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The current staff poses for a group shot.
Wilmette plumbing company celebrates 70 years of
business, Page 4
“Big Grandma” Elinor Kerrigan and the office staff stand at the counter at
Wilmette’s F.J. Kerrigan Plumbing Co. in this dated photo. Photos courtesy of F.J.
Kerrigan Plumbing Co
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
Baker Demonstration School holds annual
cardboard boat regatta, Page 8
CELEBRATE THE NEWS
New Trier News hits century
mark, Page 15
TOP IN THEIR CLASS
Marie Murphy students take top honors in
multiple Science Olympiad categories, Page 10

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THURSDAY
Armchair Travels
1-2:30 p.m. Jan. 9, Wilmette
Public Library, 1242
Wilmette Ave. “Chicago:
Bundle Up and Explore.”
Writer and Chicago tour
guide, Molly Page, shares
a variety of fun things to
do around Chicago when
temperatures drop.
FRIDAY
Friday Night Concert
7-8 p.m. Jan. 10, Wilmette
Public Library, 1242
Wilmette Ave. Donna Herula
and Tony Nardiello are
a Chicago-area traditional
acoustic blues duo with
a passion for performing
Delta, country and early
Chicago Blues.
SATURDAY
Shakespeare Project of
Chicago
2-4 p.m. Jan. 11, Wilmette
Public Library, 1242
Wilmette Ave. Join us for
a staged reading of Shakespeare’s
“Richard III.”
SUNDAY
Exhale
8:45-4 p.m. Jan. 12,
Lakeview Center at Gillson
Park, 800 Gillson
Park Drive, Wilmette. A
one-day retreat for women
to kick off the new year.
Kathy McCabe, master
certified life and business
coach, runs the retreat.
Claim your spot. Invest
in you for $350. Find out
more at https://kathymccabelifecoach.lpages.co/
exhale-retreat/.
MONDAY
English Language
Conversation Cafe
9:30-10:30 a.m. Jan. 13,
Wilmette Public Library,
1242 Wilmette Ave. Practice
speaking English in an
informal setting with other
English language learners.
TUESDAY
Make a Paper Quilled
Snowflake
8:30 p.m. Jan. 14, Wilmette
Public Library,
1242 Wilmette Ave. Adult
Maker Series. In this
workshop, participants
will learn the basic quilling
technique and create a
beautiful snowflake design
on a greeting card.
WEDNESDAY
Veteran’s Roundtable
10-11:30 a.m. Jan. 15,
Wilmette Public Library,
1242 Wilmette Ave. Meet
with fellow veterans to
enjoy coffee and conversations.
Newcomers are
welcome.
UPCOMING
A Kosher Battle of the
Chefs
7:30-10:30 p.m. Jan.
25, Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah
Congregation, 3220
Big Tree Lane, Wilmette.
Come for a night of food
and fun as three of Chicago’s
top kosher chefs
compete live to cook a creative
dish out of a mystery
basket of eclectic ingredients.
Ricky Bielak, owner/
chef Tacos Gingi; Bryan
Gryka, executive chef/
general manager of Milt’s
BBQ for the Perplexed and
Carlos Resendiz, executive
chef at Shallots Bistro.
Sample delicious hors
d’oeuvres, desserts and
drinks from these popular
establishments. Tickets:
$95 through Jan. 21.
D39 Trivia Night
6-10:30 p.m. Feb. 1, St.
Joseph School, 1740 Lake
Ave., Wilmette. Don’t miss
your chance to eat, drink,
and think at the District 39
Educational Foundation’s
8th Annual Trivia Night!
Tables go on sale Thursday,
Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. at
www.d39foundation.org.
For this adults-only event,
each 10-person table costs
$650 each. Last year, tables
sold out in minutes.
Celebrate Israel
8 p.m. Feb. 8, Beth Hillel
Bnai Emunah Congregation,
3220 Big Tree
Lane, Wilmette. Celebrating
Israel through 70 Years
of Jewish song. An a cappella
retrospectacle with
“LISTEN/UP!” — a singa-long
history lesson for
all ages. Tickets: $36 in
advance/$42 at the door.
Call: (847)-256-1213.
New Trier JazzFest2020
7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Gaffney
Auditorium, 385 Winnetka
Ave., Winnetka.The
evening concert this year
will feature the New Trier
High School Jazz Ensemble
along with The DIVA
Jazz Orchestra, an ensemble
of 15 talented and
versatile musicians who
happen to be women. With
New York City as their
home base, DIVA performs
worldwide playing
contemporary mainstream
big band jazz composed
and arranged to fit the individual
styles and personalities
of the talented musicians.
Tickets are available
at NTJazz.com.
ONGOING
Holiday Learn-to-Skate
Through Jan. 4, Centennial
Ice Rink, 2300 Old
Glenview Road, Wilmette.
This mini-series of lessons
is for children who have
never been on skates, or
who have not had formal
lessons. Registration is
Sunday, Dec. 1.
Books Down Under
Hours vary, Wilmette
Public Library, 1242 Wilmette
Ave. Friends of the
Wilmette Public Library
has the only bookstore in
town. Books Down Under
is a used bookstore on the
Library’s Lower Level.
Donated books are sold at
bargain prices and book
sales support library programs,
events, art installations
and materials. Books
Down Under has expanded
their hours. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday;
9 a.m.-5 p.m. and
7-8:45 p.m. Tuesday and
Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday.
Type 1 Diabetes Lounge
7 p.m., second Wednesday,
Wilmette Public
Library, 1242 Wilmette
Ave. The Type 1 Diabetes
Lounge provides a supportive
social network
with monthly programs
provided by medical and
technical professionals
with topics such as research
updates, cuttingedge
technologies, management
techniques and
lifestyle issues. Connect
with peers to exchange
information, feelings and
ideas for creative problem
solving. Find out more at
type1diabeteslounge.org.
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World War II Veterans’
Roundtable
10-11:30 a.m., third
Wednesday of every
month, Wilmette Public
Library, 1242 Wilmette
Ave., Wilmette. World War
II veterans gather for lively
conversation and plentiful
coffee.
Observation Days
By appointment, weekdays,
Rose Hall Montessori
School, 1140 Wilmette
Ave., Wilmette. Observation
days are held every
day, so call the school to
schedule an appointment.
Observe a classroom, meet
with the director and learn
about how a Montessori
school can benefit your
child. Schedule an appointment
by emailing admin@
rosehallmontessori.org or
by calling (847) 256-2002.
Ronald Knox Montessori
visits
By appointment, Ronald
Knox Montessori School,
2031 Elmwood Ave., Wilmette.
Offers programs
for children ages 6 mos.-6
years. Visit the school to
see authentic Montessori
in action and learn how an
experience at Montessori
school could benefit your
child. To schedule a tour
or for more info, contact
Anita McGing, Director of
Admissions & Enrollment,
at anita_mcging@ronaldknox.org,
or call (847)
256-2922, x19.

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Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 6 days ago
New Trier alum builds
house replica for library
Winnetkan works
with Wilmette
architecture
student
STORE
CLOSING
SALE
Megan Bernard
Contributing Editor
Colleen Campbell is
what the Village of Winnetka
calls a pioneer.
The Winnetka resident
installed the first Little
Free Library in town, but
it’s not your standard library
box perched along
the road; it’s a custom replica
of her own house.
The Little Free Library
organization is the world’s
largest book-sharing
movement with people
installing mini libraries
outside their homes for all
to use. Once a library is installed,
the owner registers
it through the organization
so it’s official and listed on
the website.
Campbell installed the
library in front of her home
at 495 Ash St. after working
with Michael Graham,
an architecture student
from Wilmette who made
her dreams come true.
“I was visiting my sisters
in Seattle ... and there
was [a Little Free Library]
on every block,” Campbell
said. “I just thought they
were super cute and a super
way to build community.”
The Village of Winnetka
also provided parameters
for the library, then signed
off on the project with a
permit.
“I wanted to get [the
Village’s] blessing before
I invested any money,”
The Little Free Library is located at 495 Ash St.,
Winnetka, and promotes to readers to take a book and
return a book. Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media
Campbell said. “So I was
the pioneer. [The clerk]
kept saying every time I
went up there to the Village,
‘Do you feel like a
pioneer?’ And I was like,
‘Actually, yes, yes I do.”
Campbell met her builder
Graham through Nextdoor,
a popular neighborhood
social media site,
after posting about the
construction of her project.
Graham, a 2017 New
Trier graduate and current
Illinois Institute of Technology
student, quickly
responded to her post.
Graham has always
been interested in architecture
and wood work, so
he offered to combine his
passions for the project, he
said.
“It was something that
I knew that I could do,”
Graham added. “I’ve never
done anything like this
before specifically, but
I’ve got a lot of experience
building models and those
sorts of things for architecture
class. Then one of
my hobbies and passions
is wood work, so this was
the perfect project for me
to take on.”
The library took 30-40
hours of wood work, resulting
in a couple weeks
of building at Graham’s
house. It was the little
details that took the most
time, he said, like sizing
it to scale, and the small
shelves, hinges, and dollhouse
shingles.
Once Graham was finished
with construction,
the library underwent a
paint job by Campbell.
She used the same colors
of her house to make the
replica.
Campbell said she wanted
it to look like her house
because she simply likes
her house, she said, laughing.
“It’s unique, it’s a very
unique house,” she said.
“The ones that you can buy
from Little Free Library do
not appeal to me at all.”
Of the finished project,
Graham said he was
pleased.
“Once it was painted
and up and everything, it
turned out really cool,” he
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Family keeps Kerrigan Plumbing growing over 10 decades
Hilary Anderson
Freelance Reporter
The Kerrigan name was
destined to become a part
of Wilmette life.
Frank Kerrigan and his
wife, Elinor, had no idea
when they moved to the
community in 1937, the
name would become synonymous
with a respected
and trusted family plumbing
business.
Seventy years later, that
family business continues
its tradition of service to
the community with members
of its third and fourth
generation.
“My great-great grandfather,
Frank, and my greatgreat
grandmother, Elinor,
moved to a house in Wilmette
at 1817 Elmwood,”
Kerry McNulty said.
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Frank Kerrigan worked
for a plumbing company
located on Chicago’s South
Side when he and his wife
moved here. Neighbors in
the area kept asking him
for plumbing help so he
and great-great grandmother
Elinor decided to open
a business in Wilmette according
to McNulty.
“At first they operated
the business from their
house,” she said. “But it
was Elinor who ran it. She
did all the bookkeeping,
ordering materials, keeping
track of supplies and
answering phones. Elinor
became known as ‘Big
Grandma’ and worked constantly
until she was in her
90s. In fact, she worked until
the day before she died.”
It is hard for an outsider
to keep track of which Kerrigan
is doing what unless
one first views a family tree
chart or has some type of
“scorecard.”
“Every member of our
family has worked here
even if it was only during
high school, college or
school breaks and summer
vacations,” McNulty said.
“We carry the same principles
of integrity and interest
in doing what’s best
for our customers. Kerrigan
Plumbing is a family business
but it also has longterm
employees who but
for the same last name are
similarly dedicated to customers
as was the person
who started the company.”
McNulty added that
many employees have
grown with the company
like Gary Trapp, who is
observing 40 years with the
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company.
“Many people in Wilmette
know him,” she said.
“He is an estimator and
started with us as an apprentice.
His dad was Bill Trapp
also a plumber. Another is
Mike Swarthout who recently
tallied 35 years with
us. His dad was Larry and
he worked here, too.”
McNulty is obviously
proud of the Kerrigan tradition.
“All of our plumbers
are licensed and union
members,” she said. “We
sponsor them as apprentices.
They train with us
four days a week and go
to classes one day a week.
They do this for five years.
A Kerrigan plumber is
knowledgeable and correctly
trained one.”
One thing that has not
changed in the familyowned
business is the Kerrigan
logo or the Kelly
green color of the trucks.
The Kerrigan Plumbing
business once was located
at 545 Ridge in Wilmette
but in the late 1970s moved
to its current location at 811
Ridge.
The family house on Elmwood
has since been sold,
Several generations of the Kerrigan family are shown in
this archived photo.
torn down and new houses
were built in its place.
