once the season is underway, 

adjustments may 

be made. If it becomes 

clear that the lower south 

parking lot has space 

availability on the weekends 

and holiday, parking 

may be opened up to residents 

with City of Lake 

Forest vehicle stickers. 

Overflow parking will remain 

at Deerpath Middle 

School. 

• Middle row parking 

will be reserved for trailers. 

• Lake Forest Parks and 

recreation will open spots 

in the middle row to residents 

and park two cars 

per space if available. 

Other 

• Bicycle racks will be 

available at both staircase 

entrances. 

• Uber can be utilized 

and beachgoers can be 

dropped off at the Upper 

South Lot drop off area. 

• On July 4, the parking 

and shuttles will run 

from the Lake Forest 

High School East Campus 

parking lot, not Deerpath 

Middle School, due to 

the Festival & Fireworks 

event being held there. 

• The top south parking 

lot will be designated for 

beach staff only. 

• Signage will be added 

in key locations regarding 

parking and the shuttle 

service. 

• Handicapped parking 

will be available in the 

lower south parking lot. 

• Anyone with a LF vehicle 

sticker may drop off 

people and/or equipment 

at the lower south lot. 

• Residents with City 

of Lake Forest vehicle 

stickers bringing in a 

paddleboard or kayak on 

the weekend from offsite, 

will be issued a temporary 

parking pass at the facility. 

• Golf cart transportation 

between the south 

beach pavilion and the 

north pavilion swimming 

area will be provided. 

• Pedestrian traffic will 

access the beach from the 

north belvedere stairway 

and the south wooden 

stairway. 

Round it up: 

A brief recap of City Council action on Monday, 

April 15 

• The City Council also unanimously approved 

a resolution in support of Senate Bill 1111 and 

House Bill 1571, which allows municipal officials 

to direct the local pension fund board to transfer 

and consolidate its investment funds into a single 

statewide fund. 

• The council approved an award of a $1.5 million 

bid for the Old Elm storm sewer and Forest Hill 

water main project to Bolder Construction, in 

addition to a 10 percent contingency fund for any 

unforeseen constructions issues that may arise 

during the project. 

• Mayor Robert Lansing highlighted the 

appointment of Gale Strenger Wayne as 

chairperson of the senior resources commission, 

along with the reappointment of Thomas Sullivan 

and appointment of Mark Dewart. 

• Caretaker passes, 

daily boat launch passes, 

and guest parking passes 

will continue to be issued 

for weekdays only (not on 

weekends or holidays). 

• All beach pavilion 

and fire circle rentals 

have been temporarily 

suspended for the summer. 

Any existing rentals 

of these facilities will be 

honored. 

• All emergency vehicles 

will access the lakefront 

from the south parking 

lot unless access from 

the north lot is available. 

“There’s always going 

to be concerns with anything 

before you, but this 

is what staff and our park 

board have found to be the 

best option,” Mobile said. 

City approves fiscal year 

2020 budget 

The council also approved 

the comprehensive 

fiscal plan for fiscal 

year 2020, which includes 

$90.5 million in revenues, 

$88.7 million in expenditures 

and $7.2 million 

in capital program initiatives. 

Overall, for an average 

household, the proposed 

budget would increase 

property taxes and service 

charges by $148, Lake 

Forest Finance Director 

Elizabeth Holleb noted. 

The city’s sales tax rate 

for general merchandise 

would also increase from 

7.5 percent to 8 percent by 

July 1, Holleb added, with 

the additional $600,000 

in annual revenue going 

toward capital improvements. 

“In summary, the current 

financial condition 

for the city is excellent,” 

Holleb said. “The city 

continues to have healthy 

fund balance reserves. 

The city carries a AAA 

bond rating, which is 

the highest bond rating 

achievable from the credit 

rating agencies. Residents 

of Lake Forest continue 

to enjoy the lowest 

property tax rate in Lake 

County.”

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Police Reports 

2 adults, 2 juveniles involved in vehicle theft, possession of stolen goods 

Steward R. Toshione, 

21, of Markham, Ill., 

Jones N. Santasia, 21, of 

Markham, Ill., and three 

juvenile females, were 

charged with possession 

of stolen goods, fleeing 

and eluding and possession 

of a stolen vehicle at 

1:55 p.m. in the 400 block 

of Saunders Road. 

Police responded to the 

area of Route 60 and the 

Tollway after receiving a 

report from Illinois State 

Police about a stolen vehicle 

that fled from a traffic 

stop in the area. 

Officers located the stolen 

vehicle after a caller 

reported seeing the same 

stolen vehicle was parked 

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and a report of gunshots 

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one female adult 

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at the scene and a check 

of the stolen van revealed 

numerous items of clothing 

with theft detection 

devices still attached. 

Illinois State Police 

responded to the scene 

and the stolen vehicle 

was released to them. 

The four individuals 

were transported to the 

Public Safety Building 

for further investigative 

purposes. 

Officers were able to 

determine that all five 

of the female suspects, 

including the three juveniles, 

were wanted for 

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Lake Forest: 

April 14: 

• Melissa Hulzar, 24, of 

Waukegan, was charged 

with a DUI at 4:23 a.m. 

on Route 41. An officer on 

patrol noted a blue Chevrolet 

Impala was driving 

in an erratic manner 

that suggested the driver 

might be impaired. The 

officer conducted a traffic 

stop and spoke to the 

female driver, identified 

as Huizar. While officers 

were talking to Huizar, 

they noted a strong smell 

of alcohol coming from 

her and she was demonstrating 

signs of alcohol 

impairment. Officers had 

Huizar perform standard 

field sobriety tests 

to determine if she was 

impaired. Huizar was 

subsequently arrested for 

driving under the influence. 

She was transported 

to the Public Safety Building 

where she was processed 

and requested to 

submit to chemical breath 

testing, which resulted 

in a reading of 0.132 

BAC. 

April 13: 

• Enita Abarca, 35, of 

Waukegan, was charged 

with DUI of alcohol at 

2:51 a.m. in the intersection 

of Route 41 and 

Westleigh Road. Police 

responded to a complaint 

of a red Toyota four-door 

driving on Route 41. The 

911 caller reported the 

vehicle was swerving all 

over the place and being 

very erratic. Officers 

located the vehicle and, 

after observing the driving, 

conducted a traffic 

stop on the red Toyota. 

Officers spoke to the female 

driver, identified as 

Abarca, about her driving. 

During the traffic stop officers 

determined Abarca 

was demonstrating signs 

of impairment and, when 

asked about her drinking, 

she admitted to drinking 

several drinks prior to 

driving. Abarca was requested 

to perform standard 

sobriety test to determine 

her ability to drive. 

Based on her performance 

on the SFST’s and her 

driving, Abaraca was arrested 

for driving under 

the influence and transported 

to the Public Safety 

Building for processing. 

Abarca was requested to 

submit to chemical testing 

which resulted in a reading 

of 0.136 BAC. 

April 9: 

• Suguna L. France, 44, 

of North Chicago, was 

charged with driving with 

a suspended driver’s license 

at 1:03 a.m. in the 

intersection of Route 41 

and Gage Lane. Police on 

patrol conducted a traffic 

stop on a silver Honda for 

an equipment violation. 

When police approached 

the vehicle and spoke to 

the driver, identified as 

France, officers were able 

to determine France’s 

driver’s license was suspended 

at the time of the 

stop. 

• Robert Frechette, 50, of 

Lake Bluff, was charged 

with a DUI at 6:38 p.m. in 

the intersection of Waukegan 

Road and Route 

176. Police responded 

to a reported two-vehicle 

crash at Waukegan 

Road and Route 176. Officers 

located two vehicles 

at the scene; one 

was a silver Honda driven 

by Frechette. Police 

were able to determine 

Frechette’s vehicle struck 

the rear of the other vehicle 

as it sat in traffic 

waiting for the light to 

change. Police questioned 

each driver as to the facts 

of the crash and during 

the investigation officers 

determined Frechette was 

demonstrating signs of 

impairment and requested 

he submit to standard field 

sobriety testing. Frechette 

was subsequently arrested 

for driving under the influence 

and transported to 

the Public Safety Building 

for processing. Officers 

processed Frechette 

and requested he submit 

to chemical breath testing, 

which subsequently 

resulted in a reading of 

0.240 BAC. 

Lake Bluff: 

April 7: 

• Threatening text message 

was reported at 9:25 

a.m. at the Public Safety 

Building. 

April 5: 

• A verbal warning was 

given to a driver after being 

stopped for disobeying 

a stop sign at 1:15 

p.m. in the intersection of 

W. Scranton Avenue and 

E. Center Avenue. The 

driver was also issued a 

citation for a suspended 

driver’s license and a citation 

for no insurance. 

• A two-vehicle property 

damage accident was reported 

at 2:18 p.m. in the 

0-100 block of Sherwood 

Terrace. 

March 31: 

• A citation was issued for 

improper lane usage, driving 

without a valid driver’s 

license, operating an 

uninsured motor vehicle 

and a warning ticket for 

operating a vehicle with 

one headlight at 2:01 a.m. 

on Route 41. 

EDITORS NOTE: The 

Lake Forest Leader’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found on file 

at the Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff Police Department 

headquarters. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty 

in the court of law.

