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THURSDAY 

Buckthorn Barbecue 

6 p.m. Oct. 3, Chicago 

Botanic Garden, 1000 

Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. 

Featuring “Tracks on the 

Trail: A Moving History 

of the Green Bay Trail” by 

WTTW TV producer and 

actor Geoffrey Baer. This 

is the largest Friends of 

the Green Bay Trail event. 

Info and tickets: www.gbtrail.org/bbq. 

FRIDAY 

News and Views 

10 a.m. Oct. 4, Highland 

Park Senior Center, 

54 Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. Join moderator Skip 

Jacobs for an intimate, intellectual 

and respectful 

discussion on local and 

worldwide current events. 

Share your thoughts and 

opinions with this wonderful 

group, where all 

opinions are welcome and 

open for discussion. This 

discussion takes place in 

a beautiful greystone mansion, 

overlooking Lake 

Michigan, with free coffee 

and free parking. Free for 

members of the Highland 

Park Senior Center. 

SATURDAY 

2019 FUNd Run 

8-11 a.m. Oct. 5, 112 Education 

Foundation, 1936 

Green Bay Road, Highland 

Park. Don’t miss this community-wide 

morning of 

fun. 5K and Family Walk, 

where all proceeds support 

need-based scholarrships 

for students in NSSD112. 

Nature Playdates 

10-11:30 a.m. Oct. 5, 

Heller Nature Center, 

2821 Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Learn a thing 

or two about nature, drop 

in anytime between the 

scheduled hours and play 

at Heller. Each date offers 

a different-themed activity 

and a self-guided hike. 

Afterwards, bring a picnic 

lunch or play in Wander 

Woods, our outdoor nature 

play space. No pre-registration 

required. 

IJGA Junior Golf 

Tournament 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 5, 

36-hole individual stroke 

play event. Ther are four 

divisions within the event: 

senior boys (16-18), junior 

boys (14-15), senior girls 

(16-18) and junior girls 

(14-15). 

SUNDAY 

HP150 Fire Department 

Pancake Breakfast 

7:30-11 a.m. Oct. 6, 

Highland Park Fire Department 

Station 33, 1130 

Central Ave., Highland 

Park. Join the City of 

Highland Park Fire Department 

for their annual 

pancake breakfast. There 

will be plenty of familyfriendly 

activities and interactive 

demos. The cost 

of the event is $7 for adults 

and $3 for children with 

all proceeds benefitting the 

Highland Park Community 

Foundation. 

TUESDAY 

International Face Your 

Fears Day 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 8, 

Highland Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., 

Highland Park. Overcome 

your internal obstacles and 

achieve your goals. Join 

us for an introduction to 

an evidence-based mental 

strategy that you can use 

to fulfill your wishes and 

change your habits. 

UPCOMING 

Meet the Author: Mary 

Lane — Hitler’s Last 

Hostages 

7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 



Highland Park. Mary Lane 

discusses her new book 

“Hitler’s Last Hostages: 

Looted Art and the Soul of 

the Third Reich.” In 2012, 

the German government 

confiscated roughly 1,300 

works by Matisse, Monet 

and other masters from the 

Munich apartment of Cornelius 

Gurlitt, the reclusive 

son of one of Hitler’s 

primary art dealers. Lane 

presents the story of those 

works of art, their theft and 

their long restitution. 

Explore S’more Parks 

6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 

Sunset Woods Park, 1801 

Sunset Road, Highland 

Park. Explore Sunset 

Woods Park like never before. 

Hike with a naturalist 

that ends around a cozy 

campfire with s’mores. 

Geocaching 

1:30-3 p.m. Oct. 13, 

Heller Nature Center, 2821 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Find hidden clues 

along our trails as a family. 

Investigate and identify 

plants, animals and enjoy 

family fun in our woodland 

environment. Leanr 

to use a GPS. 

Competition in the Woods 

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct. 

14, Heller Nature Center, 

2821 Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Do you have the 

skills and strength needed 

to complete common outdoor 

tasks? Push, pull, cut 

and race your way through 

the woods to become the 

outdoor champion. Compete 

as lumberjacks and 

lumberjanes to cut a wood 

cookie, build a sustaining 

fire and test the strength of 

your own rope. 

Primitive Tools 

12:30-2:30 p.m. Oct. 14, 

Heller Nature Center, 2821 

Ridge Road, Highland 

Park. Build your own tools 

with natural materials. 

Try to construct a wooden 

spoon, throw a fart with 

an atlatl and try out flint 

knapping. And if you don’t 

know what that is...come 

and find out. Test your survival 

skills using primitive 

technology or what you 

can find on the ground. 

HP Historical Society 

Presents Sears Homes of 

Chicagoland 

7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 14, 



Highland Park. From 1908 

to 1942, Sears Roebuck 

and Company sold readyto-build 

kit homes through 

catalogs. Lara Solonickne, 

architecture enthusiast, 

discusses the Sears homes 

still standing in Hihgland 

Park and neighboring 

communities and how to 

identify them. 

Pirates of the Lake 

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct. 

15, Rosewood Beach Interpretive 

Center, 883 

Sheridan Road, Highland 

Park. Ahoy matey, an old 

map we found and hidden 

treasure awaits. Come help 

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Super hero Hike 

12:30-2:30 p.m. Oct. 15, 

Rosewood Beach Interpretive 

Center, 883 Sheridan 

Road, Highland Park. 

Have your favorite toy or 

super hero come alive at 

the beach. We will hike, 

zip and play with our tiny, 

plastic friends on this exciting 

outing. 

The Science of Well-Being 

3-4 p.m. Oct. 16, Highland 

Park Public Library, 

494 Laurel Ave., Highland 

Park. Join us at the library 

to take part in Yale’s most 

popular course, which is 

now offered online for 

free. We will be watching 

video lectures led by Laurie 

Santos, a professor of 

psychology and cognitive 

science, to learn about the 

psychology of happiness. 

ONGOINg 

Spanish Conversation 

Group 

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 

Tuesdays, Highland Park 

Public Library, 494 Laurel 

Ave. Meet at the library 

for Spanish conversation. 

Former high school Spanish 

teacher, Graciella Napoles, 

facilitates the discussion. 

Conversational 

ability required. Meets in 

the Alyce Brenner Room. 

This is a drop-in event and 

no signup is necessary.

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Highland Park City Council 

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City unveils HP150 quilt at regular meeting 

Ella Lee, Freelance Reporter 

Celebration was abundant 

at a regular City 

Council meeting held Sept. 

23 where the council proclaimed 

a new observance 

for the month of October, 

unveiled the HP 150 Quilt, 

presented several awards 

and approved significant 

amendments. 

Abby Block, a Highland 

Park resident of 55 years, 

stood to introduce the 

quilt she and several other 

women had worked on for 

months and finally finished 

in honor of Highland 

Park’s 150th anniversary. 

When her husband came 

home from an arts committee 

meeting and asked 

her to make a quilt to commemorate 

the anniversary, 

Block said she was reluctant 

to undertake the project 

and put it on the backburner. 

But when a friend 

from water aerobics who 

attended that same meeting 

told Block she knew 

several other women who 

were interested in getting 

involved with the quilt, the 

project “quickly moved to 

the front burner.” 

The quilt features Highland 

Park landmarks like 

the Metra station with each 

car seating a present or 

former mayor of the city, 

Ravinia Festival, Highland 

Park High School and 

other iconic locations. The 

quilt will be hung in the 

main lobby of the library 

for residents to enjoy. 

After the quilt was unveiled, 

several men from 

the Highland Park Property 

Owners Association 

stood to award the Len 

Colby Award to two businesses. 

Among those men 

was Mitch Colby, Len’s 

son. 

The two businesses to 

receive the award were 

Michael’s Grill & Salad 

Bar and Franco & Pino 

Hairstyling. 

Donning purple, Mayor 

Nancy Rotering and the 

rest of the council proclaimed 

October to be 

Domestic Violence Awareness 

Month at the beginning 

of the meeting, inviting 

experts to the podium 

to speak to the recognition’s 

importance. 

Rebecca Weininger, director 

of domestic violence 

practice at the North Suburban 

Legal Aid Clinic, 

opened her remarks with 

a statistic that gave way 

to audible gasps from the 

crowd. While in June of 

2018, the young clinic took 

in 4 Highland Park victims 

of domestic violence, that 

number had jumped to 39 

by June 2019. 

“Domestic violence has 

not abated and will not 

abate,” she said. “I urge 

you not to look away, because 

it hurts everyone in 

the community.” 

Other local domestic 

violence resources, like 

Safe Place and SHALVA, 

shared how their businesses 

can assist victims and 

noted their 24-hour domestic 

violence hotlines. 

The council then moved 

onto it’s action agenda. 

Carolyn Hersch, business 

development manager of 

the City of Highland Park 

gave a presentation regarding 

the proposed extension 

of Special Service Area 

number 17, the Ravinia 

District. 

She explained that the 

district was established 

on Jan. 1, 2014 and set to 

end Dec. 31, 2016, but was 

extended for 3 more years. 