“Our Great Aunt (the
late) Kathy Kerrigan lived
there her whole life but the
house was old with narrow
stairways, needed repairs
so it was time to leave it,”
McNulty said. “She now
lives at Mallinkrodt. Our
grandfather, Bob Kerrigan,
now lives in retirement in
the building at Lake and
Ridge right behind our office.
He says he can keep an
eye on our warehouse from
there.”
The plumbing business
has changed in some ways
and others not according to
McNulty.
“We remain and always
will be a service business
whether it is a small plumbing
need for the house or a
bigger one outside underground,”
she said. “We are
doing more commercial
and municipal work than
we have in the past.”
New construction has
also entered the picture.
McNulty is the project
manager for much of it.
“Technology has
changed but we still answer
the phones in person,
talk with people about
what their plumbing needs
may be, explain what it involves,
how much it may
cost — all before coming
out. Our service still has the
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Police Reports
Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 2 days ago
Icy road causes multiple car crashes on Edens overpass
At 6:54 p.m. Dec. 30,
Wilmette Police Officers
responded to five separate
motor vehicle accidents on
the Lake Avenue overpass
of the Eden’s Expressway.
There were no serious injuries.
WILMETTE
Jan. 3
• A resident reported that
on Jan. 1, a package was
stolen from his doorstep
by an unknown offender.
The victims Ring Doorbell
video showed the offender,
wearing a hoodie, take the
package at 3:58 a.m.
Jan. 1
• A resident of the 1000
block of Locust Avenue reported
that on Dec. 31 unknown
offenders entered
his unlocked vehicle but
did not take anything.
• A resident of the 1000
block of Pontiac Road reported
that on Dec. 31, unknown
offenders entered
his unlocked vehicle and
stole a purse.
• A resident of the 1100
block of Locust Avenue
reported that on Dec. 31,
unknown offenders entered
his unlocked garage
and entered two of his unlocked
vehicles. A garage
door remote was missing
from one of the vehicles.
• At 12:43 p.m., a Wilmette
Police Officer responded
to Wilmette and Hibbard
for an accident investigation.
The driver Cuauhtemoc
Barajas, of Batavia,
had a suspended Illinois
Driver’s License.
Dec. 31
• A resident of the 1000
block of Manor Drive reported
that between 6-6:21
a.m., on Dec. 30, unknown
offender(s) entered his unlocked
vehicle and stole a
piece of luggage containing
miscellaneous personal
items.
• A Kenilworth Police Officer
radioed that he attempted
to stop a vehicle
that registered to the 300
Central Avenue in Wilmette
and two male black
subjects fled from that
vehicle, jumped into a
second vehicle and fled
the area at a high rate of
speed. It was later learned
that the initial vehicle had
been stolen from 350 Central
Ave. at some point between
7 p.m., Dec. 30, and
2:46 a.m., Dec. 31.
• Officers responded to
1000 block on Pontiac
Dec. 31, for an overhead
garage door that was found
open. Officers discovered
6 unlocked vehicles in the
area had been burglarized
between 7 p.m. Dec. 30,
and 2:46 a.m., Dec. 31.
The vehicles were located
in the 1000 block of Pontiac
and 2300 block of Elmwood.
Dec. 30
• At approximately 2:26
p.m., on Dec. 29, a Wilmette
Police officer
stopped a vehicle for
speeding. The driver, Eusebio
Gonzalez, of Glenview,
was found to be intoxicated.
He failed field
sobriety tests and was
arrested for Aggravated
DUI. Gonzalez did not
have an Illinois driver’s
license & previously
had his driving privileges
suspended and revoked for
DUI. The driver refused
all breath testing, was processed
and held overnight
for bond court.
Dec. 28
• A resident in the 1000
block of New Trier Court
reported that three pieces
of jewelry were missing
from their home on Dec.
27. They last saw the jewelry
on June 1 of this year
• A resident in the 3100
block of Cranston Court
reported a package containing
Apple Air Pods was
stolen from their porch on
Dec. 27.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Wilmette
Beacon Police Reports
are compiled from official
reports found on file at the
Wilmette and Kenilworth police
headquarters. They are
ordered by the date the incident
was reported. Individuals
named in these reports
are considered innocent of all
charges until proven guilty in
a court of law.
library
From Page 3
added.
The library is open now
on Ash Street near Sheridan
Road for the public
to use freely. The idea behind
it is to “take a book,
return a book,” which
Campbell said she sees
people often doing.
Once it was officially
open last month, Campbell
said she was so excited
that “I was checking
it every day to see what
books have been taken
and what books have been
added.”
Many of the books supplied
are from Campbell’s
three girls, who are now
grown. Those books fall
into the children’s section,
but there are also young
adult fiction books, parenting
books and adult
novels.
“They are just happy
[the books] are being used
again,” Campbell said.
“They have their favorite
childhood books that they
didn’t want to give up.
But I bought [those same]
children’s books at Half
Priced Books; I didn’t
want to give away theirs.”
Campbell expects the
library to be even more
popular in the summer
when there is more foot
traffic. In the meantime,
though, she said she’s
been receiving emails
from neighbors who have
congratulated her on the
great idea.
“We have a nice mix (of
residents) on this street;
people who have been in
their homes for 45 years
to people who have little
kids,” she said. “I thought
it would be a nice way of
creating community.”
For those interested in
contacting Graham for
further projects, email
mgraham@hawk.IIT.edu
Kerrigan
From Page 4
personal touch,” she said.
PVC pipe has replaced
most of the old, cast iron
ones.
“PVC plumbing will
last longer but you need to
insulate it otherwise you
will hear water running
when someone turns on the
shower or flushes the toilet,”
McNulty said.
She said the biggest
problem many homeowners
have and one that results
in many phone calls especially
around the holidays
is dealing with the garbage
disposal in their sink.
“We often have to guide
the caller to where the reset
button on the disposal is,”
McNulty said. “Many people
are not aware that egg
shells, coffee and chicken
or turkey bones cannot be
put in the disposal.”
McNulty, like her other
Kerrigan relatives, remains
committed to giving back
to the community in more
ways than one.
“Once my siblings and I
grew up to be teenagers,”
my parents began taking in
foster children.”
She has done similarly
and recently adopted a
foster child, Frances, and
taken in two other foster
children.
McNulty and her uncle,
Mike Kerrigan, are involved
in many Wilmette
organizations. They include
the Kenilworth/Wilmette
Chamber of Commerce,
Wilmette Optimists
Club, Wilmette Baseball,
Warming House and scholarship
programs for Regina
Dominican High School.
Her uncles, Pat and Jerry
Kerrigan, live in Northbrook
and are involved in
community organizations.
“Giving back to the community
is another of our
Kerrigan traditions,” Mc-
Nulty said.

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Cardboard boat regatta promotes
engineering, physics at Baker School
Submitted by Baker
Demonstration School
The excitement was contagious
as students, parents
and teachers filled Baker
Demonstration School’s
pool deck in anticipation
of the annual Boat Regatta
where eighth-graders
raced life-size cardboard
and duct tape boats Dec.
13 in Wilmette.
The winning boat —
Plank U, Next — raced the
length of the pool and back
in a record 52.9 seconds.
The races began with
eight teams that raced in
heats of two with the winners
of these heats moving
on to the finals. Let’s Get
Kraken came in second
place in just around 3 minutes
while IDK secured
third place in 20:15 seconds.
The four-person teams
put their physics and engineering
skills to the test
with only five days to design
and build seaworthy
crafts. Students used three
washer-sized cardbiard
boxes and four rolls of
duct tape to design, engineer
and decorate their
boats.
Two seventh-graders,
Lucas Hilario McCarey
and Dillon Woods, emceed
the event and kept
the audience entertained
in-between races. Before
the race, eighth-graders paraded
their boats around the
pool deck showcasing their
creativity. Each team had a
boat theme, ranging from
Yeah Buoy and Cyber Boat
to Boatoven, Shipotle and
Anenome of Cod.
“Our eighth-graders
brought their engineering
and physics expertise to
Miriam Goroff-Behel (left) and Sara Johnson raced their boat, Yeah Bouy, made only
of cardboard and duct tape compete in the annual Baker Demonstration School Boat
Regatta Dec. 13 in Wilmette. Photos submitted
life as they raced against
their classmates in boats
designed by 2-4 person
teams,” said Natasha Itkin,
Baker’seventh- and
eighth-grade science
teacher. “At Baker, we believe
that learning by doing
is the best way to retain
important concepts while
also having fun. This year,
students experienced a
true engineering challenge
with limited time and materials
to build a boat that
would float and carry their
weight.”
“The boat races are are
one example of joyful,
engaged learning that motivates
our middle school
students, inspires their creativity,
and becomes a catalyst
for deep engagement
with physics, geometry,
engineering, and design.”
said Carly Andrews, head
of school. “It also inspires
our younger students to
dream up the type of boat
they would like to design
and build when they become
eighth-graders.”
The event culminated
Winning boat Plank U, Next (left to right) eighth-graders
Wyatt Anderson, Quinn Shanahan, Aveen Cunningham
and Michaela Gutterman are all smiles poolside with
science teacher, Natasha Itkin.
Devin White (left) and Seamus Whalen have fun putting
their science and engineering skills to the test as they
navigate IDK.
when the entire eighthgrade
class jumped into
the pool to celebrate their
accomplishments.

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Marie Murphy students excel at science competition
Hilary Anderson
Freelance Reporter
The Marie Murphy Science
Olympiad Invitational
recently hosted 11 area
schools and took first place
in 12 out of 23 categories.
The event gave parents,
teachers, community
residents and coaches a
peek into the future. They
looked at scientific innovations
and technological
achievements that might be
possible with the creative,
ingenious and tenacious
minds of about 300 young
people who participated in
the Dec. 14 event in Wilmette.
Two of those students
were Northfield’s Alina Patel
and Wilmette’s Antigoni
Garbis.
“It’s a big thing to be
asked to participate,” Patel
said. “It’s very competitive,
almost like sports except
that it is science.”
“We here at Marie Murphy
have to try out to be
part of this,” Garbis said.
Each student participant
is either a member of the
junior varsity team or varsity
team depending upon
grade and age level. Every
student has a partner and
must participate in at least
two categories and in every
category the young person
has a different partner.
There were about 23
categories in all. Some included
disease, machines,
food science, anatomy, meteorology,
circuit lab, stars,
heredity and water quality.
One of Patel’s categories
was fossils, which required
her to make a huge binder
with pictures and information
about 100 different
fossils.
“I have to identify and
know the different types of
fossils, their habitat,” she
Antigoni Garbis (left) and Atharva Metkar, both of Wilmette, work on their car made
from a mouse trap at the recent Marie Murphy Science Olympiad Invitational in
Wilmette. Photos by Hilary Anderson/22nd Century Media
said.
Patel’s other category involved
writing. She teamed
with her twin sister, Raina,
to do it.
“Alina writes about
something that is abstract
— made up by the teacher
or proctor in many cases
—and I have to make it according
to what she writes.
We hope the two come out
to look the same,” Raina
Patel said.
Garbis chose four categories
in which to participate
— Crime Busters,
Mouse Trap, Write It Do It
and food science.
“With Crime Busters, we
have to solve a crime using
the available evidence,”
Garbiss said. “We make
a car using a mouse trap
with wheels that make it go
only as far as stated by the
judge. Food Service might
require us to determine the
fermentation or PH level in
something.”
Garbis’ partner for the
Mouse Trap was Wilmette’s
Atharva Metkar.
The first try was just a bit
over the required level. The
two had to figure how to
adjust the wheels to make
it stop closer or on the prescribed
“finished line.”
Cole Malek, 13, and Ammar
Khan, 12, both from
Glenview’s Attea Schoo,l
had fun launching their
elastic launch glider in that
category.
“We have been doing
this for more than a year,
maybe 18 months,” Malek
said. “The school gives up
supplies but we make more
on our own to practice.”
“It is fun and challenging
at the same time,” Khan
said.
Participating in the junior
varsity category of the
elastic launch glider were
Ken Kallister and Aditi
Karvekar, from Wilmette’s
Highcrest Middle School.
“This is our first time in
the Science Olympiad,”
Karvekar said. “I think we
are the youngest students
among everyone here.”
“We built it in about two
weeks,” Kallister said.
The determination in
their faces to make their
glider work said it all.