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Green Minds creates free recycling app 

for residents just in time for Earth Day 

Submitted by Green Minds 

Lake Forest Lake Bluff 

Members of Green Minds LFLB who created a new app, Recycle LFLB, stand at a 

launch party at Be Market in Lake Bluff April 13, (left to right) Azza Andreesen, Christian 

Kento Rasmussen, Marcus Norman and Yuh Schabacker-Koppel. Photo Submitted. 

Green Minds LFLB, 

which is a group of environmental 

advocates from 

Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff, united to develop 

a mobile phone application 

that will help residents 

use local recycling 

resources. 

Green Minds LFLB has 

created a free downloadable 

app — Recycle LFLB 

— to help residents find solutions 

for how to recycle. 

Controlling waste management 

costs and limiting 

volume of materials sent 

to landfills is important for 

all municipalities. 

Green Minds learned 

that locals are often confused 

about what goes 

where, and there was a 

need for better information 

on reusing, recycling and 

composting. 

This innovative and 

user-friendly app will 

help local residents see 

when their next curbside 

recycling, ordinary waste 

stream and yard waste 

pick-ups are. It also allows 

the users to search over 

500 items to find the most 

sustainable solution for 

discarding them. Lastly, 

residents can be linked to 

local resources and their 

municipalities to order 

new recycling bins and get 

more information all from 

their mobile devices. 

Four core Green Minds 

volunteers worked long 

evenings the last seven 

weeks to bring this app to 

life: 

• Data Analyst: Azza 

Andreesen, analyzed and 

organized the data. 

• Graphic Designer: 

Marcus Norman from Norman 

Design Co. created 

the logos, interface and design 

of the app. 

• Programmer: Christian 

Rasmussen, a junior at 

Lake Forest High School, 

was responsible for programming 

the app and 

came up with a user-intuitive 

platform. (Editorial 

note: Christian’s participation 

in this project would 

make a fantastic special 

interest feature.) 

• Project Manager: Yuh 

Schabacker-Koppel coordinated 

the effort and was 

responsible for research 

and gathering data for the 

search part of the app. 

The app was made possible 

with the collaboration 

of the City of Lake 

Forest and the Village of 

Lake Bluff and the help of 

many Green Minds volunteers. 

“Green Minds hopes this 

app will be used by many 

residents,” said Yuh Schabacker-Koppel, 

a Green 

Minds board member. “By 

donating this app, Green 

Minds hopes to reduce our 

communities’ waste management 

expenses while 

also helping our communities 

become more sustainable.” 

The team had a lot of fun 

working on the app. 

“It was a fantastic and 

evolving experience to 

work together as a team 

in the real world by creating 

the Green Minds app,” 

said Rasmussen. “It’s my 

hope that all Lake Forest 

and Lake Bluff residents 

will download the Recycle 

LFLB app to their phones, 

to help make a better future 

for all of us.” 

Max 

The Colquhoun family, 

Lake Bluff 

Born: Aug. 20, 2012 

Dog Friend: Bruno 

Favorite Hobby: I 

love sleeping on the 

bed all day and then 

playing with my toy 

duck, which I have 

taken all the stuffing out of! 

Pet Peeves: When someone tries to take the 

blankets away from me or wakes me up from my 

nap. 

Favorite Snack: I LOVE carrots, especially carrot 

peels, they are my favorite! 

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Lake Forest Open Lands and Mariani 

Landscape to celebrate Arbor Day 

Submitted by Lake Forest Open 

Lands 

Lake Forest Open Lands will 

be hosting a community Arbor 

Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 

noon on Saturday, April 27, at 

Mellody Farm Nature Preserve. 

As part of Earth Week celebration, 

Arbor Day will include a 

massive buckthorn clearing restoration 

project, guided nature 

walking tours, a planting project 

and a children’s nature scavenger 

trek. 

Lake Forest Open Lands is 

partnering with Mariani Landscape 

for this morning of outdoor 

activity. Mariani Landscape will 

provide pruning and tree planting 

Business Briefs 

Lake Forest Financial Advisor 

named to Forbes Magazine’s 

List of America’s Best-in-State 

Wealth Advisors 

Morgan Stanley 

announced Steven 

Esposito, an executive 

director, 

Financial Advisor 

in the Firm’s Lake 

Forest Wealth 

Management office, 

has been 

Steven 

named to Forbes Magazine’s 

2019 list of America’s Best-in- 

State Wealth Advisors. 

Forbes’ Best-in-State Wealth 

Advisors list comprises a select 

group of individuals who have 

a minimum of seven years of 

industry experience. The ranking, 

developed by Forbes’ partner 

SHOOK Research, is based 

on an algorithm of qualitative 

and quantitative data, rating 

thousands of wealth advisors 

and weighing factors like revenue 

trends, AUM, compliance 

records, industry experience 

and best practices learned 

through telephone and in-person 

interviews. 

“I am pleased that Steven Esposito 

is representing Morgan 

Stanley,” said Blake Mackenzie, 

complex manager of Morgan 

Stanley’s Deerfield Office. “To 

be named to this list recognizes 

Steven’s professionalism and 

dedication to the needs of his 

valued clients.” 

Lake Forest 

resident receives 

promotion at RMB 

Andy Park was 

recently promoted 

to Wealth Advisor 

in RMB Capital’s 

Andy 

Lake Forest office. 

Park has been with the firm 

since June of 2017, serving 

the firm’s wealth management 

clients along the North Shore. 

RMB Capital is a Chicagobased 

investment and advisory 

firm with approximately $9.4 

billion in assets under management. 

Lake Forest resident among best 

Wealth advisors 

Each year Forbes releases an 

exclusive list of Best-In-State 

guides and have milkweed plant 

giveaways to attendees. 

Arbor Day is open to all ages 

and there is no fee to participate. 

Registration is encouraged in order 

to supply enough trained volunteers 

and to ensure the proper 

amount of restoration supplies. 

Refreshments will be served 

and the event will take place rain 

or shine. 

The purpose of Arbor Day is to 

promote conservation efforts and 

environmental education, which 

goes hand in hand with Lake 

Forest Open Lands’ mission. For 

over 50 years, Lake Forest Open 

Lands has led conservation efforts 

and environmental education 

programming for the Lake 

Forest and Lake Bluff communities. 

Lake Forest Open Lands’ 

celebration of Arbor Day is an 

opportunity to demonstrate conservation 

action and education 

which are two valuable steps one 

can take to protect our planet. 

Mariani Landscape is committed 

to the environment on every 

level and for the proper stewardship 

of the planet. Their company-wide 

culture is to incorporate 

eco-friendly and sustainable 

principles into its business practices, 

providing their clients with 

architectural designs and maintenance 

that provide many years of 

lasting beauty and enjoyment. 

Wealth Advisors. 

This year, Maureen 

Raihle was 

recognized as a 

top wealth advisor 

in Illinois (she is 

ranked No. 17 on 

the statewide list). 

Maureen 

Advisors are selected 

based on quantitative and 

qualitative data including industry 

experience, assets under 

management, and compliance. 

Raihle, a Private Wealth Advisor 

at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, 

has been in investment management 

since 1985 and was one 

of the founding Private Wealth 

Advisors of the Merrill Lynch 

Private Banking Group. She has 

been named to Barron’s Top 100 

Women Financial Advisors list; 

Barron’s Top 1200 Financial 

Advisors State-by-State, and Financial 

Times’ FT400. She was 

also named a Forbes Best-In- 

State Wealth Advisor in 2018. 

Business Briefs are compiled by 

Editor Alyssa Groh. Send submissions 

to alyssa@LakeForestLeader. 

com. 

Parkinson’s 

From Page 3 

athon, he will also be running the 

Chicago Marathon this fall. 

The Bucklew and Leech families 

have grown closer and now 

are heavily involved in raising 

money for the Michael J. Fox 

Foundation. 

“There are two paths that people 

take,” Bucklew said. “They 

either shut down and don’t socialize 

this, and that leads to all sorts 

of negative circumstances. Or, 

you can embrace it and say ‘there 

are things I can do that are in my 

control to make sure this disease 

doesn’t manage me, that I manage 

it.’” 

And together, the Bucklew and 

Leech families are remaining 

positive, raising money to find a 

cure and raise awareness about 

the disease. 

“We made [Parkinson’s Disease] 

part of our life,” Kate Leech 

said. “We are doing fundraising 

and we attend a lot of events (in 

support of Parkinson’s Disease).” 

Kate Leech said meeting Bucklew 

helped their family turn the 

situation into a positive. 

“Meeting Bill was a big turning 

point. We were still in shock 

when we met him,” she said. 

“Meeting other people (who have 

Parkinson’s Disease), I feel like 

it’s important to see how others 

are handling it in a positive way, 

it rubs off on you.” 

After meeting Bucklew and 

getting heavily involved in the 

Michael J. Fox Foundation, Peter 

Leech has learned to live in the 

moment. 

Peter Leech said he often remembers 

a quote from Michael 

J. Fox about Parkinson’s Disease: 

“Don’t imagine the worst ... If 

you imagine the worst and it happens, 

you’ve lived it twice.” Fox 

once said. 

For Peter Leech, that has taught 

him not to freight about what is 

to come. 

“If you worry what Parkinson’s 

will manifest in your life, you are 

experiencing the pain twice, once 

driving yourself nuts about what 

is coming next, and then when it 

actually happens,” Peter Leech 

said. “It’s not denial to push it out 

of your mind, with progressive 

diseases you have to live in the 

moment.” 

