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Lake Forest tree lighting
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The tree in Lake Forest Market Square is illuminated for the season
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Stepping down
Trustee announces resignation
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Inaugural
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Scout’s honor Boy
Scout’s project recognizes
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Editorial15
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Dining Out22
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Thursday
Lake Forest College Band/
Orchestra Concert
7 p.m., Dec. 5, Calvin
Durand Hall at Lake Forest
College, 555 N. Sheridan
Road, Lake Forest.
Band and orchestra will
perform “Holiday Time.”
Friday
Lake Forest College Choir
Concert
7 p.m., Dec. 6, Calvin
Durand Hall at Lake Forest
College, 555 N. Sheridan
Road, Lake Forest.
Choir will perform “Holiday
Time.”
‘Twas the Night Before
Christmas
2:30-3:30 p.m., Dec. 6,
Lake Bluff Library, 123 E.
Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff.
Martina Mathisen brings
the fascinating story of
“The Night Before Christmas”
to life, along with the
stories of other American
Christmas traditions. Registration
recommended,
but not required.
Yoga for Youngsters
10:30-11:30 a.m., Dec.
6, Lake Forest Library,
360 E. Deerpath Road,
Lake Forest. New to yoga?
No problem! Salute the
sun with us during this
beginner’s yoga class,
no experience necessary.
Taught by Lani Gerszonovicz
from Banner Day
Camp. Mark your calendar
at https://www.lakeforestlibrary.org/yoga.
Saturday
It’s a Wonderful Life in
Lake Bluff
11 a.m.-5 p.m., Dec. 7,
Downtown Lake Bluff.
Join the fun as Lake Bluff
kicks off the holiday season
with old-fashioned
fun and merriment; horsedrawn
carriage rides, carolers,
roasted chestnuts,
a “Holly Jolly Passport”
for prizes and, of course,
a visit from jolly ol’ St.
Nick. And at the close of
the day, Santa will flip the
switch to set the Village
Green ablaze!
Breakfast with Santa
8-11 a.m., Dec. 7 and
8, Grace United Methodist
Church, 244 E. Center
Ave., Lake Bluff, and First
Presbyterian Church, 700
Sheridan Road, Lake Forest.
The Kiwanis Club of
Lake Bluff & Lake Forest
will be hosting two
Pancake Breakfasts with
Santa. Enjoy pancakes,
sausage, coffee, milk and
juice before visiting with
Santa. Tickets may be purchased
at the door. Cost:
$7.50 (ages 3 -10), $10
(over 10) and FREE for
the little ones under 3. Net
proceeds are donated to local
charities.
Natural History Comes
Alive
10 a.m., Dec. 7, History
Center Lake Forest-Lake
Bluff, 509 E. Deerpath
Road, Lake Forest. Find
out what fox fur feels like.
Hold an owl talon in your
hand. Get an up-close look
at butterfly wings. Families
are invited for handson
activities and games as
we explore the wonders of
nature found right in our
own backyard. Register
at www.lflbhistory.org or
(847) 234.5253.
Sunday
Christmas Home Tour
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 8,
Lake Bluff History Museum,
127 E. Scranton Ave.,
Lake Bluff. This delightful
tour treats participants
to an insider’s glimpse at
several lovely Lake Bluff
homes decorated to reflect
its owner’s unique style.
The homes range in age
and style, providing a fascinating
look at how historic
homes have been updated
for 21st century living
while contributing to their
historic Lake Bluff neighborhoods
and meeting the
needs of today’s families.
Tickets for the event cost
$45 and are available for
purchase online at lakebluffhistory.org.
Tuesday
Lake Bluff Women’s Club
Bi-Annual Event
10:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.,
Grace United Methodist
Church, 244 E. Center
Ave., Lake Bluff. Elevate
your senses with joys of
the season. Shop from a
selection of baked goods
and a variety of gift selections,
enjoy a catered luncheon
and carving station
from Bluffington’s and entertainment
by Lake Forest
High School’s Madrigal
Singers and Bell Ringers.
Attendance and purchases
have helped us provide
service dogs for veterans
suffering from PTSD.
RSVP Luncheon reservations
by Dec. 4 at (847)
234-3920.
Wednesday
Effective Interviewing
Strategies
10:15 a.m., Dec. 11, Career
Resource Center, 40
E. Old Mill Road, Suite
105, Lake Forest. This
session will cover best
practices to deploy when
you are interviewing for a
new job. In particular, this
session will dive deeply
into behavioral interview
questions. Leave with a
better understanding of
behavioral interview questions
and the confidence
to respond to them! Free
for members, $20 for nonmembers.
Upcoming
It’s a Wonderful Life: A
Live Radio Play
Begins 7:30 p.m., Dec.
12, Gorton Community
Center, 400 E. Illinois
Road, Lake Forest. CenterStage
in Lake Forest
begins its 49th season with
“It’s a Wonderful Life: A
Live Radio Play” directed
by the longtime Center-
Stage in Lake Forest actor/director,
Tom Beck.
CenterStage has chosen
to present this holiday
tale in the form of an oldfashioned
radio show – to
bring the timeless miracle
of hope renewed directly
to you. Visit centerstage.
org or call (847) 234-6062
for tickets. $25 for adults
and $15 for students under
the age of 18.
An Old-Fashioned
Christmas
Noon, Dec. 12, Dickinson
Hall, 100 E. Old Mill
Road, Lake Forest. There
will be lots of surprising
seasonal facts and toy trivia
to be unwrapped during this
presentation. The ’30s and
’40s are two of the most
difficult decades in American
history. People may
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have been short on money
but rich in something that
was far more valuable.
Christmas traditions, time
spent together and handmade
presents were fundamental.
$20 members, $25
non-members.
Charlie Brown Christmas
Jazz with Chris White Trio
7:30-9 p.m., Dec. 12,
Gorton Community Center,
400 E. Illinois Road,
Lake Forest. Join Chris
White and his trio for
a Charlie Brown Jazz
Christmas Concert! Come
listen to the holiday music
of Vince Guaraldi,
better known as “the Peanuts
composer.” Tickets
are $20 online, $25 at the
door, $10 with student ID.
Visit gortoncenter.org for
tickets and more information.
Ongoing
James L. Lockhart:
Portraits in Nature
10-4 p.m., Tuesday-
Saturday, History Center
of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff,
509 E. Deerpath Road,
Lake Forest. The History
Center of Lake Forest-
Lake Bluff presents James
L. Lockhart: Portraits in
Nature Art Exhibit in the
Katherine Bell Hale Gallery.
Lockhart 2020 calendars,
prints, notecards
and some pieces from the
exhibit are for sale. Stop in
and shop for an extraordinary
holiday gift.

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Lake Bluff Village Board
Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 9 days ago
Grenier to step down as trustee
Todd Marver
Freelance Reporter
Lake Bluff Village
Trustee Eric Grenier will
step down from his position
due to his move from
Lake Bluff.
The announcement was
made by Village President
Kathleen O’Hara at the
board’s regular meeting
Monday, Nov. 25.
O’Hara announced that
Grenier will step down
from the board following
its Dec. 10 meeting due
to his upcoming move to
another state. The board
will say its final goodbyes
to Grenier at that meeting.
“It is with great sadness
and regret, but we
do understand that Eric
Grenier will be leaving
the board after the Dec.
10 board meeting, relocating
to their old family
home down in California,”
O’Hara said. “You
will be greatly missed.
Your years on the school
board and years here were
great. We will save all the
flowers and la-dee-das until
Dec. 10.”
O’Hara also announced
that former trustee Mark
Dewart will replace Grenier
on the board.
“I am requesting the
board approve Mark Dewart,
who just has recently
retired as trustee,” O’Hara
said. “I’m requesting that
to have him come in and
finish the remainder of
Eric’s term. He is fully up
to date with everything
that’s going on, so it will
be an easy transition. We
are seriously sorry to see
you (Grenier) go.”
In board action, trustees
approved the first reading
of the 2019 tax levy ordinance.
Final adoption of
the levy will take place at
the board’s Dec. 10 meeting.
The Village levy is
$3.462 million, a 2.4 percent
increase over last
year’s extension. The library
levy is $987,711,
also a 2.4 percent increase
over last year. The total
levy amount between
the Village and library is
$4.449 million, compared
to last year’s extension of
$4.343 million.
“This gives us a potential
of $106,290 of
new money or revenue,”
finance director Bettina
O’Connell said.
The 2.4 percent increase
is due to the CPI of 1.9
percent plus new growth.
New construction is estimated
at $3.2 million
for the levy, as the actual
number is not yet known
at this time.
“The most recent estimates
received from
the Lake County assessor
were $3.2 million,”
O’Connell said.
The general corporate
purpose levy is $920,910
and special purpose levy
is $3.529 million. The
distribution of the general
corporate purpose levy
by division is as follows:
administration division
($420,000), finance division
($197,842), special
boards division ($33,555),
community development
division ($21,300), forestry
division ($32,943),
parks and parkways division
($34,770), Village
Hall division ($11,500),
Public Works Center division
($9,000), Public
Safety Building division
($10,000) and public
works capital improvements
($150,000).
The summary of the
special levy by purpose is
as follows: police protection
($479,050), crossing
guards ($7,000), fire protection
($340,000), garbage
disposal ($459,158),
liability insurance
($100,000), audit tax
($26,000), unemployment
insurance ($15,000), Illinois
Municipal Retirement
($159,955), social
security ($210,000), police
pension ($744,734)
and library ($987,711).
“It is important to note
that the levy does not fully
fund these functions,”
O’Connell said. “The
Village relies on multiple
sources of revenue such
as sales and other taxes,
building permits, other
use fees, licenses and
fines to cover the costs to
provide these services.”
In other business, the
board also approved first
reading of four more ordinances.
The first abates 2019
property taxes levied for
general obligation debt
series 2012, 2019 and
2019A bonds. The second
amends chapter 10 of the
Lake Bluff zoning regulations
(sign regulations for
the L-1 and L-2 light industry
districts). The third
grants a variation from the
Village’s minimum side
yard setback and daylight
plane regulations at 600 E.
Prospect Ave. The fourth
grants a special use permit
for BONK restaurant. Final
approval of these four
ordinances is scheduled
for Dec. 10.
The board also granted
final approval for a special
use permit to the
Animal Hospital of West
Lake Forest.
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Work done on North Beach access road
Submitted by the City of
Lake Forest
Residents should be
aware of the City’s recent
extension of the revetment
(a stone fortification)
at the bottom of the
new North Beach Access
Road.
Beginning in mid-October,
City staff noticed that
with heavier wave action
and high lake levels, water
from Lake Michigan was
coming closer to the new
concrete road. As a rule,
November is the month
that sees the highest and
strongest wave action.
As a proactive measure,
the City worked with AE-
COM, a design engineering
firm, to provide a solution.
The Public Works
Department completed
the extension in one day
using in-house personnel
and a local contractor,
DiTomasso Excavating.
The beach was excavated
approximately seven feet
down and a 80 foot long
revetment extension was
built up with the same
stone from the same quarry
that was used in the
original project.
Please be assured that
there is no issue with the
road design nor with the
road itself; the revetment
extension was added to
eliminate any possibility
of eroding the road’s original
stone base.
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or concerns, please
feel free to contact the
Public Works Department
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Holiday season begins with annual tree lighting
Katie Copenhaver
Freelance Reporter
Lake Forest city officials
and residents kicked
off the holiday season
with the 36th annual tree
lighting ceremony in
Market Square on Friday,
Nov. 29.
Hundreds turned out
for the afternoon festivities,
which began with a
screening of the holiday
favorite “Home Alone”
in the theater named after
Director John Hughes
and his wife Nancy at the
Gorton Community Center.
Following that, the
family-friendly activities
continued outside on the
square.
Event sponsors were
lined up in two tents giving
out holiday treats and
beverages. They included
Lake Forest Bank and
Trust, @Properties, Oertel
Group/Compass and State
Farm Agent Jeff Smith.
Goshgarian Orthodontics
ran a craft project
for kids. The Lake Forest
Dance Academy was
holding a bake sale fundraiser
to support their
holiday tour of retirement
and nursing homes.
