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14 | November 27, 2019 | The lake forest leader NEWS
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Send us your most cheerful, creative cards this season
Eric DeGrechie
Managing Editor
While we enjoy our Thanksgiving
meals and the days ahead
of delicious leftovers, it’s time to
put on our creative caps and kerchiefs
for the next 22nd Century
Media contest.
Everyone loves to receive a
thoughtful card, especially during
the holiday season. Our editors
are no different as we run out
to the mailbox every day hoping
for cheerful mail. With the return
of the annual Holiday Greeting
Card Contest, and as Santa Claus
already knows, our staff has been
very good this year. Why not reward
them with your best entries?
We’ll be accepting submissions
of holiday cards through Wednesday,
Dec. 18. Entries will then be
evaluated by the editorial team
and winners will be selected,
notified and handed grand prizes
from local retailers.
We’ll be checking our mailing
list (more than twice) this holiday
season to collect holiday cards
from readers in Lake Forest and
Lake Bluff.
There are only a few rules:
1. One entry per family
2. Card must be from this holiday
season
3. E-cards are accepted
So, this holiday season, don’t
forget to add “award-winning
holiday card” to your wish list.
Please send your entries to
Attn: Holiday Card Contest, 60
Revere Drive ST 888, Northbrook,
IL, 60062, or email editor
Peter Kaspari at peter@lakeforestleader.com.
Entries are due Dec. 18 and
winners will be printed in a future
issue. Good luck and Happy
Holidays!
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Glenbrook North
custodian, wife ID’d as
victims in Buffalo Grove
double murder
The Buffalo Grove Police
Department has identified
Roman Frid, an evening
shift custodial crew
member at Glenbrook
North High School, as one
of the two subjects killed
the evening of Sunday,
Nov. 17, in a double homicide.
Frid, 69, was a member
of GBN’s plant operations
team since 2003, Principal
Dr. John L. Finan said in
an email sent to parents on
Tuesday, Nov. 19.
“He was a loyal GBN
employee who worked
to ensure that our school
facilities were clean and
prepared for students on a
daily basis,” Finan said in
the email.
According to Finan,
members of the evening
shift typically work at the
school from 3:30 p.m. to
midnight, thus it’s unlikely
many GBN students had a
close connection to him.
Frid and his wife, Nataliya
Ermak, were killed
in what Buffalo Grove
police called a “targeted”
attack. The department
identified Anatoliy Ermak,
64, as the suspect wanted
in connection with the alleged
murder, according to
Buffalo Grove officials.
Police said Anatoliy Ermak
should be considered
armed and dangerous.
The double homicide
occurred at 150 Lake
Blvd., police said. Anyone
with information on
Anatoliy Ermak’s location
should contact the Buffalo
Grove Police Department
at (847) 459-2560 or submit
an anonymous tip at
(847) 662-2222, lakecountycrimestoppers.com.
Reporting by Martin Carlino,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at NorthbrookTower-
Daily.com.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Controversial Willow-
Pfingsten proposal gets
narrow approval from
Glenview Plan Commission
A proposed development
at the southwest
corner of Willow and
Pfingsten roads has elicited
strong pushback from
residents in the area, and a
recent design amendment,
while significant, hasn’t
managed to quell the opposition.
Still, during the Glenview
Plan Commission’s
Tuesday, Nov. 19 meeting,
the commissioners voted
3-2 in favor of recommending
the project to the
Glenview Village Board,
which will have the final
say on the issue.
Currently, the 8.5-acre
subject property holds a
two-story, single-family
residence and several accessory
buildings.
Until this meeting,
the most recent proposal
would have replaced
those structures with a
35,000-square-foot grocery
store and three multitenant
retail buildings
totaling approximately
28,000 square feet, as well
as associated parking lots.
The project also would
have included six new single-family
homes, served
by a proposed extension of
Charlie Court, on the south
2.352 acres.
Although the Plan Commission
already recommended
that plan to the
Village Board, developer
GW Properties returned
to the Plan Commission
with an amendment,
which eliminated the six
single-family homes from
the plan to make room for
a larger water-detention
basin.
According to Mitch
Goltz, principal of GW
Properties, the new plan
includes “two-plus additional
acres of green
space, significantly more
tree preservation, a simple
project to execute on …
[and] would have greater
capacity for any future
growth or stormwater
needs.”
Reporting by Chris Pullam,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlenviewLantern-
Daily.com.
THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
Agreement between
teachers union, NSSD112
approved
North Shore D112 board
members approved a fiveyear
collective bargaining
agreement with the district’s
teachers union, the
North Shore Education
Association.
Teachers will receive
annual salary increases
of 4.15 percent for those
deemed “on schedule”
and 2.1 percent for those
deemed “off schedule.”
K-5 teachers will continue
to receive 300 minutes
of preparation time
each week, 60 of which
will be spent in teams to
plan lessons, review data
and assessments and share
best practices and strategies.
The board also increased
its contribution to health
insurance, with teachers
paying 45 percent of premiums
for PPO familytier
options and 35 percent
of the total premium for
HMO options.
“This contract was a
financial stretch for the
board, but in order to move
our district forward, it was
worth it,” board member
Dan Jenks said. “This
measure doesn’t look at
our capital backlog… or
the fact that our suburb
cannot add additional tax
revenue. Simply put, our
district can’t afford to be
the highest payer in this
area. This contract is not
the high-end of the North
Shore, and it’s not the lowest.”
Reporting by Bianca Cseke,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at HPLandmarkDaily.
com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Glencoe Park Board:
Levying taxes for 2019
tax year approved
The Glencoe Park Board
saw a shorter agenda at
this month’s meeting on
Nov. 19 as the winter season
enters full swing, but
there was some conversation
about a couple action
items. The most significant
move, while not discussed
for long, was the hearing
and approval of Ordinance
No. 906: levying taxes for
the 2019 tax year.
The Board went with
Director of Finance and
Human Resources Carol
Mensinger’s recommendation
of the amount of
$4,713,000 which was
talked about during last
month’s meeting. This
levy is a 4.93 percent increase
over the 2018 extension.
“This is what you file
with the county clerk’s
office to be able to levy
taxes and raise money,”
Mensinger said. “It’s a
yearly thing.”
Mensinger also mentioned
that 4.93 percent
increase was the only difference
from the previous
year.
The tax extension includes
the Park District’s
general corporate, recreational,
special recreational,
liability insurance,
audit, I.M.R.F, social security
and workers’ compensation
insurance fund
which adds up to the 4.17
million dollars in leviedoperating
funds.
Meanwhile, Director of
Recreation and Facilities
Bobby Collins announced
that the Watts Center ice
rink will open for winter
operation the day after
Thanksgiving, as long as
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