Glenview’s Shaili Das
participated in four categories.
Two of them were heredity
and circuit lab.
Another Glenview student
was Sumi Pandiri who
also chose heredity as well
as anatomy and physiology
as categories for the Olympiad.
Winnetka’s Madeline
Ahearn also participated in
the circuit lab event.
“It requires you to take an
hour test and then create a
circuit on a board,” Ahearn
said. “I always wondered
how a circuit works and
how people build one. I
built snap circuits. I have
made a light go on and off
and a speaker play a song.”
Many of Avoca’s Marie
Murphy’s parents, former
students, teachers and interested
area residents volunteered
their time and experience
for the event.
“The Science Olympiad
showcases the talents and
initiative of our young
people,” said Tushar Pandiri,
parent volunteer. “It is
good to see not only your
own child participating but
Madeline Ahearn (left), of Winnetka, and Ryan Cravenn,
of Northfield, test water quality.
Aditi Karvekar (left) and Ken Kallister, both from
Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, prepare their
elastic launch gilder for flight.
Cole Malecki (left) and Ammar Kahn, both of Glenview’s
Attea School, test their elastic launch glider.
so many others interested
in science.”
Science Olympiad was
founded in 1984 and is a
premier national science
competition. Students participating
in event competitions
adhere to rigorous
standards, rules and challenges.

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THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Chanukah celebration hits
the streets of Glencoe
Glencoe celebrated its
first public menorah lighting
on the evening of Dec.
23 in the courtyard in front
of 660 Vernon Ave.
The Chanukah observance,
which drew over
100 people, was hosted
by the newly established
Chabad of Glencoe, an affiliate
of North Suburban
Lubavitch Chabad.
Rabbi Sholom Wolberg
led the gathering, telling
the crowd that in lighting
the menorah, they spread
the message that “darkness
cannot be dispelled
by brooms and sticks, but
rather a little bit of light.”
Attendees sang a blessing
together while Wolberg
lit the first two candles,
since the event was
held on the second night of
Chanukah. When Wolberg
announced to the crowd
that this was the village’s
first public menorah lighting,
he was met by enthusiastic
applause.
It was a festive evening,
boosted by unseasonably
warm temperatures and the
company of many longtime
neighbors. Donuts
and trinkets like light-up
Chanukah headbands were
distributed, and after the
lighting was complete, all
were welcomed inside the
Ballroom Dance Club for
latkes, noodles, and Chanukah
crafts, like cookie
decorating and candle
making.
The multigenerational
event was well-received
by the locals who attended.
“I think it’s great. I’ve
been to the tree lighting
and liked it, but it’s nice
to have this where we can
come together,” said Zack
Domont, of Glencoe, who
came with his wife and
two young children.
The idea of togetherness
seemed to be on the minds
of many attendees.
“It’s great to bring our
kids here and teach them
about Jewish tradition,”
said Beth Wigoda, also of
Glencoe.
Reporting by Christine
Adams, Freelance Reporter.
Full story at GlencoeAnchor-
Daily.com
THE WINNETKA CURRENT
Winnetka families
welcome 2020 at library’s
Noon Year party
Laughter, excitement
and old-fashioned fun
filled the air.
It was the annual kidfriendly
Noon Years Eve
Party held Monday, Dec.
30, at the Winnetka Public
Library.
About 60 youngsters
brought their parents,
grandparents, aunts and
uncles to the event to help
them make crafts, play
games, color, read and
celebrate the coming new
year — kid style.
Constance Martin
brought her nephew, John,
20 months, to the celebration.
She also invited her
brother, William Croghan,
to join in the festivities
who was home on break
from Claremont College.
“We wanted to come
to this party of the year,”
Martin said.
Wilmette’s Jessica
Zhang not only brought
her nephew, Shawn Zhang,
5, to the party, she also invited
her parents, Jun Ma
and Yong Zhang, to the
event.
“I want to give them an
example of some of America’s
traditions,” Zhang
said.
Soon it was time for
the Noon New Years Eve
countdown. Garrity held
up a huge bag full of balloons.
The crowd began
the countdown. As
they reached one, Garrity
turned the bag upside
down and out floated dozens
of balloons among the
happy partygoers.
Reporting by Hilary Anderson,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WinnetkaCurrent-
Daily.com.
THE LAKE FOREST LEADER
Antioch couple welcomes
first Lake Forest baby in
2020
Carson Serdar wasn’t
supposed to be born on
New Year’s Day.
But at 3:58 a.m. on
Wednesday, Jan. 1, Serdar
was welcomed into the
world as the first baby born
at Northwestern Medicine
- Lake Forest Hospital of
the New Year.
He is the first child
of Jonathan and Elizabeth
Serdar, who recently
moved to Antioch from
Chicago.
Proud father Jonathan
Serdar said Carson was
due on Dec. 29, which
came as a surprise to him
and his wife, as “everything
was pointing to him
being right on time.”
“When we missed it,
I personally didn’t think
about it, but Liz was thinking
about it, about having
a baby on New Year’s Day
as a goal,” Jonathan Serdar
said.
The couple arrived at
Lake Forest Hospital at
9 p.m. on Dec. 31. When
Carson was born, he was
7 lbs., 2 ounces, and 20
inches long.
Reporting by Peter Kaspari,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at LakeForestLeader-
Daily.com
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Rotary Club of Wilmette forms evening satellite
Submitted by Rotary Club
of Wilmette
The Rotary Club of Wilmette
formed an evening
Satellite Club with eight
new members at The Bottle
Shop, in Wilmette, Dec. 3.
While the main Rotary
Club of Wilmette has 48
members and meets noon
Wednesdays at the Wilmette
Golf Club, the evening
Satellite Club appeals
to interested neighbors
who work downtown or
can’t get away from suburban
responsibilities midday.
It recognizes the busy
workloads and personal
schedules of many Wilmette-area
adults who can
now fully participate in the
world’s oldest and largest
service organization at a
convenient time.
The Satellite meets at
7 p.m. twice monthly at
a member’s home, office,
local winery or restaurant.
Its members are full Rotarians
and will participate in
Rotary Club of Wilmette
activities and service projects
(including their own),
and all of Rotary International.
The Rotary Club of Wilmette
is 94 years old and
support local students,
community organizations
and charities; conducts
service projects; and funds
water and imaging projects
in Africa and Central
America. Rotary International
has brought polio
to the brink of extinction
and focuses on promoting
peace, fighting disease,
providing clean water/
sanitation/hygiene, saving
mothers and children,
supporting education and
growing local economies.
For information on the
Rotary Club of Wilmette,
check www.wilmetterotary.org
or Facebook: Rotary
Club of Wilmette. For
the Satellite Club, email
brad.b@comcast.net.
RIGHT: Rotary Club of
Wilmette members (left
to right, back row) John
Held, Rotary Club of
Wilmette president; Brian
Bradley, Satellite chair
Brian Bradley; Kurt Zoller
and Dave Fox. (Front
row): Marianna Al Far,
Laurie Cavalier, Patricia
Ohle, Satellite chair-elect
Martha Sheridan and Club
Membership Chair Debora
Morris. Not pictured are
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Glenview
Thousands of nighttime
flights could be diverted
over Glenview in the coming
months as O’Hare International
Airport begins
its Interim Fly Quiet Program
to spread the impact
of jet noise among more
communities.
The Interim Fly Quiet
Program is a runway-rotation
plan that alternates
nighttime flight routes each
week to provide relief from
airplane noise for communities
surrounding O’Hare
International Airport.
Flights departing and arriving
at O’Hare between
10 p.m. and 7 a.m. will be
directed over communities
northeast of O’Hare every
other week starting Nov.
10 through May 17. Nighttime
operations will revert
to the original Fly Quiet
routes between May 17 and
Sept. 13. After that, interim
routes will again be in place
until February 2021.
Fly Quiet is a nighttime
noise-abatement program
first adopted in the 1990s
by O’Hare and Midway
airports. The program
directs flights over less
populated areas, like forest
preserves, highways, and
commercial and industrial
areas.
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Fourth annual Chanukah
Wonderland draws
thousands to celebrate
holiday
Chanukah Wonderland
once again brought the
Jewish Festival of Lights
to Northbrook Court from
Dec. 22-29.
The fourth annual event,
hosted by Chabad Israeli
Center and Chabad of
Northbrook, returned this
year in a new and bigger
space in Northbrook’s mall
and welcomed more than
2,000 people to celebrate
the holiday.
“This has been an incredible
year; we have
had an overwhelming
response,” co-organizer
Feige Slavaticki said.
The message of the
holiday, an eight-day commemoration
of the rededication
of the second Jewish
Temple in Israel by the
Maccabees, was brought
to life through various activities.
With the purchase
of a $12 wristband, guests
were able to decorate
doughnuts fried in oil; color
menorah- and dreidelthemed
suncatchers, canvases
and T-shirts; craft
candles for menorahs; and
personalize a tin-traveling
menorah kit.
Reporting by Sarah Haider,
Freelance Reporter. Full story
at NorthbrookTowerDaily.com.

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New Trier News celebrates 100-year history
Alexa Burnell
Freelance Reporter
Current and former
New Trier News reporters,
editors and photographers
spent the morning
of Dec. 21 celebrating the
newspapers 100-year history
at an alumni celebration.
“We have over 80
guests here today, all
who were involved in the
newspaper in some way
over the decades,” said
the newspaper’s sponsor,
Carlo Travato. “This is a
great way for current and
former members to learn
about each other’s experiences,
while celebrating
the fact that the paper
has been around for 100
years.”
Current features editor
Simren Dadwani, a junior
from Northfield, shared
the excitement of preparing
for the big day.
“We’ve been busy pulling
some of the top stories
from each decade.
It’s been really interesting
to see what topics made
the paper throughout the
years,” Dadwani said.
Dadwani and other current
staffers further explained
how today’s hot
topics, such as vaping and
school safety, aren’t that
different from the concerns
of yesteryear.
“While vaping is certainly
a popular topic
today in our newspaper,
smoking was just as hot of
a topic in the past. School
safety is a repetitive topic
that has made the paper
throughout the decades.
In the 1970s for example,
there were concerns about
bomb threats,” Co-Editor
in Chief Katy Pickens, of
Wilmette, said. “One difference
is that today, stories
surrounding mental
New Trier News reporters, editors and photographers
celebrate the newspaper’s history with alumni on Dec.
21. Photo submitted
health are common, where
you don’t see too much of
this in the past. I think
people are just starting to
become more comfortable
talking about anxiety,
depression and other
stressors that teens face.”
Pickens also added,
“It has been most interesting
to see how things
have changed but have
also stayed the same. For
example, technology has
obviously made a huge
impact on how the paper
operates, but the same
sense of unity and community
among the newspaper
staff has been a constant.
This is a close group
now and from what I’m
learning today, the group
has always been close.”
Wilmette’s Ron Pomerantz,
Class of 1972,
stopped by for a visit,
showing off his oldschool
Nikon camera used
during his time as a staff
photographer. He entertained
students with stories
of how wax was used
during the layout process
– just slightly different
from today’s digital age.
Danny Teinowitz, Class
of 1981, told students
about his experience as
one of the sports writers
and how Dr. Robert Boyle
taught him many valuable
skills.
“Working on the paper
taught me how to distinguish
fact from heresy,
how to ask the right
questions and how to get
to the bottom of a story,”
Teinowitz said. “Dr.
Boyle told us, ‘The best
way to educate oneself
is to learn how to ask intelligent
questions.’ This
advice has stuck with me
until this day and benefitted
me as a lawyer.”
Similarly, Mark Guthrie,
Class of 2018, explained
how his experience
at the New Trier
News as a co-editor has
benefitted him at American
University while
studying international relations.
“Being part of the newspaper
has certainly made
me less shy. I can confidently
walk up to anyone
and ask a question. These
communication skills can
be used through all areas
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A Word From The (Former) President
The Fatal Shooting of a Wilmette Bank Robber
John Jacoby
Contributing Columnist
Four years ago, I
wrote about the fatal
shooting of a man
who attempted to rob the
Wilmette State Bank at
Central Avenue and 12th
Street on July 24, 1919.
Since then, I’ve come
across additional information
that I’m reporting
now in view of the
significance of this event
in the village’s history. To
the best of my knowledge,
it’s the only fatal shooting
involving a Wilmette
police officer.