And for the Leech family, part 

of living in the moment is about 

raising money for the Michael J. 

Fox foundation to find a cure. 

“We have talked a lot with the 

kids about how much positivity 

we have about what is in the 

pipeline in terms of a cure for the 

disease and modification or halting 

the progression,” Peter Leech 

said. “There is so much going on 

right now, it is really a peak moment. 

A lot of that goes back to 

the Michael J. Fox Foundation 

work. It has been an inspiration 

working with them.” 

Making the decision to be so 

open about his diagnosis was 

hard at first for Peter Leech, but 

now he understands how important 

it is. 

“I think my new legacy is to 

raise money for [the Michael J. 

Fox Foundation] and be a small 

part of the cure for this disease,” 

Peter Leech said. “I think my 

legacy was unclear, but it is clear 

now. It’s our family’s legacy too. 

I gotta do that with other people, 

you can’t be silent about it.” 

And in an effort to bring awareness 

to the disease and help raise 

money for it, the Leech family 

is hosting their first fundraising 

event, Rock for Parkinson’s, from 

noon-4 p.m. May 5, at Lake Forest 

Club, 554 N. Westmoreland 

Road, Lake Forest. 

The rock theme is special for 

the family as their son Henry is a 

big rock fan, and Peter Leech was 

in a band growing up. 

This family-friendly event will 

have kids activities, raffles, a best 

rock costume contest, best rock 

scream contest and more. 

Entertainment will be provided 

by a few bands from the School 

of Rock in Highwood. 

The Leech family is requesting 

a donation of $20 per adult at 

$10 per child at the event. Donations 

can also be made at, bit.ly/ 

rfprfp19. 

All of the money raised at the 

event, will go directly to the Michael 

J. Fox Foundation.

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Five suffer life-threatening 

injuries after semi-trailer 

crashes into four vehicles 

on I-94 in Northbrook 

Five people suffered 

life-threatening injuries 

after a semi-trailer truck 

failed to stop Sunday afternoon 

and crashed into four 

vehicles on Interstate 94 in 

Northbrook, according to a 

press release from Illinois 

State Police. 

The semi-trailer struck 

the four vehicles — a Kia 

Sportage, Honda Odyssey, 

Toyota Highlander 

and Nissan van — at approximately 

2:17 p.m. in 

the area of milepost 26.5, 

according to the release. 

The four vehicles were all 

stopped due to heavy traffic 

flow. The driver of the 

semi-trailer did not stop 

and hit all four vehicles in 

front him, per police. 

According to police, 

five people — a mixture 

of drivers and passengers 

from various vehicles — 

were transported to local 

hospitals with life-threatening 

injuries. 

Jeffrie Baker, the 

23-year-old driver of the 

semi-trailer, was issued a 

citation for failing to reduce 

his speed to avoid an 

accident, per police. 

Baker, and four others, 

were transported to the 

hospital with non-lifethreatening 

injuries. 

The crash is currently 

under investigation and 

additional details were not 

immediately available. 

Reporting by Martin Carlino, 

Contributing Editor. Full story 

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THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

Middle school curriculum 

receives enthusiastic claim 

by school board 

An interactive and simulated 

learning experience 

with an emphasis on critical 

thinking and problem 

solving should be the core 

of North Shore School 

District 112 social studies 

classrooms, a district committee 

discovered. 

A group of District 112 

social studies teachers 

presented new curriculum 

recommendations for their 

classrooms based off of the 

committee’s findings to the 

School Board at its April 

16 meeting. The committee 

had teachers and 

administrators from both 

Northwood and Edgewood 

Middle Schools and Highland 

Park High School, as 

well as dual language and 

special education instructors. 

The committee “overwhelmingly” 

agreed upon 

the TCI History Alive as 

their recommended curricular 

resource, said Bri 

Savic, coordinator for the 

Teaching and Learning 

Department. 

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School News 

Cornell College 

Springer named to dean’s 

list 

Cornell College named 

284 students to its dean’s 

list for the fall 2018 semester, 

including Luke 

Springer, of Lake Forest, 

with Honors. 

Twice each year — at the 

end of January and the end 

of May — the Dean of the 

College recognizes those 

students who have earned 

superior grades during the 

previous semester and enrolls 

them on the dean’s list 

based upon their semester 

grade point average. 

University of Dayton 

Rubin Earns University of 

Dayton degree 

Lake Bluff resident 

Nicholas Rubin was 

among the nearly 340 undergraduates 

who received 

degrees from the University 

of Dayton during the 

fall 2018 commencement 

ceremony Dec. 15. 

The University of Alabama 

Students recognized for 

good grades 

A total of 12,332 students 

enrolled during the 

2018 fall term at The University 

of Alabama were 

named to the dean’s list 

with an academic record of 

3.5 or above or the president’s 

list with an academic 

record of 4.0 (all A’s). 

The UA dean’s and 

president’s lists recognize 

full-time undergraduate 

students. The lists do not 

apply to graduate students 

or to undergraduate students 

who take less than a 

full course load. Students 

on the list include: 

Marla Fontana, of 

Lake Bluff, was named to 

the president’s list. 

Isabelle Hartwell, of 

Lake Forest, was named to 

the dean’s list. 

Student graduate with 

degrees 

The University of Alabama 

awarded some 2,065 

degrees during its fall 

commencement Dec. 15. 

Among them were: 

Rachel Gaye, of Lake 

Forest, graduated with a 

B.S. Commerce Business 

Administration. 

Marco Loiacano, of 

Lake Forest, graduated 

with a Bachelor of Arts in 

Communication. 

Clemson University 

Neil named to dean’s list 

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From the Editor 

Celebrate Earth Day, it’s important 

Alyssa Groh 


I 

might be a little late to 

the game here, but did 

you know Earth Day 

was on Monday? 

While this may not be a 

widely celebrated “holiday,” 

I think it is definitely 

one we should all pay 

attention to — and care 

about! 

We are only given one 

Earth and we need to take 

care of it and its animals. 

A major part of protecting 

our planet is recycling. 

I remember growing up 

my teachers would tell us 

how important it was to 

recycle and how to figure 

out what things needed to 

be recycled. 

I never truly understood 

the importance of it until 

my adult life. 

But as a child, I do 

remember going on a field 

trip to a landfill and to a 

waste management facility. 

I remember thinking, 

“Wow! We create a lot of 

garbage. Where does it all 

go?” 

I remember thinking 

about that field trip 

for days following. As 

a young child I couldn’t 

comprehend where all of 

that garbage in the landfill 

would eventually go. But 

after a while I stopped 

thinking about it and didn’t 

think much about recycling 

until I was an adult. 

I first started to really 

care about waste and recycling 

a few years ago. 

One day I was driving to 

work around summertime, 

and noticed a lot of white 

stuff along the side of the 

road. For a quick second 

I honestly thought it was 

snow and I was confused, 

given the season. 

After doing a double 

take, I realized it was a ton 

of garbage people littered 

on the side of the road. 

And it was in that 

moment, I realized the 

importance of advocating 

not to litter. 

Each year I challenge 

myself to make one more 

change in my life that will 

benefit the planet, while 

also helping others make 

changes. 

In the first year, I 

worked hard to never litter. 

In the second year I made 

more than one change. I 

stopped using plastic bags 

at the grocery store and I 

stopped using plastic baggies 

for my lunches. 

This year I am working 

to stop using plastic water 

bottles. I grew up drinking 

only from plastic water 

bottles, opposed to tap water 

and have been unable to 

kick that habit. 

This year I purchased a 

reusable water bottle and 

Brita filter. This is in effort 

to not only reduce my plastic 

waste, but also reduce 

waste in general and save 

money. Sounds like a winwin 

to me. 

What are some ways 

you have made changes in 

your life to become more 

eco-friendly? 

I know recycling can 

get a bit complicated, but 

Green Minds LFLB just 

made recycling so much 

easier with its new recycling 

app. 

It almost makes it too 

easy not to recycle! 

And if you still can’t 

get enough of Earth Day, 

Lake Forest Open Lands 

is hosting an Arbor Day 

celebration on Saturday, 

April 27. The celebration 

will include buckthorn 

removal, planting, guided 

tours and more. 

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Check out Spirit of 67 “Grant day! Best day 

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school 

From Page 14 

Claire Tazuko Neil, 

of Lake Forest, has been 

named to the dean’s list 

at Clemson University for 

the fall 2018 semester. 

Neil is majoring in nursing. 

To be named to the 

dean’s list, a student 

achieved a grade-point 

average between 3.50 and 

3.99 on a 4.0 scale. 

Miami University 

Students named to dean’s 

list 

Miami University students 

who are ranked in 

the top 20 percent of undergraduate 

students within 

each division for first 

semester 2018-19 have 

been named to the dean’s 

list recognizing academic 

excellence. 

Ashley Dueringer, of 

Lake Bluff, and Abby 

Kocourek, Tim Sperling, 

Brooke Hoekstra, 

Alyssa Hollander, Hannah 

Sandner-Gialamas, 

George Harris, Wyatt 

Goeks, Nicole Karkazis, 

Jenna Nissly, Julia 

Dempsey, Isabella Mancini, 

Daniel Kuperman 

and Emily Poth, all of 

Lake Forest. 

School news is compiled by Editor 

Alyssa Groh. Send school 

news submissions to alyssa@ 

LakeForestLeader.com. 