Event Manager John
Eldridge, from Lake Forest
Parks and Recreation,
noted that in the five years
since he started running
this event, the number of
sponsor tents has grown.
They went from one
sponsor tent last year to
two tents this year, and
they might need three
tents next year. The idea is
to provide attendees with
a full afternoon of activities.
“We hope people will
come over to the square
right after the movie,” he
The Lake Forest High School Choir sings festive holiday tunes during the Lake Forest
tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 29. Photos by Alex Newman/22nd Century
Media
said, and also pointed out
the display of shiny new
cars, the only ones parked
in the square that afternoon,
from sponsor Fields
Auto Group.
Santa Claus was on
hand in the square with
a line of kids waiting
their turn with him. Adjacent
to him for all ages
were ice sculptors from
Art Below Zero creating
two sculptures out of ice
blocks and a power saw.
The finished works were
a wreath for Lake Forest
Bank and Trust and Frosty
the Snowman.
According to Master
Sculptor Max Bollkman
Zuleta, Art Below Zero
has been participating in
this event for 14 years,
since the beginning of
their organization.
All this led up to the
tree lighting ceremony at
dusk from the Metra train
platform.
The Lake Forest High
School choir started it
by singing more than a
dozen holiday classics,
including “Sleigh Ride”
with one student on bells
and another with a whip
for sound effects, “I’ll
Be Home for Christmas,”
“White Christmas,” “It
Came Upon a Midnight
Clear,” “Joy to the World”
and “Let It Snow.”
The students were directed
by Tim Haskett in
his last appearance at this
event, which he clearly
enjoys, acting as emcee.
He will be retiring from
his position as music
teacher at the high school
at the end of the current
school year.
Next, the Lake Forest
Dance Academy, directed
by Valerie Gonzalez, performed
a routine to an
instrumental medley of
holiday songs.
Bill Gundlach, from
Friends of Lake Forest
Parks and Recreation
Foundation, said a
few words on behalf of
his organization, which
presents the tree lighting
ceremony. He then introduced
Lake Forest Mayor
George Pandaleon.
“Lake Forest is a city
with many treasures, and
this is one of the best,”
Pandaleon said of the
event and the square.
With the help of his
family, he flipped the
switch for lights on the
Christmas tree in the center
and the many other
trees around the square
and on Western Avenue.
The mayor encouraged
people to do their holiday
shopping locally, both
in the stores and through
their websites, “and skip
the Amazon middleman.”
The ceremony concluded
with the high school
choir singing the “Hallelujah
Chorus” from
Handel’s “Messiah.” They
were joined by alumni
from the audience, whom
Haskett invited to sing
with them.
Santa Claus made a special appearance during the
Lake Forest tree lighting ceremony to visit with the
children.
The tree lighting ceremony included an appearance by
an ice sculptor.
Following the organized
activities, most retailers
on the square were
open through the evening,
and the streets remained
blocked off to car traffic
and parking. It made for
a more traditional, community-centered
holiday
shopping event than the
Black Friday sales led by
big box retailers earlier
in the day at stores across
America.

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Police Reports
LF man found slumped over in vehicle, charged with DUI
Staff Report
Christopher R. Lundergan,
53, of 250 S. Sheridan Road,
was charged with driving under
the influence of alcohol.
Police were dispatched to
South Mayflower Road and
Ringwood Road after receiving
a 911 call at 1:54 a.m. on
Nov. 15 about a man who was
slumped over the wheel of his
vehicle.
When officers arrived on
scene, they found an Audi sedan
stopped in the road, facing
south in the northbound lane,
and the male driver slumped
over with the vehicle still in
drive and the driver’s foot on
the brake. Officers were able
to wake up the driver, identified
as Lundergan, and have
him put the vehicle in park.
When officers began questioning
Lundergan they noted
he was displaying signs of
impairment and they could
smell a strong odor of alcohol
coming from him. Officers requested
Lundergan submit to
standard field sobriety testing,
which he did.
Based on the officer’s observations
and Lundergan’s
performance, he was arrested
and charged with driving under
the influence of alcohol.
Lundergan was transported
to the Public Safety Building,
processed, and given a chemical
breath test resulting in a
reading of 0.272 BAC.
He was released on bond
and given a December court
date.
In other police news:
Nov. 17
• Justin E. Brown, 35, of Zion,
is charged with driving while
license revoked. At 12:46
a.m., police conducted a traffic
stop on a Toyota sedan at
Route 41 and Old Elm Road
after receiving information
the vehicle was stopped on the
shoulder of Route 41. When
officers spoke to the driver,
Brown, they determined
Brown’s driver’s license was
revoked. Brown was arrested
and transported to the Public
Safety Building for processing.
Brown was released on
bond and given a December
court date.
Nov. 18
• Teresa A. Olumola, 55, of
Waukegan, has been charged
with driving while license suspended.
Police conducted a
traffic stop on a Nissan sedan
at the intersection of Waukegan
Road and Westleigh road
at 6:42 p.m. for an equipment
violation. The officer identified
the driver as Olumola and
determined Olumola’ s driver’s
license was suspended at
the time of the stop. Olumola
was arrested, transported to
the Public Safety Building for
processing. She was released
on bond and given a December
court date.
Nov. 19
• Julio C. Diaz, 18, of Chicago,
has been charged with driving
while license suspended, improper
registration and possession
of cannabis. At 11:27
p.m., police conducted a traffic
stop on a Ford sedan at Route
41 and Gage Lane for expired
registration. Police identified
the driver as Diaz and, when
asked for his driver’s license
and registration, he was not
able to produce either. Officers
determined Diaz’s driver’s license
was suspended and he
was arrested on scene. He was
arrested, processed and released
on bond with a December
court date.
Nov. 20
• Jimmy Figueroa, 23, of
Waukegan, is facing charges
of aggravated driving while
impaired-alcohol, obstructing
identification, driving while
license suspended, leaving the
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scene of an accident and possession
of cannabis. Police
responded to a traffic accident
at 7:21 a.m. at the intersection
of Route 41 and Route 60.
The offending vehicle had fled
the scene and was eventually
stopped by police on Ridge
Road. Its driver, Figueroa,
gave police false information
as to his identity during the
traffic stop and appeared to
be impaired based on the officer’s
observations, as well as
Figueroa’s actions, demeanor,
and the smell of alcohol coming
from him. Figueroa was
asked to complete standard
field sobriety tests, and based
on the results of those tests,
which showed signs of impairment,
he was arrested.
Figueroa was transported to
the Public Safety Building
where he was processed and
submitted to a chemical breath
test, which resulted in a reading
of 0.138 BAC. Figueroa
was held pending transport to
bond court.
Nov. 23
• Letoria Moore, 47, of Waukegan,
has been charged with
driving while impaired-alcohol
and speeding. At 1:45
a.m., police conducted a traffic
stop on a 2019 Dodge on
Route 41 after observing the
vehicle speeding at 77 mph in
a 55 mph zone. When officers
spoke to the driver, identified
as Moore, they smelled alcohol
coming from her, and also
noticed two bottles of beer and
a bottle of wine in the vehicle.
Moore admitted to drinking
prior to driving and officers
noted she was demonstrating
signs of impairment. Officers
had Moore perform several
field sobriety tests, and based
on those results, as well as observations
and her admission
to drinking, she was arrested.
Moore was taken to the Public
Safety Building for processing.
She was released on bond and
given a December court date.
Nov. 24
• Paul Williams, 27, of Zion,
is charged with driving while
license suspended, operating
a motor vehicle without
insurance, and speeding. Police
conducted a traffic stop at
12:56 a.m. on an Audi A5 for
speeding on Waukegan Road
at the intersection of Carroll
Road. Police identified the
driver as Williams and, when
officers asked for his driver’s
license, they determined it
was suspended. Williams was
transported to the Public Safety
Building, where he was processed,
released on bond and
given a December court date.
Lake Bluff
Nov. 22
• Raul Mendoza-Lopez, 55, of
North Chicago, was charged
with driving with a suspended
license and unsafe equipment
after he was stopped on West
Washington Avenue at the intersection
of Green Bay Road.
Mendoza-Lopez posted bond
and was given a January court
date.
Nov. 23
• Henry J. Rodriguez Feliciano,
23, of Winthrop Harbor,
was charged with driving under
the influence of alcohol
and drugs, illegal transport
of alcohol, two counts of improper
lane usage and possession
of less than 10 grams of
cannabis. He was stopped on
Route 41, north of Route 176.
Feliciano posted bond and was
given a December court date.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lake
Forest Leader’s Police Reports
are compiled from official reports
found on file at the Lake Forest
and Lake Bluff Police Departments.
Individuals named in
these reports are considered innocent
of all charges until proven
guilty in a court of law.
Sheriff ’s Office
issues warning
on scammers
posing as
county officials
Submitted Content
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and
19th Judicial Circuit have become aware
of a new scam targeting Lake County
residents.
This scam involves con artists calling
Lake County residents, introducing themselves
as a member of the Lake County
Sheriff’s Office. The scammers utilize an
actual name of a Sheriff’s Office employee.
The scammer then informs the victim
a Lake County judge (also utilizing the
name of an actual judge) issued an arrest
warrant. The caller is then instructed to
purchase a “voucher” in order to avoid
arrest.
Neither the Sheriff’s Office nor 19th
Judicial Circuit call residents and request
money. Lake County government will
not ask for or accept payment in the form
of gift cards or “Green Dot” cards.
Most of the times the scammers are
operating out of other states or countries.
The best course of action is to hang up
and, if utilizing a cellphone, block the
caller’s telephone number from being
able to contact you again. You may also
file a report with your local law-enforcement
agency. If you are ever doubtful of
a government official contacting you by
phone, you may always hang up and call
back utilizing the known telephone number
for the government office which contacted
you.
Remember, if you did not initiate the
telephone conversation:
• Do not provide any personal information
• Do not tell when you leave your residence
• Document the number calling along
with any information about the call
• Report the incident to your local law
enforcement agency as soon as possible.

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Cocoa Crawl rings up sweet, warm
memories for Lake Forest shoppers
Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 3 days ago
Bill McLean
Freelance Reporter
Brothers Bennett and
Harrison Crouch rode
“shotgun” inside the toasty
Holly Trolley on a frigid
Small Business Saturday in
downtown Lake Forest.
Bennett is 3; Harrison is
2. Their feet dangled, barely,
over the edge of a wide
seat on Saturday, Nov. 30.
Their expressions were part
giddy, part enthralled.
Their mother, Jamie,
sat right behind Yuri, a
50-year-old Chicago Trolley
& Double Decker Company
driver. Yuri sported a
red knit hat shaped like a
baseball cap, with a small,
white pom pom attached a
few inches above the brim.
He waved to shoppers
walking near Market
Square and toot-tooted his
friendly horn during the
Lake Forest/Lake Bluff
Chamber of Commerce’s
inaugural Cocoa Crawl.
He was Santa — minus
the sleigh, minus the flying
reindeer. And his trolley
carried winter-wrapped
passengers/shoppers instead
of presents.
“He’s bringing cheer
to everyone,” said Jamie
Crouch, who grew up in
Highland Park and moved
to Lake Forest with her
family two years ago. “This
is nice, very festive. My
boys rode in a trolley for
the first time in Florida, in
Captiva.
“They had been looking
forward to this experience
all day,” said the mother of
three (Colin, 2 months old,
stayed home).
The Crouch trio exited
the trolley — rented
for four hours by the LF/
LB Chamber, courtesy of
Northern Trust Bank —
and headed to the toy store
Sage Explorers, one of 31
participating Cocoa Crawl
businesses. Each Cocoa
Crawl shopper had picked
up a “passport” at the
Chamber station located
behind the Christmas tree
in Market Square. A visit
to any of the 31 establishments
allowed a shopper to
receive a stamp.
Customers who turned in
stamped “passports” were
eligible to win prizes Dec.
2 from the businesses they
had checked out on Small
Business Saturday. The
prize selected by the women’s
clothing store Sara
Campbell was a cashmere
poncho; Kiddles Sports
chose to present a Sherpa
blanket with LF logo to another
winner.