That contract will expire in 

November, she said. 

After highlighting the 

benefits of the Ravinia 

District, like Food Truck 

Thursdays, the Arbor Day 

celebration and the opening 

of 14 new businesses 

in the area, the council and 

attendees were allowed to 

ask questions. Since none 

were asked, the council acknowledged 

Hersch’s proposal 

and moved on. 

The council also considered 

a recommendation 

to deny a zoning map 

amendment to change the 

boundaries of the Pedestrian 

Oriented Overlay Zone 

(POSO) located at Port 

Clinton. Rick Strusiner, 

a partner at Port Clinton 

Square, made the case that 

the boundaries should be 

redrawn so that Port Clinton 

Square could accept a 

bid for the space by a pediatric 

group. 

The council agreed with 

Strusiner, noting that the 

pediatric group would be 

a great addition to Port 

Clinton Square, and voted 

to have an ordinance made 

to overturn the denial of 

the zoning change. That 

ordinance will lead to the 

council approving the rezoning, 

they said. 

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Round it up 

Action taken by the council at the Sept. 23 regular meeting 

• Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogmen addressed the town’s tornado system 

and its new updates, along with the institution of a new program which will 

allow citizens to become certified weather watchers for the city. 

• The council approved items one through four on the docket under ‘Items for 

Omnibus Vote Consideration’ without any discussion in front of the crowd. Those 

items included the approval of a third amendment to the lease agreement with 

the Highland Park Community Nursery School & Day Care Center for the Karger 

Recreation Center 2, the authorization of the sale of the Karger Recreation 

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Hundreds of locals gather to 

support fallen state trooper 

Alan P. Henry 

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Hundreds of Highland 

Park parents, students and 

civic-minded residents 

turned out Saturday, Sept. 

28 at the Centennial Ice 

Arena to honor the memory 

of fallen Illinois State 

Trooper Christopher Lambert 

and to raise funds to 

help out his widow and 

two small children. 

Skate for Scott’s Law, 

organized by the Highland 

Park Giants Hockey 

Association, was also designed 

to raise awareness 

of Scott’s Law, which 

requires drivers to slow 

down and move over one 

lane, if possible, when approaching 

a stopped emergency 

vehicle attending to 

business on the side of the 

road. 

On Jan. 12, Lambert 

had just finished his shift 

and was on his way home 

to Highland Park when he 

stopped during a snowstorm 

to help at a scene 

of a three-vehicle crash 

on northbound Interstate 

294 near Willow Road in 

Northbrook. In a flash, he 

was was struck and killed 

by the driver of a car that 

had not moved over. 

Members of the Highland 

Park Giants hockey 

team passed the accident 

scene shortly after it occurred 

when they are on 

their way to Darien for a 

tournament. It was still 

an active scene when they 

returned many hours later. 

They read the next day that 

Lambert, a Highland Park 

resident, was killed. Over 

the next few months the 

players also became aware 

that there did not seem to 

Jack Elbaum, Sam Shachtman and Parker Hara smile 

with Halley Lambert, the widow of Illinois State Trooper 

Chris Lambert. Phil Bach/22nd Century Media 

be an organized community 

effort to support Lambert’s 

family. 

“There was this horrible 

tragedy that happened 

within our own community 

and we really did not 

see a huge community response 

and we were disheartened 

by that,” said 

HPHS senior and Giant 

player Jack Elbaum, who 

was among the Giant players 

who came up with the 

idea of a fundraiser for the 

family and was a member 

of the steering committee 

that produced the event. 

A group met over the 

summer with Lambert’s 

wife Halley to discuss the 

idea. 

“She made it very clear 

from the beginning that 

she was very touched by 

the effort,” said Gene 

Hara, a Giants hockey 

board member and event 

organizer. But she also 

told the students she felt 

any kind of event should 

focus on raising awareness 

of Scott’s Law. 

Saturday’s result, Skate 

for Scott’s Lawn, enlisted 

local business and park 

district support, included 

a live and silent auction, 

food sales, and the sale 

of special wristbands, and 

featured an open skating 

session that saw children 

and adults of all ages skating 

with Giants junior varsity 

and varsity players. 

A GoFundMe page has 

collected $16,000 to date, 

and a total of more than 

$40,000 has been collected 

to help Halley and her 

young children, Delaney 

and Callen. 

Illinois Secretary of 

State Jesse White, State 

Rep. Bob Morgan, and 

Congressman Brad 

Schneider also put in appearances 

at the event. 

They were joined by dozens 

of law enforcement officials 

attended the event, 

including a large contingent 

of State Troopers. 

Among them was Illinois 

State Trooper Woodrow 

Montgomery. 

“It is super important 

that we are raising awareness 

and getting the idea of 

Scott’s Law out to the public,” 

he said. “It has been 

ongoing, but we continue 

to have incidents and we 

continue to want to bring 

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police reports 

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Home graffitied, oven knobs stolen after break-in 

A complainant reported 

the unlawful entry into 

a residence in the 3400 

block of University Avenue, 

Sept. 20. The homeowner 

discovered missing 

stainless steel oven knobs 

and graffiti in the home. 

No subjects are identified 

at this time 

In other police news: 

Sept. 16 

• Police responded to an 

alarm in the 1300 block 

of Half Day Road in the 

evening hours and determined 

that an unknown 

subject(s), no longer on 

the premises, had unlawfully 

entered the building. 

An inventory of missing 

equipment is being 

compiled, and no subjects 

are identified at this 

time. 

Sept. 17 

• A complainant in the 

100 block of Skokie Valley 

Road reported the theft 

of multiple items from an 

unlocked locker by an unknown 

subject. 

Sept. 18 

• Kelly Bedford, 27, 

of Northbrook, was arrested 

and charged with 

driving under the influence 

of alcohol, when 

police responded to a 

two-car accident with 

no injuries in the 100 

block of Skokie Valley 

Road. Bedford was released 

on a recognizance 

bond with a court date in 

Waukegan on Nov. 10, 

2019. 

• Kyle Wetterson, 22, of 

Winnetka, was arrested 

and charged with driving 

under the influence of alcohol 

and failure to reduce 

speed to avoid an accident 

when police responded to 

a two-car accident with 

no injuries at the intersection 

of Half Day Road and 

Ridge Road. Wetterson 

was released on a recognizance 

bond with a court 

date in Waukegan on Nov. 

1, 2019. 

Sept. 19 

• A complainant in the 

600 block of Central Avenue 

reported the theft of 

a wallet by an unidentified 

subject(s). 

Sept. 20 

• Benjamin Thomas, 58, 

of Ingleside, was arrested 

and charged with driving 

with a suspended or 

revoked driver’s license 

and speeding when police 

conducted a traffic stop at 

the intersection of Half 

Day Road and Bentley 

Road. Thomas was released 

on a recognizance 

bond with a court date in 

Park City on Oct. 9, 2019. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Highland Park Landmark’s 

Police Reports are compiled 

from official reports emailed 

from the Highland Park 

Police Department headquarters 

in Highland Park 

and the Highwood Police 

Department headquarters 

in Highwood. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

Trustees hope to tighten 

regulation of massage 

establishments in 

Northbrook 

Northbrook Village 

Trustees conducted a preliminary 

review of a draft 

ordinance amending the 

municipal code to tighten 

the regulation of massage 

establishments during 

their Tuesday, Sept. 24, 

meeting. 

Trustee Heather Ross 

presented an overview of 

human trafficking in Illinois 

contained in a University 

of Illinois at Chicago 

(UIC) study that revealed 

“In Cook County, places 

such as massage parlors 

and strip clubs often serve 

as a front for trafficking 

and involve victims of the 

sex trade.” 

The study found that human 

trafficking is the third 

most prevalent criminal 

activity in the world behind 

drug sales and weapon 

sales; the U.S. is the 

world’s major destination 

for human trafficking; and 

Chicago is a national hub. 

Ross said “there are a 

lot of misrepresentations 

about the sex trafficking 

industry” and she dispelled 

the notion that it doesn’t 

happen in the suburbs. 

“They pose as legitimate 

businesses in strip malls 

and suburbs,” she said. 

“We need to revise and 

tighten up our regulations 

to make it easier for law 

enforcement.” 

Village Attorney Steve 

Elrod agreed with Ross’s 

conclusions that were 

based on the UIC study. 

“It’s very much like a 

liquor license,” Elrod explained. 

“We are not licensing 

masseurs; we are 

licensing the establishments. 

The ones we are 

trying to eliminate are the 

ones that have nefarious 

activities. The unlawful 

kind will close down because 

they cannot comply 

and they’ll just move to 

another community.” 

Reporting by Neil Milbert, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at NorthbrookTower- 

Daily.com. 

North Shore School D112 Board of Education 

District hires new interim coordinator 

Submitted Content 

The North Shore School 

District 112 (NSSD112) 

Board of Education, 

unanimously, approved 

the hiring of Dr. Guy 

Schumacher, Ed.D, as Interim 

Coordinator for the 

remainder of this school 

year at a Sept. 17 meeting. 