The would-be robber
was 28-year-old “Fred
Slokerman” (one of many
variations of his name).
As originally explained,
he handed a note to the
Bank’s assistant cashier,
William Leary, 37, of 430
10th Street. It demanded,
“Pay to the bearer all you
have.” When Leary hesitated,
Slokerman brandished
a revolver and started
shooting. Pandemonium
broke out, and Slokerman
fled. Leary ran outside and
alerted Wilmette police
officer Sam Hoth, 48, of
724 12th Street, who was
on duty at the Village Hall.
Meanwhile, Slokerman
fled west on foot. Officer
Hoth commandeered a
taxicab, followed Slokerman,
and overtook him at
Walnut Avenue and 17th
Street. There, Slokerman
fired again. Officer Hoth
returned fire, striking
Slokerman in the chest
multiple times. As Officer
Hoth approached, Slokerman
allegedly fired a bullet
into his own chest.
The information I
recently found relates to
Slokerman’s background
and events leading up to
the robbery. He was born
in Germany and came
to the U.S. in 1906 as a
teenager. Over the next
dozen years, he bounced
from coal mining in Rock
Springs, Wyoming; to
serving in the U.S. Army
in the Philippines; to
conducting a floral business
near Joliet, Illinois; to
laboring in Clairton, Pennsylvania;
and to manufacturing
patent medicine in
Joliet.
He was drawn to Joliet
because his parents lived
in a small cottage at
Harlowarden, the splendid
Joliet estate of Harlow
Higinbotham. (Higinbotham
was a former
partner of Marshall Field,
President of the Columbian
Exposition of 1893, and
“one of the wealthiest and
most prominent businessmen
in Chicago”. He died
three months before the
Wilmette robbery, and his
son, also named Harlow,
ascended as the new master
of Harlowarden.)
While living in Joliet,
Slokerman became
romantically attached to a
childhood acquaintance,
Hattie Aldominowicz.
As his patent medicine
manufacturing business
sputtered, he decided that
his future happiness hinged
on raising $3,000 so he
could purchase a farm and
settle down with “the most
wonderful girl in Chicago”.
He closed his business
and moved to the Wilmette
home of a cousin, William
Middendorf. He asked
Middendorf for a loan but
was turned down.
Slokerman grew desperate.
He needed money and
was crazy to get it. He targeted
the younger Harlow
Higinbotham, sending him
a letter in early July 1919
that demanded $10,000
in small bills, outlined the
method for making payment,
and threatened the
entire Higinbotham family
if payment wasn’t made.
According to the letter,
family members would be
stabbed by a deadly “poison
needle”. The family
was away from Harlowarden
at the time, and the letter
wasn’t read until after
deadline had passed.
Seemingly ignored by
Higinbotham, Slokerman
opted to seek the needed
funds from banks. In
mid-July, he walked into
the First Trust and Savings
Bank at Monroe and
Dearborn streets, Chicago.
He handed the teller a
note, demanding $5,000 in
small bills and threatening
to blow up the bank with
nitroglycerin if the demand
wasn’t met. When the
teller refused, Slokerman
departed, and the threat
was exposed as a hoax.
Slokerman’s fatal
visit to the Wilmette
State Bank, as described
above, occurred one week
later. After being shot, he
was rushed to Evanston
Hospital, muttering his
last words, “I did it all for
the little girl in Chicago”.
Investigators later connected
the Wilmette robbery
to the earlier plots, based
mainly on the similarity of
the handwriting in all three
incidents.
Letters to the Editor
Owners of closing Lad and
Lassie thank community
It is with deep gratitude
to the greater North Shore
community that we announce
the closure of the
Lad and Lassie clothing
store at the beginning of
2020. For 67 years, multiple
generations of our
family have served multiple
generations of yours,
and we are honored to
have had the opportunity
to be part of your lives.
Lad and Lassie was
opened in 1953 by our
grandmother on our
mother’s side, Beulah
Leipsiger. Our father, the
late William (Bill) Evans,
began managing the
store in 1959 and soon
after took over operations,
growing the business
through hard work
and a dedication to quality
products and customer
satisfaction. Since opening
day, Lad and Lassie
has been a family-run
operation, something we
take great pride in, which
perhaps is also the most
difficult part about letting
it go. But it is time.
Our parents had eight
children, each of whom
grew up on the North
Shore and many of our
childhood memories are
centered around the store.
Our father worked 7 days
a week to provide for his
family of 10, which involved
each of the kids
chipping in at different
points in our childhoods.
Many summer days and
after-school hours were
spent helping customers,
stocking shelves, and
sometimes falling asleep
in the attic while we were
supposed to be checking
inventory. It was a way for
us to spend time with our
father and learn the value
of hard work, which we
carried forward into our
adult lives as owners and
operators.
It is no secret that retail
has been changing
for a long time. The way
people purchase products
over the past 15 years has
altered dramatically. As a
family, and thanks to our
loyal customers, we have
evolved with changing
markets. However, after
years of difficult contemplation,
we have finally
decided that now is our
time to let it go. Our father
grew this store with
a deep sense of dignity
and pride, and we intend
to leave it with those same
qualities intact.
We want to thank our
dedicated employees and
the great people of Wilmette
and surrounding
communities who have
supported us for years.
Many of our regular customers
have been shopping
at Lad and Lassie for
generations and are like
family to us. Understanding
the changing retail
environment themselves,
countless people went out
of their way to purchase
our products, when similar
items were easily accessible
online or at larger
box stores. We are deeply
grateful to every one of
you and consider you the
reason for our many years
of success.
It is time for something
new for us also. While Lad
and Lassie will be shutting
its doors, our familyowned
business will continue
in the form of a newly
created handmade home
goods business called Tilden
Louise Designs. The
line will be available in
local retail stores and online.
Our decades running
a family-owned store leave
us well-equipped to step
into a venture aimed at
making homes more cozy
and delightful. We are also
looking forward to Saturdays
off for the first time
in 40 years.
Again, from the deepest
corners of our hearts we
would like to thank our
valued customers and the
community for supporting
us for so many years. This
is a bittersweet announcement,
but we’re focusing
on the sweet part. So,
stop by and we’ll say our
good-byes while we discount
every thing in the
store.
We’re going to miss
you, too.
Mimi, Patty and Zee Evans
Lad and Lassie
Please see Letter, 23

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SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
Thank you for a
successful 2019!
642 Maple Street | Winnetka
883 Oak Street | Winnetka
(represented buyer)
156 Chestnut Street | Winnetka
(represented buyer and seller)
I look forward to
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927 Oak Street | Winnetka
(represented buyer)
Under Contract
808 Willow Road | Winnetka
SOLD
147 Birch Street | Winnetka
SOLD
For more information, or to schedule a
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630 Pine Lane | Winnetka 1917 Greenwood Avenue | Wilmette
(represented buyer)
SOLD
SOLD
420 Brier Street | Kenilworth
(represented buyer)
SOLD
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847.217.5146
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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
1212 Oak Street | Winnetka
(represented buyer)
265 Churchill Street | Northfield
(represented buyer)
62 Coventry Road | Northfield
SOLD
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Under Contract
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(represented buyer)
740 W. Fulton Street, Unit 104 | Chicago
381 Locust Street
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From the Sports Editor
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go figure
1937
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
Year Frank Kerrigan and his wife,
Elinor, moved to the community,
Page 4
Michael Wojtychiw
m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com
Last week I got the
opportunity to
cover a new girls
basketball tournament
called Grow the Game
(Page 36), a tournament
that was spearheaded
by multiple high school
girls basketball coaches
across the Chicago area,
including New Trier’s
Teri Rodgers.
This year’s inaugural
tournament was held
at Glenbard West High
School in Glen Ellyn
and featured eight teams
Letter
From Page 18
Kenilworth’s misuse of TIF
funds
Kenilworth Village
Manager Patrick Brennan’s
comments at a recent
League of Women
Voters event, as quoted in
a Dec. 12 Beacon article,
reveal misuse and abuse
of the Illinois statute on
tax increment financing
districts.
The article quotes Manager
Brennan as saying the
two primary purposes of
the TIF in his mind were
to “help shift the residential
property tax burden”
and to “provide more amenities”
to residents and
neighbors. These purposes
do not match the letter or
playing in a three-day
tournament, as well as
six teams playing in one
individual game apiece.
Each team participating is
coached by a female head
coach and all, or most
of, the referees over the
three days were women
as well.
One of the goals of
the tournament was to
empower the players on
all 14 teams and let them
know that they can do
anything or be anybody if
they put their mind to it.
While I was only able
to attend the final day,
following along with the
tournament over three
days, it was easy to see
what kind of impact the
tournament had on not
only the girls basketball
community, but the basketball
and high school
sports community as a
whole.
spirit of the Illinois TIF
statute.
On July 15, 2019, the
Kenilworth Trustees took
the drastic step of passing
Ordinances finding sufficient
blighting conditions
exist in Kenilworth to meet
the standards required to
establish a TIF and establishing
a TIF District. This
action constitutes a “regulatory
taking” diminishing
the constitutional rights of
property owners inside the
TIF district. It also harms
property owners outside
the TIF district who will
be required to make up
the portion of the diverted
property taxes.
We did this for amenities?
We did this for the illusory
and unfair promise
of “shifting” taxes from
one group to another? It
Olivia Becker secures the ball. PHOTO SUBMITTED
On the tournament’s
last day, multiple coaches
were already talking
about and planning for
next year’s tournament,
which they hope to make
into the best in the state.
With the determination
of these coaches, there’s a
pretty good chance they’ll
wasn’t supposed to be this
way. The statute was intended
to spark improvement
in truly blighted and
abandoned areas.
TIF’s won’t fix fiscal
problems for North Shore
communities. They will
divert millions of tax dollars
to the cottage industry
of experts who promote
be able to accomplish that
goal.
And if you haven’t
already, check out a New
Trier, Loyola, North
Shore Country Day or
Regina game. You never
know who you might see
on the sideline or on the
court.
them, and millions more
to subsidize developers.
It’s high time we get serious
about finding real,
sustainable solutions for
our fabulous communities
– before the tipping point
is reached.
Marjorie Zander
Kenilworth resident
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NEW DIGS
Northbrook’s Claim Company downsizes to ‘cozy’ eatery, Page 29
Wilmette Public Library spruces up winter break with fun, Page 27
Smarty Pants and his wife put on a show at the Wilmette Public Library Saturday, Jan. 4. Alex Burnell/22nd Century Media

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Across
Down
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
1. Performers might
take one
4. Get ready
9. Summarize
14. 80s group that
performed “Take on
Me”
15. Satellite medium
16. Top scout
17. Horse
18. Spoke at a Bee
19. Desiccant
20. Where a spy
leaves the data
22. Double-reed
instrument
24. Fruit with slippery
rind
27. It passed through
Wilmette on Jan 5
2002, goes with 63
across
32. “__ A Lady” Tom
Jones tune
33. Moonlighter’s
business
34. Big-time operator
36. Olympic sled
37. Train stop
41. Learn
42. They have flat
tops
43. “___ never fly!”
44. Storage device
46. Road through the
North Shore
49. Like a stuffed
shirt
52. Coastal scavenger
53. Egg version
56. Just barely
58. Stringed toy
59. Fairy-like
63. See 27 across
67. Bathing suit part
68. Shade of purple
69. Easter eggs
70. Help
71. Margaret famous
for painting waiflike
children with big eyes
72. Dampen anew
73. Late guitarist Paul
1. Getaway destination,
maybe
2. “Gone with the
Wind” star
3. Black Marias, e.g.
4. Phone trio
5. Ludacris’s sound
6. Suffix with chlor-
7. Venus de __
8. Hack novel
9. Night flight
10. Musical ability
11. Computer letters
12. Welsh rabbit
ingredient
13. Respectively
21. “Fiddlesticks!”
23. Gray-haired
25. Lizard’s cousin
26. A grate build-up
28. M.’s counterpart
29. One of 12 popes
30. “Young Frankenstein”
woman
31. So-so grades
33. Squalid
35. Department store
sight
37. Makes a hole in
the ground
38. Raison d’ ___
39. Kind of bargain
40. Rival of Coco and
Christian
42. “Tasty!”
