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Series of accolades 

22CM receives national newspaper 

awards, Page 3 

an eye on Springfield 

Lake Bluff Village Board discusses proposed 

cannabis bill, Page 10 

Sounds of the summer 

Lake Forest plans for Concerts on the Square, 

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Participants at the dash4debra run/walk June 9, at Lake Forest Academy finish the race. The event raised 

money for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare disease. Photo by Sarah Zaute/22nd Century Media 

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Thursday 

Volunteer Opportunity: 

Help Make Parade 

Decorations 

7-8 p.m. June 20, 123 

E. Scranton Ave., Lake 

Bluff. Drop in and help 

whip up some decorations 

for the Library’s parade 

entry. The library is also 

looking for volunteers to 

walk in the parade. This is 

a fun and creative way to 

earn volunteer hours while 

supporting the library. For 

more information, call 

(847) 234-2540. 

Friday 

Author Event 

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 

June 21, The Deer Path 

Inn, 255 E. Illinois Road, 

Lake Forest. Author Elin 

Hilderbrand will discuss 

her new book ‘Summer 

of “69’ during a luncheon. 

This event is $55 and includes 

lunch and a copy 

of the book. Reservations 

required (847) 234-4420. 

Author Margaret McMullan 

6-7 p.m. June 21, Lake 

Forest Book Store, 662 

N. Western Ave., Lake 

Forest. Margaret McMullan 

will discuss her new 

book “Where the Angels 

Lived.” Register at (847) 

234-4420. For more information, 

visit www.lakeforestbookstore.com. 

Friday Night Live: Dinner, 

Music. Mingling 

5 p.m. June 21, Dickinson 

Hall, 100 E. Old Mill 

Road, Lake Forest. Come 

for the new Friday Night 

Live Series. Appetizers, 

wine and beer will be 

served outside on the terrace, 

weather permitting, 

followed by dinner in the 

Great Room. Then stay 

and enjoy the show with 

new music each month. 

The Carl Noble Trio, a 

popular jazz trio in Lake 

Forest, will provide the 

perfect backdrop for our 

first Friday Night Dinner 

Party. This event is $25 

for members and $35 for 

guests. For more information, 

call (847) 234-2209. 

Saturday 

GO Color Lake Bluff 

Festival 

9 a.m. June 22, Lake 

Bluff Metra Station Parking 

lot, Lake Bluff. Participants 

will be doused 

from shoulder to toe with 

colors (made from safely 

colored cornstarch) at color 

stations along the route 

before returning to the Metra 

Parking lot where they 

will receive a final blast 

of color followed by an 

after party featuring music, 

a photo wall, massive 

color throws along with 

food vendors and beverages. 

The event is open to 

the first 300 participants 

to register. The cost is $15 

per person (dogs and children 

3 and under are free). 

For more information, visit 

www.lakebluffparks.org. 

2019 Annual Bike Rodeo 

10 a.m.-1 p.m. June 22, 

Deerpath and Oakwood 

Avenue Parking Lot, Lake 

Forest. Kids will learn 

about bike safety and the 

kids will have a chance to 

show off their skills on the 

many challenge courses 

that will be set up. Fun for 

the whole family: music, 

food, face painting and 

games, bounce houses, and 

prizes. This event is free. 

For more information, call 

(847) 234-2600. 

Lake Bluff History 

Museum Auto Show 


Bluff Village Green. Over 

100 fantastic classic vehicles 

will be displayed 

on streets surrounding the 

Village Green. Enjoy the 

show and treat yourself to 

sno-cones, hot dogs and 

other food and drink offered 

by local merchants 

before, during and after the 

auto show. For more information, 

email adrienne@ 

lakebluffhistory.org. 

Gorton’s Annual Dog Day 

10 a.m.-Noon June 22, 

Gorton Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, 

Lake Forest. Enjoy fun 

activities with your “best 

friend” including games, 

crafts for kids, dog agility 

course, a costume contest, 

treats and more. There is a 

$5 entry fee per dog and 

can be paid online or cash 

at the door. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

6060. 

Monday 

To My Best Girl: Courage, 

Honor, and Love in the 

Civil War 


Bluff Library, 123 E. 

Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff. 

Based on letters and diary 

entries, author Steve Magnusen 

presents an extraordinary 

true story of Rufus 

Dawes, a dauntless commander 

of the Sixth Wisconsin 

Volunteer Infantry 

Regiment and the vibrant 

Mary Gates, the young 

woman he loved. For more 

information, call (847) 

234-2540. 

Wednesday 

Author Lisa Barr 


Forest Book Store, 662 N. 

Western Ave., Lake Forest. 

Lisa Barr will discuss her 

new book “The Unbreakable.” 

Register at (847) 

234-4420. For more information, 

visit www.lakeforestbookstore.com. 

Upcoming 

Firemen’s Ball 

7-11 p.m. July 3, Blair 

Park, Lake Bluff. Come 

support the all-volunteer 

Lake Bluff Fire Department 

at the annual fundraiser. 

Live music, dancing 

and cash bar. 

A Series of Memoir 

Insights – What’s Your 

Voice? 

10 a.m.-Noon July 6, 

Gorton Community Center, 

400 E. Illinois Road, 

Lake Forest. Four lectures/ 

seminars/conversations 

with David Rutter that explore 

the whole range of 

fun challenges for those 

interested or curious about 

writing Memoir. They are 

related ideas subdivided 

into two one-hour topics 

per session, broken up by 

the stretch-your-legs midbreak. 

For more information, 

call (847) 234-6060. 

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Ongoing 

Concerts in the Square 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays 

through July, Market 

Square, Lake Forest. Enjoy 

summer nights with 

free live music in Market 

Square. Music, food, and 

fun for the whole family. 

For more information, visit 

cityoflakeforest.org. 

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. Register 

at the Lake Bluff Park District 

www.lakebluffparks. 

org. 

Monthly Blood Pressure 

Checks 

10-11 a.m. on the second 

Monday of every month, 

Dickinson Hall, 100 E. 

Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. 

Nurse Patti Mikes will 

visit Dickinson Hall to 

give free blood pressure 

checks to anyone 50 years 

old and older. No appointment 

needed. For more information, 

call (847) 234- 

2209. 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

Wildlife Discovery 

Center, 1401 Middlefork 

Drive, Lake Forest. The 

Wildlife Discovery Center 

is a living natural history 

museum. The learning 

journey brings visitors 

face-to-face with a variety 

of reptiles, amphibians, 

birds and mammals. Admission 

is free. For more 

information, call (847) 

810-3663.

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the lake forest leader | June 20, 2019 | 3 

22CM earns 16 national awards for reporting 

Staff report 

From an “inspirational” 

obituary to “engaging” 

breaking news to 

a “haunting” and “exceptional” 

investigation, 

22nd Century Media publications 

earned a company-record 

16 awards for 

journalistic excellence 

from the National Newspaper 

Association. 

It is the seventh year 

of national competition 

for 22nd Century Media, 

parent company of The 

Lake Forest Leader, and 

the 16 awards top the 

Lake Bluff Village Board 

company’s previous high 

of 14 (2015). 

The National Newspaper 

Association boasts 

more than 2,000 members, 

and this year, its 

annual Better Newspaper 

Contest welcomed 

more than 1,300 entries 

from 36 states. Winners 

in the competition, 

judged by esteemed journalists 

from across the 

country, will be honored 

at an Oct. 5 banquet in 

Milwaukee. 

“I am blown away,” 

said Joe Coughlin, the 

company’s publisher. 

“Our editorial team 

works tirelessly to produce 

quality community 

journalism that informs 

and equips our readers. 

The work is for the community, 

but accolades of 

this magnitude help validate 

those efforts.” 

Of the 16 awards won 

by 22nd Century Media, 

two were first-place 

and seven were secondplace 

honors. 22CM also 

earned three third-place 

nods, and four were honorable 

mention. 

Three each went to 

The Northbrook Tower 

President O’Hara discusses 

proposed bills in Springfield 

Alyssa Groh, Editor 

Lake Bluff Village President 

Kathleen O’Hara 

highlighted a number of 

bills proposed at the Illinois 

State Legislature 

that would “significantly 

impact Lake Bluff,” during 

the Lake Bluff Village 

Board meeting, Monday, 

June 10. 

“It has been a busy year 

in Springfield,” O’Hara 

said. “We are very much 

connected to what is going 

on, on the outside. What is 

happening in Springfield, 

does have a tremendous 

impact on municipalities, 

certainly including Lake 

Bluff. We have spent a lot 

of time this year looking to 

see what is happening and 

how it impacts us.” 

Among numerous bills 

she noted that would impact 

the village the most, 

Round It Up 

A brief recap of Village Board action Monday, June 

10 

• The board unanimously approved a resolution 

authorizing a grant agreement by and between 

the Village of Lake Bluff and the Office of the 

Secretary of State of Illinois for the Lake Bluff 

Park District regarding improvements to Sunrise 

Park and Beach. 