“Today is a reminder of
the importance of patronizing
our local businesses,
especially at this time of
year,” Lake Forest/Lake
Bluff Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director
Joanna Rolek said one day
after Black Friday and two
days before Cyber Monday.
“Shopping from store to
store, it’s the old-fashioned
spirit of the season.
“Shopping online,” she
added, “takes sales tax revenues
from towns.”
The weather in the City
of Lake Forest, from 1-5
p.m. on Small Business
Saturday? Rainy, windy,
cold, gray, dreary. But all
that failed to cloud the sunshine
emanating from LF/
LB Events Manager Carol
Goldthwaite.
“This is Bright Saturday!”
a beaming Goldthwaite
shouted inside the
Cocoa Crawl Chamber station,
moments after the hot
cocoa had arrived. “It’s festive.
It’s local. We’re celebrating
the businesses anchored
to our community.”
Smith’s Men’s Store —
the 2.0 version, specifically
— opened under new ownership
on Nov. 23. Kip Helverson
and Trey Gonzales
now run the clothing shop
after deciding to retain the
name of the business that
welcomed its first customer
in 1937.
“People walk in and say,
‘Wow,’ ” Gonzales said
in the third hour of Cocoa
Crawl. “They also like that
we didn’t change the name;
they like the tradition of it.
The Chamber has been so
supportive of us, of every
small business in town.
It’s doing a wonderful job
of getting people to walk
downtown, to stop in and
see what’s available.
“People want to feel the
clothes,” he added. “They
want to try them on, and
they want good, attentive
customer service.”
Forest Bootery is celebrating
its 70th anniversary
this year. Owner Cara Garrison
has been welcoming
foot traffic at the footwear/
clothing/outerwear store
since 1996.
“This has been fantastic,”
Garrison said of Cocoa
Crawl. “I’ve seen new
customers, in addition to
our regulars. It’s neat. Local
companies are vital to
our downtown area, and an
event like this showcases
our town’s companies.”
Rolek and Goldthwaite
did not just hand out “passports”
to eager shoppers at
the start of this year’s short
holiday season; they also
received stamped “passports”
and heard rave reviews
of the event.
For the full story, visit
LakeForestLeaderDaily.
com.
Cocoa Crawl visitors get ready to check in and get their passports in downtown Lake
Forest on Saturday, Nov. 30. Alex Newman/22nd Century Media
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Syres
The Kotsiopoulos
Family, Lake Forest
Syres came to our
home at six weeks
old and 2.5 inches
in length. He is now
20 inches in length.
Bearded dragons
love the hot weather
of summer and Syres spent many afternoons
hanging poolside with the family. He eats live
crickets and fruits/vegetables. He loves to be held
and roaming around the house during the day. He
spends nights inside his terrarium sleeping. We
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Waukegan High School students performed with The Piano Guys on Nov. 22 after Bravo Waukegan helped connect
the two groups. Photo Submitted by Bravo Waukegan
Bravo Waukegan connects Waukegan HS with The Piano Guys
Submitted content
The Lake Forest-based
Bravo Waukegan helped
connect eight talented
violinists from the Waukegan
High School Orchestra
with The Piano Guys, giving
them an opportunity to
perform with each other
at a Nov. 22 concert at the
Genesee Theatre.
The Piano Guys, composed
of Jon Schmidt on
piano and Steven Sharp
Nelson on cello, have nearly
2 billion YouTube views
and more than 2 billion audio
streams. They’ve become
well-known for their
classical/pop mashups,
like pairing Tchaikovsky’s
“Swan Lake” with Shawn
Mendes’ “In My Blood,”
and Beethoven’s “5th
Symphony” with OneRepublic’s
“Secrets.”
The Genesee Theatre
reached out to Bravo
Waukegan, a nonprofit organization
that supports
the music programs of the
Waukegan Public Schools,
in search of talented student
musicians to perform
with The Piano Guys at the
concert.
“We were thrilled to assist
in connecting The Piano
Guys with the Waukegan
High School Orchestra
students,” said Karey
Walker, Bravo Waukegan
executive director. “The
Piano Guys are so committed
to giving young
musicians opportunities
to perform on stage. The
concert was a special opportunity,
and you could
see the excitement on the
faces of the students who
performed with them.”
Walker reached out to
Waukegan High School
Orchestra Conductor Don
Glassel, who selected
Magdalena Albarran, Ashley
Carrillo, Ariana Garcia,
Laura Garzo, Marysol
Lopez, Dakota Luff, Mario
Martinez-Coreas and Perla
Velazquez to perform the
song “Beethoven’s 5 Secrets”
at the concert. The
students worked with
Glassel to prepare for the
concert and had a dress
rehearsal with The Piano
Guys prior to the show.
Commenting on the concert,
Paloma Albarran, sister
to violinist Magdalena,
said, “I’m here to support
my sister who is excited
to be playing on stage tonight.
Bravo has done so
much for me and Magdalena.
I’m attending Lake
Forest College, and music
helped me get here.”
A video of the performance
can be found online
at https://youtu.be/dHzicdnEEjQ

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Local Boy Scout creates project for American Legion’s 100th anniversary
Peter Kaspari, Editor
A local Boy Scout, who
is working towards becoming
an Eagle Scout, recently
created a project honoring
the 100th anniversary of
American Legion McKinlock
Post 264.
William Gherlein, a junior
at Lake Forest High
School, and a member of
Boy Scout Troop 48, said
the troop is sponsored by
the American Legion and
always holds its meetings
at Legion Hall.
Gherlein said, when he
began looking for an Eagle
Scout project, he spoke
with Al Champ, the troop’s
charter representative,
West Point graduate and
career military officer.
Champ put Gherlein in
touch with Tom Glover, another
member of the American
legion, who suggested
that the Scout highlight the
100 years of the Legion and
all it does for the community.
After getting approved
by the Boy Scout Council
in May, Gherlein said he
went straight to work, because
he had to have the
project done by Lake Forest
Day, which is the first
week of August.
“I started my project by
getting boxes of old documents
from the Legion Hall
and bringing them home,”
Gherlein said. “I went
through them and scanned
a bunch of them for the
display. It took a long time
to figure out which documents
I wanted to use and
how to put them in an order
that made sense and also
highlighted the mission and
the 100 years of the American
Legion.”
Gherlein then made
frames to help display the
project. He ended up using
reclaimed wood in his
family’s garage from an old
1880s Lake Forest home.
The frames he made
were 32 feet by 26 feet. Gherlein
made three frames in
all, and received help from
some other Scouts as well
as his friends.
Gherlein’s frames were
on display during Lake
Forest Day. And he soon
learned that the Lake Forest
Library was interested in
displaying them in the main
lobby for Veterans Day.
“I was surprised to hear
that the library wanted to
put my project on display,”
he said. “I am proud of it
and glad to continue to share
it with the community.”
The permanent displays
are hanging up at the
American Legion Post 264
in Lake Forest. Because the
frames were so big, Gherlein
said he ended up using
photos of them at the
library’s display.
According to Gherlein,
the project has given renewed
interest in the Legion.
He said Champ told
him that having the display
in the library has caused
membership to rise, as well
as raise awareness of the
Legion and its mission.
Gherlein said he’s not an
Eagle Scout yet, but this
project puts him a way toward
reaching that goal.
He has to apply to the
Eagle Scout Board of Review,
and once that’s done,
he will be an Eagle Scout.
“In order to become an
Eagle Scout, you must
have all your required
William Gherlein, a Boy Scout from Lake Forest, looks over a display case at the
Lake Forest Library showcasing his project honoring the American Legion McKinlock
Post 264’s 100th anniversary. Photos by Peter Kaspari/22nd Century Media
William Gherlein poses in front of the display case at the Lake Forest Library which
featured his project commemorating the American Legion McKinlock Post 264’s
100th anniversary.
merit badges, leadership
roles, Eagle Scout project
and scoutmaster conference
done before submitting
your application to the
Boy Scouts of America,”
he said. “Also, you have to
have it all done before your
18th birthday, or you are
out of luck.”
Gherlein joined Cub
Scouts when he was in first
grade and has been a Boy
Scout since he was in fifth
grade.

LakeForestLeaderDaily.com NEWS
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Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 6 days ago
Participants in the Tim Plum Thanksgiving Day Run register at the West Lake Forest
Train Station.
Turning out for the turkey trot
Staff Report
Before sitting down
to Thanksgiving dinner,
hundreds descended on
Lake Forest bright and
early Thanksgiving Day to
take part in the Lake Forest
Lake Bluff Running
Club’s 30th annual Tim
Plum Thanksgiving Day
Run.
Runners and walkers
turned up at 8 a.m. Thursday,
Nov. 28 to get a workout
in before meeting their
families for dinner.
The run was started by
running club member Tim
Plum. After he moved
away, he passed the reins
onto other club members.
“It started because I,
along with many others,
didn’t have too much to
do on Thanksgiving morning,”
Plum said in a 2011
Lake Forest Lake Bluff
Running Club newsletter.
“Getting the turkey ready?
No. Cleaning the house?
No. Taking a three or six
mile run? Yes. So I thought
to myself, ‘Self, why don’t
you announce there will be
a run from the downtown
train station at 8 a.m. on
Children and pets took part in the annual Tim Plum
Thanksgiving Day Run.
The annual Tim Plum Thanksgiving Day Run has been
going on for 30 years.
Thanksgiving morning,
and all are welcome?’”
The free run included
free coffee mugs, free
kids’ color-changing cups,
free coffee and free treats.
The club also collected
non-perishable food items
and donations for local
food pantries.
Hundreds turned out for the 30th annual Tim Plum Thanksgiving Day Run held on
Thanksgiving Day in Lake Forest. PHOTOs SUBMITTED

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Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 2 days ago
Gingerbread workshops open
to all area kids and families
Submitted Content
Celebrate the season with family
bonding and fun at one of Taste
Buds Kitchen’s signature gingerbread
house decorating workshops.
Bring your holiday cheer, we’ll
provide unlimited candy for endless
decorating options from frosted candy
roofs to pretzel picket fences. Enjoy
holiday tunes and sip homemade
hot chocolate in our festive Winter
Wonderland kitchen while making
your house a home.
Family gingerbread workshops are
recommended for ages 2+. Each $39
registration includes one house, perfect
for decorating as a parent/child
pair. Teen and adult BYOB classes are
also offered. Workshops run from Dec
1-22. Here’s the latest schedule: http://
tastebudskitchen.com/bannockburn/
gingerbread-house-workshops/
Few things are as delightful (and
delicious) as whipping up a batch
of holiday treats with the ones you
love. Your readers will love trying
their hands at decorating gingerbread
houses with their kiddos for an extra
special treat this year. Memories
made in the kitchen can last a lifetime
so let’s encourage everyone to take a
break from last-minute shopping and
get messy in the kitchen with family
and friends!
RIGHT: Taste Buds Kitchen in Bannockburn,
owned by a Lake Forest
resident, will be hosting gingerbread
house decorating workshops
throughout December. Photo
Submitted
Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 2 days ago
Kids and families can
have dinner with Santa
Submitted Content
Northcroft Park’s enclosed
and heated pavilion
will be transformed into
Santa’s Workshop for the
annual Dinner with Santa
fundraiser.
Sponsored by the
Friends of Lake Forest
NEED A CARPENTER?
Turn to today’s classified section
and find them in our business directory
Parks & Recreation, Dinner
with Santa is Saturday,
Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8.
There are two seatings
for each evening; one from
4-5:30 p.m. and one from
6-7:30 p.m.
Kids and families can
decorate cookies, help
Santa’s elves create holiday
toys, and listen to
Santa Claus read a Christmas
story. Dinner will be
served and Santa will take
special time to visit with
each family.
It is $32 per person.
Tickets can be purchased
online at lfparksandrec.com.
Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 1 day ago
Essay contest set for
Lake County Rising 2020
Submitted Content
The Lake County State’s
Attorney’s Office, Lake
County State’s Attorney
Michael Nerheim, Nicasa
Behavioral Health Services,
A Safe Place, and
the Zacharias Center are
pleased to announce an essay
contest for Lake County
Rising 2020.
Lake County Rising is
our community’s version
of One Billion Rising, the
global movement created
by playwright Eve Ensler
to bring attention to and
an end to violence against
women.