Dr. Schumacher recently 

retired from Libertyville 

School District 70 as the 

superintendent of schools. 

Prior to his time at 

the helm in District 70, 

Schumacher spent many 

years in District 112 as 

the assistant superintendent 

for curriculum and 

instruction (overseeing 

both teaching & learning 

and special education), he 

was also the principal at 

Ravinia School, an associate 

principal at Northwood 

Junior High School and he 

was a bilingual school psychologist 

as well. 

Dr. Lubelfeld has 

worked with Dr. Schumacher 

over the past decade 

of his superintendent experiences 

and welcomes his 

partnership. 

“Guy is a thoughtful, energetic, 

and a deeply dedicated 

educational leader 

and I am proud to have him 

returning to District 112,” 

said Superintendent Mike 

Lubelfeld. “He will offer 

the district tremendous insight 

into the areas of curricular 

implementations, 

building a more inclusive 

learning environment, 

supporting new administrators, 

among many other 

important areas.” 

This appointment comes 

after the unexpected resignation 

of Bri Savic, a 

curriculum coordinator 

employed since 2018. Dr. 

Schumacher will serve for 

the remainder of the 2019- 

20 school year for up to 

120 days at $750 per day 

(no more than $90,000) 

with no insurance or other 

benefits. The previous coordinator’s 

total package 

would have cost District 

112 $99,701. 

Illinois lawmakers have 

passed a slew of bills impacting 

education this past 

spring and summer. One 

such recent legislation 

is Public Act 101-0227, 

signed on Aug. 9, 2019, 

requires school districts 

to create curricula and 

procure secular and nondiscriminatory 

textbooks 

that align with the LG- 

BTQ+ required history 

curriculum. This new law 

is effective the start of the 

2020-21 school year. 

Given that this new law 

and the many other tasks 

that the teaching and learning 

department is charged 

with, the administration 

has the need for an interim 

coordinator to work 

in collaboration with the 

teaching and learning department 

and the faculty in 

support of these important 

4 

yet highly complex tasks. 

In addition, Schumacher 

will support efforts to develop 

a more inclusive 

and welcoming learning 

environment through the 

enhancement of diversityfocused 

curriculum, programs, 

and services. He 

will work in collaboration 

with school leaders and 

PTO/A to organize and 

plan for the implementation 

of diversity awareness 

programs. 

Dr. Schumacher will 

lead professional development 

in the training staff to 

use language free of nonbinary 

terms to support all 

learners in a modern environment. 

He will serve on 

the district’s safety and security 

committee and will 

support Lubelfeld’s efforts 

with Project 440 and conversations 

about a shared 

director of public safety 

with Districts 113, 109 and 

106.

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HP residents say goodbye to summer at Autumn Fest 

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Tashen (Tashi) 

Submitted by the 

Nisenholz family 

Tashen (Tashi 

for short) came 

home with this 

red ball and 

never lets it out 

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activity is to sit at the window and bark at every 

passerby. 

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

and information to Editor Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com. 

Doug Rapp, Freelance Reporter 

Attendees race stuffed animals, 

Sept. 20, at the Park District of Highland 

Park’s Autumn Fest. Photos 

submitted 

Josephine Pfahl, 8, is not afraid of 

snakes. 

The Cherokee Elementary student 

handled a small albino corn snake 

while her grandmother kept a safe 

distance. 

Pfahl was attending the Park District 

of Highland Park’s Autumn Fest 

at Heller Nature Center Sept. 20 as 

she says she does every year. 

“I really love reptiles,” she said. 

“It’s really beautiful here and the 

snakes are also really beautiful.” 

The Chicago Herpetological Society 

was one of the first stops on 

the circuitous path of booths and activities 

surrounding the nature center 

during this annual event. 

“I like the reptiles, the horse rides, 

the tractors and you get to take some 

pumpkins home,” Pfahl said. 

Other attractions at the event included 

hayrides, games, a campfire, 

and live music from Kendra Swanson. 

“It’s a great event for families, for 

kids, for grandparents and everybody 

to come out on a beautiful autumn 

Friday evening and enjoy the 

bounty of nature,” said Liz Gogola, 

director of communication and marketing 

at Park District Highland 

Park. 

Gogola expected attendance to top 

600, especially on a warm and sunny 

September evening. 

Many young families strolled 

among the attractions as kids excitedly 

went from game to game. They 

tried to take a hands-free bite from 

dangling apples, tossed bean bags 

through narrow targets and bowled 

with miniature pumpkins. 

Some park employees offered face 

painting. Alberto Gonzalez, 7, of 

Highwood, opted for a shark painted 

on his arm. 

“They’re cool,” Gonzalez said, 

explaining why he chose that design 

before racing off with friends. 

Nearby, attendees ate grilled sausages 

and roasted corn as Kendra 

Swanson played gentle folk songs. 

When she played Raffi’s “Five Green 

and Speckled Frogs” many kids enthusiastically 

joined in the call-andresponse 

section of the song. 

Pumpkins were available with 

the purchase of a wristband, which 

included unlimited hay and pony 

rides for children, or for $5 each. 

The winding path to the patch had 

pumpkin-shaped signs with trivia. 

Pumpkin capital of the world? Morton, 

Illinois. 

Mark Frye worked as a volunteer 

at the pumpkin patch, something 

he’s done for the past 10 years. His 

wife, Carolyn, works at camps for 

the nature center and volunteered at 

the face-painting table. 

Nancy Voltz, of Highland Park, 

has been attending Autumn Fest 

since her son, Lincoln, now 8, was 

a toddler. 

“I like all the activities and the 

community feel,” Voltz said. “We 

think it’s a great way to kick off the 

fall season.” 

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awareness to the motoring public.” 

“We want to make sure people really 

understand Scott’s Law, and we 

want to spread as much awareness 

and possible,” said Sam Shachtman, 

also a senior and member of the 

stressing committee. 

“We are super proud of the boys,” 

said Larry Elbaum, vice president of 

the hockey board of directors. “They 

saw that no one was doing anything 

and they said, ‘we’ve got to do 

something.’” 

Scott’s Law was named after Lt. 

Scott Gillen of the Chicago Fire Department, 

who was struck and killed 

by an intoxicated driver while assisting 

at a crash scene in December, 

2000. As of Jan. 1, 2017, the newly 

constituted “Move Over Law” requires 

drivers to slow down and move 

over one lane, if possible, when approaching 

a stopped emergency vehicle, 

or any vehicle authorized by law 

to be equipped with oscillating, rotating, 

or flashing lights while the owner 

or operator of the vehicle is engaged 

in his or her official duties. 

Lambert, a native of Dayton, Ohio, 

was an Army veteran who served in 

Iraq and Haiti. He had been with Illinois 

State Police since 2013 and 

worked in the criminal patrol division. 

He was also a member of the Lake 

County Metropolitan Enforcement 

Group, a task force of officers from 

different departments who focus on 

illicit drugs, gangs and weapons. 

The work includes conducting house 

raids and drug seizures. 

State Trooper John Oreskovich 

helped train Lambert and the two often 

worked together. 

“He was very high energy and was 

very dedicated to the job. He was 

excited to be out there and that is 

what we are looking for,” Oreskovich 

said. “He would have been very 

humbled by the turnout.” 

Scott Larson, then 61, of Kenosha, 

was charged with a count of reckless 

homicide of a police officer and two 

counts of reckless homicide involving 

Scott’s law. A drug test revealed 

signs of cannabis in Larson’s system. 

Authorities say he admitted to vaping. 

Larson had been convicted of 

felony reckless driving and DUI in 

Wisconsin five years ago. In March, 

he entered a not guilty plea to the 

charges. If convicted, Larsen faces 

up to 14 years in prison. 

Additional reporting by Nick Frazier, 

Sports Editor.



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Hilary Anderson 

Freelance Reporter 

Rain and a dreary Saturday 

did not stop residents 

from taking sneak peaks 

inside Highland Park 

buildings most never get 

to see during Open Doors 

Highland Park held Sept. 

28, one of the HP 150 Architecture 

Committee’s 

events celebrating Highland 

Park’s 150th anniversary, 

The free event opened 

doors to about 16 Highland 

Park buildings that 

generally are not open to 

the public and provided 

an opportunity for curious 

residents to go behind the 

scenes, get answers and 

learn more about the who, 

what, where and why of 

places in their community. 

Families receive a tour of a jail cell, Sept. 28, at Open 

Doors Highland Park, from Deputy Chief Jon Lowman. 

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Don Jensen, Superintendent 

of Water Production 

and Henry Peskator, Plant 

Operator who work at the 

City of Highland Park 

Water Treatment Plant at 

Park Avenue Beach gave 

residents at the Open Door 

event a tour of the facility. 

“Where does Highland 

Park’s drinking water 

come from when one turns 

on the kitchen faucet,” 

Peskator asked. “There is 

a lot more to it than most 

people know about or usually 

ask until it has an odor 

or does not taste the way 

they think it should. There 

are people here on duty 

24/7, holidays included, 

making sure Highland 

Park residents have the 

best drinking water.” 