• The board approved a special use permit to 

Quest Performance Training LLC to operate a 

physical fitness facility 500 square-feet or greater 

in the village’s L-1 light industry zoning district. 

is the House Bill 1438, 

which would make Illinois 

the 11th state in the United 

States to legalize recreational 

marijuana. The bill 

was passed by the Illinois 

House of Representatives 

on May 31, and now 

awaits approval from Gov. 

J.B. Pritzker. 

“We are in the process of 

trying to figure out exactly 

what [the passage of the 

House Bill 1438] means 

for municipalities and law 

enforcement,” O’Hara 

said. 

Lake Bluff Village At- 

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News, 22CM’s only California 

newspaper. 

The Tower’s editor, 

Martin Carlino, authored 

two award-winning articles: 

a sports feature 

and an education story. 

Sports Editor Michal 

Dwojak earned recognition 

for a sports news 

story. 

The Surfside News was 

honored for its collective 

work covering the devastating 

Woolsey Fire, a 

feature by Editor Lauren 

Coughlin and a sports 

story by reporter Chris 

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The Homer Horizon, 

the first newspaper 

launched by 22nd Century 

Media, earned both 

first-place awards — one 

for a feature written by 

Editor Tom Czaja and the 

other for an investigative 

piece produced by a team 

of reporters. 

Four of the honors 

went to The Orland Park 

Prairie, which was recognized 

for two editorials 

by Managing Editor Bill 

Jones, a sports column by 

Jeff Vorva and an obituary 

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dash4debra event raises $30K for rare disease research 

Katie Copenhaver 

Freelance Reporter 

Nearly 100 people participated 

in the fifth annual 

dash4debra run/walk June 

9, at Lake Forest Academy, 

which raises money for 

rare disease research. The 

fundraising event is sponsored 

by Debra of America, 

a New York City-based 

nonprofit organization that 

supports research, medical 

supplies and patient access 

to specialists for people 

who have Epidermolysis 

Bullosa (EB), a rare genetic 

connective tissue disorder. 

The event founder/organizer 

was Megan Gosselin, 

an LFA alumna and 

current Fox Lake resident, 

who has suffered from the 

disease her entire life. 

Indicates for Cellular 

Regenerative Medicine 

• Knee, Hip &Shoulder Arthritis 

• “Bone-on-bone” 

• Menicus Tears 

• Avoid surgery&joint replacement 

• Plantar fascitis 

• Joint pain &inflammation 

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This year’s 10K/5K 

run and 1K run/walk had 

110 participants registered 

for the Lake Forest 

site, and another 90 

virtual participants who 

were running in their own 

communities throughout 

the United States and in 

several nations around the 

world. 

As of the June 9 event, 

$30,550 was raised with 

more expected to come in 

through donations to the 

runners’ donation pages, 

open until the end of June. 

“Megan does an incredible 

job,” said Jason Kelly, 

one of Debra’s NYC-based 

staff members. “This is 

one of our largest supporter-led 

events.” 

The Lake Forest run 

was dedicated to a boy, 

Achyuth Lakshminarayanan, 

who had EB and 

died from it at age 8 on 

July 10, 2018. His family, 

who used to live in 

Illinois, and now live in 

California, have attended 

this event every year. His 

father spoke to the crowd 

about how Achyuth was 

able to participate in the 

run the first year. 

“The joy on his face 

was unbelievable,” said 

Bharat Lakshminarayanan, 

of his son Achyuth that 

day. “EB children are so 

brave. [Achyuth] believed 

in mind strength, not the 

body.” 

Photos of Achyuth 

on stands were placed 

throughout the race course 

in tribute to him. His story 

of dying young is not 

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uncommon among those 

who have EB. There is 

no treatment or cure for 

the disease, which is characterized 

by fragile skin 

that blisters and tears easily 

from minor friction or 

trauma. 

According to Debra’s 

website, “Internal organs 

and bodily systems can 

also be seriously affected 

by the disease. EB is always 

painful, often pervasive 

and debilitating, and 

is in some cases lethal before 

the age of 30.” 

Others who participated 

in this year’s walk included 

Gosselin’s parents, Rick 

and Debbie Gallagher, of 

Lake Bluff, and her cousins 

Maggie and Maryann 

Esp, of Grayslake. They 

worked as volunteers staffing 

the registration table 

and handing out medals 

to runners and walkers as 

they came across the finish 

line. 

The 10K race winner 

Roger Platt, a member 

of the Lake Forest-Lake 

Bluff Running Club, has 

been friends with Gosselin’s 

family for a long 

time. 

One of the global virtual 

runners was Megan’s 

brother, Charles Gallagher, 

who is a U.S. Marine stationed 

in Spain. Other international 

runners were in 

England, Dubai and Canada, 

there was also at least 

one virtual runner in every 

state in the United States. 

“We had a special campaign 

this year where we 

challenged the virtual community 

to have one runner 

in every state register and 

if completed, an anonymous 

donor was lined up 

to send in $1,000,” Gosselin 

said. “The response was 

overwhelming and the post 

went viral with hundreds 

Megan Gosselin (left to right), the dash4debra race director, 

talks with Adrienne and Caroline Provost during 

the dash4debra run/walk event June 9, at Lake Forest 

Academy. Sarah Zaute/22nd Century Media 

Bharat Lakshminarayanan tells participants about his 

experience with Epidermolysis Bullosa after he lost 

his 8-year-old son to the disease in 2018. This year the 

event was in honor of his son. 

of comments. In less than 

six days, the entire United 

States was covered,” 

Her advocacy activities 

on behalf of EB and Debra 

are not limited to this 

yearly run. In spring 2018, 

Gosselin was invited by 

Debra to fly to Washington, 

DC to talk before the 

FDA about life with EB. 

“Our aim was to convince 

the FDA, doctors 

and those doing research 

to loosen the restrictions 

on testing treatments so we 

could get closer to a cure 

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The Lake Bluff School 

District 65 Board of 

Education unanimously 

approved the tentative 

2019-20 budget at its 

regular meeting on Tuesday, 

June 11. The board 

got a first look at the 

budget at its meeting on 

May 28. 

The budget will come 

back to the board in August 

and the final budget 

will be voted on in September. 

“It’s still early on,” 

Superintendent Dr. Jean 

Sophie said to the board. 

“Things will tighten up a 

lot over the summer.” 

Sophie also noted that 

the district was bringing 

the tentative budget to the 

board so that they would 

have more time to review 

the information. 

“We like the formal approval 

because we know 

it’s best practice,” Sophie 

said. “Many districts 

don’t do that.” 

The tentative budget 

is currently balanced 

in operating funds, but 

still has a net deficit due 

to the capital expense 

of replacing the boilers 

at Lake Bluff Middle 

School. The $375,000 

cost of replacing the boiler 

will come from funds 

from the district’s fund 

balance. 

Other capital projects 

that fall under this budget 

include $275,000 allotted 

for casework and 

bathrooms at LBMS and 

$42,375 for new audiovisual 

equipment in the gym 

at Lake Bluff Elementary 

School. The board 

approved the purchase 

of that equipment at the 

meeting. 

The tentative budget 

also projected a 3 percent 

increase in total revenue, 

which is mainly comprised 

of local property 

taxes. Taxes are projected 

to increase by 2.5 percent. 

Operating expenditures 

are also budgeted to increase 

by 3 percent from 

the previous year’s budget. 

A notable increase is a 

7.7 percent climb in purchased 

services due to 

higher special education 

transportation expenses, 

outsourcing of technology 

help desk support and a 

change in the way the district 

accounts for federal 

IDEA grant money, due to 

a change in the law. 

Updated curriculum 

review cycle 

The district’s Director 

of Curriculum Kellie Bae 

gave the board a look at 

the updated curriculum 

review cycle, explaining 

both the purpose of a curriculum 

review cycle and 

how the district has revised 

their own approach 

to curriculum. 

“It’s really important 

that district leaders and 

teachers are paying close 

attention to not only what 

we’re teaching, which is 

the curriculum, but also 

how we’re teaching it and 

the method and delivery 

for the instruction,” she 

said. 

She also added that revisions 

are a natural part 

of curriculum development. 

After speaking with district 

leaders, Bae developed 

a new cycle model 

for organizational and 

personal learning. 

The model is split into 

five phases: evaluation/research, 

work process development, 

professional 

development, work process 

implementation and 

refinement. 

The evaluation/research 

phase comprises of selfsurvey, 

foundational 

knowledge, gap analysis, 

foresight development 

and the scope/depth/ 

timeline of the project. 

The work process development 

state includes 

designing programs and 

services, developing assessments, 

identifying 

resources and creating a 

pilot. 

The professional development 

phases includes 

foundational personal development; 

personal development 

on programs, 

research, and services; 

personal development 

tech integration; and assessment. 

The phases of work implementation 

is the time 

for full implementation, 

which includes identifying 

areas for refinement, 

communicating with and 

educating key stakeholders 

and assessment. 

The final phase of refinement 

includes program 

evaluation, refinement 

and revision, 

communicating changes 

and following up with 

personal development and 

assessment. 