Lake County students
in grades 9 through 12 are
invited to write an essay
with the title “Our Voices:
Why Rising on Behalf of
Abuse Women is Everyone’s
Responsibility.” Essays
should be 500 words
or less, double spaced, and
address one of the following
questions: “What is the
impact on the community
when a woman experiences
violence?;” “How
can we break the chain
of abuse?,” or “What
can communities do to
empower women who
have left abusive relationships?”
The essay should
be emailed to Sandra
Bankston at the Lake
County State’s Attorney’s
Office at sbankston@lakecountil.gov
by Dec. 27. All
submissions will be acknowledged
by email upon
receipt. The winner will
be contacted on or before
Feb. 4 and will be invited
to read their essay at Lake
County Rising 2020 on
Feb. 11 at the Round Lake
Beach Civic Center. The
program is from 7 p.m. to
8:30 pm.
The theme for Lake
County Rising in 2020 is:
Our Stories, Our Voices –
abuse survivors share. The
event is free and open to
the public.

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Fourth-graders enjoy Muffins with the Mayor
Submitted Content
Lake Forest Mayor
George Pandaleon recently
had the chance to enjoy
breakfast with four-graders
as part of Muffins with the
Mayor.
Pandaleon held two
breakfasts with Sheridan
and Cherokee Elementary
School students on Nov.
22 as part of a school district
fundraiser to provide
grants in the Lake Forest
public schools.
Pandaleon donated his
time at the schools to answer
questions about city
government and answer
any questions about life in
Lake Forest while enjoying
a breakfast of champions.
Parents bought tickets
for this special breakfast,
provided by Quest Food
Lake Forest Mayor George Pandaleon speaks with fourth-graders from Sheridan and
Cherokee elementary schools during the Muffins with the Mayor fundraiser on Nov.
22. Photo Submitted
Services.
Over the past 30 years,
the Spirit of 67 Foundation
has funded grants worth
more than $5 million. Every
year, students, teachers
and parents come up with
ideas to expand learning,
enhance curriculum, improve
technology and promote
emotional wellness.
Last year alone, the Spirit
of 67 Foundation awarded
more than $170,000 in 30
grants.
Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 1 day ago
School News
Belmont University
Dillow takes part in citywide
service
Paige Dillow, of Lake
Bluff, joined 2,000 other
Belmont University freshmen
and transfer students
to complete community
service together throughout
the greater Nashville
area.
Many of the local metro
schools, Nashville General
Hospital at Meharry,
Legacy Mission Village
and nearly 50 other local
organizations received aid
from Belmont students
during the annual Welcome
Week program.
Each year, new students
at Belmont University are
provided with the opportunity
to volunteer their time
and dive into the special
community of Nashville
with more than 200 upperclassmen
student leaders
accompanying them. Students
spent the day helping
with tasks such as organizing
hospital supplies, applying
fresh paint to buildings
and picking up trash
in multiple areas.
Knox College
Ashbeck enrolls in fall term
Alexandra Ashbeck, of
Lake Bluff, is enrolled in
the 2019 fall term at Knox
College.
Ashbeck is a graduate of
Lake Forest High School.
School News is compiled by
Editor Peter Kaspari. Send
submissions to peter@lakeforestleader.com.
Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 1 day ago
Woodlands Academy advances STEM for girls
Submitted Content
Woodlands Academy of
the Sacred Heart hosted
a Saturday morning robotics
and engineering
seminar for area middle
school girls Nov. 23 as a
way of encouraging them
to pursue STEM (science,
technology, engineering
and math) courses in high
school and ultimately
STEM careers.
Girls in grades 6, 7 and
8 spent nearly three hours
enthusiastically engaged
in fun problem-solving activities
and collaborative
competition at the all-girls
college-preparatory dayand-boarding
high school
in Lake Forest.
The participants, from
middle schools in Lake
and Cook counties, were
joined by Woodlands
Academy students and
members of its science
department for some
learning, fun and friendly
competition. They did so
by breaking into groups
and then tackling three
workshops, each modeling
an aspect of the work
that Woodlands Academy
Robotics Club students
face while designing and
building their own robot
each year. One workshop
focused on building
battery-operated cars.
Another focused on basic
computer programming
skills using Scratch while
a third workshop involved
something new this year, a
lunar lander competition.
“We do this to get middle
school girls interested
in STEM,” said John Denman,
Woodlands Academy
physics teacher/Robotics
Club moderator. “I want
to get the next generation
excited about science so
they can continue to break
boundaries and take us to
exciting new places.”
In addition to this fourth
annual workshop session,
the school has hosted a
popular Mathalon competition
for 7th and 8th grade
girls the past eight years.
Woodlands Academy
is the state’s top all-girls
school in STEM education,
according to a recent
study released by Newsweek,
and was named one
of the country’s 5,000 best
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A Look Into History
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General MacArthur visits Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
David Forlow
Contributing Columnist
In 1828, Arthur MacArthur
Sr. immigrated to
the United States from
Scotland with his widowed
mother. He worked
to help support the family
and eventually was able
to graduate college and
become a lawyer.
After Wisconsin became
the 30th state in 1848,
MacArthur Sr. moved to
Milwaukee with his wife
and son, Arthur Jr. In
1855, MacArthur Sr. was
elected lieutenant governor
of Wisconsin. A court
challenge claimed fraud
at the top of the ticket and
MacArthur Sr. became
acting governor of Wisconsin
for four days until the
courts could resolve the
dispute. At first he refused
to step down but eventually
complied.
The next two generations
of MacArthurs also
served their country but
controversy followed them
as well. Arthur MacArthur
Jr. attended the United
States Military Academy.
He was a Medal of Honor
recipient and a United
States Army general.
MacArthur Jr. served in
the Civil War, American-
Indian War and later in the
Philippine-American War.
While stationed in the
Philippines, he frequently
feuded with William Howard
Taft and was eventually
relieved of his duties.
The youngest son born
to Arthur MacArthur Jr.
was Douglas MacArthur.
Douglas was the classic
General Douglas MacArthur waves while his motorcade
travels through Lake Forest in the 1950s. Photos Courtesy
the Krusmark Family
“military brat” and a star
athlete who graduated first
in his high school class. He
entered West Point in 1899
where he played baseball
and, again, graduated first
in his class.
Douglas MacArthur
served during WWI and
then as superintendent of
the U.S. Military Academy.
During WWII, he was
supreme commander of
the Allied forces. But the
strong-willed MacArthur
continually clashed with
others.
After WWII MacArthur
served during the Korean
War and he seemed to support
direct hostilities with
China. General Douglas
MacArthur was relieved
of his duties and in April
General Douglas MacArthur stopped in Lake Bluff in
the 1950s while his motorcade traveled from Chicago to
Milwaukee.
of 1951 he returned to the
United States.
General Douglas
MacArthur was part of a
motorcade from Chicago
to Milwaukee. Thousands
lined the streets to pay
their respects. In Lake Forest,
the motorcade stopped
for photographs. In Lake
Bluff, MacArthur paused
to lay flowers at the War
Memorial on the Village
Green.
General Douglas MacArthur
died in 1964 leaving
just one son, Arthur
MacArthur IV, who has
avoided the spotlight and
refuses interview requests.
Recent reports have Arthur
IV living a quiet life in
New York City under an
assumed name.
THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
City Council: Public
expresses frustration
regarding Park District’s
decision to hold barge
funding
Eleven Highland Park
locals gave public comment
at a regular City
Council meeting on Monday,
Nov. 25, calling for
the city to team up with
the park district to find
funding for a deteriorating
barge on Park Avenue
beach.
“Once it’s gone, it’s
gone forever,” said Peter
Mordini, a Highland Park
resident. “That barge there
is the lifeline and heartbeat
of this town.”
Residents’ frustration
comes after the park district
announced they will
not be allocating any taxpayer
money to repair
the barge. To do so, they
would need to find between
$850,000 and $1
million, as previously reported
by The Landmark.
They are encouraging locals
to find creative funding
sources to replace the
barge.
Mayor Nancy Rotering
said the city and park district
are in ongoing discussions
regarding the facility,
and that on Dec. 3,
they will discuss pursuing
a grant that may be able to
fund the barge.
She added that the city
does not own the barge.
In response, some commenters
said while the city
does not own the barge,
that shouldn’t mean they
should remove themselves
from the discourse.
“You can’t just leave
it up to the park district
alone,” resident Daniel
Hersh said to the council.
“We will give you wide
latitude and let you handle
it, but find a solution and
help it stay open.”
Many residents brought
up the fact that Highland
Park possesses 10 percent
of Illinois’ Lake Michigan
lakefront, arguing that the
city has a duty to utilize it.
“The City of Highland
Park seal under you has
sails on it,” one resident
said directly to Rotering.
“I don’t care if it’s the
park district, or [about] the
complicated matters of ‘he
said, she said.’ I want our
town to fulfill its mission,
right under you with sailboats.”
Reporting by Ella Lee, Freelance
Reporter. Full story at
HPLandmarkDaily.com.
THE WILMETTE BEACON
Approved 2020 budget
includes ‘significant’ road
resurfacing, stormwater
utility fee
With the end of the
calendar year rapidly approaching,
the Wilmette
Village Board approved
the fiscal year 2020 budget
at $99.681 million at its
Nov. 26 meeting.
The budget has more
money dedicated to road
resurfacing ($5.3 million)
than any time in at least
the last 20 years. This includes
$2.75 million for
the annual road program
(approximately 28 blocks
resurfaced), $1.2 million
for reconstruction of Central
Avenue and $1.3 million
for road resurfacing
associated with Phase 1A
of the stormwater project.
“This is a very responsible
budget,” Village President
Bob Bielinski said.
“It maintains service levels
and it also includes significant
investments in our
municipal infrastructure,
notably more than $5 million
for roads. That’s the
highest amount the Village
has budgeted in any single
year for roads for at least
the past 20 years.”
There is no increase in
the water rate and the water
rate has not increased
for six of the last eight
years. The water fund
budget includes $5 million
for the completion of
the water plant electrical
improvements. Other improvements
include $2.92
million for water main replacements
on Central and
Lake avenues, $88,000
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From the Editor
Remember to shop local this holiday season
Peter Kaspari
peter@lakeforestleader.com
With Thanksgiving
come and
gone and all
of us enjoying the food,
friends and family, the
holiday season has officially
begun.
Regardless of what you
celebrate this season, or
if you celebrate at all,
no doubt most of us will
be shopping for gifts for
ourselves and our loved
ones this holiday season. I
know I already have.
While you’re shopping
this holiday season, don’t
forget to remember your
local businesses.
As was highlighted at
this past weekend’s Cocoa
Crawl, local businesses
are very important to the
local economy. When you
buy from a local business,
you know that your
money is staying locally,
and that it’s supporting
local people and local
programs.
The people who own local
businesses are people
that we all know. They’re
the ones who greet you
by name whenever you
come in. They’re the ones
that spend a few minutes
of their day catching up
with you and asking how
you’ve been. There’s a
good chance you know
who they are as well, and
know all about them and
their families.
To me personally, local
businesses are very important.
Since the 1960s, my
family has owned their
own sign business. My
grandfather started it, and
since 2003, my parents
have owned it. I’ve seen
firsthand the struggles and
joys that owning a local
business can bring, so I
understand what it’s like
for these local business
owners and employees.
Lake Forest and Lake
Bluff are very lucky to
have countless local businesses.
They offer plenty
of options, whether they
be food, clothing, books,
entertainment, toys,
sporting equipment and
more. You will very likely
find exactly what you are
looking for at these local
businesses.
So as you begin shopping
this holiday season,
remember the local businesses,
and be sure to give
them some support. Who
knows? Maybe you’ll find
a locally-kept secret!
On Nov. 26, Lake Bluff Fire and Rescue
posted, “Last weekend, LBFD hosted a
group of Au Pairs. Along with a station tour,
they were given a fire safety talk and had
the opportunity to practice proper use of fire
extinguishers.”