The safety of the water 

that goes from the Highland 

Park Water Treatment 

Plant to area households is 

their number one concern. 

The staff of 11 at the 

plant uses the most updated 

technology to maintain 

this effort. They recently 

converted from conventional 

surface water treatment 

technology to the 

new ultrafiltration membrane 

treatment technology 

to better ensure the 

water sent to customers 

is the cleanest, purest and 

safest possible. 

Another Highland Park 

building many residents 

had a chance to see inside 

was the relatively new and 

energy efficient Highland 

Park Police Department’s 

prairie style headquarters 

building. 

A space needs study 

for Highland Park’s Police 

Department started 

in 2000. It had been sharing 

space with the fire department 

that ultimately 

moved to a new location. 

It was not until 2005 that 

construction actually began. 

“Our biggest challenge 

was that we had to construct 

the facility on the 

same property as the former 

facility and remain 

fully operational during 

construction,” said Sgt. 

Michael Olshelfke, Highland 

Park Police Department 

Investigations Sergeant 

and Project Manager 

for the new building. 

“We had a two phase 

project with tearing down 

half of our old facility, 

building part of the new 

facility, then moving into 

the new facility, tearing 

down the remainder of the 

old and completing the rest 

of the Project, which took 

about two years.” 

The facility was constructed 

with energy-efficiency 

in mind. 

“This includes our mechanicals, 

such as the 

chiller system, which uses 

water to heat and cool 

the outside air to raise or 

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Highland Park High 

School student Sophie 

Draluck feels a personal 

connection to the movie, 

as she, along with the organization 

she founded, 

Cycle Forward, traveled to 

Fatehabad, India to work 

on period poverty in the 

country. 

Draluck, along with her 

organization, partnered 

with the Taj Foundation, 

which supports girls who 

live in rural areas and can’t 

access menstrual products. 

Due to the lack of menstrual 

products, many girls 

miss or drop out of school. 

“Similar to what is depicted 

in the movie, the 

girls who live in Fatehabad 

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Cycle Forward founder Sophie Draluck (right), with her 

mom Suzie Draluck, at a North Shore Breakfast Club 

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that most of the girls miss 

a week of school during 

their periods, or end up 

dropping out entirely because 

they’ve become so 

behind in school,” Draluck 

said. 

Because of Draluck’s 

work that closely resembles 

the work in the documentary, 

the North Shore 

Breakfast Club, a networking 

group for women 

in the North Shore, held a 

fundraiser to benefit Cycle 

Forward, and have Draluck 

speak to attendees at 

the fundraiser about her 

work with the organization, 

Sept. 24 at Michael’s 

Hot Dogs, where the documentary 

was screened. 

The North Shore Breakfast 

Club formed approximately 

five years ago, 

according to co-founders 

Cindy Smolin and Lisa 

Schulkin. 

“We wanted something 

a bit intimate for people to 

build relationships outside 

of their normal social circle, 

and support each other 

in growing their business 

and ideas, and on a personal 

level, too, to have a 

whole network of friends,” 

Schulkin said. 

The North Shore Breakfast 

Club was connected 

with Draluck through a 

member of the group who 

is friends with Draluck’s 

mom. 

“We were happy to do 

something for women 

since we are a women’s 

networking group,” Smolin 

said. “We’ve made 

sure all of our charities 

have been very local to the 

North Shore, or for women.” 

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One of my favorite 

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journalism is that 

I get to learn new things 

Learning on the job 

every day. 

While I sometimes 

like to think that I know 

everything, the opposite 

is quickly proven to me 

day after day when I talk 

to Highland Park and 

Highwood residents about 

what’s going on in their 

lives and communities. 

One thing that I have 

a real lack of knowledge 

about is religion. I was 

brought up Catholic, but 

haven’t identified with 

any religion since I was 

relatively young. 

This week I was able 

to learn about the High 

Holidays celebrated 

throughout Judaism as I 

interviewed Rabbi Elan 

Babchuck, of Providence, 

R.I. 

Babchuck traveled to 

Highland Park last week 

to officiate the services 

for Glencoe-based Aitz 

Hayim Center for Jewish 

Living’s High Holiday 

services at the Highland 

Park Community Center. 

I was able to attend my 

first ever Rosh Hashana 

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that you can see on our 

Life and Arts cover on 

Page 17. Through that, I 

learned more about the 

Jewish New Year. 

It was such an enriching 

experience, and I am 

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opportunity through The 

Landmark to learn more. 

To read about the High 

Holidays at the Highland 

Park Community Center, 

turn to Page 19. 

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From Page 11 

system that regulates individual 

room temperatures 

by pre-determined times of 

use, the low flow faucets 

and toilets that operate by 

motion sensor,” said Olshelfke. 

“Both our exterior 

and interior lighting utilizes 

low energy lighting.” 

He added the building 

was designed to maximize 

the use of natural light, 

with the large Prairie style 

windows, which is supplemented 

by high efficiency 

interior lighting systems, 

such as motion sensor 

hallways and common areas 

that shut off the lights 

when no one is in the area. 

They come back on when 

someone enters the area. 

Olshelfke is proud they 

were able to incorporate a 

state- of- the-art dispatch 

center that included upgraded 

technology for enhance 

9-1-1 landline and 

cellular systems. 

He added they took advantage 

of existing landscape 

and were able to design 

the new facility and 

keep the mature oak trees 

on the property without 

having to take them down. 

“We then enhanced the 

landscape with native 

bushes and grasses that are 

drought resistant in an effort 

to minimize the need 

to water as much during 

the drier seasons,” Olshelfke 

said. 

He is especially proud 

they were able to design a 

community friendly plaza 

that residents often take 

advantage of stopping during 

a walk or bike ride to 

rest up for a while on the 

benches in the landscaped 

and brick paver plaza. 

Another building that 

was part of the Open Doors 

event was the Church of 

the Immaculate Conception 

with its than two dozen 

stained glass windows. 

The church’s history 

even predates that of Highland 

Park’s 150 years. 

It traces its historic roots 

back to 1846, to the days 

shortly after the Potawatomi 

Indians hunted wild 

game throughout what is 

now Highland Park,” says 

the church’s Natalie Hennigan. 

“Thirty families 

decided to build a meeting 

place for services. It was a 

28 by 30 foot, roofless log 

building near what is now 

the corner of Green Bay 

Road and Roger Williams 

Ave. shortly thereafter, 

the original roofless building 

was dismantled and 

rebuild on the west side 

of Green Bay Road. That 

open structure meeting 

space was improved with 

a shingled roof, a lumber 

floor and two windows. It 

was dedicated as St. Mary 

of the Woods August 15, 

1853 but later was shortened 

to St. Mary. 

“The parish built a 

school in 1912 and dedicated 

it as the School of 

Immaculate Conception,” 

Hennigan said. “A fire destroyed 

the school building 

but it was rebuilt and 

included a new church, 

which was renamed Immaculate 

Conception. In 

1964, the parish needed 

a larger church and broke 

ground for a new one at the 

same location. It was completed 

in 1966 and renovated 

in 1996.” 

She added the church 

was once crushed by snow, 

once destroyed by a tornado 

and twice butted by fire. 

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New Trier grad fulfilling dream as pastry chef in Chicago eatery, Page 21 

Rabbi Elan 

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Faith Briefs 

PASSING THE BATON 

Northbrook Symphony Orchestra 

Mina Zikri, Conductor 

Lawrence Rapchak, Guest Conductor 

Sunday, October 13th at 4:00 pm 

PROGRAM 

Haydn Symphony 

No. 102 

Beethoven Symphony 

No. 7, Op. 92 

Pre-concert lecture by Jim Kendros at 2:30PM 

Children ages 7-18 receive complimentary tickets when 

accompanied by a ticket holding adult. 

The Northbrook Symphony 

is a proud partner for a cause 

with the Red Door Animal Shelter 

SHEELY CENTER 

for the Performing Arts 

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Northbrook, IL 

FOR TICKETS 

Visit Northbrooksymphony.org 

Or call the NSO Office 

847-272-0755 

Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road, 

Highland Park) 

Hispanic Heritage Month 

Concert 

5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 6. The 

worship celebration will 

highlight the diverse cultural 

influences that contribute 

to Latin gospel 

styles. The celebration includes 

some of Chicago’s 

finest salsa players led 

by Eric Rivera as well as 

the BOC gospel worship 

team led by Pastor Rodney 

Thomas Jr. 

Yom Kippur Service 

7-8 p.m. Oct. 8. We invite 

everyone to join with 

us in observing Yom Kippur. 

Come and learn what 

this significant Jewish day 

of atonement means to 

Christians as a call to repentance 

and prayer. Our 

time will be led by Messianic 

Rabbi Roy Schwartz. 

Welcome Lunch 

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 

Oct. 27. Join us for an informal 

lunch after the 10 

a.m. service in the lower 

level Fellowship Hall. 

We want to help you find 

your next steps to discovering 

life with God and to 

connecting to the Christ 

Chruch community. 