Bae identified during 

the 2018-19 school year, 

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Police Reports 

Speeding among charges for man stopped by LF, State police 

Shadow 

The Ryder family, Lake Forest 

Shadow is a 10-year-old 

miniature Goldendoodle. 

She is a lifelong resident of 

Lake Forest. She prefers 

winter to summer and loves 

playing fetch. Despite her 

age, her agility and speed 

have not faded, although 

she is prone to lapses in 

concentration brought on by squirrel sightings or 

really just about anything that catches her fancy. 

Her favorite hangout is the dog park where she 

often enjoys meeting the people as much as 

playing with the other dogs. Hope to see you there. 

HELP! The Lake Forest Leader is in search of more pets. 

To see your pet featured as Pet of the Week, send a photo 

and information to alyssa@lakeforestleader.com or 60 

Revere Drive, Suite 888, Northbrook, IL 60062. 

Axel Santiago-Zepeda, 

19, of Round Lake Beach, 

was charged with aggravated 

speeding in a construction 

zone, reckless 

driving, and child endangerment 

at 1:30 p.m. on 

June 8 on Route 41 in Lake 

Forest. 

Officers conducting traffic 

monitoring in the Route 

41 construction zone observed 

a white and black 

BMW speeding in the 

posted 45 mph zone. 

The officer was able to 

get a radar speed of 120 

mph in the construction 

zone and when an attempt 

was made to stop 

the vehicle, it fled the area. 

The vehicle was later located 

by police, Santiago- 

Zepeda was identified as 

the driver, and he had a 

16- year-old passenger in 

the vehicle. 

Lake Forest Police 

learned during the investigation 

that Illinois State 

Police stopped Santiago- 

Zepeda three hours prior 

also for speeding. 

Santiago-Zepada was 

process, released on bond, 

and given a July court date. 

In other police news: 

Lake Forest: 

June 9 

• Lorena Melgar, 37, of 

Libertyville, was arrested 

for driving under the influence 

of alcohol at 2:19 

a.m. at 300 S. Waukegan 

Road. Police on routine patrol 

observed a black Nissan 

Pathfinder driving in 

an erratic manner. Police 

conducted a traffic stop on 

the vehicle and spoke to the 

driver, identified as Melgar, 

who stated she was trying 

to drive a friend home from 

a bar and was lost. Melgar 

admitted to drinking alcohol 

prior to driving and, 

during the conversation 

with officers, she displayed 

signs of alcohol impairment. 

Melgar was requested 

to exit the vehicle and 

perform some standard 

field sobriety tests to determine 

her ability to drive. 

Melgar was transported to 

the Public Safety Building 

for processing. 

June 6 

• Jesus Paniagua, 27, of Lyons, 

was arrested for driving 

under the influence of 

alcohol at 4:40 p.m. at the 

1400 block of Middlefork 

Drive. Police responded to 

a 911 call at Elawa farms 

concerning a possible intoxicated 

driver who was 

in the parking lot. Officers 

spoke to the driver, identified 

as Paniagua, who was 

parked in the middle of the 

parking lot about his driving. 

Paniagua stated he had 

parked in the lot to take a 

break and when officers 

asked him if he had been 

drinking, he stated he had 

four beers and one shot of 

alcohol prior to driving. 

Paniagua appeared to the 

officers to be intoxicated 

as his eyes were blood 

shot and watery and they 

observed a strong odor of 

an alcoholic beverage. Officers 

requested Paniagua 

complete some field sobriety 

tests to determine 

his ability to drive. Upon 

completion of the field sobriety 

tests, Paniagua was 

transported to the Public 

Safety Building for processing. 

Paniagua submitted 

to chemical breath 

testing which resulted in a 

reading of 0.14 BAC. 

Lake Bluff: 

June 8 

• A resident reported several 

street signs were spray 

painted overnight at the 

corner of Mawman Avenue 

and West Center Avenue. 

Officer observed the 

pedestrian-crossing sign 

at the street corner and the 

“No motorized vehicles” 

sign on the bike path spray 

painted with blue spray 

paint. Officer sent a notification 

to public works. 

June 4 

• A store manager reported 

to officers that two subjects 

attempted to return a 

router from another store 

at 7:24 p.m. on the 900 

block of Rockland Road. 

The complainant stated the 

receipt was illegible, and 

she advised the females 

that she would not accept 

the return. The subjects 

became angry, screaming 

at her, and called her racist. 

They then grabbed a 

stack of papers and threw 

them at the complainant. 

The complaint told them 

to leave the store. The subjects 

left the store without 

further incident. The complainant 

stated she did not 

want to sign complaints, 

but did want to make sure 

the subjects left the premise. 

Officers did not locate 

the subjects on the premise. 

Officers cleared. 

June 2 

• A hit and run was reported 

at 8:09 p.m. in the 

100 block of East North 

Avenue. Upon arrival, officer 

met with the vehicle 

owner who stated his black 

Cadillac XTS was struck 

on June 2 between 2-2:30 

p.m. Officer observed the 

vehicle to be parked eastbound, 

across from the 

resident’s driveway, with 

damage to the driver side 

door and front quarter 

panel area. The owner advised 

that they had numerous 

guests at their house 

at the time of the accident 

and would like the opportunity 

to follow up with his 

guests before initiating a 

formal accident report. Officer 

provided the subject 

with a business card listing 

the case number and advised 

the subject to contact 

this department should he 

require a formal accident 

report at a later time. No 

further assistance was required 

and officer cleared. 

EDITOR’S 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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phase four for all areas 

except social emotional 

learning, which is in phase 

two and three. 

In next year’s curriculum, 

K-5 mathematics and 

related arts are anticipated 

to move into phase five, 

while social emotional 

learning is anticipated 

to move to phase three 

and four. 

In the future, Bae said 

the district plans to continue 

working with teachers 

and other districts to 

continue improving curriculum. 

“As a small district, it’s 

important that we lean on 

those around us in terms 

of training and resources 

where they’re needed and 

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Lake Forest D115 Board of Education 

Superintendent explores area schools, board discusses safety measures at LFHS 

Neil Milbert 


Superintendent Michael 

Simeck detailed recent 

tours he took at Stevenson, 

New Trier and Highland 

Park high schools during 

the District 115 Board 

of Education meeting on 

Monday, June 10. 

Simeck took 90-minute 

tours at each school to 

compare and contrast the 

environments to Lake Forest 

High School. 

“Every one of them has 

a personality that reflects 

the needs of their individual 

communities,” said 

Simeck, who was accompanied 

by board member 

John Noble on the tours. 

He pointed out that 

Stevenson locks every 

door in the building with 

key cards while classes 

Roud It Up: 

A brief recap of School Board action on Monday, 

June 10 

• A Collective Liability Insurance Cooperative (CLIC) 

compensation contract was renewed in the amount 

of $36,900 

• A Science table bid was approved in the amount 

of $28,173 (to be funded by a Lake Forest High 

School Foundation grant) 

• Comcast three-year Internet service provider 

contract was approved in the amount of $3,367 

per month 

are being conducted, 

thereby confining all students 

to designated areas, 

whereas New Trier allows 

students complete freedom 

of movement in the 

building. 

“One thing sticks out 

(at Lake Forest),” Simeck 

said. “Our spaces are very 

personalized throughout 

the building. We’ve got 

a 1936 building that has 

been added onto many 

times.” 

Board President David 

Lane stressed the importance 

of establishing and 

implementing a master 

plan for future projects 

rather than investing in 

them piecemeal. 

“One of the things we 

want to maintain and have 

to maintain is the character 

of our building,” Noble 

said. 

Simeck agreed it is 

important to continue to 

maintain Lake Forest High 

School. 

“We need to be the best 

we can be — a better version 

of ourselves.” 

Two Lake Forest students, 

rising junior Grant 

Huebner and rising senior 

Casey Murray, attended 

the meeting and addressed 

the board regarding the 

comparison of other 

school to Lake Forest High 

School. 

They spoke in favor of 

emulating New Trier’s 

freedom of movement 

philosophy and against a 

lockdown policy patterned 

after the one at Stevenson. 

“Instead of restricting 

students and treating them 

like children, help them 

reach their full level of 

maturity as young adults,” 

Huebner urged. “Treat 

young adults like children 

and they’ll act like children.” 

Policy Committee 

Chairman Ted Moorman 

reported that he and the 

other board members on 

the committee, Dewey 

Winebrenner and Jenny 

Zinser, are exploring the 

best ways and means of 

ensuring the safety of students 

while they are attending 

classes. 

“We’re looking at threat 

assessment,” he said. 

“We’re researching.” 

D115 keeps an eye on 

Springfield 

Noble updated the 

board on developments 

during the recently concluded 

spring legislative 

session of the General Assembly. 

Although a district 

consolidation bill wasn’t 

among the bills voted on, 

in Noble’s opinion, the bill 

calling for several neighboring 

districts to merge 

into a single entity “still 

has a lot of momentum” 

and probably will resurface. 

If the graduated income 

tax referendum passes in 

2020 and it results in a 

property tax freeze, Noble 

said it will have implications. 

“Any increase (in school 

spending) in the future 

would have to be through 

a referendum,” he explained. 