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On Nov. 25, Lake Forest Library tweeted,
“Friends of Lake Forest Library Holiday Book
& CD Bazaar begins today! Stop by the
Library Foyer and browse a wide selection of
gently‐used holiday books and music. Make a
donation to the Friends in exchange and pay
what you want! #tistheseason #holidayreading”
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From Page 14
for valve installations,
$40,000 for the rebuild of
the water plant high-lift
pump, $21,000 for transmission
main repairs and
$12,000 for water main
surge suppressors.
A new stormwater utility
fee is effective Jan. 1
and the average annual
residential fee is $144.
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WilmetteBeacon-
Daily.com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Cub Scouts, Hometown
Heroes program thank
local first responders
Glencoe Cub Scout
Troop 28 donated more
than $500 worth of popcorn
to Glencoe Public
Safety the afternoon of
Nov. 23 as a gesture to
thank the officers for their
service and commitment to
the village.
The donation was part of
the Hometown Heroes program,
which allows community
members to buy
popcorn from the Scouts
that is then delivered to local
first responders.
“It was a way that the
community could doubly
support Glencoe,” said
Lisa Bell, this year’s “Popcorn
Kernel” — the leader
of the annual fundraiser
— and mom to one of the
scouts. Funds raised went
to the troop, and the goods
benefited the public safety
officers.
Throughout the fall, the
first- through fifth-graders
went door to door with
wagon sales and also stood
outside of Walgreens at the
corner of Vernon and Park
for six weekends, asking
passersby to support their
troop.
In the end, locals donated
$530 of popcorn, which
helped to both boost sales
and fund the troop’s year,
as well as boost morale for
public safety.
“It makes you feel good
inside, that we’re appreciated
and looked at as role
models,” Lt. Kevin Kulinski
said. “It’s a special
go figure
36
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The number of tree lighting
ceremonies Lake Forest has
held. Full story on Page 4.
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Debut show
Chicago a cappella to perform
in Lake Forest, Page 22
Downtown dining
New Northbrook eatery finding early success,
Page 23
The Gallery offers one-ofa-kind
menu inspired by
art on display, Page 19
The Gallery co-owner Cecilia Lanyon (right) and manager Hayley Kennedy
pose in the dining room of the restaurant/art gallery. The venue offers a menu
that is inspired by the art that’s on display. Peter Kaspari/22nd Century Media

18 | December 5, 2019 | The lake forest leader puzzles
LakeForestLeaderDaily.com
north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Cadillac luxury
model
4. Opening run
8. Black key
14. Granola grain
15. Superman’s
mother
16. More authentic
17. Officer, abbr.
18. Highland Park
was the location of
the former home of
one of the characters
in this CBS show
20. One-piece baby
outfits
22. TV manufacturer
23. Units equal to one
coulomb per second
24. Ravi Shankar, by
birth
29. Bottled water
brand
30. Stove chamber
31. “Dust in the Wind”
group
35. One of 3.5 billion
36. Stand around for
late date
39. Martha Stewart
meas.
40. Replies to an invitation,
briefly
41. The ____ Degrees
(Motown group)
42. Sitcom, ___ and
Greg
44. “Miracle” team of
1969
45. Undergo diffusion
49. Was in an agitated
emotional state
53. Chose to participate
54. Compass doodle
55. Compacted
56. Spanish sherry
61. The Buckeyes:
Abbr.
62. 3.26 light-years
63. Parallel
64. Colorado Native
American tribe
65. Spanish inn
66. Yin’s opposite
67. Plaintive
Down
1. ‘’Lord Jim’’ novelist
2. Puget Sound city
3. Walks heavily
4. Take turns
5. Island in the Persian
Gulf
6. Salad ingredient
7. Swedish statesman
Hammarskjold
8. “Time in a Bottle”
singer
9. Car
10. Bray ending
11. “Love Story”
star first name: ___
Mcgraw
12. Decision maker
on the sports field, for
short
13. Before
19. Christmas tree
decor
21. Most sickly
25. Sheer gauzy fabric
26. Tel ___
27. Ballet move
28. Hotels
32. Regular: Abbr.
33. Blonde type
34. Retreat
35. Bulls point guard
who had a home in
Highland Park
36. PIN takers
37. “Whoopee!”
38. Comic Johnson
43. Enticed by deception
46. Rotten to the core
47. Sonora snooze
48. Blessed with a
quality
50. More than unpopular
51. Writer Jong
52. 650, to Caesar
53. Honshu port
56. Google Play
purchase
57. “From ___ to Mozart”
(1980 film)
58. Surgery sites, for
short
59. Government security
agency, abbr.
60. Ballad
LAKE FOREST
History Center of Lake
Forest-Lake Bluff
(509 E. Deerpath)
■Friday, ■ Dec. 6: Portraits
of Nature by
James Lockhart: Art
Show and Sale
The Gorton Center
(400 East Illinois Road)
■Saturday, ■ Dec. 7:
PASTA presents ’Twas
the Night Before
Christmas
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
(201 St. Johns Ave.)
■5 ■ p.m. Saturday, Dec.
14: Chicago Chorale
NORTHBROOK
North Suburban YMCA
(2705 Techny Road)
■1-3 ■ p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 7: Holiday Giveback
Our Lady of the Brook
(3700 Dundee Road)
■7 ■ p.m. Saturday, Dec.
7: Northbrook Symphony
performance
GLENVIEW
Saints Peter & Paul
Greek Orthodox Church
(1401 Wagner Road)
■10 ■ a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7:
Holly Jolly Holiday
Faire
NORTHFIELD
Tapas Gitana
(310 N. Happ Road)
■6 ■ p.m. every other
Sunday: Live music
To place an event in The
Scene, email martin@
northbrooktower.com
answers
How to play Sudoku
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of
3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column
and box must contain each of the numbers
1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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The Gallery pairs art, cuisine for unique experience
Lily Abromeit
Freelance Reporter
Imagine taking a bite
of tuna while looking at a
photograph of tuna fishing
boats in Hawaii – all of
your senses totally aligned.
This is the experience
The Gallery in Lake Forest
is hoping to give you.
The Gallery provides
gallery space for artists,
as well as a restaurant for
cuisine that corresponds to
the art.
Cecilia Lanyon and
Dominic Zumpano
dreamed up the idea for
the creative space years
ago after talking about
doing an art show that
would include Lanyon’s
art and Zumpano’s dishes
in collaboration together.
Instead, they opened The
Gallery to allow additional
artists to participate.
“An artist’s process is
very similar to my process
so we thought it would be
a unique idea for a restaurant,”
said Zumpano, who
is the chef and co-owner.
The 25-hundred-squarefoot
space can seat about
55 guests, allowing everyone
to constantly have
a view of the art on the
walls.
The exhibit and menu
rotate every six to eight
weeks, allowing visitors
to continuously view different
forms of art and try
new styles of food every
few months.
Co-owner Lanyon said
the most common exhibit
is with one artist collaborating
with Zumpano.
They choose artists based
on ensuring they can fill
the space as well as provide
work that will jive
well with the food of the
season.
“Sometimes there are
The Gallery co-owner Cecilia Lanyon talks about
a piece of artwork on display by Rebecca Romero
Schuler.
serendipitous situations
and we meet somebody,
and it clicks,” Lanyon said.
As the menu is based off
of the artwork on display,
they must work closely
with each visiting artist.
“So that what’s on the
plate can match what’s on
the walls,” Lanyon said.
Zumpano said there are
many different things that
spark the menu.
“I’ll sit down with the
artist and we’ll just have a
conversation and will talk
about their inspiration and
their techniques that they
use and then we’ll share
stories,” he said.
There are usually about
15 to 17 items on the menu
and they can be based on
anything Zumpano draws
from the artist. In the past
he has served beef tongue
to go along with a painting
featuring a tongue.
This piece was one from
Chicago-based artist ISz,
whose art was recently
on display at The Gallery.
Lanyon and Zumpano have
worked with ISz twice, and
said it was one of the most
memorable times they’ve
had working at The
Kitsch-In Debuts
The Gallery’s latest
exhibit, “Kitsch-In,”
featuring works by Amy
Lynn Ross, is now on
display. Ross’ artwork
features “tightly
crafted collage works
on wood and canvas in
vintage pans, frames
and home wares.”
Gallery.
“He’s just one of the
coolest cats and his paintings
are unbelievable, the
guy is super talented …
the rule was there are no
rules,” Zumpano said. “We
did some funky things …
we took kimchi and made
it into a dough and then
fried it and made it into
kimchi chips.”
He added there is always
a foundation and technique
to the food he thinks up,
but that he also gives himself
a lot of creative leeway.
“It’s the best chef job
I’ve ever had,” he said.
“It constantly keeps me
involved in thinking about
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Cecilia Lanyon, co-owner of The Gallery, sets up a table in preparation for the arrival
of dinner guests. Photos by Peter Kaspari/22nd Century Media

20 | December 5, 2019 | The lake forest leader FAITH
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Faith Briefs
First Presbyterian Church
(700 Sheridan Road, Lake Forest)
Wednesday Women’s Bible
Study
9:45-11 a.m., Wednesdays
in the South Parlor.
Brown Bag Bible Study
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on
Tuesdays
Faith Lutheran Church
(680 West Deerpath, Lake Forest)
Mid-week Bible Study
Join us for mid-week
Bible Study each Wednesday
from 10-11 a.m. in the
Adult Forum Room. The
Lord’s Supper is offered
after each class.
Celebration Worship with
Communion
5-6 p.m. on Saturdays
Hogar de Fe, Our Hispanic
Worship Service
Hogar de Fe is Faith’s
Spanish-language church
service. Saturdays, 6:30 to
8 p.m.
Women’s Small Group
Bible Study
Monthly on the first and
third Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday Tie’ers
9:30-11:30 a.m., second
and fourth Tuesday of the
month. Put together quilts
for Lutheran World Relief.
No sewing experience required!
All are welcome.
Steeple Quilters
Weekly on Thursdays,
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Grace United Methodist Church
(244 East Center Ave., Lake Bluff)
Boy Scouts
7-9 p.m. Mondays. Boy
Scout Troop 42 will meet
in Fellowship Hall.
Adult Formation
6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays at
Inovasi, 28 E. Center Ave.,
Lake Bluff.
Bible Study
Saturdays, 8-9 a.m. We
are studying The Last
Week by Marcus Borg
and John Crossan. Join us.
Women’s Support Group
The Women’s Support
Group will be meeting on
the second Thursday of
each month at 6:30 p.m.
in the Fireplace room. Our
support group is a group
of women that face challenging,
and, at times difficult
circumstances in our
daily lives. If you, a family
member, or friends (female
only please) that you
feel would benefit from
our group, please join us.
Prayer Shawl Group
Meeting
The Grace Prayer Shawl
Group meets the third
Monday of every month at
1:00 p.m. at Panera Bread
in Lake Bluff, corner of
Rockland Road (176) and
Waukegan Road. Anyone
who knows of a person
in need of a Prayer Shawl
may take one. Please contact
Susan Kenyon for
more information.
Church of St. Mary
(175 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest)
Eucharistic Adoration
Each Wednesday, the
Church of St. Mary offers
Eucharistic Adoration following
the 8 a.m. Mass. A
rosary will be prayed each
week at 6:40 p.m. with
Benediction following at
7 p.m.
Handbell Choir Practice
6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Adult Choir
7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Christ Church of Lake Forest
(100 N. Waukegan Road)
Senior High Youth Group
7-9 p.m. Sundays. All
are welcome for a time
of worship, teaching and
fellowship. Friends are
encouraged to attend. For
more information, call
(847) 234-1001.
The Bridge Young Adults
Group
7-9 p.m., every Wednesday.
All young adults are
welcome to join. For more
information, contact The-
BridgeCCLF@gmail.com.
Financial Peace University
6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesdays.
Financial Peace University
is designed to help
you achieve your financial
goals by showing you how
to eliminate debt and save
for the future. You will
be challenged and motivated
to make a plan for
your money and decrease
your stress over finances.
No matter how much you
make or how much debt
you may or may not have,
this class is for you!
The Fraternity
6-7:30 a.m. Fridays.