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An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

A Lake Forest family will host 

a fundraiser for Parkinson’s 

Disease on May 5, Page 3 

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A group of East Lake Academy students, staff and alumni help build an addition on a 

house during a spring break mission trip to Colombia March 23-30. Photo Submitted 

East Lake Academy travels abroad to give back, Page 19

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East Lake Academy spends spring break on mission trip in Colombia 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Every two years, East 

Lake Academy travels to 

another county in need to 

give back during spring 

break. 

This year, 16 East Lake 

Academy students, staff, 

alumni and parents traveled 

to La Ceja, Colombia, 

March 23-30 to participate 

in a variety of community 

service initiatives. 

When choosing this 

year’s destination, East 

Lake Academy knew Colombia 

was a poverty 

stricken area. 

“This year, we picked 

Colombia because we have 

a few families who are Colombian 

and have a lot of 

connections within their 

hometown in Colombia,” 

said Father Joshua West, 

the East Lake Academy 

Chaplain. 

The Lopera family, who 

attend East Lake Academy, 

suggested La Ceja as the 

destination for this year’s 

mission trip and not only 

helped the school with accommodations, 

but joined 

in on the trip. 

Adults and students ranging 

from fourth-graders to 

freshmen in high school 

went on the trip. 

While the missionaries 

from East Lake Academy 

completed several service 

projects, most of their time 

focused on two main areas: 

Visiting an orphanage and 

building an addition on a 

home. 

West said there was a 

family who had 11 people 

living in one home, and one 

of the main purposes of this 

mission trip was to build an 

addition on their home so 

the family could live more 

comfortably. 

“The family had basically 

two usable bedrooms,” 

West said. “Some of the other 

bedrooms were built out 

of cardboard. We took down 

the cardboard and put up a 

brick wall and then added 

on an additional bedroom. 

Now they have five usable 

bedrooms in that house.” 

When the missionaries 

weren’t building the addition 

on the house, they 

were spending time at a 

girls orphanage interacting 

with the girls and completing 

maintenance projects. 

“The most special thing 

for the missionaries was 

spending time with the 

girls,” West said. “Most of 

the girls came from abusive 

homes, so being there to 

share life and God’s love 

was very special.” 

At one point during 

their trip, they also visited 

a retirement home, which 

West said made them a 

bit nervous. The group 

was a bit unsure what 

to expect and what they 

could do with those at the 

retirement home. Once 

they walked in, they realized 

the impact a simple 

conversation could have. 

West said the missionaries 

sat down and put 

their Spanish skills to the 

test resulting in hour-long 

conversations with the 

residents. 

East Lake Academy 

members also put on a mini 

carnival for the town. The 

carnival included fun activities, 

such as basketball 

and soccer games and face 

painting stations. East Lake 

Academy also handed out 

donations they collected 

before they left for the trip. 

Principal Rosario 

Echavez said the missionaries 

all had different reactions 

to the work they were 

doing while on the trip. 

She noted the adults 

were able to get out of their 

comfort zone, while the 

students were able to grasp 

not everyone lives the way 

people in Lake Forest or 

the United States live. 

“Our students realized 

there is a world outside of 

East Lake Academy and 

Lake Forest,” she said. 

“There is suffering outside 

of the comforts of their 

home, and even with the little 

time the students spent 

with these people, they can 

make a difference.” 

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Abagail Lindemann (center), a seventh-grader at East Lake Academy, paints nails with 

the girls at an orphanage during a mission trip to La Ceja, Colombia, March 23-30. Photo 

Submitted

20 | April 25, 2019 | The lake forest leader FAITH 


In Memoriam 

Marilyn Helene Spickler 

Sorensen 

Marilyn Sorensen, 91, 

of Lake Forest, died very 

peacefully at home Friday, 

April 5, surrounded by 

her family. She was born 

May 24, 1927 in Chicago 

to Helen (Williams) and 

Joseph C. Spickler of Nebraska. 

She was the eldest 

of four siblings: Joann, 

Jean, and William (Bill). 

She is survived by and 

“profoundly blessed and 

deeply appreciative of her 

three fine children, Carol 

Jean, Glen Paige, and 

Christopher Sorensen, her 

daughter-in-law Jodilynne 

Whooten Sorensen and 

her dearly beloved grandson 

Jackson Wilder Sorensen”. 

Sorensen graduated 

from Maine Township 

High school, Park Ridge, 

in 1944, earned a BA 

from DePauw University 

in 1948 and did graduate 

work at Northwestern and 

University of Wisconsin, 

Madison then taught Junior 

High and High school 

English for three years. 

In 1951 she married and 

lived in Arlington Heights, 

where she had three children 

then moved to Lake 

Forest in 1962. She had 

various jobs including 

managing a small business 

and assistant administrator 

of a retirement home. In 

1973 she began a successful 

30 year career in Lake 

Forest Real Estate earning 

advanced designations of 

GRI - Graduate Realtors 

Institute and CRS - Certified 

Residential Specialist 

and several awards. 

As a member of the First 

Presbyterian Church of 

lake Forest she was in the 

first graduating class of 

Stephen Ministers who’s 

assignments she carried 

out with a high level of 

care, established a Divorce 

Support Group and 

contributed significantly 

to the establishment of the 

Career Support Group. As 

she walked often in the 

neighborhood with her 

daughter, Carol, neighbors 

would see them and say 

“As long as you’re walking, 

take my dog!” She 

enjoyed many years of 

dog walking and said “I 

have loved many dogs and 

was greatly and enthusiastically 

loved in return”. 

She was greatly and enthusiastically 

loved by her 

family and friends as well 

and will be greatly missed. 

We will remember her 

as patient, kind, loving, 

compassionate, generous, 

helpful, funny, witty, wonderful 

and wise and that 

she loved us, animals, blue 

sky and sunshine. 

Carrol Andrews Herber 

Carrol Andrews Herber, 

a Lake Forest resident 

since 1981, died peacefully 

at home on April 

10. Herber was born Dec. 

24, 1939 in Syracuse, NY, 

where her father owned 

and ran a material handling 

company – Morse 

Manufacturing. Upon 

graduation from St. Lawrence 

University, a passion 

for travel led to her 

Chicago-based job as a 

stewardess for United Airlines. 

A few years later, Herber 

married Don Smith 

and began her career at 

home raising a family. 

Since 1966, she cherished 

time at the family vacation 

home at Lake Skegemog 

in Northern Michigan. 

In 1996, Herber married 

Jim Herber and moved to 

the cottage on Hathaway 

Circle they both adored. 

They traveled the world 

and touched many countries 

and continents, with 

a desire to learn and appreciate 

cultures, history, 

and nature. She was an active 

member of the Presbyterian 

church, serving 

as an elder and deacon, 

heading the annual rummage 

sale security team, 

knitting prayer shawls, 

and expressing her love 

of music through bells and 

choir. Her favorite time 

was whenever family and 

friends were near. Her 

positive, upbeat energy 

was contagious – she 

showed us how to celebrate 

life and live gracefully 

with cancer. 

Herber is preceded in 

death by her husband Jim 

in 2013 and survived by 

her children – Amy Mc- 

Joynt (T. Kevin), Brad 

(Meeta Yadava), her brother 

Bob Andrews (Alice), 

her grandchildren Tom, 

Charlie, Matthew, Henry, 

and Ellie and her nephews 

and their families. 

A service in Herber’s 

memory will be held on 

May 11 at 1 p.m. at the 

First Presbyterian Church 

of Lake Forest, 700 Sheridan 

Road, Lake Forest, IL. 

A reception hosted by her 

PEO chapter will follow 

immediately after the service 

at the church. Burial 

private. In lieu of flowers, 

contributions can be 

made to PEO Chapter MQ 

IL Scholarship Fund with 

the notation “in memory 

of Carrol Herber” - PEO 

Chapter MQ, 908 Gloucester 

Crossing, Lake Forest, 

IL 60045 or First Presbyterian 

Church Music Fund, 

First Presbyterian Church 

of Lake Forest, 700 N. 

Sheridan Road, Lake 

Forest, IL 60045. 

Scott Sanderson 

Scott Sanderson, of 

Lake Forest, died in April 

2019. 

“Scott fought an incredibly 

hard battle, never 

complaining or conceding 

to the circumstances he 

faced,” his wife Cathleen 

said. “His perseverance 

propelled him to fight 

hard, but his faith assured 

him that no matter what, 

it would be okay because 

heaven awaited.” Scott 

grew up the youngest of 

5 children in Northbrook 

and attended Glenbrook 

North High School where 

he led the baseball team 

to a state championship in 

1974. 

In Sanderson’s honor, 

donations can be sent to: 

Pro Athletes Outreach, 

640 Plaza Drive, Suite 

110, Highlands Ranch 

CO 80129 or, Unlimited 

Potential, Inc. 

William J. “Bill” Schlemm Sr. 

It is with great sadness 

that the family announces 

the death of William J. 

Schlemm Sr. on Feb. 24, 

in Arizona. Bill was born 

in Reading PA, on Aug. 

21, 1940. He resided in 

Libertyville and most recently 

Lake Forest, for the 

past 50 years. 

He was the beloved 

husband of Diane Candeli 

Schlemm, proud 

and loving father of William 

(Laura) J. Schlemm 

Jr., Susan(Denis) Bruns, 

Brian(Ashlee)Schlemm, 

and Eric Schlemm. Fond 

grandfather to Ben Bruns, 

Rob Schlemm, Griffin 

Bruns, Jackie Schlemm, 

Lily Bruns, Max Schlemm 

and Grace Schlemm. 

