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From hplandmark.com as of Monday,
June 16
1. PHOTOS: Highland Park and Highwood
summer markets open for the season
2. HP’s reform congregations join together,
form Makom Solel Lakeside
3. Youth Sports: HP U-14 team completes
perfect season
4. NSSD112 eighth graders take step forward
at commencement
5. Highland Park teams get better with
summer camps
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from the editor
My favorite part of the year
Erin Yarnall
Editor
The party at Ravinia
Festival went “all
night long,” on
June 11, when Lionel
Richie performed to
a packed crowd at the
Highland Park festival.
The show was phenomenal,
and I felt lucky to
be there and experience
it, especially with my
Dad, who has always
been a big Commodores
fan.
If I’m going to be
completely honest, my
first introduction to Lionel
Richie was when his
daughter, Nicole, blasts
“Brick House” by the
Commodores while driving
a hearse in an episode
of one of my favorite TV
shows of all time, “The
Simple Life.”
“This is my dad’s
song,” she says to her
best friend at the time,
Paris Hilton.
I didn’t know about one
of my favorite television
personality’s famous
family, so I started to do
some digging.
More than a decade
later, I’m fully aware of
the long-standing career
Richie has had, that’s
been filled to the brim
with hit after hit.
Opportunities to see an
artist of Richie’s caliber
at Ravinia make my summers
all the better, and I
love being able to share
the experiences with all
of you in our Life and
Arts section.
Look out for our coverage
of the concert, and
more concerts throughout
the summer in upcoming
issues over the next few
months, as well as online
at HPLandmark.com.
On June 14 the City of Highland Park posted,
“Happy Flag Day Highland Park! Remember
proper flag disposal etiquette; the City offers
bins for worn flags to be dropped off at the
Hazel Parking lot across from City Hall, inside
City Hall, and at the Highland Park Police
Department. #FFF #FlagDay #HP”
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On June 13 District 112 Teachers posted, “So
very proud of the NSEA’s very own @MrsDelligatti
as she starts her position as IEA Region
66 Chairperson. Previous Chairs, Jane Carello
and Kurt Kutrzhals and Margaret join together
for a Region 66 photo op! @D112Teachers”
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go figure
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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The amount of months that the
Lang family was living out of
Lurie Children’s Hospital before
returning home June 7. Read
more about it on Page 4.
awards
From Page 6
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 company, 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.”
Of the 16 awards won
by 22nd Century Media,
two were first-place and
seven were second-place
honors.
The Homer Horizon
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 tribute
by reporter Meredith
Dobes.
Three each went to The
Northbrook Tower and the
Malibu Surfside 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 Megginson.
Other awards were won
by: The Tinley Junction (a
review and a sports feature
each by Sports Editor Jeff
Vorva), The Lockport Legend
(sports story by Editor
Max Lapthorne), The
Frankfort Station (sports
photo by Julie McMann).
climate
From Page 6
“This is something we’ve
been working on for two or
three years,” Councilwoman
Kim Stone said. “We
have had to put together
an inventory of our greenhouse
gas emissions for the
city and come up with some
goals for reductions.”
The global alliance comprises
of leadership from
more than 9,000 cities and
local governments from
132 countries in six continents.
Cities that pledge to
participate in the coalition
will implement policies to
produce such measures: reduce
and limit greenhouse
gas emissions, prepare for
future climate change impacts
of climate change, increase
access to sustainable
energy, and track progress
toward these objectives, the
resolution states.
Highland Park has already
been implementing
efforts to confront
climate change that are
in the pledge. These efforts
include: a completed
greenhouse gas inventory
using historical data to set
a benchmark, a climate
hazards analysis report to
identify the possible future
impacts on the city
from climate change, and
is working toward a 5%
greenhouse gas reduction
by 2023, according to the
resolution.
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