The Fraternity is a weekly
gathering of men’s small
groups to explore what the
Bible says about life, faith
and ideas that matter to
men. It’s an effort to combine
relevant topics with
Bible-based content that’s
accessible yet challenging
for any man. Learn more:
http://christchurchil.org/
the-fraternity/
Women on Wednesdays
9-11 a.m. Join with
other women on Wednesday
mornings. Visit the
Women’s page for current
topic and to register: http://
christchurchil.org/women/
MOPS
9:15-11:15 a.m.,
Wednesdays. Join us the
first three Wednesdays
of the month for MOPS
(Mothers of Preschoolers).
GIFT
10:30-11:30 a.m., Sundays.
GIFT (Growing in
Faith Together) offers a
potpourri of teachings
from students and teachers,
lay people and ministry
leaders. We look
forward to thoughtful presentations
with time for Q
and A in an informal, intergenerational
gathering.
Drop-ins welcome.
Christian Science Society
(Gorton Center, 400 E. Illinois Road,
Lake Forest)
Testimony Meeting
7:30 p.m. first Wednesday
of each month. Come
to Gorton Center for
prayer, hymns, and readings
from the Bible, with
related passages from the
“Christian Science” textbook,
“Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures”
by Mary Baker Eddy. Then
participants share their
own healings and inspiration.
For more information,
call (847) 234-0820
or email cssocietylakeforest@gmail.com.
Bible Blast
5-6 p.m. Sunday evenings.
Bible Blast is a family
program for children
4 years old through fifth
grade. Guide your child’s
spiritual growth and biblical
literacy to a new level
through Bible Blast. There
is a one-time registration
fee of $45. Free childcare
is provided for 3 years old
and younger.
Union Church of Lake Bluff
(525 E. Prospect Ave., Lake Bluff)
Live Wires
4-5 p.m. Wednesdays,
Fellowship Hall. Live
Wires is the Union Church
youth group for fourththrough
sixth-graders. The
group meets for lively discussion
and fun activities.
Submit information for
The Leader’s Faith page
to peter@lakeforestleader.
com. The deadline is noon on
Thursday. Questions? Call
(847) 272-4565 ext. 21.
Gallery
From Page 19
… the menu items and
things that we’re doing.
“When you’re a steakhouse,
you’re a steakhouse,
when you’re an Italian
restaurant, you’re an
Italian restaurant, but our
menu varies. … There’s a
lot of different stuff that
can be on the menu that
doesn’t necessarily seem
cohesive, but it is.”
ISz said the process of
working with The Gallery
was exciting and it was
interesting to see the food
Zumpano came up with.
“[It’s] an interesting way
to see in real time what
people’s interpretations of
your art is … it’s a visual
and tactile response,” ISz
said. “It was a nice interactive
experience. It wasn’t
hanging work and creating
a static situation, it was
more dynamic than that.”
The concept gives people
an opportunity to interact
with the art in a new way.
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22 | December 5, 2019 | The lake forest leader LIFE & ARTS
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Chicago a cappella to
entertain in Lake Forest
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Chicago a cappella, heralded
as “the area’s best
unaccompanied group,”
brings a new collection of
songs for the holidays to
Lake Forest on Dec. 14.
The first concert the
group has performed in
Lake Forest, it will be at
the Church of the Holy
Spirit, 400 E. Westminster
Ave., at 8 p.m.
The 10-member ensemble
brings inventive a
cappella twists to familiar
songs such as “Have Yourself
a Merry Little Christmas,”
“Carol of the Bells,”
and “The Dreidl Song,”
in a program created and
prepared by guest music
director Paul Nicholson.
Chicago a cappella is
performing its 27th season.
The singers will revel
in Renaissance and contemporary
works by Jean
Mouton, Steven Sametz,
and Joshua
Fishbein; classic Christmas
carols in new arrangements;
and festive music
for Chanukah.
This delightful concert
will set the mood for a
season filled with joy and
warmth.
Beginning with the medieval
chant for Christmas
Eve at midnight, the singers
of Chicago a cappella
will traverse an astonishing
range of music for the season
at Holidays a cappella.
Traditional carols will include
David Willcocks’
classic arrangement of the
French carol “Quelle est
cette odeur agréable” and
Malcolm Sargent’s lovely
version of “Silent Night.”
A special focus on Chanukah
will bring six songs
for the Jewish festival of
lights, including
Three Pieces for Chanukah,
a jazz-infused triptych
by former Chicagoan
Robert Applebaum; a new
work by award-winning
composer Joshua Fishbein;
and even a hip-hop
take on the holiday by reggae
rapper Matisyahu.
The singers will revisit
Robert Convery’s arrangement
of “Have Yourself a
Merry Little Christmas,”
first performed by Chicago
a cappella in 1998 and
featured on the ensemble’s
first holiday CD.
Tickets can be purchased
online at www.
chicagoacappella.org/concerts.
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Lake Forest Library provides
teens relief from finals stress
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The Lake Forest Library
will be hosting five Exam
Escape sessions for students
in grades 9-12.
It will include studying
snacks and occasional
therapy dog visits.
The dates and times are:
• Dec. 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Dec. 15, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Dec. 16, 2 p.m.-8:30
p.m.
visit us online at
• Dec. 17, 2 p.m.-8:30
p.m.
• Dec. 18, 2 p.m.-8:30
p.m.
Power on your devices
and crack open your books
in the Teen Space.
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Lake Bluff Library kicks
off Winter Reading Club
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The Lake Bluff Library
will begin its Winter Reading
Club for adults, teens
and children Saturday,
Dec. 7.
Winter is the perfect time
to catch up on your reading!
This year, the Adult
and Youth Services departments
collaborated on a
newly redesigned Winter
Reading Club for adults,
teens and children.
What’s new with the
Winter Reading Club?
1. We bring the log to
you! Thanks to a generous
donation from the Friends
of the Lake Bluff Library,
we were able to include
Winter Reading Club logs
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Gorton Center Live presents
Justin Wade Tam & Angel Snow
Staff Report
Two Nashville singer/
songwriters will be performing
at the Gorton
Community Center as part
of its Gorton Center Live
series.
Justin Wade Tam and
Angel Snow will perform
on Friday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m.,
with doors opening at 7:30
p.m.
Tam, the lead singer
of Humming House, is a
singer-songwriter based
in Nashville, Tenn., whose
narrative lyrics bring listeners
into a sonic landscape
at once hopeful and
calming. Tam has created
in the winter issue of the
newsletter so you can get
started reading right away!
2. You set your own reading
goal. Whether that’s one
book or one hundred books,
your Winter Reading Club
goal is entirely up to you!
Read as much as you want
in order to participate.
3. A Winter Reading
Club webform?! You betcha!
We now have an online
webform for turning
in Winter Reading Club
logs. Visit lakeblufflibrary.
org/wrc.html and you can
fill out a digital version of
your Winter Reading Club
log (or print out extra paper
copies if you prefer using
the print version).
his first solo EP titled “A
Place To Land.” The introspective,
four-song collection
seeks to find and define
a sense of place.
While these are the first
songs Tam has released
under his own name, he
has been writing and touring
with the folk-rock ensemble
Humming House
for eight years. His songs
have been featured on
television networks that
include Starz, The CW,
ABC, CMT, and independent
documentary films.
Snow, also from Nashville,
wrote three songs
on Grammy Award win-
4. Any kind of reading
counts—and attending programs,
too!
All reading counts:
whether it’s a print book,
an eBook, an audiobook,
or even reading a book to
someone else. You can also
count attendance at library
programs toward your
Winter Reading Club goal.
How it works:
1. Complete an activity.
2. Fill out a ticket (either
online or on paper).
3. Turn in your ticket.
4. Receive a WRC pin.
5. Your ticket is entered
into a raffle drawing for a
prize.
6. Repeat as often as you
want!
ner Alison Krauss’ 2011
album “Paper Airplane.”
Nashville’s Music Row
crowned her, “Nashville’s
next stealth pop weapon.”
Snow’s 2012 self-titled
debut spawned “These
Days,” which notched
6 million-plus Spotify
streams and earned acclaim
from American
Songwriter. After touring
the globe, she desired
to expand and evolve her
style beyond traditional
Americana and folk.
Tickets $20 online, $25
at the door. Tickets are $10
for students who provide
an ID.

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Northbrook’s Eataco quickly becoming new downtown favorite
Jason Addy
Contributing Editor
The downtown Northbrook eatery offers elote ($4), with
fire-roasted corn topped with Mexican crema, queso
fresco and house seasonings.
Eataco
1350 Shermer Road,
Northbrook
(847) 715-9367
eataconow.com
11 a.m.-10 p.m. Daily
After years of turnover
at one of its prime locations,
downtown Northbrook
seems to have found
the missing piece of the
puzzle.
Glenbrook North alumna
Serah Cicek and her
husband, Kadir, officially
launched Eataco Nov. 2 at
1350 Shermer Road, a location
that has seen a number
of different businesses
come and go.
The Ciceks, along with
business partners Javier
Alvarez and Manny Gill,
opened Eataco’s doors in
July, but spent some time
figuring out exactly what
the Northbrook community
wanted ahead of the restaurant’s
November grand
opening.
Those first few months
showed Eataco’s ownership
group that the fusion
Mexican restaurant might
be the perfect fit for downtown
Northbrook for many
years to come.
“The community has
been nothing but great
to us. We couldn’t have
asked for a more welcoming
opening,” Serah Cicek
said, adding residents have
been telling her “this is
what’s been missing” in
the area. “That’s very, very
flattering for us to hear.”
Cicek credited the local
community’s support for
small businesses as a big
reason for Eataco’s early
success and said she hopes
to “stay here forever.”
“It just shows that as long
as we’re here to serve them,
they’re here to support us,”
Cicek said. “That really, really
means a lot to me as a
small business owner.”
Cicek said she and Kadir
had been eyeing the location
at the heart of downtown
Northbrook for the
past few years, and finally
“the timing was right”
for them to take over the
space.
“I’ve always loved
Northbrook. This downtown
area has always
been one of my favorites,”
Cicek said.
The Ciceks bring with
them a lifetime of experience
in the restaurant industry,
as both grew up in
families that operated restaurants.
After they graduated
from Rutgers University
in New Jersey, the
Ciceks launched a pizza
restaurant in New Jersey
before working their way
back to the Chicago area.
Cicek said Eataco has always
been a dream for her
and her husband, but they
were “waiting to partner
up with the right people to
help us put the vision into
reality.”
Enter Javier Alvarez and
Jonathan Vega, the chefs
behind the innovative, fusion-forward
menu.
As “food junkies,”
the Ciceks and the chefs
“wanted to provide people
with unique flavors and
kind of think outside the
box” while featuring seasonal
ingredients, Cicek
said.
A group of 22nd Century
Media editors recently
visited Eataco to try some
of the restaurant’s fusion
dishes.
Our first taste of
Eataco’s unique take on
Mexican food was the
coconut shrimp taco ($4),
which features shrimp
fried in housemade panko
batter and topped with
roasted pineapple, sweet
chili sauce, cilantro and
coconut flakes.
Next, we sampled the
elote ($4), with fire-roasted
corn topped with Mexican
crema, queso fresco and
house seasonings. Unlike
many restaurants, Eataco
leaves the corn on the cob
for its elotes, creating an
eye-catching presentation
for the side dish.
We then tried Eataco’s
tostada ($4), a grilled corn
tortilla piled high with refried
beans, mixed greens,
fire-roasted corn, pico de
Eataco’s tostada ($4) is a grilled corn tortilla piled high with refried beans, mixed
greens, fire-roasted corn, pico de gallo and queso fresco. Photos by Martin
Carlino/22nd Century Media
Eataco’s crispy fish potato bowl ($8.50) features deep-fried fish served over a baked
potato and topped with black beans, corn, sour cream, queso fresco and pico de gallo.
gallo and queso fresco.
Customers can also add a
number of meats (including
lamb carnitas, beef
barbacoa, ground beef and
Thai pork), as well as teriyaki
tofu or guacamole for
a few extra dollars.
The ground beef nachos
($7.50) soon followed.
Eataco serves its nachos
with black beans, corn,
pico de gallo, sour cream
and queso fresco, along
with any choice of additional
toppings.