45. Spanish bear
47. Subtlety
48. Deli request
50. One-eighty
51. Universal
54. Nest
55. Kermit’s cousins
57. Symbol of peace
59. Lodge member
60. Tell it like it isn’t
61. Where St. Pete is
62. Novelist Fleming
64. Roughhewn
65. The Indians, on
baseball scoreboards
66. Presidential inits.
Let’s see what’s on
Schedule for Wilmette Community Television – Channel 6
Thursday, Jan. 9
4 p.m. Illinois Channel
Programming
6 p.m. NSSC Men’s Club
Program
7 p.m. State of the
Village 2019
8:30 p.m. WPD Ice Show
2019
Friday, Jan. 10–Sunday,
Jan. 12
5 p.m. Coach’s Corner
(P)
6 p.m. Illinois Channel
Programming
8 p.m. Plan Commission
Meeting ®
Monday, Jan. 13
2 p.m. Illinois Channel
Programming
4 p.m. WPD Ice Show
2019
6:30 p.m. Coach’s
Corner
7:30 p.m. Park Board
Meeting (LIVE)
Tuesday, Jan. 14
1 p.m. Park Board
Meeting ®
4 p.m. NSSC Men’s Club
Program
5 p.m. Coach’s Corner
6 p.m. State of the
Village 2019
7:30 p.m. Village Board
Meeting (LIVE)
Wednesday, Jan. 15
1 p.m. Village Board
Meeting ®
3:30 p.m. Illinois
Channel Programming
5:30 p.m. NSSC Men’s
Club Program
6:30 p.m. Coach’s
Corner
7:30 p.m. Zoning Board
of Appeals (LIVE)
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Smarty Pants performs for the crowd at the Wilmette Public Library Saturday, Jan. 4.
Smarty Pants thrills crowd
at Wilmette Public Library
Alexa Burnell
Freelance Reporter
The Wilmette Public Library
ensured little minds
remained engaged over the
holiday break from school
by providing a number of
special events, classes,
movies, performances and
more.
“During the winter
break, our 10 regularly
scheduled weekly story
hours are put on hold so
we can offer special programming
for area youth.”
Head of Youth Services,
Andrea Vaughn Johnson
explained.
Some of the classes and
events offered to families
included light painting,
snowman glitter bottles
and a noon year’s eve party.
On Saturday, Jan. 4, the
final Saturday of the break,
families were treated to a
special performance - The
Big Balloon Show, featuring
Smarty Pants. Three
acts were held and each
was packed with children
of all ages eager to
watch a grown man act
silly. Smarty Pants wowed
the crowed with balloon
art, crazy jokes and even
stuffed himself into a giant
balloon, giving everyone
in the audience a good
chuckle.
Vaughn Johnson manned
the large crowds, happy to
see patrons enjoying the
time together as a family.
“I’m always looking
for performers that are
the right fit of our patrons.
Clearly, Smarty Pants is a
real crowd-pleaser,” she
said. “It’s great to see everyone
having such a great
time.”
Along with keeping
patrons thoroughly entertained,
Vaughn Johnson
also used the holiday break
to encourage kids to register
for the winter reading
club, “A Flurry of Reading”
running Jan. 2-March
1. During this time, kids
are encouraged to record 15
days of reading. Once they
do, they can pop into the
library and claim a prize.
Eager readers are eligible
to earn three prizes, reading
a total of 45 times during
the period. Vaughn stressed
that the club is open to all
youngsters, even the library’s
tiniest patrons.
“The club is meant for
every child and I would
love to see more babies
and toddlers registering for
the club. We have many
board books which are
perfect for little hands and
parents can pop one into
the diaper bag and have
a book at the ready while
out and about, waiting for
appointments or just about
anywhere. It’s never too
early to expose children to
the wonders of reading.”
Vaughn Johnson said.
In addition to the winter
reading club, two exciting
events are on the horizon.
On Monday, Jan. 20, in
honor of Martin Luther
King, Jr., WPL will host
“Stand for something”
where kids in grades 3-8
will become young activists.
On Feb. 29, the
second annual all-library
Maker Fest will bring creators
of all types together.
For more information,
visit www.wilmettelibrary.
info.
Smarty Pants and his wife perform their routine with one of the kids from the crowd.
PHOTOS BY Alexa Burnell/22nd Century Media
A comedy by Neil
Simon
Love is the
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and future
January 16 through March 1
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28 | January 9, 2020 | The wilmette beacon FAITH
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FAITH BRIEFS
First Congregational Church of Wilmette
(1125 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette)
Weekly Youth Activities
Open to the Community
Every Wednesday, the
church’s children and
youth ministry offers opportunities
for fun, friendship,
spirituality, and service.
Kids Club (K–grade
6) meets at 4:30 p.m. In the
evening, the Confirmation
Class (grades 7 & 8) meets
at 6 p.m. And the Senior
High Youth Group gathers
at 7:15 p.m. The two
evening youth groups have
a tasty dinner together at
6:45 p.m. — sometimes
chicken, sometimes pasta.
Learn about the church
community at www.fccw.
org or contact for more
details: (847) 251-6660 or
1stchurch@fccw.org.
Sunday Worship
If you are looking for
a faith community, the
church invites you to worship
with it on at 10 a.m.
Nursery care will be provided
for infants through
age 2. Contact the church
for more details about
the service — (847) 251-
6660 or 1stchurch@fccw.
org. And visit the website
to learn about the church
community: www.fccw.
org.
Winnetka Covenant Church (1200
Hibbard Road, Wilmette)
Sunday Services
Join the church at 10:45
a.m. for its weekly service.
Sunday School for all ages
starts at 9:30 a.m.
Youth Groups
The church’s Jr. and Sr.
High Youth Groups meet
on Sunday evenings. Jr.
High meets at 4:30 p.m.
and Sr. High meets at 6:30
p.m.
Refuel
The church has begun its
Wednesday evening family
nights again. The evening
starts with dinner at 5:30
p.m., followed by a time
of singing and skits for everybody
at 6:30. After that
everyone breaks out into
activities for all ages. Arts
& crafts and gym time for
children through 5th grade,
jr. & sr. high youth groups
combined for discussion
and fun, and Bible study
and discussion groups for
adults. All are welcome.
Men’s Basketball
All men, high school
age and older, are invited
to play basketball 7-9 p.m.
every Tuesday.
Community Kitchen
On the first and third
Thursday of each month a
group meets in the church
kitchen to prepare food for
the Community Kitchen of
A Just Harvest. They start
working at about 1 p.m.
and continue until the food
is prepared, about 3:30.
All are invited to come and
participate in as much of
that time as you are available.
Serve at a Just Harvest
On the third Thursday
of each month the church
has an opportunity to serve
the food that was prepared
in our kitchen for the
Just Harvest Community
Kitchen from 4:30-7:30
p.m.
Trinity United Methodist Church (1024
Lake Ave., Wilmette)
Food Pantry
If you are in need of
help, and are short on food,
do not hesitate to come to
the Wilmette Food Pantry.
The church is here to serve
the community. No matter
who you are or where you
are on life’s journey, you
are welcome at the Wilmette
Food Pantry.
The food pantry is open
from 10:30-11:30 a.m. every
Tuesday and provides
grocery items and seasonal
produce. All Wilmette residents
are welcome and no
appointment is necessary.
Kenilworth Union Church (211
Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth)
Worship
All are welcome to worship
at Kenilworth Union
Church. Worship with
Communion is at 8 a.m. in
the Schmidt Chapel. Worship
for all ages and Children’s
Chapel at 9 a.m.
and traditional worship
and Sunday School are at
10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
Drop-in Breakfast
Club for 7th through 12th
graders runs from 10:15
to 11:30 a.m. with discussions.
Infant and toddler
care is provided at 9 and
10:30 a.m. Up to date information
is at kuc.org.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (2727 Lake Ave., Wilmette)
Sunday Worship
Visitors are always welcome
to join members of
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints for its
weekly worship services
on Sunday. As a membership,
the church is a community
where we’re all
trying to be a little bit better,
a little bit kinder, a little
more helpful - because
that’s what Jesus taught.
Come worship with the
church. Come serve with
the church. Come learn
who the church is, what
it believes and how the
teachings of Jesus can help
you find joy and happiness.
There are two congregations
that meet on Sundays
in the meeting house. Sunday
worship services start
at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Baha’i House of Worship (100 Linden
Ave., Wilmette)
Devotional Gatherings
The Baha’i Temple is
open to all for personal
prayer and meditation
every day from 6 a.m.-
10 p.m. Prayers are read
aloud daily in the Auditorium
at 9:15 a.m. and 12:30
p.m., including a cappella
singing by choir or soloists
on Sundays at 12:30
p.m. The House of Worship
activities staff can be
reached at (847) 853-2300
or how@usbnc.org. Visit
www.bahaitemple.org. Informal,
interactive devotional
gatherings are held
regularly at the homes of
Baha’is in Wilmette. Bring
prayers, readings, poetry,
or music to share if you’d
like. People of all backgrounds
are welcome.
Contact the Wilmette
Baha’i community for locations
and schedule: 847-
906-3409 or wilmettebahais@gmail.com.
Friday Night Fireside
Conversations
Join the House of Worship
in the fireside room
at the Baha’i House of
Worship Welcome Center
(112 Linden Ave.) for
meaningful conversations
about what Baha’i Faith
offers for people who
want to contribute to the
betterment of the world.
Light refreshments will be
served.
Children’s Classes
Children ages 7 to 10
are invited learn about
Manifestations of God
including, Krishna, Abraham,
Buddha, Christ,
Bahá’u’lláh (Founder of
the Bahá’í Faith), and other
Divine Teachers. Sunday
mornings from 10-11
a.m. Contact Ellen Price at
(847) 812-1084 for more
information.
Come and Sing
All singers welcome to
audition for the House of
Worship A Capella Choir.
Weekly rehearsals are on
Thursday evenings and
singing from 11 a.m.-1
p.m. on Sundays, plus
special events. Call Music
Director, Van Gilmer for
more info (847) 853-2330.
St. Joseph Catholic Church (1747 Lake
Ave., Wilmette)
Sunday Mass
Sunday Masses are held
at 7:30, 9, 10:15 and 11:30
a.m.
Submit information for
The Beacon’s Faith page
to Michael Wojtychiw at
m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury
media.com
WILMETTE
Wilmette Bowling Center
(1901 Schiller Ave.,(847)
251-0705)
■■11 a.m.-9 p.m. (10
p.m. on Friday, Saturday):
Glow bowling and
pizza all week long
Centennial Ice Rinks
(2300 Old Glenview
Road)
■■Friday, Jan. 10: TGIF
Skate
Loyola Academy
(1100 Laramie Ave.)
■■7 p.m. Jan. 24: Rambler
Rouser
NORTHBROOK
Pinstripes
(1150 Willow Road,
(847) 480-2323)
■■From open until close
all week: bowling and
bocce
Northbrook Public Library
(1201 Cedar Lane)
■■Thursday, Jan. 9: Barry
Winograd & the Alternatives
Little Big Band
Village Green Park
(Downtown Northbrook)
■■11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Jan. 18: Winter Carnival
GLENVIEW
Ten Ninety Brewing Co.
(1025 N. Waukegan
Road, (224) 432-5472)
■■7-9 p.m. every Thursday:
Trivia Night
Potato Creek Johnny’s
(1850 Waukegan Road)
■■9 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
11: Tabasko Sound
Kitchen
■■5:30 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 13: Paint and Sip
WINNETKA
Fred’s Garage
(574 Green Bay Road)
■■Every Friday: Fred’s
Garage Fish Fry Fridays
The Skokie School
(520 Glendale Ave.)
■■2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
12: Special Gifts Theatre
Performance of
“The Music Man Jr.”
Winnetka Community
House — Matz Hall
(620 Lincoln Ave.)
■■11 a.m. Jan. 18: “Frozen
Jr.”
To place an event in The
Scene, email martin@northbrooktower.com

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Location change ‘energizes’ Northbrook’s The Claim Company
Martin Carlino
Contributing Editor
Many restaurateurs
would consider downsizing
and shifting locations
indicative signs of defeat.
But Arnie Krause believes
a new, “cozier” setting
for his restaurant is
precisely what it needed.
