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18 | July 11, 2019 | The wilmette beacon SCHOOL wilmettebeacon.com 2019 Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 3 days ago Know a real go-getter? Is your best friend a networking powerhouse? Is your boss a real mover & shaker? Nominate them today to win a North Shore Women In Business Award! • Education • Entrepreneur • Financial • Health & Wellness • Hospitality & Dining • Large Company (51 employees or more) • Legal • Medium Company (11-50 employees) • Non-Profit • Real Estate • Seasoned Professional (Age 41 or older) • Senior Care • Small Company (10 employees or less) • Woman-Owned Business • Young Professional (Age 40 or younger) • Volunteer Winners will be honored at a Sept. 12 luncheon at Chicago Botanic Garden. For tickets, visit 22ndcenturymedia.com/women. To nominate, visit 22ndCenturyMedia.com/nominate. Deadline is July 24. Join 22nd Century Media for its first 5K at the North Shore Healthy Living Expo! 7 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 Northbrook Court Sign up today! $35 includes race T-shirt 22ndCenturyMedia.com/5K DEADLINE: Aug. 9 Registration NOW OPEN! Prizes, health expo,kids 50-yard dash and MORE TO COME! New Trier students (left to right) Tinah Hong, Julia Nagel and James McColl show off their awards. Photo submitted New Trier Chinese language students excel in end-of-year competitions Submitted by New Trier Multiple New Trier Chinese language students successfully participated in various competitions and contests this spring. Midwest Chinese Speech Contest Fifteen New Trier students participated in the 11th Midwest Chinese Speech Contest, hosted by Midwest Chinese Teachers Alliance (MCTA) in April. MCTA currently has over 200 Chinese teachers in the greater Chicago area, and its interest is in promoting the study of Mandarin Chinese as a world language or heritage language for all levels. The theme of this year’s speech was “Chinese and Me.” Students were encouraged to reflect on the value of learning Chinese and the impact it has had on their lives. This year, the MCTA Speech Contest was hosted online. Next year, the contest will be an on-site event and New Trier will be hosting the event for the first time on the Northfield campus. • Division IIIA (Year 1 Chinese students) Silver: Benjamin Potterfield, Sophie Zajdela Bronze: Claire Genty • Division IIIB (Year 2 Chinese students) Gold: Andrew Gill, Abbey Konosky Bronze: Jade Rashid • Division IIIC (Year 3 Chinese students) Gold: Maximilian Russo Silver: Jenny Mathers, Julia Nelson • Division IIID (Year 4 Chinese students) Silver: James McColl, Julia Nagel, Lucas Lousberg • Division IIIH (Heritage Chinese students) Silver: Si Roger Li, Bronze: Tinah Hong, Mia Sedgwick Sophomore Jonathan Hanold awarded NSLI-Y scholarship Jonathan Hanold, a sophomore enrolled in Chinese 2, has been selected to receive a 2019- 20 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship to study Mandarin Chinese in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for six weeks this summer. The NSLI-Y is a program of the U.S. government through the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. NSLI-Y provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students and recent high school graduates to learn less commonly taught languages in academic-year and summer immersion programs. NT Junior Ray Li published by University of Iowa Junior Ray Li’s article, “My Entangled Fate with Chinese,” has been accepted for 2019 JUHE Supplement. This year, the University of Iowa received 113 submissions from 29 different programs, and they selected 34 essays to publish.
wilmettebeacon.com SOUND OFF the wilmette beacon | July 11, 2019 | 19 A Word From The (Former) President Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 2 days ago History in the making: Village presidents and unity Mass John Jacoby Contributing Columnist A historic gathering of sorts took place on the evening of June 18 at the Glen View Club. Hosted by former Village President Vernon Squires, the event brought together Wilmette’s current Village President, Bob Bielinski, and his four predecessors, along with their spouses. When President Bielinski completes his second term in less than two years, this group will have occupied the position of Village President for 40 years — since 1981. Adding their combined 25 years of service as Village Trustees, their total service on the Village Board is 65 years, to say nothing of additional years of service on boards and commissions. For example, Chris Canning served on the Zoning Board for five years, including one year as Chair; and Nancy Canafax served on the Housing Commission for six years and was Chair of the Youth Commission for four years. The group had plenty to reminisce about, beginning with former President Squires’ memories of the closing of Howard School and the major controversies that followed over the disposition and reuse of the building and grounds. It would take more than one evening to cover all the “hot issues” that arose during these Presidents’ tenure, including affordable housing, gun control, cable TV, cell towers, Edens Plaza and Mallinckrodt redevelopment, Village Center planning, and minimum wages. The evening closed with agreement that “we should do this again.” This event was something I’ll never forget. I have tremendous respect and affection for my four counterparts. In my opinion, they all led the Village well, driven strictly by a desire to advance the interests of the entire community to the best of their ability. A truly historic event occurred at Vattmann Park on Sunday morning, June 30, when Wilmette’s formerly separate Catholic parishes held a “Unity Mass” and emerged as a single parish called “Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish.” with Father Wayne Watts as Pastor. Attendance was estimated at upwards of 1,200 people. Merging two Catholic parishes with significantly different histories is a challenge, but Father Watts and parish leaders seem to be pulling it off well by encouraging parishioners to participate in the process. In his Unity Mass homily, Father Watts struck a chord that, I believe, will resonate with Wilmette’s Catholics: Unite, grow stronger, and “work together to bring the Good News to everyone willing to hear.” He emphasized service to the poor as “the best way to witness our faith,” and committed the entire proceeds of the Unity Mass’s collection baskets to organizations Wilmette’s five most recent Village Presidents (left to right) Chris Canning (2005-2013), Vernon Squires (1981-1989), Nancy Canafax (1997-2005), Bob Bielinski (2013-present), and John Jacoby (1989-1997). Photo by Robin Subar Photography serving this population. Father Watts referred to the site of the Unity Mass, Vattmann Park (situated at the boundary that previously divided the two parishes), as a symbol of unity, and not just because of its location: The Wilmette Park District, established in 1908, had devoted its initial resources to creating parkland on the lakeshore. Folks living west of the Chicago & North Western railroad tracks, already feeling like second class citizens, saw WPD’s focus on the lakeshore as another example of disrespect. The creation of “West Side Park” in 1911 was intended to change this perception and lessen the discord. The Park was renamed in 1919 to memorialize Father Edward Vattmann, a former Army Chaplain who, following his retirement, assisted the Pastor at St. Joseph but also was a unifying community figure as founding board member of WPD and New Trier High School. Before coming to St. Joseph Church as Pastor earlier this year, Father Watts was Associate Priest at St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette (1990-1996); member of Wilmette’s Youth Commission; teacher at Quigley Preparatory Seminary; and Pastor at St. John Berchmans in Logan Square (2006-2018). He continues his work as Associate Administrator at Catholic Charities, begun in 2002. LUXILON FURNITURE FINE QUALITY LUXURY FURNITURE GRAND OPENING 3222 Glenview Rd, Glenview 847-730-3448 Open M-F: 10 - 8PM SAT: 10 - 7PM SUN: 11 - 5PM GoddardSchool.com luxilonfurniture.com NOW ENROLLING! SKOKIE • 847-773-0200 OUR FUN IS SECOND TO NONE. We use fun learning activities to help your child become schoolready, career-ready and lifeready while promoting a lifelong love of learning in literacy, science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The Goddard Schools are operated by independent franchisees under a license agreement with Goddard Systems, Inc. Programs and ages may vary. Goddard Systems, Inc. program is AdvancED accredited. © Goddard Systems, Inc. 2019
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