“Big” brother to James 

and Charles. Uncle to 

Tyler Schlemm. 

He was a graduate of 

Virginia Tech and remained 

a devout “HOK- 

IE” fan. Schlemm enjoyed 

a career in sales and marketing. 

He passionately 

enjoyed and studied the 

game of golf for 50 years 

(and Texas Hold ‘em). 

Services were private. 

Memorial contributions to 

the American Cancer Society 

would be appreciated. 

John W. Squier 

John W. 

Squier, of 

Lake Forest, 

was born on Aug. 24, 1944 

and died on April 11. 

Squier was a resident of 

Lake Bluff at the time of 

passing. 

He was a graduate of 

Camp Point Central High 

and Western Illinois University 

where he earned an 

MBA degree. 

He served his country in 

the U.S. Navy for 20 years. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email alyssa@ 

lakeforestleader.com with 

information about a loved 

one who was part of the Lake 

Forest/Lake Bluff communities. 

Faith Briefs 

Faith Lutheran Church (680 West 

Deerpath, Lake Forest) 

Men of Faith 

8 a.m. Saturday (once a 

month). The men of Faith 

meet for an hour or so of 

breakfast and a short Bible 

study and discussion. All 

men, members or not, are 

welcome. This is typically 

on the third Saturday 

morning of the month. 

St. James Lutheran Church (1380 North 

Waukegan Road, Lake Forest) 

Give 5/4 Need Summer 

Camp for 5-8th graders 

St. James invites incoming 

5-8th grade students to 

register for a program to be 

held June 17-21 and August 

5-9 from 9am-Noon. 

The group, with high 

school and adult mentor 

support, will participate in 

a variety of service opportunities 

in Lake County 

including COOL Ministries, 

PADS (Providing 

Advocacy, Dignity & 

Shelter), North Chicago 

Community Partners and 

Waukegan 2 College. Attend 

as many days as your 

schedule permits! Please 

visit www.stjameslutheran.org 

for a registration 

form or email sholmstrom@stjameslutheran. 

org for more information. 

First Presbyterian Church (700 Sheridan 

Road, Lake Forest) 

Care Giver Support Group 

Do you care for a family 

member or friend? Do 

you feel isolated or overwhelmed? 

Come join our 

new Caregivers Support 

Group. Join others who 

care for loved ones to 

share, interact, and learn 

from each other in a safe, 

supportive environment. 

The group will gather from 

1-2 p.m. twice a month on 

the first and third Thursday 

of the month in the 

parish house for valuable 

information on relevant 

topics, leads on resources, 

and to share concerns and 

tips with other caregivers. 

All are welcome. For 

more information, contact 

Martha Zeeman at martha 

@zeemanfamily.com 

Third Thursday Taizé 

Prayer Service 

6:30 p.m., every third 

Thursday, in the Chapel. 

Step back from everyday 

life to be refreshed and 

encounter God in the silence. 

A gracefully simple 

service of contemplation 

in a prayerful setting, with 

scripture, prayer, song, silence 

and light. 

Please see faith, 21

LakeForestLeader.com LIFE & ARTS 


Salt Creek Tacos is located at 431 Temple Ave. in Highland Park. Erin Yarnall/22nd 

Century Media 

Owner of LB’s The Other Door, Inovasi 

opens third restaurant in Highland Park 

Erin Yarnall 

Contributing Editor 

When John des Rosiers, 

owner of The Other Door 

and Inovasi in Lake Bluff, 

set about opening his third 

restaurant, he wanted to do 

something to make it seem 

established. 

So he named it after the 

Salt Creek in Hinsdale, Ill. 

“I thought ‘That is a really 

good name for a restaurant,” 

des Rosiers said. “It’s 

a great name. It sounds like 

it’s been around for a while 

and it sounds like there’s 

more than one of them, 

which is kind of cool.” 

Des Rosiers initially intended 

to open Salt Creek 

Tacos in Hinsdale, after his 

friend bought a building 

there, but ended up finding 

a location in Highland Park 

after realizing it would be 

“too costly” to put a restaurant 

in his friend’s retail 

space. 

“I saw this space [in 

Highland Park] was available 

for a few months, and 

actually, my old boss is my 

landlord,” des Rosiers said. 

“The guy that I worked for 

when I first started my career 

owns the building.” 

Salt Creek Tacos seems 

as if des Rosier’s career is 

coming full circle. He started 

working in the restaurant 

business in Highwood, 

just down the street from 

where Salt Creek is located, 

before opening two restaurants 

in Lake Bluff — 

Inovasi, a New American 

restaurant located at 28 E. 

Center Ave., and The Other 

Door, a Mexican restaurant 

located at 30 E. Center Ave. 

“[The Other Door] is 

a Mexican place, but it’s 

not as focused as this,” 

des Rosiers said about Salt 

Creek Tacos. “This one 

is a little more specific, 

they’re definitely two different 

places.” 

Des Rosiers said Salt 

Creek Tacos “slides in between” 

Inovasi and The 

Other Door. 

“[Salt Creek Tacos] is 

more of a sit-down restaurant,” 

des Rosiers said, but 

added that it’s still accessible. 

The restaurant is able to 

keep menu prices low because 

they “don’t have to 

employ full-time servers 

and bartenders,” according 

to des Rosiers. 

Instead, they have a staff 

that is skilled on various 

levels. 

“Everybody who has a 

job in here will do more 

than one thing,” des Rosiers 

said. 

The menu features five 

taco options, three salads 

and six starters, and the bar 

features an extensive tequila 

menu. 

The restaurant’s interior 

hosts a collection of work 

from Lake Forest artist Ciara 

Neve. 

“We really weren’t sure 

what to do with the art,” 

des Rosiers said. “But then 

we saw all of her stuff. I 

love the use of color. I like 

that it’s not planned or expected, 

but it’s also not 

heavy or chunky. It’s a perfect 

style.” 

The restaurant opened 

April 23, and is located at 

431 Temple Ave. in Highland 

Park. 

“We have a nice restaurant 

that everybody can 

have a good time in, with 

all kinds of great flavors, 

all kinds of great tequilas 

to drink,” des Rosiers said. 

“It’s a good place to be.” 

faith 

From Page 20 

Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois 

Road, Lake Forest) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

Each Wednesday, the 

Church of St. Mary offers 

Eucharistic Adoration following 

the 8 a.m. Mass. A 

rosary will be prayed each 

week at 6:40 p.m. with 

Benediction following at 

7 p.m. 

Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N. 

Waukegan Road) 

Senior High Youth Group 

7-9 p.m. Sundays. All 

are welcome for a time 

of worship, teaching and 

fellowship. Friends are 

encouraged to attend. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-1001. 

Love INC Furniture 

Ministry 

8 a.m.-noon, second Saturday 

of the month. Volunteer 

to help load, deliver 

and pick-up furniture. All 

ages and abilities are welcome, 

youth is welcome 

with adult supervision. For 

more information, contact 

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22 | April 25, 2019 | The lake forest leader DINING OUT 


Chez Benoit brings authentic tastes of France to Highland Park 

Martin Carlino 

Contributing Editor 

Once you step into 

Highland Park’s Chez 

Benoit Bistro, Christi and 

Benoit Fliou want you to 

imagine you’re in Paris for 

the night. 

The husband-and-wife 

duo opened the new bistro, 

located at 455 Central Ave. 

in the heart of downtown 

Highland Park, in late 

2018. 

Benoit, a native of Paris, 

moved to the United States 

six years ago. He spent 

his early years in Chicago 

working with French chefs 

in various positions. Two 

years later, he moved to 

the North Shore to gain a 

heightened understanding 

of what area diners expect 

from French restaurants. 

After 30-plus years of 

experience in kitchens in 

France and Chicago, Benoit 

decided it was time 

to open his own restaurant. 

And when a vacancy 

opened up in Highland 

Park, the community 

Christi has worked in for 

nearly 20 years, it was 

the perfect match for the 

couple’s vision. 

“We wanted something 

warm, cozy and inviting, 

and something that is Parisian,” 

Benoit said. “That’s 

who I am. I can’t pretend 

to do something different 

than that.” 

With the hope of offering 

guests a Parisian ambience 

and atmosphere, both 

Benoit and Christi said it 

was important for them to 

find a space that could offer 

an authentic experience 

of a French bistro. 

The restaurant seats 

60 guests in the dining 

room and an additional 

six guests at the bar area, 

a similar capacity to many 

restaurants in France, according 

to Benoit. A patio 

area, with approximately 

The restaurant serves its Sable Breton dessert ($8) with 

a French shortbread cookie atop a foundation of pistachio 

cream and berries. 

24 more seats, is expected 

to open soon. 

“We liked the size, the 

atmosphere and the capacity 

of the restaurant,” Benoit 

said. “It reminds me of 

a restaurant that I used to 

work at in Paris.” 

Just like its Parisiancentered 

design and ambience, 

Chez Benoit’s menu 

features traditional French 

recipes and dishes that 

Benoit said “you can find 

in most French bistros.” 

“I want to give to the 

people of Highland Park 

the real experience of a 

French bistro,” Benoit 

said. “We decided to really 

focus on the traditional 

meal. 