LBVB 

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torney Peter Friedman, 

noted the bill would go 

into effect immediately if 

signed by Pritzker. 

“As soon as Governor 

Pritzker signs the bill, it 

is effective immediately, 

so possession and use will 

take effect when he signs 

it,” Friedman said. “The 

January 2020 date is for 

cultivation and the retail 

sale of recreational cannabis.” 

O’Hara said the attorney 

and police chief are working 

on bringing a variety 

of options to the Board 

on how to implement and 

regulate the use and sale 

of cannabis, if the bill is 

passed. 

Village Administrator 

Drew Irvin also noted if 

passed, the village will 

adopt a Red Flag Resolution 

which will “hit the 

pause button while we figure 

out how we are going 

to handle the retail side of 

it.” 

O’Hara said she would 

like to see cannabis regulated 

like the liquor industry 

to give communities 

more control. She also 

noted her stance on being 

able to grow cannabis at 

home. 

“I am opposed to having 

cannabis homegrown,” she 

said. “I am sorry, but I am 

an old school teacher and 

principal and that is just an 

absolute disaster with kids, 

there is no way to control 

that at all.” 

O’Hara also noted currently, 

only those with a 

medical marijuana license 

can grow cannabis. 

Another bill O’Hara discussed 

was Senate Bill 37, 

which originally required 

municipalities with volunteer 

or part-time firefighters, 

who also work full 

time at other fire department, 

to pay into their pension 

systems. 

O’Hara noted the significance 

of this bill as Lake 

Bluff operates a volunteer 

fire department. 

Other surrounding communities 

with part-time or 

volunteer firefighters, such 

as Northfield, La Grange 

Park, Burkley and Westmont, 

hired a lobbyist to 

help fight the bill. 

The bill was revised to 

say municipalities with 

part-time or volunteer 

firefighters must notify 

other departments that 

they use their firefighters 

part-time, according to 

O’Hara. 

She also noted House 

Bill 137, which says no 

public work can be done 

without workers joining 

a union. She noted often 

times summer employees 

such as students, work for 

the village and complete 

tasks such as painting fire 

hydrants. 

“Cost-wise for small 

municipalities, this is 

huge,” she said. 

O’Hara also touched on 

the capitol bill that would 

increase fuel tax from 

$0.15 to $0.38 per gallon. 

Vehicle registrations fees 

would also increase. 

While this bill would 

increase the cost of gas, 

O’Hara noted it could 

have one benefit for Lake 

Bluff. 

“The one good thing 

from this bill, is the monies 

we get from this would 

have to be used for streets 

and roads,” she said. “It 

cannot be deferred anywhere 

else.” 

She noted the village 

could see about $100,000 

increase. 

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faster,” Gosselin said. 

She is relatively fortunate 

with having simplex, 

a minor form of EB, but 

it has still been very challenging 

for her and her 

family to handle. 

“At birth she had a spot 

on her ear that the [Lake 

Forest Hospital] staff 

thought was a staph infection,” 

said her mother 

Debbie Gallagher. 

She stayed in isolation 

for eight days, but the spot 

grew into many lesions 

over her body. 

“A specialist from the 

University of Chicago was 

called in, and she was diagnosed 

with EB. At the time 

there was so little information 

about EB. Debra was 

our primary source of information,” 

Gallagher said. 

“Megan never let anything 

stop her. She is the most 

determined and bravest 

person I know. The Lake 

Bluff school system was 

very accommodating.” 

Now 30 years old, Gosselin 

is married and has 

two daughters. She went 

to the Mayo Clinic for genetic 

testing before having 

children and learned she 

has a dominant trait for 

the disease, but so far, her 

children have shown no 

sign of it. 

“It is very emotional [for 

me] to see how generous 

others are both with their 

time and money in helping 

me fight for awareness 

and funds for this rare disease,” 

she said. 

In the five years since 

dash4debra began in Lake 

Forest, it has raised more 

than $100,000 for the disease. 

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Lake Forest Parks and 

Recreation kicked off its 

annual Concerts in the 

Square series on June 13, 

with Wild Daisy starting 

off a summer lineup 

featuring a wide array of 

country, rock, pop, jazz 

and dance music. 

The concerts will take 

place every Thursday on 

Market Square through 

July 25, excluding July 

4. In addition to having 

six concerts on Market 

Square, event organizer 

John Eldridge said there 

will also be two concerts 

on the beach on Tuesdays, 

an addition that was first 

implemented last summer. 

While the concerts are 

often weather dependent, 

Eldridge said that if the 

weather is nice, the event 

attracts 300-400 people at 

every concert. This will 

be his fourth summer in 

charge of the event. 

“I start receiving requests 

usually about December 

of the year prior,” 

Eldridge said. “People 

start sending me demos, 

reaching out and things 

like that. Then what I’ll do 

is I’ll talk with the agency, 

usually in January, and 

just ask for recommendations 

and check out their 

website and look at all 

the different options that 

they have and just try to 

research and pick a band 

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also bring back bands that 

did well the summer prior. 

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that if a band was good 

2019 Concerts in the Square lineup 

Concerts 6:30-8:30 p.m. every Thursday June 

through July (excluding July 4) in Market Square. 

June 20: Rhythm Rockets - Jazz, Swing, Rhythm & 

Blues 

June 27: Petty Kings - Tom Petty Tribute Band 

July 11: Class of '68 - Classic Rock & Soul 

July 18: HiFi Superstar - Dance & Party Rock Songs 

July 25: Classic Car Show & The Stingrays - 50's, 

60s, & 70's Rock & Roll 

we’ll bring them back the 

following year, but then 

we’ll filter them out and 

bring a new band next 

year just to provide some 

variety.” 

Eldridge added when 

researching bands, he 

aims to achieve a wide variety 

of music and hopes 

to appeal to the entire 

community, regardless of 

age. 

“It’s always familyfriendly 

so we just want 

to try to allow the masses 

to attend,” Eldridge said. 

“Typically, we get all varieties 

of ages from young 

families with young children 

to adults that now are 

seniors, so it’s all across 

the board and everyone 

seems to enjoy the music.” 

While it is a common 

theme to try to attract a 

wide variety of audience 

members with the selection 

of music each year, 

Eldridge said he also 

makes a point of getting 

a couple of local bands to 

play each year. 

“The Petty Kings are a 

local band, some of the 

gentlemen live in Lake 

Forest,” Eldridge said. 

“With Tom Petty’s recent 

passing, I thought it 

would be cool to kind of 

have a tribute band for 

him. Class of ’68 is also 

comprised of a lot of Lake 

Forest residents, they 

graduated high school 

in ’68 so that’s how they 

came up with their name. 

Steve Wild is the band 

manager there. The rest of 

the bands are just bands 

that I had researched and 

booked through a booking 

agency.” 

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been any significant 

changes to the event in 

recent years, it remains a 

summer classic in Lake 

Forest and continues to 

attract both young and old 

community members. 

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Gearing up for Auto Show 

Adrienne Fawcett 

Contributing Columnist 

What are you 

doing on June 

22? If you love 

classic cars or are just 

looking for a fun community 

outing, visit downtown 

Lake Bluff from 3 

to 6 p.m. for the seventh 

annual Lake Bluff History 

Museum Auto Show. This 

is one of the premier auto 

shows on the North Shore, 

attracting more than 100 

vehicles from the 1900s to 

the 1980s. Marquis include 

vintage Packards, Rolls 

Royce and Jaguars as well 

as more recent automobiles 

including Corvettes, 

Camaros, Mustangs and 

Chevy Bel Airs. 

Many of the vehicles are 

originals that have been 

lovingly restored from top 

to bottom. Some are exact 

replicas, and others are 

“restomods” that mix old 

and new technology to pair 

classic styling with modern 

comfort and performance. 

One of the highlights of 

the day is the Best in Show 

prize, chosen by a panel 

of local car aficionados. 

The Best in Show honor 

includes not only bragging 

rights for an entire year but 

also a big blue ribbon. 

The fully restored 1931 

Lake Bluff Ice Truck is 

another highlight — it’s 

also the hub of the Auto 

Show. After the original 

International Harvester 

was donated to the museum 

in 2010, a team 

of Lake Bluff and Lake 

Forest classic car lovers 

put in countless hours and 

travelled several states to 

bring the truck back to life. 

The team included Ray 

Kracik, retired Lake Forest 

High School football and 

wrestling coach; Denny 

Hermann, retired LFHS 

shop teacher; and John 

Tiffany, a retired mechanic 

who was once coached by 

Kracik and took shop from 

Hermann at LFHS. LBHM 

board member Mark 

Dewart also was involved, 

as were Paul Bergmann, 

Don Fiore, Rudy Iberle, 

John Looby, Ted Pasquesi, 

Phillip Ross, Charlie Rush, 

Tom Tincher, Fred Wacker 

and Steve Willard. 

