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From the Editor
Erin Yarnall
Editor
One of my favorite
things about
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
service on Sunday, Sept.
29, as I took the photos
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
thankful that I had this
opportunity through The
Landmark to learn more.
To read about the High
Holidays at the Highland
Park Community Center,
turn to Page 19.
On Sept. 19 the Highland Park Public Library
posted, “Thanks to Claire Lombardo for kicking
off our fall Meet The Author series!”
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On Sept. 27 the Highland Park Players
tweeted, “Join us for our tap workshop with
our choreographer of “MAMMA MIA” Jenna
Schoppe, every Monday night in October from
8pm-9pm at West Ridge Center.”
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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The amount of wallets
reported stolen to the
Highland Park Police
Department on Sept. 19. Read
more on Page 6.
open doors
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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