“Once you push the 

doors open, we hope you 

can imagine you are in 

Paris for the night, and we 

hope you will enjoy.” 

When crafting the menu, 

Benoit placed an importance 

on staying true to his 

roots, and offering what he 

describes as the real taste 

of France. 

All of the dishes on the 

menu are seasonal offerings, 

and are made fresh 

daily. The restaurant receives 

numerous deliveries 

everyday and prepares all 

of its dishes from scratch. 

‘We try to really focus 

Chez Benoit 

455 Central Ave., 

Highland Park 

(847) 266-7878 

Chezbenoitbistro.com 

5-9 p.m. 

Tuesday-Thursday 

5-10 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

in on and stay close to the 

seasonal product all the 

time,” Benoit said. “Everything 

is fresh. … We’re 

proposing only the dishes 

we can be really proud 

of. We are always looking 

for the best quality all the 

time.” 

A group of editors from 

22nd Century Media recently 

went to the Highland 

Park eatery to test out 

its authentic French dishes 

and take in the entire 

culinary experience. 

We started out with a 

taste of Chez Benoit’s sea 

scallops ($30). After just 

one taste, we knew we 

were in for a great meal. 

The dish was prepared 

with pan-seared diver scallops 

and served with a 

grenobloise sauce. 

We next tried the 

Quenelles de Brochet 

($36), Chez Benoit’s signature 

dish. Benoit said the 

dish is something he grew 

Chez Benoit’s signature dish, Quenelles de Brochet ($36), features a seafood 

dumpling with lobster bisque and butter-poached lobster on top. Photos by Martin 

Carlino/22nd Century Media 

The sea bass ($32) is served over asparagus with eggplant caviar and sauce vierge. 

up with and something he 

was first introduced to during 

his childhood in Lyon, 

France. 

The dish consists of a 

delicate seafood dumpling, 

known as quenelle, covered 

with a lobster bisque. 

It’s served with a butterpoached 

lobster on the top. 

This writer highly recommends 

trying the restaurant’s 

signature offering. 

A taste of the restaurant’s 

sea bass ($32) was 

next. The dish is served 

with a side of asparagus, 

an eggplant caviar and 

sauce vierge. Benoit said 

all the fish offerings are 

wild-caught, and never 

farm-raised. 

The Steak au poivre 

($38), which Benoit described 

as a staple of the 

menu, was next up for a 

taste. The 12-ounce New 

York Strip was full of flavor, 

rightfully tender and 

prepared just right. 

We also sampled the 

Leeks vinaigrette ($14), an 

appetizer offering. Benoit 

said the dish is among the 

early favorites of guests. 

We finished our visit 

with dessert. Among the 

favorites on the dessert 

menu is the restaurant’s 

rice pudding (riz au lait). 

We tested out another favorite, 

the sable breton 

($8). The offering, prepared 

with pistachio cream 

and strawberries, was 

the near-perfect ending 

to our meal and a highly 

recommended option.



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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Anna Schilling 

Schilling is a mid-distance 

runner on the Lake Forest 

Academy track team. 

How did you get 

started running track? 

I started track in fifth 

grade. I really enjoyed it, I 

just kept with it. 

What is your favorite 

part of running track 

and field? 

Definitely the team. 

All of the friends I made 

through running at LFA is 

so fun. I love the people, 

it makes the sport so much 

more enjoyable, especially 

because it’s such an individual 

sport. When you’re 

able to have great teammates, 

it makes it so fun. 

Do you have any 

pregame rituals or 

superstitions? 

I start warming up like 

an hour before my race, 

I can’t sit still. I’ll start 

warming up at the beginning 

of the meet for my 

800-meter race, which is 

halfway through the meet. 

What’s the best 

coaching advice you’ve 

ever gotten? 

Run for fun and personal 

best, and that’s sort of our 

team motto. (Coach Theodore 

Golota) says it’s not 

about where you place in 

the meet, it’s about getting 

your own personal record 

and running for yourself 

just to improve. 

If you could play 

another sport besides 

track, what would it 

be? 

I would probably do 

lacrosse because my dad 

was a competitive lacrosse 

player, he always wanted 

me to play lacrosse. That 

would have been fun, but 

I love track. 


place to eat? 

Maevery Public House 

in Lake Bluff, I love that 

restaurant, they have really 

good burgers. 

What’s something on 

your bucket list you’d 

like to cross off? 

I’ve always wanted to 

ride in a hot air balloon. 

If you could travel 

photo submited 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go? 

I would probably go to 

Vietnam or Cambodia, I 

think it’d be really cool to 

do some service there. I’ve 

always heard it’s beautiful. 


movie? 

Probably Forrest Gump, 

my sister and I always 

watch it together, it’s 

something I like to do with 

her, it’s a classic movie. 

If you could have any 

superpower, what 

would it be? 

To fly, because I could 

get anywhere at anytime 

and I could always travel. 

Interview done by Sports 

Editor Nick Frazier 

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast 

Guys recap lacrosse, predict soccer 

Staff Report 

In this week’s episode of The Varsity: 

North Shore, the only podcast focused on 

North Shore sports, hosts Michal Dwojak, 

Michael Wojtychiw and Nick Frazier recap 

some boys and girls lacrosse, hear from 

Lake Forest girls basketball coach Kyle 

Wilhelm on being named coach of the 

year, play Way/No Way with girls soccer 

and preview boys gymnastics conference 

meets. 

First Quarter 

The three talk some boys and girls lacrosse 

to start the episode off. 

Second Quarter 

The guys hear from Wilhelm about his 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Third Quarter 

With the season heading into the final 

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about girls soccer. 

Fourth Quarter 

To finish things off, the guys talk some 

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28 | April 25, 2019 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


Girls Basketball 

Scouts’ Wilhelm named coach of the year 

Nick Frazier, Sports Editor 

Lake Forest coach Kyle 

Wilhelm still thinks back 

on his team’s sectional title 

when his players stop by his 

office. 

“To actually be there in 

that moment to do it, watching 

the players reaction, 

watching the celebration 

and the pure joy on their 

faces, it’s hard to explain,” 

Wilhelm said. “It brings 

a smile to my face when I 

hear them talk about it, so 

it’s something that I know is 

a memory that they’ll never 

forget.” 

Wilhelm now has a new 

reason to celebrate, as the 

head coach was named the 

Illinois Basketball Coaches 

Association Distrcit Co- 

Coach of the Year. The 

Scouts won 27 games in 

the 2018-19 season, setting 

a new program record for 

wins and was the first Lake 

Forest basketball team to 

win a sectional title. LFHS 

defeated Fremd 49-43 to 

clinch the sectional on Feb. 

21, the high point of a special 

season for Wilhelm. 

“It’s obviously a great 

honor,” Wilhelm said. “You 

always look at the names 

that are on the list of top 

area coaches and coaches 

in the state, it’s great to be 

recognized in that company. 

I think most importantly, 

it usually means you had a 

pretty good season. I think a 

lot of the credit goes to the 

staff we have and the kids 

for making the job easier for 

coaches and playing as hard 

as they do.” 

Sure enough, Wilhelm 

had some great athletes on 

his roster. Chief among them 

was junior Halle Douglas, 

22nd Century Media’s Athlete 

of the Year and an IBCA 

All-State first team selection. 

She set single-season 

records for points (543) and 

Kyle Wilhelm led the Scouts to a program-record 27 wins 

and the first basketball sectional title in Lake Forest history. 

22nd Century Media File Photo 

assists (200). 

Also proving to be key 

contributors for Lake Forest 

were seniors Grace Tirzmalis 

and Ellie Pearson, who 

used their previous varsity 

experience to power the 

Scouts. Wilhelm, who won 

his 100th game as head 

coach this season, commended 

the girls for focusing 

on one game at a time. 

“We had a good balance 

of veteran leadership and 

versatile players and whatnot,” 

Wilhelm said. “They 

did a really good job of 

leaving all that other stuff 

out. When you come to 

practice and you focus on 

basketball and they work together, 

they got along, they 

really did have each others 

back from number one playing 

to number 12 and 13 not 

playing. They did a really 

good job of all being with 

each other, it just really allowed 

them to gel.” 

After starting the season 

17-6, the Scouts went on 

a tear, winning 10 of their 

next 11 contests. The tail 

end of the season is when 

a team wants to be playing 

its best basketball, and Wilhelm 

made sure of that. 

“Our last three wins were 

probably not just the best 

three games, but probably 

the three best games we 

played together as a team,” 

Wilhelm said. “It was the 

best time to put them together, 

all of those together 

help make for a really special 

season.” 

The magic ran out in the 

Super-Sectional on Feb. 25, 

when the Scouts lost to topranked 

Maine West. That 

doesn’t lessen Wilhelm and 

the team’s accomplishments 

in anyway. It just heightens 

the expectations for the next 

season, which Wilhelm and 

his returning players are already 

thinking about. 

The loss of seniors Tirzmalis, 

Pearson and Ainsley 

Allan hurts, but otherwise 

the Scouts return their core. 

So does everyone else in 

Class 4A. Wilhelm will enjoy 

the IBCA’s honor for 

now, but there’s work to be 

done in his ninth season. 

“If you don’t play well 

on a given night, if you’re 

not playing the right time 

at the end of the season and 

you have an off night, your 

season ends,” Wihelm said. 