The Forum 

6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 11. The 

Forum is a monthly gathering 

for men to explore 

real-world issues that matter 

at home, at work and in 

the community. 

Men’s Breakfast Group 

6:30-7:30 a.m. Tuesdays. 

Panera Bread, 1211 

Half Day Road, Bannockburn. 

For more information, 

contact Sean at seansmith797@gmail.com. 

Trinity Episcopal (425 Laurel Avenue, 

Highland Park) 

Sunday Schedule 

8:45 a.m. – Fellowship 

9 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, 

St. Michael’s Chapel 

10 a.m. Sunday School 

(on the 1st and 3rd Sundays) 

11 a.m. – Fellowship 

Men’s Bible Study Group 

9-10 a.m. Saturdays 

Wednesday Service 

9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist 

with healing, St. Michael’s 

Chapel 

A Safe Place 

6 p.m. Thursdays - Guild 

Room 

Men’s AA Meeting 

8:30 p.m. Fridays 

Makom Solel Lakeside (1301 Clavey 

Road, Highland Park) 

Torah Study 

9:15 a.m. Saturdays 

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 

(1175 Sheridan Road, Highland Park) 

Keeper of the Flame 

Brunch 

10 a.m. Nov. 3. Each 

year the Men’s Club honors 

a member that has 

lived the mission of the 

men’s club. Last year we 

honored Michael Salberg 

and this year’s winner will 

be announced soon. 

Open Conversational 

Hebrew 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Practice Hebrew conversation 

and reading informally 

with other participants. 

Free. For information, 

contact Judy Farby at 

judyfarby@yahoo.com. 

Daily Minyan 

8:45 a.m.; 7:30 p.m. 

Sunday 

7:15 a.m.; 7:30 p.m. 

Monday-Thursday 

7:15 a.m.; 6:15 p.m. Friday 

Shabbat Service 

6:15 p.m. Friday (Kabbalat 

Shabbat) 

8:50 a.m. Shacharit 

(Shabbat Morning) 

10:30 a.m. Junior Congregation 

(Grades 2-6) 

10:45 a.m. Young Family 

Service (families with 

children first-grade age 

and younger) 

Immaculate Conception Parish (770 

Deerfield Road, Highland Park) 

Weekend Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays 

4-4:45 p.m. Sundays, 

confession 

8 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. Sunday 

service 

Central Avenue Synagogue (874 Central 

Ave., Highland Park) 

Jewish Spirituality and 

Mysticism Class 

1:30 p.m. Saturdays. 

Jewish Spirituality and 

Mysticism Class open to 

members and non members 

discusses spiritual 

applications of the weeks 

Torah portion to contemporary 

life. For more info 

regarding other daytime 

and evening classes please 

call (847) 266-0770. 

St. James Catholic Church (134 North 

Ave., Highwood) 

Catholic Charities Supper 

6:30 p.m. Thursdays, 

Parish Hall 

Food Pantry 

5:30-7 p.m. every Thursday, 

lower level of school. 

Worship Services 

8 a.m. Monday through 

Friday 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays 

8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sundays 

Noon Sundays with a 

Spanish-language 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

7 p.m. Mondays in the 

Lounge. 

Submit information for 

The Landmark’s Faith 

page to Erin Yarnall at 

erin@hplandmark.com. 

The deadline is noon on 

Thursdays.

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Rabbi and entrepreneur travels 

to HP to officiate holidays 


Rabbi Elan Babchuck, a 

rabbi and entrepreneur from 

Providence, RI, spent the 

High Holidays of the Jewish 

faith nearly 1,000 miles 

from home, as he traveled 

to Highland Park to officiate 

the High Holiday services 

for Aitz Hayim Center 

for Jewish Living, based in 

Glencoe. 

Babchuck was present 

for the congregation’s Rosh 

Hashanah services, From 

Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, and will 

continue to officiate for 

Yom Kippur, Oct. 8-9. 

Aitz Hayim regularly 

invites scholars and guests 

to speak and officiate for 

congregants, and Babchuck 

said he had a special connection 

to the congregation. 

One of Babchuck’s colleagues 

Rabbi Irwin Kula, 

helped to found Aitz Hayim 

in 1992, along with Dr. 

Marc Slutsky and Steven 

Silberman. 

“[Kula] sent me a text 

a while back, and he said 

‘Listen, I don’t want to 

bother you, but I just want 

to tell you that this community 

is a really special 

place,’” Babchuck said. “I 

don’t think I could have 

typed any faster in response 

that of course I want to be a 

part of it.” 

While speaking to the 

congregation, Babchuck 

spoke of both of his roles, as 

a fifth-generation rabbi and 

a third-generation entrepreneur, 

and how the two blend 

perfectly together for him. 

“If one can hold the wisdom 

tradition called innovation 

in relationship with 

the wisdom tradition we 

call Judaism, and then look 

for ways in which they can 

inform one another, I think 

Musicians Howard Levy (left to right), Larry Gray and 

Kalyan Pathak perform at the Highland Park Community 

House. 

2 

the conversation becomes 

really rich,” Babchuck said. 

Babchuck spoke about 

the traditions within Judaism, 

and how someone, at 

some point, must have had 

some entrepreneurial spirit 

to create the traditions in the 

first place. 

“I think the most important 

principle we’re going 

to play with is this idea that 

every tradition is actually 

an innovation that made 

it,” Babchuck said. “We’re 

going to be singing liturgy 

that’s almost a couple thousand 

years old, but at some 

point it was brand new. 

It’s had 2,000 years to be 

shaped and pruned and expanded 

and pushed back. 

That’s what we’ve got today.” 

Joining Babchuck at 

the services was multiple 

Grammy winner Howard 

Levy, a founding member 

of the band Béla Fleck and 

the Flecktones. Levy performed 

alongside musicians 

Larry Gray and Kalyan 

Pathak, as well as Aitz Hayim 

cantor David Landau. 

In addition to his work 

as a rabbi and entrepreneur, 

Babchuck serves as the director 

of innovation at the 

National Jewish Center for 

Learning and Leadership, 

and in that capacity is also 

a founding director of the 

GLEAN Network, a community 

for faith leaders to 

discuss the blending of tradition 

and innovation. 

“In both of those roles, 

I’m tasked with inviting 

leaders to reimagine the role 

of religion in a changing 

America,” Babchuck said. 

“We invite people to recognize 

that things are changing. 

We’re now in a moment 

in which thousands of 

houses of worship close every 

single year since 2011.” 

Throughout his time with 

Aitz Hayim, Babchuck said 

he hoped that congregants 

were able to have some 

time for self-reflection, and 

also take an opportunity to 

think about innovation in 

religion. 

“One of my hopes is 

that at some point during 

our time together, someone 

in the room whispers 

‘Huh. I never thought of it 

that way,’” Babchuck said. 

“Even if that happens just 

once, then I think we’ve had 

some success together.” 

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Highwood weddings on display at exhibit 

3 


Several families who were 

married at Highwood’s St. 

James Church, along with other 

churches in Highwood and Fort 

Sheridan, were able to relive 

their happy memories Sept. 26- 

28 at the Highwood Public Library. 

Pictures, invitations, decorations 

and wedding dresses were 

donated by Highwood residents 

to be part of “Love is a Many 

Splendored Thing,” an exhibit 

put together by the Highwood 

Historical Society documenting 

weddings that took place in the 

city. 

The idea came to the society 

to organize an exhibit centering 

on local weddings after Lake 

Bluff resident Pat Ugolini Price 

donated a wedding dress worn 

by her mother, Italine Prandini, 

at her wedding to Armnodo 

Ugolini on Aug. 14, 1940 at St. 

James Church in Highwood. 

“That dress was donated to us 

and when I saw it, I said ‘This 

means we should really have 

an exhibit because the dress is 

so beautiful,’” Highwood Historical 

Society President Teta 

Minuzzo said. 

In addition to her mother’s 

dress, Price also donated the 

dress she wore in her wedding, 

which also took place at St. 

James Church. 

According to Minuzzo, a majority 

of the donated materials 

were from weddings that took 

place in St. James Church, with 

one donation coming from a 

chapel in Fort Sheridan. 

“My mother was married at 

St. James, and she had her reception 

at the labor town hall 

here in Highwood,” Price said. 

“I was baptized at St. James, I 

went to St. James school. It’s a 

big part of my life.” 

Price said that she decided to 

donate to the Historical Society 

after her mother passed away in 

2012. 

“I was so happy because it’s 

Highwood wedding photos lined tables of the exhibit. 

The exhibit also featured wedding invitations. 

being preserved and people 

can see it as an example of the 

dresses from 1940,” Price said. 

Minuzzo said people were 

so enthusiastic about donating 

items that the society was still 

accepting items a day before the 

exhibit opened. 

“It’s hard to say no when 

people want to contribute something,” 

Minuzzo said. 

She credited part of the success 

of the exhibit to the support 

she received from the community, 

including people who donated 

or lent items to the exhibit, as 

well as local businesses. 

