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18 | July 25, 2019 | The wilmette beacon SOUND OFF wilmettebeacon.com A Word From The (Former) President A message from the moon Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 2 days ago John Jacoby Contributing Columnist Hello earthlings, it’s me, the moon. I’m here to say that I don’t appreciate the attention you gave me last week, the 50th anniversary of the landing of your “Eagle” at my “Sea of Tranquility.” In fact, I’ve felt aggrieved by you for a long time. Tickets on sale Now! 2019 Awards Luncheon presented by 22nd Century Media and Autohaus on Edens 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe { Tickets: $55 } There once was a time when some of you earthlings worshipped me. That was fun — having folks worship me, and I didn’t have to do anything in return. But then some smart guys figured out why I emit light, rise and set, change my shape, and occasionally disappear and reappear. That’s when the worshipping stopped. Astronomers learned that I do all these “miracles” not because I’m a god, but because of the Big Bang and everything that happened afterwards. You know — Isaac Newton’s gravity thing and all that stuff. I don’t mean to stir up a controversy between science and religion. I know that the Bible says that God made me (“the lesser light”) on the “fourth day.” Maybe the Big Bang was the “first day.” Hey, I’m no scientist or theologian. What do I know? Anyway, even though most folks now realize that I’m not a god, I’m still an object of admiration, nostalgia, and mystery. Artists paint and sculpt me. Authors write about me. My favorite is “Goodnight Moon.” Poets and lyricist rhyme about me. If I mention a few song titles, a melody will surely pop into your head: “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Moon River,” “Harvest Moon,” “Blue Moon,” “Moonlight Sonata,” “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” and Speakers include a Panel of NS WIB 2018 Winners • Entrepreneur: Amy Torf, Noggin Builders • Financial: Elaine Lewis, The Wade Street Group at Morgan Stanley • Legal: Cynde H. Munzer, Dykema Gossett PLLC • Senior Care: Margalit Tocher, Home Care Assistance Tickets available at 22ndCenturyMedia.com/women “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” (Oh wait, that last one may not be about me.) Michael Jackson named his best dance-move after me. Lovers go gaga in my presence. Navigators are guided by me. Tides are turned by me. You earthlings might ask, “Why do you feel aggrieved when you’re so admired?” Well, my grievances run deep, and they’re twofold: First, it was in 1610 that Galileo, the Italian guy, discovered that another planet, Jupiter, also has moons. In 1610, he saw four of Jupiter’s moons and gave them wonderful names — Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa. Later that century, some of Saturn’s moons were seen and named — Titan, Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione. Over a period of 400 years, astronomers discovered 350 moons in the Solar System — 175 orbiting eight planets, nine orbiting dwarf planets, and the rest orbiting other bodies like asteroids. The planetary moons have fantastic names. I’d love to Neighbors From Page 17 Northfield Police Department. Reporting by Managing Editor Eric DeGrechie. Full story at WinnetkaCurrent. com. THE GLENCOE ANCHOR Financing for Tudor Court streetscape project nears vote in Glencoe That’s me in the background. I’ve inspired lovers for years, but Cupid gets most of the credit. I need a real name, not “moon,” to be properly honored. And I want to be left alone. Photo submitted be called “Titan,” a name from Greek mythology that refers to the descendants of Uranus and Gaea (heaven and earth). It also means “extremely important person” (kind of like me). But I’m simply called “moon”, with no capital “m.” My name “moon” is so generic. It gives me no unique identity. It’s like naming one of your kids “kid.” You folks creatively named a baseball stadium “Guaranteed Rate Field,” but you can’t come up with something better than “moon” for me? I’m also insulted by the meaning of the verb “to moon.” Where did that come from? My biggest beef, though, is your coming to visit me. You don’t know how to treat us heavenly bodies. Look what you’re doing to earth -- polluting the land, sea, and air and making your planet uninhabitable. I can see it coming. You’ll do the same to me. In fact, you’ve already left a bunch of junk on my surface and stolen some of my rocks. As soon as you figure out how to make a profit off me, you’ll come by the millions and ravage me. One of your nukes might even blast me out of orbit and cause me to crash into earth. Stay away! You earthlings are unworthy of your intelligence! In the coming months, the Glencoe Village Board plans to vote on issuing general obligation limited tax bonds not to exceed $1.5 million to finance the Tudor Court streetscape project. A Bond Issue Notification Act hearing will take place at the board’s August meeting, while approval of the bond issuance and the bond sale would take place in September. Construction is slated to begin in March 2020 with completion in July 2020. The scope of work for the project includes full-width street resurfacing, relocated curb and mid-block pedestrian crosswalk improvements, brick paver sidewalk enhancements and repairs, lighting, seat wall planters, site furnishings and landscaping. Reporting by Todd Marver, Freelance Reporter. Full story at GlencoeAnchor.com.