“As much as we’ve set new 

goals and a new standard, 

it’s really important that we 

put in the preparation to put 

ourselves in a position to 

have another one of those 

opportunities.” 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

SCOUTS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

Lake Forest 13, Clemente 2 

Breck Nowik drove in three runs, and 

Connor Morrison struck out six batters 

in a win on Saturday, April 20. 

GIRLS SOCCER 

Lake Forest 1, Mundelein 0 

The Scouts earned their 6th win of the 

season with a victory over the Mustangs 

on April 16. 

BOYS TENNIS 

Lake Forest 6, Warren 1 

Oleksyi Vyshvanyuk, Sahil Conjeevaram, 

and Scott DeNoble won their 

singles sets on April 16. 

BOYS LACROSSE 


The Scouts dominated the Mustangs 

in a big win on Thursday, April 18. 

Lake Forest 17, Carmel 9 

Sophomore Richard Hoskins netted 

four goals to lead the Scouts on Saturday, 

April 20. 

GIRLS LACROSSE 


Freshman Kate Kaptrosky scored seven 

goals in a much-needed Scouts win 

on Saturday, April 20. 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 

Lake Forest 2, Lake Forest Academy 1 

(25-13, 20-25, 25-13) 

The Scouts moved to 11-3 overall 

with a non-conference win over the 

Caxys on April 16. 

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD 

Wauconda Invitational 

Junior Sydney Leonardi won the 

400-meter race with a personal best of 

1:00.48, and sophomore Madeline Medica 

tied for first in the pole vault event 

to lead the Scouts to a fourth-place team 

finish on Thursday, April 18. 

BOYS WATER POLO 

Lake Forest 9, Prospect 7 

The Scouts won one of their four 

games in the Glenbrook South Tournament, 

defeating the Knights on Saturday, 

April 20. 

GIRLS WATER POLO 

Lake Forest 13, Libertyville 8 

Tierney Sassen and Lily Mass each 

scored three goals in the win on April 

16. 

Lake Forest 5, Maine West 4 

The Scouts won one of their three 

games in the Maine West Tournament 

on Saturday, April 20. 

Badminton 

Wheeling Invitational 

The Scouts finished first overall at the 

Wheeling Invitational for the secondstraight 

year on Saturday, April 20. 

CAXYS VARSITY ATHLETICS 


Lake Forest 2, Lake Forest Academy 1 

(13-25, 25-20, 13-25) 

Payton Gryniewicz had five kills, and 

Nick Shapiro had 13 assists in a loss to 

the Scouts on April 16. 

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD 

Wauconda Invitational 

Freshman Jena Kuli ranked third in 

the 100-meter race with a time of 13.57, 

and senior Kenendy Smith ran a season 

best 28.03 in the 200-meter dash to finish 

third at the invitational on Thursday, 

April 18. 

BOYS TENNIS 

Niles North 4, Lake Forest Academy 3 

David Sun and Julian Yu won their 

doubles match in a loss on April 15. 

New Trier 4, Lake Forest Academy 3 

Jack Selati won his singles match in 

straight sets, but the Caxys fell to the 

Trevians on April 16. 

BOYS LACROSSE 

Lake Forest Academy 14, Riverside- 

Brookfield 1 

The Caxys put on a clinic in a win on 

Thursday, April 18. 

WILDCATS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

SOFTBALL 

Woodlands 14, Latin School Chicago 11 

The Wildcats came away victorious in 

a high-scoring affair to move to 4-0 on 

the season on April 16.



High School 

Lake Forest athletes celebrate 

commitments on Signing Day 

Staff Report 

Surrounded by 

family, faculty, 

coaches and teammates, 

seven Scouts 

athletes announced 

their commitment to 

collegiate athletics 

at Lake Forest High 

School on April 17. 

2019 Lake Forest commits 

• Clayton Burton, Grinnell College (DIII), Football 

• Lauren Garriques, California Institute of Technology 

(DIII), Cross-Country 

• Isabella Martino, Rhodes College (DIII), Golf 

• Chris Mitev, Carthage College (DIII), Tennis 

• James O’Keane, DePauw University (DIII), Football 

• Katherine Reinhardt, Bucknell University (DI), Soccer 

• Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk, Lake Forest College (DIII), Tennis 

Lake Forest students pose with their letters of intent at their Signing Day at Lake Forest 

High School on April 17. Photo SUBmitted 

Soccer 

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job competing despite being 

without four starters. 

Pulaski and the defense 

anchored the Wildcats 

pretty much the entire 

match. 

“We had four starters 

out and two kids from 

JV that were replacing 

them,” Woodlands coach 

Mark Wax said. “We did 

very well considering all 

of that and I was pleased 

with how hard we played. 

Where we lost the game 

though was late in the 

game, we started giving 

up too many shots on top 

of the penalty area, in particular 

the last 15 to 20 

minutes. They scored with 

probably four minutes 

left and they had over 20 

shots. One’s going to go 

in eventually if they keep 

getting shots off.” 

The absence of starters 

impacted the Wildcats 

on offense despite a nice 

answer from Williams to 

even the game up. 

“Among the starters 

we were missing, that 

included our two leading 

scorers,” Wax said. 

“Birde (Williams’ nickname) 

gave us a nice goal 

and she’s proving to be a 

very effective player in 

the midfield. But we really 

struggled to get possessions 

and to be able to 

get many opportunities on 

offense beyond that.” 

This Week In ... 

SCOUTS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD 

■ ■April 25 - Lake County Invite, 4 p.m. 

BOYS TRACK & FIELD 

■ ■April 26 - at Glenbrook North, 2 p.m. 

BASEBALL 

■ ■April 25 - hosts Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 27 - at Prospect, 11 a.m. 

■ ■April 29 - hosts Zion-Benton, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - at Zion-Benton, 4:30 p.m. 

SOFTBALL 

■ ■April 26 - at Niles West, 4:45 p.m. 

■ ■April 29 - hosts Lake Zurich, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - at Warren Township, 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■ ■April 25 - hosts Waukegan, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 27 - at Lake Zurich, 1:15 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - hosts Zion-Benton, 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS TENNIS 

■ ■April 25 - at Libertyville, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 26 - Invitational at Hersey, 3 p.m. 

■ ■April 27 - Invitational at Hersey, 8 a.m. 

■ ■April 29 - at Lake Forest Academy, 4:30 

p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - at Stevenson, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - hosts Glenbrook North, 4:30 p.m. 


■ ■April 26 - hosts Deerfield, 6:15 p.m. 

■ ■April 29 - hosts Palatine, 6:15 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - hosts Stevenson, 6:15 p.m. 

BOYS LACROSSE 

■ ■April 27 - hosts New Trier, noon 

■ ■May 1 - at Stevenson, 6:30 p.m. 

GIRLS WATER POLO 

■ ■April 25 - hosts New Trier, 6 p.m. 

■ ■April 29 - hosts Resurrection, 6 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - hosts Rolling Meadows, 5 p.m. 

BOYS WATER POLO 

■ ■April 25 - at McHenry, 6 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - hosts Rolling Meadows, 6 p.m. 

BADMINTON 

■ ■April 26 - NSC Championship at 

Waukegan, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 27 - NSC Championship at 

Waukegan, 9 a.m. 


■ ■April 26 - Invitational at Libertyville, 5 

p.m. 

■ ■April 27 - Invitational at Libertyville, 9 

a.m. 

■ ■April 29 - at Deerfield, 6 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - hosts Zion-Benton, 6 p.m. 

CAXYS VARSITY ATHLETICS 


■ ■April 25 - hosts Riverside-Brookfield, 4:30 

p.m. 

■ ■April 29 - hosts Loyola, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - hosts Trinity, 4:30 p.m. 

TRACK & FIELD 

■ ■April 25 - at Lake Zurich, 4:45 p.m. 

■ ■April 26 - at Niles North, 4:30 p.m. 


■ ■April 25 - at Latin School of Chicago, 

5:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 26 - hosts Westlake Christian 

Academy, 5 p.m. 

■ ■April 29 - at Christian Heritage Academy, 

5:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - hosts Latin School of Chicago, 

5:30 p.m. 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■ ■April 25 - at Trinity, 6 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - at Niles North, 6:30 p.m. 

BOYS TENNIS 

■ ■April 27 - at Carmel, 9 a.m. 

■ ■April 29 - hosts Lake Forest, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - at Antioch, 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS LACROSSE 

■ ■April 27 - hosts La Lumiere, 11 a.m. 

■ ■April 30 - at Crystal Lake, 5 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - at Latin School of Chicago, 4:30 

p.m. 

BASEBALL 

■ ■April 27 - hosts La Lumiere, 11 a.m. 

SOFTBALL 

■ ■May 1 - at FW Parker, 4:30 p.m. 

BADMINTON 

■ ■April 30 - hosts Grant Community, 4:30 

p.m. 

WILDCATS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

SOFTBALL 

■ ■April 25 - at Willows, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - hosts Latin School of Chicago, 

4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■ ■April 25 - hosts Latin School of Chicago, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■April 26 - hosts Northtown Academy, 5 

p.m. 

■ ■April 30 - hosts North Shore Country Day, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 1 - at University of Chicago Lab 

School, 4:30 p.m.

30 | April 25, 2019 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


Scouts host invitational, 

place second overall 

Gary Larsen 


As Lake Forest’s top 

100-meter sprinter, Tyler 

Trachsel isn’t necessarily 

built to run the final leg of 

the 1,600-meter race for 

the Scouts. 