The restaurant’s creativity
was clear to see with
the next dish we sampled,
a crispy fish potato bowl
($8.50). The dish featured
deep-fried fish served over
a baked potato and topped
with black beans, corn,
sour cream, queso fresco
and pico de gallo. Any
of Eataco’s dishes can be
ordered on corn or flour
tortillas, or as a bowl with
a base of salad, rice or a
baked potato.
Last but certainly not
least, we tried the churros
($2 each). The footlong
churros are drizzled with
chocolate sauce and sprinkled
with coconut flakes,
making it a great dessert
option.

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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Lillian Aston
Aston is a senior captain
on the Lake Forest co-op
girls hockey team.
How did you get
started playing
hockey?
When I first moved to
Chicago my dad picked
hockey back up after playing
when he was young.
He wanted me to try it, and
I ended up really liking it.
The Varsity: North Shore Podcast
Guys talk hoops, wrestling,
hockey to start winter
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 latest in North
Shore sports. The guys start
off by recapping holiday
boys and girls basketball,
hear from Loyola Academy
boys basketball player Jordan
Kwiecinski, play Way/
No Way with wrestling and
get all caught up with boys
and girls hockey.
Find the varsity
Twitter: @NorthShorePreps
Facebook: @thevarsitypodcast
Website: LakeForestLeaderDaily.com/sports
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First Quarter
The three recap all the
boys and girls basketball
action over the holiday
weekend.
Second Quarter
Kwiecinski joins to talk
about a big rivalry game.
Third Quarter
Way/No way comes
back as the guys make predictions
on wrestling.
Fourth Quarter
To finish things off, the
guys talk about boys and
girls hockey.
What’s your favorite
part about playing
hockey?
Definitely the team
component and the comaraderie
and how the game
is so fast-paced.
What’s the most
challenging part of
playing hockey?
Working as a team can
be very difficult sometimes.
What’s the best
coaching advice you’ve
ever gotten?
To go out there and try
your hardest. Sometimes
you just got to get over the
nerves and try your hardest.
Do you have any
pre-game rituals or
superstitions?
One of our teammates
made her own version of a
song, and we always listen
to it in the locker room because
it’s really funny.
If you could play
another sport besides
hockey, what would
it be?
I also play field hockey
and lacrosse. I like them
for the same reasons,
they’re both team sports. A
lot of the aspects are similar
to hockey, which I like.
What’s your favorite
place to eat?
A place in Highwood
called Jin28, their sushi is
really good.
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that would be really cool.
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what’s the first thing
you would buy?
I would buy a plane ticket
to Australia. I’ve always
wanted to scuba dive the
Great Barrier Reef.
What’s one thing
people don’t know
about you?
I have been bit by a
snake.
Interview by Sports Editor
Nick Frazier
Basketball Power Rankings
The 22nd Century Media Sports Editors ranked the North
Shore area girls and boys basketball teams in our coverage
area throughout the season.
BOYS BASKETBALL
1. Loyola Academy
(Previous week: 1)
Loyola started the season
hot, going 4-0 and
winning the Loyola/New
Trier Thanksgiving Tournament.
2. Glenbrook South (2)
Dom Martinelli has already
put on a show, scoring
51 points to help the
Titans win their second
Buffalo Grove Thanksgiving
Tournament.
3. New Trier (3)
The Trevians started the
season with two strong
games before dropping
a rivalry game against
Loyola.
4. Glenbrook North (4)
Glenbrook North won
its first two games in its
Thanksgiving Tournament
before dropping its last
two, finishing in fourth
place.
5. Highland Park (5)
The Giant finished 2-2
after finishing in fourth
place at the Ridgewood
Thanksgiving Tournament.
6. Lake Forest (6)
Lake Forest started the
season 2-2 in its showing
at the Loyola/New Trier
tournament.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
1. Lake Forest (1)
The Scouts haven’t
had many adjustments
to make, starting 5-0 and
winning the Vernon Hills
Tournament.
2. Loyola Academy (2)
Loyola’s strong win over
New Trier was followed
by a loss to Fenwick in the
Loyola/New Trier Thanksgiving
Tournament.
3. New Trier (3)
The Trevians lost to both
of the teams who squared
off at the Loyola/New
Trier Thanksgiving title
game.
4. Highland Park (5)
Highland Park has
shown the growth many
expected early on this season.
5. Glenbrook North (6)
The Spartans have impressed,
starting 3-1 and
falling at the Vernon Hills
Tournament title game.
6. Glenbrook South (4)
South has seen some ups
and downs this season as it
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SCOUTS VARSITY ATHLETICS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
■Dec. ■ 5 - hosts Stevenson, 7 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - vs. Marist at Fremd, 10:30 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - vs. St. Charles North at
Lake Zurich, 6 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 11 - at Mundelein, 7 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts Prospect, 5:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - at Mundelein, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Mundelein, 5:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - invitational at Richmond-Burton,
9 a.m.
GIRLS GYMNASTICS
■Dec. ■ 7 - invitational at Rolling Meadows,
10 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 11 - hosts Stevenson, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS ICE HOCKEY
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Warren, 8 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 8 - hosts Highland Park, 4 p.m.
GIRLS ICE HOCKEY
■Dec. ■ 8 - hosts Fenwick, 7:30 p.m.
CAXYS VARSITY ATHLETICS
GIRLS ICE HOCKEY
■Dec. ■ 5 - hosts Maine, 6 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts Barrington, 12 p.m.
BOYS ICE HOCKEY
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts St. Francis Buffalo, 12:15
p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts Shady Side, 6 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
■Dec. ■ 5 - hosts St. Joseph’s College, 7 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts T.F. South, 1:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 8 - hosts Gilmour, 12 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Christian Liberty, 4:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Grayslake North, 2 p.m.
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING
■Dec. ■ 6 - hosts Taft, 4:30 p.m.
CO-ED SQUASH
■Dec. ■ 7 - hosts Latin, 12 p.m.
WILDCATS VARSITY ATHLETICS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
■Dec. ■ 5 - at Elgin, 5 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Francis W. Parker, 4 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - hosts Morgan Park, 4:30
p.m.Dec. 11 - hosts Beacon, 5 p.m.
Sports Briefs
Shipp wins MLS
championship
Lake Forest native Harry
Shipp won the 2019 Major
League Soccer Cup with
the Seattle Sounders on
Nov. 10.
Shipp, 28, is a midfielder
who totaled five goals and
three assists in 25 games
with the Sounders this season.
Seattle finished second
in the Western Conference
and won four playoff
games to win its second
title in four years. Shipp
started the Sounders’ 2-0
win over DC United in the
second round of the playoffs.
While at Lake Forest
High School, Shipp was
named to the All-Midwest
team. He graduated in
2010.
Patlovich reaches milestone
with UNH
Former LFHS girls volleyball
standout Emma Patlovich
recorded her 2,000
career assist with the University
of New Hampshire
on Nov. 15. She is the fifth
Wildcat in program history
to reach that number.
The 5-foot-11 junior setter
totaled 497 assists this
season, which led UNH.
She was also fifth on the
team in aces with 23 and
played in all 96 sets this
fall.
Patlovich was a threeyear
captain and fouryear
varsity starter for the
Scouts, helping the team to
a North Suburban Conference
title her senior year.
Traynor excels in
classroom, on field at
Dartmouth
LFHS grad and Dartmouth
linebacker Jack
Traynor was selected to
the CoSIDA Academic All-
District first team. He also
was a unanimous All-Ivy
League first team seleciton.
Traynor totaled 66 tackles,
two interceptions and
two fumble recoveries.
The 6-foot, 230-pound fifth
year served as team captain
for the second-straight season,
the 13th ever player to
do so at Dartmouth.
Dartmouth finished
the regular season 9-1 to
clinch the 2019 Ivy League
Championship.
Moderwell earns Big Ten
honor
Former Scouts soccer
star Matt Moderwell was
named a All-Big Ten second
team nominee after
a solid senior season at
Northwestern University.
The 5-foot-10 midfielder
led the team in scoring with
five goals and six assists.
He was also named to the
Big Ten All-Tournament
team after helping guide
the Wildcats to the conference
quarterfinals. Moderwell
finishes his college
career with 10 goals and
eight assists.
In his senior season at
LFHS, Moderwell was
named NSC All-Conference
and earned All-Sectional
honorable mention.
Athlete of the Month
Crowder makes it two in a row for New Trier
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It’s been quite the year
for New Trier boys soccer
player Aidan Crowder.
Earlier this fall, Crowder,
a Trevians forward, was
named 22nd Century Media’s
Boys Soccer Player
of the Year. Last week, he
added another honor as
well: November’s Athlete
of the Month.
The senior took a lead
early in 22nd Century Media’s
latest Athlete of the
Month competition and
never gave it up, giving
the school its second consecutive,
and third overall,
monthly honor in 2019.
November Athlete of
the Month Candidates
Lake Forest
Fiona Summerville, girls
basketball
Skyler Kruenen, girls
cross-country
Pat Moorhead, boys golf
Lake Forest Academy
Kenny Turelli, boys
hockey
Crowder finished in
first place with 134 votes,
knocking off Lake Forest
field hockey player Sophie
Gambit, who finished
with 90 votes. Three Highland
park athletes, football
players Chris Lee and
Chris Hernandez and boys
soccer player Matt Holleman
rounded out the top
five.
After playing a minimal
role his junior year, the
senior broke out this year,
helping the Trevians to another
regional title, while
leading the team in goals
and being named an All-
Sectional honoree.
Voting lasted from Nov.
10-25. The Athlete of the
Month contest for athletes
selected in the month of
November gets underway
on Dec. 10 and will end on
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Nine LFHS athletes sign National Letters of Intent
Nick Frazier, Sports Editor
November 13 was a
special day at Lake Forest
High School.
That’s because nine athletes
committed to the collegiate
level for National
Signing Day. Surrounded
by friends, family and
teammates in the school’s
cafeteria, the Scouts put
pen to paper to make their
post-grad plans official.
Breck Nowik is a senior
who committed to the University
of Illinois-Chicago
for baseball. The third
baseman batted .373 and
made the All-North Suburban
Conference team this
past spring.
After the ceremony,
Nowik said it was a dream
come true to get to sign his
National Letter of Intent.
“I’ve been around these
people my whole entire
life,” Nowik said. “To take
my game to the next level
is an awesome experience,
I’m really looking forward
to it.”
The Flames won 29
games last season and were
Horizon League champions.
Joining a winning
program is nice, but Nowik
was most impressed by the
bond he formed with the
UIC coaches.
“They really had faith
in me, we had a good relationship,”
Nowik said. “I
visited there, I love everything
about it, I like being
in the city, the facilities
were awesome. I got to
meet some of the teammates
and they were pretty
cool guys, I thought I’d fit
in nicely.”
Elise Stanley was one of
five Lake Forest studentathletes
to commit to playing
college soccer. As a
junior last season, the midfielder
totaled nine points
and was an All-Sectional
honorable mention, helping
lead the Scouts to a
regional title.
Stanley will head east
after high school to play
for Johns Hopkins University.
“It does feel really good
to finally do this,” Stanley
said. “I worked for a really
long time improving my
skills. To commit my senior
year and have done all
that work and have it pay
off is a really big deal for
me.”
The senior wishes to go
into the medical field in
college, and JHU is one
of the best places for that.
Throw in the fact that the
soccer team just won a
conference title on Nov.
10, and it’s the perfect
place for Stanley.
“If you want to go into
the medical field that’s
the place to be in terms
of schools,” Stanley said.
“I’m just really happy that
academics and sports came
together and it worked out,
it couldn’t have been better
for me.”
Other LFHS athletes
Halle Douglass (center), Ingrid Falls (right) and Nicole Doucette are all smiles during
Signing Day on Nov. 13 at Lake Forest High School. Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media
signing their National Letters
of Intent were Halle
Douglass (University of
Wisconsin women’s basketball),
Alyssa Marquis
(University of Toledo
women’s soccer), Kennedy
Stein (Augsburg
University women’s ice
hockey), and Chase Waggoner
(University of Illinois
wrestling). Rounding
out the athletes were
Bridget Mitchell, Ingrid
Falls and Nicole Doucette
signing their intent to play
soccer at Northwestern
University.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Lake Forest 66, Mather 38
Asa Thomas scored 18
points, and Cade Nowik
chipped in 13 in the season-opening
win on Nov.