Friendships and community 

spirit grew around 

the groups’ shared love of 

classic cars, and in 2013 

when the museum held the 

Ice Truck Reveal celebration, 

many of those on the 

restoration team brought 

their own classic cars to 

the event. Thus began 

the annual Lake Bluff 

History Museum Auto 

Show, which now includes 

several event sponsors that 

help make the show happen, 

including lead sponsor 

The Silo. Other sponsors 

include Kinnucan Tree 

Expert & Landscape Co., 

Hill & Stone Insurance, 

Knauz Automotive Group, 

Lake Forest Bank & Trust 

and The Last Detail. 

The Lake Bluff History 

Museum Auto Show is free 

to visitors. 

Be advised to bring an 

appetite. There will be 

plenty of food and drink 

to purchase from local 

restaurants and bars. 

Adrienne Fawcett is marketing 

manager of the Lake 

Bluff History Museum. With 

her husband, Don, she raised 

three children (now in their 

teens and 20s), who love 

coming home to Lake Bluff. 

From the Editor 

Sweet, sweet summertime 

Alyssa Groh 


Summer is officially 

here! 

Now that graduation 

craziness is over, it is 

finally time to take a deep 

breath and slow things 

down for a few months. 

One of my favorite 

things about summer, is 

the slower pace we all 

move at — and everyone 

seems to be a bit more 

relaxed in the 

summer. 

And while schools 

are out and families are 

taking vacations this summer, 

that doesn’t mean 

the news and stories stop. 

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community covering all 

of your favorite events of 

the summer. 

If you are looking 

for some events, check 

out our Summer Fun 

Guide online at Lake- 

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includes 51 fun things to 

do in the area during the 

summer. 

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events in town, we still 

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A new oppor-tuna-ty 

Wilmette restauranters open up new seafood restaurant, Page 20 

Jason Cody, chairman of the chemistry department at Lake Forest 

College, will use his Fulbright Scholarship to explore applications of 

chemistry to renewable energy in Morocco. Photo Submitted 

Lake Forest College’s 

Jason Cody awarded 

Fulbright Scholarship to 

teach, study chemistry 

overseas, Page 19

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LFC professor heads to Morocco under scholarship 

Alan P. Henry 


Jason and Daphne 

Cody’s adventure commences 

in two months 

when they fly off to 

Morocco for a year. 

Jason, chairman of the 

chemistry department at 

Lake Forest College, will 

use his newly awarded 

Fulbright Scholarship to 

explore applications of 

chemistry to renewable 

energy. His wife Daphne, 

after stepping down as 

pastor of St. Elizabeth’s 

Episcopal Church in Glencoe, 

plans in part to spend 

the year learning Arabic 

and joining a women’s 

group that focuses on 

interfaith dialogue. 

Jason, 50, is one of more 

than 800 U.S. citizens 

who will teach, conduct 

research and/or provide 

expertise abroad for the 

2019–20 academic year 

through the Fulbright U.S. 

Scholar Program, which is 

designed to build lasting 

connections between the 

people of the United States 

and the people of other 

countries. 

Since its inception in 

1946, the U.S. government’s 

flagship international 

educational exchange 

program has given 

more than 390,000 students, 

scholars, teachers, 

artists and professionals 

of all backgrounds and 

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study, teach and conduct 

research, exchange ideas, 

and contribute to finding 

solutions to shared international 

concerns. Fulbright 

alumni have achieved distinction 

in many fields, including 

59 who have been 

awarded the Nobel Prize, 

84 who have received Pulitzer 

Prizes, and 37 who 

have served as a head of 

state or government. 

Jason, who has taught at 

LFC for 22 years, will be 

supervising graduate student 

research and teach at 

Université Hasan II, Faculté 

de Science et Technologie, 

in Mohammedia, 

Morocco. 

“We will be trying to develop 

solar cells (which go 

in solar panels) using the 

local phosphate minerals, 

trying to incorporate those 

and actually get a cell that 

works,” he said. “I have 

worked on solar cell materials 

during previous sabbaticals, 

but this specific 

approach is new.” 

The process of applying 

for and being awarded a 

Fulbright Scholarship is a 

long one, including a ninemonth 

review process. 

For starters, he said, 

“you have to figure out 

where you want to go and 

what you want to do, and 

ideally you want to find 

someone on other side that 

can welcome you even 

before you apply.” 

He first learned about 

Morocco and work being 

done there on renewable 

energy from his daughter, 

who had studied abroad 

and looked at energy 

food and water policy in 

Please see LFC, 23 

Jason Cody and his wife Daphne are relocating to Morocco 

after he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship from 

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In Memoriam 

Bernice Shearron 

Bernice 

Ione (“Bea”) 

Shearron 

died at home 

in Lake Forest 

June 1. 

She was 91 

and is survived 

by 

Shearron 

son John Howard Shearron 

II and daughter-inlaw 

Marybeth Arbanas 

Shearron, of Gurnee; son 

James William Shearron, 

of New York City; 

and granddaughters Melody 

Shearron of Chicago 

and Monica Shearron, of 

Dayton, Ohio. 

Shearron was the widow 

of John Howard Shearron, 

a executive of Marshall 

Field & Co. in Chicago. 

She was born Aug. 4, 

1927 in Underhill, Wis. 

to Walter August Strei 

and Helen Augusta Behm 

Strei. Her brother Kenneth 

Duane Strei of Austin, 

Texas preceded her in 

death. 

Shearron graduated 

from William Woods 

College in Fulton, Miss. 

in 1947. Afterward she 

worked at Marshall Field 

where she met Howard 

Shearron. They were married 

in 1955 in Chicago. 

Early in her adult life 

she developed a great 

interest in interior design 

and gardening. She 

applied her talents in these 

areas throughout her life 

in her own houses and 

gardens. 

Shearron reared two 

young sons alone with 

kindness and perseverance, 

returning to work 

after the untimely death of 

her husband in 1968. Her 

lengthy tenure at Marshall 

Field ended in 2009 upon 

her retirement at the age 

of 81. 

She was loved by all 

who knew her, especially 

for her gentle manner and 

quiet wit, and respected always 

for her elegance and 

grace. 

Shearron was a life-long 

Lutheran. Her services 

will be private, and she 

will be interred in Lake 

Forest Cemetery. 

Helen Abby 

Helen Abby (nee Lampela), 

91, formerly of Lake 

Forest, died on May 27. 

She was born on Sept. 12, 

1927 in Chicago, to Robert 

and Hilma (nee Aro) Lampela. 

She is preceded in 

death by her husband Robert 

Abby (‘75), two of her 

children Robert and Daniel 

Abby, her parents, and her 

two sisters Laila L. Stoessel 

and Elma M. Guess. 

She is survived by her 

two daughters Sandra and 

Pamela Abby, five grandchildren 

and many nieces, 

nephews and friends. 

A memorial service 

will be held at 11 a.m. on 

Thursday, June 20 at St. 

James Lutheran Church, 

1380 Waukegan Road, 

Lake Forest, IL 60045. 

Memorial contributions 

may be expressed to St. 

James Lutheran Church, 

in loving memory of Helen 

Abby. Info, Wenban 

Funeral Home, 847-234- 

0022 or www.wenbanfh. 

com. 

Bernadette Doherty 

Bernadette Doherty, of 

Lake Bluff, was born on 

April 25, 1926 and died on 

Sunday, May 26, 2019. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

may be made to Misericordia, 

6300 N. Ridge 

Ave., Chicago, IL 60660. 

Robert Douglas 

Robert Douglas was 

born on Feb. 27, 1939 and 

passed away on Friday, 

May 31. 

Robert was a resident of 

Lake Bluff at the time of 

passing. 

In Lieu of flowers memorial 

contributions may 

be made to the Lake Bluff 

Fourth of July Parade at 

www.lb4july.org . 

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) 

Mid-week Bible Study 

Join us for mid-week 

Bible Study each Wednesday 

from 10-11 a.m. in the 

Adult Forum Room. The 

Parables of Jesus are being 

studied. The Lord’s Supper 

is offered after each class. 

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Road, Lake Forest) 

Summer Worship 

Through Sept. 1 at 10 

a.m., followed by fellowship. 

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. 

Grace United Methodist Church (244 

East Center Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Boy Scouts 

7-9 p.m. Mondays. Boy 

Scout Troop 42 will meet 

in Fellowship Hall. 

Gentle Chair Yoga 

3-3:30 p.m. Fridays, 

Fellowship Hall. All are 

welcome. 

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 


(847) 234-1001. 

The Bridge Young Adults 

Group 

7-9 p.m., every Wednesday. 

All young adults are 

welcome to join. For more 

information, contact The- 

BridgeCCLF@gmail.com. 

Christian Science Society (Gorton 

Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake 

Forest) 

Testimony Meeting 

7:30 p.m. first Wednesday 

of each month. Come 

to Gorton Center for 

prayer, hymns, and readings 

from the Bible, with 

related passages from the 

“Christian Science” textbook, 

“Science and Health 

with Key to the Scriptures” 

by Mary Baker Eddy. For 


(847) 234-0820. 

Bible Blast 

5-6 p.m. Sunday evenings. 

Bible Blast is a family 

program for children 

4 years old through fifth 

grade. Guide your child’s 

spiritual growth and biblical 

literacy to a new level 

through Bible Blast. There 

is a one-time registration 

fee of $45. Free childcare 

is provided for 3 years old 

and younger. 

Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. 

Prospect Ave., Lake Bluff) 

Live Wires 

4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, 

Fellowship Hall. Live 

Wires is the Union Church 

youth group for fourththrough 

sixth-graders. The 

group meets for lively discussion 

and fun activities. 

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alyssa@lakeforestleader. 

com. The deadline is noon on 

Thursday. Questions? Call 

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LakeForestLeader.com dining out 


Wilmette’s Pescadero ‘firing on all cylinders’ since opening 

Erin Yarnall 

Contributing Editor 

Finding a table at Pescadero 

shortly after the 

restaurant opens at 5 p.m. 

on weekdays may seem 

like a daunting task. 

But for owners Mike 

Chookaszian and Nick 

Hynes, and chef Matthew 

Fitzgibbons, that’s not a 

problem. 

“We’ve been firing on 

all cylinders since day 

one,” Fitzgibbons said. 

Pescadero Seafood & 

Oyster Bar is Chookaszian 

and Hynes’ second venture 

in Wilmette after opening 

Napolita Pizzeria & Wine 

Bar more than three years 

ago. 

“We always had the idea 

to open an oyster bar and a 

fresh seafood restaurant,” 

Chookaszian said. “There 

were places we loved in 

the city, and there was really 

nothing in [Wilmette]. 

We felt like there was a 

real need for it in the North 

Shore.” 

They initially took inspiration 

from restaurants 

on the East Coast and in 

New Orleans, but said after 

they hired Fitzgibbons 

as chef, he “put his own 

flair on things.” 

“We’re not really pigeonholed 

in terms of an 

actual style,” Hynes said. 

Pescadero opened April 

18 and Fitzgibbons said 

the restaurant is busy 

every single night. 

“We open at 3 p.m. for 

happy hour and we serve 

food at 5 p.m.,” Fitzgibbons 

said. “We’re usually 

full by 4 p.m. and we’re 

usually a one-hour wait 

every single day.” 

Last week, a group of 

22nd Century Media editors 

stopped by the new 

Wilmette spot to sample 

some of the menu items 

that chef Fitzgibbons and 

Pescadero Seafood & 

Oyster Bar 

1167 Wilmette Ave., 

Wilmette 

(224) 215-3011 

3-10 p.m. 

Monday-Wednesday 

3-10:30 p.m. Thursday 

3-11 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

3-9:30 p.m. Sunday 

his team created for us. 

First off were the brussels 

chips, one of the restaurant’s 

most popular 

items. Fitzgibbons used to 

order his brussels sprouts 

from Mexico, where they 

were $30 a case, but after 

recent tariffs, they now 

cost $90 a case to ship 

from other states in the 

United States. 

“I think a lot of people 

stopped using brussels 

sprouts about four or five 

weeks ago because the 

price went from $30 to $90 

a case,” Fitzgibbons said. 

But he still finds it worth 

it to make the restaurant’s 

popular appetizer. Pescadero’s 

brussels chips 

are served with flashfried 

leaves, served with 

green onions and toasted 

almonds, all topped with 

a garlic honey balsamic 

drizzle. 

We also sampled the 

restaurant’s seafood skewers 

($18) — skewers filled 

with jump Gulf shrimp 

and sea scallops, alongside 

a charred asparagus salad 

and topped with a chili 

lime honey drizzle. 

Sea scallops are also 

served off-skewer, in 

the restaurant’s jumbo 

sea scallop ($32) entree, 

served with a sweet corn 

risotto and topped with a 

sun-dried tomato butter. 

Fitzgibbons also brought 

out Pescadero’s mussel 

frites ($19), consisting 

The mussel frites ($18) at Wilmette’s Pescadero are one pound of Prince Edward 

Island mussels in a Flying Dog oyster stout broth with shallots, garlic and Parmesan 

fries. Photos by Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media 

Jumbo sea scallops ($32) are served in a sun-dried tomato butter and topped off with 

a sweet corn risotto. 

of a bowl of one pound 

of Prince Edward Island 

mussels with shallots and 

garlic, all soaking in Flying 

Dog oyster stout broth. 

Fries, of course, are served 

on the side, topped with 

Parmesan. 

To highlight the other 

part of Pescadero Seafood 

& Oyster Bar’s name, 

Fitzgibbons brought us 

out some baked oysters 

— oysters in their shell, 

topped with spinach, artichoke 

and peppered 

smoked bacon with a 

Parmesan stuffing. 

In addition to its baked 

oysters, Pescadero is 

known for its raw oyster 

bar. We sampled some of 

the restaurant’s oysters 

($1.50 each during happy 

hour), served with hot 

sauce and lemon. While 

the restaurant doesn’t begin 

serving food off of its 

menu until 5 p.m., oysters 

are available every day at 

3 p.m., when the restaurant 

opens, as part of its 

happy-hour offerings. 

LFC 

From Page 19 

Morocco, Vietnam and 

Bolivia. 

“That got that me interested 

and I started doing 

research on it,” he said. 

The research fit is a 

perfect one. 

“It is the renewable energy 

stuff which I am passionate 

about,” said Jason, 

who received his doctorate 

in chemistry from Northwestern 

University. “I will 

be learning how you implement 

renewable energy 

on a huge scale, and what 

they have to think about, 

and navigate.” 

When he returns to LFC, 

where he teaches a number 

of general chemistry 

courses and a non-majors 

course on renewable energy, 

“I will use what I’ve 

learned in my course.” 

For Daphne, joining an 

interfaith women’s group 

in Rabat is “right up my 

alley,” she said. Between 

that, catching up on her 

reading, learning Arabic, 

brushing up on her French 

and hosting a lot of family 

and friends who are planning 

to visit, she expects 

the year to be a busy one. 

But the year abroad is 

far more than simply a 

cultural “to do” list, she 

said. More significantly, 

it is a reflection of “Cody 

values” and “the way we 

as a couple have tried to 

live.” Among those values 

are “intercultural understanding 

as a core desire,” 

“intercultural bridgebuilding 

as a calling,” and 

“modeling ‘get away’ sabbaticals 

for the people we 

lead.” 

“This year is allowing 

us to live our values that 

we have been going for 

and trying to live out,” she 

said. 

Parishioners, friends 

and neighbors who wish 

to bid the Codys farewell 

may do so after services at 

St. Elizabeth’s on July 21.

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Richie Hoskins 

Hoskins is a rising junior midfielder for 

the Lake Forest boys lacrosse team. 

How did you get started playing 

lacrosse? 

I was a baseball player my whole life, 

up until sixth grade when I converted to 

lacrosse. I was one of the first people to 

switch to the sport, and now lacrosse is 

sort of becoming a larger sport. 

What’s the most challenging part 

of playing lacrosse? 

This sport, as far as being an athlete and 

playing a lot, the conditioning surrounding 

the sport is so difficult. You have to 

be so conditioned going into the season, 

you have to be conditioned coming out 

because then you’re going to play club 

lacrosse. You sort of have to be a yearround, 

well-conditioned athlete. 

Do you have any pre-game rituals 

or superstitions? 

Before our games I tend to isolate myself 

and do the same stretch, the same 

count, the same everything for 10 minutes 

before we run into the locker room and 

meet up. 

What’s the best coaching advice 

you’ve ever gotten? 

Our assistant coach Justin Smith just 

said he wants us to play for each other. At 

the beginning of the season, the goal was 

to play a new breed of Scout, we wanted 

to play for each other and play for the 

school and as an individual. I think that 

changed the mind of many of the players 

of the team, I think that’s what led to us 

being so successful this season. 

What’s your favorite place to eat? 

Ferentino’s Pizzeria. I love their rigatoni 

vodka. I eat there very often, it’s very 

filling and taste so good. I would eat there 

every day if I had the opportunity. 

22nd Century Media File Photo 

Who is your favorite athlete? 

I’m an LSU Tigers fan, my favorite athlete 

is Devin White, he just got drafted in 

the first round. He’s a football player, he’s 

a linebacker at LSU. He’s my favorite athlete 

because he’s so outgoing and he led 

that team, I sort of model my leadership 

after that guy. 

What’s one thing people don’t 

know about you? 

I love to play golf on my own and just 

be awful at it. 

What’s something on your bucket 

list you’d like to cross off? 

I want to go to Greece and spend some 

time there, eat some Greek food. 

If you could have any one 

superpower, what would it be? 

I think I want to be like the Flash, just 

fast and get anywhere as fast as I want. 

What’s your favorite memory from 

this past season? 

My first day of varsity lacrosse, I didn’t 

know we were suppose to be there 15 

minutes before practice started, I showed 

up right at the time practice started. I feel 

awful about it, the whole team ran because 

of me. I look back on it and I laugh, 

for every day that point forward, I showed 

up 20 minutes early because I didn’t want 

that to happen again. 

Interview by Sports Editor Nick Frazier 

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast 

Guys talk state basketball changes, 

announce softball honors 

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 

the changes to the IHSA’s state basketball 

format and how it might affect area teams, 

announce the softball Team 22 all-area 

teams and the Softball Coach and Player of 

the Year honorees. 