Froggy’s French Cafe donated 

a fake wedding cake with 

real icing, that Minuzzo said 

had to be moved repeatedly as 

the exhibit went on because the 

A cake was donated by Froggy’s 

French Cafe for the exhibit. 

icing began to melt. They were 

also appreciative of the Highwood 

Public Library for lending 

A wedding dressed owned by Highwood resident Esther Linari 

was on display at the Highwood Public Library, Sept. 26, alongside 

photos of other weddings that have taken place in Highwood as 

part of an exhibit put on by the Highwood Historical Society. Erin 

Yarnall/22nd Century Media 

The oldest dress in the exhibit was owned by Elizabeth Curley at 

her wedding in 1925. 

the space to host the exhibit, as 

well as letting the society store 

mannequins and dresses in the 

library’s back room. 

“It’s just been amazing,” 

Minuzzo said.

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Northfield native brings award-winning pastry techniques to Onward in Chicago 

Jason Addy 

Contributing Editor 

After working in finedining 

restaurants throughout 

the United States, 

Northfield native Kevin 

McCormick is dishing out 

“upscale but approachable” 

creations just a few 

minutes from home as the 

executive pastry chef at 

Onward in Chicago. 

The “upscale, casual 

restaurant” opened in November 

2018 at 6580 N. 

Sheridan Road in the Rogers 

Park neighborhood, 

and the reception from 

diners has been great in 

the first 10 months, Mc- 

Cormick said. 

Onward has an American 

focus with “global 

influence throughout the 

menu,” McCormick said, 

which blends well with 

his style of using French 

and European techniques 

“with more of an American 

influence.” 

McCormick, a 29-yearold 

New Trier High School 

alumnus, started working 

in the North Shore restaurant 

industry in his early 

teens and quickly realized 

he wanted to make it his 

career. 

“I was always a crafts 

kind of person, so even if 

it wasn’t food, I’d be doing 

ceramics or painting or 

something of that sort, and 

I think that pastry was a 

logical (choice),” McCormick 

said. 

McCormick said he 

knew he wanted to be a 

chef before entering high 

school, but he credited 

New Trier with instilling 

in him a strong work ethic 

that has served him well in 

his profession. 

Juggling extracurriculars 

and work “forces you 

to work a little bit harder 

to be able to do both well,” 

said McCormick, who 

played football, basketball 

and lacrosse at New Trier. 

McCormick said he tried 

to pick up restaurant experience 

wherever he could 

and named Northfield’s 

Three Tarts Bakery and 

Cafe as his favorite bakery 

on the North Shore. 

“I definitely spent a lot 

of time there — a little bit 

of time working, a lot of 

time eating,” he said. 

McCormick left the 

North Shore after graduating 

high school to pursue 

his passion for culinary 

arts at The French Pastry 

Onward Chicago 

6580 N. Sheridan 

Road, Chicago 

(872) 888-8776 

Onwardchi.com 

Tuesday-Thursday 11 

a.m.-10 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 10 

a.m.-11 p.m. 

Sunday 10 a.m.-10 

p.m. 

School in downtown Chicago, 

the only school in 

the country dedicated solely 

to teaching pastry. 

His journey back to Chicago 

started at Thomas 

Keller’s Per Se restaurant 

in New York City before 

taking him to award-winning 

restaurants in Colorado 

and Wyoming, where 

he worked alongside Chef 

Oscar Ortega. McCormick 

later helped Ortega in multiple 

culinary competitions 

while training at Mondial 

Des Artes Sucre in Paris. 

McCormick accepted an 

offer in 2018 to become 

executive pastry chef at 

2 

Onward’s olive oil cake, which will soon debut on the 

restaurant’s fall dessert menu, features lemon, sourdough, 

Thai basil, honey and pears. Photo by Martin 

Carlino/22nd Century Media 

Onward, putting him much 

closer to his family and 

just about back where his 

career started a decade or 

so earlier. 

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Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. School dance 

5. Part of NASA, abbr. 

9. Fitting 

12. Name in the 

Beatles’ “Get Back” 

13. Offshoot 

15. Contents of Pandora’s 

box 

16. It comes in cakes 

or bars 

17. Subtitle of many 

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19. Beats scissors.... 

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Lake Forest’s prairies 

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23. Administrative 

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35. This may be over 

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36. Pantheist 

37. N.O.Saints chant-- 

”Who’s ___” 

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40. Timber tree 

41. Play-___ 

42. County in W Ireland 

43. Colorful tropical 

fish 

46. Lake Forest’s “___ 

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51. Youngest major 

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by Paul McCartney 

& Wings 

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29. Normandy 

beach 

31. Raspberry stems 

32. Not needing a 

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36. Butter dab 

37. Fight 

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HIGHWOOD 

The Humble Pub 

(336 Green Bay Road, 

(847) 433-6360) 

■9 ■ p.m. every Wednesday 

night: Open Jam 

■9 ■ p.m. every Friday: 

Kara-Moe-ke 

Buffo’s 

(431 Sheridan Road, 

(847) 432-0301) 

■7 ■ p.m. every Monday: 

Trivia 

HIGHLAND PARK 

Bennett Gordon Hall 

8:30 p.m. Saturday, 

Oct. 5: David Greilsammer 

NORTHBROOK 

Pinstripes 

(1150 Willow Road, 

(847) 480-2323) 

■From ■ open until close 

all week: bowling and 

bocce 

North Suburban YMCA 

(2705 Techny Road) 

■4-10 ■ p.m. Saturday, 

Oct. 5: Fall Fest 

Leisure Center 

(3323 Walters Ave.) 

■6 ■ p.m. Friday, Oct. 

4: Mother-Son Date 

Night 

GLENVIEW 

Johnny’s Kitchen 

(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

(847) 699-9999) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday 

and Saturday: Live 

Music 

Ten Ninety Brewing Co. 

(1025 N. Waukegan 

Road, (224) 432-5472) 

■7-9 ■ p.m. every Thursday: 

Trivia Night 

Potato Creek Johnny’s 

(1850 Waukegan Road) 

■8 ■ p.m. Friday, Oct. 4: 

Funktastic 

■9 ■ p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

5: Crusin the Loop 

Oil Lamp Theater 

(1723 Glenview Road) 

■Starting ■ Sept. 26: Ongoing 

performances 

of “Murder on the 

Nile” 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Chris Hernandez 

Hernandez is a senior 

lineman on the Highland 

Park football team. 

How did you get 

started playing 

football? 

When I started off, I just 

wanted to make friends 

because I was new to the 

area. I like the physicality, 

I like hitting and all that. 

What’s your favorite 

part of playing 

football? 

The bond I created with 

[my team] over the games 

throughout the years has 

made me want to stay with 

them and the coaches. 

What’s the most 

challenging part of 

playing football? 

The expectations. Even 

though I’m undersized, 

I feel like I have a lot of 

pressure having to deal 

with the bigger guys. But 

it doesn’t matter, anything 

can happen. 

Do you have any 

pre-game rituals or 

superstitions? 

Before I get on the field 

I try getting angry, think 

about something that 

makes me mad and try to 

unleash it on them. 

If you could play 

another sport besides 

football, what would 

it be? 

Wrestling. I really love 

wrestling too, it’s so much 

fun. 

What’s your favorite 

place to eat? 

Subway. Before games, 

after school, I go get Subway 

then go to the game. 

Who is your favorite 

athlete? 

Anthony Cassar from 

Penn State, he’s a wrestler. 

I just like that he’s undersized 

as a heavyweight 

too, that’s how I was this 

year. I just like how he is 

as an athlete on the mat. 

Who is the funniest 

guy on the team? 

That’s a tough one. Aaron 

Burke is pretty funny, 

22nd Century Media File Photo 

but also Joe Williams. 

Everyone has their own 

thing, everyone’s funny in 

their own way. 

If you won the lottery, 

what’s the first thing 

you would buy? 

I’d just help out with 

family stuff, I wouldn’t 

buy myself anything. I 

don’t need anything. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go? 

Mexico to see family. 

I haven’t seen them in a 

long time, so that would 

be cool. 

Interview done by Sports 

Editor Nick Frazier 

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast 

Guys recap start of conference football 

Staff Report 

In this week’s episode 

of The Varsity: North 

Shore, the only podcast 

focused on North Shore 

sports, hosts Michal 

Dwojak, Nick Frazier 

and Michael Wojtychiw 

recap the fifth week of 

football. They recap 

each of the area team’s 

games, are joined by 

Glenbrook South quarterback 

Michael Bauer, 

play Way/No Way and 

preview next week’s 

action. 

This Week In ... 

FOOTBALL 

■Oct. ■ 4 - at Vernon Hills, 7 

p.m. 

GIRLS TENNIS 

■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Barrington, 

4:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 7 - hosts Maine East, 

4:30 p.m. 

BOYS SOCCER 

■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Maine 

South, 4:45 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 7 - at Glenbrook 

North, 7 p.m. 

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First Quarter 

The three recap the fifth 

week of action. 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL 

■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Maine West, 

6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 5 - invitational at 

Lake Forest, 8:30 a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 7 - at Maine East, 6 

p.m. 