25.
St. Ignatius 58, Lake
Forest 50
Thomas’ 22 points
weren’t enough, as the
Scouts fell in overtime on
Nov. 26.
Lake Forest 53, Chicago
Prep 48
Jack Malloy led the
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Scouts with 17 points in
the win on Nov. 27.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lake Forest 60, Sycamore
30
Finola Summerville and
Lilly Trkla each had 17
points on Nov. 25.
Lake Forest 50, Antioch 12
The Scouts’ win on Nov.
26 resulted in LFHS going
5-0 and winning the
Vernon Hills tournament.
Halle Douglass contributed
18 points, six rebounds
and six assists.
WRESTLING
Rockford East 36, Lake
Forest 35
Jackson Meadow and
Sebastian Starks earned six
points each in the seasonopening
loss on Nov. 26.
Lake Forest 29, Grayslake
North 25
Lake Forest 29, Palatine
16
The Scouts defeated
both teams at its tri on Nov.
27. Truman Thuente, Sebastian
Starks and Chase
Waggoner all performed
well for Lake Forest.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Latin Orange 2, Lake
Forest 1
Amy Walker scored for
the Scouts co-op team on
Nov. 24.
Loyola 6, Lake Forest 1
Goaltender Sarah Matthews
made 63 stops in the
loss on Sunday, Dec. 1.
WILDCATS VARSITY
ATHLETICS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodlands 43, Ida Crown
42
The Wildcats’ one-point
win gave the team a 4-0 record
to start the season on
Nov. 26.
EDITORIAL
From Page 31
Then, in the early
spring of 2011, the
Lake Forest co-op girls
hockey team clinched a
state title, thanks in part
to goaltender Hannah
Redden, the Metro Girls’
Goalie of the Year. Haley
Conroy, Jessica Gould,
Kelsey Patten, Maddie
Pfalzer and Redden all
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earned All-State honors
that season, as the Scouts
defeated Loyola 4-1 in
the championship game
in March of 2011.
The Scouts are off to an
incredible start this season,
but they’ve actually
won three state titles in a
year before. I’m looking
forward to seeing the
rest of this year’s teams
try to outdo that 2010-11
campaign.
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Remissong, Scouts defeat PREP on Pucks & Poms night
Bill McLean
Freelance Reporter
Nick Remissong likes
dressing.
On Thanksgiving Eve,
following a home game,
the Lake Forest High
School senior forward said
it’s his favorite Thanksgiving
side dish.
“I’ll eat plenty of it [on
Thanksgiving Day],” the
5-foot-11, 175-pounder
admitted. “We’re celebrating
twice — lunch and
dinner.”
Guess who was thankful
Remissong got dressed in
a Scouts hockey uniform
on Nov. 27? Scouts teammates
and fans.
Remissong — a doubleroster
hockey player this
winter, playing for LF and
AAA Chicago Mission —
scored his team’s first two
goals in the Scouts’ 4-1
defeat of PREP at Lake
Forest College’s Alumni
Memorial Fieldhouse.
Remissong suited up
for only Chicago Mission
squads in his first three
years of high school.
“Controls the puck,
moves his feet, looks for
options,” Scouts secondyear
coach Steve Sarauer
said of Remissong’s
strengths in the rink.
Remissong’s first goal,
fired from the point near
the end of the first period
following passes from senior
defenseman Michael
Manfred and junior forward
Connor Kuchman,
opened the scoring against
the Illinois High School
Hockey League North
Central division-leading
PREP (a club featuring
players from Prospect,
Rolling Meadows and Elk
Grove high schools).
“That shot was ridiculous,”
said Scouts senior
The Scouts cheerleaders pose before the game against
PREP.
forward Hunter Dee, who
scored the final goal of the
night off an assist from his
brother, forward Will Dee.
‘The speed of it, how fast
it was, made it ridiculous.”
Lake Forest wasn’t the
only winner on its annual
Pucks and Poms
night. Great Lakes Adaptive
Sports Association
(GLASA) also emerged
victorious. Money was
raised for the organization
in a variety of ways, from
concession sales to raffle
tickets to a Shoot the Puck
competition in between the
second and third periods.
Senior Halle Douglass,
Lake Forest High School’s
record-setting girls basketball
guard, stood at center
ice and slid a puck through
a small opening at an otherwise
blocked net during
the intermission. So did
senior Patrick Moorhead,
the reigning Class 3A
boys golf state runner-up,
prompting PA announcer
and LFHS junior Peter
Elliott to crack, “Hole in
one.”
The successful shots
netted a combined $500
for GLASA, thanks to the
generosity of the Lake
Forest High School Hockey
Association. Fans of all
ages packed the stands in
The Scouts take the ice in their new alternate uniforms with the Lake Forest cheerleaders
cheering them on at the Scouts’ Pucks & Poms game on Nov. 27 at Lake
Forest College. Photo courtesy of Debbie Silver
LFC’s home ice arena on
Nov. 27.
“It was great to see the
community come out and
see what hockey is all
about; nice crowd, supportive
and vocal,” Hunter
Dee said after the Scouts
— the reigning IHSHL
North Central champions
— won for the fifth time
in their last six games and
improved to 11-4-1.
PREP (11-3-1) knotted
it at 1 in the third minute
of the second period. LF
senior defenseman Kyle
Platt delivered the helper
on Remissong’s second
tally nearly nine minutes
later, putting the hosts up
2-1.
A mere 1:05 later, seconds
after a 4-on-4 had
ended with 1:33 left in
the period, Scouts senior
forward Alex Huddlestun
controlled a feed from
Manfred and struck for a
power play goal to expand
the advantage to 3-1.
Scouts junior goaltender
Grant Salanty played magnificently
at the outset of
the third period, parrying
a flurry of dangerous shots
during the final 4:36 of a
penalty kill. Salanty used
practically every piece of
his equipment — as well
as his tenacity — to preserve
the 3-1 lead.
“Grant’s saves,” Sarauer
said, “helped us out a lot
there. [PREP] had momentum;
Grant’s play in goal
changed the momentum.”
Sarauer noted his club
had entered the Pucks and
Poms contest on a fits and
starts roll. In other words,
in recent games his boys
would play well for one
period, play so-so for a
stretch, struggle and then
rediscover their ‘A’ game.
“Tonight we played
good hockey for three periods,
finally,” the coach
said. “We played a complete
game. It was pivotal
to get the win tonight.”
And critical to have a
seasoned “rookie” in LF
togs. Remissong, thrilled
to practice and compete
with his LFHS friends for
the first time, scored his
first pair of high school
goals in the big win. He’ll
likely play Junior hockey
next winter.
After that?
“I have aspirations to
play college hockey,” Remissong
said while standing
just outside a Lake
Forest College locker
room.
After the varsity win,
Lake Forest hockey alumni
took the ice for the program’s
annual Alumni
Game, capping off a memorable
night for Scouts
hockey.

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From the Sports Editor
LFHS enjoys memorable fall season
22nd century media file
photo
1st-and-3
Players to Watch
this winter
1. Kennedy
Stein (above).
Stein recently
committed
to Augustana
University and is
the leading scorer
for the Scouts coop
team.
2. Asa Thomas.
The freshman
basketball player
was named to the
Loyola/New Trier
Thanksgiving
Tournament All-
Star team.
3. Bella Ranallo.
Ranallo is
another freshman
who is a breakout
candidate, as
she’s putting
up points with
the Scouts girls
basketball team.
Nick Frazier
Sports Editor
They say when it
rains, it pours, but
that can go the
other way as well; when
the sun’s out, it’s scorching
hot.
Lake Forest High
School has had a memorable
fall season, with
two state titles and plenty
other accolades. The
Scouts are on pace to
have the most successful
athletic year the school
2019 PressBox Picks
has ever seen.
It all started with a
furious comeback by the
LFHS boys golf team at
the Class 3A state championship.
The Scouts
were in fourth place after
day one, until the team
scored +12 on Saturday,
Oct. 19, to pull ahead and
win the program’s first
state title since 2011.
Senior captain Pat
Moorhead was the star of
the weekend, finishing his
36 holes at 3-over-par to
tie for first individually.
Charlie Haggerty, Colin
Jasper and Jack Marshall
rounded out the scoring
for Lake Forest to bring
home the hardware. Considering
the fact that the
Scouts qualified for the
state tournament by one
stroke, and that made the
win all the more sweeter
for coach Jim Matheson
and his guys.
A week later, the
Scouts girls tennis team
tried to one-up the golf
team by clinching the
Class 2A state title.
Junior sensation Kiley
Rabjohns won the singles
state championship for
the second year in a row,
winning her title match
7-5, 6-3 to lead Lake
Forest to 39 points and
to glory on Saturday,
Oct. 26, at Buffalo Grove
High School. The title
helped alleviate the pain
of finishing second in
state by a point in 2018.
Not to be forgotten is
the Scouts football team,
who made an underdog
run to the Class 6A
quarterfinal round. Rylie
Mills, Mac Uihlein and
co. led Lake Forest to
a comeback win over
Stevenson in the regular
season, then two impressive
playoff victories.
There’s also the LFHS
field hockey team, who
advance all the way to the
state final game against
New Trier. The Scouts
lost 4-2 in overtime, but
that doesn’t make the
season any less special
for them.
Believe it or not, Lake
Forest High School had
a similar season in the
2010-11 school year. The
Scouts celebrated three
state titles that year, as
the boys golf team, girls
tennis team and the girls
ice hockey team all were
crowned the best in Illinois.
Led by juniors Charlie
Marshall and Joe Willis,
the Scouts golf team
won it all in 2010 by four
strokes over New Trier.
Matheson followed up
that championship effort
with another state title in
the fall of 2011.
Meanwhile, the girls
tennis team, led by the
duo of Haleigh McPeek
and Elizabeth Zordani,
won a state title after
placing third the previous
two seasons. McPeek and
Zordani finished second
in the double bracket that
year, and Maddie Lipp
reached the semifinals of
the singles consolation
bracket. The Scouts’ 40
points in that tournament
bested Hinsdale Central
by four points. Coach
Denise Murphy’s squad
defeated Central by six
points this fall.
8-0 championship weekend gives Coughlin bragging rights
Joe Coughlin
Publisher
Experience always
wins out — well,
behind talent.
And wealth.
And fame.
But after those things,
experience is No. 1. And
that’s the short story of
how I conquered four
young-ins to become
champion of this year’s
PressBox Picks.
Using keen insight
gained over hours and
hours (and hours) of walking
the sidelines at high
school football games, I
upended my compatriots
down the stretch to take
the crown.
It started midseason
with upset picks — that
were unreasonably chastised
in the office — like
Glenbrook South over
Glenbrook North and New
Trier over Evanston.
That gave me the lead,
but with talented youngsters
breathing down
my neck, I saved my
best for last: A perfect
championship weekend
Please see EDITORIAL, 29
(8-0 in state-title games),
powered by the pièce de
résistance, my alma mater
Lincoln-Way East winning
Class 8A.
There are a lot of people
to thank so I’ll try but I
think these editors are getting
sick of my gloating
and may just cut me off
befo......
Listen Up
“To take my game to the next level is an awesome
experience, I’m really looking forward to it.”
Breck Nowik - Lake Forest senior on signing his national letter of
intent to play baseball at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
tune in
What to watch this week
BOYS ICE HOCKEY: The Scouts earned a comeback win over HPHS
last month and will try to win in less dramatic fashion this time.
Lake Forest hosts Highland Park on Sunday, Dec. 8, at Lake Forest
College.
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.

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A memorable
fall Looking back on
a great season at LFHS,
Page 31
Making it
Official Scouts sign
National Letters of Intent,
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Charlie Altounian (right) and PREP’s captain
poses for the puck drop on Nov. 27 at Lake Forest
College. Photos submitted INSET: Scouts alumni
pose after taking the ice.
Scouts hockey program
celebrates Pucks & Poms night,
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Halle Douglass celebrates after scoring
in a Shoot the Puck competition at
halftime.
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