First Period 

The three recap the changes coming to 

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Second Period 

The guys announce the 2019 Softball 

Team 22. 

Third Period 

The three announce the Coach and 

Player of the Year.

28 | June 20, 2019 | The lake forest leader SPORTS 


Team 22: softball 

Welcome to 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and the 

eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from seven high schools — Glenbrook 

North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park (HP), Lake Forest Academy (LFA), Loyola Academy 

(LA), New Trier (NT) and Woodlands Academy (WA) — in our coverage area. 

FIRST TEAM 

HONORABLE MENTION 

Pitcher 

Mackenzie Barry, LA 

freshman 

• 1.73 ERA, 118 

strikeouts; Barry was the 

ace for the Ramblers this 

spring, pitching more than 

104 innings and winning 

16 games. She also batted 

.355 at the plate and 

drove in 27 runs, proving 

to be one of the best twoway 

players in the region. 

Second Baseman 

Emily Molloy, LA junior 

• .477 BA, 31 RBI; Molloy 

was extremely efficient in 

the batter’s box, drawing 

17 walks and striking out 

just three times all year. 

Left Fielder 

Emily Miller, GBS 

freshman 

• .333 BA, 20 RBI; 

The first-year player 

provided a big boost 

to the Titans, both at 

the plate and in the 

outfield. 

Catcher 

Arianne Berner, WA 

sophomore 

• .706 BA, 43 

RBI; In her second 

season with the 

Wildcats, Berner 

was fantastic at the 

plate, reaching base 

almost 75 percent 

of the time. 

Shortstop 

Marisa Michi, LA 

junior 

• .494 BA, 52 RBI; 

A threat every time 

she stepped to the 

plate, Michi had 

17 extra-base hits 

and was named to 

the Girls Catholic 

Athletic Conference 

All-Conference 

team. 

Center Fielder 

KK Raymond, LA 

sophomore 

• .558 BA, 31 RBI; 

Raymond totaled 

the highest batting 

average on the 

team to help lead 

the Ramblers to 

their IHSA regional 

final. 

Nicole Pyke, GBN senior 3B; Sami Nash, GBS sophomore P; Natalie Abreu, HP senior SS; Jen Kaufman, HP senior 1B. 

First Baseman 

Grace Heywood, 

GBN senior 

• .427 BA, 13 RBI; 

Heywood was the 

top batter for the 

Spartans in her final 

high school season, 

totaling a 1.092 

OPS. 

Third Baseman 

Julia Bass, GBS 

junior 

• .427 BA, 28 

RBI; The Central 

Suburban League 

All-Conference 

member was a key 

factor in the Titans’ 

turnaround season, 

playing both the hot 

corner and catcher. 

Right Fielder 

Maggie Baumstark, 

GBS sophomore 

• .538 BA, 42 

RBI: One of two 

Titans to bat over 

.500, Baumstark 

was a power hitter, 

smacking eight 

home runs en 

route to CSL All- 

Conference honors. 

SECOND TEAM 

Pitcher 

Abby Moravek, WA 

freshman 

• 2.96 ERA, 161 

strikeouts; Moravek 

dominated in IHSA Class 

1A, with the highlight 

of her season being a 

21-strikeout perfect game 

in the regional semifinal. 

She also batted .765 and 

was named Independent 

School League Player of 

the Year. 

Catcher 

Grace Spencer, HP 

freshman 

• .433 AVG; A speed 

demon on the basepaths, 

Spencer stole 12 

bases and was one of 

the Giants’ top hitters, 

earning her CSL All- 

Conference honors. 

First Baseman 

Kathryn Kinsella, LA 

senior 

• .393 BA, 6 2B; The 

veteran infielder and 

pitcher was another GCAC 

All-Conference member 

for the Ramblers. 

Second Baseman 

Megan Chin, GBS 

senior 

• .389 AVG, 27 RBI; 

The CSL All-Conference 

member crushed six 

home runs in her final 

season with GBS. 

Shortstop 

Maddie Kapsimalis, 

GBS sophomore 

• .551 BA, 26 RBI; 

Kapsimalis earned CSL 

All-Conference honors 

after putting up a 1.323 

OPS and guiding the 

Titans to 17 wins. 

THird basemen 

Jadin Knowles, LFA 

junior 

• .654 BA, .98 fielding 

percentage; The Caxy star 

also hit two home runs 

and was a team captain 

as a junior. 

Left Fielder 

Nyah Moore, LA 

sophomore 

• .394 BA, 13 RBI; The 

underclassman reached 

first base on more than 

46 percent of her plate 

appearances and played 

the field well for the 

Ramblers. 

Center Fielder 

Cyd Alvarez, HP senior 

• .324 BA; Alvarez, who 

transferred to Highland 

Park as a junior, made 

great plays in the outfield 

and was named the 

Giants’ Most Improved 

Player. 

Right Fielder 

Ava Reichert; NT 

sophomore 

• .381 BA, 15 RBI: 

Reichert, who also played 

shortstop when needed, 

totaled three extra-base 

hits for the Trevians.

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Softball Coach of the Year 

Glenbrook South softball head coach Dana Boehmer was named 22nd Century Media 

2019 Softball Coach of the Year. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

Introspection leads to Titans’ turnaround 

Michal Dwojak 

Contributing Sports Editor 

Dana Boehmer didn’t 

like what happened last 

season. 

The Glenbrook South 

softball coach and her 

team finished last season 

with a 5-22 record, good 

for second-worst in the 

Central Suburban League 

South division. South 

didn’t have any consistent 

pitching or hitting, which 

happens when a coach is 

forced to play four freshmen 

in the lineup. 

Boehmer challenged 

herself and her players. No 

one wanted to go through 

a season like that again, 

so something needed to 

change. 

Something did. 

The Titans responded by 

finishing this past season 

with a 17-9 record and a 

CSL South championship. 

“They just really came 

out determined,” Boehmer 

said of her players. “No 

one was happy with last 

season and they came back 

with a new attitude that 

they weren’t going to let 

that happen again. It was 

awesome.” 

South’s turnaround 

season and total transformation 

from a team that 

battled consistency to becoming 

one of the most 

consistent teams in the 

area is why 22nd Century 

Media named Boehmer the 

company’s 2019 Softball 

Coach of the Year. 

The introspection started 

at the end of the previous 

season, when the Titans realized 

they needed to put in 

more work if they wanted 

to see change. Boehmer 

changed her style too, altering 

the way she ran practices, 

placing a bigger emphasis 

on hitting and swinging 

at the right pitches in the 

right counts. According to 

the coach, she and the players 

had open conversations 

early into the spring practices 

where they wanted 

to figure out what to do 

so they didn’t have to go 

through another season like 

that again. 

Boehmer started to see 

the change in the first few 

games of the season. The 

Titans hit for better contact 

and their pitching staff 

kept South in games it lost 

the previous year. GBS 

won its first four games 

and won eight of the first 

10 games, showing the 

head coach that the hard 

work might pay off. 

“There was a lot of pressure,” 

Boehmer said. “We 

had the ability to win a lot 

more games. Winning those 

first two games, the kids 

were getting lighter. They 

just gained confidence.” 

South went on to win 

its division title before 

falling to rival Glenbrook 

North in its IHSA regional 

matchup. The Titans will 

lose two seniors, one from 

their starting lineup next 

season as much of the underclassmen 

are expected 

to return to try and take the 

next step in the program’s 

development. 

They went through the 

lows of a losing season 

and now know what it 

takes to be successful softball 

players. 

What’s next? 

“I’m really excited,” 

Boehmer said. “The possibilities 

are endless.” 

Softball Player of the Year 

Michi shows growth in junior season 

Michael Wojtychiw, 

Contributing Sports Editor 

Marisa Michi has been 

a fixture for Loyola Academy 

the past three years. 

Playing on the varsity 

team as a freshman can be 

scary for anybody, especially 

when facing players 

two or three years older 

who have played at the 

high school level. 

But with only one senior 

on this year’s team, she 

knew there was an opportunity 

to take her next step 

both on the field and as a 

leader. 

“Of course we had the 

senior leader, but I think 

it was important that to be 

strongly bonded as a team, 

we needed multiple (leaders) 

on the field at a time,” 

Michi said. 

NORTH SHORE 

Loyola junior shortstop Marisa Michi is 22nd Century 

Media’s Softball Player of the Year. 22nd Century Media 

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Her leadership skills 

and play on the field is 

why 22nd Century Media 

named Michi its Girls 

Softball Player of the Year. 

Michi finished the year 

with a .494 batting average, 

.545 on-base percentage, 

.843 slugging 

percentage, 1.387 on-baseplus-slugging 

percentage 

while also tacking on a 

team-leading seven home 

runs, and 52 RBI. 

Full story at LakeForestLeader.com. 

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Great Lakes Games a rousing success at LFHS 

Nick Frazier, Sports Editor 

There were plenty of 

feel-good stories to go 

around on the North Shore 

this past weekend. 