Longtime Northbrook
favorite The Claim Company
is now welcoming diners
at its new, smaller-size
space located at 776 Skokie
Blvd. The restaurant recently
completed its move
from the Northbrook Court
shopping center, where it
originally opened in 1979.
The Claim Company’s
first stint in Northbrook
Court lasted until 1998. In
2009, a space in the mall
became available, which
allowed Krause and his
team to resurrect the eatery
for its second run inside
the shopping center.
Mall officials told
Krause in 2019 that upcoming
redevelopment
plans did not include The
Claim Company, setting
its move in motion and
subsequently forcing a
months-long closure.
Now after more than a
decade inside a space with
no windows, dim lighting
and little connection to the
outside world, The Claim
Company’s staff is energized
by its new home.
“We were stale. Our old
place was old and tired,”
Krause said. “This is new
and visible and more modern.
The cement floors,
the high ceilings and the
open look are great. It’s a
lot brighter, and a lot more
open concept.”
Krause described the
transition to the Skokie
Boulevard location as
“wonderful.” The Glenbrook
North graduate add-
The Claim Company’s signature motherlode burger (starting at $9.99) can be fully
customized to satisfy diners’ cravings. Photos by Jason Addy/22nd Century Media
ed the community’s favorable
response has made the
move that much easier.
“The community is
thrilled to have us back,”
Krause said. “It’s been very
heartwarming to know that
people missed you.
“I know that we have
cultivated a large regular
multi-generational group
of fans of The Claim Company
over the years. But
it’s been very nice to hear
people say they missed us
and say they’re glad we’re
back and glad we’re still in
Northbrook.”
The new location is approximately
3,500 square
feet, less than half of
the 9,000 square feet of
space the restaurant had at
Northbrook Court.
Krause’s standard line
of explanation for the
space difference is: “We
went from a five-bedroom
house to a one-bedroom
apartment.”
The space’s interior was
easy to remodel, Krause
said, adding he was able
to bring over many staff
members to the new location.
A custom-built bar
is one of the highlights
Krause and his team added
during the remodel.
The Claim Company’s
menu is predominantly the
same, according to Krause,
with all of its favorites returning.
Only three menu
items were removed during
the transition to Skokie
Boulevard.
“I didn’t want people
to not be able to find their
favorites ... I didn’t want
a lot of changes,” Krause
said. “Moving was enough
of a change. So I was hoping
we could execute the
menu in our new environment
and luckily we’re
able to execute the menu.”
Krause hopes to make
the restaurant’s specials
page a great focus moving
forward. He is planning on
expanding monthly special
offerings and implementing
some healthier options
for diners.
22nd Century Media editors
headed to The Claim
Company late last month
to test out some of its longstanding
favorites and get
a glimpse at its new decor.
We started our visit with
The Claim Company
776 Skokie Blvd.,
Northbrook
(847) 291-9111
www.theclaimcompany.
com
11 a.m.-9 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
Friday
11:30 a.m. – 9:30
p.m. Saturday
11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday
a taste of The Claim Company
wings ($11.49), one
of the restaurant’s most
popular appetizer options.
The wings are traditional
chipotle hot wings served
with a side of ranch. They
are also available in a
sweet chili garlic sauce or
barbecue sauce.
Guests can also opt for
boneless wings ($10.99)
with a variety of flavor options.
We next tested out another
popular appetizer
selection, The Claim Company’s
signature mozzarella
sticks ($8.99). The
The Claim Company’s signature motherlode burger
(starting at $9.99) can be fully customized to satisfy
diners’ cravings.
The “famous” mozzarella sticks ($8.99) are hand-rolled
in a wonton wrapper and served with a side of marinara
sauce.
“famous” offering comes
with five hand-rolled mozzarella
sticks in a wonton
wrapper and a side of marinara
sauce.
A taste of The Claim
Company’s steak sandwich
($13.99) was next.
The dish is prepared with
a grilled tenderloin served
on a toasted French roll
with melted mozzarella
cheese, tomato, bacon and
fried onion straws.
No trip to The Claim
Company would be complete
without a sampling
of its well-known claim
to fame, the motherlode
burger (starting at $9.99).
Diners are able to fully
customize their burgers by
choosing their preferred
burger, bread, cheese, toppings
and sauces.
Lastly, we concluded
our trip with a taste of the
sizzling fajitas (starting
at $12.99), one of several
options available on the
menu’s southwest fare section.
Although the restaurant
has undergone several recent
changes, one element
of its recipe of success will
never change.
“We just love being
a neighborhood place,”
Krause said. “That’s why
the smaller size doesn’t
bother us.”

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aTHLETE OF THE WEEK
The Varsity: North Shore Podcast
Guys recap hoops, talk
wrestling, gymnastics, hockey
10 Questions
with Matt McKenna
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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 get back to
business as the holiday
season is over. They start
off by recapping area
boys and girls basketball
holiday tournaments, are
joined by Lake Forest
wrestling head coach Matt
Fiordirosa, play Way/No
Way with girls gymnastics
and talk some area hockey.
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First Quarter
The guys start off the
episode by recapping all of
the hoops action from all
the area tournaments.
Second Quarter
Lake Forest wrestling
head coach Fiordirosa
joins the show after his
team’s quad.
Third Quarter
Mike and Nick face off
in the first Way/No Way
of 2020 as the two debate
over girls gymnastics.
Fourth Quarter
To finish off, the guys
talk some boys and girls
hockey as we head into
the final months of the
season.
The New Trier senior will
wrestle at Michigan next
year.
Do you have any
superstitions before,
during or after a meet?
I wear the same pair of
socks for every match. I’ll
wash them if I have matches
in back-to-back days but
same pair for every match.
When did you start
wrestling?
I started wrestling and
going to meets around
third grade. I went to practices
in first and second
grade. I started because
my brother did it and I’d
go and watch him. Once
I started going to meets, I
just fell in love with it.
What’s one thing
people don’t know
about you?
I have dyslexia.
What’s the hardest
part about wrestling?
It’s a huge time commitment.
It takes a lot of
hard work and energy.
Wrestling is kind of like a
lifestyle. People who cut
weight have to eat healthier,
maintain a diet during
the season and have to do
extra work after practice.
What’s the best part
about wrestling?
Wrestling requires hard
work and patience, but
makes everything in life
easier and helps you have
a great work ethic.
What’s one thing on
your bucket list?
I’d like to go to Mount
Everest, it’d be cool to
climb it.
If you won the lottery,
what would you do
with the money?
I’d invest it in the stock
market and save some of
it.
If you had a
superpower, what
would it be?
I’d like to have the ability
of super speed and get
places really fast.
What’s been your
favorite moment at
New Trier?
Wrestling Evanston my
freshman year. I got a big
pin and it helped us win
the dual.
If you could play
another sport, what
would you play?
Lacrosse. I played
it from second grade
through freshman year but
I knew I could wrestle in
college and be a potential
state wrestler and if you
want to do that, there’s a
lot of offseason stuff to
work on.
Interview by Sports Editor
Michael Wojtychiw
Watt
From Page 36
mind though. Hockey was
the game he loved, the
game he had been playing
since he started basement
hockey in second grade.
Watt, who was the starting
goalie in the Trevians’
state-title win over Loyola
Gold last season knew he
was getting back on the
ice and was going to get
there as soon as he good.
The weekend of Oct.
18, Watt, rejoined his
Green teammates when
they went to Michigan for
a trip to play in a tournament
featuring multiple
club teams. Getting back
on the ice with his teammates
was a dream finally
accomplished.
“It was a lot of hard
work,” he said. “I was
really out of shape and
it’s hard coming back after
not playing for over
a month. So that was the
hardest part, is getting
back into it.”
It really wasn’t much of
a shock to his dad either.
“Within 24 hours of
open-heart surgery, he was
up and walking around
the hospital and four days
later he was discharged
and back at home,” he
said “That’s why he was
able to get back on the ice.
He didn’t waste any time.
And by the way, he had a
collapsed lung as just sort
of the byproduct of the
surgery, just sometimes it
happens when you open
the chest cavity. He had a
lot more things to recover
from than just recovering
from open-heart surgery.
“Were we hesitant? Yes.
The people that make the
decision are the doctors.
He’s surrounded by the
best doctors on the planet.
These people are amazing
and, I think everybody
is super apprehensive
watching it for the first
time. But Preston’s managed
this for 17 years and
does a really good job
paying attention to his
body.”
On Dec. 14, Loyola
and New Trier played in
a hockey doubleheader,
where money raised went
to Lurie Children’s Hospital.
The two programs together
raised over $9,000.
The game also marked
Watt’s return to the ice
after missing a couple
weeks due to surgery. He
helped lead the team to
a 4-2 win over the Ramblers,
making 14 saves in
the process.
After the game, a number
of teammates jumped
right into his arms to celebrate.
“Yeah. It’s such a special
bond, especially if
you play high school
hockey, where you see
those guys all the time
in school.” Preston Watt
said.
“I can’t wish for a better
outcome or wish for
a better team to be on, or
I couldn’t even wish for
better teammates for that
matter. And I’m just so
lucky to have all of them
in my life.”

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Sibling bond brings McKeown sisters together on the court
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
There’s nothing like the
bond that siblings share.
No matter the age or gender,
having that extra someone
in your familial life can
make one’s life even more
special.
That bond is being shown
on the basketball court at
North Shore Country Day’s
Mac Gymnasium this winter,
as Loyola Academy
graduate Meghan McKeown
joined coach Bruce
Blair’s staff to coach the
Raiders girls basketball
squad, which happens to
include her sister Ally.
“To be able to coach
your sister in her senior
year after all the injuries
she’s been through...”
Meghan McKeown said.
“She’s had to deal with
a lot of adversity so it’s
more special for me I think
than it is for her.”
“It’s so great (to have her
here), I mean her and I are
really, really close in general
so being able to have
this connection on the court
is really so great,” Ally
McKeown said.
To say the McKeowns
come from a basketball
family would be putting it
simply. Meghan was a fouryear
letterwinner at Flint
Hill (Virginia) and Loyola,
where she played her final
two prep seasons, before
heading off to play at
Northwestern for her dad.
Joe McKeown, the girls’
father, is currently in his
11th year as head women’s
basketball coach at Northwestern
University and
won his 700th career game
Dec. 20, becoming the 13th
active coach to hit the mark
in NCAA Division I Women’s
Basketball and the
23rd all-time in Division I.
But this on-court reunion
almost didn’t happen, as
Meghan was pursuing a
broadcast journalism career
that saw her as a weekend
sports anchor at WISH-TV
in Indianapolis for the past
three years.
“I just wanted to pursue
different opportunities,”
she said. “So for me there’s
some opportunities back
in Chicago where I could
do color commentary for
games and I’ve been doing
some freelance work for
the Big 10 Network during
football season. The
opportunities in Chicago
were worth the risk for me
to take.
“The other things on the
side I picked up like this
have actually made it 100
percent worth it.”
And when a spot on
Blair’s staff opened up
in the fall, both of them
thought bringing Meghan
on would be a great idea.
“To have someone like
Meghan on our staff is
amazing,” Blair said. “The
knowledge she brings from
playing the game in one of
the best college basketball
conferences, as well as her
other experience through
her father and other coaches
has been so invaluable
for our team.”
After missing part of her
sophomore year and her entire
junior year to injuries,
including three surgeries in
four years, Ally is back out
on the court as a senior and
helping the Raiders to an
early 9-2 record and having
a breakout campaign in her
last year as a Raider.
Having her sister back
with her on the court has
been great for the younger
McKeown, as she’s now
able to take all the advice
and the experience that her
sister has had on the court
and transfer it over to her
own time on the court.
And there haven’t really
been any issues of being
too easy or hard on each
other on the court as well.
“It was kind of funny,”
Ally said. “(During one
of our games) she goes,
‘Ally for the love of God,
help! Help on ball.’ So it’s
definitely different but it’s
really fun. It’s brought us
closer that’s for sure.
“She wasn’t playing help
defense and I was like, ‘For
the love of all that’s good
in this world, get in the
middle and help,’” Meghan
said. “And she looked at
me like, ‘Please, take it up
with Mom.’
“So I did,” the younger
McKeown said.
Coaching isn’t as easy as
Meghan may have thought
it would be, however.