So when he took the baton 

from teammate Elijah 

Fietsam, in second place 

behind Larkin’s anchor 

leg runner Oliver Wah 

by roughly five meters, 

Trachsel had a decision to 

make. 

“Normally you try to 

stay with him and pass him 

at the end, but I die at the 

end,” Trachsel said. “So I 

thought ‘I’m going to die 

NORTH SHORE 

anyway so I might as well 

try to get him now’. And 

then the thing is to keep 

your form together.” 

Trachsel caught and 

passed Wah around the 

second turn and then held 

him off in a close finish, 

giving the Scouts their 

third relay race win of the 

day in Lake Forest’s nineteam, 

55th Annual Track 

& Field Invitational on 

Saturday, April 20. 

The Scouts placed second 

behind Plainfield 

South and coach John Brumund-Smith 

was pleased. 

“They all pretty much 

rose to the occasion. I 

don’t know how many 

A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PRODUCTION 

personal bests we had, but 

it was a bunch,” Brumund- 

Smith said. “Overall, I’m 

real happy today.” 

Trachsel, Fietsam, Kean 

O’Connor, and Jonathan 

Phalen won the 1,600-meter 

relay in 3:30.29, inching 

closer to the time 

they’ll need to guarantee 

themselves a state finals 

berth. 

“They’ve done amazing 

and they keep getting better 

every time out,” Brumund-Smith 

said. “The 

state auto (qualification 

time) is 3:24 and we’re six 

seconds away, so it’s doable. 

Trachsel’s split today 

was his best time ever.” 

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Lake Forest’s Tyler Trachsel (right) narrowly beats a Larkin sprinter to the finish 

of the 400-meter relay at Lake Forest High School on Saturday, April 20. Gary 

Larsen/22nd Century Media 

O’Connor and Phalen 

also ran for the winning 

400-meter and 800-meter 

relay teams, with Trachsel, 

Jahari Scott, and Ryan 

Cekay filling out the other 

spots on those relays. 

O’Connor, a senior in 

only his second season on 

the track team, is enjoying 

the ride. 

“I quit baseball and 

started track last year and 

it was worth it,” O’Connor 

said. “I talked to Brumund-Smith, 

he saw that 

I had some speed, and he 

put me in a couple relays. 

I love the team, love the 

coach, and track is a great 

experience.” 

The freshman Scott 

ran the first legs of the 

800 relay, and Phalen and 

O’Connor set Cekay up 

with a lead for the final leg 

of the race. 

“They’re the three fastest 

guys on the team,” 

Cekay said. “I kind of expect 

to get the baton in first 

place every time I run with 

them.” 

Cekay held off Plainfield 

South’s Liam Wolfer 

for the win. Trachsel also 

managed to barely edge 

Rockford East’s Isaiah 

Rynders in the final leg of 

the 400 relay. 

Lake Forest also got 

first-place finishes in the 

high jump from Ryan 

Ransom and in the pole 

vault from Bennett Flynn. 

Ransom jumped 6’1” and 

Flynn cleared 12’6” in the 

vault. 

“(Flynn) has gone 12’6” 

before but hasn’t had 

much competition yet,” 

Brumund-Smith said. “It 

also hasn’t been great vault 

weather but he’s doing 

well. He’s got our froshsoph 

record, too. He went 

12’1” as a sophomore.” 

The Scouts also got 

second-place finishes 

from Trachsel in the 100 

(:11.39), Scott in the long 

jump (19’9”) and junior 

Rylie Mills in the discus 

(131’7”). 

When told that Trachsel 

wasn’t happy with his 

run in the 100, Brumund- 

Smith wasn’t surprised. 

“He never is,” Brumund- 

Smith said. “He could set a 

world record and he’d be 

ticked off.” 

The 6’5” Mills is a junior 

and a highly-recruited 

football player in his first 

year as a discus thrower 

and shot-putter. 

“He’s better at the discus 

than he is at the shot 

put. Normally the discus 

takes a long time to learn 

and if you’re a big, strong 

kid you’ll get the shot right 

away,” Brumund-Smith 

said. “Somehow it’s been 

the opposite with him. 

He’s been an immediate 

success in the discus. He’s 

an awesome kid, too.” 

Another fine addition to 

this year’s Scouts has been 

Scott, who has broken at 

least one recent tradition at 

Lake Forest. 

“Since I’ve been coaching 

here in 2010 we’ve 

never had a freshman on 

the 400 relay team for the 

whole year,” Brumund- 

Smith said. “He’s the first 

one but he can handle it. 

He’s the best football player 

in his grade, one of the 

top two or three basketball 

players, and he’s just a really 

good athlete and an incredible 

kid. We’re happy 

to have him.”



Girls Soccer 

Caxys narrowly beat Wildcats 

Gary Larsen/22nd Century 

Media 

1st-and-3 

STARS OF THE WEEK 

1. Jahari Scott 

(ABOVE, LEFT). 

The freshman 

helped the 

800-meter relay 

team finish first 

and placed 

second in the 

long jump at 

the Lake Forest 

Invitational on 

Saturday, 

April 20. 

2. Richard Hoskins. 

The sophomore 

lacrosse player 

tallied four goals 

in a win on 

Saturday, 

April 20. 

3. Andrea Pulaski. 

The Woodlands 

goalkeeper made 

18 saves in a 

2-1 loss to Lake 

Forest Academy 

on Saturday, 

April 20. 

David Jaffe 


Lake Forest Academy’s 

Kiki Hood is a defender 

who usually plays in the 

back. 

But Hood got the opportunity 

to score in the 

Caxys’ contest against 

Woodlands Academy Saturday, 

April 20, and she 

made the most of it. 

Hood scored the gamewinning 

goal late to help 

the Caxys’ to a 2-1 win 

over the visiting Wildcats. 

“I got a really good 

pass,” Hood said. “It started 

off of a throw-in and 

the middle was open. I got 

set up very well to take 

the shot. I’m a defender. I 

don’t get many opportunities 

like this. So I didn’t 

hesitate.” 

“Kiki’s normally in 

the back but we brought 

some players up to give 

ourselves more chances at 

shots,” Lake Forest Academy 

coach Taylor Haist 

said. “She was in good 

position and she can really 

strike the ball. So even 

though it’s not a situation 

she’s typically in, I felt 

good when she took the 

shot.” 

The Caxys controlled 

the ball throughout the 

contest but Wildcats’ 

goalie Andrea Pulaski 

had a huge game with 18 

saves, making it difficult 

for the Caxys to score. 

But LFA stuck with what 

they had been doing. 

“I said at halftime, we 

just had to continue to 

stay aggressive and play 

our game,” Haist said. 

“We felt good about the 

looks we were getting 

and we did a good job 

possessing the ball. I’m 

proud of how we fought 

at the end of the game 

to get the win. They did 

a good job defensively 

against us but we stayed 

very composed throughout 

the entire game and 

committed to staying 

with our game plan.” 

The Caxys took a 1-0 

advantage when Autumn 

Coulthard scored in the 

first half as Pulaski was 

out for a few minutes after 

getting hit by the ball. 

Woodlands responded 

when Chloe Williams 

evened the game up shortly 

afterwards. 

And while the Caxys 

controlled the ball, they 

also made sure the Wildcats 

couldn’t do any more 

damage on the offensive 

end after that. 

“We didn’t stay in front 

of their player on the one 

goal they got and we had 

a few fouls, but otherwise 

we did a good job making 

sure they didn’t get past 

us,” Hood said. “Defense 

has been one of our biggest 

strengths and it allowed 

us to stay close. 

We did a good job continuing 

to give ourselves 

Lake Forest Academy’s Julia Birmingham sends the ball past a Woodland defender at 

Lake Forest Academy on Saturday, April 20. Photos by Dave Kraus/22nd Century Media 

opportunities though and 

I think we did a good job 

keeping pressure on them 

possessing the ball like 

we did.” 

“We ask a lot of our defense,” 

Haist added. “We 

don’t sub a lot so usually 

our players in the back 

are playing the full 80 

minutes. Not only do they 

play with composure but 

they’re not just looking 

to clear the ball out. They 

know how important possessions 

are and they are 

always looking to find 

their teammates and make 

sure we can come up with 

a possession.” 

Woodlands did a good Woodland goalkeeper Andrea Pulaski makes the save 

Please see Soccer, 29 versus the Caxys. 

Listen Up 

“You always look at the names that are on the list 

of top area coaches and coaches in the state, it’s 

great to be recognized in that company.” 

Kyle WIlhelm - Girls Basketball coach on being named Co-Coach of the 

Year, Page 28 

tune in 

Badminton: NSC Championship 

•Second day of conference championship 

Saturday, April 27 at Waukegan High School, 

9 a.m. 

Index 

29 - Spring Signing Day 

27 - Athlete of The Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Nick 

Frazier. Send any questions or comments to 

n.frazier@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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LFA earns narrow victory 

Caxys hold off Wildcats, Page 31 

A season to remember 

LF’s Wilhelm named Co-Coach of the Year, 

Page 28 

Lucas Redding 

competes in the 

300-meter hurdles 

race at Lake Forest 

High School on 

Saturday, April 20. 

Gary Larsen/22nd 

Century Media 

Several Scouts 

earn personal 

bests in Lake 

Forest Invitational, 

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