That’s because the Great 

Lakes Adaptive Sports 

Association, or GLASA, 

held its annual Great 

Lakes Games at Lake Forest 

High School and Niles 

West High School. LFHS 

hosted archery, powerlifting, 

boccia and swimming 

on Friday, June 14, and 

Saturday, June 15, while 

Niles West was home to 

the track meet on Sunday, 

June 16. 

The Great Lakes Games 

is a multi-sport regional 

competition for athletes 

with a physical disability 

or visual impairment. 

Over 230 athletes registered 

to participate this 

year, including some 

United States paralympians 

attempting to break 

world records. Some 

athletes were from local 

communities such as Lake 

Bluff, Northbrook and 

Wilmette. 

It’s now been 20 years 

since GLASA executive 

director Cindy Housner 

founded the organization. 

“I had worked with 

athletes previously with 

physical or visual disabilities, 

I just saw so much the 

importance of sports and 

how it affects everyday 

life in regards to self-esteem 

and independence,” 

Housner said. “[GLASA] 

provides opportunities for 

travel, and for our athletes 

to be successful in 

school, college and go on 

to lead their projected life. 

There wasn’t an agency 

in this area, that was doing 

it, that’s kind of why 

it prompted me to start the 

organization.” 

The North Shore had 

three athletes take part 

in the swim meet at Lake 

Forest High School. 

16-year-old Julia Tanna, a 

Lake Bluff resident, competed 

in three events, finishing 

first in her class in 

the women’s 50-meter and 

100-meter freestyle. 

A junior at LFHS, Tanna 

swims with the high 

school team, qualifying 

for the state meet in four 

events in November. She 

also set the girls Class 

A school record for the 

100-meter breaststroke in 

2018 with a time of 2 minutes, 

09.59 seconds. 

Meanwhile, Wilmettenative 

Jordan Heinrich 

competed in six total 

events. Her best finish 

came in the mixed 100-meter 

backstroke where Heinrich 

completed the race in 

2:16.30 to place first in her 

class. Heinrich, 16, also 

swam well in the mixed 

50-meter backstroke, finishing 

second in her heat. 

Emily Duff, a 15-yearold 

from Northbrook, took 

part in the 50-meter freestyle. 

The incoming Glenbrook 

North High School 

freshman received plenty 

of applause as she finished 

the race. 

Marilyn Wieland has 

been a member of GLA- 

SA’s board of directors for 

over 12 years now. She 

also is an Illinois paralympic 

swimming official and 

served as director of the 

swim meet. 

“We’ve been doing it for 

years, we love it,” Wieland 

said of the meet. “We love 

to see the kids smiles on 

their face, we actually do 

other regional meets and 

junior nationals that are up 

in Minnesota this year.” 

Housner’s daughter 

swam at Lake Forest High 

Lake Bluff native Julia Tanna competes in the mixed 50-meter breaststroke in the Great Lakes Games on Saturday, 

June 15, at Lake Forest High School. Photos by Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media 

School, and the organization 

has a good relationship 

with Scouts girls 

swimming and diving 

coach Carolyn Grevers. 

The Great Lakes Games’ 

swim meet has been at 

LFHS for 10 years now, 

bringing a smile to those 

who take part and creating 

lifelong memories for the 

athletes. 

“The entire school support 

staff, [athletic director] 

Tim Burkhalter, 

his coaches and his staff 

across the board have been 

so extremely supportive,” 

Housner said. “They truly 

believe in our mission and 

being inclusive. It’s one 

of our strongest partners, 

we’re very appreciative 

for the partnership that we 

have in Lake Forest High 

School.” 

Julia Tanna dives into the pool for the mixed 100-meter freestyle, where she placed 

fifth in her heat.

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Youth Sports 

Deer Path girls track medals at state 

22nd Century Media file 

photo 

1st-and-3 

Top teams of the 

spring 

1. LFHS baseball 

(Above). The 

Scouts won 25 

games this season 

and advanced 

all the way to the 

sectional final 

versus Fremd. 

2. LFHS boys 

lacrosse. 13 wins, 

four conference 

wins and a top 

seed in their 

sectional made for 

a fun season for 

the Scouts, despite 

falling in the 

sectional final to 

Glenbrook North. 

3. LFHS badminton. 

The Scouts won 

their first-ever 

sectional title at 

home, then placed 

12th at the state 

meet. 

Nick Frazier, Sports Editor 


School girls track coach 

Martha Sostre has had 

great teams before, some 

of which won state titles. 

The 2019 seventh-grade 

track team’s success was a 

bit more unexpected. 

“It was honestly a big, 

very exciting surprise for 

us to take fourth in the 

state for seventh-grade 

girls,” Sostre said. 

Led by impressive performances 

from Isabella 

Marsico and sixth-grader 

Ava Walsh, the Braves 

earned numerous individual 

medals at the Illinois 

Elementary School Association 

Track & Field State 

Championshp in May. 

Seven runners competed 

for Deer Path for the team’s 

fourth-place finish out of 

66 schools in Class 7AA. 

Leading the way was 

Marsico, who was a runner-up 

in the 800-meter 

race with a time of 2 minutes, 

24.85 seconds, on 

May 18. She also ran a 

5:35.99 mile the day before, 

placing 13th among 

seventh-grade girls. 

Meanwhile, Walsh came 

in seventh in the 200-meter 

dash with a time of 27.54, 

then finished the 100-meter 

race in 13.8, earning 

her 19th. Olivia Palmberg 

also had a good showing, 

placing 24th in the mile by 

finishing in 5:43.60. 

As for relays, the 

1600-meter relay team of 

Palmberg, Marsico, Alexandra 

Palmberg and 

Lieselle Curry came in second, 

completing the race 

in 4:19.60. The 800-meter 

realy squad of Walsh, Curry, 

Grace Lombardo and 

Emily Witte ran a 1:55.55 

to earn eighth place. 

According to Sostre, 

who started the track team 

in 2004 and also coaches 

the school’s girls crosscountry 

team, the Braves 

started gaining momentum 

by winning the Lakeside 

Conference. It continued 

with winning their sectional 

by 18 points on May 11. 

Forty-eight athletes 

made up the seventh-grade 

team at Deer Path, including 

some sixth graders. 

“There’s even sixthgraders 

competing with 

these seventh-graders, 

which makes it more incredible 

that we have these 

sixth graders that are competing 

with us for Deerpath 

even at a seventhgrade 

level, they helped 

us with that fourth-place 

finish,” Sostre said. 

The girls found this success 

despite less-than-ideal 

conditions. The lighting siren 

went off on both days, 

delaying some events. Not 

that the weather fazed the 

team. 

“These girls are so tough 

when it comes to that, we 

all just had to run into our 

From left: Coach Sostre, seventh-grader Olivia Palmber, sixth-grader Emily Witte, sixthgrader 

Liselle Curry, seventh-grader Alexandra Palmberg, and seventh-grader Isabella 

Marsico pose with the Girls 7AA fourth-place trophy on May 18. Photo Submitted 

van when it started pouring 

rain and the wind was 

blowing,” Sostre said. 

“There’s other factors besides 

just getting on the 

track and running a race. 

These girls show so much 

of the perserverance and 

the toughness. Not only do 

they have the potential, but 

they also have that strong 

mindset which goes a tremendous 

amount, which is 

a big strength in itself right 

there.” 

Sostre, a former track 

athlete herself, is no 

stranger to knowing how 

to get the most of out middle 

schoolers. She says the 

connection coaches make 

with athletes is what may 

be most important for a 

young track team. It’s also 

why the Braves should 

continue to have success 

with Sostre at the helm, 

even with the seventhgraders 

moving on to the 

eight-grade team. 

“Along with the athletes 

being coachable, this 

team, they’re extremely 

coachable,” Sostre said. 

“You have that, and you 

have ‘Wow, this coach really 

cares about me, she 

wants me to do well.’ You 

have your ups and downs. 

Every day may not be 

your best race, but to find 

what you can learn from 

it. I feel like I have a lot of 

enthusiasm as a coach and 

positivity, I had my not-sogood 

runs either. To learn 

from it makes a huge difference.” 

Listen Up 

“They truly believe in our mission and being 

inclusive.” 

Cindy Housner- Executive director and founder of GLASA on the 

program’s relationship with Lake Forest High School. 

tune in 

Citi Mitch Trubisky Football ProCamp 

•Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky hosts a youth 

football camp at Lake Forest Academy. Open to 

boys and girls, grades 1 to 8. 

Camp is June 25 and 26, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Index 

29 - Softball Player of the Year 

27 - Athlete of The Week 

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Lake Forest Leader | June 20, 2019 | LakeForestLeader.com 

Quite a run Deer Path track 

team places at state, Page 31 

Shining Stars 

Team 22 for softball announced, 

Page 28 

Lake Bluff resident 

Julia Tanna 

competes in the 

mixed 100-meter 

freestyle at the 

GLASA swim meet 

on Saturday, June 

15, at Lake Forest 

High School. 

Nick Frazier/22nd 

Century Media 

GLASA hosts paralympic multi-sport competition at 

Lake Forest High School, Page 30

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