“It’s actually so much
harder than I thought it
would be. No, dead serious,”
she said. “I was talking
about it with my dad
and I was like, ‘You know
as a player when you go
over plays you learn it from
your position or maybe two
positions.’
“But (in coaching) you
have to know every single
position on the floor and
you have to be able to teach
it in a way that everyone
understands it and that’s a
lot easier said than done. I
think communicating in an
effective way that everybody
understands, is the
hardest part of coaching
and it’s something I’m trying
to improve for sure.”
Meghan, who is now a
freelance broadcast journalist
and has done a lot of
work with the Big Ten Network,
as well as ESPN+,
isn’t sure if she wants to
follow in her father’s footsteps
or pursue the coaching
profession after this
year, but knows that the
decision to come back has
been a great one for her,
Ally and the rest of the
McKeown family.
“I really love my career
in broadcasting. I’m really
passionate about it,” she
said. “I’m kind of on the
brink I think of doing what
I actually really want to
do with broadcasting. So I
love that aspect of it.
“But to be able to coach
and like I said, this is so
special because I’m coaching
my best friend. So for
me, I don’t know if this is
going to be a forever thing,
but for the time being it’s
wonderful and I’m just
going to enjoy it while it’s
here.”
Rodgers
From Page 36
The coaches have had Sam
Quigley, women’s basketball
coach at Lewis University,
and journalist Melissa
Isaacson, speak with the
girls about what it’s like to
be a woman in male-dominated
professions.
“(St. Ignatius coach)
Cara (Doyle) said it really
well,” Rodgers said.
“’If you can see it, you
can be it.’ And we really
want young girls to see
that they can be in leadership
positions, they can be
a referee, they can be whoever
they want to be. And
if they have other women
that they can look to who
are in those positions, then
they can dream to be that as
well.
“In some ways they (the
players) don’t get it as much
and that’s good. They’ve
always been able to play
sports. There’s been sports
for them for their entire life.
And so a piece of it they
don’t realize yet. They do
a little bit but part of that’s
good. They haven’t had
to experience some of the
things that some of us did.
I’ve talked to them a lot
about it and they were really
inspired and just thought it
was great and they loved being
a part of this.”
The list of coaches at
this year’s Grow the Game
Tournament was one to
marvel at. It included seven
coaches (Glenbard West’s
Kristi Faulkner, Hersey’s
Mary Fendley, Marist’s
Mary Pat Connolly, Marshall’s
Dorothy Gaters,
Rodgers, Norcross’s Ashley
Luke Clanton and Zion-
Benton’s Tanya Johnson),
who are already or will be
inducted into in the Illinois
Basketball Coaches Association
Hall of Fame this
year for either their playing
or coaching career, or in
some cases, both. Gaters is
also the winningest coach
in Illinois high school basketball,
boys or girls, with
over 1,100 wins and has
won 10 state titles.
“Part of what we were
talk - we were joking, ‘Oh
my gosh, I got to coach
against her. I’m going to
get out-coached,’” Rodgers
said. “So that’s been a
big piece of it is that coaching
has been terrific. And
I mean, part of that’s the
competitor in us is like,
ugh.
“What’s been great is
to be able to promote and
support other great women
that are in this profession
instead of all of us feeling
kind of isolated. It’s just
been really, really wonderful
to tell people how great
Ashley Luke is and how
great Kristi Faulkner is and
how great [Keisha Newell
is. That’s what I’ve really
enjoyed.”
Loyola
From Page 39
thing.
“I knew he was good
cause I always do my own
research. I’m used to going
and then whoever’s
my partner for the game, I
have to share my research
with them. He showed
up with just as much as
me and was ready to talk
sports and was excited to
get going. When you have
somebody who’s got the
same passion for it as you,
the relationship just works
immediately.”
Both Langford and Nieman
have aspirations of
becoming sports broadcasters
and would like for
that to happen sometime
down the line but for now
are focused on bringing the
best Loyola coverage they
can bring to the masses of
people who watch.
The Rambler Stream
is at every home basketball
game and select road
games as well, something
the two hope to continue
through the year and maybe
even expand on in upcoming
years as well.
The stream can be found
on Loyola’s website at
https://www.goramblers.
org/news--media/ramblerstream.
You can also watch
old footage of games on
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New Trier’s Rodgers hopes to lead the way for girls in basketball, life
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
A quick search of Max-
Preps’ top 20 girls basketball
teams, regardless of
class, shows that only five
of the state’s top 20 teams
have female coaches, with
Evanston, Edwardsville
and Maine West being the
only top 10 teams with female
coaches.
That’s one of the reasons
that a number of girls basketball
coaches, including
New Trier’s Teri Rodgers,
met last year and decided
they wanted to do something
to talk about what it’s
like to coach girls basketball,
to be a woman coach,
the unique issues that female
coaches face. Everywhere
from just being a
woman in a male-dominated
field to being a mother,
how you manage all those
things.
Another thing they talked
about was how hard
it was to be able to host a
tournament because it is all
very time consuming.
“So we thought if we
could do it together and
share the responsibility that
we could do something,”
Rodgers said. “And (now-
Norcross (Ga.) coach)
Ashley Luke is really the
one that came up with the
original idea of, ‘let’s highlight
female coaches. And
let’s have a tournament
that’s with teams all led by
females.’”
The first step was trying
out a shootout during the
summer. The shootout’s
success just further validated
that pursuing such a
tournament, the Grow the
Game Tournament, was a
great idea.
“The collaboration between
the coaches has been
incredible,” the New Trier
coach said. “I’ve learned so
much in these last couple of
months working with them
and it’s been fun to coach
against them. It’s been fun
to watch them coach.
“The referees, we were
able to get all the officials
to be females as well. Because
I think they face a
lot of the same things that
we do in terms of being
in a very male-dominated
world and making sure that
they’re respected and that
they’re heard. Being able
to support them as well has
been really another great
benefit of this tournament.”
Many of the schools in
the inaugural Grow the
Game Tournament were
schools from the aforementioned
schools, as well as
other coaches they knew.
According to Rodgers,
she’s already reached out to
every team in Illinois about
the potential of playing in
next year’s tournament.
The hope is to make it
an even bigger tournament
than the eight teams - New
Trier, Marist, Whitney
Young, Mother McAuley,
Trinity, St. Ignatius, Norcross
(Ga.) and Glenbard
West - that played in the
tournament this year, and
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New Trier coach Teri Rodgers gives instructions
to Tinah Hong during the Trevians’ Grow the Game
Tournament game against Marist Thursday, Jan. 2, in
Glen Ellyn. Photo submitted
the six teams - Stevenson,
Hersey, Zion-Benton,
Marshall, Lane Tech and
Geneva - that played in the
single-game shootout portion
of Grow the Game.
Not only has Grow the
Game been about playing
basketball, it’s been about
being a woman in general
and the coaches are hoping
that messages carries over
to their players as well.
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New Trier Green’s Watt makes quick recovery back to ice
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
It would have been easy
for New Trier Green goaltender
Preston Watt to
walk away from the game
of hockey; or to not even
start playing at all.
After being discharged
from the hospital as a
healthy baby, Watt, a senior
on the Trevians’ top
hockey squad, was diagnosed
with Shone’s Syndrome
when his parents
had to rush him to the hospital
when he was only 7
years old.
Shone’s syndrome is
when a person has multiple
defects in the heart.
The main problem Watt
had was the aorta exiting
the heart, where all the oxygenated
blood goes back
out to the body, was completely
blocked. At a mere
10 days old, the doctors
did heart surgery, where
they cut the aorta open and
sewed it back together,
saving his life.
Since then, he’s had
to have a couple of stent
placements, one in 2012,
one in 2017 to continue to
keep that aorta open.
This August, he had to
have open heart surgery
when he went back for a
checkup and doctors didn’t
like some results. In a cardiac
MRI, they found a
growth of tissue called the
subaortic stenosis in the
lower chamber of his heart
that was blocking the flow
of blood out of the heart,
which was causing him
serious difficulty because
he was restricted there. It
was also getting restricted
where he had his original
surgery in his stents.
Finding out you need
open heart surgery is a
scary thought for parents
and a teenager.
“It was a really emotional
experience from my
parents and I,” Watt said.
“And it was something
that I’ll never forget for
sure. I was confident in
myself, that things would
be able to go well. I was
confident in my doctors,
the best doctors in the
world. I was confident in
them, they’re just absolutely
fantastic. And so I
had no worries about them
or the outcome.
“I was just honestly
more worried about not
being able to play.”
Thanks to his hard work
ethic and the great doctors
at Ann and Robert H. Lurie
Children’s Hospital of
Chicago, such as Dr. Carl
Backer, Watt not only got
back onto the ice, but has
recovered from every surgery
he’s had.
“It’s a little worrisome
for us because he still has
significant heart issues,”
his father, Rodney, said.
“He’s got some valve
problems. He’s still got
two stents in his aorta.
Preston’s normal is far
from a regular kid’s normal
aerobically.
“And I mean, the fact
that he’s out there playing
hockey is mind boggling. I
mean, I don’t know what to
say about it. Everybody’s
New Trier Green goalie Preston Watt (left-to-right)
poses for a photo with his father, Dr. Carl Backer,
cardiovascular surgeon from Lurie Children’s Hospital
and his wife, and Loyola hockey’s Mike Purcell before a
game Dec. 14 in Lincolnwood. Michael Wojtychiw/22nd
Century Media
amazed. I don’t know how
he does it.”
Not getting back on the
ice wasn’t even a thought
that crossed Preston Watt’s
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Athlete of the Month
Blumenfeld hands Spartans
another monthly honor
Michal Dwojak
Contributing Sports Editor
Brooke Blumenfeld has impressed
almost a couple months
into the season, and December was
no exception.
The Glenbrook North girls basketball
player has become a consistent
scoring leader for the Spartans
this season as a sophomore,
and fans came out to support the
budding star in the latest Athlete
of the Month competition. The
sophomore won 22nd Century Media’s
latest competition and Blumenfeld’s
win gave North its third
competition win of 2019.
Blumenfeld won the competition
with 317 votes. New Trier
Green boys hockey player Mac
Zelazny finished second with 250
votes and New Trier girls swimmer
Joelle Ohr finished third in
the competition with 209 votes.
New Trier girls basketball player
Tinah Hong and Glenbrook North
boys hockey player Evan Izenstark
finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Blumenfeld has been a strong
leader for the Spartans this season,
who have shown grit for much of
the season. North has been above
.500 for much of the season and is
showing skill and hard work to be a
team to watch out for as the season
enters conference play.
Voting lasted from Dec. 10-25.
The Athlete of the Month contest
for athletes selected in the month
of December gets underway on
Jan. 10 and will end on Jan. 25.
Vote at WilmetteBeaconDaily.com.
December Athlete of the Month Candidates
New Trier
Brayden Roy, boys hockey
Maeve Murdock, girls
Alexander Johnson, boys
gymnastics
swimming and diving
Jaden Katz, boys basketball Kimberlee Holman,
cheerleading
Loyola Academy
Will Pujals, boys basketball
Addison Ebeling, girls basketball
Glenbrook South
Emily Wyngarden, girls
gymnastics
Joe Shapiro, boys basketball
Ryan Brown, wrestling
Glenbrook North
Roxy Goldfarb, girls gymnastics
Glenbrook North girls basketball
player Brooke Blumenfeld was
named 22nd Century Media’s
November Athlete of the Month.
22nd Century Media File Photo
Highland Park
Lillian Aston, girls hockey
Ari Cooper, boys basketball
Becca Gordon, girls gymnastics
Bora Hopali, boys swimming
and diving
Lake Forest
Truman Thuente, wrestling
Jack Molloy, boys basketball
Oliver Pasquesi, boys hockey
Basketball Power Rankings
The 22nd Century Media Sports Editors ranked the North Shore
area boys and girls basketball teams in our coverage area
throughout the season.
BOYS BASKETBALL
1. Loyola Academy (Previous
week: 1)
Loyola suffered its first loss
of the season in the championship
game of its Florida tournament,
one of the best teams
in the state of Florida.
2. Glenbrook South (2)
The Titans traveled down
to compete at the Taylorsville
Shootout and fell to a tough
Notre Dame (Peoria) team.