BOYS GOLF 


Winnetka Park District, 8:30 

a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 7 - IHSA regional, TBD 

GIRLS GOLF 

■Oct. ■ 9 - IHSA regional, TBD 

Second Quarter 

Titans quarterback 

Bauer joins the guys to 

talk about the fifth game 

against New Trier. 

Third Quarter 

The guys move on to 

Way/No Way, where they 

make some predictions 

with boys and girls golf. 

Fourth Quarter 

With week six next, the 

three preview and make 

some predictions on the 

next set of games. 

BOYS ICE HOCKEY 

■Oct. ■ 6 - hosts Libertyville, 

6:50 p.m. 

FIELD HOCKEY 

■Oct. ■ 3 - at Loyola, 6:15 

p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 7 - at Naperville 

North, 7 p.m. 

GIRLS SWIMMING & 

DIVING 

■Oct. ■ 4 - hosts Maine East, 

5 p.m. 


Maine West, 12 p.m. 

HP Hall of Famer passes away 

Staff report 

Gene Melchiorre, a 

member of the Highland 

Park High School Athletic 

Hall of Fame, passed away 

on the morning of Friday, 

Sept. 27. 

A 1945 graduate from 

Highland Park, Melchiorre 

went on to become 

a two-time All-American 

in basketball at Bradley 

University. Despite standing 

at just 5-foot-8 and 

weighing 175 pounds, 

Melchiorre was the first 

overall pick in the 1951 

NBA draft. He is currently 

12th all time in Bradley 

basketball history in 

points with 1,608. 

In high school, Melchiorre 

was a wingback on 

the Giants football team, 

and also played basketball, 

baseball, and tennis 

in high school. He was 

inducted into the school’s 

Hall of Fame in 2012. 

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Girls Golf 

Giants continue improving, preparing for conference play 

Nick Frazier, Sports Editor 

Giants head coach Jessica 

Berens has liked what 

she’s seen from her team 

this fall. 

New Trier may have 

gotten the best of Highland 

Park in a dual match 

on Thursday, Sept. 26, 

at Sunset Valley Golf 

Course, but the Giants 

still have a 6-0 Central 

Suburban League North 

division record to brag 

about. After finishing fifth 

in regionals a year ago, 

the Giants aim to improve 

upon that finish this season 

under their first-year 

head coach. 

Berens, a former college 

golfer, is impressed 

by the Giants’ work ethic 

throughout the season. 

“Our team is constantly 

wanting to improve and 

become stronger,” Berens 

said. “The girls are very 

motivated and also supportive 

of each other. Each 

day we have goals of what 

we’re going to go out there 

and try to achieve. I’d say 

a lot of the girls worked towards 

that, I’m very proud 

of how they’re progressing, 

and we’re looking forward 

to conference come 

next week.” 

Juniors Samantha Fahn 

and Charlotte Harrigan 

had strong rounds versus 

the Trevians, and Emmi 

Schwenk and Abby Kovitz 

went up against New 

Trier’s top golfers. 

In what’s been a successful 

rookie season at 

the helm of Highland Park, 

Berens has done her best 

to be supportive and coach 

each girl individually. 

“While we’re a team, 

each of the girls have their 

own swings, their own 

approaches to their golf 

game,” Berens said. “How 

can I just work with them 

Samantha Fahn chips her ball out of a sand trap. 

on an individual basis, 

but at the same time how 

can we come together as a 

team. We’re really focusing 

on that this year, to be 

strong as a team.” 

The Giants will need a 

full team effort in the CSL 

tournament next week. Tee 

time is 8 a.m. on Oct. 2 at 

Emmi Schwenk lines up her putt in the Giants loss to 

New Trier on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Sunset Valley Golf 

Course. Photos by Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media 

Wilmette Golf Course. 

Berens says the young 

team is continuing to work 

on the mental aspect of the 

game, which will be crucial 

in the tournament and 

in regionals later on. 

“They’ve been working 

hard on their golf game 

and their mindset,” Berens 

said of the Giants. 

“They’re working through 

good strokes, not so great 

strokes and having to be 

able to reset to make it a 

good round for them.” 

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING 

Highland Park 250, Niles 

North 115 

Quincy Winston won 

four events for the Giants 

on Friday, Sept. 27. 

Lake County Invitational 

The Giants’ 200-yard 

free relay team of Emma 

Hartman, Adriana Mendoza, 

Selin Somnez and 

Alex Goldin finished fifth 

for the Giants on Saturday, 

Sept. 28. 

BOYS SOCCER 

HPHS 2, Deerfield 0 

Ronin Moore scored 

twice to lead the Giants 

to a big win over the rival 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Warriors on Sept. 24. 

HPHS 1, Vernon Hills 1 

Evan Rosenblum scored 

the lone HPHS goal 

against the Cougars on 

Thursday, Sept. 26. 

HPHS 1, Oak Park 1 

Moore scored for the Giants 

on Saturday, Sept. 28. 

GIRLS GOLF 

Lake Forest 172, Highland 

Park 182 

The Giants narrowly lost 

to the Scouts on Sept. 25. 

FIELD HOCKEY 

Glenbrook South 1, 

Highland Park 0 

The Giants’ winning 

streak came to an end on 

Sept. 23 versus the Titans. 

Highland Park 3, Antioch 2 

Maddie Gordon netted a 

pair of goals in the Giants’ 

win over the Sequoits on 

Sept. 25. 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL 

Niles North 2, Highland 

Park 0 (25-18, 25-17) 

Kayla Keats had four 

kills, two aces and five 

digs for HP on Sept. 23. 

Deerfield 2, Highland 

Park 0 (25-16, 25-15) 

Georgia Sullivan had 

three kills, an ace and a 

block, and Isa Dominguez 

had 10 assists for the Giants 

on Sept. 25. 

BOYS ICE HOCKEY 

Highland Park 4, PREP 3 

Pierce Romo had two 

goals and an assist for the 

Giants on Thursday, Sept. 

26. 

HP 2, New Trier Grey 1 

Jack Elbaum scored 

twice for the Giants on 

Saturday, Sept. 28. 

GIRLS TENNIS 

Deerfield 4, HPHS 3 

The Giants narrowly fell 

to the Warriors on Thursday, 

Sept. 26. 

giants 

From Page 30 

On Highland Park’s next 

possession, Crane and 

Gerald Washington III 

connected for a 71-yard 

touchdown pass to build 

their lead. 

Matthew Gidron had a 

17-yard touchdown rush 

on the Giants’ final drive of 

the morning. Sophomore 

Shamir Wilkie had an interception 

on Maine East’s 

second-to-last drive. 

The Giants defense 

came away with four turnovers 

against the Blue 

Demons, a sign that the 

defense is peaking at the 

right time. 

“They’re playing together, 

they’re playing 

fast, good things happen 

when you sprint to the 

football,” Lindquist said. 

“We’re keeping an emphasis 

on high-tempo, higheffort 

and making good 

things happen.” 

The Giants continue 

their conference schedule 

on Friday, Oct. 4 at Vernon 

Hills. Highland Park beat 

the Cougars by 10 a year 

ago, but there’s plenty of 

work to be done if the Giants 

want to get back to a 

.500 record. 

Volpentesta says the Giants 

need to get healthy 

and improve on the mental 

aspect of the game before 

taking on Vernon Hills. 

“We really need to make 

sure we practice and keep 

our assignments clear,” 

Volpentesta said. “It’s all 

mental at this point, we 

have to get our assignments 

right.”



Photo Gallery 

Giants Boys Soccer, ice hockey get wins 

Luke Zucker scores against Deerfield, but the goal is called back due to offsides in 

the Giants’ 2-0 win at Deerfield on Sept. 24. Photos by Phil Bach/22nd Century Media 

Maximo Kellogg controls possession in the Giants’ 1-1 draw against Vernon Hills on 

Thursday, Sept. 26 at Wolters Field. 

Pierce Romo (center) scores while Will Rosenburg (right) looks on in the Giants’ 4-3 

win over PREP on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Centennial Ice Arena. 

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Giants roll over Blue Demons in two days 

Nick Frazier, Sports Editor 

Lousy weather and a 

muddy field couldn’t slow 

down Highland Park. 

Playing one half of 

football on Friday, Sept. 

27, and another half 15 

hours later, the Giants (2-3 

overall, 1-0 CSL North) 

handled it well in a 50-6 

win over Maine East that 

ended on Saturday, Sept. 

28, at Maine East High 

School. 

Highland Park took a 

16-6 halftime lead on Friday 

night, but lightning 

forced the game to resume 

at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Head 

coach David Lindquist’s 

team outscored the Blue 

Demons (0-5) 34-0 in the 

second half. 

“They did very well,” 

Lindquist said of his 

team’s response to returning 

to Maine East on Saturday 

morning. “We made 

an emphasis on being able 

to focus when we got out 

this morning, our kids 

came out and responded 

very well and had a lot of 

fun.” 

Giovanni Volpentesta 

starred for the Giants, totaling 

three touchdowns 

and three 2-point conversions. 

The junior fullback 

totaled 168 scrimmage 

yards in a game that favored 

the running attack 

due to the weather. 