wilmettebeacon.com SOUND OFF the wilmette beacon | July 25, 2019 | 19 Social snapshot Top Web Stories From WilmetteBeacon.com as of July 22 1. Kenilworth Village Board: TIF district approved unanimously despite public outcry 2. UPDATE: Police increase patrols in Harms Woods after man made lewd requests to children 3. Police Reports: Drunken driver narrowly avoids striking parked Wilmette Police vehicles 4. Wilmette natives keep things delicious with Sweet Time Cafe 5. News From Your Neighbors: Village surprised by $61M overhaul of Lake Bluff interchange Become a member: wilmettebeacon.com/plus New Trier High School posted this photo on July 15 with the caption: “It’s always a pleasure welcoming our alumni back to New Trier! On Saturday, a group of former Trevians returned to the soccer field for the annual NTBS Alumni Game. (Photo: New Trier Boys Soccer on Twitter)” Like The Wilmette Beacon: facebook.com/wilmettebeacon “The CDC estimates that 59% of car seats are used incorrectly. Wilmette residents may register for Car Seat Safety Checks and Installation with the Wilmette Fire Department. Visit the Village website to schedule an appointment and access more resources” @VofWilmette Village of Wilmette posted on July 16 Follow The Wilmette Beacon: @wilmettebeacon go figure 15 An intriguing number from this week’s edition Number of years in road map for long-range faculty upgrades at NT, Page 17 Letters to the Editor Decision to destroy cottonwoods regrettable The decision by the Park Board to destroy the cottonwood grove in Community Playfield is deeply regrettable. I was raised on Meadow Drive in a house that opened onto the park and those trees were a significant part of my early years. As a child I would be lulled to sleep on breezy summer nights by the distinctive chattering of their leaves. Occasionally, the grove would flood and freeze over giving neighborhood kids a chance to skate and even play hockey in the wild. One day, after a particularly fierce thunderstorm, I was walking by the trees and found a tree that had been hit by lightening. There was a spiraling line of shredded bark all the way to the ground. I remember feeling sad thinking that the tree would surely die, but it healed itself and is still there as far as I know. I learned a lot about life from watching and listening to that grove. A number of years ago I returned to Wilmette to care for my parents who still lived in the house by the park. I was a new father myself and I would take my girls to Community park to play on the playground and sometimes we would listen to the trees, if the wind was blowing hard enough. The grove is part of the community. Certainly, the trees have been more enduring members than most of the residents who, like me, come and go. The cottonwoods could still benefit people who care enough to pay attention. The Park Board said they will replace the grove with “more and better” trees. I believe they can plant more, but, I don’t believe they can be better than what we already have. Andrew Rauhauser Wilmette resident All should be following the same civic rules Many of us wonder how the rich get richer while the average Illinois family struggles to financially keep up with increasing costs. Well, insightful reporting helps us with this question through investigation on property tax avoidance by the wealthy Ricketts. One troubling aspect of the reporting is that the Ricketts can easily afford paying the correct amount of property tax with no impact in maintaining their elite lifestyle. Even more appalling is the financial fallout, on the average resident, who in essence is subsidizing the Ricketts lifestyle at the expense of marginalizing their own. Personally I don’t have issue with the wealthy leveraging their financial ability to hire resources that can minimize their tax obligations or optimizing their ability to maximize their financial wealth. I do however expect them to do it within the legal guidelines and with some moral compass. The benefit, albeit small, is that all of us are following the same civic rules. Richard Pochetti Wilmette resident visit us online at WILMETTEBEACON.com From the Sports Editor Fun exercise comes to a close Michael Wojtychiw Sports Editor For the past two weeks, fellow sports editors Nick Frazier, Michal Dwojak and I have been discussing our top current North Shore professional athletes on our podcast, The Varsity: North Shore. This is the second year we’ve done something like this, as last year we did a top athletes bracket as well, but that was all-time, not only current athletes. Like last year’s exercise, coming up with a list for this bracket was fun, difficult and really informative, as we all learned more about our local athletes, and who some of the top ones we may not have known about, are. Originally we came up with a list of 16 and broke it up into seeds and then matchups. That was followed up this week with the three of us discussing who would win each matchup all the way down to the final two, Conor Dwyer and Hilary Knight. If you had a chance to listen to the podcast, you’d hear how we agreed on many of the matchups, but were still able to have a discussion and somewhat of a heated one as the rounds went on. In fact, the final between Dwyer and Knight got a little heated. But now it’s your turn. What did you think of our bracket? Were there athletes you think we missed? Did we seed some of them incorrectly? Disagree with our reasoning for why certain athletes moved on or the final result? We’d love to hear from you, the listeners. Tweet at us at @VarsityPodcast, message us on Facebook, email any of the three of us with ideas or suggestions. Maybe some of you even have your own bracket you filled out. We’d love to hear what you have to say. Next week, we have our 100th episode since we’ve been doing the podcast. Is there anything special you think we should do? Let us know! We’re always open to new ideas. And thanks for listening! Sound Off Policy Editorials and columns are the opinions of the author. Pieces from 22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. The Wilmette Beacon encourages readers to write letters to Sound Off. All letters must be signed, and names and hometowns will be published. We also ask that writers include their address and phone number for verification, not publication. Letters should be limited to 400 words. The Wilmette Beacon reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become property of The Wilmette Beacon. Letters that are published do not reflect the thoughts and views of The Wilmette Beacon. Letters can be mailed to: The Wilmette Beacon, 60 Revere Drive ST 888, Northbrook, IL, 60062. Fax letters to (847) 272- 4648 or email to eric@wilmettebeacon.com. www.wilmettebeacon.com
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