3. Highland Park (3)
Highland Park had the week
off with a big Central Suburban
League North battle
against Niles North on Friday,
Jan. 10.
This Week In...
Trevian varsity athletics
Boys basketball
■ ■Jan. 10 - host Glenbrook
North, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
■ ■Jan. 10 - at GBN, 7 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 14 - host Niles West,
6:30 p.m.
Boys Bowling
■ ■Jan. 11 - at CSL Invite (at
Classic Bowl), 9 a.m.
Girls bowling
■ ■Jan. 9 - at Niles North (at
Bowlero Niles), 4:30 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 15 - at Loyola (at Bowlero
Niles), 4:30 p.m.
Fencing
■ ■Jan. 11 - host Invite, 7 a.m.
Gymnastics
■ ■Jan. 9 - host Carmel, 5 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 11 - at Evanston Invite,
1:30 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 14 - at Maine South,
4. New Trier (4)
After a week off, the Trevians
got back into the conference
with games against Niles
West and Glenbrook North.
5. Lake Forest (5)
Lake Forest gets back into
action with games against
Grayslake North and Waukegan.
6. Glenbrook North (6)
The Spartans take on the
Trevians and Buffalo Grove to
come back from break.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
1. Lake Forest (1)
The Scouts fell to Evanston
for the Montini championship
and takes on Buffalo Grove
and St. Viator to start the new
year.
5:30 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 16 - at GBN, 5:30 p.m.
Boys swimming and diving
■ ■Jan. 10 - host Maine South,
5:30 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 11 - at Evanston Invite, 1
Wrestling
■ ■Jan. 9 - host Niles West, 5:30
■ ■Jan. 10 - at Glenbrook North,
5:30 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 11 - at Waubonsie Valley
Invite, 9 a.m.
■ ■Jan. 16 - at Maine South,
5:30 p.m.
Rambler varsity
athletics
Boys basketball
■ ■Jan. 10 - vs. St. Ignatius (at
Loyola University) , 7 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 11 - vs. St. Viator (at
DePaul Prep), 2 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 14 - at Mount Carmel,
7 p.m.
Girls basketball
2. Loyola Academy (2)
Loyola won the consolation
bracket at the Montini tournament
and has hard tests in Fenwick,
St. Ignatius to start the
new year.
3. New Trier (4)
The Trevians lost to Marist
but responded with strong
wins against St. Ignatius and
Mother McAuley in the Grow
the Game Tournament.
4. Glenbrook North (3)
The Spartans start the new
year with games against Highland
Park and New Trier.
5. Highland Park (5)
Highland Park takes on Glenbrook
North and Niles North to
start the new year.
6. Glenbrook South (6)
South starts the new year
with games against Prospect
and Maine South.
■ ■Jan. 10 - vs. St. Ignatius (at
Loyola University),
5:30 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 14 - at Regina, 7 p.m.
Boys Bowling
■ ■Jan. 11 - at CCL Invite (at
Palos Lanes), 9 a.m.
Girls bowling
■ ■Jan. 11 - vs. Invite (at Bowlero
- Mount Prospect), 9 a.m.
■ ■Jan. 14 - at Mother McAuley
(at Burr Oak Lanes - Blue
Island), 4:15 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 15 - host New Trier, 4:30
■ ■Jan. 16 - host Marist (at
Bowlero - Niles), 4:15 p.m.
Boys swimming and diving
■ ■Jan. 11 - at Evanston Invite,
1 p.m.
■ ■Jan. 14 host Marmion, 5:30
Wrestling
■ ■Jan. 10 - host Normal, 4:30
■ ■Jan. 11 - at Wheeling Quad,
9 a.m.

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Peinado helps USA bring home title at Deaflympics
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
Sixteen-year-old Luke
Peinado not only made the
USA Hockey Deaflympics
team, but he also was the
youngest player in tryouts,
competing against guys up
to 19 years older than him.
The former New Trier
student surpassed the tryouts,
which had a group of
30 players, last April.
“It was really interesting
because they just got to
show me a lot of like what
it’s like to be on the team
before they could mentor
me, they could give me advice
and it was really cool
just being around people
who are older than me,”
Peinado said.
Not only was he the
youngest one there, this
was the first time he would
be trying out to make a
team under the USA Hockey
umbrella.
Peinado had played in an
international competition
before, but never as a member
of USA Hockey.
To stand on the podium
next to the guys that he
worked hard with was even
greater when they heard the
United States National Anthem
being played after the
teams’ 7-3 win over Canada
in the gold-medal game
in Chiavenna, Italy, home
of the hockey competition.
“It was very special,”
Peinado said. “I’ve never
experienced anything before
like this, like where
I’m representing the country
and I’m playing against
other countries. It’s just really
cool.”
The Winnetka native
was diagnosed with partial
to severe hearing loss
in both ears at the age of
three, but that didn’t stop
him from following in his
older brother’s footsteps
and playing hockey two
years later.
Peinado has grown up
his entire life playing with
able-hearing hockey players
and this was the first
time that he was really able
to play with everybody
who is hearing impaired.
“It was really interesting,
because basically
throughout my entire life
I’ve been around people
who can hear and don’t
speak sign language or just
can hear and can talk in a
normal conversation,” he
said. “But, when I go to
the Deaflympics, I just see
it, there’s a ton of people in
this world who can’t hear at
all. They have to try harder,
they have to communicate
through sign language and
it’s just, it’s just a different
world I’m with, and I just
thought that was really interesting
how a lot of people
are living in this world
and I just got a sneak peak
of what it’s like.”
When the team is playing,
nobody is allowed to wear
their hearing aids so just that
it evens the playing field,
but there are translators who
translate the words in the
sign language and communicate
it to people who can’t
hear at all.
After spending his freshman
year at New Trier,
Peinado now attends St.
Paul’s School, a prestigious
boarding school in Concord,
New Hampshire.
Despite missing two
weeks of school so he
could go over and play in
Valtellina-Valchiavenna, Italy,
this is an experience he
soon won’t forget and had
multiple rewarding aspects
of the trip.
“A lot of people don’t
know what caused their
deafness or why they’re
hearing impaired,” he said.
“I’m kind of in that same
situation and it’s just really
cool just seeing all the people
around the country who
experienced the same thing
that I do, are constantly
around people who can
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hear and they’re living with
hearing aids and cochlear
implants every single day.
“I thought that was really
interesting because there
were a lot of people on
that team would just seem
like they were in my same
boat.”
Peinado, a defenseman,
got a good amount of playing
time, especially in the
pool play games, more
playing time than he could
have imagined.
Ice hockey was one of
six winter sports represented
in this International
Committee of Sports for
the Deaf-hosted, and International
Olympic Committee
(IOC)-sanctioned
event. The Deaflympics
originated in 1924 when
the Paralympics excluded
deaf athletes and, after the
Olympics, is the second
longest running multination,
multi-sport, worldwide
event.
Peinado’s next opportunity
to put on a USA Hockey
jersey will be in 2021
when the World Deaf Ice
Hockey Championships
are held in Vancouver.
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1st-and-3
Three TEAMS TO
WATCH
1. New Trier girls
gymnastics
(above).
The New Trier New
Trier girls squad
has gotten off to
a successful start
to the season and
is hoping to get
back to state and
another spot on
the podium.
2. New Trier
Green hockey.
The Trevians’
top squad will
be looking to
repeat as state
champions.
They’ve been on
an absolute tear
this season, going
42-4-1, with only
one in-state loss.
3. Loyola boys
basketball.
Loyola dropped
its first game of
the year in the
title game of the
Holiday Hoopfest
but will be looking
to win its fourthstraight
regional.
Love of sports helps Loyola club succeed in broadcasting
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
As a high school student,
most schools offer
a wide variety of ways to
get involved, whether it be
through clubs, sports, the
arts, you name it.
At Loyola, one club
offers students the possibility
of being involved
with the athletics program,
even if you don’t make a
team: Rambler Stream, the
school’s live-game streaming
of athletic events, as
well as masses and other
events.
Two students, junior
Tyler Langford and sophomore
Edward Nieman,
have taken the reigns within
the past year-and-a-half
and really helped expand
the stream and make it
their own.
“I always liked to talk
sports,” Langford said. “I
played baseball and soccer
for a while, but I had a
lot of shoulder injuries for
baseball. Football has always
in my passion. I grew
up a Notre Dame fan. Saturdays
are always all about
Notre Dame football and
just football in general.
“I just always loved the
sport and I couldn’t play
it. I love to talk football. I
knew more than most people.
I figured I’d be pretty
good if I got on the mic.
It’s been a fun three years
doing it.”
“Prior to coming to
Loyola, I would watch
the games, whether it was
basketball or football, on
the Rambler stream when
it was on the High School
Cube,” Nieman said. “I
had always been interested
in sports so I was interested
in it, tried it, met Tyler
and a passion developed.
“At first, it was intimidating.
But now that I’ve
eased into it with the help
of Tyler and some of the
other guys, it becomes
more like you’re just having
a conversation. Once
you get into a groove during
a broadcast, you get
past that.”
Rambler Stream, an all
student-run organization
has been around for about a
decade, gives students the
opportunity to learn about
broadcast journalism by
broadcasting games, while
also doing the setup and
takedown of equipment,
while also figuring out
how to live stream athletic
events.
Thus far Rambler
Stream has really only
broadcasted the football
and basketball games, but
Nienan and Langford are
hoping to expand that to lacrosse
and baseball games,
as well as a couple other
spring sports, when the
spring sports seasons start
on The Hill on Loyola’s
Glenview athletic campus.
The stream has really
exploded in popularity in
the past year and that’s
thanks to the administration
and the school teams,
but also thanks to both
announcers’ time as well.
Both Langford and Nieman
spend time on social
media trying to get the
word out and it seems to
be working.
This past year, the Ramblers’
second-round playoff
game with Glenbard
West had nearly 5,000
viewers at some points of
the game. They’ve also
gotten compliments and
emails from opposing
teams thanking the group
for broadcasting games
and telling them how good
of a job they’re doing.
While getting the praise
is great for the two, doing
this isn’t about all the accolades
and emails and
kind words. It’s just what
they want to do.
“We go in during free
periods, during flex time,”
Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 1 day ago
Rambler Stream broadcasters (from left-to-right), Edward Nieman, Tyler Langford,
and Colin O’Sullivan, broadcast a recent Loyola game. Photo by Margo Grogan/
Sports Depiction.
Langford said. “We work
with our moderator to
make sure that all the kinks
are worked out. We just
got a new system because
we got some funding from
school, which was really
cool to see.
“To see that work, and
have that many people
come in, is really gratifying.
It makes you feel like
you’re living the dream a
little in high school.”
“That’s the most rewarding
part, to see the
viewership and appreciation
of the people watching”
Nieman said. “Those
are the most rewarding
things, knowing that our
hard work reached a lot of
people.”
Both Langford and Nieman
have been involved
with Rambler Stream since
their freshman years and
the transition into working
with each other was a
simple one last year.
Luckily for the two,
Langford is more of a
play-by-play announcer,
while Nieman loves to do
the analysis, or color commentator
role. Not having
to fight or argue with each
other made the switch to
being partners simple.
What made it even more
simple is that the two truly
care about the job they’re
doing and come prepared
to games with notes and
stats to share with those
watching.
“I love Eddie. He’s like
a ball of energy,” Langford
said. “I love that kid. He’s
just got the most school
spirit of anyone I’ve ever
talked to. He breathes and
he bleeds Loyola sports.
He loves it. He’s at every-
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Listen Up
“It’s actually so much harder than I thought it
would be. No, dead serious.”
Meghan McKeown — North Shore Country Day girls
basketball assistant coach on her first year coaching.
tunE in
What to watch this week
BASKETBALL: It’s time for the yearly Jesuit Cup doubleheader
hosted at a major university..
• Loyola faces off with St. Ignatius Friday, Dec. 10, at
Loyola University. Girls at 5:30 p.m., boys at 7 p.m..
Index
37 - This Week In
33 - Athlete of the Week
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael
Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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Spreading the Word Loyola
students help broadcast live games, Page 39
Pioneers
New Trier among girls basketball teams
at Grow the Game Tournament, Page 36
Former New Trier student helps USA Hockey win gold at Deaflympics, Page 38
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