“It’s always fun when 

you get to run,” Volpentesta 

said. ‘When I can keep 

my balance, it’s easier to 

make my cuts on kids that 

are slipping on the grass.” 

After the Giants defense 

forced a punt to open the 

game, Highland Park’s 

offense put together a 

nine-play, 84-yard scoring 

drive. On third down from 

Maine East’s 28-yard line, 

quarterback David Crane 

CSL North Division 

Vernon Hills 4-1 

overall, 1-0 conf. 

Maine West 4-1, 1-0 

Highland Park 2-3, 1-0 

Deerfield 3-2, 0-1 

Niles North 2-3, 0-1 

Maine East 0-5, 0-1 

Erick De La Cruz celebrates as he runs into the end zone in the Giants’ 50-6 win on Friday, Sept. 27, at Maine East 

High School. Photos by Phil Bach/22nd Century Media 

Linescore 

1 2 3 4 F 

HP 8 8 14 20 50 

ME 6 0 0 0 6 

Three Stars of the game 

1. Giovanni Volpentesta, RB - 168 scrimmage yards, 3 TD 

2. David Crane, QB - 156 passing yards, 3 TD 

3. Erick De La Cruz, DL - 1 fumble recovered, 1 TD 

Jaden Holzman (5) and Giovanni Volpentesta force a 

Maine East incompletion. 

rolled out and hit a wideopen 

Volpentesta, and the 

fullback did the rest. Volpentesta 

then ran in the 

2-point try, and the Giants 

took an 8-0 lead 10 minutes 

into the game. 

The Blue Demons then 

came right back with their 

own score, connecting 

on a 28-yard touchdown 

pass of their own. They 

failed to tie it up in the 

conversion attempt, and 

Highland Park held onto a 

two-point advantage with 

less than nine minutes in 

the half. 

Both teams took turns 

punting afterwards until 

the Giants defense scored 

its first points of the year. 

Sam Fishman’s sack 

forced the ball out of the 

Maine East quarterback’s 

hands, and Erick De La 

Cruz scooped it up. 

The junior ran 22 yards 

to the end zone, and Volpentesta 

ran in his second 

two-point try, giving 

Highland Park a 16-6 advantage 

at halftime. 

Once play started up 

again on Saturday, Sept. 

28, the Giants kept rolling. 

After forcing a Blue 

Demons punt, Volpentesta 

racked up 65 rushing yards 

on the next Highland Park 

drive to extend the Giants’ 

lead. His two-yard scoring 

plunge and ensuing twopoint 

conversion put Highland 

Park up by 18 points. 

Defensive lineman 

Chris Hernandez then recovered 

a muffed Maine 

East snap to give the Giants 

offense possession 

at the Blue Demons’ 39- 

yard line. 10 plays later, 

Volpentesta completed the 

hat trick, scoring from five 

yards out. The extra point 

was no good, so the HPHS 

lead stayed at 24. 

“Gio’s a kid that we can 

hang our hat on when we 

need him to spread out 

and catch the football, or 

if we put him in the backfield 

and run downhill he 

can do the same thing,” 

Lindquist said of his fullback. 

“He’s a very reliable 

football player, I think he 

showed that yesterday and 

today.” 

Maine East put together 

a strong drive on the next 

possession, but a Blue 

Demons touchdown was 

called back on a holding 

penalty. Anthony Nelson 

picked off Maine East’s 

quarterback on the following 

play to end the 

Blue Demons threat and 

put Highland Park in the 

driver’s seat. 

Crane scrambled 50 

yards to the end zone five 

plays later, and Maya Taitz 

kicked the extra point. 

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Athlete of the Month 

Prikos hands Titans second monthly honor of year 

22nd century media file 

photo 

1st-and-3 

Stars of the 

Week 

1. Giovanni 

Volpentesta 

(Above) 

The fullback 

accounted for 

24 of the Giants’ 

50 points versus 

Maine East to lead 

the team to its 

second win of the 

year. 

2. Ronin Moore 

The senior scored 

three goals last 

week for the 

Giants boys soccer 

team. Moore 

now has a teamleading 

nine goals 

on the year. 

3. Maddie Gordon 

Gordon notched 

a pair of goals in 

a 3-2 win for the 

HPHS field hcokey 

team over Antioch 

on Sept. 25. 

Michal Dwojak 

Contributing Sports Editor 

Aidan Prikos has impressed 

on the football 

field for Glenbrook South 

this season and now he 

has something else to 

boast about. 

The Titans senior took 

a lead early in 22nd Century 

Media’s latest Athlete 

of the Month compeition 

and never gave it up, giving 

the school its second 

monthly honor in 2019. 

South’s running back and 

linebacker had to face 

some compeition later in 

the contest, but Prikos finished 

off with the win. 

Prikos finished in first 

place with 336 votes, 

knocking off Loyola 

Academy girls golfer 

Mary Boesen, who finished 

with 239 votes, and 

Lake Forest football play- 

Game of the Week: 

• Brother Rice (4-1) at Loyola (3-2) 

Other matchups: 

• Glenbrook South (1-4) at Glenbrook North 

(3-2) 

• Niles West (0-5) at New Trier (1-4) 

• Highland Park (2-3) at Vernon Hills (4-1) 

• Waukegan (0-5) at Lake Forest (2-3) 

• Maine South (3-2) at Evanston (2-3) 

• Montini (4-1) at Notre Dame (5-0) 

Glenbrook South’s Aidan Prikos was named 22nd Century 

Media’s August Athlete of the Month. 22nd Century 

Media File Photo 

er Charlie Aberle, who 

finished with 232 votes. 

Glenbrook North football 

player Andrew Koulogeorge 

finished fourth and 

Highland Park football 

player Billy Gimbel finished 

fifth. 

Prikos has been a strong 

leader for the Titans on 

26-9 

JOE COUGHLIN | 

Publisher 

• Loyola 28, Brother Rice 17. With 

a bit more figured out on offense, 

Ramblers control this one. 

• Glenbrook South 

• New Trier 

• Vernon Hills 

• Lake Forest 

• Maine South 

• Notre Dame 

19-16 

both sides of the ball. The 

senior captain has been 

one of the leaders in tackles 

and has accounted for 

gaining critical yards for 

the Titans running the ball. 

Voting lasted from Sept. 

10-25. The Athlete of the 

Month contest for athletes 

selected in the month of 

NICK FRAZIER | 

Sports Editor 

• Loyola 28, Brother Rice 20. The 

Ramblers are starting to click at the 

perfect time. 

• Glenbrook North 

• New Trier 



• Evanston 


27-8 

September gets underway 

on Oct. 10 and will end on 

MICHAL DWOJAK | 



Ramblers take care of business at 

home in a fun rematch of the 2018 

state title game. 


• New Trier 





September Athlete of 

the Month Candidates 

Highland Park 

Maddie Gordon, field 

hockey 

Georgia Sullivan, girls 

volleyball 

Ally Kovitz, girls golf 

Sabrina Stefani, field 

hockey 

Glenbrook North 

Claire Choi, girls golf 

Liza Shakhlevich, girls 

tennis 

Nya Robinson, girls 

swimming and diving 

Louis Schaller, football 

New Trier 

Katie Lipsey, girls 

23-12 26-9 

MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW | 


• Loyola 35, Brother Rice 14: The 

Ramblers offense is really clicking 

right now. 


• New Trier 




• Montini 

swimming and diving 

Sean McNeely, football 

Ali Benedetto, girls 

tennis 

Glenbrook South 

Christian Noordover, 

boys soccer 

Loyola Academy 

Billy Delaney, boys 

cross-country 

Lake Forest 

Carrie Saginur, girls 

cross-country 

Alyssa Thrash, girls 

volleyball 

Gianna Martino, girls 

golf 

Carter Collis, boys 

soccer 

Oct. 25. Vote at HPLandmarkDaily.com. 

MARTIN CARLINO | 

Contributing Editor 


Ramblers defend their home field 

and beat Brother Rice for the 

second-straight time. 


• New Trier 





Listen Up 

“Our team is constantly wanting to improve and become 

stronger, the girls are very motivated and also supportive of each 

other.” 

Jessica Berens — Giants girls golf coach on her team’s work ethic this season. 

Tuning In 

What to Watch this Week 

FOOTBALL: The Giants (2-3) look to keep their 

playoff hopes alive against Vernon Hills (4-1). 

Highland Park at Vernon Hills, Friday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. 

Index 

28 - High School Highlights 

27 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Nick 

Frazier. Send any questions or comments to 

n.frazier@22ndcenturymedia.com.

The highland Park Landmark | October 3, 2019 | HPLandmarkdaily.com 

Worth a Thousand Words Check 

out the top action shots from this week, Page 29 

Silver Linings 

Giants girls golf falls to New 

Trier, Page 28 

Giants end losing skid at Maine East, Page 30 

Giovanni Volpentesta runs into the end zone in the Giants’ 50-6 win on Friday, Sept. 27, at Maine East High School. Phil Bach/22nd Century Media

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